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To: 1000 silverlings
" Maybe King Solomon was unjustly accused

Maybe not. The adoption of a word, concept, myth, or fable to help explain or communicate an idea isn't worship. Every language carries forward or borrows words. Every culture carries remnants of its past and its contacts. Every religion relies heavily upon both language and culture to express itself.

The large waves that follow seismic activity are called tsunami's in English. That doesn't mean those American's on the west coast are Shinto Buddhists.

2,975 posted on 12/17/2009 4:24:11 PM PST by Natural Law
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To: Natural Law
The adoption of a word, concept, myth, or fable to help explain or communicate an idea isn't worship

Well yes it is. Take for example that Jeremiah had to contend with the Israelites' worship of the Canaanite goddess Astarte/Ashtoreth as the Queen of Heaven. Here was the idea that there was a "Queen of Heaven" whom they could bake little cakes to, and pray to and worship. This myth was a new idea, namely that she had some influence with God and/or was equal to Him. So she would plead their cause. There is nothing like this in Judaism. When asked why they didn't cease their worship, theie answer was "tradition" and "it feels good". And that's just one idea, myth, concept they got from their neighbors

2,983 posted on 12/17/2009 4:59:33 PM PST by 1000 silverlings (everything that deceives, also enchants: Plato)
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