The Three Wisemen were astrologers who predicted Jesus' birth during an auspicious conjunction, widely believed to be Venus & Jupiter, the glorious Star of Bethlehem. So why would the Church vilify astrology and scare the faithful away? God Created the heavenly bodies, but their guidance is evil?
Or is it evil to vilify celestial guidance and perpetuate fear?
In the Gospels, Jesus was referred to as 'teacher' 60 of 90 times. He was a seeker of knowledge and wisdom and not worship - that's the Church's thing. Would a man with such humility as Jesus be cool with a Church founded in his name demanding we worship him?
And Jesus opposed organized religion, yet now the most powerful is not only in his name, but symbolized by the torture device he died on, to remind us of his 'sacrifice'. Do you think he'd be cool with that?
Jesus was silenced for 'sedition' for a single statement that in no way reflects his humble character. What did Jesus really say and do that threatened the spiritual authority of the pharisees, to the point of arranging his death?
But the question is actually beside the point. Jesus was sacrificed for our sins. He never mentioned 'original sin', but took the rap anyway - the bible says he said so, and the bible certainly wouldn't lie about it. What would the Church gain, besides abject obedience?
Imo, the concept of sacrifice is a primitive idea of superstitious minds that some 'god' or other authority demands that a life be destroyed to gain favor. But why would the Creator demand the death of a beloved creation? But it would satisfy the craven longing of demonic spirits, human and disembodied, to destroy a creation of God. Yet it's STILL accepted. I know, I miss the point. And there's no incitement of unholy power or bloodlust at all.
coneheads at the first council of nicaea, circa AD 325
At the Council of Nicaea in AD 325, Emperor Constantine did in the divine law of reincarnation by making 'original sin' the cornerstone of Christianity. Guilt, shame and subjugation must become divine law - the will of man, not God.
(and leave it to Eve to ruin things for everyone. Just like a woman to nose around where she doesn't belong, when she should mind her own beeswax.)
SIN:
"An offense against moral law; highly reprehensible."
IMPERFECTION:
"Flawed in form, structure, or function."
Not to muddy the holy waters, but Jesus said nothing about us being born in sin. He said humanity is imperfect and should seek perfection. We may even perform miracles, as he did. But perfection isn't possible in a single lifetime.
It might take 1000, 100,000 or even a million lives for some slow learners.
Did Jesus have impossible expectations or was he teaching the divine law of reincarnation? Easy enough to leave out the part about progressing through future lives.
"Jesus [...] was sent from the pleroma, with whose aid humanity
can recover the lost knowledge of the divine origins of humanity."
~ Gnostic Cosmology
If reincarnation were accepted as natural law across the world, even the most self-serving souls would surely act more responsibly to advance through future lives with the least trouble. Goodness is its own reward.
"Do unto others as you would have them do unto you." Matthew 7:12.
If we all follow the Golden Rule, everyone benefits.
But "survival of the fittest" is the materialist belief system imposed on us that makes brutality natural law. Who Benefits from that?
Did you know that humans and cells function identically? And some go awry from their divine purpose and wreak havoc. But most hold fast, unless a cancerous malignancy destabilizes the system and all hell breaks loose.
Humans and cells are naturally cooperative and creative and not brutal and destructive. Macrocosm to Microcosm was understood for ages, then ignored in the ugly age of materialism. But survival of the fittest is only the narrative of a crippled theory and our minds are our own and free to reject it.
And sure the few may hoard ancient knowledge, but the fundamentals finally broke through and more minds are opening to it every day in the coming Age of Aquarius. The only thing is, we're facing two divergent paths just ahead - full enlightened eXposure or tightened techno-materialist control. wah-waaah
Knowledge of the law of reincarnation eliminates the deepest despair and fear of death and loss and restores forgotten awareness that we all get out alive. The divine doctrines of Reincarnation and Astrologia go hand-in-hand, yet the Church and State denounce them both.
While astrologia (now astrology) has millennia of evidence that supports it, reincarnation was unequivocally proven with the unprecedented work of Ian Stevenson, MD. For over 40 years he investigated 1000s of reports of children across the world who each recall their prior life, most of them sharing enough cross-checked details to confirm their prior identities.
Dr. Stevenson is referred to as 'the Galileo of the 20th Century', yet very few people are aware of his work; it just doesn't fit the materialist paradigm that began with the 1600s' Scientific Revolution and extends from Church to State in the western world.
Maybe one day scientists, shrinks & preachers will come to know what astrologers have always known, that all of us come with a users manual, Courtesy of the Creator, to guide us on the path we were born to pursue. Round and round on our way to God knows where.
Astrologia: The Four Astrological Facets of Jesus
Reincarnation & Astrology in the Lord's Prayer?
Early Christianity & Ancient Astrology
Proof of Reincarnation
