The Bible is truth but why are all churches deceptive to the truth?

Question

trinity, purgatory, hell fire, idolatory, easter

all of these originating from pagan beliefs but all churches in some form or another practicing these.

Answer 1

There is no church that does not get created with one dominating motive in mind -- that of controlling the beliefs the followers have.

This permits a host of other types of manipulation, such as dumbing its followers over several generations, such as having them give their assets to the church while alive and upon death.

There is not even one church in existence that tries to follow the first century example. The Bible was the source of dogma then, they assisted each other in various countries when in need -- but there was no massive accumulation of wealth by the church or the individual congregation.

Today, dogma is taught apart from the Bible and individual study and its revelations is dis-permitted. Many churches are richer than some countries. Their leaders are demi-gods whose word is inviolable -- unless they change it themselves later.

That was not what Christ started in my opinion.

Even when Paul got together with the elders in Jerusalem to solve a problem, these were elders from the local congregations of good repute and long service. They probably were well read in the scriptures to be elders.

However, they were not some super-church leaders sitting in an Ivory Castle. I am sure they had a very high proportion of Saints among them, if not 100% Saints. This was probably why he came back to Jerusalem, because there were more older Saints there than elsewhere. This would permit a decision based on Holy Spirit, the maturity of the Saints, and their knowledge.

Answer 2

Purgatory is not mentioned anywhere in the Bible--it's specific to the Catholic faith alone. The "trinity" as such is also largely a Catholic belief. Although most Christian denominations do believe in God having three aspects of a greater whole, the Catholics specifically treat them as separate entities (the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost). Idolatry is the worship of an idol--Christians use the image of a cross as a symbol, and Catholics add a dead Christ to the cross and call it a Crucifix, with largely the same purpose. People don't necessarily worship the cross, but they use it as a means of identification and remembrance. Interestingly enough, the issue of idolatry is the reason why the Eastern Orthodoxy split off from the Western church (which eventually became Roman Catholocism). The Eastern Orthodoxy argues that any three-dimensional representation constitutes an idol, and as such all of their artwork and symbols exist as two-dimensional art.

The concept of Easter being a pagan religion is flat-out wrong though. Easter is the celebration of Christ's ressurection. In an effort to integrate Christian theology with that of certain local pagan cultures though, early Christians added various other practicies to the Easter celebration. After a few hundred years, the Easter season has been subverted into the egg-hunting bunny fest that it is today, but the original Easter had absolutely nothing to do with pagan rituals at all.

Answer 3

Jesus spoke in "parables." These were stories to stress points he wanted to make. If you take the Bible exactly as it is written, you would be wrong. The books of the Bible were written by men, many many years after they were moved to write them. So, things got twisted a bit at times, AND the Bible books were translated from ancient languages that don't even exist today, so mistakes were made. Add to that the fact that different religions added or subtracted some original books of the Bible, and you can see that you cannot take the Bible literally. Even learned theologians find different meanings for different passages. We do the best we can, but follow God's commandments, don't judge others (that's for God to do), and be a forgiving, loving, caring person, and you'll get to Heaven.

Answer 4

Most churches have traditional beliefs. The belief of that religion started from one persons version of what the bible is teaching. You should really read for yourself and ask God to open your eyes to the truth instead of JUST taking anothers opionion of what it is saying and teaching.

I'm not sure what the truth is or which religion is closer to the truth so I read on my own but still listen to others but don't believe EVERYTHING they say cause I do not know if they are a wolf in sheeps clothing. I ask God to open my eyes and ears to the REAL truth not just someones version of it cause its what they were taught.

Find out the truth yourself. And don't listen to those who do not believe in God or the bible. The bible was not written by churches it was influenced by the holy spirit through men who lived thousands and thousands years ago...God made it possible for them to be found collected and given to the world so that no one can have the excuss "I didn't know". And to all those who don't believe "what if" what if your wrong and there really is a hell and a heaven...Im at least going to do my research just in case. We may have gotten here from the big bang but who put those molecules in the right spot, who made it possible for everything to line up just right for us to even be able to exsit, we are more then just body and blood there is something else inside us that gives us our emotions, feelings, our hopes....its called a soul and that had to come from some where and thats got to go some where after we do not have our body's anymore. Just start reading the new testament, i suggest the childrens bible its a little easier to understand or a teens bible.....consider it as education JUST IN CASE.

Answer 5

Easter took only the name, not the belief. All of the things that you say are deceptive are clearly in the Bible.

It is invalid to say that because there are other religions that had similar beliefs that Judaism or Christianity is somehow invalid because it isn't completely new or original. Quite the opposite is true. These other beliefs validate Judeo-Christian beliefs. God raised up a people because His truth was being lost. But God loves all people. God created all people. Therefore, it is to be expected that all peoples will have some of the truth. But God created a line of people to bring His ultimate truth into the world and that is the line of David.

Answer 6

"All churches deceptive to the truth'?

It's not just poor English, it's poor logic.

You haven't been to all churches so you have no basis to make this statement.

The trinity is based in the Bible as is hellfire and the resurrection of Christ.

I don't know where any of these concepts existed before they were revealed by God to the Jews and then the Christians.

Purgatory is non-Biblical. I have studied comparative religions and ancient mythology but have not seen Purgatory in them. As far as I can tell it was a Roman Catholic development.

Answer 7

sorry, but i refuse to interpret the Bible word for word. have you ever played the game telephone? Does the end result ever match the beginning? I find it hard to believe that the Bible we read today is the exact same words that were written down so many years ago in a totally different language. Not to mention that the Bible was written by men, not God. So while I find it to be a good guidebook for living your life, I hardly take every word literally.

Answer 8

No these realities did not come from paganism but from the revealed word of God.
Jesus spoke of Hell and also refered to Purgatory,there is a mountain of scripture to back up the doctrine of the Trinity and finally `Easter Sunday `has been sanctified for all time by the glorious resurrection of Christ from the dead.

Answer 9

Who says the Bible is truth?
It is a collection of stories and writings and letters (some copied from others) that a group of people decided they would turn into the bible. The writings were chosen by people with their own agendas and reasons of why to put some in and leave some out because they didn't "fit" with their teachings at that time. Most christian traditions borrow from other religions. Question what you believe - always!

Answer 10

first of all, the bible was written by men and has its own contradictions within it. second of all, christianity accepted many of these beliefs in an attempt to bring pagans into the fold. if pagans saw similarities between christianity and their pagan beliefs they were more likely to accept the christian beliefs over generations.