@transhuman68
I started a thread about this a while ago, but I think I was misled. Because Paul's letters were written before the Gospels, it is tempting to believe that Paul was writing about a theoretical Christ figure; but Paul knew about a ‘Jesus Christ’ who had died and been resurrected, and the Last Supper which he referred to at 1 Corinthians 11:23-26; but that was pretty much all he knew about Jesus….
Here's a link I posted before: http://www.jesuspuzzle.humanists.net/jhcjp.htm
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Before i reply i will include the scripture that you quote for a reference.
http://www.watchtower.org/e/bible/1co/chapter_011.htm
For I received from the Lord that which I also handed on to YOU , that the Lord Jesus in the night in which he was going to be handed over took a loaf 24 and, after giving thanks, he broke it and said: “This means my body which is in YOUR behalf. Keep doing this in remembrance of me.” 25 He did likewise respecting the cup also, after he had the evening meal, saying: “This cup means the new covenant by virtue of my blood. Keep doing this, as often as YOU drink it, in remembrance of me.” 26 For as often as YOU eat this loaf and drink this cup, YOU keep proclaiming the death of the Lord, until he arrives.
27 Consequently whoever eats the loaf or drinks the cup of the Lord unworthily will be guilty respecting the body and the blood of the Lord.
This does not prove that Paul knew Jesus. This custom can be found in many other religions and ceremonies to other gods. Before i show some links, i will still like to state that no where does Paul say something that is undeniably unique to the Jesus story.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dionysus
Scholars of comparative mythology identify both Dionysus and Jesus with the dying-and-returning god mythological archetype . [7] Other elements, such as the celebration by a ritual meal of bread and wine, also have parallels. [46] Powell, in particular, argues precursors to the Christian notion of transubstantiation can be found in Dionysian religion. [46]
Google > mithra bread wine <
http://messianicart.com/chazak/yeshua/mithraismorigin.htm
The list of similarities reaches every aspect of both religions. Mithran people were known to wash up as a part of their worship. Christians only washed up once and called it "baptism." Mithra was born of a mother-rock by a river under a tree. Jesus was born of a mother as well, and though she was not a rock, he was born in a stable carved out of a rock and the manger was a tree byproduct. Mithra first gives battle to the sun, conquers him, crowns him with rays and makes him his eternal friend and fellow; nay, the sun becomes in a sense Mithra's double, or again his father. Jesus, early in his ministry, confronts Peter, crowns him fisher of men, and makes him his brother. Mithra sacrifices a bull and from its body makes wine and animals and stuff. Jesus sacrifices himself, makes wine out of water, and being a carpenter, made stuff. Most Mithrans were Roman soldiers. Christianity has a hymn called "Onward Christian Soldiers." Mithra has a god friend named Ahura Mazda. Many Christians drive a Mazda. Mithra was born with the Phrygian cap on his head. The pope also wears a funny hat. Coincidence? I don't think so!
Another problem is that Jesus and Christ are not really names, they are titles, Jesus means "saviour" and Christ means annoited one as in leader. This anyone special is probably going to be called one or both. All kings and priests were messiahs in the OT, we have many occassions of some being called this. Given we do not have Paul discussing his knowledge of JC the son of Mary from Nazareth, we have no way of knowing if he was talking about the same person. He could have been talking about one of the other saviour gods.
The story of the saviour god, is the sun. Every day the sun gives us light, warmth, goodness and life and then dies in the evening when darkness or evil wins. The same cycle is repeated between the seasons of summer and winter. The saviour portions is that the sun saves us from the cold and death of winter when it returns in the spring. This is the reason everybody celebrates easter, passover and the memorial. At this time, the sun has defeated the cold, as the days get longer than night. An interesting point is all saviour gods die for 3 days, as this is what happens in the middle of winter in the winter solstice. For three days when the Sun is in the souther crux it stays stationary.
If we examine the symbology of Paul or the Gospels we see a lot of sun language there. If we substitute LORD for SUN a lot of scriptures simply became man admiring the power and glory of the sun.
