This puts not only the New Testament in an entirely new perspective, but also severely puts to the question the position that Christianity came forth from Judaism. — Tzeentch
Christianity is Judaism 2.0 — Gnostic Christian Bishop
The Christian God did not condemn us, we humans condemned him. — 3017amen
What the video suggests is, like I have stated earlier, that the teachings of Jesus were Cynic, thus Hellenistic, in essence, and that much of what is practiced by Christians today in based on what has been added at much later dates and has little to do with Jesus's original teachings. Furthermore, it opens up the possibility of the New Testament being of an allegorical nature, rather than a literal one. — Tzeentch
Tzeentch — Tzeentch
Christianity is still one of the mainstream religions that idol worship a genocidal prick of a god. — Gnostic Christian Bishop
The whole of the bible is allegory. — Gnostic Christian Bishop
Me, not as a Christian, and being I suppose condemned to the discomforts of hell, take the view that the Christian god isn't so benevolent. — Hanover
The idea of Hell is another Bible translation error. So you're okay! — 3017amen
I just call Yahweh a genocidal and infanticidal prick. — Gnostic Christian Bishop
Of course you mean far-right Fundamentalist's, no? At least that seems to be the target of your interminable axe to grind... . — 3017amen
Yes. The more to the right you are, the less of a decent human being you will likely be. IMO.
If you do not have the same axe to grind, you are not living by the Golden Rule.
If you think you should live by the Golden Rule, change the labels in this quote to women, minorities, gays or children being brainwashed by religions and it shows what we should be thinking and doing for each other.
"First they came for the Jews, but I did nothing because I'm not a Jew. Then they came for the socialists, but I did nothing because I'm not a socialist. Then they came for the Catholics, but I did nothing because I'm not a Catholic. Finally, they came for me, but by then there was no one left to help me." – Pastor Father Niemoller (1946)”
— 3017amen
Free yourself, become a Christian Existentialist like me! (In layman's terms: Spirituality.) — 3017amen
Dude, with all due respect, get over it man. — 3017amen
This means that God is not a prick, nor is he genocidal because we can't take the claims of what he did literally. It is the story you must read, at least according to you, without regard to the literal translation. For that reason, if the Bible claims he killed all sorts of people, he literally did not, so you must decipher the meaning of the allegory. — Hanover
Oh I think I'm understanding now. Are you an angry Atheist? — 3017amen
You certainly don't come across that way. My understanding of the Gnostics is that they endorsed Love and Spirituality.... — 3017amen
I love a lot and that brings out my hate against the misguided causes of Christian hate. — Gnostic Christian Bishop
Scripture is the interpretation of mans interaction with said "GOD" but GOD is neither good nor bad. God is unfathomable. God is All. — Shelley Robinson
If you think Christianity deserves respect, you are not a moral person nor good. — Gnostic Christian Bishop
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