Conceiving Jesus (8) - Flipbook - Page 14
In order for people to believe Jesus was God, it seems as
though the writers of the New Testament had to create an
other-worldy, magical back story about his birth, which is the
same tactic behind the stories of many pagan gods.
Most of these gods have nearly identical stories to Jesus, such
as Hous, Mithras, Hermes, Adonis, Ra, Attis, and Dionysus, to
name a few. They were all conceived and born in some
supernatural way, were followed by a band of