2007-10-28 15:28:05 · 28 answers · asked by Page 4 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
This maybe my last question for tonight so please bear with me.
I am open to all suggestions.
2007-10-28 15:29:23 · update #1
Vee:
Anytime!
2007-10-28 15:31:38 · update #2
Many old religions told stories that built and revealed their societies. Many of those stories were passed down in quite altered form, separated from the world view that originally accompanied them, or twisted to fit new sensibilities.
Of these only one thread survived that was exclusivist and totalitarian. Like the others it split and divided into many religions, some more similar than others, but it alone was so authoritarian as to claim their God as the single doer of everything.
All the tales are a mixture of history, conjecture, and fantasy. Troy, opium poppies, and the palace complex of Crete are real and explored. Hansel and Gretel is a reasonable cautionary tale when children are dealing with strangers, and the Greek Gods are a good way to discuss the various aspects of life and how they might relate to a person's focus of it.
Almost none of these figures of Gods, heros, sprites, and other creatures of these tales was supposed to be an actual critter, any more than Santa Claus, among adults with a sense of reality, or above a room temp IQ.
As such these tales grew as ways to help people grow and deal with their lives. But as priests discovered their sophistry gave them power, only then did the priest claim their God's reality.
And those who claimed a single God that demanded the removal of competing priests and temples gained the most totalitarian power.
It is that power, its assertion, and the competition from others who would have it, that has made so much war and horror.
Like the RWA pathology that engenders it, it is a disease that will afflict mankind with successive waves of pestilence as every few generations discover it anew, face off the horrors, and then try and recover.
2007-10-28 16:23:35 · answer #1 · answered by No Bushrons 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
A fairy tale is when I meet someone as nice as you. The Bible on the other hand is a book of the history of God's relationship with man, especially the Jews.
2007-10-28 23:14:12 · answer #2 · answered by peacenegotiator 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
A fairytale was written to subtly explain sume underlying point to a child. The Bible was written to be plain to a child and a stumbling block to the person with no understanding.
2007-10-28 15:41:30 · answer #3 · answered by Bug YA 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
The leading legal minds in history have come out in favour of the new testament writers being honest capable witnesses. I doubt you will find a lawyer anywhere who would defend mother goose or any of the her imaginary colleagues. If you are open minded check out the book leading lawyers look at the resurrection by Ross Clifford. These names include heavy weights such as Hugo Grotius, Professor Simon Greenleaf whose works are still used in law schools to show what is acceptable evidence, Lord Hailsham, Lord Caldecote, Sir Lionel Luckhoo listed in the book of lists as the most successful lawyer in history winning 245 consecutive cases. These names and more are in favour of the new testament writers and they employ a number of different tests to establish their voracity. People may disagree with me but they will not be able to contradict my answer very successfully.
2007-10-28 15:37:24 · answer #4 · answered by Edward J 6 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Nobody is fighting wars and committing genocide because they have an unwavering devotion and sense of duty to Hansel and Gretel or the Big Bad Wolf.
2007-10-28 15:39:18 · answer #5 · answered by Molten Orange 5 · 3⤊ 1⤋
Children believe in fairy tales. Adults believe in bible stories. The only difference in personal perception. Fairy tales and bible stories are both just as fictional.
2007-10-28 15:34:55 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 7⤊ 2⤋
The Bible says all of its stories are true....so people say "Hey, it must be true if it says it is..."
Fairytale stories are not in the Bible.
That is about the extent of the difference.
2007-10-28 15:39:02 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
Fairytails and bible storeys have a few things in common:
1. They were created by mankind.
2. They are not true (even if you believe them!).
2007-10-28 15:37:13 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 5⤊ 1⤋
It depends on your perspective.
Some feel they are one and the same.
Some feel that the Bible is the literal word of God.
Some feel the Bible is a historical document and cannot be taken literally, but provides a good way to live life.
It all depends on who you ask.
2007-10-28 15:33:03 · answer #9 · answered by Lady Geologist 7 · 3⤊ 3⤋
Fairy tales are more realistic. I've seen straw, stick and brick houses, can you say the same thing about Jesus?
It's possible that a bean stalk can grow really high but have you seen anyone split the Red Sea?
It's possible for apples to cause comas given the right amount of drugs, but have you seen anyone heal blindness by waving a hand over someone's face?
2007-10-28 15:30:41 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 10⤊ 5⤋