SA Huguenot
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Dionysus shares the following attributes in common with the Christ character as found in the New Testament and Christian tradition.
Dionysus: Born of a Virgin on December 25th, Killed and Resurrected after Three Days
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Dionysus shares the following attributes in common with the Christ character as found in the New Testament and Christian tradition.
Dionysus: Born of a Virgin on December 25th, Killed and Resurrected after Three Days
I answered with limited time.
- Dionysus was born of a virgin on "December 25th" or the winter solstice.
- Wrong, there is no date on the birth of Dionysus! he was son of Zeus who impregnated a human woman and when she died, Zeus sewed Dionysus in his thigh where he grew up and was "born" as a god. There is not a single day or date when Dionisys was born in any mythological writing. The solar solistes is anyway not on Dec 25. but on 21 and 22 Dec. Therefore, to say his mother was a virgin is utter deception.
- He is the son of the heavenly Father.
- If you call YHWH the heavenly Father, it might be true, but Zeus was never called the Heavenly Father. At best he was called the God of the Sky! Furthermore, he was the child of Chronos and Reah, one of many Greek gods. To correlate Zeus with the Father of the Bible would have seen you getting killed in Greece and Rome 2 000 years ago. AND HE WAS ONE OF THE 12 GODS IN OLYMPUS!
- As the Holy Child, Bacchus was placed in a cradle/crib/manger "among beasts."
- This is a total lie! he was raised by Rain nymphs in the wild bushes. He also had an older sister born from Chronos and Demeter. Both were worshipped as Greek gods.
- Dionysus was a traveling teacher who performed miracles.
- Not True, he was a God of wine, dance and sexual perversion. He was represented as a god of chaos and the protector of misfits.
- He was the God of the Wine, and turned water into wine.
- Also a lie. he never turned water into wine, he MADE wine and taught mankind to make it too.
- Dionysus rode in a "triumphal procession" on an ***.
- Also not true. He entered 2 places in mythology. GREECE, AND NO MENTION ON WHAT HE RODE, AND OLYMPUS, ALSO NO REFERENCE
- He was a sacred king killed and eaten in an eucharistic ritual for fecundity and purification.
- Bull s#$%. He was torn apart by the titans and his body strewn on the earth. His heart was used to build him up again. His festivals would include drinking, feasting and orgies!
- The god traveled into the underworld to rescue his loved one, arising from the land of the dead after three days.
- Also a lie! He went to save his mother, a goddess too, from the grip of the god of the underworld. He fasioned a phallus, fought hell dogs etc. It has sweet nothing to do with Jesus who died on the cross and was dead for 3 days. Also, no time or day count of Dionysus' period in Hades is mentioned. Perhaps in writings from 300 AD, but not in ancient myths.
- Dionysus rose from the dead on March 25th and ascended into heaven.
- Also not true. No date, and he did not asscend into heaven, he went to mount Olympus to be with 12 other gods. Big difference, a mouintain and heaven.
- Bacchus was deemed "Father," "Liberator" and "Savior."
- And God of wine, dance and sexual perversion. He was represented as a god of chaos and the protector of misfits. The only "Liberation" he did was for the perverted during sex orgies
- Dionysus was considered the "Only Begotten Son," "King of Kings," "God of Gods," "Sin Bearer," "Redeemer," "Anointed One" and the "Alpha and Omega."
- This is a blatant lie! never was he called "Only Begotten Son, he had 138 siblings, of which at least 76 boys!"
- "King of Kings," Also not true, he was a lesser god, Zeus was king.
- "God of Gods," Also a lie, He was a lesser God!
- "Sin Bearer," Nope, he was the sin giver and reason for drunkedness and perversion.
- "Redeemer," yes, when he freed man and women in orgies from guilt!
- "Anointed One" This was never his title at all.
- "Alpha and Omega."He was one of 12 gods, a child of two other gods, how the heck can he be the Alpha and Omegs when Zeus still had sons after him?
- His sacrificial title of "Dendrites" or "Young Man of the Tree" indicates he was hung on a tree or crucified.
- Bull s%^& again! Dionysus was never crucified! He was raised in the bushes by nymphs and this is where he recived the name.