isis unveiled, vol 2: chapter xi (fishers of men and their doctrines)

“Again, in the Puranas it may be found that Christna was nailed to a tree by the arrow of a hunter, who, begging the dying god to forgive him, receives the following answer: “Go, hunter, through my favor, to Heaven, the abode of the gods. ...Then the illustrious Christna, having united himself with his own [...]

isis unveiled, vol 2: chapter xi (fishers of men and their doctrines)

“The present volumes have been written to small purpose if they have not shown, 1, that Jesus, the Christ-God, is a myth concocted two centuries after the real Hebrew Jesus died; 2, that, therefore, he never had any authority to give Peter, or anyone else, plenary power; 3, that even if he had given such [...]

isis unveiled, vol 2: chapter xi (fishers of men and their doctrines)

“Between the Lamaico-Buddhistic and Roman Catholic articles of faith and ceremonies, there are fifty-one points presenting a perfect and striking similarity; and four diametrically antagonistic. As it would be useless to enumerate the “similarities”, for the reader may find them carefully noted in Inman's work on Ancient Faith and Modern, pages 237-240, we will quote [...]

isis unveiled, vol 2: chapter xi (fishers of men and their doctrines)

“We see the best and most learned of our writers uselessly striving to show that the extraordinary similarities – amounting to identity - between Christna and Christ are due to the spurious Gospels of the Infancy and of St. Thomas having “probably circulated on the coast of Malabar, and giving color to the story of [...]

isis unveiled, vol 2: chapter xi (fishers of men and their doctrines)

“The Legends Of The Three Saviours: Christna:  Epoch: Uncertain. European science fears to commit itself. But the Brahmanical calculations fix it at about 6,877 years ago. Christna descends of a royal family but is brought up by shepherds; is called the Shepherd God. His birth and divine descent are kept secret from Kansa.An incarnation of [...]

isis unveiled, vol 2: chapter xi (fishers of men and their doctrines)

“No orthodox Brahmans and Buddhists would deny the Christian incarnation; only, they understand it in their own philosophical way, and how could they deny it? The very cornerstone of their religious system is periodical incarnations of the Deity. Whenever humanity is about merging into materialism and moral degradation, a Supreme Spirit incarnates himself in his [...]

isis unveiled, vol 2: chapter xi (fishers of men and their doctrines)

“Professor Whitney has in his translation of the Vedas passages in which he says, the assumed importance of the body to its old tenant is brought out in the strongest light. These are portions of hymns read at the funeral services, over the body of the departed one. We quote them from Mr. Whitney's scholarly [...]

isis unveiled, vol 2: chapter xi (fishers of men and their doctrines)

"Between the worshippers of Christna and Christ, or Avany and the Virgin Mary, there is less substantial difference, in fact, than between the two native sects, the Vishnavites and Sivites. For the converted Hindus, Christ is a slightly modified Christna, that is all. Missionaries carry away rich donations and Rome is satisfied. Then comes a [...]

isis unveiled, vol 2: chapter xi (fishers of men and their doctrines)

“Comparative theology is a two-edged weapon, and has so proved itself. But the Christian advocates, unabashed by evidence, force comparison in the serenest way. Christian legends and dogmas, they say, do somewhat resemble the heathen, it is true; but see, while the one teaches us the existence, powers, and attributes of an all-wise, all-good Father [...]