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14. THE CONCEPT OF AVATARS
3. He is the second person of the Trinity.
Although the Hindu pantheon has changed considerably over over time, Krsna has NEVER been the 'second person of a 3-in-1'. In the oldest layers of Hindu tradition--the Rig Veda--the dominant three were Agni, Ushas (goddess), and Indra, After the Vedic period (before 1000 BC), and before the Epic period (400 BC - 400 AD) "trinity" was Brahma, Vishnu and Siva. Krishna was one of the incarnations of Vishnu. Trinity has never been put as Brahma, Krishna, Siva though this is what the Vaishnavites are trying to do.
4. He was persecuted by a tyrant who ordered the slaughter of thousands of infants.
In the case of Jesus, Herod killed all the infants below the age of two. In the case of Krishna, Kamsa killed only his older brothers - 6 of them. That was the massacre? The motif of a king attempting to kill a supposed 'infant rival' is common to royal settings. Hence, one can find this plot-line--a common one throughout human history--in the lives of Gilgamesh, Sargon, Cyrus, Perseus, and Romulous and Remus
5. Krishna was crucified.
Krishna was accidentally slain by the hunter Jaras...when he was mistaken for a deer and shot in the foot, his vulnerable spot. Probably he was sitting under a tree. We don't call it
crucifixion. We call that accident.
6. He ascended to heaven. Never heard of such a story.
These are presented only to show the tactics used by the Brahminic cult to assimiliate various images into one to create a mythic godhead and identify that with the name Krishna.
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