Surely there can be no grey areas here can there? Either there were religions before it that had striking similarities, such as the 25th Dec birth date and virgin birth etc etc or there wasn't?
2007-08-29 10:26:59 · 12 answers · asked by thethinker 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
King James
Based on seeing much information on that topic.
2007-08-29 10:47:30 · update #1
Yes, copied from ancient ways, then distorted beyond recognition
2007-08-29 10:32:35 · answer #1 · answered by ♥ Etheria ♥ 7 · 4⤊ 1⤋
Of course christianity is a copy of older religions...
Do a google search on religion and find out Yourself.
Go beyond religion and DO this:
Create Your Relationship with Our Creator and have UnConditional Love and Peace in Your Life.
2007-08-29 17:33:58 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Even if there are similarities it makes no difference. In fact, I would be a little surprised if there weren't similarities. The fact is that God put in us a natural desire for Him, so if people come up with similar ideas it shouldn't surprise us.
The idea that Christianity stole from earlier religions is nothing more than a logical fallacy - post hoc ergo proper hoc. See article below.
2007-08-29 17:37:21 · answer #3 · answered by Thom 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Yes most Christian holidays have taken dates from pagan holidays. There have been virgin births in other religions, but most of those religion are considered mythology by Christians. A bit ironic, isn't it?
2007-08-29 18:00:23 · answer #4 · answered by ivy91189 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Look up the story of Mithra and find out for yourself... also, knowing that christmas was stolen from celebrations of the winter solstice and that easter was the life giving, coming of spring celebration in many pagan cultures helps give merit to that arguement.
2007-08-29 17:36:13 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes
2007-08-29 17:33:27 · answer #6 · answered by garlic J 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Oh, yes! More than a little bit of Judaism, Christianity and Islam are direct steals from earlier religions.
2007-08-29 17:37:35 · answer #7 · answered by Yank 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
There are similarities, yes. That doesn't make it a copy, nor does it make it right or wrong.
If you are basing your views on the Zeitgeist movie, please take a note from their own website:
"That being said, It is my hope that people will not take what is said in the film as the truth, but find out for themselves, for truth is not told, it is realized."
2007-08-29 17:46:11 · answer #8 · answered by King James 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
There is only one religion called Christianity but many other spirit filled tribes and people way before Christ came had their own way of believing looking up at the stars, telling time, and growing food and finding water...ect.,. giving thanks to the great spirit or whomever in their clan, mother earth and father sky ect.,.
2007-08-29 17:36:59 · answer #9 · answered by slither22a 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
It seems thinker is a small satan, his questions and character on christianity is like real satan.
2007-08-31 01:58:15 · answer #10 · answered by Njachi 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋