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No mention of Jesus Christ

Jesus is a plagiarised version of this Mithra, he should be mentioned. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 88.106.96.159 (talk) 20:33, 30 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I agree, something should be written about the significance of the Mithra stories as one of the precursors to the Jesus of Nazareth stories. The late Dr. Alan Dundes did a lot of great scholarship about this.

-CFW Cfwschmidt (talk) 19:55, 17 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Dundes was an expert on folklore and legend, not dead religions, so why would we defer to him? The idea that Jesus is a clone of Mithra is really historical gibberish. That is probably why this article makes no mention of it.Farsight001 (talk) 01:44, 28 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I think the historical jesus simply tried to re-enact mithra's legend towards his own goal , which of course was the creation or continuation of a proto-semitic religion.

Mithra was an iranian figure and the romans were at conflict with iranians , mithraism was only popular in the roman army and certainly had its critics among other romans , that's i believe how jesus , a jew , exploited this fact and copied mithra on many occasions during his life. Kermanii (talk) 15:24, 17 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

This article isn't the most scholarly looking thing I've ever seen, but he cites sources for quotes and some of his points stem from obviously true things. Definitely worth a read: http://www.sullivan-county.com/bush/travilocity1.htm The connection to Jesus is a conspiracy theory, much in the vein of the whole Jesus-Horus business. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.162.234.245 (talk) 06:54, 24 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Mithra has the following in common with the Jesus character:

Mithra was born on December 25th of the virgin Anahita.
The babe was wrapped in swaddling clothes, placed in a manger and attended by shepherds.
He was considered a great traveling teacher and master.
He had 12 companions or "disciples."
He performed miracles.
As the "great bull of the Sun," Mithra sacrificed himself for world peace.
He ascended to heaven.
Mithra was viewed as the Good Shepherd, the "Way, the Truth and the Light," the Redeemer, the Savior, the Messiah.
Mithra is omniscient, as he "hears all, sees all, knows all: none can deceive him."
He was identified with both the Lion and the Lamb.
His sacred day was Sunday, "the Lord's Day," hundreds of years before the appearance of Christ.
His religion had a eucharist or "Lord's Supper."
Mithra "sets his marks on the foreheads of his soldiers."
Mithraism emphasized baptism.

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Dgharmon (talk) 00:30, 11 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Any sources, specifically was he born on December 25th? I don't think so. Popish Plot (talk) 14:43, 7 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Why no discussion of connection to the Roman Mithras?

Presumably there is some connection to the Roman Mithras of the Mithraic Mysteries; this certainly merits mention if not discussion. Likewise, if there is no connection (unlikely) that deserves mention as well. However, I am not the one to do this since I know nothing about either deity except what's in the Wikipedia. jackbrown (talk) 09:04, 5 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

could be just a coincidence with the name. Popish Plot (talk) 14:44, 7 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Faulty Graphics

Please consider removing the MISIDENTIFIED graphic at the head of the article. It is NOT "Mithra" but rather the Roman "god" Mithras if you take a look at the credits for the photo itself. A proper photo of a sculpture of Mithra/Mitra appears later in the article and you will see that he is a bearded elder in Persian garb and not a beardless youth in a Parthian cap as Mithras is traditionally portrayed. Thank you for your consideration... Emyth (talk) 20:01, 16 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

[1] "Mithra: The Pagan Christ".

[2] "Mithras = Christianity".

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