Happy Birthday Mithras
Until this year, PG had never heard of Mithras.
Mithras is a Persian deity, from the Zororoaster tradition. ( That is pronounced Zor uh THRUS ta). Not much is known about him… did he really exist,or was he a legend? There was a cult of Mithras in the first century Roman empire.
There are supposed to be similarities between Mithras and Jesus. These include the virgin birth, the birth on December 25, and rising from the dead after three days. Some spoilsports say the early christians grafted Jesus onto the legend of Mithras.
One indication that this might be true is the reaction of “The Catholic Encyclopedia“. “Some apparent similarities exist; but in a number of details it is quite probable that Mithraism was the borrower from Christianity.”
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[…] details it is quite probable that Mithraism was the borrower from Christianity.” This is a repost. Pictures from The Library of Congress […]