pre-Christian Christianity spoken of by St. Augustine had become ‘Christianism’ instead”.
Here’s a big difference in case you got lost in Harpur’s musings.
In the pre-Christianism Christianity, it was believed that the coming of the Messiah (or Christos if you will) was taking place in the life of all persons at all time. In other words, “Christianism” is an exclusive club open only to those who subscribe to a set of dogma and doctrines of which there are thousands of varying animals. Original Christianity (pre indoctrination of Christianism) was innocent, free flowing, loving, and one with all.
That’s where I AM.
Where are you?
As a spiritual-futurist, I have a BA degree majoring in history. One cannot know the future without knowing the past which holds clues to what is on the horizon. The world is in such a rapid expansion of knowledge that we are close to entering a tipping point that will forever change earth as we know it.
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