69:6.6 The early [[myths]] about how [[fire]] came down from the [[gods]] grew out of the [[observations]] of fire [[caused]] by [[lightning]]. These [[ideas]] of [[supernatural]] [[origin]] led directly to [[fire]] [[worship]], and fire [[worship]] led to the [[custom]] of "passing through fire," a [[practice]] carried on up to the times of [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moses Moses]. And there still [[persists]] the [[idea]] of passing through [[fire]] after [[death]]. The fire [[myth]] was a great bond in early times and still [[persists]] in the [[symbolism]] of the [http://www.wikpedia.org/wiki/Parsees Parsees]. | 69:6.6 The early [[myths]] about how [[fire]] came down from the [[gods]] grew out of the [[observations]] of fire [[caused]] by [[lightning]]. These [[ideas]] of [[supernatural]] [[origin]] led directly to [[fire]] [[worship]], and fire [[worship]] led to the [[custom]] of "passing through fire," a [[practice]] carried on up to the times of [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moses Moses]. And there still [[persists]] the [[idea]] of passing through [[fire]] after [[death]]. The fire [[myth]] was a great bond in early times and still [[persists]] in the [[symbolism]] of the [http://www.wikpedia.org/wiki/Parsees Parsees]. |