easter/crucifixion -myth,magic,lies???

There is No Religion Higher than Truth - & in search of Truth I have discovered the following.........

I have always remained open to the fact that Jesus of Nazereth, Jesus Christ, may have been a person who lived on planet Earth. However since reading a couple of Bushby's recent books & doing some internet reading there is no doubt in my mind that Jesus of Nazereth never existed & therefore was never Crucified. Nazereth was never on any maps of the day & yet is described in the gospel as 'a city'. So what is the truth & does it matter? Humans it seems are suckers for a good story.


This from "The Cruifixion of Truth" - Bushby

page 98

When commenting in the Herald Theology Review (1944) on behalf of a committee's findings, New Testament expert Sir H Idris Bell, exclaimed: 'There is no satisfactory evidence in our documents (world history) for the existence of a Christian community in the first century of our era ,,, nor is there an explanation for the nonexistence of the name of the Lord Jesus Christ at that time'

page 81 ( this takes the cake, obviously the chocolate wheel had not been invented)


Selecting a god

Up until the council of Nicaea, Roman aristocracy primarily worshipped two Greek gods, Apollo & Zeus, but the great bulk od common people idolized Julius Caesar. Excluding the first letter in Caaesar's name the remainder of the word had great significance in the community, ''namely AESAR is the Etruscan for 'god' ,,, C being the Roman numeral 100'. 37 Because of that godly connection, Caesar was deified by the Roman Senate five days after his death (d. 15 March 44 BC) & was subsequently venerated as the Divine Julius. Because he was Roman & 'Father of the Empire', he was the most popular god amongst the rabble for more than 400 years.

Because the general Roman populous adored the Divine Julius, he was the most fasionable god on western presbyters' texts but was not recognised in Eastern or Oriental writings. Constantine's intention at Nicaea was to create a new god for the Empire that would unite all religious factions under one deity & presbyters were permitted to debate & decide upon who the new god would be.Throughtout the meeting, the howling factions were immersed in heated debates in attempts to promote their own divinity & the names of 53 gods were tabled for discussion; 'As yet, the new God had not been selected for the council, & so they balloted in order to determine the matter.For one year & five months the ballot lasted'. 41
At the end of the time, Constantine returned to the gathering to discover that the presbyters had not agreed on a new deity but had balloted down to a short list of five prospects, namely, Caesar, Krishna, Mithra, Horus, & Zeus. Constantine was the ruling spirit at Nicaea & ultimately decided the new god for them.He determined that the names of his two first century descendants Jesu Cunobeline & Judas Khrestus be joined as one, Jesu Khrestus, & that would be he official name of the new Roman god.A vote was subsequently taken & it was with a majority show of hands that both men became one God ,,, 161 votes to 157. Following longstanding Heathen custom, Constantine used the official gathering & the Roman Apotheoses Decree to legally deify the new god for the rabble & did so by democratic consent & with the blessing of presbyters in attendance. A new Roman god was proclaimed & 'officially' ratified by Emperor Constantine. 42

Ref 37 The Twelve Caesars, Suetonius, pg 104
41 God's Book of Eskra, xlviii 26-53
42 Acta Conilii Niceni, Colon, 1618.

Jesus Khrestus (latin)- Jesus Christ (english)

The rest as they say is history..............................



Crucifixion The Christian doctrine of the crucifixion contains at least three elements: 1) the ancient method of execution, in use among the Romans, of fastening the victim to a tree, post, or cross; 2) the rite used in initiation; and 3) the emblem of the god in man becoming incarnate. In the initiation ceremony, which not only represented but in ancient times was the culminating event in a person's regeneration, the candidate was laid bound upon a cruciform couch, which symbolized the matter to which his consciousness is bound, while the ego-soul was liberated to experience other realms of being.

A symbolic crucifixion takes place in every incarnating divinity when it takes up terrestrial life. The myth of crucifixion symbolically has therefore become by custom significant of world saviors in general, as signifying those who lay down the personal life in order to arise a regenerated and impersonal savior. While the crucifixion mythos has become the central emblem of Christianity, the general idea of crucifixion as a symbol of regeneration is connected with many religious systems. Certainly Paul uses the word in the mystic and symbolic sense, as taking place interiorly in the individual, rather than referring to the story of Jesus' crucifixion.


Cross One of the most ancient, widespread, and important symbols, the vertical and horizontal lines representing Father and Mother Nature respectively. Some of its forms are the ank or tau, swastika or Thor's Hammer, crux ansata or cross with a handle, denoting power over material nature. The four arms of the cross represent the four elements, and its central point their synthesis or laya-point. The bending of the arms in the swastika signifies rotation and equilibrium attained by managing the changes among the elements. If a cube is opened out, its six faces make a cross with the upright limb prolonged; and the cube was another favorite symbol of Hermes. In Classical times the symbols of Hermes-Mercury, the son of Jupiter and Maia, were cruciform and were placed at crossways; and, like Jesus after the resurrection, Hermes was the conductor of souls.

In Christianity, the symbol was not derived from the crucifixion, for though the cross is a frequent early Christian symbol it is not found with a man upon it till the 6th century. It was a symbol of the mystic Christ or Christos -- the Word made flesh or the Son of the trinity.

The cross may also be considered in its relation to the circle and the crescent, with which it forms a trinity of symbols, denoting Father-Mother-Son. These three are found in various combinations with each other, especially in the signs denoting the sacred planets. Thus we have the cross placed severally above the circle (the sign of Mars ), within it (the sign of the Earth , and below it (the sign of Venus ) -- thus representing the lower and higher nature and the balance or midway point. The sign of Mercury combines the three elements, representing head, heart, and organs; or sun, moon, and earth. Again, a circle with vertical and horizontal diameters signifies that humanity has separated into two sexes; when the circle disappears, the fall of mankind into matter is accomplished. Originally denoting the union of spirit and matter to form spirit-matter or life, or the Second Logos, it may become a phallic symbol of physical generation. The cross has many significations, both spiritual and material as well as cosmic, earthly, and human.

EASTER
A long celebrated ritual period, that the Christians particularly recognize as the time of the resurrection of the son of god. What their illustrious seniors do not explain is that the word Easter comes from the compression of the words eastern and star. The star that rises or resurrects on the spring equinoctial point is again, the sun itself and not a man. This is why the Jewish feast of the Passover is called Passover. It is because the sun has literally passed over the equinox at Aries, from the winter seasons into the new year. In fact the feast comes from the Age of Aries, which is why lamb's blood was smeared on the "doors," meaning houses of the zodiac. Easter also contains the word aster, again meaning star.

This is a good read where the Roman Catholic Church is 'right' & everyone else 'wrong'.

http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/11447b.htm

http://christianism.com/articles/23.html

a couple from above url

["Resurrection, The."]'....the idea of the restoration to life of a slain god was familiar in every Greek and Roman city. Augustine [354 - 430] himself describes how not only the adherents of the cult, but the whole city, followed the "holy Week" [see] ceremonies of the religion of the Great Mother with its Day of Blood (Good Friday) and Day of Rejoicing at the restoration of the god to life. [See Attis and Adonis.] Jerome [c. 345 - 420] tells, in his Commentary on Ezekiel, VIII, 14 (Migne, XXV, Vol. 82), how the birth and resurrection of "the lover of Venus" were annually celebrated in Syria; and in his letter to Paulinus (XXII, col. 581) he says that the cave at Bethlehem, which is now the lucrative "birth-place of Jesus," was formerly the temple in which the death and resurrection of Adonis or Tammuz were celebrated....' [496].
"Thus, from whatever point of view we contemplate the matter, it will remain a decided fact that THE RESURRECTION OF JESUS, far from being founded on solid proofs, unexceptionable testimony, and respectable authority, is OBVIOUSLY ESTABLISHED ON FALSEHOOD AND KNAVERY, which we see pervading every page of the discordant narratives of those who have supposedly vouched for it.

from: Religious Studies, Vol. 27, Number 3, September, 1991, Cambridge U. Press, Robert M. Price, "Is There A Place for Historical Criticism?" ["371"].

[Note: in this article, the author is a sophisticated Christian apologist].

"I invite the reader to open his New Testament to this text ["John 20:3—8" (see below)] and compare it to a passage from CHARITON'S CHAIREAS AND KALLIRROE, A FICTION NOVEL WRITTEN PROBABLY IN THE FIRST CENTURY B.C. It concerns a girl, mistakenly entombed alive, who has been removed by grave robbers.

Chaireas was guarding and toward dawn he approached the tomb...When he came close, however, he found the stones moved away and the entrance open. He looked in and was shocked, seized by a great perplexity at what had happened. Rumor made an immediate report to the Syracusans about the miracle. All then ran to the tomb; no one dared to enter until Hermocrates ordered it. One was sent in and he reported everything accurately. It seemed incredible—the dead girl was not there...[When Chaireas] searched the tomb he was able to find nothing. Many came in after him, disbelieving. Amazement seized everyone, and some said as they stood there: 'The shroud has been stripped off, this is the work of grave robbers; but where is the body?'39 ["39David Dungan and David Cartlidge, Sourcebook of Texts for the Comparative Study of the Gospels, p. 157."]

OF COURSE I AM NOT SUGGESTING THAT JOHN OR THE OTHER EVANGELISTS USED THIS NOVEL AS A SOURCE. I mean only to show that vivid descriptions of empty tombs and abandoned graveclothes prove nothing about 'eyewitness authorship' since we find them also in AN ADMITTED WORK OF FICTION." [385].




http://aa.usno.navy.mil/faq/docs/easter.html

in part

Easter is an annual festival observed throughout the Christian world. The date for Easter shifts every year within the Gregorian Calendar. The Gregorian Calendar is the standard international calendar for civil use. In addition, it regulates the ceremonial cycle of the Roman Catholic and Protestant churches. The current Gregorian ecclesiastical rules that determine the date of Easter trace back to 325 CE at the First Council of Nicaea convened by the Roman Emperor Constantine. At that time the Roman world used the Julian Calendar (put in place by Julius Caesar).


http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05224d.htm

in part during the Good Old 'Kinky' Days
5. Men and women

On Easter Monday the women had a right to strike their husbands, on Tuesday the men struck their wives, as in December the servants scolded their masters. Husbands and wives did this "ut ostendant sese mutuo debere corrigere, ne illo tempore alter ab altero thori debitum exigat" (Beleth, I, c. cxx; Durandus, I, c. vi, 86). In the northern parts of England the men parade the streets on Easter Sunday and claim the privilege of lifting every woman three times from the ground, receiving in payment a kiss or a silver sixpence. The same is done by the women to the men on the next day. In the Neumark (Germany) on Easter Day the men servants whip the maid servants with switches; on Monday the maids whip the men. They secure their release with Easter eggs. These customs are probably of pre-Christian origin (Reinsberg-Düringsfeld, Das festliche Jahr, 118

In conclusion & for those that made it this far I consider this a very good sumation of a human energy system. That after all is what the Cosmos is -Perpetual Motion or Energy.

Miss the bunny?

http://www.grayace.com/dex/bunny.html