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I am not in a position to espouse the idea of a link to Hellenistic beliefs, but I am certainly not the first or only person to have noted such a possibility. But I don't see a parallel between Christian beliefs and Buddhism, or between the life of Jesus and the life of Buddha. And from what I have read, it is also apparent that there are some connections to "Osiris-Dionysus" in particular (turning water into wine, the anointment of Jesus, the eucharist ritual, etc.). It seems pretty clear that there are some general connections with Hellenistic beliefs (heaven and hell, immediate afterlife in one of those spiritual realms versus the "sleep of death" while waiting for a mass resurrection of God's people and the start of his righteous kingdom on earth).
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That's pretty funny - I had never heard of "pastafarianism" :-) And yes, Apparently, this "crappy" article is an attempt by some religious-minded types to counter some of the literature that is contrary to their beliefs. Perhaps the IP's point is that the article is what is technically known in the field as "crap"? You have to wonder when ".in modern scholarship since the 19th century, that Jesus Christ has striking parallels to other deities worshipped in Hellenistic religion, specifically to the cult of Dionysus in the Greek mystery religions and with the Buddha." since modern scholarship as a whole notes no such thing about Dionysus, and with Buddha, that would be fringe among fringe.
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