I would like to know what the man who believed himself to be the Jewish Messiah, sent to the Jews to become their king, meant when he said "believe in me", as in Matthew 18:6. Christians interpret him as being the supernatural savior, and as far as I can tell, "believe in me" means something lik...

I recently visited La Sagrada Familia in Barcelona and was struck by the image of a Crucifix on top of the altar. It shows Christ surrounded by grape vines and I cannot help but think that the artist intended a connection with Dionysus, as so many scholars (J. Fraze, J. Cambell etc.) suggested. ...