Friday, April 22, 2011
Whew!
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Religion is 'business' from the point of view of the 'priests.' It is their livelyhood. And that 'business' can go bankrupt like any other business if it fails to provide a saleable product. Jesus was needed in order to save Judaism from the priests. Jesus was the 'promised Messiah' who has always been 'just around the corner.'
True, the priests lived large at the expense of the faithful (as usual), but there seemed no end to the processes of sexual mutilation and donation. Add to that the fact that the Jewish God was a veritable Monster, a serial Killer, and you have a religion which is literally balanced on the edge of forever. A 'savior' was needed. A Messiah. A Messiah who was always lurking 'just around the corner' but who never actually showed up. Jesus screwed the system: he actually arrived. Oops.
Jesus brought Heaven and Hell with him. Either, or. Either you believed in Jesus as 'savior' and went to Heaven after you died - or you went to Hell after you died. Strange idea: you 'died' but then 'lived forever' in Heaven or Hell?!
The priests explained that, 'Souls can never die. You will live forever whether you liked it or not.' Yeesh. The ultimate 'gotcha!'
'Soul' explained 'Mind' back in those days. Few people could imagine their personal 'non-existence.' They believed. Nowadays we know that 'brain' produces 'mind' and that when the brain dies, 'mind' dies with it. We do not live forever after all. Whew!
Religion is 'business' from the point of view of the 'priests.' It is their livelyhood. And that 'business' can go bankrupt like any other business if it fails to provide a saleable product. Jesus was needed in order to save Judaism from the priests. Jesus was the 'promised Messiah' who has always been 'just around the corner.'
True, the priests lived large at the expense of the faithful (as usual), but there seemed no end to the processes of sexual mutilation and donation. Add to that the fact that the Jewish God was a veritable Monster, a serial Killer, and you have a religion which is literally balanced on the edge of forever. A 'savior' was needed. A Messiah. A Messiah who was always lurking 'just around the corner' but who never actually showed up. Jesus screwed the system: he actually arrived. Oops.
Jesus brought Heaven and Hell with him. Either, or. Either you believed in Jesus as 'savior' and went to Heaven after you died - or you went to Hell after you died. Strange idea: you 'died' but then 'lived forever' in Heaven or Hell?!
The priests explained that, 'Souls can never die. You will live forever whether you liked it or not.' Yeesh. The ultimate 'gotcha!'
'Soul' explained 'Mind' back in those days. Few people could imagine their personal 'non-existence.' They believed. Nowadays we know that 'brain' produces 'mind' and that when the brain dies, 'mind' dies with it. We do not live forever after all. Whew!
