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biophile

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3. Lots of people have debated this and as you noted, we will probably never know

Reply to edhopper (Original post)

Sun Feb 1, 2026, 07:02 PM

12 hrs ago

In the end, I believe that it was the power structures that have changed the history we are “allowed” to know. By propaganda, destruction of evidence and truths, outright lying, and just killing those who disagree- we ended up with modern day religions.
I am a person of spirituality but disdain religion.

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I have become an agnostic as far as a mythical or historical Jesus. [View all] edhopper 13 hrs ago OP

control markie 13 hrs ago #1

Jesus preached love. The old Testament "Thow shall not kill".That was an important change from an eye for an eye applegrove 12 hrs ago #5

To bad the Church edhopper 11 hrs ago #7

They followed it in times and places. It was revolutionary for the area. applegrove 11 hrs ago #8

Not since Constantine edhopper 11 hrs ago #9

Christians had less infanticide since 'Thow Shall No Kill' applegrove 11 hrs ago #10

Christian numbers grew edhopper 11 hrs ago #11

Read it somewhere. applegrove 10 hrs ago #12

It is just a step up from the ending of child sacrifice applegrove 9 hrs ago #14

Preachers called Yeshua at that time and specific place.... ABC123Easy 12 hrs ago #2

Lots of people have debated this and as you noted, we will probably never know biophile 12 hrs ago #3

Pandora's box. The tools of sharing information so cachukis 12 hrs ago #4

Like your post👍 ..... anciano 12 hrs ago #6

The Romans kept a lot of records. multigraincracker 10 hrs ago #13