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Title: Jesus as Myth
Post by: Unbeliever on October 10, 2008, 01:09:49 pm
Quote from: Bertrand Russell, [iWhy I am not a Christian[/i]Historically, it is quite doubtful whether Christ ever existed at all, and if He did we do not know anything about Him.


A Talk on the World's Favourite Myth
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ADtGiRguESc&t=1s

Did historical Jesus really exist? The evidence just doesn't add up (https://www.washingtonpost.com/posteverything/wp/2014/12/18/did-historical-jesus-exist-the-traditional-evidence-doesnt-hold-up/?utm_term=.79bacb9c60c3)
How Paul Invented Christianity (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7SmqXHk3CAc)
Mythicist Papers (http://www.mythicistpapers.com/)
Jesus Christ and Comparative Mythology (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jesus_Christ_and_comparative_mythology)
Jesus Myth Hypothesis (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jesus_myth_hypothesis)
Did Jesus Ever Live? (http://www.worldsocialism.org/spgb/etheory/PreWW1/11cJesus.pdf)
Jesus of Nazareth (a.k.a. Jesus Christ): Did he actually exist? All sides to the question (http://www.religioustolerance.org/chr_jcno.htm)
Did Jesus Ever Live or Is Christianity Founded Upon A Myth? (http://www.infidels.org/library/historical/historicus/jesus.html)
The World's Sixteen Crucified Saviors (http://www.infidels.org/library/historical/kersey_graves/16/)
Jesus Never Existed (http://www.jesusneverexisted.com/)
Jesus Christ Never Existed (http://www.egodeath.com/LaSagesseJesusNeverExisted.htm)
Astrotheology (http://www.astrotheologyzone.com/forgery-in-christianity.html)
How Jesus Got a Life (http://www.atheists.org/christianity/jesuslife.html)
videos:Religion Comes From Ancient Astrology and Sun Worship 1 of 3 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sD9f0XU_S78)
Religion Comes From Ancient Astrology and Sun Worship 2 of 3 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=frwlyx2u8JE)
Religion Comes From Ancient Astrology and Sun Worship 3 of 3 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ovFFZ4iEFCo)
see also:
Krishna and Christ: Similarities and differences (http://www.religion-cults.com/Eastern/Hinduism/krishna.htm)
Pagan Origins of the Christ Myth - Part 1 (http://www.nbufront.org/html/MastersMuseums/JGJackson/ChristMyth/ChristMythPart1.html) - John G. Jackson, 1941
Pagan Origins of the Christ Myth - Part 2 (http://www.nbufront.org/html/MastersMuseums/JGJackson/ChristMyth/ChristMythPart2.html) - John G. Jackson, 1941
WHY ARE THEY THE SAME STORIES? (http://paganizingfaithofyeshua.netfirms.com/)
CHART (http://paganizingfaithofyeshua.netfirms.com/parallels_chart.htm)
Pagan Origins of the Christ Myth (POCM) (http://home.earthlink.net/~pgwhacker/ChristianOrigins/)
Parallels between Christianity and ancient Pagan religions (http://www.religioustolerance.org/chr_jcpa1.htm)
The Affinity Between Christianity and Paganism (http://www.tolueislam.com/Bazm/Joommal/ASK_3_1.htm)
Zoroastrianism and its Progeny (http://users.cyberone.com.au/myers/zoroastrianism.html)
Influence of Zoroastrianism on Other Religions (http://www.zarathushtra.com/z/article/influenc.htm)
The Zoroastrian-Biblical Connections -- Influence of Zoroastrianism in Other Religions (http://www.zarathushtra.com/z/article/biblicalconnection.htm)
About Zoroastrian Hell (http://www.hell-on-line.org/AboutZOR.html)
Mithras (http://www.1911encyclopedia.org/Mithras)
Jesus as the Reincarnation of Mithras (http://www.near-death.com/experiences/origen048.html)
The "Mithras Liturgy" (http://www.plekos.uni-muenchen.de/2004/rbetz.html)
Mithraism and Christianity (http://www.vexen.co.uk/religion/mithraism.html)
Jesus Rivals (http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-3126202689810625112&q=%22the+secret+bible%22&hl=en) - National Geographic
Cultural and Historical Background of Jesus (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cultural_and_historical_background_of_Jesus)

Some Critiques of the Jesus-as-Myth Hypothesis:

Was Jesus Just a Myth? (http://www.carm.org/questions/Jesus_myth.htm)
Was Jesus Christ just a CopyCat Savior Myth? (http://www.christian-thinktank.com/copycat.html)
Some say that Christ's resurrection was a myth, not history. Is this possible? (http://www.christiananswers.net/q-eden/edn-t009.html)
A ready Defense - Is the New Testament Filled With Myths? (http://www.greatcom.org/resources/areadydefense/ch14/)
The Gospels - History or Myth? (http://www.watchtower.org/e/20000515/article_02.htm)
Scholarly opinions on the Jesus Myth (http://www.bede.org.uk/price1.htm)
Title: Re: Jesus as Myth
Post by: Joe Bloe on October 25, 2009, 06:45:46 am
Wow. I've hit the mother-lode.

Thanks so much for these links.