Gunawan Halim

“Mithra’s birth was witnessed by shepherds and by Magi who brought gifts to his sacred birth-cave of the Rock. Mithra performed the usual assortment of miracles: raising the dead, healing the sick, making the blind see and the lame walk, casting out devils.”
― Dan Barker, Godless: How an Evangelical Preacher Became One of America's Leading Atheists

“Those who believe without reason cannot be convinced by reason.”
― James Randi

“The Greek god Dionysus was a man-god said to be the “Son of Zeus.” He was killed, buried, descended into hell, and rose from the dead to sit at the right hand of the father. His empty tomb at Delphi was long preserved and venerated by believers.”
― Dan Barker, Godless: How an Evangelical Preacher Became One of America's Leading Atheists

“Pagan mythical parallels can be found for almost every item in the New Testament: the Last Supper, Peter’s denial, Pilate’s wife’s dream, the crown of thorns, the vinegar and gall at the crucifixion, the mocking inscription over the cross, the Passion, the trial, Pilate’s washing of hands, the carrying of the cross, the talk between the two thieves hanging beside Jesus, and so on.”
― Dan Barker, Godless: How an Evangelical Preacher Became One of America's Leading Atheists