Absolutely fascinating!  I find Spinoza's revelations about the Christianity & the "immutable" word of God truly thought provoking.  Thank you for a great video!

As a 17 year old, I told my parents that I did not believe in God and they me asked to leave their home. I left and always loved them regardless of their ignorance. They were good people but uneducated and simple.

I hope people realize how much work you have put in into preparation of these videos. This is the most intellectual videos I have ever heard in my life thank you thank you thank you thank you.

This is a great summary of how Christianity emerged and eventually became what it is now, and it agrees with what most biblical scholars are saying.  The Gospels contradict each other, history, science and logic.  People still believe that disease and sickness are caused by demons and that Jesus healed by casting them out.  The trinity and original sin are concepts that are alien to what Jesus truly preached.  The epistle of James explains the true path to salvation, but most Christians don't even read it.  In a recent interview, C.J. Cornthwaite, a biblical scholar, asked Paula Fredrickson, another biblical scholar who wrote a book about diversity in early Christianity, why did Christianity win.  She answered that Constantine version of Christianity won if you call this a win.  What is dangerous is how religions are weaponized to exclude and persecute others leading to oppression and injustice.  Keep up the good work, I really like your podcasts.

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A Student Pastor & Teen Leader, within the church that I was attending at the time, suggested to me, to just read the Bible, cover-to-cover, as I would, any other book.  He warned me that Liviticus would be hard to get through but well worth the work.  I did, and I was only 13.

When I finished it, the Teen Leader/Student Pastor asked me what I got from all of that.  I said that I saw many great lessons, but over all, it was odd, inconsistent & caused me to have even more questions about the book, itself.    He laughed outloud & said I was VERY YOUNG to have gathered so much from that.

Since then, I have read the bible 'cover-to-cover' 3 more times, and have accrued even more questions, I left the church, turned towards Metaphysical & Wiccan Practices, 'Free Thought', and finally landing on Buddhism, and now...  Buddhism with God.

AGES AGO (seems like lifetimes ago), I defined 'Religion' as the Covenant & Union of Church and State,  much like 'Marriage' is the Covenant & Union of Man & Woman.   Were they ever really MEANT to be a Union?  Or was that 'ghost written' in as a guilt trip on Women?

Women have 'connected abilities' most Men don't have.  Rather than unite in their common connection, they have been made to 'compete' over one thing or another.

The Church teaches the contradiction & burdens females with being 'chast', AND being carnal for their husbands, who, back then, also had concubines & mistresses; and THAT was socially acceptable.

The bible has been used since it's building, as a leverage post for Kings & Clergy to control the lesser citizens.

I believe in the Holy Trinity, and connect that 'Entity' as 'Mental, Physical & Etherial'; Mind, Body & Soul.  It is the connection that makes us One, with God, and God is Nature.

When I have tried to share my 'philosophy' with my fellow Christians,  I get shut down in the RUDEST, most Un-Godly ways; interrupted, scolded, yelled at, even laughed at.  It doesn't change my mind, it made me leave the Church and RELATE to Jesus' life & Crucifixion.   I see it.  I can actually SEE the Truth, the Patterns, and the Narrow, Righteous Path, all the while wondering if I am right or if the church is right & I'm the evil being...   then this video comes along, and I connect with it.  I get it.

I have NEVER heard of Spinosa before, but I ABSOLUTELY  Understand him/his work, his philosophy...   I get it, and I want more!!

Thank you SO MUCH for this, for posting this.

Just great. Thanks for the detailed information of how Christianity came into being.thanks a lot.

What has always struck me as bizarre about Christianity is the way that 'magic' has been woven into it as an ever-present story line. There is justification for having a character appear to be 'walking on water,' mostly because it requires you to suspend disbelief. Stories have been doing The accumulation of miracles establishes a poetic justification for the character's divinity; most people are inclined to listen to those who can perform miracles, so it's not surprising they had him walking on water, feeding the masses with a fish stick, re-animating a corpse or two, things like that.

So much in just one and a half hours.  I long ago decided for me the bible is PIC & MIX take the good and reject the rubbish which will be different for us all...  I'm also reminded of a story of my Grandfather looking out from the trenches of WWI, seeing the priest blessing the German troops and his friend saying, "look Harry he's blessing those men, telling them they are doing God's work with every one of us they kill".  That's when my Grandfather lost his faith...

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I agree

Matthew 7:28 When Jesus had finished saying these things, the crowds were amazed at his teaching, 29 because he taught as one who had authority, and not as their teachers of the law.

I'm from southeast Asian, Jesus never known in my country until Spanish came,  they tortured and killed people who did not believe Christianity Soo where's the justice? Kill first then pray for him later?

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I looked more closely to what the Catholics believed in and discovered that 80% of what they believed in I didn’t believe.  From there I decided to not go to Church anymore, to live the best I could and follow the Golden Rule as closely as possible. I strongly believe in God the Father and Jesus the Son. I am grateful to be alive each and every day. Life is a precious gift from God not to be taken lightly.  I myself don't belong to any Church or specific religion.  I do read the Bible and I research spiritual videos and spiritual information to complement what the Bible says.

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Jesus was just a simple Jewish teacher and preacher in Israel who broke away from Judaism religion and their Rabbis ! After Jesus was crucified by the Romans who were Pagans without any religion of their own soon seized an opportunity to make Jesus Christ as a role model and start their  own religion named after Jesus Christ and called it Christianity ! 🤔

Messiah was not supposed to die or not finish his mission and return a second time, that is all made up. Jesus supposedly said some of the people with him will not die and see him coming in glory, it never happened, they all died. He said like Jonah he will go 3 days and 3 nights and come back From Friday to Sunday, there is no 3 days and 3 nights, the list goes on. We are talking about a failed end of world type of "prophet" who failed, let's be honest. The Romans who killed him and greek philosophy and culture created a cosmic deity called Jesus and tried to tie it to Jewish gods and history, with a never ending second coming of Jesus that will never happen. People just need to read more and comprehend. Peace to all!

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no.  I'm not learning about Spinoza from s computer voice