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☩🌲A Forest Rebel🌲☩'s avatar

"There is a huge difference between Jesus the man and Jesus of the church."

Sure, and how did you figure out who "Jesus the man" is? Oh, you read the Bible? Written by his followers and read in the Churches? The Scriptures which were compiled by the Church? Let me guess, next you'll say "parts" of the Bible are true (his earthly ministry and teachings) while others are "fake" or not reliable (the resurrection, ascension, and post-pentecost events)?

This trope of "the Church (the people actually following Jesus) misunderstand who he *really is*" is so tired and worn out. When will it end?

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Sako Vkt's avatar

Yeah,,kind of , maybe,,But more simply, Christ was a martyr who conquored a world after His death, which is where His Kingdom is.

The dichotomy between state and clergy is unique in the Western World. The Caliphate joins clerical and secular into one. I think Asian rulers are more like that. But not the Christian West. I doubt the Nordic nor Helenic West was much different.

Not even divine right resolved the temporal from the eternal.

An aristocracy bred of Gods and mortal mistresses still haunts us: the obcession with IQ.

But we always need a leader. There is no spontaneous rising or will of the people ever. This is always called out by some charismatic figrue and the Gods usually bless him with a catchy nom de guerre if not his real name, however transitory his appearance.

Economy is a simple matter the Rerum Novarum called out in 1891

Encyclical. Money represents labor. When labor cannot afford to buy what tey need to live, the economy collapses.. Greed and the "money changers" are the major culprits.

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