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I grew up Catholic, questioned it a lot, and decided not to be at 12. I just didn't believe a lot of what they were telling me. Eventually after much trial and error with other Christian sects and western new age, I found Tibetan Buddhism and settled for that for a long time. Then I lived in India, with Kashmiris, where Sufism is inherent in the culture, and helped Afghani refugees, for years. Both taught me much about Islam. So being constantly surrounded by Hinduism, Sikhism, Buddhism, and other Hindu variants, and 3 different branches of Islam, all mostly on a daily basis, I couldn't help but notice the similarities, which I've been looking into since. Mostly academically through historical data. For example, just now, The story you told of being "kept in the dark" in the garden of Eden, and being liberated from it, reminded me of Siddhartha's upbringing. Very difficult to learn, and so eventually gain true enlightenment and liberation , without adversity. My biggest question now is "Why?" Why did God (or insert own ideology here) do it, knowing it was going to cause a lot of suffering? It really pisses me off sometimes, more on behalf of other sentients than for myself. I have come up with a few theories but have no actual evidence to back them up and I still can't fully wrap my tiny, fallible, human brain around the concept of an eternal universe with no beginning or end, just recycling or Nirvana, as Hindu teachings say, so the creation story you told appeased me somewhat. Makes sense along with the cult of Yahweh apparently merging with the cult of El at some point, for geo-political reasons. I think I was born Hindu/Buddhist AND Gnostic/Sufi and just didn't know it. And here I am at age 56, finding some of the holes in my understanding of what I suspect is the big picture, are covered by yet another religious ideology and lesser known doctrines. And I'm loving every moment of it. Please pardon my ramblings. I'm trying to quit smoking and nibbling after dinner. Writing helps a lot. Keeps the hands busy.

I always felt like Christianity had so much potential to make the world better as a philosophy. I also intuitively felt like the religion we have today is nothing like what Yeshua meant it to be.

I have been studying Scriptures and extra-Biblical writings for 40 years and I thought this video was amazing and I learned things. Good work!

It is not a particular religion or church that is important but after expanding your consciousness, one begins to realize you are more than just your body, mind and emotions! It was after I realized my divinity and my sovereignty, then I started receiving revelations, divine messages and brought me to the point of where I come from, that I have a soul, an aspect of God-life in me!

It seems to me that early Christianity was more concerned with ethics and the pursuit of finding one's connection with God and selfless service to the community. What is preached in most evangelical churches today in the US like Christian nationalism, dispensationalism and the prosperity gospel is so far removed from the original teachings

This was phenomenal. I had heard of some of those 'heretics' before but hadn't realized just how diverse the Mediterranean really was. When I was deconstructing my faith, it struck me so often just how radical Jesus' message really was for its time. Also it's so clear that Jesus says call no one Master, Father, or Teacher for One is your Master, Father, and Teacher. No wonder why Church controlled who could read the Bible for so long. Thanks for all the work you put into this. It was so good!

dude everyone can see how much work you put into this, it's an incredible undertaking. I think you should leave up the little headers you put up with the time period instead of fading it out. it helped me follow along and contextualize. thank you so much for the chapters it's so great!

When will people realize: The stories of most religion are the same happenings just told by different cultures.

It’s good to keep in mind most people do not know this; they are not lying but believe false accounts. Most are not intentional falsehood spreaders. Such things do break my heart because in so many religions I have met many genuine people.

This is one of those videos you rewatch and take notes to study further.

Thank you for this. It really shows, to my mind, how Christianity is simply a part of the general religiosity of humankind, not a separate thing.

apparently Elder scrolls music makes "real world lore" just as interesting to me as fiction...

ALL HEARSAY!!!! -an ex minister stated “Everything we taught you in church was a lie…” -a priest said in my first OT 101 class at a catholic college

Everyone else: great video! Me: Is that Skyrim music I hear?

“My people perish for the lack of knowledge” Hosea 4:6. Repent and believe the gospel.

For the fundamentalists. It's no longer about truth. Its about keeping the 'story' alive. Fundamentalists love their story of Jesus, and let them enjoy their fantasy. But when they start spreading hate, in that we're sinners in need of 'their' salvation. Thats when the gloves come off.

Yes there are around 50+ gospels that were refused to enter the Bible. Mainly because they didn't follow the narrative of the mainstream religious groups.

Thank you. Will need to listen to this several times. I tried reading several "Gnostic" books but this gives lots of context and a better understanding.

Man you put a lot of work into these! Amazing. I could watch these all day.

Was forced baptized to be "Saved". I stopped being a Christian in my teens. Found Paganism and Shiva. I hated Christianity for a long time. But getting older I saw more the lies were made by men who changed the gospels for their own ends. It is those I hate. I am still a Pagan and a follower of Shiva. But I come to believe in Christ as well. The Christ who wanted all to be equal and fair for the people and world.

I have watched this about 20 times now whilst making notes and researching - so much good knowledge packed into this video- again thank you !!!

This was absolutely reality warping and thought and soul changing. This is one of the best documentaries I have seen ever. Period. The amount of work and effort and care put into this is beautiful and appreciated and very eye opening into how complicated theology/esoterica really is if you do not have the ears to hear and the eyes to see; if you don't know what you're looking at or what you're looking for!!! Thank you so much and I'd really like to donate to this channel which I've only ever done for Crash Course (PBS) but this is deserving of support!!! This was amazing, seriously. You went into the deepest depths with this one and shone a light. All meat, no fat, straight to the point in bold, clear and annunciated. Thank you!!!

absolutely stunning video. amazing work

On the day you released your classic documentary on Anu, the Sky Father, my life changed forever. Sitting down to watch it, I was just entering severe opioid withdrawal (for the last time) & upon watching the first 10-15 minutes, I looked @ the perfectly blue sky… & suddenly entered into a full-blown mystical vision, & nothing has ever been the same.. Since then your content has only gotten BETTER, more professional, & more comprehensive. I absolutely love to see how much you’ve grown. I almost feel like I’m doing it w/ you. You’ve helped cultivate a healthy obsession, & I swear, every time you release a video, it just happens to be extremely relevant to whatever I’ve been studying.. So I usually end up watching it 20+ times!!

everything they said about christianity is a lie or was borrow from ancient history, and they are still lying to this day. i will never understand the idea that there is someone in the skies looking to see all the wrong we do and than punished us , but this person also love us, crazy.

I'm a Christian, had a religious experience, and it deepened my understanding of the Epistles. Aslso - I had no experience that Jesus was a deity, only God's love and that the universe is like part of God (like a leg) and also an understanding that our analytical approach to reality and God is like a blanket on something much more real underneath. I recently read "Christianity from the Ground Up" and was amazed by the content of the book as it so much reflected my own experience. A highly recommended read.

As a follower of Christ myself This is undeniable. I’ve never seen a video on KZfaq where almost everything in this video can be backed up with EVIDENCE from the time Christianity started. This is amazing work

Dear Neal, thank you very kindly for producing this. In my many years of seriously studying religions, I don't think I have heard anything more accurate, more stop-on, and all encompassing. There's so much in this, it needs to be viewed or listened to -- by everyone, and multiple times. You really put together a perfect picture, of the complex synergy involved with the development of Christian thought and it's deep connections to other religions, realms, and cultures. Bravo! Seriously, this thing deserves some type of KZfaq Academy Award, if there is such a thing. So well presented, clear, awesome images, perfect music, outstanding editing and pacing! WOW! My hat is off to you, bro!

This is so amazingly comprehensive that I'm going to have to watch it a couple more times to absorb it all. Thank You So Much!! I don't know what else to say... I'm speechless.

The Word is alive. It is the message of salvation.

Amazing ! Need to listen to it many times

Try explaining this to a fundamental Christian family during Thanksgiving dinner. I accepted a more allegorical interpretation of the bible when I discovered content like this: great stuff.

i am supremely impressed with your research depth and scope. This not easy info to find. It take digging and asking the right questions of research engines, muddling thru ancient and difficult texts, and keen intuition and pattern recognition skills. You have done brilliantly with this presentation. You have managed to network together so many ancient mythologies and histories into a cohesive, powerful account that not only does not intellectually diminish the awe of Universe, it validates just how fucking big the story of humanity and interstellar spiritual dimensions are.

This is so dense, I'm very glad you put chapter bookmarks. I'm gonna need to rewatch and take notes for sure

Just Finished! WooooW !!!! This was freaking AWESOME!! SUBSCRIBED & THANK YOU! 👏👏👏👏👏👏

"LET GOD BE TRUE, AND EVERY MAN A LIAR"

Kudos channel community & comments! From what I’ve viewed so far, respectively supportive with a rare humility. Thx to all & peace be with you.

Thanks for the video! It must of taken a good while to put together.

This must have taken you months to prepare. Well done and thank you. I learned a lot. You have distilled an enormous amount of information into this single lecture

Yesterday I reread First Corinthians, keeping an open mind and noticing what Paul was actually saying about Jesus of Nazareth as an historical figure. It was clear to me that Paul was not referring to any real person preaching in Galilee, condemned by Pontius Pilot in Jerusalem, crucified dead and buried, then rising from a sealed tomb three days later. Paul mentions nothing about any of that, and that is damning for the existence of an historical Jesus.

I’ve been orthodox the past few years, with rocor and Antioch. Knowing history and past cultures has been really making me question.

This is Patriarchy focused. Women were extremely important in the life of Jesus but were generally illiterate and the men did not write the words they would have spoken

I am Orthodox Christian and thus know about an early heresy, Gnosticism. We do not understand God through human eyes but experience God. Would we force our infants to understand the process of digestion before nursing? God is not to be questioned. Our hearts are.

I love when I have a few days off work and a long video to soak up. You're great brother.👍 Thank you.

You and Derek are doing what no other's have done before each of you. I suggest starting an online university-level course to teach people the truth on how these religious ideas formed in Christianity. Excellent work 👏 ❤

You keep talking about papacy in the early centuries, but it didn't exist. Bishops of Rome were simply Bishops of Rome. They didn't claim the title Papas/Papa until the 6th century. (Bishops of Alexandria claimed it from the 3rd century.)

Excellent video. As a student of biblical history, you fit a lot of information into this one video. It does really whet the appetite for someone who is interested in early Christian history.

Amazing job but what saddens me is that too many commenting below think this makes everything these former groups taught a lie. Myths awaken the subconscious mind and can spark genuine experiences of apotheosis. Zoe /Sophia is a particularly potent archetype as every mystic, myself included, can testify. She is the spirit of life that commingles with you in ecstatic bliss that the ancient ones called being twice born. It is an out of body timeless experience of profound peace and wellness beyond words. I know because it happened to me.

I had a near death experience in 2012, and had an interaction with ‘the One I never had to read about to know,’ and it was The Cosmic Sophia, who’s name was revealed to me when she asked me two questions, and had a manner about Her which commanded me to answer her questions honestly, even if I didn’t exactly know how I knew the answers. And, it was revealed to me that she is my immaculate wife and Queen, that this world has written down lies about Her lack of piety and faithfulness to me. When she took me, we were rushed to a celestial looking place, an ascendent realm of sort, I can recall her face, the sound of her voice, but just can’t recall exactly what she and I had discussed, and what she told me, it comes in glimpses or visions. This is the world of the Archons, the Formless One and the Nameless Things, the TRUE Traitors against the Orders of the Divine. I kept Her name secret for about nine years, not talking about it or discussing it with others until I felt it was time.

First time in a couple of decades I've seen anything in Christianity that seemed so pure and true. Beautifully done. I am and always be a Pagan, but I'm grateful to see this side of the neighbor's faith.

Letters from Ignatius, letters from Polycarp, First Apology from Justin Martyr, Against Heresy by Irenaeus. We actually have plenty of anti-Nicene documents when you consider the kind of persecution the Church was facing. Find your nearest Orthodox Church and come attend Divine Liturgy! ☦️☦️☦️

"What reason would jews have for deceptively telling that Jesus' father was Pantera?" In ancient times, people vehemently hated anyone they thought was a heretic. The non-Christian Jews wanted to suppress all Christianity. It is easier if you call the new prophet an illegitimate child.

Great job on this video, Neal. The video is packed full of interesting history and the images are beautiful. You did a great job narrating this video too. I just love your longer documentaries, like this one. ❤

Absolutely loved this! Thank you 😊 I was a slave to Christian indoctrination up until recently. This is by far the most in-depth discussion I've been introduced to. This was my first time watching your channel and I'm excited to see what else you have shed light upon! 🎉❤

Reading these comments makes me sad. So many lost and confused people here

And I say unto you, Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you. For every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened. If a son shall ask bread of any of you that is a father, will he give him a stone? or if he ask a fish, will he for a fish give him a serpent? Or if he shall ask an egg, will he offer him a scorpion? If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children: how much more shall your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to them that ask him? JêsûsCrîst

Pythagoras means Heart of the Serpent, he was born in Sidon, a fishing Port in Phoenicia. His mother recieved a message from the Oracle of Delphi that he would become a great Leader and Teacher. Sidon means Kingdom of the Fish, and the Essenes, who wrote the Dead Sea scrolls, worshipped Pythagoras. The Sarcophagus of Eschmun III found in Sidon names him as the Widow's Scion, aka Hiram Abiff, the Founder of Freemasonry, of which Tyre was the premier Capital (at least equal to Thebes). In 911BC Rameses II married the Queen of Sidon, home of Jezebel (Daughter or consort of Baal, basically "Queen") founding Neo Assyrian Babylon, an alliance between Egypt and Hiram, father of Jezebel and King of Assyria, and Egypt, forming the Phoenician colonies and building the first Temple of Melqart to commemorate the alliance. The Si in Sidon is the basis of the Latin Exe, or X, and is the basis of the Cross, or Chi Rho that Constantine painted on his shields. Also known as the Cross of Tyre, or Cross of Baal, being Ra-El, or Ba'El. Oddly enough irrational numbers can also be mapped using Euler's number, producing a Templar Cross in the process. This cross can also be seen around the neck of Nimrod in Assyria, and is consistent with the Union Jack, and Solstice Calendar found in the Vatican Shiva Lingam. Shiva is the Hebrew word for 7, their culture also found its way to Japan (via the Phillipines) ultimately becoming Shintoism. It was the Phoenicians who gave their name to the Pole Star, which they used to Navigate the Oceans using the Zodiac, thats what the Antikythera mechanism was for, and with it they wrote the Byblos Baal, what we now call the Bible. The first form of the Bible was written in 325BC and called the Vaticanus Greacus, or Son of the Sacred Serpent, a reference to Sirius, the basis of the Sothic Calendar, which uses a Hexidecimal or base 60 system found in all the Megalithic sites around the world. In the second century AD astronomer Valentinus Vettori transcribed it into a Lunar chart of 13 houses, what we now call the Zodiac. Horoscope means Star Watcher, and the Phoenician word for Saturn, or El, was Israel or El, (Fruit) of Isis and Ra. El is the primary God of the Phoenicians, representing the offspring of Egypt, and his consort Astarte represents the Assyrian half of the alliance. It may be possible to trace lineages and alliances through the naming of gods, which can be traced all the way to Ireland and the Vikings, and to Indonesia and the Americas, even as far away as New Zealand and Australia. It denotes Sirius as Son of Orion and Pleaides, which sits at 33 degrees of the Zodiac. The basis of the Sothic (dir Seth) Calendar of the Egyptians. The New Moon in this position marks Rosh Hashanah, the Egyptian, Celtic, Phoenician, and Assyrian New Year, the first New Moon of September, which is called September because it's the 7th House of the Zodiac, when the Sun is in Ophiuchus. The Phoenix, Benben, or Bennu is the Egyptian word for Heron, a Feathered 'Serpent'. It baptised itself in frankincense and myrrh at BaalBek, and then alights atop the Pyramid, upon the Holy Grail, or Alter of Ra every 630 years to take three days off the calendar during the course of the first New Moon of Nisan, which means "Prince". The Capstone of Pyramids is even called the Benben or Bennu. The Phoenix is found in all religions, which are all Astrological Allegory for the Moon travelling through the Constellations, as a soul migrating from body to body, this is the basis of Joseph Campbell's Monomyth, or the Hero's Journey. The various planets no doubt play their own roles as portents, omens, and aspects, this astrology is the science of the Bronze age, and lasted all the way up to the 20th Century. Resurrection was an early teaching of the Christian Church, and likely relates to the lineage of Kings (The King is Dead, long live the King.) Phoenicians represent the interim step between Egypt and Greece, their artisans and culture exceeding that of the Greeks, who literally adopted the Phoenician Alphabet, which we still use to this day, sounding out words phonetically. Phoenician is aliiterated in Venetian, and Vikings, being Kings of the Sea. The Bennu is the Egyptian Phoenix, to Phoenicians the Hoyle, no different to the traditions of the Etruscans, who saw birds as sacred, just as the Celts. Hebrew and Iber as in Iberia have the same root meaning over, as in overseas, as in those who travel "over the sea." A colony called Iberia also appears on the Eastern shores of the Black Sea, where the same Dolmens and Megalithic culture originating in Ireland and Brittany appeared circa 4500BC. _Phoenician_ means Scions of the Phoenix, the first Bible: Vaticanus Greacus Son of the Sacred Serpent (Prince). Then there's the Essenes, Sons of Light, the Tuatha De Danaan, Sons of Light, Annunaki, Sons of Light, Arthur Pendragon means Arthur Son of the dragon, Chertoff is Russian for "Son of the Devil" and Dracula also means Son of the Dragon, Masons have been known at times to call themselves the "Brotherhood of the Great White Serpent". The Ziggurat of Anu also denotes her as a great white Serpent, while New Grange and the Bru na Boinne in Ireland (4000BC) coated buildings with white quartz to denote the Moon. The Moon itself travels outside the Solar Elliptic by 5 degrees, which means it passes through specific constellations in a serpentine fashion that is always changing, but repeats every 19 years, the time it took to train a Druid or Magi, Magi meaning "Teacher" the Phoenix is also associated with this sacred number 19. The name "Pharoah" means "Great House" or "House of Light" and Cairo used to be called Babel. Pharaoh's themselves wore a hooded crown representing feathers, just as Native American Chiefs, ie the Feathered Serpent, they were also called the Commander in Chief. Aztecs also had Serpent Kings, (Canaan means Serpent Kings, and Sidon was a Son of Canaan, and Great Grandson of Noah) who were called to lead with cunning and guile, being the very virtue by which they claim the title in the first place; but to be seen in public as just and diplomatic. "As wise as Serpents, but gentle as Doves" the old Egyptian flag of an Eagle attacking a Snake is also reflected in the Modern Mexican flag, denoting the Constellations of Serpentis (13th sign of the Zodiac) and Aquila. The dimensions and 12 mathematical constants of the Great Pyramid are also expressed in New Grange, and Stonehenge, as well as in Watson Brake, (2500BC) and Teotihuacan, which correlates to the Phoenician/ Sumerian Hexidecimal system, which is what our modern systems of time are based on. Officially no one knows who invented astrology, the zodiac, navigation by the stars, and time keeping. But whoever built the pyramids, and pioneered the 24hr clock in Egypt 5000 years ago also knew the exact dimensions of the Earth, as well as the speed of light. These calculations can all be made using these Megalithic sites as surveyors use a theodolite. Specifically Teotihuacan, which sits 180 degrees opposite Cairo, and has the exact same footprint. The ideal positions to determine the speed of light using the transit of Venus, by which one can accurately determine Longitude for navigation. Capt cook did the same thing in 1774 when he 'discovered' Easter Island. The only culture that fits the bill was wiped out "not one stone upon the other" by the Romans in 146BC. Tyre, the capital of Phoenicia (israel) sat just offshore from Ur Shalom, City of the New Moon, or City of Peace. The root of the name Jerusalem, and was also seized by Rome in 70AD after a 13 year seige. The gap between is 216 years. Greek Dionysians built the Temple of Solomon (now called the Temple of Melqart) representing the Solar Lunar Metonic Calendar on which this system is based, they also carried mirrors, a practice associated with both the Magi and the Druids as well as Greek and Egyptian scholars, these Mirrors are Astrological charts called "Cycladian Frying Pans" and record the cycles of the planets. The first Temple of Melqart (the Phoenician form of Horus, or Hercules, or Pan, or Thor) representing the 13th Constellation of Ophiuchus or the Serpent Bearer (hence Orphic Serpent worship) had pillars of Emerald and Gold, representing Isis and Osiris. The Jerusalem Temple only took payment in "Shekels of Tyre" a currency minted during the Jewish rebellion against Rome. "Give that which is Ceasar's unto Ceasar" When Alexander sacked Tyre in 332BC they moved to Carthage meaning "New City" or New Jerusalem, where they built a second temple with Pillars of Bronze. Nebuchadnezzar also seiged Tyre for 13 years, taking the City captive in 573BC: the same time as the biblical account of the Jews. And again in 70AD after a three and a half year seige, also consistent with biblical accounts.

Amazing compilation here, and thank you so much for this. I have been researching the Gnostic Gospels and trying to understand the obvious discrepancies of biblical teachings. This video has been very enlightening, and puts these ideas together in a way that is easier to understand, for me. Cheers!

Brilliant. You freed the re-search from the shackles of logic driven academia up to the level of The Aesthetic or the Numinous through your crafted presentations. Art history, Choral music, etc all the other elements of the Aesthetic take a fully academic exercise up the level of epiphany thru the (non-linear) arts and mysticism in your narration and in your image and music components +++ Bravo🎉

Jesus gave us two commandments to Love Our Heavenly Father with our whole heart and mind and to Love Others as we Love Ourselves 💘LOVE 💘

What do I think? I think this video is genius You offer the narrative, counter narratives and more of a rounded view of the early church than I have ever seen. Amazing. Very refreshing for a Christian truth seeker imo.

Yup Sophia's here now ❤ ty for sharing. Wonderful story

Very edifying. Keep up the good work.

The fact that I just had a spiritual reawakening and my name is Sophia... That thumbnail paired with the title felt almost as if I was being directly addressed.

I'm going to need to watch this several times and look forward to reading your references. I do believe that the biblical book of Revelations was really about the fall of Rome because I've gone down a few rabbit holes too. Love your videos, please keep making these!

What I know for sure is that saying the name JESUS out loud to start what I thought would be my final words and prayer made the “Demon Tree”, for lack of any better description, release my chest from it branches up high and the roots that came out of the ground, wrapping around my ankles also released and I ran for my life looking back to see a mean wincing face in the bark of the tree. I never wanted to go back there again….

To point out that in the text shown, Jesus mentions not only a difference in fathers but that he has experienced by seeing in Father while the other ones are acting based on what they heard. Hearing vs Experiencing. True Knoweldge vs Belief.

Dude! This is the most intricate deep dive into the early Christian history I've ever come across in public forums ever! This is the stuff that gets taught in Seminary school... nice job 👏

Very educational ! It helps to open up the subject of the world of humans and their religions. Having spent my first decade and a half believing what my parent's taught me, I see how people, since the beginning of our species, have tried to explain who and where we came from, and assigned various "gods". As a boomer now, I can only say our existence is still a great mystery, and no one has the real and final answer (I don't think we are meant to have one). But "Informant" (Neal?), you are helping to explain how we got here, and for that I thank you.

Speculation, upon speculation. Projection, upon projection. Were all free to bend twist , then impose our fantasies onto fragments of half truths.

I think much of what this guy states misses the fact that the bible openly acknowledges that different churches were regularly deviating from the true teachings of Jesus. In fact the letters of Paul are pretty much all him correcting some of those very those heresies... It is this very fact that lead to the writing down and gathering of the canonical New Testament in order to give people around the Christian world a reference point... Yes there were LOTS of sects in the early church. This is because there were just a relative few believer on the day Jesus was crusified, and there were many many more churches than primary sources. This is to be expected, its not like they had phones and internet in order to call up the disciples and get answers to their questions. If they couldnt remember exactly what was said when one of the original followers planted their church, they often just made up the answer to a question. The fact that there were many deviations doesnt give evidence for the heresies, rather their correction from disciples give evidence for their falsehoods... Another issue here is this guy seems to think because a letter was written (Timothy, but also others), it was rapidly disseminated throughout the Christian world... This is CRAZY talk. We know this because ideas spread at a snails pace back then compared to now. Christians in Rome would have documents that wouldnt make it to Grease (which is just across the a very small sea) for over 100 years at times... Also, lets say you got a letter from Paul (or anyone else). How would you even know that that that letter was important to someone 500+ miles away? You may duplicate it for your followers, but its likely you wouldnt immediately send it to another church, as it was meant for your church. It could be DECADES before someone from your church happened to carry that letter to a church that had never seen it. All this is crazy, the assumptions are based on information traveling extremely fast, and the author here (tho great at looking up things), is viewing the world from a modern perspective...

43 minutes in, the plot is getting juicy, questions need to be answered, my boi’s voice is cracking in anticipation.. I need some popcorn 🍿 This is getting exciting. But in all seriousness, I thought I knew my shit when it came to Christianity and Gnosticism, but I was mistaken. I’m learning a lot.

Dude, fantastic stuff you put some serious energy into putting this together and I thank you!!!

Gotta say. This is a top notch documentary, arguably the top documentary made based on the importance of the information given. This has greatly increased my understanding of Christianity's formation.

If we base our lives on a mistaken premise, what a waste of time we spend on Earth

Moral to the story, no one has the right to control anyone. The Bible is written to control people, not the actual teachings of Jesus. The real God doesn't believe in slavery and cruelty but love and knowledge. Being a sheep is the exact opposite of what you are meant to be.. eventually, we will be free again.. and everyone equal.

I really enjoy these video essays you guys do. You should bind the transcripts into a book or two. Or ten!

Wait, what exactly is the lie? It is of course common knowledge that there were Gnostics and other alternative believers at the beginning - which is of course what is to be expected. Imagine if a miracle like the resurrection happened today. Some people (the close followers of the person) would get his ideas right, while others would try to hijack this and make it fit with their existing beliefs.

Gnosis takes away the Lack of Knowledge of Understanding (Ignorance), which one must contain both married together which creates "WISDOM" the principal thing. The application in a life which lights the path. As dawn shines brighter and brighter unto the noon day.

Chapters 18 through 24 are insanely important and should be taught to Christians, if nothing but to dispell the misconceptions and stigma which has been attributed to "the other side of Christianity" throughout most history. The implications are fascinating. Thank you so much for the video and the crazy amount of hard work that went into it.

You dont present fact or reason u just deny...very sad that you think 12 men,would make up a lie ( not for riches or fame) ,just to be prosecuted till death defies reason

It is quite gratifying to see at 8:41 that you point out the fact that early Christianity ran the gamut from pagan to Jewish. From what I've read, this was because it pre-dated Jesus and his followers by up to 400 years. When the remnants of Alexander the Great's army returned to Greece, they brought many new ideas, traditions, and spiritual teachings with them. They also brought back Hindu and Buddhist teachers, who began teaching the Greeks."Kristos" in Greek (Krestus in Latin and Christ in English) was the name by which the Greeks knew the Hindu god, Krishna. What could be termed "Krishna-ianity"became a dominant spiritual path in Greece, primarily through the Pythagoreans. A Greek version of Buddhism also became widespread, through both the Stoics and, as I understand it, the Epicurians. As time went on, this "Krishna Consciousness" or "Christ Consciousness" movement spread into the Roman Empire. After the death of Jesus, his teachings were gradually included in the mix, first by the Gnostic, Paul, and later by others in Rome. Eventually the Pauline followers won out politically, and suppressed or destroyed everyone else along with the rest of the pagan religions. It's basically a Hindu/Buddhist/Greco-Roman/gapn religion masquerading as Jewish in origin.

Paul never followed Jesus! Paul never even knew Jesus, nor did Jesus know Paul!

Fascinating work! I love how you connected multiple theologies. It's really fascinating to learn the connections that are there!

Brother, you're ahead of the curve. PLEASE keep doing what you're doing, and THANK YOU.

Regarding Zeus, instead of ‘zoos’ shouldn’t we be saying ‘zayoos’? As in Deus? As in Perseus, Theseus, Wolfgang Amadeus, and everywhere else the suffix ‘-seus’ is used?

WE THE AWAKENED ONES KNOW FROM OUR CHILDHOOD ONWARDS

Who is THEY? Who lied exactly? If they didn't know the truth, they didn't lie. They only told you what they thought they knew.

This is going to go deep!

Minor thing at 1:04:32 Marcion's canon didn't have "Acts", it had the misnomered "Proto-Luke" or Evangelion. It's important to note that the earliest record we have of something resembling Luke is detached from Acts, and saying that Marcion had a version of Luke-Acts suggests that Marcion had a story about the apostles in his Gospel, which he certainly did not.

Peter wasnt the first bishop of rome. It was james

In Jesus name! Get thee behind me Satan. You are filling people's heads with doubt!

Gentlemen... This epic, scholarly look into the early Christian religion will soon become a classic. The weaving together of all the different details that influenced those early Christ believers is just what believers, non-believers and those who don't know what to believe, needed to understand the people, the cultures and how their various beliefs created something that started outt with Christ's humble teachings. Truly great work.

bravo Gnostic Informant! Ive been following this beat for years and i have never seen such a rich treasure trove of scholarship all in one video. this is information that needs to be out there, you have done a great service thank you🙏

People emulating God,surrounded by ritual bothered me as a kid, and bothers me now. It feels corrupt

THE CLOSER WE GET TO THE “END”.. THE MORE WE REALIZE & UNDERSTAND HOW WILD THE TRUTH IS..

What a masterpiece, Neil. Mind is now completely blown, I always suspected that, Christianity's origin was evident in mystery cult. I think it will take me several years to go through all of this. This should be in a doctral disertation. I do have one question, I wonder why you still believe in an historical Jesus? I would have thought that you would believe the opposite.

Subbed, your blowing my mind.

The fact that they sat down and debated what to keep in bible and what not made me leave this religion too, I tried Islam, Christianity and learnt a little about sikh religion. I will never accept a book that has was decided by few people to get maximum control on the masses. Any religion that binds you is not the way to God.