The "New Testament": Pagan revenge
Between G-d's own miracles and the Jewish teaching of His Word, the pagan priesthoods of Egypt, Greece, and Rome were steadily losing their power over the gentile populations. They decided to fight back by creating a new religion, one that would claim to be the fulfillment of the Hebrew "Old Testament," yet would bring back the pagan lies in a new disguise.
Thus the "New Testament" was written, in Greek rather than Hebrew, and attached to the original Hebrew scriptures to try to change their meaning back toward paganism.
The "New Testament" tried to change G-d from One, as in the Hebrew scriptures, into a "trinity" as in Egyptian cults or the eastern religions of Hinduism and Buddhism. It described Jesus as G-d in a human body, like the pagans always described Pharoah and other wicked kings. It declared G-d's Law to be a "curse" that no one can truly obey, announced that there must be a "mediator" between G-d and man, and pretended that salvation could now be achieved outside the Law.
To blind the gentile nations, the "New Testament" also warned people not to learn from the Jews, declaring that Israel no longer possessed the true, complete Word of G-d.
In the Bible, the book of Daniel warned of an evil power--a false religion--that would believe in the true "G-d of fortresses... plus a god its fathers did not know." This religion would "speak bizarre words about the Most High, wear out the holy ones (the Jews), and plan to change the festivals and the religious Law."7 The Christian Church has indeed replaced Passover with Easter (the pagan holiday of Astarte and Ishtar) and Hanukah with Christmas (the pagan winter holiday).
Since then, Christian paganism has expanded to include Christmas trees, Easter eggs, and so forth.
http://www.noahide.com/paganism.htm
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2007-07-13
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jewish scholars say mohammed was a liar cause god doesnt speak thru angels he speaks directly to people
EDIT my encyclopedia of gods says that allah/yahweh/jehova was based on an old semetic god el your assumption is correct when you say gods are based off older myths these beliefes stat somewhere then someone else gets a hold of them and the grow the egyptians were the first to believe in the immortal soul it was the ka it was just changed around when the jews made that story their own
2007-07-13 20:27:17
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answered by Anonymous
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Jews condemning Christians as pagan? ha.......ha...hahaha. oh.... oh thats funny. Jews have always turned their back on God, your scriptures extensively document that. They built the calf when Moses was absent. They neglected God time and time again during the reign of the Judges. Who knows how many times the Jews worshipped Baal?
Christmas trees- the Evegreen tree is a symbol of fertility because Evegreen trees do not wither in the winter. They survive. Christmas is a celebration of fertility. True Jesus was born in the sixth month according to the gospel of Luke, Christmas day is a sybolic day of celebration. Besides! Hanukah is in the same time. Can you say the Christians mimick the winter solstice, but the Jews do not? That is not really a fair conclusion.
Easter eggs. Eggs are a symbol of fertility - the new life, the resurrection of Christ.
What about Saint Patrick's day... Saint Patrick used the three leaf clover so people could relate to the Trinity - three branches but all live from the same stem.
And the Christian five point star.... Both the Jews (Star of David) and the Wiccans have such a symbol. Early Christians used the five-pointed star to symbolize the five wounds of Christ (head, hands, feet, side, and.......... Maybe his body from the floggings, I forget exactly)
These things are not points of doctrine. We do not say Jesus was born on Dec 25th, that is only the day we chose to celebrate it. Nor do we worship Easter eggs. We only use those because they have parallels. Pagans at the time saw these things and said, "Oh, I get it". Did Moses not perform signs so that the Pharoah could understand what authority Moses had?
2007-07-13 20:47:44
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answered by Anonymous
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Each church wants to exist. Thus it has to say that only it has the truth and all other churches are dangerous, blind, cursed. In other words, that they don't possess the truth of life. Christian church is the same case.
Yes, the Trinity was created by the church. There is no word on it in the Bible. But let's try to think about it deeper. The God Father and the Holy Spirit can be the same. And Jesus was not a God in a human body, but a preacher, a mighty prophet who spread the creed of Moses among people using a popular method of teaching (among people on the streets). Later, his disciples enhanced him to the divine level and wrote the books of the New Testament.
Now let's take a closer look at the New Testament. In the first book we can read that Jesus was from a royal kin, thus possessed the royal blood and had a legitimate claim on the throne (sounds like the Da Vinci Code but is true). Thus the expressions "king according to God's will" and "son of God" are not very different. Egyptian pharaohs were also called sons and daughters of Gods. So the expression "son of God" can also mean "king" that complies with the first chapters of the New Testament. At the end of the New Testament we read about Jesus raising to heaven. But there is NOT written that he was raised with his physical BODY. That means that he died like every normal human and his SPIRIT was raised to heaven.
Thus I respect Jesus and his legacy but do NOT believe that he is immortal and he is God.
2007-07-14 00:22:34
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answered by Anonymous
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Not all Christians believe in a Trinity, which could be classified as polytheism. There are sects today that follow beliefs more closely resembling arianism.
Origen, for example, seemed to teach that Jesus is only divine by being with the Father (the one true God), but not divine on his own. In other words, there is one God, but he is united with Jesus, who in turn becomes divine. Origen points out the use of definite and indefinite articles in John 1:1 to differentiate between the Logos and the Father, as most Jehovah Witnesses do today. That is not polytheism in my mind.
2007-07-13 20:30:26
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answered by enarchay 2
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Yes, Christianity is essentially a mixing of Greek/Pagan AND Jewish religious ideas.
2007-07-16 22:34:26
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answered by mo mosh 6
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If you believe the Jews...then you needn't believe in Jesus at all....If you believe in Jesus then you should consider what Jesus and the prophets that were before him said of him.
Abraham said the lord would provide himself a lamb. Moses taught the tree of life...Isaiah said the Messiah would atone for sin. John the Baptist said Behold the Lamb of God...Jesus said he would fulfill the prophesies of Isaiah 53...Jesus said he was the living manna form heaven. Jesus said I and the Father are one and no man comes to the Father but through the Son. Jesus said I am the way and the truth and the life.Jesus said had you believed Moses you would have known me because Moses wrote of me. The entire word of God even the creation of man in God's image testifies to who Jesus is. All of the prophets believe God is one. the trinity is ONE God. You are flesh and spirit and are a living soul in the image of God and you are ONE man.
2007-07-13 20:35:09
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answered by djmantx 7
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"Monotheism is the genuine theory in the God of Abraham that's why Jews and Muslims don't think in the Trinity." The trinity is one God, no matter what share situations some Jews and Muslims (between others) repeat the lie that this is no longer. One God, 3 "persons". "the three-in-one/one-in-3 secret of dad, Son and Holy Ghost made tritheism respectable." a similar lie, basically repeated lower back. "The Church - Catholic and later Protestant - became aggressively on the two maximum for sure monotheistic religions in view - Judaism and Islam - and persecuted them as heathen or pagan." As regretful as such persecution became into, it became into no longer the outcomes of accusations of polytheism, yet refusal to correctly known the divinity of Jesus. "those pagans (JEWS AND MUSLIMS) ought to for this reason be converted, conquered and/or killed for his or her own solid in order that that they earnings on the singularity of the Holy Trinity, plus appendages." and by no ability a single Jew nor Muslim tried to transform, conquer and/or kill Christians? And there at the instant are no "appendages" to the Trinity. "we Jews gave up attempting to ascertain how 3 = a million" in case you Jews won't be able to ascertain how 3 "persons" = a million God, do you besides could have a perplexing time figuring how 3 ft = a million backyard? The trinity does not state that 3 of "x" = a million of "x", yet somewhat 3 of "x" = a million of "y". "Christianity is a polytheistic faith" merely repeating the lie lower back does not make it genuine. "Christians are thoroughly unaware of it" we can't comprehend something that may not genuine. "and staunchly deny it." because of the fact this is no longer genuine. "God is ONE." that's precisely what Christians have faith. yet then lower back, "a guy bypass away his father and his mom, and shall cleave unto his spouse: and that they are going to be ONE flesh." "He desires no companions, no personalities, no persons. He has no sons, desires no sons." Strawman, because of the fact trinitarians do no longer declare that God desires any of those, yet somewhat it is how He has revealed Himself. "seek as you may, you will no longer discover one scripture that makes use of the be conscious Trinity...." irrelevant. the real question is whether or no longer scripture AS an entire helps the doctrine of the trinity.
2016-10-01 14:14:19
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answered by ? 4
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God said, "Let US make man in OUR image according to OUR likeness..." Gen. 1:26
In the Old Testament, it is implied that the one True God if Abraham, Jacob, and Isaac is a Holy Trinity. God bless.
2007-07-13 20:27:54
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answered by Anonymous
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So what does the Jewish religion have to do with Christianity. For a bunch of people who are going to hell for not accepting Christ why would any Christian care what they say.
Kisses Betty B,
2007-07-13 20:37:26
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answered by Anonymous
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that may be right or it may be wrong, but it is certainly not a question
2007-07-13 20:33:08
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answered by Don't Fear the Reaper 3
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