I know some people hate watching videos but I could not find a transcript of this one. This actually the second version of this video. The first version had a very negative message about Christianity at the end of the video. This new video does not make a judgment one way or the other:
I find this video extremely fascinating. The mythology of Jesus as a sun god closely matches previous mythologies.
My question to the devout Christians on this board does this video strengthen your faith or weaken it?
I think you can make the case either way. The previous sun gods probably do not have the died for your sins part. But it's just fascinating how the story of Jesus has so many parallels to previous sun god mythologies.
I liked that video very much because it allows us to see that the many mythologies all have the same themes. All then must have originated from the same source.
Have you ever heard of the illustration of how to hide a 40ft tree out in the middle of a cleared field?
The thing is, you can't. But if you have time up your sleeve, all you need to do is plant a forest of similar looking trees all around the original tree, and after some time as the trees grow, it becomes increasingly difficult to find the original tree. This is what the devil did with God's truth. He planted all manner of 'look-alikes' in the hope of creating confusion....and he has succeeded (2 Corinthians 4:3-4). But he has never been able to fool God's faithful ones...those who have a genuine love for the truth. (2 Thessalonians 2:9-12)
Satan is God's powerful enemy, who is aware of all that must take place, especially with the role of God's son, and as this video has demonstrated, he has planted a forest of fakes all around the original, so that the light of truth will not be obvious. The biggest fake of all is Christendom.
In seeing all the similarities of the mythologies with Christendom's version of Christianity, it is plain to see where they get their beliefs. The thing is, none of them line up with the Christianity that Jesus taught....the one that is in the Bible.
First of all the "virgin birth" was foretold in Isaiah and according to the gospel accounts Mary was chosen as the one who would become mother to God's son. She could not have been a married woman because then the lineage of God's son could be put down to a natural means of conception, which, with Jesus, was not the case. The various mythologies that sprang up around Mary are in line with paganism, not the Bible. The Roman Catholic church is the prime promoter of the sun god myths. Mary is not given undue honor in the scriptures, but humbly accepted her assignment, and she and her husband raised the child in a devout Jewish household with many siblings.
The "three wise men" are not in the Bible either, nor were they kings.....the account in Matthew does not mention a number, but only that magi brought three gifts for the new "king of the Jews". They were Babylonian astrologers, whose custom it was to bring gifts to royal children. The star was not sent by God, but by the devil as a means to destroy the child before he could ever assume his role as savior. It guided them to a jealous king, rather than to where Jesus was. Herod hatched a plot to do away with him. So none of Christendom's claims gels with the Bible account. Christendom's nativity scene has three wise men at the stable....they were never there. God revealed his son's birth to Jewish shepherds who were tending their flocks "out of doors", something they would never have done in the cold and sometimes snowy months of winter, proving that December 25th was not the date of Jesus' birth.
The cross, said to be the implement of Christ's execution is not in the Bible either. The configuration of that "stauros" is not mentioned. A stauros is a single upright stake, not a cross of any description.
The resurrection of Jesus had to take place because he had to return to heaven to assume his position at God's right hand....he was the Logos, God's spokesman, missing from heaven for 33 and a half years whilst he carried out his mission on earth. Nothing in God's timetable needed an equinox except the dates on a calendar to separate the seasons. As agriculturalists they relied on the calendar for their planting and harvesting.....nor did they need the constellations of heaven to explain God's purpose concerning his son. It was all written in the scriptures.
Sun worship in the Roman Catholic church is very obvious to this day....from the Egyptian obelisk in St Peter's Square representing the sun god Ra.... to the monstrance used in celebrating Mass at the Vatican. There are depictions of the sun found everywhere in the Vatican. The Romans were worshippers of Zeus....so they simply turned Zeus into Jesus....and then converted their pagan beliefs and celebrations into ones that were smeared with a thin veneer of truth and a change of names so that they carried an appearance of "Christianity".
It has been said that the devil is a good mimic...whatever God sets up, he creates a counterfeit. You don't need to examine every counterfeit to discern which is real....you just have to know exactly what the original looked like and compare....then the counterfeits become obvious.
