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Creating Christ

How ironic that a symbolwhich began as the symbol for the sun god Apolloended up being the...

How ironic that a symbol
which began as the symbol for the sun god Apollo
ended up being the symbol for the religion centered
around Jesus Christ, who was perhaps a more universal sun god to appeal to the diverse Roman empire

Full Transcript

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How ironic that a symbol which began as the symbol
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for the sun god Apollo ended up being the symbol
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for the religion centered around Jesus Christ,
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who was perhaps a more universal sun god
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to appeal to the diverse Roman empire.
Duration
21 seconds
Views
32
Timestamp in Movie
01:26:41
Uploaded
Apr 29, 2025
Genres
documentary
Production
N/A

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Movie Summary

Forensics expert J.S. Valliant reconstructs back story of how Roman Elites conspired to create Christianity, changing the course of history.
After all, the meaning of the word catholic is universal. - Creating Christ 00:06
After all, the meaning of the word catholic is universal.
- As time went on, any connection to the flavians - Creating Christ 00:16
- As time went on, any connection to the flavians
- It certainly changed a whole slew - Creating Christ 00:08
- It certainly changed a whole slew
We have really basically the pharisees surviving, - Creating Christ 00:07
We have really basically the pharisees surviving,
I know where they disappeared into, - Creating Christ 00:04
I know where they disappeared into,
- So once cut, if you will, - Creating Christ 00:13
- So once cut, if you will,
- And now set adrift from that Flavian origin, - Creating Christ 00:15
- And now set adrift from that Flavian origin,
- One of the fascinating developments - Creating Christ 00:24
- One of the fascinating developments
- You know, we have this gnostic effort going on - Creating Christ 00:10
- You know, we have this gnostic effort going on
The gnostics don't believe that Jesus Christ - Creating Christ 00:07
The gnostics don't believe that Jesus Christ
In fact, that was contrary to their belief system - Creating Christ 00:11
In fact, that was contrary to their belief system
- And this has become all the clearer in light - Creating Christ 00:16
- And this has become all the clearer in light
There were Jewish gnostic groups like the sethians - Creating Christ 00:10
There were Jewish gnostic groups like the sethians
There were zoroastrian Christians, - Creating Christ 00:12
There were zoroastrian Christians,
And loads of different types that were eventually - Creating Christ 00:09
And loads of different types that were eventually
Like Jewish Christianity, - Creating Christ 00:08
Like Jewish Christianity,
Jewish Christians were too Jewish for gentile converts - Creating Christ 00:07
Jewish Christians were too Jewish for gentile converts
So it took a couple of centuries - Creating Christ 00:06
So it took a couple of centuries
And some of the others were persecuted to death. - Creating Christ 00:05
And some of the others were persecuted to death.
And this radical diversity lasted - Creating Christ 00:08
And this radical diversity lasted