>From Sex to Superconsciousness - http://www.truthbeknown.com
The current issue of Nexus magazine (Feb.-Mar. 2000)
has a short review of "The Christ Conspiracy," which,
to my amusement, was ranking at 2666 on Amazon at one
point today. (Nexus's back cover also has an ad from
my publisher, with Christ Con occupying the top
left-hand spot. With a couple of errors,
unfortunately.)
http://www.nexusmagazine.com/
In this controversial book, "The Christ Conspiracy,"
linguist/historical/archaeological Acharya S examines
historical records and commentaries through the
centuries and concludes there is no evidence for the
existence of an historical Jesus Christ.
Acharya S (acharya means "teacher," but we don't know
her real name) argues that the gospel stories of Jesus
are based on myth built on top of millennia of myth,
and were purpose-written by members of certain secret
mystery schools to consolidate the numerous religions,
cults and sects of the Roman Empire into one state
religion - which was then promulgated through the
centuries through "forgery, fraud and force."
Millions of people in the last two millennia have met
their sad demise at the hands of Christianity - more
so than under any other religion, she figures.
Indeed, contrary to what we are told about the rapid
spread of Christianity, the movement was miniscule
even by the mid-3rd century, and most "conversions"
for centuries were 'by the sword." How's that for a
religion based on love and compassion, one that
supposedly ended barbarism and human sacrifice? Yet
the very idea of a crucified deity, in the form of
Jesus Christ, was borrowed from much more ancient "sun
god" and "saviour god" traditions as found in Egypt
and India.
Acharya S's stance is not new; the "mythicist" school,
which started hundreds of years ago, has already
established erudite arguments for "the Christ
conspiracy." Yet her passionate, intensively
researched work is powered by her desire to expose the
deceptions of the religion business and the horrors
that blind faith can bring. Her book is bound to stir
emotions.
__________________________________________________
Do You Yahoo!?
Talk to your friends online with Yahoo! Messenger.
http://im.yahoo.com
______________________________________________________________________
To unsubscribe, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Start Your Own FREE Email List at http://www.listbot.com/links/joinlb
