All the Christian high jacking of antiquity aside, the one move that pisses me off more than anything was the move to throw sex outside of love from the get go. merry christmas everyone...
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All the Christian high jacking of antiquity aside, the one move that pisses me off more than anything was the move to throw sex outside of love from the get go. merry christmas everyone...
It's all about the sanctity of life and love...One as a founder of moral principle wouldn't want to throw this out...Celebrate it within love. If there is no love, then there is no sex. or vice versa for that matter. (where the two intersect that is)
Originally posted by Chris
Well, yes, that is the point, those supposed candidates for Jesus lived well before the time he was supposed to live and none match the description provided by the Bible to any significant degree. Joseph Atwill wrote a book about it, called Caesar's Messiah. I attended one of his talks in London years ago and there was a fascinating discussion afterwards about the topic. I think he's definitely on to something. Here's a recent TV programme exploring the topic:
There was a WSJ article about it years ago, but now it's behind a paywall. It is a contentious issues, and I'm not sure who is right either. You can read all about it here (with the pros and cons for each theory):
But seriously, we just went through a Christmas celebration with my family and Christianity or Jesus did not come up once.
It is not a Christian holiday, but a much older pagan one, that was incorporated into Roman Liturgy because of its popularity in pre-Christian Europe. Same thing with Easter.
That video starts out demonstrating much ignorance...should I go on with it? Don't blame the messenger or the message of Christianity...at the bottom are those that have no spiritual being and vie for only power, and "To control and manipulate the populace". Very much like the sources behind this video. There were no political motivations for Christianity. The purpose of Christianity was brought by Christ. It ain't that complicated.