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Pastimes : History's effect on Religion

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To: Sun Tzu who wrote (11)	4/30/2003 9:39:39 PM
From: Brumar89	Read Replies (2) of 520

I need to do some thinking before I reply, so it might be tomorrow night before I get back to you. Is the source for all the similarites listed below the TV documentary or is there another source? And is the comparison to Mithraism or to the Parsees? Or are you saying Parsees come from Mithraism and they are essentially the same thing? I saw this in a TV documentary and am not sure if I can find a reference on the net. But the gist of it was that when British missionaries went to India, they met Parsis (who are the direct extension of Mithraists). After studying them and trying to convert them, the missionary concluded that they were Christian in all but name. Consider these similarities: - Belief in being born again. "Spirit of Spirit, if it be your will, give me over to immortal birth so that I may be born again - and the sacred spirit may breathe in me." -- Prayer to Mithraism - Heaven and Hell (note, Romans did not believe in Heaven; everyone went to Hell) All the wicked, the rejected and unapprised would be destroyed by Mithra by fire, and those accepted into Paradise would live with Mithra forever with eternal life. - and later Purgatory - Belief in the Judgment Day: The faithful to the Mithra believed they would live in bliss after death until the Judgment of mankind. Mithra would then unlock Paradise for the faithful and come to Earth and kill all the unapprised. All the dead would return from their graves to be judged. - The persona of Mary is almost identical to that of Anahita - Baptism - Virgin Birth - taking the wine and the bread at mass - The calendar (before the changes by decree. October means the 8th month and not the 10th) - Using songs and hymns as a method of prayer - Sunday as the Sabbath (the day of honoring the Sun god) - December 25th was declared the birthday of Mithra

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