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Originally posted by OhZone
I'm with Oprah on this one.
Anyone want to explain exactly why we need religion?
It is a control by fear system.
Suckers have bought into it and created a huge powerful, wealtlhy multinational corporation. It claims to be "god'" trustee for all the land in the world. That is why you can never own the land you live on. You can never have free and clear allodial title. You have a "fee" title, which means that you pay "rent" forever. The Pope has given the administrative duties over this land to Queen Eliz.II.
The Vatican rules the world.
The "faithful" unwittingly support this tyranny. It is time that they were awakened to the truth.
Know the truth and it will make you free. But first it will make you very angry.
[edit] More self-proclaimed Maitreyas
The following people listed are just a small portion of the several people who claimed themselves to be Maitreya. Many have either used the Maitreya incarnation claim to form a new Buddhist sect or have used the name of Maitreya to form a new religious movement or cult.
Gung Ye, a Korean warlord and king of short-lived state of Taebong during the 10th century, claimed himself as living incarnation of Maitreya and ordered his subjects to worship him. His claim was widely rejected by most Buddhist monks and later he was dethroned and killed by his own servants.
In 613 the monk Xiang Haiming claimed himself Maitreya and adopted imperial title.[10]
In 690 Empress Wu inaugurated the Second Zhou dynasty, proclaimed herself an incarnation of the future Buddha Maitreya, and made Luoyang the "holy capital." In 693 she replaced the compulsory Dao De Jing in the curriculum temporarily with her own Rules for Officials. [11]
Lu Zhong Yi, the 17th patriarch of I-Kuan Tao, claimed to be an incarnation of Maitreya.
L. Ron Hubbard, founder of Dianetics and Scientology, suggested he was "Metteya" (Maitreya) in the 1955 poem Hymn of Asia. His editors indicated, in the book's preface, specific physical characteristics said to be outlined -- in unnamed Sanskrit sources -- as properties of the coming Maitreya; properties which Hubbard's appearance supposedly aligned with. Years later in the OT VIII material Hubbard explicitly claims to be the Maitreya, as well as the Anti-Christ.[12]
Raël's Maitreya claims[1] center on the content of the Agama Sutra (Japanese: Agon Sutra)[13], supposedly a very ancient text written by Buddha himself, but which has been deemphasized or forgotten by the majority of Buddhist cultures.[14] Raël has claimed directly to people attending Asia Raëlian Church seminars, that someone born in France, a country which is often symbolized by the cock (or rooster), west of the Orient, meets the criteria of the Maitreya. Rael himself claims to be this individual.[15]
[edit] Religious leaders
Jose Luis de Jesus Miranda — Organizer of the Growing in Grace who claims that the resurrected Christ "integrated himself within me.".
Luc Jouret — Leader of the Order of the Solar Temple and was believed to be the third reincarnation of Jesus Christ.
Maitreya — The expected world teacher who is promoted by the British author Benjamin Creme.
Sun Myung Moon — Founder of the Unification Church considers himself the second coming of Christ, but not Jesus himself.
Jung Myung Seok — Founder of Providence Church, international fugitive wanted for rape among other crimes.
Ariffin Mohamed — Also known as Ayah Pin, is the founder of banned Sky Kingdom in Malaysia. He claims to be the incarnation of Jesus Christ, as well as Muhammad, Shiva, and Buddha.[1]
Ayya Vaikundar; According to Akilattirattu Ammanai, the scripture of Ayyavazhi Narayana, who was one among the trinity in Vaikundar was the one who incarnated as Jesus.
Inri Cristo, Brazilian religious leader.
Matayoshi Jesus; In 1997 he established the World Economic Community Party based on his conviction that he is the God and Christ. [4]
Hogen Fukunaga; He claimed to realize he was the reincarnation of Jesus Christ and the Buddha [5].
Apollo C. Quiboloy; A Cebuano pastor who claims to be the Christ. He has also marked Pastor Eli Soriano as being condemned to hell.
Bahá'u'lláh founder of the Baha'i Faith.
Mirza Ghulam Ahmad founder of the Ahmadiyya faith.
Arnold Potter, schismatic Latter Day Saint leader; called himself "Potter Christ"
Charles Manson — Founder of "The Family".
[edit] Others
Anatoly Timofeevich Fomenko — A supporter of the New Chronology, claims that Jesus Christ is the same person as the prophet Elisha, Saint Basil of Caesarea, and Pope Gregory VII.
Vince Taylor — Musician.
Mehmet Ali Ağca a Turkish assassin who shot and wounded Pope John Paul II[2]
Tom Graeff — filmmaker who claimed to be Jesus Christ II in the early 1960s
David Icke — Claimed he was the Son of God on UK chatshow 'Wogan' in 1991. He later denied his claim, saying that the media had misinterpreted his remarks.
Hong Xiuquan — self-proclaimed brother of Jesus Christ.
Laszlo Toth - Hungarian-born Australian who vandalised Michelangelo's Pietà in 1972
Ahnsahnghong - South Korean man - worshipped by World Mission Society Church of God as the second coming Jesus
David Shayler - former MI5 (British Security Service) officer who gained notoriety after being prosecuted under the Official Secrets Act for his passing secret documents to the press. In July 2007 Shayler claimed to be a reincarnation of Jesus Christ.
Billy Meier — Alleged sole contactee of the "Pleiadian" race of human ETs, it is claimed in literature disseminated by Meier that he is not only the re-incarnation of Christ and the "prophet" and world-savior of the modern-age, but also the re-incarnation of Isiah, Elijah, Muhammad, and others.
Originally posted by schrodingers dog
reply to post by jetxnet
First Obama now Oprah.
Is there's any African American person you do like? It will be a short list and make it easier for the rest of us to follow your hatred.
Originally posted by NOTurTypical
reply to post by amitheone
Sure brother, I watched the videos in your sig. I knew God was angry at the Jews taking the star for their symbol.
And now my eyes are opened. Thank you.
I'll return the favor, the antichrist is revealed:
He calls himself "Lord Maitreya". He is the son of Perdition.
Watch the YouTube videos. People who think it's Obama, Prince Charles, George Bush etc are all wrong.
The AntiChrist is Lord Maitreya, his false prophet is the Roman Catholic Pope.
home.sprynet.com...
www.satansrapture.com...
www.redmoonrising.com...
www.cuttingedge.org...
Originally posted by dalan.
reply to post by MandM
Did you know that Emperor Constantine used your "Holy" Bible as a form of manipulation against Europe?
Do you think he would do anything short of "everything" to keep status quo? wouldn't you?
Did you know that Emperor Constantine formed the council of Nicaea?
Do you have any idea how big of an event the coucil of Nicaea was? Trying to sum it up as a sentence placed in an argument is silly. Think of the Nuremburg trial transcripts and then multiply by 100.
Did you know that within the council of Nicaea a bunch of Romans decided to unite all of Christendom by putting together the first Bible?
Again, does it surprise you that Romans didn't make large candy pinatas and have pie eating contests to rule their empire? No, they used their brains...
Did you know that only those present got to choose what went into the Bible?
As opposed to those that weren't presen?
Did you know that for hundreds of years afterward the Holy Roman Empire ruled western Europe by manipulating people with the "Holy" Bible?
Why is this surprising? People manipulate by any means possible. We manipulate with our minds, with our emotions, with our penises, vaginas, with our art, movies, food, and anything else that has any relevance to the situation at hand.
Did you know that later on King James removed a few of the books from the previous Bible created by Constantine and then dubbed his version the "authorized" version?
Are you trying to tell me a "King" did something as egotistical and maniacal as to say what he thinks is the word of god? Wow, that's a revelation.
Did you know that 90% of the Christians in today's world are too stupid to investigate the history of their own religion?
Did you know that most Christians are just like everyone else? They probably only go to church to fit in and meet other people and feel good about themselves (for whatever reason) for a short while.
Did you know that Emperor Constantine and all the members of the council of Nicaea are probably laughing at modern Christians for their ignorance?
No, they are all dead. They are not laughing one single bit. They are rotting corpses that will never see the light of day again. Period.
Did you know any of these things??
Probably not....
Originally posted by OhZone
I'm with Oprah on this one.
Anyone want to explain exactly why we need religion?
It is a control by fear system.
Suckers have bought into it and created a huge powerful, wealtlhy multinational corporation. It claims to be "god'" trustee for all the land in the world. That is why you can never own the land you live on. You can never have free and clear allodial title. You have a "fee" title, which means that you pay "rent" forever. The Pope has given the administrative duties over this land to Queen Eliz.II.
The Vatican rules the world.
The "faithful" unwittingly support this tyranny. It is time that they were awakened to the truth.
Know the truth and it will make you free. But first it will make you very angry.
Originally posted by sarcastic
Somebody better do something about biblical Christianity because the people who claim it don't follow its leader.
They say everything opposite to what Jesus said and they claim he said it. They follow paul the pharisee instead of jesus the christ.
Jesus was a radical and paul was a bureaucrat and christians cant tell the diff.
sarc
Originally posted by sarcastic
Somebody better do something about biblical Christianity because the people who claim it don't follow its leader.
They say everything opposite to what Jesus said and they claim he said it. They follow paul the pharisee instead of jesus the christ.
Jesus was a radical and paul was a bureaucrat and christians cant tell the diff.
sarc