spaceghotiM to exchristianEnglish · 1 year agoGuessing why his religion is declining, a Christian clings to a beloved fantasyonlysky.mediaexternal-linkmessage-square4fedilinkarrow-up114file-text
arrow-up114external-linkGuessing why his religion is declining, a Christian clings to a beloved fantasyonlysky.mediaspaceghotiM to exchristianEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square4fedilinkfile-text
Actually listening to us wouldn’t help Christians wave away the reasons why their numbers are declining.
minus-squareSovemlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 year agoThat is interesting. I didn’t realize that, even now, I was still operating under the assumption that there had been an “Original Christianity”.
minus-squarespaceghotiOPMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 year agoIf there ever was, it’s been lost to history. It fragmented pretty early on, which is why the “heresies” were ultimately stamped out under Constantine. It was preventing them from achieving real power.
minus-squarekent_eh@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year ago It fragmented pretty early on During the lifetimes of the people who originally wrote the John and Paul gospels.
That is interesting. I didn’t realize that, even now, I was still operating under the assumption that there had been an “Original Christianity”.
If there ever was, it’s been lost to history. It fragmented pretty early on, which is why the “heresies” were ultimately stamped out under Constantine. It was preventing them from achieving real power.
During the lifetimes of the people who originally wrote the John and Paul gospels.