Dating, Marriage, Break-ups, Separations & God

Posted on July 24, 2012 by admin

Dating, Marriage, Break-ups, Separations & God
Author: Gary Colin
Dating, Marriage, Break-ups, Separations & God
In our day breaking an agreement is very common. How does God fill about such actions? A prime example of such a person is Judas, the Betrayer of Jesus Christ. When did Judas go bad? The Bible talks about allowing tares to grow with wheat. Tares are “christians” who don’t obey God’s Will and Word and Wheat are Chrsitians who do obey God’s Will and Word (Matthew 13:24-30).
Humans tend to rationalize and justify their fleshly and carnal ways which is why divorce rates and other ungodly separations and actions occur (Malachi 2:15-16; 2 Timothy 3:1-5; Galatians 5:1-21; 1 Corinthians 6:1-13; 1 John 2:15-17).
Judas did not “go bad”. Judas was bad from day one. He became the treasurer so he could rob the money (John 12:4-6).
Like Judas many persons betray Jesus every day when they come up with their fleshly and carnal ways to conduct themselves (John 12:4-6; 2 Timothy 3:1-5).
So it’s a Character issue. It has nothing to do with taking one’s time to be sure. If disobedient ones were really putting on the Spirit like the Bible tells them to they really wouldn’t succumb to the works of the flesh which is sin (Acts 4:32-35; Galatians 5:1-25; Ephesians 6:10-18; 2 Timothy 3:1-5; 1 John 2:15-17; Philippians 4:6-8; 1 Corinthians 12; Philippians 2:5-7; Romans 12:1-5).
Most relationships fail because such ones trust in their own personal “goodness”, intellect and emotions and fail to turn to God the Spirit (John 4:24; John 3:16).
There is nothing wrong with two Holy Spirit Led Christians forming any type of agreement. Such an agreement will be blessed when God is invited into it (Genesis 24:1-67).
The Bible is God’s Word and gives plenty advice on relationships and marriage. When people resist or disobey the Holy Spirit and follow their own righteousness, intellect or emotions the result will be ungodly separations (Matthew 19:3-12; Malachi 2:15-16; Ephesians 5:21-33; Matthew 6:12-13; 2 Timothy 3:1-5, 16; John 17:17; Hebrews 4:11-12).
Jesus and the Bible warn that such ungodly disobedience might hinder a person from everlasting life in Heaven (Matthew 7:15-21; 1 Corinthians 6:9-13; 1 John 2:15-17; 2 Timothy 3:1-5, 16). Our good works, intellect, opinions or emotional feelings will not get us into Heaven (Luke 18:9-14; John 15:9-27).
Whenever anyone unjustifiably breaks an agreement Jesus calls this sin and evil (Matthew 5:37). Jesus and God both confirm that frivolous marital separation anger God (Malachi 2:16; Matthew 19:3-12).
Christian should strive to learn and apply God’s Word and His Way of Thinking before they enter into ungodly agreements, separations or sin (1 Corinthians 6:9-13; Galatians 5:1-25; 2 Timothy 3:1-5, 16; Matthew 5:37; Malachi 2:16; Matthew 19:3-12).
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The third secret of Jesus: a child

Posted on July 22, 2012 by admin

The third secret of Jesus: a child
Author: Ardiana Cohn
In my previous articles I shared my opinion as why I think Jesus did not die on the cross (the first secret) and that Jesus could have been a woman instead (the second secret). By the way, I took the courage to share my opinion publicly but I am not the only one. Many others think like me these days. It’s only a matter of time until others will come out of their protective shells and join me publicly in my opinion.
Now, in order to understand the third secret that Jesus had a child, we must first understand whether or not Jesus was the messiah, and if she was the messiah what was her duty as a messiah? What was the messiah expected to do according to Jews? I did my search and I found out that there are two words that are similarly pronounced in the Aramaic language which translate to Saviour and News Bearer. Therefore there is confusion here: When the Jews were talking about their messiah were they talking about the first one or the second one? If they were talking about the Saviour then they must expect a warrior or if not a warrior then some type of salvation, or freedom from something. If they were talking about the News Bearer, then based on their prophecies they would expect a human, a person who will establish the Kingdom of God through his/her children. Bingo! Jesus was accepted by her followers that she was the messiah. If she died and resurrected but left no children behind, how would she be the messiah the News Bearer? But she didn’t die and she had a child, that’s why she was accepted as the messiah the News Bearer. Now let’s analyse the child. Why was this child special in any way, and did this child establish the kingdom of God as it was expected? This is the million dollar question. Perhaps the answer to this question can be found in Jesus’ parables “mustard seed” and “the parable of the sower.” Let me explain these two parables further now.
What does the parable of mustard seed say? This is what we read from the gospel of Matthew 13:31–32 “The Kingdom of Heaven is like a grain of mustard seed, which a man took, and sowed in his field; which indeed is smaller than all seeds. But when it is grown, it is greater than the herbs, and becomes a tree, so that the birds of the air come and lodge in its branches.” What could this mean? Could this mean that the DNA or at least one of the genes of this child was special and would be this gene “the small mustard seed” that will indeed spread among other people too and will establish the Kingdom of God at the end? If this was to be true that the DNA of this child would save our world, then it makes sense to keep the identity or even the existence of this child secret. This child had to grow as a normal child, to become an adult, to marry and have children of her /his own. The sex of the child as you can see doesn’t really matter as long as this child produces offspring. If that was true, that Jesus was the messiah and therefore she had a child with a special gene, then this little seed must be now transmitted from one generation to another, from one nation to another thanks to intermarriages between different races and different religions. I believe that two thousand years later we would be safe to say that this mustard seed is almost all over the world. Could this mustard seed be that special “God gene” that Mr. Dean Hamer has discovered in his research? As the Washington Times cites “An American molecular geneticist has concluded after comparing more than 2,000 DNA samples that a person’s capacity to believe in God is linked to brain chemicals. His findings have been criticized by leading clerics, who challenge the existence of a “God gene” and say the research undermines a fundamental tenet of faith — that spiritual enlightenment is achieved through divine transformation rather than the brain’s electrical impulses. Dean Hamer, the director of the Gene Structure and Regulation Unit at the National Cancer Institute in Bethesda, asked volunteers 226 questions in order to determine how spiritually connected they felt to the universe. The higher their score, the greater the person’s ability to believe in a greater spiritual force and, Mr. Hamer found, the more likely they were to share the gene VMAT2.”
Now let’s look at the other parable, the parable of the sower. From the gospel of Mark verses 4:3-9 we read: “Behold, there went out a sower to sow: And it came to pass, as he sowed, some fell by the way side, and the birds of the air came and devoured it up. And some fell on stony ground, where it had not much earth; and immediately it sprang up, because it had no depth of earth: But when the sun was up, it was scorched; and because it had no root, it withered away. And some fell among thorns, the thorns grew up, and choked it, and it yielded no fruit. And other fell on good ground, did yield fruit that sprang up and increased; and brought forth, some thirty, and some sixty, some an hundred. He said unto them, He that has ears to hear, let him hear.”
What does this mean? If we accept from the first parable that the mustard seed is a special gene in that special child, then this parable makes sense now. It is clear that Jesus is talking about the same thing again. After many years of intermarriage, we would potentially have people that joined in marriage that they both have that gene. Their offspring are more likely to have the same gene and we can compare these with the with reference to “the good ground” in the parable. But we could also have couples where only one of the partners will have the gene and it is quite by chance that this gene will survive in their offspring. We can compare their children with the “stony ground” when the gene is not selected at all, or with the “thorny ground” that even though is selected, the rest of the genes will not allow this gene to produce its fruit.
In my book “The Truth: In search of antimatter” I have explained how antimatter is organized in different levels of energy. Based on the time of fetus development these levels of energy join the new creation step by step in its formation. The order of this process where certain levels of antimatter energy join matter (the body) of the future human being, is a replica of the order at which life was developed in the universe. Therefore, a future human being starts as one cell. In this cell we have only level one and level two of antimatter (antimatter energy is a special type of electromagnetic energy, which I explain in my book mentioned above). Level one antimatter energy is around electrons and positrons, in each atom, while level two is present in every unicellular organism or multicellular organism. In short, level two antimatter energy is inside each cell. It is this energy in the form of a filter located in the middle of the cell that causes the DNA to copy itself and therefore start the process of cellular multiplication and division. The selection of genes at this point in the development of a human fetus is done based on the energy of this level two antimatter. By the way, I must emphasise that antimatter is not matter, therefore cannot be seen or measured the ways we do with matter. However, we feel its energy. As I explain in my book further, level three antimatter has to do more with animal instincts that we inherit and then level four is what we call our soul. Once level four antimatter energy which joins the fetus at around 18 weeks of pregnancy is in place, then the selection of genes from this point on is affected by the soul of this new person, by his or her destiny and plans for the future, which he or she is not aware of yet.
There is more information that we can withdraw from the gospels themselves, which support the idea that Jesus was in fact talking to the crowds about that special DNA. We understand this if we read the gospel of John (John 6:53) where Jesus talked to thousands of people and in anger said to them, “I tell you the truth, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you have no life in you” Really, eat flesh and drink blood? Was Jesus crazy? Was she a cannibal? None of the above. As you can understand now from this new perspective, Jesus is talking about this special DNA and the secret lies exactly in these words. Above all you can see that when Jesus mentioned the Son of Man she is not referring to herself but to her son. There is a lot more to elaborate on here about the Son of Man. Is he coming again? Was his duty done, just grow up, become an adult and have offspring? Based on Jesus words, he is coming again and that’s when the kingdom of God will be established here on Earth. Those who have ears can hear me now.
If Jesus just mentioned flesh and blood out of nowhere in front of so many people, the normal human behaviour that we would expect from her disciples would be that they should have abandoned her right away. But they didn’t. How come? I strained my brain for years to try to understand the meaning of the last supper “eat the bread in memory of me… drink this wine, this is my blood, do this in memory of me?” Again blood and flesh, Jesus had mentioned this on two occasions, privately as the last word and publicly when he was really angry and upset from the attack of ignorant crowds. So, his disciples must have been taught in private about some secret that has to do with blood and flesh… And what better than flesh and blood can describe this gene of DNA to an ignorant crowd?
The next event I want to mention is the confusion of John the Baptist when baptising Jesus. From the book of Matthew we read “I need to be baptized by you, and you come to me?” Why was John the Baptist confused? In his vision, John knew he was about to meet the messiah but he also thought that the messiah would be the saviour just like all other Jews were expecting. John had his doubts, and it is repeated many times in the gospels which by the way contradict themselves at this point. Jesus answers John’s confusion by saying “Let it be so now; it is proper for us to do this to fulfill all righteous.” After this point, John the Baptist with his disciples, and Jesus with his disciples both continued in separate ways to baptize people and to clear their sins away. But again, John never stops questioning whether Jesus was the messiah, or was he the saviour or should they wait for the saviour.
The gospel of Matthew 11:2-6 states the following, “When John heard in prison what the Messiah was doing, he sent word by his disciples and said to him, “Are you the one who is to come, or are we to wait for another?” Jesus’ answer was “and blessed is whosoever shall not be offended in me.” (Matthew 11:6) Now you can make the connection. Whether Jesus listed all her miracles and deeds before mentioning the last sentence remains open to discussion. If Jesus really did perform those miracles how did she do it? Who was helping Jesus to perform the miracles and convince people that there is a secret ingredient that can cure us from all disease? And was this ingredient now injected in Jesus too and that is why Jesus did not die? Was this ingredient naturally transmitted to future generations through the DNA of Jesus’ child? Do we have something special in our blood that we are not aware of? Or could it be that the list of miracles was just added by Christians to convince the masses that Jesus was divine? What is important here is the last sentence “and blessed is whosoever shall not be offended in me.” We can say for sure that this sentence was not altered because if it was it should make sense within the context. But it doesn’t make any sense until we put all the pieces together; that Jesus was not the saviour but her son was. If she had to hide his identity and she had to hide her identity, maybe people would not be offended by this fact, because it was a precaution to let her seed grow and spread.
Now at the end, if we agree that Jesus was in fact talking about that special gene in all her parables, if Jesus was referring to the kingdom of God as the mustard seed that will spread, what could we conclude then? Two are the conclusions for now. One conclusion would be that those who believe in a pure blood line are wrong, because the mustard seed is all over the world, is inside those simple, ordinary people, because the identity of the child is kept secret. In this context what Jesus said about those who are at the bottom of society will be first and those who are first will be put at the bottom, now make sense. The second conclusion would be withdrawn here is that Jesus was not preaching the imminent end of the world two thousand years ago. Therefore Jesus was not like the other Jewish apocalyptic prophets of that era, and that could be the reason why Jesus was never accepted as a prophet among her own people, because she never was an apocalyptic prophet. If we accept the first conclusion that Jesus knew that kingdom of God would be established through her seed of her child then Jesus was aware that it would take years and years for it to spread and get established on human race. With all due respect, some historians that label Jesus an “apocalyptic prophet” are wrong at this point. I would say that Jesus was not predicting the end of Earth then, but instead the end of Earth now. Jesus was not the apocalyptic prophet of that era; she was the apocalyptic prophet of the new millennium as Mr. Ehrman called Jesus in one of his books.
It is easier to understand all the mystery around Jesus and her parables now that we know that Jesus was the messiah, and the messiah was a woman, and a mother. It was her child who is our saviour. I can elaborate more about the fact that Jesus is the messiah and the virgin that bore our saviour. What does virgin mean? To understand this we must first understand how are we created? Do we have a soul? How and when is soul attached to our body, and how do they function together? I have explained these all in my book “The Truth; in search of antimatter.” In my hypothesis introduced in that book I explain that it is the body that is created first and then soul joins later (when and how is explained all there in chapter …of that book). Could it be possible that for once it was an interruption in this pattern of life and a soul arrived first? Could it be that conception occurred later? Would we call this Immaculate Conception? I would say yes, even though it still occurred through sex, since the soul was present before the life on the first cell began, then it was an Immaculate Conception. All this fuss about a Virgin giving birth, becomes less mystical and more scientific when you read my book “The Truth; in search of antimatter.”

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Ridding Evil & Anxiety Out Of Your Mind & Life

Posted on July 20, 2012 by admin

Ridding Evil & Anxiety Out Of Your Mind & Life
Author: Gary Colin
Ridding Evil & Anxiety Out Of Your Mind & Life
Many religous people believe that unemployment, low finances, poverty, relationship break up, sin and all other evils can be overcome. This article examines how this may (or maynot) be possible.
Jesus Christ warned humans that without God they couldnot be spiritually successful. Jesus also warned that there might come a time when God would bring natural attacks upon their “godly disobedient” foundations (Matthew 7:13-29).
Jesus said that the Holy Bible is God’s Word and that God’s people must obey God’s Word and Will (John 17:3, 17; John 14:23-24; John 15:10). Just as God is a Spirit God’s Holy Biblical Word is Spirit and Supernatural (John 4:24; John 3:1-16; Hebrews 4:11-12). The Bible tells us that God’s Angels will Supernaturally Appear and Help Us when we speak God’s Word into our circumstances (Psalm 103:20; Revelation 12:11). This is how Jesus defeated Satan the Devil during Temptation (Matthew 4:1-11).
Ridding Evil Rule Number One: Humans must obey God’s Biblical Word. God’s Word is specifically written to help humans in all their concerns (2 Timothy 3:16; 2 Timothy 2:15). Humans must Repent & Ask Jesus To Lead Their Lives (John 3:16; Matthew 4:17).
Ridding Evil Rule Number Two: Humans must regularly speak God’s Biblical Word into their circumstances. God’s spirit world of angels will take it from there (Psalm 103: 20; Matthew 4:1-11).
When you read John Chapter 14 and Acts Chapter 2 you see God’s Promise to send His Holy Spirit (Holy Ghost) upon humans. Humans are able to do the same things Jesus did when they are filled with the Holy Ghost (John 5:20; John 14:12). Jesus told humans to always pray to God and also ask for the Holy Spirit and they will receive it (Luke 11:9-15; Matthew 7:7). This is what the Apostle Paul meant when he advised Christians to always “Walk In The Spirit” (Galatians 5:16, 25; Ephesians 6:18).
Ridding Evil Rule Number Three: Always Pray And Ask God To Send You The Holy Spirit In Jesus’ Name (John 14:13). A Holy Spirit Filled person will be directed connected to God the Spirit and will be able to “walk on water” (Matthew 14:24-29).
So far we’ve learned how to pray to God, ask for the Holy Spirit, obey God and use God’s Holy Biblical Word to speak “Spirit (Breath)” into our human circumstances.
God is a Very Jealous God (Exodus 20:5) Who Shares His Authority And Glory With Noone. God is also a Very Loving God Who Is A Father To Obedient Worshippers. God commands His followers not to fear anything and not to “fear” any bad news or evil reports (tidings). A person who wants God to help them or be present in any way must not worry, fear, or look to other sources to “save” them. It’s ok to seek wise advise, but that person(s) must trust solely in God to provide (1 John 4:8; John 3:16; Matthew 6:25-34; Proverbs 29:26; Psalm 112:7; Proverbs 3:5-8).
Ridding Evil Rule Number Four-A person must take their attention off human or any other information and places it primarily on God’s Word. They must live a prayerful and Godly life. When the storms of anxiety (or fear) attack them they must focus on God the Spirit (John 4:24; Matthew 14:24-29).
Ridding Evil Rule Number Five-A person must ask God’s Holy Spirit to help them remove all fleshly, evil and ungodliness from themselves (1 Corinthians Chapter 5, Galatians Chapter 5, 1 Corinthians 6:9-13; 1 John 2:15-17; Book of Ephesians). Once a person’s evil connection to this life is broken God’s Supernatural Presence will increase (Acts 9:1-30).
Ridding Evil Rule Number Six-Ask The Holy Spirit To Cultivate In You The Fruit of God’s Spirit (Galatians 5:22-25).
Ridding Evil Rule Number Seven-Ask The Holy Spirit To Help You Put On The Whole Armor Of God (Ephesians 6:10-18).
Ridding Evil Rule Number Eight- Ask The Holy Spirit To Help You Put On The Mind Of Jesus Christ (Romans 12:1-5; Philippians 2:4-7).
Ridding Evil Rule Number Nine-Ask God To Give You The Gifts Of The Holy Spirit (1 Corinthians Chapter 12).
Ridding Evil Rule Number Ten-Ask The Holy Spirit To Help You To Only Think On These Things Of The Holy Spirit (Philippians 4:6-8).
Ridding Evil Rule Number Eleven-Ask The Holy Spirit To Help You “Cast Down” Any Human (Or Evil) High Place Of Disobedience Against God (2 Corinthians 10:4-5).
As a person’s mind, emotions and total self is placed on God (Matthew 22:37-38) they will no longer have their prior concerns (and fears). They will learn that God will provide as He has promised. However God promises to provide “needs”. God may provide bare necessities and humans must renew their minds to appreciate these things (Matthew 6:25-34; Exodus Chapter 16; Romans 12:1-5; Hebrews 13:5-6).
This is the sole reason why so many believers in Jesus Christ can sing, dance, praise and rejoice in Him when they have so many earthly problems. Our hope is no longer in what this life provides. It’s in our Lord and Savior Jesus Chirst (John 3:16; Proverbs 3:5-6).
Problems may or maynot increase. God’s human servants are confident (in Faith) that He will never Leave Them Nor Forsake Them (Hebrews 13:5-6; Matthew 28:18-20).
This article can be freely edited and utilized as long as credit is given to its author (Gary Colin).

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The Role Of The Good Critic

Posted on June 20, 2012 by admin

The Role Of The Good Critic
Author: E. Heinlein
The Role Of The Good Critic
In the developmental psychology of Carl Gustav Jung (1875-1961) is posited the `God archetype`, an unconscious content of the psyche that seeks expression through the lives of individuals. The `God archetype` takes many forms, which Jung calls archetypes. Most archetypes are related to what Jung sees as the soul, which is largely circumscribed in the figure of the anima, and appears in its fullest describable form as the Wise Old Woman who, because a woman would have to be immortal to keep her knowledge, is seen as the eternally young goddess.
Jung`s literary analysis of alchemical symbolism points to the struggle of the `God archetype` to express itself in Medieval chemists` search for a panacea to the ills of their society, and much symbolism revolves around the idea of physical hermaphroditism as a necessary adjunct to the creation of wisdom symbolized by the lapis philosophorum or philosopher`s stone.
The woman with a penis is not an alchemical fantasy, but can be found by anyone with an internet connection in the 21st century ( http://www.futanaria.com ). Because women have a penis, they`re a species. In Jungian psychology, there are many `hero` archetypes, but the notion that women are a species places a question mark over the role of the `hero`. In the Bible the main heroic figure of Revelation is the New Redeemer who protects the `hidden` woman before she leaves Earth to sow her own seed, with her own penis presumably, as a prelude to her war against evil in heaven. The Bible tells of how she is victorious and the evil receive eternal unendurable pain as their punishment.
Revelation describes how God sends plagues to deter the evil of the Earth: `Men gnawed their tongues in agony and cursed the God of heaven because of their pains and their sores, but they refused to repent of what they had done.` (Rev: 16.10) Many have perceived these `sores` to be AIDS. If women are a species, then men are a parasite. Consequently, those who support the parasites from amongst the species of women correspond to the `Great Whore of the Apocalypse, Babylon the Golden`. Because Babylon is the ancient seat of Iraq, the Gulf Wars (1990-2011) represent the dying throes of a previously unshakeable viewpoint, which is that women are for men, whereas Woman is for her own species, and so those who support Mars, the god of war, against what Woman can make of her Earth, are men`s whores, that is, `sores` of Revelation.
The new perspective is difficult, but women who support men against Woman are, effectively, traitors to their species. It emerges from the `pimp, whore` relationship. The pimple becomes a sore. The woman explains to her pimp that she`s married and together they feed upon her husband as parasites; as many `spivs` did during WWI and WWII. Those women who support the parasites produce sores, that is, boy sons (poisons) produce poison`s `sores` (whores).
The hero of Revelation functions as a `protector`, which is a dangerous idea. Men want to feel like heroes, and so large numbers of women and children are daily murdered in numerous petty conflicts across the globe so they can feel like it. If women have a penis, and the archetypes appear in dreams, imagination, and art to reveal the path of development to the individual, which is how they function, according to Jung, then Woman`s psyche should not contain a hero figure because men aren`t her species. Consequently, all media representations of men are designed to constellate imagos of themselves in Woman`s psyche that have as their goal the illusion they they`re her defenders while in fact they are the monstrous destroyers of her planet. It`s a propaganda war based on the idea that, if the image is accepted, then the image belongs. But if men are a parasite then they don`t belong, and their image of themselves is merely the tool of a clever alien that seeks the death of all life.
In the Elizabethan period of English theatre, William Shakespeare was told he could stage his plays with men only. There are clues in thespian circles as to the meaning of such prohibitions. In Pantomime the hero is played by a young woman, so the figure of Aladdin, for example, is a girl and her penis is implied but seemingly as a joke. However, if women have a penis of their own, it`s perfectly feasible to stage a Shakespearian drama in which all of the male characters are played by women with a penis and the female characters are played by women without a penis, so making Shakespeare a species` production rather than a `women with their parasites` satire.
In Shakespeare`s Twelfth Night, or What You Will, Viola cross-dresses and appears as a man, but this is far more than farcical if we understand that women have a penis and Viola is presenting herself as what she is. In short, literary criticism isn`t about levels of meaning; it`s about correct perspective. It may be amusing to an audience to perceive that Viola, as the go-between for Olivia and the Duke, is dressed as a boy. But critics have defined the relationship between the Duke and Viola as `homoerotic`, whereas the perspectivally accurate perception is that Viola has a penis because she`s a woman and men are evil because their perspective is homosexual. From that vantage point Viola could be seen as a pimp procuring a woman for the Duke, which is in accordance with the `poisonous whore` thesis.
Viola could also be viewed as Shakespeare`s true vision of the `hidden` woman of Revelation whose penis exists but isn`t acceptable to men who prefer boy, son, and sores. In other words, Viola`s relationship with Olivia is `lesbian` but Godly because it isn`t poisonous, whereas her relationship with the Duke is `normalled` but false. Inevitably productive of boys , sons, and poison`s sores (whores) Woman`s relationship with her parasite is necessarily one of poisoning. It breathes in her womb and lives from her blood. It`s a false creature from its inception, and so poisons everything she is because it isn`t `true`.
If the psychology of Carl Gustav Jung is accurate, the `God archetype` functions as a `determinator`, which in literary criticism might be used as a perspectival analyser. In simple terms, there are no heroes save women. To critically understand any given literary work, it`d be necessary to put a woman with a penis into every role formerly played by a man. Similarly, a critic couldn`t be understood as giving a true analysis of any literary work, visual or textual, without describing the artistic product from the perspective of their knowledge of the fact that women are the species on the planet Earth and have a penis of their own. In other words, men`s art, designed to subvert the truth that women don`t need men, reveals them as promotive of a `big lie`.
The role of the critic is to describe what the archetype as determinator is trying to say from God`s point of view. Consequently, such epic novels as D.H. Lawrence`s The Rainbow, Women In Love, and Sons and Lovers miss the point. The novel that should have been written was Mothers and Daughters because women are a species and lovers is what they should be. The Lawrence novel that was banned was Lady Chatterley`s Lover, not because it explored sexual themes, but because it approached the exploration of sexuality from the woman`s point of view. The central male character is `Manners` because he represents the understanding that men are the aspect of the human species that has the penis, whereas women are the species because they have their own penis and the parasites that are men can`t reproduce themselves without women. `Manners` is `behaviouralism`. Men have a penis, but it isn`t theirs. Manners in Lady Chatterley`s Lover is the behaviouralist thesis that women behave because they need men`s penis but, if women have a penis of their own, men`s enslavement of women`s `host womb` is surety that they`ll `behave`, and so men are definable as the continuous reification of evil.
Sophie Moone, in Hungary, makes lesbian pornography because she`s defined a s a lesbian, but if she had a visible penis she`d be defined as a woman, and even what the Bible defines as `Mankind` at its closure in Revelation when the `hidden` woman leaves the Earth to sow her seed amongst the stars. In science fiction terms, it`s the prototypical war between `Mankind` and the aliens, where men are the aliens and women are `Mankind`. In scifi men are depicted almost constantly fighting wars against aliens, because women and the Earth must be protected from them. Exactly.
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The Role Of The Good Critic
In the developmental psychology of Carl Gustav Jung (1875-1961) is posited the `God archetype`, an unconscious content of the psyche that seeks expression through the lives of individuals. The `God archetype` takes many forms, which Jung calls archetypes. Most archetypes are related to what Jung sees as the soul, which is largely circumscribed in the figure of the anima, and appears in its fullest describable form as the Wise Old Woman who, because a woman would have to be immortal to keep her knowledge, is seen as the eternally young goddess.
Jung`s literary analysis of alchemical symbolism points to the struggle of the `God archetype` to express itself in Medieval chemists` search for a panacea to the ills of their society, and much symbolism revolves around the idea of physical hermaphroditism as a necessary adjunct to the creation of wisdom symbolized by the lapis philosophorum or philosopher`s stone.
The woman with a penis is not an alchemical fantasy, but can be found by anyone with an internet connection in the 21st century ( http://www.futanaria.com ). Because women have a penis, they`re a species. In Jungian psychology, there are many `hero` archetypes, but the notion that women are a species places a question mark over the role of the `hero`. In the Bible the main heroic figure of Revelation is the New Redeemer who protects the `hidden` woman before she leaves Earth to sow her own seed, with her own penis presumably, as a prelude to her war against evil in heaven. The Bible tells of how she is victorious and the evil receive eternal unendurable pain as their punishment.
Revelation describes how God sends plagues to deter the evil of the Earth: `Men gnawed their tongues in agony and cursed the God of heaven because of their pains and their sores, but they refused to repent of what they had done.` (Rev: 16.10) Many have perceived these `sores` to be AIDS. If women are a species, then men are a parasite. Consequently, those who support the parasites from amongst the species of women correspond to the `Great Whore of the Apocalypse, Babylon the Golden`. Because Babylon is the ancient seat of Iraq, the Gulf Wars (1990-2011) represent the dying throes of a previously unshakeable viewpoint, which is that women are for men, whereas Woman is for her own species, and so those who support Mars, the god of war, against what Woman can make of her Earth, are men`s whores, that is, `sores` of Revelation.
The new perspective is difficult, but women who support men against Woman are, effectively, traitors to their species. It emerges from the `pimp, whore` relationship. The pimple becomes a sore. The woman explains to her pimp that she`s married and together they feed upon her husband as parasites; as many `spivs` did during WWI and WWII. Those women who support the parasites produce sores, that is, boy sons (poisons) produce poison`s `sores` (whores).
The hero of Revelation functions as a `protector`, which is a dangerous idea. Men want to feel like heroes, and so large numbers of women and children are daily murdered in numerous petty conflicts across the globe so they can feel like it. If women have a penis, and the archetypes appear in dreams, imagination, and art to reveal the path of development to the individual, which is how they function, according to Jung, then Woman`s psyche should not contain a hero figure because men aren`t her species. Consequently, all media representations of men are designed to constellate imagos of themselves in Woman`s psyche that have as their goal the illusion they they`re her defenders while in fact they are the monstrous destroyers of her planet. It`s a propaganda war based on the idea that, if the image is accepted, then the image belongs. But if men are a parasite then they don`t belong, and their image of themselves is merely the tool of a clever alien that seeks the death of all life.
In the Elizabethan period of English theatre, William Shakespeare was told he could stage his plays with men only. There are clues in thespian circles as to the meaning of such prohibitions. In Pantomime the hero is played by a young woman, so the figure of Aladdin, for example, is a girl and her penis is implied but seemingly as a joke. However, if women have a penis of their own, it`s perfectly feasible to stage a Shakespearian drama in which all of the male characters are played by women with a penis and the female characters are played by women without a penis, so making Shakespeare a species` production rather than a `women with their parasites` satire.
In Shakespeare`s Twelfth Night, or What You Will, Viola cross-dresses and appears as a man, but this is far more than farcical if we understand that women have a penis and Viola is presenting herself as what she is. In short, literary criticism isn`t about levels of meaning; it`s about correct perspective. It may be amusing to an audience to perceive that Viola, as the go-between for Olivia and the Duke, is dressed as a boy. But critics have defined the relationship between the Duke and Viola as `homoerotic`, whereas the perspectivally accurate perception is that Viola has a penis because she`s a woman and men are evil because their perspective is homosexual. From that vantage point Viola could be seen as a pimp procuring a woman for the Duke, which is in accordance with the `poisonous whore` thesis.
Viola could also be viewed as Shakespeare`s true vision of the `hidden` woman of Revelation whose penis exists but isn`t acceptable to men who prefer boy, son, and sores. In other words, Viola`s relationship with Olivia is `lesbian` but Godly because it isn`t poisonous, whereas her relationship with the Duke is `normalled` but false. Inevitably productive of boys , sons, and poison`s sores (whores) Woman`s relationship with her parasite is necessarily one of poisoning. It breathes in her womb and lives from her blood. It`s a false creature from its inception, and so poisons everything she is because it isn`t `true`.
If the psychology of Carl Gustav Jung is accurate, the `God archetype` functions as a `determinator`, which in literary criticism might be used as a perspectival analyser. In simple terms, there are no heroes save women. To critically understand any given literary work, it`d be necessary to put a woman with a penis into every role formerly played by a man. Similarly, a critic couldn`t be understood as giving a true analysis of any literary work, visual or textual, without describing the artistic product from the perspective of their knowledge of the fact that women are the species on the planet Earth and have a penis of their own. In other words, men`s art, designed to subvert the truth that women don`t need men, reveals them as promotive of a `big lie`.
The role of the critic is to describe what the archetype as determinator is trying to say from God`s point of view. Consequently, such epic novels as D.H. Lawrence`s The Rainbow, Women In Love, and Sons and Lovers miss the point. The novel that should have been written was Mothers and Daughters because women are a species and lovers is what they should be. The Lawrence novel that was banned was Lady Chatterley`s Lover, not because it explored sexual themes, but because it approached the exploration of sexuality from the woman`s point of view. The central male character is `Manners` because he represents the understanding that men are the aspect of the human species that has the penis, whereas women are the species because they have their own penis and the parasites that are men can`t reproduce themselves without women. `Manners` is `behaviouralism`. Men have a penis, but it isn`t theirs. Manners in Lady Chatterley`s Lover is the behaviouralist thesis that women behave because they need men`s penis but, if women have a penis of their own, men`s enslavement of women`s `host womb` is surety that they`ll `behave`, and so men are definable as the continuous reification of evil.
Sophie Moone, in Hungary, makes lesbian pornography because she`s defined a s a lesbian, but if she had a visible penis she`d be defined as a woman, and even what the Bible defines as `Mankind` at its closure in Revelation when the `hidden` woman leaves the Earth to sow her seed amongst the stars. In science fiction terms, it`s the prototypical war between `Mankind` and the aliens, where men are the aliens and women are `Mankind`. In scifi men are depicted almost constantly fighting wars against aliens, because women and the Earth must be protected from them. Exactly.

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How to Discover Your Life Purpose In God in About 20 Minutes

Posted on May 9, 2012 by admin

How to Discover Your Life Purpose In God in About 20 Minutes
Author: Njut Tabi Godlove
As Christians, ‘’we” life by the word, Joshua 1:8 ‘’This book of the law shall not depart out of your mouth, but you shall meditate therein day and night, that you may observe to do according to all that is written therein: for then you shall make your way prosperous, and then you shall have good success.” God has already given every Christian a gateway to a successful life. To live a successful, prosperous and victorious life, you need to meditate on the Word day and night, get the Word into your spirit, then you are sure of a successful foundation. Gone are the days when the Israelites have to move to Jerusalem to pray, kill animals when they needed God to forgive their sins, move to mountains when they needed to talk to God. The new Christian life is, ‘’Christ in you, the hope of glory.” To whom God would make known what is the riches of the glory of this mystery among the gentiles; which is Christ in you, the hope of glory (Colossians 1:27). God is no longer ‘’Emmanuel” (God with us); but ‘’God in us.” This is today’s truth. You can now receive life, grace and salvation to a dying and hurting world. Our lives as Christians is based on faith. And being not weak in faith, he considered not his own body now dead, when he was about a hundred years old, neither yet the deadness of Sarah’s womb: He staggered not at the promise of God through unbelief; but was strong in faith, giving glory to God; And being fully persuaded that, what he had promised, he was able to perform. (Romans 4:19-21). Without faith it’s impossible to please God. We can also see the might of faith in Mark 11:23 ‘’truly I say to you that whoever tells this mountain, Be lifted up and thrown into the sea, and does not doubt in his heart but has faith that what he says is going to occur, he will have it so.” When you make a faith proclamation, for example in your life, family, business, it’s not your place to wonder how it’s going to happen, that’s God’s. Yours is to focus and refuse to doubt in your heart. Dealing with doubt in your mind. ‘’For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war after the flesh: (For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strongholds;) casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalted itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ.” (2 Corinthians 10:3-5). The strongholds the Bible is referring to here are arguments, theories and even facts that have been set by man. But 2 Corinthians has shown us that we can defeat all these with the weapons of our warfare: our divine utterances, speaking in other tongues, and our bold proclamation of the written word of God. Dealing with doubt in your mind. Having doubts in your mind means being double-minded. James says ‘’…he that wavered is like a wave of the sea driven with the wind and tossed. For let not that man think that he shall receive any thing of the Lord. A double minded man is unstable in all his ways” (James 1:6-8). If you find out that, you are always having a double mind when you pray, then what you need to do is to strengthen your faith. And you do this by putting your faith to work. The more you put your faith to work, the stronger it becomes.
The New Life In Christ!

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The Tenth Plague

Posted on May 8, 2012 by admin

The Tenth Plague
Author: John Prytz
Matthew 10:34 (King James Version) says “Think not that I am come to send peace on earth: I came not to send peace, but a sword.” If that’s God’s son saying that, then what must God’s foreign policy be? Well, nowhere is God’s foreign policy more evident than that related in the Book of Exodus and forcing Egypt’s supreme ruler, the pharaoh, to “Let My People Go”. To accomplish that diplomatic trick, God inflicts those ten plagues on pharaoh’s helpless Egyptian people. Now while the first nine plagues might have natural causes, there is no way the last plague, the slaughter of the Egyptian firstborn (and their animals’ firstborn), can be put down to natural happenings. God is judge, jury and executioner. Our loving, compassionate, merciful, forgiving, etc. supreme deity, the Almighty, shows His true colours, no ifs, ands or buts about it. . I’d wager that any competent criminal psychologist or psychiatrist would conclude that God derives much sensual pleasure and satisfaction from mass murder and He always looks forward to the next time, since God’s done it often enough. However, let’s just examine that one specific case history, the tenth plague that was inflicted on ancient Egypt in the Biblical Book of Exodus. The basic story is that God will go forth among the Egyptian peoples (who have done Him no wrong), and their livestock (who have certainly not sinned) and execute all those who were unfortunate to have been the firstborn (including livestock), except for any and all of whoever of His Chosen People (the Israelites) that leave out a sign that they should be passed over. Here are the relevant chapters and verses, and some points of contention relating to them. *Exodus 3:20 – And I will stretch out my hand, and smite Egyptwith all my wonders which I will do in the midst thereof: and after that he will let you go. *Exodus 11:4 – And Moses said, Thus saith the LORD, About midnight will I go out into the midst of Egypt. *Exodus 11:5 – And all the firstborn in the land of Egypt shall die, from the first born of Pharaoh that sitteth upon his throne, even unto the firstborn of the maidservant that is behind the mill; and all the firstborn of beasts.

*Exodus 11:7 – But against any of the children ofIsrael shall not a dog move his tongue, against man or beast: that ye may know how that the LORD doth put a difference between the Egyptians andIsrael. *Exodus 12:12 – For I will pass through the land of Egypt this night, and will smite all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, both man and beast; and against all the gods of Egypt I will execute judgment: I am the LORD.
*Exodus 12:29 – And it came to pass, that at midnight the LORD smote all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, from the firstborn of Pharaoh that sat on his throne unto the firstborn of the captive that was in the dungeon; and all the firstborn of cattle.
*Exodus 13:15 – And it came to pass, when Pharaoh would hardly let us go, that the LORD slew all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, both the firstborn of man, and the firstborn of beast.
Point One: There’s one immediate problem with this ‘firstborn’ extermination. What if prior to that smiting, your firstborn had already died? I mean way back then infant mortality in particular, and mortality rates in general would have been at higher rates for lower age groups, like for the infants, those of childhood ages, even young adults. God cannot smite your firstborn if your firstborn was already dead! Those authors who penned this nonsense should have taken a course in Logic 101. Point Two: That minor point aside, but as hinted immediately above, firstborn doesn’t just include babies, infants, toddlers, and children. Teenagers and adults, even those middle-aged and the elderly might be a firstborn. Nowhere in Exodus does it associate firstborn with a child or children! In fact, the odds are high that the pharaoh himself was a firstborn since succession of rulers tends to be the firstborn son of the previous pharaoh. I’m 64 years old, and I am a firstborn. Just as well I wasn’t an Egyptian citizen way back then! Take a typical family, say one with five kids. One of those kids will be a firstborn. If the entire Egyptian nation is composed of a one in five ratio of firstborn to later born; and if that one in five is the firstborn that God smites, well that’s a percentage of, well, 20% (give or take). Exterminate one fifth of any nation and I’ll guarantee the person(s) responsible won’t be an object of worship. Even Hitler didn’t exterminate 20% of those residing in Germany and those countries he invaded. Point Three: So if any modern leader, president, prime minister, chancellor, emperor, king or queen, dictated that all of the firstborn of his or her country were to be executed forthwith, can you imagine the outcry? Even if the resulting death toll would have been ‘only’ 15% or 10% or 5% that would have been the least of his/her worries. Such a person would exceed being on a par with the worst of the worst of terrestrial tyrants – from Hitler to Stalin to Pol Pot back to Genghis Khan or Attila the Hun. The nations of the world would unite quick-smart to act against such a person. Yet because this is God doing the smiting, well that’s okay. Except, in the Old American West He would have likely been lynched by a mob from the highest branch of the tallest oak tree or else tarred and feathered, and drawn and quartered if not buried alive in an ant hill. Point Four: What’s God got against the beasts like cattle? Add animal cruelty to God’s sins. Point Five: It certainly wasn’t the Egyptian people that were responsible for pissing off God, just the political powers-that-be (that unnamed pharaoh). Most certainly the Egyptian beasts of burden weren’t responsible, yet it’s the firstborn of people and beasts that were smitten – that’s the act of a psychopath. Point Six: A far more rational God, a far less sadistic deity, could have caused a hell of a lot less death and suffering of the innocents by just torturing pharaoh into His objective “Let My People Go”. It would have been easier all around. God used a sledgehammer to crack a peanut. God’s an idiot, which would be funny except you wouldn’t expect the Egyptians to be laughing! Point Seven: God also executed judgment against the gods of Egypt (Exodus 12:12). Sorry, but my reading of that little announcement suggests, indeed demands, that there is such a thing as the gods of Egypt, since you can’t pass judgment against something that doesn’t exist! Therefore, God, by his very act, acknowledges the reality of polytheism. Perhaps the gods of Egypt should cast judgment of the God of Israel! Would any impartial jury rule for the God of Israel, or the gods of Egypt? Methinks it’s an open and shut case. God is the murderer, not anyone else, not gods, rulers, commoners or the beasts of Egypt can or should be held accountable. Point Eight: The mass murder of numerous Egyptian citizens is actually ‘celebrated’ by various cultures in something called the Passover. The origins of Passover reside in this ‘historical’ firstborn execution, in that God’s Chosen People, the Israelites that were in Egypt at the time, were passed over when it came to smiting the firstborn. So, for all of you out there in reader-land, if you celebrate Passover, you’re celebrating mass murder by your almighty deity. Least there be any doubt about this, interested readers are invited to check out Exodus chapter 12 for God’s instructions leading up to verse 11 which notes the “Passover” and verse 12 which notes that God will “pass though the land of Egypt” doing His imitation of Charles Manson but sparing those who took heed of the introductory verses of Exodus 12. It’s made crystal clear shortly after, and we notice how the people then worshiped the Biblical Charles Manson. Actually that’s unfair to Charles for he didn’t come close to God’s numbers, not by a long shot. *Exodus 12:27 – That ye shall say, It is the sacrifice of the LORD’s passover, who passed over the houses of the children ofIsrael inEgypt, when he smote the Egyptians, and delivered our houses. And the people bowed the head and worshipped. Point Nine: Obviously God is very, very proud of His mass murder as the Bible (God’s word) refers to it again and again. *Numbers 3:13 – Because all the firstborn are mine; for on the day that I smote all the firstborn in the land of Egypt I hallowed unto me all the firstborn in Israel, both man and beast: mine shall they be: I am the LORD.
*Numbers 8:17 – For all the firstborn of the children of Israel are mine, both man and beast: on the day that I smote every firstborn in the land of Egypt I sanctified them for myself.
*Numbers 33:4 – For the Egyptians buried all their firstborn, which the LORD had smitten among them: upon their gods also the LORD executed judgments.
*Psalm 78:51 – And smote all the firstborn in Egypt; the chief of their strength in the tabernacles of Ham.
*Psalm 135:8 – Who smote the firstborn of Egypt, both of man and beast.
*Psalm 136:10 – To him that smoteEgypt in their firstborn: for his mercy endureth for ever. Point Ten: Note the use of the words “smote” and “mercy” in the same sentence. Wow! Point Eleven: The tenth plague is not an isolated one-off incident. There are numerous other instances from the Bible that equally point out God as being the Jack the Ripper or Charles Manson or any other modern mass murderer, sadistic, serial killer you care to cite as that personified in the Old Testament. For example, please consult Deuteronomy 20:10-17. If all that’s not enough to convince you, there’s always Ezekiel. The following chapter and verses should convince you that the tenth plague was not an isolated incident. Ezekiel 12:20; 25:17; 28:23; 30:26; 32:15; 33:29; 35:4; and 35:9. Point Twelve: If you in fact looked at those eight Ezekiel chapter and verses, you’ll have noted a certain phrase repeated over again and again. We note the everlasting phrase “I am the LORD”. Just to make sure you don’t forget it, that phrase is repeated 162 times in the Bible (King James Version). I personally think that’s a bit on the side of overkill. Can you imagine an American president again and again reminding Americans who is top dog and boss by thundering out “I am the PRESIDENT”! Such constant reminders might be suggestive that the utterances come from one who is really a tad insecure in the position. Point Thirteen: Speaking of the president, the modern relevance of this little exercise is that yet, in modern America, the 21st Century, you have had presidential candidates (unnamed, but you know who they are), who would be happy to end the separation of church and state and who would govern from the White House according to the texts of the Bible. Governing according to the Bible would mean carrying out God’s version of foreign policy, which is, according to the Bible, something akin to a policy that tends to shoot first, shoot often, shoot to kill and don’t worry about asking all those awkward later questions as dead men tell no tales; the hell with all those later questions, full stop. The President and Commander-in-Chief would be playing the role of God and that would have to include being willing to carry out all the sort of God-performed and God-endorsed atrocities of the Old Testament, like that tenth plague. Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery. My reading of this is America, be afraid, be very afraid, for even if it doesn’t come to pass in 2012, there’s always 2016, or four years later, or four years after that. Sooner or later, ‘God’ in the persona of POTUS (President of theUnited States) will be elected. P.S. The closest America came to having ‘God’ in the White House was Christian fundamentalist and thrice Presidential candidate (and triple loser) William Jennings Bryan. Bryan has totally against the theory of evolution and the teaching of that theory in American schools and universities. His main claim to fame is that he was the guest prosecutor in the 1925 Scopes Trial, or the so-called Monkey Trial”. Teacher John T. Scopes was accused of teaching Darwinian evolution to his students in violation of Tennessean state law. When Bryan himself was placed on the stand by the defence attorney, the famed Clarence Darrow, as an expert in all things Biblical, well the verdict was that Darrow made a ‘monkey’ out of Bryan. Bryan died just five days after the trial ended. Though Scopes was found guilty, the verdict was later overturned on a technicality.

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The Spirit of the Tithe: It Was Never About Money

Posted on March 30, 2012 by admin

The Spirit of the Tithe: It Was Never About Money
Author: Joshua Tilghman
For many religious institutions, tithing is a big issue today. I can understand why. Many of these religious institutions are quite wealthy, and to maintain that wealth, tithing is necessary. But what is the real spirit of the scripture when it comes to the issue of tithing? Does the scripture really teach that God demands a tenth of our income? The answer may surprise you.
Let’s begin with Abraham. Many are taught that Abraham tithed, but nowhere in the Bible does it give any indication of this. The idea is really quite silly. In a single recorded incident Abraham gave Melchizedek a tithe on the spoils of war. For some reason, religious leaders often equate this with the modern idea of tithing on paychecks. In Abraham’s case, the spoils of war had nothing to do with Abraham’s income. This voluntary offer on the part of Abraham certainly didn’t set any tithing precedent, either; hundreds of years later, when Moses stated that the Israelites were to give Levites a small portion on the spoils of war, it wasn’t even close to ten percent. And how does an entire nation giving some of the spoils of war away equate to an individual tithing on their weekly or monthly income?
Here is something else to consider: What would Abraham’s regular tithes be used for? To go to the local ziggurat building fund? In Abraham’s day, a ziggurat was a rectangular, tiered temple built by the ancient Assyrians and Babylonians, but I don’t think Abraham would have had much use for that! As we’ll discuss shortly, the purpose of tithing was providing food for all the Israelites. But in Abraham’s day there were no Israelites.
I have heard some use Jacob’s vow to God as setting a precedent to tithing. But this doesn’t make sense either since Jacob’s vow was conditional. Besides, if you do decide to tithe based on the condition of getting bountifully blessed by God, you might be in for a shock. Jacob surely had no life of luxury after making his conditional promise to God. In fact, he had a hard life. He even tells the Pharaoh of Egypt near the end of his life that his years had been “…few and evil…” (Gen. 47:9). You can hardly blame him for such a statement. While God blessed him with a big family, that family often brought hardship and shame to his life. He also lost a son (even though he found him later), lived through some pretty harsh times (like extreme famine), and never lived in a permanent location.
Now let’s go to the Torah where the law of tithing originated. First off I want to say that money wasn’t the issue-crops and livestock were. More specifically, community survival was the issue. There are four types of tithes mentioned in the Torah. The first tithe dealt with those who owned land and raised crops. Ten percent of the raised crops were to go to the Levites. Be reminded that this tithe only dealt with those who raised crops. No money was involved. This tithe was also only required for six years out of a seven-year cycle, and those who did not own land, such as the poor, were not required to give this tithe.
The next tithe I want to speak about involved setting aside food for those in need. It was only required on the third and sixth year out of the seven-year cycle. Deuteronomy 14:28-29 states:
“At the end of three years thou shalt bring forth all the tithe of thine increase the same year, and shalt lay it up within thy gates: And the Levite, (because he had no part nor inheritance with thee,) and the stranger, and the fatherless, and the widow, which are within they gates, shall come, and shall eat and be satisfied; that the LORD they God may bless thee in all the work of thine hand which thou doest.”
I have included the above scripture because it reveals something that many religious leaders today never consider. Piggybacking on the first tithe that I mentioned, the widow, the fatherless, and the stranger probably didn’t have the means to produce crops. Therefore, they did not pay tithes. Besides, this second tithe that I mention was brought to the storehouse for them.
The third type of tithe I want to mention was set aside for annual festivals. Basically this was a party tithe. Everyone had to put away a tenth of their income (after the first tithe) for the purpose of a feast day. The Bible also clearly states that it was okay to drink “strong drink” (beer) during this feast day. Party indeed! How would your religious leader feel about a portion of your tithe being set aside so that you can drink a six-pack and grill a filet mignon once a year on church property?! Maybe this scripture is the reason why some Rabbi’s don’t consider it a sin to get drunk on this feast day?
The last tithe I mention involved only the Levites. They were required to give ten percent of their best to the priest.
So what was the real spirit of tithing? I can honestly say it is one of the most beautiful examples of community love I can think of. Rather than being a way to amass wealth for church programs, buildings, and high-dollar salaries, it was a practical way to take care of the community. The Levites, the priest, the widows, the orphans, the poor, and even the stranger would have all benefited from the Torah tithe. Many times today tithing is done out of an attitude of obligation, but this should never be the case. Tithing has always been about physical provision for the community as a whole. If a religious leader states that tithing on your yearly income is a requirement by God, they are certainly not getting this teaching from the Bible. Instead it’s a part of their man-made religious program. Religion can only direct us to connect with God on the outside. Religion teaches humanity that God is “out there” and we have to reach out to him. This is why some religious leaders teach that tithing will bless you (Malachi 3:10 anyone?). But they misunderstand the entire concept of Biblical tithing and God. The Bible teaches us to connect to God on the “inside,” for this is the only place God can be found. That’s why Jesus stated the Kingdom of Heaven was within us.
In conclusion I want to say that giving is a wonderful thing. We should all be willing to give, especially out of our abundance. But we should never be coerced into tithing on our paychecks because God requires it. He most certainly does not. I would also like to add that most religious leaders who teach tithing is necessary are probably only teaching what they were taught. Education is the key. Feel free to use this article to help spread the word.

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Wicca – Religious Magic

Posted on March 20, 2012 by admin

Wicca – Religious Magic
Author: William Bailey
When people hear the word Wicca, they envision a witch on a broom stick flying through the air. With the growing number of tragedies and destruction in the world, people are losing faith in their traditional ways. More and more, people are jumping ship and crossing over to other religions looking for answers to questions they have been asking their whole life. One religion that has seen some increase in memberships is the Wiccan religion.
Within the Wiccan religion there are witches who practice magic and witchcraft. Wicca embraces religion when performing rituals and spells. Religion and magic work simultaneously to a degree. They work so well together that one can’t tell where the religion stops and the magic begins. Simply put, religion and magic co-exist within the Wiccan religion. Religion fuels magical spells during Wiccan rituals. When executing rituals, the practitioner calls to the deities, asking the Goddess and God to aid them in their quest. This develops a strong relationship between the deities and the practitioner. For those who question if Wicca should be categorized as a religion, the previously stated relationship between the deities and the practitioner should clear up any mystery.
Magic has numerous definitions from various sources. The magic that is utilized by practitioners in the Wiccan religion deals with Earthly natural energies and forces. There are 3 main sources of energy: personal power, Earth power, and Divine power.

Personal power: Simply put, Personal power is our life force. Without it we wouldn’t exist. We obtain energy from numerous natural resources such as the sun, the moon, the water, and food. We logically reduce our energy level by physical exertion.
Earth power: Earth powers lie within the Earth, the Earth’s soil, craters, boulders, trees, and all of Mother Nature’s creations. These powers are utilized in certain rituals.
Divine power: Divine power is the energy that lies within the deities of the Goddess and God. It’s the power of creation. This power created the universe, nature, mankind, and all creatures great and small.

The Wiccan practitioner works in harmony with all powers and energies. They invoke the deities to bless their spells with power. They give their personal power to the Goddess and God asking them to bless them in a specific spell that the practitioner wishes to work.
Practitioners that have been practicing magic many years have admitted that they don’t know how the magic works, only that it does. The positive side to the lack of magical understanding is that you don’t have to know how it works, as long as it does what it’s supposed to do. Many people get in their cars and drive to work every day without knowing how the engine works, but it works all the same.
Magic is spells and rituals of a positive nature that are powered through the Goddess and God of the Wiccan religion. Wiccans don’t perform evil or negative spells or rituals. Any form of evil magic is considered to be against the Wiccan religion, the Goddess and the God. Practitioners that perform evil magic will receive their punishment.
Many people have been scared into thinking that magic is bad or evil. Hollywood has their part in scaring society. Every time you look, there’s a movie on the big screen showing how a few witches wreaked havoc in some small town. Practicing magic is no more dangerous than riding a bike, stay on the side walk and you’ll be fine. Practice magic with good intentions and all will be fine.

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Atheism – A General Summary of the Religion

Posted on March 19, 2012 by admin

Atheism – A General Summary of the Religion
Author: William Bailey
Atheism is a rejection of the existence of any type of deity. Depending on what dictionary you read the definition of Atheism varies, for example older dictionaries define it as a belief that there is no God, or a complete denial of any deity. Other dictionaries define Atheism as sinfulness, paganism, heathenism, or even wickedness. The Greeks define Atheism as “without gods”. The Universal Life Church Monastery states “There are no universally known scientific tests for disproving the existence of spiritual things; therefore, atheism is a religion based on faith.” The 1998 edition of Macmillan Information New Encyclopedia: World Religions states that Atheism is neither a belief system nor a religion. It may however be an individual’s religious belief, thereby making it a non-religion.
In the 18th century the criticisms of religion combined with society’s skepticism, created the perfect atmosphere for Atheism to flourish. Atheists are generally extremely skeptical of the supernatural or spirit world due to the lack of proof. Atheists have defended their beliefs by pointing out the various differences within numerous other religions. They figure that each religion and denomination makes whatever rules and rituals benefit themselves the best. Atheists believe that religions are a made up system that society clings to when they don’t have an answer to their questions, or solutions to their problems. They also believe that religions do more harm than good, referring to the numerous religious wars and the more recent religious groups that organize horrific disasters that take thousands of people’s lives.
Practical Atheism, apatheism, and pragmatic atheism, are three ideologies that refer to the same religious concept of a godless society. Natural phenomena’s horrific destruction is explained by anything other than a divine’s interaction however, the existences of deities are not disputed. The absence of motivation and interest in all religious activities are two of many forms that practical Atheists can take.
Two arguments of Theoretical Atheism are Ontological and Epistemological. Ontological arguments are specifically explicit arguments against the existence of all gods. Plato and Averroes, known philosophers that have publically announced their theories and arguments for the existence of God, are prime examples that Theoretical Atheists argue. Theoretical Atheists are in all actuality Physical Ontologists, which are people who believe that everything that exists is only the equivalent of its physical properties and nothing more.
The Epistemological arguments deal with Agnostics and Theological noncognitivism. Agnostic Atheism logically has the combined characteristics of both Agnosticism and Atheism. Agnostics believe that there has not been any evidence that a deity exists, therefore they don’t believe in a deity. An Atheist simply doesn’t believe in a deity whatsoever. An Agnostic Atheist is an Atheist because they don’t believe in a deity and they are an Agnostic because they claim there is no evidence that a deity exists. Theological noncognitivism has a basic logical approach to religion, no proof no existence. For example, George H. Smith (verificationist) believes the word “God”, carries with it absolutely no meaning or concept. He insists that “God” has mainly contributed negatively to society, making the almighty “God” inconsequential.
Well known Philosophers Ludwig Feuerbach and Sigmund Freud believed that religion was a matrix. For those of you who have not seen the movie “The Matrix”, the movie was about the wool being pulled over the eyes of man, blocking man from the real world. In this case the wool is society’s invention to make sense of, and act as, an emotional buffer. This invention and buffer I speak of is religion. It is used by some who need some sense of structure in their spiritual lives. It is used by some to make their life bearable from the horrors they have seen, have caused, or are currently living. It is used by some by denying it (religion) exists. The bottom line, religion is used by everyone. Some believe that God is a creation by governments and organizations to enslave mankind, and others believe he exists as the creator of all things great and small.
Axiology is the study of right and wrong, and beauty and harmony. It also favors humanity over any existence of gods. The belief in gods simply weakens a person’s motivation to solve their own problems. By seeking out salvation and believing that God will provide for those who follow his ways and simply believe in him will ultimately shift man’s motivational trouble shooting skills into neutral. Jean-Paul Sartre, a French philosopher categorized himself as an “atheist existentialist”. He concentrated his concerns with man’s efforts rather than denying God’s existence. Sartre’s efforts were solely concentrated with positive efforts and motivational tactics for man to get off of his ass and “save him from himself”.
The difficulty in calculating accurate worldwide atheistic demographic statistics lies within the problems of specific definitions between the faithless religions. A published survey in the Encyclopedia Britannica of 2005 puts the world’s Atheist’s numbers at 2.3%. This percentage didn’t take account for atheistic beliefs within other religions. A poll in late 2006 published in the Financial Times gave rates for Atheists in six countries, Spain 11%, Germany 20%, Great Britain 17%, France 32%, Italy 7%, and the lowest was The United States at 4%. Other various polls showed that approximately 64% of Japanese are non-believers, agnostics, or atheists. Other non-believers, Atheists, and Agnostic polls show the following numbers: Finland 60%, Denmark at a high 80%, Sweden at a higher 85%, Cyprus, Poland, and Romania staggered in the low single digits.
Criticism of atheism obviously stems from its disbelief in God. Where the theist and deist critics believe their arguments are more than sufficient, the atheists see them as unbelievable and fanaticized. The atheists are not alone in their beliefs. Believe it or not, the religion of Agnosticism also backs the theist and deist critics. They believe that the jury is still out and the evidence doesn’t quite support that god doesn’t exist. Philosopher Blaise Pascal gives atheism the benefit of the doubt by stating “Atheism shows strength of mind,” however he also points out their faults in their theories by adding ” but only to a certain degree”, he then continues to point out other faults by saying that atheists don’t seek the truth and refuse to recognize the signs of God. It is believed by numerous religions that atheism has had a very bad effect on those who believe in life after death, another of Pascal’s points of negativity on atheism. To add to the list of criticisms on atheists, Christian author Alister McGrath stated that studies have shown that the belief in God has benefited people’s health, and happiness. That said, atheist Gregory Paul adds that developed countries that have a larger percentage of atheists within their society have a better overall financial picture.

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New Age Movement – Core beliefs & Crystal Healing

Posted on March 17, 2012 by admin

New Age Movement – Core beliefs & Crystal Healing
Author: William Bailey
The New Age Movement (NAM) is generally an assembly of Metaphysical thought processing systems, hopes, dreams, an assemblage of various theological concepts, and potential prospects bound together by specific teachings of salvation. Within the NAM mankind is the central divine individual. Man is considered to be the creator and with the powers of creation, man is the deliverer of harmony and peace for all mankind.
The NAM has two core beliefs, Evolutionary Godhood and Global Unity. Evolutionary Godhood consists of the next spiritual step in evolution. Within the development process, man will shortly make his transition and reach new spiritual perspectives. New Age traditions and practices are designed to challenge and allow one to exceed their potential.
Common practices with the NAM are as follows:

Astral projection: Astral Projection is when your soul travels from your body, communicating with other various spirits that guide you or speak through you.
Crystal usage: Crystals are used to purify one’s body and mind’s energy system (This will be covered in more detail later in the article).
Visualization: Using mental imagery in order to imagine that you are an animal, or being healed of an illness, or being in the presence of a divine being.

The NAM teaches that man is good and divine, which opposes God’s word in the Bible, Romans 5:12, “Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin; and so death passed upon all men; for that all have sinned:” It teaches that man is divine by nature, thereby having divine qualities. The average New Age Movement member believes that they are divine and is able to create their own reality, which also opposes the Bible. The Bible says that God is the one and only creator of the universe and mankind as in Isaiah 44:24, “…I am the Lord that maketh all things’ that stretcheth forth the heavens alone’ that spreadeth abroad the earth by myself;”
The second and last core belief of the NAM is Global Unity. There are three divisions of Global Unity: Man with Man, Man with Nature, and Man with God. Man with Man teaches that all of mankind will acquire divine relationships with one another in harmony. The overall teaching of Man with Man involves achieving the following goals:

Economic unity
A single world leader that will unite the world.
A single harmonious economic whole.
A single world religion.

Man with Nature deals with the logical concept that if God is all, then nature is also a part of God, therefore man is in tune with nature. The relationship between Earth and nature is a common theme with American Indian Philosophies, thereby making these philosophies popular with the NAM. Since the teachings of NAM states that God is all and nature is a part of God, then man and nature are all on the same level. All animals, nature, and man are all brothers of this planet and therefore need to live in harmony together. Again, this theory of the NAM is opposed to the Bible as in Genesis 1:26, “…Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.
Man with God deals with the NAM teachings that state that man is divine by nature, and once man begins to comprehend and believe that this is true, man will see their purpose in life. The final and ultimate goal is for man to see their true good selves, and then everything in life will fall into place. Once again, this opposes the Bible’s scriptures as in Romans 3:10, “As it is written, There is none righteous, no, not one:” and in Romans 3:12, “…there is none that doeth good, no, not one.”
Crystal Healing
Crystals consist of molecules that are arranged in a highly specific ordered pattern. Many common forms of matter form crystals. These crystals, when shaped properly, vibrate and are utilized for radio communications and other electronic devices. The NAM uses these crystals for healing purposes. Crystal healing is an alternative healing technique that uses stones as well as crystals for healing. The healer places the crystals at various positions on the body according to the chakras. Chakra refers to wheel-like vortices that exist within the surface of the subtle body of all living beings, according to traditional Indian medicine. Chakras are concentrated areas of energy that flow from a location on one’s body. They rotate in a fan shaped formation and both receive and transmit energy. There are various systems that consist of different numbers of chakras. The most common system is in the west and consists of seven chakras. Chakras are either represented as wheel like or flower like. In the wheel like representation, spokes within the circle resemble a wheel or chakra. In the flower like representation, petals are placed around the circumference of the circle. The seven Chakras are described below (They run from the tail bone to the top of the head):

The Crown Chakra (Violet colored): Located on the top of the head.
The Third Eye Chakra (Indigo colored): Located on the eyes.
The Throat Chakra (Blue colored): Located as indicated, on the throat.
The Heart Chakra (Green colored): Located as indicated, on the heart.
The Solar Plexus Chakra (Yellow colored): Located on the abdominal area.
The Sacral Chakra (Orange colored): Located on the pelvic area.
The Base/Root Chakra (Red colored): Located on the tail bone area.

Chakra points run along parallel to the spine or inside the spine itself within a channel, otherwise known as a “nadi” or “Sushumna”. The chakras are known to contain the petals or spokes (as stated before when describing the morphology of the chakras), and the spokes branch off like nerves throughout the body. The stones or crystals may be positioned at the hands or feet of the individual to be used as a grounding effect.
The concept of crystal healing dates back as far as ancient Egypt. Jade amulets were located within the tombs and burial chambers. The powers of the stones were used to guide their souls through the afterlife. Hopi Native Americans of Arizona, Hawaiian Islanders, and the Chinese still utilize crystal healing powers today.
Modern day critics call crystal healing power a pseudoscience, and believe that people who have claimed to have felt a difference after crystal healing have experienced a placebo effect. Christians and Roman Catholics alike believe that crystals have no intrinsic powers whatsoever.

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