Post by drystyx on May 28, 2019 20:39:21 GMT
Chief among the problems with fundamental Christianity, when viewed from outside the box, is the magic incarnation of the name of "Jesus" in ridding us of all our sins and cleansing us.
The problem is real, because it's obvious that this sanctions evil works among those who just want to say the magic name and wave the magic wand.
However, this is readily explained by Jesus himself. Although not by most evangelists and preachers I've heard.
First, we learn by age 13, most of us, that "Jesus" wasn't even the "magic name" he went by. If the "magic name" is the incantation, no one can pronounce it. Try it. Just listen to an evangelist say the name to you, and then repeat it. 100% of the time, when I have tried this, the evangelist has changed the enunciation just to humiliate me, over and over. He'll say "Yesha", and I'll say "Yesha", then the evangelist or preacher will grumble and sneer at me and say "No, it's Elijah", and I'll say "Elijah", and the preacher will sneer again and say "No, it's...", and it will go like this until the preacher proclaims me ANATHEMA, and the people will shun me and hold crosses up to keep me at bay, like I'm some demon.
Every single time.
Which proves there is something supernatural at work there.
But even if you're one of the chosen few that this doesn't happen to in the event of trying to pronounce his name, the fact is that the name of "Jesus" is clearly not a magic word.
Jesus said himself that only blasphemy of the Holy Ghost was unforgiven. He did say he was the path, but not because of his moniker. Because of his spirit, he was the path.
Since he left us the Holy Ghost, then the spirit of Good is the path.
Or more appropriately, the spirit of searching for the spirit of Good, of the good truth.
The word "repent" has undergone a change. The original text in the original language was more like "relent" than what people think today. The idea that "repenting" meant whipping yourself on the back after a sinful thought means absolutely nothing. The original word was more in line with "trying to relent of sin", in seeking to do well.
When one looks at the atrocities of History, every one of them can be attributed to the psychological factors that combine either sadism (which is actually demonic possession, and I've seen it to be the root demon of psychopaths), compartmentalization, rationalization, and Psychosis, and any of these with the lifeboat situations of survival.
Rationalization is the lead cause of atrocities by groups of people.
But all of these boil down to the basic concept that is in over 90% of the teaching of Jesus. "Control". Jesus wanted people to control themselves, not others. When we try to control others, we put ourselves in the evil game of Satan, and become his pawns.
That is tough to do. We all want our horse to win. We all want our team to win. We all want our children and nephews and nieces to win races and contests. It's virtually impossible for most of us to restrain these feelings. Oh, we can keep them mum, but inside we always feel these twinges of control.
That's why we always need salvation, because it's salvation from the inferior desires of the flesh.
Most groups of people actually have the same creed as Jesus. There is an ancient Native American tale of the two bears, one evil and one good, always eating at our souls. When the wise Indian is asked which one wins, the wise Indian says "the one you feed". There were some sadistic maniacs in each culture, even the Apache, such as Geronimo, who fed the evil bear, but most were sane ones who formed the Apache police that captured him. It's too bad their names aren't heralded as much as his, but then more people have also heard of Charles Manson than of the lawmen who arrested him. Yep.
In other words, there are people who never heard of Jesus who are more Christian than someone who uses the magical incantation of a name to automatically absolve him or her of a horrible crime. Jesus said this in many instances. In the instance of those who call his name and he says he knew them not. In the instance of the centurion with great faith. In the Samaritan. Just to name a few.
I know there are some folks who honestly say the name of "Jesus", who mean quite well. I'm sure most do. Most people who use the name as a magical incantation do so with a good heart, but they can't expect outsiders to automatically accept a magical incantation to mean a magical absolution of sin.
The problem is real, because it's obvious that this sanctions evil works among those who just want to say the magic name and wave the magic wand.
However, this is readily explained by Jesus himself. Although not by most evangelists and preachers I've heard.
First, we learn by age 13, most of us, that "Jesus" wasn't even the "magic name" he went by. If the "magic name" is the incantation, no one can pronounce it. Try it. Just listen to an evangelist say the name to you, and then repeat it. 100% of the time, when I have tried this, the evangelist has changed the enunciation just to humiliate me, over and over. He'll say "Yesha", and I'll say "Yesha", then the evangelist or preacher will grumble and sneer at me and say "No, it's Elijah", and I'll say "Elijah", and the preacher will sneer again and say "No, it's...", and it will go like this until the preacher proclaims me ANATHEMA, and the people will shun me and hold crosses up to keep me at bay, like I'm some demon.
Every single time.
Which proves there is something supernatural at work there.
But even if you're one of the chosen few that this doesn't happen to in the event of trying to pronounce his name, the fact is that the name of "Jesus" is clearly not a magic word.
Jesus said himself that only blasphemy of the Holy Ghost was unforgiven. He did say he was the path, but not because of his moniker. Because of his spirit, he was the path.
Since he left us the Holy Ghost, then the spirit of Good is the path.
Or more appropriately, the spirit of searching for the spirit of Good, of the good truth.
The word "repent" has undergone a change. The original text in the original language was more like "relent" than what people think today. The idea that "repenting" meant whipping yourself on the back after a sinful thought means absolutely nothing. The original word was more in line with "trying to relent of sin", in seeking to do well.
When one looks at the atrocities of History, every one of them can be attributed to the psychological factors that combine either sadism (which is actually demonic possession, and I've seen it to be the root demon of psychopaths), compartmentalization, rationalization, and Psychosis, and any of these with the lifeboat situations of survival.
Rationalization is the lead cause of atrocities by groups of people.
But all of these boil down to the basic concept that is in over 90% of the teaching of Jesus. "Control". Jesus wanted people to control themselves, not others. When we try to control others, we put ourselves in the evil game of Satan, and become his pawns.
That is tough to do. We all want our horse to win. We all want our team to win. We all want our children and nephews and nieces to win races and contests. It's virtually impossible for most of us to restrain these feelings. Oh, we can keep them mum, but inside we always feel these twinges of control.
That's why we always need salvation, because it's salvation from the inferior desires of the flesh.
Most groups of people actually have the same creed as Jesus. There is an ancient Native American tale of the two bears, one evil and one good, always eating at our souls. When the wise Indian is asked which one wins, the wise Indian says "the one you feed". There were some sadistic maniacs in each culture, even the Apache, such as Geronimo, who fed the evil bear, but most were sane ones who formed the Apache police that captured him. It's too bad their names aren't heralded as much as his, but then more people have also heard of Charles Manson than of the lawmen who arrested him. Yep.
In other words, there are people who never heard of Jesus who are more Christian than someone who uses the magical incantation of a name to automatically absolve him or her of a horrible crime. Jesus said this in many instances. In the instance of those who call his name and he says he knew them not. In the instance of the centurion with great faith. In the Samaritan. Just to name a few.
I know there are some folks who honestly say the name of "Jesus", who mean quite well. I'm sure most do. Most people who use the name as a magical incantation do so with a good heart, but they can't expect outsiders to automatically accept a magical incantation to mean a magical absolution of sin.
