A Comparison of Christian and Pagan Deities

Deities be a perpetual presence in human life. They have been since the interpenetrate of mankind. Humans have glowering to higher powers with their problems for thousands of years, and in that location have the appearance _or_ semblance to be as umpteen immortals and goddesses scattered throughout recital as there argon stars in the sky. delivery boy saviour is one of the most leading light and most recent of these figures, a uprising in the last 2000 years. In this essay, I have compared the life of Jesus according to the credos with the lives of some another(prenominal)(prenominal) sons of god. I have rivet on two other characters: the god of wine Bacchus and the romish mystery god Mithras. In this examination of the two cleric characters, I have, needless to say, excluded many an(prenominal) details from their lives that have no correspondence in the Gospel stories. Obviously, each son of matinee idol needed his own odd expression to suit the of necessity of t he different peoples.\nThere are some(prenominal) themes repeated in stories of religious figures throughout history. For instance, gross(a) carrys. In most of the pre-Christian religions, there are stories told of a god impregnating a mortal woman, oft a virgin, who then bears him a son. According to the Gospels, Mary was unperturbed a virgin when she gave birth to Jesus. She conceived Jesus through the performance of the Holy Spirit, who according to the Christian doctrine is part of the deity. thereby Jesus came to be seen as a Son of God. The celebrated times of several religious figures births and deaths are another similarity seen throughout the ages. It was a widely spread supposition that the gods were born at the pass solstice (at Christmas) and died in spring in connection with the vernal equinox (Easter). The people experienced a short period of grief, whereupon, on the third sidereal day or after three days, they rejoiced and celebrated the resurrected god .\nWhich brings us to another common theme resurrection stories. The model for a deity dying and rising on the third day existed as early as in the Egyptian fad ...