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	<title>Comments on: Merry Mithrasmas!</title>
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		<title>By: Ron Britton</title>
		<link>http://www.bay-of-fundie.com/archives/54/merry-mithrasmas/comment-page-1#comment-38</link>
		<dc:creator>Ron Britton</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Aug 2006 02:49:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Naomi over at &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.prettyhatemachine.net/2006/08/getting_away_with_it.php&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;Link to &#039;Getting away with it&#039; at Pretty Hate Machine. Opens in new window.&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Pretty Hate Machine&lt;/a&gt; has a good reply to your question.  She has two theories: Denial and Conformity.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Naomi over at <a href="http://www.prettyhatemachine.net/2006/08/getting_away_with_it.php" target="_blank" title="Link to 'Getting away with it' at Pretty Hate Machine. Opens in new window." rel="nofollow" rel="nofollow">Pretty Hate Machine</a> has a good reply to your question.  She has two theories: Denial and Conformity.</p>
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		<title>By: World Peace Religion</title>
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		<dc:creator>World Peace Religion</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Aug 2006 21:26:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>How does Christianity get away with this?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>How does Christianity get away with this?</p>
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		<title>By: Ron Britton</title>
		<link>http://www.bay-of-fundie.com/archives/54/merry-mithrasmas/comment-page-1#comment-36</link>
		<dc:creator>Ron Britton</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Aug 2006 08:11:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>The borrowing/stealing of earlier myths is something I&#8217;m still researching at the moment.  I have a number of books on the subject that I hope to get to soon (I will be reporting on these books as I read them).  At the moment, I don&#8217;t know enough to have a strong opinion on exactly what happened, if indeed there are sufficient remaining clues to piece this puzzle together.  The fact that Christianity (and Judaism) incorporated pre-existing mythology is documented and well known.  I&#8217;m just not an expert (yet) on all of the details.

BTW, look for a review of &#8220;The God Who Wasn&#8217;t There&#8221; sometime in the next few days.  It has been sitting in my Netflix stack for the last couple of weeks.

P.S.  Thanks for the link!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The borrowing/stealing of earlier myths is something I&#8217;m still researching at the moment.  I have a number of books on the subject that I hope to get to soon (I will be reporting on these books as I read them).  At the moment, I don&#8217;t know enough to have a strong opinion on exactly what happened, if indeed there are sufficient remaining clues to piece this puzzle together.  The fact that Christianity (and Judaism) incorporated pre-existing mythology is documented and well known.  I&#8217;m just not an expert (yet) on all of the details.</p>
<p>BTW, look for a review of &#8220;The God Who Wasn&#8217;t There&#8221; sometime in the next few days.  It has been sitting in my Netflix stack for the last couple of weeks.</p>
<p>P.S.  Thanks for the link!</p>
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		<title>By: reluctantatheist</title>
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		<dc:creator>reluctantatheist</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Aug 2006 06:58:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Hey, how are you?
Actually, the evidence for xtianity borrowing from Mithraism is slim to none (I attribute this mostly to Theodosius&#039; edict, &amp; the destruction of the Mithreums). A better &amp; closer analogy would be Sol Invictus.
I&#039;ve linked to you, BTW, at http://biblioblography.blogspot.com</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hey, how are you?<br />
Actually, the evidence for xtianity borrowing from Mithraism is slim to none (I attribute this mostly to Theodosius&#8217; edict, &amp; the destruction of the Mithreums). A better &amp; closer analogy would be Sol Invictus.<br />
I&#8217;ve linked to you, BTW, at <a href="http://biblioblography.blogspot.com" rel="nofollow">http://biblioblography.blogspot.com</a></p>
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