Read Joseph Campbell. He'll take you there and back again.

It so much easier to borrow from older cultures than come up with something new.

(May 8, 2012 at 9:08 am)Epimethean Wrote: Read Joseph Campbell. He'll take you there and back again.

Sean Carroll does better and takes you from eternity to here

The Romans knew this fact extremely well. You can't convert someone to a completely different idea, you simply subvert the religion that already exists.

The depiction of Pan as the devil is a good example, instead of a 7 headed dragon with 10 horns.

Off topic, sorry, but how does that work anyway, I can't figure out how 10 horns works on a 7 headed dragon.. is that 3 heads with 2 horns, and then one horn on the rest... 10 horns on a middle head and then bald 6 heads.. I must know...

Or is it vague like the scary ass motherfuckers in heaven supposed to be made of "eyes".

(May 8, 2012 at 9:58 am)Kayenneh Wrote: It so much easier to borrow from older cultures than come up with something new.

Indeed, Christianity is pretty much built on other older religions.
Many Christian events are actually Pagan.

(May 8, 2012 at 10:08 am)Ace Otana Wrote:

(May 8, 2012 at 9:58 am)Kayenneh Wrote: It so much easier to borrow from older cultures than come up with something new.

Indeed, Christianity is pretty much built on other older religions.
Many Christian events are actually Pagan.

Yeah it kind of gives me shivers whenever a Christian friend labels something as very paganistic and un-Christian. If only they knew..

(May 8, 2012 at 10:46 am)FallentoReason Wrote: Yeah it kind of gives me shivers whenever a Christian friend labels something as very paganistic and un-Christian. If only they knew..

Some do. But in their minds they made it better.. XD

I just would like to give you the name of the pagan god that the Christians of today worship. The name is Sol Victus as he is the pagan god that Emperor Constantinople 1 worshipped when Roman Emperor Constantinople who considered himself as a god also called the meeting of all the Roman Catholic Bishops together in the year 325, the name of the meeting is called the Council of Nicea in 325.

They did two things at this council that is memorable.

1 the council decided on the divinity of Jesus Christ to God the Father which they determined that Sol Victus would be Jesus.

2. They also decided the date that Easter would fall on in worship of their pagan goddess named Oestre

This period is the time when Constantinople brought all different religions under what he called Christianity and they were called Christians.

During this period also to make sure that all other religion where under the Roman Catholic Christians, he gave them a choice either they could all convert to the Roman Catholic Christianity are be executed and the majority of those who followed the teaching of the emissary (apostle) Paul as Paul was taught by Jesus Christ were executed.

The Roman Catholic Church say they come through the apostle Peter which is not true as Peter did not ever go to Rome and was not the first Pope of Rome.

I used to search wikipedia and that is were I found the truth about what I have just mentioned. But make note that the human power to be called the Church has it so you have to separate the truth from the misinformation

Oh, yes, Wikipedia. It must be true.