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Religion / Re: I Really Pity Christians by PastorAIO: 2:53pm On Jul 06, 2019
frank317:
Sadly I still pity Christians... They are not only slave to their thoughts, but slave to their fake pastor.... And u would wonder why Busola will open her legs to a man of God to molest her even when she didn't like it... Yet people wonder why i pity Christians.

It is so sad, the level of malaise. A few posts above one libellous cretin accused me of appealing to Authority as if it made his point superior. Yet you'll find none so trapped and enslaved to false authority as themselves.

Once you accept and allow yourself to follow without questioning, to believe what you haven't witnessed, and a whole lot of other superstitions that is when you open the floodgates of inanity and demonic stupidly.

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Religion / Re: Ask Your Questions About Christianity And Scriptures Here. by PastorAIO: 11:45pm On Jul 04, 2019
May I ask what version of the bible you are using. My bible reads very differently from yours.


nabiz:
oh sorry sir for your patience

It was because moses refused to circumcise his son then the Lord threatened to kill him, which Zipporah was able to do on his behalf and save moses life. Moses later confesses his sin and hide his face in shame and the lord forgive him

24 And it came to pass, that the Lord appeared unto him as he was in the way, by the inn. The Lord was angry with Moses, and his hand was about to fall upon him, to kill him; for he had not circumcised his son.
25 Then Zipporah took a sharp stone and circumcised her son, and cast the stone at his feet, and said, Surely thou art a bloody husband unto me.
26 And the Lord spared Moses and let him go, because Zipporah, his wife, circumcised the child. And she said, Thou art a bloody husband. And Moses was ashamed, and hid his face from the Lord, and said, I have sinned before the Lord.

Note: Remenber that the lord commander in genesis 17 that any man that refused to circumsize his son should be put away
Religion / Re: Ask Your Questions About Christianity And Scriptures Here. by PastorAIO: 9:37am On Jul 04, 2019
Please answer my question.

PastorAIO:
What did Moses do that Yahweh wanted to kill him?
Religion / Re: Ask Your Questions About Christianity And Scriptures Here. by PastorAIO: 10:42am On Jun 30, 2019
PastorAIO:
What did Moses do that Yahweh wanted to kill him?
Religion / Re: Ask Your Questions About Christianity And Scriptures Here. by PastorAIO: 10:16am On Jun 28, 2019
What did Moses do that Yahweh wanted to kill him?
Religion / Re: Ask Your Questions About Christianity And Scriptures Here. by PastorAIO: 10:14am On Jun 27, 2019
PastorAIO:
Why did Yahweh try to kill Moses?

Exodus 4:24

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Religion / Re: Ask Your Questions About Christianity And Scriptures Here. by PastorAIO: 7:47pm On Jun 26, 2019
Why did Yahweh try to kill Moses?

Exodus 4:24

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Religion / Re: The Internet Has Become A Church For Atheists by PastorAIO: 12:21pm On Jun 16, 2019
Just skimmed through this. A lorra butt hurts here and people struggling with their beliefs internally.
Religion / Re: Mongolia Sinks Into A Cesspit by PastorAIO: 8:56pm On Jun 14, 2019
AgentOfAllah:
It is rich that Buddhists, whose religion only gained a foothold in Mongolia in or around the 13th century (according to the documentary) should complain about Christianity trying to do the same now. Of course, influence is wielded by the group in whose favour the balance of power is tipped! I find it a bit absurd to claim that one, and not the other, is rooted in Mongolian identity, as if to suggest that Mongolian identity never existed before Buddhism.

You've got a good point here, and one that I noticed when I watched the video. They are just jealous. These are just power grubbing cults.

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Religion / Re: Mongolia Sinks Into A Cesspit by PastorAIO: 8:54pm On Jun 14, 2019
gensteejay:

Thanks for creating the thread, sir. Wish you could help us summarize it as watching the video demands a lot of data.

Hello sir, the long and short of it is that penterascal Christians have started a targeted campaign in Mongolia that is growing. As usually they target the poor and oppressed with promises of riches if they become Christians. One idiot pastor even says that you can never find a poor Jew because the Jews follow the principles of the Old Testament . Etc etc ad nauseum

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Religion / Mongolia Sinks Into A Cesspit by PastorAIO: 2:50pm On Jun 12, 2019

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZS3Lzz-07d4
Religion / Re: Why Am Leaving Christianity For New Age by PastorAIO: 8:24am On Jun 11, 2019
kkins25:
hello pastor, how have you been?? Quite a long time.

I dey o. I just dey breeze past like Holy Spirit.
Religion / Re: Why Am Leaving Christianity For New Age by PastorAIO: 10:16pm On Jun 08, 2019
Hello!

Do you have any examples of the new age in the bible?

oaroloye:
MISHIGAS!

The most stupid thing about Christians leaving Christianity for New Age (people who know my work know that I am a user of SCIENTOLOGY, NAGUALISM, and THE CELESTINE PROPHECY- which are considered "NEW AGE,"wink is that the " NEW AGE" Systems they subsequently follow are merely PARAPHRASES OF BIBLICAL TEACHINGS- which they never applied while they were Christians, to glorify LORD YESHUA- but they do do so, to to glorify some New Age Guguru (see what I did there?) as if THEY invented what was in THE BIBLE, the whole time!

Religion / Re: The Nexus Between Religion And Economic Development by PastorAIO: 11:04pm On May 12, 2019
grandiose4ever:
You are asking all of the wrong questions...
Religion never stopped any society from being corrupt. Laws do! The people take their destinies in their hands, remove oppressive regimes, enforce their choices and get the desired results e.g Orang revolution, Arab uprising etc, Or a radical leader comes in play and changes everything for good. E.g Lee Khan yew, Theodore Roosevelt etc.


Why the wrong question? Someone is studying and the connection between religion and economic welfare and you say he's asking the wrong question. Does that make sense?

It's either there is a connection, positive or negative, or there is no connection at all.

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Religion / Re: The Nexus Between Religion And Economic Development by PastorAIO: 10:59pm On May 12, 2019
UceeGod:
Religion doesn't necessarily help in development of any nation but I know true Christianity(not Christian religion) has been a major factor in the development of most western nations over the last 2-3 centuries.

Can you please explain for us how Christianity has been a factor in the development of western nations. And also how it only happened in the last 2 -3 hundred years while Christianity has been in Europe since the 1st century AD.

Also Why it didn't do the same for other Christian nations like Ethiopia and Eastern Europe?

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Religion / Re: The Nexus Between Religion And Economic Development by PastorAIO: 10:55pm On May 12, 2019
But is Christianity a Religion? If so, is it an effective religion?

Is Prayer an effective religious activity?

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Religion / Re: Are People Predestined To Heaven /hell? by PastorAIO: 6:13pm On Apr 08, 2019
ThothHermes:
It is my view that there is but one animating force in the universe. This power is known by different names across different civilizations/cultures.

It is the same power which the sorcerer draws upon for his conjurations. The faith healer gives health to infirm bodies using this same power.

I think the earth is held firmly in its position by it and nothing will be possible without this power.

It is life and life is it.

It is the ALL, The First Cause; God!

Isaac Newton's translation of the Smaragdina:



This true without lying, certain and most true.
That which is below is like that which is above and that which is above is like that which is below to do the miracles of one only thing
And as all things have been and arose from one by the meditation of one: so all things have their birth from this one thing by adaptation.
The Sun is its father, the moon its mother, the wind hath carried it in its belly, the earth is its nurse.
The father of all perfection in the whole world is here.
Its force or power is entire if it be converted into earth.
Separate thou the earth from the fire, the subtle from the gross sweetly with great industry.
It ascends from the earth to the heaven and again it descends to the earth and receives the force of things superior & inferior.
By this means you shall have the glory of the whole world
and thereby all obscurity shall fly from you.
Its force is above all force. For it vanquishes every subtle thing and penetrates every solid thing.
So was the world created.
From this are and do come admirable adaptations whereof the means (or process) is here in this. Hence I am called Hermes Trismegist, having the three parts of the philosophy of the whole world
That which I have said of the operation of the Sun is accomplished & ended.

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Religion / Re: Are People Predestined To Heaven /hell? by PastorAIO: 6:11pm On Apr 08, 2019
ThothHermes:
It is my view that there is but one animating force in the universe. This power is known by different names across different civilizations/cultures.

It is the same power which the sorcerer draws upon for his conjurations. The faith healer gives health to infirm bodies using this same power.

I think the earth is held firmly in its position by it and nothing will be possible without this power.

It is life and life is it.

It is the ALL, The First Cause; God!

You speak of that Stone.

Oyigiyigi, ota inu omi.

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Religion / Re: Logos by PastorAIO: 5:55pm On Apr 08, 2019
LordReed:


Hmmm, interesting. So in practice what does it translate to? Are you unchanging with regards to the acquisition of new information or do you modify your positions as you learn new things?

Your question is answered here:

PastorAIO:
If facts are not Truth, and if our knowledge is not Truth but a perspective biased formulation then how can be go about discovering and applying the truth in our lives.

I think that while our various concepts and ideas cannot be the Truth itself, they can have varying compatibility to the Truth.

An ideology that is compatible with the Truth can persist for a while and be supported by the Truth.

Therefore, all our theories and ideologies should really be seen as working hypotheses. They should be adhered to for as long as they seem to work and discarded once they are found to no longer be effective.

A free man should not be a slave of any ideology.

All my doctrine are not to be treated as dogma but rather as Working Hypotheses.

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Religion / Re: Logos by PastorAIO: 2:35pm On Apr 08, 2019
swegiedon:


You mean, we can transcend the principle of "cause and effect'',that one reaps that which he sows? How is it possible to break the chain of, "our previous actions affecting our future"?.

Mind to elaborate?.

Are we a product of our circumstances, or is there an essential aspect of us that remains true regardless of circumstance?

If there is an innate character regardless of circumstance then do we act according to how our circumstance dictates or do we act according to our inner character. Most people act based on a limited view of their circumstance and not from their True Being, in my humble opinion. Once you can find True Self Knowledge then you can begin to act without regard for your blinkered perception of your circumstances.

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Religion / Re: Logos by PastorAIO: 2:28pm On Apr 08, 2019
swegiedon:


You mean, we can transcend the principle of "cause and effect'',that one reaps that which he sows? How is it possible to break the chain of, "our previous actions affecting our future"?.

Mind to elaborate?.

Causal thinking leads us to believe that every event is the product of previous events.

However we do not know every previous event.

So therefore if we look at the present event we suppose it to be caused by Known Facts that have occurred previously. (by fact I mean an event that has occurred in the past). However what about all the Unknown Facts? Perhaps they had influence on the present situation but we cannot see how because we don't even know those Facts happened.

How about if the past was not rigid but quite amorphous? IE Those Unknown Facts are not definite events that have definitely already occurred, but rather they are possibilities. Then if a Super temporal Will were to dictate a future event what will happen is that we might later discover previously unknown Facts that 'cause' the dictated event.

e.g A man sows wheat in a field and according to Karma should expect to reap wheat in a few months time. He knows he sowed wheat.
What he doesn't know is that his neighbour for whatever reason went into the field at night and sowed barley. Furthermore, the weather over the next few months was such that it favoured the growth of Barley and not of Wheat. and even worse there was an epidemic of a fungi that attacked Wheat but had not effect on Barley.
His son who would rather have planted Barley than Wheat prays every day to reap a wonderful harvest of Barley. Come harvest time they return to the fields and find nothing by Barley growing in the field. The son says, 'hallelujah my prayers have been answered'. The man himself is gobsmacked because he didn't understand how he could plant Wheat and reap Barley.

What we know can only tell us what is LIKELY to happen. We cannot take into account what we do not know. However what we do not know can have a greater effect on the outcome of events than what we do know. Therefore we cannot actually accurately make a prognosis on the basis of Cause and Effect as we cannot totally grasp every apparent Cause that comes to bear on an event.

In my example, was Barley reaped because of the Son's prayers or was it reaped due to a series of unpredictable coincidences. It is my belief that the Ultimate cause of an event is the Diktat of a divine being, and when that occurs it brings into manifestation a confluence of apparent Causes in the Temporal realm.
The reality that we cannot know or grasp every influence that brings about a situation (due to our being limited to a perspective) allows plenty of room for us to later 'discover' previously unconsidered influences.

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Religion / Re: Logos by PastorAIO: 1:54pm On Apr 08, 2019
LordReed:


Not really, I think he has religion. The religious tend to be dogmatic.

Indeed I have religion. I don't play when it comes to religion.

However it is a key dogma of my religion that no Belief is incontrovertible. So you could say that I'm Super-dogmatic. i.e I take a position above dogmas.
Religion / Re: Logos by PastorAIO: 1:51pm On Apr 08, 2019
swegiedon:
@ PastorAIO, Do you hint that this "Higher Faculty" is the Logos?.


This is a really good question. The answer to be frank is quite inarticulate in my mind.

At which point is the perception separate from the object of perception. Is this 'higher'/'other' faculty the means by which we perceive the Logos or is it the Logos itself?

Also, is the Logos within you your True Self or is it just something that guides you?

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Religion / Re: Can We Trust The New Testament As A Historical Document? by PastorAIO: 5:52pm On Apr 07, 2019
OLAADEGBU:


What is a historical document to you, the Qur'an? undecided

The Magna Carta

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Religion / Re: Logos by PastorAIO: 8:57am On Feb 19, 2019
LoJ:

Quite poignant. There is something I wrote in this respect.

LoJ:
This is a very interesting topic. I shall offer my opinion as follows.

Free will does exist but for most people it is an illusion.

What we think are evidences of free will (freedom to choose one thing over another) are almost all the time actually the effects of previous causes, known or unknown. Our present character tastes habits and therefore choices are shaped by previous causes such as environment, circumstances, events, subliminal impulses, unconscious influences that lead us to make them, while we deceive ourselves that we are freely making our choices.

There is an interesting concept in psychology called the illusion of control. It shows how people can be led to a definite response while believing they have the control and are freely making their choices. This was once illustrated by a TV series called "The mentalist". I would encourage people watch season 6 episode 16 to get what I mean.

In a nutshell, my point is we are (at least most of us) not really free (willed). Rather we are determined and the actions we take are the effects of some Causes which in turn were previously caused.

True free will does exist though. It is the ability to liberate oneself by annihilating the effects of all previous causes. Then one becomes similar to a primary cause, meaning he has the ability to iniate a new sequence in the system, a new series of unending causes and effects . One then has the potential of a god.

I liken it to the Hindu concept of Karma which is a process of Cause and Effect. We are mostly all caught up in our Karma, previous events causing what happens next and our future. It is however possible to transcend or even end Karma.
Religion / Re: Logos by PastorAIO: 8:49am On Feb 19, 2019
LordReed:


Normal means there is no supernatural component, it is something everyone possesses and can access regardless of beliefs or lack therefore. It does not operate by faith of any kind.

When I see the word supernatural I tend to shut down because I have yet to hear anyone define what they mean by supernatural in contrast to Natural.

I have never stated that what I'm talking about is not something that everyone possesses and can access. Unless I did so by mistake but I doubt it. Can you please show me where I said as much?

I also never mentioned anything about Faith.

You seem to be reacting to some wishy washy religious concepts that you've encountered in the past, yet none of these have anything to do with what I've been writing about. To the extent that I've quoted from the bible I've also taken pains to state that Christianity seems to be a parody of what I am talking about.

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Religion / Re: Logos by PastorAIO: 12:25am On Feb 18, 2019
LordReed:


So you are saying it is not part of the normal human consciousness.

No, I never said that.

What do you mean by 'normal' in this case?
Religion / Re: What Does It Mean To Be Called By God's Name? by PastorAIO: 12:59pm On Feb 17, 2019
Ubenedictus:
The issue of sacred and holy for jews is tied to the issue of been set apart and tabooed.

been sacred is not inherent, it is a function of divine chioce, when God says this is my people, he sets them apart and cause he 'name' to dwell with them, a place or thing chosen by God for his worship is also set apart, OR the people of God may set those thing apart for divine worship and call God's name upon them. aka consecration.

I speak of inherently sacred places because we find these in pagan religions all over the world. Certain places are associated with certain deities. Certain mountains, certain rivers even certain wells or lakes are associated with certain deities. People go to certain places to engage with the deities presiding over those places.

Even in old Hebrew religion we hear of stories like Jacob encountering the Lord in a certain place and subsequently naming that place Bethel, (house of El in Hebrew). He then consecrated the place, but the consecration came after the discovery that El was present in that place.

It is also apparent in the bible that there was at some point a tussle between the priesthood in Jerusalem after the Temple was constructed and the Local priests of these far flung places where the Name of God dwelled. There was a power struggle and the priesthood in Jerusalem won.
Religion / Re: Logos by PastorAIO: 12:53pm On Feb 17, 2019
LordReed:


These exercises I have done before and I know are independent of religious experience. However how do we conclude that it is a "higher faculty"? Is it not just a part of the normal human consciousness?

Okay, let us not call it 'higher'. Let's just call it another faculty.
Religion / Re: Truth Or Fact? by PastorAIO: 11:06am On Feb 17, 2019
PastorOluT:
Smile, good to be back. U (PastorAIO)are one of the few I missed here with ur words of wisdom. shall on bro

Hello Pastor Olu. I'm trying to recall. Were you a friend or where you a detractor? Whichever, Welcome back sha.

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Religion / Re: What Does It Mean To Be Called By God's Name? by PastorAIO: 11:03am On Feb 17, 2019
PastorAIO:



Well the jury has come back from recess and have found the points made GoldenVentures quite compelling. They also noted that it is not only people or object that are called by the name of the Lord, but that also there are certain places where the Name of the Lord is said to rest or be situated. In fact it seems that the Name of the lord is as much a deity to be worshiped as the Lord himself.

Deuteronomy 12:
11then to the place that the Lord your God will choose, to make his name dwell there, there you shall bring all that I command you: your burnt offerings and your sacrifices, your tithes and the contribution that you present, and all your finest vow offerings that you vow to the Lord.


Kings 5:3

"You know that David my father was unable to build a house for the name of the LORD his God because of the wars which surrounded him, until the LORD put them under the soles of his feet.


Jeremiah 7:11

"Has this house, which is called by My name, become a den of robbers in your sight? Behold, I, even I, have seen it," declares the LORD.



A good question would be whether these places are made sacred, i.e consecrated, or Are they inherently sacred?
Religion / Re: What Does It Mean To Be Called By God's Name? by PastorAIO: 11:02am On Feb 17, 2019
budaatum:

Well tell us what the jury thought. Let's work with that.
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Well the jury has come back from recess and have found the points made GoldenVentures quite compelling. They also noted that it is not only people or object that are called by the name of the Lord, but that also there are certain places where the Name of the Lord is said to rest or be situated. In fact it seems that the Name of the lord is as much a deity to be worshiped as the Lord himself.

Deuteronomy 12:
11then to the place that the Lord your God will choose, to make his name dwell there, there you shall bring all that I command you: your burnt offerings and your sacrifices, your tithes and the contribution that you present, and all your finest vow offerings that you vow to the Lord.


Kings 5:3

"You know that David my father was unable to build a house for the name of the LORD his God because of the wars which surrounded him, until the LORD put them under the soles of his feet.


Jeremiah 7:11

"Has this house, which is called by My name, become a den of robbers in your sight? Behold, I, even I, have seen it," declares the LORD.

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