Primitive christianism was already popular among people way before it was taken as the official religion. I'm not saying the Roman Empire popularized the christianism. Constantine used christainity to control, he practically imposed the religion creating dogmas that people must follow and a hierarchy that people must respect, all of it in order to guarrantee the control system.
In early European history it got to the point where civilians weren't allowed to own (thus not read) the Bible. So religious leaders were able to create false doctrines to follow, particularly for monetary gain. And in the U.S., we know there have been con artists who used the Gospel for monetary gain. There's even an atheist actor who made the confession that he was raised an evangelist to con church goers of their money.
These aren't products of the Gospel, but products of opportunists. There's even a person recorded in the Book of Acts who fits this description.
intelligent people don't promote wars and destruction. On the contrary, the stupid leaders with inflated egos do that.
The ancient Mayans, Aztecs, Egyptians, Phoenicians, etc. were quite intelligent, and contributed to our modern technology. The Bible refers to incredible civilizations who destroyed themselves by their various practices. We don't even need religious references to reason how a thriving civilization would crumble by practicing things like human sacrifices.
Today, very intelligent people will tell you abortion is morally just. Ignoring a logical principle that if two adults agree to have intercourse, but don't agree against abortion in case of pregnancy, they're endangering a human life. In other words, the right to having sex trumps preserving human life.
You will never find any quote from any world leaders from any society/civilization, whether it be the Aztecs, Mayans, Nazi Germany, etc. that will say they are an evil civilization. A society of stupid people with inflated egos. All societies/civilizations in their own eyes were moral humanitarians.
We are already living an imposed life, don't you see it? a life imposed by the sumerians, by the way. Do you think everyone enjoys living in this system of slavery? Lol.
I agree that we're already being imposed upon. How do we know it wouldn't be worse? The tendency for any type of invasion (seafaring nations arriving in more primitive lands) resulted in more slavery.
Besides, I don't think it would be a problem for the aliens if they find people that don't want to follow through. You know full well what happen to those who don't want to follow through. Lol.
Maybe you can enlighten me?
I don't know. Isn't it what Jesus said? Jesus, aka the Christ, said "But about that day or hour no one knows, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father. As it was in the days of Noah, so it will be at the coming of the Son of Man. For in the days before the flood, people were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, up to the day Noah entered the ark; and they knew nothing about what would happen until the flood came and took them all away. That is how it will be at the coming of the Son of Man. Two men will be in the field; one will be taken and the other left. Two women will be grinding with a hand mill; one will be taken and the other left...", Matthew 24:36-41.
Yes, but this verse in itself doesn't explain who the wheat and the chaff were.
You can believe whatever you want, I don't care, I'm not interested in convincing you because I respect people's will. I only have to say that out there you can find endless testimonies of people that had contact with these aliens.
I know there are. Of course some will inevitably be hoaxes. A hard core skeptic will wonder why aliens would travel this far to abduct a person, or couple, use faulty hypnosis, peek through people's windows, etc.
Again, the common practice for any civilization invading another (weaker) civilization is to completely take over. Even the genius Stephen Hawking invoked a warning pertaining to extra-terrestrial contact.
I'm not saying it's the truth. I'm just pointing out that all the ancient scriptures tell more or less the same story.
There are similarities, but that's the case with many writings. There's also the differences to consider.
It doesn't make sense to suggest I embrace 2 views that oppose each other. Particularly when you don't consider either.