Doubtful Integrity of Jesus's Disciples:Pagan Dieties as Contemporary Disciples: !!
In
Egyptian mythology, Osiris was
betrayed at his last supper by the evil god Set, whom the Greeks identified
with Typhon. This seems to be the
origin of the idea that Jesus’ betrayer was present at his last supper.
As
already mentioned, the idea of the betrayer at the last supper is derived from
the mythology of Osiris who was betrayed by Set-Typhon. Set-Typhon
had red hair and this is probably the origin of the claim that Judas had red
hair.
Judas is often given the nickname
"Iscariot." In some places where English New Testaments have
"Iscariot," the Greek text actually has "apo Kariotou"
which means "from Karyot."
Karyot was the name of a town in Israel, probably the modern site known in
Arabic as Karyatein. We thus see that the name Iscariot is derived from the
Hebrew "ish Karyot" meaning "man from Karyot." This is in
fact the accepted modern Christian understanding of the name. However, the most
interesting misunderstanding of the name is its early confusion with the word scortea meaning a leather money bag.
This led to the New Testament myth that Judas carried such a bag, which in turn
led to the belief that he was the treasurer of the apostles.
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| Typhon |
The
apostle Peter appears to be a largely fictitious character. According to
Christian mythology, Jesus chose him to be the "keeper of the keys to the
kingdom of heaven." This is clearly based on the Egyptian pagan deity, Petra, who was the door-keeper of
heaven and the afterlife ruled over by Osiris. We must also doubt the story of Luke "the good healer" who
was supposed to be a friend of Paul. The original Greek for "Luke" is
"Lykos" which was another
name for Apollo, the god of healing.
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| G-d Oannes |
The G-d Oannes was associated with the constellation Capricorn. Both Oannes and the constellation Capricorn were associated with water. (The constellation is supposed to depict a mythical sea-creature with the body of a fish and the foreparts of a goat.) We have already seen that Jesus was given the same birthday as the sun god (25 December), when the sun is in the constellation of Capricorn.
The pagans thought of this period as one where the sun god is immersed in the waters of Oannes and emerges reborn. (The Winter Solstice, when days start getting longer, occurs near 25 December.) This astrological myth is apparently the origin of the story that Jesus was baptized by John. It probably started as an allegorical astrological story, but it appears that the god Oannes later became confused with the historical person nicknamed Oannes (John).
Robert Mascharan !!!
using comparative and linguistic processes, dont the differences worry you? like set was protector of sun god from serpent of darkness
ReplyDeleteSet (Seth) was one of the most ancient of the Egyptian gods. As part of the Ennead of Heliopolis he was the son of Nut and Geb and the brother of Osiris. He was a storm god associated with strange and frightening events such as eclipses, thunderstorms and earthquakes. He also represented the desert and, by extension, the foreign lands beyond the desert. His glyph appears in the Egyptian words for "turmoil", "confusion", "illness", "storm" and "rage". He was considered to be very strong but dangerous, and strange. However, he was not always considered to be an evil being. Set was a friend of the dead, helping them to ascend to heaven on his ladder, and he protected the life giving oases of the desert, and was at times a powerful ally to the pharaoh and even the sun god Ra.
ReplyDeleteHowever, by the Second Intermediate Period he was associated with the Hyksos (who probably saw a similarity between Set and Baal) and so he became seen as a force for evil. He was then "rehabilitated" during the Nineteenth Dynasty pharaohs (notably Seti I whose name means "man of Set") only to be recast as an evil deity by Greek, Roman and Christian theologists.
Set was the black boar who swallowed the moon each month, obscuring its light. Despite the role he was given in the death of Osiris, Set was considered to be the defender of the sun god Ra. he protected the solar barque on its journey through the underworld (or the night sky) and fought the serpent Apep. Yet even when he was acting to protect Ra, the negative side of his personality was apparent. He often boasted that he was the only one of the gods brave enough to stand against Apep and demanded that he be treated with great respect. He even threatened Ra that if he was not treated well enough he would bring storms against him. Ra eventually tired of his taunting and expelled Set from his barque, relying on the help of the other gods to complete his nightly journey.
Regards,
Robert Mascharan