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Who was born on Dec. 25th? I'll give you a hint, it wasn't Jesus....
Teddy Roosevelt:
Did you know that Jesus didn't really die on April 23, April 15, March 31 April 20, April 11, March 27, April 16, or almost every other day we celebrate/d Easter?
A date isn't really relevent.
coola:
--- Quote from: Dat Nigga Ted, The New School Player Hater on May 04, 2006, 03:47:21 PM ---Did you know that Jesus didn't really die on April 23, April 15, March 31 April 20, April 11, March 27, April 16, or almost every other day we celebrate/d Easter?
A date isn't really relevent.
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you pagan !
dexter:
--- Quote from: M Dogg on May 03, 2006, 03:40:24 PM ---Actually, Dec. 25 is the birthday of Saturn. That's some real shit, then the Romans celebrated that as the birth of Ceasar, 'cause the Ceasar is suppose to be godlike. Jesus real name is not Jesus, it's Yoshua, and he was more than likely born in April.
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Interesting.
nibs:
--- Quote from: M Dogg on May 03, 2006, 03:40:24 PM ---Actually, Dec. 25 is the birthday of Saturn. That's some real shit, then the Romans celebrated that as the birth of Ceasar, 'cause the Ceasar is suppose to be godlike. Jesus real name is not Jesus, it's Yoshua, and he was more than likely born in April.
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it turns out december 25 is also the birthday of mithra. mithra is a roman god from whose mother was a virgin, father was a god. mithraswas a sun god/god of light. mithra is largely believed to be based on older persian/zoroastrian god of similar name; who also appears in hinduism.
http://www.ship.edu/~cgboeree/romanempire.html
Mithra, legend says, was incarnated into human form (as prophesized by Zarathustra) in 272 bc. He was born of a virgin, who was called the Mother of God. Mithra's birthday was celebrated December 25 and he was called "the light of the world." After teaching for 36 years, he ascended into heaven in 208 bc.
There were many similarities with Christianity: Mithraists believed in heaven and hell, judgement and resurrection. They had baptism and communion of bread and wine. They believed in service to God and others.
http://www.taivaansusi.net/historia/mithraism.html
Mithra/Mitra is the prototype to Roman Mithras to whom there are several hymns in Hindu and Zoroastrian holy texts. This gives us some insight into the energy of this deity before it became fused with the great mass of Graeco-Roman magical ideas. The evolution of this deity from god of the green land, wild pastures and the solar light to one of that Invincible Sun god, who moves the cosmos by slaying constellation Taurus, has been the subject of much interest to historians and magicians.
Roman Mithras was perhaps the greatest rival to early Christianity for many reasons. As well as being a popular pagan religion practised by the Roman Army, Mithraism had many similarities to Christianity. Mithras was born of a virgin, remained celibate, his worship involving baptism, the partaking of bread marked with a cross and wine as sacrificial blood, held Sundays sacred and Mithras was born on 25th of December. Mithraist called themselves 'brother' and were led by a priest called 'father' (Pater). The symbol of the father were a staff, a hooked sword, a ring and hat.
These similarities frightened the early Christian leaders - that almost 500 years before arrival of Christ all of the Christian mysteries were already known. To combat this, Christian witters said that the Devil knew of the coming of Christ in advance and had imitated them before they existed in order to denigrate them. As Christianity gained strength and became the formal religion of the Roman Empire, the 'Cult of Mithras' was one of the first pagan cults to come under attack in the fifth century; Temples of Mithras, like most other pagan Temples, were destroyed and Churches build on them.
Don Rizzle:
I am Jesus....Discuss that bitches
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