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Summary: Gottes tod
Review: This book is totally amazing, i only wish i had read this book as a child prior to seeing The Exocist on Tv, i would not have been so afraid of evil lurking behind every corner, this book dispels all the demons, the myths and all the lies that have been propagated for 2k yrs. Im not sure how any halfway intelligent person could read this book and not be certain that Christianity is a complete and utter lie. This book should be required reading in all history/comparative religion classes. Read this book and set yourself free!
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Summary: A Truly Stellar Work!
Review: This is a book you simply must read if Christianity affects your life in any way.Acharya's website is called "Truth Be Known," and that is what she has accomplished in this seminal work: she has made the truth known. I have long suspected much of what she reveals here, and have found bits and pieces of the "conspiracy" here and there. But Acharya has brought all the research together in one easily digested work. Her references alone are worth the price of admission, but the conclusions she has drawn, based on the evidence, make this book truly stellar. Some reviewers have complained about the abundant references to astrology. This may be misleading. As she explains in the book, she is not referring to your "daily horoscope." That was not what astrology was all about to the ancient mystery religions. Rather, it was a way of personifying the movements of celestial objects. Nor does one have to accept astrology as valid in order to recognize the many ways in which it has shaped Christianity. Principally this occurred by Christianity mistaking these analogies for literal history! One reviewer mentioned that the book quotes Blavatsky, as if this somehow nullifies the book. This is a straw man argument; there are only three minor references to Blavatsky in the entire volume, and none are crucial to the work. If you don't like Blavatsky, then throw out these quotes; it won't detract in the least from the work as a whole. Naturally, those who prefer blind belief over evidence and truth will attempt to dissuade people from reading this book. Do yourself a favor: ignore them for once and dare to look at the true origins of Christianity. Propaganda which sings the praises of Christianity is ubiquitous. This is a rare opportunity to hear the other side of the story. Before committing your life to this religion you owe this to yourself. Then make up your own mind based on the facts. Belief shouldn't require ignorance.
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Summary: Whether true or not, written just a little too biased.
Review: What this book has going for it are the fact that it's easy to read, draws a lot on other sources (Which could be a downfall)which are referenced, and the fact that it's mostly true. The biggest problem I had with it was how vehemently ant-christian it was. I like to read from authors who are objective in their research, and not trying so hard to credit or discredit their subject. I think a lot of the insignificant and unprovable points made actually weakened the overall blow of the whole of it. Though it was a stiffer read, I got a lot more out of Michael Martin's "The Case Against Christianity". He stuck more to the facts and remained more of a non-biased observer. Most of the information is acuurate in Achyra's book, but I got a little sick of the "... and as the big, mean Christians viciously slaughtered the poor, pretty, doe-eyed little Pagans..." element of the book. After all, all religions have done horrible things to somebody.
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Summary: A Breath of Fresh Air in a World of Noxious Theology
Review: If you've ever wondered if the Bible is all it proports to be? If you've often doubted the preacher's interpretation, or you just get tired of being Bible-bashed by the poisonous "love" of Christians, you may want to stop and take a look. "Praise be the SUN, the Moon & all the Stars of the SKY!"
would be the common refrain among Christians if they were really honest. Acharya S. tears the the Bible apart piece by relentless piece as she demonstrates that in fact the Bible is just the Alpha & Omega, the Bright & Morning Star, the most equisitely clever lie of lies, fraud of frauds, fake of fakes & fantasy of fantasies ever produced by the heart of man. It is nothing more than the age-old Solar-myth clothed in humanity. Jesus is no more real than Zeus; Mary no more real than Pandora; and Jesus' Birthplace no more real than the River Styx. But what is most refreshing is the level of scholarship. This is not just somebody thrashing, trashing & bashing something they don't like. Although some of her theories/conclusions are pretty
far out, they do follow from the evidence; she dares to ask the taboo questions. ...Without rebels, the world will be full of zombies... And what makes this a particularly interesting/inspiring read, is that she also shows great respect for ancient societies and has a credible theory about some of the unsolved mysteries of the world.
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Summary: A Conspiracy that can be proved
Review: The gist of the Christ Conspiracy is that Jesus never existed and that a conspiracy originating in the Roman empire
brought the fabrication of a historical Jesus into fruition. The questioning of a historical Jesus had never really occurred to me. After many years of cultural conditioning I had just taken the bible as fact. The Christ Conspiracy is written in a clear, detailed, multi-referenced method. Acharya delves into mythology, astrology, archeology, history and the bible itself to prove her case. She reveals that the four contradictory gospels weren't written until the latter part of the 2nd century. These stories were told by various mystery schools literally to the uniniated. They were actually meant to be allegorical in nature. Acharya also reveals that the Jesus character was based on pagan myths. These myths stretch from the local Roman Gnosticism and Mithraism to even older nearly identical sun worshipping myths found in such cultures as India and Egypt. The myths were pilfered by the Roman emperor Constantine and his minions in order to form a religion which they could use to control the masses. The result was the Christ Conspiracy. Most conspiracies do not have any definite proof. Just second info from some unknown third party. One of the few conspiracies that can be proved is the Christ Conspiracy. Acharya states that the truth will set you free but at first it will tick you off. I am miffed that I wasn't able to figure it out own my own.
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Summary: Very un-even book
Review: The Christ Conspiracy is very uneven. In some places you get the impression that you are reading serious well thought out scholarship and in other places you think that the author has done nothing more than randomly select wild speculations from internet sites and printed them. I am not even sure what the book was trying to say other than "the author hates Christianity". Well, so what. Ultimately there are a lot of speculations that are asserted as fact by the author and a lot of references to other authors whose speculated wildly for themselves. The author never seems to give Christians any credit for wanting to share the good they feel that they derive from their religion with others. Force and deception seem to be the authors only way of looking at the spread of Christianity. The first 120 pages are a pretty good synopsis of the real scholarship in this field and the chapter on the Essenes, Narazites, and Zadokites seem pretty well researched and thought out, but rest of the book is hard to understand looks like idle speculation to me. Also there seems to be no attempt to research the catholic encyclopedia to see what rebuttals to these speculations might be offered. For example, the speculation that the letters IHS often seen in catholic symbols "might" be a reference to prechristian mystery religions or it "might" just be a coincidence. The author states it as fact and the CE calls in a coincidence. This leaves the reader unable to judge the value of any of these speculations. The chapter describing how the masons are the secret cabal controlling world events for the last 3000 years totally shatters any credibility I attributed to the author. This book will be abhorred by believers. Fair atheists and agnostics in search of their own understanding of Christian origins won't appreciate the quality of the book. Most authors on the subject use more scholarship and less vitriol.
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Summary: The Custodial Religions.
Review: Wasn't it one of the Popes who said: "This Jesus story has served us very well . . . ."? Acharya's scholarly and well-written study will serve to show any open-minded reader just what that Pope meant : that the Jesus story is in fact just that - a story. A reading of historian William Bramley's 'The Gods of Eden' serves to confirm much of what Acharya says, and gives us the bigger picture by linking Christianity with both Judaism and Mohammedanism. For Bramley, all three of these Semitic monotheisms had similar origins and, far from aiming to spiritualize us, were deliberately designed to generate ceaseless conflict and to actively hinder the spiritual progress of the human race. Even the most cursory reading of history would suggest that Bramley has a point. From him we learn just who created what he calls the three 'Custodial Religions' and why they did so. We also learn, not only what a human being really is, but also what true religion would look like. If Acharya came as a shock, wait until you read Bramley ... ...
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Summary: Great ideas, mediocre execution
Review: Achayra S. has some good ideas, and she's saying some interesting things. I enjoyed reading parts of this book just because the subject matter really is intriguing. However, she presents her opinions as fact (and I'm not suggesting that they are false) but completely neglects to back them up with any reliable sources. She quotes passage after passage from other people who have written books similar to hers, but that doesn't really hold a lot of water. She needs to pull from primary sources instead of just finding other authors who agree with her. She seems to think that just because some one (who agrees with her) has printed words on paper, they are thus proven to be right. Here's an analogy: Say some guy writes a book stating that white people are genetically superior to all other races. He quotes lots of sources, but they are all books written by members of the KKK, many of whom have read medical text but none of whom have done actual research. Thus, while what the author quotes might make the agreeing reader nod, it doesn't do anything to prove his theory. I share the majority of Achyra S.'s views, but I wasn't interested in reading a book that I could blindly agree with. I was interested in a scholarly dissection of Biblical literature. What I got was ironically written like a fundamentalist Christian tract: lots of rhetoric and skewed word choices but very little primary source fact.
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Summary: The Truth at Last about 1st Century Mid-East
Review: Acharya's scholarship amazes the reader. One is dazzled as she finds the disparate threads of evidence, from the tribal, resurrected Sun-God of the Palestinians, Tammuz, and shows us how this myth grew into the "disciple, Thomas," to the early correspondences of church leaders in the first three centuries of the era, who never quote the "Gospels," because these had not yet been produced. For someone to be for or against the authenticity of any given religion is nothing new. What is refreshing is that this author shines the spotlight of solid research onto the hitherto dark corners of this desert region.
That putting all the different myths together into one super-God-Man theme, ultimately titled "Jesus" required a detailed conspiracy is a point she makes well. A reader would have to agree, based on the sheer complexity of the project. Empire crumbling? Different peoples rediscovering their ethnicity and breaking away from central government? We seen it happen in the U.S.S.R., just as it happened in Rome. The latter hatched an answer, an all-encompassing state religion, which would include elements of native faiths and the existing mystery religions from the entire region. Such a unifying force just might provide cohesion.
Interestingly enough, the book concludes by regerring to discoveries at Mehenjo-Darjo, an ancient Pakistani city, which once may have been a hub of a global civilization. Such a civilization may have shared different versions of a common faith, even thousands of years past. Seemingly, the disparate mythologies which Christian conspirators at the Council of Nicea and elsewhere synthesized had great similarities, being based as they all were on solar worship, sacred astrological observation, and seasonal rites of passage.
To learn why "biblical history" is nothing but mythology and to gain insight into what really happened in the Middle East two millenia ago, this is a must read. Since the region still boils with religious strife, knowing the origins of one of its most far-reaching mythologies is a good first step to understanding events that unfold there.
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Summary: History does repeat itself
Review: Did you know that Buddha was born on December 25th of a virgin along with Dionysus, Horus, Krishna, Mithra and many other gods? Odd isn't it'? With all these stories we hear about The Last Supper, Adam and Eve, etc., one can't help but wonder where it all came from. Like why everyone has that little fish on their car and why Jesus is symbolized by it? Or maybe why there were 3 wise men instead of 2 or 5? Ask most Christians and they would simply say, 'You just have to have faith.' and offer you no reasonable answer. Well if you'd like a detailed background on your religion so you can answer these questions, or maybe just to read about how silly it is to believe, then this book is an absolute must have. With over 400 pages of detailed information, Acharya S exemplifies the many inconsistencies, contradictions, and flat out rip offs, that Christianity (and others) have instilled within so many Americans. I recommend this book with a very high two thumbs up and I'm looking forward to reading her new book "Suns of God" once it comes out.
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