RE: Brahma and Abraham
September 17, 2020 at 2:58 pm
(This post was last modified: September 17, 2020 at 3:06 pm by GrandizerII.)
Like I said, it's confirmation bias.
The names Abraham and Brahma may have some phonetics in similar but they're etymologically not connected. There is no evidence that Abraham was based on Brahma no matter what know-it-alls on the internet like to think and no matter what red herrings and strawmen they like to throw out in response. Sarasvati and Sarah aren't similar. And the respective accounts aren't similar also. If one has to cherry pick to find the similarities, they're doing it wrong and in fact may even be intellectually dishonest.
When one wants to assess whether some mythical character is based on some prior mythical character, you need to consider similarities that:
1. actually are there and not just made up or exaggerated
2. are so significant qualitatively and quantitatively that appeal to coincidence just doesn't cut it
3. actually were not conceived of later after the latter mythical character had already been conceived
4. that don't stem from some third common source instead
When in doubt, listen to actual scholars and not spiritualists.
The names Abraham and Brahma may have some phonetics in similar but they're etymologically not connected. There is no evidence that Abraham was based on Brahma no matter what know-it-alls on the internet like to think and no matter what red herrings and strawmen they like to throw out in response. Sarasvati and Sarah aren't similar. And the respective accounts aren't similar also. If one has to cherry pick to find the similarities, they're doing it wrong and in fact may even be intellectually dishonest.
When one wants to assess whether some mythical character is based on some prior mythical character, you need to consider similarities that:
1. actually are there and not just made up or exaggerated
2. are so significant qualitatively and quantitatively that appeal to coincidence just doesn't cut it
3. actually were not conceived of later after the latter mythical character had already been conceived
4. that don't stem from some third common source instead
When in doubt, listen to actual scholars and not spiritualists.
