Most of them aren't fairy tales, they are stories that are meant to shake and control behaviors to keep the population docile and under control. But think about it. The people most directly responsible for the spread of Christianity are the ones that killed its founder! How evil is that? It's not like they just picked a bunch of Greek gods and gave them Latin names, they choose the exact way they murdered the founder of the religion and choose THAT to be the trademark for that religion. Then the grabbed up a bunch of the writings of his friends, twisted the words around to dot the Roman government, threw out the books that were a little too zany, and put them in the order they wanted it. And they called it the Word of God.
Because in the beginning, people that didn't go along with the Roman mandated religion were tortured and killed.
They perceived the Jewish religion as a threat to their control over the population, because it had begun winning over the hearts and minds of more than just the Jewish people. They saw the simplicity of the doctrine, saw how easy it was to convert people to, picked it up, twisted it to their means, and gave it back to them stinking of incense.
Crucifixion was a punishment designed to be the most painful and long death the authorities could inflict. It took hours to die on the cross and there was no respite once they put you there. It was a punishment for people who did not fear death because life was worse under the order of the day: mainly slaves. Jesus Christ was a slave liberator. His doctrine was to offer the path of least resistance while refusing to allow your conqueror to possess your soul. That's why he died on the cross. The Romans were trying to make an example of him, just like every slave who died on the cross was made an example of. Of course after the fact it got all twisted around because although human slavery was on the way out in civilization the next step was enslavement of the soul. Once people believed in an afterlife you had to control that or you could not control them.
It's a pagan sunworship cupcake with Roman fairy tale frosting on it. they had to make Jesus into a deity and a miracle worker, if they didn't, he was simply just another very excellent man who got killed for getting into trouble with the wrong people. people are attracted to the miracles, without the miracles it wouldn't hold nearly the amount of water it does with so many people.
Maybe they thought it was pretty special. Maybe they didn't have any choice. By the way, they were all Catholics back then in the special days.
i lasted 9 seconds before turning it off. i defy anyone here, believer or not to last longer than that 9 seconds. if you do you're a better man than i am.
If im mentally undressing the women at Sunday church services does that mean im gonna go to hell because I do that a lot.
Boo. You were doing a good job here up to that point. You actually prompted more actual and interesting discussion in a few posts than Truth produced in 130 pages.
I'm sorry. A fellow God-follower showed this to me and I thought it was a reflection of the times we're living in.
I'm just a little disappointed you didn't keep up the conversation with abysmul and his theory about how and why Jesus really became such a big deal. You're a much better candidate to carry that debate than Truth.
Has there ever been a more controversial name than Jesus? Step into a group of people and say the name Bob or Joe and nobody cares. But if you say "Jesus" you will get some kind of reaction. That should tell you something.
You want a reaction? Here, take a look at this list. 1. Kreskin 2. Houdini 3. David Blaine 4. David Copperfield 5. Rasputin 6. Uri Geller Now just roll a die and take the name that corresponds to the number that comes up. Go to your word processor and load in the Old and New Testaments and replace the name Jesus or Christ or any variation thereof each time it appears with the name you have randomly selected from the list. That should tell you something.
Meh. I had hopes for you, GA. Don't you have some theological training or something? This is pretty weak beer right here.
