It always blows my mind when christians say "OH I KNOW... i KNOW this is the TRUTH, it HAS to be..."
IF THE PERSON IS OF MEXICAN DESCENT, I ALWAYS ASK "do you know YOU'RE ancestry? are you not PROUD to be of your race?" (which of course, being mexican, which one doesn't have some set of pride)
so it BOGGLES MY MIND sometimes, how people can CLAIM they are so proud of their heritage, BUT DON'T EVEN KNOW IT...
In the ancient Mayan culture, there was a figure that was also accepted by surrounding culture... his name was QUETZALCOATL... and if your not familiar with thisi figure, let me give u a brief history (and i put it in this fashion, because Christians will always "defend" their religion based on inaccuracy, as in, when I say "Jonah and the Whale" they reply "it wasn't a whale, it was a BIG FISH" "oh, a BIG FISH? ok, then it MUST be true, thanks for that...")
1. Quetzalcoatl, like Jesus, was born of a virgin woman: Isaiah 7:14 "Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel [God with us]."
2. Quetzalcoatl suffered and sacrificed Himself for the human race: Isaiah 53:5 "But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed."; 1 Corinthians 5:7 "Christ our passover is sacrificed for us"
3. Quetzalcoatl, like Jesus, died for us: Romans 5:6 "For when we were without strength, in due time Christ died for the ungodly."
4. Quetzalcoatl, like Jesus, resurrected from the dead: Revelation 1:18 "I am he that liveth, and WAS DEAD; and behold, I AM ALIVE forever more, Amen; and havce the keys of hell [the grave] and death."
5. Quetzalcoatl, like Jesus, ascended into heaven: Acts 1:9 "while they beheld, he was taken up; and a cloud received him out of their sight."
6. Quetzalcoatl, like Jesus, will descend in a cloud: Acts 1:11 "this same Jesus, which is taken up from you into heaven, shall so come in like manner as ye have seen him go into heaven."
7. Quetzalcoatl, like Jesus, promised to return as King and Liberator:
Luke 21: 27,28 "And then shall they see the Son of man coming in a cloud with power and great glory. And when these things begin to come to pass, then look up, and lift up your heads; for your redemption draweth nigh." Revelation 14:14 "And I looked, and behold a white cloud, and upon the cloud ONE sat like unto the Son of man, having on his head a golden crown, and in his hand a sharp sickle."
so my question is this... HOW can someone, who's ancestors believed in a certain figure, say it's complete utter BULLSHIT, when they have done NO research into their ancestry, NO research into the foundations of the new religion they have accepted... WHY and HOW can this be accepted???
TO PUT IT IN A PERSPECTIVE TO WHERE U CAN UNDERSTAND, imagine that in 1000 years in the future, YOUR OWN CHILDREN'S CHILDREN, will look back at the figure a majority of us accept as their savior (Jesus Christ) and say it was complete utter bullshit... and they believe in something ABSOLUTELY SIMILIAR... SO SIMILIAR, that it seems like they STOLE bits and pieces from the story of Jesus Christ himself..
IMAGINE that your children's children believe in a figure called ZENU, right? and ZENU was born of a virgin, died for human kind, came back from the dead, went into heaven, and will return... and whenever someone says "hey! there was a book called the Bible, and there was this guy named Jesus Christ, and he had the SAME EXACT STORY" and they say "it is not in this NEWER, BETTER, BIBLE, so then, IT MUST NOT BE TRUE, for this newer bible IS the true word of God..."
ok.....
so now look at what we are doing... try to tell your parents, or religious people "hey, did you know, that before JESUS CHRIST, there was this guy named QUETZALCOATL... etc etc" and listen to what they will tell you...
so HOW WERE WE, MEXICANS, WHO ALREADY HAD A FIGURE, CONVINCED THAT JESUS CHRIST IS THE TRUTH NOW??
oh yea, the EVER SO PEACEFUL decision that Christians have been known for, throughout history, of spreading the message... the message being "BELIEVE IN WHAT WE BELIEVE... ...OR WE WILL KILL YOU!!!" (and dont say no, what do you think the Dark Ages, the Inquisition, the Crusades, the Salem Witch trials were all about????)
so our people were forced to change their belief... FORCED with a decision of "accept this or die"
...how can you honestly sit there and tell me it's all true... when even the people who created the Jesus Christ movement believe in Krishna, ANOTHER figure, who was ALSO born of a virgin, birth announce by a star in the east, 3 kings adorning him with gifts, child teacher at 12, started preaching at 30, was called all the same names as Jesus (the shephard, the light, etc etc) and THEY OPENLY STATED, that they changed it, for political reason, to gain influence over the people, to control them...
This is not meant to bash ANY religion... that is not what I am trying to do... religion promotes "CERTAINTY", absolute, unquestionnable "CERTAINTY"
I am only here to promote doubt... because only when we are doubtful, do we start to question... and only when we start to question, can we get REAL ANSWERS...
...take this for whatever you THINK it's worth... whether you believe it or not, thats fine... my main point is I want you to THINK...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DtRt4fnHFWw
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