I rejected the christ story around age 8. I told my mother that it seemed like a fairy tale. She got pretty upset.

I’m a history nerd, so maybe this won’t apply to you. But learning about the early stages of christianity has been a lot of fun for nearly two years. Who’d have thought, right?

If you enjoy reading and learning and you dislike the hold that religion has on society, you might enjoy learning about the earliest stages of the church. There’s so much material. The starter that I’ll recommend is The Passover Plot. I’ve become way more radical after this, but I think this might be a good bridge for readers who are beginning their exploration. Hope you enjoy!

  • some_guy@lemmy.sdf.orgOPEnglish
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    4 days ago

    From Amazon:

    they were violent, ruthless, and fundamentally intolerant.

    this new ideology stated not only that it was the way, the truth, and the light but that, by extension, every single other way was wrong and had to be destroyed.

    Holy shit, I’m ordering it now. And it completely makes sense because Paul was a violent asshole who killed people and he was their first major champion (with James trying to clean up the mess).