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@A-R-O-S-E
You pray so badly for heavenKnowing any day might be the day that you dieBut maybe life on earth could be heavenDoesn't just the thought of it make it worth the try?"-Bo Burnham-I'm christian and this got me thinking, would God lie about heaven?I came up with a series of questions here.Your faith doesn't get stronger if you don't poke at it occasionally.1). Marriage and boredom in heaven. Surely one would get bored of the same person for all eternity, or get bored of their job. Right? Would be as we are now in heaven?2). We're here because of sin, right? If we die do our earth memories die with our sin? If that is so, are we even the same entity and is it right to punish an entity that has no memory or connection to their actions on earth?3). Perhaps God, to let the people who can't handle it, made religion(s) to help certain people (like me probably) cope with death. God would be aware of question 1 and 2, would that make it right to lie or just let us die, maybe there is no word or intervention of god on earth. In the song there is the line "You're not going to heaven, you're just a bad game of Sims". Maybe, there is an all powerful and omniscient God and it decides to not intervene or simply helps up cope so a number of us can move on with our lives.4). If you were God, how would you approach this problem? You made humans and earth and you have this problem of heaven or burning your own values (#1) or removing a part of humans (#2) so that we are a little more like animals. And of course, is #3 a good choice, in your opinion.5). You made it to heaven, let's just say everyone did. But, there is no more knowledge of good and evil (G&E). Having our earth knowledge is just hella confusing, so it was wiped, as it would contain so much we can't comprehend anymore because we don't understand G&E anymore. We're naked and stuff like adam and eve before the fruit. What would that actually be like? Would that be so bad?
There are many problems with your understanding of Heaven.
God created earth to be the heaven for humans. He made man master of all living animals. He put the tree of knowledge and the tree of life in Adams backyard. He created Eve a companion for Adam and told them to go forth and multiply.
The heaven where God lived was in the middle of a rebellion. The Angels were contesting God's leadership.Satan, Lucifer were God's adversaries in heaven.
It was only a matter of time before the problems in God's domain spread to earth. Man was denied access to the tree of life which would have allowed him to live forever. God cursed man from dust he was created to dust he would return.
When the daughters of men multiplied the sons of God desired and violated them proving heaven is full of ugly undesirable beings. God sent a giant flood to destroy all life because the sons of God had so perverted the world. Even God who was a voyeur and loved to look on the naked body of Eve eventually gang raped Mary in Luke with the the help of the Holy Spirit. That is how Jesus the illegitimate Jewish bastard was conceived.
The book of Revelations describe the freaks John saw in heaven and was promised there was going to be a major house cleaning. Both heaven and earth was going to be replaced in an extreme makeover!!
Harikrish biblical cal scholar and spiritual leader.
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@Mopac
I hold a scholarly view having been trained in Esoteric scriptures, Christian Theology and Islamic fundaméntalism. With some 30,000 Christian denominations the majority of Christisns are sctipturally illiterate. Can you name a few modern biblical scholars you have studied?I don't really respect your opinions about the bible or Christianity. The fact that, being uneducated, you take yourself as an educator makes you somewhat unlikable."the end of the commandment is charity out of a pure heart, and of a good conscience, and of faith unfeigned:From which some having swerved have turned aside unto vain jangling;Desiring to be teachers of the law; understanding neither what they say, nor whereof they affirm."
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@Mopac
I can with the highest degree of confidence say Hinduism is the only true religion which satisfies both the intellectual and spiritual needs of human societies. It has withstood the test of time and taught us passive resistance and dialogue can change the course of history without resorting to violence or reaching out for the sword. It has given us leaders like Mahatma Ghandi who liberated a nation without firing a single shot and Martin Luther King who took a shot but won the civil rights for African Americans. Both pursued passive and peaceful resistance, an approach that is the hallmark of Hinduism.
Christianity is a stolen religion from the Jews and remains fractured at the core with over 30,000 different denomintions of Christians. Was Jesus God or a deluded Jewish carpenter's son, was he an incarnate of arch angel Michael or simply an unemployed homeless wino who made wine from water to feed his addiction and convinced others to drink it too? Jesus proved that being filled with the spirited beverage can sometimes reveal what is often hidden in the subconscious. It brought out the liar in Peter and something more sinister in Judas who betrayed the wine maker by drawing attention to his messianic aspirations. The spirit that filled Jesus affected him differently. It turned into a death wish.
Islam is another world religion. It started with an illiterate Arab who claimed God singled him out to reveal his vision of the world. Unable to write the illiterate Arab recited to scribes what he heard which he had committed to memory. This formed the basis of the oral tradition followed by Muslims. It inspired generations of illiterates to follow the prophets example and listen to his revelations. There are 800 million illiterate Muslims out of 1.4 billion whose convictions are stronger than their understanding of their scriptures that they cannot and have not read. But that is equally matched by Christians whose faith substitute their own ignorance of their scriptures.
Hinduism is a religion that focuses on spirituality and personal development and is not dependent on a benevolent creator. The checks and balances are built into ones Karma (self accountability) and not dictated by some external force or being. The goal is enlightenment and the highest achievement is spiritual bliss which is the transcendental conquering of physical and material desires that are only distraction or insatiable illusions. One achieves Nirvana if successful and breaks away from the cycle of rebirths (Samsara). Or the process known as reincarnations is repeated according to ones Karma at each cycle
There is anecdotal evidence for this process of reincarnations from recollections of past lives experienced by many people. The scientific evidence is found in prodigies. People exhibiting incredible talents and abilities at very young ages that is only possible if they accumulated their skills in past lives and their current genius was the cumulative result.
Other scientific studies have measured the effects of spiritual activity in controlled groups such as Buddhist monks and Nuns and found not only how spirituality affects their brain activity with predictable patterns, but also how it affects the objects such as cancer patients. When these spiritualists concentrate on the wellbeing of the patients, studies have found a dramatic improvement in a high percentage of the controlled group.
I am a Vedantist and therefore a spiritualist. I have participated in scientific studies and have demonstrated many of the states such an unusual brain activity, control heartbeat and a enhanced sense of empathy. I can from a group of pictures empathize with the ones I identified as physically sick from some ailment, disturbed, low energy, poor aura, depressed, maleficent or mentally ill.
The only reason these studies cannot be applied in practice is because of the draconian malpractice laws that are instituted by very powerful groups who have a vested interest in keeping research from interfering with their bottom line.
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@crossed
You are accepting your limitations. That's being honest.no
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@Mopac
I read the entire bible straight through at least once this year. I actually know the bible.pretty well.While The Pope was burning people at the stake for translating the bible into common vernacular, the Orthodox Church has literally invented written languages that are stilll widely used today in order to make the Bible readable.The ancient patriarchates each used a different language in Church. In Antioch, Syriac. In Egypt, Coptic. In Rome, Latin. In Constantinople, Greek.
If so then you must have come across scriptures that portray the God of the Bile as not being profamily, pro-human and neither was Jesus.
luke 1 and Matthew 10 are good examples.
if you dig further God is even portrayed as a genocidal lunatic. The orthodox view can never be reconciled with the bible.
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@Mopac
As I have said before, polemicists are rarely likeable fellows.
So my advice to everyone to be likeable is profoundly practical. The omission of Harikrish's golden rule in the bible does raise questions about other possible shortsightedness in the bible.
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@Mopac
I don't honor your credentials as anything other than self declaration.
So I was right you are not treatable.
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@crossed
Some Chimps are better at climbing then humans. Some humans are better at climbing then chimps. Same logic with the cognitive skills
Would you want to be bested by a chimp in any of the two tests conducted?
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@Mopac
It would be more edifying to find common understanding than attempt to "treat" eachother.
Why? You just said no orthodox would go to Harikrish for advice because he is not a Christian.
Even though Harikrish is a biblical scholar and a trained Pastoral Psychologist/Counsellor.
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@Mopac
light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil.For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved.But he that doeth truth cometh to the light, that his deeds may be made manifest, that they are wrought in God."
The Romans put Jesus lights out when they crucified him. They also stripped him bare.
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@3RU7AL
We believe that human beings are made in God's image and we consider marriage a sacred mystery.I'd say we are prohuman and profamily.Well then we seem to be functionally in agreement.
God was not profamily, prouman and neither was Jesus.
God with the Holy Spirit gang raped Mary in her sleep.
luke 1:34 How will this be,” Mary asked the angel, “since I am a virgin?”
35 The angel answered, “The Holy Spirit will come on you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you. So the holy one to be born will be called[b] the Son of God. 36 Even Elizabeth your relative is going to have a child in her old age, and she who was said to be unable to conceive is in her sixth month. 37 For no word from God will ever fail.”
38 “I am the Lord’s servant,” Mary answered. “May your word to me be fulfilled.” Then the angel left her.
jesus sought the destruction of the traditional family.
Matthew 10:35 For I have come to turn 'A man against his father, a daughter against her mother, a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law.
Are there no scripturally literate Christians on DART?
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@BrotherDThomas
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YOUR CONTRADICTING QUOTE: "Funny thing is, Africans, in Africa, still lead more productive lives than someone who has nothing better to do than to create hateful diatribes on a platform almost nobody ever reads or listens to. Is that reflective of your self-worth"Have you been given the forum monitor position in what is to be discussed, and what is not to be discussed?You state that no one ever reads or listens to this platform, but obviously you did in being able to respond to it!Listen, if biblical truth of being able to own slaves is not conducive to your enlightenment and well being, then just move on to save yourself any further embarrassment of engaging upon this topic, okay? You can thank me later.
BrotherDThomas. I couldn't thank you earlier because I was prevented from doing so for a whole month.Glad to be back and reading your posts.
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@Mopac
Being made in God's image has little to do with the physical appearance of a man. It hss more to do with the nous.
In God's image has everything to do with physical appearance.
It was reiterated by Jesus.
John 14:9 Jesus replied, "Philip, I have been with you all this time, and still you do not know Me? Anyone who has seen Me has seen the Father. How can you say, 'Show us the Father'?
You don't really know your Bible, are you permitted to read the Bible? Catholics are discouraged from reading the bible.
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@Mopac
No Orthodox would goo to you for advise, you are obviously not a Christian.
From our exchanges You are not treatable.
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@Mopac
Recompense to no man evil for evil. Provide things honest in the sight of all men.If it be possible, as much as lieth in you, live peaceably with all men.Dearly beloved, avenge not yourselves, but rather give place unto wrath: for it is written, Vengeance is mine; I will repay, saith the Lord.Therefore if thine enemy hunger, feed him; if he thirst, give him drink: for in so doing thou shalt heap coals of fire on his head.Be not overcome of evil, but overcome evil with good."Sounds pretty likable to me.
Here again the instructions is to do something to the other person is similar to love thy neighbour.
But it does not tell the person to be likeable.
It says to live peacefully, feed the hungry, give him water, its say everything but be likeable youself.
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@OoDart
Men were made in God's Image. It makes sense that He would appear similar.
Humans first appeared in Africa. If God made humans in Africa in his image, should we assume God is Black.
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@Mopac
We believe that human beings are made in God's image and we consider marriage a sacred mystery. I'd say we are prohuman and profamily.
If humans first appeared in Africa. Should we assume God is Black if he made Africans in his image?
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God made Humans better tree climbers than chimps
God made Chimps smarted than humans in cognitive skills.
Defying God's intended intelligent design should be seen as humans overreaching. Leave the computer stuff to chimps.
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@Mopac
It certainly is your opinion, and it is not our faith
For sure it is not in your faith because the bible does not teach you to be likeable. Nowhere in the bible does it teach one to be likeable.
That is what Harikrish teaches as the great omission and failure of the bible. It does not teach anyone to be likeable.
Love thy neighbour but be likeable yourself.
Harikrish biblical scholar and spiritual leader.
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@Mopac
That is all really fine, but given our prior discussions, I don't believe you are receptive to having you misconceptions about the faith corrected.As you are outside the church, I can not really respect yiur interpretatikns of scripture as valid. It really matters not how clever you can get.
I am a pastoral counsellor. I treat pastors who struggle with their faith. They were drawn to Christ to help them overcome their insecurities and perverted obsessions.
But when I point them to the actual words that Jesus spoke and away from what was said about Jesus. The picture becomes clearer.
Pastors who were secretly gay now speak openly about being gay. Because according to Secret Mark Jesus was gay.
Luke openly proves Jesus was a SOB.
Harikrish biblical scholar and spiritual leader.
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@Mopac
Well, that is your opinion, but it isn't our faith.
That is not just an opinion. That advice by Harikrish to be likeable could have stopped so much suffering is not found in the Bible. That is why the bible didn't work for the Jews.
Jesus never taught Christians to be likeable either.
Instead Jesus taught his followers (Christians) to
1. Matthew 10:35 For I have come to turn 'A man against his father, a daughter against her mother, a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law. - Bible Hub
2. To hate ones life.
John 12:25 KJV: He that loveth his life shall lose it; and he that hateth his life in this world shall keep it unto life eternal.
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There is scriptural evidence the God of the Bible is a genocidal lunatic.
1. God punished Eve for seeking knowledge which he put in a tree.
2. He destroyed all life with a giant flood except what could fit on a boat.
3. He allowed the Romans to crucify his son Jesus but punished the Jews for it.
4. He punished the Jews after he got them to circumcise their pricks.
5. But rewarded the Arabs for doing the same with 3/4 of the world's oil reserves and 650 times the land size of Israel.
This particular God can be found in the Bible.
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@Mopac
Being likable is neither a goal of our faith, neither is it guaranteed.But prejudice is never righteous judgement. There are plenty of likable Christians. Maybe what makes them unlikable to you is that you fancy yourself some kind of spiritual leader, and Christians don't tend to respect thatBut I againn would like to point out, engaging in polemics rarely makes you a likable person.
If the Jews were more likeable they would not have experienced 3000 years of antisemitism. If Jesus was more likeable he would not have been despised or crucified.
if Christians were more likeable they would not be treated as infidels by Muslims.
That is why I advise Love thy neighbour but be likeable yourself. All the other commandments in the bible don't get you there.
Harikrish biblical scholar and spiritual leader.
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@Mopac
--> @HarikrishYou woulld probably be a lot more effective if you didn't pretend to be an expert. You can't fool me, all I ever read is scripture and writings of the Church, in particular the church fathers and saints. I didn't stop resding because I feltbI had read enough to "get it". I am renewed by these wriyings daily, and can tell very easily that you have a very superficial understanding of Christianity.If you want to learn, I would be glad to assist. If not, that is fine too.I would rather hear what you have to say about your faith than what you have to say about mine.
i am a biblical scholar and spiritual leader. I don't see any scholarship in your discussions.
Scriptures to support my position Jesus walked on water. He didn't like getting wet.
Jesus Walks on Water (Matthew 14:22-36; Mark 6:45-56; John 6:16-24) |
Jesus made wine from water. No one cared to learn how he did it because wine tastes better when made from grapes.
None of the miracles he performed are even relevant today.
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The role of Christianity in African slavery is turning out some unexpected outcomes. White Christian countries enslaved the African people for 400 years. African slaves were owned and traded by Arab (1,300 years) , Romans and Christians(400 years).
But will there be a role reversal if these new studies are correct?
"There are already more Christians in Africa than any other continent—that’s not going to change soon
By 2060 six of the countries with the top ten largest Christian populations will be in Africa, up from three in 2015, according to a new Pew Research Center report. The projections are in line with the gradual shift that has increasingly seen Christian populations live outside the historical cultural centers of the religion.
The size of the Christian population in Nigeria alone—already the largest on the continent—is projected to double by 2060. In addition, Tanzania, Uganda and Kenya are projected to join the list of countries with the top ten largest Christian populations, replacing Russia, Germany and China."
Is it a mistake for Western countries to abandon Christianity and invoke the wrath of God who would reverse the curse of Ham on the children of Shem and Japheth instead?
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As America and Europe sink with their fractured politics and other nations advance. The only western nationalistic pride and supremacy will be based on their colour white. Even Christianity is shifting to Africa and by 2050 the majority of Christians will come from Africa.
Will just being white be adequate to sustain white nationalism and supremacy or will it be redefined as white nostalgia?
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If Jesus was an Atheist why do Christians follow him?
The concept of a dead Jewish corpse nailed to a wooden cross died for their sins 2000 years ago is too difficult for Christians to discard. So what if he wasn't a God. He did take care of my sins, didn't he? Hard to argue with 2 billion Christian sinners!!!
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The Jews rejected Jesus. They even called for his crucifixion.
Luke 23:21 but they kept shouting, "Crucify Him! Crucify Him!"
Even the Pope declared the cross was a failure of God.
Pope Francis said during his whirlwind U.S. tour. "And if at times OUR EFFORTS AND WORKS SEEM TO FAIL AND PRODUCE NO FRUIT, we need to REMEMBER that WE ARE FOLLOWERS OF JESUS ... and His LIFE, humanly speaking, ENDED IN FAILURE, THE FAILURE OF THE CROSS"
When you don"t understand something, when desperation hits you then look at the CROSS. THAT IS THE GREAT FAILURE OF GOD, THAT IS THE DESTRUCTION OF GOD, AND IT'S A CHALLENGE TO OUR FAITH.
So what is keeping Christianity alive?
2 billion Christian sinners who want to believe a dead Jewish corpse nailed to a wooden cross 2000 years ago died for their sins. The concept is too difficult for these Christisns to discard.
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Noah's curse and its fulfillment.
Canaanites
Canaan, As well as his descendants, Followed in the sinful way of their father. The punishment was placed upon the descendants of Canaan-the Canaanites. These are the people who were driven out of the Promised Land by the children of Israel. Consequently, They would be in servitude to the descendants of Shem and Japeth. Because the descendants of Canaan lived corrupt lives, Their judgment was righteous. When the children of Israel entered the land of Promise they saw the detestable things that the descendants of Canaan were doing. God blessed Israel and cursed the Canaanites because their practices were similar to their father Ham.
Historical Fulfillment
History records God's promises were fulfilled. The Canaanites were defeated and placed into slavery by the eastern kings Genesis 14. Later in the history of Israel, Other descendants of Canaan, Known as the Gibeonites, Were made wood choppers and water carriers under Joshua. Thus the predictions of Noah that Canaan's descendants would serve Shem's descendants were literally fulfilled and recorded in the Old Testament.
Indians are Indo European/Aryans the descendants of Japheth. Noah only cursed the Canaanites the descendants of Canaan the son of Ham. Read your bible you low IQ nigger.
Where are the Canaanites today? Not in India. Lol?
Canaan was the name of a large and prosperous ancient country (at times independent, At others a tributary to Egypt) located in the Levant region of present-day Lebanon, Syria, Jordan, And Israel. It was also known as Phoenicia.
Why did Ham's son Canaan leave Africa when Ham and his other sons settled in African countries?
4. Four Sons of Ham
1. Mizraim (Egypt)
2. Cush (Sudan, Ethiopia)
3. Put (Lybia)
4. Canaan (Land of Canaanites)
Canaan in Jubliees.
And Ham divided amongst his sons, And the first portion came forth for Cush towards the east(Sudan, Ethiopia), And to the west of him for Mizraim(Egypt), And to the west of him for Put(Lybia), And to the west of him [and to the west thereof] on the sea for Canaan.
Jubilees 9:1
And Canaan saw the land of Lebanon to the river of Egypt, That it was very good, And he went not into the land of his inheritance to the west (that is to) the sea, And he dwelt in the land of Lebanon, Eastward and westward from the border of Jordan and from the border of the sea. And Ham, His father, And Cush and Mizraim his brothers said unto him: 'Thou hast settled in a land which is not thine, And which did not fall to us by lot: do not do so; for if thou dost do so, Thou and thy sons will fall in the land and (be) accursed through sedition; for by sedition ye have settled, And by sedition will thy children fall, And thou shalt be rooted out for ever. Dwell not in the dwelling of Shem; for to Shem and to his sons did it come by their lot. Cursed art thou, And cursed shalt thou be beyond all the sons of Noah, By the curse by which we bound ourselves by an oath in the presence of the holy judge, And in the presence of Noah our father. ' But he did not hearken unto them, And dwelt in the land of Lebanon from Hamath to the entering of Egypt, He and his sons until this day. And for this reason that land is named Canaan. Jubilees 10:29-34.
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@Mopac
I can easily accept that swimming in the Ganges is a true test of resistence to infections and diseases.
Jesus failed the water test. He chose to walk on water instead of swimming in it to prove his faith.
Even on the cross he blamed God for his failures.
Matthew 27:46 About the ninth hour, Jesus cried out in a loud voice, "Eli, Eli, lema sabachthani?" which means, "My God, My God, why have you forsaken Me?"
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@Mopac
Yeah, polemics doesn't tend to make you likable.
That is why I advise Love thy neighbour but be likeable yourself. All the other commandments in the Bible don't get you there.
Harikrish bible scholar and spiritual leader.
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@Mopac
Are you suggesting that all the Jews, Christians, and Muslims abandon their traditions and baptize themselves in the sewer Ganges?
That would be a true test of faith. It would test your resistance to other sinners and their infections/diseases.
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@Deb-8-a-bull
Commandment # 1 is fukin brilliant.Very well played.Good game.
Thank you. Now keep the other 9 as well.
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@Mopac
Likability is in the heart of the one who likes.
Everyone has a heart, but not everyone is likeable or wants to like. It takes effort to be likeable.
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Guided by the Holy Spirit the first church which is the Roman Catholic Church was built. Today we have 30, 000 denominations of Christians. Most of them are in opposition to the teachings of the Catholic Church which was inspired by the Holy Spirit.
Christians say Jesus was without sin and therefore the perfect human sacrifice. But scriptures paint a very different story.
Scriptures show Jesus broke all the 10 commandments. These ironies exist in the Bible.
The 10 commandments say.
1. You shall have no other gods before Me.
2. You shall not make idols.
3. You shall not take the name of the LORD your God in vain.
4. Remember the Sabbath day, To keep it holy.
5. Honour your father and your mother.
6. You shall not murder.
7. You shall not commit adultery.
8. You shall not steal.
9. You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.
10. You shall not covet.
Jesus broke many of the commandments, If not all!
1. You shall have no other gods before Me.
Jesus tried to claim he was God.
John 10:33 "We are not stoning You for any good work, " said the Jews, "but for blasphemy, Because You, Who are a man, Declare Yourself to be God. "
2. You shall not make idols.
Jesus made a covenant with a cup.
Luke 22:20 In the same way, After supper He took the cup, Saying, "This cup is the new covenant in My blood, Which is poured out for you.
3. You shall not take the name of the LORD your God in vain.
Jesus said every word he spoke came from God. Unless God too was as incoherent as Jesus. God in the OT never spoke in parables. His orders were clear and direct.
Luke 18:34 But the disciples did not understand any of these things. The meaning was hidden from them, And they did not comprehend what He was saying.
4. Remember the Sabbath day, To keep it holy.
Jesus broke the sabbath.
Pharisees accused Him of breaking the Sabbath (Matthew 12:10; Mark 3:2, John 9:14-16).
5. Honour your father and your mother.
Jesus tried to destroy the traditional family.
Matthew 10:35 For I have come to turn ""a man against his father, A daughter against her mother, A daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law"
6. You shall not murder.
Jesus murdered the truth.
Matthew 15:24 He answered, "I was sent only to the lost sheep of the house of Israel. "
Yet he spent his entire ministry condemning the very people he was sent to save.
7. You shall not commit adultery.
Jesus was unfaithful to God and his disciples. He left them to die even though he was given all authority over heaven and earth.
Matthew 28:18 Then Jesus came to them and said, "All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to Me.
8. You shall not steal.
Jesus stole the words of the prophets before him and claimed they pointed to him.
Luke 24:27 And beginning with Moses and all the Prophets, He explained to them what was written in all the Scriptures about Himself.
Then Jesus took them through the writings of Moses and all the prophets, Explaining from all the Scriptures. . . And Jesus explained to them what was said about himself in all the Scriptures, Beginning with the books of Moses and the writings of all the prophets".
9. You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.
Jesus accused God of betraying and forsaking him on the cross.
Matthew 27:46 About the ninth hour, Jesus cried out in a loud voice, "Eli, Eli, Lema sabachthani? " which means, "My God, My God, Why have you forsaken Me? "
10. You shall not covet.
Jesus suffered from a messiah complex and coveted the title messiah/Christ/Anointed one.
John 17:1 After Jesus said this, He looked toward heaven and prayed:
"Father, The hour has come. Glorify your Son, That your Son may glorify you. 2 For you granted him authority over all people that he might give eternal life to all those you have given him. 3 Now this is eternal life: that they know you, The only true God, And Jesus Christ, Whom you have sent. 4 I have brought you glory on earth by finishing the work you gave me to do. 5 And now, Father, Glorify me in your presence with the glory I had with you before the world began.
Scriptures tell us Jesus was tried, Convicted and crucified for his blasphemous lies and lunacy. . . . By the Romans. But the confusion continues.
Christians have waited for 2000 years for Jesus's return as he had promised without any success.
Preterists claims Christisns got it wrong, That Jesus returned in 70 AD.
Jehovah's Witnesses claim Jesus returned in 1874 or maybe 1914.
Others say Jesus could be the next thief who robs your house.
Revelation 16:15, Matthew 24:43, 1 Thessalonians 5:2, 1 Thessalonians 5:4, 2 Peter 3:10 ESV - ("Behold, I am coming like a thief in the night! )
Harikrish biblical scholar and spiritual leader.
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Harikrish observes: Christians love the God of the Bible. They even love the messiah whom the Jews rejected. But they stop when it comes to loving the Jewish people. Is it possible the Jews believe because they keep 613 commandments they don't have to be likeable? Their attitude of indifference and arrogance is why kosher candles are more popular than the people's fat that went into making it.
Now Christians don't keep all 613 commandments that were given to Moses for the Jews to keep. Nor do they have one that tells them to be likeable either. So how have Christians managed to keep faith without suffering the same Jewish backlash?
Christians have created 30, 000 different denominations of Christians so one can pick which group is least dislikable to the newly convert. That same person wouldn't have that choice if they were all likeable, Christian leaders reason.
So how does one like a Christian when there are no commandment that orders a Christian to be likeable? One has to consider the alternative which is a Jew keeping 613 commandments that make them even more dislikable.
Love thy neighbour but be likeable yourself.
Harikrish biblical scholar and spiritual leader.
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The Bible is rife with alternative facts which the liberals would call contradictions. The Book of Genesis alone has quite a few alternative facts and here are a few.
GE 1:3-5 On the first day, God created light, then separated light and darkness.
GE 1:14-19 The sun (which separates night and day) wasn't created until the fourth day.
GE 1:11-12, 26-27 Trees were created before man was created.
GE 2:4-9 Man was created before trees were created.
GE 1:20-21, 26-27 Birds were created before man was created.
GE 2:7, 19 Man was created before birds were created.
GE 1:24-27 Animals were created before man was created.
GE 2:7, 19 Man was created before animals were created.
GE 1:26 Man is to have dominion over fish, birds, cattle, and all wild animals, yet--
GE 2:15-17 It is wrong to be able to tell good from evil, right from wrong.
GE 1:26-27 Man and woman were created at the same time.
GE 2:7, 21-22 Man was created first, woman sometime later.
GE 1:28 God encourages reproduction.
LE 12:1-8 God requires purification rites following childbirth which, in effect, makes childbirth a sin. (Note: The period for purification following the birth of a daughter is twice that for a son.)
GE 1:31 God was pleased with his creation.
GE 6:5-6 God was not pleased with his creation.
The Bible is also full of fuzzy math.
GE 11:26 Terah was 70 years old when his son Abram was born.
GE 11:32 Terah was 205 years old when he died (making Abram 135 at the time).
Why did the Jews trust Moses to write the Torah when it was know Moses was slow in speech and tongue.
Exodus 4:10 "Moses said to the LORD, "Pardon your servant, Lord. I have never been eloquent, neither in the past nor since you have spoken to your servant. I am slow of speech and tongue."
It took Moses 40 years to find the promise land. The journey to Canaan from Egypt is only a months journey on foot. Moses managed to put together 10 sentences/Commandments during his 40 years wandering in the desert and had to commit it to a stone tablet for fear he might forget them. He was not permitted to enter the promise land because he struck the rock instead of speaking to it as God had commanded him to do. Moses was not very good following instructions. If Moses was not the sharpest pencil in the bunch, what does it say about the Jews who followed him for 40 years wandering aimlessly in the hot desert sun?
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Why did Jesus find it so difficult to convince the people of his time that he was a messiah? Let us exagmine some of the methods he used to shed light on why he failed in his mission, Which was to save the lost people of Israel.
Matthew 15:24 He answered, "I was sent only to the lost sheep of the house of Israel. " -
Jesus tried to convince the people John tbe Baptist was the Elijah, The Elijah that was to come before the Lord. But John denied he was Elijah.
John 1:21 "Then who are you? " they inquired. "Are you Elijah? " He said, "I am not. " "Are you the Prophet? " He answered, "No. "
John the Baptiat was expecting a messiah that would deliver the people from their sins and Roman occupation. But instead Jesus went around playing doctor which cause John to doubt Jesus was the promised deliverer.
Matthew 11:3 to ask Him, "Are You the One who was to come, Or should we look for someone else? . . .
Jesus tried to convince the people through miracles that he was the messiah. But the people ignored his trickery and threatened to stone him for blasphemy.
John 10:33 "We are not stoning You for any good work, " said the Jews, "but for blasphemy, Because You, Who are a man, Declare Yourself to be God. "
Jesus then tried other gimmicks to convince the people. He tried to destroy the traditional family. That didn't work.
Matthew 10:34 "Do not suppose that I have come to bring peace to the earth. I did not come to bring peace, But a sword. 35 For I have come to turn ""a man against his father,
a daughter against her mother, A daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law"
36 a man"s enemies will be the members of his own household. "[c]
He promised them they would be saved if they ate his flesh and drank his blood. The people walked away in disgust.
John 6: 54 Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life, And I will raise them up at the last day. 55 For my flesh is real food and my blood is real drink. 56 Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood remains in me, And I in them.
66 From this time many of his disciples turned back and no longer followed him.
Jesus's family and the people who knew him were convinced he was a demon possessed madman.
Mark 3:21 When His family heard about this, They went out to take custody of Him, Saying, "He is out of His mind. "
John 10:20 Many of them said, "He is demon-possessed and insane. Why would you listen to Him? . . .
Jesus seeing he was losing the people decided to lay low for a while. He told his disciple to keep his identity a secret.
Matthew 16:20 Then He admonished the disciples not to tell anyone that He was the Christ.
So what made Jesus come out of the closet and go against he better instincts and self preservation. His drinking and alcoholism finally got to him. After some heavy drinking at Passover festival Jesus went out to pray. He prayed to God to take away the cup he was drinking from. His alcoholism was now apparent. He even stumbled and fell on his face in his drunken stupor.
Matthew 26:39 Going a little farther, He fell with his face to the ground and prayed, "My Father, If it is possible, May this cup be taken from me. Yet not as I will, But as you will. "
The next day Jesus was arrested and tried, Convicted and crucified. On the cross Jesus lamented. For someone with a messiah complex it had to be disappointing.
Matthew 27:46 About the ninth hour, Jesus cried out in a loud voice, "Eli, Eli, Lema sabachthani? " which means, "My God, My God, Why have you forsaken Me? "
Even the Pope declared Jesus's life was a failure and the cross a failure of God.
Pope Francis said during his whirlwind U. S. Tour. "And if at times OUR EFFORTS AND WORKS SEEM TO FAIL AND PRODUCE NO FRUIT, We need to REMEMBER that WE ARE FOLLOWERS OF JESUS we are followers of Jesus. . . And His LIFE, Humanly speaking, ENDED IN FAILURE, THE FAILURE OF THE CROSS. "
When you don"t understand something, When desperation hits you then look at the cross. THAT IS THE GREAT FAILURE OF GOD, THAT IS THE DESTRUCTION OF GOD, AND IT'S A CHALLENGE TO OUR FAITH.
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@Deb-8-a-bull
Say Harikrish is the greatest first!!!Do me, Do me.
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@janesix
How do you know that
The Christians use the Bible which is a Jewish account of God, creation and salvation because Christians don't have their own account of God. The Jews haven't taken them to court yet for copyright of plagiarism. But Jesus was a Jew and the Gospel writers Jews as well. The Hebrew Bible was written by Jews too. No Jewish God, no bible!!
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Let's say i have 3 pounds of corn seeds. Lets say i grow 180 pounds worth of corn with those seeds and 40 pounds of water was used to grow it.180-43=137Where did all this extra weight come from. 43 pounds turned into 180 poundsWere did the extra 137 pounds come from.The extra 137 pounds of corn magically came from nothing.#God Created life from nothing.
You said God only had 3 pounds of corn seeds. The seeds got nurishment from the soil and sun. Just like a baby is less than 10 pounds but can grow to hundreds of pounds without the mothers help. So God can only take credit for the 3+40 pounds. The farmer gets the rest of the credits.
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Ethang5's profile. ethang5 (slum dweller) 57-year old in Accra, Greater Accra Region, Ghana.
Ethang has been calling India a dirty country when he is living in Accra Ghana which is nothing but a dirty slum and Ghana ranked the 7th dirtiest country in the world.
In Accra New Town, In the heart of Ghana's capital, Most houses are built without toilet facilities.
265 slums identified in Accra alone.
https://www. Ghanaweb. Com/GhanaHomePage/NewsArchive/265-slums-identified-in-Accra-alone-626538
About 265 slums at different stages of development have been identified in Accra, A senior lecturer at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Dr. Prince K. Anokye has discloses .
Citing a recent research conducted by People"s Dialogue on Human Settlements (PD) Ghana, A non-governmental organisation (NGO), He said: "As many as about 116 are still in their infantile stage, With some already fully developed slums. "
Dr. Anokye was presenting findings on a literature review and research methodology used in a study of three informal settlements in Accra yesterday [Wednesday].
They are Madina Zongo, Agbogloshie and Chorkor.
Meet some Africans.
https://youtu. Be/1X2NRNVujhA
https://youtu. Be/2TPFBI2sYik
https://youtu. Be/_KytZItUQQk
Meet African doctors.
https://youtu. Be/xk2v6WyoHUY
https://youtu. Be/ecATcD9ng3Y
Africans like Ethang love to lick cows backsides.
https://youtu. Be/n8PYozPB-8I
Africans defecating outdoors.
https://youtu. Be/Lqg8I4w0ItM
Trump calls all African countries shitholes.
https://youtu. Be/HcMFmoTCdcU
https://youtu. Be/e-Odk4n_KeY
Ghana ranked 2nd only after Sudan in Africa on open defecation list.
https://youtu. Be/dznnlcG-bKI
Open defecation in Chorkor Accra Ghana.
https://youtu. Be/JsYKarjP3js
Slums in Accra Ghana.
"There are currently 23 slums in Ghana and 11 slums in Accra " this includes Tema and other major towns in the Greater Accra Region. 6 Major Slums have suffered from forced Evictions; our current focus is Old Fadama. Approximately 100 000 people are currently living in Old Fadama. In 2010 the number was 79 000. The slum is located in the heart of Accra, to the northwest of the city"s central business district. It comprises a mix of residential and commercial self-built structures and 56% of the residents earn their living from informal business activities. 72% of the population of Old Fadama"s current residents originate from one of Ghana"s three northern regions."
<ins>In Accra New Town, In the heart of Ghana's capital, Most houses are built without toilet facilities. </ins>
"In reality, Every house is supposed to have a toilet. But you know our people and how they build their houses " they don't locate any toilets. When nature calls, There is no place, " Bernice Ofei, A resident, Told DW.
"The only option for many is to go to the bush to defecate. Some had to use the neighbors' toilets, " said Nana Abena. The plastic bags of human excrement in communities bother Abena.
Ghana world"s 7th dirtiest country in the world behind 6 other African countries.
Ghana, which currently has a sanitation coverage of 15 per cent, is ranked after South Sudan which has a seven per cent coverage, Niger, 11 per cent; Chad, Madagascar and Togo, 12 per cent each and Sierra Leone which has a 13 per cent access to household toilets, the measurement used for the ranking.
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Harikrish,Well, why am I not surprised about the minion of Satan, TRADESECRET, being an ungodly sexual deviant? Add to this the fact that TRADESECRET is a Presbie, and you have one of the most ungodly combinations known in the religious world!Unfortunately for TRADESECRET, Jesus and I will now Bible Slap him silly once again because of the aforementioned facts shown above, to the point where he will once again find an excuse to leave DebateArt for another timely vacation to save further embarrassment. Then, if TRADESECRET comes back subsequent to another Brother D. bible correction beating in the name of Jesus, then he will be Bible Slapped again in even further godly embarrassment!A QUICK PRAYER: "Jesus, I know you are reading this post (Hebrews 4:13), therefore, get ready to give TRADESECRET another round of your TRUE words showing TRADESECRET the outcome to never even think about passing your Pearly Gates upon his earthly demise, but instead, you will pull the lever to the trap door of Hell when he arrives before you upon Judgment Day. Praise your murdering revenge upon the sinners like TRADESECRET that keeps sinning, when he knows it is wrong to do so!
Harikrish spiritual shaming detox centre is for those Christians and Muslims who have been disproportionately shamed into submission to their faith and are in need of a spiritual detoxification program that is both free and effective
Good intentions sometimes have unintended consequences and a familiar problem is shaming, specifically the shaming of people, both Christian and otherwise.
Shaming them into becoming better Christians (or at the very least, a Christian). Shaming them for their sins. Shaming them for their choices. Shaming them for not living up to a certain standard. Shaming them for not upholding expectations. Shaming people for reasons even I can't conjure up. Shaming in the name of faith and religion. Shaming for the sake of shaming. Friends, shaming people into making choices or following up on decisions or acting on their conscience or into living for Jesus is no way for the church to conduct its mandate.
Harikrish applies therapeutic spiritual shaming that not only corrects the harmful effects of past shaming, but reinforces self esteem, a can do spirit and recharged vigour to rejoin the human race.
All sessions will be interactive where the public can participate. This promotes real life solutions and develops practical adaptation skills that can be measured in real time.
To safeguard against members becoming addicted to Harikrish's therapeutic spiritual shaming, sessions will be designed to suit the persons threshold levels for pain, emotional detachment and mental development.
A namaste to all.
Harikrish.
It is a thankless job but somebody has to do it. I had to withdraw from seeking the moderator position because there is little point in moderating functioning idiots and Shitholes. Therapeutic spiritual shaming is a replacement therapy for those with past shaming experiences that resulted in severe trauma.
The Harikrish Spiritual Shaming Detox Centre is generating unusually high traffic and interest. Come get your head slapped for free.
Come and get your head slaped for free at the Harikrish Spiritual Shaming Detox Centre.
I noticed we have many new members joining DDO searching for answers.
At the Harikrish's spiritual shaming detox centre we have double bound Bible's we use on those who come to get their heads slapped for free. The close contact with the Bible and the hard impact of getting slapped on the head with a bible works wonders when done with a repeated conviction that scriptures can penetrate even the thickest skulls.
After a few of the head slapping techniques unique to Harikrish's detox centre members find it easier to just open the bible and read it. Those are the desired outcome and objectives of the head slapping program. Others may find other benefits like reorientation of priorities or moments of painful lucidity. Come and get your head slapped for free.
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@Alec
Where were you originally from? What country?
From the name Harikrish it should be easy to guess I am from India.
I am a Brahmin and Brahmins belong to the priestly caste in India.
I am a Vedantist raised in the Vedantic tradition and trained in esoteric scriptures, Christian Theology and Islamic Fundaméntalism. I moved to Canada and work in America in the IT field.
i am a biblical scholar and spiritual leader.
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Bible has got space and the universe correct time and time again,even going against current scientific theories at the time. There is massive credit that needs to be given to the Bible. They are lots of examples. Let’s take Isaiah 40:22 for example which states-”It is he that sitteth upon the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants thereof are as grasshoppers; that stretcheth out the heavens as a curtain, and spreadeth them out as a tent to dwell in:.”Ths description is fitting, the Earth is a circle viewed from the heavens and space. Today we know that the Earth is Round, Satellite images from NASA has confirmed this fact as well as the Biblical quoteFurthermore, Ancient Scientists and well rounded educated people after the 6th Century B.C(599-500) thought the Earth was round with Pythagoras, who was followed by Aristotle, Euclid, and Aristarchus, among others in observing that the earth was a sphere.However, the Book of Isaiah was written in the 8th Century BC making it the first historical account which talked about a round Earth.[LINK],[LINK],[LINK]
The earth is not a circle. The earth is a sphere. A circle is what you draw on a flat surface.
The Bible also says that the Earth floats in space on nothing. Consider Job 26:7 which states:”He stretcheth out the north over the empty place, and hangeth the earth upon nothing.”We now know today that yes, the Earth does hang on nothing. It is freely orbiting around the sun. To prove that the Bible has been correct, the ancient Greeks in the Bronze age when the Book of Job was written.[LINK] believed that the ancient God Titan Atlas held the Earth on his back.[LINK] The Bible has been correct before modern science could confirm it. Ancient people of God was correct while other ancient people without the Christian God were wrong.
Again here the Bible had no concept of gravity or gravitonal forces. it took Newton to discover it.
The Universe is Expanding and The Bible got it right. Let’s take Isaiah 40:22 again-”it is he that sitteth upon the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants thereof are as grasshoppers; that stretcheth out the heavens as a curtain, and spreadeth them out as a tent to dwell in:”This verse also proves that the universe is expanding, basically saying that God has expanded the universe, and spread them out further. We now know today that yes, the universe isexpanding. This fact was proven by the Hubble Space Telescope in 1929.[LINK} The New York Times reports:
Curtains and tents are not objects that expand or symbolize expansion.
“In an expanding universe, the further something is away from you, the faster it is receding. Hubble’s constant tells by how much.But measuring it requires divining the distances of lights in the sky — stars and even whole galaxies that we can never visit or recreate in the lab. The strategy since Hubble’s day has been to find so-called standard candles, stars or whole galaxies whose distances can be calculated by how bright they look from Earth.”[LINK]
Moses didn't even know how to get to Canaan which was only a months journey from Egypt by foot. It took him 40 years of wandering in the desert before he found Canaan. The math and science in the bible is lower that a fourth grade level.
jesus thought wine was made from water. No one cared because wine is made from grapes.
The Book of Isaiah was written in the 8th Century B.C,doing some math that means that the people inspired by the Christian God and the Bible knew about the expanding universe 2,629 years before it was officially discovered, this calculation was done by online-calculator[LINK]
The Ancient Jews never contributed anything towards science of math. They were less advanced than their neighbours the Egyptisns, Persians, Babylonians etc. In fact they were exiled from their homeland 4 times. Egypt, Persia, Babylon and Romans.
Their so called Messiah Christ was mocked, beaten, ridiculed by the Romans. Christians embraced Jesus because he taught only dead Jews could forgive the sins of Gentiles. Reason behind Hitler exterminating 6 million Jews.
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@Tradesecret
@BrotherDThomas
Harikrish,Talk about "Alternative Facts," where the king of this scenario is the Satanic bible rewriter TRADESECRET, where I had him turning into a pretzel in him trying in vain to rewrite the Bible to his way of thinking to make Jesus a nicer God, but when fully reading the Bible in a literal manner without any of TRADESECRETS insidious crystal balls or decoder rings of subjective interpretation, Jesus is a real SOB! What did we expect from a Presbyterian like TRADESECRET?Don't forget about the strong evidence, and the lack thereof, of Nazareth not even existing at the time of Jesus the Christ, where the term "Jesus of Nazareth" falls flat upon its face. Nonetheless, I still have to believe in Christianity because of its afterlife of a 1400 square mile Heaven and 65 foot walls, that we hope will keep the Presbyterians out, praise!
I have Tradesecret's confession he is a sex deviant. Tradesecret also said: and I can say I am Indian because I lived there for a while - have a serious problem with sex.
Post #6 Title Hindu temple Rape Case.
https://www. Debate. Org/forums/religion/topic/4341728/
Tradesecret said: Us Indians - and I can say I am Indian because I lived there for a while - have a serious problem with sex.
You confessed you are not the only sex deviant, you had with you a group of sex deviants accompanying you. Note: you said: We are sex deviants. Implying the group you were with were also sex deviants. You were passing through India on your way to Nepal, so you didn't know any Indian then.
You are a pastor visiting a country which views your religion suspiciously. Your mommy is a bible smuggler. You now confirm you are a sex deviant in a public confession " that is not a funny matter to humour about. It is public now you are a sexually perverted Pastor Tradesecret </em>
TS wrote: I never visited your country as a pastor. In fact when I was there I was an atheist looking for truth. I was on my way to Nepal. </strong>
LOL! - you can't even read.
You are lying again.
You start with"I can say I am Indian because I lived there for a while - have a serious problem with sex. "
Now you say you are on your way to Nepal. So you were actually just passing through India with destination Nepal. But you lied when you claimed you lived in India for a while. It is also clear you had a problem with sex before you left for India. It's in your confession.
But that did not stop you from pursuing your sexual deviant perversions and then confessing you have a problem with sex.
You are our first sex deviant pastor going public on DDO.
Tradesecret finally confessed he is a a sex deviant. Wow!
To all Christians Tradesecret confessed he is a sex deviant.
Tradesecret wrote: When I was released from slavery to sin and bondage to Satan, My eyes were opened. Although I willingly am a slave of Jesus, He does not treat me like a slave - but like a son. In fact he has promised me his inheritance. Slaves - such as you - will not receive an inheritance from your master - just death and destruction.
You further confessed you were a slave to sin. So you were aware of your sexual perversions and even went pursuing your sexual perversions in other countries.
Now you are expecting an inheritance from your master for confessing you are a liar and a sexual pervert.
Wow!! See how warped and perverted your mind is and the God that would give you an inheritance for confessing you are a liar and pervert. That's Christianity in a nutshell!!!
We are glad to hear you have overcome some of your sexual perversions. I guess you can call us lucky for having been spared your type of afflictions.
I lived in India and been to Nepal and never looked for or saw any sexual deviants. I was a Hindu then unlike you who was in search of God and deviant sexual partners.
it is possible because you are a sex deviant you became as pastor. That's like the pedophiles who become Catholic priest to prey on children. You just got busted!
TS said: Hari is the Indian - not TS.
So you lied when you said you are Indian. You said: Us Indians - <strong><ins>and I can say I am Indian because I lived there for a while -</strong></ins> have a serious problem with sex.
When pressed you confessed you lied.
You said: Not really. I am not really an Indian. I am too white. I also don't individually have a problem with sex. I think sex is a good thing. It is the Indians who really had a problem with sex.
There are 1.3 billion Indians. Sex is the least of their problems. Come get your head slapped at the Harikrish Clinic.
So you lied you are Indian. You lied Indians have a sex problem because you did not know Indians or live in India for a while, you were on your way to Nepal. But you confessed you have a problem with sex and the group you were with were sexual deviants. Note you said: <strong><ins>we are deviants.
You also pimp your mother and brag about her smuggling Bbles in China putting her in grave danger. The penalty is death for smuggling in China.
Tradesecret wrote: BTW my mother smuggled bibles in her suitcase into China. China at the time did not permit its Christians to have unedited bibles. China, As we all know, Likes to control and determine what its people can think and do. They don't like the Bible because it expects God's people to have a higher loyalty to God than to the State. My mother of whom I am proud, Put her life on the line and her freedom, In order to ensure that people in China could have an uncensored version of the bible in their own language.
You should be embarassed for pimping your mommy smuggler, Showing your scriptural ignorance and calling people names and even lying about Harikrish's sex.
You are the typical Christian PPP. Pimp, Pervert and Preacher.
I now have your confession you are a sex deviant. We have known the other two for a while. Pimp and Preacher.
Harikrish biblical scholar and spiritual leader.
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Jews are the only people who have been displaced from their homeland not once but 4 times.Not arguing this. Bye
For almost as long as the Jewish nation has existed, it has been persecuted and forced to wander from land to land: starting with slavery in Egypt, to the destruction of both temples in Jerusalem, to the Crusades, the pogroms, the Holocaust, and finally, modern day anti-Semitism.
These times of national displacement are known in Hebrew as galut, exile. The four primary periods of exile are known as “arba galuyot” (the four exiles).1
The Beginning: Egypt (1523 BCE – 1313 BCE)
The beginning of all galut, the root from which it grew and branched off, was when Jacob and his children left Canaan (as Israel was then called) because of famine and traveled to Egypt for food.2 There they settled, prospered and began to grow numerous.3 Fearing the growth of this nation, Pharaoh enslaved the children of Israel.4 After a period of 210 years, G‑d sent salvation through His servant Moses, smiting the Egyptians with the ten plagues.5 The Jewish people were redeemed and started their 40-year journey in the desert on their way back home to the Land of Israel.
The Egyptian exile served as the forerunner, and the prototype, for the four exiles that the Jewish people were later to endure.6 7
The Four Exiles
The prophet Daniel had a vision that subtly hints to the four exiles of the Jewish nation:
I saw in my vision by night...four great beasts…The first was like a lion...and behold, another beast, a second one, similar to a bear…Afterwards I beheld, and there was another, similar to a leopard…After that, as I looked on in the night vision, there was a fourth beast—fearsome, dreadful and very powerful.8
In Daniel's prophecy, each creature symbolizes an exile that the Jewish people were to undergo. The first was Babylon, the second Media/Persia, the third Greece, and finally Edom, commonly identified as Rome.9
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Bible is 'Alternate Facts'. .
The Jews are the only people who have been dislodged from their country twice in their history. The Jews were a tribal group surrounded by powerful neighbours like the Egyptians, Assyrians and Babylonians. There never made any contributions to math or science and most of their past were overshadowed by their more advanced neighbours. The Bible began as a book of the larger than life Patriarchs and the invention of the Jewish people in an attempt to reconstruct Jewish history with literary embellishment slanted towards success by inventing prophets and heroes where God rewarded the people when they obeyed his commandments and punished them when they failed. But history is not written in isolation and when the Jews tried to treat the bible as a historical record, Contradictions began to expose their literary overreach. Circumcision can only take a people so far and covenants are no guarantee against reality nor can it compensate for the burden of memory carried by the Jews who wished they were better than their neighbours and invented a narrative that reflected their deepest desires.
Now that we know why the contradictions were necessary in the creation of the Jewish people we can try to piece together how these contradictions served their narrative.
"Archeology demolishes the bible.
Israel Finkelstein, Chairman of the Archaeology Department at Tel Aviv University, With archaeology historian Neil Asher Silberman, Has just published a book called "The Bible Unearthed: Archaeology's New Vision of Ancient Israel and the Origin of Its Sacred Text. "
"The Israelites were never in Egypt, Did not wander in the desert, Did not conquer the land [of Canaan] in a military campaign and did not pass it on to the twelve tribes of Israel. Perhaps even harder to swallow is the fact that the united kingdom of David and Solomon, Described in the Bible as a regional power, Was at most a small tribal kingdom. "
Jerusalem was essentially a cow town, Not the glorious capital of an empire. These findings have been accepted by the majority of biblical scholars and archaeologists for years and even decades.
The tales of the patriarchs -- Abraham, Isaac and Joseph among others -- were the first to go when biblical scholars found those passages rife with anachronisms and other inconsistencies. The story of Exodus, One of the most powerful epics of enslavement, Courage and liberation in human history, Also slipped from history to legend when archaeologists could no longer ignore the lack of corroborating contemporary Egyptian accounts and the absence of evidence of large encampments in the Sinai Peninsula ("the wilderness" where Moses brought the Israelites after leading them through the parted Red Sea).
Finkelstein is an iconoclast. He established his reputation in part by developing a theory about the settlement patterns of the nomadic shepherd tribes who would eventually become the Israelites, Bolstering the growing consensus that they were originally indistinguishable from the rest of their neighbors, The Canaanites. This overturns a key element in the Bible: The Old Testament depicts the Israelites as superior outsiders -- descended from Abraham, A Mesopotamian immigrant -- entitled by divine order to invade Canaan and exterminate its unworthy, Idolatrous inhabitants.
The famous battle of Jericho, With which the Israelites supposedly launched this campaign of conquest after wandering for decades in the desert, Has been likewise debunked: The city of Jericho didn't exist at that time and had no walls to come tumbling down. These assertions are all pretty much accepted by mainstream archaeologists.
So why has the Bible a book of Alternat Facts fascinated the Western World and kept alive by 2 billion Christians when it was written to preserve the Jewish memory of their history reconstructed on Alternate Facts, Especially when the Bible did not serve the Jews well? The bible concluded in the demise of the Jewish people, Their messiah was crucified by the Romans, Jerusalem destroyed along with their temple followed by 2000 years of persecution and expulsions. It also left a sliver of hope that God would someday restore the Jewish nation to its everlasting glory. But how does that comport with the Christians who see their own salvation and future buried in the same Jewish narrative? . . . . . . . . Harikrish.
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And the curse continues.
God is sending plagues to Africa.
Over the last 40 years nearly 20 African countries (or about 40 percent of Africa south of the Sahara (SSA)) have experienced at least one period of civil war. . . . This state of affairs has created stereotypes of Africa as a doomed continent with inescapable ethnic cleavages and violent tribal conflict.
Aids could kill 90 million Africans, Says UN
Nearly 90 million Africans could die from Aids by 2025 without huge international investment, The UN said today, But 67 million people in Africa would still probably die of the disease.
The prediction from UNAids was that the African death toll from Aids would continue to rise no matter what was done but that 16 million people could be saved from death and 43 million from HIV infection if $200bn ("104bn). That sum is far more than donor nations have pledged thus far.
The UN agency report, Aids in Africa, Examined three potential scenarios for the continent in the next 20 years, Depending on the international community's contribution to fighting the epidemic. Even in the best case scenario, With donor nations contributing $200bn, UNAids warned the worst effects of the epidemic would still be to come.
More than 25 million Africans have already been infected with HIV, The virus that causes Aids. However, HIV infections could soar to 90 million, More than 10% of Africa's population, If more is not done soon to combat infection. UNAids estimated the number of Aids orphans could grow from the current 11 million to 27 million by 2025.
Such an outcome had enormous security implications, The agency said. "All these kids growing up without any reference point, They are going to be a very easy reserve for any warlord that comes along, " the execooiutive director of UNAids, Peter Piot, Said.
"In today's world, Aids threatens to destabilise certainly Africa, And perhaps eastern Europe, In a big way. That affects the wealthy countries in terms of migration, Decreasing markets and in terms of the fact that maybe troops will be sent [to restore peace] - all types of expensive consequences, " he said.
Researchers determined that even with greatly increased funding and better treatment, The number of Africans who will die from the virus is likely to reach 67 million.
"What we do today will change the future, " the report concludes. "These scenarios demonstrate that, While societies will have to deal with Aids for some time to come, The extent of the epidemic's impact will depend on the responses and investment now. "
"The scenarios are not predictions, They are plausible stories about the future, " Mr Piot said. They "highlight the various choices that are likely to confront African countries in the coming decades, " he said.
The worst scenario, According to the report, "offers a disturbing window on the future death toll across the continent, With the cumulative number of people dying from Aids increasing more than fourfold. . . The number of children orphaned by the epidemic will continue to rise beyond 2025. "
Aids already has a devastating impact on the continent. UNAids has reported that life expectancy in nine countries has dropped to below 40 because of the disease. There are 11 million Aids orphans in Africa, And 6, 500 people are dying from the disease each day. In 2004, 3 million people were newly infected, The agency said.
"If, By 2025, Millions of African people are still becoming infected with HIV each year. . . It will not be because there was no choice, " the report said. "It will be because, Collectively, There was insufficient political will to change behaviour at all levels from the institution, To the community, To the individual and halt the forces driving the Aids epidemic in Africa. "
African American babies rapidly becoming a vanishing species
Black women have highest abortion rate than any group
Abortion has been a controversial issue among African American women long the before the 1973 Supreme Court ruling in Roe vs. Wade. Very often, Black women must navigate political barriers, Racism and cultural expectations of motherhood when seeking to end a pregnancy.
The numbers are alarming. African American women are reportedly five times more likely than White women to undergo abortions. This striking difference is sometimes attributed to a suggested higher rate of unintended pregnancies when compared to White women,
The CDC has also reported that during the 1970s roughly 24 percent of all U. S. Abortions were performed on Black women. That figure rose to about 35 percent during the 1980s and '90s and stands at 37 percent today. Last year, A Pew Research survey found that there is not much of an ideological divide between Blacks and Whites when it comes to abortion and although a Black woman is reportedly five times more likely than a White woman to undergo the operation, Black women are more than twice as likely to live in poverty than white women.
The United Nations is calling for the end of "widespread impunity" for sex attackers in a country where up to three quarters of all women and girls have been raped.
A new report found that children under the age of five were among those sexually attacked last year in Liberia, Where the vast majority of documented rape victims are minors.
UNITED NATIONS - The United Nations says it needs $4.4 billion by July to prevent famine in Yemen, South Sudan, Somalia and northeastern Nigeria.
"We stand at a critical point in history," O'Brien told council members. "Now, more than 20 million people across four countries face starvation and famine. Without collective and coordinated global efforts, people will simply starve to death."
Nothing good ever came out of Africa. Nothing good ever happened to Africans. From African slavery to modern plagues. Why? Why? 80% of Africans are Christians. I rest my case.
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@YitzGoldberg
I don't have time for your stupidity.
Do you have time for a kosher candle?
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