Slimebeast on 10 September 2010
| Jumpin said: I am not a Christian, but my view on Christianity changed to that off great respect when I read the bible, thought about it, and read it again... Mostly because I feel like the greater number of those who call themselves Christian don't understand their own religion. That the books of the bible are not meant to be a narrative about the life o an actual person; but rather a story about the personification of the logos - a philosophical idea dating back to Greece. Jesus taught people to reject their beliefs, to turn against that which they took for absolute truth. Jesus himself is a character who personified the ideas which lead to the logos (similar to Buddhist Nirvana), he was not an actual person, but the result of the minds of some very wise men. Too bad only 30 books of more than 300 remain. Christianity is a religion of love, love is what remains when belief is stripped away. |
lol you're making things up. Gnosticism was rejected by the Bible authors themselves (John and Paul) and Christian Gnosticism was practically erased already in the 2nd century AD.
Also how can anyone misunderstand the Bible so badly? The words of Jesus have lots of symbolism and aren't always easy to interpret but the Bible narrative itself is very concrete and down-to earth and clearly depicts real life events.
