Miracles of the Gods: A New Look at the Supernatural (235 page)
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Authors: Erich von Däniken
Tags: #General, #Social Science, #Science, #Religion, #Christian Life, #Folklore & Mythology, #Bible, #Juvenile Nonfiction, #Body; Mind & Spirit, #Parapsychology, #Miracles, #Visions
Most founders of religions and sons of gods known to the classical and Far Eastern world before Jesus were miracle workers just like Jesus (h). The miracle of the turning of the water into wine has its parallel in the Dionysus legend. The sick are healed, old men become sprightly, the hungry are fed, the blind see, cripples walk, the dumb speak. Cures are performed at a distance, as by Jesus. Those who were healed carry their beds, the sea is calmed, 300,00 people are miraculously fed and there are many other instances.
Peter sinking in the water (the man of little faith) appears already in Buddhism. Buddha called himself
'the truth' like Jesus. Zoroaster also proclaimed that he would 'return with the holy angels'. Lastly Krishna also preached that the world 'could not recognize him' (i).
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Abbreviations:
q C = Christian
q B = Buddhism
q Hi = Hinduism
q M = Mystery religions
q T = Taoism
q Z = Zoroastrianism
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