Acharya S on Aeon Byte Radio!
Over this 9/11 weekend, my new interview with good friend Miguel Conner will be playing on his Aeon Byte website. Following is a notice from Miguel aka Abraxas. To listen to the show, go to:
Dating and Deciphering the Gospels
Click on the musical note ♫ at the bottom of the “Stickam” box, then click on the top entry – should be working! Note that Miguel has included a 15-minute introduction before I come on. You can move around within the interview by sliding the button on the thin orange line above the orange reverse-stop-play-forward buttons. The show is free this weekend, but it will be also archived and accessible later for a small fee to help defray Miguel’s costs. Your interest and kind patronage are always appreciated!
Dating and Deciphering the Gospels
Once upon a time four Christian works were chosen from among hundreds to become the cornerstones of a rising faith based on a Jewish godman known as Jesus of Nazareth. They materialized almost out of nowhere during the middle to late Second Century, and were named Matthew, Mark, Luke and John. But where exactly did these scriptures originate from and why were they eventually given such prominence? Why were they not part of the Jewish Mystery Religion spearheaded by Paul of Tarsus and the Egyptian Gnostics of the First Century? We take a CSI examination of the Canonical Gospels, from their possible origins to their evolution to their contrasting messages. We glance behind the curtain to the men who paved a golden brick-road for the incoming supremacy of Orthodox Christianity. We dust the four Gospels for Gnostic and Pagan fingerprints. Lastly, we separate the myth from the messiah, perhaps understanding in the end it was never possible to distinguish the two; and even the early Christians and their leaders might have known this.
Astral Guest– D.M. Murdock/Acharya S, author of Who Was Jesus? Fingerprints of the Christ, Christ in Egypt: The Horus-Jesus Connection, The Christ Conspiracy and Suns of God.
Topics Discussed:
–Hints and betrayals of when the Gospels were written by such Church Fathers as Justin Martyr, Papias, Origen, Theophilus, Irenaeus and many more.
–Why the real source for the Gospels might…be [both] “Q” [and] Josephus [among others].
–Obvious anachronism in the Canonicals that point to a late dating.
–Why the Gospel of Luke itself admits it was written in the Second Century.
–Some of the original influences on Christianity such as the Egyptian Hermeticists, Philo of Alexandria, the Mystery Religions and even the Roman nobility.
–A summary of the mythicist position and the liberating power of myth.
And much more!!!