I have lots of questions about the formative years of the Christian church. I'm western, from the US and was taught much of my religious thought by Baptists, then Fundamentalists, and find myself in a relatively liberal mindset.
I also studied Islam, and find that I like the strict Monotheisim. I mean I know that Jesus was and all that but the Fundis worship him like he is a God. I go back to the first commandment. "I am the Lord thy GOD and thou shall have no other Gods before me".
As I read about the Gnostics and the Essenes; how some in the very early church went around murdering people who they thought were heretics. How the Early Catholics began to slander Mary Magdaline; calling her a harlot and degrading women for untold centuries, it makes my heart beat faster.
What's the truth with all this anyhow? Who is right? Is anyone right?
I just want to hear your perspective on all this.
HalaM
I also studied Islam, and find that I like the strict Monotheisim. I mean I know that Jesus was and all that but the Fundis worship him like he is a God. I go back to the first commandment. "I am the Lord thy GOD and thou shall have no other Gods before me".
As I read about the Gnostics and the Essenes; how some in the very early church went around murdering people who they thought were heretics. How the Early Catholics began to slander Mary Magdaline; calling her a harlot and degrading women for untold centuries, it makes my heart beat faster.
What's the truth with all this anyhow? Who is right? Is anyone right?
I just want to hear your perspective on all this.
HalaM