RE: On the subject of Hell and Salvation
February 8, 2019 at 2:08 pm
(This post was last modified: February 8, 2019 at 2:24 pm by The Grand Nudger.)
Well, the difference here is that sin was a very broadly believed in concept, not at all limited to christianity. In that sense, sin was universal, whereas adherence to judaic tradition was seen as too costly. Insisting upon the irrelevancy of those traditions removed a barrier to assumption and recruitment while giving the institution broad leeway to decide upon it's own.
The effect of proto-christendom unhitching itself from judaism is so profound that it's nearly impossible to overstate. It was the singlemost consequential decision that the institution of christianity ever made. Before this was decided, they were as unsuccesful as judaism, after..they possessed the means to become a global phenomena (and you can see this disparity present, still).
-just to continue with the thought above and get it out of my head..not only did the christians not invent sin..they weren't selling a cure for sin. Sin itself was incurable. They were selling a cure for immanent death. You are all going to die..everyone is going to die. It will happen any minute now. Get on the train before it's too late.
This message was -pounding- in the ears of those experiencing the antonine plagues (and their sporadic precursors), specifically..when roman soldiers were bringing both proto-christian ideology and pathogens (lol, the distinction is academic as far as I'm concerned) back from wars in the near east.
The effect of proto-christendom unhitching itself from judaism is so profound that it's nearly impossible to overstate. It was the singlemost consequential decision that the institution of christianity ever made. Before this was decided, they were as unsuccesful as judaism, after..they possessed the means to become a global phenomena (and you can see this disparity present, still).
-just to continue with the thought above and get it out of my head..not only did the christians not invent sin..they weren't selling a cure for sin. Sin itself was incurable. They were selling a cure for immanent death. You are all going to die..everyone is going to die. It will happen any minute now. Get on the train before it's too late.
This message was -pounding- in the ears of those experiencing the antonine plagues (and their sporadic precursors), specifically..when roman soldiers were bringing both proto-christian ideology and pathogens (lol, the distinction is academic as far as I'm concerned) back from wars in the near east.
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