What if I told you that all of the worlds religions have either been created or co-opted by the hidden hand.. what if I told you that most of us don’t practice the same mercy we wish to obtain for ourselves.. what if I told you that in order to obtain forgiveness, you first must learn to forgive and forgive.. what if I told you that Christianity has the most version and sects out of any religion, because it was Christianity that almost unified humanity, but the hidden hand caused the divisions and corrupted Christianity and its purpose… what if I told you that your churches are not there to shine light on the darkness, but to expand that darkness by separating the light… what if I told you that there is a straight path out of darkness in unity, the pyramid or prism divides the light into its many different colors, but the light remains one, even in its division light is still light… how long will you allow the prism/pyramid to divide you from the rest of you?
Where we go one, we go all.
Christianity in itself is great, but followers sometimes mess Christianity up. Christianity does not preach conflict, but followers can cause it.
This IS partly by design, I believe (as WarMind says) but it is also -- even moreso -- the result of emotional damage, especially early in life. (Hence, horrors like the Inquisition and Salem Witch burnings, to name two particularly nasty examples).
The large Kaiser ACE study is an excellent overview of the problems that trauma in childhood can cause throughout later life:
ACE Study What is an ACE? An Adverse Childhood Experience (ACE) is defined as experiencing any of the following categories of abuse, neglect, or loss prior to age 18:
Beginning in 1994, the "adverse childhood experiences" (ACE) Study, a partnership between the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) and Kaiser Permanente assessed the relationship between adult health risk behaviors and childhood abuse and household dysfunction.
The study began with a sample of 9,508 individuals representing a 70.5% response rate. Respondents were given a score of one for each ACE category that they experienced.
Findings showed that people who experienced four or more adverse childhood events had:
A follow-up sample combined with baseline data for a total sample of 17,337. Additional findings show that ACE Score is associated with:
ACE Score is also correlated with:
Not mentioned in the above: the symptoms caused in adulthood by childhood trauma had a strong, graded relation to the NUMBER of different traumas. And psychological symptoms of many types are absent or only hinted at in the data; "conflict" -- including between Christians -- is, I believe, a major result of all this early trauma.
Jesus knew what he was talking about when he told His flock to not "offend" children.
This is by design. The many versions of Christianity and churches are purposefully made to divide people. True Christianity = unconditional love.
You are spot on, WarMind. John 13:34 - 35 makes that clear as a bell. Loving others is the actual commandment that Jesus added for his followers:
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