RE: Pagan influences on the biblical stories of Jesus' life
March 21, 2016 at 2:40 am
(This post was last modified: March 21, 2016 at 2:42 am by Foxaèr.)
(March 21, 2016 at 2:31 am)Panatheist Wrote: Islam is both monotheistic (and in a stricter more literal sense of affirming God's oneness) and newer than the various Christianities.
When you say about sixteen cultures "believed in the same characteristics in a god figure that Christianity describes in Jesus," are you specifically referring to virgin births, resurrections, and the like? Do you have any links?
Sorry, I was not thinking properly. You are correct, Christianity is the middle child with the Judeo-Christian family. Islam is the newest, and will most likely be the most problematic even though that role is usually reserved for the oldest.
And in accordance with your second reference, I do have links.
And okay, I got the number wrong. I'm only human.
Sixteen is not correct.
Ten it is.
http://www.patheos.com/blogs/unreasonabl...ate-jesus/
http://listverse.com/2009/04/13/10-chris...ate-jesus/
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