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great history on Leonardo Da Vinci and information about cathedrals.

great history on Leonardo Da Vinci and information about cathedrals.

enjoying this book and almost finished. Great fact finding.

enjoying this book and almost finished. Great fact finding.

I absolutely love how the discuss in topic in The Biased Pagan-Christian Connection: 1. Coincidence does not prove casual connection, and similarity does not prove dependence, 2. Describing pagan rituals in Christian verbiage is misleading and careless and leads to faulty conclusions.
3. The dates do not add up
and so on (pages 164-168)

Christians of the New Testament era were already worshipping on Sunday, or the "Lord's day", as it is described in Revelation. (page 159)

The Eucharist is the fulfillment of the meal of Jewish worship; It signifies, then, as did these [Jewish communal] meals, participation in the blessings of the Covenant . . ." (page 158)

The real issue is, not similarity, but of dissimilarity -- recognizing that the differences between Christianity and pagan mystery religions are far greater than any similarities. (page 154)

Clement of Alexandria speaks of Christ driving his chariot across the sky like the sun-god . . . Tertullian says that many pagans imagined the Christians worshipped the sun because they met on Sundays and prayed towards the East. (page 139)

But the term "heresy" actually dates back several centuries prior to Constantine, even before the time of Christ. (page 130)