Hey Sloan, next time a Bible Thumper tries to bother you......
Ask them how many Spiritual Groups BEFORE Jesus had a Messiah they say was born on Dec 25th, had a Dude they say was born of a Virgin, Could Perform Miracles like turning water into wine, walking on water. Was crucified and rose 3 days later? They don't KNOW!!!!!!!!!!!!
Horus and Mithros were two but there were MANY others!!! Story sound familiar? Go ahead google Jesus/Horus and see what you find.
The Bishops at the Council of Nicea, not saying they did a cut and paste jobby about who Jesus was and what his life was all about BUT, if a person did say that they would have a VERY STRONG CASE.
Then ask them who Eusebius was. I don't know but the Dude Constantine put in charge of editing the Bible seems like he would have been a pretty well known Dude in Christianity, right? Why no one I met saying they are Christians ever heard of him?
The bottom line most Christians do not have the first clue about how Christianity came together. They memorize a made up book and somehow think that is spiritual.
It would not bother me in the LEAST but Constantine put it together to grow his Roman Empire. He needed a way for the folks to fall inline with their behavior after he defeated the Pagan Dude Licinius. Double the people, same number of loyal soldiers....what to do, what to do! Presto Christianity to keep the folks in line and paying tithes when the soldiers were not there. Worked PRETTY good too! Made up stuff and people still into it 2000 years later! Amazing! That is why Christians are called to evangelize. If they would just mutter to themselves it would be cool and all but don't try to lay your mess on me.
It is all there if you dare to google!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I have studied it all at length, so just do not let them bother you, they have NO idea what they are talking about even if they can recite Genesis to Revelation verbatim, SO WHAT! LOL
Ask them what happened to The Gospel of Thomas, why did it get left on the editing room floor?
Most won't like you confusing them with the fact's but if you do they will likely go and bother someone else.
Take care!
Shifterp OUT!
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