Saturday, December 13, 2014

CRITICS OF CHRISTIANITY OFTEN FRAUDS! FROM ERASMUS OF AMERICA - DEC. 13, 2014


  

CRITICS OF CHRISTIANITY OFTEN FRAUDS! FROM ERASMUS OF AMERICA - DEC. 13, 2014
     I recently sank one large group of critics of mainstream Christianity when I showed two references in the New Testament showing that Sunday was the main worship day of Christianity in the days of the Apostle Paul. The critics did not know that the 8th day which was a common term in early Christian writings referred to Sunday. Sunday was called the 8th day because it was the day that Jesus Christ resurrected from the grave. The 8th day was used twice in the New Testament as reference for the main worship day of Christianity already in the days of the Apostle Paul as the New Testament records. With the Apostle Paul visiting a church on the 8th day which was the day that the churches broke bread (referring to Holy Communion) and would be visiting a church on the 8th day which was the day of gatherings (collected offerings for the main worship day each week), I frankly showed that the critics were at a minimum not scholars who checked out their details  thoroughly.  Or maybe motivated by hatred or jealousy towards churches that did not agree with them on all points, they tried to pick a point for a fight that the main churches could not defend themselves on and so discredit them with inaccurate scholarship. However, the  other side acting upon passed on traditions did not know why they really worshipped on Sunday or not as their main worship day each week.

     Christians could worship also on Saturday, Wednesday, or any other day of the week, but to honor the resurrection of Jesus Christ on Sunday which they called the 8th day, they elected in the days of the Apostles of Jesus Christ to make Sunday their main worship day for each week.

     And the side using fraudulent scholarship to try and discredit any church disagreeing with them said Constantine the Great changed the main worship day from Saturday to Sunday whereas the New Testament clearly shows that Sunday was already the main worship day for Christians two centuries before Constantine the Great arose in history! Also, claiming that Christian churches who worshipped on Sunday instead of Saturday had the mark of the beast on them for doing that was fraudulent scholarship or else incompetent scholarship on their part. Two main branches of the Catholic side (Roman and Greek) were smeared with this attempted defamation of them and also most mainline Protestant denominations as well.
     Early Christian writings stated the bread and the wine in Holy Communion were changed into the mystical flesh and blood of Jesus Christ after the invocation was prayed over them. St. Padre Pio who was impressive to me with stunning daily Miracles of God for 50 years while he bore the stigmata of Christ on his body for this same 50 years also clearly stated that the bread and wine were turned into the actual flesh and blood of Christ in the Catholic Mass once the invocation was prayed over them. I would sooner bet that the first Christian writings and St. Padre Pio were right than the Christian scholar who says that this is just a memorial service and nothing more with the Holy Communion in Christian churches throughout the world. By the way, when St. Padre Pio died Sept. 23, 1968, the wounds of Christ disappeared from his body as he died and he died a normal man after that. For whatever it is worth, St. Padre Pio said that he would ask that he not enter into formal Paradise while people on earth still wanted him to pray for them. When there was no more need for him on earth, then he wanted to enter the entrance into Paradise. Was he right or wrong in this stand he believed valid? When a man or woman has constant Miracles of God occur with them, I do not laugh nor mock them. And I listen with respect to that man or woman then speaking about God and the supernatural.
     There are scholars so filled with hatred that they want to divide Christianity no matter how silly the excuse or argument they invent to try and divide Christianity with. Some say that you sleep in the ground until the Day of Judgment. Strange, but I have seen many people who died for a while and one friend of mine who was dead at a hospital around 16-18 hours and then awoke alive again which shocked and scared part of the hospital staff when this happened. The dead I have seen who became alive again talk of being alive in the hereafter and either facing at least Paradise or else Hell as their permanent location for all eternity if they did not somehow become alive again.

     Your Pastor Dan of Nigeria who likely has won millions to become Christians in Africa was dead for three days and then brought back to life at a Reinhard Bonnke Crusade with a huge crowd there in Nigeria. When Pastor Dan became alive again due to the amazing faith of his wife who took him by ambulance from the morgue to the crusade to bring him back alive again, he talked of seeing both Paradise and Hell. While seeing Paradise which was wonderful to be in, he was asked if he would return to the earth. He did not want to return from this wonderful place until he was told that he would be sent permanently to Hell until he returned. He had a bitter fight with his wife and as he would not forgive her when she asked him to, this act would cause him to be damned to hell for all eternity even though that he had been a Christian pastor while alive. Once alive again, he became a super saint in his life and got the message loud and clear that if he could not forgive others, neither would he be forgiven in the hereafter exactly as Jesus had explained in a parable in the New Testament.
     Shortly before writing this, I was reading a Bible passage of the New Testament explaining that those who loved evil would be rewarded for their evil in life once they died. Those that loved good would be rewarded for their good acts (done in the right spirit, of course!) once they died. The New Testament and early Christianity taught that we are saved by grace such as the thief on the cross with no time to do good in his life before he died but he accepted Jesus as his saviour just before dying. But also we are rewarded for all eternity for the good we do for the right reasons while on earth. Grace saves us, but good works done with a good heart and for the right reasons are where we get our rewards for all eternity. The New Testament including Revelation is loaded with promises of rewards for doing what the Lord Jesus Christ wants us to do while on this earth!
     The haters of serious Christianity pull many verbal tricks on the naive and gullible who are light on thinking and scholarship and do not want to listen to sound scholars of Christianity whether Protestant or Catholic. As the famous Catholic Bishop Fulton J. Sheen stated when alive, he had maybe 2,000 Protestant books in his library as well as Catholic books (more Catholic of course!) as he said that the Catholics had no monopoly on being inspired by the Holy Ghost to show things to Christians to make them better Christians in life. Some Protestant scholars had good points they raised in Christianity as well as Catholic scholars!
     Sometimes I have answers that neither the standard Protestant or Catholic scholars have. None of us has a monopoly on all knowledge or truth in life, so all smart people always listen to other smart people regardless of which side of the fence they are on to see if they have a smart angle or else a foolish angle in some point they raise. I have heard so many times that the Feast of the Nativity or birth of Christ was celebrated at Christmas to honor a pagan holiday. Pure hot air at best! Con argument at worst. In the Constitutions of the Holy Apostles is the writing by a Jewish scholar turned Christian convert. He refers to Jesus being born on the 25th of the 9th month which is the Feast of Lights or Hanukah which was a major holiday in the Jewish religion and represented that God dwelt among us. Now this is taken from the Jewish religious calendar which basically was equivalent to December 25. And at the time of Christ, the Pharisees thought that the Roman solar calendar was more accurate than the Jewish lunar calendar and so coordinated their calendar with the Roman calendar so Jesus Christ was born on Dec. 25 on both the Jewish and Roman calendar that year! And since both Protestant and Catholic scholars like to judge that Jesus Christ was born 5 B.C. or earlier, the general teaching of first Christianity as recorded in their writings is that Jesus Christ was born 28 years after the death of Cleopatra of Egypt (30 B.C.). So Jesus was born in or close to 2 B.C. and not earlier at 5 B.C. or earlier than that! I am not an amateur as a scholar in historical research work!
     Now our usual con artist fake scholars in Christianity like to claim that Christmas was celebrated on Dec. 25 to honor a pagan god. If I use the poor quality reference the con artist fake scholars like to use so much, this is pure "B.S." on their part! A claimed scholar who can only use references like "B.S." to try and argue against the scholarship and arguments of the other side implies that his scholarship and brains are so low as to likely be around a 50 I.Q. rating in intelligence or some level like that! I just used the "B.S." reference here to show what real scholars do not resort to as it implies that they have no brains and so can only argue with insults to try and derail the other side on an issue.
    
     Probably Bishop John Chrysostom of Constantinople in the 4th century was as brilliant in Christian scholarship as you would find in his day in the Eastern half of Christianity in the Roman Empire. He greatly rejoiced when a delegation from Constantinople found the tax census records of the Imperial Tax Archives in Rome and found Jesus Christ listed as born on Dec. 25 on the Roman calendar. The Roman Church half of Christianity had taught that date for the Feast of the Nativity for a long time but the Eastern half of Christianity was not convinced until the tax census records were found stored in Rome and then it was official for Christianity that Jesus had actually been born on December 25 as the tax census records showed. Since Jesus was born in Bethlehem when the Jewish and Roman calendars coordinated together then due to Pharisee policy, Jesus was born on Hanukkah which explains the inn full at Bethlehem with religious pilgrims going to the Temple at Jerusalem to celebrate Hannakuk there. Also, the shepherds in the hills selling sheep to those wanting them. That was too good of a business outside of Jerusalem for shepherds to ignore at time of Hannukah! After all, business is business when the customers are there! I heard the argument that it was too cold and shepherds would not be there in that extreme cold then. I was in Jerusalem 10 days after Christmas and the weather was light jacket at worst on some days. The cold weather would have been at the mountains nearby in Lebanon. People dislike some stands in Christianity and so invent poor quality arguments to try and stop scholarly, well researched positions wi
     I looked at the astronomical history for Israel at the time of Passover. The assigned date for Easter was about as good as could have been done to keep it attached to the Jewish calendar, but the Jewish calendar moved around a bit as a lunar calendar whereas the Roman calendar was steadier as a solar calendar based upon the sun instead of the moon. Easter was not set up to honor a pagan holiday, but was about as good of an attempt as the early Christians could do to keep their calendar reliably reflecting when Jesus Christ died and then resurrected in Jerusalem afterwards.
     Jesus warned that he who caused a child to lose his faith in God, better for that man to have a millstone hung around his neck and thrown into the ocean than for him to later face the Judgment of God for destroying the faith of a small child in God. Matthew 18:6 :
King James Bible
But whoso shall offend one of these little ones which believe in me, it were better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and that he were drowned in the depth of the sea.
     Those who oppose allowing prayer and the Bible in the public schools face the curse of Matthew 18:6 later for all eternity. Thomas Jefferson and James Madison both approved of the 10 Commandments and prayer and the Bible being allowed in the public schools. Thomas was author of the American Declaration of Independence of 1776 and James Madison was called the "Father of the U.S. Constitution" and "Father of the U.S. Bill of Rights". When Thomas Jefferson was President of America, he proposed that the two required textbooks to be used in all public schools of America were the Bible and the Watt's Christian Hymnal. His best friend James Madison who also later was President saw nothing wrong in this in the U.S. Bill of Rights that he had written for America and so did not object to this policy proposed by President Thomas Jefferson. Thomas Jefferson also used federal funds to evangelize American Indians to Christianity while he was President. Also, the Capitol Building that Congress met in was used on Sundays as a local church for them and others to pray in. How the liberals turned around the history of America into lies by teaching us a Marxist version of American history instead of Christian! The American Congress during the American Revolution bought 10,000 copies of the Bible and had it given to soldiers fighting the American Revolution and said that the Christian Bible was the political textbook of the American Revolution. Gen. George Washington addressed his soldiers as soldiers for our King Jesus Christ who we are fighting for in the American Revolution. During the American Revolution, the Continental Congress fighting the American Revolution addressed prayers to Jesus Christ on behalf of the nation and stated that the main reason for the American Revolution was so that the Christian Gospel could spread from America to later cover the whole world! How "politically correct" Wash., D.C. today lies about the founding history of America using the Marxist version of American history instead of the true version of the Christian version of American history! Also, this Common Core version of education pushed by Obama Wash., D.C. now is for the brainwashing and not educating the children of America today.
     Stepping on toes! Romans 4 shows that the Old Covenant with promises on behalf of Abraham, etc. was replaced with the New Covenant transferring promises to Abraham and first only to the Children of Israel to now the entire human race on earth if they become true Christians. Really the Jews do not have to lose the promises given to Abraham, etc. Become Christians as many of the descendants of Israel already have and do not know their identity today as the Old Testament predicted, but become Christian Jews and retain what you racially want out of your own Jewish culture so long as it is the good and not bad of the culture! We have German Christians, French Christians, English Christians, Italian Christians, African Christians, Middle East Christians, Asian Christians, Central and Latin American Christians, North American Christians, so why not also Jewish Christians and not ashamed of their ancient culture in the process of becoming Christians?

     This report is answering critics of Christianity where too many churches and Christians sit silently while Christianity is defamed by many bad and poor quality scholars. With only one side standing up and the other silent side making it look like the critics are right in the nonsense they claim about Christianity, this weakens the side of Christianity in the world. When you stand up strong for Christianity, you will then create a great Christian revival in the world!
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5 comments:

Anonymous said...

If your Jesus is real, why was there only one message, 2000 years ago and not a word sense then. Why don't we have talking snakes now?

Anonymous said...

The writer of the above has obviously no understanding of Scripture.....and endorses the very thing the Bible teaches in the Book of Daniel and Revelation. that there is a psudo - Christian system that Looks Christian, but when it opens its mouth, it is not.

Daniel sees this Little Horn that emerges from among the 10 horns.....and speaks Blasphemy against the Most High.....It emerged from out of the Roman Empire and morphed into the Holy Roman Empire, depicted as IRON, the two legs of Iron in the Book of Daniel......The Bible through Daniel teaches us that this Great Image from the dream of the King of Babylon, would be a succession of Countries, from Babylon to the Great City of Rome, it just happens, that this pseudo - christian horn, sits in Rome, which she herself, declared a Country and out of her would come a Man of Great Countenance. The Man would symbolize a succession of Men, who would declare himself to be Christ on earth........God if you like!

The early Christians that followed Christ did not practice most of what we see in the Churches, even Christ warned them, that the wolves were at the doors in His time... The Apostles were many times at the correction of Christ because they did not understand his teachings. Nowhere in the New Testament does it teach that the bread and wine were transformed into the Literal Body and blood of Christ.......He used it to symbolize his sacrifice in a Memorial that was to be initiated by those that followed him. and that is exactly what his followers did - they broke bread, and drank the wine to remember Him......

On the issue of Christian worship and regarding the Resurrection, the 8th day is the Lords Day......and this is not why Mainstream Christianity chose Sunday to Worship........The Scriptures aka New Testament teaches that Christ is Lord of the Sabbath, therefore, EVERY day is a day of Worship. There is no command in the Scriptures to set aside one day.....Only Israel was commanded to set a day aside to honor God and Rest. You cannot add or remove the meaning of scripture..

There are 5 parts to the Abrahamic Covenant.....One of which is extended to the rest of Humanity, the International Promise, that if you have faith like Abraham, you are grafted into the Seed of Christ..........

.It seems that you have no understanding of Israel because of your comments.......Israel is still separated, still in exile.......Only the Southern Tribes are returning to the Land at this time......Zech 12......The Tents of Judah are First, AND Jerusalem.....the Levites, then at a much later date, the Northern Tribes will return, and you can read about them ( the two Sticks) in Ezekiel 37.....Israel has to return to the Land first before they receive the Moshiach, they return to the Land in Unbelief!

You claimed that evidence was found in Rome regarding the actual birthdate of Christ, well, given that it was found in Rome, Im not surprised. However, you also mentioned the seasons of Israel and found it temperate in the winter, thats probably because your not from Israel, and have never spent seasons in the desert. sorry but One nite in Israel does not cut it. It is a known fact that the desert is cold in the winter, and sometimes freezing, and snows on the odd occasion. The point is, the Shepherds are NOT in the fields in Winter and thats a fact, not even our Arab friends are that crazy!



Anonymous said...

The difference between the Solar and Lunar days is 11days. Since season ( Gen 1:14 ) are governed by the solar year, it follows that Nations that use the Lunar year would soon find their annual seasons, say for planting and harvesting, occurring in different months of the year. to correct this anomaly, Intercalary months must be periodically added to the Lunar year to " catch up" with the solar year. Even the Solar year requires " catching up " which is Leap year day on Feb 29 is an intercalary day inserted into our calendars ever 4 years, and Both Calendars work!

Most Biblical Scholars worth their salt, and given the seasons of Israel.....Christ was NOT born on the 25th of Dec, Most put his Birth at the end of September or early Oct, which is the Celebration of the Feast of Tabernacles...... Which is why there was no accommodation found in Bethlehem at the time....It seems you have not studied the Gospel accounts nor studied the history:

According to Luke 1:24-26, Mary conceived Jesus in the sixth month of Elizabeth's pregnancy with John the Baptist. This means that Jesus was born 15 months after the angel Gabriel appeared to Elizabeth's husband, Zacharias, and informed him that his wife would bear a child.

According to Luke 1:5, Zacharias was a priest of the division of Abijah. Luke 1:8 says that Gabriel appeared to Zacharias while he was serving as a priest in the Temple.

We know from the Talmud and other sources that the division of Abijah served as priests during the second half of the fourth month of the Jewish religious calendar — which would have put it in late June (the Jewish religious calendar begins in March with Passover).

Fifteen months later would place the birth of Jesus in the seventh month of the Jewish calendar. That would be in the fall of the year, in either late September or early October. His conception, not His birth, would have occurred in December of the previous year.

The seventh month of the Jewish calendar is the month of the Feast of Tabernacles. John 1:14, speaking of Jesus as the Word, says: "And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, full of grace and truth." The word "dwelt" that is used here is the Greek word "skenoo" which literally means "to tabernacle"!

You obviously have not studied the Scriptures nor the History of the Period, and you obviously have no knowledge of the History of the Roman Church otherwise you would have known what Daniel the Prophet was speaking about, and Revelation........But i noted that your critque to those that dont agree with you is based on Hate, surely you cant be that nieve? or is it your excuse to push your own agenda or the high profile that you set for yourself? If you knew the truth my friend, based on your very last statement on the restoration of America........God himself stated, that if you want your country back......you indeed need to repent for it first........and no Law on paper will do it!

If my People will return to me in Repentance, I will restore their Land........Period!

Anonymous said...

Just curious, you appear to be a Jewish Rabbi, and I was wondering...wasn't it the Jews that had Jesus crucified? Also in mention of the Talmud...doesn't it say in the Talmud that the Jewish men may rape, have sex with their little girls until the age of 3 because their hymen will grow back and then they will still be virgins, and that they may rape, have (gay) sex with their little boys until the age of 8 as the bible warns against men laying with men, and this way they haven't broken the law of the Bible? Born a Jew myself, however never read any Talmud (and don't care to) and I chose to become a Christian as what I saw of Jews made me not want to be like them.

Anonymous said...

Anon, sorry to disappoint you but I am no Rabbi.......and as for your question on Jews having crucified Jesus......No, the Romans crucified him....as they did in those days.....The Sanhedrin were guilty because they did not recognize His Day, and thought it blasphemy that He claimed to be the Son of the Living God. and because of the Sabbath. Christ said, I lay down my life for you, a friend, that you may have life.

How often Christ told the Apostles, that he would die in Jerusalem, and yet you claim to be Christian and not know this? If the Jews of the day had believed him, which they obviously didn't........Then my friend..........Salvation would not be of the Jews! Study the Book of John, because it tells you that in very good English!

You surely need to restudy, The Talmud is the ORAL Law, and there is a big difference between the Babylonian and Jerusalem Talmud, I suggest that you learn that difference......and judging by your comments, that you never read a Talmud, and yet you quote from one of them? you have quoted from the Babylonian Talmud, which is not what the Tanakh teaches, because it is mixed with Persian influence........Where in the Torah or Tanakh, are Jews commanded to join Churches, you wont find it!