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That whole jesus thing is a load of tosh

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Rrhain
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07-03-2003 9:33 PM 		Reply to: Message 15 by Peter
07-03-2003 5:21 AM

Peter writes:
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Could the 'virgin birth' story have been a deliberate
attempt to win over Roman support for christianity?
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The Roman religion was, after all, filled with demi-gods.
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Don't forget that the mythology surrounding Jesus is pretty much identical to that surrounding Mithra and Dionysus. It would be disingenuous to think that there is no connection.
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