The Easter Celebration Of Jesus Was Copied From The Goddess Ishtar Of Ancient Sumerian
December 27, 2020 3243
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Over the years, many Africans have started to
discover some irregularities, misconceptions, and deceit in the Christian
religion which was brought to them by the Europeans.
What is even more annoying is the fact that
certain Christian festivals and beliefs are tied around ancient European
paganism. This is the same paganism (African
Traditional Religion) that the European colonizers called evil.
European religion (Christianity) which is a
mixture of paganism, politics, governance and 'world domination", has over
centuries planted itself in the mind of Africans who don’t know any better.
Africans who have lost sight of the glory in their religions.
Many Africans believe the Christian God (who is
white) and the version of religion that was brought by the missionaries should
not be questioned, but here in Liberty
Writers Africa, we question everything.
Now, to the subject of Easter, which Christians
worldwide celebrate as the resurrection of Jesus Christ. It is a fact that the
Roman Catholic church merged many practices in Europe with Christian events.
The resurrection of Jesus Christ at Easter is one of such practices that was
merged with an ancient pagan tradition and festival.
Before we continue, we will like to state Easter
Sundays are not fixed. They are chosen to correspond with the first Sunday
following the full moon, just after the March equinox. Now, remember that
reading/studying of the moon is Astrology.
Astrology was a vital path of the ancient
religions and science of Africans, up till this day. So, if African traditions
which studied the moon was evil and Christianity was superior, why is the
resurrection of Jesus Christ determined by the appearance of the moon?
Think about that!!!
According to scholars of Theology and Religious
Studies, such as Dr. Tony Nugent, the Easter story mainly comes from the Sumerian legend of
Damuzi (Tammuz) and his wife Inanna (Ishtar). Theirs is an epic myth called the
'Descent
of Inanna" which was inscribed on the cuneiform clay tablets that date
back to 2100BC.
After the death of Tammuz, Ishtar, out of grief
followed him into the underworld. In the underworld, she passed through seven
gates, and she was stripped of her worldly attires. "Naked and
bowed low" she was judged, killed, and then hung on display.
While she was in the underworld, the earth lost
its fertility. Crops stopped to grow and animals stopped to reproduce new
offspring. Something had to be done, if not, life on earth would end.
After the Goddess Inanna (Ishtar) was gone and
missing for three days, her assistants went to seek help from other Gods. One
of the Gods Enki then created two creatures who carried the 'plant of life' and
'water of life' into the underworld. The creatures sprinkled them on Inanna and
Damuzi. They were resurrected and giving the power to return to earth as the
light of the sun for six months.
After those six months were up Tammuz returns to
the underworld of the dead, and remains there for another six months, while his
wife Ishtar follows him into the underworld. This leads the water God Enki to
save them again, and the circle continues.
The Sumerian goddess Inanna is known by her Babylonian name Ishtar
outside of Mesopotamia. She is called Astarte in ancient Canaan, Aphrodite, and
Venus in Greek and Roman pantheons respectively.
During the 4th Century, Christians identified the
precise location of the empty tomb of Jesus in Jerusalem, they selected a site
there where a temple of Aphrodite (Astarte/Ishtar/Inanna) was standing and
pulled it down. Upon the site of the Ishtar temple, the Christians built the
holiest church in the world, called "Church of the
Holy Sepulcher".
It is important to note that the legend of Ishtar
and Damuzi is just one out of the numerous legends of Gods who died and
resurrected, which represent the cycle of the season and stars. Some of such legends
are the resurrection of the Egyptian Horus: the story of Mithras, who
was worshipped at Springtime; and the tale of Dionysus, resurrected by his
grandmother.
Conclusion
The accounts above go to correct the impressions
Africans have about Jesus being the superior and only way. His resurrection is
a mirror of ancient legends of African and European origins. We also hope to
teach the African of the true origin of the resurrection story of the Christian
character, Jesus Christ.
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