Christians in AmeriKKKa just celebrated another Easter. Easter, the third day after their god got nailed and was miraculously alive once more. I don’t know about Jesus but I’ve been pretty badly nailed before, hammered in fact, and it took me at least three days to feel as if I was really alive again. It was a miracle to me too!\nChristianity is a completely artificial religion composed of various other “pagan” religions of the time. Emperor Constantine was instrumental in making Christianity popular as a method of controlling the military and populace. The character Jesus was probably fabricated completely from other god figures of the Egyptians, Babylonians and other cultures. In a police lineup, it’d be tough to tell Mithras, Osiris and Attis apart from Jesus.\nAll the Christian traditions come from other cultures and religions. Sunday, as a sacred day, comes from pagan Romans. Easter came from the Egyptians. Christmas came from Babylonians. The Greeks gave the concept of immortality, and the “triune god” concept came from the early Gnostics. Any competent historian can give anyone all the evidence that is required to show the truth about this primitive religion. \nChristianity is responsible for a vast percentage of the horrors unleashed upon the world by humans. Without Christians, Jews never would have been accused of killing a god. Imagine the world of 2007 without the Holocaust, without the Crusades, without all the hatred and prejudices that Christianity created. What a concept, eh?\nChristians are not all bad, of course. The basic philosophies of how a Christian should live are admirable. The Ten Commandments are decent, and the “golden rule” is a philosophy to live by. \nI know I’ve picked on Christianity, but other major religions are nearly as violent and intolerant. Isn’t it time to discard the violent religions of humanity’s primitive days and embrace humankind as a whole? Isn’t it time for humankind to grow up? We have advanced so far technologically and yet we have barely started to advance spiritually.
Steve Salter \nIU employee
