Fair enough Rhizo, I'm just concerned that many atheists (usually those who have only decided that they are atheists within the last few weeks and have read a few articles on teh internets) use the Christian connection to solar myths as a way of disvalidating the Gospels. The truth is of course that the use of solar imagery, in Mark's Gospel in particular, is an example of excellent craftsmanship on the part of the scribe.
Solar imagery has been used throughout human history to symbolize spiritual transformation even up until modern times. The works of William Blake are one major example and of course Nietzche's Thus Spoke Zarathustra, where the main character undergoes a transformation in the crescendo of the piece on the top of a mountain at dawn; looking out into the rising sun Zarathustra affirms Life and the Eternal Return. Beatiful.
A good topic to discuss would be Nietzche's works. If anyone wants to start the thread.
Solar imagery has been used throughout human history to symbolize spiritual transformation even up until modern times. The works of William Blake are one major example and of course Nietzche's Thus Spoke Zarathustra, where the main character undergoes a transformation in the crescendo of the piece on the top of a mountain at dawn; looking out into the rising sun Zarathustra affirms Life and the Eternal Return. Beatiful.
A good topic to discuss would be Nietzche's works. If anyone wants to start the thread.
