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Originally posted by Shiloh7
Come, come, the bible is founded on pagan beliefs, whether modern religious people like it or not.
Those beliefs involve and importantly link mankind to the earth we live on and the (heavens) planets and stars etc. They thought that the planets in our Solar Sytem reflected back to us certain traits of character early man observed throughout mankind. A small example and (without tracing all the ancient world's different cultures names for just a couple of planets), eg. Mercury - the God of Communication and Mars, the God of War. Simple observations were made that there are different types of personality eg some people were good at chatting and oratory - Mercurion and others were hot tempered or simply very energetic - Arian.
When one today thinks of God, uneducated people merely think of a Father figure. However in the scientific world we are now thinking along the lines of the initial God cell that instigates life, or as ancient man and the bible put it 'breathes out' life from the void.
In fact isn't it time to ask how on earth within reasonable consideration, did we project from the initial life-energy creating cell to fastforward that cell within our minds into a father figure, all one can surmise is - man's ego because those who instigated these ideals, ignor the fact that we are a very recent species in their Father figure's line of evolution. Many religions teach one cannot 'know' God, or the Godhead.
Ancient peoples over vast amounts of time observed the sky, and what they saw was an element of cyclic chaos, creativity and destruction all existing up there and as indeed with our own interpretation of it, down here.
Lastly I would make the point that Christ himself referred to the planets as powers which is a somewhat strange concept if one takes our understanding today of where Christ thought all power came from eg a Father figure.`
Originally posted by Fromabove
I'm really not trying to be unkind but you really should talk to someone about paranoia. Sometime we suffer delusions when we are certain within ourselves that "they" are out to get us. I am a Christian and I can tell you that Jesus is real. And the Pope is a Catholic creation not a Christian creation. Popes didn't show up on the scene until hundreds of years after the crucifixion and resurrection of Jesus Christ the Lord.
Originally posted by borntowatch
Yeah hence Gods and the bibles stupid teaching
Love God and love each other.
How dumb is that, sheesh stupid Christians and their stupid love message
Originally posted by Fromabove
I'm really not trying to be unkind but you really should talk to someone about paranoia. Sometime we suffer delusions when we are certain within ourselves that "they" are out to get us. I am a Christian and I can tell you that Jesus is real. And the Pope is a Catholic creation not a Christian creation. Popes didn't show up on the scene until hundreds of years after the crucifixion and resurrection of Jesus Christ the Lord.
Exactly, the records indicate that they were written GENERATIONS after they had been transmitted by word of mouth, and after the events had occured. What makes you believe they had not changed?
Originally posted by Nevertheless
There are quite convincing records on when different parts were finally written down after generations of word of mouth.
Do you have a point? It is about time that you make it.
Originally posted by Nevertheless
....What makes you think that I believe they have not changed?
I have no faith, as I have no religion.
Originally posted by ThinkingHuman
Do you have a point? It is about time that you make it.
Originally posted by Nevertheless
....What makes you think that I believe they have not changed?
I have no faith, as I have no religion.
he had them worship this trinity, the God (himself), the son and the Holy Spirit.
You are right, there is more than one kind of trinity. Another one is physical, emotional, spiritual. Maybe the smart founder (whoever that was) noticed that too and that's why he used it in his religious principles.
Originally posted by knowledgedesired
The trinity should be Father, Mother and Child.
Male/Female/Offspring sounds much more important to me...IMHO of course..
I think the GOD got into the trinity for control...