To: Theoria
Suggested reading:
The Bible Among the Myths, by John Oswalt. It's an exposition of the elements of mythology in the people surrounding the Hebrews and in fact all world religions. Folks who assume the religion of the Bible is mythical and evolved from other mythical religions are uninformed or just dishonest. It's not just a little different in minor detials; it's diametrically and drammatically different at its core from every other religion on earth.
Which begs the question: Why would an insignificant group of people (in their own estimation), surrounded by brilliant, wealthy, and powerful people all around them, eschew idolatry and have such a radically different view of reality and concept of the Divine in the first place?
8 posted on
05/08/2012 1:53:31 PM PDT by
mikeus_maximus
(I won't vote for Romney, period. Voting for "the lesser of two evils" is still voting for evil.)
To: mikeus_maximus
Why would an insignificant group of people (in their own estimation), surrounded by brilliant, wealthy, and powerful people all around them, eschew idolatry and have such a radically different view of reality and concept of the Divine in the first place?
AND, how is it that they are STILL HERE...?
9 posted on
05/08/2012 2:13:27 PM PDT by
Paisan
To: mikeus_maximus
it's diametrically and drammatically different at its core from every other religion on earth. In what way? Say, versus Zoroastrianism.
15 posted on
05/08/2012 3:24:02 PM PDT by
Sirius Lee
(When we cease to be good we'll cease to be great. Be for Goode.)
To: mikeus_maximus; Sirius Lee
Sirius Lee is correct. Monotheism in a sense was there in Zoroastrianism around the same time. I don’t believe either influenced the other though..
26 posted on
05/09/2012 3:09:32 AM PDT by
Cronos
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