During a recent church service, the youth pastor at my church referenced the lack of uniqueness surrounding the birth of Christ. The point he was trying to make was that their has to be something more to our faith than a story - it has to be a relationship. Having never heard such a statement, about the birth of Jesus not being unique, I was dumbfounded. While my faith is not established on this point, It aroused an interest to understand the scope of what he was referring to.Oddly enough, I ran across the The Blasphemy Challenge website that is encouraging folks to commit the unforgivable sin, video tape it, post it on youtube, and receive a free DVD. The DVD is titled The God Who Wasn't There. Out of curiosity I watched the provided trailer and the argument of Christ's birth lacking uniqueness, referred to as The Hero Pattern in the video, was used as "proof" that Christianity is a hoax. A quick google led me to the following site: http://www.religioustolerance.org/chr_jcpa4.htm.
I'm curious what other people's perspective is on this topic?
On an aside, I think the basis for the Blasphemy Challenge is fundamentally flawed in their interpretation of what Christ was truly saying. The following page helped clarify the true meaning for me: Unpardonable Sin
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If your religion, Christianity follows the same pattern of other religions before it, does it make it unique or a copy?
Instead of blindly following your religion like a sheep, study it, ask questions and when you find the answers you will then understand that it is in deed a man made explanation using supernatural answers for natural events.
God is no more real than Zeus or Ra, Jesus is no more real than Loki or Shiva. Your religion is no better than any other out there, the only difference is its Socially accepted and that is all. It uses the same Mind control techniques, child indoctrination etc to keep its followers, to keep its power over the people. As soon as the people wake up, educate themselves and see the real world, we will never be free of its shackles.
Religion does nothing but keep the advancement of the human race held back, the sooner it is abolished, the better off the world will be.
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