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๐๐๐๐๐: ๐๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐๐ง๐จ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ซ ๐๐ฒ๐ญ๐ก?
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Critics often argue that the story of Christ is just a product of ancient mythology. Kung ito ay totoo, ibig sabihin ang Christianity ay bunga lang ng mga beliefs na hiniram sa ibaโt ibang mga alamat. And like other so-called gods, Jesus is just another myth. Those who support this view disregard countless pieces of evidence that Christ is historically real. Ine-emphasize nila lahat ng makita nilang similarities ni Kristo sa ibang pagan gods habang ini-ignore naman lahat ng critical differences.The following are a few things to keep in mind when dealing with issues like this:
๐๐ก๐ ๐๐๐ฐ ๐๐๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐ฆ๐๐ง๐ญ ๐ฐ๐๐ฌ๐ง'๐ญ ๐ฐ๐ซ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐๐ง ๐ฅ๐๐ญ๐๐ซ ๐ฎ๐ง๐ฅ๐ข๐ค๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฆ๐ฒ๐ญ๐ก๐ฌ; ๐ข๐ญ ๐ฐ๐๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ซ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐๐ง ๐๐ฒ ๐ฉ๐๐จ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฏ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ญ ๐ญ๐ข๐ฆ๐ ๐ฐ๐ก๐๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐ฏ๐๐ง๐ญ ๐ซ๐๐๐จ๐ซ๐๐๐ ๐ก๐๐ฉ๐ฉ๐๐ง๐๐.
Suetonius (c. 69โ122 AD), a Roman biographer, reported that Julius Caesar became divine after his death. According to him, after Julius died, โa comet appearedโฆThis was held to be Caesarโs soul, elevated to heaven; hence the star, now placed above the forehead of his divine image.โ Ganito rin ang sinabi niya nang i-cremate si Emperor Augustus. He reported that his spirit was seen โsoaring up to Heaven through the flames.โ Political leaders becoming divine after their deaths is a common theme in ancient mythology. Sabi ng ilan, ganito rin naman ang case ni Jesus na ginawa lang daw na diyos later on.
Actually, this accusation is baseless. Seutoniusโs writings were written around 121 AD. That was about 165 years after the death of Julius (d. 44 BC)! And around 107 years after the death of Augustus (d. 14 AD)! Masyadong matagal ang gap kaya wala na ring witness ng event na buhay pa para sabihin kung totoo ngang ganyan ang nangyari. The New Testament was written by the same people who witnessed the life of Christ and/or had access to the witnesses of the event they were recording. In other words, the Gospels are just recordings of recent happenings at the time and not tales from the distant past. โLegends do not develop if the stories are written while eyewitnesses are still alive to refute inaccuracies.โ (N. Geisler).
๐๐๐ง๐ฒ ๐๐ฅ๐ฅ๐๐ ๐๐ ๐ฌ๐ข๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ๐๐ซ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐๐ฌ ๐๐๐ญ๐ฐ๐๐๐ง ๐๐ก๐ซ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ ๐๐ง๐ ๐จ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ซ ๐ฆ๐ฒ๐ญ๐ก๐ฌ ๐๐ซ๐ ๐๐ข๐ญ๐ก๐๐ซ ๐ ๐ซ๐๐๐ญ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐๐ฑ๐๐ ๐ ๐๐ซ๐๐ญ๐๐ ๐จ๐ซ ๐๐๐๐ซ๐ข๐๐๐ญ๐๐.
May mga nagsasabi na ang kwento ni Jesus ay kinopya lang mula kay Osiris, an Egyptian deity, who was also resurrected from the dead. Others claim that the Gospel is just โretellingโ the mythology of Horus, another Egyptian deity who was said to be born of a ******. Ang pagiging Son of God ni Jesus ay hindi raw unique, dahil katulad lang din Siya ng iba pang sons of god like Perseus and Hercules. Ang pagkakatawang-tao ni Kristo (incarnation) ay similar daw kay Krishna, a Hindu deity who was an avatar (incarnation) of Lord Vishnu. Critics argue that these similarities prove that the story of Christ is not unique after all.
A careful examination of the ancient mythologies reveals that these similarities are not true in the first place. For example, contrary to what critics claim, Osiris was not resurrected and did not return to earth. After his death, his body was just recovered and rejoined. He became a "dead" god who later journeyed to the underworld and became the lord of the dead. Christ was truly resurrected with a glorified body and walked on the earth again. He was reportedly seen by more than 500 people. Marami sa kanila ay buhay pa noong sinulat ang Gospels. Si Horus din ay hindi born of a ******, dahil it is a known fact na ginamit ni Isis, kanyang mother, ang dismembered ***** ni Osiris para mabuntis. (Medyo strange pero ganito raw ang nangyari.) The ****** birth story of Christ is never similar to this. Ang mga sons of gods sa Greek mythology ay tinuturing na mga demigods or half human and half divine, making them lesser deities. Christ was never described that way! He is fully man and fully God, who was with God in the beginning and is, by Himself, God (Jn 1:1).
Sa Greek mythology, ang mga gods ay nagdi-disguise lang na tao. In Christianity, God became actually human. In Hindu mythology, there are ten known avatars of Vishnu โsi Krishna ay isa lang sa mga โyon. In Christianity, incarnation happened only once, through the person of Christ (Gal 4:4). Krishna is just an avatar of Vishnu, one of the three main Hindu deities. In Christ โall the fullness of the Deity lives in bodily formโ (Col 2:9). Critics often change or invent some details in the myths to make them appear parallel to Christian beliefs. In reality, there are no real similarities between Christ and these myths.
๐๐จ๐ฆ๐ ๐ฆ๐ฒ๐ญ๐ก๐ฌ ๐๐จ๐ซ๐ซ๐จ๐ฐ๐๐ ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ ๐๐ก๐ซ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ, ๐ง๐จ๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐จ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ซ ๐ฐ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐.
Critics often cite the myth of Mithras, a Persian deity, as the basis of the story of Christ. Sabi nila, si Mithras daw ay born of a ****** din, isa ring teacher and master na may twelve followers, na nag-sacrifice din ng sarili para sa humanity. May mga legends din patungkol kay Alexander the Great na nagsasabi na siya rin ay born of a ******, gumawa din ng miracles, at naging divine. Dahil nauna raw ang mga myths tulad nito kaysa sa Christianity, dito kinuha ang kwento ni Kristo. Gaano katotoo ang claim na ito?
Ang mga myths na sinasabing pinagkopyahan ng Gospel records ay nag-develop lang noong may Christianity na at hindi bago dumating si Jesu-Kristo. There was no record in Mithraic tradition indicating that Mithras was born of a ****** (according to myth, he was born out of solid rock), a teacher, or a master of twelve followers. Ang tanging nasa story lang niya ay kinalaban niya ang isang bull; walang story ng pagsasakripisyo ng sarili para sa humanity. Ang mga legends na ito ay lumabas lang a hundred of years after the appearance of the New Testament, at wala sa earliest myths about Mithras. Ang mga legends patungkol naman sa mga miracles ni Alexander the Great ay nag-develop over a period of 1000 years, at wala sa mga earliest record ng buhay niya. Dr. Ron Rhodes said, โLeaders of pagan cults that were challenged by Christianity would logically seek to counter the challenge by offering a pagan substitute.โ Evidence proves that these myths actually copied Christianity, not the other way around.
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Walang basehan na isipin na nag-imbento lang sila ng kwento patungkol kay Kristo mula sa mga myths ng mga gods na kinamumuhian nila bilang mga Jews. โFor we did not follow cleverly devised myths when we made known to you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but we were eyewitnesses of his majesty.โ (2 Ptr 1:16). The Gospels were based on the testimony of those who actually saw Christ. โBut these are written that you may believe that Jesus is the Messiah, the Son of God, and that by believing you may have life in his name.โ (Jn 20:31).
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๐๐ก๐ ๐๐๐ฐ ๐๐๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐ฆ๐๐ง๐ญ ๐ฐ๐๐ฌ๐ง'๐ญ ๐ฐ๐ซ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐๐ง ๐ฅ๐๐ญ๐๐ซ ๐ฎ๐ง๐ฅ๐ข๐ค๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฆ๐ฒ๐ญ๐ก๐ฌ; ๐ข๐ญ ๐ฐ๐๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ซ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐๐ง ๐๐ฒ ๐ฉ๐๐จ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฏ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ญ ๐ญ๐ข๐ฆ๐ ๐ฐ๐ก๐๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐ฏ๐๐ง๐ญ ๐ซ๐๐๐จ๐ซ๐๐๐ ๐ก๐๐ฉ๐ฉ๐๐ง๐๐.
๐๐๐ง๐ฒ ๐๐ฅ๐ฅ๐๐ ๐๐ ๐ฌ๐ข๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ๐๐ซ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐๐ฌ ๐๐๐ญ๐ฐ๐๐๐ง ๐๐ก๐ซ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ ๐๐ง๐ ๐จ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ซ ๐ฆ๐ฒ๐ญ๐ก๐ฌ ๐๐ซ๐ ๐๐ข๐ญ๐ก๐๐ซ ๐ ๐ซ๐๐๐ญ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐๐ฑ๐๐ ๐ ๐๐ซ๐๐ญ๐๐ ๐จ๐ซ ๐๐๐๐ซ๐ข๐๐๐ญ๐๐.
๐๐จ๐ฆ๐ ๐ฆ๐ฒ๐ญ๐ก๐ฌ ๐๐จ๐ซ๐ซ๐จ๐ฐ๐๐ ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ ๐๐ก๐ซ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ, ๐ง๐จ๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐จ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ซ ๐ฐ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐.
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Walang basehan na isipin na nag-imbento lang sila ng kwento patungkol kay Kristo mula sa mga myths ng mga gods na kinamumuhian nila bilang mga Jews. โFor we did not follow cleverly devised myths when we made known to you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but we were eyewitnesses of his majesty.โ (2 Ptr 1:16). The Gospels were based on the testimony of those who actually saw Christ. โBut these are written that you may believe that Jesus is the Messiah, the Son of God, and that by believing you may have life in his name.โ (Jn 20:31).
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