11-19-2024, 05:04 AM
(11-18-2024, 06:49 PM)Nugget Wrote: My lifelong research has led me to belive the Bible is based on hostory from many different ethnic groups handed down for centuries. It seems to me the Jewish people adopted most of their stories from other cultures and with a little poetic license altered them to fit and claimed these stories as their own.
That, and the fact that humanity is far older than can be reconsiled Biblically led me down a rabbit hole most Christains fear to travel.
I wanted to find out what books were not included in the original texts because a pannel of men decided they weren't 'devinely inspired'. I found them to be thought provoking and began my own quest to find MY truth; not the one I was indoctrinated to believe from early childhood on.
I do belive there are church members that have a perrsonal relationship with God/Creator, but also believe there are far more outside of the church.
I spent many years trying to be a good Christain and siitting in church every Sunday and prayer groups on Wednesday; what I saw filled me with questions. I realized church was for improving oneself, but why did nobody ever seem to improve? Especially on other weekdays?
I came to the conclusion that sitting in a church pew doesn't make someone a Christian; their behavior does. And so I walked away....to remain a heathen evermore.
You know Nugs we might disagree on our perception of the world but what I can say with absolute certainty is that I appreciate your truthfulness in conveying your experience as honest and direct as possible.
I have a another video lined up but I'm still working through it before I post it because that's basic decorum as far as I'm concerned. And it's just over 5 hours long so yeah there is that but the subject matter by itself causes times to fly.
I don't know the guy from a bar of soap but it appeared in my youtube feed he's Australian so perhaps a member from down there could chime in with their opinion of him regardless of what that opinion is.
I want to hear it all.
See you on the flipside.
