Let's see that post McWay... just list ONE original detail from the Jesus story...
You can't really make demands of the person who issued a challenge when you haven't met that challenge.
Just a simple post. Maybe even a list of the original details. Can you produce even one?
The Luke
Your blindness is exceeded only by your COWARDICE.
I answered your "challenge" since page 1. In case you forgot, I did mention something about the crucifixion, which went something like this:
To use a quip from Mr. T’s “Clubber Lang” character from Rocky III.
"I reject the challenge, because the Luke is no challenge. But, I’ll be more than happy to beat on him some more!!!"
I’ll give you 3:
1) Virgin birth (i.e. Mary had no sexual contact WHATOSEVER, when she conceived Christ. There was no supernatural whoremongering ala Zeus and his shenanigans; no coitus in birdie form with a dead guy with a faux schlong, etc.)
2) Death by crucifixion, not by chopping his balls off or being barbecued in the womb and resown in someone's leg.
3) His betrayal for 30 pieces of silver, by a close associate.
Of course, that leaves YOU with the task of showing what alleged allegories these accounts were lifted and why, which (for all of your blathering) you have yet to do).
That is, name the religion from which the Jesus account was supposedly borrowed and give the specifics as to why it was used.
Since then, you have made excuse, after excuse, after excuse, NOT TO PRODUCE a specific reference, stating that, in fact, Attis, Osiris, or any of these other figures from which Jesus was supposedly crafted died in that manner.
So, for the nth time, PRODUCE THE SPECIFIC references from these so-called "mystery religions" that show Attis, Osiris, or anyone else dying in this manner (in case you need reminding, drowning and self-castration do NOT equal crucifixion).
Your trying to project your pitiful shortcomings on me simply won't make the grade.
And, as stated multiple times, not only are your ridiculous claims about Jesus Christ wrong, you CAN'T EVEN GET YOUR FACTS STRAIGHT about the other deities. You screwed up on Attis, on Osiris, on Horus, just to name a few.
This was your weak laundry list from earlier:
Haven't you ever read about the solar-deity allegories used in Mystery Religions? You've got some Googling to do (or alternatively read Gandy and Freke's book).
It's always the same stuff:
-born of a virgin on 25th or December
-bright star marks his birthplace
-born in a cave/stable
-three kings attend his birth
-knows everything by age 12
-baptised in a river
-chooses twelve disciples (and a hidden thirteenth secret female disciple associated with a snake)
-performs miracles: heals the sick; the lame; the blind; raises the dead; feeds a multitude
-loses a shoe/foot/leg (Jebus has his feet washed)
-betrayed to the tyrant by his brother/twin/lover/disciple
-crucified (or similar variant)
-placed back in a tomb
-rises from the dead after three days
-ascends into heaven
And this all falls to pieces for the following reasons:
You have YET to show that Jesus, Horus, Osiris, Attis, or anyone else was born Dec. 25. The virgin-birth stuff (at minimum) disqualifies Horus.
The "three kings attend his birth" stuff also falls flat. "Three kings" don't attend Jesus' birth; For the nth time, they're wise men, exact number unknown, that find Jesus when He's about two. Of course, you don't have jack to show that those conditions apply to any of the other deities.
I've already cut your crucifixion claims to bits. Once again, the clock's still ticking for you to show that Attis, Osiris, or any of those other figures died via crucifixion.
As for the "rise from the dead in three days" thing, you're still in the hole, because at least two guys (Osiris, Attis) DO NOT RISE FROM THE DEAD AT ALL!!! One doesn't even die (Mithras).
The question now is, will you continue your cowering, or will you (sometime between now and Christ's return) produce some facts to back up your smack....for once?
