Hinduism — Christianity — The Borrowing Theory — Jesus & Krishna — The Borrowing Theory of Hinduism & Christianity

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The Burning Cross website is a response to the "Borrowing Theory" in which European scholars and Christian missionaries in India have for centuries propagated the idea that the worship of Lord Krishna [Vaishnavism] was borrowed from Christianity. This theory was adamantly propagated starting in the later part of the18th century until the theory was finally undone when the weight of evidence against it became too strong. This evidence was the discovery of the ancient Greek manuscripts of Megasthenes and the archaeological finds of the Heliodorus pillar, Mora Well inscription and other such artifacts in India at the beginning of the 20th century, all of which fell in favor of the worship of Lord Krishna predating Christianity by at least several centuries.

The findings surrounding this period of historical research are scarcely known amongst the lay Christian or Hindu faithful. Although this is a defeated theory, some scholars and almost all Christian missionaries in India continue with the idea of the Borrowing Theory. In our present time the Christian ministries in India still insist on a Christian superiority over all religious thought and frequently allude to the worship of Lord Krishna as being an impious borrowing from Christianity.

Until the present, this Christian deception has basically gone unchallenged. The Burning Cross team of writers and researchers are therefore reopening the file of the Borrowing Theory and will show that the accuser is in fact the borrower - Christianity has borrowed all its theology from other much older religious traditions. This has been done to such an extent that it can hardly be said that Christianity has anything original in the field of theology save and except the dogma of the 'one and only Savior.'

In previous decades and centuries a thorough look into history to understand the origins of culture and philosophical thought required that one spend significant time searching the great libraries of the world, many of which contain the writings and opinions of the ancients. This was a luxury that even some of the greatest researchers and scholars of the past did not enjoy. However, with the advent of the internet and the vast number of websites offering thorough and complete research findings and accumulated data of centuries of hard work, a more accurate and revealing view of history is at our fingertips.

Harappa Archaeology Site Archaeology has also been a slow but yielding science in the search for a better understanding of the great past of the human race. Recent archaeological findings in India and Pakistan are revealing that the Indus civilization and the Sanskrit Vedic literature written in that time period are the basis and origin of all philosophical and religious thought in the world.

If this is your first contact with this body of information then you may feel challenged and you may be forced to confront some of your prior assumptions. If however you have already been exposed to these ideas then there are certainly some articles on the Burning Cross that you may want to study more closely.

We welcome your response to the material found on this website. You may agree or disagree with our information and conclusions but in any case we will be happy to hear from you. If you would like to contribute articles or research to this site you are welcome to do so. Or in the event you would like to challenge or debate our opinions you are equally welcome.

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