Was the Jesus story copied from ancient myths?
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- Опубликовано: 12 мар 2020
- You read on the internet of dying and rising gods who supposedly have many of the same characteristics of Jesus: virgin born, 12 disciples, died and rose from the dead, etc. Are those really true? Is the Christian story just another myth that copied from those? Frank responds and gives you the right questions to ask anyone who makes any claim.
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If he was a myth then my heart wouldn't have been completely changed the second I put my faith in him.
Being born again is a beautiful and completely miraculous and supernatural event Amen 🙏🙌🙌🙌
I agree. Many people look for worldly proof instead of seeking Him and they cant find evidence because of it. He will give you evidence and make Himself known to you. Seek and you shall find
This exactly :)
How about all the people who put their faith in different things and use that same expression “my heart changed”
Or even people whose lives and whose mindset changes after listening to a secular motivational speech?
Brain is a very strange thing.
1. What do you mean by that?
2. How did you come to that conclusion?
3. What evidence do you have to support that?
MrJaisum 4. Have you considered....?
The Same can be said of Jesus. The Bible is not evidence, The Bible is a Claim!
@@divyaruth3563 👍🏽✝️
@@ronjohnson602 the claim is there to be investigated using evidence logic and reasoning, and then you come to your own conclusion
What do you mean by Christianity?
How did you come to that conclusion?
What evidence do you have to support that?
Have you considered that confirmation bias could be a significant contributing factor in your reasoning that affects your conclusion, what have you done to mitigate confirmation bias?
This dude just has slides ready to go for everything.
Programmed Questions
Abeh Joshua nope. He is just asked this question multiple times and has prepared for it. I’ve been to his talks. Nobody is “programmed” to ask the questions bud. Typical lying dishonest atheist
@JJ king I understand what you're saying but I think you executed it poorly with the wrong tone. Yes, we are all supposed to be loving christians. So don't finish your arguement by calling him a "prick" otherwise you're being a hypocrite.
@JJ king they're not scripted and you made a claim with no evidence. The reason you believe reality tv is scripted is because there's sufficient evidence to believe so. Here the audience stands up and goes to ask questions and Frank answers every single one. Not logical. False information. You're a disinformation agent and described in the Bible. You need to lie to justify staying in your own sin. The problem is not with your mind but your heart.
@@joshuaabeh698 No it's just called being prepared. Kent Hovind also had thousands of slides ready to go when he was speaking all over the place.
Jesus has delivered me from depression, anxiety, addiction, suicidal thoughts, stress, doubt, insomnia, fear, panic attacks and loneliness. He gave me 5 new friends (an answer to a very specific prayer) within 3 weeks of loosing one. I have had peace in every circumstance i have faced since August (I prayed for peace from my severe anxiety constantly from March-July). I started constantly seeking God in His word the Bible, through prayer and through short fasts back in March 2020. Before that i had called myself a christian but i was blindly living in sin, since He has opened my eyes to this, He has helped me work out my own salvation.
God bless anyone who read this. I hope my testimony can encourage you to seek God or to keep going, God put you here for a reason and a purpose, He loves you, seek Him out for yourself. I know He will help you in His timing!
Amen !
That still doesn't change the fact that most of what we know of modern Christianity was taken from Paganistic ideologies like Osiris/Isis/Horus and other Egyptian and Greco-Roman beliefs. IOW, because you've had some anecdotal experiences doesn't mean that these previous ideas didn't come to ultimately be the basis most Xtians' beliefs - modern Xtian beliefs that directly contradict what Jesus (as) himself believed, understood, preached, and taught.....
@@Ezees23 How can modern Christianity come from what contradicts the teachings of Jesus? That in itself is a contradictory statement. If you are curious about Christianity compared to paganism, I suggest you look up InspiringPhilosophy, a youtuber who has videos discussing that topic from a Christian POV and discrediting claims that the Jesus story is based on the Horus legend in paganism, along with other videos on the subject. Im not saying it will change your mind, but it might be interesting since you seem to have a solid knowledge of the subject from what you listed :)))
Jesus blessed me with money. (I still clock in at work)Jesus healed my depression. (I still take anti-depressant) Jesus saved me. (yet didn't save my slave ancestors)😃
@@Isee333 I have never taken anti-depressants, but the fact remains that I am no longer depressed. I attribute that to God, because of how I was seeking Him at the time, and how my depression was so bad I wanted to end it all. That's what I meant by He saved me. I found purpose to live again in my God. The other things I mentioned, have all come back. I attribute that to me now not being so close to God anymore and distant. This is just my experience, and I respect your opinion and your right to disagree
Fun fact: There are no mithraic scriptures available to us today. Everything we know about mithras is through paintings and sculptures.
Fun fact: "In the 4th century, Mithraists faced persecution from Christians and the religion was subsequently suppressed and eliminated in the empire by the end of the century." (Wiki)
@@hansdemos6510 by Christians you mean Constantine and his catholic religion. Not the real christianity.
@@undeceivedelect uh, both of you are wrong.
Constantine is the Bogey man of anti Catholics, but runs into the insurmountable problem that, with the exception of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin, EVERY distinctive "Catholic" doctrine can be found, even in an earlier form, centuries prior to that Emperor.
Second, persecution of Pagans did not truly begin until after the death of Julian the Apostate, late 4th century, and by that time, the majority of the Empire was Christian anyway.
@@robertlehnert4148 sure it can be found centuries prior to Constantine. But not practiced by apostle Paul or the disciples.
@@hansdemos6510 fun fact: even though Christianity became the official religion of Rome it was mixed with paganism so that the Romans could appease the pagans that lived within the Empire. so it wasn't true Christianity.
Whoever is reading this dont panic and fear. Everything is going to be fine. Dont focus on the media. Focus on the word of God
Amen
If you bury your head in the sand, you might get hit by something you didn't see coming.
@William Kievit
Search for the Creator and Giver of Life and you'll not be ignored. Don't overcomplicate it. When you realize that something powerful enough to create all of this and give us life, humility and humbleness is the only accurate response. And you'll be led by the spirit and experience. A book is not God, a book or anything else for that matter, is the spring board that can lead you into enlightenment to the Living Creator. But this is only if you are willing to know the Creator.
If you don't want to know the Living Creator and Giver of Life? Then just keep doing what you're doing. Just don't expect different results though. Good luck or God bless, which ever you prefer.
Great Hope 💞
Yes, Merry Christmas....!!!
How about focusing on SCIENCE and COMMON SENSE?
To all those who ask how Frank had a slide about Mithras ready, consider this: Frank mentioned the name Mithras at 0:19 while off-camera, and we don’t see Frank until 0:43 again. So that’s almost half a minute for him to open the slide and display it while the camera is on the questioner. Frank’s job is an apologist, which means they’ve basically heard all questions before and thus have these sorts of things ready to go, especially on a laptop where pre-built answer slides can be loaded and shown in an instant. Nothing unusual about what Frank did.
I believe I am forgiven, in my role as a viewer, ignorant of what you have described. From the perspective of my YT experience, including reading your comment, I'll call the presentation-as-a-whole, "unusual". What I see has been edited. It's not the linear sequence of events as they happened -- it is not a re-presentation of something, it is an artistic expression of an event.
It's unusual to those who've never heard it. Try again.
It's pretty easy for an apologist to be prepared to answer atheist objections. As a former atheist, I have used a lot of their punch-lines and arguments myself. Most people who identify as atheist are not consistently skeptical when it comes to epistemology. They are easily indoctrinated into a pseudo-naturalistic worldview that deliberately strawman's other worldviews, hence the predictable repetition of "their" arguments.
@@kevinmiller6443 if god real y bad thing happen
@@FalconOfStorms read genesis
That's funny cause during "the holy war", Christians burned and buried everything they could that went against their bs, including anything from older non-christian teachings.
No evidence for that.
I am a living testimony of how, after seeking healing for mental illness and instability, faith in Jesus freed me from the demonic oppression and possession. You can never convince me about Jesus the myth. Jesus is alive for real.
Sometimes if you lose your hand, you can find yourself.
Awesome testimony. So many arguments but no one ever wants to address the real proof. The actual lives that have been redeemed. God bless you.
Good for you. But that's not happening for many many other Christians with illness/mental illness. Your body healed naturally and you are attributing your healing as diving healing.
@@HopeandI and what about the lives that have been lost...😒
@@ericscaillet2232 can you be more precise...
*The futility: Wreck of the Titan (1898)*
Thanks. I’m gonna use that from now on.
and now we can use this information in an inteligent way and recognize that we are being programmed by the elites. it is called predictive programming, same goes for co ro na or worl trejd centr it has all been shown via mainstream media long before it happened. look at similarities between lincoln and jfk and look at the similarities between the book mentioned and the titanic.
@@pekbekmkek6310 lol man you beat me to it.. Keep waking the masses. Godspeed brother.
@@Peter_Joseph Hey Brother nice to see people with eyes to see around here. truth is stranger than fiction is also christian nad has good info. God bless you.
Welcome to the gospel of the Simpsons. If They did not predict it, it cannot be true.
Dead people cannot come back to life? That's only a fiction. Really?Tell that to the doctors who bring those dead people back to life.
I just about to loose my faith, because I am going through depression right now!! And God sent me to this Video, and Now I feel a lot better!! Please Lord forgive me and give me strength in your holy Name!! Jesus Christ Yeshua Amen 🙏
Behold for each mood is likened unto
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Some dark or dull others bright or warm
Remember that all seasons pass on by
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Wait out the storm or run towards it
Love and kindest of regards from afar
Strength & mindfulness be with You & Yours
@@MikhaelYacobMalechNisan5742 thank you 🙏
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We are built to suffer endure grow & thrive
We fear others as we fear our own selves
This lack of faith in ourselves binds us.
To seek and to find that belief within
means we can endure & achieve anything.
If You only believe.
Strength Godliness mindfulness is Yours
@@MikhaelYacobMalechNisan5742 thank you from the bottom of my heart ❤️
Do any Christians believe Jesus was born on the 25th of December? It never mattered to me what day he was born, what matters is that he WAS born and what a wonderful thing that was ❤✝️
Sept 11th 😉
@@rachelarundale1060 🤣
The tradition is that Jesus died the same day He was conceived. So, 9 months after the Passover back then would have been December 25.
Was the story of Jesus copied from myths? 😂😂😂 no but the devil would like us to think so. Remember in the end every knee will bow to Jesus. That includes satan's knee.
@Michael Fritsche says you
@Michael Fritsche okay I'll bite....Christianity
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@six hundred and sixty six eventually every knee will bow, I won't cast my cast my pearls to the swine
@six hundred and sixty six
It always takes two fools to argue - two wise men will not argue. One wise man will not argue with a fool, therefore it takes two fools to argue. I will save my serenity and dignity
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AMEN!!!!
King of the fairytale creatures.
@@somerandom3247 watch the devil and father amorth trailer.
@@lightbeing8174 looks interesting. Do they offer any actual evidence for possession? Or is just going to be people throwing themselves around the bed?
Every case of possession I have seen has either been a mental health issue, or someone clearly faking it.
I'm so glad I saw this video. I commented on one of your latest videos and someone sent me a video where a former Christian created a documentary about his deconversion. He pointed out the similarities between the account of Jesus and the ancient myths.
Mithras is a great one to point out but the story of Horus is really damning for christian faith
@@innerdescent8210 no its not
@@jasonsimms4238 it is, why don't you read about it instead of dissenting without any counter evidence?
@@innerdescent8210Actually no. Satan is the most intelligent created being. He and his demons have been around for thousands of years. Satan has been creating 'religions' based loosely on the birth and 'resurrection' of Jesus.
Also Satan has had an 'anti-Christ' in the wings in almost every generation, Hitler being such an example and Nero as well as so many others.
These are fantastic questions to ask anyone in an open discussion. That being said, I'm not sure where they got 2nd century AD from... Mithra(s) is most certainly mentioned hundreds, if not, thousands of years into BCE.
That's precisely what I was thinking! Do you know of any sources to prove it?
This is one of my top questions if I ever got the chance to talk to Frank turek. And even before Mithras there were others with the same story (different names) all coming out of ancient Egypt. Or “kemet”
It really isn't though.
In fact I think in the novel the ship is called "Titan" and it's also bragged to be unsinkable.
The original name of the novel was " Futility " which was also the original name of the ship. It was later changed to " Titan " when the title of the novel was changed to " The Wreck Of The Titan "
@@Qui_Gon_Jinn_76 Ah so that was after the fact?
@@david-spliso1928 I believe so, not sure on that.
@@Qui_Gon_Jinn_76 Thanks
@@david-spliso1928 yes sir
Do not confuse Jesus with the legends of the wakanda gods
@subtracted for one you completely missed the joke and for two Jesus has contributed more than you ever will
@subtracted you didn't get the joke
@subtracted well let's see, humanity, redemption, a moral community... But no, no sculptures of cats with human heads. Sorry if he's a let-down to you. Time for you to move on now...
@@buckybarnes3803 how can Jesus contribute anything when he never existed?
@@jdilla999 prove that he never existed
homie really got the black panther necklace lololol
Ridiculous
WHACK CON DUH
Another thing to consider is that Satan made copies of the story of the Messiah before He showed up so that he could throw ppl off. Causing them to think it’s jus a copy cat story when in fact, the stories before He showed up were the copy cats.
I know it's been three years since you posted this comment, but this is a very interesting theory. I personally don't think that Satan has power over time or prophecy, but if he does, WOW making copy cat stories pre-Jesus is a 4D chess move on his part! And we need to be watchful for his deception!
T’Challa asking questions of the Bible...
@G Will So, when are your and "M"'s white robes and hoods due back from the cleaners?
@G Will "Anyway; Wakanda isn't real"
Well, neither is Jesus or God so, what's the big deal?
Do you have a problem with all black people, or just the ones that don't dress the way you think they should?
@@atheistangel007 Erm, actually Jesus is real. Multiple accounts testify to his existence as a true historical person. You got Josephus, Tacitus, the Talmud, Lucian, and a few others. Not to mention the Biblical epistles and the early church fathers...
@@EnnuiPilgrim "Erm, actually Jesus is real. Multiple accounts testify to his existence as a true historical person. You got Josephus, Tacitus, the Talmud, Lucian, and a few others. Not to mention the Biblical epistles and the early church fathers..."
Can you name just ONE other character from history that was as "important" that not a single one of their contemporaries wrote about?
Because NONE of the people you mentioned knew "Jesus" or lived during the time he supposedly did. ALL that was written about him was YEARS later and all by hearsay. "Jesus" was most likely an urban legend and a compilation of many extremely embellished stories.
There most likely was a man named "Yeshua Ben Yosef" that lived at the time, but he was no "Christ".
@@atheistangel007 By that logic you can't believe much of what any of the historians wrote. Many manuscripts date hundreds of years after the supposed penning of the original. Caesar's Gallic Wars is one such that comes to mind that dates almost a thousand years prior to its first known manuscript.
And if you can't trust Tacitus when it comes to the figure of Jesus (or Josephus), then why trust anything they say regarding Roman historicity or any other historian for that matter? Why trust any written account?
The simple fact of the matter is these historians wrote not just of the birthing sect of Christianity, but also made mention of the originator. We have a written account in the gospels as well as outside corroboration to support. We can reasonably conclude that, based on the written evidence, a man named Jesus (Christ) really existed and sparked a revolution of thought and religion.
Now, whether you believe the miracles written in the gospel accounts were real or not is another matter entirely. I would submit to you that without some form of supernatural power at work, no apostle (or new convert for that matter) would willingly walk into the lion's mouth for what they know is a complete fabrication. A man will die for what he believes in, but a man will not die for a lie when he has nothing to gain and everything to lose.
I’m *atheist* and even I knew the zeitgeist movie is B. S.
Bro that means u have an open heart I had doubts too about the Bible but when I researched it I found out the Bible isn't just some story but has coherent writing, you know the book of Daniel talked about Alexander the Great before any of the events of his life happened you can check it, it said his kingdom was divided into four parts which happened to Alexander the Great kingdom it also talked about the ppl who got the four parts of his kingdom and what happened to each of them. Another one was the book of Daniel predicted exactly when Jesus came and died like exactly. And if you look at the book of Isaiah 10 22 it said God sits enthroned the circle of the earth, unless Ur a flat earther😂 that's relevant to you. In Leviticus it said the blood was the life of the body. Remember that technique ppl used when they literally let blood out cause they said it was bad yeah the Bible thousands of years b4 knew this. Yeah I spent my whole time writing this down so plz check it out🙏. If u still have doubts tell me and I'll give some more proofs God bless you.
that's because u didn't understand it lmbo🤣
@@chiefreficul9774 Okay edge-lord Lucifer you pentagram the north south east and west daily with a sword or are u just a wannabe poser atheist with a 10-head and goth pants?
the fact that u didn't know the pagan pre-christian meaning of the word lucifer, is exactly the initial point i was making.
@@chiefreficul9774 You just made an assumption based off of no clear context of what I said. You are the definition of a nimrod.
I am a Muslim this video has helped me to be able to defend Jesus (Isa) and the Bible (Injeel) to Atheists. Thank you.
If it makes you feel better than there many christians who believe that jesus (PBUH) was only a human prey to Allah swt that they become the majority
@@theguyver4934 it doesn’t matter what we believe to be true, but what’s reality. And the reality is ,God’s love is agape and He demonstrated that by sending His One ☝️ and only son to die for us- that we may not suffer life and eternity without Him.
@@gloreeuhh- - Yahweh bless you
@@theguyver4934 you too! So u have accepted Jesus as your Savior already?
Hello your reply
Thank you Heavenly Father for sending us people like Frank to explain your word. I am very grateful indeed.
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I disagree
There are logic fallacies in his presentation. His confidence is meaningless.
1.the novel and the titanic is a well known coincidence. The Bible, both old and new testament, is infested with "stolen" myths/stories. In fact, I'm not aware of any of the Bible that is not linked to earlier religions and most very strongly.
This is the nonsense we deal with in the black community, being internet scholars, but when you dissect these claims they fall apart.
My man, i dont think being black has anything to do with anything, so i dont really know what your point was 🤔 could you spell it out for me?
@@josephzanes7334 Yeah he’s saying that the culture leads us black folk down a path of false intelligence through the internet and social media. But I personally don’t think being black has anything to do with it🤷🏻♂️ I just think it’s all these damn kids of this new generation. Back in my day we never had Siri and Alexa to answer our homework questions we had to read the whole damn book and yes it was a pain in the booty but we actually learned because of it.
Same thing can be said about Christianity. There is a church on every corner in black neighborhoods but when you dissect the Christian religion all the claims fall apart.
I seen a lot of black niggas say that the black women is God and flipping things in a way to make themselves look superior.
As African Americans we are the true victims of Christian thought as it is the belief of captures
Zeitgeist has being debunked countless times.
Their is so much more evidence
@Mr Dyntasy the existence of God and jezus as his son is a bold claim that can never be proven. Faith is just pretending to know things you cannot possibly know.
@@Carlos-fl6ch until you know. May Jesus direct you. AMEN
@@JesusOurKing uhhhhh .,......, NO?
@@Carlos-fl6ch look up Casey Johnson, Todd White, Peter Cabrera, Tom Loud etc. Endless Love, healings and miracles in Jesus' name. May your eyes be opened brethren, were all children of God 💗
Ancient myths reflected the yearnings of a pre-christian world.
Wish he would’ve addressed other mythologies across history as well: Hindi, Sumerian, Egyptian, etc
He does look it up (Frank's responses)
People who make these arguments don't care if they're actually true or not. They're just looking for any reason not to confess Jesus as Lord.
They will bow their knee and confess Yeshua is Lord, one day, as everyone else. Their pride to be their own god will fail!!
what i'm looking for is any evidence you have that the silliness in your bible is true....there are quite literally mountains of evidence proving pretty conclusively that many bible stories are wrong....but you are a simpleton and won't accept this
Jesus ain't lord. Y'all need to wake tf up. Who is Jesus? You notice you were taught this just like how ppl are taught racism. Carry on.
@@bettyqueen1235 you are ridiculous lad. Religion is nothing, you are worshipping human ideals. Very ignorant and you chastise others, in your churches or gathering you call ppl who don't accept your ideals as unclean and demonic or sinners, it's all a bit mad. Y'all need to get real. 😅😅
@@rajahkhonai Why are you so comfortable spouting off at the mouth about things you know very little, if anything about? Don't you want to make sure you're knowledgeable before forming an opinion? Isn't that the responsible, mature and rational thing to do? Why are you okay with behaving like an insufferable child?
I am sure the skeptics at the time of Jesus used the same tactic.
But the Romans may have likened Jesus to a greek or roman god to throw doubt on his uniqueness
@Neon Rogue You should read a bit more about cultural exchange in the Roman Empire 2000 years ago. Strap in buddy, because it will be a wild ride!
the son of god was on every coin in the Roman Empire. he was Julius Caesar, so you do say this day labourer is??? they were right to be skeptical. The Jews who witnessed all this said it never happened.
Being called liars and devil worshippers by people who knew nothing about their religion
@islanti as it was human nature to create mythical gods.
By the way,the fallen Angels new that a child would be born in the future, so maybe they created there own just for the purpose of leading the truth from human beings
That's what I've been saying
Love this guy humility and franks response!
Humility??????????? Your kidding
@@darkeen42 ..and what did he do that was so arrogant and disrespectful???
@@wmurray003 I found bold-faced lies on such weighty Topics quite defensive
@@wmurray003 when somebody tells you they have the one true true and all those other hundred and countless Generations were wrong and then he lies to you to convince you that is disgusting
@@wmurray003 research has claimed the guy asked the question very poorly but he had to lie to answer it
There's been many myths before Christianity and many had the same story as Jesus... no,actually there are key differences between the story of Jesus and any other ancient religion. none of them has one that is exactly like it. Common misconception. there is, however, one thing that is similar between ancient religions (other than the story of Jesus) and that is that the devil is behind all of them.
P.s. thank you for unblocking the channel. I'm sure it was just a misunderstanding. Back to support you. God bless 🙂🙏
Exactlyyyyy every single belief other than jesus
@@sonoftheking1977 amen!
How do you know a supernatural being is behind religions? Why couldn't people invent religions on their own?
@@Mrjohnboy1965 There doesn't have to be a supernatural reason to anything. How do you know you witnessed anything supernatural?
@@Mrjohnboy1965 I pray that you are free from this oppression. We have our Lord's full authority over these spirit's, I hope you have the courage to bind them in his name. God bless
It amazes me how many skeptics still hang on to this red herring despite it being thoroughly debunked 500 ways from Sunday.
And there's proof that Jesus existed ????
@@randyg.7940 evidence yes.
@@lamarthomas5603 good
@@randyg.7940 Well he did existed, but he was never crucified.
@@horsepowerenthusiast6933 untrue. he definitely was crucified and he did rise from the dead,
His argument about the book written about a ship that hits an iceberg is a false equivalency. Should have been called immediately as such but that's to be expected from a room full of people looking for validation in their preconceived ideas.
Very well spoken! I loved then end! So, true! Peace to all of you!🙏🙏
If you really study in detail all of these foolish arguments can be put to rest. Vague similarities at best and there has never been any story in mythology where the Son of God became human to die for the sins of the world and rise again. Nice try though.
@Leon thecat Because of the Extra-Temporal Nature of God, and the fact that Jesus Christ took all the possible death punishment upon himself.
@Leon thecat He died for what already happened that extends into the future. By one man sin entered into the world, all men & women come from adam & eve, so through Jesus, one man that fulfilled the necessary conditions, people past present & future can be forgiven since that payment covers all mankind.
If Adam and Eve didn't exist would there be original sin?
@@blueskiesrivers if the first human never existed, there would be no original human sin. No. There would only be the sin that Lucifer and his followers committed against God.
Right they just changed the ending to fir a new naritive. They didn't have to reinvite the fame work just modify it.
Thanks for the shout out to Greg Koukl's book Tactics. Great book with very practical and effective techniques for sharing our faith in this culture.
He’s always got an answer even though there are so many other God sons that follow the same path of Jesus it’s kind of crazy coincidence ?
None of them performed miracles, sacrificed themselves for us, or resurrected after 3 days. That's not a coincidence.
@@AImighty_Loafliterally all of them did in their stories. I watched a video like 10 minutes ago which actually provides a lot of proof and information.. idk how I feel about it but there’s not really anything I can say to dispute what was explained..
@@AImighty_Loafeverything from the cross, the symbols.. everything
@@somebodysson227 crazy, never heard of it
As Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of Man be lifted up; so that whoever believes will in Jesus have eternal life.
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AMEN
@@IshtarLinqu Jesus is the way, the truth and the life. He has revealed all things pertaining to the Father through the gospels and by him alone do we attain knowledge and guidance not by ulterior texts. I pray you truly receive him so that you might understand the right way. I love you friend.
Thank you for posting this video this is a question that has been on my mind for weeks. Shoutout to the guy who asked this.
Lol he danced around the question didn’t even fully answer the question
There is no religion that predates Jesus, in the beginning was the Word, the Word was with God and the word was God.
Haha...lol
Yep. And the first civilizations knew it but they chose to reject Him and created their own gods in rebellion of Him. They worshipped demons and the carved images of stone and wood instead as many still do today.
@@festushaggen2563 it is hard to reject the non existent.
@@Carlos-fl6ch How do you know for a fact that God doesn't exist? How can you prove it? Don't worry, I'll answer for you. You don't and you can't. You're welcome.
@@festushaggen2563 which God exist because there's an infinite amount based on that title "GOD?"
I am a self-taught mythology expert and a self taught religion expert. I have dismantled ideas from degree-holding professionals concerning these topics and have even inspired new out-looks for a few of them.
And I must say; whatever points of similarity various myths and religions have are cursory at best and a heaping pile of ignorant garbage at worst.
My favorite one to dismantle is Horus/Jesus. So here we go....
1) Jesus is the Son of the Supreme Power, Horus is the great-grandson of the supreme power.
2) Jesus is the only begotten... Horus has a brother
3) Jesus is 'firstborn'... Horus is second born
4) Isis is the goddess of magic and craft and as any Wiccan will tell you: you cannot be a witch/wiccan/mage and remain a virgin your whole life that is a refusal to practise magic. Not to mention she was married to Osiris for centuries before Hrlorus was conceived. There is no way in any reality anyone should be convinced that the God-Pharaoh of Egypt wasn't getting any from his own wife.
5) Jesus never ripped off Mary's head
6) Mary never sympathized with Satan to anger her son into ripping off her head
7) Anubis is Horus' older half brother not his cousin
8) Anubis was raised in the wilderness but not by Mary
9) Anubis did preach of Horus' coming but had not only met Horus beforehand he also helped raise him
10) Anubis was never arrested and beheaded for preaching against Set
11) Anubis never baptised anyone including Horus. He saved Horus from a poisonous sting from Serqet by using magic he learned from Sobek the nile god
12) Satan has never sat on Jesus' throne
13) God and Satan are not brothers
14) Horus had thousands of followers while he walked the earth. At his max Jesus had 70 followers when he walked the earth
15) Horus went to war with Set. Jesus never started any wars... even against Satan
16) Horus was never crucified or executed in any capacity... just before Set deals the killing blow in their 1 on 1 the Ogodad pauses the war and pulls both Horus and Set to Het Djew to be put on trial.
17) Jesus never got a kingdom on earth... Horus becomes Pharaoh by the end of his story.
18) Jesus' animal is the lamb. Horus' animal is the falcon.
19) John the Baptist's animal is the camel. Anubis' animal is the jackal
20) God's animals are the ox, lion, Eagle, and human. Osiris' animal is the leopard.
21) Satan's animals are the snake and dragon. Set's animal is.... unknown but definately not a reptile.
22) Satan's "consort" Lilith is not the mother of John the Baptist. Set's consort Nephthys is the bio mom of Anubis
23) Horus' mission was completely political. Jesus's mission was purely spiritual.
24) when Horus died it was of old age and he went to Het Djew to join the Enead. Jesus was murdered was dead and in the underworld for three days then rose again. Stayed on earth for 40 more days then ascended into Heaven to sit at God's right hand... sharing no title with any other immortal.
I could go on and on... but you get the idea. Share! Especially with the ignoramuses who believe themselves to be intelligent.
The stories are not going to be exactly the same. That's not the point. The explanation of the meaning of life in all its supernaturality wouldn't ordinary lean on human belief and mythology from before the inception of a true standard. Or the men of antiquity had no GOD.
@@kaymsov these details create implications that are contradictory. Do you know why no one compares Horus to Dionysus? Because the cursory details demonstrate that they are both original ideas, a few similarities notwithstanding. Yet despite the notion that Horus and Dionysus are clearly different archetypes depicting differing norms and morres and different hinges in their respective cosmic dramas both of them are used to try and demonstrate that Jesus was hocked from one, both, or more of them. If Horus and Dionysus are dissimilar enough to eachother then why are both of them used in attempts to downplay the uniqueness of Jesus?
Let me explain it this way:
Okeanos rom Greek mythology, Kek from Egyptian mythology, and Jormungandr from Norse mythology all serve the same function in each of their respective cosmologies; maintain the boarder between Chaos (the vast expanse of nothingness/darkness/void) and order (creation/the earth). Now despite serving the same function per their respective myths, no one in their right mind would say that the Greeks, Norse, and Egyptians were all trying to say the same thing. There is an implicating reason as to why the Greeks chose a Titan to marl the boarder between chaos and order and that reason does not match why the Egyptians used a singing frog for the same function and neither of those reasons match the reason why the Norse used a massive snake to hold the boarder between Chaos and Order.
So again, despite Jesus and Horus serving similar functions in their respective cosmologists their differences and why those differences are there clearly demonstrate that Jesus is not a hock of Horus.
You were so close to answering this exactly right. You were pretty close tho.
Atheist run from Frank. God bless you brother Frank!
Wow that’s an awesome illustration with the novel of the Futility.
Is this a spontaneous Q&A or did they pre-submit their questions? It just seems really suspicious that the slideshow with Mithras is up so fast after the speaker asks his question...
Spontaneous. Many of these speakers have heard the same questions over and over again or expect certain questions to be asked, so they prepare the slides ahead of time. All he really has to remember regarding the slides is which slides are the correct ones to turn to.
As a student of Christ and a seeker of truth... Not to deny that the story of Christ as Truth... I have a question... He brought up a fictional story of a ship and then brought up the Titanic as the Truth... and said that just because something predates something doesn't mean that it was true... right after he had said that the story of Mithras came after Christ... couldn't we use that same logic to say that just because the story of Christ came before doesn't make Mithras a lie?
The " ressurection " stories of other gods were about sun worship, not a man who lived and died and was ressurected, but the " dying " and rebirth of the sun. The " birthday " of these sun gods were on dec 21 or 25 because of the winter solstice.
Sun gods were generally anthromorphosized and became people. Good example of this is Baldr in Germanic mythology.
@@jcivilis533
Your point ?
I already gave an example of one of those.
It isn't at all the same as Jesus.
GREAT answer. It’s also good to point out the qualitative improvements Christianity has made in societies where Christ has been fully embraced. Following his commands to love God and love our neighbors as ourselves doesn’t become any less impactful if someone else may have said it first.
Michael Fritsche Christianity is increasing in China, Iran, and many other places. The Bible is the all time bestseller because people see a marked improvement in the quality of their lives when they apply Christ’s teachings to their lives.
Michael Fritsche the Chinese government won’t report it.
You say you’re happy to see it go as if you’ve found an ideology that makes more sense. I assume you currently subscribe to atheism, an ideology that has no objective moral standard. By what standard can an atheist judge Christianity as being wrong?
You refer to Christianity as mythology? Respectfully, atheism has more in common with mythology than Christianity. Atheists believe in magic: everything from nothing, life from non life, the immaterial (thoughts and emotions) from pure material, order from chaos. Where does this magic come from?
Michael Fritsche Parrot parroting parrots to think that the parrots he parrots will think he is smart for parroting the parrots, “Barack! religion is on the decline.”
Parrot is really ignorant in thinking it is a good thing.
Parrots; look great on their masters’ shoulders, but they’re just decorations for their masters’ benefit.
@@poliincredible770 well I mean religious colonialism also played a big part
@@poliincredible770 but frank lied mithra is before Christianity
So sad there are still people believing in magic in 2020.
I know right. Can't believe people think a magical explosion happen out of nothing that created all life as we know it. 😔
I know right. People actually believe in this witchcraft like bringing people back from the dead and walking on water.
@@mimia.4810 If you can believe one you can certainly believe the other. I believe neither. What now?
I believe in magic. We are on a ball out in the middle of nowhere. If you stop and think about how that’s even possible, it is purely unbelievable and magical. We have yet to find any other planet that can have even the simplest of organisms live on it, let alone animals and humans
@@ryanranard5187 There seems to be many, many balls out in the middle of nowhere. Some of them relatively close and OBSERVABLE. All powerful, aka magical, beings in the sky are not. You find the floating ball unbelievable but magic is fine. LOL
Total avoidance of the main point, which is the numerous myths/stories that pre-date the supposed life of Jesus. The “copies” theory is absurd.
None of this helps to prove God exists. Similarities or not. This same scrutiny is not being applied toward that topic.
This video wasn’t supposed to prove God exists, it was only there to tell us Jesus didn’t steal his story from other gods.
@@purposedrivennihilist7983 Futile if not in the interest of validating your, not yours specifically, God.
@@df0512, All I’m saying is that wasn’t the point of the video.
@@purposedrivennihilist7983 Yes I know. My point stands
@@df0512, Yes, but it’s irrelevant.
Good example
Every Christian must ready to give the right answers of every questions raised from outsiders...CE is one of the best Christians Apologetics,God bless🙏
Have you ever detected this god by means of any sensory modality?
Wonderful, thank you Sir, may God richly bless you for sharing and sharing more light in this
Man knows he is imperfect and so to make up for that man made religion is all about us gaining atonement from god or the gods. Man made religion is all about what we can do to make up for our sin.
The true God flips the script. It’s not what we can do for him it what he has done for us. He didn’t have to but he took on mortal flesh and died for us. Jesus paid the sacrifice he did not deserve but took it willingly for our sakes.
We know what he said is true because he rose from the dead. Only God could have done that, no mere man could have conquered the grave. The apostles then went out across the World proclaiming the witness Christ rise from the dead. They fished no riches, or power from this story only pain, poverty and suffering. In the end all but John died horrible deaths. They were crucified, beaten, flogged, stoned, poisoned, and boiled alive and yet not one recounted their story. Not one said “Wait! It was all a lie! I’m sorry, please don’t kill me!” No. They all accepted their faiths and confined to praise God until they very end.
Why would they do this? Why would they die terrible deaths and endure pain and suffering for so many years for a lie. The answer is because they witnessed Jesus rise from the grave. They witnessed the power of God and were compelled to worship and endure any pain and suffering for the true God of all creation! Their sacrifices are a testament to their story and a testament to Christ’s authenticity as savior of the World, the Messiah, the Son of God!
Now there is nothing separating is from the almighty. Our sin is great but his love, grace and forgiveness are far greater! All you must do is accept him into your heart, accept him as your Lord and savior and his gift of forgiveness. There’s no sin too great that it won’t be forgiven in an instant. We know this for God himself proclaims it! He will forgive you and change you, heal you, give you a new heart, a new direction, a new purpose, a new peace, a new lease on life.
Christ is waiting and he will never stop seeking you. He loves you like his own child. He is the good Sheppard and his father is the Good Father. Forgiveness and ever lasting joy are at hand! This is the good news which we and the apostles before us are tasked to spread across the world to all people! Amen
“Come to me all who are weary and burdened and I will give you rest. Take up my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy and my burden is light.” -Jesus
Mathew 11:28-30
I've been checking out Frank's videos for a while and his delivery on how he answers so many difficult questions and his knowledge of not only Christianity, but other religions is very inspiring and impressive. I am not sure what other words to use, but it's pretty awesome that he can answer so many people's difficult questions with such knowledge and grace regardless if the person asking the question is combative or aggressive. Of course, this is a topic that no human being will ever have all the answers for, I know I am seeking them myself, but from Frank's videos, it is nice that so many of us can gain this knowledge from people like Frank and I'm sure many others that are dedicating their whole lives to speak truth and their knowledge to others. In my opinion, I feel he is a very reliable source for a lot of people like myself that are open to these topics and that are searching for their own faith, path, or purpose life. Anyways, in a nutshell, this, in my opinion, is a great channel and I'm grateful that I came across it :)
He also just lies sometimes, apparently. There are mentions of Mithra from 400-500 BC for example
I would love to see him debate Anthony Buzzard on the Trinity topic.
No dude. They borrowed all the story from Egypt. Look up Horus. This is the kind of guy who will not let you tell him something he might have missed and argue with you.
Why is that guy cosplaying Black Panther
black panther cosplaying that guy
Why not
I remember the zeitgeist movie from 10 years ago really pushed this idea, and I along with many others fell for it. Then I watched a documentary called "Aquarius: age of evil" and it blew my mind. I was saved by Christ that night.
God bless you for having ears to hear! Welcome to the family
that documentary changes everything if someone truly desires truth. I hadn't heard of it until I saw this comment, but they were talking about everything happening now. it's wild
@@hllymchll can't find it , where can I find ?
It's not being evil to know the truth. I understand that Jesus if possible not true but I'm not evil. I'm a good person and have good principles except believing god.
Where can I find the documentary?
Multiple deities predate Jesus, that were born on December 25th to virgin mothers. The whole story of Jesus was copied from pagan religions that came before.
Very good! taking your position on your claims...
I like the way he answered!!! Really am learning a lot . God bless you.
Where are his citations in the slides?
Many cultures might have the ache for a God-son to save that community. Spoiler: A God-son came and saved all. His name was Jesus.
How do you have all these power points ready as people are walking up for questions
I think a better answer would have been that the prophecies about the messiah/ Jesus... are older than his actual coming, so it was public knowledge that 1 day this person would be born of a virgin, die & resurrect etc.... in satans attempt 2 discredit that, myths were made up in different cultures copying the same type of prophecies, like in Egypt... the problem is those gods are all myths with no proof, Jesus is historically real and fufilled many old testament prophecies.. eyewitnesses, followers, opposition... all proofs of Jesus and what he did in his lifetine, all glory to God 🙌🏽🙌🏽
Inspiring Philosophy has done a very well researched series on the myths of pagan gods being the source for Christianity. He debunks then pretty handily.
Yep. I was just going to say that. So far he has debunked about 20 or more of those lies. Any of the similarities you can find between Jesus and other deities are way too vague and general to make any sort of meaningful connection.
@@karozans There were thousands of religion before Jesus. Of course there will be some similarities. It’s inevitable. People would just make a religion and make a new one the next year. But JESUS of Nazareth is the only true God. None of those other books fulfilled procephies like sodom, Babylon, Holocaust and thousands of more.
@@bucketsman9634 Agreed.
@@bucketsman9634 I'm not aware of any legit similarities to YAHUSHUA ha MASHIACH, but there are similarities to Genesis such as how almost every culture has a flood story... Secular ppl will be like well maybe there really was a flood, but just not Noah's flood...ppl don't stop to think how after the flood as ppl began to multiply everyone heard the story about the flood straight from Noah and his immediate family and so everyone at the tower of babel incident knew the story too and then as everybody scattered they take with them those same stories but the details get changed and mythologies form the farther they get away from Noah .. it's not that they copied from the Bible it's just they have the same source for their oral stories... But ppl will claim that the Bible copied it's stories from those other religions and they will use Gilgamesh for example.... It doesn't matter that the Bible was written later. It's retelling what really happened without the corruption of mythology... And even though the Bible was written afterward it doesn't matter cause the history it talks about can be verified exactly as it says proving it's truly inspired...for example Moses, who lived in egypt wrote Genesis and the measurement of the ark found by Ron Wyatt are in Egyptian cubits not Hebrew cubits.. Moses didn't have to be there to know how big it was he just had to have the inspiration of the HOLY SPIRIT. And there's several examples like this... Also many don't know that the flood story in Gilgamesh was added later and is in a different writing style as the rest, plus it says a couple details that aren't in Genesis but in Enoch, proving the antiquity of Enoch which is an inspired lost book.
@@karozans Because it's a composite. Not a direct copy. That's how archetypes are created.
As there were many ancient gods who were reputed to possess supernatural or magical powers it would not be surprising to find that the figure of Jesus was inspired by such beliefs.
Very good points. Thank you Frank!
Yep. Dont believe anything you read and even hear. I have a friend witnessed a crime. He told me the news on the TV twisted what really happened. How funny.
I agree, just like all religions are twisted and belive in a twisted Bible.
You are so right.
Aight this was fun
What do you mean by that ?
How did you come to that conclusion ?
How does he have slides ready before the question, do they have o suply their questioms long before and come in to queue.
By His name demons have been cast out, I’ve seen healing in His name , deliverance in His name. Instantly changed hearts and minds. Yahshua is the one true Son of God! He is coming again!
Thank you George! Great question to bring to the table!
“She’s gonna have a list 25 years long, and you are gonna be toast.”💀
Let's not forget that the Old Testament has so many prophecies about the promised Messiah and Jesus fulfilled them. The Old Testament was written over the span of a few millennia BC.
I thinki it’s important to avoid saying you can’t research online when in fact I am watching this video online.
The ending was so funny. Love this guy! God bless!
Are you christian
Read Genisis and it clears up where similar religious figures come from. After the curse of Ham (Noah's son) Ham begot children, one of Ham's children was Nimrod, the great hunter. Nimrod had a son named Tammuz and married a woman named Semiramus.
Semiramus is why we celebrate easter with colorful eggs, she is also Ishtar, Dianna and the cathoic Mother Mary. Tammuz is Catholic baby Jesus and he is the reason we practice lent, Tammuz was 40 yrs old when a wild boar killed him and Babylonian/Jewish women would cry in the temple of the Lord in mourning the death of Tammuz. Tammuz also carried a pinecone staff that the Vatican still uses today. Nimrod is "the false father" who led the world to believe they could be like God so God banished these people to seperate to different parts of the world and He also broke apart their language...
Colonial Rebel shes also known as the godess of heaven Inanna
Genesis does not clear that up. Semiramis is nowhere mentioned in Genesis. She's a character from Greek mythology based on a 9th century BC Assyrian queen. Her connection with Nimrod was a conspiracy theory dreamed up by the 19th century Protestant minister Alexander Hislop.
It also says the earth was created in six days...that the earth is flat...just bunches of crap....grow up man it's all a bunch of bull written by primitive ancient men
@@richardlawson6787 those primitive people accomplished things we cant even do today. We are actually devolving as a species and a society and you are evidence of that. Grow up man.
I'm lonely, I'm scared, I'm afraid of death. Please tell me something to make it better. Even if it's lies.
1. What do you mean by that?
2. How did you come to that conclusion?
3. What evidence do you have to support that?
the same can be said for Christianity as well
Go for it. Test a Christian
I doubt many would claim that the similarities between the Jesus myth and older myths _alone_ disprove the Jesus myth, but they are _yet more of many_ reasons to doubt its credibility.
How did he just have the PowerPoint presentation on hand like that? Man comes prepared
prepaired questions and answers
@@thebuildingground380 frank uses certain topics. And questions and answers are from that topic...
Maybe cuz you know where he stole the answers from and who he cheated off of
yep, the reason they are all similar yet different is they are all stories.
Usually the similarities is because one is prophetic. The fictional novel was written as fiction but was prophetic to the Titanic but just wasn't known.
Did this man just get back from wakanda with that necklace or?... 😂😂
I was once in the worse place I could have possibly been years after giving my life to the Lord and gave up on Him cause I never see Him nor hear from Him, I made my final decision to become a hardcore atheist and it felt like a weight lifting of my shoulders, it really did. 10 min later Jesus visited me and spoke about the situation I was going through, not Buda, not a science guy and no atheist around, not Allah not any other god but Jesus, No idea why some experience this and others not but needless to say that was the shortest atheistic experience of any human ever. Jesus said to him, “Thomas, because you have seen Me, you have believed. Blessed are those who have not seen and yet have believed.” John 20:29. “If my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and I will forgive their sin and will heal their land.” - 2 Chronicles 7:14
so who‘s story are you telling??
yours?
are you Thomas?
„....Jesus said to him, “Thomas, because you have seen....““
Amen Amen
He’s right they wasn’t borrowed from previous stories, they was stolen
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Does he have a longer video on this subject anyone know I saw one that covered more of the false claims
The good thing about Christianity is accepting all doubts and questions. I doubt you can ask these kind of questions to other faith!
In islam you are discouraged to be inquisitive
# Transparancy: if something is true, even if you put it through the test/scan, it'll remain truth in the end. Other religions are afraid of testing and scans... says enough.
Inspiringphilosophy does a really good job of addressing these objections in great detail. He breaks down the secular arguments and refuted them one by one. Check him out.
Jesus vs Buddha
Jesus vs Horus
Jesus vs Krishna
Jesus vs Zoroaster
Zeitgeist REFUTED & DEBUNKED
And more.
Also, every time I hear this argument nobody ever quotes any primary sources.
As for "Futility; the Wreck of the Titan," Martin Gardner, mathematics editor of Scientific American, wrote a study entitled "The Wreck of the Titanic Foretold?"
Thank you, Frank. You are saving lives.
How does Frank always have a slide prepared for the questions? Does he know they're coming ahead of time?
The man has done his hw. I aspire to be more like him.
@@victororego5208 To refer to the edition Caesar's Messiah, by Joseph Atwill (also on RUclips) relating the Roman Conspiracy to Invent Jesus with the deliberate intention to create anti-Semitism. The real tragedy that we can all know as a fact is that on account of false theology led to the Holocaust, any HONEST seeker of Christianity's origins must consider that the Flavians produced the Gospels.
@@michaeljacobs5342 Christianity was spread hundreds of years before the Romans adopted Christianity as their own and called it "Catholicism", they killed Christians in the thousands by the hands of Nero whos works testify too, who died around 68AD, so we can understand the teachings of Christ were in Rome long before it became established as a religion in Rome at the First Council of Nicaea in 325AD. Meaning the theories of Joseph Atwills and the Flavians producing the gospels are completely false.
@@JesusSavesSouls As a matter of fact nobody knows who wrote the Gospels, only that they we were no written as a record of historic accuracy, but as an invented theology cobbled together from various sources of pagan myths, in this respect there is nothing new. In addition, to the deliberate falsifications, mistranslations to make it appear that Christianity was fulfilling Old Testament prophecies and texts, is nothing other than a theological fraud, an actual crime that dehumanises the Jewish people.
@@michaeljacobs5342 The gospels and the books of the New Testament are taken from first hand accounts of Christ, whether they wrote them or not is irrelevant to it being true.
Christianity differs from pagan myths in a number of ways, firstly the bible teaches against ANY pagan teachings, so already that statement contradicts itself. Secondly salvation is completely unique in a Christian setting, it’s not based on works but grace through faith which is unique from any belief system. Thirdly it’s God (Jesus Christ) coming down to man, not man trying to get to God, which every pagan philosophy teaches, and the list goes on.
Your statement on the prophetic nature of the Bible cannot be true, because many prophecies have been fulfilled and are being fulfilled after the scriptures were written. The book of revelation is actually the events of the end of the world are still going to/are taken place currently even though the book was written 2000 years ago. If Jesus Christ was a myth and was made to fulfil the prophecies of the OT, then historians and non Jewish/Christian secular individuals would not have written about him at the time. These verify his existence.
Frank, I was an atheist for eight years until I took a psychology class in college (which is ironic since most people stop believing in a god as a result of college). As an atheist, my main vehicle was skepticism which meant that I didn't accept claims at face value. Instead, I researched them from contradictory sources. So, if someone made a claim about abortion, I went on both pro-choice and pro-life websites to come to a conclusion. I applied this not only to religious claims (e.g., "God exists," "Christianity is true," "the Bible is historically factual," etc.), but to anti-religious claims as well (e.g., "Jesus never existed," "the Bible is corrupted," "Christianity borrowed from other religions," etc.). So, when people came to me claiming that Jesus was an amalgamation of previous gods (i.e., Zeitgeist film), I had to investigate. Much to my surprise, many of those claims were false. So, whenever anyone approached me with Zeitgeist-like claims, I immediately corrected them and showed them where they could find reliable information.
That being said, I feel your logic is a little bit off with your Futility-Titanic analogy. The Futility, while certainly an amazing coincidence, is just that: a coincidence, a statistical anomaly, an incredibly rare event, an exception to the rule. Today, we would be unjustified in claiming that the Titanic story is false because it "borrowed" from the Futility because we know the events happened fourteen years after the book was published. But, if civilization crumbles tomorrow and all of our physical and digital media are destroyed, archaeologists 2000 years from now would be justified in assuming the Titanic is false.
Similarly, if Religion X comes before Religion Y and both share many notable and significant similarities, I think we are justified, if not obliged, to assume that Religion Y borrowed from Religion X until further evidence comes along. The fact that one specific coincidence in history violates this rule does not mean we should throw the rule out altogether. Some people are born with six fingers, are we going to stop teaching kids that people have five fingers? No. Some people are born transgender, are we going to say that there are more than two genders? Of course not! Because, six-fingered and transgender people account for such a small fraction of the population that their occurrence is virtually negligible (this is a statistical fact, so it's not hate speech).
So, to assume that Christianity borrowed from previous religions because it shares many significant and notable similarities is not unjustified. Nor is it committing the Post hoc ergo propter hoc fallacy because it not only came after the other religions, but it also shares similarities that are astronomically improbable to replicate without contact or borrowing.
Granted, I know that Mithras came after Jesus and shares no similarities with him, but in the event that a religion does predate Christianity and shares statistically significant similarities, we should assume Christianity borrowed from it.
Usually when u go to college or see how everything works in the human body or how the world works and all the order and design u can't deny a intelligent creator it's mind blowing and to anyone who's say the world and everything in it can just come to be on irs on is laughable
@@Sugarshane88 yeah, no evolutionary biologist in the history of humanity has ever said “it just came to be.” So I don’t know what you’re talking about but that’s not evolution. That’s probably just a straw man fallacy you read on some creationist websites but I recommend you reading the other side of the issue.
Lastly, even if that were all true it’s got nothing to do with my comment.
Why does Christianity have to borrow ideas from earlier religions because of their similarities? When you compare the two religions, would it be better to compare the whole story of the main characters rather than just point out a few similarities that made up a small percent of the whole and then claim those two copied each other? And one big thing that many forgot to mention was that Jesus Christ actually walked the earth, which others don't.
I understand what you are saying, but can you explain the over 2000 prophecy that has actually happened in history which is found in the Bible. No other book in the history of the world has ever made prophecy come true. God is real, He exists!
what do you meaning by that ?
how did you come to that conclusion ?
what evidence do you have to support that ?
Best segment ever, ever! Great answer, Frank, God uses people for his Glory and just happy to learn from one of them!