Mithraism

[jiggamanjoe]

http://img225.imageshack.us/img225/6743/mithraismog6.jpg

Is a religion I'm sure you've all not heard of. It funnily enough outdates Christianity by several thousand years, yet shares many similarities, as do many other old religions.

Coincidence?

I ask I not be punished for this thread, I'm simply stating fact and asking for opinions.

[WickedWitch]

Re: Mithraism

If you had taken the time to look at the False Religions Register, you would see that Mithraism is, in fact, listed there, and described (by True Christian standards). So, sorry to burst your bubble, but the Landoverites are aware of this religion.

[jiggamanjoe]

Re: Mithraism

Described by True Christian standards...

Why is that not suprising.

[Ezekiel Bathfire]

Re: Mithraism

Described by True Christian standards...

Why is that not surprising.

Perhaps because Jesus has brought you to Landover, home to the only True Christian Church. A Church, whose very soul is dedicated to the absolute, complete and utter Word of God, with nothing added and nothing taken away.

Son, if this mithry so-called religion thing is described there, it will be described as per God's view, or as close as we, His humble servants, can come to His Perfect Thought.

[Molineux]

Re: Mithraism

I may not be liked by anyone on this forum, but i'm confident enough to say Mithraism is a lie.

I don't know why they share the same day of celebration, or birthday (whichever), if Mithras was god his religion would have not simply died out.

That is why Christianity is still alive, because at least our God is real.

[WickedWitch]

Re: Mithraism

I may not be liked by anyone on this forum, but i'm confident enough to say Mithraism is a lie. That's a stupid and disrespectful thing to say. You can't just say, "My religion's valid, but yours isn't." It doesn't make any sense.

I don't know why they share the same day of celebration, or birthday (whichever), if Mithras was god his religion would have not simply died out. Look in the right places and you'll find Mithraists.

That is why Christianity is still alive, because at least our God is real.

Again, it makes no sense to say, "My god is real, but none of yours are." I don't much care for the Christian God, but for me say that every other God in the universe is real, and that one specific God isn't would be ridiculous. And, by your logic, since Paganism (which has been around far longer than Christianity) is still alive, then our Gods must all be real as well.

[Molineux]

Re: Mithraism

Again, it makes no sense to say, "My god is real, but none of yours are." I don't much care for the Christian God, but for me say that every other God in the universe is real, and that one specific God isn't would be ridiculous. And, by your logic, since Paganism (which has been around far longer than Christianity) is still alive, then our Gods must all be real as well.

I did not mean to be disrespectful, now i read my post and i see that i could have worded it better.

I have no knowledge of Paganism, so i can not comment on your Gods.

However, to me, there is only one God, so of course i am going to say that. It is my belief and my God given right to doubt other religions, and what i meant to say in my original post was that Mithraism has died out, Christianity hasn't, so no matter what likenesses they had, had Mithraism been a true religion, then there would still be followers of that false-god today.
However, i sincerely doubt there are any.

[Virginia Day Templeton]

Re: Mithraism

Mithraism simply ripped off the Old Testament prophecies that predicted the life of Christ.

[Ezekiel Bathfire]

Re: Mithraism

I don't know why they share the same day of celebration, or birthday [...]

Statistically you have a 1:23 chance of sharing a birthday with someone else. (No, it is NOT 1:365 - do the math) If you increase the choices to "birthday or other celebration", the odds drop significantly.

As far as savages thinking that their history and/or religion has something to do with Creation and Christianity, this is only because after the Flood, some tribes became lost and/or were guided by idiots. They jumbled up and spouted out story of the Creation and later The Life of Christ wrongly.

You can see proof of their getting it wrong in the Old Testament where God smites various races utterly because they have ended up worshipping some graven or molten image.

If you were thinking of drawing any parallels between Mithras and Christianity - I tell you now, don't bother.

[Molineux]

Re: Mithraism

Statistically you have a 1:23 chance of sharing a birthday with someone else. (No, it is NOT 1:365 - do the math) If you increase the choices to "birthday or other celebration", the odds drop significantly.

[2]As far as savages thinking that their history and/or religion has something to do with Creation and Christianity, this is only because after the Flood, some tribes became lost and/or were guided by idiots. They jumbled up and spouted out story of the Creation and later The Life of Christ wrongly.

You can see proof of their getting it wrong in the Old Testament where God smites various races utterly because they have ended up worshipping some graven or molten image.

[1]If you were thinking of drawing any parallels between Mithras and Christianity - I tell you now, don't bother.

[1] I wasn't going too, i was saying he was false.

[2] I agree, well put.

[WickedWitch]

Re: Mithraism

I did not mean to be disrespectful, now i read my post and i see that i could have worded it better.

I have no knowledge of Paganism, so i can not comment on your Gods.

However, to me, there is only one God, so of course i am going to say that. It is my belief and my God given right to doubt other religions You may, indeed. However, you must surely be able to see the ridiculousness in saying, "My religion's valid, but yours isn't." It just doesn't make sense. That's like saying, "The rock I hold in my hand is real, but the rock you're holding isn't." Of course you may certainly continue to think something along those lines, but you must be able to see how illogical that is. And because of that, no matter what my or any other religion teaches, I'll never say that my Gods are real, but someone else's aren't., and what i meant to say in my original post was that Mithraism has died out, Christianity hasn't, so no matter what likenesses they had, had Mithraism been a true religion, then there would still be followers of that false-god today.
However, i sincerely doubt there are any.

Then you need to do some looking, because there are; I've met them. And once again, you're saying that any religion that still has followers today worships a real God. By your own logic, all the religions still being practiced to worship Gods that are as real as your own, therefore validating every religion which is still practiced. So if these other religions worship real Gods, why doubt Their existence? Why not just say, "These many Gods exist, but I choose to worship this one God, and they worship all of theirs"? I mean, if you choose to listen to a certain radio station, does that mean that there are no other stations broadcasting?

Just to reiterate, you may certainly believe that all Gods aside from your own aren't real, it's just an illogical thing to say, is what I'm getting at.

[Molineux]

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Then you need to do some looking, because there are; I've met them. And once again, you're saying that any religion that still has followers today worships a real God. By your own logic, all the religions still being practiced to worship Gods that are as real as your own, therefore validating every religion which is still practiced. So if these other religions worship real Gods, why doubt Their existence? Why not just say, "These many Gods exist, but I choose to worship this one God, and they worship all of theirs"? I mean, if you choose to listen to a certain radio station, does that mean that there are no other stations broadcasting?

Just to reiterate, you may certainly believe that all Gods aside from your own aren't real, it's just an illogical thing to say, is what I'm getting at.

Some are just putting up more of a fight than Christianity.

For instance, Muslims continue to blow themselves up, they'll run out eventually.

and that may sound racist, but meh.

[WickedWitch]

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Some are just putting up more of a fight than Christianity.

For instance, Muslims continue to blow themselves up, they'll run out eventually.

and that may sound racist, but meh.

The human race is constantly coming up with ways to destroy themselves (and the planet and everything else on it), and will eventually succeed, but that wouldn't prove that the Gods of the world are fake.

[Ezekiel Bathfire]

Re: Mithraism

Some are just putting up more of a fight than Christianity.

For instance, Muslims continue to blow themselves up, they'll run out eventually.

and that may sound racist, but meh.

The thing, at the end of the day, is that you can go out East to China, Thailand, Hong Kong, and pick up a watch that says Rolex on it - or you can pay the price at a reputable dealer here in the USA and get the real thing - I like to think of Landover as concessionaires to The Lord.