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It seems to me that most orthodox christianity spits directly in the face of jesus and his words.
"The scribes and the Pharisees speak with the authority of Moses," he told them, "so you must do what they tell you and follow their instructions. But you must not imitate their lives! For they preach but do not practise. They pile up back-breaking burdens and lay them on other men's shoulders - yet they themselves will not raise a finger to move them. Their whole lives are planned with an eye to effect. They increase the size of their phylacteries and lengthen the tassels of their robes; they love seats of honour at dinner parties and front places in the synagogues. They love to be greeted with respect in public places and to have men call them 'rabbi!' Don't you ever be called 'rabbi' - you have only one teacher, and all of you are brothers. And don't call any human being 'father' - for you have one Father and he is in Heaven. And you must not let people call you 'leaders' - you have only one leader, Christ! The only 'superior' among you is the one who serves the others. For every man who promotes himself will be humbled, and every man who learns to be humble will find promotion.
What are catholics told to call their priest? father. What is the Pope? The Holy Father. Even in the basics of Jesus' teachings the church does the opposite. The Biblical Jesus said that to follow him a rich man must give his wealth away, for it is harder for a rich man to enter the kingdom of heaven than a camel going through the eye of a needle. What is the single richest organization in the world? The Roman Catholic Vatican, who claim direct descendance directly from Simon, known as Peter. Even the group supposedly founded by the main disciple slaps a dick in jesus' face by flaunting their disregard for their savior's teachings.
I have been re-reading all of jesus' words in the Bible and have yet to see anywhere where he does not decry organized worship and the authority of supposed church fathers. I cannot find anywhere where he states, "create a church around me, create rules and dogma to follow, create powerful positions of influence and authority to control the world." Maybe I need to read further....
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