Before he is wrongly executed, Dionysus says to the political ruler who interrogates him, "You know not what you are doing."
Jesus on the cross says, "Forgive them, for they know not what they are doing".
The followers of Dionysus are miraculously freed from prison when their chains fall off and the cell doors swing open.
The same thing happens in Acts to followers of Jesus.
Jesus is the offspring of a God and a mortal woman, and the suggestion of most would accuse her of impropriety is there in the story, although subtle.
Dionysus is the offspring of Zeus and a mortal woman, and she is accused of impropriety when she tells of her condition.
There is an attempt on the life of the child in both stories.
The persecutor of the followers of Dionysus confronted by Dionysus, "You disregard my words of warning... and kick against the goads".
Jesus says to Saul, the persecutor of the Christians, ""Saul, Saul, why do you persecute me? It is hard for you, this kicking against the goads?
2007-05-24
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