• @YoBuckStopsHere@lemmy.world
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    111 year ago

    Santa was at least based on Saint Nicholas of Myra in the 4th Century. We can’t confirm Jesus was based on one person or several.

    • @jordanlund@lemmy.world
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      71 year ago

      A lot of what is accepted about Jesus is directly pulled from other mythologies.

      Example = 12/25 birthday.

      https://www.nairaland.com/4251378/list-gods-born-virgin-25th

      HORUS An Ethiopian-Sudanese God, born 25th December, by a Virgin around 3,000 YEARS before Jesus.

      BUDDHA A Nepal God, born 25th December, by a Virgin around 563 YEARS before Jesus.

      KRISHNA An Indian God, born 25th December, by a Virgin around 900 YEARS before Jesus.

      ZARATHUSTRA An Iranian God, born 25th December, by a Virgin around 1,000 YEARS before Jesus.

      HERCULES A Greek God, born 25th December, by a Virgin around 800 YEARS before Jesus.

      MITHRA A Persian God, born 25th December, by a Virgin- 600 YEARS before Jesus.

      DIONYSUS A Greek God, born 25th December, by a Virgin around 500 YEARS before Jesus.

      THAMMUZ A Babylonian God, born 25th December, by a Virgin around 400 YEARS before Jesus.

      HERMES A Greek God, born 25th December, by a Virgin around 200 YEARS before Jesus.

      ADONIS A Phoenician God, born 25th December, by a Virgin around 200 YEARS before Jesus.

      • Flying Squid
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        41 year ago

        Hercules was not born of a virgin. Anyone who knows the myth can tell you that.

        Also, the Buddha is not a god and not Nepali and not born of a virgin.

        This list is nonsense.

        • RandoCalrandian
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          31 year ago

          I totally believe Hercules was a virgin birth, every bit as much as Jesus was!

          See, Chad Zeus God came to them in their dreams, and “blessed” them with a baby. Who is Joseph or any other man to challenge a woman’s word on divine intervention?

          • Flying Squid
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            41 year ago

            Honestly, I’m more annoyed by the list calling Buddha a Nepali god who was born of a virgin on the 25th of December since not a single word of that beyond “Buddha” is what any Buddhist claims.

    • @stolid_agnostic@lemmy.ml
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      21 year ago

      People get annoyed when you point out that there is little actual evidence of a Jesus. There was most certainly a real person originally behind it all but that is significantly divorced from the textual evidence.