Peace be with you all,

Mike

oi, yeah, this could take a little time. I guess I do believe in a higher power, but I don’t pretend to know and understand it. I don’t reject a lot of people’s ideas but I do wish they would do some research on them.

Take christianity for example. Many people take the bible word for word, not taking into account the fact that those words have been translated over and over again. Such as the concept of hell. Now, hell wasn’t even mentioned at all until Emporor Constantine made christianity the roman empire’s official religion. There were a small number of religious school’s at that time (I don’t remember the names, but I believe there were 6 or 7) and most of them studied the bible under the greek translation (which had only been translated once from the original). The school that Constantine attended taught under the Roman translation, which was translated from the greek. There were a number of differences in the two books, which Constantine actually acknowledged. He said he just preferred the Roman translation.

One of those mistranslations was the greek word Agos, which meant a period of time (theoretically with a beginning and an end). This was translated into a Roman word which meant endless time. This completely changed the definition of the concept of hell. It is one of these reasons I do believe in purgatory, but not in hell.

I was raised a christian. Today though, I really view the bible as a good history book, and a good guide for how to live your life– but I don’t buy into all the christian concepts.

there’s my two cents, plus a lil more.

I’ll try, but in order to completely lay out my points, I’m going to have to write an entire post on the subject.