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The Bible stories borrow heavily from Egyptian religious myths and beliefs regarding gods and pharaohs. Same stories, rebooted with new cast members that are mo
by snorkel 9y ago
The Bible stories borrow heavily from Egyptian religious myths and beliefs regarding gods and pharaohs. Same stories, rebooted with new cast members that are more relatable. Any new diety had to demonstrate similar power supernatural abilities as a pharaoh to be legit, and the one big closing act of every pharoah is resurrection followed by deification. Same story, new cast members. Ancient story tellers also made reboots.
- dsp1234 9y agoone big closing act of every pharoah is resurrection followed by deification. Boyle wasn't speaking about Jesus' ressurection.
- danjc 9y agoNo one invents a story of how man is utterly depraved and incapable of making himself right before God.
- danielsju6 9y ago... isn't this a common theme in Eastern and Mesopotamian mythologies?
- danjc 9y agoDo you have an example?
- sofal 9y agoWhy not? People invent all kinds of stories. That type of story doesn't even take much imagination. Telling people that they are deficient in some intangible way and that you have the only cure is a very common way to con people.
- neaden 9y ago"Same stories, rebooted with new cast members that are more relatable." This isn't true at all and I'm curious at what gave you that idea? Specifically I mean of stories with the names changed between Egyptian religion and Christianity/Judaism.
- lawpoop 9y agoIt's the recent "Zeitgiest" conspiracy theory "documentaries" that float around on the internet. They just note similarities with the New Testament and old Egypto-Greco-Roman myths/cultic practices and say "See? This is where it came from". You're right; it's not based on and scholarship or methodology. It's just simple associational reasoning. "These two things are similar, so therefore they are the same".