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). That is for their own good
though, Mithraism is not meant for women or the weak, their are some things they
just can not understand.
No, the people of this land do not believe in Mithraism, but they do
have their own god to worship. In fact it is all my wife can speak of, this
Christianity. The faith the people of Rome are demonstrating for this man Jesus
and his teachings is very uncanny, and it is only hurting my creed.
The nerve these Christians have, putting their most holy of days on the
same 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
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