The Greatest Perversion Proof (easy)

“There is no greater perversion of Christianity then when a person believes that you owe something because of why Jesus Christ died.”

While many people may say this is intuitively obvious because if it were true then there would have been no charity in the act if debt was incurred.

However theologically speaking, if something was owed in any sense after Jesus Christ’s “holocaust” I suppose you could call it then that would mean it was not perfect, not complete, not divine. You can’t take “half “ of God and still have God. God is all or nothing, and everything in between, but only all or nothing at once.

So if people owed something for what Jesus did for them, that would mean the man, Jesus, was greater than God—he was more powerful than the highest divine— and that is simply absurd. It is not a true statement just as much as 2+2=5 is not a true statement.

That’s the proof, however, I wouldn’t call this an exhaustive proof or a complete proof for scholarly standards, but essentially that’s the reason.

There is a silver lining of opportunity to learn from this perversion though, because the very reason that the perversion is not true is the reason why the Christian faith is true about what is professed concerning Jesus Christ. Context is key there. If you are considering something outside of what is relative to Jesus Christ, then there is more truth to be had and explained and in unlimited quantities, but what they claim is true because what the Jews believe is true— at the heart of their doctrine, at least.

It’s a common theme of prophets in the Torah that when the “Day of the Lord” comes for the Jews… most of them are destroyed and only a remnant of a remnant remains because of how many lose faith and corrupt the truth, which brings about the “Day of the Lord” to set things right and vindicate the good ones, from the wrath of people like me as a sign of a higher power who I am angry for in addition to myself because I am technically a holy man, despite how unusual my lifestyle may be for a holy man.

I’ve mentioned it many times in other places and will do so again here because it is relevent, but Anselm’s Cur Deus Homo explains this subject well—the part about Jesus Christ’s nature. The Latin is translated as “Why the God-Man”. I like that example because that was what revealed the matter to me, but there are many other sources out there which can do the same in different ways.

To sum it up— the proof goes something like “If Christianity is true then Jesus has to have been 100 percent man and 100 percent God.” Not a direct quote, just writing for him here. That’s why I like him as a theologian, because he adopts a very skeptical point of view for the sake of achieving the most thorough understanding possible and it is like a hobby, game, or form of entertainment for him, while being worthwhile for his effort. He imagines a person who is a staunch atheist and then argues with himself from both points of view to achieve different conclusions about Christianity’s claim.

The incompatibility of the statement of God-Man is why it is in fact a divine mystery, miracle, and basically a religion. That singular point in time and context of the relevant Story can be identified as a divine intervention— the presence of God intervening for the benefit of human beings.

In Christology— that’s the official study of this topic alone—there are basically two ways to think about it, which is not all that surprising or different from any other way we think about reality. There is a “from top down” approach and a “from the ground up” approach— or start from God or start from Man, and then work your way to the truth. Both reach the same point at his crucifixion, but… there is more to understanding the details of that than in this gist of the subject, so don’t get ahead of yourself without first spending some time contemplating that if you haven’t already because it may take years to really sink in and click.

You should not be covetous of this knowledge! The entire point of that event is to reveal the knowledge of what happened to everyone, to teach about it, explain it as simply as possible for people to understand and benefit from even though they are not the “scribes” or “pharisees” with sole access to the texts. Make it simple, clear, and do not obscure Christianity ever.

On that note, that is why Gnosticism lost favor in the Christian movement. There is valid truth in what can be revealed with Gnosticism, but there is also a terrible deception under the same name. That deception was that there were teachers out there who were telling people that the understanding was for the elite, chosen, and spiritually blessed people only, but that is false. That is an abomination because Christianity’s fullness is for everyone. All people, even if they have not gone through rigorous initiations into secret mysteries and been taught by masters in formal school. You do not need that to enjoy the fullness of understanding and experience that Christianity is.

However… you can enjoy that fullness of understanding and experience endlessly to heights of complexity and knowledge and joy of more precision, detail, and specificity, but that is just as good as the basic goodness. The only difference is that the people who enjoy that enjoy it like their favorite hobby. It is a way of entertainment that is worthwhile because of how beneficial it is to expend energy doing.

There is divine revelation that people experience called gnosis, but do not ever mistake that gnosis as though it sets you above people who have not received it. You may have to climb up to ledge to be heard over the crowd, but you are one of their number even with the gnosis, not of a higher nature. Not even if you have been purified by the great mystery that is the work of alchemy. That is the same thing as confessing Christianity except by a method that does not require Christianity or anything of it. Going through that may make purified, more dignified, wiser, and more experienced, but your nature is not more than any other person, not even the worst criminal in prison.

In fact, if you have that blessing of purification it becomes a burden of responsibility to uplift people with your power of knowledge. Do not ever hold it against them to put them down. That can only be used to encourage otherwise the teacher is false and you know them as false for that reason. They may phrase it differently so that they use a little tough love and reverse psychology because of how well they know their pupils, but you will know the difference between a teacher trying to help you and a teacher trying to keep you down.

The main thing about that is that the one trying to help you is not going to try to pull you back down if you go higher than them or become greater. They will exult in joy for you, and your glory will be their glory as a teacher because you did it on your own, and they were able to help you. That is the main difference. They will still help you and never feel threatened or insecure by a pupil becoming greater than them.

I kind of got off topic, but this is my hobby like I described! That’s why I do it so much, so willingly, and so liberally! This is one of the ways I use my time and energy productively while also entertaining myself. If you are not having fun teaching the spiritual mysteries and enjoying your work because you find it fulfilling and satisfying, just go do something else and be happier. Seriously… don’t carry a burden you don’t want to when you don’t have to. I’m telling you that for your own happiness, but also for the benefit of your students, because they will learn more from someone who has less knowledge and more love for the art, than someone who has loads of knowledge and little love for putting it to use.

That’s why Gnosticism got a bad reputation in the past. There were some jerks who were being all elitist over their spiritual mysteries that they were able to understand and that is not the spirit of Christianity. They were confusing the flock of people under the banner of Christianity and that was dangerous to them, which is why they needed to be suppressed as well as other forms of heresy. It’s not about centralizing power, control, or keeping people oppressed, it’s about distributing power, because Christianity is in fact powerful, effective, and useful in spiritual ways for daily life and that means it can do both great goods, and great harm, which is why that is a concern. There was not enough resources during most of the last 2,000 years to teach everyone all they needed to know. That is different now. One text— this one, can be instantaneously distributed to millions of people and at virutally no cost to the author. We are in different times now.

Alright, gotta go. No time for editing.

Do not confuse it. That is why there is a horrid stain on Christianity— that is true but also has been horribly abused by corrupt politicians, greedy tyrants, and violent evil doers.