Virgin Birth

[Nonson]

The Nativity of Mithra/Jesus
By Peter Murphy

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Luke 1:1 "Inasmuch as many have undertaken to COMPILE an account of the things accomplished among us, 2 just as those who from the beginning were eyewitnesses and servants of the word have handed them down to us, 3 it seems fitting for me as well, having investigated everything carefully from the beginning, to write it out for you in consecutive order, most excellent Theophilus; 4 so that you might know the EXACT truth about the things you have been taught."

What do we have here, what can be learned? Several things are apparent;

v. 1) The author is compiling stories that were circulating into one work.
v. 2) The author admits that the stories have been handed down, so he is not a contemporary to the events listed.
v. 3) The author investigated everything carefully, and chose to present it in consecutive order.
v.4) The author admits that he is seeking the exact truth, proving that false stories were circulating, and even false gospel accounts. Seeking the exact truth does not mean that one can successfully find this truth!

Now if the Luke author is telling the truth , and his account is the exact truth; than any account that deviates is not the exact truth, it is at best a partial truth, at worst a deception. Where are these partial truths, where can they be found? The answer is the Matthew gospel; in particular chapter 1; which incorporates the Mithra nativity with minor changes, throws in Magi [Zoroastrian Priests; the word magician is derived from these priests] with celestial music as well, all borrowed from foreign religions and myths. The Matthew writer simply paganized the gospel in order to make it appealing to the Gentiles.

"Early Christianity appropriated mythological motifs and genres from the Greek and Middle Eastern cultures that dominated the Hellenistic Age (c. 300 BC-c. AD 300). Among them was the miraculous birth of a deity; the virgin birth of a god or goddess was a theme common in the mythology of the Hellenistic world. Aphrodite
(Venus), the goddess of sexual love, for example, emerged from sea foam. Athena sprang, in full battle array, from the head of Zeus, her father. The legend of the virgin birth of Alexander the Great (4th century BC) from his mother, Olympias, whose reputation was not that of a virgin, demonstrated Alexander's divinity. Mithra, the Iranian god of light and of sacred contracts, is described as a divine child of radiant heavenly beams. Mithra was born from the rock of a cave, the birth witnessed by shepherds on a day December (25) that was later claimed by Christians as the Nativity of Christ."
-- "History of the Christian myth and legend" Encyclopedia Britannica.

Peace,
Peter M.

[PaulL]

Originally posted by Nonson:
The Nativity of Mithra/Jesus
By Peter Murphy

Hello I am a new member of Ukraine.com and am interested in making some online friends. I would like to discuss religion also.



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PaulL

[Nonson]

At this point, both christian and muslim might take a second look at this post from a few weeks ago. For it is my intention to shortly begin posting the particulars of how Luke re-worked Homeric tales to come up with one of the Synoptic Gospels.

Nonson