Reply to Why believe in god?

Forum Index » Religion

Reply to "Why believe in god?"

Subject:

Emoticons





More smilies

Text Color: Font: Close Marks

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP here. Jesus is not the first story of the son of a god, born on Dec 25th, of a virgin, and resurrected in the spring. Understanding these aspects of religious history, how is it possible to truly believe one story and not another?  Do those of you who believe have any knowledge of religious history or do you prefer to blind yourself to these realities?[/quote]

What story are you referring to?[/quote]

This particular example is of Horus. There are many examples of religion taking on aspects of older belief structures, the stories make the transition easier. Look up the history behind caroling, that's some crazy shit! [/quote]

Carolling is crazy sh!t? (Note the spelling of sh!t, so it doesn't get caught by the IT people at somebody's workplace.) If you say so.

Fact is, carolling, along with Christmas trees and reindeer, have nothing to do with the scriptural basis of Christianity. These things, although lovely, were secular practices appended onto the faith, but they are in no way a fundamental part of it. If somebody ripped carolling, bell ringing, reindeer, snow, presents, ivy and egg nog out of Christmas starting tomorrow, the New Testament would be completely untouched. That's right, there's no carolling, snow, reindeer or ivy in the canonical New Testament. [/quote]

Exactly.  Those of us who are Christian and celebrate Christmas as a religious holiday recognize caroling, Santa, trees, etc etc as secular aspects of the holiday. I would argue however that the tradition of giving presents is tied directly to the New Testament, and is done to symbolize both the gift of Jesus himself and the gifts of the three kings.  [/quote]

Options

	Disable HTML in this message
	Disable BB Code in this message
	Disable smilies in this message

Review message

Search Recent Topics Hottest Topics