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"People often take the truths of a tradition on
faith accepting the testimony of others but find that the
inner kernel of the
religion, its luminous
essence, remains elusive." - Karen Armstrong
"The doctrine of Biblical inerrancy is the
religious counterpart of the scientific
ambition to axiomatize
reality. Here is certainty! No longer is it necessary to look within
oneself to know truth - it is all laid out
in black and
white!" - Charles
Eisenstein
"The most effective way to close down
the human mind and to
maniplulate its sense of self is to program into it some form of dogma. A dogma
will always vehemently defend itself from other information and
repel any alternative opinion
which contradicts its narrow,
solidified view." - David Icke
Throughout history sacred text has been
edited, corrected, redacted, combined, re-edited and re-corrected by both
foolish and unscrupulous
men.
A sacred text interpreter attempting to
clarify conceptual understanding may
corrupt sacred text by shifting persepctive from that of
metaphorical allegory to
that of literal
interpretation.
Some
purposefully obscured sacred writings for personal gain.
A literal reading of "sacred
text" is meant for children.
Mature adults understand "sacred text" as metaphoric allegory.
Our storehouse of knowledge has been looted
repeatedly over time.
The libraries of the
Egyptians, the
Greeks, the
Romans, the
Venetians, as well
as countless others have been destroyed by religious zealots.
In
China when a dynasty fell
newly empowered officials went back and rewrote the history of the past hundred
or more years to shine a favorable light on those currently in power.
"From the totalitarian point of view history is something to be created
rather than learned. A totalitarian state is in effect a theocracy, and its
ruling caste, in order to keep its
position, has to be thought of as infallible.
But since, in practice, no one is infallible,
it is frequently necessary to rearrange past events in order to show that this
or that mistake was not made, or that
this or that imaginary triumph actually
happened." - George Orwell
Before
the School of Athens partitioned
reality into fields of study
political
affiliation was synonymous with religious affiliation.
Men became gods and gods became men so gods
could die !
Tribal mergers took place in much the same way as
corporate mergers take place with some elements of each tribe being
incorporated into the merged tribal structure but with the predominant tribe
largely dictating the tradition of the
social cultural system.
In the Levant the god of creation,
El, went through
multiple name changes when the gods
of neighboring tribes kept being folded in.
A tribes god bound the tribe together and
as the empire builders went to work in
the Levant they quickly learned that the best way to get a tribe to submit
was to adopt the gods of conquered
tribes as lesser gods.
The
Roman Catholics adopted this method and by giving local gods sainthood.
Within the closeted group individuals adhering to the commonly held
religious
(political) ideology become 'chosen ones' while those on the
outside remained 'other'.
"For
the chosen people racialism
substitutes the chosen race , selected as the instrument of destiny,
ultimately to inherit the earth. In the case of
racialism, this is thought of as a kind
of natural law; the biological
superiority of the blood of the chosen race explains the course of history,
past, present, and future; it is
nothing but the struggle of
races for mastery." - Karl Popper
Three hundred years before the birth of
Jesus the Therapeutae the
Cult of Serapis, founded by
Ptolemy the Savior, required
believers to make a 'leap of faith'
by adhering to the professed
mythological structure to attain afterlife.
Before this period of
time only rulers, such as Pharaoh
Akhenaten, had the magical ability to return to life from the heavens above
(as Tutankhamun).
All religious dogma requires believers
to suspend belief in their senses, their experience and
their understanding of natural
reality.
No person in
a natural state of mind can accept
breaches to the Laws of Physics
which are also the Laws of the Creator and Susatiner.
People
expect reality to
conform to their current understanding
of reality and yet understanding of reality must constantly be reevaluated
as experience and knowledge is
gained, both consciously and
subconsciously.
The
knowledge gained subconsciously is generally unavailable to the ego,
the conscious thought
stream, unless you are walking the
Thinspace.
"Leaders of religion, in every age, have hindered
their people from attaining the shores of
eternal salvation, inasmuch as
they held the reins of authority in
their mighty grasp." - Bahá'u'lláh
To identify a Snake, a false religious teacher, look for the
following traits:
Many Snakes start out with a good
heart and the right intentions but
fall into the transcendental
temptation as they gain pride with their new
found power of molding emotion and thought.
Snakes, many times holding
academic credentials, claim their training gives them a unique
understanding.
Snakes will ask you to trust them to function as
intercessors.
A Snake will take advantage of an individual seeking
religious succor as an aid in coping with the
tragedy of life when they are more
malleable and open to religious suggestion .
Snakes claim the only way
to heaven is through accepting their interpretation of
scripture.
Snakes concentrate on certain thought forms, concepts and
ideas in a deliberate intent to excite intense
emotional turmoil and confusion.
Snakes
employ psychology using the
power of
persuasion, the power of deception,
cold reading
techniques, Forer
effect/Barnum statements, shotgunning techniques and the
rainbow ruse.
Snakes
use unreasoning terror and fear
as control mechanisms.
Snakes promise
supernatural power,
speaking in
tongues and will heal you.
Snakes suggest that if pray hard enough,
have enough faith or are righteous
then you can physically alter the
noumenon with your prayers.
Snakes claim that their
closeness to God is exhibited in the material wealth that God showered upon
them while they relentless sell you the latest installment of their prophetic
revelations in the form of
conferences, books,
CDs and DVDs.
"Beware of the teachers of religion! For in pride
they wear the robes of the rich and scholarly, and to have everyone bow to them
as they walk through the markets. They love to sit in the
best seats in the synagogues,
and at the places of honor at
banquets, but they cheat widows out of their homes and then, to cover up what
they really are, they pretend to be pious by
praying long
prayers in public. It is hard for
those who trust in
riches to understand the Word of God. It
is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a
rich man to
hear and understand the Word of
God."
"Beware of false religious teachers who come. You
can detect them by the way they act, just as you can identify a
tree by its
fruit. Different kinds of
fruit trees can quickly be
identified by examining their fruit. A variety that produces
delicious fruit never produces an
inedible fruit. And a
tree producing an inedible
fruit can't produce what is good.
So the trees having the inedible fruit are chopped down and thrown on
the fire. The way to identify a tree
or a individual is by the fruit
produced. Not all who sound religious are. They may refer to me as 'Lord,' but
still won't get to heaven, for the decisive question is whether they
obey the
Law of God."
New Thought
Phineas Parkhurst
Quimby 1802 Phineas Parkhurst
Quimby is born in Lebanon, New Hampshire. He is generally recognized as the
"Father of New Thought." Phineas Parkhurst Quimby was a
philosopher, magnetizer,
mesmerist, healer,
and 'scientist'. New Thought metaphysics
denies objective material reality.
Phineas Parkhurst Quimby transmitted his views to victims Warren Felt Evans,
Mary Baker Eddy, and Julius and Annetta Dresser.
Essek William Kenyon
was another New Thought proponent, and
Kenneth E. Hagin the founder of
Word of Faith movement used Essek
William Kenyon's ideas almost verbatim.
Kenneth Copeland and all
other Word of Faith proponents trace
their roots back to Kenneth E.
Hagin and Essek William Kenyon.
Essek William Kenyon
1892 Essek William Kenyon desired to
be an actor and attended the Emerson School of Oratory in Boston.
1898 Essek William Kenyon opens Bethel Bible Institute.
All the religious movements arising from
New Thought preach the supremacy of the
spiritual over the material claiming
the material reality is a
fantastic "Matrix" like
construct and that true reality exists only in the spiritual realm.
New Thought preaches the
human spirit creates physical
health; the human mind through
positive mental attitude and
positive confession has the
supernatural power
to create its own
reality - health, wealth and
dominion.
By using the precepts of
New Thought spiritual forces can be
manipulated by the will of the individual.
"I know that I am
healed because He
said that I am
healed and it
makes no difference what the symptoms may be in my body.
I laugh at them, and in the Name
of Jesus I command the author of the disease to leave my body." - Essek William
Kenyon
Essek William Kenyon's
New Thought followers include
Norman Vincent Peale,
Robert H. Schuller,
Kenneth E. Hagin,
Kenneth Copeland and many others including
Bill Hybels of Willow Creek.
William Marrion Branham
reports supernatural
visitations at ages 3 and 7.
1933
William Marrion
Branham preaches to three thousand people in a tent
revival in Jeffersonville
Indiana and later builds Branham Tabernacle.
William Marrion Branham
basically births the entire
Healing Revival
movement and its offshoot the
Signs and Wonders movement
which television neoevangelists have
capitalized on ever since.
early sixties
William Marrion Branham claimes that he is the end-times "Elijah" - the "Messenger of the Covenant".
William
Marrion Branham, an original Kansas
City "prophet", became a Charismatic Pentacostal legend by filling the
worlds largest auditoriums and stadiums by demonstrating the "Gift of
Discernment" and the "Word of
Knowledge".
William Marrion
Branham claimed he was guided by an
angel who was scientifically revealed in a photo image as "Cloven Tongues of
Fire".
William Marrion Branham
taught the "Two Seed dogma";
mentored Oral Roberts;
proclaimed himself the "angel of
revelation"; preached
Manifest Sons
dogma; claimed to have witnessed a resurrection due to his intercession and
helped cross-pollinate the entire "Positive Confession /
Word of Faith movement" with
Manifest Sons
dogma.
1965William Marrion
Branham ascends. His followers expect him to be resurrected. They are still
waiting.
"In Bible Days, there were men of God who were Prophets
and Seers. But in all the Sacred records, none of these had a greater ministry
than that of William Marrion Branham." - 1961 Voice, magazine of the
Full Gospel Business Men International
Kenneth E.
Hagin mythology, founder of RHEMA
(utterance) Bible Training Center, "RHEMA logos
Positive Confession" borrowed
from William Marrion Branham's positive
confession teachings. Kenneth E.
Hagin, never received any formal theological training, although he received
an honorary doctorate from
Oral Roberts
University, a non-profit 501c3, in the 1970s. (In 2008
debt ridden Oral Roberts
University was abandoned by Benny Hinn and
Creflo A. Dollar who were board members
when a spending scandal by Richard Roberts, Oral Roberts son, came to light.
Benny Hinn and Creflo A.
Dollar were being investigated in 2007 by Senator Charles E. Grassley for
violating tax-exempt status by living lavishly on the backs of small donors.)
You Tube - Brother William Branham: 20th Century
Prophet
"Then the Lord said to me, "The prophets are prophesying
lies in my name. I have not sent them or appointed them or spoken to them. They
are prophesying to you false visions, divinations, idolatries and the delusions
of their own minds." - Jeremiah 14:14
1983
Rodney
Howard-Browne attended RHEMA Bible
Training Center, a non-profit
501c3
institution, in South Africa from where he graduates .
"One night I was preaching on hell, and
laughter just hit
the whole place. The more I told people what hell was like, the more they
laughed." -
Rodney
Howard-Browne
"So began the so-called
Laughter revival
in the US passed down from Rodney Howard-Browne to
Randy Clark from
Randy Clark to
John Arnott the
pastor of the
Toronto
Airport Vineyard." - Dr. Eddy Cheong
"What shall we say about
Rodney Howard-Browne's ministry? It is the result of a deceptive scheme of
manipulation and crowd control, not the
genuine work of God. Jesus said, "You will know them by their fruits."
Remember:
supernatural power,
signs and wonders are insufficient to determine someone's true nature. Israel
was misled and deceived in their days, and numerous Christians are misled and
deceived today. Just look deeper than what meets the eyes." - Yves Brault
Rodney Howard-Browne's meetings are a good example of a scripted
performance running to a definite plan and using
psychological techniques to maniplulate
listeners. Rodney Howard-Browne's performance is mesmeric - carefully and
minutely staged to best effect.
Rodney Howard-Browne openly insults
anyone who does not
submit to his
methods. Any individual foolhardy enough to sit still, read the Bible, and
resist the waves of laughter is
publicly branded "a religious
Pharisee" and when that individual eventually walks out, Rodney
Howard-Browne mocks them.
Jimmy Swaggart,
television neoevangelist
and prolific showman, was baptized by the Holy Spirit at the age of eight while
attending an Assemblies of God meeting. Attendance at Jimmy Swaggart's meetings
originally were boosted by his cousin Jerry Lee Lewis. As head of the
Pentecostal Bible College,
a
non-profit 501c3, Jimmy Swaggart conducted
a television neoevangelist ministry of national prominence on par with Benny
Hinn and Jim Bakker.
Jimmy
Swaggart was caught one day with a prostitute
in a local motel. Then was found to frequent prostitutes. Jimmy
Swaggart never repented and was defrocked by the Assemblies of God in
April, 1988.
"If I do not return to the pulpit this weekend, millions of
people will go to hell." - Jimmy
Swaggart
YouTube - 1986 Jimmy Swaggart show promo
Tim LaHaye & Hal Lindsey
Both Tim LaHaye and Hal Lindsey write as if what they say in
fiction somehow contributes to the promotion of biblical eschatology.
Tim LaHaye, founder and president of psychologically oriented Family
Life Seminars, is best known for the Left Behind series of
apocalyptic fiction.
"We've fallen
in love with the characters and the people and we're dreaming about what's
going to happen to them. It's really a fun experience." - Tim LaHaye
Hal Lindsey
claims that according to Biblical prophecy the European Union is destined to
become a "Revived Roman Empire" ruled by the "Antichrist." Hal Lindsey, a "Christian Zionist", also wrote
Satan Is Alive and Well on Planet Earth.
Hal Lindsey hosted
International Intelligence Briefing on the Trinity Broadcasting
Network.
"The program this week addressed the tremendous
political upheaval in Israel – including the toppling of the government
– in the wake of the Gaza withdrawals. It warned about the peril America
faces if we pull out of Iraq and leave the
perception that
radical Islamic terrorists
defeated the worlds only superpower. A unique and dynamic exclusive interview
that I was fortunate enough to conduct with Binyamin Netanyahu while in
Jerusalem was also rejected from being aired on this week's show." - Hal
Lindsey
"I didn't ask to be a hero, but I
guess I have become one in the Christian community. So I accept it." - Hal
Lindsey
"The Tim LaHaye School of
Prophecy convenes its first classes in January 2002. This Liberty
University diploma program will be an extension of Liberty Baptist
Theological Seminary and will meet at the Thomas Road Baptist Church
in Lynchburg. Dr. LaHaye and I share a common burden to train 21st Century
church leaders and eschatological teachers who fully understand the doctrine of
the premillennial, pretribulational coming of Christ for all of His Church. The
first 500 students to enroll in The Tim LaHaye School of Prophecy will
receive a 90% tuition scholarship worth $8,000. This means the first 500
students will pay a tuition price of only $1,000-per-semester ($2,000 for the
entire year). Regular one-year tuition cost, without the scholarship, is
$10,000." - Jerry Falwell. Jerry
Falwell's sons, Jerry Jr. and Jonathan, took over Jerry Falwell's megachurch
non-profit 501c3
empire when Jerry Falwell died
in 2007 of cogestive heart failure.
The neoevangelicals that served with
Tim LaHaye at Coalition for Religious Freedom as executive committee
and/or advisory board members were Don Wildmon (founder of American Family
Association, a non-profit 501c3 with an annual budget of about $14 million,
owns 180 American Family neoevangelic radio stations in 28 states.
Marlin Maddoux (Point Of View nationwide neoevangelic radio talk show
host), Paul Crouch (Trinity Broadcasting
Network founder), Hal Lindsey, James Robison, Jimmy
Swaggart, and Dennis James Kennedy (television and radio neoevangelist of
Coral Ridge Presbyterian Church).
Beverly LaHaye's Concerned Women
for America has long accepted Adolf Coors' money, which has hindered the
Concerned Women for America from tackling alcohol-related issues.
(Alcohol is the nation's number one "drug problem," accounting for over $100
billion in economic costs and 105,000
deaths
each year.)
1974Dennis James Kennedy founds
Coral Ridge Ministries, which produces the weekly television program,
The Coral Ridge Hour, carried on various networks and syndicated on
numerous other stations, and a daily neoevangelic radio program, Truths That
Transform, heard on neoevangelic radio stations in America and also
available as a podcast on the program's website. During Dennis James Kennedy
lifetime, Coral Ridge Ministries grew to a $37-million-a-year non-profit
501c3 with an audience of 3.5 million.
"Fame, wealth and power are not qualifications
for a spiritual leader!"
- Dalai Lama
Jesus never preached on healing,
prosperity, success,
or any
of the other things that center on man and his material well-being !!!
"Our
moral code is a product of
gradual social evolution, like language, or manners, or the common law, and
that, like them, it has grown and evolved to meet the need for
peace,
order and
social cooperation.
Imagine a society in which no
moral code
existed, or in which it were the exact
opposite of the codes we customarily find.
Imagine how long a society (or the
individuals in it) could prosper or even
continue to exist in which ill manners, promise-breaking, lying, cheating,
stealing,
assault, rape, robbery,
murder, ingratitude,
disloyalty, treachery, violence, and
chaos were the rule - more highly
regarded than their opposites - good manners, promise-keeping, truth-telling,
honesty, fairness, loyalty,
consideration for others,
peace,
order and
social cooperation." -
Henry Hazlitt
2006 Robert H.
Schuller turns over his Crystal Cathedral mega-church non-profit 501c3
empire to his son Robert A. Schuller.
2008, due
to declining membership Robert H.
Schuller removes his son, Robert A. Schuller, from the Crystal Cathedral
mega-church non-profit 501c3 leadership.
Robert H. Schuller promises to
replace his son's lectern position on the "Hour Of Power" television show with
the "greatest preachers in the world.""It takes real
courage to contemplate the possibility
that your entire faith could be based on highly questionable, even unlikely
premises. If you really probe, really dig deep enough through the theological
mishmash, through the history of religious ideas, past the programs of
conforming belief all clergymen are handed during their youthful seminary
years, past all you have been taught in your church, you will discover your
religion has no more reason to qualify as the 'one
true way' than any other religion
humans have constructed over the ages since the dawn of consciousness.
Thus you are free to open yourself to the full
mysterium tremendum which
transcends all religious concepts that
confine the soul's need of blossoming, trusting that such opening creates a
deeper faith which is nourished by the mulch of newly found
wonder and
awe.
There is much that stands in
the way of such open-minded
contemplations.
Psychological research has revealed that
behind people's front of certainty and confidence in their religious belief,
lies bewilderment and fear they are completely unaware of, because
the subconscious
mind, the very source of intuition, has its own way of
detecting falsehoods contrived by the
ego.
This
intuitive knowledge gnawing at the threshold of
consciousness kindles the heat of desperation, which
the ego skillfully represses
the weight of false confidence.
The more intense the
subconscious doubt, the more
zealous the claim of the believer.
Such a belief system will be defended
at all costs, inciting both politically and religiously justified wars." -
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