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| Acharya S is an American critic of ] whose website is truthbeknown.com. She is an archaeologist, historian, mythologist, religious scholar and linguist, having competency in over a half dozen languages. As academic qualification she holds a degree in Classics, Greek Civilization from ]. She also is a member of the prestigious American School of Classical Studies at Athens, Greece, and has traveled extensively throughout Europe. | |||
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| In her works, Acharya contends that ] is a fictional person and a ] myth plagiarized by the ], as opposed to an actual person. Acharya's book, ''The Christ Conspiracy: The Greatest Story Ever Sold'' is an expanded version of an article on her site called "The Origins of Christianity and the Quest for the Historical Jesus Christ." The followup book ''Suns of God: Krishna, Buddha and Christ Unveiled'' provides a voluminous amount of backup material, including some 40 pages of illustrations. In she writes primarily on the lives of Krishna and Buddha, and how they parallel Jesus Christ. Acharya thoroughly documents the claims concerning the numerous similarities between Christ and an assortment of other mythical gods of the ancient world. | |||
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| For example: Many of the ancient gods were "born of a virgin" on December 25th or the winter solstice, with wise men and a star attending their births, which frequently took place in a cave or "manger." These gods also went on to heal the sick and resurrect the dead, themselves dying and resurrecting in order to provide "eternal life." | |||
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| '''Acharya S''' is the ] of '''Dorothy Melne Murdock''', an ] critic of ] who operates a ], "Truth be Known". She bills herself as a historian, mythologist, religious scholar, and linguist, as well as an archeologist. As academic qualification she holds a Master of Liberal Arts degree from ]. | |||
| On the web site she contends that ] is a fictional person, and a plagiarised ] myth stolen by the ], and supposed as an actual person so as to unify the ]. This claim is open to question, as the Roman State was not at that time <!--what time?--> suffering from any shortage of unifying religious figures, cultural symbols, public figures, or stabilizing institutions. | |||
| Her book, ''The Christ Conspiracy: The Greatest Story Ever Sold'' is an expanded version of her web site. It is based in secondary sources, including ]'s "Women's Encyclopedia of Myth and Secrets" and "]" by ]. The latter is the main source of her book. Both of these have themselves been criticised, as of suspect authority and lacking in primary research. The followup book ''The Suns of God'' expanded on this premise. In it she writes primarily on the lives of Krishna and Buddha, and how they parallel Jesus Christ. | |||
| The similarities claimed between these three figures are often not seen as valid by the adherents of the faiths she contrasts Christianity to. For instance, neither ] nor ] are believed by their followers to have been ] as Acharya S claims. | |||
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Acharya S is an American critic of Christianity whose website is truthbeknown.com. She is an archaeologist, historian, mythologist, religious scholar and linguist, having competency in over a half dozen languages. As academic qualification she holds a degree in Classics, Greek Civilization from Franklin and Marshall College. She also is a member of the prestigious American School of Classical Studies at Athens, Greece, and has traveled extensively throughout Europe.
In her works, Acharya contends that Jesus is a fictional person and a pagan myth plagiarized by the Early Christian Church, as opposed to an actual person. Acharya's book, The Christ Conspiracy: The Greatest Story Ever Sold is an expanded version of an article on her site called "The Origins of Christianity and the Quest for the Historical Jesus Christ." The followup book Suns of God: Krishna, Buddha and Christ Unveiled provides a voluminous amount of backup material, including some 40 pages of illustrations. In she writes primarily on the lives of Krishna and Buddha, and how they parallel Jesus Christ. Acharya thoroughly documents the claims concerning the numerous similarities between Christ and an assortment of other mythical gods of the ancient world.
For example: Many of the ancient gods were "born of a virgin" on December 25th or the winter solstice, with wise men and a star attending their births, which frequently took place in a cave or "manger." These gods also went on to heal the sick and resurrect the dead, themselves dying and resurrecting in order to provide "eternal life."