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Religion, Rituals and Customs

As revealed throughout this book, the doctrines and rituals of many religions are virtually identical to each other, and Christianity represents merely the end product of a long line of the same traditions. In this analysis, we have mainly treated the cultures of the Near/Middle East and Europe, because the Middle East is considered to be the "birthplace" of all human culture, the source of biblical tradition, the Garden of Eden, etc., and Europe is, of course, the adopted home of Christianity. We have also stayed in the "Old World," because it is widely believed that the Western and Eastern hemispheres arose separately, with little or no contact, until the last few centuries. As noted, however, many of humankind's most important traditions are found worldwide, in such matching detail as to demonstrate that contact had occurred beginning many thousands of years ago.

For example, in the Americas are found the Eden, flood and Jonah myths; the story of the sun standing still; the veneration of the serpent; the virgin birth; the crucifixion; the practice of circumcision; and ascetic monasteries and nunneries. As another example, natives of British Columbia called the sun/sky-god "Sin," like the Old World god, and represented Sin's mother as being married to a carpenter, who teaches his solar son his trade., Furthermore, as Carpenter states: "The same legend of gods (or idols) being born in caves has, curiously enough, been reported from Mexico, Guatemale, the Antilles, and other places in Central America."2 Also, the natives of Florida at the time of the Christian invasion were allegedly discovered to chant "Hosanna." 3

Specific religious festivals and practices are found in diverse and widespread places. For instance, J. Churchward recounts the words of R.G. Haliburton, who, "in writing of the `Festival of Ancestors,' says: `It is now, as it was formerly, held at or near the beginning of November, by the Peruvians, the Hindus, the Pacific Islanders, the people of the Tonga Islands, the Australians, the ancient Persians, the ancient Egyptians and the northern nations of Europe, and continues for three days among the Japanese, the Hindus, the Australians, the ancient Romans and the ancient Egyptians.-4

Robertson relates a sacrificial practice found in both Asia and America, remarking, "It is difficult to believe that the peculiar usages of sacrificing a `messenger' or `ambassador' to the Sun, painting him in red, and hanging up his and other victims' skins, stuffed, as possessing a sacred efficacy, were independently evolved in the two hemispheres."5

Furthermore, the very ancient Buddhist religion is found in many parts of the world, as noted. As Robertson says, "Singularly suggestive of Buddhist contacts . . . are a number of Mexican sculptures; many figures of Quetzalcoatl are practically identical with the established type of Buddha."% As we have seen, the religion of Quetzalcoatl is nearly identical in many aspects to that of Jesus, with a savior born of a virgin who is tempted and fasts 40 days, and who dies and is to return in a Second Coming-an expectation that led to the downfall of the Aztecs, when they mistook Cortes for the peaceful teaching god Quetzalcoatl, who actually long predated the bloodthirsty Aztecs.

Moreover, one of the Mexican gods was "Yao," the same as the Egyptian lao and Hebrew Yah.7 The early Hebrews and their neighbors such as the Phoenicians and Canaanites called their Lord "Baal," but, astonishingly, "Bal is a Maya word meaning `Lord of the Fields.'"8 The Aztec human sacrifice was the same as that of the Hebrews, Kingsborough's "horrible cannibals." Furthermore, the Adam tale is found in the Chimalpopoca manuscript of the Maya, which "states that the Creator produced his work in successive epochs, man being made from the dust of the earth on the seventh day."9 So remarkable are the similarities between the Mexicans and the Semites that not a few scholars and researchers have wanted to call the Mesoamerican natives "Jews" and to find in them