One netfriend wrote:

Read about the mythology of Mithras and Osiris in just about any book or general web site devoted to world religions or mythology and you will see the similarities. ..

Another responded:.

No, don’t do this. There is any amount of twaddle online.

May I suggest that you look at what ancient writers *actually* say about Mithras? I got fed up with the wild talk ages ago, and collected every single mention of the name in classical literature. Here it is:

http://www.tertullian.org/rpearse/mithras

Note how little there is. Note the lack of basis for the wild and confident claims. Yet… THIS IS ALL THE DATA. If it’s not in here, it’s imaginary.

I know you didn’t make this up, so don’t think I’m attacking you. But someone did.

All the best,

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