To: editor-surveyor
"If you’re honest, its time for you to study more. “Mother of God” is an ancient, 4000 year old pagan title directly referring to the “godess” Ishtar..."
And the "Son of God" is an equally old title for the Chinese Emperors, and the title of the Egyptian God Horus who was the son of Isis and Osiris. The accursed Balaam had 70 deities, each bearing the title "son of god". None of that detracts from the divinity of Jesus any more than the preexistence of the title of Mother of God detracts from the Theotokos.
217 posted on
04/04/2012 4:03:22 PM PDT by
Natural Law
(If you love the Catholic Church raise your hands, if not raise your standards.)
To: Natural Law
Let us not forget the examples of Romulus and Hercules, as well. From the second millennium BC, we have the Sumerian goddes Inana who descends into the underworld, is killed and hung on a hook for three days and three nights, then resurrects and ascends into heaven.
None of these invalidate Christianity. Kneeling in prayer was practiced by pagans for millennia before Christianity, for instance. So?
218 posted on
04/04/2012 5:42:16 PM PDT by
MarkBsnr
(I would not believe in the Gospel, if the authority of the Catholic Church did not move me to do so.)
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