Heresy
The Bible we have today isn't what it used to be. What it contains and no longer contains is as much a result of politics as the intent of the Framers.

http://www.rickrichards.com/Bible_Frame.htm

I thought everyone knew this and just didn't care. Even this site is at the 101 level, speaking in VERY general terms. The same patterns repeat throughout history. Even the clay army in China echos familiar religious/philosophical themes.
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http://www.rickrichards.com/Bible_Frame.htm (examples page)

"The New Testament focuses largely on how Jesus and his life and efforts fulfilled the prophecies set forth by the elders in the Old Testament. For example, in the book of Isaiah in the Old Testament, and the book of Daniel which both were understood by the Jews and many other sectors to contain a prophecy of the "Messiah."


This has always been my bitch: the man went about Israel pissing off the establishment by teaching people how to connect with the source of all knowing within them (wake up and think for themselves). Most of these teachings have been excised in favor of "doctrine".

What's left is all potatos and very little meat.

evidence: the logo of christianity, the praying hands. Obviously Jesus was teaching some form of meditation involving hands. Only the symbol remains, the teachings have been removed.

I believe something similar, if not the same thing, can be found at

www.fhu.com