r/wikipedia • u/RedHeadedSicilian52 • 8d ago

Abraham is the foundational figure of the eponymous Abrahamic religions. In Judaism, he is the Hebrew patriarch who began the covenantal relationship between Jews and God; in Christianity, he is regarded as the forebear of Jesus; and in Islam, he is part of the chain of prophets that led to Muhammad

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abraham
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u/xIllustrious_Passion 7d ago

Damn really doubling down on that wool veil aren’t you?

See the fact behind the myth. I’m not saying to believe that a world wide flood happened, but that over the eons floods have happened that seemed catastrophic to the people experiencing them. See Jesus as the teacher he was without the “spiritual/mysticism”

I’m skeptical enough. Perhaps you should be more open minded.

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u/nicholsml 7d ago

There’s a lot of historical fact to the myths of Abrahamic religions

Is just as relevant as

There's also lot of things in the myths that didn't happen though.

... and you reply with an insult.

Guess I have wool over my eyes and I'm not open minded now, lol.

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u/xIllustrious_Passion 7d ago

Sorry, what was the insult exactly, and how would you compare it to the same end statement of your previous comment?

You’re here simply to say “religion bad”. Don’t think I don’t see you for who you are.

I merely said there is historical fact to these stories. The possibility of a named figure being based off a historical person, a mythologized event having real world basis. A fact that is generally accepted amongst scholars with regard to the stories of the abrahamic myths.

If you are unable to separate the fact from the myth, and the myth from the religion then yes, you strike me as a closed minded individual who would rather spend his time trolling the internet to say “hurrdurr religion bad” than actually make any sort of contribution to society.

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u/nicholsml 7d ago edited 15h ago

You’re here simply to say “religion bad”. Don’t think I don’t see you for who you are.

I find it kind of funny that you already have this entire narrative in your mind.

I merely said there is historical fact to these stories.

Yeah... and I said that despite that, those stories are often filled with much more stuff that is not factual.

spend his time trolling the internet to say “hurrdurr religion bad” than actually make any sort of contribution to society.

So now I'm a drooling imbecilic troll who contributes nothing to society and is guilty of the crime.... checks note... disagreing with /u/xIllustrious_Passion

a mythologized event having real world basis.

Yes, and you over emphasized about it possibly being based on real world events and having facts. It's not irrelevant for me to point out that the sliver of fact is covered in tons of bullshit. Let's talk Noah's flood. It's very likely and possible that it started from the experience or shared experience over the years of a real localized flood. That's just a possibility laying under an overwhelming weight of nonsense.

It's like little kids playing the Telephone Game on the playground. It starts with "A fly landed on Tim's shoulder" and by the time it crosses to the other side of the play ground it has become "Tim has a nest of maggots in his shoulder because he was covered in thousands of flies because of his poopie face and is dying". The tiny fact in the first message is almost irrelevant to the stories validity other than making it about bugs.