REALMS OF FANTASY

 A while ago I promised to update the Nicene Creed. See: HERE
I got busy and then forgot about it - mea culpa.
As it's a slow day, tennis is cancelled and dinner this evening is quite simple (bean tacos) here is a go at what I promised.

The Nicene Creed, according to Wikipedia is:

The Nicene Creed (/ˈnaɪsiːn/; Koinē Greek: Σύμβολον τῆς Νικαίας, romanized: Sýmvolon tis Nikéas) also called the Creed of Constantinople[1] is the defining statement of belief of Nicene or mainstream Christianity[2][3] and in those Christian denominations that adhere to it. The original Nicene Creed was first adopted at the First Council of Nicaea in 325. In 381, it was amended at the First Council of Constantinople. The amended form is also referred to as the Nicene Creed, or the Niceno-Constantinopolitan Creed for disambiguation.

The Nicene Creed is part of the profession of faith required of those undertaking important functions within the Orthodox and Catholic[4][5] Churches. Nicene Christianity regards Jesus as divine and "begotten of the Father".

Got that? I left the links in for the more enthusiastic Catholic cleaners in the community who can be bothered chasing them up.

This creed hasn't been amended since the year 381 so is way overdue for reinterpretation.

Here goes:

I don't believe in one God,
the Father almighty,
maker of heaven and earth,
of all things visible and invisible as the concept is a bit silly and flies in the face of reason and scientific research.

If I did believe such nonsense then I doubt that I would believe in just one Lord Jesus Christ, the only Son of God, begotten from the Father before all ages. I mean, didn't he have any siblings. Mary could hardly have been shagged out after a 'virgin birth'. Maybe she had postpartum "baby blues"

"God from God,
Light from Light,
true God from true God,
begotten, not made;
of the same essence as the Father.
Through him all things were made.
For us and for our salvation
he came down from heaven;
he became incarnate by the Holy Spirit and the virgin Mary,
and was made human."

Come on - give me a break. I can accept the human thing but all that true god and "begotten not made" sounds like the ravings of a loony.

They say that he was crucified for us under Pontius Pilate;
he suffered and was buried. I can accept that even though no-one ever asked him to do it - it's sort of like those Tik Tok challenges where it doesn't really matter if someone did something or not. You can always look at something else.

"The third day he rose again, according to the Scriptures.
He ascended to heaven
and is seated at the right hand of the Father.
He will come again with glory
to judge the living and the dead.
His kingdom will never end." Captain Mainwaring had something to say about this. He said "I think Corporal Jones that you are slipping into the realms of fantasy there." and I agree with him.

"And we believe in the Holy Spirit,
the Lord, the giver of life.
He proceeds from the Father and the Son,
and with the Father and the Son is worshiped and glorified.
He spoke through the prophets.
We believe in one holy catholic and apostolic church.
We affirm one baptism for the forgiveness of sins.
We look forward to the resurrection of the dead,
and to life in the world to come. ."

Yes, all that self- justification stuff that the Church came up with. As it's not 381 and is 2024 I'd ask 'What or who is The Holy Spirit? Who made him holy and how did he speak through the prophets?

I hope that this is helpful.

Amen.