Because these stories, and those of so many other ancient cultures, are perfectly paralleled to those of the Christian Old Testament… I was wondering if those who believe the Bible to be true see those other cultures’ stories as proof of the Bible? Or do they view them as a threat to their own beliefs? Or do they just dismiss them as outrageous myths?
2007-08-01 06:33:19 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
"Myth"ology. No, I don't believe them at all but I have enjoyed over the years all the stories and reports that my children have done over that subject.
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2007-08-01 06:43:53 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Anyone who thinks stories of Greek and Roman mythology are "perfectly parallel" to the Old Testament obviously knows nothing about the Bible and/or mythology.
Are there similarities between some Bible stories and some aspects of ancient mythology? Yes. Jesus and Horus comes to mind. But ancient Greek and Roman? Hardly. And perfectly parallel? Not at all.
2007-08-01 06:41:18 · answer #2 · answered by Drake the Deist 2 · 4⤊ 0⤋
No on all counts. I don't believe they're proof of the Bible, though they do prove some things in the Bible. I don't view them as a threat to the Bible because they just aren't. I don't dismiss them as outrageous myths, because I don't know their origin. There could be real people upon whom these writings were based.
2007-08-01 06:40:58 · answer #3 · answered by Steve 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
The stories could have been created by apostates from the Israelite religion. The same way they make up stories today. Also the Israelites were taken captive several times and kept in bondage for many years. I'm sure their bibles and stories became common knowledge among the heathen nations so it would have been easy to plagiarized them to an extent.
They are in no way a threat to my beliefs. I just consider them as stories that I read in school, that were created by the more pagan nations. Romeo and Juliet is more my style.
2007-08-01 06:54:52 · answer #4 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This question is difficult to answer at face value. See, there two kinds of Christianity with various levels of faith. There's the religious Christianity and there's the bible-believing born-again Christianity. I have seen people in both types believe all kinds of things that don't line up with what their bible tells them.
But to answer your question would be like answering the question "do all red-heads believe that all dogs go to heaven?".
I too have seen some similarities between Greek and Roman mythology and the holy bible. But I also know of denominations started by an angel of light (aka Satan) disguised as God. I also see similarities in the rings around Saturn and the rings in my coffee cup.
Getting back to your question, I can tell you that most born-again bible believing Christians believe only what is written in the 66 books of the Holy Bible.
2007-08-01 06:50:04 · answer #5 · answered by Michael 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I've never done an in-depth analysis of this, but I have heard an interesting theory from those who believe the Bible is 100 percent accurate.
Before the flood, there's a part where the "Nephalim" came to earth and had children with women. Most people, I think, agree that they were like fallen angels. There's some references to the great deeds some of these guys did. All the descendants of these guys were destroyed in the flood, so they don't exist anymore.
However, some people have suggested that a lot of these Greek and Roman myths hearken back to that time when they were super strong guys who weren't 100 percent human.
Dunno if I believe that theory, but I always found it interesting...
2007-08-01 06:41:20 · answer #6 · answered by Cleoppa 5 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Greetings,
As a Christian I myself do not believe them to be examples of truth scince supposedly these myths contain mention of humans created through the birth of Gods and women so that they were deemed to be demi-gods. This was not the case from the area which the Jewish nation was developed. The people of that area had multiple gods but were not given human attributes such as those in later cultures.
We as Christians need to be aware of this scince the Christian belief system is derived from the Jewish religion and nation.
Don't think so? FACT: Jesus was born a Jew.
2007-08-01 06:53:07 · answer #7 · answered by cobravetor 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is true that people were burnt sacrificed and killed, but it is also true that philosophers of the ancient greek world were already questioning the whys and hows of religion. Religion serves a number of purposes; guidance, safety, mass control, power gain... etc. I don't believe that the greeks were "crazy" because they didn't have the scientific advancements we have now. They didn't know what caused thunder, so to say there was an angry man in the sky was just as acceptable as suggesting that the clouds did it. I hope that in the future religion will be used in the way it was meant to be as spread by prophets and people of god, and not for money making, personal gain or as an excuse to rid one of sin. Perhaps in the future people will have accepted science as a reasonable way to explain things around them, and still be able to have faith in their god. As for people strapping bombs to themselves, it's disgusting now, and will be disgusting in the future. There are already people who think that today's religions are crazy. I think that this is a good question but the bias in it is really quite difficult to get around. As a historian, you should be working to eliminate that.
2016-05-20 00:27:44 · answer #8 · answered by ermelinda 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They can't accept them as anything other than myth because they are only allowed one god. Mythology is actually stories told involving the gods and aren't meant to be taken literally. Religion is your connection to the gods. Greek mythology has very little to do with the way the ancient Greek mysteries were practiced and celebrated. The story of Noah is no more literal truth than that of Deucalion, Utnapishtim, Matsya, etc.
2007-08-01 06:48:28 · answer #9 · answered by glaux_athena 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
the persons who spend quality time praying ,reading ,studying have a clear understanding on what stories are true and those that are myths,but it is very foolish to dismiss any thing before one has all the facts ,infact their is a stern warning in the bible about such a life style,
2007-08-02 02:43:23 · answer #10 · answered by lildreamer 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That was the first job of Christics once the new mystery religion-- Rub all the others from before away -- Destroy all Temples to Mithra --The most incriminating should be most hidden ---Hell --If you gotta force the inquisitions and kill DO IT -- YEA _ But not all Christians Right __Christics ------- Tell that to William Tensdale --- Once they kill you ITS PERSONAL NOW
2015-02-09 17:32:43 · answer #11 · answered by ivisableman 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋