dragon15066, on 01 August 2012 - 03:52 AM, said:
We must remember that the very first books of the New Testament were not written until over a century passed.
That is simply not very likely. The styles, characters and such of the Gospels have been studied to the Nth degree and most are believed to have been written within 50 years of Jesus's death.
That the stories in the Old Testement came from older mythic traditions is not in doubt, but the New Testement contains far fewer references to old tradition, excepting parables and prophesys.
dragon15066, on 01 August 2012 - 03:47 AM, said:
The Biblical god is Enlil, the Biblical Satan is actually his brother Enki. He was not cast out, but he did rebel against the councel of the gods when "I tried to kill them with sickness, and you gave them medicine, I gave them drought, and you taught them how to irrigate water, I gave them no warning of the coming flood, and you showed them how to build an ark" Enlil said to Enki, and this lead Enlil to conclude that if humanity is always saved by his brother, then the source of all must want man to live on,
I can see where you would draw that comparison, but the stories of Enki and Enlil are many, and the story versions and lineages of both change basically from city to city and civilization to civilization. The names were fairly consistant, but all the details changed constantly. I don't think taking one version of maybe 40 or 50 versions and calling that the origin of Christianity is a bit of a stretch.
dragon15066, on 01 August 2012 - 03:55 AM, said:
Then that would mean that every human being who was raised in other countries or before the Bible would go to hell. If you were born in Indea even 200 years ago, you would never hear about anything Biblical. I guess they burn to then.
Not necessarily. The theology is that those who came before would basically get a chance to state Belief in Jesus as the Savior. And, if anyone who is raised from the dead and is standing in front of angels and Jesus and observing the miraculous constantly then choses to believe otherwise, sure they go into the lake of fire. What would you do, if you died, knew you were dead, and then woke up with Jesus standing there asking if you believe in him and if you wanted Salvation? Personnally, I'd say Yes. If I woke up and Mohammad was there, and he demanded me to convert or go to the flames, I think I'd convert in that instance too.
Jesus says the only way to Salvation is through Him. But was changing the Rules at the time. So, those that came before were saved according to their own rules. So figures like Abraham, Noah, Adam and Elijah can be saved if they were Faithful to the Lord at the time.
Then there is the Baby Arguement, where those who have never had the chance to hear about Jesus are judged not on their beliefs, but on their actions. So for example, Aztecs from the 16th century, if they were good people, who never got to hear about Jesus, would have a chance to get in.
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