Quantum Quack,
Of course it would be to any one who is motivated towards seeking out hypocracy and paradox in anothers words as the only vehicle with which to improve their own position.
Or anyone who is up for a good discussion or debate instead of being completely anal.
I mean this with no disrespect as just about all posters to these fora are prioritised that way.. to look for mistake, contradiction and paradoxical posting behaviour.
That's the nature of debate.
The biggest crime that Jesus committed from a universal perspective was that he attempted to remove responsibility for acts of "sin" and therefore remove the need for a
"soul" to suffer it's own eternal evolution towards maturity.
The spiritual master (Jesus) does not ''remove sin'' from the body. The sinful activity is weeded out because the focus of the student changes.
However, due to the responsibility of the relationship (guru & student), the guru accepts any sins which have been committed by the student which is
why spiritual master choose carefully.
To inspire people to believe that through worshiping Jesus instead of God directly, ones sins will be forgiven.
We don't know how to worship God directly which is why we need guidance.
Therefore "robbing " individual souls of their need to suffer according to their actions.
Without that kind of help, we would be on this wheel with no hope of getting off. Material nature is too overwhelming.
Of course it is up to mankind to determine what is and what is not a sin beyond the ten commmandments so Christ has disempowered people of the power to seek individual redemption and suffer accordingly, and now the power belongs to a church in the providing a monopoly on such.
Mankind doesn't know shit, when it comes to spiritual enlightenment, without the help of God.
From a universal perspective it is little wonder he paid such a high price for the sin of monopolising Gods forgiveness.
From his perspective it wasn't a high price, it was just a moment in time used to give an example of how to live.
The fact that WE think it is a high price, form a large part of reason why we are in the conditional life.
So whilst the evangelists misguided intention is to "save my soul" all I can say is that no one can save my soul other than my self.
The only way you can save your soul, is to give that responsibility to someone who is already saved.
It is my responsibility to seek redemption through my own hard work and sacrifice [ crucifixion ] and not "passing the buck" of regret and remorse onto the shoulders of someone else.
It is your responsibility, but you don't know how to save your own self.
The whole story of the Christain Church can be put down, if one chooses to be cynical, to clever power marketing.
The church is an institute not a place to develop God consciousness.
I have had to assist in three persons extraction from this organisation's "mind control regime" and it is truly tragic to see the incredible damage done to their inner psychology and emotional health. If you think people recovering from typical "cult" type emmeshments are pretty bad then the aformentioned extractions would blow you away. "Obey or die" is the command line they use...
On the other hand it can be very liberating as people lose their fear and anxiety.
So I see value in the psychotic ramblings of persons who feel the influence of this particular organistion, as psychosis and serious mental health/behavioural issues are an outocome of those who resist their infleunce.
You've simply created a bad scenario, then stated that you see no value in that. Isn't that a strawman argument?
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f all human needs there is only one primary need that transcends all others. It is the only need that a human being will willingly sacrifice his life for whether that be by suicide or war and that is freedom to choose as they need to choose. Free will. The freedom to determine their own individual destiny. "Self determination - freewill" All wars are fought, all suicides are attempted, all conflict engaged.. the same basic need applies - Freewill.
Nobody can take away your freewill, they merely lessen the playing field.
The immorality of someone forcing their morality upon someones else stands as the most immoral act one can commit against another due to the fact that the quest for freedom is so innate and signficiant in a person life.
I wouldn't say ''the most immoral act'' as there are worse things.
There can be no true peace with out freedom and ultimately there can be no true freedom with out peace.
Define ''freedom'', define ''peace''.
Thus a conspiracy theorist is a person who has felt an infuence he can not properly understand and spend his life attempting to do so as his freewill is being compromised and he needs to know how and why and attempt to work out how to stop it. It is utterly impossible not to as existential freewill is a fundamental of human existance.
I like the way you try to stand aside from the notion of such a person as though such states of contemplations never apply to you. The same as the atheist in relation to dogma, yet you automatically had a go at that evangelist without any reason, based on a preconceived idea.
A conspiracy theorist is a person who is not satisfied with what the authorities are telling him.
jan.