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Originally Posted by apotropoxy";p="
The bible is a fascinating collections of histories, tall-tales and myths; many of which have been borrowed from traditions antecedent to the rise of the Hebrews. The neurosis common to most men is an affliction with much shared symbology.
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It's an unavoidable accusation. If God created the earth, and if Genesis is correct when it portrays the people who lived prior to any official religion as having some form of belief in God -even if He was just one of many. Then naturally every religion of the world, including those predating Judiasm would have traditions common to Judiasm. Simply put, if God was worshiped pre-Judiasm (as Genesis says), then things would not change radically with Judiasm.
Thus, there will always be the unavoidable accusation that the Hebrews borrowed traditions even if they merely continued them. So it won't prove much either way.
The thing that takes the Bible away from tall tales and myths and into reality for me, are the literal prophetic fulfillments, and the reality of Christ. Those deserve other threads though.