What did Jesus Really Say & What Did Humans Change? With Lauren Geersten

Episode Highlights With Lauren

• How she went from health blogger to an incredible inner and outer journey to writing about some even bigger topics
• Why healing the body can also lead to questioning deeper topics
• It’s hard to open to truth when we’ve been manipulated by fear unless we know there is more love on the other side
• What did Jesus actually say vs how it has been changed throughout history
• Being comfortable in curiosity rather than certainty
• When were the gospels actually written and what changed based on who authored them
• One thing Jesus never said - that blood atonement was necessary, and he actually resisted this idea in what we know in some of his writings
• The Bible itself says it was corrupted, so even if we believe that it is the unquestionable word of God, it says it is corrupted
• Why is it necessary for God to have blood or murder to forgive?
• Love itself cannot be harmed and God cannot be harmed by the actions of humans
• Forgiveness is a human process that humans have to go through and projected onto God
• Why was blood sacrifice so prevalent in ancient Judaism and how did it become a cornerstone of Christianity 
• Was Jesus an Essene and what insight this may give us about his message 
• The real roots of eternal punishment and the theology of hell - important historical context
• Wisdom is the journey to more love and less fear
• Some important considerations about the book of Revelation

Resources Mentioned

• Lauren's books
• Truth Activist podcast

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