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Are there any other gods or dieties that are like Christ in the sense that they came in the flesh, lived a sinless life, and then suffered/sacrificed themselves for us? Or is the idea of Christ a wholly new idea that sets apart Christianity from other religions?

>> No.10891192

>>10891189
Prometheus to a certain extent maybe?

>> No.10891193

>>10891189
donkey bible

>> No.10891203

>>10891189
Zeus when he fucked everyone's mom

>> No.10891452

>>10891189
Look up Apollonius of Tyana

>> No.10891459

>>10891189
Divinity as a continuum was common in the Greco-Roman world. What was unique about Jesus wasn’t that he was man and God but that he was believed to be resurrected.

>> No.10891472

>>10891189
Prometheus.

Also Buddha. Also Krishna.

Jesus is late to the party, tbqhfam.

>> No.10891484

>>10891189
>are there any deities like christ
yes
>who did exactly what he did, down to the defining feature
no, you retarded child
>>10891459
that’s not at all unique
>>10891472
Buddha didn’t lead a sinless life or forgive sin, Krishna doesn’t forgive sin
>tbqhfamalam
revolting

>> No.10891518

>>10891452
Real person, wasnt christlike.

>>10891203
Zeus was not at all. Hercules but thats debatable.

>> No.10891568

>>10891189
religions mostly see sacrifice as something beneath God.
The sacrifice on the cross by a sinless God is pretty huge

>> No.10891661

>>10891518
I'm curious as to how you could see Hercules as Christlike. He lived his life in a constant state of guilt, often killed people by accident, and was incredibly rash.

>> No.10891664

Is it possible to worship him and not be a Christian?

>> No.10891930

>>10891518
You’re retarded

>> No.10891949
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10891949

>OP just takes every aspect of Christianity and says "Did any other religion do this"
>posters point out multiple precedents
>But they didn't have the exact same doctrine

Well of course not but obviously the argument exists that Christianity was a permutation of the existing elements expounded upon in this thread.

I think the closest analog is Horus. When the dead came before Osiris and they had fallen short of absolute virtue, his son Horus would advocate for them offering to take on the burden of their venial sins. The only distinction is that Horus is not flesh and Osiris isn't the absolute but its a pretty near-miss.

>> No.10892015

>>10891949
>atheist
>reddit spacing

every time

>> No.10892025

>>10891661
He was humble, and understood the between of mortal the immortal more than anyone else in greek theology

>> No.10892030

>>10892015
Nah neoplatonist (mostly a way of telling people, no I'm really agnostic)

>> No.10892060

>>10892030
brüder
>>10892025
unbelievably dull

you shouldn’t make anymore threads anon

>> No.10892128

>>10891452
I can find no source saying that Apollonius was a proclaimed God or son of a god or that he suffered/sacrificed himself.

>> No.10892134

>>10891664
What do you mean by worship anon?

>> No.10892637

>>10891189
No, anybody who says so is an idiot. Did Zeus or any four-armed faggot god say that one is forgiven of original sin through baptism and belief in God made flesh, who sacrificed himself for humanity?

>> No.10892645

>>10891484
How do you know if jesus led a sinless life if a big part of his biography is missing?

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>>10892637

>> No.10892654

>>10892637
Only totally jewed people believe in original sin anyway.