I think you are not recognising the fact that christianity did infact come out of judaism which is much much older than christianity,judaism also is not the oldest form of monotheism but was infact risen up from the montheistic belief which has run side by side with paganism pantheism etc since the age of time
The point with hamp,(and i dont care if hes a pastor,or if he pees his pants everyday,the point is,dont play the man,play the subject)
All the so called copied religous beliefs are just plain not true,as he demonstrated in regards to 25th dec,12disciples,
The belief you are attacking is roman catholocism,of which came out of paganism.
Catholocism,has incorperated these things in its worship etc is simply because it is not a christian religion,it just claims to be such,clearly it is a pagan religion which has the things you are talking about,and all mainstream christianity or orthodoxy follows these beliefs etc
What you maybe not taking into consideration,is when rome was pagan rome,the leader the ceasar and the leader of catholocism still use the same name for their spiritual leader ,pontificus maximus
True christianity pre dated the formation of papal rome
For example,the pagan romans used to use animals in the Colosseum to tear apart the christians.
So if what you are saying is true,then who and where did the Christians in the coloseum come from?
So in my opinion,you put up a straw man,and tore it down imo
The beliefs of india etc are far and away differant from true christian belief,so your point fails to hit the mark,eastern philosophy teaches about the inner self or what is now called so people will accept it as spiritual ,christ consciousness
True christian teaching teaches,your need for a messiah a saviour,and the need for spiritual awakening to come from god ,who unlike indian,tibetan teaching etc is a personal spiritual being who can relate to each individual personally by his spirit
How you can draw your analogy,escapes me
Globalisation,is tearing down the foundations of western judeo/christianity which is the basis to our law and culture,what you are espousing is just what is the basis to a godless lawless society that is ineffectual
just look at tibet and india,their religion has debilitated the people,not freed them as our western culture and law demands
