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Pastimes : Let's Talk About Our Feelings!!!
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To: Grantcw who wrote (23715)7/24/1998 10:17:00 AM
From: Grainne  Read Replies (1) of 108807
 
Grant, I am not arguing that it is not okay to have a religious belief system, incidentally. I am just saying that while if you are going to have one it is important to believe in it, that does not mean necessarily that very much of the Bible is actually true in ordinary reality. For example, there were many, many crucified saviors just before Jesus. Many of them were born on December 25, because that date happens to be just after the shortest days of the year, and represents the rebirth of the sun. Most of these guys were sun gods. In fact, the light around Jesus' head is sometimes thought to be a remnant of worship of the sun.

Joseph Campbell, in "The Power of Myth", states that the idea of a crucified and resurrected worship figure represents the death of the animal self and the birth of the spiritual self in all of us. The fact that this theme is repeated so often makes it seem like it is a very important need in humans to work through these issues.
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