I love history and have read many books. Many from long before our time and many about the history of the faith and the creation of this phenomenon. I have devoured the stories about The Buddha, Jesus, Mohammed, Zarathustra and Krishna and many others. For me, it was not directly about strengthening my faith, but more about the history described. What is being told, by whom, and what was the purpose of it, what could we as humans learn from this?
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When I read these books, I read many things that are difficult to apply in that strict form in today’s life.
Also, I read a lot of almost the same situations, which are told under different names in a different time. Of course, these holy books were all written at different times by different people, often much later than the situations they described. Consider that the first book in the New Testament of the Bible was not written until seventy years after the life of Jesus. When I think about this, I always get the urge to dive into psychology and look at how we humans remember things, and what remains of our thoughts over time. Right now, we live in a much busier time with many more distractions, but still?
The Laughing Jesus?
I have also read books with possible explanatory texts about the holy books. Also books by researchers who (in the present time) have examined the Bible for its truthfulness. (The Laughing Jesus, Timothy Freke and Peter Gandy @2006 ISBN 9062719953) Now I also know that the holy books are about believing, and not knowing for sure. According to many, it is there because you accept it unquestioningly, and follow and practice. But as I mentioned earlier, I think this is becoming more and more difficult in the present time with all the scientists who are doing more and more to find the truth. Take, for example, the book “Vatican BV” by Gianluigi Nuzzi from 2011. In it, the author Nuzzi talks about what he believes to be a secret archive that reveals the truth about the financial and political scandals within the Catholic Church. According to history, this church has suffered many times from gross scandals.
How many people can remember the Truth?
Think of the time of “our” William of Orange” (who chased his wife to her death because she cheated on him, while that was normal for him as a men!) The time when Martin Luther showed that the Catholic Church made money from things that were not in the Bible. This was because most people believed their priest because they couldn’t read themselves. Also think of the recently revealed scandals surrounding child abuse in that same church, what has really happened to it? Do people have to hold on to their faith to survive in an increasingly harsh world for them? Do Catholic and other faiths remain intact even though many homosexuals (Forbidden Love) work there?
Do you know the story off Emperor Constantine, and Eusebius?
For me it’s fine, but the Pope, their leader in the Vatican, says different things, right? Think of how the New Testament in the Bible came about in the time of Emperor Constantine (273, 337) he probably had no choice because otherwise his empire would fall apart. He chose the books that had not fallen from his table in one night, and with them he formed the holy book. The Nag Hammadi writings found later, in which Judas (Judas’ gospel) was portrayed much more positively than in the Bible, did not play a role at that time.History, what do we do with it and how truthful is it? How many people build their truth and life path on these stories?
Women in the Middle Ages were often burned at the stake for their claims or truth-finding
How many people live by their own beliefs and Truths that cause them to constantly harm others, all of us? As mentioned earlier, women in the Middle Ages were often burned at the stake for their claims or truth-finding. The “men” called these “exorcisms” or “witch burnings.” William of Orange took his then wife’s life, even though he probably committed more adultery as a man. The House of Orange continued to rule until the present day. Often a child could just be conceived by a king in old age with a young woman, otherwise the family and the royal family would have died out. Has DNA research ever been done here?
Has DNA research ever been done here
In short, for me personally, the faith described, and the history put on paper by many have many question marks. It’s a pity about all those hours in that lonely time in that dimly lit attic room, but the professors of our time will certainly have made the excuse that history is subject to change. But on what do we base the decisions we base on that history? How do we make decisions now? As a student or adult, you should always base the answers to questions asked of you on facts and truths, right? How is this possible when the truth is still under investigation? Probably “our” academic and scientific world has many answers for this? If we understand that they are setting the way for us in a sincere, independent way. Well, the fact that there are also Catholic and Christian universities in this world makes it even more difficult. PS: see what you can throw away from your studies……
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