Paul was a Roman, and the co-opted a fledging religion and fused it with Roman administrative empire-building. They sure as hell did not learn the pomp and pageantry from Jesus. Or the amassing of riches and treasure.
Many good people gave their all to the Roman Catholic church, but it is also a wonderful place for many unsavory people to hide and commit crime.
Have you ever read what Paul has to say about "pomp and pageantry" and all the other works of the flesh? He refers to it as "dung."
He was born a Roman citizen, but he was no more Roman Catholic than he was a Bull Frog. His writings indicate that he would vomit at the sight of that Abomination.
Yet the church turned into the next incarnation of the Roman Empire.
The key tech of the Romans is empire-building.
Too bad for Paul, I'm sure his Roman followers forgot about the "poor" teachings very quickly.
You amass power, you survive. Poor and austere won't be appealing to those who wanted to remain in power. Sure, poor and austere for the masses, but not for those in power.
Do not underestimate how quickly a religion can be co-opted by interested parties. If you study the historical Buddha, he was just a prince who had a nervous breakdown. They all wore rags, until a rich woman follower decided that rags is unbecoming of a great guru and suggested yellow robes. Meh.
Yes for sure. It just morphed into something akin to what we are now calling "deep state" version of the Roman Empire.
And Paul warned them it was coming: Acts.20 [29] For I know this, that after my departing shall grievous wolves enter in among you, not sparing the flock.
I hope the catholics among us start to realize that their religion is a lie and it only leads to hell.
Paul was a Roman, and the co-opted a fledging religion and fused it with Roman administrative empire-building. They sure as hell did not learn the pomp and pageantry from Jesus. Or the amassing of riches and treasure.
Many good people gave their all to the Roman Catholic church, but it is also a wonderful place for many unsavory people to hide and commit crime.
Have you ever read what Paul has to say about "pomp and pageantry" and all the other works of the flesh? He refers to it as "dung."
He was born a Roman citizen, but he was no more Roman Catholic than he was a Bull Frog. His writings indicate that he would vomit at the sight of that Abomination.
Yet the church turned into the next incarnation of the Roman Empire.
The key tech of the Romans is empire-building.
Too bad for Paul, I'm sure his Roman followers forgot about the "poor" teachings very quickly.
You amass power, you survive. Poor and austere won't be appealing to those who wanted to remain in power. Sure, poor and austere for the masses, but not for those in power.
Do not underestimate how quickly a religion can be co-opted by interested parties. If you study the historical Buddha, he was just a prince who had a nervous breakdown. They all wore rags, until a rich woman follower decided that rags is unbecoming of a great guru and suggested yellow robes. Meh.
Yes for sure. It just morphed into something akin to what we are now calling "deep state" version of the Roman Empire.
And Paul warned them it was coming: Acts.20 [29] For I know this, that after my departing shall grievous wolves enter in among you, not sparing the flock.
You have been deceived friend. I pray God will open your eyes to the truth.
I have no doubt there are plenty of good Christians. But not everyone who professes to be good Christians are actually one.
Did you know Yeshua should be properly translated as Joshua? It's only Jesus because of the Greek translators.
I don't need a book with chapters selected by a committee (and inconvenient chapters memory-holed by the church) to be a good human being.
Mark 10:18
So Jesus said to him, “Why do you call Me good? No one is good but One, that is, God.