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~*~
Anyway,
what are a few thousand years of human developments
and histories?
MUCH easier to look back,
dig and delight than be in the thick of it and get murdered by some legal
or illegal idiot?
But there we are:
in the middle of IT {here and/or there} AND
looking everywhere to find explanations to GO ON and
comfort our worries
& sorrows!
~*~
Constantine was also
a very good businessman {like Mohammed later on?}.
He could see that Christianity was on the rise,
and he simply backed the winning horse.
Historians still marvel at the brilliance with which Constantine converted
the sun-worshipping pagans to Christianity.
By fusing pagan symbols, dates and rituals {which all religions & filosophies do!} into the growing Christian tradition,
he created {as had been done so many times before and after him}
a kind of hybrid religion that was acceptable
to 'both' parties?
~*~
THUS {again!} transmogrification:
the vestiges of pagan religions in Christian symbology are undeniable.
Egyptian sun disks became the halos of Catholic saints.
Pictograms of Isis nursing her miraculously conceived son Horus
became the blueprint for our 'modern' images of the 'virgin' Mary nursing
Baby Jesus.
~*~
And virtually {cyberspacialdigitalmagical}
ALL elements of the Catholic ritualistic religion
- the mitre {Santa Claus with our American pagan allies!}, the altar,
the doxology and communion, the act of "God-eating" -
were taken practically directly from earlier
pagan mystery
religions.
~*~
DON'T
get a symbologist
started on Christian {Jewish, Moslim, Pagan a.s.o.} icons:
almost NOTHING in Christianity
{except "LOVE" & Under-standing?} is really
'original'!
~*~
The pre-Christian God Mithras
- called the Son of God & the Light of the World - was born on December 25, died, was buried in a rock tomb,
and THEN resurrected
in three days.
~*~
AND,
by the way,
December 25 is ALSO the birthday of Osiris, Adonis & Dionysus!
The newborn Krishna was presented with gold, frankincense, and myrrh.
Even Christianity's weekly
holy day was stolen
from the pagans.
~*~

ORIGINALLY,
Christianity honoured
the Jewish Sabbath
{Marduk/Tiamat?}
of Saturday,
but Constantine Ceasar
shifted it to coincide
with the pagan's veneration day
of the sun.
~*~
To
this very
'modern' day {of +/- 2004 AC},
most churchgoers
attend services
on Sunday morning with no idea
that they are there
on account of the pagan
sun god's
weekly tribute ~
SUNday!
~*~
DURING
this clever
fusion of religions,
Constantine needed to strengthen
the new Christian traditon,
and held a famous
'ecumenical'
gathering known as
the Council of Nicea.
~*~
At
THIS gathering
many aspects of
Christianity were debated and
voted upon
- the date of Easter,
the role of the bishops,
the administration of sacraments,
and, of course,
the divinity of
their Jesus.
~*~
UNTIL
that moment in history,
Yeshu was viewed
by most of
HIS
followers
as a mortal prophet
...
a great and 'powerful' wise man
and a son
of"G*D",
but a man
nonetheless.
A mortal!
~*~
NOT
the Son of G*D?
No:
"Jesus" establishment
as 'the Son of God'
was officially proposed
and voted on by
the Council of Nicaea
{Iznik/Turkey
in 325 AC}
...
~*~
Jesus'
divinity was
the result of a vote!?
~*~
Yes,
and a
relatively close vote
at that.
Nonetheless,
establishing Christ's
divinity was critical
to the further unification
of the crumbling Roman Empire
and to the new Vatican power base:
by officially endorsing Jesus as
THE Son of GOD,
Constantine turned Yeshu
into a deity who existed beyond
the scope of the
human world,
an entity
whose power
was unchallengeable!
And
THIS
not only
precluded further pagan
challenges to Christianity,
but
NOW
the followers of Christ
were able to redeem themselves
only
via the established
'sacred'
channel ~
the Roman Catholic
Church
...
~*~
I'm
sorry to say so,
but for almost 2000 years
IT
was almost
ALL
about
POWER.
And
Mr. Mohammed followed
THAT
early trail!
~*~
The only
consolation is:
we, human beings,
can't exist humanely without
MEANING,
and at the heart of the meaning of our life
remains the fact
that love and understanding,
compassion and patience form our
real rock of
ages
...
~*~
And,
as far
as I am concerned:
the rest is
'bullshit makebelieve',
'magical mystery miracles'
& superstition.
~*~
THE
treasure
can be found inside
our own heart
and nowhere
else.
~*~
Whatever priests,
rabbis, preachers, imams,
gurus and politicians might tell you:
NOT
any ritual can 'save' you,
but only your own insight
and social action
based on the treasure
that can be found
within
humane discovery of
ourselves & each
other.
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