The bible, old and new testament, is plagiarized and created by the dark forces. How else could a manuscript that predates the bible by hundreds of years tell essentially the same story?
Duuuuuuuuuuuuuh, because the Bible story was derived from the earlier manuscript?
These arguments are so stupid. Most educated traditional Christians will happily point out all of the other places in history that Christian theology existed prior to the Bible. It reinforces the validity of Christianity, not reduces it, the same way everyone in history reports seeing the same sun. Studying Plato is what introduced me to Christianity, it's not plagiarism. It's consensus.
It would actually be a stronger case against Christianity if none of these things existed prior to Christianity. "What, did God show up late to work?"
a copied story still retains its core values, however, those values are corrupted if they are attributed to different characters, to different gods. The innate value still remains, but it is stolen valor if attributed to an undeserving scheme.
Christianity is similar to Plato's theory of forms. The names are irrelevant because of the limitations of human linguistics, nothing in this world could accurately describe or portray the divine. The symbolism is what is important. So, Zeus is a dude in a cloud like God. The archetype is the same and manifests in a different form. It's all simply "the Good" or lack thereof. Not "this God, that God, and those Gods". For example, maybe there's a religion on a remote island with a lone tribe. We'd celebrate the elements of Christianity they have within their religion as God reaching these people in terms they understand. It doesn't matter at all what they call these concepts.
Or you, whatever you believe. I would celebrate that too, provided it doesn't violate any moral lines in the sand that I have. I celebrate Eastern philosophies like Taoism and Confucianism, because of the elements I believe to be inspired by God. It's not my place to judge how people come to understand God, or his walk with them.
Maybe some people profess themselves to be Muslims, but in actuality live more Christian lives than most Christians. I believe that God reaches to people regardless of their beliefs and tries to show them His light in terms they will understand. Which is unique to each individual. Like if everyone is standing around a tree. We all see the same tree but from different perspectives. The way a parent loves their newborn, or the way people sacrifice themselves for the ones they love.
But that's different from entirely rejecting the notion of "the good" as a concept, in lieu of worshipping a rock or a tree or science or one's self or something else. Leftists worship genitalia and power over others. Those are all false idols, because they are fleeting, temporary, and ultimately meaningless.
You can decorate yourself with a purple heart, that doesn't change the valor that the medal represents, but the valor is stolen if you falsely attribute it.
if you derive a story you give credit to the original story. You would start out saying this is based on a prior account by such and such, etc. You wouldn't seek to hide the original. the ancient way of relaying a story always starts with where the story comes from, who told it to me, and who told it to them. To not do this is deceptive, and we all know who loves and engages in deception profusely.
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