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| Mar 18th, 2003 02:39 PM | ||
| kellychaos |
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| Mar 18th, 2003 07:09 AM | ||
| Skulhedface | Unless you're an archaeologist, 2,000 years or so later | |
| Mar 18th, 2003 06:05 AM | ||
| FS |
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| Mar 17th, 2003 08:48 PM | ||
| Skulhedface |
I'm very well aware of it  Before I dropped out of college and went to EMT school (which I'm still waiting for a job for) I was going to major in Greek Mythology :P |
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| Mar 17th, 2003 01:16 PM | ||
| kellychaos | Anyone ever read the (greek) mythological creation stories. Lots of similarities there too ... evil comes from the earth ... good guys in the heavens ... well, higher up on Mt Olympus anyway ... Coincidence? | |
| Mar 17th, 2003 09:21 AM | ||
| Anonymous |
Messiah was a game where you played a cherub that could possess people, and then you'd control that person and maneuver them around the level while people tried to kill you for no reason. Some people could get through certain situations others couldn't, so you'd have to possess them then. It was kinda gay. |
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| Mar 16th, 2003 11:28 PM | ||
| KevinTheOmnivore |
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The OT is a selection of rabbinic texts that were chosen out of many. Others never made the "cut," such as the Apocrypha. |
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| Mar 16th, 2003 11:22 PM | ||
| AChimp |
Sometimes the conquerors adopted the religion of the area that they took over. A good example of this are the Vikings, but that's probably because they were up to the necks in crosses and shit that they stole from coastal monasteries.  Most of the Old Testament was ripped off from what IS considered mythology; namely the Epic of Gilgamesh. So what does that make the Bible? 
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| Mar 16th, 2003 08:18 PM | ||
| The_Rorschach |
Did it? I'm looking for images for a paper, I came across that one and got a laugh. What is it for? A band? |
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| Mar 16th, 2003 07:58 PM | ||
| Anonymous |
Messiah came out years ago
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| Mar 16th, 2003 07:55 PM | ||
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| Mar 16th, 2003 06:48 PM | ||
| Skulhedface |
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| Mar 11th, 2003 08:25 PM | ||
| Jeanette X |
hmm... Whats interesting is that the neo-Pagans are reviving the ancient beliefs in the gods. I have heard of Hindu gods and goddesses referred to as "mythology", but maybe it is just western bias. |
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| Mar 11th, 2003 07:41 PM | ||
| James |
You'd just think there'd be someone out there who'd exclaim "Oh, Mercury! I dropped my groceries."
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| Mar 11th, 2003 07:04 PM | ||
| mburbank | Well, you don't HAVE to get your lambs blood for the door by crucifying the li'l darlings, but it sure is the NUTS! | |
| Mar 11th, 2003 06:57 PM | ||
| Anonymous |
The jews crucified lambs? No wonder everyone wants them dead. 
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| Mar 11th, 2003 06:55 PM | ||
| mburbank | Know what though? Kevin? Apparently? Hates the Jews. | |
| Mar 11th, 2003 01:05 PM | ||
| El Blanco |
Easter coincides with Passover, when the Jews sacraficed lambs. Jesus made himself the sacrafice. Christmas, however, is celebrated on December 25 because of all the partying that happens around then. Yes, that means the solstice. |
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| Mar 11th, 2003 12:50 PM | ||
| Protoclown |
I liked that part in the Bible where Jesus diverted the flow of that river to clean out those stables. HE WAS THE TOUGHEST JEW AROUND. 
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| Mar 11th, 2003 12:46 PM | ||
| kellychaos |
I think I remember reading that "All Hollow's Eve" (Halloween) was originally a druid holiday ... just happens to precede "All Saints Day". I have to start looking some of this up before I start messing my facts up ... LOL ... they probably already are.
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| Mar 11th, 2003 12:38 PM | ||
| CaptainBubba |
You forgot the all important Winter solstice.
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| Mar 11th, 2003 11:58 AM | ||
| kellychaos |
I saw a rabbi on the Discovery channel who claimed that many aspects of the Christian and Jewish texts contain parables that stem from a conglomerate of pagan religions/traditions in the surrounding regions - just sanitized and restructured to fit the new religions. Also, during the conversion of Rome, many Christian holidays just happen to be celebrated on pre-existing mythological holidays which made it easier for conversion purposes. Easter, for instance, was a fertility festival which centered around the fertility god Esther and which used rabbits and eggs in the ceremony as signs of fertility. I would find a link but I'm too lazy right now.
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| Mar 11th, 2003 11:12 AM | ||
| Bennett |
yes, I almost forgot, The Lord told us not to worship false idols, and that is when all other religions became mythology. And now I am moving to Caanan. |
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| Mar 11th, 2003 10:44 AM | ||
| mburbank |
I think in most cases you have conquerers bringing their religions with them and forcing them on the conquered. You also find calss oriented religions sweeping up opressed people and of course, completely voluntary conversions. Attrition is what makes old religions die. OR BEING CONFRONTED BY THE ABSOLUTE TRUTH OF NALDOANITY! |
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| Mar 11th, 2003 10:27 AM | ||
| Bennett |
I think you just need to look at history for a lot of it... Wars were fought over religion, or lands were taken over and people were assimilated into another religion. Look at how many blacks and native americans are chrisitian now. Also people grew to be more liberated and didn't want religion to be so constraining. The advancement of technology and science has had effects on religion too. |
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