Christianity just a mix of other religions? (punishment, gospel, tradition)

[linwood]

Originally Posted by pah

Although there is an Institute in his name, there is little actual writing from Campbell's works. But most libraries carry a least one copy of his major books

http://www.jcf.org/works.php has a list of what is available (but none online)

-pah-

Thanks much Pah.
I`ll have a look when my daughter drags me to the library this week.

Are there a couple of these anyone would recommend over others on the topic of comparative religions?

[Bright-ness' Shadow]

Originally Posted by linwood

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I`ll have a look when my daughter drags me to the library this week.

Are there a couple of these anyone would recommend over others on the topic of comparative religions?

Try http://websearch.cs.com/cs/browse?id...ource=CSBrowse for a list

For your library visit, I liked Campbells Primative Mythology and, separately, Creative Mythology both from the same series "The Masks of God".

-pah-

[Corban]

The fact that some similiar ideas are spread through out many different cultures and religions is more evidence of the validity of the Christian idea and the Bible than evidence against it. If the bible is true, then Adam was the first man, God taught him his gospel and he taught it to his children, and as the population of the earth grew these people expanded and brought these teachings with them, the same thing happened after the flood, new cultures were established from one central core, where God taught his people, the fact that cultures share similiar ideas is evidence that they have a common heritage where the foundation of these ideas were originally taught, thus it is not correct to say that we see evidence of other cultures in Jesus, but more correct to say we see evidence of the original teachings of Jehovah to his people in other cultures, that we can then compare to the original as said again by Jesus.

[Bright-ness' Shadow]

Originally Posted by Corban

The fact that some similiar ideas are spread through out many different cultures and religions is more evidence of the validity of the Christian idea and the Bible than evidence against it. ....

Definetly not if the simular stories pre-date the Bible - in fact, the opposit is true.

-pah-

[linwood]

Originally Posted by pah

Definetly not if the simular stories pre-date the Bible - in fact, the opposit is true.

-pah-

I`m just waiting for the "Thats because the Devil went back in time and planted those myths there.

I know it`s coming.

[linwood]

Originally Posted by Corban

The fact that some similiar ideas are spread through out many different cultures and religions is more evidence of the validity of the Christian idea and the Bible than evidence against it. If the bible is true, then Adam was the first man, God taught him his gospel and he taught it to his children, and as the population of the earth grew these people expanded and brought these teachings with them, the same thing happened after the flood, new cultures were established from one central core, where God taught his people,

Wait a second.

The very fact that many of these pre-Biblical myths exist in written form (parchment) is proof the Biblical flood didn`t happen.
The fact that many of these written myths originated in a geographically close area to the Biblical flood means they would have most definately been destroyed.

That is if the Biblical version of the epic flood was indeed the first.
Which we know it`s not but ....oh well..intersting thought anyway.

[Sunstone]

Originally Posted by linwood

I`m just waiting for the "Thats because the Devil went back in time and planted those myths there.

I know it`s coming.

LOL if God lets the devil be that clever, then what does that say about God?

[Corban]

Originally Posted by linwood

Wait a second.

The very fact that many of these pre-Biblical myths exist in written form (parchment) is proof the Biblical flood didn`t happen.
The fact that many of these written myths originated in a geographically close area to the Biblical flood means they would have most definately been destroyed.

That is if the Biblical version of the epic flood was indeed the first.
Which we know it`s not but ....oh well..intersting thought anyway.

Well we would have to look at what original parchments your talking about and where they originated to substantiate that point. but the previous point by pah, about the stories coming before the bible is completely invalid, yes they probable came before the bible as we know it, but we do not have all the writings of the prophets, we do not have the writings of Adam and enoch and pre deluge prophets, but it was from these that the original truths were taught from which these other beliefs stemmed

[Bright-ness' Shadow]

Originally Posted by Corban

Well we would have to look at what original parchments your talking about and where they originated to substantiate that point. but the previous point by pah, about the stories coming before the bible is completely invalid, yes they probable came before the bible as we know it, but we do not have all the writings of the prophets, we do not have the writings of Adam and enoch and pre deluge prophets, but it was from these that the original truths were taught from which these other beliefs stemmed

Unfortunetly, you do not have any of the bible originals and it is weak conjecture to feel that a later writer would shed more light on the question either in original or copied form. And weaker still to think that an "unpublished" writer would do so.

-pah-