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Originally Posted by Guest
There were MANY "prophets" running around at the time.
I believe that Paul created a amalgam...a "best of" to use to created HIS version of "Christianity". The Jews in power didn't buy that ANY of the prophets were "the one".
IF "God" went through all that trouble...a stupid thing really if you think about it...to manifest himself in our form and "teach us"...he did a **** poor job of it.
And WHY? Why bother with bacteria? That IS what we are to a being like that...below bacteria. Do you care what each individual bacterium does/thinks/treats his neighbor? Then why would God care about us?
I don't blame you...you were indoctrinated, brainwashed at an early age. I blame those who would extract a 10% tithe from everyone they can.
Of course, "you" is in the broad, general sense. You mellin are aware of the scam.
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Constantine's mother, at the age of 80 or so, visited Jerusalem for the first time. She was able to walk just so far with her physical limitations, and every time she was getting tired and needed to rest, there was yet another spot where Jesus supposedly did something or other, which she could then sit and admire. A friend who visited told me she toured Paul's mother's house. When I snorted, she said "Oh, they kept good records." Now the United States of America keeps pretty good records, but I defy you to find Paul Revere's mother's house, and we're talking two hundred years versus two thousand years. In other words, tourists have always been pretty good marks. So yes, a book which begins with two incestuous nudists who took dietary advice from a talking snake is not my idea of a foundation for a serious religion.