June 20, 2011
by R’ Yosef Barzillai On a part one, I refered to “the first appearance of the christian cult in the early fourth century”. That passim remark might have raised some eyebrows, because it differs markedly from what you have almost certainly always believed to be the case. All the history books say that the first christians were first […]
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June 9, 2011
Pre-existing Legends and the Gospels The Roman dogma is a mixture of historical and pre-existing themes. Mithraism, a religion derived from Zoroastrism, was very popular in Rome at the same time that Christianity was spreading. Mithras was believed to be the son of the sun, sent to the earth to rescue humankind. Two centuries before […]
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