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Your Text: Insert Slimies » Insert UBB Code » Close Last Tag \| All Tags UBB Help	[quote] [b]DL-44 said:[/b] As far as I'm concerned, christmas is primarily a cultural celebration. It stopped being a truly christian holiday long ago, and let's not forget that it's history goes back long before christ as well. [/quote] That's an excellent and oft overlooked point DL. There is more than one story (myth? legend?) of "Christ", Mithras being the best known yet certainly out of the public eye: [quote]The Vatican was built upon the grounds previously devoted to the worship of Mithra (600 B.C.). The Orthodox Christian hierarchy is nearly identical to the Mithraic version. Virtually all of the elements of Orthodox Christian rituals, from miter, wafer, water baptism, alter, and doxology, were adopted from the Mithra and earlier pagan mystery religions.[/quote] [quote]Some scholars have also used similar language to describe the circumstances of Mithras' and Jesus' birth: Joseph Campbell described it as a virgin birth, and Martin A. Larson noted that Mithras was said to have been born on December 25th, or winter solstice. [/quote] More similarities: Mithras had 12 apostles, he also died/came back to life, according to some accounts. All that to say, this could be another version of VHS vs BetaMax. We know which story won out, but we could have been celebrating Mithrmas now. Nature & Travel Photography [url=http://www.sleepingwolves.com]Main Entrance[/url] [small](Edited by [url=http://www.ozoneasylum.com/user/6261]SleepingWolf[/url] on 12-23-2007 19:57)[/small] Loading...
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