RE: Why is Jesus in third place when he deserves first?
September 21, 2020 at 12:23 pm
(This post was last modified: September 21, 2020 at 12:26 pm by Greatest I am.)
(September 21, 2020 at 9:42 am)Fake Messiah Wrote: Isn't it obvious that trinity was introduced "later" by, let's say, Romans? - because worshipping three gods was essential part of every pagan religion, and that's why they switched Roman Capitoline Triad of Jupiter (father), Juno (wife), and Minerva (daughter) with invention of Trinity. And yes invention, because word "trinity" is never mentioned in the Bible. And that's why trinity doesn't make sense from many angles.
Romans also seem to have started the worship of Mary by replacing goddess Magna Mater (Cybele) with Mary. And also they seem to have put Christmas on December 25th.
It is obvious to those who think about things and don't just swallow it.
They give up freedom of thought for the tribalism and fellowship.
That desire is quite strong in us and that is why I am happy to see atheists opening what you might recognize as close to what the old mystery schools and religions were. This shows that they know of our tribal penchants and are giving their children a better Church than believers offer.
Many put tribalism above morals. I wish I had a way to kill that mode of immoral thinking.
Regards
DL
(September 21, 2020 at 9:10 am)The Grand Nudger Wrote: The trinity is contended to be three meaningfully distinct beings in one, not three parts of one personality - but also three parts of one personality, and not meaningfully distinct beings. It's a mystery.
Sociologists call it an intentionally confusing ideology. It's a feature, not a bug. People argue about this (christians more so than anyone else) precisely because christian mythology insists that both are true despite being antithetical propositions..and that, was the very meaning of a mystery, for mystery religions. It wasn't about something that we didn't know, but something that we literally couldn't by any means other than revelation. Something impossibly true. Something beyond the ken of human cognition.
Yes. A selling feature that allows the con man preacher to show himself superior to the dummy pew sitter.
If god had remained a mystery and Christianity had not gone brain dead and started reading their myth literally, we would not have had to suffer their inquisitions at all.
Regards
DL
