Given the story of Adam or Noah, all man was under God at various point of time. Nothing new happens under the sun. (Ecclesiastes 1:9-11) Given this understanding, where did paganism come from? The answers to that may be complex, but it may be most easily broke down to "God is God you cannot control. Pagans made gods to control something."
The Hebrews were slaves in Egypt who were people of promise. God had made a covenant with Abraham. God kept his promises. He sent Moses to the Hebrews, and God and Moses lead the people out of Egypt. The Hebrew people are camped out next to Mt Sinai, and Moses goes away for 40 days and 40 nights to consult with God. When Moses came back, he found that there was a Golden Calf, and that the people were attributing things God had done to a false idol. That is where paganism came from. Either a group of people made a false image to attribute things God did to, or a man believed he was a god.
Is there evidence of this through various spiritual beliefs systems and mythologies? There is.
The Hebrews were slaves in Egypt who were people of promise. God had made a covenant with Abraham. God kept his promises. He sent Moses to the Hebrews, and God and Moses lead the people out of Egypt. The Hebrew people are camped out next to Mt Sinai, and Moses goes away for 40 days and 40 nights to consult with God. When Moses came back, he found that there was a Golden Calf, and that the people were attributing things God had done to a false idol. That is where paganism came from. Either a group of people made a false image to attribute things God did to, or a man believed he was a god.
Is there evidence of this through various spiritual beliefs systems and mythologies? There is.
- How does a belief system view "The Will?" The Will like Nietzsche? Nietzsche was into the occult, and The Will is a major theme that has tended to lead to a form of Gnosticism. Someone who was willful may be like rebellious child who was like Harry Potter, and does what he wants. Given the Lord is your Shepherd, you shall not WANT. Someone serving God is a servant of God or a Bond Servant of Christ.
- Satan has been a liar with a Paintbrush. There may have been various spiritual entities and themes painted into different mythologies. In how many mythologies may someone have found "A Trickster?" In working to understand The Spiritual, there may have been a Trickster demon? I found myself writing "Satan is a liar with a Paintbrush," working for God, all over the internet. Last year, in the videogame DOTA2, I found a representation of exactly what I had been describing with an Eastern Mysticism demon figure with a paintbrush. Link: Grimstroke.
- Part of Spiritual Warfare has been a war of words or a war of thoughts. (2 Corinthians 10:5) Sometimes, by mockers, Christians have been called vampires for Communion. Getting into understanding God, and various spiritual entities, and that certain entities have like to try to mock God, the hard Truth was that Jesus may have been painting over ugly things that pagans had been doing. Drinking blood and cannibalism were parts of some pagan cultures and rituals. Jesus painted over this, in some way, so in people's minds, they could come to God.
The Temple of Jerusalem was destroyed thirty years after Jesus' death and resurrection. Many of those stones ended up in The Colosseum in Rome. There was a practice of drinking gladiators blood and eating gladiator's liver. Article: Gladiator’s blood as a cure for epilepsy
- Dr. Jordan Peterson has talked a lot about the false god Marduk. Marduk, and various things he was said to do, have had parallels in Christianity. Marduk was said to speak magic words. That may be similar to Talmudic Jews believing names of God had power. It may be similar to The Christian Concept of The Power of the Tongue. Link: "Power of the Tongue."
- I am Manonfire63. I started working for God in February 2014. I was received ears to hear and eyes to see. I created a Twitter Page where I tweeted Youtube Music videos with a few words in order to draw attention to the lyrics, and the Bible, and what the lyrics or visuals may have meant. Prophetically, I just seemed to be hitting everything through God's Holy Spirit. The Holy Ghost is unquenchable Fire.
One of the biggest Counter Cultural events of the year in the US has been the Burning Man Concert. Burning Man is actually a Pagan Celtic festival and the ritual of Burning Man involved Human Sacrifice. News Article:Man dies at Burning Man arts and music festival after running into flamesThe
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