Christians: Doesn't Attis of Phrygia sound curiously like Jesus?

Question

Attis of Phrygia

--Attis was born on December 25 of the Virgin Nana.
--He was considered the savior who was slain for the salvation of mankind.
--His body as bread was eaten by his worshippers
--His priests were “eunuchs for the kingdom of heaven.”
--He was both the Divine Son and the Father.
--On “Black Friday,” he was crucified on a tree, from which his holy blood ran down to redeem the earth.
--He descended into the underworld.
--After three days, Attis was resurrected on March 25 (as tradition held of Jesus) as the “Most High God.

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I could go on, but I'm out of questions.

Answer 1

Doesn't the flying spaghetti monster sound very much like jesus?!

--the dinner was cooked on december 25 by Mary the cook.
--He was considered the saviour who was eaten for the salvation of the hungry
--His body as spaghetti and meatballs was eaten by his worshippers
--His priests were “cooks for the kingdom of heaven.”
--He was both the Divine Pesto and the Parmesan.
--On “Black Friday,” he was bought from a shop, thrown in the boiling water and the tomato sauce was his holy blood
--He descended into the toiletworld.
--After three days, Flying spaghetti monster was resurrected on the other side of the drain, ascended into the heaven as clouds and is coming to earth as the God of rain that waters the wheat for pasta ever since!!!

There, it's a proof!!!

Answer 2

Attis Of Phrygia

Answer 3

A lot of what you're saying is not in the old Mithra legends, but a lot is too! First of all, we believe Jesus came not to fulfill the prophecies of JUST Judaism, but paganism as well, for the Scriptures tell us that God has never been without a voice among ANY people. He was busily pointing them to the coming Savior through many types, shadows and signs. Great scott! You can go back to the Ugaritic texts with the Ball/Sapas/Mot mythology, and find the types and shadows of Holy Eucharist. And that predates Mithra by a thousand years or more! We should EXPECT to see similarities, prophetic types, etc, within paganism. Why is that a problem for you?

Answer 4

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Christians: Doesn't Attis of Phrygia sound curiously like Jesus?
Attis of Phrygia

--Attis was born on December 25 of the Virgin Nana.
--He was considered the savior who was slain for the salvation of mankind.
--His body as bread was eaten by his worshippers
--His priests were “eunuchs for the kingdom of heaven.”
--He was both the Divine Son and the...

Answer 5

The parallel argument has been declared dead by intelligent skeptics yet it still being spread by the uncritical and accepted by the gullible.

It's really fascinating how the parallel arguments always use Christian terminology to describe pagan traditions.

With this as an approach, any ancient tradition involving water could be described as a "baptism," any pagan artwork depicting food and beverage could be characterized as a "Eucharist," any tradition involving an unusual birth of a pagan deity could be framed as a "miraculous birth" or as a "virgin birth," and any deity related to the agricultural cycle could be made into examples of "saviors" who "died" and were "resurrected."

Example: On "Black Friday," he was crucified on a tree, from which his holy blood ran down to redeem the earth.

Attis died under a tree, not crucified on it; there is no reference to it happening on a Friday, much less a "Black" one; Attis did shed blood, but all it did was make flowers (especially violets), in some stories -- if you want to call that "redeeming" the earth, then maybe your local farmer is doing the same thing by rotating the crops. It sure didn't "redeem" anything or anyone with reference to sin or do those of us outside the floral business a heck of a lot of good.

Answer 6

Jesus was not born on Dec 25-Celebrating on that particular day was the result of a tolerant compromise with pagans on the part of the Catholic church at the time.

I have never read any history showing that thousands of people witnesses Attis.

I have never heard a single soul tell me that Attis showed up, talked to them, changed their life. I have never heard of him showing up when someone has a near death experience, I have never heard of any Attis Bookstores where thousands of books are sold declaring people's personal experience with him. Other than that I am sure they are pretty much the same. :) Yes I"m being sarcastic. It's not a sin. :)

Answer 7

It's like mirror images.

Answer 8

I like the perspective of CS Lewis on this:

'God sent the human race what I call good dreams: I mean those queer stories scattered all through heathen religion about a god who dies and comes to life again and by his death has somehow given new life to men.'

I personally believe it was God's way of helping people through the ages.

Answer 9

The final scores are:
Paganism: 4
Christianity: 0 (They lose points for the Dark Ages)

In conclusion The Bible is a book that has ripped off every other belief in the Middle East and beyond.

Answer 10

After reading all these I have put down my Bible and become an Atheist. Thank you so much for saving me.

















Just kidding.