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Christianity Before Christ

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The author of this book does an excellent job in presenting a side by side comparison of various religions. He presents a blueprint of the similarities within all religions. With this simplistic information provided, one can research every position he presents for yourself and see the similarities for yourself.

The esteemed intellectual John G. Jackson (1907-1993) showed great emphasis towards the competitive objectivity on the subject matter on Comparative Analysis Of Religions. Some would look at the title of being disrespectful towards Christianity; however, Jackson displayed a great ability on how a student or teacher of Comparative Analysis Of Religion can differentiate presuppositions pertaining towards an individuals 'religion.' Jackson gave a monumental evaluation on the subject with great respect. "Christianity Before Christ" should be a prerequisite for those who are interested in Exegesis, Hierology, Hermeneutics and Mythology. Jackson displayed a informed analysis between on what is a historical fact and mythical folklore pertaining towards 'religion.' He establishes scholarly hypothesis on the origins and evolution on what is perceived as faith in the ancient and modern world with ample amount of references.

This book answers one of the most important theological manipulation ever invented by western culture. This book tells the truth that most so called christians can't dismiss nor understand.

The TRUTH!

I love books like this! They adds great incite to how myth and legends are born. When Myth & legends are created by men they all begin from some well spring of truth that was once taught and then - are changed, twisted and distored to meet their own particular purposes. Every culture had them and people chose the stories surrounded by truths that were once taught and embellished upon to teach their own view point. Unless you believe God is a myth - Truth is eternal and the source of it came from God, not man. Myth is designed from men and is a fabrication of that truth in order to steal the hearts and minds of people away from an eternal loving God. The epic story of Gilgamesh tells of a tale of a great flood but that story came from a true source and people who believe in the bible know to what ends led up to that flood - people refusing to harken to eternal truths that would rather listen to their own ideas rather than from instructions from God or from the Prophets who spoke for God. Adam was taught the eternal truths long before any man devised stories to lead people away from the truth. It didn't take long after the flood for the children of Noah to follow different paths and go after strange Gods made from wood & stone who didn't talk back and tell them they were doing wrong and that they needed to repent of their sins. I don't think Christians will have any problem reading this work it only added more sound testimony to my belief knowing that the story of a Saviour, Jesus Christ, is an eternal one and came long before any myth or legend was made by man.

This book makes so many references to Folklore in the Old Testament by Frazer that you would be better suited just reading that.

The reason why so many so-called pagans have similar stories about a Egyptian base story is because influence travels fast. This was definitely the result of certain African groups who were part of the Egyptian-Nubian expansions, preferably the Dravidians, (A Nubian Group) who settled in India, Asia, and the middle east, that was later occupied by Asians and Indo-Euro's who gradually invaded the settled places of the Dravidians for different reasons. Through out African history, Africans, especially the Egyptian-Nubians allowed Euro-Asians and Indo-Euro's to study in Egypt, as did the Dravidian-Nubians. At later times the Asiatic-Euro-Indo's grew in large numbers and turned into conquerers as this was a more suitable means for pastoral expansion via the constant migration of nomadic counterparts who decided to become farmers and needed the land of the Dravidians, and, for other reasons, such as racist segregation, which existed in India way before it did in Europe. Truthfully people will adopt other people's ideas be it for assimilation reasons to survive under some larger groups onesided views or because new concepts can have a socio-political promise to strengthen ones society through the order of a influentual neighbor. It is not hard to trace Taoism back to Egypt and Africa as a whole, just as it is not hard to see the story of Zoroastrianism being the result of the Persian conquest of Egypt which went back and forth in who was victorious and who influenced who. Just as it is not hard to see that the whole story of christ through out antiquity was the result of influence, not a prophetic phenomenon that took place in isolation with different societies. At any given time it has been evident of different societies to syncretize someone elses beliefs and practices with there own, so, what Mr. Jackson presents should be of no alarm just as the view of everyone coming from a common ancestor from Africa, and not from a multi-human-evolution view, which there is no concrete evidence for. There are better books than this one that will give a clear picture of paganism-christianity from Egyptian philosophy. I recommend for any seeker, the work of "Muata Ashby" who does a better job of explainig how christianity came to be from antiquity to the modern day practices. buy "African Origins 1,2,3 and "The Mystical Journey From Jesus To Christ." all by Dr. Muata A. Ashby.

Figuratively speaking if john g jackson's mind was a school I'll attend and would be a forever student of his knowledge

This has to be one of the most compelling books out to date. Jackson goes where no one else dares. He gave his life to tell the truth, so give yourself life by reading it.

Great book. Lots of information, but is it able to withstand the sands of time?
New information, discoveries, patterns of thought change over the years. Truth is truth whether we agree with it or not. Sometimes we are not aware of the truth until it becomes manifest. Because there is a well documented "Christianity" before there was a "Christ" as perceived in the Chrisitian Bible does not negate whether the individual actually existed and is/was the character portrayed in the Bible. He either was or he wasn't. What happened prior to his existence or non existence is not relative to his reality.
If he is, then time will bear this out, if he isn't, time will bear this out. Again, the info in the book is great history. The reality of Jesus the Christ is not contingent on the validity of pre-christianity and neither is the truthfullness or reality of pre-christianity contingent on the reality of whether Jesus the Christ actually existed.

Mr. Jackson is a well-educated man. I find his book to be strikingly on point and backed by credible evidence. Yet, some people "Arthur" tend to deny anything that has its roots seeded deeply into the Egyptian Religion. I must state that to understand the Egyptian Religion you must learn that: "The Egyptian Religion was a pure Monotheism manifested externally by symbolic Polytheism". The Bible even contains this understanding when Jesus says in Psalm 82 verse 6: "I have said,Ye (you) are gods, and all of you are children of the most high".This is a direct quote. So, according to the bible the manifestation is with us.