Intro to comparative world mythology and religion
Feb 24, 2019 15:50:14 GMT
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Post by yeshuapantera on Feb 24, 2019 15:50:14 GMT
Hi all, and welcome to an introductory thread based on comparing christianity to some of the other popular world religions and spiritual practices. The purpose of this thread is to try and explore, in a simple and easy to understand way, how christianity looks in comparison to the competition out there. If we're questioning christianity then this is a logical place to begin. I'll start off with an informative video to get started:
What we're diving into here is the notion that the story of Jesus Christ, though possibly true in part (which we can lead into with time) is a very obvious Heroes Journey tale structured in like fashion to many, many similar tales world wide. Having more to do with the living of a model human life according to a time and place in history, more so than to do with one fixed actual historical person as rendered in the story line. A lot of people have heard of this, some people have not. If you have not, then this is a place where the exploration can begin. Many of the regular members here have studied this issue for years and have made large advancements in discovering many of the mysteries involved with researching the Jesus tale, and also the foggy origins of Christianity itself. I'd like to ask those members to wade in slowly, however, as the focus here is a "101" examination of this issue. I hope that many new members joining the discussion will read through and ask as many questions as they'd like.
If you still believe in Jesus at this point, but want to know more about what believing in Jesus (which the churches do not generally tell you) can entail, then this is a good place to start looking for those kind of answers. And it involves an exploration into "non christian" spirituality and the sort of outside of the box thinking that comes with the videos below. Watch, consider and see if any of this begins to resonate with you......
What we're diving into here is the notion that the story of Jesus Christ, though possibly true in part (which we can lead into with time) is a very obvious Heroes Journey tale structured in like fashion to many, many similar tales world wide. Having more to do with the living of a model human life according to a time and place in history, more so than to do with one fixed actual historical person as rendered in the story line. A lot of people have heard of this, some people have not. If you have not, then this is a place where the exploration can begin. Many of the regular members here have studied this issue for years and have made large advancements in discovering many of the mysteries involved with researching the Jesus tale, and also the foggy origins of Christianity itself. I'd like to ask those members to wade in slowly, however, as the focus here is a "101" examination of this issue. I hope that many new members joining the discussion will read through and ask as many questions as they'd like.
If you still believe in Jesus at this point, but want to know more about what believing in Jesus (which the churches do not generally tell you) can entail, then this is a good place to start looking for those kind of answers. And it involves an exploration into "non christian" spirituality and the sort of outside of the box thinking that comes with the videos below. Watch, consider and see if any of this begins to resonate with you......