tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5721082653718997788.post2172387866441277219..comments2023-11-27T23:30:40.341-05:00Comments on Anything But Theist: Where’s Waldo Mary?Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02504734487692109101noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5721082653718997788.post-1313022592963968932010-01-28T17:49:24.494-05:002010-01-28T17:49:24.494-05:00The Egyptians likely borrowed and expounded upon t...The Egyptians likely borrowed and expounded upon the ideas of others, as they did with their architecture. I'm relatively sure they didn't even build the Sphinx, and there is definitive evidence that the face was chiseled much later (one will notice the proportions are all off, but if one imagines a lion's head over top of it...). There's even evidence ideas from India may have spread to Greece.<br /><br />History got lost in the revisions, I'm afraid.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02504734487692109101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5721082653718997788.post-33766382802538548852010-01-28T15:34:02.936-05:002010-01-28T15:34:02.936-05:00Yes, there is that too. The Greeks borrowed from t...Yes, there is that too. The Greeks borrowed from the Egyptians, etc.... It was all a cycle. And, yet, people still take it literally on all grounds. Le sigh.tinkbell13https://www.blogger.com/profile/03322413631736929191noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5721082653718997788.post-31416981843507133332010-01-28T11:06:07.960-05:002010-01-28T11:06:07.960-05:00You can ask my wife the futility of suggesting boo...You can ask my wife the futility of suggesting books to me. I like source material and drawing my own weird conclusions. The only thing extra-mythological research can add is cultural and historical context, which I get from other sources.<br /><br />The best source for seeing how Christianity borrowed its theology is the New Testament and the works of Platonists, Neoplatonists and Stoics which people like Paul would have been very familiar with.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02504734487692109101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5721082653718997788.post-7817617408424038792010-01-28T10:32:46.946-05:002010-01-28T10:32:46.946-05:00Ginx-
A great book to read about the way that the...Ginx-<br /><br />A great book to read about the way that the Bible appropriated Pagan and Egyptian mythology is The Pagan Christ by Tom Harpur. It is pretty goo.tinkbell13https://www.blogger.com/profile/03322413631736929191noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5721082653718997788.post-38264470485549923672010-01-28T00:11:21.109-05:002010-01-28T00:11:21.109-05:00Well, that's why I tried to use language like ...Well, that's why I tried to use language like "some Christians," since "most Christians" don't even go to church, let alone look for religious symbols in the mundane.<br /><br />Ella: If only I had such luck when looking for intelligence.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02504734487692109101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5721082653718997788.post-18803505242209142992010-01-27T21:21:29.727-05:002010-01-27T21:21:29.727-05:00Why not Mary? People's minds see faces and hum...Why not Mary? People's minds see faces and human shapes in everything. People also like to feel like they belong -- how is it that these two ideas wouldn't overlap? If you look for Mary, you will see her! If you look for owl shapes, you will find them!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5721082653718997788.post-29174632262513513482010-01-27T18:35:20.622-05:002010-01-27T18:35:20.622-05:00different people may see different things and may ...different people may see different things and may see them at different times depending on their different moods. On the whole though, I think only a very small minority of Christians claim to see the miracle images like you have described and the ones who do probably just have very active imaginations. Also, some of them may just like to call themselves Christians and are essentially delusional or seeking attention.<br />LeeArlee Birdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11663942782929929334noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5721082653718997788.post-11992617705576164412010-01-27T17:51:25.052-05:002010-01-27T17:51:25.052-05:00Are you serious? Look at those man-hands... dead g...Are you serious? Look at those man-hands... dead give-away.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02504734487692109101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5721082653718997788.post-32899552185577798542010-01-27T16:51:42.519-05:002010-01-27T16:51:42.519-05:00Looks more like Janet to me. :)Looks more like Janet to me. :)kdubsmomnoreply@blogger.com