article=Yeshuanism
Yeshuanism was a "flavor" of Christianity as practiced by some of the Initiates, refering to its founder Jesus Christ. However, due to the fact that the Initiates had extensive records about the historic person of Yeshua, including many source documents about early church history, the Yeshuan faith differed greatly from Catholic or Protestant Christianity on Earth.
1 Description
2 History
2.1 The Origin of Yeshuanism
2.2 File 187
2.3 Tsakat Framework Agreement and further development
3 Position within the Initiates
Yeshuanism is more of a monotheistic religion based on the teachings and life of Yeshua than the terran view of Christianity that elevates Jesus to be the Messiah and Son of God who died for the sin of mankind. Therefore, Yeshuanism rejects most of common christian dogmas, including almost all of the Bible Canon, and accepts other approaches to a monotheistic God like that of Muhammad. The only clear parallels are that Yeshuanists believe that God has created the Universe and has revealed himself to man throughout history; further they believe in Judgement at the end of time and an eternal afterlife, though in spiritual form. There is a belief in Hell, however Hell is seen as an state of catharsis most souls will be subjected to, similar to the concept of the catholic Purgatory. It is believed to be a place of spiritual, but not physical torment, resulting from being confronted with his own imperfections without the ability of lying them away. Likewise, Yeshuanists do not believe in the existence of Satan or demons.
Some of the Yeshuanists believe in Virgin Birth, but it is not a dogma of Yeshuan faith. About the question of resurrection of Yeshua, there is disunity - some believe that Yeshua physically died but enjoys the same form of afterlife every being will enjoy, while others believe (usually combined with belief in Virgin Birth) that Yeshua already surpassed the limits of typical physical existence from the very beginning and therefore could not even be killed.
Yeshuanists regard other monotheistic religions as equal to their faith, not claiming Yeshuanism to be the only way to "Salvation".
The origins of Yeshuanism lie, as Christianity, within the historic person of Jesus (Christ). Allegedly, an agent of the Initiated was doing surveillance work in Palestine, when a stranger approached him and addressed him in perfect High Klaatian, informing him in a short sentence that the "strangers from another world" would depart soon. He vanished before any further inquiry could be made. After he reported to the Hasvativa, Velaates decided to put further attention on Palestine. But his attention was soon drawn away by disturbing messages from the Klaatian Alliance announcing the Great Breakdown.
Now the Initiates had identified the stranger, Yeshua, but were unable to capture or to even talk to him. Later, another agent was spoken to again and told that the end of his world was nigh and that, within the days length, he would be abandoned.
The agent returned to the Initiates' headquarter just to find it in turmoil; the Hasvativa left the planet one by one, and even Velaates, the appointed protector, abandoned his post, ordering the Initiates to prepare for the defense of the system and promising to send back the human envoys left within the Klaatian Alliance. The Initiates immediately gathered at the headquarter to assemble a strategy to defend the system.
After weeks of patrols and hard work, some of the Initiates found time to return to Palestine, but at this time it was too late, as Yeshua had been executed already and stories of his resurrection circulated.
Subsequently, some of the Initiates cared for File 187, adding what new information they could gather of the Yeshua Movement, which was small at this time. Soon, legends engulfed any reasonable account, so the Initiates abandoned the project. But to some, the concept of monotheism stuck, and while before some had an rough concept of a divinity, now they had a more articulated view of God due to the speeches recorded within File 187. Their belief was furthered by the apocalypse that truly engulfed the Sum of Living Space. Human survivors returning from the space of the Klaatian Alliance together with Latinas told how chaos tore apart every order of Klaatian civilization.
By the time the Tsakat Framework Agreement was reached, the Yeshuan Movement had gained significant strength within the Circle of the Initiates, colliding with the Haturatist majority. The issue was resolved by accepting Yeshuanism within the Framework Agreement.
Monitoring the development of what became Christianity on Earth, the Yeshuanists developed their own belief in contrast, and even proposed to intervene on Earth in order to guide the development of Christianity, as they could not agree to many developments of the early church. However, such intervention was knocked down by the majority of the Initiates, reasoning that they had never interfered with human religions before and that it would be impossible to prove any misconception without first becoming a party the terrans would trust, which most found unlikely.
It is said that some of the Initiates influenced Reformation, but were quite displeased with the outcome.
Traditionally, most of the Initiates in some form adhered to the teachings and practice of Haturatism, which, like Buddhism, had no concept of a supreme God. Shocked of the sudden disappearance of the Hasvativa and the accounts from the survivors, many Initiates began to follow the teachings of Yeshua, which were not that far from Haturatism. In the decades following the great breakdown, Yeshuanism even became sort of a mass phenomenon, reaching levels up to 60 or 70 %. However, in the third and forth century, rates slowly declined, mostly because of the development of Christianity on Earth. For the most time, Yeshuanism remained at a stable 30 to 35 %.
The majority of the interventionalists were either members of the Interventionalists or the slowly developing Spatial Colonists faction, which they originally founded.