Remember those old pocket bibles with just the gospels?
I pretty much consider myself a “red text only” kind of dude. No Paul the faggot faker bitch apostle. No Old Testament animal sacrifice ritual genital mutilating Retardation.
Just Jesus and what he taught according to our best known sources, prayer, and the Holy Spirit.
He is. Jesus Christ IS the Father IS the Spirit. It is ONE God in three roles, not persons. We were made in His image, right? I'm a man, a son and a father but I am one. There isn't three of me running around.
no but wow - what an awesome and simple concept: youtube.com/watch?v=clFLBt4D27M
He described it in a letter to John Adams dated October 12, 1813:
In extracting the pure principles which he taught, we should have to strip off the artificial vestments in which they have been muffled by priests, who have travestied them into various forms, as instruments of riches and power to them. We must dismiss the Platonists & Plotinists, the Stagyrites & Gamalielites, the Eclectics the Gnostics & Scholastics, Logos & Demi-urgos, Aeons & Daemons male & female, with a long train of Etc. Etc. Etc. or, shall I say at once, of Nonsense. We must reduce our volume to the simple evangelists, select, even from them, the very words only of Jesus, paring off the Amphibologisms into which they have been led, by forgetting often, or not understanding, what had fallen from him, by giving their own misconceptions as his dicta, and expressing unintelligibly for others what they had not understood themselves. There will be found remaining the most sublime and benevolent code of morals which has ever been offered to man. I have performed this operation for my own use, by cutting verse by verse out of the printed book, and arranging the matter which is evidently his, and which is as easily distinguishable as diamonds in a dunghill. The result is an 8vo of 46 pages of pure and unsophisticated doctrines
dude calm down. not everyone accepts the religious canon as it is.
imo the early church was infiltrated by saul, sent from roman authority, to control the movement. classic controlled opposition. also, saul publicly and viciously tortured most of the disciples first. then he saw the light somehow, yeah ok fuck that shit.
plus he muddied up the morals jesus taught with his absurd and overly complicated rules about jew vs gentile this and that meat dont eat it, circumcise dont circumcise, work on the sabbath or dont blah blah blah.
Jesus is the principle founder of the faith and his words alone were enough to cause the entire region at the time to plot to stop him and his movement.
I really love this perspective. I pretty much feel like any and all dogmatic religion is evil garbage, but that the people & entities described therein are often worth listening to. I do not follow any one man or entity over another, but Jesus is among those whose words & lessons I appreciate and follow to an extent. And Jesus is not the "say all, end all" for me--he is simply one part of my broader belief system!
I’m a Jesus follower.
I follow the teachings and model of Jesus.
Christianity is satanic and Judaic trash.
Remember those old pocket bibles with just the gospels?
I pretty much consider myself a “red text only” kind of dude. No Paul the faggot faker bitch apostle. No Old Testament animal sacrifice ritual genital mutilating Retardation.
Just Jesus and what he taught according to our best known sources, prayer, and the Holy Spirit.
What about the red text where Jesus says he's the same as the God from the Old Testament?
Guess that depends on how accurate and authoritative you consider the version of the Bible you read to be.
He is. Jesus Christ IS the Father IS the Spirit. It is ONE God in three roles, not persons. We were made in His image, right? I'm a man, a son and a father but I am one. There isn't three of me running around.
The Trinity Doctrine is trash
Have you looked into the Jefferson Bible?
no but wow - what an awesome and simple concept: youtube.com/watch?v=clFLBt4D27M
He described it in a letter to John Adams dated October 12, 1813:
First off, Paul wrote thirteen books and was one of the most important figures of the early church aside from Saint Peter himself.
Secondly, the Old Testament is part of Christianity and is necessary reading. Christ's birth was prophesized in the Old Testament.
Thirdly how the FUCK did this retarded drivel get 6 upvotes?
dude calm down. not everyone accepts the religious canon as it is.
imo the early church was infiltrated by saul, sent from roman authority, to control the movement. classic controlled opposition. also, saul publicly and viciously tortured most of the disciples first. then he saw the light somehow, yeah ok fuck that shit.
plus he muddied up the morals jesus taught with his absurd and overly complicated rules about jew vs gentile this and that meat dont eat it, circumcise dont circumcise, work on the sabbath or dont blah blah blah.
Jesus is the principle founder of the faith and his words alone were enough to cause the entire region at the time to plot to stop him and his movement.
nothing else is necessary.
I really love this perspective. I pretty much feel like any and all dogmatic religion is evil garbage, but that the people & entities described therein are often worth listening to. I do not follow any one man or entity over another, but Jesus is among those whose words & lessons I appreciate and follow to an extent. And Jesus is not the "say all, end all" for me--he is simply one part of my broader belief system!
Jesus said that he was the end all and be all and that there was no other way.
I can agree with this.