In ‘The Three Body Problem’, we see a prominent scholar and professor being publicly beaten by the communist party for not denying God’s existence. He goes on to say that ‘Science hasn’t provided any definitive answer’. So I’m curious, <title>.
In ‘The Three Body Problem’, we see a prominent scholar and professor being publicly beaten by the communist party for not denying God’s existence. He goes on to say that ‘Science hasn’t provided any definitive answer’. So I’m curious, <title>.
Saw a video the other day that compared Norse mythology with Christianity. It painted an eerily striking argument for the God worshiped now likely being either Loki or Balder. The garden of Eden and Apple stuff is almost copy/paste the way he put it.
The God of Christianity is most likely a Canaanite god of the forge who was among other gods, including El and Ashura.
Gods of the forge were often also war gods (swords and armor come from forges), and we see evidence of the ancient Israelites making war with their neighbors on a frequent basis. It follows that Yahweh would therefore rise in cultural importance, and it would eventually assume the roles of its peers in the pantheon.
The early Biblical stories were likely adapted from existing Mesopotamian stories. The parallels between Norse mythology are interesting but not what the current historical consensus accepts.
I saw a similar video to the first commentor and am not familiar enough with norse mythology to judge the validity.
But it wasn’t trying to argue that Christianity was actually related to norse mythology, just that based on the depictions of Loki and his behavior as a insecure God, if he were to defeat odin and thor and go start over somewhere he would act a lot like old testiment depiction of God. Which honestly could make a pretty good foundation for a fantasy story if someone wanted I guess
Sure, and I think it speaks to two things: these ideas seem to arise from human nature itself, and they travel! There’s some other less-accepted ideas about how much of the NT Bible is influenced by Greek classics, but it’s an idea that’s not without evidence.