<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://www.clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/d5b70c48-db7e-4ac1-b616-f8ee567a4e03/6CAA52A0-63C4-4AB6-8D9B-296432EBE74C/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://members.cox.net/deleyd/religion/solarmyth/christ2002.htm" href="http://members.cox.net/deleyd/religion/solarmyth/christ2002.htm" style="font-size: 11px;">members.cox.net</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://members.cox.net/deleyd/religion/solarmyth/christ2002.htm"><li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;"><B>History</B> — There is not a shred of legitimate historical evidence anywhere that the Jesus Story originated as the biography of a man named Jesus, and quite a lot of evidence that it did not. This has already been thoroughly covered elsewhere by other people (click <A href="http://members.cox.net/deleyd/religion/solarmyth/../appendixd.html">here</A> for more information). </LI></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://members.cox.net/deleyd/religion/solarmyth/christ2002.htm"><li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;"><B>Comparative Religion</B> — The basic plot of the Jesus Story, including the motif of a crucified savior, already existed in many other religions long prior to the alleged time of Jesus. This also has been thoroughly covered elsewhere by other people (click <A href="http://members.cox.net/deleyd/religion/solarmyth/../cr.htm">here</A> for more information). </LI></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://members.cox.net/deleyd/religion/solarmyth/christ2002.htm"><li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;"><B>Solar Mythology</B> — The Jesus Story is actually an <I>allegory</I> for what would naturally be the oldest and most important story humans would notice and write down, that of the annual passage of the seasons of the year. The position of the Sun against the celestial sphere changes during the year. This is explained below. (For a more thorough explanation see <A href="http://members.cox.net/deleyd/religion/solarmyth/../index.htm#solarmyth">Lessons on Solar Mythology</A>) </LI></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/6CAA52A0-63C4-4AB6-8D9B-296432EBE74C/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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