All of the Judges. God telling the Israelites that a human king is NOT what He wanted for the Israelites, whom He set apart to be an example to all nations. Definition and connotation of the Greek word "ecclesia." Early church history. The first few books of Genesis.
I'm not acting in good faith. I'm a functional idiot, but I'm learning more about early church history, biblical Greek, Hebrew and what we are supposed to consider as "ancient" near east culture and history.
NOTHING that I've read or understood puts electing a human to rule others as a God-inspired method of proper living. Just a whole lot of religiosity piled on top of idolatry and false worship in place of a living, breathing, growing closeness with The Most High. (Which I'm very bad at but... By the grace of God, there go I.)
The Catholic Church was established to control the faith of people that was literally eroding the Roman Empire to the point that *it* had to reckon with Christians taking care of each other and the people around them so well that the Roman System was collapsing.
The Council of Nicea was a move to control the faith, as a new arm of the government, and The Catholic Church writ large is still there. Political, ponderous, poisonous.
This all disgusts me.
And I'm NOT cool with commies unless they are good (dead) ones, like the recently late pontiff. Communism and all derivatives thereof are lies from the pits of hell, designed to subvert EVERYTHING that is Good, True, and Beautiful. It is completely and utterly anathema to God and his Purposes. Anyone that calls themselves a socialist CANNOT be a Christian because Christ NEVER coerced anyone to do anything.
The Beave
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