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by Starmaster on April 8th, 2007

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Christian Members: Don't you find strange that only one of the four Gospels tell the story that Jesus rose to heaven? If the other three were telling the story of his life, how could they have missed something like that?

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  • by Perryman on April 13th, 2007

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    Luke shows he ascended to Heaven.

    Mark does not.

    Matthew ends with his final words to his disciples before he parts.

    The Gospel of John does not.

    On the other hand, John clearly identifys the Christ in the heavens in the Book of Revelation.

    The Book of Acts begins with Jesus ascension.
    There is much documentation in the Bible regarding the ascension of Christ to the heavens.

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  • by hijklmno on April 8th, 2007

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    I find it strange that this question was downrated.... I am not a Christian, I'm an atheist.

    Each of the Gospels were written for different audiences (though Matthew is partially plagiarised from Mark and Luke - only about a third is unique. See online articles on the "synoptic problem" for more details.)

    The thing to do is not see them as historical documents - they were written with specific aims in mind. Each, at the time of composition, had different aims and emphases.

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  • by thatsJustme on March 12th, 2008

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    They missed nothing..They simply had different points of Christ that they brought out. John for instance, stresses on who Christ really was...
    God knew what HE was doing...

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  • by koko2495 on April 14th, 2007

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    I AM A RC AND DONT BELIEVE ANY OF IT I THINK SOMEONE MADE IT UP AND PUT IT IN A BOOK AND CALLED IT THE BIBLE

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  • by dreamtxhim sends love to the dance floor on April 8th, 2007

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    Because they were busy puking (shouldn't have drank so much at the Last Supper!) (This is gonna get downrated...)

    I never noticed that, though. Which is not very good, because I'm Catholic, and I guess I *should* have noticed that haha. Maybe they wanted to leave out the most surreal, "magical" thing that Jesus did so people who read their Gospels would just have to have faith, rather than proof. Becuase "proof denies faith, and without faith, I am nothing."

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  • by ...trust in the Lord Jesus Christ. on May 26th, 2007

    ...trust in the Lord Jesus Christ.

    Each of the four Gospel accounts are telling the same story but they are each specifically for different audiences and I believe that they all each are to prove a specific point(s) about our Saviour. The four Gospels each together paint us a perfect portrait of the Saviour. I hope that this is helpful.

    -In the service of the Master.
    Thank you and God bless you!

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  • by koko2495 on April 14th, 2007

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    I AM A RC AND DONT BELIEVE ANY OF IT I THINK SOMEONE MADE IT UP AND PUT IT IN A BOOK AND CALLED IT THE BIBLE

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  • by noletters on April 13th, 2007

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    Mithraism

    One of the most popular religions of the Roman Empire, especially among Roman soldiers, was Mithraism. Its origins are Persian, and involves their ancient hierarchy of gods, as restructured by Zarathustra (c. 628-c. 551 bc) in the holy books called the Avestas.

    The universe was seen as involved in an eternal fight between light and darkness, personified by Ahura-Mazda (good) vs. Ahriman (evil). This idea probably influenced Jews while they were in Babylon, which is when they adopted HaShatan -- Satan -- as the evil one!

    Within the Persian pantheon, Mithra was “the judger of souls” and “the protector,” and was considered the representative of Ahura-Mazda on earth.

    Mithra, legend says, was incarnated into human form (as prophesized by Zarathustra) in 272 bc. He was born of a virgin, who was called the Mother of God. Mithra's birthday was celebrated December 25 and he was called “the light of the world.” After teaching for 36 years, he ascended into heaven in 208 bc.

    There were many similarities with Christianity: Mithraists believed in heaven and hell, judgement and resurrection. They had baptism and communion of bread and wine. They believed in service to God and others.

    In the Roman Empire, Mithra became associated with the sun, and was referred to as the Sol Invictus, or unconquerable sun. The first day of the week -- Sunday -- was devoted to prayer to him. Mithraism became the official religion of Rome for some 300 years. The early Christian church later adopted Sunday as their holy day, and December 25 as the birthday of Jesus.

    Mithra became the patron of soldiers. Soldiers in the Roman legions believed they should fight for the good, the light. They believed in self-discipline and chastity and brotherhood. Note that the custom of shaking hands comes from the Mithraic greeting of Roman soldiers.

    It was operated like a secret society, with rites of passage in the form of physical challenges. Like in the gnostic sects (described below), there were seven grades, each protected by a planet.

    Since Mithraism was restricted to men, the wives of the soldiers often belonged to clubs of Great Mother (Cybele) worshippers. One of the women’s rituals involved baptism in blood by having an animal- preferably a bull - slaughtered over the initiate in a pit below. This combined with the myth of Mithra killing the first living creature, a bull, and forming the world from the bull's body, and was adopted by the Mithraists as well.

    When Constantine converted to Christianity, he outlawed Mithraism. But a few Zoroastrians still exist today in India, and the Mithraic holidays were celebrated in Iran until the Ayatollah came into power. And, of course, Mithraism survives more subtly in various European -- even Christian -- traditions.

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