RE: How can Christians not admit Christianity is all a pile of garbage when ...?
February 21, 2012 at 9:22 pm
(This post was last modified: February 21, 2012 at 9:24 pm by Oldandeasilyconfused.)
Quote:So not only did Jesus not teach anything new, but he was clearly rejecting the teachings in the Torah, and even referring to it as "your law" when speaking with the Pharisees.
There was nothing antithetical to Judaism in Christianity until Saul stuck his oar in;until then, Christianity was a purely Jewish sect. To join one either had to be Jewish or convert to Judaism.
Matthew 5:17
Quote: 17 “Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I have not come to abolish them but to fulfill them. 18 For truly I tell you, until heaven and earth disappear, not the smallest letter, not the least stroke of a pen, will by any means disappear from the Law until everything is accomplished. 19 Therefore anyone who sets aside one of the least of these commands and teaches others accordingly will be called least in the kingdom of heaven, but whoever practices and teaches these commands will be called great in the kingdom of heaven. 20 For I tell you that unless your righteousness surpasses that of the Pharisees and the teachers of the law, you will certainly not enter the kingdom of heaven.
I agree Christianity is a derivative religion with no new ideas.This became more the case with time as more and more iconography,ritual and old gods were absorbed.A graphic example is the Marian cult which replaced worship of say the earth mother
Claiming Buddhism was a major influence on Christianity is bit of a stretch I think. I can see some similarities; EG love your enemy and turn the other cheek are a bit like ahimsa. However,similarities do not infer causal links.
