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Jesus-Myth - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia The paucity of non-Christian evidence is, to advocates of the Jesus Myth theory, an argument from silence that Jesus was a later invention. Some advocates of the Jesus Myth theory have argued that many aspects of the Gospel stories of Jesus have remarkable parallels with life-death-rebirth gods in the widespread mystery religions prevalent in the hellenic culture amongst which Christianty was born. The Jesus Myth is a historical theory usually associated with a skeptical position on the historicity of Jesus, which claims that Jesus did not exist as an historical figure, but was, instead, an abstract, symbolic, and metaphorical allusion to a higher knowledge. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Jesus-Myth   (5633 words)

The unkown "Christmas" story of Jesus' Birth: Separating the Bible truth from the Myth Jesus was born in the manger of an inn because there was no room for Mary and Joseph to stay in a room, in Bethlehem (Matthew 1:25 and Luke 2:1-7). Jesus was then presented in the temple 33 days later after the "days of purification" were competed, which is the 40th day after Jesus was born. This clearly indicates that Jesus was born during the warmer seasons. www.bible.ca /D-Xmas-story.htm   (2096 words)

Is Christianity Founded Upon A Myth? by Historicus Scholars renowned the world over for their investigations of the Jesus myth are impugned at t he very start because they are not "professional historians," and, I suppose, we are to assume that their studies are, therefore, invalid. Scholars have often averred that the Jesus of the New Testament is a myth, that he never had existed, and that there is no historical evidence to substantiate the claims for his existence advanced by the Christian church. Being unable to present a Jesus established by unbiased historic investigation, the religious world, at last, was compelled to resort to her usual adulation of "faith" and "spiritual" insight as elements which, she hoped, would enable her to establish a basis for the historic Jesus. www.infidels.org /library/historical/historicus/jesus.html   (8484 words)

Refuting the Jesus Myth In fact, Christian evidence for a human Jesus who was crucified is trustworthy because it ran counter to the myths of the time and suggested that he had suffered a humiliating death. Jesus was born in human fashion, as a Jew, and had a ministry to the Jews. Jesus was not even a failed military leader of the kind that Romans might have noticed - especially if he had been defeated by someone famous. www.bede.org.uk /jesusmyth.htm   (3601 words)

Jesus' Miracles--History or Myth? - Jehovah's Witnesses Official Web Site Jesus was exasperated and said to him: 'You shall not go further on your way', and the child immediately fell down and died." It is not hard to see this story for what it is—a contrived piece of fiction. Hebrews 13:8 reminds us: "Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today, and forever." Yes, he is alive in the heavens today, able to use miraculous powers in a far grander way than he did when on earth as a human. Jesus' miracles also stand in stark contrast to the work of professional illusionists, magicians, and faith healers. www.watchtower.org /library/w/1995/3/1/article_01.htm   (920 words)

The Christ myth. Is the Bible God's word? Did Jesus ever live? The stature of Jesus was enhanced by introducting a questionable lineage of both Joseph and Maria to the house of David, in spite of the fact that Jesus was supposed to be a virgin birth. Jesus was crucified for providing ergot-bread directly to everyone for free, undermining the artificial scarcity of hallucinogens under the controlling power of the priests. Jesus did not claim to be the messiah or to be divine. www.xs4all.nl /~wichm/christmyth.html   (7020 words)

The Truth About Jesus The objection that Jesus' hesitation on the eve of the crucifixion, as well as his cry of despair on the cross, were meant to show that he was as human as he was divine, does not solve the difficulty. Jesus is arrested in the glare of torchlights, after he is betrayed by Judas with a kiss; then he is bound and forced into the high priest's presence. Jesus was supposed to have worked greater wonders and to have created a wider sensation than Tell; therefore, it is more difficult to explain the silence of historians like Josephus, Pliny and Quintilian; or of philosophers like Philo, Seneca and Epictetus, concerning Jesus, than to explain the silence of the Swiss chroniclers concerning Tell. www.infidels.org /library/historical/m_m_mangasarian/truth_about_jesus.html   (21536 words)

Origins of Christianity- HiddenMysteries Spiritual Studies The Jesus story incorporated elements from the tales of other deities recorded in this widespread area, such as many of the following world saviors and "sons of God," most or all of whom predate the Christian myth, and a number of whom were crucified or executed. James, "brother of Jesus" and "brother of the Lord," is equivalent to Amset, brother of Osiris and brother of the Lord. Hotema states that the name "Jesus Christ" was not formally adopted in its present form until after the first Council of Nicea, i.e., in 325 C.E. In actuality, even the place names and the appellations of many other characters in the New Testament can be revealed to be Hebraicized renderings of the Egyptian texts. www.hiddenmysteries.org /religion/christianity/origins.shtml   (6220 words)

belmythvjesusmyth.html The Egyptian Horus myth mystical elements of annuncation, immaculate impregnation, birth, and adoration are similar to the mythical elements of the early life of Jesus found in the Jesus myth. We herein have an ancient Egyptian mythical element of a death and resurrection and a parallel to the death and resurrection mythical element in the Jesus myth. Was the Assyrian/Babylonian Bel myth in which a god is slain and resurrected a forerunner of the Jesus crucifixion/resurrection myth? www.bobkwebsite.com /belmythvjesusmyth.html   (3394 words)

The Jesus myth These other myths are a strong indication of the origins of the Jesus myth, if it is indeed a myth. All of Jesus' attributes and miracles were already present in earlier myths. Jesus on the cross is the icon of Christianity. www.suite101.com /article.cfm/7748/106446   (483 words)

Scholarly opinions on the Jesus Myth In his book, I Believe in the Historical Jesus, Howard Marshall points out that in the early to mid 20th century, one of the few "authorities" to consider Jesus as a myth was a Soviet Encyclopaedia. It is also obvious that the diverse and all but completely unanimous opinion of modern Jesus scholars and relevant historians remain completely unconvinced by the Jesus Myth arguments. Today, nearly all historians, whether Christians or not, accept that Jesus existed and that the gospels contain plenty of valuable evidence which as to be weighed and assessed critically. www.bede.org.uk /price1.htm   (1065 words)

The Bible and Jesus Myth Jesus is a myth just like all the other saviors and gods of old. The early followers of Jesus died waiting for the end of the world, and even today, over 1900 years later, some Christians still believe that the world is to end in their generation, and that Jesus will give them anything that they ask for in prayer. His friends come to Jesus' tomb, but the doorstone is rolled away and one angel sitting on the outside gives the news to them before they go in. www.atheists.org /christianity/myth.html   (1683 words)

Welcome to Enlightenment! Religion – the Tragedy of Mankind With slick bravado Christian Apologists repeatedly declare the "Jesus Myth is dead". The composite 'Jesus Christ' character – god, man, king, carpenter, conqueror, peace-maker, dispenser of justice, advocate of love – was assembled to try and unify a fragmented and fractious messianic religious movement. There are actually some 200 gospels, epistles and other books concerning the life of Jesus Christ. www.jesusneverexisted.com   (1286 words)

Christian CADRE — The Historical Jesus The theory that Jesus did not exist as a historical figure is often referred to as the Jesus Myth. Subtitled “A Criticism of the Contention that Jesus Never Lived, a Statement of the Evidence for his Existence, an Estimate of His Relation to Christianity,” this book was written by Shirley Case of the University of Chicago. J.P. Holding examines the far-fetched claim that Jesus was based on Buddha. www.christiancadre.org /topics/historicaljesus.html   (1734 words)

History & Mythology Christian faith evolved from a Jesus myth to an historical Jesus. More supporting evidence that the Jesus myth was plagiarised from earlier religions. Fantastic website showing the facts behind the Jesus myth and the religion that perpetuated it. www.atheistresource.co.uk /history.html   (624 words)

Links to sites about Jesus Though not a direct challenge to the Jesus Myth, it is a healthy antidote to many of its underpinnings. Holding does not conceal the contempt he has for the Jesus Myth and the machinations they go through to prop up their theories. Links to sites about the Jesus Myth and Historical Jesus www.bede.org.uk /jesussites.htm   (976 words)

roman myths - Books, journals, articles @ The Questia Online Library Women and the Historical Jesus: Feminist Myths of Christian Origins Jesus in Smallville: The Myths of Jesus' Childhood Roman Historical Myths The Regal Period in Augustan...illustrate the development of the Roman res publica. www.questia.com /search/roman-myths   (1755 words)

The Potential of a Christian Approach to Conflict and Violence For Jesus offers a genuine alternative to the “myth of redemptive violence,” an alternative to the false dichotomy of "fight or flight." By looking to the historical context of Jesus’ teachings we see that he was speaking to the powerless, the oppressed. The message of Jesus, notably in the Sermon on the Mount, is nothing like the spiritualized, wimpy sort of approach to conflict and violence that I grew up with as a Lutheran and which is still an all too prevalent stereotype. What church or synagogue can even remotely keep pace with the myth of redemptive violence in hours spent teaching children or in quality of presentation? www.lutheranpeace.net /potential_approach.html   (1755 words)

11.02.01 I think Jesus was bemoaning even John's doing violence to the basileia tou theou, by continuing to preach the myth of redemptive violence. Because John, with his fire and brimstone preaching, perpetuated and reinforced the myth of redemptive violence, whereas Jesus had another vision of the path to redemption. But there is another way to understand this correspondence of prophesy to history, namely: Jesus found in Isaiah another path to salvation for a violent world, a path that meshed with his own vision of the ironic kingdom of God. www.hanoverchurch.org /110201.html   (1755 words)

Resurrection: a Myth? - ChristianAnswers.Net ome critics charge that the Gospels have obscured the historical Jesus of Nazareth by cloaking Him in layers of legend and myth. There are no parallels in other literature of myth developing and being believed in the presence of eye-witnesses and within the short timeframe in which the New Testament was formed. John Macquarrie writes, "Myth is usually characterized by a remoteness in time and space... www.christiananswers.net /q-eden/edn-t009.html   (1088 words)

Historical Jesus or Jesus Myth: The Jesus Puzzle Further studies on a wide range of topics concerning the historical Jesus and the Jesus myth. Christian faith evolved from a Jesus myth to an historical Jesus. Was the original Jesus a man or a mythical savior god? pages.ca.inter.net /~oblio/home.htm   (1374 words)

Lent 4 Year C This particular form of violence has a name: it’s called redemptive violence, and the story of how this violence produces good order is known as the myth of redemptive violence. In terms of the Parable of the Prodigal Son, the myth of redemptive violence would suggest that the prodigal would not be welcomed back into the family. I would side with the powers-that-be if I were facing the kind of death that Jesus faced. www.musbush.ucaqld.com.au /Lent4C04.html   (1374 words)

Liz McAlister: Stories/Myths and the Myth of Redemptive Violence A significant aspect of the myth of redemptive violence is its contribution to international conflict. Myth is the collective dreaming, collective wishing, and collective experiencing of a group of people. Jesus regarded holiness and wholeness as contagious, therefore touching the sick, women, etc. He offered an alternative concept of family as solidarity in the work of God. www.jonahhouse.org /McAlisterSt.JohnParish04.htm   (1374 words)

Myth of Redemptive Violence The redemptive violence myth, he says, is the belief that violence is a necessary and appropriate response and even healing for the victim especially when administered by the state on a victim’s behalf. Wink points out that Jesus clearly rejected violence as a constructive way of responding to a wrong or injustice and helps us to understand that there are some alternatives to violence. So how, when we have been offended, are we to understand and take seriously what Jesus is saying? www.fresno.edu /pacs/docs/restj3.html   (1374 words)

Search Tuna Report for Jesus History Jesus In History & Myth These and other intriguing questions are explored in Jesus in History and Myth, which emerged from a powerful symposium held in 1985 under the auspices of the Biblical Criticism Research Project of the Committee for the Scientific Examination of Religion CSER.... Jesus Of History, Christ Of Faith Our thorough, full-color revision of the popular Jesus of History, Christ of Faith invites ninth- and tenth-grade students to explore the life of Jesus through a Christological study of the New Testament.... Jesus, and by extension Christianity, was good; the Judaism of Jesus contemporaries and especially of his opponents the scribes, or the Pharisees, or the priests was bad.... searchtuna.com /ftlive/2278.html   (1374 words)

A Weekend with Walter Wink The Gospel, says Wink, has a powerful and almost untried answer to this "religion of redemptive violence," and that "Jesus' message calls for an end to the domination of some by others by means of violence. Wink's subject, "Jesus Against Domination," puts forward the opinion that the most potent religion in America is not Christianity, but the belief in the redemptive power of violence. Friday, March 10 The Myth of Redemptive Violence 7:00 p.m. www.salsa.net /peace/winkmarch.html   (1374 words)

powers.html Wink believes that "the myth of redemptive violence," found originally in ancient imperial cultures, is at the root of violence in our culture today; and that Jesus dealt quite intentionally and decisively with the culture of violence. A summary view of the myth of redemptive violence THE POWERS THAT BE is a biblically based approach to social ethics, with implications for our understanding of Jesus' mission, method, and person. www.pointorocks.ang-md.org /powers.html   (1374 words)

News Release on November 12 and is titled "The Myth of Redemptive Violence." The lecture will be held in the Bush Student Center Ballroom, 1561 Hewitt Ave. PAUL, Minn. (October 14, 2003) - Theologians Walter Wink and June Keener Wink will present lectures on November 12 and 13 during Hamline University's 21st Annual Seminar in Contemporary Religious Thought, themed "Jesus and the Spiral of Violence." The second lecture, "Jesus Against Violence," will begin at 9 a.m. www.hamline.edu /communications/religion09_14_03.html   (1374 words)

Welcome to UUMAN This is the outline of the story of Jesus as we have come to know it, but it is also the story of Adonis, Dionysus, Mithras, Arthur, and literally hundreds of other gods and heroes of myth, legend, and religion. Whatever we make of the original myth, however, Isis seems to have been originally a virgin (or, perhaps, sexless) goddess, and in the later period of Egyptian religion she was again considered a virgin goddess, demanding very strict abstinence from her devotees. In one Egyptian myth she was made pregnant by Soirees in their mother's womb: in another and more popular, she was miraculously impregnated by contact with the phallus of the dead Soirees. www.uuman.org /ed_christmyth.htm   (2992 words)

Can the New Jesus Save Us? by C. Stephan Evans These scholars claim their Jesus is the historical Jesus, the real Jesus, to be distinguished from the Jesus of myth or dogma who is the product of the church. The suggestion is that Jesus was a Jewish — though not-so-very Jewish — version of a wandering Cynic philosopher, a sage whose wisdom was presented in an aphoristic, unconventional style and whose content challenged the prevailing cultural and social assumptions. It is hard to believe that God could have acted in Jesus to make salvation possible for the human race and at the same time believe that knowledge of the story is possible only for those who have the intelligence and leisure to fight their way through the thicket of historical Jesus research. www.irr.org /evans1.html   (4976 words)

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