They Lied about the First 100 Years of Christianity | DOCUMENTARY
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The first century of Christianity is shrouded in mystery. What we know for sure, compared to what we are told by traditional accounts is wide ranging and extremely problematic. The earliest Christian documents we have are letters from Paul, dating to the 40s-50s and early 60s. Only 7 of them are considered to by authentic and written by one author.These letters from Paul contain the most important details about Jesus being crucified. We have letters from John and Peter, which may not be authentic, but are nevertheless, late 1st century and early 2nd century texts written by Christians. Most scholars date the 3 Synoptic Gospels to the late 1st and early 2nd century, starting with Mark around 70, then Matthew between 85-95, and Luke-Acts in the early to middle of the 2nd century. The Gospel of John also is dated by most scholars between the 90s and 140s. All four of these gospels did not have names of authors attached to them until the end of the 2nd century. So we don't even know if they really were written by Mark, Matthew, Luke or John. These titles were given by later Church fathers. The earliest physical fragments of these texts that we have are from the late 2nd and 3rd century. And the oldest full copy of the bible in existence is Codex Sinaiticus from 325 AD. The Gospel of Thomas, which was once an important early christian text, is dated between late 1st and early 2nd century (some even arguing that it could be the oldest) but was not selected among the Biblical Canon by the Church fathers in the 4th century. Although it's impact on early Christianity was massive. Outside of that, there is a plethora of gospels and texts produced by early christians in the 2nd century that will be discussed later in the video.
In the 4th century, Eusibius provides a detailed list of the early Church Bishops in Antioch, Rome, Alexandria, Athens, Corinth, Smyrna and others. These lists show a direct continuation from the apostles like Andrew, consecrating the father of the Heretic Marcion, Philologus, the first bishop of Sinope as well as consecrating the first bishop of Corinth, named Apollos, who is mentioned in Paul's letters. And Mark being the first bishop of Alexandria consecrated by Peter, with Peter being the first bishop of both Antioch and Rome, consecrating both Linus and Evodius. And of course, they list James as the leader and first bishop of the Church of Jerusalem. And from them are the 70 apostles listed in Acts, with names that look familiar to people mentioned in Paul's letters. These elaborate lists of succesion show what appears to be a United Church that has a direct line of Orthodoxy from Jesus down to Constantine.
However, the primary sources show this to be not only problematic, but impossible in some cases. Many of the sources conflicting lists with each other and people considered to be alive in certain times are somehow alive in times when they should be dead. And the survinving texts we have are so few and far between, that it becomes a nightmare to try to peice it all together.
The truth is, early Chrisitianity was far from united. It was so diverse that I would argue Christians in the first two centuries were farther apart than a Moorman is today with a Catholic.
00:00:00 - Intro
00:05:35 - (Ch.1) Apostolic Succesion
00:07:40 - (Ch.2) Early Chrisitan Sects.
00:10:38 - (Ch.3) Historical Jesus
00:13:29 - (Ch.4) Great Assembly
00:15:38 - (Ch.5) Sibylline Oracles
00:31:08 - (Ch.6) Early Roman Sources
00:35:27 - (Ch.7) The Mandaeans
00:37:26 - (Ch.8) Pagan Baptists
00:41:30 - (Ch.9) Who was Paul writing to?
00:45:05 - (Ch.10) Cult of Theos-Hypsistos & Early Christ Assemblies
00:54:03 - (Ch.11) Carpocrations & Marcellina
01:07:16 - (Ch.12) Apotheosis of Epiphanes & Simon Magus
01:17:11 - (Ch.13) Simon Magus, Father of Heresy
01:26:14 - (Ch.14) Gnostic & Catholic Schizm
01:28:00 - (Ch.15) Basilides & Abraxas
01:31:02 - (Ch.16) Pre-Christian Gnosticism
01:33:54 - (Ch.17) Gnosis Vs. Fath
01:36:06 - (Ch.18) SOPHIA & Apocryphon of John
01:43:45 - (Ch.19) Zoroaster's Grandfather Zostrianos
01:46:40 - (Ch.20) Gnostics & Docetists
01:48:11 - (Ch.21) Marcion of Sinope
01:56:34 - (Ch.22) Valentinus of Rome
01:58:09 - (Ch.23) Gnostic Paul & Sophia
02:04:54 - (Ch.24) Markus Magus
02:09:29 - (Ch.25) Nasseene Preacher
02:14:42 - (Ch.26) Clement of Rome's Phoenix
02:18:21 - (Ch.27) Ignatius Vs. Docetists
02:20:01 - (Ch.28) Polycarp
02:21:13 - (Ch.29) Papias
02:21:53 - (Ch.30) Justin Martyr
02:24:10 - (Ch.31) WWJD Bishopic Authority or Secret Gnosis
02:28:44 - (Ch.32) 3rd Century Outcome
02:30:44 - (Ch.33) Conclusion
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@@kingtownsend2536God isn’t a women 😂
I always felt like Christianity had so much potential to make the world better as a philosophy. I also intuitively felt like the religion we have today is nothing like what Yeshua meant it to be.
I personally find it entertaining that people need something presented as holy scripture to take the message seriously
@@I_dreamed_my_name_was_Brandon I don't think we should have holy script at all. We should just be decent, mindful people.
Well there's no Yeshua, so it's whatever we want it to be.
@@slappy8941 yep, no Yeshua, no Jesus, no G*d, no Satan, no Thor, no Buddah, no Inanna, Zeus ect ect. We've out grown religion. We know why it's thundering. It's not Thor striking his hammer. You aren't fertile because Inanna blessed you.
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dude everyone can see how much work you put into this, it's an incredible undertaking. I think you should leave up the little headers you put up with the time period instead of fading it out. it helped me follow along and contextualize. thank you so much for the chapters it's so great!
Everyone else: great video!
Me: Is that Skyrim music I hear?
Please tell me it's actually Skyrim music and I'm not tripping
@@killingqueen666 The music is called Ambient. They do this type of music in these types of videos to trick people into thinking that what they are hearing is amazing. When in reality they are not saying anything important.
It’s definitely Skyrim music. Been playing it again recently.
Elder Scrolls series has the best music@@McOdinson
I literally bought the game and only played it once lol
This is so dense, I'm very glad you put chapter bookmarks. I'm gonna need to rewatch and take notes for sure
I grew up Catholic, questioned it a lot, and decided not to be at 12. I just didn't believe a lot of what they were telling me. Eventually after much trial and error with other Christian sects and western new age, I found Tibetan Buddhism and settled for that for a long time. Then I lived in India, with Kashmiris, where Sufism is inherent in the culture, and helped Afghani refugees, for years. Both taught me much about Islam. So being constantly surrounded by Hinduism, Sikhism, Buddhism, and other Hindu variants, and 3 different branches of Islam, all mostly on a daily basis, I couldn't help but notice the similarities, which I've been looking into since. Mostly academically through historical data. For example, just now, The story you told of being "kept in the dark" in the garden of Eden, and being liberated from it, reminded me of Siddhartha's upbringing. Very difficult to learn, and so eventually gain true enlightenment and liberation , without adversity. My biggest question now is "Why?" Why did God (or insert own ideology here) do it, knowing it was going to cause a lot of suffering? It really pisses me off sometimes, more on behalf of other sentients than for myself. I have come up with a few theories but have no actual evidence to back them up and I still can't fully wrap my tiny, fallible, human brain around the concept of an eternal universe with no beginning or end, just recycling or Nirvana, as Hindu teachings say, so the creation story you told appeased me somewhat. Makes sense along with the cult of Yahweh apparently merging with the cult of El at some point, for geo-political reasons. I think I was born Hindu/Buddhist AND Gnostic/Sufi and just didn't know it. And here I am at age 56, finding some of the holes in my understanding of what I suspect is the big picture, are covered by yet another religious ideology and lesser known doctrines. And I'm loving every moment of it.
Please pardon my ramblings. I'm trying to quit smoking and nibbling after dinner. Writing helps a lot. Keeps the hands busy.
I quit smoking at about 54, and it was very difficult. Kicked like a mule for 9 days. After that, I had to go week by week and had to re-arrange my entire life. It was based around smoking, and smoking was a consideration in everything I did and everywhere I went. After six months, I knew I hade made it and would never go back to tobacco. It's been over 11 years now, and I still think it was one of the best decisions I have made.
I felt drawn to a book, The Life and Teachings of Gautama the Buddha, in my early twenties. I stole the book from a library and read it. I understood it. The first thing I did was stop stealing. I began to wander as a homeless monk on and off for a couple years, and eventually wrote a check to the library to repay the loss after getting my feet on solid ground. it was miraculous the way God provided for me, so long as I stayed on this path. I eventually returned to Christianity because I was raised Christian, and my family claimed to be for the most part. I had corrected my errant ways and hoped I could help my family. Christianity had seemed to be a show for me. My parents always took us to church dressed up on Sunday, but they were back to smoking, drinking, and cussing by the time we got home. They were decent people, but our family was dysfunctional. I nearly died of a drug overdose at 17.
I pursued Christianity for twenty years as an adult, reading the bible, attending bible studies, tithing, all that stuff. I was on a worship team and wrote Gospel music. I eventually left Christianity out of frustration and disappointment. I learned about many of the denominations. It seemed too shallow and superficial and at times just ridiculous (speaking in tongues, fake laying on of hands, etc.). I studied other world religions, became a yoga instructor and learned a lot about Christianity by learning about the other religions. Whereas the Hindu religion grew organically from India after the Vedic texts, it became evident to me that Christianity was created by Rome for the initial purpose of ending Judaism. Later, Emperor Constantine used it as a means to consolidate the Roman Empire, replacing the many mythologies and Pagan religions with Christ. Even Islam (the Moors) once promulgated the acquisition of wisdom and knowledge, pouring through and translating Greek and Roman knowledge and advancing science and technology. And yet Christianity has always seemed to prefer keeping the masses in the dark and the clergy of the church having the knowledge to read, write, and maintain the scriptures to maintain their power over the masses.
The past twenty years of the internet has made the world a smaller place, and it has allowed many to contribute to the process of piecing together a better picture of world history. The Christian Church never mentioned the crusades, the Roman Empire's control through Christianity, or the two one-thousand year long Christian empires of the Holy Romans and the Byzantines. Once I could study world history I began to see a clearer picture of how Christianity came about, and why evangelicals seem to be so far out there. They are accepting second or third or tenth hand knowledge of those who don't know much more than they do. They haven't kept up with the advances in our knowledge and still believe that Columbus discovered America and America was founded as a Christian nation.
Now I see Christianity and it's acceptance by many in the US and its leadership positions to be in opposition to the world peace process. They refuse any sort of sharing among the nations or religions and insist upon their vision of Jesus returning to earth and ruling as a king from Jerusalem for a thousand years. I am not kidding. I watched a Calvary Chapel sermon on this a couple of weeks ago in a series on Revelations. Their vision of the future is not unlike the Timothy LaHaye "Left Behind" series, which is sadly the most common view of Revelations in America.
Before the Jewish, Christian, and Muslim peoples of the world can ever live together, they will need to stop fighting over whose scriptures are true and who really knows God. The Bahai Faith (175 years old) attempts to bring these three religions together in Baha'u'llah, and believe that God sent messengers to all the populations of the world, including Buddha, Krishna, Zoroaster, and others. Looking at current world events, it seems like a big challenge, one that will require the widespread deconstruction of the scriptures of the Abrahamic religions and a refitting around the Bahai scriptures. Probably more difficult than stopping smoking.
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I followed many flavors of Christianity for a while and finally at 42 I found my Pagan roots, specifically Norse and even more specifically Freyja. So many stories passed down throughout humanity. The flood stories may be tied to the end of our first ice age and the melting glaciers covering so many people’s lands. The traumatic stories could be tied to the world’s peoples losing their homes and land to the rising waters. From what I saw it wasn’t a very slow process but was pretty quick. Who knows in the end since the worlds people have basically been playing the biggest telephone game in existence. LOL
The way I see it is that all religion was born out of a way for people to feel like they have control over things they don't, but it always inevitably got choked up by the beliefs and ways of the culture that created it. And, when those cultures became powerful or wealthy often so too did the religious class and ot became yet another kind of chain for just as many as it gave peace to.
I sincerely believe that Christianity, Islam & Bhuddism sprang from a sort of desperate defiance of the problems of the old ways, thinking that they were making something better, when all the new ways have just as many problems as the old- maybe even moreso, since these are "conquering religions," who need to constantly move into new places & subjugate them to replace the old. While some conquerors did this, & ancient peoples might have laughed at ways that didn't match their own ways or beliefs, old religions, themselves, didn't do this & the new religion can often be devious, harsh & rely heavily on shaming basic human nature & fear mongering in order to thrive at all. That is their mistake & that is why they are just beginning to die off, today.
If you're still searching, I'd recommend "Bhagavad-gita As It Is", by Bhaktivedanta. It's not Hindu or anything else. It describes not a goal of endless rebirths, and certainly not eternal hell, and not even a materialistic heaven. This commented translation, and others by him, explain and offer a future unlike taught by any religion. (I am a direct disciple of this self-realized author and assisted in publishing these works. I promise you, you'll find answers.)
This was phenomenal. I had heard of some of those 'heretics' before but hadn't realized just how diverse the Mediterranean really was. When I was deconstructing my faith, it struck me so often just how radical Jesus' message really was for its time. Also it's so clear that Jesus says call no one Master, Father, or Teacher for One is your Master, Father, and Teacher. No wonder why Church controlled who could read the Bible for so long.
Thanks for all the work you put into this. It was so good!
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So your father, your mother's husband, is not your father? Your parents aren't your teachers? The adults, the teachers, who have taught you things- aren't teachers? Explain
@@amyrenee1361 I believe Jesus was saying that his disciples were to treat each other equally. To not regard status or gender or anything that would place one above someone else.
That’s why he talked about taking the lowest seat of honor, and why he washed his disciples feet, which was the job for a servant, not a master.
It’s quite funny then how quickly his followers left that egalitarian ideal behind and started having bishops and then eventually the pope.
Also, regarding natural family, Jesus was quite clear about that you had to let them go, and love him more than anything.
Boring.
@@user-pz4xm3qg2q Boring Oregon is a town of about 2000 folk. Its nestled in the Cascades...honest.
Brother, you're ahead of the curve. PLEASE keep doing what you're doing, and THANK YOU.
apparently Elder scrolls music makes "real world lore" just as interesting to me as fiction...
I have watched this about 20 times now whilst making notes and researching - so much good knowledge packed into this video- again thank you !!!
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I can't go on. This begins in ignorance of the naming of gospels. Works of literature were named with a translation of the first words of the work, which is usually also the subject. ("In the beginning" becomes the Greek translation, "Genesis." Mark is a Hebrew word which is used in the Old Testament for our first steps in faith--preparation of the heart. Jesus began with 12 disciples/students. Evangelists were sent out and many thousands attended his meetings on the hills. 70 more disciples were called and then "the other 70." The gospel of John represents class notes of one of the most advanced students. So, the gospels are from four different classes of students. The mysteries there cannot be comprehended without "eyes to see" and having already learned the lessons of Mark, Matthew and luke. We are not going to learn much from TH-cam. Faith is a journey. If you have felt the love of God drawing you, make a decision to believe. People believe what they choose. That's why it's called faith. Evidence follows. One day, you will receive your evidence, but not be believed. I could tell you about my evidence. But you really need your own experience. It begins with God talking to you through the Bible. These words were actually "breathed" into the ear and written down. And you can talk to God (prayer.) You will find that God's word is answering your prayer. ▪︎. Get together with others and remember that we are all imperfect.
All originates from the Sumerian gods and cultures.
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Wrong. Everything originated from penises. even you and me. including everything we do. so actually the Sumerian gods and culture originated just like everything else from dicks.
@@sstafford2213 Sumerian gods stem from Gen6 and Enoch. They were Nephilim.
This is so amazingly comprehensive that I'm going to have to watch it a couple more times to absorb it all.
Thank You So Much!! I don't know what else to say... I'm speechless.
Thank you.
It seems to me that early Christianity was more concerned with ethics and the pursuit of finding one's connection with God and selfless service to the community. What is preached in most evangelical churches today in the US like Christian nationalism, dispensationalism and the prosperity gospel is so far removed from the original teachings
And imo the original church tried to define what’s necessary to get that connection, like some sort of guide. But I guess got too strict and narrow. Then they split into orthodox and Roman Catholic. And from there a bunch of people who said “my interpretation is better” creating hundred of Protestant denominations that got lost in the details and use rock concerts instead of school worship.
The original teachings and idea of the original church died a long time ago, what we see today is just a watered down evolved version of Christianity birthed out of selfishness instead of selflessness. I am personally not a believer btw, this is just what I have gathered from research and observation
New Testament is always struck me as an exercise in antisemitism and acquiescence to greco- Roman imperial power. opposed to Judaism & The Original Testament in its Original language ie Biblical Hebrew.
@@stoggsherfnik4569 Whereas most religions go through a period of "blooming" into a more accessible approach to God, one not requiring a priest class and ability to read scripture, Christianity came to end the law of Moses (that God required animal sacrifices to resolve petty grievances). Rather, love one another and do what it good. Simple and available to all.
The Jews were relentless, waiting for their messiah, refusing to cooperate with the Greeks or the Jews. They wanted another David to defeat Rime. The Romans just wanted to make things uniform so that they could efficiently run their empire. I believe that they had significant and major influence over the formation of Christian theology and the religion. It worked. They ended paganism and mass converted the entire empire.
Christianity has went through many two millenia plus and has changed so many times it cannot be counted
Kudos channel community & comments! From what I’ve viewed so far, respectively supportive with a rare humility. Thx to all & peace be with you.
Thank you. Will need to listen to this several times. I tried reading several "Gnostic" books but this gives lots of context and a better understanding.
ALL HEARSAY!!!!
-an ex minister stated
“Everything we taught you in church was a lie…”
-a priest said in my first OT 101 class at a catholic college
Yes because Catholicism was infiltrated by gnostics after the knights Templar went to Jerusalem and they worship John the Baptist as the man who gave Jesus divinity. There is no gnostic interpretation of the Bible that makes sense
Say more .!?
Well, definitely the most honest priests I've ever heard about, it would be intresting to know what they believe to be true or closer to the truth.
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Jews, Muslims and Christians all worship the angel Satan, the god??? of Beth-el ..
Genesis 31:11- 13.. which means the Lord of Israel Hashem the Destroyer Shemot 12:23
yeah, maybe he was lying. do you know how to read? you coul d just read the bible for yourself, a few versions.
Just Finished!
WooooW !!!! This was freaking AWESOME!!
SUBSCRIBED & THANK YOU!
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i am supremely impressed with your research depth and scope. This not easy info to find. It take digging and asking the right questions of research engines, muddling thru ancient and difficult texts, and keen intuition and pattern recognition skills.
You have done brilliantly with this presentation. You have managed to network together so many ancient mythologies and histories into a cohesive, powerful account that not only does not intellectually diminish the awe of Universe, it validates just how fucking big the story of humanity and interstellar spiritual dimensions are.
It’s good to keep in mind most people do not know this; they are not lying but believe false accounts. Most are not intentional falsehood spreaders. Such things do break my heart because in so many religions I have met many genuine people.
Agreed.
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@@Maria-ir3dy Why are you even here? Did you come here just to claim your beliefs as actual knowledge and rudely scrutinize the beliefs or questions of others? Your disrespect is unacceptable. You do not know anything so you cannot define what is a lie and what is not.
"In the absence of any proof, the true rule is to admit ignorance."
-Galileo Galilei
There are no better brain washers than the brainwashed. It’s (mostly accidental) lies all the way down.
No they know this but they don't want to believe it
This was absolutely reality warping and thought and soul changing. This is one of the best documentaries I have seen ever. Period. The amount of work and effort and care put into this is beautiful and appreciated and very eye opening into how complicated theology/esoterica really is if you do not have the ears to hear and the eyes to see; if you don't know what you're looking at or what you're looking for!!!
Thank you so much and I'd really like to donate to this channel which I've only ever done for Crash Course (PBS) but this is deserving of support!!!
This was amazing, seriously. You went into the deepest depths with this one and shone a light. All meat, no fat, straight to the point in bold, clear and annunciated.
Thank you!!!
YES!!!😇
it’s meant to confuse. These people worship Lucifer and think God of the Bible is evil.
Agreeeeee
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Never heard a explanation, ao well done, fantastic pictures, music ,and voice so paced, and pleasant to listen. Thank ,thank you!!!
what a project. Thank you!
What a beautiful adventure into other areas of faith, belief, understanding.
Your choice of BGM was so important as a long video Needs a cushion of support, a good nonstop adage for your lengthy Sermón.
This was so good I’m gonna have a second listen to it soon.
Ty for your work and your VAST and EXPANSIVE Deep Dive into this area of content.
I love when I have a few days off work and a long video to soak up. You're great brother.👍 Thank you.
Same
Facts but me being a truck driver man im in heaven having the freedom to learn and experience so much miles of divine creation simultaneously. It's like a mental orgasm‼️
Fascinating work! I love how you connected multiple theologies. It's really fascinating to learn the connections that are there!
This is the video I was searching for. Thank you very much. 🙏🏼♥️
Dude, fantastic stuff you put some serious energy into putting this together and I thank you!!!
Yes there are around 50+ gospels that were refused to enter the Bible. Mainly because they didn't follow the narrative of the mainstream religious groups.
Is it possible to read them?
@@saransong5547 of course 👍,most are the Apocrypha and available online for free to read
It is driven home so hard from the church & Bible not to add or take away from the Holy Scriptures. Meanwhile, so much is lost in learning & gained in fear for learning. Chaotic trying to decide whether to read or ignore it started with Enoch finely & am branching out in studies such as this video which really helps to tie things together. Thank you for all you studies & efforts to bring all this information to us. ❤️🙏🏻
There were four main steams of Christianity in the first and second century AD. (Apostles, Pauline, Marcian, and Gnositc).
Three were done away with by Rome as they made the religion as literal as possible and ensured the church held the power. They made it Orthodox, and Pauline - centric.
@@saransong5547 Google "Banned From the Bible" and you will find the Nag Hammadi cache with all the forbidden books. It becomes obvious that people were making this stuff up and embellishing the stories, such as the story of Jesus' childhood. The Catholic Church ordered them destroyed and those caught with them were tortured or killed.
Beautiful work, great content and accolades to all cited material !!! HATS OFF SIR !!!
Thank you. What a great compilation of early church History. While some of this I have already heard of you bring it with a fresh open view. Plus this did include comprehensive details that were completely new to me. This really filled in so many blanks for me - thank you again.
bravo Gnostic Informant! Ive been following this beat for years and i have never seen such a rich treasure trove of scholarship all in one video. this is information that needs to be out there, you have done a great service thank you🙏
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I totally agree with what many have said before me...i love this documentary and will be using this as an educational tool for myself... As i will need to watch this several times, while taking notes... In order to really appreciate and soak in the knowledge here. Thank you so much for putting in your time and effort to bring this to the world... Most amazing stuff here!!!
What an incredible volume of work!
What are your sources for the dates you give early on in the video for the dates of the canonical books you talk about? Eg, you put the date of the synoptic gospels much later than historians generally ascribe.
Amazing compilation here, and thank you so much for this. I have been researching the Gnostic Gospels and trying to understand the obvious discrepancies of biblical teachings. This video has been very enlightening, and puts these ideas together in a way that is easier to understand, for me. Cheers!
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The discrepancies are due to the Catholic Church editing and changing the Scriptures in the Bible for over the past 1700 years.
Yes, I gathered that. Council of Nicaea, and such.@@Thyalwaysseek
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Absolutely packed with new information. I listened and re listened to it right thru the night. Great video
I really really… really really appreciate your image curation.
This is the best video you have put out or I’ve seen in a while on all these subjects put together. Amazing. More plz
Awesome work! Would love to see you tackle the use of “love” in the Christian scriptures and as an addendum to that, I’d love to see you get at Crowley - he’s got all kinds of references to things I have no knowledge on but when I learn from you I hear all these words dropped that exist in Thelema
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Dear Neal, thank you very kindly for producing this. In my many years of seriously studying religions, I don't think I have heard anything more accurate, more stop-on, and all encompassing. There's so much in this, it needs to be viewed or listened to -- by everyone, and multiple times. You really put together a perfect picture, of the complex synergy involved with the development of Christian thought and it's deep connections to other religions, realms, and cultures. Bravo! Seriously, this thing deserves some type of TH-cam Academy Award, if there is such a thing. So well presented, clear, awesome images, perfect music, outstanding editing and pacing! WOW! My hat is off to you, bro!
Genius 👌
Yep
Except, this is closer to how Lucifarianism leaks into Christendom thru paganism. Than the title...
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I like your videos! compeling, long and informed. Thank you for your time
Such a fantastic video - thank you!
Very educational ! It helps to open up the subject of the world of humans and their religions. Having spent my first decade and a half believing what my parent's taught me, I see how people, since the beginning of our species, have tried to explain who and where we came from, and assigned various "gods". As a boomer now, I can only say our existence is still a great mystery, and no one has the real and final answer (I don't think we are meant to have one). But "Informant" (Neal?), you are helping to explain how we got here, and for that I thank you.
Well said…
It's pretty simple, be kind and control your reactions to adversity not question why things are happening to you. We do not know eternity nor the affects of ripples in space time. Your butterfly affect to history is only known and appreciated by those who can read the eternal. Who you touch and who you teach are unknown to you as is their contributions to the cosmos. Everyone and everything matters, good and bad.
How is he explaining how we got here if thousands of others have tried to explain how we got here and u didn't beliyit but here comes this guy reading here and there n now he completely has erased ur doubt on wat the Bible says .. come on now there are artifacts that prove the word of GOD IS CORRECT 💯 BUT A MAN JUST SPEAKING ON A YT VIDEO GETS U TO REALIZE THAT THE BIBLE IS WRONG LOL ... BUT WAIT FOR IT ... ITS EASIER TO BELIEVE IN SOMETHING THAT HAS NO FACTS TO IT THEN TO BELIEVE IN SOMETHING THAT HAS REAL FACTS THAT CAN PROVE THAT WE GOT HERE ONE WAY AND THAT IS .. AND GOD SAID LET THER BE LIGHT !!!!!!! DON'T ALLOW THE DEVIL TO TAKE UR MIND FROM YHE TRUTH AND TAKE IT TO THE FALSE GODS THEY SPEAK ABOUT ..
The answer is within, and if humanity can ever get a breather from this controlled illusion of reality, we will understand death without fear in knowing there's no death of the soul but reincarnation of the physical.
I am a exmo and it's just been a really rough time since I left. Shunned and refuse to help me if I dare to actually need any help from my supposed fellow friends and parishioners
what is an exmo?
@@jillfryer6699 ex Mormon
@@jillfryer6699an Exmo is a former Mormon
So sorry this happens to you.
Brother. Let the love of God guide you on your journey. Praying for you, my brother.
Gnostic or not, we all have faith.
Wonderful work!!!
Great work here Neal
I really appreciate the video. I was searching for the references and can't find where they are listed. Several of the points are intriguing. I would love to research further.
Smart
Sidenote, great channel brother. 👍
This video was very informative thank you
Super interesting ! Loved the logical build up of the timeline and the respective overflow from one docterine in the other. Thanks for sharing.
I thought I heard it all about the secrets of how Christianity was formed. But this video revealed more that I needed to know.
Thank you for this channel.
Brilliant! Answers many questions I have re: early Church, Thank you.
Fascinating video - so well researched and put together
Excellent. I thoroughly enjoyed this. Very well put together.
Been so excited for this one. Grabbing the popcorn haha 🎉❤
Same
Lol to listen to a uneducated Lay ? Smh
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lol nice
Love your channel
Wonderfully said and constructed, as always. Many thanks for your research and hard work on each and every video! It is so very much appreciated🌹
I would also like to address and thank everyone in the comments who DID NOT come here just to mindlessly spout unoriginal religious thoughts or prayers for no reason and disrespect the rest of us free-thinking individuals by doing so. We should not be discriminated against for merely questioning everything, as we should, opposed to blindly taking the men in power throughout history on their word. Do not confuse belief for actual knowledge as to do so is monstrously ignorant. 💔
This is great! Very interesting. I see you have the gospels written somewhat later than other scholars I've listened to.
Wow, what a brilliant video! The time and effort you put into this video is truly amazing! Thanks bro :)
A nice production with pseudo epic background music and inflection to the narration voice which needs some work but in all a much better production. This is a great start to improving this excellent channel and should increase the subscribers by leaps and bounds!
Amazing job but what saddens me is that too many commenting below think this makes everything these former groups taught a lie. Myths awaken the subconscious mind and can spark genuine experiences of apotheosis. Zoe /Sophia is a particularly potent archetype as every mystic, myself included, can testify. She is the spirit of life that commingles with you in ecstatic bliss that the ancient ones called being twice born. It is an out of body timeless experience of profound peace and wellness beyond words. I know because it happened to me.
I'm with you
These details only enliven my faith as a Byzantine Catholic
Glory to Jesus Christ, the Son of God
Glory to Zoe, the breath of God
Glory to God the Father of all
Another tradition to check out is the Hermetic - specifically the Poimandres (Shepherd of Men) text.
Also Neo-Platonic writings by Iamblichus and Ploninus
All of these have enlivened my faith better connecting me to the origins of the ancient path
They are false, it is pretty clear to historians that gnostic documents do not come from first century Jewish writters, unlike the canon documents, that have so much information that only a first century Judean ould know.
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No that is the opposite
Marcion is the first to assemble the first proto New Testament and he is called a gnostic
Did you even watch this?
This is well known scholarship
The 1800's are over. We now know many so called Gnostics like the Valentinians were as early as the so called Orthodox
Because it happen Ed to you doesn't mean its true for everyone. It's true for you. Ur own internal divinity operates that way. Not so for everyone
Do you have any objective proof Zoe is commingling with you? Or is this just based on your inner imagination?
Thank you for all your work putting this together ❤️
Well done 👏
Yup Sophia's here now ❤ ty for sharing. Wonderful story
absolutely stunning video. amazing work
Thank you for your work. I appreciate you!
Amazing!
All of the pieces fit together in one work.
This is the handbook they never give out when you go to church.
Skyrim background music so calming ❤ time to sleep 😴
Try explaining this to a fundamental Christian family during Thanksgiving dinner. I accepted a more allegorical interpretation of the bible when I discovered content like this: great stuff.
Thanksgiving has exactly what to do with Jesus??
Enlighten us
@@HappyHermittIt doesn't. It's just an occasion for the entire Christian family to gather.
@@carrierichardson6619 Good luck on that endeavor. I once got into an argument with my mother (frequent really) and I asked her "Mom. Who is Abraham?" She replied "I don't know, a prophet?" I asked her "You have been going to church for fifty years and you still don't know who Abraham is? What the hell have they been teaching you?" Then again, my dad never found a sermon that wasn't the perfect opportunity to take a short nap through. To them Christianity was a social function. They called themselves Lutherans and belonged to a club that happened to have a retirement plan called "Heaven". They never read the bible because that's what they paid their pastor to do for them. They paid their dues (only 5% but that was a lot) for over fifty years.
I love my parents and miss them. I still have an eggnog with Rum and Kahlua for the holidays to honor them. Some people just aren't into all this sort of stuff.
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But it is nice to see what makes them tick.and kinda gives ya more folks to talk. Collaborate and laugh with SMH with others while saying that was interesting I'll have to watch this again.take notes and put them in the crazy beliefs it's all a distraction they are mining laundering money ie stealing in the name of humanitarian they are neither human nor without blood of his neighbors on their hands. diabolical
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Yeah, best possible reaction, you will be completely ignored while talking & treated like the dumbest person on the planet for the rest of the night.
This was great, watched this from start to finish. Thanks for putting this up.
Fascinating. Beautiful work very interesting very complex am watching again…thank you very much appreciated
I will be hunkered down and listening 😮
Always great content!
MASHALLAH
Neal, it would be fantastic to link in the description to the latest Jorjani, Lev and you interview. I think they go so well together and would expand on 40:26. Thank you for this!
Absolutely stunning work, definitely going to save and rewatch, the amount of information is heavy yet highly valued by those seeking truth, much thanks ❤
I read about all these sects of Christianity in Elaine Pagles books. Such great reads!
same
I've actually heard Evangelicals dismiss Paigels books out of hand without reading them because she is a woman. Sheesh.
Pythagoras means Heart of the Serpent, he was born in Sidon, a fishing Port in Phoenicia. His mother recieved a message from the Oracle of Delphi that he would become a great Leader and Teacher. Sidon means Kingdom of the Fish, and the Essenes, who wrote the Dead Sea scrolls, worshipped Pythagoras. The Sarcophagus of Eschmun III found in Sidon names him as the Widow's Scion, aka Hiram Abiff, the Founder of Freemasonry, of which Tyre was the premier Capital (at least equal to Thebes).
In 911BC Rameses II married the Queen of Sidon, home of Jezebel (Daughter or consort of Baal, basically "Queen") founding Neo Assyrian Babylon, an alliance between Egypt and Hiram, father of Jezebel and King of Assyria, and Egypt, forming the Phoenician colonies and building the first Temple of Melqart to commemorate the alliance.
The Si in Sidon is the basis of the Latin Exe, or X, and is the basis of the Cross, or Chi Rho that Constantine painted on his shields. Also known as the Cross of Tyre, or Cross of Baal, being Ra-El, or Ba'El. Oddly enough irrational numbers can also be mapped using Euler's number, producing a Templar Cross in the process. This cross can also be seen around the neck of Nimrod in Assyria, and is consistent with the Union Jack, and Solstice Calendar found in the Vatican Shiva Lingam.
Shiva is the Hebrew word for 7, their culture also found its way to Japan (via the Phillipines) ultimately becoming Shintoism.
It was the Phoenicians who gave their name to the Pole Star, which they used to Navigate the Oceans using the Zodiac, thats what the Antikythera mechanism was for, and with it they wrote the Byblos Baal, what we now call the Bible. The first form of the Bible was written in 325BC and called the Vaticanus Greacus, or Son of the Sacred Serpent, a reference to Sirius, the basis of the Sothic Calendar, which uses a Hexidecimal or base 60 system found in all the Megalithic sites around the world.
In the second century AD astronomer Valentinus Vettori transcribed it into a Lunar chart of 13 houses, what we now call the Zodiac. Horoscope means Star Watcher, and the Phoenician word for Saturn, or El, was Israel or El, (Fruit) of Isis and Ra.
El is the primary God of the Phoenicians, representing the offspring of Egypt, and his consort Astarte represents the Assyrian half of the alliance. It may be possible to trace lineages and alliances through the naming of gods, which can be traced all the way to Ireland and the Vikings, and to Indonesia and the Americas, even as far away as New Zealand and Australia.
It denotes Sirius as Son of Orion and Pleaides, which sits at 33 degrees of the Zodiac. The basis of the Sothic (dir Seth) Calendar of the Egyptians. The New Moon in this position marks Rosh Hashanah, the Egyptian, Celtic, Phoenician, and Assyrian New Year, the first New Moon of September, which is called September because it's the 7th House of the Zodiac, when the Sun is in Ophiuchus.
The Phoenix, Benben, or Bennu is the Egyptian word for Heron, a Feathered 'Serpent'. It baptised itself in frankincense and myrrh at BaalBek, and then alights atop the Pyramid, upon the Holy Grail, or Alter of Ra every 630 years to take three days off the calendar during the course of the first New Moon of Nisan, which means "Prince". The Capstone of Pyramids is even called the Benben or Bennu.
The Phoenix is found in all religions, which are all Astrological Allegory for the Moon travelling through the Constellations, as a soul migrating from body to body, this is the basis of Joseph Campbell's Monomyth, or the Hero's Journey. The various planets no doubt play their own roles as portents, omens, and aspects, this astrology is the science of the Bronze age, and lasted all the way up to the 20th Century. Resurrection was an early teaching of the Christian Church, and likely relates to the lineage of Kings (The King is Dead, long live the King.)
Phoenicians represent the interim step between Egypt and Greece, their artisans and culture exceeding that of the Greeks, who literally adopted the Phoenician Alphabet, which we still use to this day, sounding out words phonetically. Phoenician is aliiterated in Venetian, and Vikings, being Kings of the Sea.
The Bennu is the Egyptian Phoenix, to Phoenicians the Hoyle, no different to the traditions of the Etruscans, who saw birds as sacred, just as the Celts. Hebrew and Iber as in Iberia have the same root meaning over, as in overseas, as in those who travel "over the sea." A colony called Iberia also appears on the Eastern shores of the Black Sea, where the same Dolmens and Megalithic culture originating in Ireland and Brittany appeared circa 4500BC.
_Phoenician_ means Scions of the Phoenix, the first Bible: Vaticanus Greacus Son of the Sacred Serpent (Prince). Then there's the Essenes, Sons of Light, the Tuatha De Danaan, Sons of Light, Annunaki, Sons of Light, Arthur Pendragon means Arthur Son of the dragon, Chertoff is Russian for "Son of the Devil" and Dracula also means Son of the Dragon, Masons have been known at times to call themselves the "Brotherhood of the Great White Serpent". The Ziggurat of Anu also denotes her as a great white Serpent, while New Grange and the Bru na Boinne in Ireland (4000BC) coated buildings with white quartz to denote the Moon. The Moon itself travels outside the Solar Elliptic by 5 degrees, which means it passes through specific constellations in a serpentine fashion that is always changing, but repeats every 19 years, the time it took to train a Druid or Magi, Magi meaning "Teacher" the Phoenix is also associated with this sacred number 19.
The name "Pharoah" means "Great House"
or "House of Light" and Cairo used to be called Babel. Pharaoh's themselves wore a hooded crown representing feathers, just as Native American Chiefs, ie the Feathered Serpent, they were also called the Commander in Chief. Aztecs also had Serpent Kings, (Canaan means Serpent Kings, and Sidon was a Son of Canaan, and Great Grandson of Noah) who were called to lead with cunning and guile, being the very virtue by which they claim the title in the first place; but to be seen in public as just and diplomatic.
"As wise as Serpents, but gentle as Doves" the old Egyptian flag of an Eagle attacking a Snake is also reflected in the Modern Mexican flag, denoting the Constellations of Serpentis (13th sign of the Zodiac) and Aquila.
The dimensions and 12 mathematical constants of the Great Pyramid are also expressed in New Grange, and Stonehenge, as well as in Watson Brake, (2500BC) and Teotihuacan, which correlates to the Phoenician/ Sumerian Hexidecimal system, which is what our modern systems of time are based on.
Officially no one knows who invented astrology, the zodiac, navigation by the stars, and time keeping. But whoever built the pyramids, and pioneered the 24hr clock in Egypt 5000 years ago also knew the exact dimensions of the Earth, as well as the speed of light. These calculations can all be made using these Megalithic sites as surveyors use a theodolite. Specifically Teotihuacan, which sits 180 degrees opposite Cairo, and has the exact same footprint. The ideal positions to determine the speed of light using the transit of Venus, by which one can accurately determine Longitude for navigation. Capt cook did the same thing in 1774 when he 'discovered' Easter Island.
The only culture that fits the bill was wiped out "not one stone upon the other" by the Romans in 146BC. Tyre, the capital of Phoenicia (israel) sat just offshore from Ur Shalom, City of the New Moon, or City of Peace. The root of the name Jerusalem, and was also seized by Rome in 70AD after a 13 year seige. The gap between is 216 years.
Greek Dionysians built the Temple of Solomon (now called the Temple of Melqart) representing the Solar Lunar Metonic Calendar on which this system is based, they also carried mirrors, a practice associated with both the Magi and the Druids as well as Greek and Egyptian scholars, these Mirrors are Astrological charts called "Cycladian Frying Pans" and record the cycles of the planets. The first Temple of Melqart (the Phoenician form of Horus, or Hercules, or Pan, or Thor) representing the 13th Constellation of Ophiuchus or the Serpent Bearer (hence Orphic Serpent worship) had pillars of Emerald and Gold, representing Isis and Osiris. The Jerusalem Temple only took payment in "Shekels of Tyre" a currency minted during the Jewish rebellion against Rome. "Give that which is Ceasar's unto Ceasar"
When Alexander sacked Tyre in 332BC they moved to Carthage meaning "New City" or New Jerusalem, where they built a second temple with Pillars of Bronze.
Nebuchadnezzar also seiged Tyre for 13 years, taking the City captive in 573BC: the same time as the biblical account of the Jews. And again in 70AD after a three and a half year seige, also consistent with biblical accounts.
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Awsome
isn’t there a massive debate on whether or not Pythagoras was even a real person? the first texts written about him were 150 years after he supposedly died, and those weren’t detailed either. the first detailed texts about his life were written by his followers 800 years after death. to add further, “he”wasn’t even the first to discover his theorem.
Great collection of facts. You have definitely been researching. I wonder about the name Shiva. In Hinduism, Shiva is part of the trilogy of Brahman, Vishnu, Shiva. In Judaism, Shiva is a name for God I believe. I saw it on Jewish temples in LA and wonder about how the two religions share the same name.
The number nineteen is a sacred number in Islam. When I discovered the Metonic Cycle of the Sun, Earth and Moon I understood why. The Solar and
Lunar clocks reconcile every nineteen years, to the day, to the minute. I also studied the Zodiac and hexadecimal number system and am fascinated by much of the knowledge you have accumulated. The knowledge of the stars, the planets, the circumference of the earth, the origin of the meter and the foot, the sacred numbers, and the language of mathematics is truly fascinating. Much of this knowledge and more is found in ancient Egypt and other neolithic sites around the world. Leave it to the Roman Catholics to replace real knowledge and understanding with a book written in Latin that only they can read and understand.
The feathered serpent? Isn't it a fact that birds evolved from dinosaurs, reptiles? They are related in the distant past.
It is interesting to study and discover how the Jews, growing up in the midst of the Egyptian, Assyrian, Hittite, Babylonian, Phoenician, and Greek empires have borrowed a lot of their mythology and origin stories. A deep dive into Greece reveals quite a bit about the Bronze Age and prehistoric times. Their mythology and origin stories are fascinating.
@@Scott_works feathered serpent is a reference to the King of the Phoenicians, the Messiah or Seer, who is wise as a serpent and as gentle as a dove. The dove is Columbia, the Goddess of Death and Suffering, aka the Holy Spirit. It also relates to the Pharoah and John the Baptist, specifically the Summer Solstice, and to a white egret or Heron perched upon the back of a dragon (Alligator, etymology of the name is interesting, Alli, Illa, Illiad, Ennead, all references to the 9)
So in a sense a feathered serpent is the return of Storks or Egrets that sit upon the backs of gators heralding the flooding of the Nile. India still celebrate the appearance of Pleaides and Sirius at that time, and the Maori do too in Winter
Coincidence?
Nah
Flip the map upside down and you have your answers
This was very intresting! Thank you❤
Impressive work, so very much appreciated
Great job on this video, Neal. The video is packed full of interesting history and the images are beautiful. You did a great job narrating this video too. I just love your longer documentaries, like this one. ❤
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Very well done! Thank you.
Watched the whole video. Absolutely fantastic. You’ve clearly done an immense amount of research. Hats off to you friend that what an epic ride!
I am so grateful to you for this video. I've read the Nag Hammadi Scriptures and this video brings more wisdom to my mind. I think the person that said" If all the mysteries of our Father were written down the world wouldn't be able to contain them:" My words but I hope you've heard this saying. I'm going to watch it again. Love and blessings to you for your work for the children of the Most High Father.❤❤❤
Amazing documentary! Watched it in its entirety during one sitting.
Excellent work !
Very interesting video, great work!!
Regarding Zeus, instead of ‘zoos’ shouldn’t we be saying ‘zayoos’? As in Deus? As in Perseus, Theseus, Wolfgang Amadeus, and everywhere else the suffix ‘-seus’ is used?
Don't forget Dr. Seuss
No. Zyoos will do.
what about... "zoys"?
They change the name when they get caught
This is littered with so many mispronunciations, he sounds like ian AI.
Vine-Yard? Nobody ever says Vine-Yard. It is pronounced vinyerd.
I really enjoy these video essays you guys do. You should bind the transcripts into a book or two. Or ten!
This was amazing thank you 🙏🏼
It’s an amazing documentary you’ve created and I agree whole heartedly in the knowledge of how to love and understand humanity is the most mysterious and worthy pursuit of all! 🙏🏻❤️
Great informational video. Could you please provide all the references, perhaps a bibliography of all the sources you found this information from? Could you also provide the list of scholars mentioned mid video that were of the opinion that Marcion had the authentic epistles?
On the day you released your classic documentary on Anu, the Sky Father, my life changed forever.
Sitting down to watch it, I was just entering severe opioid withdrawal (for the last time) & upon watching the first 10-15 minutes, I looked @ the perfectly blue sky… & suddenly entered into a full-blown mystical vision, & nothing has ever been the same..
Since then your content has only gotten BETTER, more professional, & more comprehensive. I absolutely love to see how much you’ve grown. I almost feel like I’m doing it w/ you.
You’ve helped cultivate a healthy obsession, & I swear, every time you release a video, it just happens to be extremely relevant to whatever I’ve been studying.. So I usually end up watching it 20+ times!!
Well done. I have felt that pain; it’s not something many people press through. Coming out alive and more whole is brilliant. Best of luck to you.
Interesting. I also had a full-on life changing mystical vision during my final self-detox from alcohol about 5 years ago. Nothing the same since✌
Edit: congrats on your clean time!
And I as well…..
Great research sir ✌🏼
Neal - have you ever had John Lamb Lash on your show? It would make for great listening. Of the many topics, his study of Paul (Saul of Tarsus) is eye-opening.
I don't know how much this matters, but the head of Abraxas is a rooster not a hawk.
I hope you do the next 100 years! Would love this to be a 20 part series!!!
Helps me a lot, as I hope to make an ai that can help me restore the whole Bible to english properly.
Especially excited for the 1800s!
Very edifying. Keep up the good work.
Excellent Presentation and Analysis. ❤❤❤❤❤
Quite a documentary, very well researched. Keep up the great work.
why do you guys keep saying documentary? this is strictly opinions .
@@theCosmicQueen based on FACTS
Very much so.
@@theCosmicQueenit is well researched
Wizard hat
What do I think? I think this video is genius You offer the narrative, counter narratives and more of a rounded view of the early church than I have ever seen. Amazing. Very refreshing for a Christian truth seeker imo.
What is "Christian truth"?
I honestly would like to assist you with this. If your question is rhetorical, great. If you question represents that my statement is confusing...that's a diagram the sentence thing. If you want to know what Christian "truth" buddhist "truth egyptian "truth or any truth you will find the ultimate "truth" within you. There is but one truth and an infinite amount of ways to view it. Oh..and there are "more" truthful ways to view it , than others. One other thing, the ultimate "truth" being observed and the observer can become "one"..so..that's also a thing. Your name indicates you know all this, so hope you do and hope your sharing it@@ahenathon
@@peterhook2258 My name is not reference to the Sun. It is random sounds I made up to sound soundly and epic. By adding "Christian" to the "truth" we tell the story, noting else. It is unlikely that the truth resemble human logic. At least not the whole truth. Our minds are tuned to reality and everything out of its bounds is supernatural. Therefore we can not touch it by any means. Everything "spiritual" taps to archetypes of the human mind. It is barely a glimpse of truth.
Correct and since we are human we can describe and use our own language to point at those archetypes , hence my adjective Christian (not your definition of it). And if we both understand the concepts of archetypes you can understand the elephant analogy often used to describe "God". And if you don't know that analogy, familiarize yourself with it as it is applicable to what we are speaking of, and what I am speaking of when I say "Christian". In the story the elephant does indeed have a rope although the others may disagree, however the one that understands more of the elephant knows...it is indeed an elephant, indeed part of it is ropelike..ie Christian Truth is truth (not your understanding of what I mean ). Now if you have "ears to hear" then you get this, if you don't you don't). also..the elephant has ears too. In other cultures you will hear the elephant described as Islamic Truth, Buddhist Truth etc but the archetype cares not what you or I call it, nor that we describe it in human language which is necessary for communication in a youtube post. Peace@@ahenathon
Inshalla
Really well done!
Great work.