From:``Pentalarc`` #1@5422.TerraNet

RE: Well actually . . .      
BY: ``Newborn`` #248@8358.IceNET

>           A statement without an iota of fact.  Christianity has no 
>           parallel with the god's of the legends.  For one thing ALL 

Really?

May I present to you, from Stephen J. Spignesi's 1994 book *The Odd Index*
Which takes it's info from "The World's Sixteen Crucified Saviours* by Kersey
Graves from 1875.



16 CRUCIFIED SAVIORS OTHER THAN JESUS CHRIST
(slightly modified for the medium here)

(note, all these predate 1 AD)

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 Krishna (India)

  -- His presence on earth and his death were to atone for the sins of man.

  -- He was crucified to appease God

  -- He was worshipped by his desciples *as* God

  -- He has often been depicted in drawings with a divine halo over his head.
 
  -- He has often been depicted in drawings as having a "sacred heart."

  -- The cross became a religious symbol and icon after his death.

  -- He preformed miracles, including healing of the sick, curing lepers,
     restoring sight/sound/speech, raising hte dead, and casting out demons.

  -- A book which claimed to be divinely inspired, *The Bhagavad-Gita* told of
     his coming and his miraculous works.
  
  -- He was born ofa virgin, and the mother and child were visited by shepards.
 
  -- He spent a period of reflection in a desert.
 
  -- He was baptized in a river.

  -- He once miraculously enabled his hungry followers to catch many nets full
     of fish.

  -- He taught by parable and sermon.

  -- His mother was named Maia

  -- He was said to be born on the equavelent of December 25th.

  -- He had an earthly adoptive father.

  -- He proclaimed to his followers, "I am the Resurrection."

  -- He had a last supper with his disciples before being crucified.

  -- He was crucified between two theieves.

  -- He was crucified at the age of 33

  -- He rose from the dead three days after being buried.

  -- He physically ascended into Heaven.

  -- He taught "Seek and ye shall find"

  -- He spoke of "The blind leading the blind."
 
  -- He regarded carnal and earthly pleasures as evil

  -- He taught "faith can move mountains"
 
  -- He taught his followers to love thier enemies

  -- He prophesied his return to Earth, whihc he referred to as the "second
     coming."
  
  -- He taught "It is better to give than recieve"

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Sakia (Hindu)

  -- His emblem was the cross

  -- One of his crimes for which he was crucified is that he illegally plucked
     a flower.  (One of hte charages againt Jesus was that he plucked an ear of
     corn on the Sabbath.)

  -- He was born to atone for man's sins.

  -- After he was crucified, he was buried for three days, an then rose from
     the dead.

  -- He physically ascended into heaven

  -- His titles included "Savior of the World" and "Light of the World."

  -- His mother was known as "The Holy Virgin, Queen Of Heaven."
 
  -- He was once tempted by the equivalent of the devil.

  -- He healed the sick and performed miracles.

  -- He preached commandments including "Thou shalt not kill," "Thou shalt not
     steal," "Thou shalt not lie," "Thou shalt not commit adultury."

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Thamuz (Syria)

   -- He was called the "Risen Lord" and "The Savior."
   
   -- He was crucified to atone for man's sins

   -- He rose from the dead after being buried.

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Wittoba (Telingonese)

    -- He was crucified for man's sins

    -- He was usually depicted in drawings as having nail holes in his hands
       and feet.
    
    -- His icon was cross.

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Iao (Nepal)

     -- He was known as "the Savior"
 
     -- He was crucified on a tree
  
     -- He was accepted by his followers as God incarnate

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Hesus (Druidic Celts)

     -- He was crucified with a lamb on one side and an elephant on the other.
        The Elephant was thought to represent all teh sins of the world, and so
        we have the "Lamb of God" dying to "take away the sins of the world.

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Quexalcote (Mexico)

      -- He was crucified on a cross to atone for man's sins
 
      -- He was crucified with two thieves

      -- He rose from the dead after three days buried

      -- He was born of a virgin from what was referred to as an "Immaculate
         Conception"

      -- He endured forty days of temptation and fasting

      -- He rode a donkey
 
      -- He was purified in a temple
     
      -- He was annointed with oil

      -- He forgave sins

      -- He was baptized in water.

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Quirinus (Rome)

      -- He was called Savior

      -- He was immaculately concieved and born of a virgin

      -- His life was threatened by a reigning king'

      -- He rose from the dead after being crucified and buried.

      -- He physically ascended into Heaven.

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Prometheus (Greek)

       -- He was nailed to a cross
    
       -- His critical theological precept was that of blood atonement

       -- The Earth shook when he died

       -- He was known as the "Lord" and "Savior"

       -- He rose from the dead

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Thulis (Egypt)

      -- He was crucifed at the age of 28

      -- He rose from the dead after his crucifiction

      -- He physically ascended into heaven

      -- His death was supposed to benefit mankind

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Indra (Tibet)
  
      -- He was known as God and Savior

      -- He was nailed to a cross

      -- His side was pierced
 
      -- His mother was a virgin

      -- He had to die to atone for man's sins

      -- He rose from the dead

      -- He physically ascended into heaven

      -- He could walk on water

      -- He knew the future

      -- He was believed to be eternal

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Alcestos (Greek)

       -- She was crucied for the sins of the world
 
       -- She was part of a divine trinity

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Atys (Phrygia)

      -- He was believed to be the "messiah"
 
      -- He was crucified to atone for man's sins

      -- He rose from teh dead after being buried.

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Crite (Chaldea)

      -- He was known as the Reedemer

      -- He was also known as the "Ever-Blessed Son of God, The Savior, and the
         Atoning Offering for an Angry God"
       
      -- The Earth shook when he was crucified

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Bali (Orissa)

      -- He was elieved to be God, as well as the Son of God

      -- He was crucified in divine atonement

      -- He was the second part of a divine trinity

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Mithra (Persia)

     -- He was crucified to take away the sins of the world
 
     -- He was supposed to have been born on December 25th.

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