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Re: christianity from paganism
« Reply #75 on: November 12, 2018, 11:18:20 am »
The Vikings were travelers. Didn't they reach middle east?
Around 1000 years later.

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Re: christianity from paganism
« Reply #76 on: November 12, 2018, 11:25:11 am »
Funny that. The region in which the Abrahamic religions developed and flourished was not exactly a desert at the time. Mesopotamia and much of the Levantine coast was richly forested. The Romans deforested it.
Weren't the Jews slaves of the pharaoh in Africa?

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Re: christianity from paganism
« Reply #77 on: November 12, 2018, 11:45:58 am »
Around 1000 years later.

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Re: christianity from paganism
« Reply #78 on: November 12, 2018, 11:47:30 am »
So late?
Yes.

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Re: christianity from paganism
« Reply #79 on: November 13, 2018, 03:22:41 am »
The Vikings were travelers. Didn't they reach middle east?
Well, for one "viking" is a job description not a people. The Norse weren't all seafaring pirates.
For two, they traded in the Middle East sometime in the 900s. Well after the time period you're talking about.

Weren't the Jews slaves of the pharaoh in Africa?
No. The Biblical account in Exodus is not accurate to history. There is no evidence that the Ancient Egyptians employed mass slave labor for public works and farming projects, nor for the Hebrews having lived in Egypt.

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Re: christianity from paganism
« Reply #80 on: November 13, 2018, 04:29:11 pm »
The Vikings were travelers. Didn't they reach middle east?

You may have learned of the Varangian Guard in school. You may have also seen the True Vine icon, commonly called the Christian Tree of Life.

And since that time of year is coming on, more: https://www.johnsanidopoulos.com/2013/12/the-byzantine-origins-of-christmas-tree.html
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Re: christianity from paganism
« Reply #81 on: November 13, 2018, 06:22:23 pm »
No. The Biblical account in Exodus is not accurate to history. There is no evidence that the Ancient Egyptians employed mass slave labor for public works and farming projects, nor for the Hebrews having lived in Egypt.

And even if you do go by the Bible, the Hebrews were only in Egypt for a small part of their history.
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Re: christianity from paganism
« Reply #82 on: November 13, 2018, 09:30:35 pm »
You may have learned of the Varangian Guard in school. You may have also seen the True Vine icon, commonly called the Christian Tree of Life.

And since that time of year is coming on, more: https://www.johnsanidopoulos.com/2013/12/the-byzantine-origins-of-christmas-tree.html

That’s really interesting. In Slavic countries, the Christmas carol tradition is associated with the word Kolyada or Koleda, very similar to the Greek word.


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Re: christianity from paganism
« Reply #83 on: November 14, 2018, 11:27:41 am »
You may have also seen the True Vine icon, commonly called the Christian Tree of Life.
the vine is stolen from greek paganism. the vine is Dionysus. christians stole the vine and made it jesus and called it True saying that dionysus is a fake vine/false god. we learned that at school. well, teachers didn't use the word steal since at school they taught us christianity as the only true religion. yikes.

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Re: christianity from paganism
« Reply #84 on: November 14, 2018, 11:37:48 am »
What did christianity take from Paganism?
Christianity took love from paganism. In greek religion there is the primordial god Eros (love) who sets the world in motion. Don't christians speak their god is a god of love?

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« Reply #85 on: November 14, 2018, 01:01:56 pm »
Christianity took love from paganism.

Yeah yeah yeah and they also stole candles.

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« Reply #86 on: November 14, 2018, 01:12:16 pm »
Yeah yeah yeah and they also stole candles.

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« Reply #87 on: November 14, 2018, 01:13:51 pm »
is there love in the old testament? no. it's only in the new testament.  :)
When was the last time you read the Old Testament? Because that's patently untrue.

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« Reply #88 on: November 14, 2018, 01:31:49 pm »
is there love in the old testament? no. it's only in the new testament.  :)

That’s a bit of a stretch. There are arguments for gentile influences on Christianity, but yours aren’t very strong frankly.

Like I said in my earlier post, the mystery religions such as Orphism are a good example.

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Re: christianity from paganism
« Reply #89 on: November 14, 2018, 01:39:15 pm »
is there love in the old testament? no. it's only in the new testament.  :)

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