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The Roman court was far from penniless. It is still quite wealthy.
Originally posted by novastrike81
reply to post by NOTurTypical
John was the only NT author who wasn't martyred; he was exiled. I'm sure it was just a slip of the finger on your part.
Originally posted by NorthStargal52
Originally posted by NOTurTypical
Originally posted by autowrench
Originally posted by adjensen
Originally posted by xuenchen
and some more controversies here:
reuchlina.tripod.com...
The "Piso Family" thing is a known hoax by an American Jewish agitator who uses the pseudonym "Abelard Reuchlin". There is absolutely no evidence to support this claim.
And there is absolutely no evidence that Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John every existed either. One thing is very clear, the New Testament was written by men with an agenda, and that agenda was Energy Gathering, Control and Money. There is not a shred of real evidence that Jesus every existed. So where does that energy raised in Church go to, anyway? How can you be certain?
"Control and Money"?
Is that why all the NT authors died as penniless martyrs?
Everything's so clear now. In order to be rich you must be penniless!!!
Amen brother, amen!
I see you only choose to acknowledge your beliefs I havent seen you accept one thing that anyone has said or provided .. kind make me think how biased you really are
I dont remember being taken to the woodshed on any issue.
Originally posted by Hemisphere
Of course the Vatican bankers under Lord Evelyn Rothschild have long ago eclipsed the wealth and usurped the power of the Roman court. The good news is the Vatican while it is still of use to the bankers is in no danger of default. Many people still have an affinity to clergymen over bankers, I however have trouble seeing a difference. They both want the fruits of people's labors for no good reason.
Originally posted by leejohnbarnes
I dont remember being taken to the woodshed on any issue.
I'm amazed (and a little amused, though not so much, speaks to something lacking,) by the number of posts on ATS that either represent complete ignorance of history,
Originally posted by NorthStargal52
reply to post by Hemisphere
Yeah this is another area that ticks me off ,, how the Catholic religion and many other Christian religions harp over the fact they need money all the time .. its really pathetic to be judged by your own church .....
as to How good of a Christian you are based upon your contributions .. lol what do they have going on anyways
ok Copper Level .. you donate just pennies
Nickel Level .....you donate just nickels
Quarter Level.... you start giving silver woooo hooo
and then the Dollar bills .. now if your at the premium level you have your name in each an every church bulletin
At the lower levels you still are part of the upper crust ..
Yeah this really does happen .. SNOBS all of them..
Why is the bible a Forgery ???
Because of the money DAH.... they use it as the law ... they use it as a manipulate way for money ..
Originally posted by NOTurTypical
reply to post by Hemisphere
The Roman court was far from penniless. It is still quite wealthy.
Hmmmm, I said "NT authors".
Originally posted by Hemisphere
Originally posted by NorthStargal52
reply to post by Hemisphere
Yeah this is another area that ticks me off ,, how the Catholic religion and many other Christian religions harp over the fact they need money all the time .. its really pathetic to be judged by your own church .....
as to How good of a Christian you are based upon your contributions .. lol what do they have going on anyways
ok Copper Level .. you donate just pennies
Nickel Level .....you donate just nickels
Quarter Level.... you start giving silver woooo hooo
and then the Dollar bills .. now if your at the premium level you have your name in each an every church bulletin
At the lower levels you still are part of the upper crust ..
Yeah this really does happen .. SNOBS all of them..
Why is the bible a Forgery ???
Because of the money DAH.... they use it as the law ... they use it as a manipulate way for money ..
The Roman Empire taxed. The Roman Empire eventually fell but only externally, it took refuge within the state religion. By doing so it went on to conquer far more than Europe. The Empire/Vatican has branches everywhere. It still collects taxes/contributions and is largely tax-exempt in most countries. I belong to a gym and thus pay a monthly fee to maintain the gym. Any organization, church or gym has material needs and thus needs contributions to exist. There are acceptions, Churches that gather in homes and such and there it is likely closer to the early Christian cults and the expenditures and needs are far less. "Whenever two or more of you are gathered in His name" this can equate to a "Church".
Back to the finances. Some financing is necessary as I mentioned but every parish is beholding to a diocese and the diocese is beholding to the Vatican. It's in essence a huge flattened pyramid with the individual parishes on the bottom a far smaller number of diocese and the Vatican at the top. This is the general picture. Enough money of what is given remains at the local level to keep the bills paid and all the extra flows upwards. This makes for a successful business but is the Vatican a business? At every level some amount flows to charity to keep up the good impression. What is not understood is the amount of money that is flowing up and has been for centuries. Much like the US government, there is an impressive looking exterior and most are satisfied with that impression. "Baffled by the BS." Once you start to crunch the numbers and look at the books you wonder where has the money gone? This is front and center right now for both institutions. The US debt crisis as well as how the Vatican is coming up with all of that money to pay restitution. Yes, the Vatican is selling off some holdings but it is still a drop in the bucket for this non-taxed corporation. And so pay them off, shut them up, we'll buy back our real estate later at bargain basement prices once the US economy finally tanks and get the money of the remaining faithful flowing once more. Thus the huge, fast payoffs. Minimize the damage, get things quieted. There's too much money at stake.
In the RC Church there are those that put a dollar or two in the collection and there are still those that drop a lot of cheddar, pull their weight. Those are the minority not the person that drops a buck but it only takes a few to make this work. Consider in the USA there are those that pay very little or no taxes and they are actually the majority. Then there are those that pay the bulk. Very similar situations. The RC Church and the USA, very impressive exteriors, just imagine if everything was on the level. I've given to both organizations in my life. I'm still paying my taxes and giving to select charities within the RC Church. Other Christian Churches and various organizations adopt the same type of corrupted structures. How many threads on ATS are regarding these institutions? Not every Church or institution, obviously but where there are people involved the opportunity for corruption exists. Where "free rides" or "eternal salvation" are promised, the odds for corruption increase. Just my opinion.
Originally posted by NorthStargal52
How sweet you make it sound... Just candy coated IMO No I'm just being sarcastic ..its true church’s need to pay their bills just like I do. And they also have a newer Car than I do .. and are able to have wine cellars like I don’t have .. nor am I able to buy the kind of groceries these priests do .. I'm not here to pick a fight nor to argue your rebuttal there is much truth in your words ..
Originally posted by firstonterror
My question to you all is what is the Bible to you? What I mean is, just because you so happened to stumble upon it, who on earth gave you permission to read it?
My theory is, just because you know 'of' the bible and that you know 'of' God, it doesn't mean God invited you into his world.
It wouldn't matter, even if you did try to read it, or try and make sense of God because, if you truly did know God and his bible, the first thing he says is to throw that old peice of *hit away as he explains why you dont need it if you are doing business with him directly anyhow. Makes sense huh?
I would like to close with the fact that "shall no man, interfere with the next mans plan with God." That means, if you came here to argue the truth, forget it, God decides not you, and it is his world, and not how you interpret it, God has a red pen and eraser to go along with it too. heheh...
amen.
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Originally posted by NorthStargal52
I seriously think they could come out with a Bible lll and in it ...it would tell of how & all that existed before man Were these spiritual entities they called ET's who played a big part in the future construction of the universes.
Originally posted by firstonterror
Originally posted by NorthStargal52
I seriously think they could come out with a Bible lll and in it ...it would tell of how & all that existed before man Were these spiritual entities they called ET's who played a big part in the future construction of the universes.
And we will call it archive.org!
lol