How did Christianity get started?

Dude, hell is the grave.

It was started by the dudes who killed Jesus to emphasize that they will kill a Messiah every time they're dissatisfied with the scheme of things.

In Golgotha We Trust



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It was started by the Roman empire during the reign of Emperor Constantine. The purpose was to control the empire by making one single religion the law of the land and all other existing religions illegal. It united the people under a single purpose - to conquer other lands in the guise of converting them and saving their souls. This aroused much more enthusiasm and fervor in the armies and made the soldiers fight harder. As the government of Rome then became the religion, the Church of Rome became the ruling body . The Roman Empire didn't really fall. It just changed form, became a church and continued to rule the world as The Roman Catholic Church, until the Reformation when countries began to break free from its control.

Why do they call Jesus by the name Jesus when his name was Joshua? And why do they call Joshua by the name Joshua when his name is apparently Jesus?

So the concept of saving souls from hell was also invented?
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The whole idea of a man dying and becoming a god and the savior of all mankind was typically Roman. Julius Caesar was made into a god after his death and many others. Jesus was to replace all the the dead guy gods and become the only god the empire would now recognize and be united under.

How can the bible be the word of god, when it is composed of (among other things) letters written by a person named "Paul" who admits being a sinner?

Are you saying you are sinless?

Romans 3:23 For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God;

there was only one person on the planet that was sinless, and they crucified him for that, Jesus Christ.


How can the Bible be the word of God? It is proven by the numerous prophecies.

Here's some:
[link to eternal-productions.org]
and some more:
[link to eternal-productions.org]

and some more:
[link to www.learnbible.net]
and more:
[link to web.archive.org]
[link to www.cobblestoneroadministry.org]

Are you saying you are sinless?

Romans 3:23 For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God;

there was only one person on the planet that was sinless, and they crucified him for that, Jesus Christ.


How can the Bible be the word of God? It is proven by the numerous prophecies.

Here's some:
[link to eternal-productions.org]
and some more:
[link to eternal-productions.org]

and some more:
[link to www.learnbible.net]
and more:
[link to web.archive.org]
[link to www.cobblestoneroadministry.org]

So Jesus was a real person who got killed?

Jesus is a real soul who has been reincarnated several times to be murdered by his own inner-circle, yes.

I'm curious: how many people believe Christianity is a fraud?

It was started by the Roman empire during the reign of Emperor Constantine. The purpose was to control the empire by making one single religion the law of the land and all other existing religions illegal. It united the people under a single purpose - to conquer other lands in the guise of converting them and saving their souls. This aroused much more enthusiasm and fervor in the armies and made the soldiers fight harder. As the government of Rome then became the religion, the Church of Rome became the ruling body . The Roman Empire didn't really fall. It just changed form, became a church and continued to rule the world as The Roman Catholic Church, until the Reformation when countries began to break free from its control.

It's a huge and very successful hoax, successful because it was forced on the world via war and genocide by a very powerful empire .

So did Joshua (a/k/a Jesus) actually live?

There is no such thing as Christianity. You're either Catholic or Jewish. There isn't anything else.

Yes but it was during the Greek period of rule of Judea, around 100 BC, and he was stoned to death, not crucified. And he was an Essene, and he was not made into a god by his followers. His story and teachings became a part of the composite god Jesus that was created by the ruling Romans in the 4th century.

"The Gnostics thought that Jehovah was an alien/demon/lord archon and that he was a fake god – a masquerading archon - Lord Archon - duplicating reality. They did believe in God, they believed in what they called the one true God and that’s how they always defined it. Interestingly, Jesus defined his belief as being of the one true God, always delineating it. I believe many of the stories of Jesus are actually Gnostic myths about a possible rebellion against the Archons who came down very severely on the rebel.

So the Archons were released somehow from a prison – and this is probably what The Book of Enoch is about – where he said he took the demons and locked them in a box but that they would come back at the end of time. Jesus was very interested in relating this idea that something was going to happen at the end of time..so we can work out a picture of what these Archonic forces are. They were somehow successfully quelled and then began their re-emergence and they are as close to immortal as we could understand and that’s why their plan is so precise but they needed time to gain power because, the people of the earth were essentially gnostics who were resistant to, and didn’t believe in the “religion” that was being foisted on them where they must be fearful of an angry, war god called Jehovah. But eventually, the forces of Jehovah conquered the last of them and now they are pretty much in control of the system and are busy creating the infamous 'genocide of cambodia, WWII, stalin, mao, etc. - 20th century) orgy of despair and horror [imposed upon humans] which is 'the end result of the buildup of the population over the last 2,000 years by means of strategic successful manipulation of humanity through the major religions.
The story of this can be put together by following the histories of how these churches were formed and became so large and monsterous. And right now we have a monster on our hands which is growing in power, tht is the Lord Archon himself. more later.."

I thought the apostles were jewish people who spoke Aramaic or Hebrew...

Yes but it was during the Greek period of rule of Judea, around 100 BC, and he was stoned to death, not crucified. And he was an Essene, and he was not made into a god by his followers. His story and teachings became a part of the composite god Jesus that was created by the ruling Romans in the 4th century.

Wait . . . you just said the bible is the word of god because it is proven by numerous prophecies in the bible. That's a circular argument

The common language then was Greek, just as English is Today. In most foreign countries, business people are fluent in their native tongue and English, French or Spanish. The most common, being English. If you want your message to reach all American and British German and French subjects in the Middle East, you don't use the various local Arabic dialects or their native language, you use English. One language they will all generally understand. So the Apostles were writing to jewish people and Christians not only at home, but scattered in many different countries. So a common language was the best way to communicate with them all.