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<blockquote data-quote="Lurker66" data-source="post: 2691533" data-attributes="member: 24459">One of my favorite topics.First off, separate the Bible into 2 parts.&nbsp; OT and NT.&nbsp; Understand that Jesus was a practicing Jewish at the time of his death.&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; What was written after his death needs to be put in perspective.&nbsp; The followers of Jesus (those who actually knew him or of him) all fervently believed that OT prophecy was actually being fulfilled and expected a 2nd comming and end during their lifetimes.It didn&#039;t happen.Once them first followers died off and Paul took over, that&#039;s when stuff got skewed into the things we believe today.&nbsp;&nbsp; Councils of Nicea and Trent were really a sham by today&#039;s scholars......Lotsa political BS, especially the whole 3 into 1, father/son/spirit thing.&nbsp;&nbsp; Today&#039;s scholars probably wouldn&#039;t include much of what&#039;s in the NT today, especially Revelations, a chunk of Matthew and some of Luke.&nbsp;&nbsp; Lotsa Paul&#039;s letters are very often taken out of context.Overall I&#039;m of the opinion that what&#039;s been taught since the advent of the printing press has skewed Christianity beyond hope.&nbsp;&nbsp; It&#039;s now a crapshoot.Be good, love and forgive.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Lurker66, post: 2691533, member: 24459"] One of my favorite topics. First off, separate the Bible into 2 parts. OT and NT. Understand that Jesus was a practicing Jewish at the time of his death. What was written after his death needs to be put in perspective. The followers of Jesus (those who actually knew him or of him) all fervently believed that OT prophecy was actually being fulfilled and expected a 2nd comming and end during their lifetimes. It didn't happen. Once them first followers died off and Paul took over, that's when stuff got skewed into the things we believe today. Councils of Nicea and Trent were really a sham by today's scholars......Lotsa political BS, especially the whole 3 into 1, father/son/spirit thing. Today's scholars probably wouldn't include much of what's in the NT today, especially Revelations, a chunk of Matthew and some of Luke. Lotsa Paul's letters are very often taken out of context. Overall I'm of the opinion that what's been taught since the advent of the printing press has skewed Christianity beyond hope. It's now a crapshoot. Be good, love and forgive. [/QUOTE]

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