2006-12-01 19:26:03 · 20 answers · asked by This Virus Called Language 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Yes how can they do that? I don't think the authors of the Bible plagiarized from anyone Not even from God. I think they just made it all up themselves. Merry Christmas XX Betty.
2006-12-01 19:36:51 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
The King James version of the bible was taken from earlier versions of the bible. For some reason we are not allowed to see those earlier versions. Because it's speculated that those monks who did the translations threw in a few verses for themselves. Especially the one about, "And God said that you must financially support us for the rest of our lives. You should be the last person asking for proof when you worship a god with absolutely no proof of existence. Only because someone said so.
2006-12-01 19:43:51 · answer #2 · answered by The professor 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
What you should first check into is this particular site--
http://www.mythfolklore.net/3043mythfolklore/reading/india/background.htm
and maybe check out some of these, too.
"In both The Epic of Gilgamesh and the Bible, a flood takes place. The flood in both stories destroys most of mankind. These floods are a symbol. They represent rebirth and a new beginning for mankind, as well as the gods or God's wrath. In the epic of Gilgamesh the gods decided to destroy mankind by flooding earth for six days and nights. Utnapishtim was chosen to build a boat in order to restart mankind after the flood. In The Bible, God decided that there was too much evil in the world and decided to flood Earth for forty days and nights. God Chose Noah to build an ark to save 2 of each animal and restart mankind after the flood. In both The Epic of Gilgamesh, and the Bible, a story of a great flood occurs these stories compare and contrast in several significant ways.
In both stories mankind was exterminated because things were getting to chaotic. In Gilgamesh the god Enlil's reason for wanting to destroy man was "the uproar of mankind is intolerable and sleep is no longer p... "
http://www.fratfiles.com/essays/13850.html
http://www.religioustolerance.org/noah_com.htm
http://www.curledup.com/samegodb.htm
http://www.religioustolerance.org/ev_bibl.htm
2006-12-01 20:14:34 · answer #3 · answered by Midnight Butterfly 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
What do you consider "no proof"? Various civilizations predating Christianity have stories that closely match the great flood, either passed through oral history or hieroglyphs.
If you want to learn more, do some research.
And that's from a believer.
2006-12-01 19:48:18 · answer #4 · answered by trynshockme 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Old Testament has its origins in the Jewish books such as the Torah, but the New Testament on which Christianity is based is exclusive to the Bible.
2006-12-01 19:36:04 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because they DO have proof.
Noah and the Flood? Babylonian mythology.
Judging the dead? Death & resurrection? Osiris from Egyptian mythology.
Raising the dead? Isis from Egyptian mythology.
Turning water to wine? That was what Dionysus DID.
Son of God born to a virgin? Gee, what a surprise - Dionysus did that too.
Monotheism? Pharoah Akenaten of Egypt and his god Aten did it first.
2006-12-01 19:48:51 · answer #6 · answered by triviatm 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Do you have proof that it doesn't? No. Actually, Mithraism is documented from it's beginning in Persia.
You see, it is entirely possible to believe in God and even Jesus the prophet, and still know that everything past the gospels is stolen. Paul was a male chauvinist homophobe and his writings reflect that.
2006-12-01 19:39:53 · answer #7 · answered by Gorgeoustxwoman2013 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I think they have plenty of documentation of pre-christian mythology which includes the the virgin birth, the resurrecton, other things that appear in the bible. However a lot of the people that acknowledge that the bible may have pre-christian mythology mixed in are not atheists they are prominent Christian scholars. Not every Christian takes the bible literally. I am not trying to attack your view whatever that is, but just so you know, a lot of the most highly respected biblical scholars are in fact christian.
2006-12-01 19:30:26 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 1⤋
The writing is there, just not in your language. Most things in the bible are stories from other countries, sort of like urban legends today. Many are in sanskrit which is very hard to decipher, even with the rosetta stone.
2006-12-01 19:33:21 · answer #9 · answered by judy_r8 6 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Actually there is lots of proof of that. We have texts from other cultures and civilizations describing things from the book of Genesis that predate the biblical flood. Some of the stories come from Babylon.
2006-12-01 19:29:01 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 1⤋