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Atheists & Agnostics

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11. Cookie Cutter Christs...

Sat Mar 5, 2016, 10:18 AM

Mar 2016

https://ffrf.org/publications/nontract

I recommend the variety/sample pack:
https://ffrf.org/shop/nontracts/nontract-sample-pack

https://ffrf.org/publications/brochures/item/23737-cookie-cutter-christs
I'm not allowed to reprint the info.

I have read the entire non-track and it is somewhere in the house (my son has since misplaced it).
I will create the complete list once I find it.

So you will have to sort through and find the similarities:

Mithra
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mithra

Attis
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attis

Krishna
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Krishna

Quexalcote
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quetzalcoatl
(shows that many of the themes are universal)

Horus
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horus

Adonis
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adonis

Quirinus
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quirinus

Indra
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indra

There are at least a dozen more...

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How well do the much-touted similarities of the Jesus story to other myths hold up? [View all] Silent3 Mar 2016 OP

I had already been a non-believer for many years OriginalGeek Mar 2016 #14

The similarities between Jesus, Horus, et all, are the least of it Brainstormy Mar 2016 #3

Don't get started on Moses! AlbertCat Mar 2016 #6

I don't think.... AlbertCat Mar 2016 #5

Ever see edhopper Mar 2016 #7

Overwhelming evidence? uriel1972 Mar 2016 #9

Cookie Cutter Christs... NeoGreen Mar 2016 #11

I can't see any similarity in the Mithra Wikipedia article muriel_volestrangler Mar 2016 #12

So about the historical accuracy of the Jesus story. Promethean Mar 2016 #20

The Romans! trotsky Mar 2016 #22

Depends on how you want it to "stand up" whatthehey Mar 2016 #23

This isn't about matching a possible real-life Jesus, however... Silent3 Mar 2016 #25

I understood that part Major Nikon Mar 2016 #26