Whenever I see how people hold their religious view or opinion tenaciously in this forum, I could not help but pity their ignorance. It was Oyedepo who said “INSTEAD OF GOING FOR WHAT WE DON’T KNOW TO INCREASE OUR KNOWLEDGE, WE OVER CELEBRATE THE LITTLE WE KNOW THEREBY EXPOSING OUR IGNORANCE.” In this forum, many who are totally ignorant of spiritual matter by reason of not having any thing to do with religion? They claim to be atheist, and do not attend church yet at the same time claim to know the BIBLE better than those who attend church and are religious.

Because of their mind set, they have closed their mind to new ideas and knowledge and at the same time over celebrate the little they know. What a pitiable life because anyone who stops learning will start dying and that is why you see even professors attend seminars and workshops to increase their knowledge and refresh their knowledge.

If you are a Christian in this forum, note one thing, all that the atheists and unbelievers are saying in this forum MAY BE TRUE IN THEIR OWN UNDERSTANDING but false as far as Christianity is concerned. Look at 1Corinthians 1:18 “For the preaching of the cross is to them that perish foolishness; but to us which are saved it is the power of God. The reason why they are antagonistic against MOG and why they say most of the things they say and do is because they lack the SPIRIT of GOD in them that is why religious are foolishness to them. They feel that they are the one saying the correct thing while as they are opening showing their religious ignorance.

Could you ever wonder WHY MANY Christians seem to withdraw from the forum? The reason is that it is a waste of time trying to argue with a person with a mind set. The BIBLE described them in 2Timothy 3:7 as “Ever learning, and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth."

Instead of opening their mind to new idea, and new knowledge, they are content with the little they know and antagonize any that dare differ from their opinion. I want to ask, why could you be arguing with someone over an issue, then suddenly you scream I SEE I SEE- were you blind before? No you are not blind before but what happens is that new understanding has come and you are able to see that matter in a new way. At that point, you will see that matter in a new way.

Out of anger and ignorance, you forget 2 things

a) Many aheists were christains before and so know the bible

b) Numerous studies in America show that atheists know more about religion than theists

Is it a crime for Christians to also open their mind to new ideas and knowledge?

@OP,but if you are a true christian and believe that the bible is the word of god then what does it mean by:'my people perish for lack of knowledge'.................is this verse not referring to ignorant christians?

@OP,who are the people that told us that the world will end so many times and ended up giving us fake predictions?were they atheists or ignorant christians?

LOL!

@OP,who are the people that say that if you don't pay your tithes you will become poor and yet we have hindu,muslim and zoroastrian billionaires all over the world?

OP,who are the people that said that angels have freewill only to tell us that LUCIFER led a rebellion against god?how could he rebel when you are the same people who claim that he was programmed to obey?

The Pagan Origin Of Easter

Easter is a day that is honered by nearly all of contemporary Christianity and is used to celebrate the resurrection of Jesus Christ.
The holiday often involves a church service at sunrise, a feast which includes an "Easter Ham", decorated eggs and stories about rabbits.

Those who love truth learn to ask questions, and many questions must be asked regarding the holiday of Easter.

Is it truly the day when Jesus arose from the dead? Where did all of the strange customs come from, which have nothing to do with the resurrection of our Saviour?

The purpose of this tract is to help answer those questions, and to help those who seek truth to draw their own conclusions.

The first thing we must understand is that professing Christians were not the only ones who celebrated a festival called "Easter."

"Ishtar", which is pronounced "Easter" was a day that commemorated the resurrection of one of their gods that they called "Tammuz", who was believed to be the only begotten son of the moon-goddess and the sun-god.

In those ancient times, there was a man named Nimrod, who was the grandson of one of Noah's son named Ham.

Ham had a son named Cush who married a woman named Semiramis.Cush and Semiramis then had a son named him "Nimrod."

After the death of his father, Nimrod married his own mother and became a powerful King.

The Bible tells of of this man, Nimrod, in Genesis 10:8-10 as follows: "And Cush begat Nimrod: he began to be a mighty one in the earth. He was a mighty hunter before the Lord: wherefore it is said, even as Nimrod the mighty hunter before the Lord. And the beginning of his kingdom was Babel, and Erech, and Accad,and Calneh, in the land of Shinar."

Nimrod became a god-man to the people and Semiramis, his wife and mother, became the powerful Queen of ancient Babylon.

Nimrod was eventually killed by an enemy, and his body was cut in pieces and sent to various parts of his kingdom.

Semiramis had all of the parts gathered, except for one part that could not be found.

That missing part was his reproductive organ. Semiramis claimed that Nimrod could not come back to life without it and told the people of Babylon that Nimrod had ascended to the sun and was now to be called "Baal", the sun god.

Queen Semiramis also proclaimed that Baal would be present on earth in the form of a flame, whether candle or lamp, when used in worship.

Semiramis was creating a mystery religion, and with the help of Satan, she set herself up as a goddess.

Semiramis claimed that she was immaculately conceived.

She taught that the moon was a goddess that went through a 28 day cycle and ovulated when full.

She further claimed that she came down from the moon in a giant moon egg that fell into the Euphrates River.

This was to have happened at the time of the first full moon after the spring equinox.

Semiramis became known as "Ishtar" which is pronounced "Easter", and her moon egg became known as "Ishtar's" egg."

Ishtar soon became pregnant and claimed that it was the rays of the sun-god Baal that caused her to conceive.

The son that she brought forth was named Tammuz.

Tammuz was noted to be especially fond of rabbits, and they became sacred in the ancient religion, because Tammuz was believed to be the son of the sun-god, Baal. Tammuz, like his supposed father, became a hunter.

The day came when Tammuz was killed by a wild pig.

Queen Ishtar told the people that Tammuz was now ascended to his father, Baal, and that the two of them would be with the worshippers in the sacred candle or lamp flame as Father, Son and Spirit.

Ishtar, who was now worshipped as the "Mother of God and Queen of Heaven", continued to build her mystery religion.

The queen told the worshippers that when Tammuz was killed by the wild pig, some of his blood fell on the stump of an evergreen tree, and the stump grew into a full new tree overnight. This made the evergreen tree sacred by the blood of Tammuz.

She also proclaimed a forty day period of time of sorrow each year prior to the anniversary of the death of Tammuz.

During this time, no meat was to be eaten.

Worshippers were to meditate upon the sacred mysteries of Baal and Tammuz, and to make the sign of the "T" in front of their hearts as they worshipped.

They also ate sacred cakes with the marking of a "T" or cross on the top.

Every year, on the first Sunday after the first full moon after the spring equinox, a celebration was made.

It was Ishtar's Sunday and was celebrated with rabbits and eggs.

Ishtar also proclaimed that because Tammuz was killed by a pig, that a pig must be eaten on that Sunday.

By now, the readers of this tract should have made the connection that paganism has infiltrated the contemporary "Christian" churches, and further study indicates that this paganism came in by way of the Roman Catholic System.

The truth is that Easter has nothing whatsoever to do with the resurrection of our Lord Jesus Christ.

We also know that Easter can be as much as three weeks away from the Passover, because the pagan holiday is always set as the first Sunday after the first full moon after the spring equinox.

Some have wondered why the word "Easter" is in the the King James Bible.

It is because Acts, chapter 12, tells us that it was the evil King Herod, who was planning to celebrate Easter, and not the Christians.

The true Passover and pagan Easter sometimes coincide, but in some years, they are a great distance apart.

So much more could be said, and we have much more information for you, if you are a seeker of the truth.

We know that the Bible tells us in John 4:24, "God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth."

The truth is that the forty days of Lent, eggs, rabbits,hot cross buns and the Easter ham have everything to do with the ancient pagan religion of Mystery Babylon.These are all antichrist activities!

Satan is a master deceiver, and has filled the lives of well-meaning, professing Christians with idolatry.

These things bring the wrath of God upon children of disobedience, who try to make pagan customs of Baal worship Christian.

You must answer for your activities and for what you teach your children.

These customs of Easter honor Baal, who is also Satan, and is still worshipped as the "Rising Sun" and his house is the "House of the Rising Sun."

How many churches have "sunrise services" on Ishtar's day and face the rising sun in the East?

How many will use colored eggs and rabbit stories, as they did in ancient Babylon.

These things are no joke, any more than Judgement day is a joke.

I pray to God that this tract will cause you to search for more truth.

We will be glad to help you by providing more information and by praying for you.

These are the last days, and it is time to repent, come out and be separate.

David J. Meyer