Did Jesus create the Christian religion? And if you believe that, which Christian religion did he create? Is it Catholicism? That's the version all the popular modern churches are based upon. There's millions of people who believe that Jesus directly helped to create the early Catholic church. Is that really Jesus' legacy though? He once said to judge a tree by it's fruits, what are the fruits of the Catholic church? Recently there was a pope who stepped down after it was revealed the church was protecting child abusers and even helping enable abuse (source, see original article). They helped to kidnap babies from their parents in Spain (source). They helped with the destruction of the indigenous culture in Canada (source). And that's just a small selection of what they've done recently.
And this is supposed to be Jesus' legacy? Was Jesus an evil bastard or something? I don't believe that, nor do I believe such a wicked organization represents him. I don't believe the protestants are much better either, they just haven't had the same level of power that the Catholics have. They simply haven't had the same level of opportunity for abuse yet.
Jesus gave two commandments, you might think they would be the whole basis of the church and what it means to be a Christian. Nope! Jesus two commandments are largely ignored. The vast majority of christian religions are based upon an interpretation of Jesus' teachings called the Nicene Creed. So a most Christians don't even really have faith in Jesus' words, they have faith in a series of councils, originally organized by a roman emperor and where the main opposition, Arius, was assassinated. Jesus' actual commandments, which had little to do with belief systems and everything to do with Love, come secondary.
Was Jesus a friend of religion? "Hypocrites" and "brood of vipers" were the words he used to describe the religious establishment at the time. Seems to me the current Christian churches share far more similarities with the pharisees of old than they do with Jesus. They still worship money, power and control. I can think of nothing more disrespectful to Jesus than these organizations claiming to represent him.
I'm not even sure what the moral of the story is from their perspective. Since humanity crucified God, God forgave everybody? That's the kind of logic of a madman. Jesus was supposedly a blood sacrifice to God, and through this it opened up the path to salvation? Do you believe an Unconditionally Loving God really desires a blood sacrifice? Especially of a being who's supposed to be God's only son? That's some sick logic right there, no wonder so many of the churches are rotten to the core.
And why is a torture device, used to slowly and painfully kill a person, the symbol of Christianity? Christians worship Jesus' death and suffering, they love seeing him with a crown of thorns and nailed to a cross. Why else would that imagery be so popular? Part of the Christian teachings are how wicked humanity is, and since people believe that, they like to play the part. Then the churches uses the guilt that creates to control people further, while often behaving even worse themselves.
How do we even know what Jesus really taught, what he really said? He must have spoken volumes, yet only a tiny portion of that was written down. And why do people have such faith that the apostles really understood what Jesus was sharing? I certainly don't think Jesus believed that. What did he say to Peter, who's supposed to be the first pope? "Get behind me, Satan" and "You do not have in mind the concerns of God, but merely human concerns." These are the things Jesus supposedly said to the main founder of the Christian church! Jesus didn't seem to believe these people really understood what he was saying, yet Christians such faith that they accurately represent his teachings.
I Love Jesus! And I can't help but feel mainstream Christianity is ridiculously disrespectful of his message of Love and tolerance. I would even say the Catholic church is the anti-Christ, I doubt there's any other organization that has done more to twist and distort Jesus' message. Jesus gave humanity the blueprint for creating world peace, and all people have to do is Love each other. If you have trouble doing that, begin with forgiveness, it's simple! Isn't that the core of Jesus' teachings?
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I totally agree with this post. I do not believe for a second that Jesus would approve of anything that has come to be religions worshipping him. He did not want to be worshipped he wanted people to realize the divinity within everyone. He wanted for people to be loving and benevolent to one another and support and uplift each other...He had contempt for the temples and "religious leaders of the time" and the moneychangers in the temples, he knew that "manmade religion" was not something that uplifted humans..He tried to set a good example and to tell people that the kingdom of heaven was not a place, but it was within. He has been misquoted and misunderstood.
I always questioned the bible from a very young age, (as soon as I was old enough to read and read the whole thing to figure out why my parents seemed to live their lives based on it) My questions and arguments was much to my parents dismay because they were very religious and thought that if I did not believe every word in the bible that I was doomed to eternal hell. I used to say that the God that they so feared and worshipped was not a god I could ever love or obey and that scared them greatly and caused them emotional pain and worry. I would tell them things like a loving God does not ask people to kill their own children as proof he was the head honcho of humanity, he would not go around "smiting" people because they "pissed him off", a loving father to humanity would not want his only son tortured and suffering just to prove he had the power over all humanity and that people should really love him forever because he had his only beloved son tortured and murdered for all to watch...what kind of love is that???....In my opinion that is not what a caring loving parent would do unless they were a psychopath...So many things in the bible gave me cause to not believe it at all....The old testament was not about love at all but rather power and oppression and guilt and fear...nothing to base a "holy" religion around for sure...And also a loving parent would not tell a child that "they are tainted and bad and dirty and lowly" (talking about the original sin) and how he was going to punish humanity for doing something that ticked him off...An omnipotent spiritual being would know that humans are not going to be perfect and would forgive them for mis-stepping and not punish them for all of eternity...If a god is omnipotent then why would he create (children) that are flawed and bad from the beginning....He would not want them to beg and plead and grovel at his feet and beg for mercy...He would not create a horrible painful place to put human souls in to be tortured for all of eternity and use it as a threat to keep people under control. That is not the kind of God I could ever embrace, let along pray to and grovel and beg, and as far as I am concerned the whole Jesus mythos is convoluted too...I do believe that he was a loving man and a visionary, but a lot of stuff got added to his story, and I am sure the original Jesus would be totally disgusted with the religions that have evolved that claim they are based around him...I love a lot of the things that he supposedly shared in the New Testament and do not throw out those thoughts and teachings about love, forgiveness, compassion and all the other virtues he talked of...but the biblical Jesus religions are all man made and mistaken in so many ways. Humanity has been lied to and manipulated and religion is a big part of that manipulation...More blood has been shed in the name of religion than any other reason for killing in a war...Pretty pathetic when you think about...Religion separates people and puts them at odds with each other because each religion thinks they are the only one right...a formula for disaster...Great share and thank you. I could not agree more.
Sorry for the rambling...I just agree so completely with this post and I thank you for sharing...I hope people believe me when I say I am not a Jesus basher, just think that the majority of humanity has him all wrong...