Mithras = Christianity? (Jesus, priests, rituals, morals, virgin)

[logician]

Originally Posted by gnostic

Mithra existed centuries long before the Roman adopted this Persian god, and changed his name to Mithras. Mithra had existed even before the beginning of Zoroastrianism, so I don't see how you could say that Mithraism is younger than Christianity.

Of course Mthraism was around long before Xianity, the idea that MIthraism borrowed from Xianity is absurd.

[angellous_evangellous]

Originally Posted by logician

Of course Mthraism was around long before Xianity, the idea that MIthraism borrowed from Xianity is absurd.

Only if you quite illogically conclude that Mithraism had no contact at all with Christianity.

[logician]

Originally Posted by angellous_evangellous

Only if you quite illogically conclude that Mithraism had no contact at all with Christianity.

As the preexistent religion, it is only logical to assume that Mithraism influenced the new cult of Xianity and not vice versa.

[Mister Emu]

It is possible that the Roman Cult of Mithras does not predate Christianity by any appreciable amount of time, if at all.

Clauss asserts "the mysteries" were not practiced until the 1st century CE.

from wikipedia...

[angellous_evangellous]

Originally Posted by logician

As the preexistent religion, it is only logical to assume that Mithraism influenced the new cult of Xianity and not vice versa.

Yes, because obviously, influence is a one-way street.

No one would think that blues influenced country music and then rock and roll, but rock and roll did not influence country, but it influenced blues as well.

What a remarkably stupid analysis.

[angellous_evangellous]

Originally Posted by Mister Emu

It is possible that the Roman Cult of Mithras does not predate Christianity by any appreciable amount of time, if at all.

Yes, that is obviously part of my point, but logician did not read the thread to begin with. I doubt very seriously that he even read the stuff that he's trying to spam, and if he did, he did not think about it at all.

How long, o Lord?

[angellous_evangellous]

Originally Posted by Mister Emu

It is possible that the Roman Cult of Mithras does not predate Christianity by any appreciable amount of time, if at all.


from wikipedia...

Ha! But we have this:

Originally Posted by logician

Of course Mthraism was around long before Xianity, the idea that MIthraism borrowed from Xianity is absurd.