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In this episode we explore why Christianity broke away from Judaism, and how this “split” ultimately lead to Christianity developing multiple mutually exclusive views of the afterlife. This is our first episode (1/3) in our series on the various Christian approaches to the problem of death. Watch Episode on YouTube?: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YV5237ydrDQ&ab_channel=MyGhostintheMachine%E2%80%93PhilosophyPodcast ? EPISODE SUMMARY ? 0:00 (Introduction) | 1:53 (Overview of Christian View of the Afterlife) | 7:08 (The Original Judaic/Christian Model of the Afterlife) | 23:21 (Yeshua as the Judaic Messiah?) | 37:14 (The Judaeo-Christian Split) | 1:04:32 (Outro) | ? EPISODE X-RAY ? (Mainstream view of the Christian approach to the problem of death • Original Judaeo-Christian model of the reality i.e., a "materialistic" model • Original Judaeo-Christian view of the afterlife i.e., death is permanent • The concept of the "Judaic Messiah" • The Judaic Messiah as a "knight in shinning armour " / "saviour" / "hero" • The Judaic Messiah as a future Hebrew high-priest / Hebrew King • The concept of physical resurrection i.e., a second physical life on Earth • The Hebraic messianic prophecies • The concept of the Judaic Messiah establishing a physical utopia • The followers of Yeshua nominate Jesus as the Judaic Messiah • The Hebrew Bible gets rebranded as the "Old Testament" • ~80% of the Christian Bible is the Hebrew Bible • The New Testament argues that Yeshua as the Judaic Messiah. • The extremely detailed Judaic ancestry of Yeshua in the New Testament • Why Yeshua refers to non-hebrews as "pet dogs" (Matthew 15/26) • Yeshua as the "King of the Hebrews" • Yeshua as the "Son of Man" – reference to the esoteric Book of Enoch • The issue with the "unfulfilled messianic prophecies" • The concept of the "second coming" of Yeshua • The absence of the concept of a "physical soul" in the Christian Bible • The split between traditional Judaism and the followers of Yeshua • The Messiah Complex and the "Messiah Phenomenon" • An exposition of past people who claimed to be the Messiah • The case of Vissarion as an example of the "Messiah Phenomenon" • Brief overview of the Kabbalist view of death / the afterlife. ——————————— Bumper music (1) “Grave of the Fireflies” by Aeiko | https://soundcloud.com/imaeikoBumper music (2) “Any Dream You Wanted” by Akira the Don https://soundcloud.com/akirathedon ——————————— @My_Ghost_in_the_Machine (Instagram) https://myghostinthemachine.com ——————————— If you've read this far, and would like to support this podcast, one of the easiest ways through which you can do this is by leaving My Ghost in the Machine a review or comment wherever you get your podcasts from. Many thanks! A.J.E.