Several posters have argued that Christianity (as morphed from Judaism) is the oldest of religion since it goes back to "the start of time". This is an idea proposed in the OT, that the bible is the "only text" that dates back to the "actual" beginning of time. However, my question is this:
There were other (documented) religions far older than Judaism. (Sumerian, Hinduism, etc.). Abraham, the patriarch of the religion, was born around 1800 BC, thus heralding the start of the new religion. The pre-Mosaic religion of the Hebrews were polytheistic, animistic, and anthropomorphic. If the start of Judaism (and thus the later Christianity) was born about 1800 BC, how can that equate to "the start of time"?
Some will argue the stories were passed by oral tradition. But if the religion didn't even exist yet, who passed the oral tradition on? Where did the oral tradition begin with prior to Abraham? And if the idea of Yahweh existed prior to Abraham, why was no one following Him?
2007-11-12
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