I was brought up as a roman catholic. I went to church, I was confirmed, I was baptised. This came about because my parents chose the follow the christian faith and wanted to include me in what they believed in.
I got to the age of about 14 and made choices for myself without interference from others.
Being of what I assume sound mind I am able to make decisions and choices for myself.
Maybe I used the wrong word when I said nursery rhyme. The word I should have used was fable.
My personal interpretation of how christianity came about is this. Although I could go into a lot more detail I hope you get my gist.
2000 or more years ago a mother (or father) told their child a story. That story was about a man who could perform miracles, turned water into wine and fed 5000 with a couple of fish and a loaf, died and rose a few days later etc. Well this child thought "WOW! what a story" and this FABLE stayed with the child into adulthood. Now this child became a learned person, he wrote about this story that was told to him as a child.
Word spread about the land and the story changed in its wording along the way (a bit like Chinese whispers) and people in around the land started to believe that this was not a story but was an actuality. Some people wrote scriptures and tablets to perpetuate what they thought were true. And so there is my theory on how christianity started.
I do not disapprove what people choose to do with their lives and whether or not what they believe in is true or as I feel a story.
I have an opinion.
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Originally Posted by Maggy J
Frankly saying Christianity has no relevance to one's life is rather wide of the mark.Christianity has had a vast impact in every aspect of our history and lives even if we personally may no longer have belief in it's basic tenets of a divine being offering a flesh and blood son up as a sacrifice for all our sins...
It's effects reverberate around the world and refusing to watch the program saying that the history of the faith of your ancestors has no relevance is akin to denying who you are and where you come from.
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We all see and hear what christianity has to say, it is not wide of the mark to say it has no relevancy in one's life, it has none in mine. I do not deny my heritage or where I come from, in fact I am quite happy in my little world where evolution and science rule.
Under the guise of christianity and from the mouth of the pope (and this is proven fact) the knights Templars from around 1100-1300 ravaged, pillaged and killed all in the name of chrisendom. There is christianity for you, cold blooded killers who waged wars in the name of God and the pope.
Leap forward to the 20th and 21st centuary although not waging wars, many of Gods foot soldiers, men of the cloth, preist's whatever you want to call them have been convicted of crimes of abuse against children. Covered up by catholism, the pope and others in the Vatican that coverts christianity and what it believes in.
You can argue that in all walks of life this happens, which it does but it isnt covered up when people find out.
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Originally Posted by papa smurf
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Had a quick read and yea I generally agree with those comments.
To use a word from the christian faith but in todays age christianity has a HOLIER than THOU attitude. It seems to forget its past yet its past deeds have been written about for the best part of 1500 years (or more)
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Originally Posted by foreverwar
As explained before, the program is not about the relevance of Christianity, it's about it's history and how it progressed through the ages, with lots of (imho) little known information - historical fact, not theism. You never know, you might learn something to back up your prejudices.  |
if the program is not about the relevance of christianity then where is the relevance in the program?
I'm a bit to long in the tooth to learn something, my prejudices dont need backing up. One day the truth will come out and it will all be seen as a sham, the longest "long con" game in the history of man.