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I posted this post without first reading the one above itMy understanding is that dionysus was born of a virgin human and a father who was a God.
He died and rose again from the dead.
One of his birthdays is the same as Christmas.
And he turned water into wine like the first miracle of Jesus.
And his followers believe they eat his flesh and drink his blood.
I wonder if a woman ever used a ramshorn to give herself pleasure or impregnation.@Sanzbir Do we know God didn't use a lightening bolt to impregnate Mary? If Mary conceived via a bolt of lightening seems reasonable to me that Mary remained a virgin, a bolt of lightening isn't really tangible like a vibrator or a ram's horn. Shouldn't you change the color of claim#1 from red to green?
What are the similarities between Dionysus and Jesus?
Some websites have a huge list of similarities between the two, but I don't know which ones to trust.
Could you help me out?
I wonder if a woman ever used a ramshorn to give herself pleasure or impregnation.
I've heard of weirder things.
What are these websites? Probably conspiracy theorist or occult stuff not worth anyone's time.
@Sanzbir Do we know God didn't use a lightening bolt to impregnate Mary?
If Mary conceived via a bolt of lightening seems reasonable to me that Mary remained a virgin, a bolt of lightening isn't really tangible like a vibrator or a ram's horn. Shouldn't you change the color of claim#1 from red to green?
Yeah, it's not a myth.Ah the "Jesus is similar to other figures" myth.
It's horse puckey.
This garbage came from a movie by the name of... well, I won't speak it's name. It doesn't deserve the attention nor the power that comes with uttering its name. The movie is fully of a bunch of sloppy "scholarship" and comparative mythology. It might have had an origin before then, but it was popularized by this movie. There are other gods that were caught in this crossfire, not just Dionysus.
In short, ignore those websites. None of them are to be trusted. They're all based on garbage.
Yeah, it's not a myth.
Although admittedly Dionysus isn't the best example.
What are the similarities between Dionysus and Jesus?
Some websites have a huge list of similarities between the two, but I don't know which ones to trust.
Could you help me out?
I mean there are people who have made up arbitrary lists of correspondences and work their ideas on history from there without regard for actual research. Although I'm sure no fan of the occult, it wasn't my intention to lump it all in the same. After all, I'm unfamiliar with probably most of the occultisms in the world.Occult stuff? No. As far as I'm aware, occultism is unrelated to that film that shall not be named, and conspiracy theories are another genre entirely. Given many religions include occult practices, I wouldn't lump that in with conspiracy theories or stuff "not worth anyone's time."
I didn't think that JC was born on 25th December (if at all) - it was just a convenient date to hijack to coincide with the Winter Solstice celebrations already occurring then-Claim #1: Born of a virgin on December 25
I can’t find any claims of Dionysus’ birthday. But his father was Zeus. And if you know anything about Greek mythology with that fact alone it should be obvious how absurd the idea that Dionysus was the son of a virgin with Zeus of all people as his father is!! Now Zeus has a lot of weird sex, in this case impregnating Dionysus’ mother with a lightning bolt, but given Zeus’ promiscuous nature I’d say that’s just another case of his weird sexuality. Lightning impregnation != virgin birth.