Re: Evidences of God -- APPEASEMENT

stoney wrote:

>         [SNIPALOT]
> >
> >Christ's teachings include, among other things, that we should love even our
> >enemies, that we should not judge one another (often misinterpreted to mean
> >that we should not try and point out one another's mistakes for correction),
> >and that we should not pray or fast in a manner that broadcasts our piety
> >for recognition and reward by our fellows.
>
> Minor nit.  Items *said* to be Christ's teachings.  As far as I'm aware
> 'he' never wrote anything.
>
> >This last item, you included in
> >part of the text I snipped, and is among my favorite passages in the
> >Gospels.  I have not seen specifics about where Christ supposedly derived
> >these teachings if he did not come up with them independently.  If you know
> >where, please, do tell.
>
> There might have been something dealing with that in the glances I gave
> the Mithras and Zoroaster links.  There's a few folks who might be able
> to shed light on the subject.

===>just a quick comment:
You need to go no further back than the founder of Christianity,
Saul/Paul of Tarsus. A man born outside of the homeland, a self-proclaimed
Roman citizen who persecuted the Jewish Messianists who believed
in the coming "Kingdom of God" (i.e. end of Roman domination),
and opposed any rebellious attitude toward the Romans.
So, of course he would preach that the Jews should "love their enemy"
and they should be obedient to the authorities (See Romans 13).

    The Gospels tend to reflect not the militancy of Jesus, for which
he was captured, tried and executed, but the appeasement of
Saul/Paul, which ultimately made his religion the state-certified
cult of the Empire!