Bob Wrote:
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> Rod, congratulations on realizing that organized
> religion is just another form of government, or an
> institution.
>
> Now, just do some research on the origins of the
> bible, and the comparisons of the christian
> beliefs represented in it to the previous
> religious beliefs that came before it. The story
> of the virgin birth, the crucifixion, the
> resurrection. Christmas and it's relation to the
> winter equinox, etc.
I'd been on to Christmas (and Easter, and Sunday for a long time) Nobody in the Bible kept them
>
> Watch Zeitgeist.
>
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-594683847
> 743189197&ei=cndxSYXNEJHEqQKotrm3BQ&q=zeitgeist --
> Just watch the first 35 to 40 minutes of it, where
> it explains the origins or christianity, it's
> roots in egyptian, greek, and other ancient
> religions. After that it starts getting into the
> Federal Reserve, Income taxes and other stuff that
> may or may not be of interest to you and is a bit
> on the fringe anyway.
>
> It's one thing to believe in some sort of ordering
> principle to the universe and to even call it God
I'd agree here
,
> but it's another thing to subscribe to the
> religious views, created by man, about a magical
> being that lives in the sky and actually controls
> events on earth.
Prove all things and hold fast to that which is true the Bible says