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[–] LovableSidekick@lemmy.world 45 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (2 children)

If Christianity taught believe in yourself instead of an Invisible Friend, a lot fewer of them would worship Trump.

[–] mobotsar@sh.itjust.works 1 points 17 hours ago

Yeah, Trump being invisible too just gets them all confused.

[–] chaogomu@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

There was actually an early sect of Christians called the Gnostics. That was sort of their whole thing.

A core belief was that everyone was the child of God, and thus, was God.

They also believed that Jesus asked Judas to go to the Romans.

The early church wiped them out to the last, and we only know what we do thanks to some sparse records and modern archeology.

[–] LovableSidekick@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

As in the gnostic gospels? As usual, the ideas that ended up having the most muscle behind them became the "truth".

[–] chaogomu@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

Pretty sure that they named themselves. So closer to propaganda.