sab333
7 Answers
nomdeplume
Christianity absorbed many practices from previous pagan religions, such as incense and priestly robes. Also Christmas, Easter, and other feast days are essentially pagan ceremonies.
| 12 years ago. Rating: 11 | |
ROMOS
Men and books, books and men??
I love a good story.
| 12 years ago. Rating: 7 | |
lindilou
There exist commonalities among all religions.Meister Eckhart was a Christian mystic(1200s) whose "originality and independence" in Christian philosophy have been likened to that of Sankara,(Hindu philosopher) as well as Buddhism!For example Eckhart contrasted the biblical metaphors of "wilderness" and the "barrens" with that of the great "void" or "abyss" of eastern thought.Plotinus too had "strong affinities" to Hinduism and Buddhism.See Walter T. Staces book "The Teachings Of The Mystics"(1960) for an excellent overview on this subject! I highly recommend it.Peace.Also see "the Science of Religion" by Paramahansa Yogananda and "Examining the Cults" byHarold J. Berry.
| 12 years ago. Rating: 6 | |
JoshuaJ
Judaism is half the picture of Christianity, Islam borrowed from Christianity, that's why some of it is true, some say Christianity has pagan roots like borrowing from sun God's like Horus, if you read the Bible it is clear that it borrowed from no one.
| 12 years ago. Rating: 6 | |
What I fail to understand is why you choose to compare your religion and faith to others and point out what you believe to be weaknesses in other religions.
Hinduism was a religion 3032 years before Christianity.
Judaism was a religion 2032 years before Christianity.
Buddhism (Which is the path I follow and I have not ignored your insults) was a religion 514 years before Christianity.
Peace and back down. For goodness sakes. We are all on this planet together.
Jesus was a man of peace.
The very least you can do is follow his path and quit yelling at the rest of us. We are not weak.
jhharlan
Chaplin Don
All science is taxonomy. The discipline of comparative religions, like all scientific endeavors requires a survey of not only similarities, but also of differences. Even a cursory study of the subject will render the obvious answer that any apparent similarities between Judaism or Christianity with any myth or ancient religion is far out weighed by their differences.
| 12 years ago. Rating: 0 | |
