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The great lie of Religion is that Lucifer is Jehovah. This solves the riddle of Matthew 24:24 “....insomuch that, if it were possible, they shall deceive the very elect.”
16 And he causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads: 17 And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name. 18 Here is wisdom. Let him that hath understanding count the number of the beast: for it is the number of a man; and his number is Six hundred threescore and six. Revelation 13:16-18
"Kosher doesn't taste any better; kosher isn't healthier; kosher doesn't have less salmonella. You can eat a Holly Farm chicken which sells for 39 cents a pound on sale, and next taste a Kosher chicken selling for $1.69 a pound, and not tell the difference. There's a lot of money to be made! Religion is not based on logic!" - The Washington Post (November 2, 1987)
Originally posted by rebellender
reply to post by ThePublicEnemyNo1
check out your food pantry
I am about to fry up some BACON!!!
Originally posted by HangTheTraitors
Its always praise-worthy to see folks analyze and research religious beliefs but, in the end, you will see that "Yahweh", "Lucifer," and the other religious characters are fiction. Originating from Astro-theology. Characters that originated from the heavenly bodies that we see up overhead.
esus said, "Watch out for doomsday deceivers. Many leaders are going to show up with forged identities, claiming, 'I am Christ, the Messiah.' They will deceive a lot of people. When reports come in of wars and rumored wars, keep your head and don't panic. This is routine history; this is no sign of the end. Nation will fight nation and ruler fight ruler, over and over. Famines and earthquakes will occur in various places. This is nothing compared to what is coming.
"In the confusion, lying preachers will come forward and deceive a lot of people. For many others, the overwhelming spread of evil will do them in—nothing left of their love but a mound of ashes. 13-14"Staying with it—that's what God requires. Stay with it to the end. You won't be sorry, and you'll be saved. All during this time, the good news—the Message of the kingdom—will be preached all over the world, a witness staked out in every country. And then the end will come.
"If anyone tries to flag you down, calling out, 'Here's the Messiah!' or points, 'There he is!' don't fall for it. Fake Messiahs and lying preachers are going to pop up everywhere. Their impressive credentials and dazzling performances will pull the wool over the eyes of even those who ought to know better. But I've given you fair warning.
Originally posted by rebellender
Originally posted by HangTheTraitors
Its always praise-worthy to see folks analyze and research religious beliefs but, in the end, you will see that "Yahweh", "Lucifer," and the other religious characters are fiction. Originating from Astro-theology. Characters that originated from the heavenly bodies that we see up overhead.
In this case evil is imaginary also then.
and your point is that good and evil are also relative then.
I am staying with creation, thanks
Don't be offended by what I've said. Your OP is simply false. I know you are just giving us a hypothesis to think about and aren't claiming it is a proven truth, but there is a logical failure and it mostly is a non sequitor.
Originally posted by emsed1
Believing in one thing or another doesn't make it real. Good and evil are NOT real. They are cognitive processes that have nothing whatsoever to do with God.
If you truly believe that God created the universe and everything in it, as it is clearly stated in scripture, then one of two things are true.
1 - Evil is a real thing, and therefore God created it because he created ALL.
or
2 - Evil is imaginary and was not created by God. It exists only inside your mind as a cognitive "belief" that YOU created.
I will give you the answer. I have done the work for you.
God did not create evil. God doesn't lie and He does not and never will do anything that isn't out of pure love for his children.
Therefore evil is imaginary and only exists in your mind.
One more thing - Jesus gave you the Authority and the Power to completely and utterly destroy evil for all time. You are a son of God, and you have the tools.
If you need imaginary evil in order to survive it is only because you allow it to happen in your mind. Or you can simply read the literal words of Christ and use the authority he explicitly gave you and make it go away! Forever!
Originally posted by rebellender
Originally posted by HangTheTraitors
Its always praise-worthy to see folks analyze and research religious beliefs but, in the end, you will see that "Yahweh", "Lucifer," and the other religious characters are fiction. Originating from Astro-theology. Characters that originated from the heavenly bodies that we see up overhead.
In this case evil is imaginary also then.
and your point is that good and evil are also relative then.
I am staying with creation, thanks