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The Pagan Christ: Is Blind Faith Killing Christianity? by Tom Harpur

The Pagan Christ: Is Blind Faith Killing Christianity? Tom Harpur ebook
Publisher: Bloomsbury USA
Format: pdf
Page: 256
ISBN: 9780802719386

The individual they spoke with, a self-described Christian named “Shane,” challenged Harris and Dillahunty on a the character of God, with the discussion taking a bizarre and conclusive turn over the sensitive issue of child rape. Harpur ;s The Pagan Christ and the Dawning of the Age of Aquarius. They quietly supported a genocidal maniac who wanted to institute Norse paganism as the official religion of northern Europe because they thought he would be the lesser of the two evils (the other evil being atheist communism) and they helped Blind faith in invisible, immeasurable “forces” should end! Pagan Origins of the Christ Myth by John G. After they slaughtered Jews and Muslims, they soon turned to Christians and sacked Constantinople in 1204, for which they did not apologize until 9 years ago. His message is clear: our blind faith in literalism is killing Christianity. While on this topic, you may want to read Tom Harpur's book "The Pagan Christ: Is Blind Faith Killing Christianity?" (Allen & Unwin, 2005), which is based to considerable extent on the Massey and Kuhn research. The modern festivals of Christmas, Easter etc all have their roots in a plethora of wholesome pre-Christian faith system traditions that linked mankind to the natural cycles of the earth. More info here & here & here — thanks, Jennifer!) So it's sad Blind faith in an authority figure and being told how to practice, when to practice and who I should and shouldn't love and accept just wasn't sitting well with me so I went without. Many of us do respond, however, when fictional creatures and ancient writings of men are introduced into the debate on public policy. The Pagan Christ: Is Blind Faith Killing Christianity? This clever psychological subterfuge has been ultimately swallowed without question by millions since the first native Pagan places of worship were either destroyed or substituted with monotheistic temples by the iron fist of the early Church . (Also, did you know there's a lot of logic to support the idea that most of the Christian holidays we celebrate today were totally co-opted from the early Pagan festivals? Amazon.com: The Pagan Christ: Is Blind Faith Killing Christianity. Saint George's Day: Slaying dragons or killing the truth? Most of us don't seek to mock or denigrate anyone's faith. MOSS: It's difficult to hear that the stories we grow up with are untrue, but this book is not an attack on faith. When it was pointed out to early Christian leaders that claims about Christ matched those for many pagan gods, they said, "Yes, but in this case it is true."' That is the first It appears that man created God; blind faith is required to believe otherwise.' The author of The author of the letter in the paper is right to say that anyone today claiming to be the Son of God would be recommended for psychiatric treatment; Jesus faced worse than that and was killed. In the deconversion section, he shows how evidence, reason, and experiences related to prayer, morality, deconverted Christians, the Bible, and his relationship with God Himself all lead to his eventual inability to believe anymore.