Comments on: Rivals of Jesus

By: Chhese Women

Chhese Women — Sun, 13 May 2012 18:13:00 +0000

yes, that is very true. Jesus was the only Messiah born on the 25th december ect.
lots of different people claimed to be the messiah and no one believed them. people started to doubt why jesus was so special. ok he could perform so called ‘miricles’ but so could some other people.

By: aquariumdrinker

aquariumdrinker — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 11:31:39 +0000

Jake, what is it you are saying Jesus has succeeded at? He has succeeded at being a popular story, but by that standard he’s far back in line behind Odysseus, Moses, the Buddha, etc.

Really, Jesus only had one post-crucifixion job: coming back to earth to lead the faithful into eschaton. Despite having 2,000 years to do it, and despite his basically having promised to be back in a jiff, the faithful are still waiting.

Over the course of human history, many have claimed that they would transcend death. The fact that a lot of people are still thinking that Jesus will actually do it, despite all evidence to the contrary, says more about their gullibility than about Jesus’s successfulness.

By: jake

jake — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 06:54:17 +0000

Despite the eye-opening Jesus wasnt the only messiah who was born on December 25th and rose from the dead after three days??? <– you are wrong, nothing in the documentary claimed that the others were born december 25th and rose from the dead.In fact, the Documentary showed how horribly the others failed. the possibility of someone to claim the messaiah title is high. The old testament speaks of a messiah comming, its normal for some crazy bastards to claim to be “that” messiah for political and other needs. However, the fact that ‘JESUS’ succeeded up to now, the documentary just added to the justification that Jesus is the true messiah

By: Erik R.

Erik R. — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 16:27:36 +0000

Thank you, fodio, for that well-argued proposition.

By: fodio

fodio — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 16:23:23 +0000

Jesus is the king of kings,the son of God and the prince of peace,….anyone who has a problem with that could just as well kill himself/herself to find out…

By: erik

erik — Thu, 30 Nov 2006 22:33:18 +0000

Okay, I’ve seen Part 3. Well, as much of it as I could stand. It shouldn’t surprise me that they pay special attention to the crazy “literalist” interpretations of the Book of Revelations (I did learn that “apocalypse” is the Greek name for “revelation”). They had special effects of storms and fire raining down from the sky. But that’s what they’re selling! Entertainment! What pisses me off is that they sell the entertainment under the guise of truth, instead of following every nutcase with a theology professor saying how ridiculous such claims are, like they should do.

Anyway, I stopped watching after the narrator coughed up this gem:

If the world began with a big bang, it might end without a sound. The only sign? Every Christian will disappear, beamed up to heaven in the blink of an eye.

There goes any respect I had for the ~~SciFi~~ National Geographic Channel.

By: erik

erik — Thu, 30 Nov 2006 11:03:47 +0000

YouTube, the present day knights against copyright law, to the rescue! The Secret Bible - Part 1 - The Knights Templar: 1 2 3 4 5 Strangely, the more controversial second part is unavailable. Torrents of all three parts, for those of you with the knowledge to use them, available here: Part 1 - The Knights Templar Part 2 - Rivals of Jesus Part 3 - The Apocalypse

By: jacob

jacob — Wed, 29 Nov 2006 23:59:43 +0000

Amen.