What about comparisons?

There is one common denominator in the midst of all of these ancient pagan god-myths... SATAN! Satan has been around from the very beginning since the garden of Eden- trying to destroy man- the pinnacle of God's creation, and God himself- his adversary. Satan is a clever and master counterfeiter and deciever! He knows his time is coming... but before that happens, he has done throughout the pages of history, all that he can possibly do to destroy God and Christianity! He has planted the seeds of deception, counterfeit and error, since the dawn of time. And still continues working very hard to that end... Satan new, since the very day he caused man's fall in the garden of Eden- that as a result of that, God someday, as OT prophecies have also foretold centuries in advance, would have to send His Son in the flesh to die and thus save mankind for the very sins he (Satan) brought onto mankind. So that being the case- Satan has worked very hard since the dawn of time, to discredit and minimze the miraculous events that were to come concerning Jesus Christ, by having seeded duplicate lies, myth and stories among the ancient pagans of those days. Myths that were handed down by word-of-mouth and have now found their way into these present times as supposedly being PURE TRUTH. And just as all of his other plans do- this plan also appears to be working! Thousands have discredited Jesus Christ as the legitimate Savior and the one and Only son of the supreme ruling God, as nothing more than a myth. The Bible is full of stories of these false and non-existant gods, some of which you have mentioned and not mentioned: Adonis/Tammuz see Ezk. 8:14. But none of these Gods were real! They are only real in the minds of people. So in reality there is nothing new or unique! All these stories and myths are purely inventions of Satan. That's exactly how he works! He's very clever and very deceptive. He will plan way in advance if he has to in order to have the desired results at the very end. At the end of the day- we are all free to believe in whatever we want. And so, it is no different right here and now. I believe the God and Christ of the Bible, and you are free to believe in who- or whatever you want. But I warn you, some day you might be held accounatble for those beliefs. I am prepared to be held accountable for mine. There is a link that you might want to check out in regards to this god, Adonis/Tammuz, that both you and the Bible mention: http://www.piney.com/mutammuz.htlm Cheers...

Sorry the link is: http://www.piney.com/MuTammuz.html Regards...

I think I understand your point here, and if it is what I think it is then it is something I have toyed with on occasion... but lets see; How does Christ being the OT God (and vice versa) relate to the stories of Christ's life baring similarities to the ancient myths of Attis, Dionysus, Mithras, Horus, Osiris etc?

I agree with you. I think there must have been cataclysmic flooding. However, I don't believe that only those on Noah's Ark survived. When the Tsunami hit in Indonesia, people believed God was angry with them. What if Planet Earth, being a living organism, blows, shakes, and floods periodically to keep things in check like overpopulation.

If Earth was trying to cure overpopulation with the tsunami that hit Indonesia... it missed. Really, it should have been aiming at China. I should search out and read my dissertation again... I can't remember how many Deluge myths there are either... but there are lots, from Australia to China to South America to Wales (apparently Noah landed in Wales and his sons are part of Irish mythology... go figure)!

If anyone is like me, this is what I have found out. We grew up believing that we must confess Jesus to have eternal life. In the Old Testament God says He is God and He changes not (book of Micah). Also, he who seeks Me (God) if they seek me with their whole heart will find me. None of the Old Testament people needed a dying savior. A lot of the pagan ideas originated right from Egypt. They had dying men gods born of a virgin for the good of mankind. I don't think we need a dying savior today.