How an obscure cult grew to become the dominant religion of the Western world

Re:How an obscure cult grew to become the dominant religion ... by flukus on Tuesday February 07, 2017 @12:00AM (#13587179)

> Physical presence of a book doesn't make it scripture. And that's exactly what Christians believe the Bible is: scripture. And it is held to a very different set of standards than what is not scripture.

Not all christians agree on what is and isn't in the bible. There is no single Christian bible. I have no doubt there are some sects out there that don't have a bible, for a couple of hundred years no christians did.

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Re:How an obscure cult grew to become the dominant religion ... by nvahalik on Tuesday February 07, 2017 @01:06AM (#13587444)

I'd suggest you check out this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BqcwcxoxoUo

And then we could probably have a reasonable conversation about it.

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Re:How an obscure cult grew to become the dominant religion ... by pfisch on Sunday February 19, 2017 @03:51PM (#13681901)

There are disagreements about whether mormons are christians. Mormons have a full book which they claim is scripture about jesus in north america.

Because nothing is supported by provable factual truth anyone can claim anything.

Unlike math/science where you can actually provide evidence and proofs, religion is more about who has the loudest voice to spread their dogma.

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Re:How an obscure cult grew to become the dominant religion ... by flukus on Tuesday February 07, 2017 @03:46AM (#13588050)

Going to give me a hint about what the hour long video contains? The video itself does not contain a description either and comments are disabled. After the first 12 minutes he's yet to say absolutely anything of value.

I'm not sure a ministry is the most impartial source in the first place, in the part I've watched he even lists secular biblical scholars as an attack on christianity.

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