Top 10 Pagan Myths Found in the Bible

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Chapters: 10-1

10. (0:23) Only Begotten Son.
Eusebius and Philo of Byblos hand down an ancient Phoenician Myth of Chronos called Israel who offers his only begotten Son to Ouranos the Father in Heaven. This seems to be re-told in the Torah in Genesis when Abraham offers up Isaac to YHVH.

9. (1:59) The Fish God Oannes
The fish God Oannes was an ancient Chaldean Deity who came out of the Sea and gave prophecy to the Chaldeans. He had an equivalent in Assyria known as Dagon. The Book of Jonah is clearly borrowing from this Myth. Jonah is also a translation of Oannes.

8. (4:12) Dark Omens & the Death of a God
According to Virgil's Georgics, the sky was dark, graves were opened up, and the earth quaked when Caesar was killed. The same story is told by Matthew about Jesus Crucifixion.

7. (7:49) Tempted by the Devil in the Wilderness
In the Zend Avesta Fargard XIX, Zoroaster is tempted by Angra Mainyu, the Ahriman, the Daeva of Daevas, to denounce his worship of the good laws of Ahura Mazda and he will be given the Boon to Rule All Nations. Jesus is tempted by the Devil, Satan, to worship him instead of the Father God, and he will be given all the Nations.

6. (10:16) Anointed, Fame, Far & Wide
In Homer's Odyssey, Odysseus returns home and gets his feet Anointed by Eurycleia of Ithaca, whos name means "Far & Wide" in Greek. Jesus is Anointed at Bethany by Mary, and he tells her she will be remembered for her fame far and wide for what she has done. It is a pun on the name of Eurycleia of Ithaca.

5. (11:40) Drifting in a Basket up the River
Sargon of Akkad is born of a slave, who sets Sargon adrift the Euphrates River, until he is taken in by a Princess who puts him as the Cup Bearer for the King of Kish. Moses is born of an Jewish-Egyptian (Levite) slave woman who sets him in a basket up the Nile river where he is taken in by a princess who makes Moses into the Cup-Bearer for Pharaoh.

4. (12:36) Creation
In the Enuma Elish, there is 7 tablets of Creation. In the first tablet, it talks about the beginning of time being a deep abyss with no form except for primordial water gods Tiamat and Apsu. The 7th tablet talks about a day for rest for the gods. In Genesis 1, the beginning is a deep abyss with no form besides the Primordial Waters. The Hebrew word for the deep abyss is Tehom, which is cognate with Tiamat, the primordial Sumerian God. The 7th day of creation is a day of rest.

3. (14:05) Begotten By God
In the Greek Alexander Romance, Alexander goes into the desert in search of the Oasis at Siwa, where the Great God Ammon tells him that He is the Son of God. Jesus goes into the desert in search for an Oasis where John the Baptist baptizes him, and he hears God tell him that He has been Begotten on this day.

2 (15:10) The Flood
In the Greek Myth, Deucolion son of Prometheus is told to build an Arc to survive the coming flood sent by Zeus. The Sumerian Myths, Epic of Gilgamesh and Atrahasis, the protagonist builds an Ark for animals and family to survive a global flood sent by Anu, and at the end of the flood, he sends out 2 birds to find land, where they land the boat on a mountain. In Genesis, Noah builds an Ark and takes 2 of every animal, his family, and also sends out 2 birds to find land so he can land his Ark on a mountain.

1. (16:47) 3 Day Motif
The 3 Day Motif is written about in the Myth of Inanna/Ishtar's Descent to the Underworld to Save Tammuz/Dummuzi the Shepherd. She is down in Hell for 3 days and goes through the 7 levels and takes off an article of clothing each time. She is given 2 maids to help her in her travels, and on the 4th day she rises with Tammuz and brings the Resurrection of the Dead with her.(Akitu Festival, Babylonian New Year/Spring Equinox) The book of Esther also gives us the same 3 day Motif in which she also has to remove clothing and is given 2 maids to help her. On the 4th day she is Triumphant and saves Mordecai from Haman. Jonah is in the belly of the fish for 3 days and 3 nights. Jesus is in the Belly of the Earth (Hell) for 3 days and 3 nights after he is Crucified on Passover (Spring Equinox) and rises on the next day. He is said to Resurrect the Dead when he returns for the 2nd coming.

Top 10 Pagan Myths Found in the Bible
Neal Sendlak

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Chapters: 10-1
10. (0:23) Only Begotten Son.
9. (1:59) The Fish God Oannes
8. (4:12) Dark Omens & the Death of a God
7. (7:49) Tempted by the Devil in the Wilderness
6. (10:16) Anointed, Fame, Far & Wide
5. (11:40) Drifting in a Basket up the River
4. (12:36) Creation
3. (14:05) Begotten By God
2 (15:10) The Flood
1. (16:47) 3 Day Motif

[shawnwatson]

I knew all of these from my own research. Grew up as a Christian but abandoned that about 25 years ago. Thank you for putting it in one video. Most Christians have zero clue or a want to, to know these much older legends.

[sierrajane]

I grew up in christian cult that believed every word of the bible was literally true.
Now I'm a bold as brass pagan. High Priestess of my coven.
I'm extremely impressed by this!

[dustinellerbe]

This type of material is amazing. Keep up the good work.

[rhondah]

This was a great start on the parallels of older myths being adopted by the ancient hebrews into their own myths and legends. It is quite evident that humans were great at making up stories to explain mysteries they didn't or couldn't explain otherwise and loved to adapt them across different cultures. I loved Joseph Campbell's book The Power of Myth which demonstrates how peoples all over the world came up with fantastic stories about origins and how they explained things they couldn't really understand at the time. However, in today's world, we humans need not make up stories or believe ancient stories as facts any longer but can rely on a more refined and evidence based scientific method that has proven itself over and over to give us more concrete assurance of the facts. Loved this video and hope for more like it. Thanks.

[dimitrisraptopoulos]

We have been played for thousands of years…time to wake up and do what we need to do without counting on the help of deities hidden in the clouds…Thank you for putting this together

[BulletHolesintheBible]

Absolutely brilliant content bro thank you

[nicolistruszkowski]

I love mythology, and comparing older myths to the Christian ones was great. I hope you can continue this as a series it would be fun to know other comparisons.

[deannfrey]

Greatly appreciate this information and telling. 💕

[solyluna]

Courageous and really well researched video. Subscribed! 😂💖

[Larry]

Great video! In reality, should we be surprised? For layman like myself, it takes videos like this to bring these things to light.

[jullemoe]

I want to translate to Danish. Really appreciate it. Was raised in the jehovas witnesses and we're told that the Bible was the one and only source of truth. 🙄 didn't even know anything about other writings until two years ago - still learning. Subscribed 💪

[joycesky]

Great video! Very informative…I love this stuff and it’s so AMAZING when our mind’s are open to TRUTH. I’m sure it requires a lot of work
putting these videos together so thanks for your time and hard work you do in order to help others to open their eyes to TRUTH.
Thanks again!

[dseelenmagie]

As a Christian, I knew those stories had others that were similar around the world... as I've studied through the years, it was apparent that the Bible stories weren't just similar but copied and Christianized. This is due to a simple power grab in my mind by the Christian Romans. Yet I could also argue, the Bible is a conglomeration of ALL the worlds faiths in one book. Being a soft-polytheist, this makes sense I must admit. Universally speaking, we are one with all, and all within us. We are but living fractals of the larger universe realized in life itself. Existence is beautiful, life is beautiful, we must get back to being in harmony with creation and the universe to understand the power of being part of that universe.

[GenerationX]

I'm especially interested in the Dagon story since our knowledge of Canaanite religion is lacking. Good stuff! 👍

[emZee]

As a pagan/polytheist, this stuff is gold. Thank you

[wmgthilgen]

If there were copyrite infringment laws then as there are now that effect publications world wide to be published without the being litigated for copyrite infringements. The Bible would never be allowed to be published.

[farii]

Now this is my type of top ten video. More pls!

[friendo]

I love to see your face but I think this is a much better format for your videos. Great job!

[dannyw.b]

Quick note, Atrahasis comes from the Epic of Atrahasasis. In the Epic of Gilgamesh, the same character goes by the name Utnapishtim.