It seems like a theory that gets spread by atheists on Reddit.
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Hello I’ve been asking myself if Jesus was a metaphor for the sun for some time now. Upon questioning this I found that Christianity has a lot of connection to astrology also. I found some reasonable answers to this at least they seem logical to me. But largely this theory is dismissed by most people.
So I’m gonna copy paste a text I found which brings forth arguments for Jesus being a metaphor for the sun all along. You can tell me if you agree or don’t and if you see any logical fallacies.
The Four Canonical gospels are the story of our Sun’s travels through the solar system. Jesus is a personified astrological allegory of entering into a new age. The supposed birthday of Jesus just so happens to be the time we entered into the age of Pisces.
What I have found is that the Christ Myth is basically a Jewish version of the Mystery Religions. These tales of a god-hero manifested in various regions, and assumed different names but kept a lot of there attributes because they were based on the same sun, moon, and starry skies. It was not a big deal to plagiarize certain aspects of the tales, due to the shared Astrological origin and familiar concepts. Attis, Adonis, Bacchus, Dionysus, Baal and Jesus, are but a few of these Sun Personification Metaphors. The Sun is “born” daily at sunrise, yearly at the spring equinox, and every 2160 years, when entering into a new age, or position in the Zodiac. The functions of the Sun, and the characters abilities are aligned in the form of myth. Healing the sick, making all things new, raising the dead (vegetation), giving sight to the blind, renewing strength, reflection walking on water-at dawn, etc. By following the natural example of the Sun, it was believed that through faith in these solar attributes one could accomplish similar feats from a human perspective by having faith in the God-man Myth. Through faith, the believer could similarly have comfort from this concept of rejuvenation, and everlasting life after death. The Sun’s power is the equivalent of the holy spirit which brings life, energy, stimulation and growth. The Sun’s redeeming characteristics, which upon arrival, make all things new again: are the same gifts that were supposedly given by the Savior-god Jesus. I am sure that you have noticed the number 12 frequently used in mythology. 12 sons of Jacob, 12 tribes of Israel, 12 knights of the round table, 12 labors of Hercules, (Jury of twelve before the judge Lol), 12 disciples of Jesus, etc. These are all based off the 12 houses of the zodiac. The virgin birth-constellation Virgo( the virgin), fishermen disciples Simeon and Andrew-Pisces(the 2 fish), John the baptist-Aquarius,(the water bearer), The lamb of god reference-Aries(the ram), Lion of Judah reference-Leo(the lion), Judas the betrayer- that gives the Sun a “kiss of death”-Scorpio.
The similarities between the character Jesus and that of the Sun, are too frequent to be dismissed. We do have solid evidence that there were a dozen or so historical figures that claimed to be the sought after Jewish Messiah and were subsequently crucified, or run off. In my personal opinion, I believe that the Jesus character, of the New Testament, was a figure that honored their militaristic attempts to fulfill Jewish prophesy: however, in this case made out to be the peaceful, turn the other cheek, type of guy.
