Is the bible an early form of Science fiction, even though it stole many stories from earlier religions?

Answer 1

I don't want to comment on SiFi or theft. There are said to be many similarities with other religions.

Christianity is said to be the seventh religion using the virgin birth.

Worship of Mithra is the religion often said to be the source of Christianity. http://www.tektonics.org/copycat/mithra.html is a source you might use to learn more about current thought on the matter.

Some of the stated similarities are listed below. I was not there.

1. Mithra was born of a virgin on December 25th in a cave, and his birth was attended by shepherds.
2. He was considered a great traveling teacher and master.
3. He had 12 companions or disciples.
4. Mithra's followers were promised immortality.
5. He performed miracles.
6. As the "great bull of the Sun," Mithra sacrificed himself for world peace.
7. He was buried in a tomb and after three days rose again.
8. His resurrection was celebrated every year.
9. He was called "the Good Shepherd" and identified with both the Lamb and the Lion.
10. He was considered the "Way, the Truth and the Light," and the "Logos," "Redeemer," "Savior" and "Messiah."
11. His sacred day was Sunday, the "Lord's Day," hundreds of years before the appearance of Christ.
12. Mithra had his principal festival of what was later to become Easter.
13. His religion had a Eucharist or "Lord's Supper," at which Mithra said, "He who shall not eat of my body nor drink of my blood so that he may be one with me and I with him, shall not be saved."
14. "His annual sacrifice is the passover of the Magi, a symbolical atonement or pledge of moral and physical regeneration."
15. Shmuel Golding is quoted as saying that 1 Cor. 10:4 is "identical words to those found in the Mithraic scriptures, except that the name Mithra is used instead of Christ."
16. The Catholic Encyclopedia is quoted as saying that Mithraic services were conduced by "fathers" and that the "chief of the fathers, a sort of pope, who always lived at Rome, was called 'Pater Patratus.'"

Answer 2

Are you able to tell the difference between "Politics and Government" and "Religion and Spirituality?"

Hmmm...

In answer to your question, there is not a religion or history or anthropology professor in any major university in the country that will support your hypothesis that the Bible "stole" many stories from earlier religion. Did other cultures share similar stories? Sure! Has religion evolved and overlapped with others? Sure!

And your thesis that the Bible is science fiction and the idea that it "stole" stories does not logically match up. How does stealing and not stealing stories make something science fiction? In fact, if you don't believe in the Bible, how can you argue that it is "science" anything? I would think you thought it to be UNscientific.

You obviously have an obtuse perspective on how different beliefs and cultures react and interact. What I recommend is that you take some courses in college regarding ancient cultures and how their beliefs developed. Maybe you can even take a diversity course and some religion or history courses to learn more about different ways that people think and act. Then maybe you will not come on here and sound like you don't know what you're talking about.

Answer 3

Perhaps you should invest in a dictionary. Science Fiction and the Bible are not the same types of writing. The bible is a collections of stories to lead on to a moral and spiritual way of living. Parables, dictionary again. Stories to show how to lead a good life.

Science Fiction is a story with a scientific basis, technology, other plants the future as a stage of stories with or without a moral of the story.

Answer 4

I view the Bible as between the earliest written histories of the worldwide, thoughts that have been exceeded down observe of mouth for hundreds of years till now they have been set to paper. Over the centuries the fairly some allegorical thoughts have been given taken for certainty and weren't in any respect meant that way. the fairly some chapters have been given deleted via the priests who worked interior the Vatican and the fairly some unique meanings of passages have been given replaced each time a clean Bible translation got here/comes out. i don't think all and sundry can particularly understand the historic magnitude of Bible except they have study different historic transcripts written interior an identical timeframe. yet technological understanding fiction, no. something mystical interior the Bible could properly be defined via the certainty that persons back then did not have a superb expertise of nature and technological understanding. Stolen thoughts? not possibly. There are similarities in Bible thoughts to those thoughts in different varieties of religions (different than Christianity) because of the fact the persons back then have been searching for the ethical standards that have become the development blocks of all religions. the persons like Jesus who wandered around coaching morality taught the plenty via making use of countless the classic philosophers' suggestions, yet considering lots of expertise then became exceeded via observe of mouth, I doubt that even Jesus knew the place those suggestions initially got here from. in my opinion, Jesus is extra advantageous often happening than the different wanders because of the fact he had a extra advantageous "press center" in his acquaintances.

Answer 5

can you cite some examples where the bible stole ideas from others rather than the other way around? or used ideas from those time periods? I mean while the nations surrounding them (the israelites for example) were polytheist but the God of the bible (Jehovah is his name if any are interested some use yahwey which is okay too but jehovah is the english version and more familiar to many cultures) was monotheist.

also the nations surrounding them (those who served God acceptably to him), were involved in all kinds of sadist practices (sometimes israelites were guilty too of copying them) such as burning their babies alive, and of cutting themselves and orgies in the temples they had also using statues and idols. fornications, adultery, murder robbery etc were the common practices of the day and yet the bible condemned such practices.

when they were using poo as a medical treatment like in eygpt the bible said it was unclean and should be buried. while the nations surrounding the nation of israel were eating blood the bible condemn eating it it was to be used in sacrfice and put on the ground and covered over. while the nations were advocating the sun went around the earth adn the earth was flat and held up by gods, the bible showed the earth hanged on nothing and was round.

when the israelits (who consisted of people from other nations as well) obeyed the bible they avoided all the problems of disease, family breakdown, national breakdown, and lawlessness while the nations surrounding them suffered all kinds of corruption and it's fruitages.

so how does the bible copy any of those ideas or teachings? the nations also cited only victories in their writting purging any unsavory info about losses during wars. look at eygptian history they took out the part of moses and the 10 plagues and loss at teh red sea. but in the bible the writters were honest about their shortcomings and mistakes. they gave glory to God for victories not themselves. hope some of this helps.

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Answer 6

What do you mean it stole stories? Perhaps these stories that correlate with other accounts mean that historical facts are being recorded accurately.

Mr Taco - I agree with a lot of what you say, but you are so arrogant. If you really want people to listen to you and see your point of view, you need to lose the know-it-all attitude and quit being such an @sshole to other people!

Answer 7

the Vatican admitted that there were about 13 plagiarisms in the new testament!!

the King James version of the Bible was worded as to keep the peasants in fear and in line!!!

the ruling class has tainted it and trashed it and reworded it for their own benefit over the years!!!

but there are many parts that have been proven to be true!!!

so go figure!!!!

Answer 8

All that isn't actual history or human wisdom obtained over centuries is called myths and legends.

Answer 9

You don't get out much, do you. Such paranoia must be difficult. It is okay. Be your own God and then you will have no one to blame but yourself. PS The Bible is not a religion./

Answer 10

We just need an answer for the things that we can't prove. Like this one I'm giving. God knows.