Christian Mythology

I don't understand how rational, intelligent human beings can believe in the mythology behind Christianity as a literal truth. That a woman was married and was yet a virgin. That she'd already had a son, John, and yet god had somehow made her virgin again. That she became pregnant without having sex with her husband or some other man. That her child was in fact a god.

These are all totally ludicrous fantasies of imagination.

That this man became a god or indeed was a god at birth - this is the most outrageous claim of all. Unless you are able to believe other absurdities like a little statue of Zeus is indeed a god, I find it impossible to see how anyone can ascribe to this.

If you are a believer in monotheism, and that there is no god but god, the idea of a mere human being becoming or being a god is completely blasphemous. No human is god. Ever. In the past, at present, or in the future.

Furthermore, I do not want a King. Not in my temporal, corporeal world, nor in my spiritual or religious world. God is my guide through life. My guide in understanding myself and others. My guide in navigating the path of good. God is not my king, and I neither look forward to nor want his kingdom, on heaven or earth.

And the convergence of God is King, and man can be God, is overwhelmingly dangerous. This danger shows through in numerous Islam dominated countries, where the people, so accustomed to the concept of absolute-rule derived from 'God is King', live under squelching dictatorships or monarchies. It shows in the circles of extreme fundamentalist Christians, who believe in establishing god's kingdom on Earth - literally, replace our government with whatever demented reality that would be (maybe something that reflects the Christian monarchies of the Middle-Ages).

Christianity, and Islam as well, are rich, beautiful religions, with wonderful philosophies on how best to live with our fellow humans, and how to interpret our spirituality. But the mythology should *never* be mistaken for literal truth. Once it does, the mythology becomes the center of focus. Not the goodness.