Does anyone have any reputable sources for these? Because I fear that some of us atheists are falling into the trap of taking things on faith without evidence.
2007-11-12 09:28:48 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
And some people are attatching the same stuff to Horus too. If you're one of them, evidence please. Zeitgeist doesn't count.
2007-11-12 09:35:44 · update #1
There aren't any. The only place you'll find them is on websites which plagiarize from the "Christ myth" conspiracy theorists. This is a movement that started in around the end of the 18th century, and gained a lot of ground throughout the 19th century and the first half of the 20th century.
The earliest myths involving Mithra have NOTHING about a virgin birth. In around the 3rd century B.C. is when the first appearance of a "virgin birth" takes place. While this precedes Christ, it does NOT precede the prophecies of Christ.
I would recommend starting with the wiki articles (below), and then look into their sources. There are lots of books on Mithraism. I have a few coming in the mail.
As for the Horus/Jesus similarities, I would recommend reading what Egyptologists have to say on the subject. I own several books on Egyptian mythology, written by actual Egyptologists (one of which is a professor of Egyptology at Oxford)...and none of them even HINT at Horus and Jesus having anything in common.
I commend you for questioning this!
2007-11-12 09:46:07 · answer #1 · answered by The_Cricket: Thinking Pink! 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
I don't know as much about the similarities between Jesus and Mithras as I do about the similiarities between Jesus and Dionysus. Here is a link to a well researched essay titled "The Ivy-Covered Cross" by Sannion http://www.winterscapes.com/sannion/ivy_cross.htm This essay includes a bibliography of referances that includes Classical sources as well as modern sources for the information
2007-11-12 09:58:55 · answer #2 · answered by Anne Hatzakis 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Its more than just Mithra...
So many stories of the man-god who dies and is resurrected are prevalent in mythologies from around the world.
Mithraism happened to be a popular cult around the same time, but they stole from the same sources as Christianity.
Its a common occurence, especially in that part of the world, the cross-roads of civilization, where practicesm beliefs and such mesh, criss-cross, and borrow from eachother, its nearly impossible to keep track of origin.
It is factual though that nearly most everything that Christianity claims as unique, was borrowed from earlier religions.
Of course, the Christians call this prophecy or that whole bogus line of the new covenant.
2007-11-12 09:42:41 · answer #3 · answered by BROOOOOKLYN 5 · 2⤊ 1⤋
you're misinformed. Jesus is Yahweh Jehovah, the classic of Days Who pronounced, "enable there be gentle." no person existed till now Him. As for the adjustments: Jesus is the actual and The residing God. All others are fallen angels and are fake gods.
2016-12-08 19:56:30 · answer #4 · answered by souders 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Jesus is real I have heard of him. His bible is still a best seller. I havent heard of Mithra he is got to be a phoney. He didnt last as long as Jesus
2007-11-12 09:33:50 · answer #5 · answered by Tommiecat 7 · 1⤊ 2⤋
here are the ones that AREN'T true:
http://www.kingdavid8.com/Copycat/JesusMithra.html
http://tektonics.org/copycat/mithra.html
lost.eu/21618
2007-11-12 09:33:13 · answer #6 · answered by Quailman 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
None...It is all in your head....
2007-11-12 10:21:59 · answer #7 · answered by Jacob Dahlen 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋