Consider the Greek word metanoia, which consists of two components, meta, which means together with, and nous, which means mind, suggests a radical mind shift. However, has been poorly, and regularly translated as repentance, which is an old English word, borrowed from the Latin, which means penance. They then added the re to get more mileage out of sin consciousness, and you have re-penance. A gross misconception, which led to a perverted doctrine, where naive, ignorant people are/were led to believe that they need to purchase, or negotiate, favor from a angry, bi-polar god. The business of religion desperately needs paying and returning customers, as this guilt money has built huge, iconic cathedrals and ministries, and also attributed to the crucifixion of Jesus, when His message of kingdom threatened, challenged, and condemned an entire system based on keeping people dependent on their hierarchy.
Posted on: Mon, 04 Aug 2014 13:33:26 +0000
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