As was pointed out earlier, the epic of Gilgamesh is not only one of the oldest recorded stories known to man, but it was also familiar to Israel and may have been rewritten into the Old Testament. It should come
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Jesus and Pythagoras Similarities
Pythagoras is one of the most intriguing and mysterious figures in ancient history. Although today known only by his mathematical legacy, he was much more than a philosopher or mathematician – he was also the founder of a very secretive
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Egyptian Christ? Jesus and Osiris, Horus and Isis Similarities
Osiris, Horus and Isis were three Egyptian gods that became increasingly popular in Greece and Rome; they formed a ‘holy family’ of sorts; Osiris was the father of Horus and the brother/Husband of Isis. Osiris was Egyptian god of the
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Doesn’t God Deserve a Christmas gift?
-God’s Blog- Today I woke up and had a brilliant mocha and pastry. It was so delicious. Then I spent the afternoon in my recliner. I stormed up a misty, wet sky. I caused the leaves to reflect the muted
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Paganism in Christmas history: Symbols and rituals
-Satan’s Journal- Hi – Satan here. It’s been a while. I was kind of busy with little trivial stuff, work etc. Christmas came and went. I’ll bet a lot of you think I hate Christmas. Jesus Christ is born, he
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The tomb of Jesus Christ found!
I’m willing to bet that archaeologists will soon find the tomb of Jesus Christ. We’ve already had some close calls; the family tomb that included a Mary and Joseph; the tomb of the ‘brother of Jesus’; and of course the
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Orpheus and Jesus Similarities: Music and Mysteries
Orpheus was regarded in antiquity as the founder of mystery-religions; the first to reveal to men the meaning of rites of initiation (W.K.C. Guthrie). His father was Apollo (or Oeagrus, a Thracian river god) and his mother Calliope, the Muse
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Gods of Healing: Jesus and Ascelpius Similarities
“The correspondence between Christianity and the other mystery religions of antiquity are perhaps more startling than the differences. Orpheus and Christ share attributes in the early centuries of our era; and of all the major ancient deities, Dionysus has most
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Nature Sex: Jesus and Adonis / Tammuz Similarities
Tammuz (Sumerian Dumuzi) was the consort of Ishtar. He is mentioned, already in the Epic of Gilgamesh, as a suffering lover of the goddess, a shepherd beloved and scapegoat of the netherworld. When Ishtar tries to become Gilgamesh’s lover, he
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Cleansed with Blood: Jesus and Attis Similarities
The Story of Attis: Cybele, (a Phrygian mother goddess whose cult was introduced into Greece by the 5th century BCE) rejected Zeus as a lover; but he spilled his seed on her while she was sleeping and she gave birth
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The True Vine: Jesus and Dionysus Similarities
Despite obvious similarities between Dionysus and Jesus Christ, like wedding wine miracles and Jesus’ statements about being “The one true vine”, these two figures may seem completely opposite: Jesus the meek and humble savior, and Dionysus the ecstatic, sexually active
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