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Thread #161997   Message #3854036
Posted By: Iains
09-May-17 - 05:42 AM
Thread Name: BS: Stephen Fry Blasphemy
Subject: RE: BS: Stephen Fry Blasphemy
If the given story of Christianity was blemish free the Catholic church would not have maintained such a stranglehold, for so many decades, on the material released from the dead sea scrolls . Whatever the fact or fiction is of those events back in the middle east over 2k years ago, the reality is that large parts of modern Christianity was based on a hijacked narrative and agenda of the Pauline heresy, massaged and focused on appealing to the gentile Roman authorities who held sway over large parts of the Middle East at that time. The Magdelen controversy and the disputed status of James are another two aspects of Christian doctrine where the given story is questionable. Another is the disputed marital status of Jesus the man. The gospels frequently raise more questions than they answer. Attempts to create a universal narrative accepted by all resulted in seven Ecumenical Councils. They all failed to a varying extent.