God Bless National Geographic
Offline Rivals of Jesus:
pt 1 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a0MfqO3TvKQ
pt 2 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TcGX858O14Q <--haha this one starts off funny
pt 3 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dakg7V170ac
pt 4 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XsBpVQ2ti88
pt 5 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hrTpWjCXGkE
Watching this reminded me a lot of The God Who Wasn't There movie.
This article is also quite interesting about Mithras and other Deities:
http://altreligion.about.com/library/weekly/aa052902a.htm
portion-->"Hundreds of years before Jesus, there was a passion story told about a God man, born of a virgin mother, in a stable. He travels about with his followers, preaching and performing miracles, including turning water into wine. Eventually, he incurs the wrath of the religious authorities, who are appalled that he refers to himself as the son of god. He allows himself to be arrested and tried for blasphemy- a willing self-sacrifice. He is found guilty and executed, only to rise from the grave three days later, where the women weeping at his tomb do not recognize him until he assumes his divine form. This god, also one of the first depicted crucified, is the vine-God Dionysus."
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Great find, thanks for posting.
Wow, that's pretty hard stuff...
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I love it. This is news to me but you can bet I'll be digging in. If it holds up nicely it'll make for an excellent end-all argument when bickering with fundies.
Wait, no it won't. History, science, reason...none of it works on dullards. But thanks anyway. I guess I'll stick to my self serving, sarcasm/insult M.O. If I can't get them to concede I may as well enjoy show.
Thanks for this information. I'm really interested in this stuff.
When people ask me why I don't believe in God, I tell them because they have not truly studied history, the history of the Bible as well as its content, evolution, the evolution of the universe (and its size) as well as the big bang, and because I have broke away from childhood indoctrinations that were held up to be undeniable fact.
Yeah I learned a lot more about early christianity from this. Go Nat Geo!
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