time to explain a lil buddy named "jesus"

What Jesus believed and taught was "twisted" by a man called Eusebius, under order by the Roman Emperor Constantine. Back in the 4th Century, with little other information to draw on, it was accept Eusebius' words of "Christianity", or be banished from the empire or silenced. This "revamping" of Christianity was to rid the world of Paganism and Gnosticism.

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Originally Posted by Polymirize

You need to stop being ignorant and read the goddamn bible if you're going to try to second guess it. How could you ever think you have understanding of "the whole christianity stuff" if all you have is what you've heard?

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because christianity isnt in a book, it is in PEOPLE!!!


sorry, but i am tempted to call you a stupid fuck :(



PEOPLE make christianity, not the good book; it isnt even properly followed in the first place (not that i know, i have only read quotes from the bible, never the book itself).

but never the less, many things i have heard about the bible are either contridicted by things i havent heard, or people do not know how to be christians...

Sorry, but I am forced to conclude that all christians who believe in "literal interpretation" (which are actually the only ones I have problems with) DO in fact believe that Christianity is derived from a book. So for this case, its necessary to understand the book in order to have the common ground to be able to communicate with these people. whatever the goal of that communication might be.

Do I disagree that many things seem to be misconstrued or obviously metaphorical in the text? not at all. In fact, having read the bible, I can say just how absurd some of modern christianity's views are. Not that you'd know apparently. Maybe you think reading is beneath you.

Call me whatever you like But maybe if you didn't base all your opinions on hearsay and instead, oh I don't know, read a book (?), you might be able to intelligently discuss these matters.

lmao the problem is that if people are taking a literal perspective of the book, they dont even understand it either.


so you really have no reasoning with them lol



TRUE christians dont prescribe to religion.

i cant remember, are maximalists the ones who take the book literaly or are those the minimalists

the prefix max seems more fitting, to maximize the word of the bible?

i think that would be logical...

yeah it is max i looked it up....damn maximalists

hahaha how unchristian! :D

The word Christian is a derivative of Christ. True Christians believe in Christ.

Was Jesus Christ a myth? Was he a Pagan God? I don't know, I haven't opened the book back up.