The Moral Teaching Of Jesus Christ by Percy B Shelley

One of the peculiarities that often amuses me, is thinking about historical personalities like Percy Shelley and Abe Lincoln. Neither attended any church, and Shelley was a professed atheist, but, both had a much deeper understanding of what the bible means than your average church goer does, even today.

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[MadAboutShelley]

Interesting and very cool post. I always find it fascinating that Shelley called himself an atheist when he was really quite spiritual. He was certainly anti-established religion, but so much of his writing is filled with religious references; not all of it mockingly or disproving. Have you ever noticed how very often he uses the word "Heaven"? Also, he almost always capitalizes the H, which I find exceedingly interesting. Anyway, I can discuss Shelley forever, so I shall leave it here. =)

[Amiduffer]

@MadAboutShelley Very nice to meet you. His beef seems to have been more with the institution and not the concept. I've also made a video of his Defense Of Poetry.

[Poemsapennyeach]

It's...they are... all the same to me...of no relevance...in fact I find all religions purile. Was in raining by the way...where you were ? Or does your car just have special God Given 'crackle' effects ? ;)

[Amiduffer]

@Poemsapennyeach It was raining heavily, which is where the rainbow came from. There's nothing I can defend, as far as the institution goes. Teaching morality is a good thing for society. Its too bad that the church is such a failure at it. Do as I say, not as I do.

[homousios]

happy New YEAR. I THINK that Jesus Christ was a Buddha. An extraordinary Man

[Amiduffer]

@homousios No, he was a Platonist.

[Amiduffer]

@LeroyYT Martin Luther King, Jr. was a preacher who practiced what he preached as a rare example, so we can't throw the baby out with the bath water. The tradition that produced it goes back to very ancient times in Greek and Egyptian history, that is unfortunately not very well known due to how much knowledge we've lost since. But, if you put yourself in the shoes of the early Christians, how would you go about dealing with the insanity of the Roman Empire?

[homousios]

@Amiduffer you are right. Buddha did believe in the existence of a soul