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 :I've given up icivility for lent!. John does have a point though - what does a 30 year old obscure academic conference that admits it can't know much about the subject add? Other than the fact that Mithraic experts are none the wiser as to the influence on Christianity - which actually could be a useful point but there must be a newer review of the subject somewhere. Pansy Brandybuck AKA  "