What did Jesus say? Not his followers. Not the Cardinals. Not the popes. Not the Archbishops and bishops. Not the Patriarchs. Not Moses or David or Solomon. Not Paul. Not the priests. Not the biblical scholars. Not the historians. Not Augustine or Thomas a Kempis or Origen or Aquinas. Not your grandmother.
Christianity grew out of what Jesus said and did. What he did was to heal all manner of diseases (including death) and cast out devils. What he said could be reduced to just three things (if you really had to choose only three things).
Love the Lord your God.
Love your neighbour as yourself.
Do unto others as you would be done to.
Out of these seeds has grown the enormous jungle which is Christianity today. Full of the fighting of wars against Moslems, the killing of Christians by Christians. The burning of "heretics" and "witches" by the "Holy" Inquisition. The mental and physical enslavement of South American Indians. The sexual abuse of children by priests. The accumulation of wealth.
The accumulation of unprecedented wealth and "treasures upon earth" in the Vatican.
What did Jesus say? Jesus said unto him, If you will be perfect, go and sell what you have, and give to the poor, and you shall have treasure in heaven: and come and follow me.
Matthew 19: 21
Every year, the Pope urges the rich to give to the poor.
If he followed Jesus' advice and put it all up for auction with Christies, he could go a long way towards wiping out the Third World Debt!
If he followed Jesus' advice and put it all up for auction with Christies, he could go a long way towards wiping out the Third World Debt!
He would no longer need a bullet-proof pope-mobile.
NEW PROJECT: A CHAIN IS ONLY AS STRONG AS ITS WEAKEST LINK
From what I've seen, Christmas has now turned into:
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2. Eat as many of thy neighbours as much as possible.
If what is said is true, does it matter who said it? (Even your grandmother.)
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