I always imagined Christianity being a conspiracy. I think i started small with many people claiming to know about a god to get people to do what they
say and then one day a bunch of very rich people sat around and decided to take all the best bits from all the known religions and put them together
into a holy book that can be used to control and govern the poor. Thats why the bible has so many bit taken from pre-existing religions. Do not forget
the storys in the bible didn't just happen by chance they were voted on and some didn't make the final edit.
I can imagine the scene round the table...
Q - how do we control the people and get them to work for us?
A - tell them is they are good they will live forever and get everything they ever wanted when they die.
Q - How do we get them to not kill us and steal all our stuff?
A - Tell them theres an all powerful god watches everything they do and he says if they steal and kill they will not get the reward when they die.
Q - Wont they be unhappy being poor?
A - We will convince them its better to be poor by telling them the "meek shall inherit the earth" and throw in something like "it is easier for a
camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God."
Q - Wont they want poof all this is true?
A - lets write a holy book insisting its all true and tell them its all a matter of faith. The ones with the most faith are more likely to live
forever when they die.
Q - What if they cant read or cant afford the book?
A - we will spend some of our money building amazing looking buildings and each week we will get someone to read from the book to them. We will tell
them if they go to the building once a week they are going to live forever.
Q - What if they are to busy working for us on that day?
A - Lets give them that day off so they do not have an excuse not to go.
Q - What if people just do not want to be a part of it all?
A - We will label those people evil and they will be shunned from society.
Q - What about the people who just do not want to go to heaven?
A - We scare them into believing by telling them if they do bad they go to Hell , a place of eternal pain and suffering.
Q - What if people think they are not likely to do bad but still are not bothered about going to heaven?
A - We tell them that are are already damed to go to hell and they HAVE to work to avoid it by going to heaven.
Q - What about any other groups claiming their God is right and ours is wrong?
A - We will have to send our followers to kill them . But we will tell them its OK to kill in this instance because its for their God.
All the guys at the table agree this sounds like a good plan and then shake hands.
edit on 30-10-2011 by PhoenixOD because: (no reason given)