tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13840519.post4741481194027378616..comments2024-03-27T03:32:53.817-05:00Comments on Euangelion: Early Christianity and BuddhismMichael F. Birdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09713482855679578651noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13840519.post-26000174474614047602009-05-24T15:37:29.110-05:002009-05-24T15:37:29.110-05:00Hello,
You may like to visit the blog site called...Hello,<br /><br />You may like to visit the blog site called 'www.thoughts.com' regarding the author known as 'letusreason'. his 'ongoing' paper is called "Hinduism and Buddhism, Christendom's Trinity?" It comes in several parts i.e. I, II, III etc. The author research includes several sources on the net. He argues that as the the church fathers of the christian church of the post biblical period were influenced by Greek philodsophy/metaphysics etc, so too certain Greek philosophers were influenced by certain speculative concepts of Buddhist missionaries. As Buddhism was a revolt against Hinduism, he argues that Hinduism as with other religions of antiquity originated much of their beliefs, mythologies from ancient Chaldea [Babel=Babylon] and goes back to the generations after Noah...<br /><br />As an example he sites the Sanskrit word 'Vishnu' and leaving off the 'V' we have 'Ishnu', which is chaldean for man of rest, in other words Noah! The generations that came from Noah's sons all took with them knowledge of a great flood and of a seed who would redeem mankind, who would be wounded in the 'heel' [not to be understood literally, but a recoverable wound and that this seed would crush on the head a serpent not to be understood literally, but represents a death stroke...and as far as the above author is concerned, there is not a culture that does not have some of these elements in them...<br /><br />As I said, the work is on going and therfore, subject to chamnge!<br /><br />Spud.letusreasonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06412208729346762636noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13840519.post-11218421793333358422007-04-07T08:00:00.000-05:002007-04-07T08:00:00.000-05:00How interesting- through Stephen Mitchell's writin...How interesting- through Stephen Mitchell's writings on the Gospels, it was always assumed that there was some influence on the writing of the Gospels from the East, but yours is the first historical reference I have come across.<BR/><BR/>I also wondered about Hillel, The Baylonian's influence on the teachings of Jesus as well- That strain of Judaism has always facinated me in that there is not more written about it. <BR/><BR/>Anyway, thanks for your blog- I will be reading more of it as time goes on!<BR/><BR/>ACA Citizenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09562248998555077739noreply@blogger.com