i know more than you think. for example, i know that the first part of the old testament (genesis) mentions what the ancient greeks called demigods (nephilim). this means that ancient greece was well-established enough to influence the old testament by the time the old testament was written. written by jews, who claim to be the oldest civilization, although this is heavily contested. i also know that the concept of the afterlife in terms of heaven and hell goes back even further to the ancient egyptian concept of karma. if the old kingdom of ancient egypt started just after 3,000 bc, then that's already older than most of the stuff in the old testament. and we know egypt goes back way further than that, because there have been artifacts found that predate the old period. of course, ancient egyptian religion differed greatly from christianity, but roots can be traced back. a lot of what you believe goes back to places that you don't even realize. > why do the egyptians and the greeks matter because the majority of what you consider 'christian' ideas are much older than christianity. egyptians had the ankh (holy symbol) and a form of judgment when you died. greeks also had the judgement, and they had hades, which is a concept that modern christians directly copied. in other words, modern christian ideas about heaven/hell and god/devil were already well established by the time of zarathustra around 1,000-1,500b.c.
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