Some people have been asking questions regarding Mithra.There have been some myths spreading around,so let's get to the real story.
Myth #1 :Mithra was born of a virgin on December 25th in a cave, and his birth was attended by shepherds.
Truth:Mithra was not born of a virgin in a cave; he was born out of solid rock, which presumably left a cave behind.Here is how one Mithraic scholar describes the scene on Mithraic depictions: Mithra "wearing his Phrygian cap, issues forth from the rocky mass. As yet only his bare torso is visible. In each hand he raises aloft a lighted torch and, as an unusual detail, red flames shoot out all around him from the petra genetrix." [MS.173]
But the thing is that this scene, like nearly all Roman Mithraic evidence, dates at least a century after the time of the New Testament.
I didn't put these points out to humiliate anyone.But can you please lool at the actual story rather than believe Acharya S's claims and others' at face value?
2006-12-23
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