John G. Jackson > Quotes

“To those Romans December twenty-fifth was the birthday of the sun. They wrote that in gold letters in their calendar. Every year about that time, the middle of winter, the sun was born once more and it was going to put an end to the darkness and misery of winter. So they had a great feast, with presents and dolls for everybody, and the best day of all was December twenty-fifth. That feast, they would tell you, was thousands of years old- before Christ was ever heard of.”
― John G. Jackson, Pagan Origins of the Christ Myth

“In Book II, Section-104, of his celebrated History, Herodotus states :—“For my part I believe the Colchi to be a colony of Egyptians, because like them they have black skins and frizzled hair.” (See any English translation of THE HISTORY of HERODOTUS.”
― John G. Jackson, Ethiopia and the Origin of Civilization

“Should we inquire as to who visited the tomb first, we receive four different answers. John says one woman; Matthew, two women; Mark, three women; and Luke, a crowd of women.”
― John G. Jackson, Pagan Origins of the Christ Myth

“ascension took place in Jerusalem, if Mark wrote correctly. Not so, if Luke knew whereof he spoke, for he relates that it was at Bethany. Acts (1:12) gives Mt. Olivet”
― John G. Jackson, Pagan Origins of the Christ Myth