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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Wow!  A tad nasty there.

What evidence is there that Christians deny that myths have been instrumental in explaining the world around us?  Christianity sees that very well--witness the adoption of midwinter as the time to celebrate Christ's birth.

No one knows when Christ was born but why not choose mid-winter to symbolize the age of light Christians believe Christ brought? There's a mythic connection.  That it was a pagan connection isn't a strike against Christianity, it speaks in Christianity's favor because it embraces the natural and universal human tendency to look forward to the new life spring brings in the depths of darkness. [/quote]

interesting bit of rationalization there - fascinating how one can hang on to the premise that one story is real while surrounded by similar myths.  I bet it's possible to do that with any myth.  It also sounds like something learned in law school. [/quote]

Similar? No, that's why everyone is laughing and rolling their eyes. Horus isn't similar - ISIS was no virgin amd it doesn't matter what metal she used to make Osiris' penis, the whole thing is hilarious but not similar. Mithras, whether or not you think the resurrection bit is similar, is too late and many scholars think the transmission actually went the other way, from Christianity to Mithraism.

If you want to keep insisting on that Christianity is a myth (which is a debatable premise itself) based on earlier myths, then you really need to come up with credible source myths that don't make everyone here roll their eyes. Yesterday you waved your hands and mumbled something about how maybe Horus and Mithras were based on a single earlier myth, but a hypothetical doesn't work as "evidence" and you need to name that earlier myth. Until then, so long as you keep basing your arguments on the silly HM, people will keep calling you Groundhog.[/quote]

"Everyone here" is not rolling their eyes.  There is no way to know that.  Making such a claim is an example of trying to discourage and dismiss points of view that threaten one's own -- similar to, but snarkier than other posters' attempts.

It's possible to embrace Christian teaching without believing Christian myth as fact.  It seems a shame that instead, some people who identify as Christian depend on rationalization and ad hominem attacks and subtle and not-so-subtle invitations for people presenting other information and points of view to please exit the conversation.[/quote]

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