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Maybe the mere fact that in Jesus... are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge. (Col. 2:3)What is so special about the "teachings of Jesus"?
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Maybe the mere fact that in Jesus... are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge. (Col. 2:3)What is so special about the "teachings of Jesus"?
Maybe the mere fact that in Jesus... are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge. (Col. 2:3)
Scholars that are professional and honest in their academic profession of religion and history
1. Professional scholars unanimously reject the claim that Jesus is a pagan copy.
Today just about every scholar in the relevant historical specializations unanimously rejects the notion that Jesus is a copy of pagan gods. It seems that the available evidence has persuaded them against these alleged parallels. For instance, T.N.D Mettinger of Lund University opines:
“There is, as far as I am aware, no prima facie evidence that the death and resurrection of Jesus is a mythological construct…”
Warner Wallace, a former homicide detective, who himself looked into the allegations found that “The more you examine the nature of the gods who were worshiped before Jesus, the more you will notice their dissimilarities and the dishonesty of trying to compare them to the historical Jesus.”
Professor Ronald Nash, a prominent philosopher and theologian notes in his writing ‘Was the New Testament Influenced by Pagan Religions?’: “Allegations of an early Christian dependence on Mithraism have been rejected on many grounds. Mithraism had no concept of the death and resurrection of its god and no place for any concept of rebirth—at least during its early stages.” Nash then goes on to say,
“Today most Bible scholars regard the question as a dead issue.”
Another leading New Testament scholar Professor Craig Keener writes that: “When you make the comparisons, you end up with a whole lot more differences than you do similarities.”
JZ Smith, a historian of religion and Hellenistic religions claims that:
“The idea of dying and rising gods is largely a misnomer based on imaginative reconstructions and exceedingly late or highly ambiguous texts.”
Michael Bird, who is on the editorial board for the Journal for the Study of the Historical Jesus, as well is a Fellow of the Centre for Public Christianity, clearly shows his annoyance when he writes:
“Now I am normally a cordial and collegial chap, but to be honest, I have little time or patience to invest in debunking the wild fantasies of “Jesus mythicists”, as they are known. That is because, to be frank, those of us who work in the academic profession of religion and history simply have a hard time taking them seriously.”
22 Reasons All Scholars Agree Jesus Is Not A Copy Of Pagan Gods
Revealed now and not hidden for anyone who sincerely seeks to know.Well, I am so impressed! And he kept it hidden so we will
never know?
If that is true, I need to do some thinking.
A lot of this has been debunked...
1. Professional scholars unanimously reject the claim that Jesus is a pagan copy.
Scholars that are professional and honest in their academic profession of religion and history
1. Professional scholars unanimously reject the claim that Jesus is a pagan copy.
Maybe the mere fact that in Jesus... are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge. (Col. 2:3)
A lot of this has been debunked...
Is Jesus Simply a Retelling of the Horus Mythology? | Cold Case Christianity
There don't seem to be so many similarities and some things make sense from a religious perspective since Pharaoh wanted to recreate the Priesthood but could only do so artificially.
After some Internet searching, I am not convinced.
I looked at a few pages and am not concerned with it."Debunked"? Seriously? Consider the source of your ... ahem... "debunking".
What does he have to gain? What does he have to lose?
Can anything he says be trusted?
I'm not referring to televangelists, if that's what you mean.Again: By "professional" you mean anyone who makes gobs and gobs of Cash-Money, perpetuating the Jesus Myth.
Right?
Just expressing my thoughts on the subject and using the scriptures, but not trying to prove anything to the point of convincing anyone who has no desire to believe or know about God anyway.You cannot use your claim to "prove" your claim... just so you know.
That's a Logical Fallacy.
Ahh, another apologetics site with out validation or peer review. Worthless as an academic source
Facts are facts and in this case they are written in stone
Not at all sure, but my guess would be most.Most of them.
Which ones do you think they got right?
Scholars that are professional and honest in their academic profession of religion and history
1. Professional scholars unanimously reject the claim that Jesus is a pagan copy.
Today just about every scholar in the relevant historical specializations unanimously rejects the notion that Jesus is a copy of pagan gods. It seems that the available evidence has persuaded them against these alleged parallels. For instance, T.N.D Mettinger of Lund University opines:
“There is, as far as I am aware, no prima facie evidence that the death and resurrection of Jesus is a mythological construct…”
Warner Wallace, a former homicide detective, who himself looked into the allegations found that “The more you examine the nature of the gods who were worshiped before Jesus, the more you will notice their dissimilarities and the dishonesty of trying to compare them to the historical Jesus.”
Professor Ronald Nash, a prominent philosopher and theologian notes in his writing ‘Was the New Testament Influenced by Pagan Religions?’: “Allegations of an early Christian dependence on Mithraism have been rejected on many grounds. Mithraism had no concept of the death and resurrection of its god and no place for any concept of rebirth—at least during its early stages.” Nash then goes on to say,
“Today most Bible scholars regard the question as a dead issue.”
Another leading New Testament scholar Professor Craig Keener writes that: “When you make the comparisons, you end up with a whole lot more differences than you do similarities.”
JZ Smith, a historian of religion and Hellenistic religions claims that:
“The idea of dying and rising gods is largely a misnomer based on imaginative reconstructions and exceedingly late or highly ambiguous texts.”
Michael Bird, who is on the editorial board for the Journal for the Study of the Historical Jesus, as well is a Fellow of the Centre for Public Christianity, clearly shows his annoyance when he writes:
“Now I am normally a cordial and collegial chap, but to be honest, I have little time or patience to invest in debunking the wild fantasies of “Jesus mythicists”, as they are known. That is because, to be frank, those of us who work in the academic profession of religion and history simply have a hard time taking them seriously.”
22 Reasons All Scholars Agree Jesus Is Not A Copy Of Pagan Gods
The events that would befall the Lord Jesus Christ during His mortal sojourn were known to Adam and all the holy prophets before His birth.
Not at all sure, but my guess would be most.
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