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Where did the Jesus myth come from?

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Where did the Jesus myth come from?
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#61
RE: Where did the Jesus myth come from?
June 11, 2012 at 12:57 am
(June 11, 2012 at 12:50 am)Cthulhu Dreaming Wrote:
(June 11, 2012 at 12:47 am)cratehorus Wrote: what the hell is wrong with you people

Clearly, we're insane.

But at least it's the happy kind of insanity.
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RE: Where did the Jesus myth come from?
June 11, 2012 at 12:59 am
(June 11, 2012 at 12:57 am)DeistPaladin Wrote:
(June 11, 2012 at 12:50 am)Cthulhu Dreaming Wrote: Clearly, we're insane.

But at least it's the happy kind of insanity.

It's the waffles.
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#63
RE: Where did the Jesus myth come from?
June 11, 2012 at 1:02 am
(June 11, 2012 at 12:47 am)cratehorus Wrote: what the hell is wrong with you people


What?
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#64
RE: Where did the Jesus myth come from?
June 11, 2012 at 1:10 am
Where?
At the age of five, Skagra decided emphatically that God did not exist.  This revelation tends to make most people in the universe who have it react in one of two ways - with relief or with despair.  Only Skagra responded to it by thinking, 'Wait a second.  That means there's a situation vacant.'
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#65
RE: Where did the Jesus myth come from?
June 11, 2012 at 1:59 am
(June 11, 2012 at 12:47 am)cratehorus Wrote: what the hell is wrong with you people

I like muffins - preferably blueberry - far more than jesus.
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RE: Where did the Jesus myth come from?
June 11, 2012 at 2:40 am
(June 11, 2012 at 1:59 am)Minimalist Wrote:
(June 11, 2012 at 12:47 am)cratehorus Wrote: what the hell is wrong with you people

I like muffins - preferably blueberry - far more than jesus.

Alright let's put the muffins and waffles aside for a moment, where did the jesus myth come from?
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#67
RE: Where did the Jesus myth come from?
June 11, 2012 at 3:04 am
How many ways are there to say it? The dying/resurrected vegetation god was a common motif in the Ancient Mediterrranean. "Jesus" was nothing special. In fact, the only thing that sets xtianity apart from the other cults was the viciousness of their followers in stamping out earlier religions.

http://www.denverseminary.edu/article/th...urrection/

Quote:The origins of the dying and rising gods are to be found in the Sumerian and Akkadian myths associated with Dumuzi and his borrowing of vegetation forms from Ningishzida and possibly Damu. The result is a god who is celebrated as one who does go into the underworld for part of the year and then re-emerges. That such rituals did take place among West Semites as early as 18th century Mari is shown from texts there. This certainly could have influenced the Baal myths at Ugarit and Dumuzi remained a force in the background of the Phoenician and later Mediterranean rituals and myths associated with vegetation. Mettinger has provided the reader with a valuable guide of all important ancient sources relevant to this question. From a great mass of diverse data he has judiciously argued a conclusion that may not persuade everyone but becomes a primary source for future discussion.

Richard S. Hess, Ph.D.
Professor of Old Testament
Denver Seminary

( I deliberately put Professor Hess' position at the Denver Seminary in the quote so that xtians can shit bricks.

I like that even more than muffins.
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#68
RE: Where did the Jesus myth come from?
June 11, 2012 at 3:12 am
SO the Jesus is myth is copied from Baal?
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RE: Where did the Jesus myth come from?
June 11, 2012 at 3:15 am
It's late here in Arizona and I'm turning in. Your homework assignment is to research the term "religious syncretism." I'll check in with you tomorrow.

Nite, gang.
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RE: Where did the Jesus myth come from?
June 11, 2012 at 3:29 am
Jesus was actually a traveling space alien. The "bright star" was his spaceship. He used ancient pyramids as landing docks for his ship.

I may be watching too much Stargate.
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