By Anonymous - 01/10/2013 23:36 - United States - Tucson

Today, my mom blew her top when I casually mentioned that it's pretty well known that the story of Jesus is a retelling of older Persian and Egyptian stories. She then went on to yell at me that I wasted my money on college and "book learning". FML
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Same thing different taste

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The story in Genesis is probably what you're thinking of. Creation and early history are told similarly in many cultures. Jesus is a historical figure that is proven to have existed, Messiah or not.

graceinsheepwear 33

I bet you had an idea of your mom's religious beliefs before you "casually" mentioned your view. It sounds to me like you baited her a bit. If so, YDI.

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More than that, there are strong comparisons with other religions too. Look up comparisons between the buddha (buddhism is from the same general area but is around 500 years older than christianity) and jesus.

graceinsheepwear 33

I bet you had an idea of your mom's religious beliefs before you "casually" mentioned your view. It sounds to me like you baited her a bit. If so, YDI.

I do believe you should respect your mom's beliefs. Of course she'd flip out on you if you say something she holds dear to her heart is all a lie. Religion is just one of those things you let people decide for themselves.

If people can have a religion, others can think it is untrue. It is her mother, she should be able to have a logical, respectful discussion without worrying that her mother is going to turn into some crazy fundamentalist.

I'm learning the same exact things in my History of World Civilizations class. I know it offends people but come on its history!!

Ok, then on the extreme side, you wouldn't walk up to a black guy and say "People called you a (n-word) and you used to be slaves! Come on, it's history!" All I'm saying is that you have to be careful.

Everything was retold and then recorded at a later date to form the massive bible we have today either way she really over reacted...

bobak_can_ani 7

Don't argue with women, my friend. that's a lesson they don't teach you in college

If you're going to be a shit-talking atheist at least don't crib your facts from the movie Religilous, because that's not true at all. You don't know jack about mythology.

CoffeeChickBlows 13

Not believnig in Jesus =/= atheist. Believing that =/= watching Religulous. You're cribbing all your facts from nowhere too, sweetcheeks.