Is Christianity based on older myths?

[pocaracas]

Wasn't Yahweh himself part of an older polytheistic religion before he became the deity of Judaism, as far as the history of belief in him goes?

Yahweh was one of 12 siblings, children of El, in the Ugarit culture. Now I'm not entirely sure if he was a weather god or a warrior.

Not sure it's the Ugarit, but there was a culture where Yahweh was the father-god, with a consort goddess Asherah.

[Alex K]

There is little doubt that the advent of Christ was foreshadowed by pagan myths, like Mithras and Osiris, but that does not diminish the truth of our Lord and Savior's actual coming.

That's beautiful. foreshadowed.

[FatAndFaithless]

Almost the entirety of Jesus' "moral teachings" can be found elsewhere either before or contemporarily, many times without the threat of hell or the crazy magical claims to underline them.

[watchamadoodle]

I have heard some level the charge the Christianity is a recycling of older myths. I don't believe this to be so and if anyone is so inclined, I would like to hear the arguments.

I don't know what you're looking for, but here is an overview of the various historical Jesus theories:
http://www.earlychristianwritings.com/theories.html

What form of Christianity do you believe? What do you believe about the origins of Christianity?

[Chas]

There is little doubt that the advent of Christ was foreshadowed by pagan myths, like Mithras and Osiris, but that does not diminish the truth of our Lord and Savior's actual coming.

There is every doubt. Who did this foreshadowing? How?

Or did people dimly glimpse the future? How?

Or are you guilty of special pleading? And how.

[Silver]

10 Christ-like figures who predate Jesus

[vorlon13]

According to Joseph Smith, the christian bible was hopelessly corrupted by the early christians (WTF?) and his new, revised, restored and improved bible, which God commanded the LDS church to publish remains unpublished for some reason. (speculation is it makes old Joe look like a total detard)

So, not only is the bible imperfectly cobbled together from older shit, the process continues, the bible has been more successfully reworked by other groups than Joe's mormon effort, but his efforts illustrate a general truth; religions mutate and evolve.

Gotta give it to L. Ron Hubbard for starting with a clean sheet of paper for his revelations, still, they remain totally whacked too.

[Minimalist]

There is little doubt that the advent of Christ was foreshadowed by pagan myths, like Mithras and Osiris, but that does not diminish the truth of our Lord and Savior's actual coming.

How do you justify this assertion, please?

Some asswipe in a funny hat told him that his jesus shit was true.

[Alex K]

10 Christ-like figures who predateforeshadow Jesus

ftfy

[Faith No More]

There is little doubt that the advent of Christ was foreshadowed by pagan myths, like Mithras and Osiris, but that does not diminish the truth of our Lord and Savior's actual coming.

Seriously?

Christianity is the Mark Zuckerberg of religion.