Is Christianity based on older myths?

[Mudhammam]

What's the name of the book?

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1016...Supplement

It's a bit pricey but well worth it IMO.

[Minimalist]

Has someone sued Yahweh yet because I'm starting to think he would wisely settle out of court.

Shit. Can you imagine the legal team he could assemble?

[vorlon13]

State Senator Ernie Chambers of Nebraska tried suing God but it didn't get very far.

[Dystopia]

Hey you are forgetting you can't prosecute a non existent subject, that's one of the most basic principles of the legal system, just saying

[vorlon13]

Here's the wiki bit on Chambers' suit:

On September 14, 2007, Chambers filed a lawsuit against God, seeking a permanent injunction ordering God to "cease certain harmful activities and the making of terroristic threats...of grave harm to innumerable persons, including constituents of Plaintiff who Plaintiff has the duty to represent".[17]

Chambers said his action was in response to another lawsuit filed in the state court that he considers to be frivolous and inappropriate.[18] In that case a woman was taking Lancaster County Judge Jeffre Cheuvront to federal court for ruling that the words "rape", "sexual assault kit", "victim", and "assailant" could not be used in her testimony.[19]

Senator Chambers (a member of the Judiciary Committee[20]) stated that the case "is inappropriate because the Nebraska Supreme Court has already considered the case and federal courts follow the decisions of state supreme courts on state matters."[18][21] He went on to announce his lawsuit against God and said "This lawsuit [against Judge Cheuvront] having been filed and being of such questionable merit creates a circumstance where my lawsuit is appropriately filed. People might call it frivolous but if they read it they’ll see there are very serious issues I have raised."[18][21]

Chambers' lawsuit drew even more media attention than the lawsuit that had inspired him to take the action to prove his point. Many media outlets covering the story made no mention that Chambers' case was intended to show that the courts were currently required to hear cases, regardless of how frivolous they were. The confusion was furthered by Chambers himself who, apparently tongue-in-cheek, told reporters that his case was not to protest frivolous lawsuits, but to insure them saying his action was "in response to bills brought forth by other state senators to try and stop lawsuits from being filed. 'The Constitution requires that the courthouse doors be open, so you cannot prohibit the filing of suits, Anyone can sue anyone they choose, even God.'

[robvalue]

Ooh, ooh, call me as a character witness!

[Tonus]

Has someone sued Yahweh yet because I'm starting to think he would wisely settle out of court.

Shit. Can you imagine the legal team he could assemble?

They'd need passports though. Every last one of them.

[robvalue]

Are we done with this then?

Conclusion to the opening question: yes. Christianity is a ripoff but has somehow got away with it. As usual, special pleading is the only "argument".

[Drich]

http://www.gotquestions.org/zeitgeist-movie.html
http://www.gotquestions.org/Jesus-Mithra...anism.html

The above two links makes an accurate compareson of christianity and a couple of the more popular myths that christianity was supposed to come from

[dyresand]

http://www.gotquestions.org/zeitgeist-movie.html
http://www.gotquestions.org/Jesus-Mithra...anism.html

The above two links makes an accurate compareson of christianity and a couple of the more popular myths that christianity was supposed to come from