Christianity Etc › Re: I Love My Religion by Maynnmann: 1:01pm On Jul 27, 2022 |
KnownUnknown: Lol, forget it. You’re obviously mentally disturbed. I understand, Defend your deity.
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Christianity Etc › Re: I Love My Religion by Maynnmann: 12:58pm On Jul 27, 2022 |
KnownUnknown: What does the “genealogy of Shem” have to do with the above? You don’t know who shem is, chrestian? Your shepherd haven’t taught you?
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Christianity Etc › Re: Is God Unfair? by Maynnmann: 12:58pm On Jul 27, 2022 |
gohf: Only God if Israel and God of only Israel, are not the same thing?
What is your point? Israel was given to his as a inheritance from his father, elohim. Defending middle east gods with such vigour
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Christianity Etc › Re: I Love My Religion by Maynnmann: 12:56pm On Jul 27, 2022 |
gohf: if Elohim is the father of Yahweh, so what?
Please kindly keep your wrong unwanted correction, there are Hebrew and Arab classes online to teach you the difference, even strong dictionary is very available. The moab king seriously dealt with your yahweh lol Can you send me a link to the ones you have watched?  “Allah” is not an arabic word lol
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Christianity Etc › Re: Is God Unfair? by Maynnmann: 12:53pm On Jul 27, 2022 |
gohf: be it vav or Waw, even the Torah or old testament doesn't deny that he is a God of war, as one of his many attributes.
And it never said He is the God of only Israel.
Now I ask again, what are you driving at? He is a foreign god from egypt and yes the tanahk said he was only god of israelite..
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Christianity Etc › Re: I Love My Religion by Maynnmann: 12:49pm On Jul 27, 2022 |
gohf: like I said what business as my post with you're saying
What's your point? Just correcting you, allah means same thing with elohim. Elohim and asheera are the parents of your israelite god, yahweh.
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Christianity Etc › Re: You Get The Religion And Manifestation Of God You Have Paid For! by Maynnmann: 12:46pm On Jul 27, 2022 |
oaroloye: MISHIGAS!
[color=silver].[/color] LEVITICUS 11:1-47.
AND The LORD Spoke unto Moses and to Aaron, Saying unto them, 2. “Speak unto the Children of Israel, saying,
'THESE ARE THE BEASTS WHICH YE SHALL EAT AMONG ALL THE BEASTS THAT ARE ON THE EARTH.'
3. "Whatsoever parteth the hoof and is cloven-footed and cheweth the cud among the Beasts, that shall ye eat. 4. "Nevertheless these shall ye not eat, of those that chew the cud or of those that divide the hoof: the camel, because he cheweth the cud but divideth not the hoof, he is unclean unto you; 5. "And the coney, because he cheweth the cud but divideth not the hoof, he is unclean unto you; 6. "And the hare, because he cheweth the cud but divideth not the hoof, he is unclean unto you; 7. "And the swine, though he divide the hoof and is cloven-footed, yet he cheweth not the cud, he is unclean to you. 8. "Of their flesh shall ye not eat, and their carcass shall ye not touch; they are unclean to you." 9. "These shall ye eat of all that are in the waters: whatsoever hath fins and scales in the waters, in the seas, and in the rivers, them shall ye eat. 10. "And all that have not fins and scales in the seas, and in the rivers, of all that move in the waters, and of any living thing which is in the waters, they shall be an abomination unto you: 11. "They shall be even an abomination unto you; ye shall not eat of their flesh, but ye shall have their carcases in abomination. 12. "Whatsoever hath no fins nor scales in the waters, that shall be an abomination unto you. 13. "And these are they which ye shall have in abomination among the Fowls; they shall not be eaten, they are an abomination: the Eagle, and the Ossifrage, and the Ospray, 14. "And the Vulture, and the Kite after his kind; 15. "Every raven after his kind; 16. "And the Owl, and the Night Hawk, and the Cuckow, and the Hawk after his kind, 17. "And the little owl, and the cormorant, and the great owl," 18. "And the swan, and the pelican, and the gier eagle, 19. "And the stork, the heron after her kind, and the lapwing, and the bat. 20. "All fowls that creep, going upon all four, shall be an abomination unto you. 21. "Yet these may ye eat of every flying Creeping Thing that goeth upon all four, which have legs above their feet, to leap withal upon the Earth; 22. "Even these of them ye may eat; the locust after his kind, and the bald locust after his kind, and the beetle after his kind, and the grasshopper after his kind. 23. "But all other flying Creeping Things, which have four feet, shall be an abomination unto you. 24. "And for these ye shall be unclean: whosoever toucheth the carcase of them shall be unclean until the Even. 25. "And whosoever beareth ought of the carcase of them shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the Even. 26. "The carcases of every Beast which divideth the hoof, and is not clovenfooted, nor cheweth the cud, are unclean unto you: every one that toucheth them shall be unclean. 27. "And whatsoever goeth upon his paws, among all manner of Beasts that go on all four, those are unclean unto you: whoso toucheth their carcase shall be unclean until the Even. 28. "And he that beareth the carcase of them shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the Even: they are unclean unto you. 29. "These also shall be unclean unto you among the Creeping Things that creep upon the Earth; the Weasel, and the Mouse, and the Tortoise after his kind, 30. "And the Ferret, and the Chameleon, and the Lizard, and the Snail, and the Mole. 31. "These are unclean to you among all that Creep: whosoever doth touch them, when they be dead, shall be unclean until the Even. 32. "And upon whatsoever any of them, when they are dead, doth fall, it shall be unclean; whether it be any vessel of wood, or raiment, or skin, or sack, whatsoever vessel it be, wherein any work is done, it must be put into water, and it shall be unclean until the Even; so it shall be cleansed. 33. "And every earthen vessel, whereinto any of them falleth, whatsoever is in it shall be unclean; and ye shall break it. 34. "Of all meat which may be eaten, that on which such water cometh shall be unclean: and all drink that may be drunk in every such vessel shall be unclean. 35. "And every thing whereupon any part of their carcase falleth shall be unclean; whether it be oven, or ranges for pots, they shall be broken down: for they are unclean, and shall be unclean unto you. 36. "Nevertheless a fountain or pit, wherein there is plenty of water, shall be clean: but that which toucheth their carcase shall be unclean. 37. "And if any part of their carcase fall upon any sowing seed which is to be sown, it shall be clean. 38. "But if any water be put upon the seed, and any part of their carcase fall thereon, it shall be unclean unto you. 39. "And if any Beast, of which ye may eat, die; he that toucheth the carcase thereof shall be unclean until the Even. 40. "And he that eateth of the carcase of it shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the Even: he also that beareth the carcase of it shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the Even. 41. "And every Creeping Thing that creepeth upon the Earth shall be an abomination; it shall not be eaten. 42. "Whatsoever goeth upon the belly, and whatsoever goeth upon all four, or whatsoever hath more feet among all Creeping Things that creep upon the Earth, them ye shall not eat; for they are an abomination. 43. "Ye shall not make yourselves abominable with any Creeping Thing that creepeth, neither shall ye make yourselves unclean with them, that ye should be defiled thereby. 44. "For I am The LORD your God: ye shall therefore sanctify yourselves, and ye shall be holy; for I am Holy: neither shall ye defile yourselves with any manner of Creeping Thing that creepeth upon the Earth. 45. "For I am The LORD that bringeth you up out of the land of Egypt, to be your God: ye shall therefore be holy, for I am Holy. 46. "This is The Law of the Beasts, and of the Fowl, and of every Living Creature that moveth in the waters, and of every Creature that creepeth upon the Earth: 47. "To make a difference between the unclean and the clean, and between the Beast that may be eaten and the Beast that may not be eaten."
IT TAKES SEVEN YEARS OF DILIGENT STUDY TO UNDERSTAND THE LAW OF MOSES- LET ALONE THE WHOLE BIBLE.
This is because WISDOM AND UNDERSTANDING have SEVEN LEVELS, and each takes ONE YEAR to acquire and assimilate.
There is no safe way to accelerate this process at this time.
We might be no closer to a solution, were it not for the Apocryphal Epistle of Barnabas. He alone, of all Ancient Scribes, gave us the Key to Yahweh God's Religion:
[color=silver].[/color] THE EPISTLE OF BARNABAS 9:1-20.
BUT why did Moses say
"YE SHALL NOT EAT OF THE SWINE, NEITHER THE EAGLE NOR THE HAWK; NOR THE CROW; NOR ANY FISH THAT HAS NOT A SCALE UPON HIM?"
answer, that in the spiritual sense, he comprehended three doctrines, that were to be gathered from thence.
2. Besides which he says to them in the Book of Deuteronomy,
"AND I WILL GIVE MY STATUTES UNTO THIS PEOPLE."
Wherefore it is not the Command of God that they should not eat these things; but Moses in The Spirit spake unto them.
3. Now the sow he forbade them to eat; meaning thus much;
Thou shalt not join thyself to such persons as are like unto swine; who whilst they live in pleasure, forget their God; but when any want pinches them, then they know The LORD; as the sow when she is full knows not her master; but when she is hungry she makes a noise; and being again fed, is silent.
4. "NEITHER,"
says he,
"SHALT THOU EAT THE EAGLE, NOR THE HAWK, NOR THE KITE, NOR THE CROW;"
that is thou shalt not keep company with such kind of men as know not how by their labour and sweat to get themselves food: but injuriously ravish away the things of others; and watch how, to lay snares for them; when at the same time they appear to live in perfect innocence.
5. [So these birds alone seek not food for themselves, but] sitting idle seek how they may eat of the flesh others have provided; being destructive through their wickedness.
6. "NEITHER,"
says HE,
"SHALT THOU EAT THE LAMPREY, NOR THE POLYPUS, NOR THE CUTTLE-FISH;"
That is, thou shalt not be like such men, by using to converse with them; who are altogether wicked and adjudged to death. For so those Fishes are alone accursed, and wallow in the mire, nor swim as other fishes, but tumble in the dirt at the bottom of the deep.
7. "BUT"
He adds,
"NEITHER SHALT THOU EAT OF THE HARE."
To what end?—To signify this to us;
"THOU SHALT NOT BE AN ADULTERER; NOR LIKEN THYSELF TO SUCH PERSONS."
For the Hare every year multiplies the places of its conception; and so many years as it lives, so many it has.
[j]8. "NEITHER SHALT THOU EAT OF THE HYENA;"[/i]
That is, again, be not an Adulterer, nor a corruptor of others; neither be like to such. And wherefore so?
Because that creature every year changes its kind, and is sometimes male and sometimes female.
9. For which cause also he justly hated the Weasel; to the end that they should not be like such persons who with their mouths commit wickedness by reason of their uncleanness; nor join themselves with those impure women, who with their mouths commit wickedness. Because that animal conceives with its mouth.
10. Moses, therefore, speaking as concerning meats, delivered indeed three great precepts to them in the spiritual signification of those commands. But they according to the desires of the flesh, understood him as if he had only meant it of meats.
11. And therefore David took aright The Knowledge of His threefold Command, saying in like manner.
12. "BLESSED IS THE MAN THAT HATH NOT WALKED IN THE COUNSEL OF THE UNGODLY;"
as the Fishes before mentioned in the bottom of the deep in Darkness.
13. "NOR STOOD IN THE WAY OF SINNERS,"
as they who seem to fear The LORD, but yet Sin, as the Sow.
14. "AND HATH NOT SAT IN THE SEAT OF THE SCORNERS;"
as those Birds who sit and watch that they may devour.
15. Here you have The Law concerning meat perfectly set forth, and according to The True Knowledge of it.
16. "BUT,"
says Moses,
"YE SHALL EAT ALL THAT DIVIDETH THE HOOF, AND CHEWETH THE CUD."
Signifying thereby such an one as having taken his food, knows Him that nourisheth him; and resting upon Him, rejoiceth in Him.
17. And in this he spake well, having respect to The Commandment. What, therefore, is it that he says? —That we should hold fast to them that fear The Lord; with those who Meditate on The Command of the Word which they have received in their heart; with those that declare The Righteous Judgments of The LORD, and keep His Commandments;
18. In short, with those who know that to Meditate is a work of pleasure, and therefore exercise themselves in the Word of The LORD.
19. But why might they eat those that clave the hoof? —Because the Righteous liveth in this present World; but his expectation is fixed upon the other. See, Brethren, how admirably Moses commanded these things.
20. But how should we thus know all this, and understand it? We, therefore, understanding aright The Commandments, speak as The LORD would have us. Wherefore He has circumcised our ears and our hearts, that we might Know these Things.
SINNERS ARE ON PAR WITH UNCLEAN ANIMALS.
Those who act like Animals can be controlled, dominated, and destroyed by those who act like Holy Human Beings.
[color=silver].[/color] JOSHUA 1:5-9.
5. "There shall not any man be able to stand before thee all the days of thy life: as I was with Moses, so I will be with thee: I will not fail thee, nor forsake thee. 6. "Be strong and of a good courage: for unto this people shalt thou divide for an inheritance the land, which I sware unto their fathers to give them. 7. "Only be thou strong and very courageous, that thou mayest observe to do according to all The Law, Which Moses My Servant Commanded thee: turn not from it to the right hand or to the left, that thou mayest Prosper whithersoever thou goest. 8. "This Book of The Law shall not depart out of thy mouth; but thou shalt meditate therein day and night, that thou mayest observe to do according to all hat is written therein: for then thou shalt make thy way prosperous, and then thou shalt have Good Success. 9. "Have not I Commanded thee? Be strong and of a Good Courage; be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed: for The LORD thy God is with thee whithersoever thou goest."
BY THE END OF THE 19th CENTURY, THE FIRST PSYCHOLOGISTS HAD DETERMINED THAT THE ABOVE-AVERAGE ADULT USES ONLY 10% OF THEIR MIND, CONSCIOUSLY, AND THEORIZED THAT APPROPRIATE TRAINING FROM INFANCY WOULD ENABLE ANYONE TO RETAIN 100% CONSCIOUSNESS, THROUGHOUT THEIR LIVES- HOWEVER, THE KNOWLEDGE OF HOW TO DO THIS FOR ONES OWN CHILDREN WAS KEPT FROM THE GENERAL PUBLIC.
It was claimed that nothing could be done for the people who had never had such training from babyhood.
However, in 1950, a Dropout researcher unveiled a method that would restore 100% Consciousness to anyone of any age.
The Establishment Masters ordered the discoverer "blackballed:" any professional validating his discovery was threatened with the revocation of their licenses, credentials, and credibility.
His method was based on the paraphrasing of two chapters of The Bible.
[See: DIANETICS: The Modern Science of Mental Health, by L. Ron Hubbard (1950). THE PRODIGY: The Biography of WILLIAM JAMES SIDIS- America's Greatest Child Prodigy, by Amy Wallace (1986).]
[color=silver].[/color] LEVITICUS 11:1-47. [color=silver].[/color] MATTHEW 18:1-35. [color=silver].[/color] THE EPISTLE OF BARNABAS 9:1-20. [color=silver].[/color] THE EPISTLE OF BARNABAS 10:11-12.
This proves that THE CREATOR OF HUMANITY is the God of Avraham, Yitzak, and Yacub. He alone, of all the alleged gods on Earth, Commands His Worshippers to attain 100% Consciousness, and to use It in His Sevrice.
[color=silver].[/color] DEUTERONOMY 6:4-9.
4. Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God is one LORD: 5. And thou shalt love The LORD thy God with all thine Heart, and with all thy Soul, and with all thy Might. 6. And these Words, which I Command thee this Day, shall be in thine heart: 7. And thou shalt teach Them diligently unto thy Children, and shalt talk of Them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up. 8. And thou shalt bind them for a sign upon thine hand, and they shall be as frontlets between thine eyes. 9. And thou shalt write them upon the posts of thy house, and on thy gates.
[color=silver].[/color] THE TEN TALENTS OF POWER. (Matt. 25)
(10%) TOTAL RECALL (20%) EXTRASENSORY PERCEPTION. (30%) TELEKINESIS. (40%) TELEPORTATION. (50%) TRANSLATION. (100%) EVERLASTING LIFE.
THESE SO CALLED SCHOLARS ARE UNBELIEVERS, WHO MAKE UP USELESS AND FALSE INFORMATION FOR THEIR PERSONAL GAIN.
The Bible states explicitly that the Ancient Kemetians, and other people knew of THE SUPREME BEING, but put inferior gods before Him.
This led to embarrassment, when their pursuit of those gods brought them into conflict with The Supreme Being.
THE BIBLE STATES EXPLICITLY HOW YAHWEH BECAME THE GOD OF Y'SRAEL.
He introduced Himself to them in person.
Nobody introduced Him to them
THIS IS AN ASININE STATEMENT, GIVEN TO DISTRACT PEOPLE'S ATTENTION FROM THEIR IMPORTANCE: ONLY VIOLATION OF THE TORAH IS SIN.
ONLY YAHWEH GOD Commands us to CHOOSE LIFE, and Promises His Presence and Guidance, should we do so.
No other gods have ever done that.
[color=silver].[/color] DEUTERONOMY 30:19-20.
19. I call Heaven and Earth to Record this Day against you, that I have set before you Life and Death, Blessing and Cursing: therefore Choose Life,
that both thou and thy Seed may live:
20. That thou mayest love The LORD thy God,
and that thou mayest obey His Voice,
and that thou mayest cleave unto Him:
for He is thy Life, and the Length of thy Days:
that thou mayest dwell in the Land Which The LORD Sware unto thy Fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give them.
[color=silver].[/color] 2nd CHRONICLES 16:9.
9. "For The Eyes of The LORD run to and fro throughout the whole Earth, to show Himself strong on behalf of those whose heart is perfect toward Him. Herein thou hast done foolishly: therefore from henceforth thou shalt have wars.”
[color=silver].[/color] AMOS 3:3.
3. "Can two walk together, except they be agreed?" Noise, a sango worshipper is a Theist. You are quoting tanakh you think you are doing something, monolatrist? It seems one has to be intentionally dumb to be a Chrestian.
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Christianity Etc › Re: I Love My Religion by Maynnmann: 12:44pm On Jul 27, 2022 |
gohf: the question I asked and what you're saying have no connection
And Allah or even Elah has a different spelling and meaning to Elohim Allah and elohim means same thing, they are from the semitic language.
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Christianity Etc › Re: Is God Unfair? by Maynnmann: 12:41pm On Jul 27, 2022 |
gohf: I didn't dispute that God isn't a title, I didn't even call his name Yahweh, but you brought so many things up that's why I am asking you... What is your point state is clearly
I do know God's name is written as YHVH in the Torah, but what does that have to do with this thread and what you wrote? It’s written as “YHWH” of shasu tribe. Torah is just the first 5 books of the tanakh which Christians call “Old Testament”
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Christianity Etc › Re: I Love My Religion by Maynnmann: 12:39pm On Jul 27, 2022 |
gohf:
are Muslims circumcised like some of the people u mentioned You know y’all both worshipping Abrahamic gods? Allah is same as Elohim.
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Christianity Etc › Re: Is God Unfair? by Maynnmann: 12:35pm On Jul 27, 2022 |
gohf: hmm, really, okay. And your point is? Read what i said again to find the point. |
Christianity Etc › Re: Is God Unfair? by Maynnmann: 12:32pm On Jul 27, 2022 |
gohf: then Jesus is what? A common latin name for male. |
Christianity Etc › Re: Is God Unfair? by Maynnmann: 12:30pm On Jul 27, 2022 |
gohf: then Jehovah is who? “Jehovah” is a foreign name in the hebrew bible, you have to ask william tyndale who created king james VERSION for that, what’s surprising is that william tyndale is also a “jehovah witness”. I heard he got the name “jehovah” from a monk.
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Politics › Re: Guards Brigade Killings: Buhari Received 44 Warning Reports From DSS – Dep Speak by Maynnmann: 10:54pm On Jul 26, 2022 |
Buhari is working  |
Romance › Re: Thomas Sankara: If I Don't Find A Man Like This, I'm Not Getting Married (Photo) by Maynnmann: 10:43pm On Jul 26, 2022 |
siofra: A man with the same principles and good looks as Thomas Sankara.
I've searched for a man like this all my life but I've been unsuccessful so far. It looks like I'll never find a man at least similar to him, with the similar ideals and way of thinking.
He doesn't necessarily have to be revolutionist but he can be a sensible social justice warrior, not the one that panders to the idiosyncrasies of the left.
In this day and age, I'm beginning to doubt a man like this exists. But if I find him, I swear not even heaven or hell will separate us.
If I never find him, I'm content to be single and old with my 48 cats or may be explore the other side of my sexuality.
Thank God he's not a Nigerian man  Will a man like that want a woman like you? Like attracts Like. |
Christianity Etc › Re: Concerning Russia Recent Victory In Luhansk, plus Others by Maynnmann: 10:38pm On Jul 26, 2022 |
“Love your enemies” doesn’t concern the Russians. They got a free pass to destroy their enemies, what a loving god! |
Christianity Etc › Re: Trumpets And Time by Maynnmann: 10:14pm On Jul 26, 2022*. Modified: 10:55pm On Jul 26, 2022 |
Jews, Israelite, Hebrew, you can see the pattern, they are middle east mythologies!
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Christianity Etc › Re: Masturbation: Sex With Demons by Maynnmann: 9:29pm On Jul 26, 2022*. Modified: 10:10pm On Jul 26, 2022 |
famozine1: My own thinking is God himself spoke through u thanks for the message we pray for grace to quite and never return “God” is a title not a person. You talking Israelite god, Yahweh?
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Christianity Etc › Re: Let's Hit The JW Hard Again With The Truth. by Maynnmann: 9:26pm On Jul 26, 2022 |
Janosky: Carry your mumu offline. No, mugu. How’s the sahidic coptic bible reading going?  |
Christianity Etc › Re: If Allah Is NOT Yahweh, All Muslims Are In Trouble by Maynnmann: 8:42pm On Jul 26, 2022 |
Maynman: The masoteric text is incredibly altered and the kjv got his Old Testament from masoteric text. The masoteric text only contains the tanakh that’s Old Testament. |
Christianity Etc › Re: Let's Hit The JW Hard Again With The Truth. by Maynnmann: 8:38pm On Jul 26, 2022 |
Yaldaboath worshippers in the watchtower.
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Christianity Etc › Re: I Had a Dream where I saw a Us Aircraft Land In Ukraine. by Maynnmann: 6:57pm On Jul 26, 2022 |
Over 100 people die of malaria everyday in Nigeria, when are you going to dream about the solution? Or you only dream about inconsequential things? |
Christianity Etc › Re: Do You Tell Lies by Maynnmann: 2:06pm On Jul 26, 2022 |
Lying is not bad, only the intentions behind it matters. If a friend maybe because of insanity or greediness want to kill you and he ask which route you are taking, it will be wise to tell him a wrong route. |
Christianity Etc › Re: Moses And The Ten Commandments Of Yahveh Almighty. by Maynnmann: 1:52pm On Jul 26, 2022 |
Yahweh of shasu tribe
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Christianity Etc › Re: Masturbation: Sex With Demons by Maynnmann: 1:49pm On Jul 26, 2022 |
All these dumb scare tactics won’t work, teach them properly by educating them on the consequences of it!
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Christianity Etc › Re: I Love My Religion by Maynnmann: 1:48pm On Jul 26, 2022 |
Nicene Christianity is from Judaism. |
Christianity Etc › Re: What Is The Serpent In Genesis - Part 2 by Maynnmann: 1:12pm On Jul 26, 2022 |
knowingChrist: That's not true. It was translated as snake. however, animals do not represent anyone in the bible, they're characters. For example, Herod is not a fox, there was no fox when Jesus called him fox. The gentiles were called dogs, but that's about their behavioral pattern What’s not true? In hebrew language “nahas” simply means snake/serpent. Before “bible “ was written, Hebrew language already existed!
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Politics › Re: Fact Check: For Every 150 NBA Players, 100 Are Nigerians - Peter Obi by Maynnmann: 11:58am On Jul 26, 2022 |
Ultimas: He did not lie. He only made a false claim.  This is crass, how low can y’all go? |
Romance › Re: My Girlfriend Visit For The First Time. by Maynnmann: 11:56am On Jul 26, 2022 |
MadamVanessa:

Be a gentleman
Don't rush to have sex with her unless she give you all the sign that she needs it
Feed her well
Wash her undies
Incase sex should occur, don't fail to give her head except, she refuses you to go down on her
When she's about going, give her nothing less than 20k You are living in your fantasy that’s why you are where you are now |
Christianity Etc › Re: You Get The Religion And Manifestation Of God You Have Paid For! by Maynnmann: 11:25am On Jul 26, 2022 |
The torah is just the first 5 books of Old Testament. |
Christianity Etc › Re: Evangelical Lutheran Church Installs 1st Transgender Bishop. A "They" by Maynnmann: 9:46am On Jul 26, 2022 |
“god” is love unlesss…… Bwahahahah |
Christianity Etc › Re: What Is The Serpent In Genesis - Part 2 by Maynnmann: 9:42am On Jul 26, 2022 |
knowingChrist: REVISITING SOME GENERAL CHRISTIAN BELIEFS
What exactly is the serpent? The only other verse where the Bible talks about deception at a degree higher than is common was testified by the prophet Jeremiah, where he revealed that the heart (or mind) is the most deceitful thing i.e. more deceitful than all animals or anything.
9 The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it? (Jeremiah 17:9)
By comparing scriptures with scriptures, comparing this to what we see in Genesis helps us see that they’re talking about the same thing: the most deceitful thing, i.e. a thing that’s more deceitful than all animals or all things God made. The writer of Genesis represented this thing as the serpent but Jeremiah says that the same thing is the mind. Therefore, the serpent mentioned in Genesis is the mind, and the mind is represented metaphorically as the serpent. A person’s mind is said to be serpent while many people’s minds will be said to be serpents.
This might be hard to accept for some, but careful study of the scripture; comparing the several scriptures talking about the same thing, understanding the meaning of the Hebrew word translated as the serpent, and comparing the character of the mind with what is defined of the Hebrew meaning of the serpent will reveal the truth.
The Hebrew word translated as the serpent is nachash. The word comes from a root that means to “whisper or hiss”. Nachash by definition is to divine, practice divination, observe signs, learn by experience, diligently observe, foretell the future, or tell fortune. Understanding these attributes and the mode of operation of the serpent helps us to put into proper perspective the things we say is the serpent.
If we say it’s a physical snake, then we imply that a physical snake can practice divination, foretell the future, learn by experience, or carry out any other of these defined attributes of the word “nachash”.
How then do we understand the missing piece? Do we keep telling ourselves that it was a physical snake? Or do we just accept that it’s the mind? No, we cannot go with any of this just yet. The answer is buried in the scriptures, it’s only needed to do a proper study uninfluenced by pre-existing beliefs to try to interpret the message and find out what is the serpent.
Although we have seen a verse of the bible that indicates that the serpent is the mind, a few verses might also indicate that the serpent is the devil so nothing can be established just yet. Everything true in the scriptures is well distributed across several books, any information that’s not well distributed is misunderstood.
The first step to understanding the message is to study the mind to see if it meets the attributes defined by the word “nachash”. The mind can predict the future, learn by experience, diligently observe, note patterns/signs, etc. The mind also whispers to us from within, in fact, we can have an internal dialogue in our minds. Also, the mind by operation is the seat of deception. These are defined attributes of the metaphoric serpent in genesis. The mind more realistically fits these criteria and gives a better understanding of the scriptures than the thought that a physical snake can speak to a person, foretell the future, tell fortune, or meets any other attribute defined by the word “nachash”.
The next step is to thoroughly search the scriptures to see if they reveal that the mind is the serpent. By searching the scriptures, we see that every time there’s leading away from the word of God, it’s the imagination of the mind that leads people away from the word of God; the truth. This is the predominant message of the scriptures and it’s what all the prophets testified. This helps us see that what led Eve astray from the word of God was the imagination of her mind, the dialogue was internal, and the deception was of the mind.
Apostle Paul taught this when he compared the serpent to a person’s mind. He says a person’s mind will lead them astray the same way the serpent deceived Eve.
3 But I fear lest by any means, as the serpent beguiled Eve through his subtlety, so your minds should be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ (2 Corinthians 11:3).
The word “as” in the verse is used to indicate equivalence. It’s used to state that two things are equivalent when compared. The message here is that the beguilement of Eve is equivalent to how a person’s mind can deceive them, leading them away from Christ, the truth.
Recall, that the serpent is the principality of this world wherein the prince of this world operates, therefore we must first recognize the operation of the prince of the world to fully grasp what the serpent is. What is the operation of the prince of this world? It’s to blind the mind so that a person does not see the light of Christ (2 Corinthians 4:4). This shows that the operation of the prince of this world is in the mind. This makes the mind the principality of this world wherein the prince of this world operates.
It's easy to get lost in metaphors in the scriptures, and this is why many are lost in the scriptures. Apart from common figures of speech that are well distributed across the scriptures, the books of Genesis and Revelation apply special metaphors for certain descriptions.
The account of creation and the events of the Garden of Eden were written metaphorically, just as the whole of the book of Revelation is written metaphorically, people easily confuse themselves when they apply a metaphor as the interpretation of another metaphor.
Such interpretation of the scriptures is futile, it’s like turning in circles. It does not edify the soul because it does not come from rightly dividing the scriptures, and thus does not reveal anything. Both books must be rightly interpreted to reveal the message, it’s only through the revelations of the apostles that we properly understand the figurative writings of the scriptures.
The mind is the serpent, anyone who operates by the mind is called after the mind. Thus, the devil is called “serpent”, the Pharisees and Sadducees are “serpents”, and any other mental persons will also be called “serpent”. It’s a description based on mindedness. A person is called after their conditioning, mental people are called after the mind while spiritual people are called after the spirit.
The serpent was Eve’s mind, the beguilement of Eve is the first recorded case of the deception of the mind, and helps us realize that the deception of the mind is original. The Bible constantly talks about the power of the mind and its deception. It’s a fundamental message of the scripture but those who do not see this message blame another entity for the deception of the mind.
However, understanding this one thing puts the message in Genesis in proper perspective with every other part of the scriptures, and helps us understand certain parts of the scriptures that have eluded most people.
This helps us understand that when Eve said “the serpent beguiled me”, she meant that her mind deceived her. It also helps understand many other statements in the bible. An example of such statements is that of Jesus:
19 Behold, I give unto you power to tread on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy: and nothing shall by any means hurt you (Luke 10:19).
The message here is that Jesus says he has given us power over our minds. The significance of this message is this: while we were yet in the world, we were slaves to our minds, and it led us to do whatever thoughts it creates for us, but now we wrestle our minds, overcoming it by the power we have in the word of God; which power we receive through the knowledge of Christ. The same message is reiterated throughout the New Testament (2 Corinthians 10:5; Ephesians 6:12).
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