Sponsor |  Ogmin | Mar 14, 2007 10:51pm | born of a virgin on december 25th
portrayed as a good shepherd
he is both the divine father and the human son in one
his original disciples abstained from eating swine and
ate a sacramental meal of bread and wine
representing the body and blood of 'the saviour'
every spring his death is solemnly recalled
and his resurrection celebrated
Attis
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|  MinipainterUS | Jul 24, 2007 6:08am | | This is pretty standard fare for the "Myth of the Dead and Resurrected God". Osiris, Mithras, Attis, Jesus are fairly well known examples of this myth cycle. |
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|  vodric | Aug 28, 2007 9:09am | | Chronologically jesus is the last in the line of the resurrected god. I believe this is part of the reason why christianity steals so much from other religions. |
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| | Animaxsor | Dec 4, 2007 5:34pm | | Jesus isn't god,he is prophet like Mohamed. |
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| | vodric | Dec 5, 2007 8:55pm | | That depends on if you are catholic or not. The council of nicea decided to deify jesus to copy/cover similar myths. |
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| | tripledoubles | Dec 13, 2007 7:59am | | Where was Attis worshipped? Never heard of that one. |
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Sponsor | | Thomas-Jefferson | Dec 13, 2007 4:30pm | | I am glad my religious beliefs don't involve harm to genitals. |
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| | nails58 | Dec 14, 2007 5:38am | me too.
i've never gotten the 'father/son' as (one) thing...
people are taken to psych. units for lesser combinations |
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