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4. Opus Dei
Fri Oct 4, 2024, 09:47 PM
Oct 4

The original Catholic Bible was the Douay-Rheims Bible, not the Kings James version, of course neither of these Bibles are factual translations as many of the original were in Greek and Aramaic and languages somewhat lost to today. Read it at your own risk.
Corrected to say Aramaic, also the Bible as we presently know it is comprised of various texts of the Old Testament, of which there were many and texts of the New Testament, also of there were many, all cherry picked by the church of that day to present todays western world theology. You can find many of the texts both old and new with a simple search on the net, you may be surprised.
Texts that didn’t make the cut, ie the theology to keep people in line through fear and intimidation, sound familiar?
There were many beliefs in the early days that mankind was born free of sin and would ascend to heaven based on their character, this was quickly and horribly stamped out by the early church. It proscribed mankind was born in sin and were required to do everything possible to redeem themselves, give to the church however they could and stay ignorant so they could be manipulated through guilt and fear. Need I say more?

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