Quote Originally Posted by dave52_47 View Post
Trinity,
If I am understanding you, Christianity 'evolved' or was 'influenced' considerably from Zoroastrianism because of what I would call--seeming similarities. A more thorugh investigation will reveal the weaknesses in this argument-not the least of which are the post-Christian sources cited for many of them. Even the pre-Christian sources reveal only a slight similarity-if any at all. For a thorough refutation of these claims I would highly recommend this website:

http://www.tektonics.org/copycat/zoroaster.html

thanks,
Dave
Would you then agree, Dave, that these "seeming similarities" to which you've alluded could be said to support Trinity's claim of "borrowing", or derivation without providing historical verification of such??

ys,
bmd.