Christianity, the most dangerous cult on earth. Created by the Romans almost 2000 years ago, this criminal organization has been responsible for much of the world's misery. And it's based on a lie! It worked perfectly to keep the population scared and docile. Which has been the reason for its existence since, well, forever.
Origin of Christianity
The biggest religion in the world is a hoax. It's nothing more than a scattered collection of ideas from more ancient religions. Almost every religion is a sun-worshipping cult, although most current practitioners have no clue that this is what they are doing. The idea of monotheism was founded in Egypt. An untraditional pharaoh named Akhenaten imposed a belief-system upon his people that was centered around a single deity, the Aten or sun-disk. There is a strong possibility that this religion inspired the development of monotheism among the Israelites. There are also striking similarities between Christianity and Mithraism, an ancient Persian religion. For example, Mithras was born on 25 December and the Mithras cult was characterized by baptism. But if we look a bit deeper into these ancient religions, we find that they are all based on sun worshipping. The date of 25 December is also known as the winter solstice. This marks the event in the year when the sun reaches the point farthest south of the equator. This was seen as a rebirth of the sun, and as such the date became the birthday of multiple gods such as Thor, Osiris, and Dionysus, and much more.
The same happened when Christians adopted Easter, which is, in essence, an ancient pagan ritual. It happens on the first Sunday after the first full moon of the equinox. Coincidentally also the birth period of various ancient fertility gods such as Ishtar and Ashtoreth. Even the ridiculous ritual of dying eggs and giving them as gifts is something that originated from a Pagan ritual. They believed the world egg was laid by the moon goddess and was then split open by the heat of the sun god, giving birth to the world. A Christian pope, Victor I, made Easter Sunday into an official Christian holiday. Today, they claim Easter is a pure Christian festival. It seems the Christian church deliberately ignores historical truths. But hey, that shouldn't come as a surprise. The history of Christianity is riddled with lies, murder, and deceit.
Christianity preys on the weak and innocent and plays on our fears.
The greatest crime of Christianity is the 2000 years of abusing and terrorizing children. This is still continuing today! They indoctrinate innocent children.
They are dishonest and use fear-mongering to convert people to their irrational belief system. The best example of this is 'Pascal's wager'. This states that it safer to believe in god, because in the case he does exist, he will condemn non-believers to hell. This appeals to human cowardice. Better be safe and belief then!
Another sickening ploy that Christianity uses to control their 'flock' is the promise of eternal life. It plays on one of our most basic fears: Death. As long as you believe, you will be granted eternal life in heaven. I find it difficult to find anything spiritual in this. It's more of a desperate grasping at straws to enforce the illusion of personal immortality.
Christians also suffer from an illusion of 'being right'. They call themselves 'god's people', or 'the chosen people,' they claim to have the 'one true faith', and that their 2000-year old collection of misinterpreted stories is 'the Word of God'...
This implies that they have no reluctance about using force and coercion to enforce their will upon others. We can see this today in the area of sex and education. Christians try to deny women their right to abortions and force them into abstinence. Taking it even a step further, they attempt to force schools to educate children in their ridiculous creation myth. Of course, only the Christian creation myth is needed, because they have the one and only 'true' faith. Why not add some Native American creation myths to the mix? Oh wait, that doesn't push your evil Christian agenda on the world of course! Combine this with their anti-free speech stand and you have the perfect breeding ground for an authoritarian regime. Just think back at the time of the inquisition and the crusades. The death toll of the witch-hunts, inquisition, and crusades is estimated at more than 1 million casualties. Including women and children. No other religion has done better than that!
The cruelty of Christianity
Cruelty has always been one of the most prominent features of Christianity. The church has always encouraged self-torture and penance. Today, this takes the form of psychological self-torture. More precise, guilt. Guilt over natural sexual desires, guilt over not following the 'commandments' that their god forced upon them. But if we take a look at the history of Christianity, we see an enormous amount of torture and cruelty taking place in the name of god. Which shouldn't come as a surprise, given that the bible doesn't condemn torture and even prescribes horrific, cruel penalties, and that Christians approve self-torture. If you practice self-torture, it's only a small step to inflict this same cruelty onto others. During the height of Christianity, thousands of 'witches' and heretics were brutally tortured and burned alive.
Christianity's unhealthy view on sex and morality
Women are seen as property in the old testament. Just a quick glance at the ten commandments shows that Christianity has an unhealthy fixation on sex. One of the ten commandments says that you cannot cover your neighbor's wife. This to me indicates that they consider women to be property. Why doesn't it say you cannot covet your neighbor's husband? Is there any mention of slavery, torture, or cruelty in those commandments? Nope, that was all perfectly acceptable at that time. And people today are still looking at these commandments as truth. Combine this misogynistic world view with their belief that sex is 'evil' and against the law of god, and you have a recipe for disaster.
Humans are highly sexual beings by nature, and our urges do no fit in with the official Christian version of sex. Which is a monogamous and heterosexual version of it. But we all know that the everyday reality does not follow such a view on sex. According to Christianity, sex is only meant as a way to procreate. And it can only be done within the confinement of Christian marriage. What they do here is give you a license from the church and state to have sex. This completely crazy and unnatural idea gives rise to a whole new range of problems. How many times do you see religious figures in the news with yet another sex scandal? Well, that's what you get when you force people to suppress their urges. In the strict Christian view, even masturbation is forbidden.
This takes us to the view of homosexuality in the Christian world. They are condemned to a life of celibacy by the church, because of they indulge in their natural desires, they will be called 'sodomites.' Which, of course, results in an eternity in hell. This leads to many gay Christians living a lie, which results in a lifelong personal torture, or worse, suicide.
Religion as a human weakness
I do not want to bash the idea of religion, as I can see how it helps individual people cope with the futility of our existence. If your mind cannot comprehend existentialism, then religion is the perfect medicine. Or to quote Einstein:
“The word God is for me nothing more than the expression and product of human weakness, the Bible a collection of honorable, but still purely primitive, legends which are nevertheless pretty childish. No interpretation, no matter how subtle, can change this for me.”
Here's a question for you. What kind of contribution can you expect from those that are unable to cope with reality without the crutch of make-believe mumbo jumbo? What do they have to give the world that is in any way positive for society? Besides their general uselessness, they are also dangerous and predatory.
Having a rational and secular perspective on the world avoids hatred and bigotry. We are opposed to harming people with another view or who might not agree with us. Yes, this also includes the religious.
Sources:
Pagon origin of the Christanity
Christianity and Egyptian sun worshipping
The jesus seminar
Do you consider yourself Christian? What do you think of the real origin on this cult? Do you believe the scientific facts laid out before you, or do you rather belief a collection of ancient stories based on Pagan beliefs? Let me know in the comments!
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