tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4734465554233359322.post6419369233357529226..comments2023-03-27T10:33:05.799+01:00Comments on the banksyboy brief: Christendom or Christianity...?Peter Bankshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11581918660786956398noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4734465554233359322.post-32803265869198467022010-02-19T14:43:55.259+00:002010-02-19T14:43:55.259+00:00Well said, Rev Sam!Well said, Rev Sam!sharpieshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00139719092556206979noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4734465554233359322.post-69536029538641102822010-02-19T12:55:38.395+00:002010-02-19T12:55:38.395+00:00Have succumbed to Rector Power and modified (after...Have succumbed to Rector Power and modified (after a less speed reading moment)!!! Ta.Peter Bankshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11581918660786956398noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4734465554233359322.post-59685756339413479212010-02-19T11:55:14.284+00:002010-02-19T11:55:14.284+00:00Just following your fine example of being controve...Just following your fine example of being controversial (for the sake of it) every now and then ;-)<br /><br />I will add a couple of words to the blog though... as a result of your guidance!Peter Bankshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11581918660786956398noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4734465554233359322.post-58106862138166741682010-02-19T11:07:30.015+00:002010-02-19T11:07:30.015+00:00"Jesus never intended to found a religion, mu..."Jesus never intended to found a religion, much less be the object of its devotion. The followers of Jesus — the disciples and the early Christian Church — made him into something else. The hierarchies of institutional religion made him God; doctrine and dogma distorted Jesus' identity by making him divine. Church leaders enshrined this exceptional human being as "the only Son of God." <br /><br />Sorry, but that's a steaming pile of... stuff that's useful for your vegetable garden.<br /><br />(Like you, though, if it said 'Christendom' I wouldn't have any argument)Sam Charles Nortonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04088870675715850624noreply@blogger.com