Posted by Luke J. Wilson on 25th April 2023 in Mythology | Jesus,mithras,apologetics,roman gods,atheist
welcome to the next instalment of my series looking at the ancient mythological gods and how they compare to the life, death and resurrection of Jesus. Mithras is yet another popular ancient god that people like to compare with Jesus and make wild claims about, proposing that they are the same deities with different names. But is this even remotely true?
This article has ended up being a bit longer than anticipated as it’s one of the few ancient religions that was contemporary to the birth of Christianity which was seen as somewhat of a rival belief system, so there’s a lot of interesting things to cover!
The Origins
Mithras has his roots in ancient Persi...