RE: Is there any core feature of christianity not found in other religions
February 22, 2014 at 9:39 pm
(This post was last modified: February 22, 2014 at 9:40 pm by Minimalist.)
(February 22, 2014 at 8:29 pm)Lemonvariable72 Wrote:(February 22, 2014 at 8:16 pm)discipulus Wrote: Jesus Christ, The Son of God.
Not true at all, many religions claim that they had sons of deities that were messiahs. A good example is krishna, he is also the son of a god and has better miracles around him then jesus ever did.
Even the early xtian writer, Justin, admitted as such.
Quote:And when we say also that the Word, who is the first-birth of God, was produced without sexual union, and that He, Jesus Christ, our Teacher, was crucified and died, and rose again, and ascended into heaven, we propound nothing different from what you believe regarding those whom you esteem sons of Jupiter. For you know how many sons your esteemed writers ascribed to Jupiter: Mercury, the interpreting word and teacher of all; Æsculapius, who, though he was a great physician, was struck by a thunderbolt, and so ascended to heaven; and Bacchus too, after he had been torn limb from limb; and Hercules, when he had committed himself to the flames to escape his toils; and the sons of Leda, and Dioscuri; and Perseus, son of Danae; and Bellerophon, who, though sprung from mortals, rose to heaven on the horse Pegasus.
Justin Martyr, Ch. 21 - The First Apologia, c 160 AD
Same shit - different god according to old Justin!
http://www.newadvent.org/fathers/0126.htm
