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"statues as idols" lacked summary statement of weak analogy due to purpose or intent. - ref note citation of 1 Sm 16:7
The erecting of statues and images by [[Paganism|pagans]] was an act of [[idolatry]].<br />
The erecting of statues and images by [[Paganism|pagans]] was an act of [[idolatry]].<br />
Therefore, the erecting of statues is an act of idolatry.
Therefore, the erecting of statues is an act of idolatry. <br />
This analogy is weak because it does not include the purpose of erecting statues that are not intended as idols.<ref>"Man looketh on the outward appearance, but God looketh on the heart." 1 Samuel 16:7.</ref>
[[The Gospel]] story does connect by analogy with the [[Mythology|myths]] of other religions because it is dealing with the same themes and symbols of dying and rising, light and darkness, good and evil.<br />
[[The Gospel]] story does connect by analogy with the [[Mythology|myths]] of other religions because it is dealing with the same themes and symbols of dying and rising, light and darkness, good and evil.<br />
But the similarity of the gospel story to the fictions of pagan myth does not mean that it is therefore just a made-up fairy tale or fable. No. The historical evidence for the essential [[Historicity of Jesus|facticity of the gospels]] is sound.<ref>[https://strangenotions.com/gospels-myth/ Are the Gospels a Myth? by Fr. Dwight Longenecker (strangenotions.com)]</ref> The analogy of the Christian Gospel to the fictions of pagan mythology as proof that it is only a myth with no historical basis in reality is false.
But the similarity of the gospel story to the fictions of pagan myth does not mean that it is therefore just a made-up fairy tale or fable. No. The historical evidence for the essential [[Historicity of Jesus|facticity of the gospels]] is sound.<ref>[https://strangenotions.com/gospels-myth/ Are the Gospels a Myth? by Fr. Dwight Longenecker (strangenotions.com)]</ref> The analogy of the Christian Gospel to the fictions of pagan mythology as proof that it is only a myth with no historical basis in reality is extremely weak.