How Religions Have Borrowed Ideas from Each Other

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[@stevenbyers8747]

Religions also 'borrow' features of other religions to make it easier to assimulate them into their dominant culture.

[@raycaster4398]

"Religious syncretism." And this: It is perfectly logical to presume if there are 4,000 plus major and minor religions, sects, denominations and cults, and each claim that theirs and only theirs is the correct religion, the "one true religion," and many hold that others should die(!!!) for disagreement with that, then, yes *it is logical to presume they are ALL wrong and NONE are right.*

[@OldGeezerWithNothingBetterToDo]

Yes. I have thought that since I was a teenager.

[@kevin933]

I think the most likely thing is that it’s a tool to control people and get them to behave a certain way (which in some cases isn’t so bad, because people be crazy), combined with people trying to make sense of phenomenon they couldn’t explain yet.

[@stevespeyrer1804]

Mind Control Through Hope & Fear.

[@Ex_christian]

Mainly through fear since they give zero hope.

[@josevil1513]

​@@Ex_christianThat's true. Religion wants us believe and stop questioning.

[@captainoates7236]

Mind control through indoctrination of chilfren. I crime in my mind.

[@freeyourmind7538]

Liberalism in a nutshell 😂

[@azeem_lahori-punjabi]

Fear and hope

[@Lupinemancer87]

Another origin of Christmas, is Yule, an old Viking tradition held during the Winter Solstice, in order to celebrate the lights return. There are even stoies back in the viking age of children who would leave vegetables and fruits outside, or in their boots and whenever Odin came home from a hunt, or whatever he was out doing, his horse could get some rest and something to eat. In gratitude for this kind gesture, Odin would leave gifts for the kids. Remind you of anyone?

[@DanielKevin-lg2fb]

SANTA!!!

[@ronallen7051]

@@DanielKevin-lg2fbwell done

[@firebyrd437]

The tradition of the Vikings is celebrated every year in the Shetland Islands still today

[@rickaguilar1833]

No TV,.no radio, no internet, no indy 500 , no broadyway shows, so thats why religion was so popular! No competition!

[@Emminenceintheshadow]

Most mythologies were once religions too. It's all a matter of time

[@badbunnyx-x]

I haven't gave much thought about mythologies and now that I think about it. YOU.ARE.RIGHT!

[@PedroAlvares-e5y]

"In religion and politics, peoples beliefs and convictions are in almost every case gotten at second hand from authorities who have not themselves examined the issues at hand, but have taken them from other nonexaminers whose opinions about them are not worth a brass farthing" - Mark Twain

[@jerrylanglois7892]

This shows believers, at least for the most part, haven't the slightest what they actually believe in.

[@dougsheldon5560]

No, all religions want "offerings".

[@ernest5171]

Religions all have one thing in common They all say"God told me you should give me your money"

[@MG-ot2yr]

I have studied the history and evolution of religion, its quite interesting and yes gods, myths, rituals and traditions are often borrowed and merged into a new religion. Christianity is the most highly syncretized religion there is, a borrowed god from Judaism, which itself had evolved from polytheistic and monolatristic religions, as well as pagan elements.

[@OldGeezerWithNothingBetterToDo]

Christianity did not borrow a god from Judaism, it is a Jewish sect.

[@freeyourmind7538]

Did you study islam too? What does islam say about the concept of religion and God?

[@John-l5y7b]

The Torah is a very interesting coding book

[@Scorned405]

@@freeyourmind7538 Science defeats all religions. Religions are mythology and not true. Science is true

[@MG-ot2yr]

@@freeyourmind7538 Islam doesn't say anything in general about the concept of religion and god, it simply promotes its own version.

[@ABetterDay-fz3br]

If they don't return those ideas, it's called "theft", not "borrowing".

[@robertbootier8223]

Religions do not search for answers. Religions already have the answers for everything. "god did it" is the theist answer to any question. Science, on the other hand, does search for answers.

[@firebyrd437]

You're right. Even the Christian God Yahweh was a recycled God. Yahweh was one of the sons of El, the Caananite diety. Yahweh wasn't even the chief diety. The flood myth was written 1000 years before Genesis in the Epic of Gilgamesh. All they did was change the name Utnapishtum to Noah and, of course, the gods name. I've never seen a discussion on this with any theists

[@qzh00k]

Plagiarism is today's term for what is done. Good thing the copyright expired. Celebrating the seasons changes is more relevant as gods are not real.

[@ASMR_Orangely]

*Why is life so complicated?* 💔💔

[@malonesinclaire9201]

Christmas is a celebration of consumerism or what l call greed. The world has more than enough to feed, clothes and houses every person, however not enough for greed.

[@leonardr7120]

I would like to see more discussion on religious cults. My brother was into a doomsday cult disguised as a religious sect. They took everything from him including , eventually his life because he was forbidden to seek medical care.

[@OldGeezerWithNothingBetterToDo]

"Religious cult" is redundant. Religions ARE cults.

[@DanielKevin-lg2fb]

Is it Jehovah's witness? 🤔

[@naturadventur7425]

@OldGeezerWithNothingBetterToDo i agree, I like this definition. A religion is a cult you believe in

[@timmo971]

Correction. Religion is not searching for the answers of (especially) life after death. They are dictating the answers as if truth, when in reality they know not.

[@kijekuyo9494]

It's funny that, knowing all of this, people still adhere to one of the religions as the only true one and reject the others.

[@JebusHypocristosX]

Most don't know, because religion makes people stupid.

[@Beezy-d3d]

😊 I think this was a very good video in helping to remove many of the differences and misunderstandings and opinions that we have. Many of our beliefs act as a barrier to unity, for example the resurrection, baptism, the Eucharist. If we set aside dogmas, doctrines, superstitions, rites and rituals we will surely see that we have so much in common with each other. Then we can all start working together to build a better world of peace and harmony. 🌟

[@davidmjackson7784]

Still waiting for the Middle East religions to incorporate Thou shalt not be racist or sexist into their cults. Won't be holding my breath.

[@malonesinclaire9201]

All religions should be charged with crimes towards humanity.

[@comparativereligiondailynews]

What about Atheism which oppressed religious people ? They should also be punished.

[@PaulHosey-u3l]

It's going to take longer than 7 and a half minutes to cover this subject lol

[@agnesninadiacon3741]

That's for sure but it is a good introduction for those who want to enquire further into the subject. 😊

[@Alan-z7i6t]

Man's attempt to explain mankind - that's all.

[@JohnLovellJr]

The points are put together well

[@carmgitto]

When devising a religion, particularly Christianity, theists looked around, saw a nice concept and added it. As a "newer" religion, Christianity was able to appeal to more believers. More important is the vast amount of writings and concepts that were conveniently ignored centuries after Christ supposedly existed.

[@maylingng4107]

Christianity is not a religion. There are more than 20,000 sects. all claiming to be Christian and fought many wars against each other.

[@carmgitto]

@maylingng4107 agreed 👍

[@prestonbacchus4204]

The Abrahamic religion(s) took their early history stories from the traditional Mesopotamian myths floating around at the time their new religion was formed, perhaps 1200BC or so.

[@michaezell4607]

Early mythologies probably developed the idea from observations found in the natural world such how trees appear to die in the winter only to return to life in the spring.

[@crashoppe]

"borrowed" from each other or simply put the same ideas in different ways?

[@gowdsake7103]

Not even close

[@Jesselopez76543]

[@EmmaStokke086]

Please how ?

[@EmmaStokke086]

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[@Jesselopez76543]

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[@Jesselopez76543]

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[@HerbertPelletier342]

Lovely! I enjoyed it like I enjoy a $100k monthly around the turn!!!

[@MondoLeStraka]

Excellent!

[@MENNY-h6q]

❤ EXCELLENT 👌👏👍❤️

[@Edeskenney]

Blame it on the caveman.

[@grimlund]

The hell doctrine is also a thing that christianity did steal from other older religions. Hades is the hell in Greek mythology. Hel or Helheim is of old Norse and Germanic origin.

[@tanned06]

Well, nothing can occur all by itself from vacuum. This borrowing or adaptation/adoption of preexisting knowledge or belief occurs as well in all modern disciplines as well as most if not all human cultures

[@robertbootier8223]

Nothing does. Strawman.

[@yafayafa9601]

Thank u for this video.

[@ronfehr7899]

Judaism, Christianity, and Islam have always held to the belief in one God. Individuals may have wandered away from this belief, but these religions still hold fast to the monotheistic belief.

[@joels310]

To assume that they are borrowing is the issue for me. The more obvious answer is that they belonged to Noah's family and all heard the truth. The other unifying factor is that when Babel fell into paganism and idolatry, God confused the language, and about 70 groups dispersed across the world holding a common pagan story. The idea that monotheism came after pagan polytheist beliefs is the result of the Babylonian religion spreading around the world during the dispersal.

[@zeroonetime]

From 0 we come to 0 we g0, from the Intangible to Tangible 010

[@jerryg3524]

an intelligent and thought-provoking video, thanks T.O.Q. I had suspected much of this myself. But then Jesus came ...

[@ThroneofDavid8]

Is it a privilege to be a non Christian?

[@josevil1513]

And also non islamic

[@ThroneofDavid8]

@josevil1513 When you say non Islamic, do you mean someone like a Christian?

[@holgerlubotzki3469]

LudiChris Massey is still totally ludicrous

[@josevil1513]

@@ThroneofDavid8 as an atheist non believer

[@gowdsake7103]

The questions hmm basically I am so special I must be gods divine helper

[@fahmad7194]

May be they all have the same source but got skewed over time

[@UniversalistSon9]

All religions are like branches on one tree

[@gowdsake7103]

Ummm in what way ?

[@comparativereligiondailynews]

❤❤❤ Being Skeptic Muslim, I loved your knowledge filled video. @ 15 January 2025

[@setogembot]

Like jhanna in buddha and islam call jannah its copycatting,also dhosa in hindu also another copycatting in islam call dosa,same goes to other stuff

[@SolveEtCoagula93]

The words Jhanna is Islam and Jhana in Buddhism may, superficially, look the same, but they are describing very different concepts. Jhanna (Islam) is a heavenly realm, or paradise - it is a 'physical' reality achieved, by some, after death. Jhana (Pali), or Dyana (Sanskrit), in Buddhism, is the name given to very deep absorption of mind which occurs in experienced meditators. As such, it is a 'mental' state in which all dualistic concepts vanish and non-dualism arises. It is experienced by a living practitioner of meditation. This is almost the opposite of Jhanna. Any similarity is more likely to be coincidental. There is no formally established linguistic connection.

[@JebusHypocristosX]

@@SolveEtCoagula93 Same crap, different pile.

[@SolveEtCoagula93]

@@JebusHypocristosX Is your opinion based on experience or ignorance?

[@MikeBreytenbach]

I think you don't know what "borrow" means.

[@TheOpenQuestion]

Stole would be a better word.

[@larapelolargo]

Si todas copian, como saber la verdadera religion?

[@kNiVes298]

Christianity is not equal with Roman Catholicism

[@Pierre-vn5rh]

Cette analyse permet à la fois de comprendre que les êtres humains sont foncièrement créés de la même manière. Toutefois, il est important de comprendre notre origine et trouver des réponses intelligentes à la satisfaction de notre être des questions existentielles. Il est important de voir aussi la profondeur de chaque tradition religieuse qui a une spécificité particulière et montrer leur importance. ✌️

[@dr.kishorkumar7695]

Copy & Paste,Cut & Paste,Cherry pick...and PLAGIARISM .

[@danielpaulson8838]

One single monomyth, idol worshiped by evolving humans who cannot manage the knowledge of the future. It can help some people. The brain types that want to hurt others should be theists. They need a big brother to think and act right when they don't think right. One myth. Hero of a thousand faces. Jesus is right there too.

[@pathfinder1273]

100% confirmation bias.

[@ArnoldDavis-b9o]

It's all bs believe in Santa Claus too

[@joels310]

Osiris is not resurrected like Jesus was resurrected. Osiris is "spiritually" resurrected in the underworld where he was to remain for eternity, that is not resurrection. Stop repeating nonsense you got told by your atheist buddy without cracking open Google to verify what you heard. You sound dumb to people who aren't lazy.

[@Franjipane-lh8ni]

And then there is the scientifically established data on Eucharistic Miracles, Shroud of Turin, Our Lady of Guadalupe (1531) image and Our lady of Las Lajas (1754) image. All four are fundamentally off the scale impossible for humans to replicate.

[@zeroonetime]

The concept of Creation by Father Abraham is the origin of the 010 binary, as interpreted bi Quantum mathematics.

[@adamdost1876]

This videos is all misinformation and propaganda against religious. First, only this stupid guy and a few others may believe that all religions are unique and may not have things in common. The rest of the world know that religion do have things in common. This stupid guy is totally wrong every thing he said about Islam. His “facts” are wrong.

[@Varatheraj]

tis good to come across new insights. but we know from bitter experience it will never go beyond these walls. never has before

[@khalilndiaye-vs4bq]

Religions are. Not Human creation. Certainly Paganism which praised statues, idols or even human worshipping. The Monotheist Religions are the creation of GOD. Their Mission was to combat PAGANISM and disobedience and lead people to the path of GOD through Messagers. Prophets in Islam,Judaism and Christianism were mostly the same people sharing nearly the same story and history. Which proved that they were true Messengers of GOD. The KORAN, the last BOOK to be revealed was to correct and to complete some of the Thorah and the Gospel teachings.

[@skybrotha1042]

Sure mate, your religion is the best

[@khalilndiaye-vs4bq]

Yes, mate, my religion is not ONLY the Best but also the True path to GOD

[@skybrotha1042]

@khalilndiaye-vs4bq you're not hearing yourself, are you? The other religions that you refer to as Paganism say the same thing about their gods

[@khalilndiaye-vs4bq]

Please be more concise. I did not understand what you are talking about

[@JeromeUllman]

I think we combine traditions because we all have a sight on the truth. Places being so far apart keeps it from happening more. Lamentable.

[@DaFactor24]

Love the channel hopefully you get millions of subscribers so people can finally learn... god Is The Biggest Lie Man Ever Told

[@PaulYates-nf7vx]

God is good and the devil is evil

[@JeromeUllman]

They are not opposites. God created the devil good. Everything God creates is good.

[@maylingng4107]

@@JeromeUllman God created the Flood, and murdered millions of babies and infants.

[@setogembot]

But the good is theyre never existed

[@DanielKevin-lg2fb]

I'm sick and tired of these religious bots.