Christianity has never been Christian. By CE 60, Nero was already burning pitch-coated Christians at his infamous Garden Party, alongside other "criminal elements." Christians continued to be a problem for Rome for three centuries, and arguably played a major role in its downfall. Virtually all of the slaveowners in early America were Ch…
Christianity has never been Christian. By CE 60, Nero was already burning pitch-coated Christians at his infamous Garden Party, alongside other "criminal elements." Christians continued to be a problem for Rome for three centuries, and arguably played a major role in its downfall. Virtually all of the slaveowners in early America were Christian. The "witchfinders" and prosecutors of "witches" based on spectral evidence (dreams) were all Christian.
Sadly, you are spot-on. During my graduate study at Seminary, I learned for the first time how the two councils (the First Council of Nicea and the Second Council of Constantinople) of The early Fathers were rife with violence and anger, each one of many sides holding that THEIR interpretation of Scripture was the correct interpretation. The Gnostic Gospels were kept out of the Canons, because the Gnostic Gospels did not reside well with the early religious patriarchs. I also learned during my graduate study what "Jesus" did and did not say, often contrary to what I was taught in Sunday School while growing up; or, how my old man decided to interpret his version of Scripture. The Rev'd Dr. Neville, Dean, Boston University School of Theology said at the beginning of his 1999 welcoming to new post-graduate students, "God is wild and cannot be fully domesticated."
Christianity has never been Christian. By CE 60, Nero was already burning pitch-coated Christians at his infamous Garden Party, alongside other "criminal elements." Christians continued to be a problem for Rome for three centuries, and arguably played a major role in its downfall. Virtually all of the slaveowners in early America were Christian. The "witchfinders" and prosecutors of "witches" based on spectral evidence (dreams) were all Christian.
Sadly, you are spot-on. During my graduate study at Seminary, I learned for the first time how the two councils (the First Council of Nicea and the Second Council of Constantinople) of The early Fathers were rife with violence and anger, each one of many sides holding that THEIR interpretation of Scripture was the correct interpretation. The Gnostic Gospels were kept out of the Canons, because the Gnostic Gospels did not reside well with the early religious patriarchs. I also learned during my graduate study what "Jesus" did and did not say, often contrary to what I was taught in Sunday School while growing up; or, how my old man decided to interpret his version of Scripture. The Rev'd Dr. Neville, Dean, Boston University School of Theology said at the beginning of his 1999 welcoming to new post-graduate students, "God is wild and cannot be fully domesticated."