Oedipus, Theseus, Jesus, Romulus, Hercules, Perseus, Zeus, Jason, Robin Hood, Apollo- they all share the same existence. It's a "hero's story" and it's generally the same. Lord Raglan wrote about The Hero and created a hero score card made up of 22 points. 13 of which Jesus meets.
1. Hero's mother is a royal virgin;
2. His father is a king, and
3. Often a near relative of his mother, but
4. The circumstances of his conception are unusual, and
5. He is also reputed to be the son of a god.
6. At birth an attempt is made, usually by his father or his maternal grand father to kill him, but
7. he is spirited away, and
8. Reared by foster -parents in a far country.
9. We are told nothing of his childhood, but
10. On reaching manhood he returns or goes to his future Kingdom.
11. After a victory over the king and/or a giant, dragon, or wild beast,
12. He marries a princess, often the daughter of his predecessor and
13. And becomes king.
14. For a time he reigns uneventfully and
15. Prescribes laws, but
16. Later he loses favor with the gods and/or his subjects, and
17. Is driven from the throne and city, after which
18. He meets with a mysterious death,
19. Often at the top of a hill,
20. His children, if any do not succeed him.
21. His body is not buried, but nevertheless
22. He has one or more holy sepulchers.
Stories are great for explaining things we don't really understand. Facts are there as proof, sometimes finding facts to prove what we think is hard, especially if what we believe is an abstract concept.
Isn't it time for people to realize that God isn't a hateful, vengeful entity but an all loving and accepting entity? Why would God want us to destroy each other? Why would God want us to hate one another?
so what happens to us when we die? Where does reincarnation fall into? Why not believe in mythical creatures, mother nature and father time?
Do you really think God intended for the bible to be a literal, factual book or truth, that every single person on earth must follow and abide by because that would be centuries of cultures filling up "hell" while the rest of the "God fearing Christians" get to go to Heaven but only if they've accepted another human being who claims to be able to perform magical illusions and is a child of God, yet he says we are all children of God.. contradictory right? The catholic religion states that a person must believe in Jesus Christ and that when Pagans pointed out that the story of Jesus has been told by many cultures throughout time with mostly the name changing (hero story) and why must we accept that this one time, this one story, this one man is the one true adaptation? Oh, because the devil told those stories so that the Christians would be disproved.. Oh. that makes sense.
Read this: Is this the kind of God we should be worshiping and thankful for? Really?
Luke 19:27 http://bible.cc/luke/19-27.htm
Leviticus 18:22 http://bible.cc/leviticus/18-22.htm
Mark 3:29 http://bible.cc/mark/3-29.htm
I don't feel it is true. I believe in a Loving, Caring God who provides us with the knowledge to exist and do what is right. Live life in all it's glory, good and bad. To experience, to help one another, to learn about the human existence. Namaste
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