Reply #23: You need some Gnostic Gospels. [View All]

[damnyankee2601]

There were 5 books stricken from the new testament by Emperor Justinian of the Byzantine Empire. They are generally considered to be the direct quotations of Jesus of Nazareth, and teach that everyone can achive godliness by leading a holy life because we are all connected to God. (This is Gnosticism, much like Buddhism, and is still practiced by Coptic Christians in Egypt who are generally considered to be the closest thing to the original 1st generation Christians.)

Once you get your head around the concept, it's pretty easy to see that everbody is worshiping different faces of the same God, and for Christians that spark of godliness is called The Holy Spirit. Unfortunately, there are a lot of weak minded individuals who just can't get their heads around it, so they retreat to the absolutism of dogma. These are called fundamentalists in any religion, and they work for Satan but don't know it.

Read more here: http://www.gnosis.org/naghamm/nhl.html