Jesus Christ was the only Son of any God that I know of that set everyone free from the slavery that they were under via the religious and political sphere. His death allows us to worship as we want where we want. He also dismantled the "Church" (brick and mortar) ideal that you had to go to a priest at a temple for forgiveness in exchange for blood offerings and gifts to the powers that be. Every single God or Son of God that existed prior/after only furthered the slave state. He also called out the hypocrisy of the leaders at the time showing them then and now that man cannot be trusted with control over man. He fought for equal treatment of everyone.
You tell me one other deity ever that has done this?
Read the book!
Like most good things people will try to destroy them or use them to their advantage. If you knew about it you would know about it.
Jesus Christ is the King of Kings and is the Son of the One True God!
Ok, I am not here to destroy Jesus. Nor am I trying to convert anyone otherwise. How and what you choose to believe from your FAITH shouldnt be judged so long as you arent molesting kids, causing harm. But whats wrong with someone who says yes, Spiritually there is something larger than us, but I do not believe in Jesus as it was written about by mens....his-story. I believe we are all here together experiencing this time line....this low fucked level of 3d.....because we need growth spiritually. We need to learn to let go of the "categories" of what makes our Religions different, and just look at teachings. Why cant I pull and use Jesus teachings, any different than say someone who worships all things as sacred? I choose to believe all plants and animals have a soul, even the Earth. I choose to believe do unto others as you want done unto you. My issue isnt with just Christianity, it's with ANY and ALL Religions that set to block ones teachings. Ones that block and stop us from believing or even hypothesizing. It is just too structured to be "free will". Again these are MY own opinions. I do not expect you to convert, conform, change your mind. I just enjoy holding space and having a conversation.
I remain firmly with the one that is documented to literally exist and that, through their life, brought a level of actual freedom to man kind that had never been known before and has been largely forgotten after. I choose Jesus because it is the only one that doesn't make me a slave to the ways of any man.
There are many parallels between many religions but the ONLY one that doesn't have man dependent on man in some way shape or form is the Teaching of Jesus Christ. (No temples, The high Priest wants a personal relationship with all that know of him, no work MUST be preformed by me to gain salvation [freedom], no man Living or Dead has any power over my decisions, Following Christ is a choice not a demand, free to make mistakes and am forgiven so long as I am honest with my Creator about my mistakes, no money has to be paid and no sacrifice, other than sacrificing things that are not good for me, are required) No WORK must be done by me to be heard or acknowledged by the Father.
I love conversation and you are free to choose as you wish so I am not trying to change your mind either but I will share what I know in hopes that you might see it as well.
Christianity is not what it is taught to the masses and that was done on purpose.
You and I believe alot of the same. When I was Christian, or identified as a Christian I questioned the way it was taught. Then I questioned everything, and had me do a huge dive into it all. All the teaching all the parallels as you said. I believe Jesus story is a mash up al several other deities from through recorded time. Is this bad? No. Not in my opinion "Jesus" had great teachings. Well actually I was brought up Roman Catholic, that structured bullshit was wrong for me, looked into Christianity was never Baptized into it. It's the same stories as the Roman Catholic....I cant put my "faith" into words written by men......twisted by men is more like it.
You are not asked to put your Faith into anything man made though. This is probably the best take away. The Bible is a history book, as you have said, but it has been found to be true, I know parts sound way to crazy to be true but name one religion or structured idea or even scientific fact that doesn't? Only through the repetition of these are people able to grasp the knowledge as possible. That in its self requires Faith. Most scientific facts that we accept today are only theories that haven't been disproven yet, but to say you cannot prove the opposite of something doesn't mean either is true, it means you do not know. Faith is required for life, if you want to believe it or not. Maybe I am a big softy for choosing the one that allows freedom for all in creation and not one of the others that I could use as an excuse to hold myself above another. Jesus Christ is the only example that also gives the individual an ability to communicate with the Creator without intervention of man. It is the only one that declares that all are equal, that none have status over another. The only one that says I am the child of God and you can join me in this simply by accepting that we are all children of God. Jesus Christ didn't make religion, he destroyed it along with the slave state that was born out of it. Accepting Jesus as the Son of the One True God makes you his Child. which would make you....
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Jesus Christ was the only Son of any God that I know of that set everyone free from the slavery that they were under via the religious and political sphere. His death allows us to worship as we want where we want. He also dismantled the "Church" (brick and mortar) ideal that you had to go to a priest at a temple for forgiveness in exchange for blood offerings and gifts to the powers that be. Every single God or Son of God that existed prior/after only furthered the slave state. He also called out the hypocrisy of the leaders at the time showing them then and now that man cannot be trusted with control over man. He fought for equal treatment of everyone.
You tell me one other deity ever that has done this?
Read the book!
Like most good things people will try to destroy them or use them to their advantage. If you knew about it you would know about it.
Jesus Christ is the King of Kings and is the Son of the One True God!
Ok, I am not here to destroy Jesus. Nor am I trying to convert anyone otherwise. How and what you choose to believe from your FAITH shouldnt be judged so long as you arent molesting kids, causing harm. But whats wrong with someone who says yes, Spiritually there is something larger than us, but I do not believe in Jesus as it was written about by mens....his-story. I believe we are all here together experiencing this time line....this low fucked level of 3d.....because we need growth spiritually. We need to learn to let go of the "categories" of what makes our Religions different, and just look at teachings. Why cant I pull and use Jesus teachings, any different than say someone who worships all things as sacred? I choose to believe all plants and animals have a soul, even the Earth. I choose to believe do unto others as you want done unto you. My issue isnt with just Christianity, it's with ANY and ALL Religions that set to block ones teachings. Ones that block and stop us from believing or even hypothesizing. It is just too structured to be "free will". Again these are MY own opinions. I do not expect you to convert, conform, change your mind. I just enjoy holding space and having a conversation.
You may choose as you wish.
I remain firmly with the one that is documented to literally exist and that, through their life, brought a level of actual freedom to man kind that had never been known before and has been largely forgotten after. I choose Jesus because it is the only one that doesn't make me a slave to the ways of any man.
There are many parallels between many religions but the ONLY one that doesn't have man dependent on man in some way shape or form is the Teaching of Jesus Christ. (No temples, The high Priest wants a personal relationship with all that know of him, no work MUST be preformed by me to gain salvation [freedom], no man Living or Dead has any power over my decisions, Following Christ is a choice not a demand, free to make mistakes and am forgiven so long as I am honest with my Creator about my mistakes, no money has to be paid and no sacrifice, other than sacrificing things that are not good for me, are required) No WORK must be done by me to be heard or acknowledged by the Father.
I love conversation and you are free to choose as you wish so I am not trying to change your mind either but I will share what I know in hopes that you might see it as well.
Christianity is not what it is taught to the masses and that was done on purpose.
You and I believe alot of the same. When I was Christian, or identified as a Christian I questioned the way it was taught. Then I questioned everything, and had me do a huge dive into it all. All the teaching all the parallels as you said. I believe Jesus story is a mash up al several other deities from through recorded time. Is this bad? No. Not in my opinion "Jesus" had great teachings. Well actually I was brought up Roman Catholic, that structured bullshit was wrong for me, looked into Christianity was never Baptized into it. It's the same stories as the Roman Catholic....I cant put my "faith" into words written by men......twisted by men is more like it.
You are not asked to put your Faith into anything man made though. This is probably the best take away. The Bible is a history book, as you have said, but it has been found to be true, I know parts sound way to crazy to be true but name one religion or structured idea or even scientific fact that doesn't? Only through the repetition of these are people able to grasp the knowledge as possible. That in its self requires Faith. Most scientific facts that we accept today are only theories that haven't been disproven yet, but to say you cannot prove the opposite of something doesn't mean either is true, it means you do not know. Faith is required for life, if you want to believe it or not. Maybe I am a big softy for choosing the one that allows freedom for all in creation and not one of the others that I could use as an excuse to hold myself above another. Jesus Christ is the only example that also gives the individual an ability to communicate with the Creator without intervention of man. It is the only one that declares that all are equal, that none have status over another. The only one that says I am the child of God and you can join me in this simply by accepting that we are all children of God. Jesus Christ didn't make religion, he destroyed it along with the slave state that was born out of it. Accepting Jesus as the Son of the One True God makes you his Child. which would make you....