What is the Bible and God Really? Does it Have Historical Accuracy?

You are still in doubt if you are a devoted Christian I am sure if you are on the borders you are starting to see my point.  Start to think in terms of Science what science has proven.  One example is the creation story does it actually make sense to you.  If it does you are still stuck within the box.  Think about the dinosaurs they roamed centuries before man and they have been proven the bible pays no mention to this.  The reason is the bible was written; well not exactly the stories were told by town story tellers and leaders to help the masses.  It was used to distill values it was never a history like we are made to believe today.  If the Bible was a historical document handed to the people by god like we are made to believe wouldn’t the dinosaurs be in it.  Sure you can argue against this but what leg do you have to stand on.

Under the direction of Emperor Constantine of Rome the bible was devised as way of uniting the many religions of the Roman Empire under a common thread.  The Bible was never intended to be a Historical document.  Sure you can argue this but have you really thought about it have you actually studied history and analyzed things; have you compared the bible with other mythologies or religions. 

Yes you can argue that the bible follows a chronological order from Genesis through to the New Testament.  But really do they make sense as a historical document.  The Church has tried to argue this point see its inception.  But if you compare the stories to ancient Egyptian they draw parallels.  A prime example is the exit from Egypt to be free of the bonds of slavery.  Have you ever thought of that in the following terms?  The story is a guide for the spirit within us all to be free and happy to be free from the bonds of slavery to seek Nirvana.  The journey is long as is our journey through life we all go through trials we all have to choose the path which is right for us.  However the one thing we all seek is a place we can call our own.

If you are starting to question things good if you are not start analyzing things deeper start questioning things.  Deep within inside you know the truth it is in all of us the church has been controlling the lives of man for years making us believe false truths.

Think about this.  Why did the Da Vinci Code and the Holy Blood Holy Grail cause a controversy in the church and rock its foundations. 

Has the church been hiding behind lies; is the church scared that their fundamental lies are now being questioned as mankind becomes more and more educated.  It is obvious yes as they would not keep trying to dispel all the books that are coming out such as the Judas Papers, the Jesus Papers and the Gnostic Gospels if they were not.

 I am only opening your eyes; you have to think for yourself, read for your self, start asking questions, start thinking outside the box, and stop the trend of your mind being controlled by historical inaccuracies.  Look at the Historical facts.  The one fact that is wrong in the bible is Herod he wasn’t alive at the time of Jesus’s Execution.  If he even was executed.  Herod died in 4 BC before Christ was even born. 

The one question you truly need to ask is why the modern church tries to cover up various books of fiction or are there some hidden truths in them that the church is afraid of.  You hear about these and other books.   The one thing I say to you is why does the church say this and hide behind false truths.  It is because if you gain knowledge you have power and the church wants to be the ultimate power.  The truth is that knowledge is power and with knowledge we grow and understand.  The only thing that modern Church has done is to create a myth that has caused a rift within mankind.  It has caused wars it has caused atrocities around the world.  The simple truth is that we are no further ahead now then we were during the crusades.  The only difference is different players.   The Crusades was France and England leading the charge to quell the infidels now it is the Americans and oh my god the British yet again.

The true question of the existence of Jesus is quit simple.  You can try and prove the existence of Jesus or God mathematically as various people have.  One of the most famous people in History tried to do so and the was Albert Einstein here is what he came up with.

“Albert Einstein’s equation states that Energy = Mass x C2. The law of physics states that energy cannot be created or destroyed.

Which means the energy that created the universe cannot have a beginning nor an end. Also, there must be something that existed before the universe and that will continue to exist after the universe. That is the definition of God.

By applying Albert Einstein’s formula, the universe must have a creator because the universe has mass (M). God does not need a creator because God does not have mass (M). God is energy (E).

Thus when people ask the question, “If God created mankind, who created God?”, they mistakenly imagine God as having a form or mass; Only mass needs a creator, not energy.

The creator of mass is of course, energy. The theory of God’s existence is in line with mathematical theory”

Now the question you have to ask yourself is God real or is he merely energy the driving force behind everything since in order for any occurrence of life to occur you need energy.  It is simply put Energy is the driving force behind all.  Energy is the force that connects us binds us and holds together.  This brings to light the Force in Star Wars.  The force is the energy that connects all living things it binds humans with the animals the trees the grass and other humans we draw energy from our surroundings.  Therefore energy is God and God is not an all encompassing power but is the power that drives us all and connects us with those around us.

Does this prove the question that the bible is a historical document no it doesn’t but this information should cause you to question its existence, further as the bible is a merely a collection of parables with some historical accuracy.  They were combined and tweaked and taken from various religious sects at the time of the Narcean Convention ordered by Emperor Constantine in order to bring order and control to the many religions in the Roman Empire nothing more.  The bible was never meant be Historical fact it was merely a coming together of the minds and religious leaders of the time to bring order to the chaos to help the people live their lives.

Can mathematics prove the existence of God and in turn the bible?  I don’t think so How can mathematics prove feelings and beliefs that are encoded within our very DNA passed down from generation to generation?

How can it prove something so simple and it makes us who we are how can it prove the very existence of our values and our willingness to do what is right or wrong.

The whole thing is about balance in order for good to exist there needs to be evil.  So with this statement in mind there is within us all heaven and hell we just chose the path based on the force within us that is stronger.  It is not driven by some dynamic encompassing force; but if you need this to believe in yourself than so be it but I don’t think you do search your feelings do you need a false deity to determine self.  I know I don’t as do many others.  We have the ability to love we have the ability to hate just because you believe in some all mighty power doesn’t mean you love more than a person who does not.   Who knows you might love less than someone who doesn’t a statement that states “You will know they are Christian because of their love” holds no weight.  Just think about it are your beliefs misplaced do you believe in yourself.  The way I see it if you need a mythological god to define your existence for what you chose to be right and wrong you need to re-evaluate things.  I am not saying that you aren’t confident or you aren’t strong; But to just think about things and what Religion truly is.

Know that I have rocked the foundations here do you still think that bible is fact or a collection of stories.  If you do I suggest you take the time to read the following books The Pagan Christ and the Jesus Papers.

Just consider this before moving on the Bible and its contents is an elaborate piece of literature originally designed to bring together various religions in the Roman Empire.  It was a collection of Ancient writings used by various religious groups and was tweaked to give us values in order to bring order to society.   It is not fact it is not historical sure it has historical references.  The Bible has taken sections from everything from Ancient Egypt to the Gnostics of the time.  To prove this read “the book of the Dead” from Ancient Egypt and no it is not like in the movie the Mummy.  The book of the Dead in the Mummy is a Hollywood lie and not what the book of the Dead contains.  Also read the Gospels the Church tries to deny make your own judgments.   Heck even read the Da Vinci Code and question things based on it why is the church so afraid of a Holy Blood line why do the deny the Priory of Sion or the secret of the Knights Templar.

If the bible is a piece of literature based on historical fact why does it contradict itself?  To prove my point analyze the timelines of the life of Jesus if it was fact wouldn’t they agree with each other

Matthew Luke and John all have different historical dates as to when events occurred in History the Church itself has a different date.  Therefore the Bible can’t be historical accurate but a compilation of writings that have been altered.  This is easy to prove just think about any other historical figure that did exist like Napoleon Bonaparte his reign is well documented Jesus’ reign was never documented with historical accuracy.  The reason is because he was created.  He is a culmination of several figures that existed over the course of several hundred years that helped pave the way for the creation of the bible and the creation of Jesus himself. 

Getting back to Napoleon there is no doubt when he was born when he died and what he did; but with Jesus there is doubt.  There is doubt because Jesus never existed in the context he was he wasn’t divine but a mere collection of Rebellion leaders from the Royal Blood Line of David.  These people had one goal and that goal like any strong political family or group regain what is rightful yours.  They used propaganda of the time the prophecies of the Old Testament to achieve their goals.  The reason you ask it is quite simple the average person knew these stories as they were passed down from generation to generation either verbally or in writing.

You need to ask yourself a question.  Just think I know you have the ability to as we all do because we are what we make ourselves.  Why is there so much doubt around Jesus why does the church always try to persuade you that they are right and there is no other way?  Why is the church so adamant about new views it is simple they are afraid that the general populace will realize that Christianity is based on lies and deceit.

The one thing you need to remember is the feather from the popular movie Forest Gump starring Tom Hanks.  The feather is destiny it floats around bumping off of various items before it lands on Forests foot.  It is a symbol that states destiny is not controlled by one figure but that we are like a feather drifting through our lives and you never know what will, or who will redirect or change the course of our lives.  Just remember the feather and remember this a single person or a supreme being doesn’t control our lives we do by the choices we make every day;  The people or things we come into contact with just like the feather that gets redirected by wind and cars until it lands at its final destination the foot of Forest Gump.

Other information is available to prove that the bible is based on falsehoods just look at the writings would a god of peace order his people to war for him.  Do you really think a God of this nature would order his people to war?  No he did not because if he did he wouldn’t be the god of peace now would he.  The stories in the bible are away for religion to condone the acts of war that are taking place even today.  War is never about God but about mere greed wanting more money more land etc.  Religion of all kinds not just the Muslims have used jihads to gain respect or notoriety the Christians did it for centuries what do you think the purpose of the crusades were.  The church needed to drum up believers so why not create a war in the holy lands or the lands that the great myth was based on to drum up beliefs in people. 

The name of Jesus and the name king of the Jews what does this mean why did the Romans call him king of the Jews.  The reasoning is quit simple there is evidence that the Romans didn’t destroy all descendants of David like they thought and Jesus was this very person.  His main difference from the others is that he was tyrannical and wanted to drive the Romans out.  If he was a mere preacher do you think they would have agreed to execute him?  Just think about that they wouldn’t have found something in searching archaeological finds to support such a great man.

There are other examples in the bible to support this as well just look at the new Testament it is full of contradictions and falsehoods the gospels of Matthew Mark Luke and John are all different sure you can say that it is because there are 4 different people but if they were written by his supposed disciples wouldn’t they be similar in some respect..  The reason they are different is because they were written hundreds of years after by a collection of religious leaders to bring old myths to a new religion.  All you need to do is compare Ancient Greek and Ancient Egyptian religions like I have mentioned earlier to prove what I am saying.

The examples are as follows

The nativity itself is pure fiction and was devised to create new gods in the Roman Empire and then solidified at the Narcean convention.  To create new why not just simply redevelop the old with a new twist and steal from a Nation you have conquered.  The nation I am talking about was the Greeks.  There is also a Norse influence as well as Celtic and other sects that the Romans conquered.  Just think about it if you wish to bring a religion to your lands why not take pieces from all of them combine them and mold them by getting the priests or leaders to agree and then make it a historical document by saying it was devised by God.

The one question that I have is that why in a world of science and History a world of knowledge do we need a false document and a false god?

How easily the human mind can be made to believe

The Human mind is complex yet simple if you have the ability you can make the masses believe in your cause.  Through out the course of History they have been masters at this.  All 1 needs to do is look some of the Revolutions that changed the world, and the wars.  Here is a list of a few people who did this.  Father Gregorie Rasputin ¹, Napoleon Bonaparte ² ,  Adolf Hitler, Joseph Stalin and David Coresh.  The church is no different they have made the masses believe in a false History they have taken myth and turned it into fact.  Why for the same reason as Hitler and the others to control their agenda’s the only thing is the church has been succeeding for years because people who are lost need something to believe in.  Why you ask would I believe in something that makes no sense?

Every person has the power to control another and control themselves but people choose to follow the masses or the strong we are in essence dumb animals.  Have you heard that an individual is a free thinker but together mankind is a herd of cattle.

The ability to believe is quit simple you keep telling somebody something or someone that wants something all powerful to control their lives that God can save them.  They will believe. 

The church says god is your path to salvation; God is your path to heaven; that you can’t love another unless you love God.  All the church is doing is something that most of us have the ability to do and that is to believe and nurture oneself and the happiness will follow.  If one questions religion they can see its flaws and that the entire bible is a book that was written to control the masses with anomalies and thievery from other religions and that other religious works are the same.  An example of the nurturing of your own soul is prevalent in Eastern religions, and has been the basis of the ideas behind martial arts control the mind and the body will follow loose the mind and loose the body.  In Eastern religion or philosophies the soul is r referred to as the chi

The mind can be controlled the mind can be manipulated the mind can think and be free, but the majority of people are afraid to break out side of the social norm. Sit back and think about it do you let your friends control or thoughts and beliefs.  So why let a pack of lies deceit and false truths based on treachery and lies control your life.  This was how communism was founded on the ability to brain wash the masses using the philosophies of Marx and Lenin.  Using a simple fundamental philosophy that all humans have the mind of a simple animal and with the right stimulation they can be controlled.  Is religion truly different?  Think about it the church controls you they have you believe what they want they try to take a way free will.  The thing is they have succeeded.

I am not knocking the institution of religion as it has done wonders for communities but religion has to realize that we have a free will.  They have to stop hiding the truth and let the masses know the truth that the Christian faith is built on a pack of lies.

The church has done this by drilling its mandates and ideology in to the heads of man kind for centuries.  This is the same way your parents teach what is right and wrong.  Religion is the conscience of every man we know what is right and wrong.  The bible is no historical document as the church has made us to believe it is collection of stories used by the Gnostics and philosophers of the day to help the average person understand the day to day struggles of life.  The gospels of the bible were written to help with struggles in our relationships the struggles within us all.  Read the bible again with this in mind and I am sure you will see this as I have come to see it.

The church is no different than a radical government by saying in order to be accepted in to Gods kingdom you need to give so much of what you make.  If there is a kingdom beyond earth a higher realm we and if we are judged at some level which I don’t think we are.  The amount of money you give will not matter because the higher level we will arise to based on our earthly deeds.  The church is no different than a greedy government getting rich by making its inhabitants suffer.  All you need to remember is the church was designed in a feudal society. The church in its modern form came about in a time of lords and Kings where the pilgrims paid taxes for the right to live and work.

The church has become a master of brainwashing in order to maintain its power.  Over the lifetime of modern religion the web of lies and deceit has had to evolve to keep the masses quelled to its re-writing of History.  The power of the church has become accepted yet the power of Hitler and his brainwashing of the Germans was not.  Don’t get me wrong I am not saying what Hitler did was right I don’t condone it at all.  But were his techniques different no he made the people of Germany believe in his cause.  He did so by bringing them out of the depression and on to glory.

The church to has given people something to believe in by using the same techniques and re-writing history to do so.  Now the church has to admit this and people realize what the gospels of the Bible were written for.

The mind can be made to see and believe certain things as in the popular picture below

What do you see right away.

If you said a young girl looker closer your mind like most sees the beautiful.    However you are right as it is both a young girl and an old lady. It is an old woman looking to the left with her chin to her chest and a young girl looking away from you over right shoulder. Notice that the nose of the old woman forms the chin of the young girl You are wondering I am sure what it has to do with brainwashing.  It is quit simple think about your own life if you see something beautiful and young or old and wrinkled which one would you rather look at.  This has been drilled in to our heads by society that young and beautiful is better. 

Think about Christianity and its historical past are they any different than what society has done.  They have brainwashed us by making people believe that there is 1 true way and that is the Christian way or the Muslim way or the Hindu way.  This all depends on your religion and your background.  This doesn’t breed content for others but racism towards other groups, that don’t follow the bible or if the church views things different than your sect of the vast religious community.  Is the church any different than Hitler, Stalin or others think about it?  Sure the church has gotten away with it by covering it up and using the words “There is only one true God and One true Religion”.  Is this different than what Hitler did by segregating Jews.  Don’t get me wrong he went way overboard to the point of Genocide but emotional hurt as we have seen in the Middle East can be as deep.

But it is not just Christianity as the turmoil over religion continues to boil over in the Middle East to this very day.

The art of Brainwashing is quit simple as I mentioned above groups and people have been using it for centuries.  We see the brain washing that is being done outside of our country but do we see it within Western Civilization.  Ponder this before you move on look at your life and your beliefs think outside the box before you move on.  I am going

to illustrate what I am saying below.

Just think about it think about this statement.  We are molded by society and we are made to be what society wants.  What about the individual what about the free thinker.  The teachings as they have become to be known by modern religion are a way to keep people from being free thinkers.  It simply helps explain in stories the day to day struggles within all of us.  It explains the Ying and the Yang; good and evil the 2 forces that are in constant battle within us all.  That is right we have God and Satin within us all we just chose by using our own conscience which is the right path for us.  It is all about balance in order for good there has to be evil.

The thing that we need to understand is that the balance doesn’t need to be there.  The wars have been created for evil to exist the church has created this.  All ancient religions and mythologies have also had a heaven and hell.  In the Norse mythology it was Valhalla and ……. There was a similar place in Greek mythology as well.  The point I am making is that heaven and hell have been a part of things for centuries but they don’t need to be.  The reason this has come to existence is that there is heaven and hell in all of us.  In Ancient times it was needed to explain what man can be come and it might be needed to be in these times as well.  The point I want to make is that if we understand this we can overcome it.  The simple problem is that society judges us based on our actions.  The pressures from society to fit in can play havoc on a person and change them.

In order for society to change we need to change we need to understand what is in us all we need to be strong.  We need to be willing to help each other out we need to put the needs of ourselves on hold.  The simple gesture can go along way to change a person or pick them up and put them back on the proper path.

The balance of Ying and Yang is in us all the Tibetans know this all to well and have been teaching it for centuries in temples.  The Chinese know this as well as other Asian civilizations.  The only thing is that not all realize this not all really care about.  The thing we need to remember is that life is a balance of ourselves and those around us.  There is more to life than just ourselves, we all seem to simply forget about this in our day to day lives. 

Is Religion merely fact or a state of mind and spirit?

 

If you sit down and analyze all aspects of history and the writings of Kuhn and the others religion is not fact but a state of mind.  Yes a state of mind within us all; is God; within us all is Jesus.  You are thinking why I will explain that to you.  The basic concepts of religion are within every man and woman it has been there since the dawn of free thinking man.  It started when man realized he was more than an ape.  You are wondering I can see. 

You are wondering how I know the answer to the above question I know you are.  The human mind is very similar from race to race we think we question we reason we understand.  The basic blueprint for religion or spirituality is within us all.  The real question is how we interpret religion or spirituality and how we allow it control us.

Religion is a state of mind the ancients knew this however the Christian and Orthodox Church changed this they decided to take myth and turn it in to history.  They took mere stories to explain how a person shall deal with life and made it fact.  The best examples are the exodus from Egypt and the prodigal son both will be explained later in this writing

If one sits back and looks at religion it is no more than away to soothe the mind and put the human spirit at ease.  It is a way for society or other groups to control us.  This will be explained in a later chapter.  Within us all is the same human spirit. 

 

The Spirit within ….

The spirit of the human is the same whether it be Native Americans, Christian, Egyptian or Hindu or whatever you maybe.  The spirit is within us it binds us and controls us; it makes us who we are.  The Spirit is the power and the glory. Yes I know this is from the bible but this goes back to a simple belief of destiny.  Have you ever analyzed the feather in Forest Gump?  The analysis is quit simple and explains the spirit within each of us.  In the movie the feather floats around with no clear path or destination.  The life of a human is the same the spirit within us makes our decisions not some Devine power with a predetermined path.  If you look at it life is what we make the choices in our life not some power telling us. Ok well our parent’s voice might echo in there somewhere as well.  In essence we make choices for our lives just like the wind blows each day.

The truth and the power of the spirit is within us all.  We have the ability to heal and control our bodies.  This concept is quit simple if you give up you will fail or die.  The concept of self healing is quite simple merely try it you will see that it is true.  If you have a cold and give in to it you will feel sick.  If you think you are not sick you will feel better.  The human mind can even allow you to control pain.  In my personal life I have been able to do this on numerous occasions.  If you repeat in your head no pain or something along those lines your pain will subside it takes perseverance.  The myths of Jesus, Horace, Buddha and the others explain this.  The stories of healing the sick is merely away to tell us that the spirit within can heal ourselves as these beings are the spirits within us.  They are not some mystical figure or some Devine person.

Yes I am saying Jesus is a myth is this so hard to believe.  If you look at science and what man has discovered the truth is there the truth is within us all.  It all comes down to this one simple thing within us all we have Jesus and the Devil as well as God it is simple we are our own Gods we control our own faith and by believing in ourselves we are controlling what we do.  We are not controlled by a Devine power.  The simple truth is that it is easier to believe in something outside of our own bodies then to accept that we control our own path.  The ancient Egyptians said it quit nicely by saying that we are like the setting sun we die and are reborn each day as a new person with a new life and new challenges ahead of us.

Our spirits draw power from what is around us our family and friends the weather and our surroundings.  If you have negative influences around you; you will be negative! If you have a positive influence in your life you will grow as a person as they will stimulate the spirit within you.  However if you have a strong negative influence, and strong positive influence, in your life your spirit will be torn.  This is a common problem in most people. I have witnessed this in my own life with relationships.  When you have this in your life you can’t make rational thoughts or decisions, as you don’t believe in yourself.  The simple fact it is easier to be negative than it is to be positive.

Here is an example of a story from the bible that is of a positive nature it is merely a lesson no more.

 The Prodigal son from Luke in the Bible

There was a man who had two sons. The younger one said to his father, "Father, give me my share of the estate." So he divided his property between them. Not long after that, the younger son got together all he had, set off for a distant country and there squandered his wealth in wild living.
After he had spent everything, there was a severe famine in that whole country, and he began to be in need. So he went and hired himself out to a citizen of that country, who sent him to his fields to feed pigs. He longed to fill his stomach with the pods that the pigs were eating, but no one gave him anything. When he came to his senses, he said, "How many of my father's hired men have food to spare, and here I am starving to death! I will set out and go back to my father and say to him: Father, I have sinned against heaven and against you. I am no longer worthy to be called your son; make me like one of your hired men." So he got up and went to his father.  But while he was still a long way off, his father saw him and was filled with compassion for him; he ran to his son, threw his arms around him and kissed him. The son said to him, "Father, I have sinned against heaven and against you. I am no longer worthy to be called your son." But the father said to his servants, "Quick! Bring the best robe and put it on him. Put a ring on his finger and sandals on his feet. Bring the fattened calf and kill it. Let's have a feast and celebrate. For this son of mine was dead and is alive again; he was lost and is found." So they began to celebrate.
Meanwhile, the older son was in the field. When he came near the house, he heard music and dancing. So he called one of the servants and asked him what was going on. "Your brother has come," he replied, "and your father has killed the fattened calf because he has him back safe and sound." The older brother became angry and refused to go in. So his father went out and pleaded with him. But he answered his father, "Look! All these years I've been slaving for you and never disobeyed your orders. Yet you never gave me even a young goat so I could celebrate with my friends. But when this son of yours who has squandered your property with prostitutes comes home, you kill the fattened calf for him!" "My son," the father said, "you are always with me, and everything I have is yours. But we had to celebrate and be glad, because this brother of yours was dead and is alive again; he was lost and is found." (Luke 15:11-32)

The Version in Buddhism

This version is longer than the Christian version but is in essence the same

A young man left his father and ran away. For long he dwelt in other countries, for ten, or twenty, or fifty years. The older he grew, the more needy he became. Wandering in all directions to seek clothing and food, he unexpectedly approached his native country. The father had searched for his son all those years in vain and meanwhile had settled in a certain city. His home became very rich; his goods and treasures were fabulous.
    At this time, the poor son, wandering through village after village and passing through countries and cities, at last reached the city where his father had settled. The father had always been thinking of his son, yet, although he had been parted from him over fifty years, he had never spoken of the matter to anyone. He only pondered over it within himself and cherished regret in his heart, saying, "Old and worn out I am. Although I own much wealth - gold, silver, and jewels, granaries and treasuries overflowing - I have no son. Some day my end will come and my wealth will be scattered and lost, for I have no heir. If I could only get back my son and commit my wealth to him, how contented and happy would I be, with no further anxiety!"
    Meanwhile the poor son, hired for wages here and there, unexpectedly arrived at his father's house. Standing by the gate, he saw from a distance his father seated on a lion-couch, his feet on a jeweled footstool, and with expensive strings of pearls adorning his body, revered and surrounded by priests, warriors, and citizens, attendants and young slaves waiting upon him right and left. The poor son, seeing his father having such great power, was seized with fear, regretting that he had come to this place. He reflected, "This must be a king, or someone of royal rank, it is impossible for me to be hired here. I had better go to some poor village in search of a job, where food and clothing are easier to get. If I stay here long, I may suffer oppression." Reflecting thus, he rushed away.
    Meanwhile the rich elder on his lion-seat had recognized his son at first glance, and with great joy in his heart reflected, "Now I have someone to whom I may pass on my wealth. I have always been thinking of my son, with no means of seeing him, but suddenly he himself has come and my longing is satisfied. Though worn with years, I yearn for him."
    Instantly he sent off his attendants to pursue the son quickly and fetch him back. Immediately the messengers hasten forth to seize him. The poor son, surprised and scared, loudly cried his complaint, "I have committed no offense against you, why should I be arrested?" The messengers all the more hastened to lay hold of him and brought him back. Following that, the poor son, thought that although he was innocent he would be imprisoned, and that now he would surely die. He became all the more terrified, fainted away and fell on the ground. The father, seeing this from a distance, sent word to the messengers, "I have no need for this man. Do not bring him by force. Sprinkle cold water on his face to restore him to consciousness and do not speak to him any further." Why? The father, knowing that his son's disposition was inferior, knowing that his own lordly position had caused distress to his son, yet convinced that he was his son, tactfully did not say to others, "This is my son."
    A messenger said to the son, "I set you free, go wherever you will." The poor son was delighted, thus obtaining the unexpected release. He arose from the ground and went to a poor village in search of food and clothing. Then the elder, desiring to attract his son, set up a device. Secretly he sent two men, sorrowful and poor in appearance, saying, "Go and visit that place and gently say to the poor man, 'There is a place for you to work here. We will hire you for scavenging, and we both also will work along with you.'" Then the two messengers went in search of the poor son and, having found him, presented him the above proposal. The poor son, having received his wages in advance, joined them in removing a refuse heap.
    His father, beholding the son, was struck with compassion for him. One day he saw at a distance, through the window, his son's figure, haggard and drawn, lean and sorrowful, filthy with dirt and dust. He took off his strings of jewels, his soft attire, and put on a coarse, torn and dirty garment, smeared his body with dust, took a basket in his right hand, and with an appearance fear-inspiring said to the laborers, "Get on with your work, don't be lazy." By such means he got near to his son, to whom he afterwards said, "Ay, my man, you stay and work here, do not leave again. I will increase your wages, give whatever you need, bowls, rice, wheat-flour, salt, vinegar, and so on. Have no hesitation; besides there is an old servant whom you can get if you need him. Be at ease in your mind; I am, as it were, your father; do not be worried again. Why? I am old and advanced in years, but you are young and vigorous; all the time you have been working, you have never been deceitful, lazy, angry or grumbling. I have never seen you, like the other laborers, with such vices as these. From this time forth you will be as my own begotten son."
    The elder gave him a new name and called him a son. But the poor son, although he rejoiced at this happening, still thought of himself as a humble hireling. For this reason, for twenty years he continued to be employed in scavenging. After this period, there grew mutual confidence between the father and the son. He went in and out and at his ease, though his abode was still in a small hut.
    Then the father became ill and, knowing that he would die soon, said to the poor son, "Now I possess an abundance of gold, silver, and precious things, and my granaries and treasuries are full to overflowing. I want you to understand in detail the quantities of these things, and the amounts that should be received and given. This is my wish, and you must agree to it. Why? Because now we are of the same mind. Be increasingly careful so that there be no waste." The poor son accepted his instruction and commands, and became acquainted with all the goods. However, he still had no idea of expecting to inherit anything, his abode was still the original place and he was still unable to abandon his sense of inferiority.
    After a short time had again passed, the father noticed that his son's ideas had gradually been enlarged, his aspirations developed, and that he despised his previous state of mind. Seeing that his own end was approaching, he commanded his son to come, and gathered all his relatives, the kings, priests, warriors, and citizens. When they were all assembled, he addressed them saying, "Now, gentlemen, this is my son, begotten by me. It is over fifty years since, from a certain city, he left me and ran away to endure loneliness and misery. His former name was so-and-so and my name was so-and-so. At that time in that city I sought him sorrowfully. Suddenly I met him in this place and regained him. This is really my son and I am really his father. Now all the wealth which I possess belongs entirely to my son, and all my previous disbursements and receipts are known by this son." When the poor son heard these words of his father, great was his joy at such unexpected news, and thus he thought, "Without any mind for, or effort on my part, these treasures now come to me."
    World-honored One! The very rich elder is the Tathagata, and we are all as the Buddha's sons. The Buddha has always declared that we are his sons. But because of the three sufferings, in the midst of births-and-deaths we have borne all kinds of torments, being deluded and ignorant and enjoying our attachment to things of no value. Today the World-honored One has caused us to ponder over and remove the dirt of all diverting discussions of inferior things. In these we have hitherto been diligent to make progress and have got, as it were, a day's pay for our effort to reach nirvana. Obtaining this, we greatly rejoiced and were contented, saying to ourselves, "For our diligence and progress in the Buddha-law what we have received is ample". The Buddha, knowing that our minds delighted in inferior things, by his tactfulness taught according to our capacity, but still we did not perceive that we are really Buddha's sons. Therefore we say that though we had no mind to hope or expect it, yet now the Great Treasure of the King of the Law has of itself come to us, and such things that Buddha-sons should obtain, we have all obtained. (Saddharmapundarika Sutra 4)

Even though the above stories have different content they are both portraying the same message.  You can also see that at least this part is the same in the 2 religions and yes the truths are fundamentally the same. 

The message is quit simple in both parables.  What is the underlying message well the message is at the basis of human thought and how we should treat our neighbors and not just our family.  No matter what the circumstances are a person should welcome another or help out another in peril. The power to control and celebrate is within us as we tend to get lost in our own lives. There is always another person around to help and guide us to reenergize our inner spirit.  We are a social people we feed of each other and get joy or sorrow out of those around us.  The parable merely reinforces this and is a way of letting us know that we are lost from time to time and need the help of others.

 Have you ever stopped to help a person that has had an accident or helped a friend get through a rough time.  That is not god or even Jesus telling you to do this.  That is your human spirit the Christ within you.

The concept of the Christ within is the basis of what ancient religions were based on and is as old as the first free thinking man.  This has been around before the modern Church culture destroyed our ability to be free thinkers. 

The explanation of Ra from the book of the dead the Ancient Egyptian papyrus placed on tomb walls, coffins or buried on a papyrus.  Note not all the text was placed just parts

A Hymn Of Praise To Ra When He Riseth Upon The Horizon, And When He Setteth In The Land Of Life Osiris the scribe Ani saith: Homage to thee, O Ra, when thou risest as Tem-Heru-Khuti. Thou art to be adored. Thy beauties are before mine eyes, [thy] radiance is upon my body. Thou goest forth to thy setting in the Sektet Boat with [fair] winds, and thy heart is glad; the heart of the Matet Boat rejoiceth. Thou stridest over the heavens in peace, and all thy foes are cast down; the stars which never rest sing hymns of praise unto thee, and the stars which are imperishable glorify thee as thou sinkest to rest in the horizon of Manu, O thou who art beautiful at morn and at eve, O thou lord who livest, and art established, O my Lord! Homage to thee, O thou who art Ra when thou risest, and who art Tem when thou settest in beauty. Thou risest and thou shinest on the back of thy mother [Nut], O thou who art crowned the king of the gods! Nut welcometh thee, and payeth homage unto thee, and Maat, the everlasting and never-changing goddess, embraceth thee at noon and at eve. Thou stridest over the heavens, being glad at heart, and the Lake of Testes is content. The Sebau-fiend hath fallen to the ground, his fore-legs and his hind-legs have been hacked off him, and the knife hath severed the joints of his back. Ra hath a fair wind, and the Sektet Boat setteth out on its journey, and saileth on until it cometh into port. The gods of the South, the gods of the North, the gods of the West, and the gods of the East praise thee, O thou Divine Substance, from whom all living things came into being. Thou didst send forth the word when the earth was submerged with silence, O thou Only One, who didst dwell in heaven before ever the earth and the mountains came into being. Hail, thou Runner, Lord, Only One, thou maker of the things that are, thou hast fashioned the tongue of the Company of the Gods, thou hast produced whatsoever cometh forth from the waters, thou springest up out of them above the submerged land of the Lake of Horus. Let me breathe the air which cometh forth from thy nostrils, and the north wind which cometh forth from thy mother Nut. Make thou my Spirit-soul to be glorious, O Osiris, make thou my Heart-soul to be divine. Thou art worshipped as thou settest, O Lord of the gods, thou art exalted by reason of thy wondrous works. Shine thou with the rays of light upon my body day by day, upon me, Osiris the scribe, the assessor of the divine offerings of all the gods, the overseer of the granary of the Lords of Abydos, the real royal scribe who loveth thee, Ani, whose word is truth, in peace. Praise be unto thee, O Osiris, the Lord of Eternity, Un-Nefer, Heru-Khuti (Harmakhis), whose forms are manifold, whose attributes are majestic [Praise be unto thee], O thou who art Ptah-Seker-Tem in Anu, thou Lord of the hidden shrine, thou Creator of the House of the KA of Ptah (Het-ka-Ptah) and of the gods [therein], thou Guide of the Tuat, who art glorified when thou settest in Nu (the Sky). Isis embraceth thee in peace, and she driveth away the fiends from the entrances of thy paths. Thou turnest thy face towards Amentet, and thou makest the earth to shine as with refined copper. Those who have lain down in death rise up to see thee, they breathe the air, and they look upon thy face when the disk riseth on the horizon. Their hearts are at peace since they behold thee, o thou who art Eternity and Everlastingness.

Know that you have read this think about the story of the resurrection of Jesus can you see the parallels and the ways that Christianity stole from at least one Ancient religion by re-writing things to suit there agenda of a united religion.

The one thing you need to look beyond is the many Gods of Ancient religions, because Christianity has taken pieces from this God or that to create its figures.  Ra and Osiris are God and Osiris and Horus have been combined to be Jesus.  What you say I suggest you read Awakening Osiris and you will see what I mean.  This is the common name of the Book of The Dead the ancient Egyptian Papyrus.

Sure you might argue that the context is different but our lives are full of darkness and so is the night and each day things arise with a new outlook as do we.  The writers of the bible changed the context to be a single event that would change our lives by having one person die it bring us out of the darkness instead of what is true and that is us coming out of the darkness each morning when we rise again as did Ra to watch over us.  For those of you that don’t know much about Ancient Egyptian Ra means Sun or light.  Yes Ra was a God he was the son God or god of the light.  He became part of the basis for the Jesus stories as was Osiris.

Here are an example in the bible that contradict the beliefs that the church instills in us just remember back to the Story of Moses and his destruction of the Golden Cow and that he was made they were making sacrifices of Animals to God.

Micah 6:6 Wherewith shall I come before the LORD, and bow myself before the high God? shall I come before him with burnt offerings, with calves of a year old?

• The Humiliation of the King (4:14): Some scholars consider this a fragment that is incomplete, though it still serves its purpose to introduce the theme of the royal Messiah.
• The Return of the Great Ruler from Bethlehem (5:1–4): this foretold king is very influential among the book’s Christian interpreters.

The royal blood line the kings of Europe.  On to God they reign on to the god the shall be appointed above the priests in league with god.  The king shall be above man and shall have no equal is this what is meant by the above two versuses.  Was each king of Europe in ancient times the next messiah or ea the legend of Robin of Locksley aka Robin the Hood the true re-incarnation of Jesus.

Was each King or Queen in his or own right the next messiah the true God or is the true God re-born in each child here to mould the future and create passsion on the people of a country; like Sydney Crosby or maybe Mattis my future and who knows the next great leader?