(August 22, 2013 at 5:13 pm)Faith No More Wrote: But how do you explain all of the similarities of Christianity with the religions and narratives that came before it? You are accusing other religions of being guilty of crimes your religion has also committed.
The Jews "copied" a few myths and folktales from the near east and Babylon but it was with an important monotheistical twist when they did do this. Jesus was a revolutionary and reformer within Judaism, as he was a Jewish Rabbi himself he wasn't particularly copying anything at all. Mohammed and Joesph Smith just took chunks of the Bible/Torah and re-mastered them basically. It's fairly obvious to see that this was a deliberate manufacture on their part.
(August 22, 2013 at 5:13 pm)Faith No More Wrote: In fact, what many Christians tout as Jesus' greatest accomplishment, the golden rule, predates the era of Christ and can be found in much older religions.
True though I don't think Jesus knew anything about Confucianism or whatever else, his inspiration was the Jewish Torah and God/himself. It's just a universal truth and certain enlightened individuals throughout the world through the Holy Spirit have come to understand and preach it. Though you no doubt think morality is essentially just your own opinion, or the opinion of a collective culture of which you're part and/or something to do with evolutionary programming. Without God that's all it can be I suppose.
