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In reply to the discussion: John Pavlovitz: This Isn't Christianity [View all]Python boot
(74 posts)15. I agree Paul co-opted the Early Christian teachings
All those letters from Paul were included in the Bible when emperor Constantine decided the Roman Empire would become Christian. Pauls letters contradict the teachings of Jesus in so many ways. Paul is the go to guy for all the RW nut jobs.
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Not all Christians are bad, just some of them, but they were usually the ones who called the shots.
patphil
Nov 2019
#28
"It's a pretext; a sham; a false representation; nothing more than a way to deceive."
Mariana
Nov 2019
#41
It's fair to say Christianity wouldn't exist today were it not such an effective means of control
Major Nikon
Nov 2019
#42
EXACTLY. "Christianity" is exactly what any particular Christian decides it is.
Maru Kitteh
Nov 2019
#44
"It is a hostile takeover of something beautiful"-If it's false, it's about as beautiful as
NCLefty
Nov 2019
#5
I could have gotten the name wrong. I read the historical account a while back. nt
Blue_true
Nov 2019
#60
You've got to go back to the first several centuries, when the Gospels got written down & codified
Hekate
Nov 2019
#57
You might check out the "Thomas Jefferson Bible." He took a sharp pair of scissors to everything...
Hekate
Nov 2019
#58
The gospel teaches us to comfort the afflicted and afflict the comfortable
struggle4progress
Nov 2019
#7
In the meantime Trump is thinking. Ok the picture has been taken GET THESE IDIOTS OUT OF HERE!
usaf-vet
Nov 2019
#10
I'm sure that's what he's fantasizing about. I'm just upset that we're paying for her.
Maru Kitteh
Nov 2019
#50