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The Pagan Christ Zeitgeist

The Pagan Christ Zeitgeist. Three Aspects of a “Spirit of the Age”. James Patrick Holding Tekton Apologetics Ministries <http://www.tektonics.org>. “Skeptics silenced…. rogues refuted.”. What is The “Pagan Christ Zeitgeist”?. A form of the Christ myth, or idea that Jesus never existed

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The Pagan Christ Zeitgeist

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  1. The Pagan Christ Zeitgeist Three Aspects of a “Spirit of the Age” James Patrick Holding Tekton Apologetics Ministries <http://www.tektonics.org> “Skeptics silenced…. rogues refuted.”

  2. What is The “Pagan Christ Zeitgeist”? • A form of the Christ myth, or idea that Jesus never existed • Draws parallels between the life of Jesus and those of pagan deities, and claims that Christians borrowed or stole those ideas to create the story of Jesus

  3. The first Zeitgeisters Godfrey Higgins -- Anacalypsis Lost civilizations and racist nonsense Kersey Graves World’s Sixteen Crucified Saviors A freethinker out to destroy religion

  4. The Modern Zeitgeisters Tom Harpur The Pagan Christ Acharya S The Christ Conspiracy Timothy Freke and Peter Gandy The Jesus Mysteries

  5. The pagan christs? Mithra Dionysus Attis Zoroaster Beddru Krishna Alcides Chu Chulainn Baal Zalmoxis Osiris Horus Crite Hesus Zoar Adonis Etc…

  6. Pagan christ #1: Mithra • Born of a virgin on Dec. 25th • Had 12 disciples • Died, was buried in a tomb, and rose after three days. • 1 Cor. 10:4 stolen from his Scriptures

  7. Mithra (continued) • Born of a rock, and much too late • Disciples? Try horoscopes!

  8. Mithra (continued) • Killed a bull – was never killed himself • Mithraic scriptures? Really? Where?

  9. Pagan Christ #2: attis • His body and blood were consumed by worshippers • Crucified on Friday, his blood redeemed the earth • Resurrected after 3 days as “Most High God”

  10. Attis (continued) • A sacred meal – but of what, we don’t know • Died under a tree… and made some flowers • Different stories, no resurrection…until too late

  11. Pagan christ #3: osiris • Raised from the dead? No…more like this:

  12. the methods • Information is often made up or copied uncritically • Parallels are drawn using equivocation • Questionable use or interpretation of evidence

  13. FORGERY!

  14. For Further Reading Tom Harpur http://www.tektonics.org/harpur01.html Acharya S http://www.tektonics.org/af/achy01.html Timothy Freke and Peter Gandy http://www.tektonics.org/books/jesmystrvw.html Zeitgeist movie http://www.preventingtruthdecay.org/zeitgeistpartone.shtml http://benwitherington.blogspot.com/2007/12/zeitgeist-of-zeitgeist-movie.html Pagan Christs http://www.tektonics.org/copycat/copycathub.html

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