Dear Believer
by Dan Barker Dear Believer, — You asked me to consider Christianity as the answer for my life. I have done that. I consider it untrue, repugnant, and harmful. You expect me to believe Jesus was born of a virgin impregnated by a ghost? Do you believe all the crazy tales of ancient religions? Julius Caesar was reportedly born of a virgin; Roman historian Seutonius said Augustus bodily rose to heaven when he died; and Buddha was supposedly born speaking. You don’t believe all that, do you? Why do you expect me to swallow the fables of Christianity? I find it incredible that you ask me to believe that the earth was created in six literal days; women come from a man’s rib; a snake, a donkey, and a burning bush spoke human language; the entire world was flooded, covering the mountains to drown evil; all animal species, millions of them, rode on one boat; language variations stem from the tower of Babel; Moses had a magic wand; the Nile turned to blood; a stick turned into a snake; witches, ...
I lament because Jesus was indeed a realized master...totally enlightened, however Christianity has become a 'dark religion' and the original teachings have become ignored. This seems to happen...the master gets disciples, a few benefit, but then after a few centuries the original shakti (energy) of the master dissipates. Such is the challenge before us. Regards, Keith
ReplyDelete1) Yep. Apart from the inherent flaws of Christianity, it has been overgrown with spiritual fungus, as well. Nice-looking fungus, admittedly.
ReplyDelete2) On that note, I NEED to visit Rome some day. Ah. The only good things to come out of religion: the music and the art.
-Leonard
My favorite art was the ancient Roman and the Botticelli's in the Sistine Chapel.
ReplyDeleteOne painting of a bunch of monks being hung was unbelievably disturbing and the guide would not tell me what the story behind it was. Some heresy I suspect.
That was a great video, and it made a lot of sense, at least to me.
ReplyDeleteMaybe the Vatican could cash in some those relics and help the poor of the world. But I guess that would be un-godly.