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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dying-and-rising_god
Further food for thought:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tammuz_(deity)
Tammuz, statue by Imre Schrammel, National Theatre of Miskolc, Hungary.Tammuz (Syriac: ܬܡܘܙ; Hebrew: תַּמּוּז, Transliterated Hebrew: Tammuz, Tiberian Hebrew: Tammûz; Arabic: تمّوز Tammūz; Akkadian: Duʾzu, Dūzu; Sumerian: Dumuzid (DUMU.ZI(D), ) was the name of a Sumerian god of food and vegetation, also worshiped in the later Mesopotamian states of Akkad, Assyria and Babylonia.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adonis
Notably, the early Christian church was largely a Greek-based church. Whether they borrowed from local legends to make their story more convincing to gain converts when writing the gospels is a moot point.
Statistics: Posted by SydneyPSIder — 01 Jun 2013, 14:16
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They had to do a lot of finagling in the 1930s to prevent themselves becoming a mendicant state by investing in gold bullion, London property and so on.
http://features.blogs.fortune.cnn.com/2 ... -finances/
and this more recent take from The Guardian:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/ja ... CMP=twt_gu
Of course, they wielded a lot of power and influence in Europe in the period from the decline of the Roman empire until the last century or so. The pope wields the most power in South America and the Philippines these days...
You need to look to anthropology and Desmond Morris for a study of status symbols
Also, they are selling and may need to continue to sell substantial amounts of their property holdings around the world to raise money for compensation for all the sexual abuse the clergy has been dealing out. Oops! That's one reason there was a Reformation.
Statistics: Posted by SydneyPSIder — 01 Jun 2013, 14:14
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