[Nervous Tick]

>> When Christianity evolved in Europe, it only appropriated/borrowed cultural ideas and practices

Seriously?

Tell me Who else rose from the dead and ascended into heaven?

Where exactly did Christians borrow *that* idea from?

[paudio]

I never said all ideas were borrowed, not did I say that Christianity was only an amalgam of existing ideas that it didn't have 'new' ideas. However, I maintained that as Christianity evolved around human cultures, it borrowed/appropriated the existing cultures where the followers lived.

I don't see this necessarily contradicts the traditional understanding of Christian faith as the Lord used human condition to reveal his love and salvation. There are, of course, a series of articles of faith that should be the same for all cultures.