Jesus vs. Dionysus

Join us at: http://www.inspiringphilosophy.org To help support this ministry click here: https://www.patreon.com/inspiringphilosophy?ty=h Was Jesus based on the Greek god Dionysus? Many on the internet seem to think so, and this video addresses this claim. Sources: The God Ecstasy - Arthur Evans Classical Mythology - Mark Morford, Robert J. Lenardon, Michael Sham Diodorus Siculus Leucippe and Clitophon - Achilles Tatius Fiction as History: From Nero to Julian - G. W. Bowersock Masks of Dionysus - Thomas H. Carpenter http://bede.org.uk/orpheus.htm The Bacchae - Euripides *If you are caught excessively commenting, being disrespectful, insulting, or derailing then your comments will be removed. If you do not like it you can watch this video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mn0Hq-sy3Wg&feature=plcp "Copyright Disclaimer Under Section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for "fair use" for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research. Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing. Non-profit, educational or personal use tips the balance in favor of fair use."