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MineralMan

(146,241 posts)
Sun Apr 21, 2019, 10:56 AM Apr 2019

On Resurrection and Mythology

Resurrection is an ancient theme in mythology. Christianity wasn't the first to have a resurrection story as part of its myth. It's interesting to explore this theme, and the Wikipedia article at the link is a good first resource in exploriing it. The additional links at the article provide access to expanded information.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dying-and-rising_deity

And here's another good resource on this subject:

https://www.livescience.com/3479-resurrection-history-myths.html

And here is a list of 10 resurrected figures from mythology, with brief summaries:

https://listverse.com/2013/03/30/10-resurrected-religious-figures/

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MineralMan

(146,241 posts)
4. No. See, he could, but he'll let old Pat go to be with the Lord.
Sun Apr 21, 2019, 12:30 PM
Apr 2019

The money? Well, he won't be concerned with that, of course....right?

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