2006-06-15 04:53:46 · 31 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
no i wouldnt be. many ideas in the christian faith wre adopted from pagan ones including some holidays.
2006-06-15 04:56:14 · answer #1 · answered by babyfeary 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Every idea comes from somewhere. Our modern idea of heaven is clearly taken from zoroaster, the christmas tree and the actual day of christmas is taken from Pagan and Roman holidays and ideas, the story of Noah's Arc can be traced to stories from just about every ancient civilization in the world (even the native americans have a similar story), and pretty much every other idea in modern religion came from an older religion.
Although, to attribute any of these ideas to the modern "Pagan" movements such as the uprising of supposedly ancient Wicca and Druid groups, is simply rediculous. Most modern "Pagans" have few to no connections to the ancient nature worshiping religions of the world. The fact is that the modern Pagan movement is very loosly based on beliefs from several of these older relgions, many of which I am sure once had names that have been lost to time. Afterall, "Pagan" is simply a general term used by religions based on Judaism to describe all religions that are not based on the Jewish God.
So, I am sure that one of the hundreds of religions that are labeled "Pagan" holds the origin of Gabriel the Archangel, however the modern Pagan movement certainly has no claim to the origin and there is no way of truely knowing which of the many ancient religions gave us the concept of this Archangel.
2006-06-15 12:05:37 · answer #2 · answered by thenetnomad 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Considering the words Gavri-El are Hebrew words that mean "God (El) is my Strength", I think your theory to be rather unlikely, to put it charitably.
The first appearance of Gavriel (Gabriel) was to Daniel in the Jewish Tanakh (what Christians call the Old Testament.) No earlier writing - Pagan, Zoroastrian, or Christian - has ever been found than this 2,300 year old text.
And no, contrary to Synthia's characterization, Gabriel did NOT come from paganism. The Hebraic name fair proves it.
2006-06-15 12:03:51 · answer #3 · answered by evolver 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not really. The Old Testament was written long before the Pagan beliefs were even started, and the Old testament mentions Gabriel, so therefore, I would conclude that it was a lie.
2006-06-15 11:57:47 · answer #4 · answered by mthtchr05 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Actually things were quite the other way around. Try ACTUALLY researching. Christianity is THOUSANDS of years older than paganism. Gabriel is mentioned in the Bible before modern paganism even existed.
2006-06-15 11:59:10 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No
Oh my, can you believe that person actually said that Christianity is thousands of years older than that Paganism. Wasn't Christ born around 2000 years ago. And that Gabriel was mentioned in the bible before Paganism, and the Bible's oldest part of the old testament was WRITTEN around 980 BC.
2006-06-15 11:55:03 · answer #6 · answered by cj 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Christianity, and the god of Abraham, are simply watered down, consolidated beliefs from a variety of pagan cultures. Instead of using all the named gods from all the different cultures, they just gave god one name, and said he represented them all.
So no, I would not be shocked at all. I also wouldn't be shocked if Gabriel was called by 20 other names before King James got ahold of him.
2006-06-15 12:03:13 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's nothing to be shocked about because it's not true. Once again,Why do care about things of God? Gabriel was an angel of God not by paganism. Whatever you trying to falsify is not working. Take care of your love ones and stop bashing Christianity or you will reap what you sow.
2006-06-15 13:09:12 · answer #8 · answered by Pashur 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. Would it shock you to find out that the first belief that ever existed was a belief in God?
Before there were Pagans, there was God.
Did Pagans steal God, then?
2006-06-15 11:57:25 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. The idea of a christ dying and being resurrected was stolen. The day of christs birth was stolen. The virgin birth was stolen. So why would I be shocked if many many other pillars of Christianity turned out to tbe borrowed by previous religions?
2006-06-28 20:14:08 · answer #10 · answered by GobleyGook 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
When researching a lot of those Christian/pagan crossovers, I've learned that the Pagan belief is always more recent than the Judaic/Christian introduction. Can you prove otherwise with dates?
2006-06-15 12:09:03 · answer #11 · answered by sabai2024 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋