I can see your point. It leaves me wondering, 'If Greek audiences recognised that these were Greek myths being Judaised, why would they join the nascent Christian movement? They had their myths; they're Mithras/Dionysius - why abandon them? Moreover, writings from non-Jewish sources confirm that the Jewish people were not popular among their neighbours. So what was it that persuaded the early Greek Christians to subvert and disown their own myths, philosophies and culture, to bring them under the banner of a tiny Jewish sect that was controversial even among their fellow Jews? What was it about this version of the dying n rising god motif that changed the world forever? That remains the open question I have never heard a satisfactory answer to. In the end, I'm left wondering if J.R.R. Tolkien was correct in concluding that Christianity is simply the True Myth, the Myth made Fact, to which all the others were pointing.
None of the 12 Apostles compromised or changed their witness, all of them were beaten and tortured, and all but one were brutally killed. The theory you posit about the claims of Christ and the New Testament borrowing from other religions were all explored by scholars in the 19th century, and they found those claims were invalid. Anyone who takes the time to learn, the cultural, historical, and theological context of the Tanakh (Hebrew Scriptures) will see clearly how Jewish the New Testament is. When did mainstream historians of antiquity change their view on The Holy Apostle Luke as being one of the best sources we have of 1st Century Judean history?
2 Timothy 3:8 (ESV) Just as Jannes and Jambres opposed Moses, so these men also oppose the truth, men corrupted in mind and disqualified regarding the faith.
There's zero evidence that Moses ever existed. There are, however, clear parallels to others such as: "In Bacchus we evidently have Moses. Herodotus says [Bacchus] was an Egyptian . . . The Orphic verses relate that he was preserved from the waters, in a little box or chest, that he was called Misem in commemoration of the event; that he was instructed in all the secrets of the Gods; and that he had a rod, which he changed into a serpent at his pleasure; that he passed through the Red Sea dry-shod, as Hercules subsequently did . . . and that when he went to India, he and his army enjoyed the light of the Sun during the night: moreover, it is said, that he touched with his magic rod the waters of the great rivers Orontes and Hydaspes; upon which those waters flowed back and left him a free passage. It is even said that he arrested the course of the sun and moon. He wrote his laws on two tablets of stone. He was anciently represented with horns or rays on his head."
@@KingdonomicsMoses, the Exodus, the Ten Commandments The legend of Moses, rather than being that of a historical Hebrew character, is found from the Mediterranean to India, with the character having different names and races, depending on the locale: "Manou" is the Indian legislator. "Nemo the lawgiver," who brought down the tablets from the Mountain of God, hails from Babylon. "Mises" is found in Syria, where he was pulled out of a basket floating in a river. Mises also had tablets of stone upon which laws were written and a rod with which he did miracles, including parting waters and leading his army across the sea. In addition, "Manes the lawgiver" took the stage in Egypt, and "Minos" was the Cretan reformer.
So revealing and lots to consider for those who are genuinely truly seeking truth.
I can see your point. It leaves me wondering, 'If Greek audiences recognised that these were Greek myths being Judaised, why would they join the nascent Christian movement? They had their myths; they're Mithras/Dionysius - why abandon them? Moreover, writings from non-Jewish sources confirm that the Jewish people were not popular among their neighbours. So what was it that persuaded the early Greek Christians to subvert and disown their own myths, philosophies and culture, to bring them under the banner of a tiny Jewish sect that was controversial even among their fellow Jews? What was it about this version of the dying n rising god motif that changed the world forever? That remains the open question I have never heard a satisfactory answer to. In the end, I'm left wondering if J.R.R. Tolkien was correct in concluding that Christianity is simply the True Myth, the Myth made Fact, to which all the others were pointing.
Thank you for your content.
I wouldn’t be surprised if people 300 years from now worshipped Harry Potter as if he actually existed.
The fiction, is more organized than most people have the eyes to see, and the fiction has intent.
Huh? If you have the truth, you tell the truth. No fiction needed.
Respect 💯
None of the 12 Apostles compromised or changed their witness, all of them were beaten and tortured, and all but one were brutally killed.
The theory you posit about the claims of Christ and the New Testament borrowing from other religions were all explored by scholars in the 19th century, and they found those claims were invalid.
Anyone who takes the time to learn, the cultural, historical, and theological context of the Tanakh (Hebrew Scriptures) will see clearly how Jewish the New Testament is.
When did mainstream historians of antiquity change their view on The Holy Apostle Luke as being one of the best sources we have of 1st Century Judean history?
2 Timothy 3:8 (ESV) Just as Jannes and Jambres opposed Moses, so these men also oppose the truth, men corrupted in mind and disqualified regarding the faith.
2 Timothy 3:9 (ESV) But they will not get very far, for their folly will be plain to all, as was that of those two men.
There's zero evidence that Moses ever existed. There are, however, clear parallels to others such as: "In Bacchus we evidently have Moses. Herodotus says [Bacchus] was an Egyptian . . . The Orphic verses relate that he was preserved from the waters, in a little box or chest, that he was called Misem in commemoration of the event; that he was instructed in all the secrets of the Gods; and that he had a rod, which he changed into a serpent at his pleasure; that he passed through the Red Sea dry-shod, as Hercules subsequently did . . . and that when he went to India, he and his army enjoyed the light of the Sun during the night: moreover, it is said, that he touched with his magic rod the waters of the great rivers Orontes and Hydaspes; upon which those waters flowed back and left him a free passage. It is even said that he arrested the course of the sun and moon. He wrote his laws on two tablets of stone. He was anciently represented with horns or rays on his head."
@@KingdonomicsMoses, the Exodus, the Ten Commandments
The legend of Moses, rather than being that of a historical Hebrew character, is found from the Mediterranean to India, with the character having different names and races, depending on the locale: "Manou" is the Indian legislator. "Nemo the lawgiver," who brought down the tablets from the Mountain of God, hails from Babylon. "Mises" is found in Syria, where he was pulled out of a basket floating in a river. Mises also had tablets of stone upon which laws were written and a rod with which he did miracles, including parting waters and leading his army across the sea. In addition, "Manes the lawgiver" took the stage in Egypt, and "Minos" was the Cretan reformer.
@@Kingdonomics source: Moses, Theft from Egypt
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