Comte de Sats Germain on Nostr: I've come full circle in my spirituality. Well, not quite full circle, but close ...
I've come full circle in my spirituality. Well, not quite full circle, but close enough.
I started with the assumption that Christians are nice people and there's no reason to go beyond that. Then I had some spiritual experiences, and I assumed that meant Christianity was correct - that one, narrow and truncated form of spirituality, quite an assumption. But there were inconsistencies, so I decided to make an honest effort at understanding the Bible - that included church, exploring various denominations, attending regular live online sermons (those were Eastern Orthodox), and the latest was a bible study with fellow nostriches. Every - **_every_** - attempt has ended when I pointed out what the Bible actually says, and got very angry responses. I don't claim to have a perfect understanding, but I can point to specific verses and their context and say, "this definitely can't mean (xyz)." But they can't handle it. They love their dogma, not the truth.
This all happened over the course of 5 years. And more... Jesus said to search the scriptures, so I have, and I continue to do so. The thing is, there was no Bible when he said that. So... What scriptures? Jewish Bible, okay, but there were more scriptures than that. There's the Greek Orphic cults, the Roman cults, the Egyptian cults, the Persian cults, etc. All of these were influencing people in Judea at that time.
But omg, try telling that to a Christian... If anyone ever doubts that Christianity is built upon a foundation of murder (not the rock/Peter/Jesus), just try that and think seriously about what these people would do, or turn a blind eye to.
I started with the assumption that Christians are nice people and there's no reason to go beyond that. Then I had some spiritual experiences, and I assumed that meant Christianity was correct - that one, narrow and truncated form of spirituality, quite an assumption. But there were inconsistencies, so I decided to make an honest effort at understanding the Bible - that included church, exploring various denominations, attending regular live online sermons (those were Eastern Orthodox), and the latest was a bible study with fellow nostriches. Every - **_every_** - attempt has ended when I pointed out what the Bible actually says, and got very angry responses. I don't claim to have a perfect understanding, but I can point to specific verses and their context and say, "this definitely can't mean (xyz)." But they can't handle it. They love their dogma, not the truth.
This all happened over the course of 5 years. And more... Jesus said to search the scriptures, so I have, and I continue to do so. The thing is, there was no Bible when he said that. So... What scriptures? Jewish Bible, okay, but there were more scriptures than that. There's the Greek Orphic cults, the Roman cults, the Egyptian cults, the Persian cults, etc. All of these were influencing people in Judea at that time.
But omg, try telling that to a Christian... If anyone ever doubts that Christianity is built upon a foundation of murder (not the rock/Peter/Jesus), just try that and think seriously about what these people would do, or turn a blind eye to.