But what's troubling you is the nature of my game"
The lyrics are part of the chorus of The Rolling Stones song: "Sympathy for the Devil". I thought that it would be interesting and a little thought provoking to take the literal meaning of those lines and apply them to the "Lord" instead of the Devil. I hope that you will play along. Here goes a short quiz for you to start:
- The celebration of my birth is December 25
- I was born to a virgin whom was impregnated by God the Father
- I was known to be a mediator that was believed to be the "Light" battling against "Darkness"
- I was considered to be a great teacher and this can be testified to by my 12 followers
- I frequently performed "miracles"
- I have been called many things:
- Savior
- Messiah
- The way, the truth and the light
- the good sheppard
- It is said that I am the redeemer of the souls of the dead
- Ceremonies to mark belief in me included:
- Baptism to remove sins
- Meal of bread and water consecrated with wine
- I preached of a categorical system of ethics that included:
- Abstinence and continence
- renunciation and self-control
- I was crucified on a cross and after the third day of death, I arose
- My resurrection was celebrated every year in the springtime
- My sacred day was Sunday and my followers even had a "Lord's supper"
- The Vatican was built on the very grounds used to worship me
Oh wait.....I forgot one teeny-tiny point that probably will nullify your original "guess"....
I lived around 600 B.C.
If you guessed that I am Mithra, you deserve a huge amount of respect for being open-minded enough to have done research into the history of things instead of just being a blind follower of what others say.
