I probably shouldn't but the Backroom topics are so boring now (especially that Tribesman is on break)...
Aemilius Paulus, the content of your posts in their wording and facts cited are quite sloppy.
You mention Campbell as a source when dealing with the influence of Mithraism on early Christianity (actually you name Campbell explicitly in a related but different avenue, but I am going to go ahead and assume that he was also one of the authors of the "books on comparative religion" you mentioned you had read). Campbell is certainly an authority in the field, however, while you seem to agree with on his conclusion on the Mithratic influence on Christianity, I request you actually go and read his actual exposition on HOW he came to those conclusions. Taking the virgin birth motif for an example, take a look at the "virgin birth" of Mithras as compared to that of Christ. Some other authorities (and pure laymen like myself) look at the inference and judgment made by Campbell to be exceptionally tenuous and questionable...
The pre-Islamic Arabs did believe and even worship jinns, but they also had straight up gods like Uzza and crew (and the distinction is very significant). Allah to the pre-Islamic Arabs was a god (the major God), not a jinn.
You've used the word 'logic' extremely loosely in many places, can I call you out to actually explicate what the heck you mean by the following claim?
See, I'd argue that religion actually does a pretty nice job of 'conforming' to at least one 'school of logic' (let's say classical logic for ease). Take Nicean Christianity for example, the only difficulties one might run into logically with contradictions are the trinity aspect and perhaps the predestination vs. free will debate. Of course, the theologians throughout the years have loved to talk at length about these and how they don't pose any problems.Hey, religion never makes any sense, nor conforms to any school of logic ever devised...
lol not in the old testament. Old testament is not as "nice" as the new testamentFind that in the Old Testament. The Bible is overtly contradictory anyhow. And the last time I checked, up until recently, fear was the main trump card of a priest proselyting... People nowadays mainly say they "love God", but not too long ago everyone affirmed their piety by insisting they "feared God".
Allat was a moon god, if I recall.
The pre-Islamic Arabs did believe and even worship jinns, but they also had straight up gods like Uzza and crew (and the distinction is very significant). Allah to the pre-Islamic Arabs was a god (the major God), not a jinn.
Clearly somebody has forgotten Revelations. "Nicety" is relative.lol not in the old testament. Old testament is not as "nice" as the new testament
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Yes substituting domestic pisswater for foreign pisswater isn't always the best.
The foundation for an apple tree is very rarely actually an apple tree. They are far more commonly grafted onto another tree. As such the foundation and the fruit are separate...
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