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thank you all
you're a wealth of information.
it's good when informed people work together to inform others like this.
posted by
Xeno-x
on February 17, 2005 at 1:48 PM
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Ciel is right. Zoroastrianism is a wealth of information on stories and
themes from the Old and New Testament
posted by
sannhet
on February 17, 2005 at 12:48 PM
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If you want to learn more about the roots of the New Testament,
read up on Zoroastrianism, where you will find elements of a 'revealed' gospel, a virgin birth of the one to whom it was revealed, sacraments of fire and of water... The commandment to love your neighbor as yourself...
posted by
Ciel
on February 17, 2005 at 11:45 AM
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painter, whenever I read posts like this from you it makes me want to go back to school to study the bible. There is such a rich history behind it that most "believers" don't want to know.
posted by
roofpig
on February 17, 2005 at 11:40 AM
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"inherited"
posted by
Ciel
on February 17, 2005 at 11:29 AM
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I can add to this...
Those earliest texts and fragments of Genesis are taken directly from much older writings, accounts of Creation originating with the earliest cultures of Mesopotamia. Some research into "writings of the Ancient Near East" can pin down the details, including Eden, and the various ways and means of Creation. Genesis was inhertited.
posted by
Ciel
on February 17, 2005 at 11:29 AM
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