King David killed his own(in war)friend to married his wife.
Similiar to the story the Helen of Troy.
Jesus godly father and earthly mother.
Similiar in the story where Hercules father was Zeus(King of the gods)and his mother was Alcmene.
Jesus sacrifice himself for the whole world.
Similiar to the story where Prometheus sacrifice himself by giving fire as a gift to the humans.
Universal flood that save only a few people.
Similiar to the Epic of Gilgamesh and the ancinet Greek Mythology where King Deucalion and and his wife Pyrrha were the people who are the only one was saved in the flood.
Too bad we can't sue religion for copyright infrigement.
2007-02-15 00:37:06 · 10 answers · asked by naz 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
yes to bad. but a lot of religions has similarities because most religions are trying to convert the rest of us. so they take a few things from our religion put a spin on them to make them theirs and try to lure us to there religion that way. :) nice question.
2007-02-16 06:49:01 · answer #1 · answered by ~*These Blue Eyes Tell No Lies*~ 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Wow , you really stretched for those didn't ya! People look for this kind of stuff to try and twist it to their own uses.
King David didn't kill his friend, it was just some guy in his army. There are a few stories similar to Helen of Troy.
Jesus didn't give us the gift of fire, he gave us eternal salvation.
God is our Father, the Earth is our Mother, not similar at all to Zeus an Alcmene.
Perhaps if you try reading in the Bible about the occurrence that happened when the Apostle Paul went into Greece and proved to them that all their Gods were false.
Mythology is a religion in which no one any longer believes.
You need to get your facts a little more together.
2007-02-15 00:48:45 · answer #2 · answered by Angelz 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
This really struck me when I found out there was a Greek myth *exactly* paralleling the story about God's demand that Abraham sacrifice Isaac.
The answer is that Hebrew mythology was not independent of the mythologies of its surrounding cultures. And in fact, the Hebrews were originally polytheists.
2007-02-15 01:09:38 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Myths are created to serve a purpose. For example, if some Hebrews started worshiping the Babylonian goddess Ishtar during the Captivity, and other Hebrews wanted them to abandon this worship, they might create a myth about a Jewish queen named "Ester" and create a holiday to honor her.
Christians trying to convert the pagans in Ireland might create a myth about a saint named Bridgitte, who just happens to have the same name as the goddess they used to worship.
2007-02-15 01:11:57 · answer #4 · answered by Robin W 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There are many parallels between Judeo-Christian religion and paganism. Back then, there was no such thing as 'paganism...' that is a modern concept.
But the examples you cite are not even close enough to mention. Jesus and Prometheus? Not even close. Try Jesus and Adonis, Tammuz, Dionysus, Persephone, Osiris, Orpheus, Krishna...
and shared religious concepts are no more copy write infringement than Freud's Oedipus Complex.
2007-02-15 00:48:41 · answer #5 · answered by NONAME 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
There are certainly some striking commonalities.
Commonalities anyone who is intellectually honest would see.
I mean I was raised Christian, and I still hold myself as a Christian, though I can not close my eyes to facts which go against this faith just because those facts are uncomfortable and force me to think.
2007-02-15 00:42:59 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
The story of Jesus is almost a mirror image of the story of Horus, an Egyptian sky god.
2007-02-15 00:42:59 · answer #7 · answered by Zombie 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
sounds like fiction to me
2007-02-15 00:43:14 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
this was very popular 2000 years ago
2007-02-15 00:41:50 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
*All religions have similar stories and legends.*
2007-02-15 00:56:31 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋