angel asked:These men were exacty the same as the mythological Jesus?
He healed the sick, fed the hungry, and raised the dead. He performed miracles and his followers said he was the Son of God. Three days after his death, he rose again to proclaim salvation to the world. His name… Apollonius of Tyana. And he was just one of several preachers and miracle-workers of the First Century who rivaled the fame and following of Jesus. Who were these “Rivals of Christ?” Why did the Mediterranean world of AD 1 seem to create so many Messiahs? And why did the faith of Jesus win out over the similar sects of the day? In this documentary, NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC CHANNEL examine the New Testament and the historic rivals of Jesus to learn what makes a Messiah, and how a religion is born.

There was more than one Messiah and, just like Jesus, the other messiahs were said to heal the sick, raise the dead and were even called the 'sons of God'. So why are they forgotten?
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-3126202689810625112&ei=1L6zSNKWD6eQqwO188DHDA&q=the+rivals+of+jesus

i answer
so many statements and questions about false christs. the term antichrist is not without use in the letters of the bible.
i have looked into this in some detail. the only messiah that was resurrected was jesus.
and there were contenders ! there is no denying it.

there are two points to consider: first the disciples of jesus were about to go and rebuke a few people and jesus denied them from doing it.
second. one must also look into the "ends" of the lives of the "other" christs and OTHER historical virgins bearing children as well.
the one thing you cant say about satan, is HE does not lack for imagination and in creating false beliefs and false religions instead of the true authority of priesthood in the earth, and there is lack of followers for these same things.

the book of revelation describes the church of satan as the opposite of a bride and ONE of the major weapons of deceit is the use of Sorcery to deceive the world, that "THEY" have the power of God.
be not negligent in this OTHER FACT of history.

but in my case the FACT is absolutely true. Jesus still lives.
and no matter what era of religious history you look into there is always false prophets and when these have gained power they always seem to kill and destroy the true prophets.
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11 And to him they had regard, because that of long time he had bewitched them with sorceries.
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Rev. 9: 21
21 Neither repented they of their murders, nor of their sorceries, nor of their fornication, nor of their thefts.
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Rev. 18: 23
23 And the light of a candle shall shine no more at all in thee; and the voice of the bridegroom and of the bride shall be heard no more at all in thee: for thy merchants were the great men of the earth; for by thy sorceries were all nations deceived.