(June 4, 2013 at 12:27 pm)Minimalist Wrote: What Drippy can never understand, apparently, is the concept of literature. The Homeric tales are apparently the oldest example of Western literature and were told/retold and read for centuries. We have no idea of how common Homeric themes were in ancient literature because most of it has been lost by the action of time or deliberate destruction by idiot xtians. Fortunately for the West the islamic revolt against learning came late enough for much to have been transferred before they became fundie assholes, too.
One of the concepts in question here is katabasis and here is a list of just the Greco-Roman heroes who went to Hades.
Quote: Adonis/Tammuz is mourned and then recovered by his consort/mother Aphrodite/Inanna/Ishtar
The god Dionysus, to rescue Semele from Hades[3]
Heracles, for his twelfth labor, on which occasion he also rescued Theseus
The god Hermes, to rescue Persephone from Hades
Orpheus, to rescue Eurydice from Hades
Persephone and Demeter
Psyche
Odysseus
Aeneas, to speak to his father in the Aeneid
Theseus and Pirithous try to abduct Persephone; they fail, and only Theseus is rescued by Heracles
The idea is shown in Sumerian and Egyptian literature as well so it far pre-dates Homer.
But Drippy looks at all this and says "but my god is different." No, Drippy, it isn't. It is the same old shit.
... Am I missing something or are you asserting that Christ went to hades/hell as well?? Do you have book chapter and verse for this assertion, or are you going off of what your video says?
IF you do not Have B/C/V that clearly states Christ went to Hades/Hell then there is no parallel between Christ and those who went to 'hades/hell.'
