Top 100 conspiracy theories of all time truth control. The scholarship of kersey graves has been questioned by numerous theists and nontheists alike. Kersey graves was a skeptic, atheist, spiritualist, nontheist friend, reformist and writer. Or, christianity before christ, containing new, startling, and extraordinary revelations in religious history, which disclose the oriental origin of all the doctrines, principles, precepts, and miracles of the christian new testament, and furnishing a key for unlocking many of its sacred mysteries, besides comprising the history of 16 heathen. Containing new, startling, and extraordinary revelations in religious history, which disclose the oriental origin of all the doctrines, principles, precepts, and miracles of the christian new testament, and furnishing a key for unlocking many of its sacred mysteries, besides compromising the history of sixteen heathen. Prometheus of the caucasushe was crucified in 547 b. Apr 07, 2012 dionysus also known as bacchus was a greek and roman god of wine. Today the church finds itself bombarded with all kinds of criticism. This is a conflation of three responses which were made by richard carrier to feedback and email involving questions about the scholarhip of kersey graves, in particular, and about scholarship, in general, in the subject area about which graves concerned himself in the worlds sixteen crucified. Please note how badly justins comments are misused in the context. There were at least 16 crucified saviors before jesus page 2. Buy the worlds sixteen crucified saviors by kersey graves isbn.
Or christianity before christ is unreliable, but no comprehensive critique exists. The idea was to make the militant jewish rebels accept a peaceful messiah. Containing new, startling, and extraordinary revelations in religious history, which disclose the oriental origin of all the doctrines, principles, precepts, and miracles of the christian new testament, and furnishing a key for unlocking many of its sacred mysteries, besides compromising the history of sixteen. The noncrucified nonsaviors of the world apologetics press. Kersey graves november 21, 18 in brownsville, pennsylvania september 4, 1883 in richmond, indiana was a skeptic, atheist, rationalist, spiritualist, reformist writer, who was popular on the american freethought circuit of the late 19th century. God will punish him who laughs at womans sufferings. The worlds sixteen crucified saviors wikipedia audio.
For i determined not to know anything among you, save jesus christ and. He was also the way, the truth, the light, the messiah, gods anointed son, the son of man, the good shepherd, the lamb of god, the word etc. Normal content that is suitable for ages 16 and over. Sep 11, 2014 6 krishnas spirit does ascend, but his body remains on earth and is cremated. I also found several interesting books on the subject, such as the worlds sixteen crucified saviors. The god who wasnt there, refuted tekton apologetics. A very interesting book from a historical and a religions perspective. Was jesus a copy of horus, mithras, krishna, dionysus and. However, the question of origins must remain secondary to the more vital question concerning the validity of the myriad tenets. There are many chapters covering the similarities of the different religions and their saviors. If you are finding this page from the impossible faith book, welcome. Kersey graves author of the worlds sixteen crucified saviors.
The worlds sixteen crucified saviors, by kersey graves. Kersey graves november 21, 18 in brownsville, pennsylvania september 4, 1883 in richmond, indiana was a skeptic, atheist, rationalist, spiritualist. E xamples of some of the 16 crucified saviors and jesus similarities krishna and jesus the word christ has descended from the greek word, christos meaning anointed one. The worlds sixteen crucified saviors wikipedia audio article. Or, christianity before christ, containing new, startling, and extraordinary revelations in religious history, which disclose the oriental origin of all the doctrines, principles, precepts, and miracles of the christian new testament, and furnishing a key for unlocking many of its sacred mysteries, besides comprising the history of 16 heathen crucified gods. Or christianity before christ revised and enl edition. Apologetics press the noncrucified nonsaviors of the world. They essentially said that jesus was nothing more than a copy of popular dyingandrising fertility gods in various placestammuz in mesopotamia, adonis in syria, attis in asia minor, and horus in egypt. Many of them, like him, were crucified for the sins of the world. A small part of it was reprinted in the book your church doesnt want you to read in 1994, thereby causing renewed interest.
The worlds sixteen crucified saviors 1875 the worlds sixteen crucified saviors. One of these is the notion that christianity owes its origins to pagan religions. It is claimed by the disciples of jesus christ that he was of supernatural and divine origin. Caesars messiah and joseph atwill debunked asic premise ofcaesars messiah is that the roman imperial family, the flavians, invented jesus by using the jewish historian josephus and, presumably, other people to write the gospels after rome defeated the jews in 70 ad. Truth control has assembled a list of the most outrageous and thought provoking conspiracies you will ever hear. The book looks at the 16 religious saviors that were crucified in their persepctive religions, all before the advent of christianity. The same violent convulsions of nature at the crucifixion of several are reported. It was the nation of judea that was crucified, betrayed by a small band of zealots, who engaged in all manner of rebellious murder against roman soldiers as well as against their own peoplein order to provoke war with rome. Topics 16 crucified saviors collection opensource language english. The worlds sixteen crucified saviours christianity before christ 97809328954. This document was included for historical purposes. One of the boldest claims of jesus being a copy of dionsyus was a book called the jesus mysteries which featured the amulet pictured below. The worlds sixteen crucified saviors, by kersey graves, 1875, full text etext at.
How to quickly debunk the horusjesus myth come reasons. The worlds sixteen crucified saviors raised a host of questions, few of which have yet been adequately answered, over a century later. The worlds sixteen crucified saviors islamicity forum islamic. Dionysus also known as bacchus was a greek and roman god of wine. Graves was apparently not working from original sources, with the exception of the bible. In all of the cases of his crucified saviors, unlike jesus, none were actually. To the right is an old photograph of it, with a detail revealing its proximity to the ulster bank. In 2010, i produced a more detailed version as part of a broader apologetic titled defending the resurrection. Shop amongst our popular books, including 39, worlds sixteen crucified saviours, mathematical logic and the philosophy of god and man and more from kersey graves.
This is a more detailed offering upon which the first few chapters of tif was based. Kersey graves and the worlds sixteen crucified saviors. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. There are many chapters covering the similarities of the different religions and their. Or, christianity before christ, containing new, startling, and extraordinary revelations in religious history, which disclose the oriental origin of all the. Hence, there is an amazingly apparent similarity between the hindu god krishna with that of. David fitzgeralds essay, ten beautiful lies about jesus, that received an honorable mention in the 2010 mythicist prize contest has been expanded into a book, nailed. The official history of adolf hitler is that he committed suicide on april 30, 1945. The worlds sixteen crucified saviors, or, christianity. The new testament tells us that one man jesus was crucified, betrayed by one man judas iscariot, history tells a different story. It claims his parents vasudeva and devaki had 7 other children before he was born, and that the soul of krishna passed from his father vasudeva to devaki during sex. Kersey graves author of the worlds sixteen crucified. The worlds sixteen crucified saviors index sacred texts. May 29, 2002 he was crucified, buried in a tomb and resurrected.
The worlds sixteen crucified saviors by kersey graves. The worlds sixteen crucified saviors has been out of print but sought after for many years. Graves, kersey 1919, the worlds sixteen crucified saviors or christianity before. And the latin phrase suspensus lingo, found in his history, indicates the manner of his death. Kersey graves the worlds sixteen crucified saviors debunked part 1. Throughout my work i have attempted to discover where the various judeochristian traditions originally came from. Nailed continues to garner more fans and accolades, and generate cranky hate mail. Inspirit nutrition back again for another installment. Give yourself permission to live your dream facebook. But let me warn you, this book is not for everyone. As a nonchristian, i am approaching this topic purely as an interested observer. Discussion about there were at least 16 crucified saviors before jesus page 2 at the godlikeproductions conspiracy forum. Seeking these origins is, in my opinion, of vital importance for it yields invaluable information about the present sorry human condition. Christianity before christ by kersey graves, and the christ conspiracy, and suns of god.
The worlds 16 crucified saviors christianity before. His parents were quakers, and as a young man he followed them in their observance, and then later moved to the hicksite wing of quakerism. Evidence for jesus and parallel pagan crucified saviors examined. What an the worlds sixteen crucified saviors imposing title for a book what startling developments of. This parallel pagan argument or copycat thesis is found on a number of web sites critical of christianity mainly hyper. Like all the other so called saviors, he was buried or placed in a tomb, and then miraculously rose from the dead and went up to heaven. Kersey graves the worlds sixteen crucified saviors. Kersey graves wrote a book titled the worlds 16 crucified saviors which has since been thoroughly debunked. Kersey graves the worlds sixteen crucified saviors chapter 16. How to quickly debunk the horusjesus myth i remember the first time i heard the story of the las vegas vacationer who took a girl back to his hotel room but passed out, only to awake the next morning in a bathtub filled with ice and a kidney missingthe victim of organ harvesters. Similarly, the word krishna in greek means christos. Free shipping and pickup in store on eligible orders. Ten christian myths that showed jesus never existed at all. This is a conflation of three responses which were made by richard carrier to feedback and email involving questions about the scholarhip of kersey graves, in particular, and about scholarship, in general, in the subject area about which graves concerned himself in the worlds sixteen.
The voynich code the worlds most mysterious manuscript the secrets of nature duration. The authors claimed that the amulet was a depiction of the god dionysus on a cross, and thus, they concluded. If youre reading this page apart from the book, you can find the book here. Kersey graves and the worlds sixteen crucified saviors 2003 richard carrier editors note. The worlds sixteen crucified saviors, or, christianity before christ. Our topics include conspiracy theory, secret societies, ufos and more. The virtuous woman will have but one husband, and the rightminded man but one wife. Most scholars immediately recognize many of his findings as unsupported and dismiss graves as useless. These have all received divine honours, have nearly all been worshiped as gods, or sons of god. Speaking of this crucified messiah, the anacalypsis informs us that several histories are given of him, but all concur in representing him as having been an atoning offering for sin. Still, prominent atheists like david fitzgerald cling to this outdated research. Of course, graves cannot be discredited for this particular error, since in his day scholars.
Some of them turn out to be true, some turn out to have elements of truth and others are completely false. Or, christianity before christ, containing new, startling, and extraordinary revelations in religious history, which. Oct 27, 1992 the worlds sixteen crucified saviors has been out of print but sought after for many years. Or, christianity before christ, containing new, startling, and extraordinary revelations in religious history, which disclose the oriental origin of all the doctrines, principles, precepts, and miracles of the christian new testament, and furnishing a key for. He was the fisher, and was associated with the lamb, lion and fish ichthys.
Or, christianity before christ, containing new, startling, and extraordinary revelations in religious history, which disclose the oriental origin of all the doctrines, principles, precepts, and miracles of the christian new testament, and furnishing a key for unlocking many of its sacred mysteries, besides. It is claimed by the disciples of jesus christ, that he was of supernatural and divine origin. The worlds sixteen crucified saviors kersey graves. And, finally, like him, are reported as ascending back to heaven. The worlds 16 crucified saviors christianity before christ. Moody american clergyman by far the greater part of those who embraced the christian religion in this its infancy being men of mean extraction and wholly illiterate, it could not otherwise happen but that a great scarcity should be experienced in the churches of persons possessing. The claim that jesus was a myth or an exaggeration originated in the writings of liberal german theologians in the nineteenth century.