The way I explain it is that Adam, Noah and Abraham all understood the full gospel.  Isaiah wrote of the virgin birth and the crucifixion.  David's psalms often describe in detail Christ's suffering.  We must assume that the details of Christ's birth, life and death were known since the beginning of time.  Throughout time, as people turned from the Lord and lost the full truth, some of the stories were retained and changed. 

While the myths you mention may preexist New Testament times, they do not preexist Adam or Noah and his sons.

Well, that's how I explain it.

Margaret Agard
Again I'm sorry for the terribly long delay

At 09:39 PM 7/26/2009, you wrote:

Dear Bill and Margaret:
 
I found your website to be extremely informative - thank you for providing answers/perspectives to difficult questions.
 
If I may ask a question of my own: I was wondering about the similarities between myths and the occurrences of the Bible and Jesus (i.e. virgin birth, death and Resurrection etc.) - other myths seem to share similar attributes, some preexisting the Gospel. How does one deal with the issue of time in respect to other religions/myths claiming Christianity borrowing from them, and getting a solid grasp of the historicity of Jesus Christ.
 
Thank you for your time.
 
Sincerely,
Dominique

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