Did he intend to branch off from what he actually was and start a new ideology?
2007-10-27 16:43:47 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
That might have been the intention of Jesus. The problem was the Christians were kicked out of the Jewish synagogues. I believe Christ foresaw that event which explains why he founded a Church.
"And so I tell you. Peter; you are a rock, and on this rock foundation I will build my church, and not even death will ever be able to overcome it. I will give you the keys of the Kingdom of heaven; what you prohibit on earth will be prohibited in heaven and what you permit on earth will be permitted in heaven." - Matthew 16,18-20
2007-10-27 16:51:12 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
He wasn't trying to start a new religion. All of his disciples were Jewish. Later on, after he was killed, they decided to start a new religion. Paul was actually the one who started converting people who were not Jewish. At first he tried converting people to follow most of the Jewish laws like keeping the Sabbath, keeping kosher and all the other basic laws of Judaism. Imagine selling refrigirators to eskimos. How would buying a refrigirator help them?? That is like converting idol worshippers to Judaism. They already don't make enough money working 7 days a week. Now you're coming over to them saying that they will have to work only 6 days?? Paul was a great salesman though. Imagine selling matches to eskimos. That would really benefit them! Paul decided to change things around a bit. He took away keeping the Sabbath, keeping kosher, and other Jewish laws and added Christmas. Then he went back to the idol worshippers and this new religion was more appealing to them. That is how Paul started Christianity. Later on, the Romans, who had actually killed Jesus, started converting to Christianity. As Christianity spread around the world it got influenced by other religions and adopted Halloween, for example.
2007-10-28 00:02:22 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Well, He came here knowing He was going die. (He foretells it a bunch of times.) And He talks about how his death will make our eternal lives - our salvation - possible.
I'm not sure I see an alternative. A completely transformed version of Judaism perhaps? But in a sense isn't that what Christianity is?
I mean He claimed to be God. I think that narrows the options. It sort of comes down to C.S. Lewis' question: "Liar, lunatic, or Lord?" I'm not sure I see a middle ground.
2007-10-28 01:02:07 · answer #3 · answered by gm_inla 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
What He started was The Kingdom~man has made differences
2007-10-28 00:12:01 · answer #4 · answered by sego lily 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No way. Jesus lived and died basically an Orthodox Jew.
He was from the West Bank.
Christianity came later.
2007-10-29 06:46:13 · answer #5 · answered by mo mosh 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No that was Paul, Jesus might have been an unconformist, but I dont think he was trying to start a new religion.
2007-10-27 23:48:46 · answer #6 · answered by Gamla Joe 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I don't think so. I don't think jesus would be a fan of all these religious groups and names.....I think he would all just want us to be identified as children of Gof.
2007-10-27 23:48:10 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No
2007-10-27 23:49:50 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋