Jesus was outright railing against many of his cultural norms. Hang out with sinners, lepers, tax collectors?! You woke newb.
Tell us that we can confess our sins and appeal to the Creator directly, rather than practice elaborate rituals, follow strict religious regulations, constantly appeal to our religious leaders for favor and answers on our behalf?
You lazy millenial. Work harder and pull yourself up the ladder by your bootstraps already. We want you to repress and simmer in your shame just like we did.
I love me some repetitions in the reams of history.
But yeah. Talking about religions on the forums gets spicy fast. I’ve actually been surprised it’s been coming up so frequently this past week.
jesus claimed to be the jewish messiah, the #1 difference between jews and christians is that christians recognize jesus as the jewish messiah and jews don’t
the romans were pretty lax, I wouldn’t say he challenged cultural norms
I’ve mixed opinions on the matter. Of course, like everything you read, each slice of historical interpretation can change you view point. I’ve recently come across a book interested at looking at Jesus and his apostles as a competing doomsday/rapture group in direct contention with John the Baptist as a competitor. Which is something I’d not considered.
maybe the lower levels, I’m protestant and I generally listen to the pope on most issues except birth control, divorce, and abortion
I have had a significant amount of admiration for every single pope in my lifetime…but I did grow up in the boston area and I could probably say the exact opposite of some of his employees to say the least
christianity and jesus have had a weird relationship with rome… if you read between the lines jesus is basically claiming himself to be the caesar of heaven
the american revolution was borne from taverns and guilds
(and whenever someone talks about the founding fathers nowadays what they often mean is slavery… every single white person has many many slaves in their lineage due to the history of the roman empire)
Jesus the person actually said some good things according to the Bible.
It’s the followers who turned the religion into the hot mess that it currently is, as a lot of the stated beliefs of modern christian sects are opposite what the Bible says Jesus said.
It would appear as though blizzard has spoken and the forums will stay as they are and that is a good thing.
We had some lovely discussions with many wonderful people to determine the best format for the forums. Those fruitful discussions yielded a positive result and the forums will not be changing.
