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Do (Supposed) #parallels between the #Gospels and #Pagan #myth prove that #Jesus was based on pagan #gods?
Um, #NO, and both the #Titanic and #EdgarAllanPoe will show you why:
Um, #NO, and both the #Titanic and #EdgarAllanPoe will show you why:
Jesus Mythicists try to find any parallel between Christ and pagan gods in order to prove that Jesus was based on pagan myth, thus never existed. This is an idea that has been around for 300 years, yet it has never become the academic consensus. Indeed, Jesus Christ is recognized
as a historical figure by historical consensus.
Jesus Mythcists’ appeal to Parallelomania is faulty on logical grounds. For one, most of these so-called parallels are not really parallels at all (as Numerous people, including myself, have noted elsewhere). Two, just because a
Jesus Mythcists’ appeal to Parallelomania is faulty on logical grounds. For one, most of these so-called parallels are not really parallels at all (as Numerous people, including myself, have noted elsewhere). Two, just because a
historical figure or event has interesting parallels with mythology or a work of fiction doesn’t mean that the historical figure or event is not historical.
And there are many strange parallels between history and non-history.
Hence, why you see in most, if not all novels the
And there are many strange parallels between history and non-history.
Hence, why you see in most, if not all novels the
following disclaimer:
“All characters appearing in this work are fictitious. Any resemblance to real persons, living or dead, is purely coincidental.”
This is the “All Persons Fictitious Disclaimer”, which is designed to protect writers and movie makers from libel suits, should
“All characters appearing in this work are fictitious. Any resemblance to real persons, living or dead, is purely coincidental.”
This is the “All Persons Fictitious Disclaimer”, which is designed to protect writers and movie makers from libel suits, should
any person think that they are being portrayed horribly in a movie or film. This could potentially be bound to happen due to the phenomena of coincidence.
And coincidence is key.
Case in point: The Novella “Futility/Wreck of the Titan” by Morgan Robertson:
And coincidence is key.
Case in point: The Novella “Futility/Wreck of the Titan” by Morgan Robertson:
This book is about a cruise ship called the Titan (similar name to the Titanic, a real-life cruise ship…). It was similar in size to the Titanic (The Titan was 800 feet, while the Titanic was 882 feet long), had a similar number of passengers (2500 and 2200 respectively), and
had an identical passenger capacity of 3000. It was put to sea in the Atlantic like the Titanic, and like the Titanic was called “Unsinkable”. Both were British owned, both hit an iceberg 400 miles from Newfoundland around midnight while traveling at similar speeds (The Titan hit
it at 25 knots, the Titanic at 22.5 knots), both had too few lifeboats for the passengers, both sank, both involved the loss of many lives. Both disasters occurred in mid April.
“Futility/Wreck of the Titan” was written 14 years before the Titanic was put to sea, even years before construction of the Titanic began in 1909 (the book was published in 1898).
Morgan Robertson was thought a clairvoyant when the Titanic disaster occurred, but he stated that the similarities between his book and the tragedy were due to his research of maritime trends and his shipbuilding knowledge. But the similarities are so impressive that one has to
conclude that eerie coincidence also played its part.
Want to hear another one?
Edgar Allan Poe wrote many short stories, but only 1 novel, called “The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket”.
Want to hear another one?
Edgar Allan Poe wrote many short stories, but only 1 novel, called “The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket”.
This book tells the tale of a ship called the Grampus that capsizes at sea. The survivors find themselves with no food or fresh water. They do manage to catch a tortoise (which was already on board the ship) and eat it, but eventually the meat runs out and the crew faces the
prospect of starvation again. Things take a turn for the horrific when the crew draws straws, to see who will be eaten. One of them, Richard Parker, gets the unlucky straw, becoming a Hannibal Lecter special.
Before we continue, keep in mind that this book was published in 1838.
In 1884 (46 years later), a yacht called the Mignonette sank in a storm. The survivors made it to a lifeboat, and did catch and eat a turtle. They did consider drawing straws, to see who would be killed
In 1884 (46 years later), a yacht called the Mignonette sank in a storm. The survivors made it to a lifeboat, and did catch and eat a turtle. They did consider drawing straws, to see who would be killed
and eaten, but then…they decided not to.
After all, one of their number, a man named RICHARD PARKER, had fallen overboard and drank seawater. This, of course, can be deadly, and Parker’s health was failing afterwards, so…why not eat him?
After all, one of their number, a man named RICHARD PARKER, had fallen overboard and drank seawater. This, of course, can be deadly, and Parker’s health was failing afterwards, so…why not eat him?
The other agreed.
He became their out-to-sea Happy Meal.
He became their out-to-sea Happy Meal.
Oh, and by the way: both Richard Parkers were…cabin boys.
Ah, the power of…coincidence.
Indeed, I haven’t even mentioned the 30-something similarities between Alexander the Great and Achilles
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Indeed, I haven’t even mentioned the 30-something similarities between Alexander the Great and Achilles
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Nor that Abraham Lincoln actually fits the “tragic Hero” literary archetype, just like Hamlet and Oedipus.
No historian seriously uses such similarities to show that Alexander the Great or Abraham Lincoln didn’t exist, or that the sinking of the Titanic and the Mignonette never
No historian seriously uses such similarities to show that Alexander the Great or Abraham Lincoln didn’t exist, or that the sinking of the Titanic and the Mignonette never
happened.
But Jesus mythicists want us to make an exception for Jesus Christ?
This is a double standard. It speaks volumes about the REAL reason they want to disprove Christ’s historicity.
But Jesus mythicists want us to make an exception for Jesus Christ?
This is a double standard. It speaks volumes about the REAL reason they want to disprove Christ’s historicity.
It has nothing to do with the facts.
It has everything to do with the heart.
Sources:
self.gutenberg.org/articles/all_p…
allthatsinteresting.com/the-wreck-of-t…
It has everything to do with the heart.
Sources:
self.gutenberg.org/articles/all_p…
allthatsinteresting.com/the-wreck-of-t…
@thethreadreader untoll please
