Buddy Christ

this is the absolute worst meme I have ever seen and I am offended by it. You need to know what you are talking about.

Oh, like how this observation shifts based on the lunar calendar?

Should I talk about that?

I mean, why would you need to shift the observation of a death based on a seasonal calendar...unless you were trying to cover up a pagan holiday with a Christian one?

And we all know that would never ever happen.

Would it?

The bible states we should have mercy on those who doubt and Jesus would not want me to shut you down with multiple scientific facts that I could do if I ẁanted

Sure. Go ahead. Bring some science. But to quote Luke from the Last Jedi, "This is not going to end the way you think it will."

Do you know which pagan god Jesus is a cop of

It's a mix bag of a lot of different stuff.

LIke the Gospel of John is a swipe of Philo of Alexandria's import into Judaism of Plato's logos with a heaping helping of the Cult of Dionysus. John is the only description where Christ does the water into wine thing, and there are a lot of stories about Dionysian doing the same trick well before Christ walked the earth. Also, the whole Jesus is the true vine thing. Oh, and the story of adult Jesus and the The Bacchae have a lot of similarities. Specifically, an incarnate god comes to the land where he is worshiped, but isn't recognized because he's human now and gives vague answers about his divinity.

Then the gospel of Luke that has the only account of Jesus's childhood. Gods in the ancient world always started out as babies with miracle powers. That's how you knew they weren't a regular kid. It also was written 200 years after the birth of Christ, and was likely meant to convert pagans via the child miracle stories.

Then, of course, there's the whole cult of mythras. There's an entire grad course worth of documentation on how similar Christ is to Mythras.

And Saturnalia. Or as we call it, Christmas. It was celebrated on Dec 25th. Along with a rival cult Sol Invictus's birthday being on the same day.

On the whole, Christianity is just a bag of "oh, we do that too but it's called..." as a religion.

I know you saw it you commented on other memes

I have found a website that compiles all the reasons together why your opinions are incorrect. I am not trying to insult you but your meme was very offensive but I am not trying to insult your atheist beliefs. Also, I had to do some research on the Pagans but what I have found is that your claim is not correct. Go to this link https://jamesbishopblog.com/2015/01/19/23-reasons-why-scholars-know-jesus-is-not-a-copy-of-pagan-religions/

There are 2? maybe 3 contemporary accounts of someone named Jesus put to death for crimes against the state. 2 of those mention that a cult was formed around his death.

BUT these accounts were published well after his death. So. How accurate can they be?

And, again, the concepts of Christ are a mixed bag of Dionysus, Mithras, and various Greek and northern European deities.

The claim that your link has of "oh, it can't be because it's not EXACTLY like the other stories" is weak. Of course it's not a carbon copy. A story teller will take the elements that they like and leave all the others behind that way no one rolls their eyes and says "oh, you stole that."

The story of Christ that you know? It's a mishmash of the 4 gospels in an attempt to make a coherent story for modern audiences.

Break out the book. Chart a time line of Christs life.

Like when was he born? December 25th?

Are you sure?

How do you know that?

It's not in the Bible.

And his story starts with lambs and shepherds in the field. Being a city kid, you probably aren't aware that herd animals don't give birth in the winter.

And that whole census thing. That makes sense to you? You want to record everyone living in your country...so you have them go back to where they used to live? IN THE WINTER?!?

And why isn't there any other documentation about that crazy census thing? The Romans didn't do it. And you'd think there would be a historical document about how every so often, everyone had to stop what they were doing and travel back to the city where grandma was from in order to get counted.

But...nope.

Christianity is a grab bag of stuff that got borrowed as they went a long.

Hebrews 1:10:11 (This was written 2000 years ago) "... And, You, Lord, in the beginning have laid the foundation for the earth; and the heavens are the works of your hands: They shall perish but you shall remain; and they all shall wax old as does a garment" Here in the Bible it is telling us that the earth is wearing out. This is what the second law of thermodynamics states. This wasn't discovered until around 1850.

Leviticus 17:11 (written 3000 years ago) "For the life of the flesh is in the blood." The Scriptures declare that blood is the source of life but until around 120 years ago people were bled and may died because of the practice.

Leviticus 15:13 (written 3000 years ago) " And when he that has an issue is cleansed of his issue; then he shall number to himself seven days for his cleansing; and wash his clothes, and bathe his flesh in running water, and shall be clean." The bible said that when dealing with disease you should wash you hands under running water. Until around 100 years ago though doctors would wash their hands in a basin of still water.

I have more

So. Just so I understand it. You "bringing science" is just quoting passages from the Bible?

Because that's not science.

What you're quoting is the elements of religion that help a society run.

This is the social contract part of religion.

It's not science.

Every religion does this- it explains why we live where we live. Why birds are called birds. And why you have the kinds of birds that are around you. .

It's observation and an attempt to explain the natural world.

Like "Dad, why do we have wheat plants?" and your answer would be "Oh, Genesis 1:29 ' Then God said, “I give you every seed-bearing plant on the face of the whole earth and every tree that has fruit with seed in it. They will be yours for food.' God gave us wheat plants. son."

But it's not science.

No, they are scientific facts said in the Bible that aren't known or proved for years and years later. You also never answered my question what Pagan god is Jesus a copy of?

No...we observe the ressurection of Christ as promised in many of the Scriptures found in the Old Testament.
Try to be accurate...

No. That's Easter. Celebrates the resurrection.

Celebration of the last supper is Maundy Thursday.
Trial and sentencing and death on Friday.
Resurrection is on Easter Sunday.

Cute, you compare rapists and serial killers to a man that hurt no one.

Actually, he's comparing the forgiving Jesus to some of his unforgiving worshippers.

When you put it that way, it kinda puts things into perspective.

No...you were right in your first comment.

Yeah, I was a bit unsure with my second response