The Pagan Christ: Is Blind Faith Killing Christianity? Tom Harpur
Publisher: Bloomsbury USA

Your comment regarding proof like so many others is an opinion that you will defend with the same blind faith the most conservative Christian would defend the opposite way. Although he had been fighting under the banner of Christ for twenty years, he turned to the pagan religions for absolution. John says: Bill Maher has it right, insult the Prophet Mohammad and they will kill you. The first objection to the idea that Christmas is simply an adapted pagan festival is the simple fact that the early Christians were adamantly opposed to paganism in all its forms. Whether you kill for Allah or for Jesus, you're still a militant fundamentalist using blind faith to justify senseless slaughter. My experiences have shown that the inundation of invitations for fundamentalist Christian prayer and fellowship, “spiritual growth” and “moral development” that target fellow Soldiers tends to thinly mask an undeniable and comprehensive Also, remember the thing a couple of years ago with the pagan soldier who died in one of the Bush wars? The reestablishment of pagan concepts of god / Human hybrids were reborn at the exact moment when it, if Judaism had been the dominant doctrine of the time, never would have caught on. Christian holy days and holy places are most often targeted. They had That's why, rather than do so, they were willing to be deprived of their property, exiled, imprisoned, tortured and killed. The acclaimed His message is clear: our blind faith in literalism is killing Christianity and dividing religions; only a return to an inclusive belief system where Christ lives within each of us will save it. Buy Pagan Christ in ebook format. Most of us don't seek to mock or denigrate anyone's faith. It's a no win argument because for you no . Many of us do respond, however, when fictional creatures and ancient writings of men are introduced into the debate on public policy. Robin Lane Fox explains Astounding! These critics notice similarities between certain Roman Catholic customs and the old Roman religion and snipe that our faith is no more than paganism revisited. He was told that no pagan religion offered absolution for such crimes as his. Among other popular and scholarly works he has produced are 'Alexander the Great' (a respected history) and `Pagans and Christians' (an interesting exploration of the conversion of the Roman world to Christianity). The individual they spoke with, a self-described Christian named “Shane,” challenged Harris and Dillahunty on a the character of God, with the discussion taking a bizarre and conclusive turn over the sensitive issue of child rape. We have a long way to go before we become grown ups and learn to rely on rational thought instead of blind faith.