Wow, uh, everything that guy just said is wrong lmao
-The Sargon story is mentioned at 700 B.C., a full 706 years after the Exodus. Someone was doing copycat work, and it wasn't the Old Testament authors.
evidenceforchristianity.org/how-do-you-respond-to-the-claim-that-the-story-of-moses-being-placed-in-a-basket-is-borrowed-from-the-story-of-sargon-i-from-2400-bc/
-On the allegation that Christianity is a copycat religion, there's so much already written to demonstrate that the claim is false that
christianthinktank.com/copycat.html
As for the claim that the OT is all allegory, St. Paul's use of the term "allegory" is akin to using a phrase like "the moral of the story."
Let's say I watch a guy put his hand on a hot stove and see him burn his hand. Two weeks later I say that by watching this I learned one should never put his hand on a hot stove. Does that mean that the original dude never put his hand on the hot stove? No, it just means that there was a lesson to be learned there.
So it is with St. Paul's use of "allegory." He's taking the historical narratives - things that happened with people who really existed - and showing us that God teaches us through those events.
SuperLutheran
npub1tm…pzt6m
2025-01-27 18:03:46 UTC
in reply to nevent1q…s5g9
Author Public Key
npub1tm55f0cag3zvrg3rpf4nvduu7g5f0kawnav9wvjykd65uj3ylhfswpzt6mPublished at
2025-01-27 18:03:46 UTCEvent JSON
{
"id": "64c4a1cd276e74107698cb19c45fb2a3470d47a2ad69d7c0af1b661a488e68be",
"pubkey": "5ee944bf1d4444c1a2230a6b36379cf22897dbae9f58573244b3754e4a24fdd3",
"created_at": 1738001026,
"kind": 1,
"tags": [
[
"p",
"a17d27e640194879b74c84577ed22742410d3906655d3668f735ba93f546df82",
"wss://relay.mostr.pub"
],
[
"e",
"6076b6fe509c789bf686d21cc045f88faadbc786c37026e929c861e6f22477a9",
"wss://relay.mostr.pub",
"reply"
],
[
"proxy",
"https://poa.st/objects/23a2be34-fd31-4fe2-b487-d644112138a4",
"activitypub"
]
],
"content": "Wow, uh, everything that guy just said is wrong lmao\n\n-The Sargon story is mentioned at 700 B.C., a full 706 years after the Exodus. Someone was doing copycat work, and it wasn't the Old Testament authors.\nevidenceforchristianity.org/how-do-you-respond-to-the-claim-that-the-story-of-moses-being-placed-in-a-basket-is-borrowed-from-the-story-of-sargon-i-from-2400-bc/\n\n-On the allegation that Christianity is a copycat religion, there's so much already written to demonstrate that the claim is false that \nchristianthinktank.com/copycat.html\n\nAs for the claim that the OT is all allegory, St. Paul's use of the term \"allegory\" is akin to using a phrase like \"the moral of the story.\" \nLet's say I watch a guy put his hand on a hot stove and see him burn his hand. Two weeks later I say that by watching this I learned one should never put his hand on a hot stove. Does that mean that the original dude never put his hand on the hot stove? No, it just means that there was a lesson to be learned there. \nSo it is with St. Paul's use of \"allegory.\" He's taking the historical narratives - things that happened with people who really existed - and showing us that God teaches us through those events.",
"sig": "37d287d0cece79ccd26f7ae5a7d80a5aba4f6e5dd85a44327673f76139c55895834f4a00005647f1685d315eceb5168028c6ac1de066ab7022a50dedde69adda"
}