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Christian dogma teaches that it was not "God the Father,: but "God the Son" who created the heavens, the earth, and all that therein is.
The writer of the fourth Gospel says:
"All things were made by him, and without him was not anything made that was made" (John. 1:8).
Again:
"He was in the world, and the world was made by him, and the world knew him not" (John 1:10).
Again we can read many passages indicating the same...that creation was the work of the "Son of God and not God the Father":
Heb 1:2 2 Hath in these last days spoken unto us by his Son, whom he hath appointed heir of all things, by whom also he made the worlds; (KJV)
Eph 3:9 9 And to make all men see what is the fellowship of the mystery, which from the beginning of the world hath been hid in God, who created all things by Jesus Christ: (KJV)
Col 1:15-17 15 Who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of every creature: 16 For by him were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers: all things were created by him, and for him: 17 And he is before all things, and by him all things consist. (KJV)
Answer for yourself: Is the the only account of a human "Creator" or could have the same religious ideas been later applied to a man from Galilee which had been told in legends for hundreds of years previously?
Samuel Johnson, D. O. Allen (Allen's India, pp. 137 & 380), and Thomas Maurice (Indian Antiquities, vol. ii. p. 288), tell us that, according to the religion of the Hindoos, it is Chrishna, the Son, and the second person in the ever-blessed Trinity, "who is the origin and the end of all the worlds; all this universe came into being through him, the eternal maker" (Oriental Religions, p. 502).
In the holy book of the Hindoos, called the Bhagvat Geeta, may be found the following words of Chrishna, address to his "beloved disciple" Ar-jouran:
"I am the Lord of all created things" (Lecture iv. p. 51). "Mankind was created by me of four kinds, distinct in their principles, and in their duties; know me then to be the Creator of mankind, uncreated, and without decay" (Geeta, p. 52).
In Lecture VII, entitled: "Of the Principles of Nature, and the Vital Spirit," he also says:
"I am the creation and the dissolution of the whole universe. There is not anything greater than I, and all things hang on me."
Again in Lecture LX., entitled, "Of the Chief of Secrets and Prince of Science," Chrishna says:
"The whole world was spread abroad by me in my invisible form. All things are dependent on me." "I am the Father and the Other of this world, the Grandsire and the Preserver. I am the Holy One worthy to be known; the mystic figure O.M. (the Hindoo ineffable name and the mystic emblem of deity which is never uttered aloud, but only mentally by the devout....it signifies Brahma, Vishnou, and Siva, the Hindoo Trinity )..I am the journey of the good: the Comforter; the Creator; the Witness; the Resting-place; the Asylum and the Friend" (Geeta, p. 80).
In Lecture X., entitled, "Of the diversity of the Divine Nature," he says:
"I am the Creator of all things, and all things proceed from me. Those who are endured with spiritual wisdom, believe this and worship me; their very hearts and minds are in me; they rejoice amongst themselves and delight in speaking of my name, and teaching one another my doctrine" (Geeta, p. 84).
Innumerable texts, similar to these, might be produced from the Hindoo Scriptures, but these are sufficient to show, in the words of Samuel Johnson quoted above, that, "According to the religion of the Hindoos, it is Chrishna who is the origin and the end of all the worlds;" and that "all this universe came into being through him, the Eternal Maker."
The Chinese believed in One Supreme God, to whose honor they burnt incense, but of whom they had no image. This "God the Father" was NOT the Creator, according to their theology or mythology; but they had another god, of whom they had statues or idols, called Natigai, who was the god of all terrestrial things; in fact, God, the Creator of this world which was inferior or subordinate to the Supreme Being from whom they petition for fine weather, or whatever else they want. He was their mediator.
According to ancient Persian mythology, there is one supreme essence, invisible and incomprehensible, named "Zeruane Akerene," which signifies "unlimited time," or "the eternal." From him emanated Ormuzd, the "King of Light," the "First-born of the Eternal One," etc. Now, this "First-born of the Eternal One" is he by whom all things were made, all things came into being through him; he is the Creator.
A large portion of the Zend-Avesta, the Persian Sacred Book or Bible, is filled with prayers to Ormuzd, God's First-Born. Let us look at just a couple of examples:
"I address my prayer to Ormuzd, Creator of all things; who always has been, who is, and who will be forever; ..."
"O Creator, I obey thy laws..."
The writer of the Gospel of John copies the same invocation as you can see in the following where he says that Jesus taught that prayers are to be offered in his name as was the pattern of Sun-worship above.
John 14:13 13 And whatsoever ye shall ask in my name, that will I do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son. (KJV)
Yet this is a direct contradiction to the teachings of Jesus:
Luke 11:1-2 1 And it came to pass, that, as he was praying in a certain place, when he ceased, one of his disciples said unto him, Lord, teach us to pray, as John also taught his disciples. 2 And he said unto them, When ye pray, say, Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done, as in heaven, so in earth. (KJV)
According to the religion of the ancient Assyrians, it was Marduk, the Logos, the Word, "the eldest son of Hea," "the Merciful One," "the Life-giver," etc., who created the heavens, the earth, and all that therein is (Bonwick, Egyptian Belief, p. 404).
Adonis, the Lord and Savior, was believed to be the Creator of men, and god of the resurrection of the dead (Dunlap, Mysteries of Adoni, p. 156).
Prometheus, the Crucified Savior, is the divine forethought, existing before the souls of men, and the creator Hominium (Ibid., p. 156).
The writer of "The Gospel according to St. John," has made Christ Jesus co-eternal with God, as well as Creator, in these words:
"In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God". "The same was in the beginning with God" (John 1:1-2).
Again, in praying to his Father, he makes Jesus say:
"And now, O father, glorify thou me with thine own self with the glory which I had with thee before the world was" (John 14:5).
Paul is made to say:
Col 1:15-17 15 Who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of every creature: 16 For by him were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers: all things were created by him, and for him: 17 And he is before all things, and by him all things consist. (KJV)
Again:
"Jesus Christ, the same yesterday , to-day, and forever" (Heb. 13:8).
St. John the Divine, in his "Revelation," has made Christ Jesus say:
"I am the Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end"..."which is, and which was, and which is to come, the Almighty" (Rev. 1:8, 22, 13)...."the first and the last" (Rev. 1:17, Rev. 12:13).
Hindoo Scripture also makes Chrishna "the first and the last," "the beginning and the end." We read in theGeeta, where Chrishna is reported to have said:
"I myself never was not" (Geeta, p. 35). "Learn that he by whom all things were formed " (meaning himself) "is incorruptible" (Geeta, p. 36). "I am eternity and non-eternity" (Lecture IX, p 89). "I am before all things, and the mighty ruler of the universe" (Lecture X. p. 83). " I am the beginning, the middle, and the end of all things" (Lecture X, p. 85).
Ar-jouan, his disciple, address him thus:
"Thou are the Supreme Being, incorruptible, worthy to be known; thou are prime supporter of the universal orb; thou art the never-failing and eternal guardian of religion; thou art from all beginning, and I esteem thee" (Lecture IX. p. 91). "Thou art "the Divine Being, before all other gods" (Lecture X. p. 84).
In another Holy Book of the Hindoos, called Vishnu Purana, we also read that Vishnu, in the form of Chrishna, "who descended into the womb of the (virgin) Devaki, and was born as her son" was "without beginning, middle, or end" (Vishnu Purana, p. 440).
Buddha is also Alpha and Omgea, without beginning or end, "The Lord," "the Possessor of All," "He who is Omnipotent and Everlastingly to be Contemplated," "the Supreme Being, the Eternal One."
Lao-Kiun, the Chinese virgin-born God, who came upon earth about six hundred years before Jesus, was without beginning. It was said that he had existed from all eternity ( Prog. of Relig. Ideas, vol. i. p. 200).
According to the Zend Avesta, Ormuzd, the first-born of the Eternal One, is he "who is, always has been, and who will be forever" (Prog. Relig. Ideas, vol. ii. p. 207).
Zeus was Alpha and Omega. an Orphic lines runs thus:
"Zeus is the beginning, Zeus the middle, out of Zeus all things have been made" (Muller, Chips, vol. ii. p. 15).
Bacchus, was without beginning or end. An inscriptions on an ancient medal, referring to him, reads thus:
"It is I who leads you; it is I who protects you, and who saves you. I am Alpha and Omega."
Beneath this inscription is a serpent with his tail in his mouth, thus forming a circle, which was an emblem of eternity among the ancients.
Now this Redeemer and Savior was, as you have seen, is the Sun, and Prof. Max Muller tells us that in the Vedic mythology, the Sun is not the being Deva only, "who performs his daily task in the sky, but he is supposed to perform much greater work. He is looked upon, in fact, as the Ruler, as the Establisher, and the Creator of the World " (Muller,Origin of Religions, p. 264).
Having been invoked as the "Life-bringer," the Sun is also called, in the Rig Veda, "the Breath of Life of all that move and rest;" and lastly he becomes "The Maker of all things," by whom all the worlds have been brought together (Muller, Origins of Religions, p. 268).
There is a prayer in the Vedas, called "Gayatree," which consists of three measured lines, and is considered the holiest and most efficacious of all their religious forms. Sir William Jones translated it thus:
"Let us adore the supremacy of that spiritual Sun, the godhead, who illuminates all, who re-creates all, from whom all proceed, to whom all must return; whom we invoke to direct our undertakings aright in our progress toward his holy seat."
With Seneca (a Roman philosopher, born at Cordova, Spain, 61 B.C.) then we can say:
Now we find the exact same things said about Jesus in the New Testament as its writers attribute "creation" to the Son of the Sun; to Jesus:
Again, we have the "pattern" of Sun-worship reapplied to the life of a Jewish Rabbi and hoped for Messiah by the Gentile Church....Judaism, the faith of Jesus, teaches monotheism and that all things were created by God the Father only:
As if you didn't notice God existed long before the "sun" which He created later:
But primitive man, knowing God through what he could only see, fashioned myths and beliefs involving the cosmos to explain to himself the God he could not see, and we have this legacy in the Roman New Testament in which we are lead to believe as did the ancients that "Sun became the Son."