s religion really the origin of the supernatural?
Superman, Harry Potter, conjuring tricks or whatever, all appear to owe their inspiration to religion.
Take Buddha:
He was described as a superhuman organ of light to whom a superhuman organ of darkness (Mara or evil serpent) was opposed.
He rose in the air, cut his body into pieces, let his head and limbs fall to the ground, but reassembled them again. The crowd were amazed!
He travelled to far off places in an instant; he gave his flesh to man-eating demons; he descended from heaven by a miraculous stairway. Like Christ he was transfigured ie. baptized with fire.
The primordial Buddha (Gans-can mtsho) had the universe in his hands and controlled its 25 levels. At his miraculous birth the earth trembled and light shone from his body.
Take Naropa (the Tibetan buddhist saint from Bengal):
He heard a voice from the sky and the earth trembled.
He stumbled on a leper woman who rose in the air in a rainbow halo. This turned out to be non other than his guru Tilopa.
He turned metal into butter.
He was bathed in a sphere of brilliant light.
Take Milarepa (the Tibetan buddhist saint):
He induced hailstorms in order to slay his enemies.
He had the power of miraculous flight.
He could levitate through fasting.
He had his own version of the labours of Hercules (a solar myth).
Take Jesus Christ:
He was the sun of righteousness opposed by the old serpent (Satan).
As a miracle worker he won followers.
He cured lunatics by casting out demons (even into swine).
He exorcised evil spirits from people desperate for cures.
He was raised from the dead and transfigured.
He walked on water; he turned water into wine.
In Matthew 27:52 we find that: The earth trembled and tombs were opened and dead saints were raised who went into the holy city to appear to many (Ghost stories don't get any better than this).
Also, St Joseph of Cupertino rose into the air and from the middle of the church flew like a bird on to the high altar where he embraced the tabernacle.
Take Mohammed:
He had power over desert spirits.
He could split the orb of the moon.
Trees went out to meet him; he was saluted by stones; water gushed from his fingers.
He cured the sick and raised the dead.
The mysterious beast Borak conveyed him from Mecca to Jerusalem and back.
He flew on a magic carpet.
With Gabriel he ascended the 7 heavens.
Like the followers of Mithra, Brahmins and early Christians, his followers turn to the east and the rising sun.
Ancient peoples believed only in a geocentric world. They knew nothing about the heliocentric solar system and the tilted earth.
Diseases were caused by evil spirits and some of these maladies were exacerbated by the decreasing sun as it approached the winter solstice. The suicidal tendency of people in northern climes in November and December is appeased by the new born sun in January and February.
Magic is always accompanied by darkness and sorcery.
All gods are nothing but different powers of the sun whose fables are documented in the lives of Buddha and Christ among many others. Mystical enlightenment or the saviour being the light of the world is no more than a reference to the sun. The early Christians worshipped the sun god Serapis, and all saviours and gurus sit on a sun throne and are bathed in radiant light.
So all Buddhists, Christians, Hindus, Muslims are no more than unknowing sun-worshippers. The real miracle from which all the supernatural is derived is no more than the return of the sun from the dead at the winter solstice.
Superman, Harry Potter, conjuring tricks or whatever, all appear to owe their inspiration to religion.
Take Buddha:
He was described as a superhuman organ of light to whom a superhuman organ of darkness (Mara or evil serpent) was opposed.
He rose in the air, cut his body into pieces, let his head and limbs fall to the ground, but reassembled them again. The crowd were amazed!
He travelled to far off places in an instant; he gave his flesh to man-eating demons; he descended from heaven by a miraculous stairway. Like Christ he was transfigured ie. baptized with fire.
The primordial Buddha (Gans-can mtsho) had the universe in his hands and controlled its 25 levels. At his miraculous birth the earth trembled and light shone from his body.
Take Naropa (the Tibetan buddhist saint from Bengal):
He heard a voice from the sky and the earth trembled.
He stumbled on a leper woman who rose in the air in a rainbow halo. This turned out to be non other than his guru Tilopa.
He turned metal into butter.
He was bathed in a sphere of brilliant light.
Take Milarepa (the Tibetan buddhist saint):
He induced hailstorms in order to slay his enemies.
He had the power of miraculous flight.
He could levitate through fasting.
He had his own version of the labours of Hercules (a solar myth).
Take Jesus Christ:
He was the sun of righteousness opposed by the old serpent (Satan).
As a miracle worker he won followers.
He cured lunatics by casting out demons (even into swine).
He exorcised evil spirits from people desperate for cures.
He was raised from the dead and transfigured.
He walked on water; he turned water into wine.
In Matthew 27:52 we find that: The earth trembled and tombs were opened and dead saints were raised who went into the holy city to appear to many (Ghost stories don't get any better than this).
Also, St Joseph of Cupertino rose into the air and from the middle of the church flew like a bird on to the high altar where he embraced the tabernacle.
Take Mohammed:
He had power over desert spirits.
He could split the orb of the moon.
Trees went out to meet him; he was saluted by stones; water gushed from his fingers.
He cured the sick and raised the dead.
The mysterious beast Borak conveyed him from Mecca to Jerusalem and back.
He flew on a magic carpet.
With Gabriel he ascended the 7 heavens.
Like the followers of Mithra, Brahmins and early Christians, his followers turn to the east and the rising sun.
Ancient peoples believed only in a geocentric world. They knew nothing about the heliocentric solar system and the tilted earth.
Diseases were caused by evil spirits and some of these maladies were exacerbated by the decreasing sun as it approached the winter solstice. The suicidal tendency of people in northern climes in November and December is appeased by the new born sun in January and February.
Magic is always accompanied by darkness and sorcery.
All gods are nothing but different powers of the sun whose fables are documented in the lives of Buddha and Christ among many others. Mystical enlightenment or the saviour being the light of the world is no more than a reference to the sun. The early Christians worshipped the sun god Serapis, and all saviours and gurus sit on a sun throne and are bathed in radiant light.
So all Buddhists, Christians, Hindus, Muslims are no more than unknowing sun-worshippers. The real miracle from which all the supernatural is derived is no more than the return of the sun from the dead at the winter solstice.