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namegoeshere wrote:
Christianity and Judaism started as ways of memorizing stars, seasons and such. (Much like the zorastrian Cthulu type religion it was developed from). Cult or not though I don't know.

Well, Judaism has a history concurrent with Zoroastrianism. They heavily influence each other during the Babylonian exile, but one did not beget the other. But you are right, Judaism did arise as the belief system of a given group of people as defined by their linguistic referents. Christianity, though, began as what was essentially the cult of Jesus. It became Christianity sometime after his death, and began to deal in cosmology after being adopted by Roman Empire.

Zoroastrianism and Cthulu are connected?!? My god, it makes sense now.

Judiasm is a tribal religion, Christianity is not, to simplify and expand on Dogma's position. Because Dogma loves it when I do that.

Its kind of an acquired taste, like high school cafeteria pizza.