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Interestingly enough, Kanye West had a nearly identical religious experience and breakdown, down to witnessing a divine pink beam. https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/philip-k-dick...
You are kind of a prat to put those 2 in the same light honestly.
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Were you diagnosed? Do you have neurological issues? (or suffer from risk factors? such as high blood pressure, overweight, diabetes, sedentarity) I wonder if that could be related (because of PKD's eventual tragic death by stroke). As far as my tiny medical knowledge goes schizophrenia hallucinations usually auditory in nature and not very explicit. There's also the question of the effect of the drug supposedly take…
Diagnosed, strapped to a gurney, and popped in the system for a couple of months. It was almost two decades ago, I'm fine. But having seen and thought most of the things people describe in these experiences, I find post facto attempts to elevate them (usually based on a few coincidences) wishful thinking.
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k. But as for my assertion about depictions of Jesus as modeled after Roman or Greek gods, it's more of a fun theory than a fact, as all the depictions were just "What would we like him to look like?" They all just painted or sculpted him however they wanted to, which we know included classical depictions such as heroes, philosophers, and even gods, as well as with eastern influences and various other depictions. htt…
Oh when you're talking about art, sure. People and cultures tend to want to identify with Christ and so end up depicting him in a certain way. Of course we know that Jesus was a Jewish man who lived in the middle east, so he's surely not black or white or hispanic, etc.. But you're original claim about the accounts about Jesus copying from Greek mythology, etc.. is just not viable historically. I encourage you to del…
I'll look into the sources you mention, though. I haven't gotten deep into the study of religions themselves but I'm sure I'll want to at some point.