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why do pagans assume that their beliefs are older than Judeo-Christianity. Can you show me some documentation?
What do you know about what people believed more than 6000 years ago? All you have are a few old rock statues and cave drawings, some icons and a few grave relics. Most pagans just invent their own belief systems to suit their fancy, and then claim common lineage with a bunch of archaeology they know nothing about to give themselves a facade of legitimacy.
Hi Rai A, I am prepared to read anything that is not total bullshit. If you have a good link to send me, a bibliography, or just some recommended titles they will be gratefully recieved.
oh wow, it seems most pagans read this question about as well as they read the Bible...I didn't say paganism wasn't old. I said your fanciful interpretation of it isn't old. you can refer me to stonehenge and all the other evidence you want that I am already aware of. you still can't truly tell me much about what those people believed.
Anthropologists would disagree with you horribly. We have things like the Book of the Dead, documentation of Greek and Roman temples, whole Syrian and Babylonian tablets, not to mention archeology.
While I agree that some pagans do take reimaginings to a new level, those of us who concentrate on facts and provable beliefs. It's not hard to get hold of scholarly, archeological, anthropological journals and reconstruct beliefs.
and as far as my knowledge of the Bible, I'd put mine against a Christian's any day of the week. Talk to me again when you've memorised Hebrews, okay?
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