Why are there so many similarities between Jesus and Mithra's life?
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The Jesus myth was not established properly before the roman emperor Constantine collected the writings of the different cults and defined the New Testament at the council of Nicea. Mithra was adapted to Mithras, a roman God, so Constantine knew all about the Dec 25 virgin birth and the last supper etc etc. Romans tended to adapt gods instead of getting rid of them completely. Aside from that, the Jesus tradition is very much inspired by the original Iranian mythologies. Thought-provoking to think that so much about Jesus is just adapted, older myths...
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I suspect it's because Mohammed is considered by Muslims to be the supreme prophet, the greatest man who has ever lived.  David and Soloman have never been touted as near-perfect human examples for people to follow.  Jesus, on the other hand, is for Chiristians what Mohammed is for Muslims.  Not exactly, of course, but it's a closer comparison than David or Soloman.  If Jesus had several marriages or had sex with young girls, people would analyze that behavior just as bluntly.  Look at the huge furor that the DaVinci Code has created, especially with the suggestion that Jesus was married.  People rightly expect their religious leaders to behave better than others.  The discussion is still there, you're just looking at the wrong person to compare Mohammed to.
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I hope that the links below help u get started.\n\nhttp://www.stephen-knapp.com/christianity's_similarities_with_hinduism.htm\n\nhttp://www.stephen-knapp.com/christianity_and_the_vedic_teachings_within_it.htm\n\nhttp://www.stephen-knapp.com/jesus_taught_bhaktiyoga.htm\n\nhttp://www.stephen-knapp.com/bible_teaches_chanting_gods_names.htm
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Well, first, Jesus was Jewish...he was NOT Christian.\nSecondly, there is little information available about the historical Jesus - most of what we know is from the writings of others about what Jesus said and taught (again, all within the context of Jewish learning).\n\nregarding "mussulman", I assume you mean Muslim?\nLeast we forget, Abraham and Sarah had two children - Issac and Ishmael (actually, Ishmael was born to Hagar, the handmaid of Sarah).\nBecause of the problems between the two women, Abraham sent Hagar and Ishmael away, but God blessed them as well as the people of Israel.\nIshmael became the family linage to the Islamic faith.\nNow, back to Jesus and whether you will enter heaven if you are/are not Christian: remember, Jesus was Jewish and Jewish faith teachs that all will be blessed in the next world as long as we do acts of loving kindness in the here and now, regardless of what our faith is.\nNow, in my book, THAT is the real grace of God.\nAnd now, you know the rest of the story.
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Yes! Finally after months someone makes sense! Original christianity (not bible version) was polytheistic. Jesus taught Gods! His father in heaven is supreme god (like Brahma), then there's son of god (cosmic christ), then there's the goddess Sophia, and the creator god (Ialdaboath), and many more gods. There is mention of 35 aeons (these are very high god/goddess pairs). This is what Jesus taught and even the NT gives away Jesus' polytheism. The orthodox christians wanted "one god" so they invented "the mystery of the holy trinity". Jesus was a Pagan polytheist, and there are extra-biblical scriptures which clearly state this.
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artistic license.  What Jesus actually looked like is unknown.  He was definately of Middle Eastern decent.  He most likely was unshaven.  He probably had shorter hair (as was the common jewish style at the time) unlike the long haired interpretations.
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You forgot about Amrapali- the prostitute who became a nun , a follower of Buddha. Sounds familiar?\n\nBuddhas mother had dreams about an extraordinary son. Christians took the tale one step ahead.\n\nThere are more similarities if you really start comparing.\n\nADDED:\n\nJesus did not predated Buddh. Buddha predates .Jesus by 500 years and was already a well established religion.\n\n"..... Buddhist monks lived in Central Asia, the conduit through which Buddhism traveled from India to the East. \n\nThe giant Buddha statues at Bamian in Afghanistan lay on the same road. \n\nThey have been destroyed, but a wonderful sleeping Buddha, 16m long, still lies peacefully in Tajikistan. \n\nAnd near Kampyr-Tepe, we were invited to the site of a Buddhist lamasery, where the mendicant monks lived underground in a labyrinth, to protect them from the terrible heat and cold of the plain. "\n\n(source: Uzbekistan's best kept secret - BBC news.com).
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The issue you really have to ask about is Why was Jesus buried in a stone enclosed cave to begin with. The answer is that this story is, also, based on Mithra-ism. Mithra, son of a human mother and a god, born in the Winter, died in the Spring, who died for the sins of the people, but who came back to life three days later, was also buried in Rock, and, when resurrected, rose out of the rock.\n\nJews would not bury any dead in rock. This would have prevented 'From dust to dust,' and is forbidden. The only reason for Jesus to have been buried in this way is to reflect the story of Mithra, like so much of the rest of his story.
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similarities:He died in the cross, he has risen from the dead and he was lifted up to the heaven..\ndifferences: way of writing...
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this is the first time i have heard of Jesus carrying 2 books.  i didn't know about the other book.  i'm very curious to know about this nature book so if you ever get the answer to your question please let me know.
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there could be a huge possibility that the person beside jesus is mary magdalene and not an apostle (i think its peter) no one may ever know. it all depends on ones belief or research. \n\nsome people do believe that the cup of christ is mary magdalene and as the book "the da vinci code" explains to us that jesus may have had an offspring with mary magdalene, and that she started the merovingian blood line. \n\nsome people may say this as blasphemy or in-accurate but remember that there is still no REAL proof that jesus ever exsisted, we all base it on the bible and other written records but found not even one real evidence that he ever lived. so who could say that the person beside him is not a woman..
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Jesus asked her for water and overcame the social taboo because He wanted to prove that His love reaches to all, in every strata of society.  \nHe also had a divine plan to save her, as she would become the evangelist for her village and lead many others to Him as well.  \nJesus lived every minute of His life with this plan in mind.  He is not against any race, He calls all to repentance, holiness, and new life.  \nHe loves us all, and desires for all of us to be saved (2 Peter 3:9).
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The stories of Jesus and Horus are very similar, with Horus even contributing the name of Jesus Christ. Horus and his once-and-future Father, Osiris, are frequently interchangeable in the mythos ("I and my Father are one"). The legends of Horus go back thousands of years, and he shares the following in common with Jesus: \n\nHorus was born of the virgin Isis-Meri on December 25th in a cave/manger, with his birth being announced by a star in the East and attended by three wise men.\nHe was a child teacher in the Temple and was baptized when he was 30 years old.\nHorus was also baptized by "Anup the Baptizer," who becomes "John the Baptist." \nHe had 12 disciples. \nHe performed miracles and raised one man, El-Azar-us, from the dead. \nHe walked on water. \nHorus was transfigured on the Mount. \nHe was crucified, buried in a tomb and resurrected. \nHe was also the "Way, the Truth, the Light, the Messiah, God's Anointed Son, the Son of Man, the Good Shepherd, the Lamb of God, the Word" etc. \nHe was "the Fisher," and was associated with the Lamb, Lion and Fish ("Ichthys"). \nHorus's personal epithet was "Iusa," the "ever-becoming son" of "Ptah," the "Father." \nHorus was called "the KRST," or "Anointed One," long before the Christians duplicated the story. \nIn fact, in the catacombs at Rome are pictures of the baby Horus being held by the virgin mother Isis - the original "Madonna and Child" - and the Vatican itself is built upon the papacy of Mithra, who shares many qualities with Jesus and who existed as a deity long before the Jesus character was formalized. The Christian hierarchy is nearly identical to the Mithraic version it replaced. Virtually all of the elements of the Catholic ritual, from miter to wafer to water to altar to doxology, are directly taken from earlier pagan mystery religions.\n himself for the world's sins.\n\nThere are too many similarites.Jesus has to be an exaggerated Character.
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yes they all are based of the heroic mythology... jesus could be bhudda could be king arthur... could be neo... it's all the same thing...
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there are many similarities but i think there are more diferences, like experiences, hopes, general things that are thought about, like compare christians with rapist/murderers, enough differences there.
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Absolutely not.  Jesus was human as well as God if you believe in Christian interpretations of his life.  I think Jesus was at least a very spiritually advanced human, he knew how to love without judgment and how to forgive. It seems absurd to me that he would not have been married.
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Jesus was a human being.  His divinity was bestowed upon him by the Catholic Church about 400 years after he died.