I don't know if I agree tbh. I would say what you're describing is basically islam. Christianity is more like crypto aryan old religion that includes the ten commandments and some joodefence in the form of jesus hate for the pharisees. Issue is the terminology is so old that no one understands it anymore and it's so subverted that joos basically teach us what it means now.
Issue the terminology is so old that no one understands it anymore.
That's a good possibility. We can see where Jesus says contradictory things in the Gospels.
Some believe Jesus never existed and was simply an amalgam of past teachings that coalesced into the manifestation of an archetype called Christ around the CE. Personally I think this is the case.
There is no way to know for sure about if he existed. I think he did and was possibly an incarnation of God. The basic tennents definitely line up with the old religions, i.e the trinity, the rising after three days, the crucified sage who dies for his people, the virgin birth and even most of the later traditions added by the germanics like Christmas trees. I had big issues with christianity for a long time. Now I basically view it as God using it as tool to get us to stop killing each other while recognizing our traditions are important to us.
Not to belittle your view but aren't we all incarnations of God? That's the way I see things. God fragmented itself into an infinite number of sleeping beings in order to come to know of itself through individual conscious struggle.
That is why most established religions talk about awakening or enlightenment. The breakthrough that comes from spiritual struggle is realizing you are God. Not an all powerful, omniscient God. Rather a realization that the "I" you thought you were is an illusion and your essence is God consciousness.
Old testament: "For none shall see me and live"
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