From a former Christian (raised and education through college) this is a struggle to embrace! The ultimate answer is within us as individuals connected together. We all must decide for ourselves. However, if it's real truth you seek then you must challenge every belief, concept, historical event(s) to build a path to understanding. Here's some highlights from one journey:
- I believe Christ lived. The message he delivered was intentional and the timing was not an accident.
- However, the Bible and most of what is accepted as fact in the Catholic church and Christianity is a lie. The Roman republic "packaged" and created Christianity, it's a well established fact if you do the homework. That so many people rely on spcific verbiage, parables and lessons from a book written over countless times by political interests trying to utilize it as a tool for society blows me away.
- The afterlife is real, it is well established and we are here on Earth to experience a dimension that is like a "training school" for souls, full of negative and positive polarities. A path of serving others and love naturally elevates someone for ascension. There is not a "pass/fail" judgement! What divine being would create such a system. It's a silly notion. The purpose is to provide the setting for gaining experiences and growth.
- The painful truth is that non-Earth dark-side entities play a controlling role here. It's been that way for thousands of years. It's a long story, however the galactic history of Earth involves four "resets"- four previous "graduations" (Noah was the last) in which our creator cleaned house essentially. Another one is possible imminent :)