The SHOCKING Origins of Jesus MIRACLES | MythVision Documentary

Most Christians read the New Testament and listen to their teachers about Jesus miracles believing that they are historical acts from the 1st century. Some go further and think miracles are still happening today, but what may come as a shock to most Christians is that Jesus wasn't the first or only miracle worker. In fact, there are several other miracle workers who were far more popular in the Greek and Roman world at the time the New Testament was being written. These Gods include Hercules, Ascepius and Isis, but that's not all. There were also several mortal men we call hero's who also "supposedly" performed miracles according to their sources. These hero's include Pythagoras & his disciple Empedocles, King Pyrrhus, Caesar Augustus, Vespasian, Apollonius of Tyana, Asclepiades, Moses, Elijah and Elisha. We literally go over the primary sources which you can go see for yourself. Many of these Gods and heroes raised the dead, gave sight to the blind, hearing to the deaf, mobility to the crippled, and health to the diseased. This seems to be a well established trope within the broader Greek and Roman world from which Christianity was birthed. Our goal is to level out the playing field of miraculous claims and show the Christians who insist on their Jesus being the only one to have performed such miracles, that they need to contend with the obvious fact that this isn't the case. The Greek and Roman world was flooding with tales of Gods and heroes who performed extra-ordinary deeds. I think this path of learning can help defang fundamentalism and help people appreciate the deeper meaning of these stories and why they were written in the first place. This documentary is setting out to place Jesus in his historical, cultural & literary context. Put another way, it would be odd if the stories of Jesus didn't have miracle tales. This is what you did to your hero's & gods at this time and place in the world. We all are born, live a life which is often full of struggles, diseases and hard to get through, then we die. The miracle stories touch on the deepest issues all humans have to experience in some ways. We should recognize that the story is what is ultimately where the meaning is. Subscribe to our second channel @mythvisionTV Dr. James Tabor's "Jesus and The Dead Sea Scrolls" https://mythvisionpodcast.com/dss Dr. James Tabor's "Creating Jesus: Why Mark’s Gospel Was Forgotten?" https://www.mythvisionpodcast.com/firstgospel Dr. Robyn Faith Walsh's course "Paul's Legacy" www.mythvisionpodcast.com/paulslegacy Dr. Robyn Faith Walsh's course "The Gospels Masterclass" https://mythvisionpodcast.com/gospels Sign up here for Dennis MacDonald's course "Reading The Gospels With One Eye on Greek Poetry - https://www.mythvisionpodcast.com/homeric-mimesis Dr. Kipp Davis Course "The Real Ancient Israelite Religions" https://mythvisionpodcast.com/israelite-religions Dr. Richard Carrier's Course "New Testament Studies For Everyone." https://www.mythvisionpodcast.com/nt-studies Dr. M. David Litwa's course - "The Ancient Greek Mysteries & Christianity" https://www.mythvisionpodcast.com/mysterycults Dr. Dale C. Allison Jr's course - "The Quest For The Historical Jesus" https://www.mythvisionpodcast.com/jesus-quest Sign up for Bart Ehrman's course Scribal Corruption of Scripture - https://mythvisionpodcast.com/corruption Dr. Bart D. Ehrman's Mark course "The Unknown Jesus" https://mythvisionpodcast.com/unknown-jesus Dr. Bart D. Ehrman's course – "Finding Moses" https://www.mythvisionpodcast.com/moses Dr. Bart D. Ehrman's course - "Other Virgin Births In Antiquity" https://www.mythvisionpodcast.com/virgins 7 hour resurrection debate Bart Ehrman vs Mike Licona "Resurrection" https://www.mythvisionpodcast.com/resurrection Dr. Bart D. Ehrman's Genesis "In The Beginning" https://www.mythvisionpodcast.com/genesis Dr. Bart D. Ehrman's "Christmas" https://www.mythvisionpodcast.com/christmas Dr. Bart D. Ehrman's "Did Jesus call himself God" https://www.mythvisionpodcast.com/bart **GET RECOMMENDED BOOKS HERE: 👉 https://amzn.to/35FqNYf Please consider helping support MythVision's work by joining the Patreon or contributing a one-time donation through my links below: MythVision Website: 🔥 https://mythvisionpodcast.com/ MythVision Patreon: 👉 https://www.patreon.com/mythvision MythVision Paypal: 👉 https://www.paypal.me/dereklambert7 Cashapp: 👉 $rewiredaddiction Venmo: 👉 @Derek-Lambert-9 Email MythVision: 👉 [email protected] 👉👉 Checkout MVP Courses to find new and upcoming online courses: https://mvp-courses.com/ =========================== Chapters: 00:00:00 - Intro 00:02:39 - Miracles are stories 00:08:39 - Hercules 00:26:10 - Asclepius 01:11:34 - Isis 01:19:22 - Heroes who heal 01:50:27 -Heroes from Jewish Scripture 02:03:58 - Jesus miracles 02:47:40 - Exorcisms Next 02:50:12 - Consider joining myth vision #mythvision #miracles #Jesus