15:37 NT copies Moses to create Jesus stories. They don't credit that.
23:07 Elijah's story is used to create a Jesus story. They didn't credit that.
38:44 Sermon on the Mount stolen from the Greek Septugant. They didn't credit that.
39:26 in Luke the boy Jesus story is copied into the Emmaus tale, no credit given
46:09 John invents a fake Lazurus from the original Lazurus, no credit given
plus the external borrowing, a dying rising demigod who dies to defeat evil and help his followers get to the afterlife, no credit given.
12 apostles, 12 tribes, 12 zodiac, no credit given.
On top of that the NT can admit if they use something from the OT but they are not going to admit all the myths are borrowed from other cultures?
I feel like we're going backwards here? Why would this even be a point at this stage??
Are you just grasping at strawmen?
15:37 NT copies Moses to create Jesus stories. They don't credit that.
23:07 Elijah's story is used to create a Jesus story. They didn't credit that.
38:44 Sermon on the Mount stolen from the Greek Septugant. They didn't credit that.
39:26 in Luke the boy Jesus story is copied into the Emmaus tale, no credit given
46:09 John invents a fake Lazurus from the original Lazurus, no credit given
plus the external borrowing, a dying rising demigod who dies to defeat evil and help his followers get to the afterlife, no credit given.
12 apostles, 12 tribes, 12 zodiac, no credit given.
On top of that the NT can admit if they use something from the OT but they are not going to admit all the myths are borrowed from other cultures?
I feel like we're going backwards here? Why would this even be a point at this stage??
Are you just grasping at strawmen?
Sometimes i wonder if theres even a point to debating.
Perhaps theres no credit because theres nothing there to credit. Perhaps your "reading to much into it that which isnt there".
Your posts are just littered with assumption after assumption.
Ok....let me address something else about this sun worship thing.
OT, Psalm 84:11 says "For the LORD God is a
sun and shield; the LORD bestows favor and honor; no good thing does he withhold from those whose walk is blameless."
And NT 2 peter 1:19 "Because of that experience, we have even greater confidence in the message proclaimed by the prophets. You must pay close attention to what they wrote, for their words are like a lamp shining in a dark place--until the Day dawns, and
Christ the Morning Star shines in your hearts."
And OT Malachi 4:2 "But for you who fear my name, the
Sun of Righteousness will rise with healing in his wings. And you will go free, leaping with joy like calves let out to pasture."
And OT, psalm 19:4-5 "In the heavens God has pitched a tent for the
sun. It is like a bridegroom coming out of his chamber, like a champion rejoicing to run his course.
It rises at one end of the heavens and makes its circuit to the other"
NT, Luke 5:35 "But the time will come when the
bridegroom will be taken from them; in those days they will fast."
John 8:12 "When Jesus spoke again to the people, he said, "I
am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will never walk in darkness, but will have the light of life."
Ok, notice these verses? Theres lots more, but, i want to consolidate my posts to be as short as possible.
God is refered to as a sun, christ refered to a bridegroom, the sun refered to as bridegroom, christ refered to as a light and a star. A star is a sun.
Ok, what do these verses prove? First off, in one sense by me presenting these verses it kinda looks like im helping your case, doesent it?
Well, not exactly. I presented these to make a point. And....here is the point.
These passages are NOT saying God is literally a sun, light, shield, bridegroom, light or star. Its not saying the people worship a sun either. Its using parabolic language.
In fact, God is compared to more then just a sun, light, star or bridegroom. Like the first verse says, hes compared to a shield too. Hes also compared to a shephard, an eagle, a tree with fruit, a cloud, a seed, a father, a warrior and the list goes on.
But none of it means he IS those things literally. In fact, the WHOLE bible is quite clear in numerious passages, some ive already showed you that God transcends the creation. That means he is not a sun, a shield, a bridegroom, a light, a tree, a shephard, ect. He transcends these things.
So what if some peoples back in ancient times worshiped parts of creation, including the sun, the biblical teachers/prophets rejected that form of religion.