| Aren’t there some striking parallels between the Jesus and Cadmus stories? |
| Cadmus was a Greek god that some critics say parallels the Jesus story,
though once again they don't say how. Cadmus was the son of Agenor.
His story is that when his sister, Europa, was kidnapped by Zeus, Agenor
ordered Cadmus and his two brothers, Phoenix and Cilix, to find Europa.
All three failed. Cadmus consulted the oracle at Delphi, which
told him to follow a cow around and, when it laid down, to found a city at
that spot. Following these orders, he founded the city of Thebes.
The city had some trouble with a serpent or dragon, and Cadmus slayed
it. As punishment for killing the serpent, he spent eight years serving
Ares. He eventually married Ares' daughter, had five kids with her,
and then somehow got transformed into a serpent. He was also the first
person to combine consonants with vowels, thus created speech as we know
it. As you can see, this doesn't parallel the Jesus story at all.
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