Debunking the "Dying and Rising Gods" Theory

[Drich]

Priceless coming from the adherent of a Jewish sect that someone slapped a '2.0' on ^_^

btw, the Jews borrowed from Zoroastrians and there are several much older flood myths. But you're right - some of the dying and rising gods claims are exaggerated. Still doesn't make your story original.

But establishing when Zarathustra lived is only the first step. Next, we have to establish what he actually taught (as opposed to what modern Zoroastrianism claims he taught). The only source for Zarathustra’s teachings is the Avesta, and the oldest copies we have of the Avesta date from the 13th century AD. The late date for this collection of writings lends no support whatsoever to the idea that Christians borrowed from Zoroastrianism (the oldest copies of the Jewish Scriptures that we have today date centuries before Christ, and the oldest complete manuscripts of the Christian Scriptures we have date from the 4th century AD).

http://www.gotquestions.org/Jesus-Mithra...anism.html