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| Friday, April 20, 2012 10:59AM | | | | The Jesus of a Dozen Religions | Tags: Horus, Carl Jung, Sumerians, Cronus, Noah. the flood, Easter, new heaven, new earth, new Jerusalem, Valley Forge, Yorktown, US Constitution, Alamo, Goliad, San Jacinto, Republic of Texas, Marine Corps, Cinderella, Buddha, Zoroaster, Krishna, Dionysus, Siddhartha, Muhammad, Saul, Samson, King David, Logos, dogma, Hindu, Charles Peguy, Jonah, Muslim, Armenia, Babylon
| | | | If you study religion rather than or in addition to studying the Bible you discover that there are a number of stories similar to those found in the Bible. You find even more if you study mythology. By myth I do not mean a widely held but false belief such as “urban legend.” I mean universal stories that help us understand who we are, where we came from, and what that means. For a long time I avoided knowing about myths for fear that a myth might have the same plot as the Gospel of Mark. If Horus was crucified, buried, and resurrected on the third day, wouldn’t that lessen the story of Jesus? Like others I eventually faced that fear and found faith in... | | | | | |
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