I was referring to Jesus' teachings not his miracles... that most of the amazing teachings attributed to him were actually first taught by Siddhartha Gautama.... such as love your enemies, etc.
http://www.trumbore.org/sam/sermons/s6c3.htm
http://www.eclectica.org/v2n3/gaborro.html
http://www.heartlandsangha.org/parallel-sayings.html
Maybe this fact is too humbling to even contemplate? Have we used the fact that we have Jesus' teachings as a sledge hammer of arrogance against other people? "Ha I have Jesus' teachings and you don't therefore you are inferior to me" or other intentions of that character... hardly Christ like.
Siddhartha existed a few hundred years before Christ. It should be noted that Siddhartha never claimed to be Christ and in fact he denied that he was. He merely said he was aware.
Even the ministry of Christ is based on that used and instituted by Siddhartha. Buddhist monks would have surely reached Palestine by the first century.
Jesus is not the only one who used non-OT teachings... for example;
Apostle John used the teachings of Heraclitus regarding the 'Logos as the source and fundamental order of the cosmos'.
Apostle Paul used the teachings of Epimenides that 'in Him we have life and move and exist'.
Epimenides was a Stoic philosopher. In fact much of Paul's writings are a reflection of Stoic philosophy with minor differences.
We often get arrogant because we think we are the source of all truth because we have the bible. This unfortunately may be the case because the new testament did not cite it's non-OT sources... or because we prefer the delusion of exclusivity that the NT has no non-OT sources.
I was doing some more research...
Mitochondria have many essential functions including;
fatty-acid oxidation (ATP from fats; ketosis)
pyruvate decarboxylation (ATP from carbohydrates; glycosis)
as well as;
Apoptosis-programmed cell death
Cellular proliferation regulation
There is only one ATP generation pathway that does not require the mitochondria;
Lactic acid fermentation (ATP from carbohydrates; glycosis)
Ketosis requires the mitochondria and produces gluconeogenesis and thus secures pyruvate decarboxylation based glycosis.
Hence most dis-ease is caused by the inhibition of the mitochondria from a chronic high (possibly refined) carbohydrate diet.
Malignant rapidly-growing tumor cells typically have glycolytic rates that are up to 20,000% higher than those of their normal tissues of origin. Hence cancer is basically out of control fermentation from dormancy of the mitochondria, preventing proliferation regulation and cell death.
This dis-ease mechanism is exacerbated from highly refined carbohydrate diets, and can be reversed from a medium-chain triglyceride based ketogenic diet.
MCTs are highly ketogenic which allows you to consume non-refined carbohydrates while still maintaining ketosis.
Another way to resolve out of control fermentation (tumors) in the body (besides ketosis) is the use of dichloroacetate;
The dichloroacetate ion stimulates the activity of the enzyme pyruvate dehydrogenase by inhibiting the enzyme pyruvate dehydrogenase kinase. Thus, it decreases lactate production by shifting the metabolism of pyruvate from fermentation towards oxidation in the mitochondria.
The mitochondria being revitalized gives them control of proliferation regulation and cell death... thus they inhibit proliferation or destroy the cell.
Dichloroacetate is considered the number one drug therapy for all cancers! I wouldn't waste my time with surgery or other toxic drugs that are designed to poison instead of address the issue of the mitochondria. Dichloroacetate is not a natural substance, so I would not take it as a preventative.
I just add it here as a note for your benefit if you know anyone that already has significant cancer and is too undisciplined to remove highly refined carbohydrates from their diet and go into ketosis through the medium-chain triglycerides of coconut.