Babalu Oyeah

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Babalu Oyeah

ER — 7/11/2008 7:04:42 PM (archived)

I'm not really sure about this, but I think I recall reading somewhere that the "Trinity" idea is a concept borrowed from another popular religion of the times (now extinct) and modified for Christian use.This is not an untenable concept, this blending and borrowing between religions occurs all the time, it's a natural process owing to the fact that the populations of different faiths overlap and coincide in space and time, and there is much transfer of symbols and memes between them. It cannot be denied Christianity owes much to Judaism, and Islam to both.

In my own experience, I have seen how popular Catholicism in Latin America has assimilated many religious concepts from Africa, and African nativism in the Americas (Voodoo and SanterÃa) has adopted many Roman Catholic rituals and iconography. It is also well documented that Catholicism also owes much to the Pagan religions of the late Roman Empire.

For an exhaustive (to a fault!) study of these issues, I highly recommend Frazer's "The Golden Bough".

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Jesus was not alone? - Socrates II - 7/9/2008 2:21:19 PM
- Isaiah prophecied one named Immanuel - alcaray - 7/13/2008 7:19:53 PM
- The Resurrection Shuffle - ER - 7/9/2008 3:06:11 PM
  - "Psychics" still prey on the gullible with stone age mentalities - ARRELL - 7/9/2008 3:16:45 PM
    - I'd like to think there's a bit more to Christianity than that. - ER - 7/9/2008 3:49:11 PM
      - Maybe the trinity means... - Jody - 7/11/2008 6:32:07 PM
        
        Getting more technical. - Lee - 7/14/2008 2:22:06 AM
        
        Babalu Oyeah - ER - 7/11/2008 7:04:42 PM
        
        Wiki on Trinity - podrock - 7/11/2008 7:33:08 PM
      - re: It is interesting that,, - Johannes - 7/11/2008 12:02:22 AM
        
        It is also extremely interesting that... - ER - 7/11/2008 12:24:15 AM
        
        re:...Interesting to the interested. - Johannes - 7/11/2008 2:57:01 AM
        
        You really need to read Foucault's Pendulum. - ER - 7/11/2008 2:27:22 PM
        
        re: Are you saying that space and energy are not related to mass in any way? - Johannes - 7/12/2008 2:15:59 AM
        
        Just what do you mean by "related", and "in any way"? - ER - 7/12/2008 2:12:00 PM
        
        re: The rest of our knowledge and philosophy has progressed little. - Yetimatician - 7/13/2008 6:28:57 PM
        
        re: Different sides of the same coin, - Johannes - 7/13/2008 1:34:19 AM
        
        reuctio ad absurdum - nick hoffman - 7/13/2008 5:19:23 AM
        
        re: reuctio ad absurdum - Yeti - 7/14/2008 1:50:10 AM
        
        re: Are you afraid to answer a very simple question? - Johannes - 7/14/2008 6:58:30 PM
        
        Simply cubing a number does not define space. - podrock - 7/15/2008 3:02:43 PM
        
        re: What does a cubed number define? - Johannes - 7/15/2008 4:38:41 PM
        
        re: What does a cubed number define? - SDG - 7/16/2008 11:51:50 PM
        
        re: If everything is taken out of the cubic area, what is left? - Johannes - 7/17/2008 2:14:40 AM
        
        Its not a simple question, its a simple-minded question - Yeti - 7/15/2008 12:01:27 AM
        
        re:Interesting. - Johannes - 7/15/2008 1:08:40 AM
        
        I'm Done - Yeti - 7/15/2008 1:15:25 AM
        
        re: Strange - Johannes - 7/15/2008 1:53:43 AM
        
        Recommend that you look for validation among fellow pseudoscientists/metaphysicians. (n/t) - alcaray - 7/14/2008 7:36:49 PM
        
        re: Why? - Johannes - 7/14/2008 7:50:21 PM
        
        Because theories to explain it are in the domain of hardest of physics and mathmatics. - alcaray - 7/14/2008 11:10:33 PM
        
        re: Off on a tangent. - Johannes - 7/15/2008 12:19:56 AM
        
        I'm done. (n/t) - alcaray - 7/15/2008 12:26:36 AM
        
        It took 6 years to kill his "Radiation is making the atmosphere disappear" nonsense... - ARRELL - 7/15/2008 12:32:54 AM
        
        re:Donâ€™t feel so smug. - Johannes - 7/15/2008 1:37:38 AM
        
        re: Thank you Nick, your answer is interesting in many respects. - Johannes - 7/14/2008 12:52:44 AM
      - "Christian concepts as presented in the New Testament are a humane and highly sophisticated world view" - I disagree - ARRELL - 7/9/2008 4:03:20 PM
        
        Jesus was a Jewish philosopher. - ER - 7/9/2008 6:48:23 PM
        
        Well, what I wanna know is... - z - 7/10/2008 7:15:33 PM
        
        I was rooting for Pharaoh. - ER - 7/11/2008 12:04:35 AM
        
        re: 'was written by Hellenistic NeoPlatonists, and edited ...' - High Crypto Priest - 7/9/2008 8:00:28 PM
        
        Wow, and I thought I was the atheist around here. - ER - 7/9/2008 11:28:57 PM
        
        As Douglas Adams once said in his Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy - Socrates II - 7/9/2008 9:13:17 PM
        
        You are all individuals! - Socrates II - 7/9/2008 6:02:37 PM
        
        Yes! Yes! Tell us more! (n/t) - Mary Anne - 7/9/2008 9:42:10 PM
        
        What have the Romans ever done for us? - Socrates II - 7/10/2008 2:25:47 PM
        
        Roman Law !!! - Raoul - 7/13/2008 8:40:19 PM

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