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23rd June 2026
21st June 2026
begemots @ : Et tu Jim
Interesanti. Droši vien klasificējas kā herētiķis, bet, nu, ne par to stāsts.
Modern Christianity is largely Pauline Christianity.
That statement is not an attack on Paul. It is simply a recognition of history. The central creeds of Christianity contain remarkably little of the ethical teaching of Jesus. They are overwhelmingly concerned with metaphysical claims about his nature, death, resurrection, and cosmic significance.
The Sermon on the Mount, the parables, the radical inversion of power, the critique of religious authority, and Jesus' vision of the Kingdom of God occupy surprisingly little space within the doctrinal architecture that eventually emerged. You cannot pin Christianity on Jesus. Christianity as we know it is the product of a long historical development, and no individual shaped that development more than Paul.
Paul's letters were written before the gospels and became the earliest documents of the New Testament. It is entirely possible that the theological categories Paul employed influenced the writers of the synoptic gospels themselves. By the time orthodoxy emerged, Paul's interpretations had become woven into the very fabric of Christian thought. Western Christianity, whether Catholic or Protestant, is fundamentally Pauline in its assumptions and structure.
I suspect Jesus and Paul would have had profound disagreements. Jesus was a brown-skinned Jewish teacher announcing the Kingdom of God and overturning conventional notions of purity, power, and religious status. Paul, shaped by his own Pharisaic training and his encounter with the risen Christ, developed an elaborate theological framework that interpreted Jesus' death through sacrificial and redemptive categories. Jesus himself might have been astonished by much of the mythology and theology eventually attached to his name.
Perhaps Paul's most consequential move was interpreting the Roman execution of Jesus through the lens of sacrificial atonement. The Jewish image of the Passover lamb became the model through which Jesus was understood as the Lamb of God whose blood removed the sins of humanity.
Over time Christianity became organized around the cross itself. In this sense, Paul helped transform Christianity into what might almost be called Cross-tianity. Significantly, the earliest followers of Jesus did not go around wearing crucifixes or carving crosses. The cross as a dominant devotional symbol emerged centuries later. The first known crucifix imagery appears only many generations after Jesus and Paul were gone.
Yet none of this requires hostility toward Paul. He was not attempting to create an infallible religion for future civilizations. He was writing occasional letters to struggling communities attempting to sort out practical and theological questions. He found himself in the strange and unenviable position of becoming the resident expert on Christianity. One could reasonably ask, "Who died and made Paul pope?" Nobody did. History simply placed him there.
( ... tālāk ... )
Modern Christianity is largely Pauline Christianity.
That statement is not an attack on Paul. It is simply a recognition of history. The central creeds of Christianity contain remarkably little of the ethical teaching of Jesus. They are overwhelmingly concerned with metaphysical claims about his nature, death, resurrection, and cosmic significance.
The Sermon on the Mount, the parables, the radical inversion of power, the critique of religious authority, and Jesus' vision of the Kingdom of God occupy surprisingly little space within the doctrinal architecture that eventually emerged. You cannot pin Christianity on Jesus. Christianity as we know it is the product of a long historical development, and no individual shaped that development more than Paul.
Paul's letters were written before the gospels and became the earliest documents of the New Testament. It is entirely possible that the theological categories Paul employed influenced the writers of the synoptic gospels themselves. By the time orthodoxy emerged, Paul's interpretations had become woven into the very fabric of Christian thought. Western Christianity, whether Catholic or Protestant, is fundamentally Pauline in its assumptions and structure.
I suspect Jesus and Paul would have had profound disagreements. Jesus was a brown-skinned Jewish teacher announcing the Kingdom of God and overturning conventional notions of purity, power, and religious status. Paul, shaped by his own Pharisaic training and his encounter with the risen Christ, developed an elaborate theological framework that interpreted Jesus' death through sacrificial and redemptive categories. Jesus himself might have been astonished by much of the mythology and theology eventually attached to his name.
Perhaps Paul's most consequential move was interpreting the Roman execution of Jesus through the lens of sacrificial atonement. The Jewish image of the Passover lamb became the model through which Jesus was understood as the Lamb of God whose blood removed the sins of humanity.
Over time Christianity became organized around the cross itself. In this sense, Paul helped transform Christianity into what might almost be called Cross-tianity. Significantly, the earliest followers of Jesus did not go around wearing crucifixes or carving crosses. The cross as a dominant devotional symbol emerged centuries later. The first known crucifix imagery appears only many generations after Jesus and Paul were gone.
Yet none of this requires hostility toward Paul. He was not attempting to create an infallible religion for future civilizations. He was writing occasional letters to struggling communities attempting to sort out practical and theological questions. He found himself in the strange and unenviable position of becoming the resident expert on Christianity. One could reasonably ask, "Who died and made Paul pope?" Nobody did. History simply placed him there.
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ravejsledzejs @ :
uzskrēju virsū drag queen latviskojumam: pautumeita...
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20th June 2026
neetiski @ :
I'm in my villain era.
18th June 2026
gailis @ :
Cirkonijs domā
par Pastaro tiesu
kailam cirkā jājot
uz zirga
viņš piedzīvo riestu
noskuvis miesu
lai baudītu seksu
varbūt pat zārkā
par Pastaro tiesu
kailam cirkā jājot
uz zirga
viņš piedzīvo riestu
noskuvis miesu
lai baudītu seksu
varbūt pat zārkā
17th June 2026
citaantonija @ : Emocijas ir dvēseles kustība
( Kur es sevī vīlos )
Šodien uzzināju visiem jau sen zināmo, ka ilgstoši aizturētas dusmas var radīt lielu nejūtību un apgrūtināt spēju izjust pārējās emocijas. Arī depresijas pacientiem bieži vien ir apspiestas dusmas, jo tā ir nobloķēta enerģija. Protams, nevajag krist otrā galējībā un dusmās kaut ko lauzt vai darīt citiem pāri, taču tās ignorēt arī ir aplami, pat ja ļoti grūti izturamas emocijas, kas izjauc iekšējo mieru un harmonisko kārtību. Taču dusmas var palīdzēt aizstāvēt sevi vai citus un dod enerģiju kaut ko izdarīt (kas nāktu par labu un būtu jau sen jāizdara).
Tā jau saprotu, ka katrai emocijai sava funkcija un visas vajadzīgas, tikai skumju jēgu nedaudz apšaubu, jo var iekrist dziļā purvā un zaudēt daudz, daudz laika. Un kāda jēga, ja citi redzēs, ka man ir skumji? Varbūt vienīgi tās var iedot atmiņām kaut kādu jēgu, parādīt, cik ļoti zudušais ir nozīmīgs un neaizvietojams. Un varbūt, ja skumju nebūtu, cilvēks nemaz negribētu mazināt problēmas, jo nemanītu, ka slīkst? Dziļa vienaldzība taču būtu daudz, daudz sliktāka.
gailis @ : DžDžDž
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ir bezgalīgas
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pie mušpapīra
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ir bezgalīgas
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mūžīga mīla
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pie mušpapīra
15th June 2026
gailis @ :
Keiva zupā bij Jēzus
manā arī
Dievs ir mīlestība
litra burkā
ko vakar man iedeva līdzi
kāda klostera
mūks
manā arī
Dievs ir mīlestība
litra burkā
ko vakar man iedeva līdzi
kāda klostera
mūks
gailis @ :
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13th June 2026
12th June 2026
gailis @ :
ķenguri Ķengaragā
Mežciemā mežs
ziepes Ziepniekkalnā
pilns ar čiekuriem Čiekurkalnā
vientulība Zolitūdē
Imantā nevaid miris
meklēja pļavu Pļavniekos
purvā līdz ausīm Purvciemā
Juglā no prieka piedzērās
Mežciemā mežs
ziepes Ziepniekkalnā
pilns ar čiekuriem Čiekurkalnā
vientulība Zolitūdē
Imantā nevaid miris
meklēja pļavu Pļavniekos
purvā līdz ausīm Purvciemā
Juglā no prieka piedzērās