someone just answered 1 of my questions stating that the Noahs Ark story is Fact because many cultures have stories about a "great flood". not going to get into the flaws of that arguement here, but it got me thinking:
Different god's impregnating virgins/humans stories go way back, heaven/hell obviously thought up before Jesus came along, miracles like "walking on water" previously described (ancient Egyptian Mythology the God Horus walked on water, and in ancient Greek Mythology the giant hunter and son of the gods Orion walked on water. Both Hindu and Buddhist traditions have stories about walking on water. --Wikipedia), rising from the dead stuff = old hat, the Golden Rule can be attributed hundreds of years BC, the 10 commandments already long part of human morality...etc
How many other "Bible Facts", that are the supposed basis of Christianity, are just lifted from other cultures and religions? Is the Crucifiction the only truly Christian idea or has that been done before too?
2006-10-19
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