Any good sources for original Christianity?

[DMM710]

Leo talks a lot about how Christianity was originally about enlightenment. Google is completely filled with other nonsense about spiritual awakening and other stuff. I’m having a hard time finding any sources on this.

 

[Monkey-man]

http://relentlessheart.com

 

Edited April 23, 2018 by Monkey-man

[Rilles]

Bill Donahue on Youtube

[Nahm]

@DMM710 Read the Bible and become a Christian full on for a while. Then scrap it and read the Koran and become a full on Muslim for a while.  Then scrap that and practice Buddhism.  Then scrap that and practice psychedelics.

 Then you’ll experience the origin of all of that. 

 

[Solace]

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCEyS0AontNPiOFt5Pttpf0Q

[Matt8800]

4 hours ago, DMM710 said:

Leo talks a lot about how Christianity was originally about enlightenment. Google is completely filled with other nonsense about spiritual awakening and other stuff. I’m having a hard time finding any sources on this.

 

Good luck. The New Testament was written almost 100 years after Jesus died so everything that was written is hearsay from hearsay. 

I agree with Leo on a lot but I disagree on this. I dont think Christianity is any more about enlightenment than Mormonism is. Christians that became enlightened became enlightened despite Christianity, not because of. There is no reason to think otherwise.

There might be some morals to be learned from the stories but thats just as true with three little pigs and humpty dumpty.

I was raised as a Christian. Ive read the bible 7 or 8 times, almost everything by CS Lewis, etc, etc, etc in hopes of trying to substantiate why Christianity is not a fabrication. I could find nothing in over a decade of searching.

[Girzo]

Gospel of Thomas - is the most raw version of biblical parables I know of. The most non-duality oriented from all the gospels for sure.

There is also a brilliant book by OSHO with his commentaries on this gospel called "The Mustard Seed".

[Nahm]

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=88GTUXvp-50

 

[abrakamowse]

 

[abrakamowse]

Search for the Christian Mystics. Meister Eckhart, Saint John of the Cross, St. Teresa of Avila, Saint Ignatius of Loyola... etc...

 

Here there's a list of some books about true Christianity

http://www.christianmystics.com/Ebooks/Christian_Mystics.html

[Ether]

@abrakamowse Listen to this dude. He has a Jesus avatar 

[abrakamowse]

3 hours ago, Ether said:

@abrakamowse Listen to this dude. He has a Jesus avatar 

Lol... "Very truly I tell you, whoever hears my word and believes him who sent me has eternal life"

Amen! 

Edited April 23, 2018 by abrakamowse

[Akim]

In your search be humble and respect opinions of others. Learn about that thing called projection. When you read scriptures, religions or speak to people for that matter, be careful not to put your inner psychological problems on them like ancients populated the sky with constellations with meaning for them. When thing is complex, like Bible, people find lots and lots of thing in it, and many don't agree. But may be it is useful for them, hard to tell. Just keep that in mind in your research. Also keep in mind, for many people it is a dear thing.

Edited April 24, 2018 by Akim

[zoey101]

1 hour ago, Akim said:

In your search be humble and respect opinions of others. Learn about that thing called projection. When you read scriptures, religions or speak to people for that matter, be careful not to put your inner psychological problems on them like ancients populated the sky with constellations with meaning for them. When thing is complex, like Bible, people find lots and lots of thing in it, and many don't agree. But may be it is useful for them, hard to tell. Just keep that in mind in your research. Also keep in mind, for many people it is a dear thing.

So beautifully put!

I was personally raised in the church and thought I knew everything there was to know about the Bible and the stories, until I got hit with some realities. I feel really humbled by those experiences and feel I am a better Christian for them, even though those moments were the furthest from God I hopefully ever will be. I feel the most important thing I took away from it all was to be open minded and accepting of others view points and beliefs. Just because I don't agree, doesn't mean we can't have a deep spiritual conversation and learn from each other

It's a tough subject to really master, but it is such a fun and enlightening ride  (I hope I am using the word "enlightening" in the same context as you guys are)

[Soulbass]

I though this was interesting  (at 2:21)

 

Edited April 24, 2018 by Soulbass

[Guest Quanty]

The origin of Christianity have their roots into the Thracian/Geto-Dacian culture and Zalmoxianism. The Greeks, Egyptians, Romans, South American, Asian, Jews, the all have their roots into the Carpathian/Danubian/Black Sea mythology. The oldest written language also have the roots there, thousands of years before the Phoenicians.