- He was a saviour sent to earth to live as a mortal
- Sinners could be reborn through him and achieve immortal life
- He died for our sins
- Rose from the dead the following Sunday
- 3 shepherds were present
- Become known as light of the world
Can you guess who it is yet?
- 12 Disciples with whom he shared a last meal before dying
- Flesh and blood symbolically consumed by followers
- Often depicted with a Halo around his head
- HQ – Vatican Hill,

Both, actually.
No one knows which was given this story first; Christ or Mithra, but we know both Mithraism and Christianity began around the same time (1st – 4th Century AD).
Mithraism certainly had its HQ on Vatican Hill in
Both were desperate to grow and expand in
The benefit of having merchants and soldiers as followers is obvious and both religions no doubt desired them. In the most powerful city in the world two rival religions were fighting for followers, evidently Christianity won out. Let’s take a look at how that might have happened.
Many people find it hard to look at religion as an entity instead of a set of beliefs so forget we’re dealing with religions for a second and instead consider companies selling similar products.
Business A sees that Business B has all the best customers (followers) and realises its product isn’t appealing to the right people.
Business A adapts it’s product to match Business B and as such appeals to the same customers.
Business A applies the same process in other countries and becomes a Multi-national company.
Business B has nothing original to offer. Under pressure from Business A’s excellent marketing and management Business B goes bankrupt.
Early Christianity did this with multiple smaller religions and if you look for it, you’ll find the evidence. I’m not condemning Christianity for this, far from it, but it is fascinating to study.
That’s it for now, I’ve dipped my toe into the waters of religion based blogging and am curious to see the feedback I get.





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