I think the Roman propaganda machine, using Saul of Tarsus as their mouthpiece, used the Christian theology as a political tool. To make it more palatable to the Roman troops, they conflated the Jesus myth with that of Mithras, even co-oping The festival of *natalis Invicti (**Birth of the Unconquerable)* held on December 25.*
* But did they invent the entire Christo mythology? Not likely.* * On Wed, Oct 9, 2013 at 10:19 AM, Eric Roberts < [email protected]> wrote: > > Very interesting supposition that makes complete sense give the lack of any > primary sources proving the existence of Jesus. We even have the records > of > Pontius Pilate and King Herod, 2 major players in the Jesus myth, and not a > single mention of Jesus or anyone even remotely resembling him... > > http://uk.prweb.com/releases/2013/10/prweb11201273.htm > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:367680 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
