(March 31, 2015 at 11:32 am)Brometheus Wrote: Quick question for you all:
a.) Judaism was founded when Moses went up Mt. Sinai on his own, and received the 2 stone tablets with the 10 commandments written on them.
b.) Christianity was founded, at best in Jesus' mind, or at worst in Paul's.
c.) Mormonism was founded when Joseph Smith got special glasses to read his magical rock.
d.) Islam was founded when Muhammed singularly received revelation from Allah.
It seems to me that all religions I am aware of were formed by single people, with experiences that only they experienced. Do you know of any religion that was formed by committee, meaning it was open-source, and many people experienced whatever phenomenal thing was being reported?
Judaism was not founded by Moses, it's an archaeological fact that he never set foot on Mt. Sinai. It was founded by collaboration, as evidenced by the fact that each of the books of the Pentateuch were written down by multiple authors, sometime around the 8th century BC.
Christianity was founded by the followers of Jesus, between Peter, Paul, James the Just, Luke, and other early figures. It was founded by collaboration. Note that in Acts a decision is reached not to require Greeks to be circumcised, this was not something suggested at anytime by Jesus it was decided at the Jerusalem Council. In fact until the Jerusalem Council you would say there were several competing "brands" of early followers of Jesus and that that's the point they became a unified religion. That was the point from which things started being written down, circulated, copied, and then put into the Bible or discarded as heresies.
Mormonism and Islam were founded by single figures as you suggest, as was Scientology.
For Religion & Health see:[/b][/size] Williams & Sternthal. (2007). Spirituality, religion and health: Evidence and research directions. Med. J. Aust., 186(10), S47-S50. -LINK
The WIN/Gallup End of Year Survey 2013 found the US was perceived to be the greatest threat to world peace by a huge margin, with 24% of respondents fearful of the US followed by: 8% for Pakistan, and 6% for China. This was followed by 5% each for: Afghanistan, Iran, Israel, North Korea. -LINK
"That's disgusting. There were clean athletes out there that have had their whole careers ruined by people like Lance Armstrong who just bended thoughts to fit their circumstances. He didn't look up cheating because he wanted to stop, he wanted to justify what he was doing and to keep that continuing on." - Nicole Cooke
The WIN/Gallup End of Year Survey 2013 found the US was perceived to be the greatest threat to world peace by a huge margin, with 24% of respondents fearful of the US followed by: 8% for Pakistan, and 6% for China. This was followed by 5% each for: Afghanistan, Iran, Israel, North Korea. -LINK
"That's disgusting. There were clean athletes out there that have had their whole careers ruined by people like Lance Armstrong who just bended thoughts to fit their circumstances. He didn't look up cheating because he wanted to stop, he wanted to justify what he was doing and to keep that continuing on." - Nicole Cooke