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The Evolution of ChristianityEarly Stages of the Formation of ChristianityWhen Judaism reached the bottom of its degradation in Judea (with the worshipping of Sabbath instead of God, the disdain of other nations, missing Love, the complete lack of knowledge about the spiritual Path [84]), the Divine Martyr Jesus Christ came to this land and sacrificed Himself for the sake of spiritual salvation of people — the salvation through revival of the Truth. He gave them the Teaching about God and about Love — as a means of cognition of the Creator and getting close to Him [3,9]. And after that He surrendered Himself to executioners, was tortured and crucified, but on having been taken down from the cross He dematerialized His body and then materialized it again, appearing several times before His disciples to prove that consciousness is immortal. Jewish followers of Jesus, including the majority of His closest disciples, started to preach His Teaching in the Roman Empire, Arabia, India, and even, possibly, in China [73,91, and others]. Among the places where apostle Andrew taught and baptized were southern regions of Russia [41]. The largest number of His followers lived in the huge Roman Empire, which included also Judea and Byzantium (Greece). Authorities of the Roman Empire would harshly persecute and kill Christians in the beginning. But their number was continuously growing. The situation changed in the IV century A.D., during the reign of the emperor Constantine, who sympathized with Christianity and began making it a state religion. That was the time when the most interesting started… It is one thing when a religious movement is persecuted and membership in it, let alone the leadership, is severely punishable. And it is completely another — when it becomes a state religion and active membership in it provides one with power over people and a material welfare. Very detailed chronicles of the early stages of the establishment of Christianity as a state religion are available today [78]. In particular, they contain a documented account of the struggle among bishops that launched “in all its glory”: they pronounced anathema (damnation) on one another, organized murders, concocted slanderous reports to the emperor demanding him to execute their competitors… At one of the “synods” (the Nicene one) the situation was the following [89]: “… Bishops and patriarchs, whose mission is to establish Christianity on an indestructible foundation, are far from fully conforming to the popular image of them. Some of them were almost naked, with an elflock on their heads and tousled beards; others were dressed in animal skins, while almost all of them looked morbid and exhausted by destitution and penance. Some weakened to such a degree that they could not move without assistance, and every one of them had his own temper, corresponding to his lifestyle. Some demonstrated meekness, other appeared as peacemakers, many liked to argue, while still there were those who were extremely aggressive”. The Nicene “synod” ordained that anyone who read or kept writings of Arius be put to death [56]. It was these “aggressive” ones who got to “boss the show” in the end, driving out meek and humble Christians by means of slander, direct physical violence, and even “elimination”. It was also them who compiled the New Testament (see [3,4,9,76] for more details), which included works that do not seem to be Christian at all: Letters of Jude and John, and also those excerpts from the letters of Paul, that were written in an intolerable moralizing Judaic style, and not that of Jesus Christ. But the “aggressive” did not include in the New Testament one of the most valuable Gospels — the Gospel of Philip, since they could not understand it; in addition, it exposed their mendacity and spiritual failure. (People have been told that the Bible is the book that was allegedly created by God Himself — the “God-inspired” book. But, even Jesus Christ does not agree with this [54]. And now we can see — why*.) The evolutionary part of the Teaching of Jesus Christ got prohibited at the same early “synods”. After that happened, the purpose of creating the material world, incarnating people and animals into the physical bodies — all that became unexplainable based on the theological theory that was perverted by those aggressive ignorant people (see [3,9,81]). The result of this is that for two thousand years after incarnation of Jesus Christ “Christian” theologians have been unable to explain the meaning and purpose of human life neither to themselves nor to other people. But this had to be the ground for the construction of the entire methodology of the spiritual work, on which serious methods could have been developed… Moreover, the words of Jesus Christ that contained the description of God-the-Father were not included in the New Testament because of the ignorance of the “aggressive”. As a result, there is no description of God-the-Father in the entire Bible! But what kind of religion is that, if the description of God is missing in it?! This is why aggressive and ignorant “Christians” still propagate hate and animosity against those people who worship the Unified God-the-Father, but not “their God” — Jesus Christ! Humble thinking of oneself and Love (as compassion, tenderness, and caring attention) — remained just glorious pages of early history of true Christianity, that can be found in “The Philokalia” [37] and some other books [64 and others]. But the everyday practice of followers of the dominating church became totally different. In the meantime the doctrine of the church continued to develop. But not towards methods of cognition of God and getting close to Him in terms of the quality of the soul. On the contrary! The “aggressive” were creating this doctrine in such a way that would enable them to enslave and bring under their control the “congregation”, to force people to support their “pastors” materially, make them fawn on and cringe before the “holy fathers” and the highest-rank hierarchs… The doctrine included the following basic premises: Man is an absolutely paltry being, hopelessly stuck in his sins — not only in the sins he commits himself, but primarily those of Adam and Eve… Thus, all people are destined to live in hell. The only way to save oneself from future hell is to firmly adhere to “their” faith (since all others — are from the devil), visit its temples, provide “pastors” with livelihood, report one’s sins to them, and receive a communion. Otherwise — hell is inescapable! Who are those “pastors” then? They are the people, who — through the “sacrament of consecration” — allegedly entered into a special status of intermediaries between God and people. It is only through their prayers that it is possible to make God have mercy on people and save them from hell. What is also necessary is “serving the church” diligently — materially and, when required, — even with arms. What one also must do is alleviate the sufferings of one’s relatives and friends — who died and now live in hell, of course. The same regards those who have not died yet, but are in trouble. In order to do this one has to order (for a fee) special services — “for the peace of someone’s soul” or “for health”. (In Russian Orthodoxy they pretend to make a sacrifice (?) on behalf of those people, for whom the payment was received. The “sacrifice” consists in pieces of bread (host) thrown into wine, which a deacon, or a parson, eats afterwards.) Also, children have to be baptized. It is absolutely necessary! What if a child dies without having been baptized — he will most likely go to hell then. Baptizing of children is another service that is charged a fee. Just as the “burial service”, which allegedly provides some benefit for those who died! How can one assume that God is so primitive that He does not love those who have not undergone such rituals?! This is how the “aggressive” who captured power by means of selfish lies have “played” on loving feelings of the believers, securing power and money for themselves. One of the most effective tricks of the “aggressive” was the declaring of the sexual aspect of love sinful — even extremely sinful. Masturbation, which is quite normal for the overwhelming majority of people at the pubescence age (see [2]), was named the cause of almost all known diseases, including tuberculosis, dementia, etc… And this was used as a basis for convincing the youth of their heavy sinfulness and guilt before God… Sexual relationships could not be totally prohibited for quite obvious reasons, but people had to get permission from the “pastors” of the church to have them — although God had never authorized them to do that! Women who entered into sexual relationships without this permission from the “aggressive” would become subject of especially strong humiliation. And children who incarnated through the bodies of mothers like that would receive a “stigma” of the “illegitimate”. It was not allowed to baptize them — thus they were depraved of all rights, including the right to enter into a “church” marriage and to create a “legitimate” family. There was established a real cult of a hymen of Mary — the mother of Jesus — who was believed to conceive and even give birth to Jesus without losing her virginity. Virgins started to be called the “innocent”. Therefore, all other women — regardless of the circumstances under which “that” happened — were considered guilty. The women who lost their “innocence” without permission from the church had to endure contempt and rejection of “Christians”; they felt desperately guilty (“deadly sinful”) and totally dependant on the “prayers” that “pastors” performed for their salvation… … A striking fact that vividly demonstrates criminal self-interest of the “aggressive” who used to run the Catholic Church was the possibility to openly purchase the “forgiveness of sins”… People were given special receipts as a proof of payment, which were called “indulgences”. The “certificates” for a soul to produce before God in the “other world”? People could buy indulgences for the sins that are not committed yet — for any kind of them! — As long as they pay money! Just pay, purchase God’s forgiveness — and go sin without fear! Then pay again — and go commit all imaginable sins! Pay, pay, just pay!…
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