Dr.Grass on 27 April 2012
| Jumpin said: Heh, I think you'll find that what most Jews and Christians believe in is not actually supported by Judaism or Christianity =) I think one of the biggest issues with the Christian religion at least, is that people don't recognize the multiple traditions covered in the canon. So they follow what other thinkers have done in the past in attempts to reconcile all of these traditions, and create an almost entirely new idea which is not supported by any of the traditions. They take the 4 Gospels and instead interpret an entirely new Gospel which doesn't agree with the other 4. There were many different traditions of Christianity that didn't make it into the canon either; and in order to rely only on the canon is to rely on Bishops who lives some 300 years after the supposed dates of the events. Some Christians even used their religious faith to persecute others and justify lifestyles steeped in greed when all 4 Gospel traditions are anti-violence, written for the persecuted, and also very anti-greed and pro-generosity. Now I have gone too far off topic and have used up my lunch hour =P Point being, there's a very good amount in Christianity that is misunderstood by most, including many Christians. |
No, this is very much on topic.
You make good points. Some crucial espects of Christianity that were thrown out were:
- The transmigration of the soul, i.e. reincarnation
- vegetarianism
- well, there's actually a lot more but let's not go too far...
Another aspect that is purposefully ignored is that Jesus never claimed to be the only salvation for all men for all time to come. In the overly quoted ''I am the way...'' speech, the actual word used is 'erketai' - meaning extreme local (time and space) case. This has transformed the spiritual teachings of Jesus (which are very simple by any standard) into an exclusive sect where the lifestyle of the members hardly resemble the teachings of Jesus at all.
