How has Jesus shaped secularism? I'm not disputing the impact of Jesus on the world, just curious how you feel he has shaped secularism.
Watch The case for Christ on Netflix. I think you're a good guy. And I also know it won't necessarily change your mind. But watch it when you have a couple hours and some wine.
That’s not a religion problem. That’s a human problem. Implicit bias. But yes, it does make those that state they are follower of Christ (or whatever other religious figure) then do the opposite of what he teaches, worthy of criticism.
When I was in 5th grade,we went to visit this place the place believed to be an earily Christian town were people were burned alive for their faith, at that time,you could literally see what seemed like some humans bones between rocks ,(Najran,ksa) and this's Moses path of Passover in Saudia(oppoiste bank to Egypt .) which is close distance to Juthro's town you don't need to believe in a thing but nonetheless it's fascinating urbanlegands
Take from the poor. LawSuit thy neighbor. Turn the other cheek and spank with an SI magazine. The teachings of christ have been perverted by men who kneel before greed. His message of love, serving the poor gets lost and for what? political agendas that preach the opposite. I'd rather my politicians be Satanists, at least then their intentions would not be misleading.
Okay, I watched it. Do you know the guy? It was about as bad as a Kirk Cameron movie actually. The police shooting was more interesting to me than the other stuff to be honest but I did my Easter penance.
An historical Jesus is not as cut and dry as some have posted. I am not sure one way or another, I just don’t like it when people bring up things that scholarship has either thrown up serious reservations or discredited. And, yes, all historical figures from this period are cloudy so I am not saying he didn’t exist. I just find it odd that such a beurocratic empire had no record of a major political uprising or dissident figure in the region. Sure, those records could be done but the records that do exist suggest nothing of the kind and further seem to indicate that crucifixions were not standard punishment. DaDa is also wrong that Jesus was not identified as GOD until the Council of Nicaea. Jesus as god was followed in the 2nd and 3rd centuries. Even late 1st century records exist about the Christ. Unfortunately there were multiple competing Christ (“anointed”, son of God) figures at the time. The current Jesus story/version won out over the early centuries and was codified in the 4th century. Further there were two early schools of thought even way back then about real Jesus and metaphorical/symbolic Jesus. Pre Church Christian leaders couldn’t agree. Then, again, the formation of The Church codified Jesus as real figure. Anyway, I could be convinced either way but the current evidence and state of scholarship leaves at least a little doubt/confusion so I prefer not to make declarative statements.
