Christianity Scrutinized

Today even as the world is celebrating Good Friday and soon will be celebrating Easter, it becomes quite important to understand the pagan origins of these Christian festivals. The question that we need to ask is – “Are these really Christian in nature or were they copied from much earlier pagan religions of the world, particularly Middle - East?” So let’s begin our fascinating journey into hidden and long forgotten ancient world, its religions and its shocking connections with modern Christianity. Easter story comes from an ancient Sumerian legend called “ The Descent of Inanna ” according to which G-d Damuzi (Tammuz) dies his wife Inanna (Ishtar) is grief–stricken and follows him to the underworld.                                                                                                 Inanna's Decent In the underworld, she enters through seven gates, and her clothes are removed. "Naked and bowed low" she is judged, killed, and then hung on