I would argue it has lasted this long due to a totalitarian church violently stomping out potential competition for about 16 centuries. the impulse to prophetic reformation has resurfaced in Protestantism many times.
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i agree that their philosophy and theology was much more interesting than what became mainstream Christianity and that the political implications of those beliefs made them intolerable by imperial authorities they were still throwing out the baby with the bathwater though
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Replying to @danlistensto
i don't mean to argue in favor of any particular flavor of theology or spirituality, i'm just questioning the premise that we ought to view the Christ myth as an ultimate form
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well that's a pretty stark conclusion that I don't immediately go to in my analysis though I do recognize it as a possible bad scenario. we both observe that nothing is redeemed. maybe nothing is redeemable? maybe nothing _needs_ to be redeemed?
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Replying to @AlexanderBlum0
how about instead of an eschatology we have an awakening? evolution and change are guaranteed in this world and not particularly our immediate concern. what if we wake up to our own responsibility to make the world a better place in our own time with the means we have?
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nothing needs to be saved but that does not mean we are not responsible for ourselves and our community and our planet. things can be ruined even though they need not be saved.
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