it's not something religious people want to hear, but the story of jesus' birth and his crucifixion MAY BE based on ancient Egyptian stories of their sun god. (keeping it simple here) 'Jesus' is actually the Sun, 'the cross' is a constellation - by 'he died on the cross and rose after 3 days' the sun stopped rising for 3 days underneath the cross constellation and then began to rise further (as we know the sun does every year). There's a similar story behind the whole nativity story. almost every religion in the world is based on astrological events, as was the Egyptian Horus. though, this is just theory, just as the bible is.
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this vid is dated and not the best but shows what i mean. Zeitgeist - The Movie, 2007 has the best intro - about 15 minutes deditcated the history of religion. Anyone who feels strongly about religion may not want to watch it though.
just a point - i'm not a 'believer' as such, nor am i a non-believer. I'm waiting to be convinced as to who and what is real.
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this vid is dated and not the best but shows what i mean. Zeitgeist - The Movie, 2007 has the best intro - about 15 minutes deditcated the history of religion. Anyone who feels strongly about religion may not want to watch it though.
just a point - i'm not a 'believer' as such, nor am i a non-believer. I'm waiting to be convinced as to who and what is real.