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Originally posted by livingtorch
you have a pre-supposition that Christianity is a religion of peace.
Jesus himself says in Matthew 10:34, "Do not think that I came to bring peace on earth. I did not come to bring peace but a sword."
make sure not to base your values on other people's values, because they are YOUR OWN values!
Sun Worship (a.k.a. "Son Worship" or "Jesus Worship") Jesus Christ--an actual being who is simply a truth messenger--had his name hijacked by the Reptilians. They used him as a character in their perverted, brainwashing bestseller entitled "The Bible." For disinformational and metaphysical reasons, the Reptilians decided to use the name of an actual truth messenger for their fictional "son of God" character. The irony here is that a messenger of the truth was used in order to spread lies.
Sun worship existed long before Christianity. Unfortunately, though, Christians are too brainwashed to realize that Christianity is just another sun worship religion. "Son" = "Sun".
Some Christian Mythology Revealed · Without the sun, all life on Earth would perish. And, in Christianity, without Jesus (the son/sun), all souls on Earth would perish. · In Christianity, Christians go to church on SUNday in order to worship Jesus--the son/sun. ·
The Christian "son on a cross" myth/symbol was simply borrowed from the ancient "sun on a cross" symbol: The Ancient "Sun on a Cross" Symbol
The Christian "Son on a Cross" Symbol (In addition to Jesus being a son/sun on a cross, note how his arms are also spread out like a shining sun.)
On Earth, the sun rises in the East. And, in Christianity, the resurrection (the rising) of Jesus (the son/sun) is celebrated on EASTer SUNday. · On Earth, the winter solstice is the symbolic "rebirth" of the sun. And, in Christianity, it is claimed that Jesus (the son/sun) was born on December 25th--the date on which the ancient Romans marked the winter solstice. (Note: In ancient Rome, the winter solstice occurred on December 25th. But, due to calendar slippage, the winter solstice now falls on either December 21st or 22nd, depending on the year.)
"The Christian religion is a parody on the worship of the Sun, in which they put a man whom they call Christ, in the place of the Sun, and pay him the same adoration which was originally paid to the Sun."
The Reptilians enslave humanity mainly via intentionally wasting resources. Note that the word "resources" can refer to energy, people, supplies, time, money, etc. The Intentional Wasters
Originally posted by livingtorch
First let me say that I have not read all of the replies your original post has received thus far. So others may have already stated what I am about to say.
That having been said, you have a pre-supposition that Christianity is a religion of peace.
Jesus himself says in Matthew 10:34, "Do not think that I came to bring peace on earth. I did not come to bring peace but a sword."
All who do not accept the free gift (i.e. Jesus) God has given to all people will be counted as enemies of God.
God is not ultimately going to decide who will enter heaven. YOU will. It's like playing a game of Chess. One person makes a move, and then the other person makes a move.
God sending His son Jesus to die on a cross for our sin, and then raising Him from the dead was HIS move.
All God asks of us is that we call on the name of His son Jesus, and we will be saved and live eternally in heaven with God.
In regards to the hypocrisy you mentioned, unfortunately whenever people are involved, many of them do NOT follow the whole Bible. Some Christians pick and choose those things they are going to believe, and toss out the rest.
Some factions state that miracles "died out with the apostles". I know this is false, man-made doctrine. I have seen many miracles performed right before my own eyes. Sometime God has used me, and sometimes God has used others I was with to perform His miracles.
But are you willing to damn your own spirit to hell because of a bunch of ill-informed, hypocritical people?
Sure, Christians make mistakes. We make LOTS of them. But we will not be here for the coming troubles. We are going to be supernaturally taken off the earth to a great 7 year feast with God. (Many Christians will also debate this point, but if you truly search the New Testament, you will find this to be true.)
Jesus himself says in Matthew 10:34, "Do not think that I came to bring peace on earth. I did not come to bring peace but a sword."
As for the slavery and sexist stuff, parts of the Bible (well, in my opinion) have been false transcriptions of the word of God. Humans do mess up, and sometimes, the prophets who wrote the books messed up too.
Originally posted by jmdewey60
reply to post by theendisnear69
Once you are god for a few thousand years, your tactics may become more refined. I would not expect you to be perfect, right away.
You also have to realize that these books were not written as the events happened. None of the orders given out by God were actually caried out as specified.
1. No one [in this paradigm community, remember!] disputes that God's ethical principles of love, fairness, and integrity are part of His eternal character and therefore, ethically normative for creatures of will throughout all the ages. Such principles are inherent within His character, which is--fortunately for us--reliably 'immutable'.
2. Virtually no one [in this paradigm community…and I will stop adding that to each statement from now on--just remember it is implicit in this discussion] disputes that some of God's commandments were one-time-only, specific to one-individual at one time, and not binding on any other soul. Examples might be the commandment to Moses to climb the mountain to look at the Land and then die, or the command to Noah to build an ark in preparation for the Flood, or the command to Jeremiah to buy a specific field before the Captivity. These are imperatives and commands (mitzvoth), but they do not apply to everyone and to every time and to every situation (generally, they only applied once).
3. In between these two extremes is a very wide spectrum of 'commandments'. Consider some of these, and where they should be placed on the continuum between universally obligatory and 'disposable', 'once-use-only':
· The command to Abraham to circumcise himself, his descendents, and all the males in his household. Was this ethically binding on the Gentiles? On Terah, Nahor, and Laban? On Noah or Enoch?
· The command to "love your neighbor as yourself".
· The command for all Jewish males--WHEREVER THEY LIVED--to visit Jerusalem three times a year (and no less). During the Babylonian captivity? "Backward-obligatory?"--when enslaved in Egypt?
· The command for Isaiah to go around half-naked for several months, as a statement to Israel.
4. Notice from the above that the question of 'backward-compatibility' (or 'backwardly eternal'?) has bearing on our question. Through some 'curious' logic and a bit of semi-equivocation (i.e., equating Torah with the Mosaic Law), some in Rabbinic Israel made an argument that ran like this:
· Torah includes the Mosaic Law.
· Torah and Wisdom are identified (Prov 8.22ff, and constantly so in the Rabbinics).
· Wisdom was said to be present 'at the creation of the world' (Proverbs again).
· Therefore, the Mosaic Law was present before the Creation of the World.