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Re: what kind of religion is Christianity anyway? [Re: Buckthorn]
    #22381436 - 10/14/15 11:40 PM (8 years, 3 months ago)

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Christianity is a Judaic religion but I agree it is amalgamated, that was Paul's intent

Jesus is the cornerstone the builders rejected, and the root of Jesse who is father to King David.

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The English translates Jesus as rising in the air, but in Greek, the word pneuma means both air and spirit and so air is a poor translation IMO."



I believe this describes morning mist.




Christianity may have begun as an outcropping of Judaism but Hellenism completely overwhelmed primitive Jewish Christianity with its myth of a demigod - a being born of Deity and a mortal woman, like Heracles, Dionysus, or even Pan (which means 'All' and refers to nature as whole). If you read J.S. Spong's book Liberating the Gospels, one sees how, why, and for whom the NT was constructed, politically and culturally, and if one reads Christ in Egypt by D.M. Murdock, she documents where the ancient Egyptian Coffin and Pyramid texts form the basis of vitually every story in the New Testament. Both books are highly illuminating.


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γνῶθι σαὐτόν - Gnothi Seauton - Know Thyself


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Re: what kind of religion is Christianity anyway? [Re: Mind-Rip]
    #22381764 - 10/15/15 02:03 AM (8 years, 3 months ago)

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Id be surprised if this idea hasnt been presented before cuz im sure if I noticed this then someone else has.

Ok so has anyone ever noticed that Christianity is always pegged as a monotheistic religion, yet it has aspects of almost every other category of religion out there?

Like how yes it could be seen as monotheistic due to there being, at its core, one almighty God.

Theres also the Holy trinity. You know, the Father, Son, and the Holy Ghost/Spirit. Isnt that kinda polytheistic. People generally refer to Jesus as aa separate entity than God, due to him being the "Son of the Father" but at the same time being on the same level as God. Same thing with all the Saints it has. Tho these, IMO, are just representative of all the different aspects of God, just in little easy to manage packages.

Some of the characteristics of God is that hes all powerful and IN EVERYONE AND IS EVERYWHERE AND EVERYTHING. This strikes me as very Pantheistic.

What are your thoughts on this? Is this just Christianity's way of covering all the bases or is it an accident because they borrowed so many things from older religions that sounded good?




The religion that I wish I could have ditched, but that does not seem to be an option at all. I agree though, its completely open, where I disagree with pagans who don't get that I have Christian experiences, even though I wished that they would stop. I embrace the pantheistic, pagan and racist aspects, these make it work out ok I hope. That damned personal Jesus won't leave me alone. I'd rather be pure Odinist. Nevermind, it is what it is. Culture is part of the problem, movies keep bringing me back to Christ. I successfully have lost any belief in eternal heaven or hell for the most part at least.


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Re: what kind of religion is Christianity anyway? [Re: usulpsychonaut]
    #22382214 - 10/15/15 07:09 AM (8 years, 3 months ago)

Thank you Markos.

I heard the spirit of Jesus tell me I AM freed.


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