Saturday, November 3, 2018

The Dawkins Delusions

How can the Dawkins Delusions be ended?

In 2006, Richard Dawkins wrote a best selling book called "The God Delusion".  In this book, he not only defends Atheism, but also attacks "religion".  In particular, he attacks Christianity, Judaism, Islam, and Hinduism.

His contends in this book that a supernatural creator almost certainly does not exist, and belief in one is evidence of experiencing a strong delusion.  Hence the name of the book.

He claims that this belief meets the definition of a delusion: A persistent false belief in the face of contradictory evidence.

According to Dawkins, his book has four "conscious raising" messages:

1.  Atheists can be happy, balanced, moral, and intellectually fulfilled.
2.  Natural selection and similar scientific theories are superior to a "God hypothesis"—the illusion of intelligent design—in explaining the living world and the cosmos.
3.  Children should not be labelled by their parents' religion. Terms like "Catholic child" or "Muslim child" should make people cringe.
4.   Atheists should be proud, not apologetic, because atheism is evidence of a healthy, independent mind.

His arguments against a supernatural creator and for a natural explanation can be summed up as follows:

1.  The idea of supernatural creator is self-refuting.
2.  There is no design of the universe, there is only appearance of a design.
3.  If there is a designer of the universe, then who designed the designer?
4.  That the alternative theories, like evolution, rely not on chance, but on natural selection.
5.  Like Occam's Razor, the simplest solution is usually the correct one.
6.  A universe without God is preferable to a universe with God.

His arguments against the need for "religion" can be summed up as follows:

1.  "Religion" was created by a flaw in human minds.
2.  "Religion" is spread across the minds of a society by memes like a virus spreading through a body.
3.  People do not need "religion" to be moral.
4.  People are moral due to an altruistic gene acquired through natural selection.
5.  Most people would behave just as morally if they did not have a "Religion".
6.  History shows that societies have different morals at different periods, defined by their Zietgiest (spirit of the age) in each period, with societies always progressing towards liberalism.
7.  The leaders of a "religion" change their interpretations of their foundational books to adapt as society progresses from one period to the next.
8.  Morality does not originate from the Bible, but rather Christians accept the parts of the Bible that agree with the spirit of the age, and dismiss the parts that do not.

His arguments that "religion" is harmful to society can be summed up as follows:

1.  "Religion" is subverts science.
2.  "Religion" fosters fanaticism.
3.  "Religion" encourages bigotry against homosexuality.
4.  "Religion" influences society in other negative ways.
5.  "Religion" is a divisive force.
6.  Teaching "religion" in schools is indoctrination.
7.  Parents and schools that teach their children "Religion" are engaging in child abuse.
8.  Atheism is better for society than "Religion".

Richard Dawkins styles himself to be a man of science and reason.  He is a professorial fellow at Oxford.  Yet for all this, his arguments are so full of flaws, that I find it amazing that any thinking human being would believe them.   (One author wrote two books going over the flaws of this book, and probably did not exhaust the flaws.  These books are "The Dawkins Delusion?" and "Dawkin's God".)  Although, I cannot go over all of his delusions in the space of this blog post, I will show why they are based on fundamentally flawed assumptions, that my nine year old grandson would see right through.

Delusion Number One: Dawkins believes that he does not have a religion.

He uses the term "Religion" like it is something that lessor people have.  Every man has a religion. His is Atheism.

Every religion is about answering three basic questions:  Where did the human race come from?  Why is the human race here?  Where is the human race going?

Every person, unless they are extremely mentally challenged, has developed answers to those three questions.  Their answers define their religion.

In the case of Atheism, those answers are: By accident; there is no purpose; and extinction.  This has got to be the most depressing religion ever developed by the human race.

The fact is that Atheism is a religion.  It is recognized as one by government agencies like the CIA, and is treated as one by academics.  A more well defined branch of Atheism is Secular Humanism, which Dawkins appears to endorse.  The Humanist Manifesto (the entire collection) is their Bible in the same way that the Communist Manifesto is the Bible of Communism, another branch of Atheism.

Dawkins even speaks of his views in religious terms used by the New Age movement like "conscious raising" messages.

Delusion Number Two:  Dawkins does not believe that his arguments against religion apply to Atheism.

Every argument he has against religion can certainly be applied to Atheism.

Atheism was certainly created by flawed human minds.  Only a flawed mind would create The Greatest Fairy Tale Ever Told and believe it to be fact.   In fact, like a slick politician, the details of their story changes every time someone closely examines it.

Atheism has spread by memes like a virus across societies as much as any other religion.  They have their memes like their "evolution of man" picture.  (This has changed several times, as newer Atheists have examined the work of older Atheists and proven that most of the older "fossil evidence" had been fabricated.  So the meme has to keep changing, like the story being told by a slick politician.)

Delusion Number Three:  Dawkins believes that Atheism has not been harmful to society.

Atheism has been very subversive to science.  Many atheists have tried to silence and deny grants to any scientist, who did not agree with them, regardless of the results that they produced.  This was well documented by Ben Stein in "Expelled".

The fact is, that if they were truly interested in advancing science, then they would not care about the religion of the scientist.  They would simply let scientists of any religion produce whatever contributions that they could.  It is obvious, that they are more interested in advancing their religion than science.

In fact, their subversion of science would have denied Sir Isaac Newton from his contributions to science, due to his very strong Christian Zionist beliefs.  Sir Isaac Newton only wrote twice as many scientific papers as the second place scientist.  His work is the foundation of almost every branch of science that relies on physics.

While Einstein was not strongly connected to Judaism, his references to God in his writings were straight out of Judaism.  Einstein said emphatically, more than once, that he was not an Atheist.

The problem with defining a scientist based on denial of a supernatural creator, is that far better scientists than Dawkins were convinced of a supernatural creator.  This true to this day, and the list is extensive.  In fact, when you look at the historical record for the note worthy things that were actually proven by scientists, not just theorized, then you find that Atheist scientists are under performing compared to scientists of most other religions, especially Judaism and Christianity.

Atheism, in its various forms, has certainly fostered fanaticism.  Consider the fanaticism fostered by note worthy Atheists like Hitler, Lenin, Stalin, Mao Zedong, Castro, and Pol Pot.

Obviously, Atheism has harmed societies in other ways.  For example, the hundreds of millions of people left dead when these leaders took over their societies.

Atheism is obviously the most divisive force to ever darken the Earth.  When nations practiced Christianity, other religious were tolerated.  This is the foundation of freedom of religion in the United States.  Modern Israel, that is dominated by Judaism, has been almost as tolerant.  Followers of Islam and Hinduism have managed to tolerate each other to a large degree in India.

Not so, when Atheism is the dominate religion.  No other religion is tolerated.  If there is any doubt about this, look at the persecution, particularly of those who practiced Christianity and Judaism, in the Soviet Union, China, Cuba, and Cambodia.  The same was true in Nazi Germany, where Hitler became so frustrated with German Christians helping German Jews escape persecution, that he told the German people in one of his radio addresses: "You must decide if you are Christian or a German!".

Atheism is taught in schools, where Atheists have gain enough influence, as the only right way.  Doctrine literally means "a teaching".  Indoctrination literally means "to put a teaching into a student".  Atheists have been indoctrinating children with their religion in schools for years.

This is definitely child abuse.  The Atheists deny children the right to consider for themselves, if the Atheists ideas are sound or not.  Any child, who dares to question their doctrine of evolution and the like, will be silenced.  No child is to question, whether or not their ideas are rational or conform to observable facts.  No child is allowed to question, why these theories have not been proven as fact by applying these theories to produces predictable outcomes, like electron shell theory.  No child is to bring up, that every experiment to prove these theories has failed miserably.  The children are told to not think for themselves.  They are to accept theories like evolution as facts, simply because their Atheist teacher said that they are facts.

Delusion Number Four:  Atheism is better for society than other religions.

It has already been shown that any society is better off with any well formed religion other than Atheism.  Atheism managed to cause more war, death, and misery in the twentieth century across planet Earth, than all other religions combined managed to accomplish in the proceeding ten centuries.

Conversely, every society that has willing adopted Christianity throughout history has became better off in every way.  The original inhabitants of the Americas were better off when Christianity replaced the worship of rocks and trees, long after the day when worlds collided, just like the Celts and Germanic tribes were better off when Christianity replaced the worship of rocks and trees.  The hope of the Almodadi came into existence, but Neo-Paganism will drag those societies back to those same conditions.

Even the one country in history to adopt Judaism as its religion, Khazaria, was better off than before the real Jews to moved into it.  In fact, even countries that became Muslim, usually by force, were still better off than when they worshiped idols.  When the Persians invented Hinduism, the people of India were better off, because they stopped being at war with each other constantly over their idols.

There is only bigotry against homosexuality in Judaism, Christianity, Islam, and some branches of Hinduism in the same sense that they have a bigotry against murder, rape, and theft.  They treat homosexuality as a serious crime, because it has proven to be detrimental against society.  Every society, where people have lived like they were married in Sodom, has came to a disastrous end.  The reduction in murder, rape, theft, and homosexuality brought on by these religions, has improved the health and life expectancy in the societies that adopted them.  

Only the adaptation of Atheism has actually made countries worse off.  This should be evident by looking at the history of Germany, Russia, China, Cuba, and Cambodia in the twentieth century.  Consider where Atheism took them.

Delusion Number Five:  Dawkins believes that Atheism is based on facts, logic, and science.

Dawkins admits that he is not one hundred percent certain that there is not a God.  That would require for Dawkins to be all-knowing, and then he would be God.

The idea that there is no design to the universe, only the appearance of design is not logical, and contradicts the facts.  No would look at something man-made, like a car, and say that there is no design, only the appearance of design.

The evidence of design is every place one looks in the natural world.

The entire field of fractals came from the observation of a basic design in trees repeating.  The basic design of the trunk and branches attached to it is repeated in the tap root and roots that branch from it.  This basic design keep being repeated on an a smaller scale from the branches / roots that are further removed from the trunk.  Often this scale is consistent from one displacement from the trunk / tap root to the next.  This continues through the leaves in many trees.

The four fundamental constraints that define the universe are space, time, matter, and energy.  A supernatural creator, who exists outside of the universe, would not be subject to these constraints, just like a software engineer is not subject to the constraints of the software system, that they are creating.  Since that supernatural creator would not be subject to time, then that creator would not need a beginning or an end.

That creator would also not need a designer.  That creator would be able to design everything in the universe, without being subject to the design, just like a software engineer designing a software system.

It is illogical to assume that random chance does not play a part in natural selection.  This is contrary to observable evidence.

For example, my father took to watch a film about a herd of wildebeests in the Serengeti at the IMAX.

At one point in the film, there was a drought and the wildebeests were running out of food, so the herd started migrating northward.  Eventually, the herd came to a stop.  There was a river in front of them and on the other side of the river, there was green grass.  Even though the wildebeests could not see them, they could smell that crocodiles were in the area.  The river was too muddy to see down into more than an inch or so.

Finally, since starvation was certain if they did not cross the river, a few wildebeests worked their way across the shallow ford in the river and made it to the other side.  Suddenly the entire herd started moving in to make it to the other side.  That is when the crocodiles started attacking wildebeests.  This lead to a mad rush where the entire herd of wildebeests stampeded across the river, trampling to death many of the crocodiles.  Soon it was all over.  There were dead wildebeests and dead crocodiles every where.

The dead animals were not just the young, sick, old, and weak.  There absolutely no common characteristics among those that did not survive.  For neither the wildebeests nor the crocodiles was it a matter of survival of the fittest.  It was survival of the luckiest.  It was definitely a matter of chance - unless an outside intelligent being, like a supernatural creator, was deciding which ones died and which ones lived.

Also, natural selection based solely on survival of the fittest would have absolutely no application to the origin of the primal organism, which evolution maintains that all species came from.  All explanations of the origin of the primal organism occurring without any supernatural intervention, rely completely on random chance.  There simply is no explanation of the origins of the universe and every living thing - without a supernatural creator - that does not rely on random chance.  Even Charles Darwin in "The Origin Of The Species" attributed the ability of organisms to adapt to "divine design".

This random chance becomes increasingly unlikely as science discovers more about the universe and living creatures.  The new evidence keeps making the old explanations obsolete, requiring ever newer and more complicated explanations.  It is like when some one tells a like, then has to tell another lie to keep the first lie from being discovered, and just continues to create an ever increasing complex web of lies.

In fact, it becomes so unlikely that is way beyond being statistically impossible.

When I was sixteen I started really thinking through evolution.  I thought about what was required for the primal organism to be formed, without the additional complication of how it came to life.  It had to occur completely based on randomness without a supernatural creator, according to Atheists.  So, I took on the task of calculating the odds.

I also considered things that were contrary to the explanations of how evolution occurred like the duck-billed platypus.  I could not find a reasonable application in these theories to explain this animal, which seemed to be made from left over parts of other animals.

This lead to learning about the competing theories of the mechanics of evolution.  There were two basic contradictory sides when it came to the details.  One side maintained that organism adapted to changes in their environment - without a really good explanation of how one generation of organism passed on characteristics that it did not have to the next generation.  The other side maintained the organisms were constantly mutating, and the organisms with the fittest mutations survived changes in their environment - without explaining how very rare mutations in one generation of an organism became normal in the next generation of the organism.  Both sides did excellent jobs of proving that the position of the other side was logically flawed.

When I considered the odds of even the primordial organism occurring by chance, the observable evidence that contradicted these theories, and the arguments of how illogical every competing theory was about the mechanisms needed to make evolution possible, I realized that I could not believe in evolution as well as math and science.  So, I chose math and science.

The simplest explanation is, that the universe and every living thing in it, was designed and created by a supernatural creator.  It just like the simplest thing to do is always tell the truth.  This explanation never needs changing, just like no one has to change their story, when they are telling the truth. 

Delusion Number Six:  Dawkins believes that human beings are naturally inclined to be moral.

No one has to teach their children how to be selfish or evil. Parents have to teach children to not be selfish and evil.

People are born only being concerned about themselves as babies.  They will start wanting things that belong to other people, stealing those things, fighting with other people to get those things, and lying to get what they want all on their own.  This is their natural inclination that they inherited in their genes.

Of course, one way to argue that people are inclined to be moral, is to define moral by any definition you want.  So, homosexuality can be defined as moral.  Of course, so could murder, rape, and theft be defined as moral.  In fact, people like Dawkins consider some serial killers to be moral.

There is nothing natural about homosexuality.  It does not occur in any species except the human species.

It not a matter of a mutated gene.  That mutation would naturally leave the gene pool, since homosexuals would not be passing it on to any offspring.  It is just as reasonable for a serial killer to argue, "My DNA made me do it", as it is for a homosexual.

People restrain from doing evil, when they believe that there will be consequences for doing evil.  Every society has laws and punishment against murder, because otherwise murder would be rampant.  The same is true of theft and rape.  It is quite easy to demonstrate from history that societies, where people believe that they will not get away with anything in life, but will have to stand before a just God to face eternal punishment for doing evil, have much lower rates of things like murder, theft, and rape.

The reverse is also true.  When you take Atheism to its logical philosophical conclusion, like Nietzsche did, then you believe that there is no right or wrong, only what you can get away with.  This was the philosophy of Hitler, Lenin, Stalin, Mao Zedong, Castro, and Pol Pot.

More than that, Atheists like Wallace maintained that darker skinned people were closer to apes in evolution, and it was the evolutionary right and responsibility of lighter skinned people, who were more evolved, to replace them across the planet.

The history of the twentieth century should make it plain, that a religion which says people will have to answer to a just God after death, causes people to behave much more morally, than a religion that says there are no consequences after death.

Still, societies do go through different ages, where the spirit of the age changes what they consider to be moral.  Many religious professionals have adjusted what they taught to fit in with the spirit of the age, emphasizing aspects that are more acceptable and not mentioning aspects that are controversial.  Societies do move towards "liberalism".  This process is called moral decay.

However, the definition of morality in the foundational books of Judaism, Christianity, Islam, and Hinduism do not change.  This "liberalism" is opposite of the morality taught in these books.  So, societies do move towards immorality as religious professionals refuse to stand up for the morality taught in these books.  When religious professionals stand up for the morality taught in these books, then societies have a revival and move back towards morality.

However, due to the inclination of the human race towards immorality, societies eventually reach the point that they become hopelessly immoral, until they suffer enough from the consequences of their immorality.

This exactly how people like Hitler, Lenin, Stalin, Mao Zedong, Castro, and Pol Pot eventually became in charge of their societies and lead them into disaster.

Delusion Number Seven:  Dawkins believes that belief in Atheism is evidence of a sound mind.

The idea of Atheism is self-refuting.  The story that Atheism tells about everything, including the migration of humans to the Americas, is contrary to the story told by the evidence.  Atheism is a consistent false belief in the face of a mountain of contradictory evidence.  It definitely meets the definition of a delusion.

Atheists prefer to live in an imaginary universe without God, rather than a real universe with God.   They have deluded themselves into believing, that they can pick which kind of universe they live in.

A sound mind would not look at a car and conclude that it only has the illusion of intelligent design.  It is far crazier to look at the design of something a million times more complex in design, like human DNA, and conclude that it only has the illusion of intelligent design.

It has been found that crazy people in mental institutions are more happy and fulfilled than normal people.  That is because, they live in an imaginary world that is to their liking.  It is easy to feel intellectually fulfilled, when your mind is not burdened with reality.  It is the same with Atheists.

Atheism is the evidence of an unhealthy mind, which is happy believing a delusion told to it by others, because it is not independent enough to challenge their theories with facts and logic.

Delusion Number Eight:  Dawkins believes that he is against all religions equally.

Dawkins singles out Christianity consistently.  The only religious professionals that he mentions are Christians.  The only book that he mentions as the basis for morality is the Bible.  The only people that he mentions, who are emphasizing and ignoring parts of their foundational book, are Christians.

The only book he attacks is the Bible.  He never attacks the Talmud, or Koran, or any of the various foundational books of Hinduism.  He never openly attacks their religious professionals, founders, or their adherents.  He only mentions that "religion" includes these religions.

If Dawkins really was against all religions equally (including his own), then he would not need to single out Christianity.  He would give equal press to Judaism, Islam, Hinduism, and Christianity.

He singles out Christianity, because there is no reason to challenge the authenticity of any other religion.  That would be like challenging the authenticity of a ninety-nine dollar bill.

Dawkins is not anti-religion.  He is anti-Christian.  He wants to replace Christianity with Atheism, so that he does not have to adapt to the morals of the Bible.   He wants a universe without God, so that there is no restraint on his immorality. 

Societies improve when Christianity is first established, and then go into moral decay as they progress towards Anti-Christianity.  This is what Dawkins wants.

Dawkins is not a man of science and reason.  He is a man, who has given himself over to the Spirit of Anti-Christ.

Ending these delusions:

The first step to ending these delusions, is understanding why people have these delusions.

When people reject the truth about anything, then all they have left to believe is a lie.  When they reject the Father of Truth (YHVH aka God aka THE LORD) and His ways, then they will experience delusions (Isaiah 66:4).  When they reject the truth because they hate the truth, then the Father of Truth gives them over to delusion (2 Thessalonians 2:10-12).

Even though they call themselves wise, they have become fools, because they refuse to believe the evidence throughout the natural world that it was created by the Father of Truth (Romans 1:20-22).  They strive to convince themselves that the Father of truth does not exist, because they do not want to obey Him (Romans 1:28).

Next, these people need to see where their delusions are leading them.

These fools live like they will never be judged for their evil ways (Psalm 53:1).  They reject the judgment of the Father of Truth for their wickedness, and love the wicked (Romans 1:32).

They will become more and more wicked, because they do not believe that the Father of Truth will judge them for what they do (Psalm 10:3-5).  They do not believe that He sees what they do (Psalm 10:11-13).  For this reason, they will commit all kinds of evil against other people (Psalm 94:5-7).

So they become fools, who will commit evil without restraint (Psalm 14:1).  This is what happens, when people become so senseless that they do not fear the Father of Truth (Psalm 36:1-3).  They will become so evil, that nothing is immoral to them (Romans 1:28-31).

Next, they need to see that their delusions will never change reality.

No one can make anything better by denying reality (Jeremiah 6:14).  No one can escape the judgment of the Father of Truth by calling moral, what He calls immoral (Jeremiah 6:15).  No one cannot experience the prosperity and peace that comes from Him, without walking in His ways (Jeremiah 6:16).  No one cannot escape His judgement by refusing to hear His Word (Jeremiah 6:17-19).

The most well documented event of the entire Roman era is the resurrection of the Man of Truth (Yeshua HaMashiach aka Jesus Christ).  (Over 13,000 documents mention this event within the lifetime of the Apostles of Truth.  Many are Roman court documents with dates on them.)  This evidence makes it certain that the Father of Truth will judge every person based on the morality in the Book of Truth (The Bible) through the Man of Truth (Acts 17:31).

They deny this overwhelming evidence, because they cannot be judged by a dead Jesus.

Yet, denial of the evidence never changes reality.  Everyone is entitled to their own opinion, but not their own facts.  Reality will smack everyone in the face eventually.

Next, these delusions can only end, after the source of these delusions is recognized.

People suffer these delusions, because the Father of Lies (HaShatan aka Satan Aka The Devil) has blinded them to the truth (2 Corinthians 4:3-4).  The Children of Truth (those who obey The Father of Truth because they love Him) are not fight with those suffering from these delusions, but with the Spirits of Lies (devils aka demons aka unclean spirits aka gods) causing these delusions (Ephesians 6:12).

Last, these delusions will only end, when someone in touch with reality helps them to see the truth.

The delusions will not end without upsetting people.  As people come to see the truth, they will realized that their entire worldview has been wrong.  They will realize that they have been deceived.  They will realize that they must change everything about their lives.  Some will become angry as this occurs, some will become withdrawn, and some will cry.

The Children of Truth must not let this deter them from working to bring people out of these delusions. They must tell people the truth in love to bring them out of these delusions (Ephesians 4:15).

It is time for some tough love.

The Children of Truth are to wage a war like no other to end these delusions (2 Corinthians 10:3-5).  They need to gear up for battle, so they can fight the true source of these delusions and come out victorious (Ephesians 6:11-13)!

The Children of Truth need to protect themselves from the Father of Lies with truth and righteous (Ephesians 6:14).  They need to prepare to give the Good News everywhere their feet takes them (Ephesians 6:15).  They need to shield themselves with faith in the Man of Truth from the attack of the Father of Lies (Ephesians 6:16).  They must protect their minds with the message of salvation, and fight against the Father of Lies with the Spirit of Truth (Ruach HaQodesh aka The Holy Spirit aka The Holy Ghost) and the Word of Truth (Ephesians 6:17).

They are to protect their testimony of the truth by living in the light of the truth (Romans 13:12-14).  They are to use the Word of Truth to make the power of the Father of Truth evident, by protecting themselves with a lifestyle that shows His righteousness (2 Corinthians 6:7).

The Children of Truth must live in the light of the Word of Truth, so that people can see the reality of the Father of Truth (Matthew 5:14-16).  The greatest evidence of the reality of the Father of Truth is, when the Children of Truth live a life that shows His power over darkness (Ephesians 5:8-11).  This evidence come from living out what is written in the Word of Truth, contrary to everyone else around them (Philippians 2:15-16).
 
The Children of Truth need to live a life that shows, that they have been called out of the darkness of this world, and are living in the light of the Father of Truth (1 Peter 2:9).  They need to live in the light of the Father of Truth, so that people can see that He is real (1 John 1:5-7).  They need to love people with an unreasonable love, so people can see the unreasonable love that the Father of Truth has for them (1 John 2:8-11).

The Man of Truth died and rose again, so people could see the truth (Acts 26:23)!  The Word Of Truth can cut through any delusion and divided the truth from the lies (Hebrews 4:12)!  The Spirit of Lies that cause these delusions can never overcome the Spirit of Truth, who lives in the Children of Truth (1 John 4:2-4)!

The Man of Truth has sent the Children of Truth to open the eyes of those blinded by these delusions, so that they can also come to the see the truth (Acts 26:15-18).

The darkness of these delusions can never overcome the light, which comes from a life that reflects the Man of Truth (John 1:1-5).  The Man of Truth becomes real to those suffering from these delusions, when they can see the Children of Truth living a life that shows he is real (Colossians 1:10-13).

The Children of Truth need to be taking care of his forever family, so people will see that the Man of Truth is real.

When they see that the Man of Truth is real, then they will want to come into the House of Truth.  These delusions will end when they come into the House of Truth.

They will come into the House of Truth by committing to obey the Man of Truth, because they believe that the Father of Truth has raised him from the dead (Romans 10:9).

Come into the House of Truth!
 
















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Friday, March 24, 2017

Neo-Paganism

Why is Neo-Paganism rising?

Neo-Paganism is a rising movement among people all over the world.  In fact, in Europe, United States, Canada, and Australia, Neo-Paganism has been the fastest growing religion for the more than a decade.  While adherents are still relatively small compared to those who call themselves Christians, Rabbinical Jews, and Muslims, it has still been growing at a rate of about sixty percent per year over the last decade in these countries.

This movement is strongest among those of Northern and Western European descent, although it is also growing among people who belong to other ethnic groups.  In some countries they are a significant part of the population.  For example, Estonia now has twenty percent of its population, who identify themselves as belonging to the neo-pagan religion of Maausk.

The first step to understanding why Neo-Paganism is rising, is understanding what Neo-Paganism is.  Neo-Paganism is a movement by members of an ethnic group to return to the ancestral religion of that ethnic group, before that ethnic group began to identify itself as being Christian.  It is not a single religion, but a movement to reconstruct and return to various ancestral religions.  These religions basically adhere to one of three different, but related, models.

The first model is polytheism.  This is classic idol worship.  The idols may be Norse, German, Roman, Greek, or other ethnic idols, but the story is the same.  These idols represent "gods" that control different aspects of nature and life.  The belief is that people must worship these "gods" in the right way, lest these "gods" become angry and send disaster upon them.  People are returning to worshiping the same idols as their ancestors, and doing their best to do so in the same way that their ancestors did.

The second model is animism.  This similar to idol worship, but without the idols.  Everything has a spirit, including, but not limited to, rocks, trees, animals, the Earth, stars, moon, sun, and even abstract things like words.  The belief is that all of these spirits have to be worshiped in the right way to keep everything in balance, since they control different aspects of nature and life.  People are returning to worshiping rocks and trees like their ancestors, and doing their best to do so in the same way that their ancestors did.

The third model is pantheism.  This is similar to animism, except there is only one universal spirit.  Everything is a different facet of that one universal spirit.  This spirit does not have any personality like the "gods" represented by idols, or even like the spirits of rocks and trees.  This one universal spirit is literally everything, and literally everything is this one universal spirit.  The belief is that people must worship, and cooperate with, this one universal spirit of everything to keep balance, since this one universal spirit is every aspect of nature and life.  People are returning to worship the same universal spirit of everything that their ancestors worshiped, and doing their best to do so in the same way that their ancestors did.

Of course, some of these ancestral religions combined, or have at least been reconstructed to combine, various elements of more than one of these basic models, although one of the basic models is usually dominant.  For example, some of these ancestral religions follow the polytheism model, but they have some elements of the other two models, like all of the "gods" being various manifestations of "The God", and all "goddesses" in like manner being various manifestations of "The Goddess", with these "gods" and "goddesses" interacting with the spirits of trees and rocks.

This desire to return to ancestral religions seems strange, whenever anyone compares how these ethnic groups fared under their ancestral religions to how they fared under Christianity.  For example, consider those who either worshiped idols, like the Vikings, or worshiped rocks and trees, like the Celts, did before these ethnic groups became Christian to various extents.

Everything we know about them, before they were introduced to Christianity, comes from the writings of other ethnic groups, like Greeks and Romans, because they were completely illiterate.  From these external sources we learn, that their average life span was about thirty-five years of age.  One of the reasons for this is, that they were constantly at war with each other - not to mention everyone else that they encountered.  Their total lack of sanitation and frequent human sacrifices could not have helped either.  It seems that the only thing they ever invented, were better, or more bizarre, ways of killing people.  This is why the Romans and Greeks referred to them as barbarians.

In short, before they were introduced to Christianity, they lived no different than the Native Americans north of Mexico lived, before the day when worlds collided.

It did not take long after the majority in these ethnic groups began to call themselves Christians, that everything changed.  They stopped being illiterate, and began producing great works of literature.  They stopped dying nearly as young, and started living longer to the point, that elder meant someone who was sixty years or older.  They stopped fighting with each other, and everyone else, all the time.  They improved their sanitation, and the human sacrifices came to an end.  They began to invent things that had peaceful uses like the printing press.

In fact, virtually everything that you can touch in the modern world was invented by their descendants, after they turned away from the pagan religion of their ancestors.  The further they got away from the pagan religion of their ancestors, the more enlightened they became.

These improvements came in proportion, and with the same speed, as their adoption of the religion taught in the Book of Truth (The Bible).  That is to say, the more their effective religion lined up with the Book of Truth, the more their societies improved, and the quicker their effective religion made this transition, the quicker these improvements to their societies came.

Their effective religion was what they actually put into practice.  The more people did things like wish each other "Happy First Fruits!" to celebrate Resurrection Sunday, and the less that they celebrated things like Ash Wednesday, then the more their effective religion was like the religion taught in the Book of Truth.  So things like Celtic Christianity, in its original form, was very similar to the religion taught in the Book of Truth.  This is evident in the actual teachings of Saint Patrick, which were far different in reality than what most people have been told.

So why would anyone want to go back to worshiping idols, rocks and trees, or some mysterious, unknowable, universal spirit of everything?

They want to turn away from worshiping the Father of Truth for the exact same reasons as their ancestors.

Their ancestors originally worshiped the Father of Truth, but did not want to live by His righteous commandments (Romans 1:18-20).  So they turned away from Him to worship idols - with or without the actual idols (Romans 1:21-23).  They created a religion where they worshiped the creation, instead of the Creator, so they could engage in every kind of sexual activity (Romans 1:24-27).  They did not want to remember the commandments of the Father of Truth, so they could do every evil thing that came to their minds, while pretending that they would not be judged by Him for doing these things (Romans 1:28-32).

So their ancestors began to make images of people, and animals, to worship them instead of the Father of Truth (Deuteronomy 4:16-18).  Their ancestors even worshiped things like the Sun, moon, and stars, without making any kind of image (Deuteronomy 4:20).

Their ancestors did all kinds of horrible things, when they worshiped everything except the Father of Truth (Deuteronomy 29:16-18).  They would even sacrifice their own children to these idols (Psalm 106:37-39).  These children came from the sexual immorality that they committed during their idol worship (Jeremiah 2:19-20).

Their ancestors would get drunk during their festivals in the worship their idols to lose their inhibitions (Daniel 5:23).  They would be willing to do all of these things, because they would take hallucinogenic drugs (Revelation 9:20-21).  [The Greek word translated as "sorceries" is "phamakeia".  This is the Greek word that the English word "pharmacy" comes from.  This word is used for taking hallucinogenic drugs as part of idol worship in ancient Greek literature.]

So their ancestors went into idol worship because they did not want to obey the commandments of the Father of Truth.  In particular, they did not want the Father of Truth telling them what was the right partnership for love, or when was the right time for love.  Their rejection of His commandments concerning these things led to developing a religious system that encouraged drinking and/or taking drugs to lose all inhibitions, having sexual activities of every kind after that, and then murdering the children who were born from these events.  Worshiping idols, or worshiping trees and rocks, or the spirit of everything, made this seem moral and normal, since it was all in the context of a religious calendar with religious holidays, when most of these events would occur.

It is the same today.  Those who wish to return to the pagan religions of their ancestors, want to do so, in order to get drunk or high, engage in sexual activity of every kind, and then murder their own children through abortion, without feeling any sense of guilt or shame for their actions.  In fact, the pagan religions of their ancestors make them feel compelled to do these things.

Another reason for Neo-Paganism rising, is that some people are attracted to the violence that it creates.  They want a religion that encourages them to pillage, plunder, rape, and murder other people.  They want a religion where they are promised to be rewarded by going to some place like Valhalla (Hall of the Slain) for dying a violent death in battle.

This rejection of the Father of Truth always leads to violence through deceit, and that is what cut the lifespan of their ancestors in half (Psalm 55:19-23).  The religion of their ancestors always leads to violence filling the land, when it becomes the dominant religion of the land (Ezekiel 8:15-17).
 
Another reason for Neo-Paganism rising, is that those who espouse it have been influencing other people to move towards it through popular media.  This is evident when examining some of the most popular content put out by some of the largest media companies.

For example, Marvel Comics plainly espouses polytheism with characters like Thor, who is even identified as the god of the same name from Norse polytheism.  In like manner, Disney plainly espouses animism with things like Pocahontas going to a tree, Grandma Willow, to see out advice.  Also LucasFilm plainly espouses pantheism with "The Force" in its Star Wars franchise.

These media companies appeal to the eyes of people with wondrous images, appeal to desires of their flesh with the costuming and actions of their characters, and give people a shared pride of life with great story lines, even though none of these things are from the Father of Truth (1 John 2:16).

Another reason for Neo-Paganism rising, is that many people are disillusioned with Atheism.

They look at the nations that came under control of Atheists, like Nazi Germany, the USSR, China, North Korea, Cambodia, Cuban, and the like.  It is quite easy for them to see the death and destruction, that control by Atheists has brought upon the inhabitants.

Also, those who study out objectively the details of evolution, have realized that it is the Greatest Fairy Tale ever told.  It totally contradicts math and science - not to mention the story told by the evidence.  Not even the math and science of the First Nations coming over a mysterious, and unnecessary, land bridge called Beringia, cannot be worked out to match with actual observable science, or realistic mathematical models.

Yet mostly, they have turned their back on Atheism, because as a religion, it is totally unfit to survive.

All religions answer three basic questions:  1) How did we get here? 2) Why are we here?  3) Where are we going?  The answers to these questions given by Atheism:  1) By accident.  2) Existences is pointless.  3) Annihilation.  Atheism has to be the most depressing religion every devised by man.  So these people become desperate enough to look back to the pagan religion of their ancestors to find more suitable answers.

Another reason for Neo-Paganism rising, is that those who espouse it, both religious professionals and laymen, have been subtly influencing other people from within the congregations of the Children of Truth to move towards it.  They move through congregations of the Children of Truth like a snake in the leaves.  They are counting on most of the Children of Truth not being able to see the hidden danger that they really are.  They call themselves "Christians", but they do not fit the definition of what is a Christian given by the Book of Truth.  They have no idea what the Book of Truth says, is the answer to the question posed by WWJD bracelets.  Instead, they espouse accepting others as "Christians", who embrace these things from the pagan religion of their ancestors, in the name of Christian Unity.

However, the Father of Truth commands that there be no tolerance for those who call themselves His people, but worship the Sun, moon, and stars (Deuteronomy 17:2-5).  In fact, Josiah (Oshiyah) was called the greatest king who ever ruled by the Father of Truth, because he faithfully carried out this no tolerance policy, and observed the holidays of the Father of Truth instead (2 Kings 23:3-25).  Those Jewish kings who worshiped the Sun, moon, and stars, were dishonored by having their bones offered up a sacrifices to these things, when the Father of Truth brought judgment for doing these things (Jeremiah 8:1-3).  The worship of the Father of Truth cannot be merged with the worship these things (2 Corinthians 6:16).

Their efforts to merge Christianity and Neo-Paganism into some sort of hybrid religion, are no better than those who try to do the same with Islam to create Chrislam.  They are preaching another Gospel that was given by another Spirit and tells about another Jesus, who is different than the Man of Truth (Yeshua HaMashiach aka Jesus Christ) told about in the Book of Truth.

Their disagreement with the words of the Book of Truth show that they are proud and know nothing (1 Timothy 6:3-5).  Those who seek to make some sort of friendship between the pagan religion of their ancestors, and the religion of the Book of Truth, are enemies of the Father of Truth (James 4:4).  So make no mistake, the love of the Father of Truth does not live in the heart of those who call themselves Christians, but love the things that come from Neo-Paganism (1 John 2:15-17).

Lastly, Neo-Paganism is rising, because most of the Children of Truth have never quite got everything from the pagan religion of their ancestors out of their practices, so they have left a foothold for Neo-Paganism in their effective religion.

The Children of Truth would never knowingly endorse worshiping what their pagan ancestors worshiped.  They would never knowingly participate in festivals and ceremonies of the pagan religion of their ancestors, that revolved around drinking, taking narcotics, sex of every sort with everything imaginable,and then murdering the children produced from these events.  They would never knowingly perpetuate the endless, senseless, violence that ultimately resulted from the pagan religion of their ancestors.  They certainly would not knowingly teach their children to follow the pagan religion of their ancestors.

Yet, they have left a shell of the pagan religion of their ancestors intact in their effective religion.  They have left a place for Neo-Paganism to plug into their effective religion, so that their children can be drawn away from the Father of Truth, and drawn back into the pagan religion of their ancestors.

They have done this in two ways.

First, they have done this by including many of the traditions from the festivals of the pagan religion of their ancestors in their holidays, sometimes including the name of the holiday.  This is what the Mensch who killed Christmas warned the people of Saints Ville about.

Second, they have done this by meeting on Sunday each week, without even questioning who changed the Sabbath.  Many of them are sincere in their desire to give one day a week to the Father of Truth.  Many of them are never bored on the Sabbath, because they are doing the right things on the wrong day of the week.  They just do not understand why it matters, that they meet on the actual Sabbath, instead of Sunday.

They inherited these things from the False Church of Rome, which had created a religious calendar that was pagan friendly.  Pagans were able to keep meeting together on the same day of the week that they were used to meeting on, in order to worship the Sun.  Pagans were able to keep celebrating many of their festivals, under new names, with the same traditions that they had always used in their worship of idols, or trees and rocks, or some spirit of everything.  They were able to keep doing the same things, but with a substitution of the Man of Truth and the Father of Truth for whatever they worshiped in their pagan religion.

This may sound like a fine way to evangelize pagans, but it is not.  The problem is, that the Father of Truth said for the Children of Truth to not to include anything from these pagan religions in their worship of Him (Deuteronomy 12:30-32).  Including these practices from pagan religions, gives an opportunity to those who follow after Neo-Paganism, to entice the Children of Truth back to the pagan religions of their ancestors, from even inside their own congregations (Deuteronomy 13:6-8).  This is exactly how the Jewish Children of Truth were turned back to the pagan religions of their ancestors (Psalm 106:34-36).

So Neo-Pagans can use the festivals and traditions that the Children of Truth are already familiar with, to slowly draw them back into the pagan religion of their ancestors.  They do this through the same process of a subtle influence that was used to move America from treating homosexuality as a death penalty crime to legalizing gay marriage.  This is why the policy of the Father of Truth concerning everything from pagan religions, has always been one of smash and burn.

The Children of Truth should never use the customs from the pagan religion of their ancestors to carryout the will of the Father of Lies (HaShatan aka Satan Aka The Devil), like using the Satan Clause as an excuse to lie to their own children.  They should not make any room in their effective religion for anything that is from the Father of Lies (Ephesians 4:27). 

The Children of Truth should always be walking in truth. They should have nothing to do with anything from the dark pagan religions of their ancestors (Ephesians 5:8-11).

So Neo-Paganism is rising, because people have either left the House of Truth, or the Children of Truth did not fully obey the Father of Truth, by removing every last vestige of the pagan religion of their ancestors from their effective religion.

The Good News is, that Neo-Paganism will never bring an end to the religion of the Book of Truth.  Instead, the Man of Truth will bring an end to Neo-Paganism forever (Revelation 21:8).  When he rules the New Earth, there will be no vestige of Neo-Paganism left anywhere (Revelation 22:13-15).

Neo-Paganism can end for you today, if you have been participating in the worthless pagan religion of your ancestors.  You can start getting rid of every vestige of Neo-Paganism as soon as you recognize them, after you come into the House of Truth.

The shackles of Neo-Paganism are broken whenever anyone comes into the House of Truth (John 8:34-36).  The Man of Truth breaks these shackles off of whoever makes him their king, when they come into the House of Truth, because they believe that the Father of Truth raised him from the dead (Romans 10:9).  Those who come into the House of Truth will be able to completely abandon Neo-Paganism, so they can rule with the Man of Truth (1 Thessalonians 1:9-10).  Those who come into the House of Truth, will live according to the religion of the Book of Truth, instead of Neo-Paganism (1 Peter 4:1-3).

Come into the House of Truth!






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Sunday, May 10, 2015

Another Jesus

Why does almost every religion in the world have someone named "Jesus"?

Religions that existed before the Man of Truth (Yeshua HaMashiach aka Jesus Christ) was born have retrofitted a "Jesus" into their religions.  Religions that came after the Man of Truth left this Earth have all had someone named "Jesus" in them.

Islam tells of a "Jesus" that is coming to wipe out the Christians and Jews.  The Hindus and Buddhists tell of a "Jesus" who was a teacher of those religions.  The Mormons tell of a "Jesus" that came to North America after he ascended to Heaven.  The Hare Krishna religion says that "Jesus" was one of them first.  The Ba'ahi have their own version of "Jesus".   Even Judaism has a "Messiah" who has not came to the Earth yet but will do many things when he comes that are similar what the Man of Truth will do when he returns to rule this Earth.

There have also been cults that sprung up around people who all called themselves "Jesus".  There was even a woman in Russia who called herself by the feminine version of "Jesus" and had her followers crucify her before the Russian police hauled her off to the mental institute.  The list goes on and on.

The first question that comes to mind is why do they all have a "Jesus"?  I mean Islam is the only religion with a "Mohammed".  You do not see other religions retrofitting themselves with a "Buddha".  You do not see the idols of Hinduism being adopted by other religions like Islam.  Yet all of these religions have someone named "Jesus".

The obvious reason for these religions having or adding someone named "Jesus" and not doing so with other religious figures is the same reason that criminals counterfeit one hundred dollar bills but no one counterfeits three dollar bills.   There is no reason to counterfeit something unless it is real.

However, there is one more religion that has multiple groups within it promoting another "Jesus", who is different from the Man of Truth, who is told about in pages of the Book of Truth (The Bible).  This is a religion that most people would never suspect of promoting another "Jesus".  That religion is "Christianity". (I mean this in the widest sense of the term as understood by people of other religions).

This should be no surprise.  Paul the Jew (Shual aka Saul aka The Apostle Paul) warned that people among the Children of Truth (those who obey The Father of Truth because they love Him) were preaching another "Jesus" in his day (2 Corinthians 11:4).  What are some of the groups who the world would call part of the Christian religion that teach another "Jesus"?

The False Church of Rome promotes a Greco-Roman "Jesus" that teaches traditions from Greco-Roman idolatry.  What does the Book of Truth say about this "Jesus"?

The nation of Israel, later called the Jews, were cast out of the Promised Land for making idols and worshiping them (Acts 7:41-43).  The Gentiles who turned to the Father of Truth (YHVH aka God aka THE LORD) were commanded to keep away from the pollution of idols (Acts 15:19-20).  No idol can be made that represents Him, The Spirit of Truth (Ruach HaQodesh aka The Holy Spirit aka The Holy Ghost) or the Man of Truth in worship (Acts 17:29-31).  No one in His Family is to worship an idol - even if it has been named "Jesus" (1 Corinthians 5:11).  The Father of Truth was not pleased with those who worshiped an idol in the wilderness so he destroyed many of them so we can know for certain that He is not pleased with those who worship a Greco-Roman idol that was renamed "Jesus" (1 Corinthians 10:5-7).  Therefore the Children of Truth are commanded to flee from idolatry - even if the idol has been renamed "Jesus" (1 Corinthians 10:14).  The Children of Truth are to have absolutely nothing to do with the practices of idol worship even if the idol has been renamed "Jesus" (2 Corinthians 6:15-17).  Those who worship an idol that someone else has renamed "Jesus" will not inherit His Kingdom (Galatians 5:19-21).  Those who worship an idol renamed as "Jesus" will inherit the wrath of the Father of Truth instead of the kingdom of the Man of Truth (Ephesians 5:5-6).  Those who have completely abandon worshiping idols, even ones renamed "Jesus", to follow the Man of Truth are the Children of Truth who will be saved from the wrath of the Father of Truth (1 Thessalonians 1:9-10).  The Man of Truth came to this Earth so that the Children of Truth could keep away an idols - even ones named "Jesus" (1 John 5:20-21).  Those who worship idols, even ones that the False Church of Rome renamed as "Jesus", will spend eternity in the Lake of Fire (Revelation 21:8).

Some groups promote a pop psychology "Jesus" who says that people are basically good on the inside but just behave badly because of their environment.  What does the Book of Truth say about this "Jesus"? 

People are not born as being basically good but rather they are born with a heart that is exceedingly wicked and deceitful above all things (Jeremiah 17:9).  The Man of Truth knows the evil that is in the hearts of people (John 2:24-25).  This is why he said that people must be born again to come into the kingdom of His Father (John 3:3).  This is the Father of Truth sent His Son to pay the death penalty for the evil that everyone is born with (Romans 5:8).  This is why His Son, who did nothing evil, had to be counted as evil so we could stop being evil (2 Corinthians 5:21).  Anyone who says that people are anything other than evil without the Man of Truth changing them is simply a liar (1 John 1:8-10).  If people were not born evil then there would have been no need for the death of the lamb.

Some groups promote a inclusive "Jesus" who would never send anyone to Hell for rejecting him.  What does the Book of Truth say about this "Jesus"?

The Man of Truth says that people should fear His Father more than any person because He is able to cast people into Hell (Matthew 10:28).  The Man of Truth said the inhabitants of Capernaum would be cast into Hell for rejecting him (Matthew 11:23).  The Man of Truth said that people should do whatever it takes to avoid being cast into Hell (Matthew 18:7-9).  The Man of Truth said that those who killed the Prophets of Truth and him would be cast into Hell (Matthew 23:31-33).  When the Man of Truth returns to this Earth he will cast everyone into Hell who did not help the Jewish people during the tribulation (Matthew 25:31-46).  The Man of Truth said that he was the only way to come to the Father of Truth (John 14:6).  People cannot escape Hell if they neglect the only means of salvation that the Father of Truth has provided (Hebrews 2:2-4).  The Father of Truth did not spare the Angels of Lies who rebelled against Him and He not spare those who reject His Son (2 Peter 2:4).  Only those who make His Son their king will enter into the New Jerusalem (Revelation 21:25-27).  The Man of Truth plainly will put people in the Chamber of Horrors for rejecting him.

Some groups promote a social justice "Jesus" who wants his followers to feed the poor and do good works but never confront anyone about their sin.  What does the Book of Truth say about this "Jesus"?

The Law of Truth (Torah aka The Law) said that not confronting people when they sin is showing them hatred (Leviticus 19:17).  It is by people turning from sin that causes them to be saved (Ezekiel 18:27-28).  The Man of Truth did not teach anything that was different than what the Law of Truth taught (Matthew 5:17-19).  This is why the Man of Truth told people how to confront someone when they sin against them (Matthew 18:15-18).  This is why the Man of Truth commissioned the Children of Truth to tell other people to repent (Luke 24:45-47).  The Father of Truth has given the gift of the opportunity to repent so that people can be saved (Acts 11:18).  Whoever turns people away from sin that causes them to be saved (James 5:19-20).  The only reason the Father of Truth has delayed judgment upon the world is to give people a chance to turn from sin (2 Peter 3:8-10).   Anyone who takes care of the physical needs of people without confronting them about their sin is guilty of the worst kind of hatred.

Some groups promote a tolerant "Jesus" who would never tell anyone that their lifestyle is wicked.  What does the Book of Truth say about this "Jesus"?

The Father of Truth said in the Law of Truth that those who engage in homosexuality, adultery, and the like are worthy of death (Leviticus 20:10-17).  The Man of Truth taught the same doctrine as His Father (John 7:16-17).  The Man of Truth only said the same things as His Father (John 12:48-50).  The Man of Truth said that people must do what His Father says (John 14:23-24).  The Renewed Covenant (B'rit Chadashah aka The New Testament) still says that those who engage in homosexuality, adultery, and the like are worthy of death (Romans 1:26-32).  Those who engage in a lifestyle like that homosexuality, heterosexual sex outside of marriage, adultery, cross dressing, and the like will not be allowed into the kingdom of the Man of Truth (1 Corinthians 6:9-10).  The Man of Truth is in no way tolerant of those who live like they were married in Sodom.

Some groups promote a prosperity "Jesus" who is much more concerned with people experiencing health and wealth than living a life of holiness and selfless sacrifice for the good of other people.  What does the Book of Truth say about this "Jesus"?

The Man of Truth promised persecution in this world for all of the Children of Truth (Matthew 5:10-12).  The Man of Truth said that following him would separate people from their family (Matthew 10:34-36).  The Man of Truth said that following him would cost a person everything they have - including their very life (Matthew 10:37-39).  The Man of Truth said the world would hate the Children of Truth because it hated him (John 15:18-20).  Stephen got rocks - not riches - for following the Man of Truth (Acts 7:57-60).  Paul the Jew experienced a lack of the very necessities of life for following the Man of Truth (1 Corinthians 4:11-13).  Paul the Jew suffered endless persecution for following the Man of Truth (2 Corinthians 11:23-27).  Paul the Jew learned to rely upon of the Man of Truth even when he suffered from lack of the bare necessities of life (Philippians 4:11-13).  The promise of the Father of Truth is that everyone who lives in the House of Truth with His Son will suffer persecution of some sort - even if no one puts that promise on their fridge or confesses it daily (2 Timothy 3:12).  The main concern of the Father of Truth is that His children live lives that reflect His Holy Character - not their comfort (1 Peter 1:14-16).  It is normal for the Children of Truth to suffer persecution rather experiencing health and wealth (1 Peter 4:12-14).  The Children of Truth are supposed to lay down their lives and possessions for each other in selfless sacrifice just as the Man of Truth laid down his life in selfless sacrifice for them (1 John 3:16-18).  The Man of Truth and His Father want the Children of Truth giving what they have to take care of people out of love instead of just giving to get.

 Some groups promote a Rabbinic "Jesus", that they usually call by his Angolonized Hebrew name "Yeshua" , who leads people into adopting the customs of Rabbinic Judaism.  What does the Book of Truth say about this "Jesus"?

The Man of Truth said that the Children of Truth were to beware of the doctrine of the Pharisees that Rabbinical Judaism is built upon (Matthew 16:11-12).  The Man of Truth said for the Children of Truth to not to call anyone but him "Rabbi" because that title belonged to him alone (Matthew 23:8-10).  The Man of Truth called those who taught Rabbinic Judaism blind guides that lead people to Hell with their distortion of the Law of Truth (Matthew 23:15-17).  The Man of Truth said that teaching people to ignore the weightier matters of the Law to take care of the lessor matters of the Law was another reason that those who taught Rabbinic Judaism were blind guides (Matthew 23:23-25).  The Man of Truth said that the traditions of Rabbinic Judaism were contrary to the Law of Truth (Mark 7:10-13).  The Man of Truth did nothing except preach against Rabbinic Distort.

The fact is that all of these groups are all preaching another "Jesus" who has no resemblance to the Man of Truth who is written about in the Book of Truth.  Everyone of these groups who are preaching another "Jesus" are teaching the Doctrine of Lies.

The only way to avoid being trapped into following another "Jesus" is to come into the House of Truth.  You come into the House of Truth when you surrender your life to the Man of Truth who the Book of Truth tells about because you believe that His Father raised him from the dead (Romans 10:9).   You come to know the genuine instead of the counterfeit by learning the Doctrine of Truth in the House of Truth.  The moment you come into the House of Truth you will be saved by faith, but grow by knowledge as you remain in the House of Truth.  You learn by experience in the House of Truth that there are two kinds of knowledge and it is heart knowledge will keep you from following another "Jesus".

Come into the House of Truth.




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Sunday, October 6, 2013

The Greatest Fairy Tale Ever Told

 What is the greatest fairy tell ever told?

Fairy tales are stories where things magically happen that defy all common sense and every observable fact of reality.  In fairy tales there is often no need for things to have an original source.  The story usually just begins with no explanation of how the things that are in them came into being or of the forces that brought about their beginning.  In fact, it is often implied that there was no underlying cause for the effect of what followed but rather things just "poof" into existence all on their own for no reason at all.  In those fairy tales where there is an active force it is usually some mysterious entity that either defies explanation or otherwise cannot be demonstrated to exist in real life.

People find fairy tales fun and interesting because they do not have to stand up to close scrutiny, they do not have any resemblance to reality, and they can provide people with a metaphor that gives permission to do about anything.  After all a fairy tale can end anyway that the one telling it wants it to end and can be considered proof of the worldview of the teller to anyone that is willing to hear and believe it.  The fairy tale can be modified over and over as needed by people when it is retold to reinforce whatever idea is fashionable at the time.

Of course, the truth is that no fairy tale is ever true.  Every fairy tale that has ever been told, has been the work of the vain imagination of someone, and has no factual basis in reality.  In short, ever fairy tale is really just an elaborate lie.

The Walt Disney company has made a fortune from retelling fairy tales such as Cinderella and Snow White. Many of these same fairy tales have been repackaged for the consumption of the same audience as they grow older by various video entertainment companies.  For example, there are many versions of Cinderella that have been retold in more modern settings to appeal to teenagers.  Then Cinderella was retold in another way to these same people when they were in their twenties as a romantic comedy.  There have been retelling of some fairy tales as scary stories in television shows.  There have even been porn films that retold classic fairy tales in a completely different manner than what is usually told to children.

So what is the greatest fairy tale every told?  What story has been modified the most to suit the times of the audience throughout all of history?  What tale have people went to the greatest lengths to make seem to be so real that other people will believe it no matter how much their own common sense, history, and demonstrable science contradict it?  What is this unimaginably unrealistic story that cannot stand up under close scrutiny but is presented as fact by so many because they simply wish that it was true?  What is the most elaborate lie ever concocted by the human mind?

The greatest fairy tale ever told starts out like many fairy tales without any actual explanation of an original source that made the fairy tale possible to happen in the first place. In fact the greatest fairy tale ever told insists that there was no original source and everything just magically happened.

A version of this fairy tale that might be told to young children would go something like this.

Once upon time there was a land that was completely barren.  In that land there was a magic potion that formed all on its own for no reason at all.  Then for absolutely no reason at all one day this magic potion was magically zapped and then "poof" it became alive. The magic potion was now a mindless living blob known as a magite.  The magite magically had everything that was needed for life in that magic moment and could of course magically make more magites.  Each magite had the very magical ability to give the magites that it made to posses abilities that it did not possess itself.

(Some say that the magites gave these new abilities to the magites that they made in response to changes in their surroundings as the magites moved further and further from the original location of the magic potion.  Others say that the magites gave new abilities willy-nilly to the magites that they made and the ones that had the abilities that worked out best would continue the process.  Those on both sides are sure that they are right and claim to have indisputable proof that those on the other side are complete nincompoops.  It does not really matter since this is a fairy tale and logic need not apply.)

One day a magite made another magite with a definite shape instead of just keep being a shapeless liquid blob like other magites.  This caught on and soon all of the magites were making magites that had more defined shapes and other characteristics that allowed the magites that they made to do more and more fantastic things.  Soon there were magites that grew roots to the center the earth and grew branches that reached above the top of the clouds.   There were magites that had wings and could fly higher than high.  There were magites that had legs and could run faster than fast.  There were magites that fins and could swim deeper than deep.  The magites also began making magites of all sizes.  Some magites were so small that a billion could live on a speck of dust.  Other magites were so large that it seemed that they could cover the entire world.

Eventually some magites made some magites that were not completely mindless.  These magites in turn made more magites that were even smarter than themselves.  This process continued for a long time until magites were made that were so intelligent that they called themselves "the Wise Ones".  It was the Wise Ones then made up this fairy tale about the magic potion to explain the origin of the Wise Ones and all other magites.

A version of this fairy tale aimed at teenagers would go something like this.

Once upon time the Earth that was completely devoid of life.  Then came along a god named "Hixie-Pixie".  No one could reliably predict what Hixie-Pixie would ever do for the actions of  Hixie-Pixie seemed completely random.  One day Hixie-Pixie made a mystical ooze completely on accident.  Then for absolutely no reason at all Hixie-Pixie spread his fingers apart and lightening came forth from his fingers that zapped the mystical ooze and it came to life. There was now a mindless living blob known as a zoa.  The zoa magically had everything that was needed for life in that magic moment and best of all could magically make more zoas. Hixie-Pixie would then sometimes give a new child zoa abilities that the parent zoa did not possess itself when he came upon the scene.

(Some say that Hixie-Pixie gave these new abilities to the zoas in response to changes in their surroundings as the zoas moved further and further from the original location of the mystical ooze.  Others say that Hixie-Pixie gave new abilities willy-nilly to the new zoas and that the ones that had the abilities that worked out best would be used to continue the process.  Those on both sides are sure that they are right and claim to have indisputable proof that those on the other side are complete morons.  It does not really matter since this is a fairy tale and logic need not apply.)

One day Hixie-Pixie gave one of the new zoas a definite shape instead of just being a shapeless liquid blob like other zoas for no particular reason.  Hixie-Pixie thought this was fun so soon all of the new zoas had more defined shapes and other characteristics that allowed the new zoas that they made to do more and more fantastic things.  Soon there were zoas that grew roots to the center the earth and grew branches that reached above the top of the clouds.   There were zoas that had wings and could fly higher than high.  There were zoas that had legs and could run faster than fast.  There were zoas that fins and could swim deeper than deep.  Hixie-Pixie also began resizing the newest zoas.  Some zoas were so small that a billion could live on a speck of dust.  Other zoas were so large that it seemed that they could cover the entire world.

Eventually Hixie-Pixie made some zoas that were not completely mindless on a fluke.  Whenever these zoas in turn made more zoas then Hixie-Pixie would occasionally give some of then newest zoas the ability to be even smarter than the zoas that made them.  This process continued for a long time (since Hixie-Pixie always acted in a completely unpredictable and random manner) until zoas were made that were so intelligent that they called themselves "the Wise Ones".  It was the Wise Ones then made up this fairy tale about Hixie-Pixie and the mystical ooze to explain the origin of the Wise Ones and all other zoas.

The version of this fairy tale told by professors to students in most universities goes something this.

Once upon time the Earth that was completely devoid of life.  Then came along a god named "Random Chance".  The actions of Random Chance were completely random and totally lacking in purpose.  One day the primordial ooze was made by Random Chance.  Then by Random Chance an electrical current of just the right amperage and voltage zapped the primordial ooze and it came to life. There was now a mindless living blob known as an organism.  The primordial organism magically had everything that was needed for life in that magic moment.  This included a minimum of 100,000 right handed nucleotides that each happened to have a matching left handed nucleotide that was needed to zipper up and form the simplest possible RNA and DNA that is sufficient to define an organism that has everything that is needed to live.  (The simplest organism ever found has 500,000 pairs of nucleotides but microbiologists have theorized that an organism might be able to get by on 100,000 pairs of  nucleotides.)  The  primordial organism had been magically given by Random Chance the ability to locate nutrients, relocate to those nutrients and then convert those nutrients into every thing that was needed to continue to be alive. Best of all by Random Chance the primordial organism could magically reproduce. Sometimes a new child organism would by Random Chance have abilities that the parent organism did not possess itself.

(Some say that new organisms acquired these new abilities in response to changes in their surroundings as organisms moved further and further from the original location of the primordial ooze.  Others say that they acquired these new abilities by Random Chance and that the ones that had the abilities that made them most fit survived to continue the process.  Those on both sides are sure that they are right and claim to have indisputable proof that those on the other side are uneducated buffoons.  It does not really matter since this is a fairy tale and logic need not apply.)

One day by Random Chance, for no particular reason, one of the new organisms had a definite shape instead of just being a shapeless liquid blob like other organisms including the one that produced it.  Soon by Random Chance all sorts of new organisms had more defined shapes and other characteristics to do more and more incredible things.  Soon there were organisms that grew roots to deep into the earth and grew branches that reached towards the clouds.  There were organisms that had wings and could fly high.  There were organisms that had legs and could run fast.  There were organisms that fins and could swim deep.  There also began to be a resizing of the organisms by Random Chance.  Some organisms were so small that millions could live on a speck of dust.  Other organisms were so large that they could cover the large areas of land.

Then on a fluke by Random Chance an organism reproduced and made another organism that was not completely mindless.  Whenever this organism in turn reproduced then by Random Chance some of their offspring had the ability to be even smarter than the parent organism.  This process continued for a long time (some say millions of years since Random Chance always acts in a completely unpredictable and random manner) until organisms were made through reproduction that were so intelligent that they called themselves "Homo Sapiens" (literally "Wise Men") or the Wise Ones.  It was the Wise Ones then made up this fairy tale about Random Chance and the primordial ooze called Evolution to explain the origin of the Wise Ones and all other organisms.

The Fairy Tale of Evolution like all fairy tales is really just an elaborate lie.  Its details change from generation to generation because it will not hold up to close scrutiny.  It is in constant need of rescue mechanisms as people ask more questions about its many deficiencies that are obvious to anyone that has not drank the kool-aid given to them by their science teachers. It is like when someone tells one lie and then has to tell other lies to cover up discrepancies in the original lie.  The web of lies just keeps becoming more elaborate because deep down inside people sense that it is a lie.  The truth on the other hand always remain simple because it never needs a rescue mechanism.

When I was first heard this fairy tale in middle school science class I thought that maybe it could be true.  But when I began to examine it more closely I found that it was no more true than stories of Leprechauns.

I loved mathematics and when I was sixteen I studied the mathematics of evolution over my summer break. The mathematics of evolution showed the complete absurdity of believing that the complexity of even the simplest organism imaginable, the primordial organism, came about by random chance.  Of course, there were other things that were equally impossible from a logical viewpoint like an organism adding complexity to its offspring that did not help the cause of evolution.  I had to let go of all belief in evolution just like I had previously let go of all belief in Santa Claus, the Easter Bunny and the Tooth Fairy.

Another thing that makes the Evolution Myth so far fetched is its total dependence on random chance.  There is no notion of anything occurring by random chance in science or mathematics any where except when it comes to theories about the origins of the universe and human life.  "Random Chance" is the god of the Evolution Myth.  So in a sort of loopy logic that would never work in an actual computer program those that cling to this myth insist that Evolution is the proof of the existence of Random Chance and Random Chance is the proof that Evolution happened.

In every other endeavor of science the universe runs on laws instead of random chance.  The science of physics is possible because of the laws of physics.  The same is true for chemistry, astronomy, and every other branch of science including computer science which deals with the laws of logic.  Mathematics is the study and discovery of the laws of mathematics. 

The truth is random chance does not really exists anymore than the gods of Greek mythology or Hixie-Pixie.  There is an entire area of mathematics devoted to dispelling the notion of random chance but instead showing that everything in the physical world indeed works by the laws of mathematics and science.  The entirety of the fields of science and mathematics is nothing more than discovering the laws that the universe works by and determining how to apply those laws to solve real life problems.  For example, it was by discovering and applying the fundamental laws of aerodynamics that allowed the Wright Brothers to create a heavier-than-air machine that could fly.

Random chance is just a perception of the human mind but not a physical reality.  For example when someone rolls a pair of dice the outcome of the roll is determined by the laws of physics.  The outcome is unpredictable to the roller because they do not know all of the laws involved and cannot control all of the parameters that apply to those laws.  However, those that have enough understanding of the laws involved and know how to control the parameters that apply to a pair of dice can change the dice to always come up with the same number.  This is done by moving the center of gravity of each die away from the center and towards the side that will be face down when the desired side is face up.  It is those that understand that dice operate by the laws of physics instead of random chance that can produced "loaded" dice that always produce the same number when rolled.

More than that there is no precedence of evolution ever being observed in any living organism throughout history.  There are one cell organisms with short time spans between when they became a separate organism when another organism divided and when they will divide into two organisms.  Some of these organisms have had millions of generations of reproduction since the time of Darwin and yet they remain identical to the ones observed at the time of Darwin.  Millions of species of organisms that have been discovered by man and no one has ever actually observed any sort of evolution occur.  There has not been one instance of anyone observing any organism ever producing offspring that is outside of the box that defines the core characteristics of its species.  Instead every organism just keeps reproducing more organisms of its own kind.  Would you believe that evolution only occurs when nobody is looking?  If so would you also believe that the word "gullible" is not in the dictionary?

Make no mistake evolution is at the core of a religion that requires people to ignore reality in order to believe that religion.  In this religion there is supposedly no god but in reality there is a god called "Random Chance".  Everything in this religion of human secularism relies on the god of Random Chance for all explanations of the past, all morality for present behavior, and all expectations of the future.

As has already been shown the universe operates on laws rather than random chance.  The god called "Random Chance" is just another idol made by people that has no ability to do anything (Deuteronomy 4:28).  The truth is that evolution is just another idol that was the skillfully made by some scientists just like a wooden idol that is made by some carpenters (Isaiah 44:13-15).  No matter how many people claim that they were made by random chance it is no more credible than those that claimed that they were made by some other idol (Jeremiah 2:27).  Those that believe in the god of Random Chance and the doctrine of evolution are foolish brutes who worship the work of their own minds like those that worship the work of their own hands (Jeremiah 10:8-9).

It was the god of "Random Chance" that Aaron claimed made the golden calf when the people of Israel threw their gold into the fire (Exodus 32:24).  In reality, "Random Chance" did not exist but was only an excuse for their rebellion against the Father of Truth (Exodus 32:21-23).  There was an original source that made the golden calf (Exodus 32:35).  Nothing ever occurs without a cause (Proverbs 26:2).  The universe was made on purpose by the Father of Truth (YHVH aka God aka THE LORD) just like the golden calf was made on purpose by Aaron instead occurring without a cause by Random Chance.

You might think that evolution is relatively modern invention that started with Darwin but it actually goes back much further than that.  There were Greek philosophers like Aristotle that taught similar notions but there is evidence of these ideas being believed by many of the elite in ancient Egypt way before that.  The truth is there is no new thing under the sun (Ecclesiastes 1:9-11).  Evolution is nothing more than this ancient religion being falsely called science (2 Timothy 6:20-21).  Real science that is practiced by the kings of science like Newton is methodically discovering and applying the laws of science that the Father of Truth has concealed (Proverbs 25:2).

If the structural design similarities between fins of a whale and the wings of a bat are not the product of random chance then how can they be explained?  It turns out that the obvious answer is the correct answer and that is that they have a common design because they have a common designer.  Instead of believing that there is intelligence in their design by random chance it is far more reasonable to believe that there is intelligence in their design because their design is the product of an intelligent designer.

The Father of Truth is that intelligent designer who created the universe (Genesis 1:1).  The Earth has an atmosphere of clouds that is necessary to support life by design (Genesis 1:6-7).  The Earth has oceans and dry land that are needed to support life by design (Genesis 1:9-10).  The Earth has plants with roots that go deep into the earth and branches that reach up towards the clouds which can create seeds to reproduce more plants of the same kind by design (Genesis 1:11-12).  The Earth has animals that fly high and swim deep with the capability to reproduce more animals of the same kind by design (Genesis 1:20-22).  The Earth has animals that run fast with the capability to reproduce more animals of the same kind by design (Genesis 1:24-25).  Most importantly, there are men on the Earth because the Father of Truth designed people to be miniatures of Himself (Genesis 1:26-27).  The universe and everything in it was made on purpose to take care of the needs of His crowning achievement called the human race (Genesis 1:28-30).

Every religion attempts to answer three questions.  Where did we come from?  Why are we here? Where are we going?  The religion built on evolution has an answer for each question.  The answer to the first question is by accident.  The answer to the second question is no reason at all.  The answer to the third question is extinction.  What a depressing religion!

The Book of Truth (The Bible) has much better answers to these questions.

The Father of Truth made the Earth and controls the atmosphere that surrounds it (Jeremiah 10:12-13).  He is the former of all things (Jeremiah 10:16).  He created the Earth to be inhabited (Isaiah 45:18).  The Earth was given to the human race as a place for them to inhabit (Psalm 115:16).

The original man was made by Him (Genesis 5:1).  From this original man came every nation of people (Acts 17:24-26).  We came from Him instead of coming from something that was made by man like an idol called Random Chance (Acts 17:28-29).

The Father of Truth made people so they could know Him but we have separated ourselves from Him (Genesis 3:8-10).  He wants all people to come to know Him instead of seeking after a man made god like Random Chance that offers no help in times of trouble (Isaiah 45:20-22).  He made all people and scattered them across the Earth to cause them to seek after Him so that they would find Him (Acts 17:26-27).

Our entire duty is to trust and obey Him because everything we do shall be made known to everyone (Ecclesiastes 12:13-14).

The Father of Truth told Moses that since people could not stand in His presence that He would send a man that they must listen to (Deuteronomy 18:15-20). He sent the Man of Truth (Yeshua HaMashiach aka Jesus Christ) so that people could come back to Him (John 3:16-18).  He sent His Son into this world so people could understand what He is like (John 14:8-10).  His Son became like us so we could become like His Father (1 John 3:1-3).  That is our entire purpose!

Where we are going depends upon which path we decide to follow.  We will all be resurrected and each person will either suffer eternal punishment or enjoy eternal reward (Daniel 12:1-3).

Some will follow the Man of Truth in obeying the Father of Truth (Matthew 7:20-21).  They will live with forever with their Father in the renewed universe (Revelation 21:1-4).

Most will follow the Father of Lies (HaShatan aka Satan aka The Devil) by believing elaborate lies like the fairy tale of evolution because he is the original source of all lies (John 8:44).  They will live forever with their father in the Lake of Fire (Revelation 20:10-15).

You might be wondering since evolution is the greatest fairy tale ever told why do so many people believe it.  People follow this fairy tale for the same reason that they worship idols.  People worship at the altar of evolution because they have rejected the Father of Truth (Romans 1:21).  People irrationally cling to evolution because they want to believe a lie instead of the truth (Romans 1:25).   People drink the evolution kool-aid because they are in rebellion against Him (Romans 1:28-31).  People believe in evolution because they refuse to hear the truth and turn from their wickedness just like the kingdom of Judah (Zechariah 7:9-11).  In short, they believe in evolution because they want the fairy tale to be true regardless of how unreasonable it is.

You still might want some proof of the validity of the Book of Truth.

The universe is way too complex to have happened by Random Chance but instead is proof of a universe maker (Psalm 19:1).  The very universe and every living thing on Earth is proof of a creator by their very existence and complexity (Romans 1:20).   All you need for proof is to look at the sky on a starry night.

The Father of Truth tells of things before they ever occur which can never be contributed to Random Chance or any other idol (Isaiah 42:8-9).  There is no possibility of this occurring by any other means (Isaiah 45:21).  He declares the end of a matter from its beginning like when the Babylonians came from the east to remove the Jews from the land of Israel (Isaiah 46:9-11).  He declared while the nation of Judah was still standing that the Jews would be scattered all over the Earth and then regathered to once again create the nation of Israel (Jeremiah 31:9-11).  All you really need for proof is to look at a map of the Middle East.

The Father of Truth has given assurance of all of these things by raising the Man of Truth from the dead (Acts 17:30-31).  This was not done in the corner of some long lost place in the obscurity of unwritten history but was a well known event in the land of Israel and throughout the Roman Empire (Acts 26:23-26).  All you really need for proof is to read the history of the Middle East during the first century AD.

But better than all of that, the Father of Truth makes an offer of proof that neither Random Chance nor any other idol can ever make.  He promises that you can still find Him even if you have been lead astray by the idol like the one called Random Chance (Deuteronomy 4:28-29).  He promises that if you will seek after Him with all your heart then He will show Himself to you in a way that is meaningful to you (Jeremiah 29:13).  So the proof is available to anyone that is willing to look for it.

The story of how things began never changes in the Book of Truth because the Book of Truth never changes (Isaiah 40:6-8).  Not one part of one letter will ever change in the Book of Truth (Matthew 5:18).  The Book of Truth will outlast the universe (Matthew 24:35).   If you look at a part of the Book of Truth found in the dead sea scrolls written in the original language (Hebrew) in 200 BC you will find that not even a part of any letter is different in that same passage in a modern writing in Hebrew.  There is no need for new versions or rescue mechanisms or any other sort of change because the Book of Truth is true.

Those that preach evolution call themselves wise ("homo sapiens") but have become fools (Romans 1:22).  Those that believe that there is no god will always end up as fools (Psalm 14:1).  Those that believe there is no god will inevitably lose all restraint so they commit all kinds of evil (Psalm 53:1). That is why the atheistic leaders of the twentieth century like Lenin, Hitler, Stalin and Mao Zedong managed to kill more people than all of their predecessors combined.  It is as foolish to trust in evolution as it is to trust in an idol (Habakkuk 2:18-19).  Those that make up this fairy tale called evolution will be shown to be fools like those that make idols (Isaiah 45:16).  Those that teach this foolishness because they relied on their own strength instead of the Father of Truth will all be shown to be fools (Psalm 52:5-7).

The Father of Truth will one day show the world that all idols like the god called Random Chance are completely worthless so that no one worships them (Jeremiah 10:10-11). The doctrine of evolution is a lie that has no life to it and those that worship at the altar of evolution are completely in error so that they will one day perish (Jeremiah 10:14-15).

If you have drank the kool-aid of evolution now is the age for you to be enlightened.  It is time to reject this escape from reason and face the facts of life with a sober mind. It is time to listen to the voice of reason.  It is time to lose your religion.

The Father of Truth wants to reason with you so that you can be cleansed from your sins (Isaiah 1:18).  He is the one that is drawing you to the Man of Truth (John 6:44).  He has been allowing mankind to continue in evil because He is not willing that any should perish but desires that all should repent (2 Peter 3:9).  He has sent His son because he wants all men to come to the knowledge of the truth (1 Timothy 2:3-5).

You will not understand this with your head (mind) at first because you believe with your heart (spirit) not with your head (Romans 10:10).  You will understand more clearly as your mind is made new by reading the Book of Truth afterwards (Romans 12:2).

It is time for you to leave behind the greatest fairy tale ever told because you are no longer ignorant of the truth (Acts 17:30-31).  You need to come into the House of Truth by submitting to the Man of Truth in total surrender because you believe that the Father of Truth raised him from the dead (Romans 10:8-9).

Come into the House of Truth.

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