Mithras - Pagan Origins Of Christianity (Pt 1) .flv

[Mr Sardar]

In the video below we see apostle paul converted people in the UK to christianity from there belief of a pagan God called mithra. What is intresting is Mithra was a diety from Zorostrainsm which in Iran and throughout arabia was more commonly known as fireworshipers in India we call them parsis- it is intresting to see how far spread zorostraism was http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mithra which was brought to the UK by the Romans who got alot of there dieities from the greek. The greek shared beliefs with India such as krishna=hercules.

we find elements of this in India as well: http://www.iranica.com/articles/mithra-i

Edited May 9, 2011 by sarbatdapala

[Mr Sardar]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vhFR6dPomiM&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m74_jqszGEM&feature=related

Edited May 9, 2011 by sarbatdapala

[Mr Sardar]

Mithra

Other spellings: Mitra, Mithras

God of Indo-Iranian religion. He was the god of light and wisdom, and appears also to have been the god of oath and mutual obligation.

The cult of Mithra originated from the Mesopotamian kingdom of Mitanni in the 2nd millennium BCE. Some theories reconstruct his origin to India, mentioned first time around 1400 BCE.

Mithra would become perhaps the most important religious export item throughout the next 1500 years, being passed on to every major civilization of the eastern Mediterranean Sea and deep into Europe, reaching as far as the British Isles. He was important in Zoroastrianism, with the Greeks and had his own dedicated cult within the Roman Empire. Many see Mithra as one of the models for Christianity's Jesus.

In its Babylonian and Assyrian versions in the 7th and 6th centuries BCE, Mithra was nothing less than the god of the sun. The dominating myth relating to Mithra was where he slain a divine bull, from which all good plants and animals came. This myth would follow him through all later developments.

Mithra had an annual celebration, relating to his birth. This occurred around winter solstice, and would at some time in history be fixed to December 25, linking him to the construction of the Christian festival of Christmas.

Mithra is mentioned in the Zoroastrian writings, although not by Zarathustra himself, as the chief yazata, which is a benevolent spirit. Zoroastrianism placed Mithra as a lesser deity than Ahura Mazda, but would in a later theological stage define him as Ahura Mazda's earthly representation. His function was to protect the souls and see them safe on their journey to Paradise.

Around 400 BCE the Zoroastrians provided for Mithra a mother, Anahita. In a temple from 200 BCE she was referred to as "The Immaculate Virgin Mother of Lord Mithra".

The Zoroastrian version of Mithra survived the longest in Armenia, which also became the first country to embrace Christianity as state religion.

The Greeks came from the 4th century to identify Mithra with the Greek sun god Helios. For the Greeks, the slaying of the bull was a central motive.

In its Roman shape, Mithra was named Mithras. From the 3nd century CE he became identified with the god Sol Invictus, which also incorporated the popular cult of Apollo. In 274, the cult of Sol Invictus was made official.

The Roman mythology of Mithras can only be reconstructed from surviving imagery and indirect accounts. Mithras is represented as closely associated with the creation of the cosmos. What is most possibly a depiction of Mithras, we see him being born from an egg while 12 signs of the zodiac surround him. In total, Mithraic iconography relates closely to heavenly objects.

Followers of Mithras were subject to strict regulations in their battle for the victory of light and truth.

In other accounts Mithras dies, is buried in a cave and then resurrected. The cave plays another important role as being the place where Mithras slain the sacred bull. The cave would in Roman Mithraism become the hall of congregation for members of the cult.

http://looklex.com/e.o/mithra.htm

http://www.memo.fr/en/article.aspx?ID=THE_REL_025

http://www.crystalinks.com/mithraism.html

Bear in mind zorostrains coined the word "khuda" for God.

Edited May 9, 2011 by sarbatdapala

[Mr Sardar]

I think avesta has unified polytheism into monotheism he has taken dieties from the past and has destroyed there temples creating worship of such dieties. It is possible these people were then such enlightened souls. As for islam we find in ancient arabia the pagan gods names are preserved such as illah so it went that way. Kind of like how maharaj goes from brahma to parbrahm he who was above brahma.

http://www.angelfire.com/planet/mythguide/yazatas.html

THE YAZATAS

The Yazatas or Persian gods are a mysterious race of superhumanly powerful humanoid beings who were worshipped by the ancient Persian and Median races of the Middle East from about 1000 BC to the 7th Century when they were overwhelmed by Islamic religion. In ancient times, the Yazatas once dwelled at Naqsh-e Rustam in modern Iran with their mortal descendants, but they later moved to the other-dimensional realm of Elysium, a plane of existence identified in later Abrahamic texts as the afterlife where all human souls subsequently arrive after death. It is linked to Earth by means of a dimensional access point somewhere near Mount Demavend in the Elburz mountain range of Iran.

The Yazatas are a separate branch of the Devas or Hindu gods with whom they are opposed. They share their ancestry with Aditi, the ancient earth-mother, who was loved by Purusha, a great sky god known as Zurvan to the Persians, and gave birth to the Adityas, the first generation of the Vedic gods. It is believed that Aditi was actually Gaea, the primordial earth-mother who had survived the destruction of the Elder Gods of Earth by infusing her life into the life-giving essence of the Earth. Many of the Elder Gods had degenerated into demonic status and were destroyed by Atum the God-Slayer or had fled Earth for other planes of existence. Aditi was loved by Purusha, the great sky-spirit and they sired the Adityas or Vedic gods. Purusha granted dominion of the Vedic gods to Varuna, who was overthrown by Ravanna, leader of the Rakshasas, a race of gods with demonic characteristics. The ancient Persians knew Ravanna by the name Ahriman, the king of the demons, a model for the Biblical "Satan," a Hebrew word meaning "adversary." Ravanna was subsequently overthrown by the gods Vishnu, Brahma and Shiva, rulers of the ascendant Hindu religion, who displaced Varuna as ruler of the Devas.

Edited May 9, 2011 by sarbatdapala