HUM 2 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Hum Network Limited
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Hum 2 watts- lecture 11: view of christ"s life: religious marketplace. Religions compete for you to start praying to an additional god. Religion now is a term which is more of an identifier that ties into your personal identity i. e. i am a catholic or she is a jew . In the roman world, religion is a preference and more about your actions as opposed to who you are. The religions are competing so that you can add them, not necessarily drop your old religion in exchange for a new one. Christianity"s goal is to make people believe jesus is a god in order to compete in this. How these texts work as persuasive literature. Christians believe these are the actual actions of god. They present jesus"s life, form the core of christianity. Why do these texts work so well. Cult must make an argument that the god is effective and that there is some benefit to joining.
