Category: Ministry

Catholics, Protestants and Orthodox

When Israel separated from Judah, was Israel any less Hebrew? I think the schism of Protestant, Orthodox and Catholic is like that. Israel, Ephraim and Judah. Certainly, Israel went off and served Baal, but there were true saints among them, like Elisha and Elijah who contended Jezebel and Ahab.

I love reading Martyr's Mirror because it takes that subject, saying the church existed in a group called the Waldenses, but they have very detailed accounts of people's martyrdoms, and I see perfect theology in the Catholics--like uncondemnable--but they're in a position of power killing someone they have power over. It highlights the fact---as the same thing happened to Catholics in England in the 1600s--it's not Theology that saves you. It's charity, hope and faith. And I like that book because while it's a little persuaded to a wrong side--you can use postmodern interpretations to remove that thesis--you see pure Christian doctrine, and truly faithful people putting their lives on the line.

It's all about power. And right now, the power is in the Secular Authority, and it's like Rome again, where they're persecuting the WHOLE CHURCH. It's not people with good understanding of the Bible persecuting others with equal understanding, but people who have no idea what the Bible is, and are like Romans who called Christians Cannibals not understanding that wasn't what we were doing. Like people say priests engage in Catamism for God, but that's simply not true. They know it's a sin. It's written right in the New Testament.

A Midrash

Why do you worry about crucifixes, Christmas and pork, when you smoke Marijuana and hate your brethren, and curse with every fiber of your being? Do figs get gathered from thorn bushes, or grapes from thistles? Does not a prophet bear good fruit, and not bitter poisons of hatred, slander and hard heartedness? If righteousness could be offered by observing dead rites and rituals, why didn’t it deliver the Pharisees who were before you? No, they were condemned before Christ. If those rituals could save you, then neglect peace, love and forgiveness, why then I’d account it rubbish and worthless religion. Rather, Christ did away with the Old Testament, in place of a New, so men could worship freely through Charity and not wasted oblations.

On Diagnosing and Treating Mental Illness

Freud said most neuroses were a matter of conscience. That you've violated it in some way, and therefore your mind becomes filled with them. And there's no getting back from that, once you did. You just have to know God  saves you, and through His guidance, work to better yourself.

Things like ADHD and Autism need not be diagnosed. They're just human beings. We have to let people be what they are, and not try to label everything, otherwise the person feels crippled their entire life, and never actually accomplishes anything.

Well, I'd just say a lot of diseases aren't physical, but rather subconscious. Most of it comes from deep rooted distrust in oneself, or one's actions. The best way to address mental illness, is confession, forgiveness, and then restoration. As that's how I've dealt with mine. And it seemed to work. 

Most of your diseases are caused by guilt. They're rooted in that. So, the best thing is to deal with the guilt--assuming you don't have a bad therapist who just lays it on you and gaslights you--is restore the bushels you can restore, and live at peace because you can never make full restitution. That's Who Christ is.

Just remember, the LORD is very real, and most psychological issues are generational curses or something that one incepts in themselves. I've seen a lot of things in my life, saying people are "Biologically" disposed toward these illnesses, while true to a certain extent, don't discount the LORD's autonomy in the healing process, or His Law as a means of restoring one's conscience, which the illness is kind of like a sear in conscience. We have to be responsible for ourselves, and take accountability for our own actions.

You wonder how people made it before all this stuff? They seemed to have a handle on it, until the very field of Psychology made everything so backward, that now nobody can function.

I don't take any antidepressants. Just 5 milligrams of Risperidone, because that's one of the medicines that actually do work. Antipsychotics are a necessity. One of my fears is losing my insurance, and then not being able to get them. Which Trump's trying to make it harder to be on Medicaid, which is something I absolutely need. And [...] Not taking advantage of anyone, it's just something I need. That's a whole other issue... I get stressed when I'm around lots of people, and don't deal with workplace politics well. And I start having delusions, which interfere with my work.

I'd say the stuff for Bi Polar and Psychosis are the only real drugs out there that have true effects. Everything else is best managed through therapy and self discipline. Or finding careers that suit you, like Mozart had ADHD and was a brilliant composer. It's just when people have ADHD or Autism there's careers they do better at, and the psychology field is trying to medicate it to fit a square peg into a round hole. 

Also, a lot of our great poets and Philosophers had Schizophrenia. Some of the best Rock Songs are written by schizophrenic people. The Romantics about 60% of them had schizophrenia, the others psychopathy or borderline personality disorder or drug addiction. Our great Sci Fi and Horror writers like Philip K. Dick and H. P. Lovecraft both had schizophrenia--that's why you half believe it, which is good for the soul, I think, as it rests the subconscious when a Schizophrenic tells those dark substances, and purges it with literature. Tolkien had PTSD from fighting in the trenches, and had disorganized thinking; I think he actually believed in elves, some evidence would suggest. C. S. Lewis may have had Schizophrenia, based on a hallucination he describes in That Hideous Strength. William Blake was schizophrenic, but lived a wildly interesting life. He was happily married, but ABSOLUTELY INSANE. Lol. I imagine him without writing, that was his medication back then. Lol. Lots of writers who had mental illness. Mark Twain half believed in magic, and used Materialism as a way to ease his mind--that's why he didn't like the 19th century's trend of calling stories "True", and also hated Caxton. Earnest Hemingway had Schizophrenia, probably onset by moral injuries in the Spanish Civil War.

Does Being Rich Make You Less of a Christian?

No, not necessarily. You can be loved and rich as a Christian.

Riches don’t mean you’re righteous or unrighteous. They simply are rewarded to the person who works. So, a drug dealer who works, gets rich. It’s not good money, but they get rich. They get bombshell girlfriends. They get lots of power. And they continue until they’re old—most of them, unless they ticked off higher powers than themselves—and they die old men and living like kings.

You also have the lowest poor, who steal, rob, rape, murder, will be in and out of prison, will oppress other homeless people, will cause all sorts of harm on themselves and society. And there’s lots and lots of poor people just like this.

And you also have rich men, who give fortunes to the poor, and build schools and hospitals and charities, and do all sorts of great feats of wonders for the world. They do so many wonderful things, build projects in the ghettos, supply clean water to isolated villages, lift MILLIONS OUT OF POVERTY. They actively make the world a better place.

And you also have righteous people who are homeless, persecuted, have sores on them, many mental illnesses and many diseases, and can’t get up, and are scum of the earth.

What’s to understand, is you can’t buy a stairway to heaven. That poor person who can do nothing for anyone but himself, but rather lives righteously, is just as pleasing in God’s eyes as the Billionaire who does great feats of wonderful charity for all. This is why you can’t earn salvation, because then the rich would be at an advantage, and the poor not. So… that’s why Jesus praised the widow giving in her two mites. It wasn’t out of spite that she did that, either… some people say it was a spiteful ritual. No… she gave in freewill and faith, and it was all she had. And the Pharisees were scorning her for giving what she could. But, she couldn’t give anymore, and they thought due to their riches, God showered them with favor, and that their tithing of mint and dill and cummin was better than the Widow’s. That’s not true.

Argument Through Number

It’s not “Things are real, therefore God exists.” Neither is it “God says this is good, therefore He exists.”

So, the reason we know God exists from Mathematics, isn’t because they’re real, but because they’re so intricate, and so complex, but also impossible to have not been designed. Like, study Euclid for a few days, you’ll understand the argument from Math a lot better than abstractions about Algebra.

Like, why do these things work this way? Why does a number used for Cosine or Sine shape an exact formula for a triangle? Always? Why does tangent get you to a singular point? Why? Why does calculus work? But we know it does… and that’s a lot like faith, actually. Calculus is a leap of faith. We know the answer—because we study the pattern—but obviously you can’t reach the limit without division. Even division is a leap of faith. There’s no way to divide, beside through trial and error, and simply understanding the answer. Unlike Subtraction, Multiplication and Addition, Division’s the only one where you have to make a leap to the answer. And that’s also why I think some Biblical phrases talk about “Dividing” the truth.

But you understand through that that there’s a design in the fabric of the universe. It’s not “It’s real, therefore we know.” It’s “Wow, that looks designed.”

My Pithy Thoughts on Different Beliefs

Do you want to know why I’m not an Atheist? Because I feel ethics are inherently visible in the real world, and beyond human judgment.

Do you know why I’m not a Hindu? Because I believe Castes are abhorrent, and are an excuse to make people miserable.

Do you know why I’m not a Muslim? Because they teach violence as part of their faith.

Do you know why I’m not a Buddhist? Because I think the real world is able to be understood, and isn’t a product of our mind.

Do you know why I’m not a Pagan? Because their gods are petty and cruel, and sometimes outright teach people to do the worst things imaginable.

Do you know why I’m not a Sikh or Bahi? Because I think people do rotten things, and need forgiven, and only Christianity has that covered.

Do you know why I’m not a Jew? Because its law, though perfectly just, would kill me.

Do you know why I’m a Christian? Because Christ taught perfect moral ethics, and died for us.

Do you know why I’m not a Pythagorean? Because I think humans have violent streaks, and eating meat is good for us, and so are violent stories.

Do you know why I’m not a Confucian? Because though it aligns with everything I believe perfectly, Christ died for us and gave us a hope, when we’ve blatantly failed.

Do you know why I’m not a Taoist or Mozi? Because though it aligns perfectly with my beliefs, I think Christ is paramount to raise and therefore give us hope, as this life cannot satisfy.

Do you know why I’m not Zoroastrian? Because I can’t believe evil and good are coequal.

Ultimately, Christ is the only wise or good God. And the only answer to life’s pointless suffering.

Leviticus 19:20

19:20 And whosoever lieth carnally with a woman, that is a bondmaid, betrothed to an husband, and not at all redeemed, nor freedom given her; she shall be scourged; they shall not be put to death, because she was not free.

21 And he shall bring his trespass offering unto the Lord, unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, even a ram for a trespass offering.

22 And the priest shall make an atonement for him with the ram of the trespass offering before the Lord for his sin which he hath done: and the sin which he hath done shall be forgiven him.

Word to meditate on is "Scourged."

[H1244] (biqqoreth/bik-ko-reth) from 1239; 
properly, examination, i.e. (by implication) 
punishment:--scourged. see H1239 


[H1239] (baqar/baw-kar) a primitive root; 
properly, to plough, or (generally) break forth, i.e. 
(figuratively) to inspect, admire, care for, consider:--(make) inquire (-ry), (make) search, seek out

The Garden of Eden and The Mark of the Beast

[I don't believe] in Original Sin. [I believe in Anabaptist theology and] those are some of the best saints in history. {} I think no one is guilty, until they can know what they did was wrong. That's what the Book of Genesis means, when Man and Woman ate from the tree of knowledge of good and evil. That's what made them guilty, was the knowledge. Before that, they were like the beasts, who had no knowledge, therefore no condemnation. Which some may say the Mark of the Beast is a reversion back to that state, when man ought not be in it.

On Matthew

Matthew writing in Hebrew constructions shows Papias is correct, that Matthew wrote His gospel in Hebrew first. And Mark and Luke are not exactly like Matthew. I study the Greek in transliterated form. It’s more likely the similarities are from the same source, true, which is Jesus Christ. That’s the only determination to be made here, is that the similarities show they come from the same source. Not plagiarisms of earlier gospels, but from the man Jesus Himself. Q must be Christ.

Coincidentally, while researching this I’ve found many idioms and parallels to Hebrew constructions in Matthew, all from various sources. And also Matthew’s lack of punctuation, they say, shows a primary Hebrew manuscript. And his use of Hebrew Prophecies from the Old Testament. I even found one source, saying that Matthew is constructed in Aramaic Grammar. (Matthew Black)