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This is a response to an invitation from bossman103 to debate the existence and significance of similarities between the Jesus story found in the New Testament and older, pre-Christian myths. Sorry for being a little long . . .
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Sources for the Raglan scores of Jesus I cite:
Thomas J. Sienkewicz:
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Alan Dundes:
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And for a contrary opinion, see this article from tektonics.org:
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This is a response to an invitation from bossman103 to debate the existence and significance of similarities between the Jesus story found in the New Testament and older, pre-Christian myths. Sorry for being a little long . . .
Watch bossman103's response:
Check out bossman103's channel:
Sources for the Raglan scores of Jesus I cite:
Thomas J. Sienkewicz:
Abigail Acland:
Alan Dundes:
Bernard Muller:
And for a contrary opinion, see this article from tektonics.org:
Finally, read and see more from me at:
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What is Mythical?Mythical is a person or something occurring in or characteristic of myths or folk tales. It is something existing only in the imagination, described in a myth especially as contrasted with history.
Who was Mithras?Mithraism, was a mystery religion centered on the god Mithras that was practised in the Roman Empire from about the 1st to the 4th century CE. The religion was inspired by Persian worship of the god Mithra (Proto-Indo-Iranian/Vedic Mitra), though the
Greek Mithras was linked to a new and distinctive imagery, and the level of continuity between Persian and Greco-Roman practice is debated. Worshippers of Mithras had a complex system of seven grades of initiation and communal ritual meals. Initiates called themselves syndexioi, those "united by the handshake". They met in underground temples, called mithraea, which survive in large numbers. The cult appears to have had its centre in Rome.
What is Pagan?Paganism is a term first used in the fourth century by early Christians. It was applied on populations of the Roman Empire who practiced polytheism, either because they were increasingly rural and provincial relative to the Christian population or
because they were not milites Christi (soldiers of Christ). Alternate terms in Christian texts for the same group were hellene, gentile, and heathen. Pagan and paganism were pejorative terms for the same polytheistic group, implying its inferiority. Paganism has broadly connoted the "religion of the peasantry", and for much of its history was a derogatory term. Both during and after the Middle Ages, pagan was a pejorative term that was applied to any non-Abrahamic or unfamiliar religion, and the term presumed a belief in false god(s).
Who is GOD?In monotheism and henotheism, God is conceived as the Supreme Being and principal object of faith. The concept of God as described by theologians commonly includes the attributes of omniscience (infinite knowledge), omnipotence (unlimited power)
omnipresence (present everywhere), omnibenevolence (perfect goodness), divine simplicity, and eternal and necessary existence.
In theism, God is the creator and sustainer of the universe
In deism, God is the creator, but not the sustainer, of the universe
Monotheism is the belief in the existence of one God or in the oneness of God
In pantheism, God is the universe itself
In atheism, God is purported not to exist, while deemed unknown or unknowable within the context of agnosticism.
