Post by Zadkiel on Jan 12, 2016 23:15:59 GMT
The Christians literally built churches and cathedrals on top of earlier sanctuaries that had originally been erected in honor of older deities. Below the Vatican in Rome, we find such temples that were associated with the cults around Mithras and Attis. The Catholic concept of "Saint Peter" contains many pagan elements and in David Elkington's opinion, it has more in common with the deity Dis Pater/Pater Patrum than with the historical person Cephas/Peter/Simon. The same tradition has also spread into the papal function. In the period 150–350, the Christians became very good at "stealing" details from other cults and bake them into their own religion. They included many characteristics of earlier deities and these were now added to the biography and the environment around the doubtful Christ figure that moved further and further away from his origin, the historical person Jesus Bar-Joseph. Therefore, no one can say that "Christianity's teaching is unique". Both "The Son of Man", "The Son of God" and "The Lord" were common titles in the time of Jesus and they were by no means used exclusively about him. About 250, the male-dominated, literalist, Pauline Christians began to impose discriminatory restrictions against women.
