TrainNut Loc: Ridin' the rails

There are other writings of that time that give insight to other things and bring up other questions. Some can not be authenticated as to who wrote them and were not included in the Bible by the people that put it together. They are very interesting.

TrainNut Loc: Ridin' the rails

I have studied the Mithras legend because others have brought it up. There were 2 times that that religion was active. before Jesus and after .The stories from before Jesus do not mention the things that the article said was "borrowed from Christianity". That was only after Christianity was started. They said facts were borrowed from Christianity but it was the other way around. I do not rely on only one article to provide the facts because sometimes they get it wrong.
The Mithraic cult was practiced in the Roman Empire from about the 1st to 4th centuries AD after Jesus was on the earth.

Penny MG Loc: Fresno, Texas

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Penny MG Loc: Fresno, Texas

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DaDiCarr Loc: Margate, FL

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magicray Loc: Tampa Bay, Florida

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The Mithraic Mysteries or Mysteries of Mithras was a mystery cult centered on the god Mithras, became popular among the military in the Roman Empire, from the 1st to 4th centuries AD.

A long series of analogies exists between Mithras and Jesus. Mithras was born on December 25 in a stable to a virgin, surrounded by shepherds who brought gifts. He was venerated on the day of the sun (Sunday). He bore a halo around his head. He celebrated a last supper with his faithful followers before returning to his father. He was said not to have died, but to have ascended to heaven from where he would return in the last days to raise the dead and judge them, sending the good to Paradise and the evil to Hell. He guaranteed his followers immortality after baptism.

Furthermore, the followers of Mithras believed in the immortality of the soul, the last judgment, and the resurrection of the dead at the end of the world. They celebrated the atoning death of a savior who had risen on a Sunday. They celebrated a ceremony corresponding to the Catholic Mass during which they consumed consecrated bread and wine in memory of the last supper of Mithras --and during the ceremony they used hymns, bells, candles, and holy water. Indeed, they shared with Christians a long series of other beliefs and ritual practices, to the point that they were practically indistinguishable from each other in the eyes of the pagans and also of many Christians.

http://www.viewzone.com/mithras.html

johnr9999 Loc: Carlton, OR

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