Fwd: Jesus Christ

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On Sun, Nov 23, 2008 at 11:12 AM, kishore patnaik <kishorepatnaik09 wrote:

Dear all, While I do not altogether deny the historical existence of Jesus Christ, I feel he was only a small time prophet, with out any of the elements of the Bible really present in him. The elements of biblical borrowings from various religions especially from Indian and Iranian religious stables- the origin, the childhood stories, the miracles, the teachings- have bestowed a larger than life image to Jesus.

The Bible could not have been earlier than 4th Century A. D., when it has grown into more or less the present form. The main aspect of the historical Christ was the proclamation that he was the king of Jews, which has turned the local rabbi execute him.

Once again, the story fo crucification, the corner stone of Christianity as it stands today, might have been borrowed. The proclaimed Virgin birth was already known in Iran in pre christian era , attributed to Mehr or Mithra of 4th or 3rd C bce and it is also attributed to one Himalayan prophet , worshiping Sun and was preaching amongst foreigners, as per Bhavishya purana, which could have been written sometime in between 1st Centruy bce to 1st century CE.

The Bible itself proves that all that told in New Testament is not original - for eg. the agony of biblical Jesus on the cross is borrowed from Psalm 22. While there is nothing that indicates that Psalm 22, which is clearly pre christian, is a prophecy, it is often interpreted so, to camouflage the fact that the crucifix agony is borrowed.

I invite comments from this group, since it deals with Ir. mythology and hence, this group can identify the elements bible borrowed from Iran. best regards, Kishore patnaik