Christ Conspiracy_ The Greatest Story Ever Sold - Acharya S [155]
In other words, anyone anointed would be called "Christ" by the Greek-speaking inhabitants of the Roman Empire, who were many, since Greek was the lingua franca for centuries. As noted, in Greek Krishna is also Christos, and the word "Christ" also comes from the Hindi word "Kris," which is a name for the sun, as is evidently "Krishna" in ancient Irish.
In fact, in the face of criticism that his "new superstition" was fabricated, Eusebius protested that "the names Jesus and Christ [were] known and honoured from the first." Eusebius further insisted:
Both Jesus and Christ were names honoured even by God's beloved prophets of old, as I must now make clear. . . For in describing God's high priest, the most powerful of men, /Moses/ called him Christ ... (Lev. 4:5, 16)
Eusebius continues:
[Moses's] successor had not hitherto used the designation of Jesus [Joshua] but was known by another name, Hoshea ... but Moses calls him Jesus . . . for Joshua the son of Nun himself bore the image of our Saviour ...
Eusebius's ruse of "bore the image of our Saviour" was a common argument by Christian apologists, who, when confronted with the truth that the gods and/or patriarchs of other eras and cultures had similar or identical "lives" as that of Jesus, sought to explain that these preceding individuals were either Pagan imitations created previously by the prescient devil or Hebrew/ Jewish "archetypes" or "patterns," as Eusebius calls them, for the real Christ who was to come. As we have seen, Tertullian considers these archetypes to be God's "rehearsals" for his big role.
Despite the attempts of the Christian fathers to prove the antiquity of their savior, Hotema maintained that the name "Jesus Christ" was not formally adopted as a phrase until after the first Council of Nicea, i.e., in 325. Says he, "The name Jesus Christ was unknown until after the Nicean Council. It appeared in no writings before that time."5 And Roberts says:
Prior to the Fourth Century, there was frequent and general mention of "Christos," and his worship to the east of Rome. But nowhere can be found any authentic mention at that time of a Jesus Christ. It was not until after the Nicean Council that the name Jesus Christ was ever known to the world.'
Satan, The Devil, etc
Many people today do not readily express belief in Satan, or the devil, as portrayed in Christianity, which in actuality depends upon the belief in such an absolute evil being for it to be "true." The devil was a very popular figure when the Church, Christianity and general hysteria reigned supreme, but in the time since secularism and freethought have become more influential, the devil seems to have dropped out of sight, save for the occasional hauntings and possessions. For example, before rationalism and science established their voice, lightning strikes and hurricanes were regarded as the devil's work. They are now often considered as "acts of God," leaving one to wonder where the devil has gone and if God is next.
Of course, the dualistic concepts of absolute good and evil did not originate with Christianity but are found long before the Christian era, particularly within Zoroastrianism. Satan is an adaptation of the Persian representative of evil "Ahriman," the twin brother of "God," the same as the Egyptian Set, Horus's twin and principal enemy, also known as "Sata," whence comes "Satan." Horus struggles with Set in the exact manner that Jesus battles with Satan, with 40 days in the wilderness, among other similarities, such as the revealing from the mount "all the kingdoms of Earth." This myth represents the triumph