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Mithraism

It is the third day of December, only twenty-two days remain till the
celebration of Mithra begins (Cunningham, 197). Myself and a few of my army
comrades have big plans for this upcoming occasion, it is just a shame though
that some of our fellow country men, and our own wives even, are trying to spoil
our Mithristic festivities.
It seems the beliefs of Mithra are becoming quite unpopular in Rome.
Only a small portion of my fellow soldiers still belong to the brotherhood, and
the soldiers are the only ones who follow the ways of Mithra. Most of the Roman
people will not even admit of an existence of my religion, women do not like it
because they are not aloud to partake in it (197). ...

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day as ours (197). This must be some sort of conspiracy in trying to
finish off a dying religion. If that is not enough, they even tore down my place
of worship and built a church of their own in place of it (197). Now I must
travel two hours by horse just to fulfill my spiritual needs.
My wife, she cannot understand anything. We argue continuously over how
to raise our son. Before my church was torn down there was little to fuss over,
now all she does is complain. She says that it is to far of a trip for him to
journey with me every week, and that he should go with her to the Christian
church. She also protests that our ways are to barbaric, and he should not take
part in some of its activities.
She is in great dismay over what I have in store for our young lad this
coming twenty-fifth. In my religion only men can join, and the men must follow
certain rites of passage to be aloud to enter. One of the more important rites
is the sacrifice of a bull (197). She believes ...

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Added: 5/28/2008 01:16:03 PM
Category: Religion
Type: Premium Paper
Words: 757
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