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Originally Posted by pianoperformer  joelr,
Interesting point. That reminds me of something I read when I almost became Catholic, that the creation myth in the Bible is very similar to the creation myth of some other culture, just that it shows God in a different light, and of course it only portrays one god. The theory was that the Jews came up with this myth to keep the people from believing in something else. |
There was a pre-Egyptian mythology that had Dec 25th as a birthdate, good Friday/Easter death/resurrection, 12 apostles, a Mary character but it was centered around the Sun's cycle. Then reappeared with the Zorastrians with Gods. The Zeitgiest move (can be seen on youtube) talks about that. There is a site that has all the old Zor text that's linked to this site. The spiritual resources link.
You might like Joseph Campbells "Power of Myth", he spent his whole life traveling and researching world mythology. But he is very spiritual also, not just anthropological. I just heard him say, "God is a thought. An idea. But one that references to something beyond being or non-being, beyond anything we can conceptualize". He really gets it. I've read a lot but I can't think of anything heavier. He references the Thomas Gospel often also. There, Jesus teaches essentially the law of Attraction and that the power in him is the same power in everyone.