Let us understand that religions like Judaism, Christianity, Islam and such only began about 1400 to 4000 years ago, depending on which religion we are talking about. Our souls are eternal. Most souls had prior lives that go back far, far beyond these relatively new religions, or any current religion. |
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All laws on earth were created by humans. No laws on earth were made by, or sanctioned by God. This includes all biblical type religious laws from any religion. The concept of Sin did not come from God. Sins were created by humans to make us believe we needed religion in order to avoid going to hell. Religions used the fear of sin to tie us to the various religious churches, synagogues, mosques and other entities. The problem is that according to thousands of Near Death Experiencers testimonies, there is no hell, and God does not judge us for any type of sins. - God (Source) is pure 100% Love -
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The Council or Convention of Nicea 325 AD and Beyond However, during the 1st to 4th centuries there was another religious group called the Gnostic Christians. Though not as organized as the Catholics, they were much more Jesus centered in their beliefs. They also had a lot of books which contained the teachings of Jesus. The Catholics wanted the Gnostic's "secret writings" but were never able to obtain them. What the Catholics did do was almost completely eliminate the Gnostic's during the 1st to 4th centuries. A treasure trove of Gnostic Scriptures were found in a cave in Egypt in 1945. These writings were translated and put into book form and are now available to everyone. The book is called the Nag Hammadi Scriptures. In the Nag Hammadi Scriptures there far more "real words" from Jesus than you find in the standard Bible. We are Christians because of Jesus. As Jesus centered Christians we should read all the words of Jesus that we can find to truly understand our faith and who God really is. The Catholics have invented many reasons to discredit the Nag Hammadi Scriptures. The reason is simple, the recently found words of Jesus discredit a lot of the Bible that the Catholics put together in ancient times. This becomes a threat to their authority and power. Much of the words of Jesus in the Nag Hammadi are close to what people who have experienced a Near Death Experience report in written and video testimonies. How the original Bible was edited and changed by Roman Emperor Constantine in 325 AD. Apparently the Bible as we know it today was first put together around 400 AD, time periods vary. Again, the Catholics had basically voted on which ancient books met their criteria for inclusion into this new Bible and which ones didn't meet with their approval. Again, simple humans voting on what is Christian and what is not Christian or not Christian enough. Very Sad! However, apparently they had no real idea what God (Source) really was. Remember, in those days hardly any people could read or write. People relied on religious leaders to interpret the new Bible. The New Testament, and Old Testament to some degree, leaned heavily on religions most popular plan for success. This would be using "Fear, Sin, Hell and Damnation" to grow their churches and power. Also, they look upon their Pope as being like "Jesus Himself" or "the only authoritative representative of God" or in other similar ways. Really? The truth in all cases is that no human Soul is closer to God than any other human soul. Many other denominations and religions also use fear, sin, hell and damnation in varying degrees to scare their following into staying in the church. Interesting enough is that in the Gospel of Mary Magdalene, which the creators of the Bible seemed to have overlooked, Jesus clearly says that "There is No Sin" and that humans call things sin like adultery (Clearly meaning that God has not defined any sins, humans have). Now,
going back to the Catholics which were thought to be the beginning of
the Christian Church. Let's look at what they did with their beliefs and
their Bible.
With their rise in popularity came a rise in power. Eventually they had their own army and waged war in God's name. (The real God is a God of Pure Love and Does Not Wage War). They used Fear, Sin, Hell and Damnation as a weapon to bring misery and death to people who did not see things their way. They created the "Inquisition" and from about 1100 to 1800 AD they murdered, tortured, pillaged, their way across Europe and some other lands. They created their own "Hell" for millions of people right here on earth. They also ceased to be real Christians because of the Inquisition. However, their arrogance and hate wouldn't let them understand that. Kings and Queens of the day did little if anything to stop them because they might be overthrown if they did. Such was the power of the Roman Catholic Church in those days. Committing any of their human defined Sins could result in being burned at the stake or murdered in some other manner. One of their favorite things also was, Brutal Torture. Estimates of the Inquisitions murders run from one million people to ten million people during that time period. It's not known how many people survived the Brutal Tortures. The Roman Catholics were the Communists and Fascists of that time period. Now, in our modern internet days we have access to "Eye Witness" testimonies by tens of thousands of people who have experienced a Near Death Experience (NDE). These people usually clinically died in some way and their souls were released from their body and went back to our real home Heaven. The stay is brief before they were told that they had to return to their body to complete tasks and challenges they were on earth to accomplish. As such the body is revived after the soul goes back into it. The testimonies clearly define what God really is. God is "Pure Love" and not capable of hate, vengeance or anything else negative. Fortunately for everyone many of these people state also that God does not send any of the souls that God created to a hell. It has been a religious fantasy from the beginning. The only Valid Religions are the ones that Preach Love and all words that are part of Love like empathy, forgiveness, kindness, helping other people and other such words.
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