I believe most, if not all religion is enforced with the threat of death. It is certainly being enforced by torture and slaughter as we speak across parts of the middle east, particularly Islam.
Some might try to say that Isis is not true Islam, but the point they would be missing is that Isis...
Simply because it (religion/god) is faith based.
And because some have moved on since the year dot.
Some of course want to send us back to the ancient and medieval slaughter of BC and early AD.
Some trap my friend, you should try again. The sumerian creation epic was only know as The Enuma Elish to the Babylonian ... and the Assyrians.
It is referred to by some scholars today as the Chaldean Genesis, does this make it any different simply because this sumerian creation story has had a...
I am reading one of Velikovsky's works at the moment, interesting read. I wouldn't recommend it to you though.
What I would recommend to you is that you sit yourself down in a quiet corner and read the wonderful contradictory story of the burial and resurrection of Jesus in the the New...
I found this a god thread. This post I found interesting
http://www.religiousforums.com/forum/religious-debates/148732-how-can-jesus-have-genealogies.html
When The Gods Came Down. Alan F. Alford.
Gods Of The New Millenium. Alan F.Alford.
The Genius Of The Few. Christian O'Brien.
Genesis of the Grail Kings. Laurence Gardner.
I am simply querying the sequence of events as it is written in the creation story. The Enuma Elish is not the only creation story that comes from the Sumerians.
Stop being so bloody childish man. Who do you think you are telling me what I can or cannot do or ask?
The sequences do not make no...
Not relevant to you maybe, I can accept that, as should my right to question what it is I found more than an odd story. Why did god take the time to remove a body part from the man and not simply make the woman out of dust as it clearly states he did in the case of the male?
So you agree they are two stories stitched together then?
The Sumerian text come from a wide range of writers where there are different stories from one god or another.
I wouldn't call my reply criticism. I would call telling someone they find my question "cute" and that I think "highly of...
What else does one discuss on a religious forum. How about George Best, he was one of the greatest footballers to ever strike a ball, indeed his loyal fans and supporters called him a Wizard, was he really a Wizard though?
Good question. It is not a case of me "having a problem" with the bible or mythological stories in general. I believe mythology has some seed of truth or at least moral to them as does for instance the Wizard of OZ and other fairy stories. The bible story is slightly different from my stand...