Would it be reasonable to assume that the writers of the Bible copied their stuff from actual events that took place in the past? I mean the fall of Lucifer is reminicent of the Battle between the Titans and the Gods of the Ancient Greeks except God wins where the Gods won instead in the Greek religion. Jesus could have easily been inspired by the Indians. Greek philosophers travelled far and wide back in the days. Back in these times before Christ as far as the Greeks go... a lot of philosophical schools were coming out and even after the Greeks fall to the Romans... Greek schools continued to influence the world. The Death of Socrates is reminiscent of the Death of Jesus... they died for their values. Stoicism was huge in Rome next to the Roman (Greek) Pantheon of Gods, and Epicureanism (I think I remember thats true or some form of the same type of philosophical position.) Really if you look at Christianity, I mean Socrates did not believe in the Gods but a single God. This is one of the reasons the Athenian council brought charges of corruption of the youth charges against the man. It was the main reason. Too many similarities for my comfort. How was the word of Christ spread? Word of mouth through the poor who had nothing better to do but suffer and it brought simply what they needed... Hope! Pandora's Box? A classic Roman tale!
One of the fun things I found in Philosophy was that Saint Thomas Aquinas used Aristotlean Logic... A PAGAN... to justify the existence of God! Is it reasonable to assume at all that the Greeks applied their own culture and Indian Culture in an attempt to create a new school of thought?
__________________
"And let there be Light!" said the Blind man.
Life is simple, people make it complicated - Basilisk
Nulli Expugnabilis Hosti - Royal Gibraltar Regiment |