Maris wrote:Given the times I think I might have gone for Mithras:
I contend that a huge part of the Western World celebrates Mithras in one way of another, Maris.
have you ever considered how strange for a nation forbidden to consume blood to turn around and drink the blood and eat the flesh of someone? All sounds more than a tad Mithraic to me. A tent maker's son from Tarsus would have been well versed in the ways of the Roman military — after all, who else would be buying huge quantities of tents?
Cheers,