Comments on: Merry Mithrasmas! http://www.bay-of-fundie.com/archives/54/merry-mithrasmas Keeping the Radical Right at Bay Thu, 20 Nov 2008 17:38:04 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.11 by: Ron Britton http://www.bay-of-fundie.com/archives/54/merry-mithrasmas#comment-38 Thu, 17 Aug 2006 02:49:40 +0000 http://www.bay-of-fundie.com/archives/54/merry-mithrasmas#comment-38 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. Naomi over at Pretty Hate Machine has a good reply to your question. She has two theories: Denial and Conformity.

]]> by: World Peace Religion http://www.bay-of-fundie.com/archives/54/merry-mithrasmas#comment-37 Wed, 16 Aug 2006 21:26:44 +0000 http://www.bay-of-fundie.com/archives/54/merry-mithrasmas#comment-37 How does Christianity get away with this? How does Christianity get away with this?

]]> by: Ron Britton http://www.bay-of-fundie.com/archives/54/merry-mithrasmas#comment-36 Tue, 15 Aug 2006 08:11:56 +0000 http://www.bay-of-fundie.com/archives/54/merry-mithrasmas#comment-36 The borrowing/stealing of earlier myths is something I’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’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’m just not an expert (yet) on all of the details. BTW, look for a review of “The God Who Wasn’t There” 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! The borrowing/stealing of earlier myths is something I’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’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’m just not an expert (yet) on all of the details.

BTW, look for a review of “The God Who Wasn’t There” 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!

]]> by: reluctantatheist http://www.bay-of-fundie.com/archives/54/merry-mithrasmas#comment-33 Tue, 15 Aug 2006 06:58:04 +0000 http://www.bay-of-fundie.com/archives/54/merry-mithrasmas#comment-33 Hey, how are you? Actually, the evidence for xtianity borrowing from Mithraism is slim to none (I attribute this mostly to Theodosius' edict, & the destruction of the Mithreums). A better & closer analogy would be Sol Invictus. I've linked to you, BTW, at http://biblioblography.blogspot.com Hey, how are you?
Actually, the evidence for xtianity borrowing from Mithraism is slim to none (I attribute this mostly to Theodosius’ edict, & the destruction of the Mithreums). A better & closer analogy would be Sol Invictus.
I’ve linked to you, BTW, at http://biblioblography.blogspot.com

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