HISTORY OF GODS

Subject:	HISTORY OF GODS
Date:	Mon, 11 Jan 2010 11:41:44 -0000

The history of gods

The belief in "god" seems to be ubiquitous through the ages.

We know, for example, that the ancient Egyptians believed in their gods so
fervently that they built massive structures like the Great Pyramid -- still
today one of the largest and most enduring human constructions ever created.
Despite that fervor, however, we know with complete certainty today that the
Egyptian gods were imaginary. We don't build pyramids anymore and we do not
mummify our leaders.

More recently we know that tens of millions of Romans worshiped Jupiter and
his friends, and to them they built magnificent temples. The ruins of these
temples are popular tourist attractions even today. Yet we know with
complete certainty that these gods were imaginary because no one worships
Zeus any more.

Much more recently, we know that the Aztec civilization believed in their
gods so intensely that they constructed huge temples and pyramids. In
addition, Aztecs were so zealous that they were sacrificing hundreds of
human beings to their gods as recently as the 16th century. Despite the
intensity, however, we know today that these gods were completely imaginary.
The Aztecs were insane to be murdering people for their gods. Killing a
person has no effect on rainfall or anything else. We all know that. If the
Aztec gods were real, we would still be offering sacrifices to them.

Today's "God" is just as imaginary as were these historical gods. The fact
that millions of people worship a god is meaningless.

The "God" and the "Jesus" that Christians worship today are actually
amalgams formed out of ancient pagan gods. The idea of a "virgin birth",
"burial in a rock tomb", "resurrection after 3 days" and "eating of body and
drinking of blood" had nothing to do with Jesus. All of the rituals in
Christianity are completely man-made. Christianity is a snow ball that
rolled over a dozen pagan religions. As the snowball grew, it freely
attached pagan rituals in order to be more palatable to converts. You can
find accounts like these in popular literature:

a.. "The vestiges of pagan religion in Christian Symbiology are
undeniable. Egyptian sun disks became the halos of Catholic saints.
Pictograms of Isis nursing her miraculously conceived son Horus became the
blueprint for our modern images of the Virgin Mary nursing Baby Jesus. And
virtually all the elements of the Catholic ritual - the miter, the altar,
the doxology, and communion, the act of "God-eating" - were taken directly
from earlier pagan religions."
b.. "Nothing in Christianity is original. The pre-Christian God Mithras -
called the Son of God and the Light of the World - was born on December 25,
died, was buried in a rock tomb, and then resurrected in three days. By the
way, December 25 is also the birthday of the Gods Osiris, Adonis, and
Dionysus. The newborn Krishna was presented with gold, frankincense, and
myrrh. Even Christianity's weekly holy day was stolen from the pagans."
It is extremely hard for a Christian believer to process this data, but
nonetheless it is true. All of the "sacred rituals" of Christianity, and all
of Christianity's core beliefs (virgin birth, resurrection, etc.) come
straight from pagan religions that were popular around the time of Jesus.
Articles like this and this can help you learn more. Once you understand the
fundamental truth of Christianity's origins, the silliness of this whole
thing becomes apparent.

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Bill M