| RCTjunkie said: Funny you bring this up. I'm part of the org "Intervarsity" which is a multi-ethnic Christian group on college campuses that celebrate and value various cultures and the different ways Christians of different nationalities worship God. If you want more information on how Jesus wanted to celebrate multi-ethnicity, check it out at the link below and/or read the book of Acts in the Bible and see how the Christian faith began and spread beyond the Jews. http://www.intervarsity.org/news/the-presidents-page-648 |
Jesus is just a reinvented story of the pagan God Mithra. So in reality Christianity is really Mithrism.
"Both Mithras and Christ were described variously as 'the Way,' 'the Truth,' 'the Light,' 'the Life,' 'the Word,' 'the Son of God,' 'the Good Shepherd.' The Christian litany to Jesus could easily be an allegorical litany to the sun-god. Mithras is often represented as carrying a lamb on his shoulders, just as Jesus is. Midnight services were found in both religions. The virgin mother...was easily merged with the virgin mother Mary. Petra, the sacred rock of Mithraism, became Peter, the foundation of the Christian Church."
Gerald Berry, Religions of the World
"Mithra or Mitra is...worshipped as Itu (Mitra-Mitu-Itu) in every house of the Hindus in India. Itu (derivative of Mitu or Mitra) is considered as the Vegetation-deity. This Mithra or Mitra (Sun-God) is believed to be a Mediator between God and man, between the Sky and the Earth. It is said that Mithra or [the] Sun took birth in the Cave on December 25th. It is also the belief of the Christian world that Mithra or the Sun-God was born of [a] Virgin. He travelled far and wide. He has twelve satellites, which are taken as the Sun's disciples.... [The Sun's] great festivals are observed in the Winter Solstice and the Vernal Equinox—Christmas and Easter. His symbol is the Lamb...."
Swami Prajnanananda, Christ the Saviour and Christ Myth
http://www.truthbeknown.com/mithra.htm
