QI - Christmas, Christianity and Mithras

I too have to stop and wonder "Is there any chance that this was just a ~MASSIVE~ coincidence?"

I'd have to say that my answer is no.

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[JohnS1704]

No evidence ? Another thing in common with Jesus then - spooky !

[fazzyt]

"Oh, Mithras!"

[mickdukes]

Convenient, no?



[mickdukes]

I'm very sorry that your comment has been marked as spam. It seems tolerance and/or love of truth only goes one way these days.

[David West]

Really?! You think the old testament is older than pagan religions?

[Sirius V]

actually Mithras, the Latin form of Mithra, is a Roman-adopted Persian religion. As the Persian Empire thrived, it developed its own religious structure, Mithraism, and its trans-regional rival Roman Empire adopted it as well. Mithra is in fact a female deity. So, Stephen, you were wrong this time!!!

[sami2503]

Were you not watching when he says "There are amazing things claimed about Mithras and I'll read you some of them"?

That obviously implies that some of them are disputed. But there is no denying that a lot of the stories in the bible are borrowed from other religions.

[The Gnostic Truth]

Of course, it is they who are the height of Diabolical Mimics, pretending to be what they debase, distort and destroy. Naturally it is the height of such evil to accuse OTHERS of this, ESPECIALLY those who are the GENUINE ARTICLE. In the end, EVIL is an attack on the GOOD, on the ORIGINAL, and is a theft, therefore it is a MURDER (stealing essence, energy) and so it is in fact ideal to TAKE THE PLACE of the victim, to completely reverse the roles as to status, to completely SUPPLANT.

[ibsd]

Laughably, the Catholic church and other Christians actually have been arguing this point for 2000 years and call it Diabolical Mimicry. How stupid can people be?

[The Gnostic Truth]

Just a massive coincidence... :P We all know that Satan could foresee the advent of Roman Catholicism, and knew he had to make a bunch of fake religions which imitated the True Roman Catholic Dogma IN ADVANCE, so that he could make up a story about Catholic religion not being unique, but insofar as it so claims to be, a plagiarizing religion.

[sami2503]

People can debate about Mithras all they want but you can't deny that most of the stories in the Bible are recycled from other religions though. There are many. many examples