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Originally Posted by SATCHMO
Actually, I personally believe that it was more or less the early Roman Catholic church. The council of Nicea (wiki that) in the 3rd century. was responsible for thee doctrine that basically said that being a christian meant believing in christs divinity, death and resurrection as a means of salvation. Then there's the great scourge of charlemagne, the crusades, the spanish inquisition yada, yaa, yada. I don't believe Christ's original followers had such huge sticks up their a$$es.
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I was referring to the story of Genesis really (which is old Jewish law), but I do agree that the Catholic Church has greatly diluted and convoluted Christianity from what it originally was.