The parallels between Biblical stories and earlier mythology are well established, and present in both the Old and New Testaments (there's a reason Genesis has two effing creation stories, and sycretism--or plagarism--is it).I wouldn't say that's a credible assertion. The early Christians had nothing to gain by creating some new religion crafted from cultic legend - only persecution. The Roman cults of Dionysus and Isis shared an element of resurrection from death and that's the only shred of similarity. Another Roman cult worth mentioning would be that of Mithras, a contemporary religion that had converts to and from early Christianity. In fact, the birth date of Christ wasn't observed early on until Constantine created Christmas using the pagan holiday of Mithras's birth, December 25.
That's not really a useful suggestion. Books would be better.Killy, if you really want to learn about evolution, take biology classes at college, instead of reading the specious works of Seventh Day Adventists who are afraid to spice their food. Just be sure not to disrupt the class for others.
OTOH, it's not as though Killy couldn't go find some solid Bio texts on his own.
