and they found out how to give themselves different names such as Pentecostal, Baptist, Protestant, Lutheran, Catholic, etc, they found a way to be "the only true faith", or "the only ones to get it right", or "the only ones on the right path".... ergo so much intolerance, division, competition, conflict, misunderstanding, bigotry, hatred and lack of compassion.
When the Christ returns many people are going to have to apologize for inventing religion.
http://reluctant-messenger.com/aquarian_gospel.htmThe Aquarian Age Gospel of Jesus, the Christ of the Piscean Age
Transcribed by Levi H. Dowling
Presented as a service of the Reluctant Messenger.
The Aquarian Gospel of Christ resonates so strongly with the teachings of The Reluctant Messenger that it is presented here for those ready to receive its message.
Many scholars recognize that the New Testament we have today is a copy of a copy of a copy and that no reliable manuscript is dated before the third century. The doctrine of reincarnation echos throughout the teachings of Christ, but the purity of Christ's teachings, about the soul being part of God, has been diluted by the copiers and the translators.
History recordes that the early Christine church believed in Reincarnation and of the souls journey back to oneness with God.
Pope Arrested for Believing in Reincarnation
Pope Vigilius was a vicar during the reign of Emperor Justinian in the sixth century AD. Justinian and Vigilius disagreed on whether or not the doctrine of reincarnation should be condemned as heresy or allowed to be taught in the church.
Origin's writings were considered heresy by important cardinals in the sixth century. Origen's teachings had been considered as profound spiritual wisdom for three centuries. Origen lived around 250 AD and wrote about the pre-existence of the soul and in reincarnation. He taught that the soul’s very source was God and that the soul’s was traveling back to oneness with God via Reincarnation.