08-18-2022, 06:03 AM
(08-18-2022, 12:38 AM)Ninurta Wrote:(08-17-2022, 11:24 PM)Snarl Wrote:(07-08-2022, 03:18 PM)FlyingClayDisk Wrote: it's not that I don't believe (in God. I very much do), I just don't believe in the "Church" of God.
I don't think God even cares about that.
bearing no resemblance to what Jesus taught.
The first historical records of Jesus surface about 40 years after his reported death. Can you name a person who died, and was either forgotten or erased from history ... and then give me the story of their life at the level of detail given to Jesus Christ?
That laundry list of names above consists of everyone (I'm aware of) who has a history that mirrors the Christ myth.
(08-18-2022, 12:38 AM)Ninurta Wrote: A careful reading of the gospels will give the lie to the Catholic polytheistic religion.
I have met God Almighty three times (it's a take your breath away experience). I've also encountered a minor deity (not _even_ an entity you would choose to fuck with as a mere mortal human being). Anyone else who ever did would make a note of it too.
I'm no proselytizer. I'm no sage. But ... I know what I know. I'd guess that most religions are just made up BS. A method of man to gain power over others. Doesn't for one second mean God isn't who he is. His 'Only Begotten Son'? Wait a sec. Exactly how many times did that happen prior to the Jesus myth? Damn near verbatim and thousands of 'recorded' years before!! The list of times (names actually) is above.