Why would Abraham want to sacrifice Isaac, if not a picture that God would provide a sacrificial lamb? Why would Leviticus condone human sacrifice in Leviticus 27:29, when such sacrifice is unlawful? Except in the context that it meant One Devoted to God? That Being Immanuel? Why would Nehemiah tell the people to eat fat? From what I understand that's unlawful. Unless, it was to establish that the Jews were in waiting for a New Covenant? Why would Abraham be told, "Your Seed shall bless all nations?" Who is that Seed? Jacob didn't bless all nations. Rather, it seems quite clear that by Jacob, all the nations of the world were condemned to die. Why wouldn't "Almah" or "Maid" mean "Virgin"? Don't some words have two meanings? And if they do, wouldn't it make sense that a Virgin give birth to the promised Hier, whose coming would destroy Assyria? Rather than a harlot? I've heard it said that the woman was a harlot, but then that's only if you don't interpret the word "Almah" as "Virgin". What is the "Newly Created Thing" referred to twice in Isaiah? Why does it tell you to forget the old? Who's Soul is to be made an offering for our sins? Who was "pierced for our transgressions?" Why must we kiss the Pure, the One Begotten by God? My Bible says "Son", but you translate "Bar" as "Pure". So, obviously it makes more sense that the word be translated as "Son". Because a "Son" is Begotten. Why are there two everlasting covenants? Why did Jeremiah proclaim a new covenant? Why did Ezekiel say "Arise" to dry bones? If there is not a resurrection? Why did Zechariah name Jesus as the Messiah twice? As, Uzziah tried to reign as both priest and king, and was stricken with Leprosy. Why is "Joshua" in this instance, allowed to reign as both priest and king? Why did Job want a mediator between him and God? Why did Xerxes receive a dream that sounds like God's voice in Herodotus? Why did the conquering of the Aztecs look exactly like the Prophetic campaign of Joshua? Why did at the same miracles occur? Five hundred Conquistadors would defeat armies upward of five to one hundred thousand without any aid. Plagues descended which did not touch the Conquistadors or most of their armies? If the Aztec used inferior weapons, and that's why they were severely beaten, why did La Triste Noche happen? Why, in 1561 in Nuremberg, did two crosses do battle over the eye of the sun, and St. Paul's Cathedral was struck with lightning? Why is there a picture of the Dragon from Revelation on a Hindu Temple, and why does it look like an alien? How did Milton predict Atomic Bombs and the movement of the Universe, and also predict Postmodernism? Why does Orion have a sling and look like David? Why is there a giant figure---looks like a five year old's drawing---that raises up on the horizon in the direction of Orion's sling? Why is there a triangle in the summer, called the Summer Triangle, and there's an arrow at the one point of the triangle, and it points to a cross at the other? Why is the North Star very dim, when it used to be taught that it was one of the brightest in the Nighttime sky? Why does Cassiopeia look like a woman giving birth? Why is there only infinity existing in vacuum? Why does math work, and prove itself in the real world, even out to the most obscure equations? Why are we able to communicate? Why do all of the greatest sages in history come to ideas similar to that of the Bible's? Why do poets like Virgil and Lucretius find truths, logically prove them, and those truths are what the Bible had said? Why is faith called the "Evidence of things unseen, and the substance of things hoped for."? Why did the Hundred Years War and Black Plague follow a time period where a Pope was martyred, and Homosexuality was normal? Why is Christ's law in Matthew 5 - 8 so self evident, if He is not God Come in the Flesh? Why is Isaiah 53 in the Dead Sea Scrolls? Why doesn't the Nebuchadnezzar Chronicles prove Judah was a principality prior to Babylonian Captivity? Why does the Tel Dan Stele give verbatim the most obscure Biblical detail, and it gets it right? How does a feather evolve over even a trillion years? Can a frog turn into a toad, unless God made it so? Why did the Hammurabi's code get established right where the Biblical Genealogies date Abraham? Why did Hebrews worshipped God's Son before Christ? Why were El and El's Son worshipped in Mesopotamia at the time of Hammurabi's Code? Why does Moses line up with the cult of Aten in the Biblical Geneologies? If God were real, why wouldn't He reveal Himself? Why are there miraculous events described in Roman and Greek Historians which directly correspond to places where God would work? Such as Hannibal's invasion of Rome the sun blackened and the shields sweat blood, or the Sacrifice of virgins turning rivers to blood and made a moondog? Are we to believe that didn't happen? Why did George Floyd's monument get destroyed by lightning? Why does the complete History as given by Ancient Astronaut Theorists sound like it was describing demons instead of aliens? Why are there so many myths and stories that resemble one another? Why does every civilization, on every continent, have a mythology about a global flood?' If all things are vibrations, and Word is a vibration of air, and Jesus is the Word Who holds all things together,---what, exactly, can science do except prove that Jesus is the Word? Why would aliens demand human sacrifice, if they were not demons instead? Who would ultimately hold mankind responsible for all the suffering it created, if God did not exist? How could a man ever be forgiven without Christ? If sin must be punished, how else could a man escape Judgment unless that punishment were placed on Immanuel? Will you make the decision to accept Jesus as your personal Lord and savior, and will you repent of ALL sin.
Category: Catholic Church
Why I Cannot Be
Why I can't be an Atheist Is that I believe in good. I believe in evil. I believe in the supernatural. I believe in truth. I believe in a common shared experience. I believe in a moral certainty. I believe in sexual fidelity. I believe in monogamy. I believe in inherent values. Why I cannot be a Muslim Is because the religion teaches its adherents to lie. Frankly, this one concept in Islam is so blasphemous to my ears That in the face of persecution, Muslims are allowed to lie. To me, God's standard is truth. If you were a Muslim, and that God were true You'd almost be compelled to tell the truth. Also, I cannot see myself bowing to a rock; If not for the flawed laws in the Koran The constant prostration to a rock in the middle of a desert Shows to me, at least, that the religion is centered around idolatry And is nothing more than statecraft. Why I cannot be a Hindu--- Though there is no other religion I'd be If not for Christianity, the only other one Enticing to me is Hinduism. But, its myths have bad ideas about charity. It praises the prince who capriciously gives Two mountains of gold to two passer yonders Rather than to the prince who labors For twenty-four hours to give based on the poor's needs. It seems the religion advocates lazy charity; And it also believes in a Manichaeism, Making good equal to evil in strength. Which, I cannot believe either. And the very notion of becoming a god Is petulant, self serving and dangerous. I cannot believe in any religion That would turn its adherents into gods. Thereby, giving authority to men What is unjust to give them Due to our fallible and finite nature. I also cannot stomach Dharma or Reincarnation As if all life were, is about ending it, I find this view horrible and immoral. I think life ought to be celebrated, And rewarded for a good one with eternal bliss. I also find Dharma insufficient And lazy, so as to excuse the suffering of the poor And to excuse injustice, and so tidily chalk it up With reincarnation, giving justice to pointless abuses. Why I cannot be a Buddhist Is because I find no meaning in suffering. There can be no meaning in suffering. To me, suffering is pointless, and is to be avoided. I find the religion's founder to be gross; As he would sit among battlefields And meditate among the rotting corpses. He would sit in graveyards and meditate. He seemed, almost, so inured and disassociated from the world. He, rather than help others, simply bore great grief And I find that kind of inaction pointless And even dangerous, and at the highest degree Buddhism is self serving in every aspect as a religion. Why I cannot be a Shinto or Zoroaster Is the same reason. I cannot believe In an ordering of spirits To where evil ones are given equal weight to good. I cannot believe it, because I believe good is strongest And evil is simply a disfiguration of what is good. Evil is a distortion of the good, or it's something That distorts and therefore, is negative rather than something Positive. I find evil must be destroyed one day Fully, and that it cannot be dualistic Giving equal weight to both good and evil. I believe that good must be stronger than evil And one day destroy it, otherwise, I cannot believe in God, if God is in part equally strong as evil. Why I cannot be a Pagan Is that it is banal to me to believe That many gods and goddesses are warring Among one another. That they are all benevolent And thereby, each having its own aim Wars with the other gods, giving license to one hero And they all vote upon the virtues of man. I find this contradicts the very spirit of Good To say that good is compartmentalized In metaphors about war, love, oceans or hell. That is all Pagan gods and goddesses are To me, are metaphors. And I cannot believe Metaphors are powerful enough for me to believe In and worship---as that's a kind of idolatry which I will never succumb to. I cannot be a Mormon or Jehovah's Witness Because I believe in the Trinity. I find God must exist in Three Persons. Thereby, if One God exists And carries all the attributes of God Commonly attributed to Him, Then God must exist in three Persons. Thereby, I cannot also worship Michael, As both these Arian religions worship him. I believe no angel deserves our worship And that God the Father and God the Son Are coeternal, uncreated And existing for eterniy. Why I cannot be agnostic is Because I know a god exists. Why I cannot be a gnostic Is because I believe we must Do good here upon the Earth. I believe we must abstain from evil. I do not believe we ought to Simply live our lives however we want. I believe we should, Instead, be fruitful, give generously, Abstain from sexual sin and violence. I cannot, again, believe in Dualistic ideas Of a demiurge and aeon. Of a physical and spiritual world; As my entire philosophy on life Is that both the spiritual and physical Exist intertwined, and mutually coexisting; As intricately woven together As God is in the Flesh of Jesus Christ,
An Ode on Faith
An Ode on Faith What keeps a man, when Abraham is preached, From imitating him,---in murdering His son?---to, another's life, be the thief? Much the same that allows one, whose reading Of a poet, understand the clever Metaphors, and gives one's knowledge a truth. 'tis what allows a man knowledge; whispers In his ears the meaning of sweetest fruit. There is the literal, which, willing kills, Without concept lays actions bare and bald. The literal reading atheists fill Christian minds, searching deeply for a fault. Yet, we somehow know what a passage means, For that is why faith remains; 'tis unseen. Should man without this ability be, Such man, hell's stone be his foreboding vault.
Freedom of Speech
It's gone. The corporation can take it from you By simply lolling you to sleep. Withdraw the hand that feeds And one cannot eat. Extort, so that the only way to earn bread Is to obey the companies that tell you. 14,000,000 people were killed in the Holocaust. 20,000,000 people were killed in Stalin's Holocaust. 100,000,000 people were killed in Mao's Holocaust. Children die in war. When we dropped our bombs, did it only kill men? Men with helmets? No, women, children, they died too When we bombed Germany. Ask any soldier how to win an occupation? Kill down to the last child. If God said to do it once, Once in all of history. Then consider the cannibals that they murdered. Slavery is a punishment inflicted on a nation. When that nation ritualistically cannibalizes its infants When that nation sodomizes its child prostitutes When that society sacrifices little children I think putting them to work is a mitigated sentence. God does, in fact, destroy. He will bring plauges. And those plagues comfort me. What else is to be done to a nation of murderers Who smear Fetus over their skin To stay healthy? Who barter the blood of infants For their products? Why is what is about to happen will happen? Because there is no right and wrong To this generation. Murder is good, if it's in the name of Anarchy and violence. But, God's war is far too viscous. The Crusades were defensive wars, To protect against invaders. Ask any Muslim whether it is justified to defend your territory At a cost of human life. Americans piously drop bombs in Iraq And burst women and children's flesh Yet it is only unethical if it's a sword. Let the children wander in their war zones... Because that's right. YouTube is censoring this information. It's the cold hard truths. War, the more violent side wins. That's why we don't fight them. That's why there are nation states Which give bounds, so remove not the ancient boundaries. What is wicked is waging war with kids gloves So an entire continent suffers. What is immoral is marching armies With the thought that war can be fought reserved... Meanwhile, children lose everything, and get indoctrinated. Ask any soldier about those verses in the Bible That talk about war. Those who have killed a child, for in war everything is justified. That is why one ought not fight it. War is wicked, because believe in the Bible And it makes war the most wicked thing in the world. That is why God is moral. Because He doesn't make war glorious. He doesn't make war anything but what it is... Supreme evil. And with that, it is why the Law of War brings me comfort That it ought not be fought in our day and age. And all of this is censored on Your Television.
My Politics
That people get a guaranteed day of rest.
That people have off their holidays.
That the poor can eat, and aren’t harassed by the government for panhandling.
That the poor can always get shelter.
That abortion be a capital offense.
That freedom of speech is upheld.
I believe in Net Neutrality.
That people not get arrested for crimes they didn’t commit.
That investigations work on evidence, and not subliminal tests.
That courts work for justice, and not quotas.
That people have the right to property.
That people have the right to practice their religion.
That people have the right to bear arms—didn’t see that one coming, did you?
All 27 of the amendments, except prohibition, unless it is Marijuana.
Article 1 Section 8 which states this is a utilitarian economy, not a capitalistic one.
That communists be allowed to eat from their books.
That socialists be allowed to eat from their books.
That capitalists be allowed to eat from their books.
That I be allowed to eat from my books.
That the Bible be upheld in all of its principles,
Not just the ones we like to cherry pick.
That people realize “Charity” was a better word than “Love”
In Paul’s letter to the Corinthians, chapter 13.
Marriage be between a Man and a Woman; no other thing.
That the nation be a Christian Nation above all other things.
That the nation uphold its founding values, found through the ENTIRETY
Of the constitution, which includes public funds for research
Public funds for Roads, public funds for libraries
And public funds for Post Offices, and also caps on trade inequalities
And regulations on measures and standards.
That so called Christians stop being hypocrites.
Pope Ahaz
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Wjdkrfj5OI
I bring this up, because we can see how the Pope wants us to evangelize. The subtlety of his words bring a nuance to what he means. On one hand, he’s saying “Do not try to convert the unbeliever.” By that, he means not to convert them to the faith. His methods are shown above, where he is blessing idols.
The manner in which he wants to do missions is to enable the sinner to stay in sin. We can see in the subtlety of “Welcome homosexuals,” he means to take a pass on their habitual sins.
To be frank, I had just watched a man cast out seventeen demons from the Catholic Church. He was having them recant the Nicene Creed, and the power of the ensemble was casting out demons. One could hear them echoing through the Washington church. The fact is that the power of Christ is real. And the witness that this bishop spoke was about humility, and charity to the poor. But, it was said several dozen times that Jesus was the LORD, and the only LORD. That was a testimony to how the Gospel can cleanse the sinners, even when the alters are dirty.
The Pope is setting a different example. He is recanting points of backsliding for the Catholic church, which though I am not a Catholic, I share the Gospel as they do as my religion, and we Protestants need to stop attacking our Catholic Brethren, when they themselves hold the Gospel truth, too. But, the truth is that this Pope is like Ahaz to the LORD. He is preaching a willing compromise on the faith in order to gain seats in the lector halls. We cannot do this, otherwise we thwart the Gospel of truth. Only Christ can save. And the Catholic Church is battling this problem. When you bless an idol, which is anything we hold as habitual sin, be it something like these statues or homosexuality—and even an iPhone—it is a sin, and the Church needs to stand firmly against it, and preach on charity, as that is the Gospel message the LORD has given to this generation, is to give to the poor, and be charitable. Let the LORD’s people say Amen. Do not compromise on idolatry, which is the sin our nations are most guilty of, that and disobeying the Sabbath, which I admit I had done today.
B. K. Neifert 