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who rose from the dead
http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1821076,00.html

What may make the tablet unique is its 80th line, which begins with the words "In three days," and includes some form of the verb "to live." Knohl, who was not involved in the first research on the artifact, claims that it refers to a historic first-century Jewish rebel named Simon who was killed by the Romans in 4 B.C., and should read "In three days, you shall live. I Gabriel command you."

 

[N8 v2.0]

pretty sure by now everyone knows Christianity is a conglomerate of older religions...

 

[JohnE]

pretty sure by now everyone knows Christianity is a conglomerate of older religions...

What? Aww crap...now I gotta start all over again.

 

[Arkayne]

 

[Samirol]

pretty sure by now everyone knows Christianity is a conglomerate of older religions...

are you saying that in a Zeitgeist way, or in a Ecumenical Council kind of way?

 

[Stray_cat]

are you saying that in a Zeitgeist way, or in a Ecumenical Council kind of way?

Those words might be too big for him. Might need to break it down

 

[ohio]

Yup, caught that on NPR. Surprise, surprise, the story of Jesus was already part of the Jewish tradition. Interpret as you will (and I'm sure you will).

 

[DaveW]

Might need to break it down

Ohh Oh Oh,
Ooh oh oh.........

 

[jimmydean]

There was a banner ad about this a while back. Am I the only one who watched The God Who Wasn't There?

Very well laid out timetable that conflicts with everything from birth to death. Check out how JC stacks up with 17 on the scale:

LORD RAGLANS SCALE
1. The hero's mother is a royal virgin
2. His father is a king and
3. often a near relative of the mother, but
4. the circumstances of his conception are unusual, and
5. he is also reputed to be the son of a god
6. at birth an attempt is made, usually by his father or maternal grandfather, to kill him, but
7. He is spirited away, and
8. Reared by foster-parents in a far country
9. We are told nothing of his childhood, but
10. On reaching manhood he returns or goes to his future kingdom.
11. After a victory over the king and or giant, dragon, or wild beast
12. He marries a princess, often the daughter of his predecessor and
13. becomes king
14. For a time he reigns uneventfully and
15. Prescribes laws but
16. later loses favor with the gods and or his people and
17. Is driven from from the throne and the city after which
18. He meets with a mysterious death
19. often at the top of a hill.
20. his children, if any, do not succeed him.
21. his body is not buried, but nevertheless
22. he has one or more holy sepulchres.

Of course Anikin Skywalker scores almost as good, as well.

 

[jsh191]

wow... that article was about as conclusive as the results from a pregnancy test purchased at the dollar store. didn't really read anything more than some preliminary speculation based on loosely translated and incomplete text.


sounds legit.

 

[Samirol]

There was a banner ad about this a while back. Am I the only one who watched The God Who Wasn't There?

Very well laid out timetable that conflicts with everything from birth to death. Check out how JC stacks up with 17 on the scale:



Of course Anikin Skywalker scores almost as good, as well.

yeah, that is what I was talking about earlier when I said in a Zeitgeist way, because our culture values certain things, and there are similarities, but it doesn't necessarily mean that it is true or false. However, Zeitgeist took it a step further and said that Christianity stole its basic principles off of other religions.

The funny thing is, that if you actually do research and investigative thinking, then 95% of the stuff in Zeitgeist is hilariously wrong.

 

[X3pilot]

Wait, then what was the Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe about then?????




Jesus approves this thread!

 

[kidwoo]

pretty sure by now everyone knows Christianity is a conglomerate of older religions...

Do me a favor and let the christians know mmmkay?

 

[JRogers]

I don't really see the big deal here. Few people are really basing much on the uniqueness of the resurrection. The Jesus story takes many elements from others- just look at Elijah and Elisha's miracles.

I do think the last line of that article overstates the case a little. I don't think there's much evidence of expectation of a messiah raised from the dead in that time period. Not much that I know of anyway. Most of the possible messiahs and messianic literature from then don't seem to suggest that, so far as I know.