A Passover question

[hedgehog]

Some have declared the entire Passover account a myth.

All cultures have a creation myth, and flood myths are a cliche. But does any other culture have a myth in which God directly interferes in history to free slaves and create a nation? I'm not talking about praying to a god of war for victory in battle. I'm talking about the very notion of freeing slaves. Creating a nation is just a bonus.

[SilentMajority08]

1. Not really

As far as I know Christianity and Judaism are the only religions which have an active GOD

[trotsky]

2. What are you trying to get at?

That the uniqueness of a myth increases its truth value?

In that case, it must be true that Minerva sprang from the head of Zeus, fully armed, after he was whacked with an axe. After all, ain't NOBODY got a myth like that.

[Geoff R. Casavant]

3. Nice one

Then again, look at the thousands of unique Hindu gods -- they must be true too!

[hedgehog]

4. So no, you can't think of a parallel myth either.

It's food for thought, at least.

[trotsky]

5. Food for thought how?

There were countless races and groups of people that were slaves. Many of them were freed, escaped, or accepted by the enslaving culture. Only a few of them survived as intact groups. Who's to say all of them didn't develop some kind of story about divine intervention freeing them from slavery, but they didn't have the fortune of their faith being adopted by a conquest-hungry people?

I just showed you by example that the uniqueness of a myth has no relation to its likelihood of being true. So if you're trying to make a point, please do so.

[SilentMajority08]

6. You're equating religion with mythology

two very different things as mythology is a set of stories and religion is a set of moral principles and teachings, the point I was attempting to make was that as opposed to Shintoism, Buddhism, islam, and other religions the GOD of christianity is not removed or exempt from the lives of persons. Instead it is a staple portion that GOD came to interact with us here on earth.

[trotsky]

7. Actually I'm trying to point out the difference.

But the relative uniqueness of the Christian/Jewish god similarly does nothing to demonstrate its existence. Other religions have their own unique qualities they ascribe to god(s), does that validate them too?

(By the way, you should learn a bit more about Islam and a several other faiths that have personal gods. You might find Christianity isn't that unique after all.)

[SilentMajority08]

8. personal GOD's???

You claim Islam to have a personal God but the Qu'ran states that Allah is "unknowable" this differs greatly from Christianity's teaching that God although holy (separated or set apart from and his ways impossible to understand) sent his son jesus to remove a barrier and allow a personal relationship with God. Thats not to say that Christianity today hasn't become ritualized and impersonal because I believe in many cases it has become wake up sunday drag yourself to church and bad da bing bad da boom your going to heaven which just isn't the case. The uniqueness of Christianity's take on a personal relationship with God furthermore does set it apart not by basic idea but by the immensely important principle that christians can meet and have a personal relationship with their God. I don't understand how you can bill this as a simple discrepancy when it is the core of Christianity. In addition id like to add that true followers of Islam are impressive they devoutly and earnestly fear and respect their God something which I wish i could say ive always done