Posted on 12/23/2008 6:08:28 PM PST by nickcarraway
On Dec 25, the round-faced Mr Sawaguchi will get up in the icy predawn of northern Japan, put on his uniform of suit and tie and head off for another day as a civil servant in the construction division of Aomori Prefectural Government.
But on his way out the door of his home, in the hamlet of Shingo, he will probably give a nod in the direction of the mound of earth topped by a wooden cross that is the last resting place of the man that Christianity reveres as the Messiah.
"I'm not really planning anything at all for the 25th as it doesn't really matter to us," said 52-year-old Mr Sawaguchi. "I know I am descended from Jesus but as a Buddhist it's just not all that important."
Married with a son and daughter, Mr Sawaguchi may display the same degree of religious flexibility that is common in Japan, but his beliefs are firm. Jesus is buried in the neighbouring field, along with his brother Isukiri, and nearby are the scattered remains of pyramid that was larger than those in Egypt but toppled in an earthquake in 1857.
Seven hours north of Tokyo by train and bus, Shingo only had garlic farming to to put it on the map until a scroll was found in 1935 by a Shinto priest in nearby Ibaraki Prefecture that was identified as Christ's will and, bizzarely, identified Shingo as his last resting place.
The scroll is on display in the "Village of Christ Legend Museum," which closes in the tourist off-season between October and April, and is the basis of a very different take on the incredible tale.
According to the document, Jesus arrived in Aomori at the age of 21,
(Excerpt) Read more at telegraph.co.uk ...
Is this the Japanese version of Mormons?
And his last name was Chlyst!
Sounds more like the Japanese version of the Mohammedans who claim someone other than Jesus was crucified.
>Is this the Japanese version of Mormons?
Maybe... as I thought he was in, oh, say modern Palestine about when he was 21. Or maybe the eyewitness and documentary evidence for Jesus’s placement around that time is bogus! [/sarc]
More like the Moonies. I'm still waiting for the explanation on how their Messiah was nearly killed in a helicopter crash. It might be as entertaining as the tap dance done for the now deceased black Messiah, Yahweh Ben Yahweh.
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My Jesus does not rest under a mound in Japan. He was raised from the dead almost 2000 years ago. Must be someone else!
Ah, the old "Jesus was Japanese" ploy, eh?
So, lemme get this:
The Merovingians have a branch of the family in Tokyo?
And the archeological evidence for this is? Any estimate of the magnitude of the earthquake it would take to scatter the world's largest pyramid?
The Taiping Rebellion in China, sometimes estimated to be the second bloodiest war in the history of the world, was started and led by Hong Xiuquan who claimed to be the younger brother of Christ.
Sounds like there’s a Viking not a Jew in the heritage with blue eyes & tall & thin.
Nope, neither one looks anything like Jesus.
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