Mythicists CAN'T Answer THESE Questions: Mystery Religions | Part 1

In this video, Elliot Saxton, an illiterate fool who learned about history 6 months ago, decided there are a number of questions that Mythicists can't answer. The first question is about Mystery religions. He butchers what minimal mythicism says about mystery religions in regard to Christianity. He claims we say that Christianity started that way, but the earliest known form of Christianity was a mystery religion. He then goes on to ask what legitimate scholars agree with this idea. Of course, those are easy to find if you want to find them. But I take this opportunity to really beat this question to death. I lay out the common attributes that all mystery religions make use of in their mythologies. First, they all centered around a central savior deity who was the son of God that suffered and through that suffering procured salvation for everyone in the religion. This suffering was typically called passion. All mystery religions had an initiation ritual like baptism that allowed the congregants to symbolically reenact the passion their savior endured which allowed them to share in the salvation provided by their savior. All mystery religions involved a ceremonial meal that allowed communion between each congregation individually and their god. Another connection that Christianity has with mystery religions is that it follows the same trends that mystery religions do. Namely Monotheism, Syncretism, Individualism, and Cosmopolitanism. The fact that Christianity has the theological structure of mystery religions and follows the same trends as mystery religions make it incredibly unlikely that all of these connections are coincidental. I also cite examples of Paul using mystery religion language to describe Christians and Christianity. Paul also refers to the doctrines of Christianity as mysteries. Seems like Elliot would look less like a fool if he'd learn to read the academic source material. Original Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VWzVlQc--6M @atheologica video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0aWx6vZiL7Q Daily Bible Podcast: https://ge.hopp.to/DailyBiblePodcast #atheism #christianity #atheist Subscribe to this channel: https://ge.hopp.to/SubToGe Join the Skeptic Mafia: https://ge.hopp.to/JoinSkepticMafia Available Deals -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Get 15% off Ridge Wallets: http://godlessengineering.com/ridgedeal -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Merch -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Download CHRESTUS: https://ge.hopp.to/CHRESTUS Get your "Citation Fucking Needed" Shirt: https://ge.hopp.to/citationfuckingneeded "got evidence?" shirt: https://ge.hopp.to/GotEvidenceShirt "btw, evolution is a fact" shirt: https://ge.hopp.to/BTWEvolutionIsAFact ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Discord Server: https://ge.hopp.to/JoinGEDiscord


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