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UnCovering Religion Many Christs Theory
UnCovering Religion • 2Ti. 4:3 For the time will come when men will not put up with sound doctrine. Instead, to suit their own desires, they will gather around them a great number of teachers to say what their itching ears want to hear.
Uncovering Religion The Many Christs Theory
Uncovering Religion Richard Reitzenstein Sir James Frazer
Uncovering Religion HORUS • No virgin Birth • Born during the month of Khoiak, (October/November). • No Star in the East or 3 Kings. • No ministry, nor was he a teacher at 12 or did he have disciples
Uncovering Religion HORUS • Did perform miracles • Was not known by these titles • He never died.
Uncovering Religion ATTIS • Born from an almond seed • Born in Spring • Death by self castration • No resurrection but becomes a tree
Uncovering Religion KRISHNA • Born youngest in a family of seven • No Star in the east • Not Crucified or resurrected
Uncovering Religion • Jesus' resurrection defeated the power of sin and death. • 500 eye witnesses • Jesus rose from the dead three days later. • Jesus did not ascend into Heaven until after the Great Commission. • Jesus was aware of what was to take place.
Uncovering Religion DIONYSUS • No virgin Birth • Born in Spring • Was not known by these titles • No Resurrection
Uncovering Religion MITHRA • Born from Rock. • Claimed 25th December due to the Temple Sol Invictus • No Disciples • Sunday Worship
UnCovering Religion • 2Peter 1:16“We did not follow cleverly invented stories when we told you about the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but we were eye-witnesses of his majesty.”
UnCovering Religion Further Research • Zeitgeist Refuted {YouTube] • The Riddle of the Resurrection - Mettinger • Reinventing Jesus – Komoszewski • The Virgin Birth of Christ – Machen • Persia and the Bible – Yamauchi • The Gospel and the Greeks - Nash
Uncovering Religion • Ech Eckhart Tolle and the Church of Oprah