(February 27, 2014 at 2:26 pm)max-greece Wrote: I can honestly say it was the last thing I was expecting. I just wanted the story as its not a religion I was brought up in and the little I knew was from TV, movies, Christian friends and cultural icons.
Took me a long time to come to terms with what I read - now I just put it down to the inherent schizophrenia enforced on Christians by the conflicts in their own religion.
It was a struggle for me at first as well. Prior to my research, I had kind of a "The Road to El Dorado" view of Jesus, with him playing the soft-hearted Miguel who attempts to create a more gentle religion from the austere god of the OT. It took a conscious effort for me to rip off the rose-colored glasses and view the Gospel character with a critical eye.
We're so indoctrinated in our society, even those raised by atheists as I was, to see Jesus as the yardstick by which moral teaching may be measured. There were some obvious good parts, such as "do unto others" but most of it was simply terrible, even for the more primitive and barbaric time.
Jesus' moral teachings were good and original. Unfortunately, what was good wasn't original and what was original wasn't good.
Atheist Forums Hall of Shame:
"The trinity can be equated to having your cake and eating it too."
... -Lucent, trying to defend the Trinity concept
"(Yahweh's) actions are good because (Yahweh) is the ultimate standard of goodness. That’s not begging the question"
... -Statler Waldorf, Christian apologist
"The trinity can be equated to having your cake and eating it too."
... -Lucent, trying to defend the Trinity concept
"(Yahweh's) actions are good because (Yahweh) is the ultimate standard of goodness. That’s not begging the question"
... -Statler Waldorf, Christian apologist
