"From Egypt came the ideas of a divine trinity, the Last Judgment ...from Thrace, perhaps the cult of Dionysus, the dying and saving god. From Persia... the dualism of Satan and God,..."
"From Egypt came the ideas of a divine trinity, the Last Judgment ...from Thrace, perhaps the cult of Dionysus, the dying and saving god. From Persia... the dualism of Satan and God,..."
This is common knowledge. If not, read the book The Pagan Christ, by Tom Harpur, resident Theology columnist in the Toronto Times. All Christians should read this, and then decide for themselves.
This is Harpur's most radical and groundbreaking work to date, in which he digs deep into the origins of Christianity and how the early Christian church covered up all attempts to reveal the Bible as myth.