RE: Is Christianity based on older myths?
February 2, 2015 at 2:19 pm
(This post was last modified: February 2, 2015 at 2:22 pm by Chad32.)
(February 2, 2015 at 12:09 pm)ChadWooters Wrote: There is little doubt that the advent of Christ was foreshadowed by pagan myths, like Mithras and Osiris, but that does not diminish the truth of our Lord and Savior's actual coming.
It's not foreshadowing unless the events are related. Unless you believe Gilgamesh was a real person, and there were multiple people in history who were born of virgins by different gods. The Epic of Gilgamesh doesn't lead into Jesus' story. They're unrelated.
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10 Christ-like figures that predate Jesus. Link shortened to Chris ate Jesus for some reason...
http://listverse.com/2009/04/13/10-chris...ate-jesus/
Good video to watch, if you want to know how common the Jesus story really is.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=88GTUXvp-50
A list of biblical contradictions from the infallible word of Yahweh.
http://infidels.org/library/modern/jim_m...tions.html
10 Christ-like figures that predate Jesus. Link shortened to Chris ate Jesus for some reason...
http://listverse.com/2009/04/13/10-chris...ate-jesus/
Good video to watch, if you want to know how common the Jesus story really is.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=88GTUXvp-50
A list of biblical contradictions from the infallible word of Yahweh.
http://infidels.org/library/modern/jim_m...tions.html
