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Distance was key, even short travels by todays's standards would have taken days or even weeks to do back then, yes there was some record keeping and some ability to fact check, the fact is that word of mouth would still have trumped it, especially at a time when most people were uneducated.

I never asserted that he was created out of Mithraic ideas, i said that the theory is that the story of Jesus was an amalgamation of the various savior stories found in Pagan lore at the time, the story of Mithras being only one of many, the Christ Story wasn't written until around or after 100 AD, so influences from other groups like the Mithran cults could have played a role in the formation of the christ story, that the Mithraic Ideas would have been a part of the amalgamation, since they existed at the same time period. Like we see that the Virgin Birth concept was something that existed quite heavily in pagan lore for example, like with Horus, Perseus (whose mom got pregnant in a shower of gold) and others.



 

Predictions:Sales of Wii Fit will surpass the combined sales of the Grand Theft Auto franchiseLifetime sales of Wii will surpass the combined sales of the entire Playstation family of consoles by 12/31/2015 Wii hardware sales will surpass the total hardware sales of the PS2 by 12/31/2010 Wii will have 50% marketshare or more by the end of 2008 (I was wrong!!  It was a little over 48% only)Wii will surpass 45 Million in lifetime sales by the end of 2008 (I was wrong!!  Nintendo Financials showed it fell slightly short of 45 million shipped by end of 2008)Wii will surpass 80 Million in lifetime sales by the end of 2009 (I was wrong!! Wii didn't even get to 70 Million)