Any other Christians here?

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Never heard of that

I bought a copy of the Bhagavad Gita in Reno some years ago, thinking it might be interesting, and different from the Abrahamic religions' "holy" texts.

I got into it a bit, and found it interesting, but yep, I eventually found the Hindu version of the seemingly nearly-universal "Kill the Infidels!" sentiment.

What's a dogma got goin' for it without serious smiting, after all!

Darron

What did you think of it?

I'll add it to my reading list then.
Maybe I'll look for an illustrated children's version so I don't mix up the characters.

I chose other, like I am athiest...but also satanist, as us satanists do not actually believe in Satan, we just see him as a positive symbol. I mean sure when I first abandoned christianity it took me time to get to where I am now and for a time I figured god and satan were real and I'd rather choose satan because I honestly felt alienated from god due to being female and other stuff too. so I figured better to reign in hell than serve in heaven....granted if that stuff was for real I might modify it to I'd rater serve in helll then serve in heaven, since idk if I am really the reigning type, but either way seemed better to serve in hell than in heaven. But at some point I realised the other option is none of that is real and it makes the most sense.....like sure fantizing about some after life can be a fun brain exercise but realistically it probably does not exist. And maybe god and jesus were just as fake as santa, the leprechaun and easter bunny I was sad when I found out but for sure it just further encouraged me to wonder if in that case also god isn't real...turns out very likey that god is in fact not real...so also satan is not real and it's all just a bunch of mythology.

But basically I was a christian in the past and now I am not.

Even though I don't believe in him, I'm firmly on Team Satan. He wanted Adam and Eve to eat from the Tree of Knowledge. He doesn't commit atrocities.

I agree with Richard Dawkins:

Satan is pretty nice in comparison. I wouldn't want to worship a god like that. I wouldn't follow or obey a similarly corrupt leader. Satan did the right thing by rejecting him. People shouldn't blindly obey tyrannical, absolute authority without question.

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I enjoyed parts of it from a literary standpoint but found most of it is underwhelming.

The Song of Solomon is pretty cool. What's not to like about erotic poetry?

My favorite Bible verse:

"Your breasts are like two fawns, like twin fawns of a gazelle that browse among the lilies" Solomon 4:5

What's not to love about gazellian breasts?

Former Episcopalian.Now a Buddhist/Pagan.
I’ve read the whole Bible, twice.The Bhagavad-Gita , which I enjoyed, attempted Book of Mormon ,but it was too dull, Dhammapada , Koran, and other Buddhist texts.

It's my understanding that Smith drew heavily from Freemasonry, which was a very big deal 200 years ago, especially in upstate NY where all this happened. Interestingly, college fraternities also arose in upstate NY in the same era and were also heavily influenced by Freemasonry. Upstate NY had a lot of commercial and cultural activity in those days. After the US lost the War of 1812, the Erie Canal became one of the most Important bits of infrastructure to link the US to Canada.

Joseph Smith was himself a Freemason.

In fact he had a special whistle Freemasons were supposed to blow to summon other Freemasons if they are in danger. And he blew it once when mobs were attacking he and his flock once.

^ Didn't Joseph Smith die from a mob breaking into the prison where Joseph Smith was being held in, in 1844? Or are you referring to a different mob attack?

Interesting. I didn't know Joseph Smith was a freemason!

He was a polygamist who had up to 40 wives.

https://www.nytimes.com/2014/11/11/us/i ... wives.html

A strange person to be God’s spokesperson in my opinion. Perhaps he wrote the Book of Mormon to suit his preferences.

The BoM says that people shouldn’t have multiple wives or concubines BUT:

https://knowhy.bookofmormoncentral.org/ ... zed,2%3A32–33).

An impossible-to-prove deity apparently gave him an impossible-to-prove command - how convenient.

Their stance on polygamy is why they were viewed poorly by other Christian denominations in the 19th century.

And their are Catholics and Orthodox, who think Protestants are going to burn.

The reality is, that their is, and can only be, one Church, because there is only one Christ, but that Church is comprised of everyone who belongs to Jesus whatever worldly church organisations they are members of.

That's why we are called Christians. We follow Christ.

Anglican, Lutheran, Catholic, Orthodox, these are all groups of Christians who got distracted by disputes, I am a Christian, because I'm saved by Jesus Christ of Nazareth all glory to his holy name.

It wasn't the pope or the patriach who shed his blood for me, it was Jesus Christ of Nazareth.