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Pastimes : History's effect on Religion -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: exdaytrader76 who wrote (250)	8/8/2005 7:20:35 AM
From: 2MAR$	Respond to of 520

Not against the rules at all...to talk about what you love . It was never a popularity contest > Between knowing the truth , citing the truth , or owning the truth .. which would you choose ?

To: exdaytrader76 who wrote (250)	8/8/2005 9:07:03 AM
From: Sun Tzu	Respond to of 520

>> I think it's against the rules here to tell you that imho no, there is not much point without Jesus. This is not against the rules at all. You just can't prove this objectively, so it is kind of off topic. But every thread has a lot of off topic discussions and so long as we don't become a podium for preaching to the masses, I don't have a problem with people clarifying their beliefs. ST

To: exdaytrader76 who wrote (250)	8/8/2005 2:45:30 PM
From: Alastair McIntosh	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 520

So if Christianity is such ordinary ideas, why has this belief won out? Why is it the world's most popular religion? Why did the persecuted minority become the persecuting majority? The answer is quite simple. Christianity aligned itself with the totalitarian Roman Empire. It adopted the totalitarian model and its hierarchical structure. Christians were given preferential treatment by the state. Even minute theological differences were met with threats and violence. Adherents of any non-literalist sect were killed and their writings destroyed. Fortunately the library discovered at Nag Hammadi in Egypt gives us access to many of the early Christian texts that escaped the destruction attempted by the Roman church.