The nativity was lifted piecemeal from the storey of mithras.
Except he was born in a cave, not a barn. But it was supposed to be a virgin birth and all that.
( b3th Not shit. Not mod., Fri 23 Dec 2011, 10:31, 1 reply, 14 years ago)

*finger on nose, Points*
That's the one I was thinking of.
( CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Fri 23 Dec 2011, 10:33, Reply)

The whole bible was created at the council of thingy in 300 and something.
Council of Nicaea? Something like that. The johnnies in charge looked at all the contemporary writings and picked the ones they liked the best to make up a book. If you read the coptic gospels they say quite a few completely different things. They're some of the books that didn't make the final cut.

Obviously I'm talking about the new testament here.
( b3th Not shit. Not mod., Fri 23 Dec 2011, 10:37, Reply)

yeah, the jews don't celebrate chrismtas either
....oh wait no, hannukah
(Quintno EXPERIMENT RUINED CANCELLED, LEFT 4EVER, Fri 23 Dec 2011, 10:39, Reply)

It's riveting stuff.
All of the 'Jesus as militant dissident' stuff was removed to make it palatable to potential Roman converts.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Fri 23 Dec 2011, 10:49, Reply)

I have read extensively on Mithraism.
It's fascinating.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Fri 23 Dec 2011, 10:38, Reply)