12-13-2016, 06:03 AM
(12-12-2016, 11:32 PM)yeah! Wrote: Hey Sarge, going off what you said above, what would the new testament god represent to the condciousness of the people of that time?
I'm having trouble understanding the question, so bear with me...
Are you asking what the NT god meant to the people in the NT?
Or are you asking what the NT god meant to the people at the time of the NT's publication?
(12-12-2016, 11:32 PM)yeah! Wrote: As much as many people dislike organised religion, I think we have a lot to thank it for. The whole structure of our society has been founded upon it and wherever it evolves to from here will be a knock on effect of it.
A large percentage of percentage of people on the planet can also give thanks for their lives to organised religion, though you could say the same thing with the Meat and Dairy Industry with cows.
True. And like the meat industry, there have been a lot of deaths thanks to religion as well. The truth is: it's impossible to know how things would have turned out without religion.
