Christianity was made up for power, control and money.
When asked, why do you think Christianity was made up, the most common answer I get is: for power, control and money. But this cannot be the answer simply because, It’s impossible. Historically, the church wasn’t in any position to have any sort of power, control or money until, at the very earliest, the mid 5th century. That’s four hundred years (or more) after the death of Christ. So that’s like saying that today, I want to start a movement to gain control, power or money… 400 years from now.
AS a matter of fact, in those first 400 years, the followers of of Christ, or, the way, as it was called, were only met with ridicule, censorship, persecution and brutal death. I could see dying for something I believed to be true, but would you die a horrible death for something you knew was a lie?
Without a doubt, there were times throughout history where human beings in the church did abuse her power for control and money, as persons in any sort of authority whether it be police, medical or academic have done so. But this does not therefore nullify all law, medicine, or education. But to say that Christianity itself was invented for this purpose… is not only impossible, but disregards history.
Do you think he was following a fairytale
So where did it come from?
In order to see why something was founded, a good place to start is with its founder and the founding principles. So if Christianity was founded for power, control or money, we should see indications of that in the founder and his precepts. The founding principles of Jesus of Nazareth and Christianity are:
Turn the other cheek
Love your enemy
Love everyone else as you love yourself
Forgive infinitely
Blessed are the meek, the peacemakers, the righteous
If you want to be the first, be last, the servant of all
Work for treasures in heaven, not on Earth
Beware of the deceitfulness of riches
Sell what you have and give to the poor
If you have two of something, give one to the poor.
Feed the hungry
Give drink to the thirsty
Clothe the naked
Shelter to the homeless
Visit the sick, the widows, and the imprisoned
Do these sound like the founding precepts of a movement seeking power, control and money?
We may say, yes, well Jesus and the early church had it right, but the “institution” ruined it many years later. Then at least we can agree that it wasn’t all made up, and lets save that other debate for another time.
In peace.