Historians also point out that we know of half a dozen popular leaders who claim to be the messiah in and around Jerusalem in the first century A.D. But their movements all died with them when they were executed by the Romans. Decoding the Past s1e10: Resurrection, History 2005
Jesus is a mythical figure in the tradition of pagan mythology and almost nothing in all of ancient literature would lead one to believe otherwise. Anyone wanting to believe Jesus lived and walked as a real live human being must do so despite the evidence, not because of it. C Dennis McKinsey, The Encyclopedia of Biblical Errancy
What profit has not that fable of Christ brought us! Pope Leo X, cited John Bale, Bishop of Ossory, The Pageant of Popes p179, 1574
The [Christian] Gospel stories are no more historic than the Genesis creation accounts are scientific. They are filled with exaggerations, miracles and admitted propaganda. They were written during a context of time when myths were being born, exchanged, elaborated and corrupted, and they were written to an audience susceptible to such fables. They are cut from the same cloth as other religions and fables of the time. Taking all of this into account, it is rational to conclude that the New Testament Jesus is a myth. Dan Barker, Godless
There are many crucified sun gods before Jesus. There was the crucifixion of Antigonus, the ‘King of the Jews’, and Cyrus, a Messianic figure. Prometheus and Heracles wear mock crowns, and in some versions of the story Prometheus is executed by crucifixion. Babylonian prisoners dressed as kings for five days, then they were stripped, scourged and crucified. ibid.
I know there was a Jesus the man. I know there was an actual human being called Jesus. But he’s not the Jesus you have in your head. Is he? No. The actual Jesus – if you think of the part of the world where he lived in, and the average height of men in those days – fucking Danny DaVito. That’s what you’re talking about: a small little tanned furry kind of ... He’s not the Jesus you have in your head though. Yours is an eight-foot-tall BG Jesus. Tommy Tiernan, Irish comedian
There is not a conception associated with Christ that is not common to some or all of the Savior cults of antiquity. J M Robertson, Pagan Christs
He was all that was good and righteous and holy. And he had his adversary – his name was Set. Sound a little bit familiar, like with Jesus of Nazareth, who had his adversary, Satan? Horus-Set; Jesus-Satan. In fact the resemblances between Jesus and Ah-men-Ra or Horus and all of the other saviours of mankind are just too many. They go on and on and on ... Horus baptised with water by Anup; Jesus baptised with water by John ... Horus born in Annu, the place of bread; Jesus born in Bethlehem, the house of bread. Horus the good shepherd with the crook upon his shoulders; Jesus the good shepherd with the lamb or kid upon his shoulder. The seven on board the boat with Horus; the seven fishers on board the boat with Jesus. Horus as the Lamb; Jesus as the Lamb. Horus as the Lion; Jesus as the Lion. Horus as the black child; Jesus as the little black bambino. Horus identified with Tat or Cross; Jesus identified with the Cross. Horus of twelve years; Jesus of twelve years. Horus made a man of thirty with his baptism; Jesus made a man of thirty years with his baptism. Horus the Krst; Jesus the Christ. Horus the manifesting son of God; Jesus the manifesting son of God … Derek Partridge, The Naked Truth
The Egyptians of every period in which they are known to us believed that Osiris was of divine origin, that he suffered death and mutilation at the hands of the powers of evil, that after a great struggle with these powers he rose again, that he became henceforth the king of the underworld and judge of the dead, and that because he had conquered death the righteous also might conquer death ... In Osiris the Christian Egyptians found the prototype of Christ, and in the pictures and statues of Isis suckling her son Horus, they perceived the prototypes of the Virgin Mary and her child. E A Wallis Budge, Egyptian Religion
The Christian religion and Masonry have one and the same common origin: both are derived from the worship of the Sun. The difference between their origin is, that the Christian religion is a parody on the worship of the Sun, in which they put a man whom they call Christ, in the place of the Sun, and pay him the same adoration which was originally paid to the Sun. Thomas Paine, Age of Reason
Shocking as it may seem to the general populace, the most enduring and profound controversy in the subject of Christianity is whether or not a person named Jesus Christ ever really existed! Acharya S aka D M Murdock; viz website
Horus was born of the virgin Isis-Meri on December 25th in a cave/manger with his birth being announced by a star in the East and attended by three ‘wise men’
* His earthly father was named ‘Seb’ (‘Joseph’). Seb is also known as ‘Geb’: ‘As Horus the Elder he...was believed to be the son of Geb and Nut’. Lewis Spence, Ancient Egyptian Myths and Legends p84
* He was of royal descent
* At age 12, he was a child teacher in the Temple, and at 30, he was baptized, having disappeared for 18 years
* Horus was baptized in the river Eridanus or Iarutana (Jordan) by ‘Anup the Baptizer’ (‘John the Baptist’), who was decapitated
* He had 12 followers and/or fellow gods, two of whom were his ‘witnesses’ and were named ‘Anup’ and ‘Aan’ (the two ‘Johns’)
* He performed miracles, exorcised demons and raised El-Azarus (‘El-Osiris’), from the dead
* The Egyptian god walked on water
* His personal epithet was ‘Iusa’, the ‘ever-becoming son’ of ‘Ptah’, the ‘Father’. He was thus called ‘Holy Child’.
* Horus was transfigured on the Mount
* The Egyptian god/Osiris was killed, buried for three days in a tomb, and resurrected
* Horus, Osiris and/or Ra were called the ‘Way, the Truth, the Light’, ‘Messiah’, ‘God’s Anointed Son’, the ‘Son of Man’, the ‘Good Shepherd’, the ‘Lamb of God’, the ‘Word made flesh’, the ‘Word of Truth’ etc.
* The Egyptian god was ‘the Fisher’ and was associated with the Fish (‘Ichthys’), Lamb and Lion
* He came to fulfil the Law
* The Egyptian god/Osiris was called ‘the KRST’, or ‘Anointed One’
Like Jesus, Horus was supposed to reign one thousand years. ibid.
From the very beginning of our quest to unravel the Christ conspiracy, we encounter suspicious territory, as we look back in time and discover that the real foundation of Christianity appears nothing like the image provided by the clergy and mainstream authorities. Indeed, far more rosy and cheerful than the reality is the picture painted by the vested interests as to the origins of the Christian religion: to wit, a miracle-making founder and pious, inspired apostles who faithfully and infallibly recorded his words and deeds shortly after his advent, and then went about promulgating the faith with great gusto and success in ‘saving souls’. Contrary to this popular delusion, the reality is that, in addition to the enormous amount of bloodshed which accompanies its foundation, Christianity’s history is rife with forgery and fraud. So rampant is this treachery and chicanery that any serious researcher must immediately begin to wonder about the story itself. In truth, the Christian tale has always been as difficult to swallow as the myths and fables of other cultures; yet countless people have been able to overlook the rational mind and to willingly believe it, even though they may equally as easily dismiss the nearly identical stories of these other cultures.
… We have seen that there is no evidence for the historicity of the Christian founder, that the earliest Christian proponents were as a whole either utterly credulous or astoundingly deceitful, and that said ‘defenders of the faith’ were compelled under incessant charges of fraud to admit that Christianity was a rehash of older religions. It has also been demonstrated that the world into which Christianity was born was filled with assorted gods and goddesses, as opposed to a monotheistic vacuum. In fact, in their fabulous exploits and wondrous powers many of these gods and goddesses are virtually the same as the Christ character, as attested to by the Christian apologists themselves. In further inspecting this issue we discover that ‘Jesus Christ’ is in fact a compilation of these various gods, who were worshipped and whose dramas were regularly played out by ancient people long before the Christian era. Acharya S aka D M Murdock: The Christ Conspiracy: The Greatest Story Ever Sold
We are entering into a New Age ... The age referred to in the gospel tale is that of Pisces, and through the contrivance and duplicity, coercion and slaughter, the fish-god Jesus, the Piscean Solar Avatar, has indeed been with us, but now it is the close of the age, and his time is over. ibid.
By realising the cultural unity revealed behind the Christ conspiracy, however, humanity can pull together and prevent this fall, to create a better world. ibid.
You don’t find any evidence externally ... that goes even remotely into this story. Acharya S aka D M Murdock, interview Just Energy Radio with Dr Rita Louise, ‘The Christ Conspiracy’
Philo has not a word to say. ibid.
The head that once was crowned with thorns is crowned with glory now. Thomas Kelly, 1769-1855, hymn
Jesus wants me for a sunbeam. Nellie Talbot, hymn 1921
Rival prophets, messiahs and sons of God: the Olympic gods of Roman mythology – Jupiter, Mars and Venus – collide with the alternative pantheons of Persia, Egypt and Israel. Miracle workers preaching new spiritual truths appear across the empire. New religious figures arise, some said to be born of virgins. Some celebrate sacrificial meals, others are said to have risen from the dead ... Apollonius of Tyana is said to be one of these rivals of Jesus. A man with a strikingly similar profile: Apollonius is born approximately the same time as Jesus in what is now Turkey ... Like Jesus it is reported Apollonius even raised the dead. Riddles of the Bible s2e6: Rivals of Jesus, National Geographic 1997
Simon Marcus: Simon the Magician. He was born in Sumeria, the country next to Judea. But he travels and preaches from Egypt to Rome. He is powerful enough to be mentioned in the Bible ... Simon’s followers believe he is the messiah, but Simon himself says there are two living incarnations of god ... The incident led to the creation of the word Simony – the sin of attempting to buy spiritual benefits. ibid.
In 132 A.D. emperor worship would be challenged by another rival to Jesus: a Jewish leader in Jerusalem who did not preach peace, he preached war. His name is Simon bar Kokhba. Many Jews at the time feel bar Kokhba has the better claim to the title of messiah than Jesus. Like Jesus he is a descendant of the Royal House of King David. Like Jesus he is a charismatic leader with a small but loyal following. Like Jesus he speaks out against Rome. ibid.
Coins are minted in Jerusalem proclaiming bar Kokhba’s status as Saviour and Redeemer. On one side an inscription reads, Year One of the Redemption of Israel. One the other side the image of the temple is crowned with a star, because bar Kokhba literally means, Son of the Star ... He defeats mighty Rome. ibid.