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Originally Posted by stonez138
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I'll stick to Greek Mythology. It's more believable. I mean we all know the Jesus myth was just a blatant rip off of the Dionysus myth right?
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My knowledge of Dionysus is limited so I can neither confirm or deny it however the story of Jesus is based off of Gilgamesh through and through whom predates Dionysus as well so both Myths are likely based off of the Legend of Gilgamesh.
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Originally Posted by t0lkien
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The absolute best thing you can do is forget about all the guff and just read it. It's not as complicated as all this secondhand knowledge and discussion makes out. The first time I read it for myself I was amazed at how much I had been mislead by others as to what it actually said.
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Having read both the Torah and the New Testament on two separate occasions I'd like to request you clarify this statement. Are you trying to imply that the books don't promote violence/slavery/etc.? Or are you saying that they do regardless of interpretation because it's just plainly there. We agree if you meant the latter.
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Originally Posted by t0lkien
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The first lesson of the Renaissance was to go to primary sources, yet so few actually do it even today. I say the same about the Koran BTW - everyone should read it so they know what it is they are arguing about.
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Really? If you are going to go on about primary sources at least spell Quran correctly.