Us too you have saved by shedding blood which grants eternity.
Drich, this is an inscription commonly found at sites where there is a depiction of Mithras slaying the bull. Accompanying the inscription is a scene with a raven on Mithras' shoulder, a serpent accompanied by a cup underneath the bull, a dog lapping at the fatal wound of the bull and a scorpion attached to the bull's genitals. This act by Mithras which could very well be seen as something plausible in reality (the slaying of a bull) is clearly a map of the heavens; the bull representing Taurus, Canis Minor the dog, Hydra the serpent, Crater the cup, Corvus the raven and Scorpio the scorpion. Clearly, the belief in what Mithras accomplished wasn't related to the realm we live in. Before you ask, I got this information from a book I read at university today entitled Hellenistic Religions.
When Paul confesses that 'the gospel preached by me is not man's, for I did not receive it from any man but through revelation of Jesus Christ' (paraphrasing Galatians 1:11,12) I have no choice but to dismiss the claim that the Gospel(s) was/were in circulation and that believers knew the stories already. The 'events' Paul speak of are no different to the slaying of the bull, which happened somewhere in the cosmos or 'heavens' but most certainly not on planet Earth and this is made evident by the apostle's ignorance of Jesus' life.
Drich, this is an inscription commonly found at sites where there is a depiction of Mithras slaying the bull. Accompanying the inscription is a scene with a raven on Mithras' shoulder, a serpent accompanied by a cup underneath the bull, a dog lapping at the fatal wound of the bull and a scorpion attached to the bull's genitals. This act by Mithras which could very well be seen as something plausible in reality (the slaying of a bull) is clearly a map of the heavens; the bull representing Taurus, Canis Minor the dog, Hydra the serpent, Crater the cup, Corvus the raven and Scorpio the scorpion. Clearly, the belief in what Mithras accomplished wasn't related to the realm we live in. Before you ask, I got this information from a book I read at university today entitled Hellenistic Religions.
When Paul confesses that 'the gospel preached by me is not man's, for I did not receive it from any man but through revelation of Jesus Christ' (paraphrasing Galatians 1:11,12) I have no choice but to dismiss the claim that the Gospel(s) was/were in circulation and that believers knew the stories already. The 'events' Paul speak of are no different to the slaying of the bull, which happened somewhere in the cosmos or 'heavens' but most certainly not on planet Earth and this is made evident by the apostle's ignorance of Jesus' life.
"It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it" ~ Aristotle
