Reply #13: Really old-time religion.... Mithra!

[Bigmack]

I demand that all those Xian whackjobs put the Mithra back in Christmas!
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Have you ever wondered why December 25th was chosen to celebrate the birth of Christ?   If the accounts in the Bible are correct, the time of Jesus birth would have been closer to mid-summer, for this is when shepherds would have been "tending their flocks in the field" and the new lambs were born. Strange enough there is an ancient pagan religion, Mithraism, which dates back over 2,800 years that also celebrated the birth of their "savior" on that date.   Many elements in the story of Jesus' life and birth are either coincidental or borrowings 

Some Similarities Between Mithraism and Christianity  are:
Virgin birth
Twelve followers
Killing and resurrection
Miracles
Birthdate on December 25
Morality
Mankind's savior
Known as the Light of the world

http://www.vetssweatshop.net/dogma.htm