RE: Is Christianity based on older myths?
February 4, 2015 at 4:51 pm
(This post was last modified: February 4, 2015 at 5:20 pm by The Grand Nudger.)
(February 4, 2015 at 4:00 pm)SteveII Wrote: Regarding The 10 Christlike Figures, I think you can always find some similar fact/teaching/circumstance in any ancient religion because all religions have certain characteristics in common:....gee, imagine that...
Quote:The list seems contrived to make a point ignoring the fact there would be hundreds of relevant differences in any "heroes" story to make it unique.Like the hundreds of differences between spiderman in any given issue, sure.
Quote:1. Be compatible with OT monotheistic doctrine of God-it isn't.
Quote:2. Be compatible with OT prophecies-it isn't
Quote:3. Be internally consistent-it isn't
Quote:4. and since most of you believe that Jesus actually/probably existed, had to be compatible with what the people knew to be true about Jesus--whom Paul never net.-he didn't...and it isn't.
Quote:It also assumes that, presumably Paul, was familiar with the details of each of the examples of ancient myths you give. I don't see reasons why that would be true. He would have been studied in Jewish law and the OT. Access to the details of extinct and eastern religions would have to be explained for this to be plausible.he wasn't quite familiar, but he was knowledgeable. He was, whomever he was, presumably educated enough to understand stoic philosophy and hailed from a city famous for it's university.
Quote:Then you are back to the question of: Why would Paul go through all that trouble to make up such a complicated story? If you are tempted to say for power and/or money, please provide evidence for that assertion.You assume that Paul -did- make up such a story. I don't. He doesn't know much about the story at all, that's one of the interesting things about "Paul".
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