Really! I was taught what I said from birth, I just assumed it was Biblical doctrine. Every time I think I know something about Christianity, I get very “How many other kids have I been told by the council?”
There are a lot of things I took for granted that were taught to me by my parents and others, that I only realized once I started reading through the bible as an adult aren’t in there at all, they were interpolated or extrapolated and embellished over the many intervening years, turns out Christian mythology and folklore changes and evolves over time just like any other, but its surprising to find out just how much of it isn’t in the official scripture.
There’s so much about the history of Christianity that most Christians never learn
For instance, it’s highly likely that the concept of the garden of Eden was taken from Persian Zoroastrianism during or after the Babylonian captivity which was roundabouts the time the first Hebrew Bible was written down
Really! I was taught what I said from birth, I just assumed it was Biblical doctrine. Every time I think I know something about Christianity, I get very “How many other kids have I been told by the council?”
There are a lot of things I took for granted that were taught to me by my parents and others, that I only realized once I started reading through the bible as an adult aren’t in there at all, they were interpolated or extrapolated and embellished over the many intervening years, turns out Christian mythology and folklore changes and evolves over time just like any other, but its surprising to find out just how much of it isn’t in the official scripture.
There’s so much about the history of Christianity that most Christians never learn
For instance, it’s highly likely that the concept of the garden of Eden was taken from Persian Zoroastrianism during or after the Babylonian captivity which was roundabouts the time the first Hebrew Bible was written down