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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Horus and Mithras are in the Jesus Mysteries? I'm not bothering to read that book, then. The whole Horus and Mithras thing has been completely debunked so many times here, not by me I should mention, including the PP who gave a nice, concise debunking yesterday. Doesn't matter, the troll keeps trolling. That's what trolls do. That's the problem.[/quote]

It was debunked?

Really?

Cognitive bias is a bitch.[/quote]

Thread derailment alert! (You know darn well it was totally debunked.)[/quote]

Seriously, I don't.

Please explain.

Otherwise, I'm just going to assume that you think that anyone who doesn't buy your assumptions is trying to derail or troll. Like I said, cognitive bias is a bitch.

And it's not a derailment to ask you to explain one of your basis assumptions. [/quote]

Here's another poster on yesterday's "Is Religion the New Homosexuality" thread, one of the many debunkings scattered around this forum. Easy enough to cut and paste here.

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"Ah, the Horus-Mithras-Christ connection!

This was originally brought up by an atheist poster who insisted that December 25 was the birth date of both Mithras and Horus. That was thoroughly blown out of the water on grounds of historical inaccuracy.

The poster then insisted that Mithras and Horus shared similar features with Christ, and other posters pointed out that it was actually Osiris who was resurrected by Isis picking up all his dismembered pieces. His penis was missing so she made one of gold so she could get impregnated with Horus. I dunno--doesn't sound much like the Christ story to me--and Isis clearly was not a virgin.

Then we have Mithras, an ancient and vague Persian god, whose cult persisted on the western fringes of the Persian empire and was picked up by Roman soldiers after the death of Christ. Many theories about Christian beliefs perhaps informing Mithraism rather than the other way around. Mithras was said to be born from a rock, which I guess earlier PP relates to virgin birth. Am surprised PP didn't equate Athena as well to Christ as she was hatched from Zeus's head.

Sorry for reminiscing about good times on DCUM."
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tbh, I fail to see how this lack of connection btw. Horus/Mithras and the life of Jesus somehow supports a claim that Jesus did indeed exist - or at least did exist as a prophet who performed miracles.

At least there's a pattern of virgin births and resurrection in pagan beliefs that DO connect to the life of Jesus.  Who cares if one isn't an exact match.

from the Apostle's Creed:

[quote]He was conceived by the power of the Holy Spirit and born of the Virgin Mary. He suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, died and was buried. He descended into hell. On the third day he rose again. He ascended into heaven, and is seated at the right hand of the Father.[/quote]
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