Prove it.

That is impossible for anyone who believes that the Bible is, every word, absolutely true (as interpreted by the general Christian dogma). I have tried too many times to show people evidence and they refuse to even look in earnest. Too much cognitive dissonance. Nevertheless, I'll give it a go.

Why bother if its all the same religion?

Controlled Opposition. You can't control a society without an adversary. You can however, easily control the entire world if you create different religions and set them against each other, each naming the others as "evil."

The Catholic church was started by Jesus Christ

The Catholic church (or rather, just The Church at the time) was started by the ecumenical council at the Nicene convention in 325 AD. The tenets held by the Catholic church (that are still held by all Christian religions today) were made into Roman Law at that time. Because there were several religions in the various regions, they combined numerous pagan and Christian beliefs into one single entity. This was done to ensure that everyone believed the same thing, making the Roman Empire easier to rule. In order to create certain beliefs, they had to leave out most of the books that were canon at the time (that list is not comprehensive). The entire concept of Trinity wasn't an agreed upon part of Christian beliefs until the Catholic church demanded that it be so (see the link on the laws). Jesus as the only Son of God wasn't a part of the tenets until that time. The Holy Spirit wasn't added as "the Trinity" until the next council in 383 (or whatever year it was).

By separating out Jesus from the rest of us (we are ALL the Children of God), this set up a hierarchy by which we could be ruled, with "Jesus, as God" at the top, and the Priesthood as the divine voice of Jesus. This was there from day one of the creation of the formal religion we call "Christianity." If you read all the stuff they left out, it paints a very different picture of what Jesus was really trying to tell us. Regardless, while the names have changed, we are still ruled by the same hierarchy today.

Prove it.

That is impossible for anyone who believes that the Bible is, every word, absolutely true (as interpreted by the general Christian dogma). I have tried too many times to show people evidence and they refuse to even look in earnest. Too much cognitive dissonance. Nevertheless, I'll give it a go.

Why bother if its all the same religion?

Controlled Opposition. You can't control a society without an adversary. You can however, easily control the entire world if you create different religions and set them against each other, each naming the others as "evil."

The Catholic church was started by Jesus Christ

The Catholic church (or rather, just The Church at the time) was started by the ecumenical council at the Nicene convention in 325 AD. The tenets held by the Catholic church (that are still held by all Christian religions today) were made into Roman Law at that time. Because there were several religions in the various regions, they combined numerous pagan and Christian beliefs into one single entity. This was done to ensure that everyone believed the same thing, making the Roman Empire easier to rule. In order to create certain beliefs, they had to leave out most of the books that were canon at the time (that list is not comprehensive). The entire concept of Trinity wasn't an agreed upon part of Christian beliefs until the Catholic church demanded that it be so (see the link on the laws). Jesus as the only Son of God wasn't a part of the tenets until that time. The Holy Spirit wasn't added as "the Trinity" until the next council in 383 (or whatever year it was).

By separating out Jesus from the rest of us (we are ALL the Children of God), this set up a hierarchy by which we could be ruled, with "Jesus, as God at the top," and the Priesthood as the divine voice of Jesus. This was there from day one of the creation of the formal religion we call "Christianity." If you read all the stuff they left out, it paints a very different picture of what Jesus was really trying to tell us. Regardless, while the names have changed, we are still ruled by the same hierarchy today.

Prove it.

That is impossible for anyone who believes that the Bible is, every word, absolutely true (as interpreted by the general Christian dogma). I have tried too many times to show people evidence and they refuse to even look in earnest. Too much cognitive dissonance. Nevertheless, I'll give it a go.

Why bother if its all the same religion?

Controlled Opposition. You can't control a society without an adversary. You can however, easily control the entire world if you create different religions and set them against each other, each naming the others as "evil."

The Catholic church was started by Jesus Christ

The Catholic church (or rather, just The Church at the time) was started by the ecumenical council at the Nicene convention in 325 AD. The tenets held by the Catholic church (that are still held by all Christian religions today) were made into Roman Law at that time. Because there were several religions in the various regions, they combined numerous pagan and Christian beliefs into one single entity. This was done to ensure that everyone believed the same thing, making the Roman Empire easier to rule. In order to create certain beliefs, they had to leave out most of the books that were canon at the time (that list is not comprehensive). The entire concept of Trinity wasn't part of Christian beliefs until the Catholic church demanded that it be so (see the link on the laws). Jesus as the only Son of God wasn't a part of the tenets until that time. The Holy Spirit wasn't added as "the Trinity" until the next council in 383 (or whatever year it was).

By separating out Jesus from the rest of us (we are ALL the Children of God), this set up a hierarchy by which we could be ruled, with "Jesus, as God at the top," and the Priesthood as the divine voice of Jesus. This was there from day one of the creation of the formal religion we call "Christianity." If you read all the stuff they left out, it paints a very different picture of what Jesus was really trying to tell us. Regardless, while the names have changed, we are still ruled by the same hierarchy today.