Is the JESUS Story PLAGIARIZED from Pagan Myths?

In this second part of a review of Zeitgeist: The Movie, we consider the claims made about the myths of Attis, Krishna, Dionysus, and Mithra (Mithras) to see just how similar to the narratives about Jesus of Nazareth they are. Was the writer of the film suffering from parallelomania?

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On the "dying-and-rising god" myths:

On the rites of Attis:

Drudgery Divine by Jonathan Smith:

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[Robert.Stole.the.Television]

I am convinced that David goes to sleep in a full suit

[jaymevosburgh]

So sad that conspiratorial YT channels can have hundreds to thousands to millions ov subs and yet channels like yours, that deal with Real ancient history, have so few!
You deserve so many more. Once more people grow up and get away from false history they will find this.

[BlueHans]

Excellent. I, too, was fascinated by the Zeitgeist movie when it came out. While I do appreciate the original intent of the Zeitgeist author, your analyses show that checking your facts becomes even more important when the presented story agrees with your narrative. We all tend to become way to uncritical when we want to believe/agree with smth...

[blakaligula]

I had never heard of this Zeitgeist movie, but at least I get to learn about ancient history

[dylanhayslip]

I hate spreading false info that I heard from videos I half paid attention to while gaming. I’m so glad that I’m finding channels like yours. I can slowly squeeze the bad history out of my algorithm and replace it with more honest history

[davidmurphy]

_"Oh, your god x, well that's the same our god y"_

That's pretty much the MO of Roman diplomacy from beginning to end.

[owenoulton]

Jesus wasn't raised after three days either - he was raised on the THIRD day. The third day is only two days after the first.

[joshmartin]

I applaud your work, and your ability to coherently and decisively show these pseudo-parallels, let alone call them out. You give the wider nation/world information to make their own logical decisions. I have spent many years of my time in this area, and have leaned to take everything another says with a grain of salt, as should you all. We will all choose our own parts and paths to take with us, to share with our children, and which is exactly what these informative documentaries attempt to deduce, put to the test, and ultimately lay to rest, questions which by other means cannot be answered. Thank you sir for your contribution to society itself - when it needs it most.

[theguruwithin]

Krishna was born 3, 000 yrs earlier. Not sure how they copied Christians

[Lord_Engine]

Zeitgeist feels a lot like a game of cultural numerology.

[HNXMedia]

Kind of important that the original word that was translated to "virgin" does not mean what the modern word virgin means either. It essentially meant "young girl, " but had no sexualized connotation.

[fullmoonmusic]

I really really like this channel. So much amazing religious history to study that there is no need to exaggerate it.

[Perfect_Pizza]

Two men argue if a fairytale is copying another one.

[Mick_Harrison]

Thanks so much for creating this channel, I always hoped a real scholar of history would address all these conspiracy types on YT, fantastic work!

[kaushalendramanav]

About Krishna, he had a mortals mother father, who were married and lives in the same quarter(prison). Vasudev father and Devaki mother. But his big brother Balram embryos shifted from Devaki placenta to Rukamani(a surrogate mother) by the boon of god. To save him from the blade of his mother-uncle
Kans

[sashkad]

Also, Jesus's birthdate being on Dec 25th wasn't really a thing until about 4th century. It was proposed by the bishop of my hometown because it matched neatly with the winter solstice festivities and adopting the new holiday would be easier for pagan people. Also that meant that the Epiphany matched neatly with some other spring festivities so the idea stuck around.

[seanbeadles]

It’s always wild how in the search to unify these myths, that they always miss the forest for the trees. They don’t all have to be related to tell us something about human nature. The fact they aren’t related and yet still share similarities says something vastly more interesting about humanity than the implication they’re all just variations of the same base myth. It shows that despite how differently we view the world, that we all share the same base human experiences of childbirth, life, and death, and the search for meaning.

[zach]

I just want to point out that in Christian theology, the Immaculate Conception isn’t the conception of Jesus, it’s the conception of Mary, who was conceived without sin. The conception of Jesus is the Annunciation

[murk_yo]

Came here from Trey's vid and glad I did, cause your channel is a treasure trove of content. Love when that happens, got a bunch looking forward to now hahah!


If you ever take "requests" of topics, I've personally been trying to collect material of actual historical mentions (not just archaeological remnants) of pre-Indo-European Europeans, "Old Europe" so to speak. There's understandably very little of it to find. From Greece there are some few mentions of peoples existing before the (Proto-)Greek arrival. These peoples being described as having "sprung from the earth" as opposed to immigrated - a term they later start using for Greek tribes who've lived in the same areas for long.

I've always found the topic fascinating. It might be one of the absolute most impactful changes in Europe's history, but it's just at the cusp of where history disappears into the fog of time. So tantalizing, so frustrating! So "close", yet so far, RIP

Like I said, if you ever consider "tips" of topics and find it interesting, I'd die for a video about it.

[tytytytyty]

Hi. I just want to say thank you for wearing suits on camera and not trying to be annoyingly funny or gimmicky.

This is quickly becoming one of my favorite antiquity channels!