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Merkaba · 10-26-2008, 08:13 PM

...the religion of Israel did not invent even one myth.
[Mircea Eliade-A History of Religious Ideas, volume 1 §55]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mircea_Eliade

The evidence of the similarities between Canaanite and Israelite societies has led to a major change in the general understanding of the relationship between these two societies. Rather than viewing them as two separate cultures, some scholars define Israelite culture as a subset of Canaanite culture.
[Mark Smith. The Early History of God]
http://www.amazon.com/Early-History-.../dp/080283972X

The Jews behave like the Gentiles [Pagans] except that they acknowledge only one god. This is something distinctive to them, but alien to us. As for everything else, though, we share common ground—temples, sanctuaries, altars, rituals of purification, certain injunctions where we do not diverge from one another at all, or only in insignificant ways. [Julian, emperor, Against the Galileans, fr 72 (306 B)

1 We read about ancient Canaanite religion in Canaanite clay tablets dug up at Ras Shamara in Syria. (In ancient times the sign said Ugarit.)
2 We read about ancient Jewish religion from the Old Testament.
3 Ugarit fell centuries before Israel existed; so if there was borrowing, it had to be from Canaanite to Israelite.

Judaism was the version of ancient Paganism that developed in ancient Judea.
http://www.pocm.info/triumph_before_...c_judaism.html
Yahweh was the new Baal.

10-26-2008, 08:13 PM	#55
Merkaba Avalon Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Posts: 6	Re: If you are seeking 'salvation', evolution of your soul to the next density. Read ...the religion of Israel did not invent even one myth. [Mircea Eliade-A History of Religious Ideas, volume 1 §55] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mircea_Eliade The evidence of the similarities between Canaanite and Israelite societies has led to a major change in the general understanding of the relationship between these two societies. Rather than viewing them as two separate cultures, some scholars define Israelite culture as a subset of Canaanite culture. [Mark Smith. The Early History of God] http://www.amazon.com/Early-History-.../dp/080283972X The Jews behave like the Gentiles [Pagans] except that they acknowledge only one god. This is something distinctive to them, but alien to us. As for everything else, though, we share common ground—temples, sanctuaries, altars, rituals of purification, certain injunctions where we do not diverge from one another at all, or only in insignificant ways. [Julian, emperor, Against the Galileans, fr 72 (306 B) 1 We read about ancient Canaanite religion in Canaanite clay tablets dug up at Ras Shamara in Syria. (In ancient times the sign said Ugarit.) 2 We read about ancient Jewish religion from the Old Testament. 3 Ugarit fell centuries before Israel existed; so if there was borrowing, it had to be from Canaanite to Israelite. Judaism was the version of ancient Paganism that developed in ancient Judea. http://www.pocm.info/triumph_before_...c_judaism.html Yahweh was the new Baal.