Replacement theology. Using the basis of an older religion to build a new one, saying that it is the fulfillment of prophecies of the elder, adding a new text to reinforce and extend the claim.
16 posted on 04/02/2005 12:04:46 PM PST by thoughtomator
("The Passion of the Opus" - 2 hours of a FReeper being crucified on his own self-pitying thread)