How did the pagan god Mithra affect Christianity? I heard they are similiar, is that true?

by EpikWarlord
Sluggian

Short version: no. Check out this thread for more information and some sources. This is one that crops up fairly often on the internet because it sounds like a good story. r/badhistory routinely has a a field day with it.

http://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/13m1b1/in_documentaries_such_as_religulous_and_zeitgeist/