The Israelites/Jews absorbed Egyptian religion during the age of Pharaoh, Zoroastrianism during the Babylonian captivity and Greek religion while part of Alexander the Great's empire.
Perhaps there is not a single new idea not drawn from these.
2007-03-28 03:49:38 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
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Israelite absorbed all customs so Christianity would really be Zoroastrianism , Babylonian,
2007-03-28 10:26:59 · answer #1 · answered by Ms Person 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Bible's original texts consists of
Hebrew, greek, and Chaldee (which is the language of the Babylonians since Judah was taken captive for 69 years). The Scriptures are not a mish-mosh of other religions, it is the Word of God that was penned by those chosen of God to do so,
and come thru to us in whichever language
was prevalent for the time and location.
Knowledge of all three Biblical languages is essential to the full understanding of the manuscripts, and is what the deeper student of Gods Word will need to get a handle on.
Language is different from religions, though.
2007-03-28 03:59:08 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I disagree. The Hebrew religion which spawned Christianity is unique in itself, but it has absorbed the influences of all of the other cultures that have tried to subsume it over the centuries.
Just as Jazz music is a unique art form that is formed of many influences, so Christianity is a religion colored by all the cultures that have captured, conquored, and eventually either adopted or tried to eliminate it. Ultimately that has made it somewhat...inconsistent and contradictory.
It is those very contradictions that make it better suited to being a FAITH and not a RELIGION. This would also explain its success over all of its comnent influences. The other religions required an adherence to a defined ORDER. Whereas Christianity, ultimately, only asks for an acceptance of an idea.
Established religions are all doomed to fail, but Christianity (and by extension Judiasm) are all based on the basic idea of faith, acceptance, and submission to a divine will, not an earthly one.
2007-03-28 04:01:18 · answer #3 · answered by MrDave2176 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Well, right off the top of my head...
The Cain and Able story is based on a Sumerian myth that predates the biblical story by 1500 years. And Jesus himself?
Death & Resurrection. Osiris.
Healing abilities. Iaso and Asklepios.
Demigod. Given that Jesus is the product of the human Mary and the Hebrew god. Hercules, the son of Zeus and Alcmene.
2007-03-28 04:08:56 · answer #4 · answered by gjstoryteller 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Totally agree. Just read the mythology of these older religions and see not just similarity, but identical stories.
2007-03-28 04:02:21 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Very good; you've done your homework.
Like everything else, modern religion draws on the past. Keep researching; you'll find out what created the difference.
2007-03-28 03:56:07 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
You forgot Pagan. Most of the "Holy Days" (holidays) celebrations come from Pagan traditions.
2007-03-28 03:52:25 · answer #7 · answered by Maverick 6 · 2⤊ 1⤋
THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE HEBREW AND CHRISTIAN RELIGION IS THAT HEBREWS DID NOT BELIEVE IN JESUS. BUT THEY DO BELIEVE IN THE SAME GOD (THE FATHER). THE HEBREWS BELIEVE IN THE OLD TESTAMENT, BUT NOT TO NEW ONE BECAUSE THEY DID NOT BELIEVE JESUS IS THE MESSIAH. CHRISTIANS BELIEVE JESUS IS THE MESSIAH AND GOD AND THAT IS WHERE CHRISTIANITY COMES FROM
CHRISTIAN IS NOT ANY OTHER RELIGION.
2007-03-28 04:42:50 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
And the believers were called Christians at Antioch.....
Book of Acts
We came from Jesus.....we are not a 'hybrid' of anything.
2007-03-28 03:52:28 · answer #9 · answered by primoa1970 7 · 1⤊ 2⤋
That may very well be true - would certainly ake sense.
But if from many ideas come one new better ideology, then that is a new idea.
2007-03-28 03:58:19 · answer #10 · answered by huvgj 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋