Strange, you never heard any of these verses read from a pulpit on a Sunday.
Family Values.
Luke 14:26
"If anyone comes to me and does not hate his father and mother, his wife and children, his brothers and sisters--yes, even his own life--he cannot be my disciple
You Aren't Worthy.
Matthew 10:37
"Anyone who loves his father or mother more than me is not worthy of me; anyone who loves his son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me;
May You Be Perpetually Pissed.
Luke 14:25 Large crowds were traveling with Jesus, and turning to them he said:
John 12:25 The man who loves his life will lose it, while the man who hates his life in this world will keep it for eternal life.
Like It Or Not.
Luke 19-27 To those mine enemies that wish me not to be king over him, find him, bring him in front of me and kill him"
Though the New Testament is at first glance more civil than the Old Testament it remains a source of degrading and regressive initiatives focused on forced credulity via threat of damnation or reward of salvation, ensuring that reaping moral power over and the monetary profits from said credulous continues.
The New Testament brings it's own baggage, one such bag, which is oddly enough one of the most renowned concepts of the New Testament, but yet one of the lesser understood. - The concept of the creation of Hell.
I think its important to remember that there was No Hell in the Old Testament.
It wasn't until peaceful loving and forgiving Jesus meek and mild that the concept of eternal damnation came to the Abrahamic faith.
It wasn't the Old Testament gods idea to burn people in a shore less lake of fire for eternity, the only punishment in the Old Testament for unbelievers after death is 'an absence of god', there was no special place for punishments after the ground had covered you over....
Well, at least until the prince of peace arrived with a fiery eternal torture cell for mankind to fear - because he loves you.
Listen,
If your going to allow a myth to employ your mind, Is This Really The Guy You Wanna Work For?
Thursday, July 26, 2012
Wednesday, July 25, 2012
The USA Is No Christian Nation.
There was no mention of a God or the Bible in our Constitution or any other governing document written or signed by our nations founders.
The Declaration of Independence, which is NOT a governing document but a declaration to the monarch of our intent to succeed includes mention of a creator, but no mention of which of the 5000+ that man has dreamt up. At any rate, the Declaration of Independence, AGAIN, is not a governing document.
One might reference the "Treaty of Sicily" which was fashioned during George Washington's presidency and enacted during John Adams' term. Unanimously passed and plainly stated
"The United States of America is in no way a Christian Nation. Has no allegiance to the Christian faith, the Jewish Faith or that of the Musselman (Muslims)".
Further opportunity to invoke a deity into our countries foundation was given when our founders created
"The Federalist Papers".
These documents written by each of our founding congressmen describing in detail their personal defenses and reasonings for every aspect and amendment of the Constitution.
Within these papers, not a single writer etched a single mention of a God or Jesus, a Holy (or Unholy) Ghost, a Virgin, or a Sacrificial Lamb.
The only reference to religion is of protections from and of.
Our pluralistic society would not exist otherwise..
Though some of our founders were theist, a few were deist, and a pinch of agnostics (an athesit would have been shunned or shot) but they all knew the importance of keeping religion segregated from government.
If anymore is needed to show we are not currently a christian nation, one can reflect on the rhetoric over the past few years about the health care act (aka, my brothers keeper, sell everything you own and give it to the poor, heal the sick and feed the poor) and you can plainly see that a large sect of this "christian nation" wants no part in being "their brothers keeper", they certainly aren't "selling their shit to give anything to anybody", and couldn't care less if they fell over sick and died, (unless of course it was on their property).
So there is no evidence that we were and certainly no evidence that we currently are, a Christian nation.
The Declaration of Independence, which is NOT a governing document but a declaration to the monarch of our intent to succeed includes mention of a creator, but no mention of which of the 5000+ that man has dreamt up. At any rate, the Declaration of Independence, AGAIN, is not a governing document.
One might reference the "Treaty of Sicily" which was fashioned during George Washington's presidency and enacted during John Adams' term. Unanimously passed and plainly stated
"The United States of America is in no way a Christian Nation. Has no allegiance to the Christian faith, the Jewish Faith or that of the Musselman (Muslims)".
Further opportunity to invoke a deity into our countries foundation was given when our founders created
"The Federalist Papers".
These documents written by each of our founding congressmen describing in detail their personal defenses and reasonings for every aspect and amendment of the Constitution.
Within these papers, not a single writer etched a single mention of a God or Jesus, a Holy (or Unholy) Ghost, a Virgin, or a Sacrificial Lamb.
The only reference to religion is of protections from and of.
Our pluralistic society would not exist otherwise..
Though some of our founders were theist, a few were deist, and a pinch of agnostics (an athesit would have been shunned or shot) but they all knew the importance of keeping religion segregated from government.
If anymore is needed to show we are not currently a christian nation, one can reflect on the rhetoric over the past few years about the health care act (aka, my brothers keeper, sell everything you own and give it to the poor, heal the sick and feed the poor) and you can plainly see that a large sect of this "christian nation" wants no part in being "their brothers keeper", they certainly aren't "selling their shit to give anything to anybody", and couldn't care less if they fell over sick and died, (unless of course it was on their property).
So there is no evidence that we were and certainly no evidence that we currently are, a Christian nation.
The Eight Things Jesus Says You Must Do To Get Into Heaven.
The most common misconception by Christians is that all one must do to gain entry to heaven is to "believe" that Jesus is the son of a God.
This can be described as "Christian AlaCarte" or more popularly known as Cafeteria Christianity. In essence picking and choosing which of the Bibles edicts they choose to recognize and which to ignore.
The bible, from Jesus' own jowls, gives clear instructions on how to get into heaven, they are as follows.
STEP 1. LUKE CH 10:25
On one occasion an expert in the law stood up to test Jesus. “Teacher," he asked, “what must I do to inherit eternal life?"
26. "What is written in the Law?"(not commandments) he replied. “How do you read it?"
27. He answered: " 'Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind and, 'Love your neighbor as yourself.
28. "You have answered correctly," Jesus replied. “Do this and you will live."
STEP 2. LUKE 18:
18. A certain ruler asked him, “Good teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?"
19. "Why do you call me good?" Jesus answered. “No one is good—except God alone.
20. You know the commandments: 'Do not commit adultery, do not murder, do not steal, do not give false testimony, honor your father and mother.
21. "All these I have kept since I was a boy," he said.
22. When Jesus heard this, he said to him, “You still lack one thing. Sell everything you have and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow me."
STEP 3. LUKE CH 14 :26.
"If anyone comes to me and does not hate his father and mother, his wife and children, his brothers and sisters—yes, even his own life—he cannot be my disciple.
27. And anyone who does not carry his cross and follow me cannot be my disciple.
33. In the same way, any of you who does not give up everything he has cannot be my disciple.
STEP 4. JOHN 6 : 53.
Jesus said to them, “I tell you the truth, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you have no life in you.
54. Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life, and I will raise him up at the last day.
STEP 5. MATTHEW 18: 2.
He called a little child and had him stand among them.
3. And he said: “I tell you the truth, unless you change and become like little children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven
STEP 6. JOHN 3:
3. In reply Jesus declared, “I tell you the truth, no one can see the kingdom of God unless he is born again.
4. "How can a man be born when he is old?" Nicodemus asked. “Surely he cannot enter a second time into his mother’s womb to be born!"
5. Jesus answered, “I tell you the truth, no one can enter the kingdom of God unless he is born of water and the Spirit.
6. Flesh gives birth to flesh, but the Spirit gives birth to spirit.
7. You should not be surprised at my saying, 'You must be born again.'
8. The wind blows wherever it pleases. You hear its sound, but you cannot tell where it comes from or where it is going. So it is with everyone born of the Spirit."
STEP 7. MATTHEW 5:
17. "Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I have not come to abolish them but to fulfill them.
18. I tell you the truth, until heaven and earth disappear, not the smallest letter, not the least stroke of a pen, will by any means disappear from the Law until everything is accomplished.
19. Anyone who breaks one of the least of these commandments and teaches others to do the same will be called least in the kingdom of heaven, but whoever practices and teaches these commands will be called great in the kingdom of heaven.
20. For I tell you that unless your righteousness surpasses that of the Pharisees and the teachers of the law, you will certainly not enter the kingdom of heaven.
STEP 8. JOHN 3:
16. "For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.
O.K. Now lets look at these shall we?
1. Love god and all your neighbors..simple enough Eh?
2.Keep the commandments and SELL EVERYTHING...sell everything?? Your house, car, cell phone, computer, etc?Then be a deciple?
Hope you have an active E-Bay account and a lot of time to sell your stuff..
3.Now a few mind calisthenics are required. You have to hate everyone...
How can you honor your mother and father and hate them at the same time? How can you love your neighbors and hate them? Besides the fact that it is impossible to love anyone as you love yourself. Then again a reaffirmation of giving(selling) EVERYTHING you own.
4.Eat Flesh and drink blood???...Even if it is metaphorical..Sounds more like a satanic cult than not.
5.Become like children..Flesh eating and blood drinking children Of course...
6.Be born again.
( And just for the record, We know where wind comes from and also
where it goes. )
7. Be more righteous than the pharasies..
613 laws in the old testament and the pharasies followed them religiously. 100+ of those madated animal sacrifice..
Nobody can legally be more righteous than the pharasies and PETA would have your ass.
8.Just remember that this step is just one of 8..
No more or no less important than the other steps.
The other 7 steps have just as much weight as John 3:16...
SO, you have to love everyone and hate everyone.
Give up or sell all your stuff.
Eat flesh and drink blood.
Become like children and be born again.
Follow all 613 laws in the old testament
and believe in jesus...
So tell me now, according to these 8 steps, who's getting in and who is staying here with me? There's is room on my Ark.....
This can be described as "Christian AlaCarte" or more popularly known as Cafeteria Christianity. In essence picking and choosing which of the Bibles edicts they choose to recognize and which to ignore.
The bible, from Jesus' own jowls, gives clear instructions on how to get into heaven, they are as follows.
STEP 1. LUKE CH 10:25
On one occasion an expert in the law stood up to test Jesus. “Teacher," he asked, “what must I do to inherit eternal life?"
26. "What is written in the Law?"(not commandments) he replied. “How do you read it?"
27. He answered: " 'Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind and, 'Love your neighbor as yourself.
28. "You have answered correctly," Jesus replied. “Do this and you will live."
STEP 2. LUKE 18:
18. A certain ruler asked him, “Good teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?"
19. "Why do you call me good?" Jesus answered. “No one is good—except God alone.
20. You know the commandments: 'Do not commit adultery, do not murder, do not steal, do not give false testimony, honor your father and mother.
21. "All these I have kept since I was a boy," he said.
22. When Jesus heard this, he said to him, “You still lack one thing. Sell everything you have and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow me."
STEP 3. LUKE CH 14 :26.
"If anyone comes to me and does not hate his father and mother, his wife and children, his brothers and sisters—yes, even his own life—he cannot be my disciple.
27. And anyone who does not carry his cross and follow me cannot be my disciple.
33. In the same way, any of you who does not give up everything he has cannot be my disciple.
STEP 4. JOHN 6 : 53.
Jesus said to them, “I tell you the truth, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you have no life in you.
54. Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life, and I will raise him up at the last day.
STEP 5. MATTHEW 18: 2.
He called a little child and had him stand among them.
3. And he said: “I tell you the truth, unless you change and become like little children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven
STEP 6. JOHN 3:
3. In reply Jesus declared, “I tell you the truth, no one can see the kingdom of God unless he is born again.
4. "How can a man be born when he is old?" Nicodemus asked. “Surely he cannot enter a second time into his mother’s womb to be born!"
5. Jesus answered, “I tell you the truth, no one can enter the kingdom of God unless he is born of water and the Spirit.
6. Flesh gives birth to flesh, but the Spirit gives birth to spirit.
7. You should not be surprised at my saying, 'You must be born again.'
8. The wind blows wherever it pleases. You hear its sound, but you cannot tell where it comes from or where it is going. So it is with everyone born of the Spirit."
STEP 7. MATTHEW 5:
17. "Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I have not come to abolish them but to fulfill them.
18. I tell you the truth, until heaven and earth disappear, not the smallest letter, not the least stroke of a pen, will by any means disappear from the Law until everything is accomplished.
19. Anyone who breaks one of the least of these commandments and teaches others to do the same will be called least in the kingdom of heaven, but whoever practices and teaches these commands will be called great in the kingdom of heaven.
20. For I tell you that unless your righteousness surpasses that of the Pharisees and the teachers of the law, you will certainly not enter the kingdom of heaven.
STEP 8. JOHN 3:
16. "For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.
O.K. Now lets look at these shall we?
1. Love god and all your neighbors..simple enough Eh?
2.Keep the commandments and SELL EVERYTHING...sell everything?? Your house, car, cell phone, computer, etc?Then be a deciple?
Hope you have an active E-Bay account and a lot of time to sell your stuff..
3.Now a few mind calisthenics are required. You have to hate everyone...
How can you honor your mother and father and hate them at the same time? How can you love your neighbors and hate them? Besides the fact that it is impossible to love anyone as you love yourself. Then again a reaffirmation of giving(selling) EVERYTHING you own.
4.Eat Flesh and drink blood???...Even if it is metaphorical..Sounds more like a satanic cult than not.
5.Become like children..Flesh eating and blood drinking children Of course...
6.Be born again.
( And just for the record, We know where wind comes from and also
where it goes. )
7. Be more righteous than the pharasies..
613 laws in the old testament and the pharasies followed them religiously. 100+ of those madated animal sacrifice..
Nobody can legally be more righteous than the pharasies and PETA would have your ass.
8.Just remember that this step is just one of 8..
No more or no less important than the other steps.
The other 7 steps have just as much weight as John 3:16...
SO, you have to love everyone and hate everyone.
Give up or sell all your stuff.
Eat flesh and drink blood.
Become like children and be born again.
Follow all 613 laws in the old testament
and believe in jesus...
So tell me now, according to these 8 steps, who's getting in and who is staying here with me? There's is room on my Ark.....
Wednesday, May 2, 2012
Think Before Speaking
Too many times, too many people tend to allow their mouths to override their intellect.
One would be well advised to be well advised on the issue at hand in the event that you may butt up against someone that actually DOES know what you are trying to talk about.
One would be well advised to be well advised on the issue at hand in the event that you may butt up against someone that actually DOES know what you are trying to talk about.
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)