Third Day Resurrection
Alan Fuller arfuller@rocketmail.com
Fri, 9 Jan 1998 12:10:06 -0800 (PST) (00884398206, 19980109201006.25636.rocketmail@attach1.rocketmail.com)
Hi MSFITT,
Thank you for you input. You quote some nice myths.
I don't know of another book written by over 40
authors and hundreds of years that addresses the who
we are, what we are doing here, and where we are
going. What other ancient book is found in as many
homes all over the world as the Bible? The Bible says
there is meaning and purpose in creation. If there
is design in our universe, why wouldn't the designer
give us a book to help us understand it?
The option is, there is no meaning or purpose behind
design. How and why then do design or organiztion
come about?
Alan Fuller
---MS FITT <MSFITT@aol.com> wrote:
>
> In a message dated 98-01-09 03:48:05 EST, you write:
>
> FULLER
> << If the Bible is true, it is the divinely inspired
> Word of God. There is no need to apply man made
> rules for human literature to it. It doesn't matter
> what Bible college we learn them at. I believe the
> Bible is true so I don't have a problem. >>
>
> MSFITT
> Understanding where the "Bible" and the books
thereof orignated
> will be quite helpful.
> Our early ancestors had no real knowledge of
themselves or of
> their surroundings. To them causes and effects
became gods --
> supernatural beings.
> The Dawn was a maiden, wondrously fair, the Sun, a
warrior and
> lover; the Night, a serpent, a wolf -- the Wind, a
musician; Winter,
> a wild beast; Autumn, Proserpine gathering flowers.
>
> Poets were the makers of these myths. They were
the first to
> account for what they saw and felt. The great
multitude mistook
> these fancies for facts. Myths strangely alike,
were produced by
> most nations, and gradually took possession of the
world.
>
> ANCIENT WRITERS
> The Sleeping Beauty, a myth of the year, has been
found among
> most peoples. In this myth, the Earth was a maiden
-- the Sun was
> her lover. She had fallen asleep in winter. Her
blood was still and
> her breath had gone. In the Spring the lover came,
clasped her in
> his arms, covered her lips and cheeks with kisses.
She was
> thrilled, her heart began to beat, she breathed,
her blood flowed,
> and she awoke to love and joy. This myth has made
the circuit of
> the globe.
>
> So, Red Riding-Hood is the history of a day.
Little Red
> Riding-Hood -- the morning, touched with red, goes
to visit her
> kindred, a day that is past. She is attacked by the
wolf of night
> and is rescued by the hunter, Apollo, who pierces
the heart of the
> beast with an arrow of light.
>
> The Hindus say that Menu, a holy man, dipped from
the Ganges
> some water, and in the basin saw a little fish. The
fish begged him
> to throw him back into the river, and Menu, having
pity, cast him
> back. The fish then told Menu that there was to be
a flood -- told
> him to build an ark, to take on board, people,
animals and food,
> and that when the flood came, he, the fish, would
save him. The
> saint did as he was told, the flood came, the fish
returned. By
> that time he had grown to be a whale with a horn in
his head. About
> this horn Menu fastened a rope, attached the other
end to the ark,
> and the fish towed the boat across the raging waves
to a mountain's
> top, where it rested until the waters subsided. The
name of this
> wonderful fish was Matsaya.
>
> the first religion was Sun-worship. Nothing
> could have been more natural. Light was life and
warmth and love.
> The sun was the fireside of the world. The sun was
the "all-seeing"
> -- the "Sky Father." Darkness was grief and death,
and in the
> shadows crawled the serpents of despair and fear.
> The sun was a great warrior, fighting the hosts
of Night.
> Apollo was the sun, and he fought and conquered the
serpent of
> Night. Agni, the generous, who loved the lowliest
and visited the
> humblest, was the sun. He was the god of fire, and
the crossed
> sticks that by friction leaped into flame were his
emblem. It was
> said that, in spite of his goodness, he devoured
his father and
> mother, the two pieces of wood being his parents.
Baldur was the
> sun. He was in love with the Dawn -- a maiden -- he
deserted her
> and traveled through the heavens alone. At the
twilight they met,
> were reconciled, and the drops of dew were the
tears of joy they
> shed.
> Chrishna was the sun. At his birth the Ganges
thrilled from
> its source to the sea. All the trees, the dead as
well as the
> living, burst into leaf and bud and flower.
>
> Hercules was a sun-god.
>
> Jonah the same, rescued from the fiends of
Night and carried
> by the fish through the under world to his place of
rising the next
> day. ( I have no knowledge "who" inserted the 3
days etc.)
>
> Samson was a sun-god. His strength was in his
hair -- in his
> beams. He was shorn of his strength by Delilah, the
shadow --
> the darkness.
> So, Osiris, Bacchus, Mithra, Hermes, Buddha,
Quelzalcoatle,
> Prometheus, Zoroaster, Perseus, Codom Lao-tsze
Fo-hi, Horus \
> and Rameses were all sun-gods.
> All these gods had gods for fathers and all their
mothers were
> virgins.
> The births of nearly all were announced by stars.
> When they were born there was celestial music,
voices declared
> that a blessing had come upon the earth.
> When Buddha was born, the celestial choir sang:
"This day is
> born for the good of men Buddha, and to dispel the
darkness of
> their ignorance -- to give joy and peace to the
world."
> Chrishna was born in a cave, and protected by
shepherds.
> Bacchus, Apollo, Mithra and Hermes were all born in
caves. Buddha
> was born in an inn -- according to some, under a
tree.
> Tyrants sought to kill all of these gods when
they were babes.
> When Chrishna was born, a tyrant killed the
babes of the
> neighborhood.
>
> MSFITT
> If you are blinded by your "faith" then you
probally will not be able
> to apply this to your beliefs.
> Some research will fulfill your need to know, and
you will have the
> "experience" of "finding" it on your own, much
easier to convince
> oneself that way.
> Look and read, do not accept "blind" faith. In it
you are decieved.
>
>
>
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