I can't see how the most asectic book/religion could be Satanic. Judeo-Christianity was an exact response to Paganism which was frought with ritual orgies, magic to control Gods....etc. Pagan Gods were sexual deviants. Pagan Gods didn't love people. So people, likewise, didn't think of anyone outside their group as human. So you could torture the shit out of people and do whatever you wanted in the name of ritual or hedonism. Christianity changed everything.
It's funny you say "Western Christianity". Look up Eastern Christianity aka "Orthodox Christianity". Learn it's history. That's the original Church and it hasn't changed. Roman-Catholicism broke off the original church because it wanted a Pope among other doctrines. It didn't work out well. The corruption pissed off a lot of people, thus creating Protestantism which means anyone can create their own church. It's ridiculous. But to say the Bible is corrupt? Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.
If what you're saying is true, why would Hollywood, the liberal elites, and so on piss on Christianity every chance it gets?
They piss on it because Christianity is full of outdated expectations based on writings from the bronze age, and the population is littered with hateful hypocrites. The Bible is a collection of important historical religious writings that were put together by a set of men, with many other contemporary sources of the time being left out. and we don't really have historical records of why they made what decisions. And if God inspired the writings then, why could there not be more valid works inspired by God in modern times which would be more relevant than those written 2000 years ago. What would be the difference between what's written in the Bible and something written now? It's still written and decided on humans in the end.
Young people today are still plenty spiritual, but they see the corruption in churches, the hypocrisy of what the church teaches vs how the followers behave and live their lives. People who piss on Christianity see no reason to become a part of these corrupted, sometimes hateful, and hypocritical systems when it's perfectly possible to live a moral and Loving and compassionate life without organized religion. Just so you know, I also believe in God or a One higher power, but I also connect with most of such feelings about the current state of organized religions.
I can't see how the most asectic book/religion could be Satanic. Judeo-Christianity was an exact response to Paganism which was frought with ritual orgies, magic to control Gods....etc. Pagan Gods were sexual deviants. Pagan Gods didn't love people. So people, likewise, didn't think of anyone outside their group as human. So you could torture the shit out of people and do whatever you wanted in the name of ritual or hedonism. Christianity changed everything.
It's funny you say "Western Christianity". Look up Eastern Christianity aka "Orthodox Christianity". Learn it's history. That's the original Church and it hasn't changed. Roman-Catholicism broke off the original church because it wanted a Pope among other doctrines. It didn't work out well. The corruption pissed off a lot of people, thus creating Protestantism which means anyone can create their own church. It's ridiculous. But to say the Bible is corrupt? Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.
If what you're saying is true, why would Hollywood, the liberal elites, and so on piss on Christianity every chance it gets?
They piss on it because Christianity is full of outdated expectations based on writings from the bronze age, and the population is littered with hateful hypocrites. The Bible is a collection of important historical religious writings that were put together by a set of men, with many other contemporary sources of the time being left out. and we don't really have historical records of why they made what decisions. And if God inspired the writings then, why could there not be more valid works inspired by God in modern times which would be more relevant than those written 2000 years ago. What would be the difference between what's written in the Bible and something written now? It's still written and decided on humans in the end.
Young people today are still plenty spiritual, but they see the corruption in churches, the hypocrisy of what the church teaches vs how the followers behave and live their lives. People who piss on Christianity see no reason to become a part of these corrupted, sometimes hateful, and hypocritical systems when it's perfectly possible to live a moral and Loving and compassionate life without organized religion. Just so you know, I also believe in God or a One higher power, but I also connect with most of such feelings about the current state of organized religions.
I can't say I disagree with that really. That's always been one of my favorite nuggets of the Bible, "God is Love."