PART I:
The Greatest Story Ever Told
[Peter Joseph] This is the sun.
As far back as 10,000 BC
history is abundant with carvings and writings reflecting people's respect
and adoration for this object.
And it is simple to understand why, as every morning
the sun would rise, bringing vision, warmth and security
saving man from the cold, blind, predator-filled darkness of night.
Without it, the cultures understood, the crops would not grow
and life on the planet would not survive.
These realities made the sun the most adored object of all time.
Likewise, they were also very aware of the stars.
The tracking of the stars allowed them to recognize and anticipate events
which occurred over long periods of time
such as eclipses and full moons.
They in turn cataloged celestial groups
into what we know today as constellations.
This is the cross of the Zodiac,
one of the oldest conceptual images in human history.
It reflects the sun as it figuratively passes
through the 12 major constellations over the course of a year.
It also reflects the 12 months of the year, the four seasons
and the solstices and equinoxes.
The term Zodiac relates to the fact that constellations
were anthropomorphized or personified as figures or animals.
In other words, the early civilizations did not just follow the sun and stars
they personified them with elaborate myths
involving their movements and relationships.
The sun, with its life-giving and saving qualities
was personified as a representative of the unseen creator or God.
God's Sun: the Light of the world, the Savior of human kind.
Likewise, the 12 constellations represented places of travel for God's Sun
and were identified by names, usually representing elements of nature
that happened during that period of time.
For example, Aquarius the water bearer, who brings the spring rains.
This is Horus. He is the sun god of Egypt of around 3000 BC.
He is the sun, anthropomorphized and his life
is a series of allegorical myths involving the sun's movement in the sky.
From the ancient hieroglyphics in Egypt
we know much about this solar messiah.
For instance, Horus, being the sun or the light
had an enemy known as Set, and Set was the personification
of the darkness or night
and metaphorically speaking, every morning
Horus would win the battle against Set, while in the evening
Set would conquer Horus and send him into the underworld.
It is important to note that 'dark vs. light' or 'good vs. evil'
is one of the most ubiquitous mythological dualities ever known
and is still expressed on many levels to this day.
Broadly speaking, the story of Horus is as follows:
Horus was born on December 25th of the Virgin Isis-Mary
His birth was accompanied by a star in the east
and upon his birth he was adored by three kings.
At the age of 12, he was a prodigal child teacher.
At the age of 30 he was baptized by a figure known as Anup
and thus began his ministry. Horus had 12 disciples he traveled about with
performing miracles such as healing the sick and walking on water.
Horus was known by many gestural names such as The Truth,
The Light, God's Anointed Son, The Good Shepherd
The Lamb of God and many others.
After being betrayed by Typhon, Horus was crucified
buried for 3 days and thus, resurrected.
These attributes of Horus, whether original or not,
seem to permeate in many cultures of the world for many other gods
are found to have the same general mythological structure.
Attis of Phrygia, born of the Virgin Nana on December 25th
crucified, placed in a tomb and after three days, was resurrected.
Krishna of India, born of the Virgin Devaki
with a star in the east signaling his coming.
He performed miracles with his disciples and upon his death
was resurrected.
Dionysus of Greece, born of a virgin on December 25th
was a traveling teacher who performed miracles such as turning water into wine.
He was referred to as The King of Kings, God's only begotten son,
the Alpha and Omega and many others. Upon his death
he was resurrected.
Mithra of Persia, born of a virgin on December 25th
had 12 disciples and performed miracles
and upon his death was buried for 3 days and thus resurrected.
He was also referred to as the Truth, the Light and many others.
Interestingly, the sacred day of worship of Mithra was Sunday.
The fact of the matter is there are numerous saviors
from different periods from all over the world
which subscribe to these general characteristics.
The question remains: why these attributes?
Why the virgin birth on December 25th?
Why dead for 3 days and the inevitable resurrection?
Why 12 disciples or followers?
To find out, let's examine the most recent of the solar messiahs.
Jesus Christ was born of the Virgin Mary on December 25th in Bethlehem.
His birth was announced by a star in the east which Three Kings or Magi
followed to locate and adore the new savior.
He was a child teacher at 12. At the age of 30 he was baptized
by John the Baptist and thus began his ministry.
Jesus had 12 disciples which he traveled about with performing miracles
such as healing the sick, walking on water, raising the dead.
He was also known as the King of Kings, the Son of God, the Light of the World
the Alpha and Omega, the Lamb of God and many others.
After being betrayed by his disciple Judas and sold
for 30 pieces of silver, he was crucified, placed in a tomb
and after 3 days was resurrected and ascended into heaven.
First of all, the birth sequence is completely astrological.
The star in the east is Sirius, the brightest star in the night sky
which on December 24th aligns with the 3 brightest stars in Orion's belt.
These 3 bright stars in the Orion's belt are called today
what they were called in ancient times 'The Three Kings'.
And the Three Kings and the brightest star, Sirius
all point to the place of the sunrise on December 25th.
This is why the Three Kings follow the star in the east
in order to locate the sunrise, the birth of the Sun.
The Virgin Mary is the constellation Virgo, also known as Virgo the Virgin.
Virgo in Latin means Virgin.
Virgo was also referred to as the House of Bread
and the representation of Virgo is a virgin holding a sheaf of wheat.
This house of bread and its symbol of wheat
represents August and September, the time of harvest.
In turn, Bethlehem literally translates to "house of bread".
Bethlehem is thus a reference to the constellation Virgo
a place in the sky, not on earth.
There's another very interesting phenomenon
that occurs around December 25th or the winter solstice.
From the summer solstice to the winter solstice
the days become shorter and colder.
And from the perspective of the northern hemisphere
the sun appears to move south and gets smaller and more scarce.
The shortening of the days and expiration of the crops
when approaching the winter solstice symbolized the process of death
to the ancients. It was the death of the sun.
And by December 22nd the sun's demise was fully realized.
For the sun, having moved south continually for six months,
makes it to its lowest point in the sky.
Here a curious thing occurs:
The sun stops moving south, at least perceivably, for three days.
And during this three day pause, the sun resides in the vicinity
of the Southern Cross, or Crux constellation.
And after this time on December 25th
the sun moves one degree, this time north
foreshadowing longer days, warmth and spring.
And thus it was said: The Son died on a cross
was dead for three days, only to be resurrected or born again.
This is why Jesus and numerous other sun gods
share the crucifixion, three-day death, and resurrection concept.
It is the sun's transition period before it shifts its direction back
into the northern hemisphere, bringing spring and thus salvation.
However, they did not celebrate the resurrection of the sun
until the spring equinox or Easter.
This is because at the spring equinox, the sun officially overpowers
the evil darkness as daytime thereafter becomes longer in duration
than the night, and the revitalizing conditions of spring emerge.
Probably the most obvious of all the astrological symbolism
around Jesus regards the 12 disciples.
They are simply the 12 constellations of the zodiac
which Jesus, being the Sun, travels about with.
In fact, the number 12 is replete throughout the Bible.
Coming back to the cross of the zodiac, the figurative life of the Sun
this was not just an artistic expression
or tool to track the sun's movement.
It was also a pagan spiritual symbol
the shorthand of which looked like this.
This is not a symbol of Christianity.
It is a pagan adaptation of the cross of the zodiac.
This is why Jesus in earlier cult art is always shown
with his head on the cross for Jesus is the Sun.
The Son of God, the Light of the World, the risen Savior
who will come again as it does every morning,
the glory of God, who defends against the works of darkness
as he is born again every morning
and can be seen coming in the clouds
up in heaven
with his crown of thorns or sun rays.
Of the many astrological/astronomical metaphors in the Bible
one of the most important has to do with the ages.
Throughout the scriptures, there are numerous references to the age.
In order to understand this, we need to be familiar with the phenomenon
known as the precession of the equinoxes.
The ancient Egyptians, along with cultures long before them
recognized that approximately every 2150 years
the sunrise on the morning of the spring equinox
would occur at a different sign of the zodiac.
This has to do with a slow angular wobble
that the Earth maintains as it rotates on its axis.
It is called a precession because the constellations go backwards
rather than through the normal yearly cycle.
The amount of time it takes for the precession to go through all 12 signs
is roughly 25,765 years.
This is also called the great year
and ancient societies were very aware of this
and they referred to each 2150 year period as an age.
From 4300 BC - 2150 BC, it was the age of Taurus, the Bull.
From 2150 BC - 1 AD, it was the age of Aries, the Ram.
And from 1 AD - 2150 AD, it is the age of Pisces
the age we are still in to this day.
And in and around 2150 we will enter the new age
the age of Aquarius.
The Bible reflects, broadly speaking, a symbolic movement
through three ages while foreshadowing a fourth.
In the Old Testament when Moses comes down Mount Sinai
with the Ten Commandments, he is very upset
to see his people worshiping a golden bull calf.
In fact, he shattered the stone tablets and instructed his people
to kill each other in order to purify themselves.
Most Biblical scholars will attribute this anger to the fact that the Israelites
were worshiping a false idol or something to that effect.
The reality is, the golden bull is Taurus the Bull
and Moses represents the new age of Aries the Ram.
This is why Jews even today still blow the ram's horn.
Moses represents the new age of Aries
and upon the new age everyone must shed the old age.
Other deities mark these transitions as well such as Mithra
a pre-Christian god who kills the bull in the same symbology.
Jesus is the figure who ushers in the age following Aries
the Age of Pisces or the two fish.
Fish symbolism is very abundant in the New Testament.
Jesus feeds 5,000 people with bread and two fish.
When he begins his ministry walking along Galilee
he befriends two fishermen who follow him.
And I think we have all seen the "Jesus fish" on the back of people's cars.
Little do they know what it actually means.
It is a pagan astrological symbolism
for the Sun's kingdom during the age of Pisces.
Also, Jesus' assumed birth date is essentially the start of this age.
At Luke 22:10 when Jesus is asked by his disciples
where the last Passover would be
Jesus replies "Behold, when ye are entered into the city
there shall a man meet you bearing a pitcher of water...
Follow him into the house where he entereth in."
This scripture is by far one of the most revealing
of all the astrological references.
The man bearing the pitcher of water is Aquarius
the water-bearer, who is always pictured as a man
pouring out a pitcher of water.
He represents the age after Pisces
and when the Sun (God's Sun) leaves the Age of Pisces (Jesus)
it will go into the House of Aquarius, as Aquarius follows Pisces
in the precession of the equinoxes.
All Jesus is saying is that after the Age of Pisces
will come the Age of Aquarius.
We have all heard about the "End Times" and the end of the world.
The cartoonish depictions in the Book of Revelation aside
the main source of this idea comes from Matthew 28:20
where Jesus says "I will be with you even to the end of the world."
However, in the King James Version, 'world' is a mistranslation
among many mistranslations.
The actual word being used is 'aeon', which means 'age.'
"I will be with you even to the end of the age,"
which is true, as Jesus' solar Piscean personification will end
when the sun enters the Age of Aquarius.
The entire concept of End Times and the end of the world
is a misinterpreted astrological allegory.
Let's tell that to the approximately 100 million people in America
who believe the end of the world is coming.
Furthermore, the character of Jesus being a literary
and astrological hybrid is most explicitly a plagiarization
of the Egyptian sun-god Horus.
For example, inscribed about 3500 years ago
on the walls at the Temple of Luxor in Egypt
are images of the enunciation
the miracle conception, the birth
and the adoration of Horus.
The images begin with Thoth announcing to the Virgin Isis
that she will conceive Horus,
then Kneph, the holy ghost, impregnating the virgin
and then the virgin birth and the adoration.
This is exactly the story of Jesus's miracle conception.
In fact, the literary similarities between the Egyptian religion
and the Christian religion are staggering.
And the plagiarism is continuous.
The story of Noah and Noah's Ark is taken directly from tradition.
The concept of The Great Flood is ubiquitous throughout the ancient world
with over 200 different cited claims in different periods and times.
However, one need look no further for a pre-Christian source
than the Epic of Gilgamesh, written in 2600 BC.
This story talks of a great flood commanded by God,
an ark with saved animals upon it, and even the release
and return of a dove, all held in common with the Biblical story
among many other similarities.
And then there is the plagiarized story of Moses.
Upon Moses's birth, it is said that he was placed in a reed basket
and set adrift in a river in order to avoid infanticide.
He was later rescued by a daughter of royalty and raised by her as a Prince.
This baby in a basket story was lifted directly
from the myth of Sargon of Akkad of around 2250 BC.
Sargon was born, placed in a reed basket in order to avoid infanticide
and set adrift in a river.
He was in turn rescued and raised by Akki, a royal mid-wife.
Furthermore, Moses is known as the Law Giver
the giver of the Ten Commandments, the Mosaic Law.
However, the idea of a Law being passed from God to a prophet
up on a mountain is also a very old motif.
Moses is just another law giver in a long line of law givers
in mythological history.
In India, Manou was the great law giver.
In Crete, Minos ascended Mount Dicta
where Zeus gave him the sacred laws.
While in Egypt there was Mises, who carried stone tablets
and upon them the laws of God were written.
Manou. Minos. Mises. Moses.
And as far as the Ten Commandments, they are taken outright
from Spell 125 in the Egyptian Book of the Dead.
What the Book of the Dead phrased "I have not stolen" became "Thou shall not steal."
"I have not killed" became "Thou shall not kill."
"I have not told lies" became "Thou shall not bear false witness"
and so forth.
In fact, the Egyptian religion is likely the primary foundational basis
for the Judeo-Christian theology.
Baptism, afterlife, final judgment, virgin birth,
death and resurrection, crucifixion, the Ark of the Covenant,
circumcision, saviors, Holy Communion,
Great Flood, Easter, Christmas, Passover,
and many more, are all attributes of Egyptian ideas
long pre-dating Christianity and Judaism.
Justin Martyr, one of the first Christian historians and defenders, wrote:
"When we say that he, Jesus Christ, our teacher
was produced without sexual union, was crucified and died
and rose again, and ascended into Heaven
we propound nothing different from what you believe
regarding those who you esteem Sons of Jupiter."
In a different writing, Justin Martyr said:
"He was born of a virgin, accept this in common
with what you believe of Perseus."
It's obvious that Justin and other early Christians
knew how similar Christianity was to the pagan religions.
However, Justin had a solution.
As far as he was concerned, the Devil did it.
The Devil had the foresight to come before Christ
and create his characteristics in the pagan world.
[Bill Hicks] Fundamentalist Christianity, fascinating!
These people actually believe the world is 12,000 years old.
I actually asked one of these guys "OK: dinosaur fossils."
He says "Dinosaur fossils?
God put those here to test our faith!"
[Laughter]
"I think God put you here to test my faith, dude!"
[Peter] The Bible is nothing more than an astro-theological literary hybrid,
just like nearly all religious myths before it.
In fact, the aspect of transference of one character's attributes
to a new character can be found within the book itself.
In the Old Testament there's the story of Joseph.
Joseph was a prototype for Jesus.
Joseph was born of a miracle birth. Jesus was born of a miracle birth.
Joseph was of 12 brothers. Jesus had 12 disciples.
Joseph was sold for 20 pieces of silver.
Jesus was sold for 30 pieces of silver.
Brother Judah suggests the sale of Joseph.
Disciple Judas suggests the sale of Jesus.
Joseph began his work at the age of 30.
Jesus began his work at the age of 30.
The parallels go on and on.
Furthermore, is there any non-Biblical historical evidence of any person
living with the name Jesus, the son of Mary
who traveled about with 12 followers, healing people?
There are numerous historians who lived in and around the Mediterranean
either during or soon after the assumed life of Jesus.
How many of these historians document this figure? Not one.
However, to be fair, that doesn't mean defenders
of the historical Jesus haven't claimed the contrary.
Four historians are typically referenced to justify Jesus's existence.
Pliny the younger, Suetonius and Tacitus are the first three.
Each one of their entries consists of only a few sentences at best
and only refer to 'Chrestus' or the Christ, which in fact is not a name
but a title. It means 'The Anointed One.'
The fourth source is Josephus, and this source
has been proven to be a forgery for hundreds of years.
Sadly, it is still cited as truth.
You would think that a guy who rose from the dead
and ascended into heaven for all eyes to see
and performed the wealth of miracles acclaimed to him
would have made it into the historical record.
It didn't because once the evidence is weighed
there are very high odds that the figure known as Jesus
did not even exist.
"The Christian religion is a parody on the worship of the sun
in which they put a man called Christ in the place of the sun
pay him the adoration originally paid to the sun."
Thomas Paine (1737-1809)
[Jordan Maxwell] We don't want to be unkind, but we want to be factual.
We don't want to cause hurt feelings
but we want to be academically correct
in what we understand and know to be true.
Christianity just is not based on truth.
We find that Christianity was in fact nothing more than a Roman story
developed politically.
[Peter] The reality is, Jesus was the solar deity
of the Gnostic Christian sect
and like all other pagan gods, he was a mythical figure.
It was the political establishment that sought to historize
the Jesus figure for social control.
In 325 AD in Rome, Emperor Constantine convened the Council of Nicea.
It was during this meeting that the politically motivated
Christian doctrines were established
and thus began a long history of religious bloodshed and spiritual fraud.
And for over the next 1000 years, the Vatican
maintained a political stranglehold on all of Europe,
leading to such joyous periods as the Dark Ages
along with enlightening events such as the Crusades and the Inquisition.
Christianity, along with all other related theologies
is a historical fraud.
These religions now serve to detach the species from the natural world
and likewise, each other.
They support blind submission to authority.
They reduce human responsibility to the effect
that 'God' controls everything and in turn awful crimes
can be justified in the name of a divine pursuit.
And most critically, it empowers the political establishment
who have been using the myth to manipulate and control societies.
The religious myth is one of the most powerful devices ever created
and serves as the psychological soil upon which other myths can flourish.