Nice try but Justin Martyr shows that the early xtians were worried about this 1800 years before you came along trying to make excuses. And shortly after him came Tertullian:
And, of course, Celsus c 180.
Face it, RR. All you have is the same old shit in a slightly newer package. It was common belief in the Greco-Roman world.
Quote:"The devil, whose business is to pervert the truth, mimics the exact circumstances of the Divine Sacraments. He baptises his believers and promises forgiveness of sins from the Sacred Fount, and thereby initiates them into the religion of Mithras. Thus he celebrates the oblation of bread and brings in the symbol of the resurrection. Let us, therefore, acknowledge the craftiness of the devil who copies certain things of those that be Divine".
De Praescriptione Haereticorum
And, of course, Celsus c 180.
Quote:"Let's assume for a minute that he foretold his resurrection. Are you ignorant of the multitudes wh ohave invented similar tales to lead simple minded hearers astray? It is said that Zamolxis, Pythagoras' servant, convinced the Scythians that he had risen from the dead... and what about Pythagoras himself in Italy! -or Rhampssinitus in Egypt. The last of these, by the way, is said to have played dice with Demeter in Hades and to have received a golden napkin as a present from her. Now then, who else: What about Orpheus among the Odrysians, Protesiaus in Thessaly and above all Heracles and Theseus."
Face it, RR. All you have is the same old shit in a slightly newer package. It was common belief in the Greco-Roman world.
