Since the fundamentalist christians have inserted themselves into the politics of our nation recently and want everyone to believe that there is a god and only one god, and that christianity is his chosen religion, and that our government should recognize these things as fact, I wondered if I could ask a few pertinent questions. These are not all the questions I have, but they are some of the most troubling.
If there is only one true religion, christianity, then why is it divided into over 38,000 denominations?
Since Jesus said he came to fulfill the law and not to replace it and only had two rules (love your neighbor and love god), why did Paul (who never met Jesus) start a new religion with a ton of new rules?
Since women were leaders in the first century church, why have many modern christian churches relegated them to a second-class status?
Why did god all of a sudden start worrying about the non-jewish people of the world, when before 33AD he was very brutal and vicious to those same people -- even to the point of genocide (wiping out whole peoples to let the Jews take their land)?
If god is all-powerful and created everything in existence, why does he require a blood sacrifice (jesus on the cross) to save mankind? Why did he make such a gory choice?
If the Bible is the inspired word of god, why does it contain myths from other peoples and times such as the great flood (including both Mesopotamian and Hindu myths)?
Where is the proof that Jesus even existed? And if he did, was resurrected?
Why do christians believe quoting the Bible proves anything at all?
I think I'll stop there. I have many more questions, but if these eight can't be answered what is the point in asking them?
You write: “Since Jesus said he came to fulfill the law and not to replace it and only had two rules (love your neighbor and love god), why did Paul (who never met Jesus) start a new religion with a ton of new rules?”
ReplyDeleteIndeed, Ribi Yehoshua didn’t come with a new religion; and I urge you to encourage every Christian to study the logical conclusions of the historical documentation at www.netzarim.co.il
(The above website also proofs with logic that Torah is the Instructions of the Creator (see the page Christians in the main page) – so it’s relevant for everyone!)
Anders Branderud
Thanks for pointing out that Paul never met Jesus. Paul's writings are based on his "visions" of a "heavenly Christ." The teachings of John the Baptizer, Jesus, and Jesus' brother James are dramatically different from Paul's ideas. They don't jibe at all.
ReplyDeletebtw, love your blog
Thanks Andrea.
ReplyDeleteYou ask why Christianity is divided into 38,000 denominations?
ReplyDeleteHistorically, Christ personally started one Church; that is what today is called the Eastern Orthodox communion. Since the fifth century, various schisms have arisen, with each one producing a variant of that original church, but with each new group breaking off with the parent group. Any schism with Christ's church is a break with Christ Himself, so most 'Christian' denominations, are ironically not Christian. (Their adherents will disagree with you, but history is what it is. So-called "Fundamentalists" are actually a massive group of misnamed people, because they lack almost every hallmark of the original Church.)