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Pauline Christianity is an organised religion formed by Roman Emperor Constantine and some Greek theologians in 325 CE at the Nicene Council.
There was use of the name of Greek mythical figure Iesous, translated into English as “Jesus.” (Strong’s Greek Concordance #G2424) The name was purportedly a change from Yahoshua the Nazarene, whose upbringing, life and ministry would have been that of a Hebrew.
Yahoshua never meant to create a “religion”. (Matthew 5:17-20) The Hebrew name “Yahoshua” (YHShVH, Strong’s Hebrew Concordance #H3091) was a combination of the Tetragrammaton YHVH (the Divine in Hebrew) and “yasha” (Strong’s Hebrew Concordance #H3467), which means “saves”, to render “Yahoshua” as “Yahovah saves”.
It’s not true to assume that Yahoshua the Nazarene created Christianity. Those who created Christianity did so based on the following assumptions. Firstly, that Adam and Eve were the first two human beings, as man-husband and a woman-wife created by the Abrahamic God (Genesis 2:7, 18, 21-23), although the earlier narrative of Genesis 1:27 is deliberately disregarded by the sexist and misogynist religious authorities.
Genesis 1:27 says that a man-husband and a woman-wife were created at the same time as equal and complimentary opposites in the image and likeness of the life force. In previous articles, it was stated that “Adam and Eve” (“Adamah” and “Chavah” in Hebrew) were not historical human beings but figurative and a humanisation of physical, mental and intuitive energies found in every human being in varying proportions.
This means “Adam and Eve” would represent masculine and feminine energies respectively. Metaphysically, each human being has both the feminine (heart, intuitiveness/creativity) and masculine (mind-power/willpower) attributes.
Physiologically, whether male or female, each human being is a bearer and a vehicular expression of both mental (masculine/will, i.e. active, expressive, assertiveness, strength) and intuitive (feminine/wisdom, ie nurturing, receptive, calmness, gentleness) energies.
Secondly, that these first human beings were placed and located in the Garden of Eden (Genesis 2:8-9) and were prohibited to partake of a fruit of the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil. (Genesis 2:17) They were supposed to submit and comply to the prohibition order without question.
This is figurative of the human body. Within the human body is found “trees,” particularly that of life (central nervous system) and of knowledge of Good and Evil (sense of discernment, which is the capacity to distinguish, comprehend and be judicious).
This means the Garden of Eden was not a geographic location but figurative of the human body and was a pleasurable or delightful physicality. Our purpose is happiness, pleasure or delight by dressing and well-keeping the body. (Genesis 2:15) Thirdly, that they were misled by a humanoid serpent which tempted the woman-wife to violate the prohibition order. (Genesis 3:4-6)
In ancient Egypt, the serpent symbolised sexual desire and inner energy of wisdom while in Hinduism, it represents mainly desire (kama), sexual energy (kundalini), destructive energy and poisonous/venomous speech.
Sexual desire can either be raised to reconnect us with the best of who we are or used to pursue momentary gratification. It can be noticed that the serpent represents the human primary drive for ultimate fulfilment through potency.
The misuse and abuse of sexual desire is driven by our sense of responsibility. When it is merely for momentary gratification and “diseased appetites,” it is a fiery, deadly or poisonous sexual desire that causes pain, sorrow and suffering.
Fourthly, that the Abrahamic God disproportionately, vengefully and harshly punished humanity for violating the prohibition order. (Genesis 3:13-19)
Christian theologians interpret this violation as the “original sin”.
The real “fall” (state of ignorance and darkness) was the prohibition order by the insecure Abrahamic God. (Genesis 2:17) This led to an unconscious and ignorant human state because humanity was made to be “asleep”, “drunk” and “naked”.
The acquisition of awakening, liberating and experiential knowledge arising out of the dissent took humanity out of a miserable life of darkness and ignorance to a transformative life of consciousness, truth, knowledge and freedom. (Genesis 3:7)
Fifthly, that the “original sin” needed the Abrahamic God to humanise himself through a miraculous and non-consenting impregnating of a 12 year old Hebrew girl so that she gives birth to a divine “Jesus” who was later to be tortured and killed to atone humanity of its “original sin”.
Central to the Christian notion is that humanity is naturally debased (“sinful”) and thus requiring unsolicited redemption by way of submission and unquestioning compliance to the wrathful and cruel humanoid Abrahamic God in return for a undeserved favour.
The following scriptures prohibit anything of the sort: Jeremiah 31:30, Proverbs 21:3, Psalms 20:6. Yahoshua was not born and brought up to die for anyone. (Matthew 5:17-18; 18:11, Mark 1:38, Luke 4:43; 19:10).
He was also not willing to die. (Matthew 26:39; Luke 22:42, John 7:1; 8:59; 11:54) From these and more assumptions, Christianity is a direct and incessant brutal attack on human agency, power of causation and holding a person accountable for own wrongful actions.
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