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Few, not many scholars think there are numerous similarities between Jesus and Dionysus. Dionysus is the son of the god Zeus and the mortal woman, Semele (daughter of Cadmus of Thebes). Semele is killed by Zeus' lightning bolts while Dionysus is still in her womb. Dionysus is rescued and undergoes a second birth from Zeus after developing in his thigh. Zeus then gives the infant to some nymphs to be raised. In another version, one with more explicit religious overtones, Dionysus, also referred to as Zagreus in this account, is the son of Zeus and Persephone, Queen of the Underworld. Hera gets the Titans to lure the infant with toys, and then they rip him to shreds eating everything but Zagreus' heart, which is saved by either Athena, Rhea, or Demeter. Zeus remakes his son from the heart and implants him in Semele who bears a new Dionysus Zagreus. Hence, as in the earlier account, Dionysus is called "twice born." The latter account formed a part of the Orphic religion's religious mythology. DIONYSIUS was the God of religious ecstasy and wine, accompanied always by satyrs and nymphs. The force of life in all growing things. Dionysus is the Greek form of Thracian and Phrygian deities of vegetation and fertility, whose followers worked themselves into a frenzy and ritually tore apart their god in the form of a goat, a bull or a man. The cult survived the introduction of the Olympian gods and proved so popular that it finally had to be accepted by the Dorian Greeks. In the dark age which followed the decline of the Myceneans, the cult of Dionysus spread rapidly, especially among women. His followers were known as maenads (mad women) and it was best not to be near when their frenzy came upon them. Animals, and sometimes people, were torn apart and sometimes eaten in the belief that they were devouring the god himself. Drunk, lawless and noisy, not terribly impressed by authority or convention, the followers of Dionysus were often unwelcome. His worshipers danced wildly, and his rites were designed to cleanse men of lowly irrational emotions and desires. Sorry, but I can't see many similarities with Jesus and Christianity here, but I can see an overwhelming number of differences. As for the claim a small number of very liberal and atheistic scholars make about Paul inventing Christianity, this seems to ignore the fact that the other Apostles confirmed that what Paul was teaching was correct and we see no contradiction between Paul's Jesus and the Jesus of the four Gospels. If Paul really "invented" Christianity, then one would expect that his teachings would be different from Jesus, the other apostles, and disciples. Not only are the core doctrines of Christianity found outside Paul's writings, but Paul himself taught many other theological issues that reflect the teachings of Jesus during His years of ministry. In conclusion, Paul of Tarsus did not invent Christianity, but clarified the teachings of the Bible as no other Bible author ever has. In addition to his great theological writings, Paul was Christianity's greatest evangelist.