thenexttodie
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Are there any other dying and rising Gods except for Christ who lived and died as a man and then came back as a man?
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ldmitruk said:There a number of gods who died and rose from the dead. Here's a list of ten of them. In addition here's the Wikipedia entry on resurrection deities. I think it's interesting a number of them pre-date the story of Jesus. This leads me to believe the myth of Jesus is just a retelling of older resurrection myths.
Can you define what you mean by man?thenexttodie said:Are there any other dying and rising Gods except for Christ who lived and died as a man and then came back as a man?
ldmitruk said:There a number of gods who died and rose from the dead. Here's a list of ten of them. In addition here's the Wikipedia entry on resurrection deities. I think it's interesting a number of them pre-date the story of Jesus. This leads me to believe the myth of Jesus is just a retelling of older resurrection myths.
Bango Skank said:Even if Jesus story is unique, so what?
MarsCydonia said:thenexttodie said:Are there any other dying and rising Gods except for Christ who lived and died as a man and then came back as a man?MarsCydonia said:Can you define what you mean by man?
thenexttodie said:Bango Skank said:Even if Jesus story is unique, so what?
Well, some parts of anyone's life story would be unique and other parts would be common.
MarsCydonia said:thenexttodie said:Are there any other dying and rising Gods except for Christ who lived and died as a man and then came back as a man?
Can you define what you mean by man?
Because I think we may have different perceptions on the abilities and limitations of man.
Bango Skank said:Even if Jesus story is unique, so what?
thenexttodie said:Well, some parts of anyone's life story would be unique and other parts would be common.
Bango Skank said:I know that you didn't claim it, but 100% of the christians that i have encountered so far, argues that the uniqueness of Jesus is proof that the story is true.
Laurens said:Why don't you research it yourself?
All I'm going to say is that if this is a unique aspect to the Christ myth, it doesn't make it true (EDIT: Or rather it doesn't make it any less a myth). It's the only one that is set in Judea and involves Jews. Having unique aspects and qualities only serve to distinguish it slightly from all the other similar myths. The fact that you're looking for aspects that distinguish it in itself shows how similar they are.
Indeed, it's not even accurate on its own terms. But if it were it's still not a point against mythicism, any more than it being based in a different location is.he_who_is_nobody said:Laurens said:Why don't you research it yourself?
All I'm going to say is that if this is a unique aspect to the Christ myth, it doesn't make it true (EDIT: Or rather it doesn't make it any less a myth). It's the only one that is set in Judea and involves Jews. Having unique aspects and qualities only serve to distinguish it slightly from all the other similar myths. The fact that you're looking for aspects that distinguish it in itself shows how similar they are.
As I pointed out earlier, in what way is Jesus (in the Bible) a man? He walks on water, heals the sick, can kill trees with a single touch (pre-resurrection), raise cemeteries of the dead, have wounds that never heal or fester, and ascend into heaven (post-resurrection). In what way can any of that be classified as human? How are those not characteristics of a supernatural (and fictional) character (be it a god, wizard, jinn, etc...)?
Can you define what you mean by human male?thenexttodie said:A male human.
he_who_is_nobody said:Obviously when thenexttodie says "man" he means someone that could walk on water, heal the sick, kill trees with one touch, raise the dead, have wounds that never heal or fester, and fly up into heaven.
The answer is yes. Since you defined man as "human male", there are other religious figures claimed to be gods who took human male forms to come to earth to live among man, died and were resurrected in their human male form before ascending.thenexttodie said:No. If you don't like me using Jesus as an example of what I'm looking for, then just focus on the given qualifiers. Died as a man and came back as a man. It's a simple enough question.
MarsCydonia said:The answer is yes. Since you defined man as "human male", there are other religious figures claimed to be gods who took human male forms to come to earth to live among man, died and were resurrected in their human male form before ascending.
thenexttodie said:Can you give me the name of just 1?
MarsCydonia said:Krishna