Pandora's box, no pun intended
Topic: readings
I may be opening a Pandora's box, no pun intended, with this question. Everyone who knows me, knows I'm not religious in the sense that I don't follow any specific religion. That does not save me from thinking about, and criticizing religion a lot. I'm reading an interesting book right now, called "Everything and More, a compact History of <><> - Infinity".

And there I read about Prometheus someone I missed in my mythology class in High School. The author, David Foster Wallace, pointed out that he is the original Robin Hood, sort of, suffering for the good of all humanity, and paying for it alone. I wonder if that is where the story of Jesus was borrowed. I mean, Jesus suffered for our sins... Prometheus suffered for giving us fire. He gave us something that he himself would not benefit from. So, is the story about Jesus borrowed from Prometheus? Is that the inspiration? Somewhere I read that all stories are a variation of the same few and that there is no original story because only a few, forgot how many, are possible. So, is the mystery solved? Marketing of a previously not a very successful story, into a brand new religion? The book is not sacrilegious like me, by the way - it's a book about math, and at no point does it compare Prometheus to Jesus. It compares a mathematician to him, that's all. Not a real one, but a stereotype of one, even. So no angry letters from religious fanatics to Mr. Wallace, please. Send them to me so that I can laugh at them instead. Just kidding. Peace be with you.