Dan Barker - Jesus Myth Part 1

The bible itself will tell you that the israelite people followed the religions that surrounded them. How many times did Yahweh punish people for worshipping other gods in the bible? too many to count. Any christian that denies the similarity of other religions hasn't read their bible or theological work.

well put xalysta13.

Wow. Well said.

Well yea, Jesus/Yeshua existed, there are literally several of them in recorded history, probably hundreds that we don't know about. Jesus/yeshua was a very popular name in ancient times like "john" however not one Jesus from Nazareth existed, only cause Nazareth didn't exist during Jesus' time line, it does not fit.

Several thousand years before Jesus, the Egyptian god Horus told his followers "I am the way, the truth, the life". Sound familiar?

The biblical Jesus myth is mostly recycled mythology, but Christians prefer to bury their heads in the sand, ignore what they don't want to hear, & be spoon fed simplistic, convenient, supernatural answers to a complicated natural reality.

It's interesting too that the divine Horus was dismembered and then brought back to life. Sound familiar? I can't think of a singe element of the story (virgin birth, signs in the sky, kings from the East, miracles, ascension to heaven etc) that are not found in earlier religions in the region.

Without the sun, all life on Earth would perish. And, in Christianity, without Jesus (the son/sun), all souls on Earth would perish.
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In Christianity, Christians go to church on SUNday in order to worship Jesus--the son/sun.

thats just a coincidence in the english language... although christianity is based on old religions in which the worship was on sundays and also worshiped sun gods

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Are biblical authors we know little about and manipulated secular historians all there is?

If Jesus did exist, and thousands knew him as the Messiah, wouldn't SOMEONE have kept a couple of souvenirs? He supposedly worked as a carpenter for 20 years...not one table kept? Chair? Cutting board? Absolutely nothing.