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Constantine then instructed Eusebius to organize the compilation of a uniform collection of new writings developed from primary aspects of the religious texts submitted at the council. His instructions were:
"Search ye these books, and whatever is good in them, that retain; but whatsoever is evil, that cast away. What is good in one book, unite ye with that which is good in another book. And whatsoever is thus brought together shall be called The Book of Books. And it shall be the doctrine of my people, which I will recommend unto all nations, that there shall be no more war for religions' sake."
(God's Book of Eskra, op. cit., chapter xlviii, paragraph 31)
"Make them to astonish" said Constantine, and "the books were written accordingly" (Life of Constantine, vol. iv, pp. 36-39). Eusebius amalgamated the "legendary tales of all the religious doctrines of the world together as one", using the standard god-myths from the presbyters' manuscripts as his exemplars. Merging the supernatural "god" stories of Mithra and Krishna with British Culdean beliefs effectively joined the orations of Eastern and Western presbyters together "to form a new universal belief" (ibid.). Constantine believed that the amalgamated collection of myths would unite variant and opposing religious factions under one representative story. Eusebius then arranged for scribes to produce "fifty sumptuous copies ... to be written on parchment in a legible manner, and in a convenient portable form, by professional scribes thoroughly accomplished in their art" (ibid.). "These orders," said Eusebius, "were followed by the immediate execution of the work itself ... we sent him [Constantine] magnificently and elaborately bound volumes of three-fold and four-fold forms" (Life of Constantine, vol. iv, p. 36). They were the "New Testimonies", and this is the first mention (c. 331) of the New Testament in the historical record.
Originally posted by AfterInfinity
reply to post by adjensen
Are you familiar with this material?
Originally posted by Revolution9
reply to post by allenidaho
There are NO mistakes in Christianity. It is perfect as Christ was perfect. The only mistakes are those of theology by the hands of men who don't read their Bibles properly.
This, class, is what is referred to as indoctrination.
Originally posted by jiggerj
reply to post by Snsoc
You see where I'm going with this.
I could offer so many counterarguments to your post, but what's the point? You'll just keep on defending an invisible being that you've never seen, and only heard of because somebody read a book and told you about it. Or, maybe you read it. Either way, the religious texts are contradictory, with some, if not most, of the claims impossible.
So, I will say this. I met my father once, for five minutes when I was four years old. Fifty-four years later, I still believe he existed.
So, I will say this. I met my father once, for five minutes when I was four years old. Fifty-four years later, I still believe he existed.
Or a Seraphim which was a birdlike creature with six wings, used to cover it's entire body because looking at it's body would blind or incinerate you.
It wasn't until the Renaissance that the human shaped angel that we know today came into popular culture.
Take a Cherubim, for example. A type of angel which is described in Ezekiel 10:14 as a multi-headed monster with the face of a man, a lion and an eagle.
Pazuzu was depicted as a man with the head of a lion or dog, talons instead of feet, two pairs of wings, and the tail of a scorpion. His right hand is raised and his left hand is extended downwards: this position represents life/death and creation/destruction.
Originally posted by AfterInfinity
reply to post by noxvita83
Exodus 34. If you read the whole Bible, and not just the recommended portions, you'd see a lot of discrepancies and contradictions.
Originally posted by TheComte
The Ten Commandments derive from the much older Egyptian Book of the Dead, as does Judaism itself derive from the Egyptian religion. Since Christianity has as its root Judaism, we can say with some certainty that these two religions at least are based upon the ancient Egyptian religion.
Originally posted by AfterInfinity
reply to post by adjensen
Can you show me the sources declaring the material I showed you to be fraudulent?
See the writings of Irenaeus, Origen and The Muratorian Fragment.
Originally posted by AfterInfinity
reply to post by adjensen
So where did the Constantine material I posted come from?
Or more specifically, what do you say regarding God's Book of Eskra, op. cit., chapter xlviii, paragraph 31? Is it a lie?
Originally posted by TheComte
reply to post by adjensen
Actually, yes. Don't forget that Egypt had a brief flirtation with monotheism beginning with the Pharoah Akhenaten. The one god, called the Aten, was a Sun God.
Who is to say that this monotheistic religion didn't gain favour among some groups like the Israelites? It seems likely.
Key features of Atenism included a ban on idols and other images of the Aten, with the exception of a rayed solar disc, in which the rays (commonly depicted ending in hands) appear to represent the unseen spirit of Aten. New temples were constructed, in which the Aten was worshipped in the open sunlight, rather than in dark temple enclosures, as the old gods had been.
God Himself buried him in an unknown grave in a valley in the land of Moab, over against Bethpeor (Deut. 34:6)