A Dash Of Truth

All myths contain at least a dash or two of truth. Because few people are totally dishonest, a bit of truth helps to ease consciences with regard to the fantasies that are woven into myths.
People choose to be deceived. When they find truth too uncomfortable or too expensive, they begin shopping for cheaper imitations to take the place of what they have rejected.
After the choice has been made, myths can become progressively more absurd, and people will continue to accept them rather than return to what they first rejected.
A sensational illustration occurred in Jonestown, Guyana, a few years ago. Almost 1,000 people drank Kool_aid mixed with cyanide in a mass suicide pact.
The world was quick to place the blame on their leader, the Rev. JIm Jones. A host of unsatisfactory explanations were put forward as to how he succeeded in deceiving these people.
The truth was that his followers had plenty of opportunities to opt for the truth rather for Jones' demented obsessions ... but Jones made it so much easier to escape personal responsibiltiy by letting him become their conscience.
Comitting suicide by drinking cyanide is not very comfortable; but, by that stage, the groups mythology had reached a very advanced stage, and even death was easier than retracing their steps back to reality.
The greater tragedy is that Jonestown may only be a step or two ahead of the rest of the planet earth.
While the populations of Russia and America are not lining up to take cyanide tablets, they are lining up to vote for leaders who talk seriously of participating in an all-out nuclear war.
No, the Dark Ages (and Jonestown) are not finished chapters in man's history!

OUR AIM

We wish to dispel some of the myths that are a part of Western religion. We are not saying that Jesus Christ was a myth. All the available evidence suggests otherwise.
But we are saying that a Christian mythology has evolved over the years which has almost no foundation in the teachings of Jesus Christ.
If you are a "Christian", you may feel threatened by what we are about to say. Some of your most treasured beliefs will be examined in the light of the teachings of Christ, and they will be exposed as hoaxes.
But you need not feel threatened. You have two honest alternatives:
  • Continue to maintain your beliefs, but stop calling them "Christian". OR
  • Read to the end of this article and find out what Christ actually did teach and accept that.
    In either case you will have helped us to achieve our aim, i.e. to clear up some of the confusion about what Christ stands for.