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Originally posted by NashBama:
Interesting, the video complains about bias, yet notice how they portray Christians at about :45.

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She said claims made by detractors or debunkers and later refers to them as both atheist and theist.


Also, if mainstream encyclopedias are censored so they don't offend Christians, then why do they contain information about evolution which obviously offends the Bill Gray types?

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She refers to history in english and in other languages and says that a lot of the evidence is in written form in those other languages which she names.


Another point. My b'day is in December, yet we celebrate it in June for convenience. That doesn't mean I was born in June. The video's attempt to try and link Jesus actual birthday to December just because that's when it's observed is stretching it.

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You may want to watch it again, btw, do you know why the Jesus birth was portrayed in December?


Basically, they are complaining about bias, yet are far from objective.

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She is very polite and succinct in pointing out differences and why her case makes sense. That is not complaining.


No offence, but it sounds like the same arguments Pogo uses for posting his left wing sites. The main stream won't cover it, but here's the truth. Reality is mainstream doesn't cover it because it's not totally true. Same goes with this video.


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If you've got issues with JJ, I'm sure you can find him over at the political forum and discuss that with him.
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You may want to watch it again, btw, do you know why the Jesus birth was portrayed in December?


Yes. Romans celebrated Saturnalia in December which was their most popular holiday. Around the 3rd or 4th century as Christianity became accepted, Romans chose December as a way to observe Christ's birth so that they could still keep their popular winter holiday.

So Christianity was already a few hundred years old before December was attributed to Christ's birth and it had nothing to do with when He was actually born. Therefore the attempted connection between an Egyptian god and Jesus based on a December birthday doesn't fit.

Think about it. If Jesus is really just a re-telling of an Egyptian god, what is the motive behind it? Why would a group of Jews risk death to copy a god worshiped by those who enslaved them for centuries? It makes no sense.

To believe that Jesus is just an Egyptian god story, then one has to address the motivation for it. It's high risk with zero reward.

The narrator is polite, although she is simply trying to sell books. There is more evidence that shows Jesus was a real historical person than that it's a copied story. As I've said, it's simply a matter of what one chooses to believe.
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Originally posted by NashBama:

To believe that Jesus is just an Egyptian god story, then one has to address the motivation for it. It's high risk with zero reward.


Its not just the Jesus story that was copied, there are others, but you saw this I'm sure.

The motivation? Maybe it is just to get the truth out.

As one critic writes:

"Given the choice, would you rather know what actually happened or to remain deluded, no matter how pleasant the delusion?"

I also encourage you to watch this video.

Who was Jesus? The Fingerprints of the Christ.

Robert Eisenman is the author of The New Testament Code: The Cup of the Lord, the Damascus Covenant, and the Blood of Christ (2006), James the Brother of Jesus: The Key to Unlocking the Secrets of Early Christianity and the Dead Sea Scrolls (1998), The Dead Sea Scrolls and the First Christians (1996), Islamic Law in Palestine and Israel: A History of the Survival of Tanzimat and Shari’ah (1978), and co-editor of The Facsimile Edition of the Dead Sea Scrolls (1989) and The Dead Sea Scrolls Uncovered (1992).

There are 7 courses:

--Dead Sea Scrolls

--Old Testament

--Historical Jesus

--Islamic Religion, History, and Culture

--Paul and James, Christian Origins

--Modern Jewish Thought/History of Zionism

--American Religious Diversity

The list of recommended textbooks
appears on part 1.1 of each course.

Robert Eisenman is a Professor of Middle Eastern Religions and Archaeology, and Islamic Law at California State University Long Beach


See his short lectures below.

Eisenman's Lectures.

Regards, Miamizsun

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