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by Pradeep Sharma
In the first years after Jesus, he was considered a man, a human, who like many others before him and during his time had come to fulfill the messianic prophecy of leading the Jewish people out of political bondage. Paul however insisted on deifying Jesus and preached that Jesus was the son of God or God Himself. Prior to Paul, the concept of Jesus as more than a human being was not prevalent among the original Apostles. Paul also wanted to preach to gentiles (non-Jews) whereas Jesus himself had supposedly said that he came for the Jewish people only and this was being followed by the original Apostles of Jesus until Paul entered the scene. Paul eventually went against the laws of Moses (the religious laws by which the Jewish people lived) and preached that one need not follow them. Thus he was to be reprimanded by the Apostles and in an act of rebellion he established his own cult that later came to be the standard of Christianity. Paul's doctrine placed faith above works. This means that according to Paul there is no need to follow Jewish law, one only has to believe in Jesus. Since that time Christianity has been a doctrine of salvation through Jesus - not a search for truth, knowledge, or a method of attaining truth or knowledge of God other than through Jesus. It should be mentioned that the early Christians did not call themselves "Christians." They were in fact a minority within the Jewish community who went by the name 'Nazarenes' and who thought that Jesus was the messiah (savior) of the Jews, or the Christ, but they did not call themselves 'Christian' until the time of Paul. You can ask any Jewish scholar and he will tell you that Jesus (if he existed at all) was a Jew who strictly adhered to the laws of Moses and that Christian doctrine is a Jewish heresy that originated with Paul in Asia Minor in 35 CE. The Jews themselves derived much of their doctrine from the Zoroastrians, as they lived under a Zoroastrian theocracy in Babylonia for nearly two centuries. The Zoroastrians were a renegade cult of Brahmins led by Zoroaster who, not accepting defeat before Rsi Vasistha, fled India in ancient times and established their own monotheistic codes of religion, namely Zoroastrianism, the worship of Ahura Mazda and Mithras. The origins of Zoroastrianism are documented in the Rg Veda, verses 7.1.7, 7.9.6, 10.80.3 and the Bhavisya Purana, Pratisarga Khanda, Ch. 129-130. Rsi Vasistha is also mentioned in the Zoroastrian scripture, the Zend Avesta. From the time of Rsi Vasistha to the Zoroastrians of Persia, to the Jews in the pre-Christian era, there are various historical references that establish the authenticity of their cults and their founders, but when we enter the 'Christian Era' there is no confirmable authority to establish that the historical Jesus ever existed. That Jesus ever existed, has never been verified by any historical accounts, either church or secular. It is indeed very strange that no historical records of Jesus exist when we consider that Jerusalem at the time of Jesus was a haven for historians and scribes. Although the New Testament of the Bible (compiled centuries after Jesus and the main record of Jesus' life) speaks of thousands of people following Jesus, such events are not mentioned in any of the old records of Jerusalem, either ethnic or Roman. In the alleged words of Pope Leo X of the 16th century, "How profitable that fable of Christ hath been to us and our company." To this day there is still no proof of an historical Jesus. Strictly speaking Jesus still remains a cult fable. Thus the centuries old following of Jesus derives no more spiritual benefit than the modern following of Ayyappa in Kerala. Neither of these personalities, Ayyappa (mentioned nowhere in Vedic or Puranic literature) or Jesus (mentioned nowhere in Jewish or Roman literature), actually existed. Despite people having faith in these nonexistent cult personalities, no spiritual benefit is achieved because faith must be placed in reality and not in hearsay or myth. For want of an actual Jesus and any sermons or miracles preformed by him, it turns out that all aspects of the Christian doctrine have been borrowed from, either the Jews, the Zoroastrians, the Greeks, the Egyptians, and the Hindus. This is verifiable on each and every point of the Christian doctrine and legacy of Jesus, from the numbers of disciples that Jesus had to each and every sermon that he gave or miracle he allegedly performed. Virtually nothing about Christianity is original or authentic. It is all a fabrication of bits and pieces of other cultural and spiritual traditions borrowed from here and there. What then have the seekers of truth to learn from the so-called Christians other than the unwanted art of deception? In the 19th/20th centuries there was an international debate amongst scholars called "The Borrowing Theory." "The Borrowing Theory suggested that the worship of Vasudeva Krishna was borrowed from Christianity. The Brahmins of India had little to contribute to this debate but thanks to the honest research of a small group of western archeologists and historians, the matter was finally settled in 1908 that the worship of Vasudeva Krishna predated the worship of Jesus, at which point the topic of "The Borrowing Theory" was abandoned. Many similarities between Vaishnavism and Christianity were discovered during the era of The Borrowing Theory with a view to establish Christianity as the roots of Vaishnavaism, but when the attempt failed, no one took up the opposing view to suggest that possibly it was Christianity who borrowed from Vaishnavaism. When indeed it had. (for more information see: http://www.atributetohinduism.com/dwaraka ). No one in India presented the challenge to the world's intellectual community because as Aurobindo once said, "The Indians have forgotten how to think." An interesting point to remember about Christianity is that although we hear that it is a doctrine of love and mercy taught by their savior, there is actually no point in Christian history or place in Christendom where an example of love and mercy was ever shown. On the contrary, from the birth of Christianity until the present day the Christians have left a trail of bloodshed and horror wherever they have gone in the world. Of course history says that the early Christians were themselves persecuted by the Romans for their political activities (not for their religious beliefs), but when the tables had turned and the Christians rose to power, they wasted no time in persecuting everyone and anyone who differed with Christian doctrine - even members of their own community. When Christianity had purged the Roman Empire of what they called pagan practices (many of which had Vedic origins) Europe entered the 'Dark Ages' and remained in such darkness until Shree Chaitanya Mahaprabhu appeared in India in 1486, which eventually caused a Renaissance in Europe, wherein came the rise of the Protestant Church. Unfortunately the Protestants did no better than their forerunners. The Christian trail of bloodshed and horror began from the time of Emperor Constantinus, the son of Emperor Constantine, when numerous "Christian" minorities were tortured and put to death for their beliefs in reincarnation and vegetarianism (doctrines borrowed from the East). The trail of bloodshed and horror has continued unabated throughout the Christian world until modern times. In 1560 CE the Inquisition began in India on the direct order of St. Francis Xavier and continued until 1812 CE. The Inquisition however had ended thirty-eight years earlier in Europe. During that time more than 2,000 people were burned at the stake in India and all in the name of the cross. Sadly the Inquisition in India is a part of history that India's secular education (heavily influenced by Christianity) refuses to acknowledge. During the period of Portuguese occupation in India the myth of St. Thomas also gained popularity. According to legend, St. Thomas the Apostle landed in India in 52 CE at Cranganore on the Malabar Coast and established the first church later known as the Syrian Church. In 68 CE St. Thomas was allegedly martyred near modern day Chennai / Madras and a large cathedral there now houses a basement crypt containing the relics of St. Thomas. This story of St. Thomas in India, however, has no verification or certification from the Vatican in Rome, but is nonetheless a powerful preaching platform when converting Hindus to Christianity, either Catholic or Protestant. (for more information see: http://www.hamsa.org/ ). In the cathedral of St. Thomas at Chennai (Santhome Cathedral Basilica) there is also a painting that shows St. Thomas praying while he is being stabbed to death with a lance wielded by a Ramanuja Vaishnava Brahmin wearing Vishnu-tilak [symbolic makings on the forehead]. Once again we find that our Brahmins in India are sitting idle and not thinking or saying anything about this false propaganda that suggests that St. Thomas was killed by a Shree Vaishnava. In fact the Shree Vaishnavas and their tilak did not come into history until the 11th century CE and thus could not have been responsible for the death of St. Thomas. This, and other Christian propaganda that are based on lies and falsehood, have gone unopposed throughout the world for twenty centuries. The result of which is that a major portion of the world population, and even a large population here in India, is now under the influence of the Christian heresy.
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