This is an old revision of this page, as edited by Alteripse (talk | contribs) at 00:26, 13 September 2005 (please do not remove name of the subject of this article or we should simply delete the article; see talk page). The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this revision, which may differ significantly from the current revision.
Revision as of 00:26, 13 September 2005 by Alteripse (talk | contribs) (please do not remove name of the subject of this article or we should simply delete the article; see talk page)(diff) ← Previous revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)Acharya S is the pen name of Dorothy Melne Murdock, an American critic of Christianity, and amateur "historian, mythologist, religious scholar, linguist, and archeologist". She holds a Master of Liberal Arts degree from Franklin and Marshall College.
In two books and on her web site, "Truth be Known", she contends that Jesus is a fictional person, and a plagiarised pagan myth stolen by the Early Christian Church, created with the goal of unifying the Roman State. This thesis is outlined in her web site and expanded in her books. In The Christ Conspiracy: The Greatest Story Ever Sold, she expanded the arguments of her web site. In Suns of God: Krishna, Buddha and Christ Unveiled, she uses parallels to the story of Jesus in the Hindu story of Krishna, and the Buddhist story of Buddha (Siddhartha Gautama) to argue that the Jesus story is fictional.
Her writings are derived from secondary sources, with no original theses or research.
External links
- Truth be Known (Acharya S's website)
- Interview with Acharya S in Paranoia Magazine
- "A Refutation of Acharya S's book, The Christ Conspiracy" (includes a rebuttal) from RisenJesus.com