The Hiram Key

Jesus Christ: Man, God, Mylh or Freemason ?
Another Virgin Birth
Chapter Five
Jesus Christ: Man, God,
Myth or Freemason?
[f the Church's version of events surrounding the man we can Jesus
Christ were not historically accurate. we would expect a majority of
contemporary writings to conflict with that 'official' history. We quickly
found this to be the case, as the Nag Hammadi scripts and the Dead Sea
Scrolls both shed a very different light on the interpretation given in the
New Testament.
I A fundamental difficulty for the Church lies in the fact that the central
Christian myth predates Jesus Christ. The outline of Christ's story is as
ancient as man, from the virgin birth in humble surroundings to the
I sacrificial death that saved his people - it has all been written down, time
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after time, for religious figureheads in many cultures. This is not a case
of similarities; we're talking about total interchangeability. So close was
the story of Mithra (or Mithras). another cuh popular in the Roman
Empire, that the Church Fathers identified it as the work of the devil
, intended deliberately to parody the story of Christ. The fact that the cult
of Mithra existed long before the Christian Messiah was born did not
I faze these resourceful individuals; they simply claimed that the devil
\ was a sly old fox who had gone backwards in time to plant a man who
would di scredit the 'obvious' originality of the story of Christ. Here are
just some of the ancient figures who were considered gods, who all
I predate Christ:
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J Gautama Buddha: born of the virgin Maya around 600 BC
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Dionysus: Greek god. born of a virgin in a stable,tumed water into wine.
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Quirrnus: An early Roman saviour. born of a virgin.
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Attis: born of the virgin Nama in Phrygia around 200 Be.
Indra: born of a virgin in Tibet around 700 BC.
:~nodA Babylonian god - born oflhe virgin Ishtar. (tloCfti"~ c;T I)~
Krishna: Hindu deity - born of the virgin Devaki in around 1200 BC,
Zoroaster: born ofa virgin l500-1200BC.
Mithra: born of a virgin in a stable on 25 December around 600 BC. His
resurrection was celebrated at Easter.
It seems that over the centuries guite a lot of innocent young ladie!
e e gUi!!g birt~Jo the children of gods!
The cult of Mithra is particu larly awlCWard for Christians who do nOI
b scr ~ o ic time traveller theo . Milhraism is a Syrian
offshoot of the more ancient Persian cult of Zoroaster, which was
introduced into the Roman Empire about 67 BC Its doctrines included
baptism, a sacramental meal. belief in immortality, a saviour god who
died and rose again to act as a mediator between mnn and god, a
resurrection, a last judgement and heaven and hell. Interestingly candles,
incense and bells are used in its ceremonies. Its devotees recognised the
divinity of the Emperor and were relaxed about coexisting alongside
other cults, but it was finally absorbed by the much less tolerant
Christians. As we will show later, the true Jesus sect, the Jerusalem
Church, had lacked most of these pagan trappings; these were much later
Roman additions to create a hybrid theology that would meet the needs
of the widest possible number of citizens. 1f the plebeians had to have
their superstitions, the Romans eventually reasoned, why not have one
that was state controlled?
But for a tiny twist of fate in the later years of the Roman empire. nicc
families would today be driving off to Sunday worship with 'Mithra
loves you' stickers in their car windows. Anotheressential problem is the
true name of Christ. Most people are aware that the name 'Jesus ChrisI'
is a later Greek title, but they do not often bother to wonder what this
man-gad's real name was. The name that he was born with is not known
o sure but it is ssible that he was --nOwn in fils- lifetime as Yehoshua,
.J!!..eaning 'Yahwe~ de Ivers an equatmg 10 mOdem'1erms to somethi:"lf
like 'the one that will bring victory'. In the form that we would recogOlse
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