As a philosopher who desires REALITY ('now' reality) I must challenge DECEPTIONS of the mind which are less than valid IMO. The BIGGEST deception of these past 2,000 years IMO is this story in Luke which I have read every year during my brief lifetime. My mother started this reading (for my family) during my youth and my assumption was that she believed this historical story as REALITY. But was this story reality or a FAIRY TALE for spiritual consumption to mislead our thinking? Let's think on these ideas for this missive. Was the historical Christmas story valid history?
My sense, today, is that the historical story was developed by select theologians (mostly after 325 A.D.) and then this story became the MANTRA of a growing political CHURCH...which desired to Rule our planet (via their enslaved believers/followers). Today, this story seems totally UNREAL to those of us with some scientific understanding of reality. Today's science gives us some basis for rejecting this prior STORY. I now live in 2022 and look back at this historical story. Let's briefly REVIEW the story for your recollection:
1. Around 6 B.C. (give or take) this young female from Nazareth called Mary (supposedly) received a message from an Angel of God (Yahweh was the Jewish God at that time). This Angel (which angel is unknown) supposedly said the following: "Do not be afraid, Mary, for you have found favor with God (Yahweh). You shall conceive (in your womb) a child which you must name Jesus (should be Yeshua as Mary was Aramaic). This child (when born) will be called the son of God (Yahweh was God). And God (Yahweh) will give this son of yours the throne of King David. Then this son will reign over the house of David (all Israelites/Jews) forever. His Kingdom will have no end (Luke 1: 30-32)."
2. This supposed message from an Angel of Yahweh (possibly Gabriel) meant that the Jews (all the 12 tribes) would have a NEW Messiah person (an 'anointed' one of Yahweh) to Rule over them so that complete FREEDOM would result. God would be King! The Romans who had these tribes enslaved (via their political system) would be replaced with this NEW Kingdom of this Messiah person (called the son of God...and also the 2nd person of a TRINITY). This person would be some type of Deity (God) as this child was to be born via the Holy Spirit who would impregnate Mary. Where did this idea come from?
3. First century Jews (in 6 B.C. or after) would have viewed this story as pure fantasy (a Fairy Tale) as the idea of an 'invisible spirit' (called the Holy Spirit) impregnating a human female was absurd (theologically) thinking. Nothing within the Hebrew Torah or other scriptural writings would support this theological mindset in 6 B.C. The story was (obviously) concocted much later (say prior/after 325 A.D./Council of Nicaea) and then placed on the MOUTH of this woman called Mary. The actual behavior of Yeshua's mother (in 6 B.C.) reveals the fairy tale nature of this story. What was Mary's behavior (at the time)?
4. Immediately AFTER the birth of this child (Yeshua was his name/not Jesus), Mary had this child 'circumcised' on day 8 after birth. This happened at the Temple of Yahweh in Jerusalem (so it is reported). Then some 40 days after Yeshua's birth he was 'dedicated' to the God of Israel (this God was Yahweh). All this is documented in scripture and witnessed (supposedly) by many. This behavior (of Mary) was traditional and this proves (to me) that Mary did not view her child as SON of God (as reported by Christian theology). She may have viewed her child as a potential Messiah (an anointed one of God) as this person was prophesied to emerge from David's heritage. She would not, however, circumcise God or the Son of God. This mindset is not Jewish and there is ZERO evidence for this idea of circumcising GOD Almighty (or a 2nd GOD called the SON of God). Christians need to UPDATE their theology on this fairy tale story IMO.
5. Furthermore, when this child (now called Yeshua/he was Aramaic) was an adult (say 29 years old) he chose to get BAPTISED. His mentor, at the time, was his cousin, John. John desired the KINGDOM of Yahweh and he may have viewed Yeshua as the prophesied Messiah (the 'anointed' one of Yahweh). This baptism event also proves that Yeshua could not have been God of the 2nd person of a TRINITY as this event would not happen to God (Deity). This is ABSURD theological thinking by my many Christian zombie friends. The idea that GOD ALMIGHTY gets baptised (for what reason?) is not creditable thinking IMO. Yahweh was the God of Israel at the time and this God was a transcendent SPIRIT (not a flesh and blood human being). Jews prayed to this 'invisible' Spirit who was viewed to live in the HEAVENS!
6. This child of Mary/Joseph (now an adult) then starts his ministry in the Galilee. His message was the promotion of the KINGDOM OF HIS GOD (his God was Yahweh). This message was misunderstood (after his death) as another Apostle emerged (called Paul of Tarsus). Paul started a NEW theology (after his so-called VISION on the road to Damascus). This false theology of Paul of Tarsus is what eventually produced this huge CHURCH group called the Roman Catholic Church (later the Protestant Church). Yeshua (dead for centuries when all this was happening) became a 'glorified' Deity (in the Heavens) who became this 2nd person of a TRINITY GODHEAD. Eventually, three god persons emerged from this false teaching. Today, Christians, like Pastor Jeremiah above, think this is REALITY. Amazing deception!
7. Today, this Christmas Fairy Tale story continues and it produces zombie believers who recite the story and assume that the story is valid REALITY. Some 2.6 billion zombie believers are supposedly adhering to this historical STORY. An angel appeared to Mary and brought forth a son who became GOD (in the flesh). God then died at the Cross (an impossibility)...and he then became a new creation after three days in the tomb (another impossibility). Today, zombie believers are waiting for this 'glorified' spirit to rescue them from the WRATH of the real God of Israel (Yahweh the Almighty). It's called the RAPTURE of the Church. Millions of believers continue with this gross deception and fairy tale...as REALITY (in the Now). Reality is viewed as a 'past'/'future' event which actually happened in real-time. Is it time for this Christmas Story to be updated? My sense is 'absolutely'!
Conclusion: It is my view that events during the coming 'tribulation' (starting in 2023) will cause masses of believers to abandon their prior fairy tale stories. Getting REAL is necessary as we all live in the NOW (not this 'past'/'future' mindset). The Christmas Story is based on a PAST/FUTURE mindset which is not reality (in the NOW). In reality, their is NO 'past' and NO 'future' (that we live or experience). I live totally in the NOW (always/forever). I think you do likewise! This means that fairy tales must be re-envisioned as events within the NOW. Can an invisible spirit (produce an impregnation of a women today)? I don't think so! It takes a 'sperm' and an 'egg' to produce a human being. Science is relevant on this issue!
Yeshua was produced (in like manner) to any human being on this planet (we have 6,000 years of evidence that invisible spirits do NOT produce flesh and blood human beings). We have 6,000 years of evidence that God is alive and well within our consciousness (not on this planet as a human being). Yes, Yeshua, was likely 'glorified' at his spirit's passing. This is a reality which I accept as valid. Yeshua's message is that he is alive and well in the heavens (next to his Father/Yahweh). You can read this vision of John in Revelation 4 and 5 as additional evidence. Yahweh is still on the throne (chapter 4) and his anointed one (Yeshua/Jesus) is occupying a position of authority (UNDER this God of Israel/Revelation 5). Read the vision for yourself!
The Fairy Tale of historical Christianity needs to be UPDATED to a reality of NOW. We all live in the NOW and it is the NOW which produces valid thinking for our living. All experience is based on understanding the NOW (as Reality). This 'past'/'future' thinking of yesterday needs to be ABANDONED. It produces deceptions/lies/fairy tales. Try to avoid the NOW as you live your life? Is it possible? I don't think so! Reality is a NOW experience and this is why I desire an UPDATE to this historical story of some 2,000 years prior. It's a Fairy Tale to those of us living in the NOW. Think for yourself, however.
I am: Donald B. Swenson, Economist/Philosopher, donaldswenson.blogspot.com.
http://kingdomecon.wordpress.com.
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