Christmas Forum: Christ

Posted by: Brother X () on 25 Dec 2002 at 11:58:49 AM
In-Reply-To: The Christmas Story and the Roman God Mithras posted by Kathleen Shipley on 8:51:14 PM 10 Aug 2002

: There seems to be a lot of correlation between the story of the birth and life of the Roman god Mithras and that of Christ. I have read that Mithras was born of a virgin, in a cave, and that shepherds came to worship him; that the cross is the symbol of Mithras; that the Vatican was built on the site of a temple to Mithras; that Mithras was crucified, and was resurrected; that he had twelve disciples; that he gave them bread and wine the night before he died.
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: I would like to know which parts of the two myths are the same, and if the Christians did indeed weave Mithras's stories into their own stories of Christ.
: Thanks.

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