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BELIEVERpriest
reply to post by borntowatch
Continental drift may account for some animal dispersion in addition to sea trade between (now fallen) civilizations.
ReturnofTheSonOfNothing
reply to post by blupblup
This does not surprise me in the slightest. Check my sig. A lot of this stuff (the freaking new testament) was written down decades or more after the supposed events occurred, and there is good reason to believe Emperor Constantine instigated it in a kind of "If you can't beat them, join them" style mentality of societal control of the christian trouble makers.
it was 325 Ad that the council of Nicaea met to debate which books were to be included in the New Testament
Akragon
reply to post by vethumanbeing
it was 325 Ad that the council of Nicaea met to debate which books were to be included in the New Testament
This is a common misconception... Nicaea was more about the Arian controversy...
You're thinking of "the council of Laodicea"
reluctant-messenger.com...
I hope this comment wasnt generated through a wikipedea search,
Akragon
reply to post by vethumanbeing
I hope this comment wasnt generated through a wikipedea search,
Well no... I've corrected many people on that little tidbit...
I don't know why everyone gets them confused... Everyone has heard of Nicea... Yet few people have ever actually heard of the council where the cannon was actually established... It seems most people including most Christian believe it was at Nicea... so there is abundant chance for correction
And maybe some people might learn a thing or two by my correction as well
vethumanbeing
Akragon
reply to post by vethumanbeing
I hope this comment wasnt generated through a wikipedea search,
Well no... I've corrected many people on that little tidbit...
I don't know why everyone gets them confused... Everyone has heard of Nicea... Yet few people have ever actually heard of the council where the cannon was actually established... It seems most people including most Christian believe it was at Nicea... so there is abundant chance for correction
And maybe some people might learn a thing or two by my correction as well
Why do you suppose that is and can you provide your basis for the testimony, it could really clear up some misinterpretations and why so believed by many. I cant speak for Christians or most people; I am curious however as this could be important (as a fallacy believed).
I think that the Nicean Creed is a fraud, meaning that there was a thing called the Council of Nicea, but it did not produce that document.
Everyone has heard of Nicea... Yet few people have ever actually heard of the council where the cannon was actually established...
vethumanbeingWhy do you suppose that is and can you provide your basis for the testimony, it could really clear up some misinterpretations and why so believed by many. I cant speak for Christians or most people; I am curious however as this could be important (as a fallacy believed).
AkragonWord of mouth I suppose.. I've only seen a few Christians who know about the council of Laodicea... most of them are found here, and are quite proficient in their study... Those few I rarely if ever have serious issues with..They have their Nicene Creed, which was first drafted at that council... then changed in later councils.
Akragon I only assume they use the idea that the canons were established at the same time... though in reality the canons of the bible weren't established until 40 some odd years later.
AkragonMuch of Christianity takes its teaching from the early fathers of the church, not the actual texts of the bible...A good example is the trinity... Said triune God wasn't taught by any of the apostles, or Jesus... and in fact no where in the bible is a triune God taught... but its the basis for almost all sects of Christianity... yet it wasn't decided until 300 some odd years after the factIn truth... I don't know why Christians believe a lot of things they do.
Akragonbut I suppose its not my business either
Edit: Scratch that... I do know why Christians believe in strange doctrine....
its because they listen to preachers, and don't read for themselves.
This is why the Essenes Gnostic Texts were disincluded; too many references to the magickal realms of being.
Akragon
reply to post by veteran
humanbeing
Noah didn't make pit stops
vethumanbeingThis is why the Essenes Gnostic Texts were disincluded; too many references to the magickal realms of being.
AkragonHmm... I think the gnostic texts weren't "included" if that is the appropriate word, because of their belief in what Jesus was.
AkragonThat being another "created" being... like the rest of us. The gnostics insisted that there was a point in the past where Jesus did not exist... which was fully rejected by the "proto-orthodox" church... the same people or sect that pushed the trinity.
AkragonThe gnostic believers were apparently the losing side of the debate, which was at Nicea... Ironically... the gnostics were persecuted to the point of extinction, which in my opinion is suspicious to say the least...their belief system was a threat to the church because it held truths that gave people freedom from the church... them being the "only people" which had a connection to God. Similar to today, in that belief system one must come to the church to find God, as opposed to what Jesus actually said... that being "God wants a personal relationship" with his children.
AkragonGnostic writing was destroyed... believers were executed or banished... Thank God for that lonely shepard or whoever it was that decided to bury the texts found in Nag Hammadi
Jesus was nothing at the time the Gnostic texts were written; he was not acknowleged as anything except as a student/adept occupying the same space in Qumran. These texts were written during his lifetime at which there was no ideaform for him being anything but a student.
Christianity was not birthed until Paul implemented his plan in collaboration with the defining of the new testiments to be transcribed.
At the time the Gnostic texts were written there was no Jesus to contemplate as a historical figure. I could be wrong here;
You mean his physicality was denied and was not in fact God because of this?
This is the entire purpose of god-nothingness defining itself as a physical creature to understand itself as perfect but decided to go another way and cause physicallity, give freewill give polarity. I suspect in its perfection became bored and wanted to rock its own boat (wouldnt you?) if you were all knowing and perfection and no growth was forthcoming? Id get into a "lets create something" of interest that defines me but has free will and is polarized as opposites.
The confession of sins to the priest allows that man to know everything happening in the village and so can blackmail take power over the constituancy as it knows everything going on (plus plus demand children to be born into the faith and tithe).
Why NOT make it your business?
VHBJesus was nothing at the time the Gnostic texts were written; he was not acknowleged as anything except as a student/adept occupying the same space in Qumran. These texts were written during his lifetime at which there was no ideaform for him being anything but a student.
AkragonIm not so sure about that.Working from dating the texts we have most of the gnostic texts are from the early second century, with the exception of Thomas, which is also debatable... I personally think Thomas was probably one of the first texts written about Jesus... basically a collection of things he said when he was alive... and most of Thomas lines up with the 4 gospels pretty accurately.
AkragonEven from the earliest writing we know of he was called a teacher, and master (refer to Mark) so to say he was nothing more then a student, begs the question... who was his teacher?
VHB
At the time the Gnostic texts were written there was no Jesus to contemplate as a historical figure. I could be wrong here;
AkragonWell ya you're wrong... sorry to say
Though Gnosticism was around waay before Jesus... Christian Gnosticism was not... and if you read the gnostic texts from before Jesus you'll find they are nothing like the version based around Jesus.
You must realize these were not written during Jesus's lifespan
No one has any claim to have written of the actual events of Jesus's lifetime (not even himself).
Curious to say the least as the supposed messenger of peace and enlightenment. I would imagine the being never existed in the first place; just another Osiris, Horus insert.
Mark is mysterious to me because his writings have two different meanings as I interpret them (one is for the layman to interpret literally, the other for those interested in hidden esoteric knowledge).
Who was Jesus's teacher?, the same as mine and it has a name; it calls itself Origin
Jesus was never meant to be percieved as a Demi-God or god human on earth incarnate
Im still not convinced Jesus ever walked this planet other than an overlay filmatic BenHur or Sparticus "MGM" presentation spectacular (in technicolor).