To me, the Bible is more like mythology with stories handed down by word of mouth until someone wrote them down. Many of the stories are similar to Greek, Roman and Norse mythology. Almost every civilization has a giant flood story and so on. They may all be true or they may all be exaggerations. But we've all heard many of…
To me, the Bible is more like mythology with stories handed down by word of mouth until someone wrote them down. Many of the stories are similar to Greek, Roman and Norse mythology. Almost every civilization has a giant flood story and so on. They may all be true or they may all be exaggerations. But we've all heard many of them.
I've worked with many Indians that practice Hinduism. Their stories seem rather fantastic, but if you've heard them since you were little, they probably seem as real as the Bible stories I was told as long as I remember.
Humans love stories and the Bible has some good ones, but it also contains a lot of garbage in my opinion.
Well put Ally.
To me, the Bible is more like mythology with stories handed down by word of mouth until someone wrote them down. Many of the stories are similar to Greek, Roman and Norse mythology. Almost every civilization has a giant flood story and so on. They may all be true or they may all be exaggerations. But we've all heard many of them.
I've worked with many Indians that practice Hinduism. Their stories seem rather fantastic, but if you've heard them since you were little, they probably seem as real as the Bible stories I was told as long as I remember.
Humans love stories and the Bible has some good ones, but it also contains a lot of garbage in my opinion.