Matthew, Mark, Luke and Lovecraft

It just crossed my mind how much the Gospel writers have in common with HP Lovecraft...

Howard Phillips Lovecraft		Gospelists
Borrowed heavily from Poe, Machen, Dunsany, Chambers, etc, but cast their work in a different context. Introduced unpronouncible alien Gods that couldn't care less about you, but will still probably devour you one day.		Borrowed heavily from the Old Testament, but cast it in a different context. Introduced a less-hellfire-y "love your neighbors" version of YHWH.
Encouraged other writers to borrow his characters, props, and themes for their own work. Would have been a big fan of the modern concept of "Open Source".		Don't seem to give a damn who uses their characters, or what words they put in his mouth.
Featured main characters typically doomed to go insane, sacrifice themselves, be reanimated, and/or disappear into the Dreamlands.		Featured a main character who sacrificed himself, rose from the dead, and then ascended to a higher plane.
Wrote bleak tales in which mankind was doomed to be destroyed once "The Stars Are Right".		Wrote Revelations.
Preoccupied with genealogy, tracing nearly all his main characters back to Obed Marsh of Innsmouth, and the inbred Whatley clan.		Preoccupied with genealogy, tracing Christ's lineage back to King David through two contradictory paths.
August Derleth took over after Lovecraft's death. Controlling what got published, and adding Elemental trappings to the Mythos that weren't in the original tales, and insisting his interpretation is the correct one. Many fans, however, consider his additions rubbish.		Take your pick: The apostle Paul. The Pope. The First Nicean Council. The King James Version.
Despite the original author's laxness regarding copyright, there's still been some conflict over it amongst later generations. My favorite example involves the first edition of Deities & Demigods, an old D&D Book, which included the Cthulhu Mythos. TSR was sued and asked to remove it by a rival gaming company who claimed to have the exclusive license to Lovecraft's work.		Despite the message of love and acceptance, we still got Witch-burnings, Crusades, The Spanish Inquisition, etc.
Name dropped the Necronomicon, a fictional tome, into nearly every story for verisimilitude across his entire body of work. Later, he was surprised to receive letters from slightly unhinged people who thought it was real, not just some wicked shit he'd dreamed up to make his intertwined stories extra creepy.		??? I'm biting my tongue.