Posted on 08/17/2007 6:04:01 PM PDT by freedom44
Right! In addition some, such as the Greeks, came to realize (at least the more advanced ones) that there was one God, and came up with the concept of the Logos. To me that doesn’t say that Christianity was borrowing pagan ideas, but rather that God laid out the background for the Truth through his Son ahead of time amongst the cultures of that region.
Also, among the first to acknowledge Christ were the “Magi” (i.e. Zoroastrians) because the prophesies were in there religion true. That does not mean they had a true faith, but that God laid the groundwork for his greatest revelation, his glorious Son.
Yes - in the Garden when Adam and Eve were banished because they disobeyed God, God showed us signs of the coming Christ/Savior when He covered them with the skin of an animal that He killed. It was the shed blood - a symbol of what was needed to cover us! Up to that time - Adam and Eve were spirit beings and did not need a covering. But, when they disobeyed God, their spirits died and they became flesh people. Thus, the necessity of a covering. And the preview of the necessity of a spiritual covering - one Who could bring our spirits back to life.
So back in the begining God was giving us signs in every culture of the truth of His purposes and His way.
Thank you I always enjoy reading about history and chronology!
“In Lemuria, Atlantis and Babylon, there was the Akhadian script, found on Babylonian tablets during excavations, from which the Pali script evolved.”
Oh sheesh - lost me at this point.
All people groups have a word for “one” and “two”. After that, “three” can be lumped in with “many” or “too many to count”. The brain is certainly wired the same across the world in humans.
The great flood is also common to nearly all people groups, and can be a starting point for cultural understanding.
I’ll see if I can’t find any references to the concept of math and people groups. It is amazing how similar we are to the Bushmen of the Kalahari in basic foundations of math. Language, however, is not the same.
The author doesn’t have a clue what she’s writing about. The article is worthless.
“....In Lemuria, Atlantis and Babylon, there was the Akhadian script...”
Do you have a citation in a peer-reviewed academic journal for this? Just curious.
It is interesting to see these subjective treatises since they provide a clue to the psychology of the writer.
Bump for later reading.
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