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Prisoners  of Yesterday 

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If  You Question Our Christianity . . .

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If you think we are in any way belittling the Christian Bible or attempting to degrade the sacredness of the Christian tradition, we refer you to the more than three dozen Biblical passages below on this page.  These passages support our open-minded perspective on Creator/God, on the nature of the universe and on the nature, the origin and the destination of man.   

For example:

 Fundamental Christianity: The Christian fundamentalist teach that man is separate from nature and from God.  

TLC-Life-Center:   Our perspective on life is  that humans  are intimate part of nature, thus both our biological nature, our fellow life forms on Earth  and the Earth, itself,  must be honored and respected." 

The Biblical Evidence:  Ecclesiastes 3:19       "For that which befalleth the sons of men befalleth beasts; even one thing befalleth them: as the one dieth, so dieth the other; yea, they have all one breath; so that a man hath no preeminence above a beast: for all [is] vanity."

u    Here, the Bible, itself,  exposes the religious fairytale about man being separate from nature.    Readers are directed to  the covenant between Noah an God in Chapter Nine of Genesis) 

Readers are also directed to the quote from Chief Seattle about the relationship between man and nature.

Readers who question our veracity or our sincerity are invited to show us where we are missing the mark.  Help us correct any errors on any of our websites.   Please see the TLC-Life-Center's Truth Seekers Truth page  at:

http://www.TLC-Life-Center.info/truth-seeker.html#33  

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The Mostly-Ignored Biblical Passages

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Do you believe in the Christian Bible?   Do you believe the Christian Bible is the word of God?   Do you believe the words of Jesus?  Then why are you not honoring these Biblical passages:  

Psalms 82:6 

"I have said, Ye [are] gods; and all of you [are] children of the most High."

    This same message can also be found in John 14:2,  --  Isaiah 41:23  --   and John 10:30-35  + 10:38.  

Isaiah 41:23 

"Shew [show] the things that are to come hereafter, that we may know that ye [are] gods: yea, do good, or do evil, that we may be dismayed, and behold [it] together."

John 10:30-35  + 10:38                                                                        John10:30-35           ...

30) " I and my father are one accord.   31) Then the Jews again took up stones to stone him.  32) Jesus said, I have shown you many good works from my Father; for which one of them do you stone me?   33) The Jews said to him, It is not because of the good works we stone you but because you blaspheme; for while you are only a man, you make yourself God.   34) Jesus said to them, Is it not so written in your law you are gods?   35) If he called them gods because the word of God was with them (and the scripture cannot be broken)   38)  ...the Father [is] in me, and I in him.

Luke 17:21

“Behold, the kingdom of God is within you." 

John 14:12                                                                                     John 14:12                ...

"Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me, the works that I do shall he do also; and greater [works] than these shall he do; because I go unto my Father."

(Paraphrased)     Anything I can do, you can do and more.

Ecclesiastes 3:19                                                  .Ecclesiastes 3:19.              ...

"For that which befalleth the sons of men befalleth beasts; even one thing befalleth them: as the one dieth, so dieth the other; yea, they have all one breath; so that a man hath no preeminence above a beast: for all [is] vanity."

u    Here, the Bible, itself,  exposes the religious fairytale about man being separate from nature.    Readers are directed to  the quote from Chief Seattle.°   

1 Corinthians 1:10  KJV

"Now I beseech you...that ye all speak the same thing, and that there be no divisions among you; but that ye be perfectly joined together in the same mind and in the same judgment."

Matthew 25:40

"Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye have done [it] unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done [it] unto me"

u    Is it possible that there aren't really any enemies, but only fellow-god-beings with different points of view  living in human bodies that are slightly different from our own?

Matthew 6:5-6                                                                       Matthew6:5-6          ...

"And when thou prayest, thou shalt not be as the hypocrites [are]: for they love to pray standing in the synagogues [houses of worship] and in the corners of the streets, [and on television] that they may be seen of men. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward.   But thou, when thou prayest, enter into thy closet, and when thou hast shut thy door, pray to thy Father which is in secret; and thy Father which seeth in secret shall reward thee openly."

u    This passage chastises public prayer and instructs people to pray in private.   We wonder if school prayer and praying on TV could possibly be considered public prayer.  

        This passage tells us that school prayer is not about reaching God.  It's about mind-bending.   It's about promoting religiosity to children too young to know, or understand what's happening.   Remember the Communist slogan:  "Get the mind of the child and you've got the adult."  Well that technique is Christian in origin and started back in the beginning days of Roman Catholic public manipulation.  
(See the section titled:   The Ten-letter Four-letter Word.)

Romans 14:14

“I know, and am persuaded by the Lord Jesus, that [there is] nothing unclean of itself: but to him that esteemeth any thing to be unclean, to him [it is] unclean.”

    This passage reinforces the scriptural message of John 1:1  regarding the Universal Law of Though.   This message says that we experience the world as we perceive it to be -- as we expect it to be.

Romans 14:20

“. . All things indeed [are] pure; but [it is] evil for that man who eateth with offence”

    This passage also reinforces the scriptural message of John 1:1  regarding the Universal Law of Though and one's perception of physical reality.   

Mark 10:19                                                                                      Mark 10:19      ...

"Thou knowest the commandments, Do not commit adultery, Do not kill, Do not steal, Do not bear false witness, Defraud not, Honour thy father and mother."

u    This passage clearly condemns lying and committing fraud.°    It does not distinguish between lies of commission and lies of omission.   

(A lie of ”Commission”  is intentionally deceiving someone by telling something that is not true.   A lie of “Omission” is intentionally deceiving someone by withholding vital information.

Genesis 2:7                                                                                      Genesis 2:7   ...

"And the Lord God formed man of the dust of the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul."

u    Clearly states that life as a human being begins at first breath.

Job 33:4                                                                                                     Job 33:4    ...

"The Spirit of God has made me, and the breath of the Almighty has given me life."

u    Reinforces the Genesis 7:2 statement that breath is the place where God acknowledges His creation as being alive.

John 3:13,  KJV                                                                                                     John 3:13    ...

"And no one hath ascended into heaven, but he that [has not first] descended out of heaven, [even] the Son of man, who is [now] in heaven.

u    This passage indicates that human beings are NOT physical bodies, but  that humans are non-physical beings who existed prior to conception and prior to birth into the physical world -- that humans are non-physical beings who came to Earth from some other realm of reality.   The logical implication gathered from this passage  is that we existed prior to conception and prior to our birth into the physical world.   And considering that a being comes from "heaven" to Earth at least once,  there is no indication that one could, should, or does come only once.    

Ecclesiastes 11:5, RSV     (Revised Standard Version)   Ecclesiastes 11:5, RSV    ...

"As you do not know how the spirit comes to the bones in the womb of the woman with child, so you do not know the work of God who makes everything.”

u    Clearly distinguishes between the body and the spirit, says that humans don’t know when the spirit enters the physical form, and, most significantly, states that humans do not know how God works.  

Jdg 19:6 

"And they sat down, and did eat and drink both of them together: for the damsel's father had said unto the man, Be content, I pray thee, and tarry all night, and let thine heart be merry."

Ecc 8:15 

"Then I commended mirth, because a man hath no better thing under the sun, than to eat, and to drink, and to be merry. . ."

u    Does the prior passage (Jdg 19:6) give us any indication of what was meant by be merry?   Do you suppose that merry and marry are in any way related?

Matthew 7:15-16

"Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep's clothing, but  inwardly they are ravening wolves.   Ye shall know them by their fruits.”

u    Here's a few more details about how to  Recognize a False Profit.°    

John8:32

“Know the truth and the truth will set you free.”

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Cultural Heritage is Both a Blessing and a Curse

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Regarding what we think about, we are constantly at choice.   Instead of being here and now, we can focus on the past (on yesterday)  or on the future.   Our choice of focus makes a huge difference in the future experiences we encounter.

For example, my own heritage is a story that I could, if I chose to, dwell upon,  get lost in,  use to feel sorry for myself and  run around saying:   "Poor me.   Look what 'they' did to innocent me and my people."   

Polish jokes degraded my heritage from as far back as I can remember.   Nazis invaded my country of origin without provocation and murdered hundreds of thousand of Poles, including some of my relatives.   When the Nazis were driven out, Stalin took over and another round of mass murder occurred.   Members of my family were hunted by the Russian Communists for failing to bow down to the party line.   Because I was too young to remember the details,  I do not know if they lived as hunted fugitives for the rest of their lives, or whether they were captured and summarily executed.   In spite of this type of ethnic mistreatment, the Polish people were among the leaders in bringing down the Russian brand of fascism, falsely labeled as Communism.   

Does any of this matter?   
Well, yes and no.   Does any of that make me a better of worse person than people with any other ethnic and cultural heritage?    NO!  The strongest case for saying it makes any difference at all  is to say that the past  makes good fertilizer to assist me in deciding whom I choose to be in the world as it is today and what I chose to do in response to my present, Earthly experiences.   

What Does the Evidence Indicate?   
The evidence that I have seen, says we are all one;  that we are all part of a grand unified whole;  that we are all in this together.   The evidence also overwhelmingly points to the conclusion that each and every one of us, without exception, is an eternal divine being temporarily experiencing life on Earth in a physical, human body -- that reincarnation is almost certainly the correct assumption/theory about the nature of humans  ( as distinct from theism and Christian one-life-ism°) -- that in one life we were black, in another life we were white, and in another life we were part of still another faction of humanity, and the cycle goes on and on and on.    www.lifecoach4vip.com/trp73-foundations.html#ChristianityBirthContext°

If reincarnation is actually true, (and the overwhelming circumstantial  and physical evidence points to the logical conclusion that it is)  then the evidence also indicates that you and I and everybody else simple choose a particular role for each lifetime, and that we have been on just about every side of just about every issue.  So what's the big deal about which culture, which race, which religion, which gender we are at the moment?  NONE!   

Perhaps, instead, we might focus on the fact that the evidence tells us that false beliefs, particularly false religious beliefs are the major source of all  human problems. 

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A Few Role Models  

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"Perhaps we might look to some role models to help us choose who we would like to be.    

   There's not a single, devout, practicing Mormon on welfare anywhere in the entire United States.   

   Cuban American are united in their effort to take back their homeland from its fascist controllers.   

   The Jewish People in Israel have turned a desert into a thriving country, welcoming fellow Jews from around the world and never once asking what the new arrivals can pay as a ticket of entry.   

   A few thousand Chinese people on the small island  of Taiwan, using the principles of democracy and free enterprise have shamed and enticed the entire, multi-billion-people, communist country of China into changing its ways.  

   And if you think that one person can't make a difference, ask Nobel Prize winner Muhammad Yunus, founder of the Grameen Bank in Bangladesh.   In 1974, with a simple idea and $27, he  started an economic revolution that is transforming impoverished people all over the world into successful business owners.   

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Consequences  

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Humans are not judged for their actions, but rather,  by their actions.   In spite of what you may have been taught, there is absolutely no evidence whatsoever to support the belief in an angry, insecure, fickle, vindictive, superhuman being  sitting on a throne above the clouds of planet Earth saying:  "Do this.   Don't do that.  This is good.  This is bad."    

The overwhelming evidence indicates that every action simply has a consequence.    For example, if one jumps off of a diving board, one is going to hit the water, that is, providing that he or she was wise enough to see if there was water in the pool before jumping.   

Neither is ethnic or cultural heritage an excuse for poor judgment or unwise activity.   One can sit around, feeling sorry for one's self, or one can make an assessment of his/her situation and then take the most appropriate action to alter the present circumstances and, at the same time, take care of others living in similar or worse conditions.   

An example:   
Here's one example of where a change of focus could make a huge difference, and this is not meant to in any way degrade any culture or any ethnic heritage.    Perhaps Mexican Americans might shift focus away from paying attention to where they came from and away from paying strict attention to the Roman Catholic Pope and away from making more babies than they can possibly care for.   Instead, what if they focused on: "What do I choose for my future?  How can I take the vast, untapped  potential of my homeland and turn it into a place I'd be proud of and gladly to be a part of?"   That's not to say that Mexican Americans are any better or any worse than anybody else.   The issue is neither ethnic nor cultural; it's:  "Where is the most appropriate place to focus attention?"  and   "Is what I am doing producing the result I want?"   

Mexican Americans are a dynamic, powerful group with literally hundreds of thousand perhaps even millions of highly skilled and highly talented individuals.   Imagine for a moment if they, as a collective, single-focused team, decided to make Mexico a world leader in education, economics, social services, environmental protection,  and honesty in government.   If they did this, they'd soon have to build fences to keep U.S. citizens out.   It's all a matter of focus.  It's all a matter of choice.  It's all a matter of demonstrating that all of us are skilled in at least one area.

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Why Is Mental Focus So Important?  

Because beliefs are the foundations for all human actions.   If I were of Latino, Black, Chinese, Middle Eastern, or of any other  heritage, I'd be both proud and ashamed of what my people have done and are doing.   And the same is true of EVERY heritage every race, every nationality, including my own.   We are all one people.   The sooner we get this, the sooner we'll turn space ship Earth back into the Garden of Eden.    Please join us in honoring everyone, regardless of age, gender, race, religion, nationality, ethnic origin, cultural background, et cetera.    Thank you.

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What Makes Us Appear to Be 
   So Different from Each Other?

Scientists now tell us that genetic differences between humans, regardless of race, skin color, eye shape, or body structure, is so small that it's almost insignificant.    Of course differences show up in our physical bodies,  but these dissimilarities are so slight that they can, in no way, account for the vast differences in the way we express ourselves on planet Earth.   

So then, what causes all  these variations on the human theme.   Listed below are the possibilities that this author has found among the research and anecdotal evidence.   

   First and foremost, the answer is thought, beliefs, attitudes, and expectations.   We are and we experience what we think about.  

And here it is in Biblical terms:  “In the beginning was the word, and the word was with God, and the word was God." 

   Genes:  (DNA) accounts for some of the physical variations.  

   The attitudes, beliefs, circumstances, physical conditions, health, nutrition, experiences, chemical use or non-use of the mother during pregnancy:    All these factors affect fetal development.  Readers are directed to the work of Dr. Bruce Lipton  for some astonishing  findings that are causing and inspiring a major rethinking of how humans become who and what they are.

   Early childhood conditioning, particularly during the first seven years of life:   During this period the child's mind is constantly and then predominantly in the theta brain wave state, a state that we as adult can only consciously enter through meditation, via drugs,  at pre-sleep, through other mind altering practices,  or through the practice called Theta Healing / Theta Transformation.'   In this mental state the mind is completely suggestible to ideas that in the normal adult waking state, we would simply reject.  

   Present life style, attitude, beliefs, and personal experiences:  The external social, political, economic, environmental, religious conditions, and circumstances of one's life.   

   The soul's intention.    

   Other-life (past life) experiences.

These factors are so varied and so complicated and so intimately interconnected that separating them and saying this or that is the cause of any particular behavior is an extremely difficult and all-but-impossible task.    

Thought beliefs attitudes

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The Bottom line:  

Science tells us that everything physical  is not physical at all -- that everyone and everything  is part of a single, invisible energy.   The overwhelming experiential evidence tells us (at least for those of us who think about it)   that  each and every one of us is  intimately, interconnected to everyone and everything else in the entire universe.   We commonly refer to this grand, unified whole as "God."   

For those of you who are Christian, the passages below offer this concept in Biblical terms.   For those of you who think religion is just a bunch of fairytales, consider taking the statements below completely out of their religious context and then ask yourself:  "Are there are some significant ideas here to contemplate?    Could some of these concepts actually represent reality?"    

What Is the Nature (the Source of the power)  of Man?

Psalms 82:6 

"I have said, Ye [are] gods; and all of you [are] children of the most High."

    This same message can also be found in John 14:2,  --  Isaiah 41:23  --   and John 10:30-35  + 10:38.  

Luke 17:21

“Behold, the kingdom of God is within you." 

John 14:12         

"Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me, the works that I do shall he shall do also; and greater [works] than these shall he do; because I go unto my Father."

    This Quote from Jesus is commonly paraphrased as:   "Anything I can do, you can do and more."   

Matthew 25:40

"Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye have done [it] unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done [it] unto me"

    This passage reaffirms the intimate connection between man and God.

John 1:1

“In the beginning was the word, and the word was with God, and the word was God."  

    Here's the Biblical version of The Universal Law of Thought°

John 8:32

“Know the truth and the truth will set you free.”

    To assist you in having a clearer understanding of what this passage means, you are invited to read a description of the opposite of the truth.°    Also note a additional messages about the truth in  2John 1:2,  2John 1:4,  and  3John 1:3-4.   

Matthew 9:29       

"... According to your faith be it unto you.

Matthew 17:20

“... If ye have faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye shall say unto this mountain, Remove hence to yonder place; and it shall remove; and nothing shall be impossible unto you."

Matthew 6:6

"... when thou prayest, enter into thy closet, and when thou hast shut thy door, pray to thy Father which is in secret; and thy Father which seeth in secret shall reward thee openly."

    This passage tell us that we can connect directly to God.  It instructs people to pray in private.   

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What Is the Origin of Man?

Genesis 2:7 

"And the Lord God formed man of the dust of the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul."

    Clearly states that life as a human being begins at first breath.

Job 33:4 

"The Spirit of God has made me, and the breath of the Almighty has given me life."

    Reinforces the Genesis 7:2 statement that breath is the place where God acknowledges His creation as being alive.

John 3:13,  KJV    

"And no one hath ascended into heaven, but he that [has not first] descended out of heaven, [even] the Son of man, who is in heaven.

    This passage indicates that human beings are NOT physical bodies, but  that human beings are non-physical beings who existed prior to conception and prior to birth into the physical world -- non-physical beings who came to Earth from heaven.   The logical implication gathered from this passage  is that we existed prior to conception and prior to our birth into the physical world.   And considering that a being comes from heaven to Earth at least once,  there is no indication that one could, should, or does come only once.    

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Ecclesiastes 3:19 

"For that which befalleth the sons of men befalleth beasts; even one thing befalleth them: as the one dieth, so dieth the other; yea, they have all one breath; so that a man hath no preeminence above a beast: for all [is] vanity."

    This Bible passage exposes still another fundamental Christian lie of omission.°   Here, the Bible, itself,  exposes, as a fraud, the fairytale about man being separate from nature.    The evidence indicates that humans have both an animal nature and a human nature --  that our human nature gives us an advantage over other biological life forms, but it in no way lessens our animal nature.   Readers are directed to  the quote from Chief Seattle.°   

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What Can Humans Know About God?

Ecclesiastes 11:5, RSV 

"As you do not know how the spirit comes to the bones in the womb of the woman with child, so you do not know the work of God who makes everything.”

1 Corinthians 2:14 

But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know [them], because they are spiritually discerned. 

Ecclesiastes 3:11 

"He hath made every [thing] beautiful in his time: also he hath set the world in their heart, so that no man can find out the work that God maketh from the beginning to the end."

    The Bible again states that humans do not know how God works.

John 14:2 

"In my Father's house there are many mansions...."

    As in the above three passages, the Bible also states that there is much about God that humans simply do not know. 

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And What About Hypocrisy and Passing Judgments on Others?

John 8:7        

"... He that is without sin among you, let him first cast a stone..."

Luke 6:31

"Do onto others as you would have them do onto you."

    This passage is referred to as "The Golden Rule."    It's one of the most poignant messages in the entire Christian Bible.   The cardinal rule of life is "Thou shall not violate."  That is the basis for this behavioral guideline.    One might think the golden rule to be God's ultimate truth.  Perhaps it was when it was first proposed to humanity.  But what if a slight variation on that theme were in order, today.  Consider this version:  "Do onto others as they would be done onto."   

What's the difference and why does it matter?   Let's answer that with an example.   Suppose for a moment, that  I'm a bit bizarre.   I  like like mustard on my ice cream and I am serving ice cream to you.  Which version of the golden rule would you like me to apply to your situation?   

It brings in the desires, preferences and requirements of another person.   How do you suppose Luke 6: 31 relates to this passage -- "What you do onto the least of mine, you do onto me."

Matthew 7:121

"So in everything, do onto others as you would have them do onto you, for this sums up the law and the prophets."

    Because this message is in the Bible twice, one could come to the conclusion that God thinks it's important.

Romans 14:14

“I know, and am persuaded by the Lord Jesus, that [there is] nothing unclean of itself: but to him that esteemeth any thing to be unclean, to him [it is] unclean.”

    This passage reinforces the scriptural message of John 1:1  regarding the Universal Law of Though.   This message says that we experience the world as we perceive it to be -- as we expect it to be.

Romans 14:20

“. . All things indeed [are] pure; but [it is] evil for that man who eateth with offence”

    This passage also reinforces the scriptural message of John 1:1  regarding the Universal Law of Though and one's perception of physical reality..   

Romans 14:19

" Let us therefore follow after the things which make for peace, and things wherewith one may edify** another."

    How can anyone interpret this to mean that God is telling us to use threats, intimidation,  violence, and government laws and force our ways onto others?        

**  To edify means to enlighten, inform,    
     educate, instruct, improve, and teach.

1 Corinthians 1:10  KJV

"Now I beseech you. . . that ye all speak the same thing, and that there be no divisions among you; but that ye be perfectly joined together in the same mind and in the same judgment."

Matthew 7:3-5

And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother's eye, but considerest not the beam that is in thine own eye?   Or how wilt thou say to thy brother, Let me pull out the mote out of thine eye; and, behold, a beam [is] in thine own eye?   Thou hypocrite, first cast out the beam out of thine own eye; and then shalt thou see clearly to cast out the mote out of thy brother's eye.   

    One could conclude that this is an important message because the same message is repeated  in Luke 6:41-2

Matthew 7:1 

Judge not, that ye be not judged.

Luke 6:37 

Judge not, and ye shall not be judged: condemn not, and ye shall not be condemned: forgive, and ye shall be forgiven.

Matthew 25:40

"Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye have done [it] unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done [it] unto me"

    This passage implies that every time you interact with your human brothers and sisters you are also interacting with God.  

Matthew 22:37-39 

"Jesus said unto him, Thou shall love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind.   This is the first and great commandment.   And the second [is] like unto it, Thou shall love thy neighbor as thyself.

    Passages  Psalms 82:6   --  John 14:2,  --  Isaiah 41:23  --   and John 10:30-35  + 10:38  in the Christian Bible are  saying that you and I and everyone else are aspect of God.   Matthew 22:37 says love God with all your heart, which, if the Bible is correct, includes every human being regardless of race, gender, religion, life style, etc.   So go ahead, continue to "hate your neighbor as you hate yourself,"  for as you do onto the least of your brothers, you do onto God and onto yourself.   

Luke 23:34 

"Then said Jesus, Father, forgive them; for they know not what they do."

John 8:7        

Let he among you who is without sin cast the first stone.

    This passage is worth repeating.   It's one of the most poignant messages in the entire Christian Bible.   Stop for a moment and think about this message and what it actually means.   Open the Bible and read this entire parable about condemning another person.  

       Then ask yourself:   "How many mental stones have I thrown today?    Do I love my neighbor as myself?   Am I really a Christian or am I just pretending to appease my conscience and to impress my neighbors?  

       "Know the truth and the truth will set you free."   Hypocrisy doesn't cut the mustard any more.  You must also live the truth -- all of the truth  -- even when that truth exposes the false stories we have been accepting without question. 

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Warnings?

Mark 9:42  

“. . . And whoever shall cause one of these little ones who believes in me to stumble, it is better for him that an ass’s millstone were hanged on his neck, and that he were thrown into the sea.”

    Warns readers of the dire consequences of  intentionally deceiving others.

Proverbs 29:24  (paraphrased)

"He who partners with a thief hates his own soul.   He hears cursing and does not recognize it."  

    Does this passage make you wonder why  the ultra-conservative Christian leaders  and fascist-leaning politicians are in bed together --  each prostituting the other in pursuit of its own political agenda.°    

Matthew 7:15-16

"Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep's clothing, but  inwardly they are ravening wolves.   Ye shall know them by their fruits.”

    Here's a few more details about how to  Recognize a False Profit.°    

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If "The Word" was God, then "The Word" still is God.   Words are thoughts expressed in physical form.   What do the above passages tell us about the nature of a human being?   Could it be that when God made man in his own image, that it was in power and capacity that he created man in God's image and not in physical attributes such as body form, shape and size.    

If you are among the millions who believe that the Christian Bible is the word of God, then the obvious conclusions regarding the nature of a human being  are vastly different from what the ultra-conservative Christian leaders have been telling their followers for centuries.    Those leaders have been ignoring the above passages because they are first and foremost interested in themselves.   When it becomes a conflict between  self-interest and the word of God as expressed in the Christian Bible, self-interest wins almost every time.   If you doubt the veracity of this, re-read 

Genesis 2:7 

"And the Lord God formed man of the dust of the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul."

Luke 17:21

“Behold, the kingdom of God is within you." 

Psalms 82:6 

"I have said, Ye [are] gods; and all of you [are] children of the most High."

John 14:12         

paraphrased as:   "Anything I can do, you can do and more." 

Ecclesiastes 11:5 

"As you do not know how the spirit comes to the bones in the womb of the woman with child, so you do not know the work of God who makes everything.”    (The same message is in 1 Corinthians 2:14  and  Ecclesiastes 3:11) 

If these passages represent reality, why have millions of defenseless little children been mind-manipulated into believing that they are inherently evil?   

Read Genesis 2:7  and Ecclesiastes 11:5 again,  and ask what is this "spirit/breath of life"  that comes into human physical bodies somewhere between conception and birth?  Science tells us that physical matter is not physical at all, it's energy.  So if you are not a physical body, what are you?

Does this throw any new light onto the multi-billion-dollar cash cow called forced motherhood (the anti-abortion war)?   Readers are directed to the page titled:  God's Conception-Magic Act°    

 

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The Bottom of the Bottom line

The above information leads us to the following conclusion:  

Because life is not what we've been led to believe it is by those who claim to know,  you, I, and everybody else have  been (and still are) making critical,  irreversible, life-altering  decisions based upon false,  incomplete, and/or intentionally-deceptive information!   

Think about the above statement for a moment.   Think about the profound implications of that statement.   How does it make you feel?  Probably not so good.    Then the logical, next question is:  "Would you like to change that?"    

If the answer is "yes,"
 then go to the website titled  The Peaceful Revolution. 
http://www.ThePeacefulRevolution.com#57 

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  Your Children, and Your Grandchildren?

1)    Become One of Our Team Members:°    Join us as we become one of the most potent forces in the fast-growing community of dedicated individuals and organizations working diligently to reverse Global Climate Change.   

2)    We are looking for maps, drawings and other depictions of well known objects seen in the year 2099 that will, if the ice caps continue to melt at the present rate, be under about  forty feet of ocean water.  (For example, a picture of New York harbor with the water forty feet deeper.)   
 If you are a source or can connect us to a source, please call us immediately at:    1-818-727-0727       1-800-488-9930.

3)    There are at least a dozen ways you can participate in resolving these two major problems.   Please see the page titled:   How You Can Help Us Help You.° 

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The God of Faith & Reason

Finding God 
By Faith     And      By Reason

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 If the section below sounds nonsensical, and redundant, 
it's because this page is written mainly to be read by the web-searcher programs.

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The God of Faith & Reason

Finding God   By Faith    And    By Reason

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What do we mean when we say, "Find God by Faith and Reason?   Faith and reason (religion and reality)  have been considered  to be enemies by conservative religious leaders for centuries.   Religion has denied reality and faith has denied reason because reality shows religion to be fantasy-based and out of touch with reality and because reason shows faith without reason to also be our of touch with reality.   Historically, religions have been strictly faith based.   Reason and reality have both been simply ignored.    The result of religion denying realty and faith fighting reason is that planet Earth is very sick and is about to react in a manner that will significantly reduce the number of parasites (human beings) living on her surface and living  in utter disregard for her well being.   

As an alternative, suppose we invited religion and reality to be partners.   Suppose we also  invited faith and reason to be partners.   Suppose we  invited faith, reason, religion, and reality to be foursome directed at finding the truth about what humans believe about God .   

Finding  God by faith and reason is actually quite simple.   Simply bring religion to reality -- bring reality to religion -- combine  religion with reality -- combine   reality with religion.    Simply bring faith to reason -- bring reason  to faith -- combine  reason with faith -- combine  faith with reason.   

The result will be that faith, reason, religion and reality will each enhance and support the other three.   Faith would support reason, religion, and reality -- reality would support faith, reason, religion --  religion  would support reality faith, and reason --  and  reason  would support religion, reality and faith.  And all this will dramatically transform human behavior and return Earth back into the Garden of Eden.

Finding  God by Faith and Reason  

Where religion meets reality --   Where faith meets reason --  Where mind, heart, the evidence, common sense,  and God are equal partners  --  Where  religion, reality, faith, and reason are all on the same team.  

To find The God of Faith and Reason. 

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