(September 15, 2020 at 6:36 am)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote:(September 15, 2020 at 6:22 am)Grandizer Wrote: Stop. No one is saying otherwise.
When we're discussing specific claims, you don't talk in generalities.
It is a radical idea to say Abraham is based on Brahma.
'Based on' and 'modeled on' are probably much too strong, as both imply a level of deliberate action that likely didn't exist. I would expect it has more to do with cultural diffusion than anything else.
Boru
I would suspect the quote in the OP is very misleading and relies a lot on nitpicking, twisting facts, and seeing things that just aren't really there.