Quote Originally Posted by bigsby
Why won't the Vatican release the other other gospels? There were 12 after all. They have the writings which would give us a much clearer picture of the man and his life and wife...
Because if they did release them....they wouldn't be able to hold on to the "religion" that's been created from the gospels that have been....

Personally, IMO, it makes sense for people of a certain bloodline to hold certain positions of "power".... After all, if I was to ever be a ruler of a land, I'd make sure my decendents would have the best possible chance of attaining the same power as I.... But I think that's just a part of human nature....

Now to throw in some extra info....

Early ancient Egyptian cultures, who were very spiritual, first believed that when your physical body dies, the heart of your soul is weighed to decide where you go in the after life....weighed by the gate keeper of the spiritual realm.... The metaphor scale was like a teeter totter scale, your heart on one side and your actions on the other.... If your heart was light because of good, you were meant to have a good after life.... If your heart was heavy, you were condemned to a bad after life.... During this early Egyptian culture....spiritual healing was free to everyone....

As time went on and new rulers came in to power....the culture shifted.... Once believed that the gate keeper would weigh your heart against your actions....they changed their belief into that they could bribe the gate keeper with money so as to get into the good after life.... That's when cultures started to praise wealth in the form materials....because the new belief was that you could buy your way in....

And the motto hasn't changed since then.... Have you gone to church lately??? Spiritual healing isn't free anymore is it??? Unless you do it on your own.... But if you want to be part of a group of people who want spiritual healing, you'll most likely be asked for 10% to participate....

I do believe in a higher power....I just don't believe that I should fork over my earnings to talk to that higher power....but that's just me....

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