“As has also been demonstrated thoroughly, one of the principal objects of worship over the millennia has been the sun.” — D.M. Murdock Copy Share Image
“Osiris. . .was successively god of the Nile, a life-giver, a sun-god, god of justice and love, and finally a resurrected god… — D.M. Murdock Justice Copy Share Image
“Says Celsus, "Clearly the Christians have used the myths of the Danae and the Melanippe, or of the Auge and the Antiope… — D.M. Murdock Christianity Copy Share Image
“In his mockery of Pagans, Christian writer Minucius Felix (3rd cent.) revealed that the Egyptians, and afterwards the Romans, beheld an empty… — D.M. Murdock Pagans Copy Share Image
“lamblichus's statements could not be clearer: The ancient religion constitutes nature worship and astrotheology, and the sun was considered the "Creator of… — D.M. Murdock Nature Copy Share Image
“In the "British Museum Papyrus" of the Egyptian Book of the Dead, parts of which may date to 7,000 years ago,3 the… — D.M. Murdock Book of the dead Copy Share Image
“Even if it could be proved that the Bhagavad Gita was not in existence before the Christian era, these various divine concepts… — D.M. Murdock Copy Share Image
“Thus, the winter solstice was an important factor in human culture, particularly that of the cold, northern latitudes, at least 12,000 years… — D.M. Murdock Birthday Copy Share Image
“If the several important, uncontested correspondences did not exist, the numerous Christian authorities would not have gone to such lengths to establish… — D.M. Murdock Copy Share Image
“One of the early critics of Christianity was Celsus (fl. 180), the witty philosopher who observed that Christianity was a "degraded kind… — D.M. Murdock Christianity Copy Share Image
“Moreover, the Catholic Encyclopedia ("CE") acknowledges that there is "inference" that the Egyptians were aware of the heliocentricity of the solar system,… — D.M. Murdock Nature Copy Share Image
“it was deemed blasphemy when rationalists began to declare that the sun was not a divinity, and the philosopher Anaxagoras (c. 500-428… — D.M. Murdock Blasphemy Copy Share Image
“As an Indian sage once said: Prayer is wonder, reverence. Prayer is receptivity for the miracle that surrounds you. Prayer is surrender… — D.M. Murdock Beauty Copy Share Image
“In Contra Celsus (IV, XVI-XVII), Church father Origen (c. 185-c.254 CE) discusses the death, resurrection and ascension of Dionysus, attempting to compare… — D.M. Murdock Death Copy Share Image
“In the entire works of the Jewish historian Josephus (37-c. 100 CE), which constitute hundreds of pages, there are only two paragraphs… — D.M. Murdock Christian-apologetics Copy Share Image
“In The Bible Unearthed, archaeologist Israel Finkelstein demonstrates that much biblical composition was done from the 8th century BCE onward. Even in… — D.M. Murdock Pentateuch Copy Share Image
“In reality, a number of the world's leading Christian Indianists, including Sir William Jones and Reverend Cox, as well as numerous Indian… — D.M. Murdock Christianity Copy Share Image
“In addition, according to Dupuis's original multi-volume work in French (not included in the English translation), Mithra was "put to death by… — D.M. Murdock Christianity Copy Share Image
“In Pagan and Christian Creeds, Carpenter recounts, "The saviour Mithra, too, was born of a Virgin, as we have had occasion to… — D.M. Murdock Children Copy Share Image
“Thus, Cox, a Christian minister, maintained that, despite Krishna not being explicitly developed in the Vedas, elements of his story are present… — D.M. Murdock Christianity Copy Share Image
“Clement of Alexander, Greek Theologian and Church Father (105?-215? CE) The reverence of the sun as the visible representative of Deity continued… — D.M. Murdock Parenting Copy Share Image
“Paul also never quotes from Jesus's purported sermons and speeches, parables and prayers, nor does he mention Jesus's supernatural birth or any… — D.M. Murdock Copy Share Image
“For centuries after obtaining power during the reign of Constantine, Christians went on a censorship rampage that led to the virtual illiteracy… — D.M. Murdock Copy Share Image
“Other similarities between the Mexican and Christian religions include baptism and the end-of-October festival of "All Souls" or "All Saints Day." The… — D.M. Murdock Christian religion Copy Share Image
“Muslims have regularly martyred themselves-would a Christian then agree that Islam is the "truth faith?" Since millions of so-called Pagans have been… — D.M. Murdock Christian Copy Share Image
“baptism with water, whether by immersion or sprinkling, is found in numerous pre-Christian religions/cults, dating back to ancient times. Baptism or lustration… — D.M. Murdock Baptism Copy Share Image
“There are no known non-biblical references to a historical Jesus by any historian or other writer of the time during and shortly… — D.M. Murdock Alexandria Copy Share Image
“As distressing to the Catholic Church as was the discovery of their mythos and ritual in Mexico was finding it in Asia,… — D.M. Murdock Christian religion Copy Share Image
“Concerning Attis, apologist Weigall remarks: Then again, there was the worship of Attis, a very popular religion which must have influenced the… — D.M. Murdock Christianity Copy Share Image
“The Passion and Resurrection of Osiris have been major mythical motifs that made their way into Christianity: "That the Passion -,as it… — D.M. Murdock Copy Share Image
“In this regard, several researchers have asserted that nearly "every act in the drama of the life of Jesus, and every quality… — D.M. Murdock Books Copy Share Image
