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 Posted: Sat Nov 05, 2011 12:21 am
How different would Christianity be today if Marcion's movement had been the prevailing Christianity? Would Christianity's relation with Judaism and other religions have been better? Would gay rights still be an issue? Discuss.
A little background on Marcion:
Believed in a True God and a lesser being referred to as the "god of vengeance" or "god of nature"
Believed Jesus was sent by the True God to save us from this "god of vengeance".
Developed the first canon (Bible) consisting of a Luke variant called "the Gospel of the Lord" and 10 of Paul's letters.
He rejected the Old Testament and the Poets as not being Christian literature.
Believed in salvation by faith alone.
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Posted: Fri Dec 09, 2011 3:23 pm
From what I've read about Marcion's ideas it makes more sense to me than "orthodox" versions of Christianity.
I believe in Jesus and the gospels. And the NT ideas of God who is love. But when I read the OT often the image of God there doesn't look like the "One true God" to me. I often find myself thinking it was just a projection of people's ideas. Or maybe it could have been a real entity, but not the infinite unlimited being that people (or more precisely monotheists maybe) think of when they think of the term God.
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Posted: Tue Jan 24, 2012 9:20 pm
Henotheistic Christianity? Fascinating... Likely, had his interpretation prevailed, something tells me modern Christians would be much more accepting of dualistic pagan theologies like Wicca, and perhaps even had been more tolerant of the neighboring mythos.
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Posted: Tue Jan 24, 2012 9:34 pm
Ametrin From what I've read about Marcion's ideas it makes more sense to me than "orthodox" versions of Christianity. I believe in Jesus and the gospels. And the NT ideas of God who is love. But when I read the OT often the image of God there doesn't look like the "One true God" to me. I often find myself thinking it was just a projection of people's ideas. Or maybe it could have been a real entity, but not the infinite unlimited being that people (or more precisely monotheists maybe) think of when they think of the term God. Someone argued that the Old Testament YHWH's actions were necessary to preserve the lineage of the Messiah, and afterwards He was able to regulate humanity the way He wanted to?
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Posted: Tue Jan 24, 2012 9:45 pm
The New Wineskin Henotheistic Christianity? Fascinating... Likely, had his interpretation prevailed, something tells me modern Christians would be much more accepting of dualistic pagan theologies like Wicca, and perhaps even had been more tolerant of the neighboring mythos. Yeah Marcion from what we know was a religious pluralist. I'm surprised you caught on to that, a lot of people don't. Different people use the word henotheistic in different ways. Could you explain what you mean by henotheistic?
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Posted: Wed Jan 25, 2012 9:26 am
rmcdra The New Wineskin Henotheistic Christianity? Fascinating... Likely, had his interpretation prevailed, something tells me modern Christians would be much more accepting of dualistic pagan theologies like Wicca, and perhaps even had been more tolerant of the neighboring mythos. Yeah Marcion from what we know was a religious pluralist. I'm surprised you caught on to that, a lot of people don't. Different people use the word henotheistic in different ways. Could you explain what you mean by henotheistic? The belief in [the possibility of] the existence of one or more gods, but only worshipping one.
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