Jan
31
Jesus delivered by a virgin
Filed Under Rodney Howard Brown Was In East London South Africa Now | Leave a Comment
Marshall Wooten
Jesus came to earth as a human being. He was born of a virgin and lived a sinless life. He went to the cross of Calvary
And paid the price for our sin. Then He rose from the dead, sat
Down at the right hand of the daddy, and sent the Holy spook
To live in the hearts of people who believe. So now you and I am able to
Come and simply surrender our lives to Him, and the Holy
Spook can come into our hearts and give us a new life.
I thank god for the reality of the risen, resurrected Lord Jesus Christ.
if you would like to see Jesus obviously, take your Bible or go
To the back of this book and read through the gospels of
Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John. Underline everything He did and
Everything he said. Put yourself in every verse. I’ve been at the
Pool of Bethesda. At what point did you go there? you might ask. I
Went there in the pages of the Word of God!
Now there’s at Jerusalem by the sheep market a pool,
Which is called in the Hebrew tongue Bethesda, having
5 porches.
In these lay a great profusion of impotent folks, of blind,
Halt, withered, waiting for the moving of the water.
JOHN 5:2-3
I’ve been there. I have seen it in the Spirit! When you walk
Through the pages of the Word of God, Jesus will walk right off
The pages of the Gospel and into your heart. The living fact of
The resurrected Lord will walk up and down in your heart. The
Bible says, blessed are they that have not seen, and yet have
assumed ( John 20:29 ). I’ve not seen, but I think. I haven’t
Seen with my natural eye, but I have seen Him with the eye of my
Spirit in the pages of the Word of God.
The Word says, Lo, I come in the volume of the book
( Hebrews 10:7 ). We must see Him as he actually isn’t through
The eyes of religious tradition, but thru the eyes of the Holy
Spirit and God’s Word.
Jesus wasn’t a barefoot, scrawny, weak-kneed individual with a
Lamb under His arm who spoke in Elizabethan English, For yea, as
Thou hast gathered here this day. that’s not Jesus, that’s faith
And custom. If you studied the Bible, you can see that the reputation Jesus
Had among the religious folk was that of a gluttonous man and
A winebibber, because He hung around with the sinners. Religious
folks do not need to be around sinners, and they failed to like Jesus
because he convicted them of their hard-heartedness.
Rodney Howard-Browne.com is a website dedicated to the news and events of resurgence in America. Rodney Howard Browne gave his heart to the Lord at the age of five. He came to America with a keenness burning in his heart to see souls saved and lives touched. In December 1987 he journeyed to America to meet the call and plan and purpose of God. The Lord ordered him to, Stir up the churches and tell them to get ready for the approaching revival. in order to see a great harvest of souls. He feels that God has called him to teach the body of Christ, by example, so that the presence of God can be made welcome and so that he will be able to touch His children as He sees fit. He has seen mighty revivals break out in North, South and Central America, Africa ( including South Africa ), the united kingdom, Europe, Scandinavia, East Asia, Australia, New Zealand, the Philippines, and Israel and run anywhere from one to four consecutive weeks. He was called to stir up the churches and the pastors, shake them out of their complacency, fire them up to press in deeper with the Holy Spirit, and then leave them to do what God has called them to do in their town. Rodney Howard Browne and his ministry team, under the banner of Revival Ministries world, travel about 46 weeks of the year, holding weekly meetings in cities across North America and around the globe. They also pastor a church in Tampa, Florida, The brook at Tampa Bay, which he founded and which now has three thousand members.
Love and Blessings
Pastor Rodney Howard Browne
.
Jesus came to earth as a human being. He was born of a virgin and lived a sinless life. He went to the cross of Calvary
And paid the price for our sin. Then He rose from the dead, sat
Down at the right hand of the daddy, and sent the Holy spook
To live in the hearts of people who believe. So now you and I am able to
Come and simply surrender our lives to Him, and the Holy
Spook can come into our hearts and give us a new life.
I thank god for the reality of the risen, resurrected Lord Jesus Christ.
if you would like to see Jesus obviously, take your Bible or go
To the back of this book and read through the gospels of
Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John. Underline everything He did and
Everything he said. Put yourself in every verse. I’ve been at the
Pool of Bethesda. At what point did you go there? you might ask. I
Went there in the pages of the Word of God!
Now there’s at Jerusalem by the sheep market a pool,
Which is called in the Hebrew tongue Bethesda, having
5 porches.
In these lay a great profusion of impotent folks, of blind,
Halt, withered, waiting for the moving of the water.
JOHN 5:2-3
I’ve been there. I have seen it in the Spirit! When you walk
Through the pages of the Word of God, Jesus will walk right off
The pages of the Gospel and into your heart. The living fact of
The resurrected Lord will walk up and down in your heart. The
Bible says, blessed are they that have not seen, and yet have
assumed ( John 20:29 ). I’ve not seen, but I think. I haven’t
Seen with my natural eye, but I have seen Him with the eye of my
Spirit in the pages of the Word of God.
The Word says, Lo, I come in the volume of the book
( Hebrews 10:7 ). We must see Him as he actually isn’t through
The eyes of religious tradition, but thru the eyes of the Holy
Spirit and God’s Word.
Jesus wasn’t a barefoot, scrawny, weak-kneed individual with a
Lamb under His arm who spoke in Elizabethan English, For yea, as
Thou hast gathered here this day. that’s not Jesus, that’s faith
And custom. If you studied the Bible, you can see that the reputation Jesus
Had among the religious folk was that of a gluttonous man and
A winebibber, because He hung around with the sinners. Religious
folks do not need to be around sinners, and they failed to like Jesus
because he convicted them of their hard-heartedness.
Rodney Howard-Browne.com is a website dedicated to the news and events of resurgence in America. Rodney Howard Browne gave his heart to the Lord at the age of five. He came to America with a keenness burning in his heart to see souls saved and lives touched. In December 1987 he journeyed to America to meet the call and plan and purpose of God. The Lord ordered him to, Stir up the churches and tell them to get ready for the approaching revival. in order to see a great harvest of souls. He feels that God has called him to teach the body of Christ, by example, so that the presence of God can be made welcome and so that he will be able to touch His children as He sees fit. He has seen mighty revivals break out in North, South and Central America, Africa ( including South Africa ), the united kingdom, Europe, Scandinavia, East Asia, Australia, New Zealand, the Philippines, and Israel and run anywhere from one to four consecutive weeks. He was called to stir up the churches and the pastors, shake them out of their complacency, fire them up to press in deeper with the Holy Spirit, and then leave them to do what God has called them to do in their town. Rodney Howard Browne and his ministry team, under the banner of Revival Ministries world, travel about 46 weeks of the year, holding weekly meetings in cities across North America and around the globe. They also pastor a church in Tampa, Florida, The brook at Tampa Bay, which he founded and which now has three thousand members.
Love and Blessings
Pastor Rodney Howard Browne
.
Jan
22
Iesa and Jesus in the Pyramid
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Robert Baird
The Sun god, Mithras, was the most widely worshipped deity in the Roman Empire in the first century when Christianity was first forming. Mithras was called the Son of God, the light of the world, he was a redeemer and savior and his birthday was celebrated on December twenty-fifth. He eventually died and was buried in a cave and was resurrected three days later. Sound familiar? Constantine is said to have converted to Christianity but that is pure ‘Spin’ from the editor of the Bible. He was a Mithras worshipper and they are Heliopolitans or Luciferians just like ****** and his ‘torch-bearer’ crap. IESA is in Iesoos of the fish symbol and IXOYE as well as many other pre-Christian things they appropriated; which the Father of Biblical Archaeology says shows the Bible is a ‘Phoenician literary legacy’. It is not the first time you have heard about it.
Iesa also can be shown in Zeus and Hijaz or even Giza or Gizeh when you understand the aspirant ‘H’ which still allows people to pronounce Jesus as Hey-soos or Julio as Who-lio. The lack of ‘J’ in most pre-Christian alphabets is important and we can learn a lot about words when we take out the vowels and look for doubling or reversing consonants. I think doubling shows a removal from the original so we see Bible and Babel and Byblos are all from BL or Bel and Ba’al whose city or ‘bek’ is very ancient indeed.’
So a Jew includes all those noble arch-tectons (see Septuagint) who built the Pyramid – that means all elites. And elites have been known to use their FLOCK as sword or cannon fodder. ****** learned about this ancient culture of Wotan, Iesa, the Vaner and the Gaedhils who are the builders of the Pyramid in pre-Hyksos time.’
“Conor Newman, an archaeology lecturer at the National University of Ireland at Galway, located the subterranean temple of Tara. Since 1992, Newman has been working on the Hill of Tara preparing a survey of the area for the state-funded Discovery Program. He found the Tara monument using an underground radar device. ‘It fills a very important place in the jigsaw because it allows us to make sense of the distribution of other monuments all around it,’ says Newman.1
The Discovery Program, set up under the auspices of the Heritage Council, carried out a survey of the Hill of Tara between 1992 and 1996 when Mr. Newman was director.
When Mr. Newman moved to Galway he continued to be involved in the project. Using sophisticated technology, he and his team of experts mapped what was underground. Like Theseus, they seek the secrets of the labyrinth-dwelling Mino-Taur, the King of Tara. The work is slow and tedious, because it has yielded such a huge amount of information.
What they uncovered eventually at the crown of the hill was a huge, oval-shaped monument measuring about 170 meters at its widest point. Around it are 300 postholes measuring two meters wide. Evidence indicates this `Crown’ (tiara) of Tara was constructed through an enormous effort. 300 towering oak posts once surrounded the hill.
‘We think it probably dates from 2500 to 2300 BC and still had a big physical presence even after the posts were taken out or rotted,’ Mr. Newman said.2
This is the approximate time of Abraham, the “son of Terah” who became the patriarch of Judaism, Christianity and Islam (the three religions at the root of the holy War on Terror).
His “Oaks of Mamre” were well known and long revered.3 Credible evidence of them has never been discovered in the Holy Land. However, in Ireland clear evidence is found at Tara.
Legend says Abraham’s oaks existed from the beginning of the world, and used to be green and bear leaves until his descendent Jesus died, when it and all sacred oaks were cut down.
Jesus (called Pan-Tara, `god of Tara’) is known in ancient Irish history as Iessa, a name derived from I.A. or E.A. (pronounced Eye-a), the Sumerian creator god who was portrayed wearing a fish suit. Lord Melchizedek, the Pope-king of Jerusalem (Ire-u-salem) and forerunner of Christ who initiated Abraham and his wife, Sarah,4 is equated with E.A. The Irish called him the sun god Fin (an Irish name for the Sun), a pun on fish. The Irish are called the Children of the Sun, because in Egypt Ra, the Ray or the Ra-Eye is the Sun. Ra’s symbol is an eye. Hence, the term Iris or Irish.
Fin (E.A.) presided over the Tara assembly, as a Druid in strangely flowered garments, and with a double-pointed head-dress and bearing in his hand a book. His two-headed miter of fishy form, his upright rod, spotted or checkered garment and basket in hand, are symbols that align him with E.A. His column (i, eye) or pillar of Tara is remembered as the Tree of Life of numerous traditions.” (2)
I wrote a book before 1992 called Bacon and the Bard that includes an underground complex in Tara Hill which may have been the world’s first man-made Pyramid. Are they intent on keeping us in the dark and treating us like mushrooms for some ulterior reason? Mushrooms thrive on manure but humans perform better when provided firsthand information rather than manipulative, trite and false statistics that compare us against others. We must authenticate authority and it must demonstrate a creative and loving purpose before we entitle it to lead us into the vast horizons of creative universe which aren’t (and never were) limited by some Malthusian economic model. They also aren’t limited by the potential to destroy us, when you consider biotechnology, nanotechnology, mind-control, robots with human and other biological components as well as the usual greed and power needs of insecure deviates.
In correspondence around the middle of 2005 I have been privy to some detailed calculations of fellow author Gary Osborn. The gist of the matter has to do with the earth axis and King’s Chamber alignment. Gary seems to think they thought the earth axis was stationary at some point and I will continue to get his clarification on the issue. I see it as a way they doubled the Harmonic at the main mode on the Earth Energy Grid when he says the model had the King’s Chamber alignment come back at the same point when superimposed on the exterior and capstone alignment. I think the axis is fully encapsulated through its total Wander Path or sidereal chart that takes 25,864 years to complete.
The Sun god, Mithras, was the most widely worshipped deity in the Roman Empire in the first century when Christianity was first forming. Mithras was called the Son of God, the light of the world, he was a redeemer and savior and his birthday was celebrated on December twenty-fifth. He eventually died and was buried in a cave and was resurrected three days later. Sound familiar? Constantine is said to have converted to Christianity but that is pure ‘Spin’ from the editor of the Bible. He was a Mithras worshipper and they are Heliopolitans or Luciferians just like ****** and his ‘torch-bearer’ crap. IESA is in Iesoos of the fish symbol and IXOYE as well as many other pre-Christian things they appropriated; which the Father of Biblical Archaeology says shows the Bible is a ‘Phoenician literary legacy’. It is not the first time you have heard about it.
Iesa also can be shown in Zeus and Hijaz or even Giza or Gizeh when you understand the aspirant ‘H’ which still allows people to pronounce Jesus as Hey-soos or Julio as Who-lio. The lack of ‘J’ in most pre-Christian alphabets is important and we can learn a lot about words when we take out the vowels and look for doubling or reversing consonants. I think doubling shows a removal from the original so we see Bible and Babel and Byblos are all from BL or Bel and Ba’al whose city or ‘bek’ is very ancient indeed.’
So a Jew includes all those noble arch-tectons (see Septuagint) who built the Pyramid – that means all elites. And elites have been known to use their FLOCK as sword or cannon fodder. ****** learned about this ancient culture of Wotan, Iesa, the Vaner and the Gaedhils who are the builders of the Pyramid in pre-Hyksos time.’
“Conor Newman, an archaeology lecturer at the National University of Ireland at Galway, located the subterranean temple of Tara. Since 1992, Newman has been working on the Hill of Tara preparing a survey of the area for the state-funded Discovery Program. He found the Tara monument using an underground radar device. ‘It fills a very important place in the jigsaw because it allows us to make sense of the distribution of other monuments all around it,’ says Newman.1
The Discovery Program, set up under the auspices of the Heritage Council, carried out a survey of the Hill of Tara between 1992 and 1996 when Mr. Newman was director.
When Mr. Newman moved to Galway he continued to be involved in the project. Using sophisticated technology, he and his team of experts mapped what was underground. Like Theseus, they seek the secrets of the labyrinth-dwelling Mino-Taur, the King of Tara. The work is slow and tedious, because it has yielded such a huge amount of information.
What they uncovered eventually at the crown of the hill was a huge, oval-shaped monument measuring about 170 meters at its widest point. Around it are 300 postholes measuring two meters wide. Evidence indicates this `Crown’ (tiara) of Tara was constructed through an enormous effort. 300 towering oak posts once surrounded the hill.
‘We think it probably dates from 2500 to 2300 BC and still had a big physical presence even after the posts were taken out or rotted,’ Mr. Newman said.2
This is the approximate time of Abraham, the “son of Terah” who became the patriarch of Judaism, Christianity and Islam (the three religions at the root of the holy War on Terror).
His “Oaks of Mamre” were well known and long revered.3 Credible evidence of them has never been discovered in the Holy Land. However, in Ireland clear evidence is found at Tara.
Legend says Abraham’s oaks existed from the beginning of the world, and used to be green and bear leaves until his descendent Jesus died, when it and all sacred oaks were cut down.
Jesus (called Pan-Tara, `god of Tara’) is known in ancient Irish history as Iessa, a name derived from I.A. or E.A. (pronounced Eye-a), the Sumerian creator god who was portrayed wearing a fish suit. Lord Melchizedek, the Pope-king of Jerusalem (Ire-u-salem) and forerunner of Christ who initiated Abraham and his wife, Sarah,4 is equated with E.A. The Irish called him the sun god Fin (an Irish name for the Sun), a pun on fish. The Irish are called the Children of the Sun, because in Egypt Ra, the Ray or the Ra-Eye is the Sun. Ra’s symbol is an eye. Hence, the term Iris or Irish.
Fin (E.A.) presided over the Tara assembly, as a Druid in strangely flowered garments, and with a double-pointed head-dress and bearing in his hand a book. His two-headed miter of fishy form, his upright rod, spotted or checkered garment and basket in hand, are symbols that align him with E.A. His column (i, eye) or pillar of Tara is remembered as the Tree of Life of numerous traditions.” (2)
I wrote a book before 1992 called Bacon and the Bard that includes an underground complex in Tara Hill which may have been the world’s first man-made Pyramid. Are they intent on keeping us in the dark and treating us like mushrooms for some ulterior reason? Mushrooms thrive on manure but humans perform better when provided firsthand information rather than manipulative, trite and false statistics that compare us against others. We must authenticate authority and it must demonstrate a creative and loving purpose before we entitle it to lead us into the vast horizons of creative universe which aren’t (and never were) limited by some Malthusian economic model. They also aren’t limited by the potential to destroy us, when you consider biotechnology, nanotechnology, mind-control, robots with human and other biological components as well as the usual greed and power needs of insecure deviates.
In correspondence around the middle of 2005 I have been privy to some detailed calculations of fellow author Gary Osborn. The gist of the matter has to do with the earth axis and King’s Chamber alignment. Gary seems to think they thought the earth axis was stationary at some point and I will continue to get his clarification on the issue. I see it as a way they doubled the Harmonic at the main mode on the Earth Energy Grid when he says the model had the King’s Chamber alignment come back at the same point when superimposed on the exterior and capstone alignment. I think the axis is fully encapsulated through its total Wander Path or sidereal chart that takes 25,864 years to complete.
Jan
20
drturi
3/2/2011
Dear VIP Reader;
‘Great spirits have always encountered opposition from mediocre minds. The mediocre mind is incapable of understanding the man who refuses to bow blindly to conventional prejudices and chooses instead to express his opinions courageously and honestly.’
- Albert Einstein
http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/144216/John-Dominic-Crossan
John Dominic Crossan, (born Feb. 17, 1934)
The more I dig into the Cosmic Code the more, not only do I realize it’s incredible power but its impact upon people’s fate and idiosyncrasy. But one thing sure Cosmic Consciousness allows me to truly perceive people’s destiny and in this case John Dominic Crossan’s change of heart. In this essay I will expose his UCI *Unique Celestial Identity and offer the reader with a deeper look into his perception of Christ.
First and foremost John Dominic Crossan like me was born in February under the “New Age” energy…this could make you wonder why he became a “man of the robe” and felt for what I translate as humanity religious poisoning. To the normal soul, he sign of Aquarius is perceived as the symbol of a man holding a jar but there is a much deeper meaning behind this particular “sign.” Indeed the wise ancient Sumerian wisdom while totally lost and ridicule has a meaning only perceptible to a very small crowd of spiritually advanced born souls.
Uranus “Lord of the Sky” in Greek mythology rules this sign and this mean also technology, television, astrology, geniuses, the future of mankind, UFO and of course all matters related to the New Age. The moth of birth dictate the soul’s purpose and those born in February like John and I, are “programmed” through God’s celestial creation (the stars/the Cosmic Code/the signs) to get a very specific interest to what’s going on in the Universe. For example, a soul born with a latent, logical, rational UCI will produce an astronomer, an astrophysicist and will lead the soul to operate with mathematics and work for NASA.
A more spiritually inclined soul will use his natural “telescope” and deal with the archetypal realm of consciousness and objectivity; intuition and “channeling” will replace the limitation of the five human senses. This translate with polarity of perception and interests such as an astronomer versus an astrologer with the only important difference that the advanced soul realizes that the stars are much more than mere rocks hanging up there only for the sake of beauty and have more to offer than gravitational forces per say.
Indeed Einstein knew a bit more than our current infantile scientific community mesmerized by discovering new planets (or constellations) every single day…
*The intuitive mind is a sacred gift and the rational mind is a faithful servant. We have created a society that honors the servant and has forgotten the gift. We will not solve the problems of the world from the same level of thinking we were at when we created them. More than anything else, this new century demands new thinking: We must change our materially based analysis of the world around us to include broader, more multidimensional perspectives.”
~Albert Einstein*
The greatness of the Universe is unknown, but I understand the spiritual forces that direct and move all the planets in our galaxy as a Divine source of power that can be used to guide and bring man a life filled with success, love, peace and harmony.
— Dr. Turi
Thus the soul’s purpose of an Aquarius is to use his natural ingenious “telescope”, investigate the stars outside of conventional tools and accepted scientific disciplines then collect all the wisdom into the jar. Then his mission is to offer that Universal wisdom from the heavens to a very thirsty world; it appears this is what I have been doing for the last 45 years and it also appears that John Dominic Crossan, at the tender age of 77 years old finally realized the damage of “political/religion” and what Jesus was all about. But there is still something missing though, his findings are still logical and unperceptive pertaining to the savior’s true ministry. Thus using Astropsychology and by exposing Crossan’s UCI the reader will find the answers to why, from a very pious man he finally reached his “rebellious” Aquarius soul’s purpose late in his life.
First John Dominic Crossan was born with a Dragon’s Tail in Leo and this position enunciates a serious fear of death. Note also that Leo rules love thus if you have a preeminent Leo in your chart, LOVE is the answer to all your queries, would they be religious or not. The power of the stars is extreme but the divine information allowing one to perform basic auto analysis is very rare, especially if Cosmic Consciousness is missing. In fact A Gemini student of mine called me this morning telling and selling me the latest religious discovery he signed for… All his words were all about LOVE and the LOVE of Christ etc. Even with fair handling of the Cosmic Code through my teachings, this student felt for his Leo/Love 3rd house of communication overriding his perception of God’s magnificent celestial design and the power exerted by the “signs” upon his own self. His last email to me was…
Dr. Turi; Until you can acknowledge that Jesus Christ is the foundation of the Universe. Your Job is all talk and you’re school is destined for failure. Saying we were both right is to say that the Truth will encompass truth. In the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.
Amen.
How can Jesus the son of God be the foundation of the Universe when “His Father in The Heaven” is the sole responsible for creation? Makes no sense and all I was doing was to agree with his love theory in order to avoid more religious selling and hurt his feelings but he was gone a bit too far and sounded like a Minister infatuated with Jesus. Incidentally this is precisely what I teach, Jesus’ altered Ministry or the true spirit and divine manifestation of “Our Father In The Heavens.” But it seem this student did not as of yet perceived my message and let his fears (and love) override his higher consciousness.
With the tail of the Dragon in Gemini on his first house he is bound to re-evaluate all I taught him and after a few years he got caught in the religious/love for Jesus and the codification of thoughts. I used this example because this was one of the many “factors” that lead John Dominic Crossan to aim for religions and his LOVE for the light and Jesus “the savior.” So let’s now check more of his hidden personality and understand what happened to his new perception and “judgment.”
But the real “sign” making him prone to serious religious interest is very obvious to any of my advanced students…And that is John Dominic Crossan’s location of his Mercury (critical thinking/communication) located in the sign of PISCES. This sign was subconsciously chosen by Christians to represents their particular faith and the warnings associated with Neptune’s rulership.
Pisces is ruled by the planet Neptune ” the Lord of Deception” and this “imaginative/deceiving” sign has been in charge of humanity’s fate for the last two thousand years. Thus the ending of the Age of Pisces soon to be replaced by the New Age of Aquarius. The wise Sumerian “picked” this watery symbol to represent how a soul can easily be deceived living like a fish stuck in his small bowl, where only a imaginary loving world is real. A world where the harsh reality of life is replaced by love, hopes and wishes and where the facts of war and a harsh world are dismissed.
Pisces or Neptune rules also places of confinement, such as churches, synagogues, temples, jails, hospitals. Pisces toys are alcohol, drugs, pot, medical prescriptions where uncontrolled imagination and fears leads the soul towards madness, suicide, dementia, depressions etc. Thus with such a “Neptunian” cocktail regulating John Dominic Crossan’s mental process, there are no wonder why he was lead by the Cosmic Code to perform a “religious” mission on earth.
If all the pious people of the robe were to uncover their own UCI they found find out that; they are all saturated with Neptune’s illusive values. The choice they made was already made by the stars they inherited at birth and they have NO clue of how God, through his creation stimulated their spiritual endeavors, call it karma in so many levels.
By the way do you know that the first ever church was found in Israel under the foundation of a jail and under the oldest Mosaic representing the sign of Pisces? Check the truth – http://www.drturi.com/vaticanzodiac.php
CNN) — One of his first fan letters came from someone who declared: “If Hell were not already created, it should be invented just for you.” Other critics have called him “demonic,” “blasphemous” and a “schmuck.”
DT Rebuttal: Gee I have been called worse than these and again the lost accusing souls are petrified by hell itself. In fact for this religiously poisoned fan to use ” Hell” as a perfect proof of is induced fear making the parents fully responsible for such an early “psychic” poisoning.
When John Dominic Crossan was a teenager in Ireland, he dreamed of becoming a missionary priest. But the message he’s spreading about Jesus today isn’t the kind that would endear him to many church leaders. Crossan says Jesus was an exploited “peasant with an attitude” who didn’t perform many miracles, physically rise from the dead or die as punishment for humanity’s sins.
DT Rebuttal: Well I know tons of people who once were very religious then “woke up” to reality because of certain experiences. The very purpose of any soul stuck on HELL (that would be earth learning ground) is the same for John Dominic Crossan because life is a constant process of changes.
Jesus was extraordinary because of how he lived, not died, says Crossan, one of the world’s top scholars on the “historical Jesus,” a field in which academics use historical evidence to reconstruct Jesus in his first-century setting. “I cannot imagine a more miraculous life than nonviolent resistance to violence,” Crossan says. “I cannot imagine a bigger miracle than a man standing in front of a tank in Tiananmen Square.”
DT Rebuttal: Again John Dominic Crossan’s very words “nonviolent resistance to violence,” speak for themselves about LOVE and understanding and reinforce my theory regulating his own psyche.
In another time, Crossan’s views would have been confined to scholarly journals. But he and his best-selling books, including the recent “Jesus: A Revolutionary Biography,” have changed how biblical scholars operate. Crossan believes the public should be exposed to even the most divisive debates that scholars have had about Jesus and the Bible. He co-founded the Jesus Seminar, a controversial group of scholars who hold public forums that cast doubt on the authenticity of many sayings and deeds attributed to Jesus.
DT Rebuttal: Indeed Crossan’s views should be exposed to the general public but what about mine? Is there anything valuable in my work dissecting the UCI, the mind and the divinity of God outside of Crossan’s views and perception of Jesus? The fact is this world, since Jesus’ birth has been under the jurisdiction of deceiving Neptune and this planet supports anything creative where reality, critical thinking and higher spiritual teachings have no room. Yes have you noticed that the most famous people on this world are top generator of fictitious material based upon imagination? Is this why Crossanis is also a best seller selling stories such Harry Potter?
I AM AN AQUARIUS, PROMOTER OF THE TRUTH
John Dominic Crossan says even the writers of the Bible disagreed about Jesus’ message. The 77-year-old Crossan has built on the seminar’s mission by writing a series of best-selling books on Jesus and the Apostle Paul. With his silver Prince Valiant haircut and his pronounced Irish accent, he’s also appeared on documentaries such as PBS’s “From Jesus to Christ: The First Christians” and A&E’s “Mysteries of the Bible.” Crossan’s overarching message is that you don’t have to accept the Jesus of dogma. There’s another Jesus hidden in Scripture and history who has been ignored.
DT Rebuttal: John Dominic Crossan says even the writers of the Bible disagreed about Jesus’ message but how can anyone dissect the truth about Jesus when the first documentations of his life appeared over five hundred years after his death? Who’s to believe Jesus was a normal being “contacted” by extraterrestrials that cursed him with supreme wisdom exactly as it happened to me? After all I have all the solid proofs of my own incredible claims and knowing that “incredible experiences breed incredible people that have incredible things to teach” this is a perfect and accurate representation of Christ in my mind. But peole can only relate to me because of their personal similar experiences, similar education and most of all, a similar highly spiritually advanced UCI, anything else is totally bull I may add…
“He’s changed the way we look and think about Jesus,” says Byron McCane, an archaeologist and professor of religion at Wofford College in South Carolina. “He’s important in a way that few scholars are.”
DT Rebuttal: Gee Mr. Byron McCane isn’t what life is all about, changes? With this type of archaic thinking how can progress, competitive views and originality be? I would call John Dominic Crossan view simplistic, logical, no brainer and realistic, the question is what about my advanced views and true perception of Jesus’ messed up ministry and his connection to UFO? But that is MY prerogative because I LIVED IT and how can I be sought as decent, normal, real and legit when I assure the reader this type of experience is indeed real and not only extraordinary but exceptionally rare. How can the reader wonder about my sanity or ego and endorse my claim and not think for a second Dr. Turi is mentally unstable? Unless Jesus could speak from the heavens and divulge what really happened to him then all you have is what happened to me back in August 2001 when the ET downloaded the Cosmic Code secrets to me. And I truly feel it is of an utmost importance because it does reflect the truth about Jesus, other spiritual world famous leaders and my humble self. They all have a very similar religious message it seems, mine is totally different but never the less, very REAL, mysterious and reflect God’s celestial will and signs…That’s all!
A reluctant scholar
Crossan is also reviled in a way that few scholars are. Some critics say he’s trying to debunk Christianity. Some question his personal faith. At a college lecture, Crossan says an audience member stood up and asked him if he had “received the Lord Jesus” as his savior. Crossan said he had, but refused to repeat his questioner’s evangelical language to describe his conversion.
DT Rebuttal: And that is where the true meaning of the word “Scholar” applies…But what if the old scholastic religious “expert” advices on God children’s books they wrote was ALL wrong? But who to use critical thinking when Neptune and Pisces energy “blur” a truth all scientists and “SCHOLAR” are prone to miss reading the printed words and missing the essence of the spirit itself? Has God himself written any books or created the stars (and ET’s) that is the type of simplistic questions a scholar or a scientist has to acknowledge first reader.
“I wasn’t going to give him the language; it’s not my language,” Crossan says. “I wasn’t trying to denigrate him, but don’t think you have the monopoly on the language of Christianity.” When asked if he is a Christian, Crossan doesn’t hesitate. “Absolutely.”
DT Rebuttal: “When asked if he is a Christian, Crossan doesn’t hesitate. “Absolutely.” Sound like the inquisition to me where the very essence of the spirit is missed for the cause…As far as the language is concerned how can any Christian or Crossan himself really hear God’s celestial “tongue” when none possess Cosmic Consciousness? Yes… None of them have been trained to speak the language of the Gods and mastering the Cosmic Code starlight language demand a very unique teacher and only when the student (and the world) is ready will the teacher appear… And I know how not only to listen to God but translate his celestial will and the proof are at http://www.drturi.com/predictions.php
“I will talk to you, you won’t hear me, I will present myself to you, you won’t see me.”
God
Crossan says he never planned to be a Jesus scholar but was drafted to play that role — by the Roman Catholic Church. He had other plans. He grew up in a small town in Ireland reading adventure stories like “20,000 Leagues under The Sea” and reciting poetry with his father on long walks. He wanted adventure and travel. The missionary priests who visited his boyhood school with stories of mission trips to Africa seemed to offer both.
DT Rebuttal: Little does Crossan knows that he was “computerized/drafted” by creation and ordered by God through the Cosmic Code itself to “attract” the Neptunian religious energy to fulfill his Aquarius soul’s purpose. Indeed there are NO accident but I doubt very much he knows enough about the Cosmic Code rules and God pulling the strings of his destiny. Note that his Mercury (words) in Pisces (poetry) is the main factor of attraction because “Crossan’s very future was nothing else than the reincarnation of HIS very thoughts.” Pisces is religiously deceptive, Aquarius is vibrant and very smart and it took Crossan many years to figure it out. His very name CROSSan also played a subconscious role in his “decision” to promote/debunk Jesus.
Crossan says his father, a banker, and his mother, a housewife, didn’t push religion on him. He was raised in a traditional Irish Catholic church where faith was “undiscussed, uninvestigated and uncriticized.” “I didn’t grow up in an atmosphere where the Bible was stuffed down my throat.” John Dominic Crossan’s parents, Daniel and Elizabeth, never pushed religion on him.
DT Rebuttal: But this is where again he was already SET by his natal UCI (chart) with his Mercury (the mind) in Pisces (religions) to sign up at an early age. Like 99.09% of human walking this earth, Crossan is depraved of Cosmic Consciousness and happens to be nothing else than a peon of the stars. He was/is INCAPABLE of using his will (or the part of God in each human being) because no one taught him otherwise. Meantime the first teachers always play an important part of “molding” the psyche of their children and some are already set to become “terrorists” or religious martyrs. But if the child is blessed with an advanced UCI, with time and observation, his own mental strengths will allows him to exit the Neptunian deceiving addictive religious pull.
Yet Crossan immersed himself in the world of the Bible for the rest of his adult life. When he entered a monastery at 16, church leaders told him they wanted him to be a scholar because he had already taken five years of Latin and Greek. He became a priestly prodigy: ordained by 23; a doctorate at 25. He studied in Rome and Jerusalem, and eventually became a New Testament scholar who became known as an authority on the parables of Jesus. (Crossan saw them as subversive literary gems.)
DT Rebuttal: In God’s name, what does a 16-years-old child knows about life or his own self? Crossan’s natal moon (emotions) in Leo ( fame/fear of death) ruled his psyche until puberty and what does his mentally depraved, religious poisoned church leader really knew/knows about Pisces, Aquarius, the cosmic Code, the signs and God true celestial identity?
The fact is, CROSSan, was MOLDED, fabricated, produced and influenced by the Church Inc. and how can such a young man learn about real life when his life experiences consist at digesting piles of archaic literatures in a convent? At 14 years old I was in the streets, experienced real hell surviving in stealing food when the neighbors trash had nothing to offer. Yes I was in the real world and at 23 I already knew all about the moon’s impact upon people life and the hell I was in.
Crossan was like a fish, in his own tank (his own world) forced to accept the scriptures and convinced of salvation only through biblical learning. But because of his Mercury in Pisces , he had first to go through these murky waters then later on in life respond to God’s higher order and fulfill his own purpose. His Aquarius genius like intellectual nature helped him to FREE his own soul and find his OWN salvation. But who’s to trust and believe this 77 years-old man lifetime experiences and his own perception of Jesus when his soul is full of anger for what was done to his descendants by the British ruling hierarchy? Would you trust my own 61 years of non religious highly spiritual findings to bring you the true face of God and Jesus’ true Ministry?
Crossan’s days as a priest would end, because of the same forces that shaped the rest of his career: the clash between church dogma and scholarly truth. Crossan says it was “bliss” being a priest and scholar in the mid-1960s because the Roman Catholic Church had instituted a series of modernizing reforms. But conservative church leaders fought those reforms, and Crossan says they pressured him to steer his research toward conclusions that reinforced church doctrine. “It’s like you’re a scientist in research and development, and you say that this drug is lethal, and they say, ‘Find something good in it,’ ” Crossan says.
DT Rebuttal: Indeed I wrote intensively about those “reforms” in previous newsletters saved at http://newsletter.drturi.com/ Yes there are tons of valuable information available to those willing to do the mental gymnastics to raise above fear and ignorance and learn the facts about the Church Inc. Indeed Gypsies were persecuted for centuries but now they can be canonized, Yes *** and ******* suffered the same fate but they are now accepted as Bishops. This crowd has a lot of money they need to survive reader… and the list goes on and on about an Illuminati organization that controls the information and the rest of the ignorant God fearing mass. In God’s name I wish Crossan path meet mine one day for two Aquarius’ fate, while initially very different finally joined in the name of God and the truth for humanity.
He left the priesthood in 1969 after he angered church leaders by publicly questioning the church’s ban on birth control. He married, and settled into a career of teaching and writing books that were read primarily by other scholars. Later, however, Crossan would anger church leaders again.
DT Rebuttal: Indeed that was the best thing for him to do, remove the Neptunian energy from his “new” perception and persona; this act will finalize his true mission as an Aquarius, a truth seeker and a Messenger of the Gods.” Meantime again, how can I remain modest and finalize his quests to help him master and understand the Cosmic Code, the new face and tools of God and Jesus’ original Ministry through the New Age movement? I wish someone email him this essay for I would bring “closure” and the truth to a man that spend 77 years of his life looking for it and being deceived all along because he fully deserves it.
Crossan takes on a public role
In 1985, Robert Funk, a New Testament scholar, asked Crossan to join him on a risky mission: Expose the public to academic debates about the historical Jesus. The seminar was Crossan’s first wide exposure to the public. The media gravitated to him because he was a scholar who didn’t talk like a scholar. Christianity both admits and subverts the historical Jesus.
DT Rebuttal: Crossan was trained by the church to become a “scholar” but his UCI *Unique Celestial Identity is loaded with Aquarius and this “sign” is very much ANTI scholar. My own mission is to teach the world on the celestial tools used by God to stir his children to work and explain their soul’s purpose on hell (earth/the school.)
This lack of Cosmic Consciousness is so detrimental and infringe all the Universal laws God created for humanity. It is like an unaware police psychologist hiring a soul born with an inadequate UCI or a Dragon’s Tail (negative) in Scorpio (the police) to fulfill a Law Enforcement career. Everyone loses, the cop gets killed on the first day on the job, and/or he becomes crooked and abuse power and cost the tax payer (the church Inc. in this case) bad publicity and tons of money through legal battles. And you think only religious figures are numb? Try the police and if you are a cop join us – http://cosmiccode.ning.com/
–John Dominic Crossan, historic Jesus scholar
He became known for his sound bites — inspired, he says, by Jesus’ use of parables to distill complex truths in pithy but provocative sayings. Explaining why America’s reliance on military might was similar to Rome’s, he told Time magazine: “There’s good news and bad news from the historical Jesus. The good news: God says Caesar *****. The bad news: God says Caesar is us.”
DT Rebuttal: I teach my students to be very aware of any “subconscious glitches” because there are NO accidents using historical references and this is exactly what Crossan did by mentioning Rome. Crossan was born with a Dragon’s Tail (past lives) in Leo (France/Italy) thus anyone who read my book “The Power of the Dragon” http://www.drturi.com/books.php would know immediately that Crossan’s past lives were lived there. But did Crossan read my book about the Dragon and uncovered his past lives, he does not know me but you do, so did you read about your Dragon’s Tail yet? here is your answer reader, a total lack of interest! My book while extraordinarily real offers these answers but it is not “yet” a best seller because it does not endorse, promote or sell the real Jesus and his altered ministry. The world has so much to learn…
Crossan’s public profile rose another notch in 1991 when The New York Times ran a front-page story two days before Christmas on his book, “The Historical Jesus: The Life of a Mediterranean Jewish Peasant.” The book became a bestseller, and Crossan followed up with more. He says people were anxious to embrace a faith with “brains and heart,” and learn the history behind the text, not just its wording. “When we started out, people thought we were out on the left wing,” he says. “Now, I’m talking in about 30 churches a year. … A lot of this is becoming mainstream.”
DT Rebuttal: Again people will pay large fortunes to be deceived as long as you tell them any story they want to hear and when it comes to Jesus with 99.09 % of the world under Neptune spiritual control, the more stories Crossan created the more rewards and fame he got. Indeed the stars do not lie or care and the truth is; if there is demand the “drugs” will sell, period!
Crossan’s revolutionary Jesus
It’s still controversial, though. A casual search of Crossan’s name online turns up plenty of insults and warnings not to read his books. Crossan says, however, that he’s “trying to understand the stories of Jesus, not refute them.” Still, his findings often end up challenging some of Christianity’s most cherished beliefs.
DT Rebuttal: This is a typical reaction based upon tons of fictional material that killed millions during the dark Ages when the Pisces deceiving “energy” was at its strongest… The Church Inc. has much to lose when logic is applied reader. But all Crossan is doing is to use his imaginative Pisces/Mercury ruled mind imagine the story then crystallize it in a form of “best seller. ” Yes people will love you if you make them think and this is what he does…
However when you make people REALLY think like my challenging material does, they will **** you because it goes against their secure archaic belief that they will all end up in paradise with God near Jesus… I wonder when the world will finally realize there is no hell to go to, because they are already there, down here on this dense physical world, stuck in their made up fears and humongous ignorance…
Consider his understanding of the resurrection. Jesus didn’t bodily rise from the dead, he says. The first Christians told Jesus’ resurrection story as a parable, not as a fact. “Crucifixion meant that imperial power had won,” Crossan says. “Resurrection meant that divine justice had won. God is on the side of the crucified one. Rome’s’ values are a dead issue to me.”
DT Rebuttal: The fact is by looking at the “make up” of CROSSan’s UCI there is no doubt in my mind that he was a Roman soldier witnessing and killing rebellious villains through crucifixion, and all against his will…He may have also forced to deliver the mortal wound to many other souls ending up on the infamous CROSS – with nailed hands… Indeed following a revolution, Julius Cesar killed a good chunk of the captured slaves (including Spartacus) on the cross and he made sure all roads leading to Rome were loaded with crosses and dead bodies as a solid deterrent for anyone willing against his regime. Crossan was then fighting a regime he was forced to serve and, decades later, he found himself in a similar situation with the Church Inc. Yes indeed history has a very peculiar way to repeat itself through reincarnations.
How about the stories of Jesus’ miracles, like raising the dead or stilling the storm?
Yes Dr. Turi you know better I, John Dominic Crossan as a child, wanted to be a missionary priest as an Irish schoolboy because my Mercury (the mind) is located in the pious sign of Pisces!
Most were parables, too, Crossan says. But there were some exceptions. “I’m completely convinced that Jesus was a major healer,” he says. “I don’t think anybody would talk about Jesus if all he did was talk.” People like to talk about Scripture, but Christians should also know history to understand Jesus, Crossan says.
DT Rebuttal: Indeed Jesus was a healer but could he have been a healer of the mind too? Knowing the future is the reincarnation of the thoughts and thoughts are things, can a well directed thought process affect the atomic structure of anyone’s body and heal it? Gee do I have incredible stories to tell from my numerous patients and students reader…OMG, healing or killing oneself with the mind is so very real and it should be mendatory for all human beings to know about this powerful real “psychic” power! Try http://www.drturi.com/orders3.html#secret you will be amazed.
But was Jesus a “natural” clinical hypnotherapist and studied the subject like I did then? Impossible, two thousand years ago, schools paper and pen were not yet invented! After all there is still the real possibility of UFO interferences “downloading” rare wisdom unto him, like it happened to me…
In Jesus’ time, Rome was forcing many Jewish families into destitution, with high taxes and land seizures. Some Jews advocated violent rebellion, but others opted for non-violent resistance. Jesus called for nonviolent resistance to Rome and just distribution of land and food. He was crucified because he threatened Roman stability — not as a sacrifice to God for humanity’s sins, Crossan says.
DT Rebuttal: This is funny reader, I did not read the content of this article, I read the content and offer you with “rebuttals” all along and read the article with you. And the more I read Crossan’s terminology the more I appreciate my own undeniable perception…I already mentioned above that while Crossan was a roman soldier he was also “pissed off” at the Roman’s abuses against the people.
The very fact that Jesus were forced to deal with Roman “politics” threatened their stability and lead to the savior’s demise. Crossan’s logical side associates with the current Church Inc. manipulation and Cesar’s evil ways to hold on to power. I could say the same thing about my own mission and message, I am also a threat to the Christian Illuminati “status quo” and they “crucified” me their own way by removing me from Wikipedia, Yahoo and many other public websites. Again I had thousands of friends on FB and I am now banned to accept more friends. Thus if you like my work joins us at http://cosmiccode7.ning.com/
If you believe in a God that uses violence to “save” humanity, you’ll start believing that violence is permissible in certain circumstances, such as ******* bombing or invading other countries to spread democracy, Crossan says. The human addiction to violence, though, is so ingrained that even the authors of the New Testament had trouble accepting Jesus’ nonviolence, Crossan says. So they did a little editing.
DT Rebuttal: It is amazing that only a minority of people have enough mind power to actually discern the truth and “religions” deceiving controlling political aims. OK now let me RE write what Crossan truly meant but cannot say, so I also did a little editing… If you believe in a God that uses violence to “save” humanity, you’ll start believing that violence is permissible in certain circumstances, such as ******* bombing or invading other countries to spread democracy and/or Christianity, Crossan says.
Crossan’s proof: Jesus preaches nonviolence at the beginning of the New Testament. By the book of Revelation, he’s leading armies through heaven to kill evildoers. “Christianity both admits and subverts the historical Jesus,” Crossan says.
Remember the most veneered Roman God was Mars “The Lord Of War” and the human (red/blood) addiction to violence, is INGRAINED because of Mars’ location by sign and house. There are no true ways to determine Jesus’ UCI but I can only rely on information I have and not necessarily trust . Jesus was born with Mars in Aries (dignified) and this made him a warrior of the mind. Thus we can only agree to disagree but one thing is sure Jesus, Crossan and I were all born in February.
Medieval Jesus Zodiac
Jesus – Born: February 28, – 6, 3:34 AM in: Bethléem (Israel) Sun: 7°17′ Pisces Moon: 24°57′ Aquarius Ascendant: 12°16′ Capricorn Midheaven: 0°49′ Scorpio
Medieval Jesus Zodiac
But why would Jesus say to his disciples “go to the town and find the man with the WATER PITCHER, the sign of Aquarius to follow the sign of Pisces”… Is it interesting to know that if this birth chart and date is correct Jesus was born February 28th and I was born February 26 – meantime in some ways am I also a warrior of the mind and is my “ministry” dedicated to wisdom, to God and to peace in the world?
All Is That And That Is All
When men realize the church is the universe and the twelve Apostles are the twelve signs of the zodiac, God’s commandments written in Starlight will bring true love, respect peace and harmony to this world. Dr. Turi
Does Crossan subvert Christianity?
Is Crossan doing the same — admitting and subverting Jesus, some wonder? The words “brilliant,” “keen mind” and someone who “loves the Bible” are often used by fellow scholars to describe Crossan. They say he is generous with his time, funny and personally warm. “He has real depth of the soul,” says McCane, the biblical scholar and archaeologist. “He’s spiritual in the best sense of the word. He sees the world as a place where values matter.” Yet some also wonder if he unwittingly gives people an excuse to diminish Jesus’ importance.
DT Rebuttal: Incidentally the Aquarius traits mentioned above seem to fit me like a glove to anyone who knows me personally but I trust my reader to “feel” me through my writings too and chances are they will also perceive my own similar Aquarian qualities. The only difference between us two Aquarius’ is that unlike Crossan, I was not born with Mercury “the mind” in deceiving religious Pisces and refused to ever enter another Church when I first saw the mutilated body of Jesus on the cross. I instinctively knew the place, the story and the aim was evil to the core, and I was only 5 years old. Read more in my book “Beyond The Secret” http://www.drturi.com/books.php
While Crossan was to “act out” his stars and fate early in life, my Mercury (the mind) in Aquarius (the stars) is dignified, and this is brings a huge difference in perception and intuition. Mercury in Pisces is ruled by faith AND UNFOUNDED FICTIONAL STORIES, while Mercury in Aquarius is highly intellectual and able to perceive the spirit’s essence in action per say.
This mean I do not sign of for the codification of thought, books and accepted human created disciplines easily and I was forced by my own UCI (God) to gain the golden keys of truth my own independent way. Crossan sees the world where physical values matter, I see the world where God’s divine spiritual values rule this physical world. And this fact can only be allowed to a minority of blessed souls able to handle life’s and Mars (wars) reality and not only see the world through rose colored Neptunian glasses where only LOVE rules and where only Jesus’ LOVE is the answer.
Ben Witherington, a New Testament scholar who has written several books about the early Christian community, says Crossan’s work allows people to sidestep questions like: Did he come to save the world? Is he the son of God? “It’s a user-friendly Jesus that doesn’t make demands on someone,” he says.
DT Rebuttal: Ben Witherington, a New Testament “academically/ scholarly” educated soul express his latent, undeveloped, non curious, conform logical UCI where Jesus’ truth has been printed, accepted as is and should never be challenged in fear of “going to hell.” Indeed the soul is totally religiously poisoned where reason or critical thinking is inapproachable. These are the innocent lost pious souls knocking your door trying to convince themselves of the truth by convincing you they have the truth.
Witherington says Crossan is trying to find a nonsupernatural way to explain Jesus and Scripture, and “the shoe doesn’t fit.” “The stories are inherently theological,” he says. “They all suggest that God intervenes in history. If you have a problem with the supernatural, you have a problem with the Bible. It’s on every page.”
DT Rebuttal: It amazes me that the very empty souls representing God on earth such as Ben Witherington, New Testament scholar and all others Neptunians are the very least knowledgeable of God’s “supernatural” celestial forces at work. Suggesting that God is intervening in our human history is a fact but the HOW and WHY “supernatural” secrets (or God’s celestial tools) are absolutely foreign to these people. The only problem I have with Ben Witherington is God has a big back and “acts of God” are NOT accidents but God’s celestial supernatural manifestation that humanity has yet to uncover.
One of the most persistent criticisms of Crossan’s work is that he’s turned Jesus into a peasant insurrectionist because his Irish ancestors battled the British Empire. Crossan says growing up Irish “makes you skeptical about empire.” But he says he came of age in the first generation after Irish independence when hatred of the British was not pervasive. Crossan once wrote in his memoir that he learned two things from Irish history: “One, the British did terrible things to the Irish. Two, the Irish, had they the power, would have done equally terrible things to the British (they did it to one another with the British gone).”
DT Rebuttal: Again it is obvious that reading about Ireland and the British political differences baffled Crossan Jupiter (higher learning) in Libra (justice) and with Pluto (investigation) in Cancer (his ancestry.) His sense of justice and Plutonic investigation provides him with a constant flow of spiritual regeneration but what does any religious scholar knows about Astropsychology, astrology, Jesus initial Ministry and God celestial will?
Supporters of Crossan’s work say he’s encouraged ordinary Bible readers to ask tough questions. “He opened up space in popular culture for people to think about the history behind the biblical texts,” says Timothy Beal, author of “The Rise and Fall of the Bible: The Unexpected History of an Accidental Book.” “He invited people back into the texts to question those authoritative sources that have been telling them, ‘This is what the Bible says, and you don’t need to read it to yourself,’ ” Beal says.
DT Rebuttal: I can only hope many of my readers are as spiritually advanced as I am because in my work, history, dialogues and endless articles are saved for future generations that will with time recognize the true “prophetic values” of my Internet legacy. Indeed we are simply witnessing the end of an Age and the birth of a new one, nothing really special as the eternal Universal clock turns in favor of the Age of reason and spiritual freedom.
Indeed the Age of Pisces, the age of illusion, deception, religions, lies, ignorance and fears is coming to an end as we approach the year 2012 . The New Age of Aquarius and its promises for a universal religion based upon love, respect forgiveness, education, freedom love and respect is just around the corner. As much as Crossan opened up space in popular culture for people to think about the history behind the biblical texts my own mission is as, if not more important. I am totally dedicated to humanity spiritual regeneration uncovering the immaculate perception of God’s manifestation on earth. But you see reader it took 77 years for Crossman to finally escape the quick sand of deceiving Neptune and still no Cosmic Consciousness has been established.
Crossan’s life today
His Irish accent remains, but Crossan is now an American citizen. He lives near Orlando, Florida, and spends much of his time traveling to lectures and appearing in religious documentaries.
After spending much of his life in the Roman Catholic Church, Crossan is now an outsider.
He hasn’t joined a church because he says a priest might deny him the sacraments because of his run-ins with church leaders.
“If I attend a local Roman Catholic Church, I would get ****** back into all the debates,” he says. “I don’t want to spend my life fighting Roman Catholicism.”
Crossan has also broken with church tradition by marrying. He married Margaret Dagenais, a university art professor, soon after leaving the priesthood in 1969. She died of a heart attack in 1983.
Today, his current wife, Sarah, is a yoga teacher and photographer. She’s also his partner in travel. Crossan wanted to see the world as a boy. Now he sees it as a man. The two often travel to holy sites, where she takes photos that Crossan later uses in church presentations.
Crossan’s reputation among traditional Christians was so touchy that it initially affected his relationship with her parents, Sarah said.
“We didn’t talk about his work with them,” she says. “They couldn’t handle it. They thought he was so wrong. They loved him as a person, but not his work.”
Crossan said “A lot of people in the first century thought Jesus was saying something so important that they were willing to die for it. If people finish with my books and now see why Pilate executed him and why people died for him, then I’ve done my job.”
Dr. Turi rebuttal: A lot of people in the twentieth century still think Jesus was saying something so important that they are willing to die for it. If people read my books and my Cosmic Code newsletters with an open mind they will appreciate the ministry Jesus was not allowed to fulfill because Pilate executed him before he could introduce humanity to “Our Father In The Heavens”, then I’ve also done my job.”
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3/2/2011
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‘Great spirits have always encountered opposition from mediocre minds. The mediocre mind is incapable of understanding the man who refuses to bow blindly to conventional prejudices and chooses instead to express his opinions courageously and honestly.’
- Albert Einstein
http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/144216/John-Dominic-Crossan
John Dominic Crossan, (born Feb. 17, 1934)
The more I dig into the Cosmic Code the more, not only do I realize it’s incredible power but its impact upon people’s fate and idiosyncrasy. But one thing sure Cosmic Consciousness allows me to truly perceive people’s destiny and in this case John Dominic Crossan’s change of heart. In this essay I will expose his UCI *Unique Celestial Identity and offer the reader with a deeper look into his perception of Christ.
First and foremost John Dominic Crossan like me was born in February under the “New Age” energy…this could make you wonder why he became a “man of the robe” and felt for what I translate as humanity religious poisoning. To the normal soul, he sign of Aquarius is perceived as the symbol of a man holding a jar but there is a much deeper meaning behind this particular “sign.” Indeed the wise ancient Sumerian wisdom while totally lost and ridicule has a meaning only perceptible to a very small crowd of spiritually advanced born souls.
Uranus “Lord of the Sky” in Greek mythology rules this sign and this mean also technology, television, astrology, geniuses, the future of mankind, UFO and of course all matters related to the New Age. The moth of birth dictate the soul’s purpose and those born in February like John and I, are “programmed” through God’s celestial creation (the stars/the Cosmic Code/the signs) to get a very specific interest to what’s going on in the Universe. For example, a soul born with a latent, logical, rational UCI will produce an astronomer, an astrophysicist and will lead the soul to operate with mathematics and work for NASA.
A more spiritually inclined soul will use his natural “telescope” and deal with the archetypal realm of consciousness and objectivity; intuition and “channeling” will replace the limitation of the five human senses. This translate with polarity of perception and interests such as an astronomer versus an astrologer with the only important difference that the advanced soul realizes that the stars are much more than mere rocks hanging up there only for the sake of beauty and have more to offer than gravitational forces per say.
Indeed Einstein knew a bit more than our current infantile scientific community mesmerized by discovering new planets (or constellations) every single day…
*The intuitive mind is a sacred gift and the rational mind is a faithful servant. We have created a society that honors the servant and has forgotten the gift. We will not solve the problems of the world from the same level of thinking we were at when we created them. More than anything else, this new century demands new thinking: We must change our materially based analysis of the world around us to include broader, more multidimensional perspectives.”
~Albert Einstein*
The greatness of the Universe is unknown, but I understand the spiritual forces that direct and move all the planets in our galaxy as a Divine source of power that can be used to guide and bring man a life filled with success, love, peace and harmony.
— Dr. Turi
Thus the soul’s purpose of an Aquarius is to use his natural ingenious “telescope”, investigate the stars outside of conventional tools and accepted scientific disciplines then collect all the wisdom into the jar. Then his mission is to offer that Universal wisdom from the heavens to a very thirsty world; it appears this is what I have been doing for the last 45 years and it also appears that John Dominic Crossan, at the tender age of 77 years old finally realized the damage of “political/religion” and what Jesus was all about. But there is still something missing though, his findings are still logical and unperceptive pertaining to the savior’s true ministry. Thus using Astropsychology and by exposing Crossan’s UCI the reader will find the answers to why, from a very pious man he finally reached his “rebellious” Aquarius soul’s purpose late in his life.
First John Dominic Crossan was born with a Dragon’s Tail in Leo and this position enunciates a serious fear of death. Note also that Leo rules love thus if you have a preeminent Leo in your chart, LOVE is the answer to all your queries, would they be religious or not. The power of the stars is extreme but the divine information allowing one to perform basic auto analysis is very rare, especially if Cosmic Consciousness is missing. In fact A Gemini student of mine called me this morning telling and selling me the latest religious discovery he signed for… All his words were all about LOVE and the LOVE of Christ etc. Even with fair handling of the Cosmic Code through my teachings, this student felt for his Leo/Love 3rd house of communication overriding his perception of God’s magnificent celestial design and the power exerted by the “signs” upon his own self. His last email to me was…
Dr. Turi; Until you can acknowledge that Jesus Christ is the foundation of the Universe. Your Job is all talk and you’re school is destined for failure. Saying we were both right is to say that the Truth will encompass truth. In the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.
Amen.
How can Jesus the son of God be the foundation of the Universe when “His Father in The Heaven” is the sole responsible for creation? Makes no sense and all I was doing was to agree with his love theory in order to avoid more religious selling and hurt his feelings but he was gone a bit too far and sounded like a Minister infatuated with Jesus. Incidentally this is precisely what I teach, Jesus’ altered Ministry or the true spirit and divine manifestation of “Our Father In The Heavens.” But it seem this student did not as of yet perceived my message and let his fears (and love) override his higher consciousness.
With the tail of the Dragon in Gemini on his first house he is bound to re-evaluate all I taught him and after a few years he got caught in the religious/love for Jesus and the codification of thoughts. I used this example because this was one of the many “factors” that lead John Dominic Crossan to aim for religions and his LOVE for the light and Jesus “the savior.” So let’s now check more of his hidden personality and understand what happened to his new perception and “judgment.”
But the real “sign” making him prone to serious religious interest is very obvious to any of my advanced students…And that is John Dominic Crossan’s location of his Mercury (critical thinking/communication) located in the sign of PISCES. This sign was subconsciously chosen by Christians to represents their particular faith and the warnings associated with Neptune’s rulership.
Pisces is ruled by the planet Neptune ” the Lord of Deception” and this “imaginative/deceiving” sign has been in charge of humanity’s fate for the last two thousand years. Thus the ending of the Age of Pisces soon to be replaced by the New Age of Aquarius. The wise Sumerian “picked” this watery symbol to represent how a soul can easily be deceived living like a fish stuck in his small bowl, where only a imaginary loving world is real. A world where the harsh reality of life is replaced by love, hopes and wishes and where the facts of war and a harsh world are dismissed.
Pisces or Neptune rules also places of confinement, such as churches, synagogues, temples, jails, hospitals. Pisces toys are alcohol, drugs, pot, medical prescriptions where uncontrolled imagination and fears leads the soul towards madness, suicide, dementia, depressions etc. Thus with such a “Neptunian” cocktail regulating John Dominic Crossan’s mental process, there are no wonder why he was lead by the Cosmic Code to perform a “religious” mission on earth.
If all the pious people of the robe were to uncover their own UCI they found find out that; they are all saturated with Neptune’s illusive values. The choice they made was already made by the stars they inherited at birth and they have NO clue of how God, through his creation stimulated their spiritual endeavors, call it karma in so many levels.
By the way do you know that the first ever church was found in Israel under the foundation of a jail and under the oldest Mosaic representing the sign of Pisces? Check the truth – http://www.drturi.com/vaticanzodiac.php
CNN) — One of his first fan letters came from someone who declared: “If Hell were not already created, it should be invented just for you.” Other critics have called him “demonic,” “blasphemous” and a “schmuck.”
DT Rebuttal: Gee I have been called worse than these and again the lost accusing souls are petrified by hell itself. In fact for this religiously poisoned fan to use ” Hell” as a perfect proof of is induced fear making the parents fully responsible for such an early “psychic” poisoning.
When John Dominic Crossan was a teenager in Ireland, he dreamed of becoming a missionary priest. But the message he’s spreading about Jesus today isn’t the kind that would endear him to many church leaders. Crossan says Jesus was an exploited “peasant with an attitude” who didn’t perform many miracles, physically rise from the dead or die as punishment for humanity’s sins.
DT Rebuttal: Well I know tons of people who once were very religious then “woke up” to reality because of certain experiences. The very purpose of any soul stuck on HELL (that would be earth learning ground) is the same for John Dominic Crossan because life is a constant process of changes.
Jesus was extraordinary because of how he lived, not died, says Crossan, one of the world’s top scholars on the “historical Jesus,” a field in which academics use historical evidence to reconstruct Jesus in his first-century setting. “I cannot imagine a more miraculous life than nonviolent resistance to violence,” Crossan says. “I cannot imagine a bigger miracle than a man standing in front of a tank in Tiananmen Square.”
DT Rebuttal: Again John Dominic Crossan’s very words “nonviolent resistance to violence,” speak for themselves about LOVE and understanding and reinforce my theory regulating his own psyche.
In another time, Crossan’s views would have been confined to scholarly journals. But he and his best-selling books, including the recent “Jesus: A Revolutionary Biography,” have changed how biblical scholars operate. Crossan believes the public should be exposed to even the most divisive debates that scholars have had about Jesus and the Bible. He co-founded the Jesus Seminar, a controversial group of scholars who hold public forums that cast doubt on the authenticity of many sayings and deeds attributed to Jesus.
DT Rebuttal: Indeed Crossan’s views should be exposed to the general public but what about mine? Is there anything valuable in my work dissecting the UCI, the mind and the divinity of God outside of Crossan’s views and perception of Jesus? The fact is this world, since Jesus’ birth has been under the jurisdiction of deceiving Neptune and this planet supports anything creative where reality, critical thinking and higher spiritual teachings have no room. Yes have you noticed that the most famous people on this world are top generator of fictitious material based upon imagination? Is this why Crossanis is also a best seller selling stories such Harry Potter?
I AM AN AQUARIUS, PROMOTER OF THE TRUTH
John Dominic Crossan says even the writers of the Bible disagreed about Jesus’ message. The 77-year-old Crossan has built on the seminar’s mission by writing a series of best-selling books on Jesus and the Apostle Paul. With his silver Prince Valiant haircut and his pronounced Irish accent, he’s also appeared on documentaries such as PBS’s “From Jesus to Christ: The First Christians” and A&E’s “Mysteries of the Bible.” Crossan’s overarching message is that you don’t have to accept the Jesus of dogma. There’s another Jesus hidden in Scripture and history who has been ignored.
DT Rebuttal: John Dominic Crossan says even the writers of the Bible disagreed about Jesus’ message but how can anyone dissect the truth about Jesus when the first documentations of his life appeared over five hundred years after his death? Who’s to believe Jesus was a normal being “contacted” by extraterrestrials that cursed him with supreme wisdom exactly as it happened to me? After all I have all the solid proofs of my own incredible claims and knowing that “incredible experiences breed incredible people that have incredible things to teach” this is a perfect and accurate representation of Christ in my mind. But peole can only relate to me because of their personal similar experiences, similar education and most of all, a similar highly spiritually advanced UCI, anything else is totally bull I may add…
“He’s changed the way we look and think about Jesus,” says Byron McCane, an archaeologist and professor of religion at Wofford College in South Carolina. “He’s important in a way that few scholars are.”
DT Rebuttal: Gee Mr. Byron McCane isn’t what life is all about, changes? With this type of archaic thinking how can progress, competitive views and originality be? I would call John Dominic Crossan view simplistic, logical, no brainer and realistic, the question is what about my advanced views and true perception of Jesus’ messed up ministry and his connection to UFO? But that is MY prerogative because I LIVED IT and how can I be sought as decent, normal, real and legit when I assure the reader this type of experience is indeed real and not only extraordinary but exceptionally rare. How can the reader wonder about my sanity or ego and endorse my claim and not think for a second Dr. Turi is mentally unstable? Unless Jesus could speak from the heavens and divulge what really happened to him then all you have is what happened to me back in August 2001 when the ET downloaded the Cosmic Code secrets to me. And I truly feel it is of an utmost importance because it does reflect the truth about Jesus, other spiritual world famous leaders and my humble self. They all have a very similar religious message it seems, mine is totally different but never the less, very REAL, mysterious and reflect God’s celestial will and signs…That’s all!
A reluctant scholar
Crossan is also reviled in a way that few scholars are. Some critics say he’s trying to debunk Christianity. Some question his personal faith. At a college lecture, Crossan says an audience member stood up and asked him if he had “received the Lord Jesus” as his savior. Crossan said he had, but refused to repeat his questioner’s evangelical language to describe his conversion.
DT Rebuttal: And that is where the true meaning of the word “Scholar” applies…But what if the old scholastic religious “expert” advices on God children’s books they wrote was ALL wrong? But who to use critical thinking when Neptune and Pisces energy “blur” a truth all scientists and “SCHOLAR” are prone to miss reading the printed words and missing the essence of the spirit itself? Has God himself written any books or created the stars (and ET’s) that is the type of simplistic questions a scholar or a scientist has to acknowledge first reader.
“I wasn’t going to give him the language; it’s not my language,” Crossan says. “I wasn’t trying to denigrate him, but don’t think you have the monopoly on the language of Christianity.” When asked if he is a Christian, Crossan doesn’t hesitate. “Absolutely.”
DT Rebuttal: “When asked if he is a Christian, Crossan doesn’t hesitate. “Absolutely.” Sound like the inquisition to me where the very essence of the spirit is missed for the cause…As far as the language is concerned how can any Christian or Crossan himself really hear God’s celestial “tongue” when none possess Cosmic Consciousness? Yes… None of them have been trained to speak the language of the Gods and mastering the Cosmic Code starlight language demand a very unique teacher and only when the student (and the world) is ready will the teacher appear… And I know how not only to listen to God but translate his celestial will and the proof are at http://www.drturi.com/predictions.php
“I will talk to you, you won’t hear me, I will present myself to you, you won’t see me.”
God
Crossan says he never planned to be a Jesus scholar but was drafted to play that role — by the Roman Catholic Church. He had other plans. He grew up in a small town in Ireland reading adventure stories like “20,000 Leagues under The Sea” and reciting poetry with his father on long walks. He wanted adventure and travel. The missionary priests who visited his boyhood school with stories of mission trips to Africa seemed to offer both.
DT Rebuttal: Little does Crossan knows that he was “computerized/drafted” by creation and ordered by God through the Cosmic Code itself to “attract” the Neptunian religious energy to fulfill his Aquarius soul’s purpose. Indeed there are NO accident but I doubt very much he knows enough about the Cosmic Code rules and God pulling the strings of his destiny. Note that his Mercury (words) in Pisces (poetry) is the main factor of attraction because “Crossan’s very future was nothing else than the reincarnation of HIS very thoughts.” Pisces is religiously deceptive, Aquarius is vibrant and very smart and it took Crossan many years to figure it out. His very name CROSSan also played a subconscious role in his “decision” to promote/debunk Jesus.
Crossan says his father, a banker, and his mother, a housewife, didn’t push religion on him. He was raised in a traditional Irish Catholic church where faith was “undiscussed, uninvestigated and uncriticized.” “I didn’t grow up in an atmosphere where the Bible was stuffed down my throat.” John Dominic Crossan’s parents, Daniel and Elizabeth, never pushed religion on him.
DT Rebuttal: But this is where again he was already SET by his natal UCI (chart) with his Mercury (the mind) in Pisces (religions) to sign up at an early age. Like 99.09% of human walking this earth, Crossan is depraved of Cosmic Consciousness and happens to be nothing else than a peon of the stars. He was/is INCAPABLE of using his will (or the part of God in each human being) because no one taught him otherwise. Meantime the first teachers always play an important part of “molding” the psyche of their children and some are already set to become “terrorists” or religious martyrs. But if the child is blessed with an advanced UCI, with time and observation, his own mental strengths will allows him to exit the Neptunian deceiving addictive religious pull.
Yet Crossan immersed himself in the world of the Bible for the rest of his adult life. When he entered a monastery at 16, church leaders told him they wanted him to be a scholar because he had already taken five years of Latin and Greek. He became a priestly prodigy: ordained by 23; a doctorate at 25. He studied in Rome and Jerusalem, and eventually became a New Testament scholar who became known as an authority on the parables of Jesus. (Crossan saw them as subversive literary gems.)
DT Rebuttal: In God’s name, what does a 16-years-old child knows about life or his own self? Crossan’s natal moon (emotions) in Leo ( fame/fear of death) ruled his psyche until puberty and what does his mentally depraved, religious poisoned church leader really knew/knows about Pisces, Aquarius, the cosmic Code, the signs and God true celestial identity?
The fact is, CROSSan, was MOLDED, fabricated, produced and influenced by the Church Inc. and how can such a young man learn about real life when his life experiences consist at digesting piles of archaic literatures in a convent? At 14 years old I was in the streets, experienced real hell surviving in stealing food when the neighbors trash had nothing to offer. Yes I was in the real world and at 23 I already knew all about the moon’s impact upon people life and the hell I was in.
Crossan was like a fish, in his own tank (his own world) forced to accept the scriptures and convinced of salvation only through biblical learning. But because of his Mercury in Pisces , he had first to go through these murky waters then later on in life respond to God’s higher order and fulfill his own purpose. His Aquarius genius like intellectual nature helped him to FREE his own soul and find his OWN salvation. But who’s to trust and believe this 77 years-old man lifetime experiences and his own perception of Jesus when his soul is full of anger for what was done to his descendants by the British ruling hierarchy? Would you trust my own 61 years of non religious highly spiritual findings to bring you the true face of God and Jesus’ true Ministry?
Crossan’s days as a priest would end, because of the same forces that shaped the rest of his career: the clash between church dogma and scholarly truth. Crossan says it was “bliss” being a priest and scholar in the mid-1960s because the Roman Catholic Church had instituted a series of modernizing reforms. But conservative church leaders fought those reforms, and Crossan says they pressured him to steer his research toward conclusions that reinforced church doctrine. “It’s like you’re a scientist in research and development, and you say that this drug is lethal, and they say, ‘Find something good in it,’ ” Crossan says.
DT Rebuttal: Indeed I wrote intensively about those “reforms” in previous newsletters saved at http://newsletter.drturi.com/ Yes there are tons of valuable information available to those willing to do the mental gymnastics to raise above fear and ignorance and learn the facts about the Church Inc. Indeed Gypsies were persecuted for centuries but now they can be canonized, Yes *** and ******* suffered the same fate but they are now accepted as Bishops. This crowd has a lot of money they need to survive reader… and the list goes on and on about an Illuminati organization that controls the information and the rest of the ignorant God fearing mass. In God’s name I wish Crossan path meet mine one day for two Aquarius’ fate, while initially very different finally joined in the name of God and the truth for humanity.
He left the priesthood in 1969 after he angered church leaders by publicly questioning the church’s ban on birth control. He married, and settled into a career of teaching and writing books that were read primarily by other scholars. Later, however, Crossan would anger church leaders again.
DT Rebuttal: Indeed that was the best thing for him to do, remove the Neptunian energy from his “new” perception and persona; this act will finalize his true mission as an Aquarius, a truth seeker and a Messenger of the Gods.” Meantime again, how can I remain modest and finalize his quests to help him master and understand the Cosmic Code, the new face and tools of God and Jesus’ original Ministry through the New Age movement? I wish someone email him this essay for I would bring “closure” and the truth to a man that spend 77 years of his life looking for it and being deceived all along because he fully deserves it.
Crossan takes on a public role
In 1985, Robert Funk, a New Testament scholar, asked Crossan to join him on a risky mission: Expose the public to academic debates about the historical Jesus. The seminar was Crossan’s first wide exposure to the public. The media gravitated to him because he was a scholar who didn’t talk like a scholar. Christianity both admits and subverts the historical Jesus.
DT Rebuttal: Crossan was trained by the church to become a “scholar” but his UCI *Unique Celestial Identity is loaded with Aquarius and this “sign” is very much ANTI scholar. My own mission is to teach the world on the celestial tools used by God to stir his children to work and explain their soul’s purpose on hell (earth/the school.)
This lack of Cosmic Consciousness is so detrimental and infringe all the Universal laws God created for humanity. It is like an unaware police psychologist hiring a soul born with an inadequate UCI or a Dragon’s Tail (negative) in Scorpio (the police) to fulfill a Law Enforcement career. Everyone loses, the cop gets killed on the first day on the job, and/or he becomes crooked and abuse power and cost the tax payer (the church Inc. in this case) bad publicity and tons of money through legal battles. And you think only religious figures are numb? Try the police and if you are a cop join us – http://cosmiccode.ning.com/
–John Dominic Crossan, historic Jesus scholar
He became known for his sound bites — inspired, he says, by Jesus’ use of parables to distill complex truths in pithy but provocative sayings. Explaining why America’s reliance on military might was similar to Rome’s, he told Time magazine: “There’s good news and bad news from the historical Jesus. The good news: God says Caesar *****. The bad news: God says Caesar is us.”
DT Rebuttal: I teach my students to be very aware of any “subconscious glitches” because there are NO accidents using historical references and this is exactly what Crossan did by mentioning Rome. Crossan was born with a Dragon’s Tail (past lives) in Leo (France/Italy) thus anyone who read my book “The Power of the Dragon” http://www.drturi.com/books.php would know immediately that Crossan’s past lives were lived there. But did Crossan read my book about the Dragon and uncovered his past lives, he does not know me but you do, so did you read about your Dragon’s Tail yet? here is your answer reader, a total lack of interest! My book while extraordinarily real offers these answers but it is not “yet” a best seller because it does not endorse, promote or sell the real Jesus and his altered ministry. The world has so much to learn…
Crossan’s public profile rose another notch in 1991 when The New York Times ran a front-page story two days before Christmas on his book, “The Historical Jesus: The Life of a Mediterranean Jewish Peasant.” The book became a bestseller, and Crossan followed up with more. He says people were anxious to embrace a faith with “brains and heart,” and learn the history behind the text, not just its wording. “When we started out, people thought we were out on the left wing,” he says. “Now, I’m talking in about 30 churches a year. … A lot of this is becoming mainstream.”
DT Rebuttal: Again people will pay large fortunes to be deceived as long as you tell them any story they want to hear and when it comes to Jesus with 99.09 % of the world under Neptune spiritual control, the more stories Crossan created the more rewards and fame he got. Indeed the stars do not lie or care and the truth is; if there is demand the “drugs” will sell, period!
Crossan’s revolutionary Jesus
It’s still controversial, though. A casual search of Crossan’s name online turns up plenty of insults and warnings not to read his books. Crossan says, however, that he’s “trying to understand the stories of Jesus, not refute them.” Still, his findings often end up challenging some of Christianity’s most cherished beliefs.
DT Rebuttal: This is a typical reaction based upon tons of fictional material that killed millions during the dark Ages when the Pisces deceiving “energy” was at its strongest… The Church Inc. has much to lose when logic is applied reader. But all Crossan is doing is to use his imaginative Pisces/Mercury ruled mind imagine the story then crystallize it in a form of “best seller. ” Yes people will love you if you make them think and this is what he does…
However when you make people REALLY think like my challenging material does, they will **** you because it goes against their secure archaic belief that they will all end up in paradise with God near Jesus… I wonder when the world will finally realize there is no hell to go to, because they are already there, down here on this dense physical world, stuck in their made up fears and humongous ignorance…
Consider his understanding of the resurrection. Jesus didn’t bodily rise from the dead, he says. The first Christians told Jesus’ resurrection story as a parable, not as a fact. “Crucifixion meant that imperial power had won,” Crossan says. “Resurrection meant that divine justice had won. God is on the side of the crucified one. Rome’s’ values are a dead issue to me.”
DT Rebuttal: The fact is by looking at the “make up” of CROSSan’s UCI there is no doubt in my mind that he was a Roman soldier witnessing and killing rebellious villains through crucifixion, and all against his will…He may have also forced to deliver the mortal wound to many other souls ending up on the infamous CROSS – with nailed hands… Indeed following a revolution, Julius Cesar killed a good chunk of the captured slaves (including Spartacus) on the cross and he made sure all roads leading to Rome were loaded with crosses and dead bodies as a solid deterrent for anyone willing against his regime. Crossan was then fighting a regime he was forced to serve and, decades later, he found himself in a similar situation with the Church Inc. Yes indeed history has a very peculiar way to repeat itself through reincarnations.
How about the stories of Jesus’ miracles, like raising the dead or stilling the storm?
Yes Dr. Turi you know better I, John Dominic Crossan as a child, wanted to be a missionary priest as an Irish schoolboy because my Mercury (the mind) is located in the pious sign of Pisces!
Most were parables, too, Crossan says. But there were some exceptions. “I’m completely convinced that Jesus was a major healer,” he says. “I don’t think anybody would talk about Jesus if all he did was talk.” People like to talk about Scripture, but Christians should also know history to understand Jesus, Crossan says.
DT Rebuttal: Indeed Jesus was a healer but could he have been a healer of the mind too? Knowing the future is the reincarnation of the thoughts and thoughts are things, can a well directed thought process affect the atomic structure of anyone’s body and heal it? Gee do I have incredible stories to tell from my numerous patients and students reader…OMG, healing or killing oneself with the mind is so very real and it should be mendatory for all human beings to know about this powerful real “psychic” power! Try http://www.drturi.com/orders3.html#secret you will be amazed.
But was Jesus a “natural” clinical hypnotherapist and studied the subject like I did then? Impossible, two thousand years ago, schools paper and pen were not yet invented! After all there is still the real possibility of UFO interferences “downloading” rare wisdom unto him, like it happened to me…
In Jesus’ time, Rome was forcing many Jewish families into destitution, with high taxes and land seizures. Some Jews advocated violent rebellion, but others opted for non-violent resistance. Jesus called for nonviolent resistance to Rome and just distribution of land and food. He was crucified because he threatened Roman stability — not as a sacrifice to God for humanity’s sins, Crossan says.
DT Rebuttal: This is funny reader, I did not read the content of this article, I read the content and offer you with “rebuttals” all along and read the article with you. And the more I read Crossan’s terminology the more I appreciate my own undeniable perception…I already mentioned above that while Crossan was a roman soldier he was also “pissed off” at the Roman’s abuses against the people.
The very fact that Jesus were forced to deal with Roman “politics” threatened their stability and lead to the savior’s demise. Crossan’s logical side associates with the current Church Inc. manipulation and Cesar’s evil ways to hold on to power. I could say the same thing about my own mission and message, I am also a threat to the Christian Illuminati “status quo” and they “crucified” me their own way by removing me from Wikipedia, Yahoo and many other public websites. Again I had thousands of friends on FB and I am now banned to accept more friends. Thus if you like my work joins us at http://cosmiccode7.ning.com/
If you believe in a God that uses violence to “save” humanity, you’ll start believing that violence is permissible in certain circumstances, such as ******* bombing or invading other countries to spread democracy, Crossan says. The human addiction to violence, though, is so ingrained that even the authors of the New Testament had trouble accepting Jesus’ nonviolence, Crossan says. So they did a little editing.
DT Rebuttal: It is amazing that only a minority of people have enough mind power to actually discern the truth and “religions” deceiving controlling political aims. OK now let me RE write what Crossan truly meant but cannot say, so I also did a little editing… If you believe in a God that uses violence to “save” humanity, you’ll start believing that violence is permissible in certain circumstances, such as ******* bombing or invading other countries to spread democracy and/or Christianity, Crossan says.
Crossan’s proof: Jesus preaches nonviolence at the beginning of the New Testament. By the book of Revelation, he’s leading armies through heaven to kill evildoers. “Christianity both admits and subverts the historical Jesus,” Crossan says.
Remember the most veneered Roman God was Mars “The Lord Of War” and the human (red/blood) addiction to violence, is INGRAINED because of Mars’ location by sign and house. There are no true ways to determine Jesus’ UCI but I can only rely on information I have and not necessarily trust . Jesus was born with Mars in Aries (dignified) and this made him a warrior of the mind. Thus we can only agree to disagree but one thing is sure Jesus, Crossan and I were all born in February.
Medieval Jesus Zodiac
Jesus – Born: February 28, – 6, 3:34 AM in: Bethléem (Israel) Sun: 7°17′ Pisces Moon: 24°57′ Aquarius Ascendant: 12°16′ Capricorn Midheaven: 0°49′ Scorpio
Medieval Jesus Zodiac
But why would Jesus say to his disciples “go to the town and find the man with the WATER PITCHER, the sign of Aquarius to follow the sign of Pisces”… Is it interesting to know that if this birth chart and date is correct Jesus was born February 28th and I was born February 26 – meantime in some ways am I also a warrior of the mind and is my “ministry” dedicated to wisdom, to God and to peace in the world?
All Is That And That Is All
When men realize the church is the universe and the twelve Apostles are the twelve signs of the zodiac, God’s commandments written in Starlight will bring true love, respect peace and harmony to this world. Dr. Turi
Does Crossan subvert Christianity?
Is Crossan doing the same — admitting and subverting Jesus, some wonder? The words “brilliant,” “keen mind” and someone who “loves the Bible” are often used by fellow scholars to describe Crossan. They say he is generous with his time, funny and personally warm. “He has real depth of the soul,” says McCane, the biblical scholar and archaeologist. “He’s spiritual in the best sense of the word. He sees the world as a place where values matter.” Yet some also wonder if he unwittingly gives people an excuse to diminish Jesus’ importance.
DT Rebuttal: Incidentally the Aquarius traits mentioned above seem to fit me like a glove to anyone who knows me personally but I trust my reader to “feel” me through my writings too and chances are they will also perceive my own similar Aquarian qualities. The only difference between us two Aquarius’ is that unlike Crossan, I was not born with Mercury “the mind” in deceiving religious Pisces and refused to ever enter another Church when I first saw the mutilated body of Jesus on the cross. I instinctively knew the place, the story and the aim was evil to the core, and I was only 5 years old. Read more in my book “Beyond The Secret” http://www.drturi.com/books.php
While Crossan was to “act out” his stars and fate early in life, my Mercury (the mind) in Aquarius (the stars) is dignified, and this is brings a huge difference in perception and intuition. Mercury in Pisces is ruled by faith AND UNFOUNDED FICTIONAL STORIES, while Mercury in Aquarius is highly intellectual and able to perceive the spirit’s essence in action per say.
This mean I do not sign of for the codification of thought, books and accepted human created disciplines easily and I was forced by my own UCI (God) to gain the golden keys of truth my own independent way. Crossan sees the world where physical values matter, I see the world where God’s divine spiritual values rule this physical world. And this fact can only be allowed to a minority of blessed souls able to handle life’s and Mars (wars) reality and not only see the world through rose colored Neptunian glasses where only LOVE rules and where only Jesus’ LOVE is the answer.
Ben Witherington, a New Testament scholar who has written several books about the early Christian community, says Crossan’s work allows people to sidestep questions like: Did he come to save the world? Is he the son of God? “It’s a user-friendly Jesus that doesn’t make demands on someone,” he says.
DT Rebuttal: Ben Witherington, a New Testament “academically/ scholarly” educated soul express his latent, undeveloped, non curious, conform logical UCI where Jesus’ truth has been printed, accepted as is and should never be challenged in fear of “going to hell.” Indeed the soul is totally religiously poisoned where reason or critical thinking is inapproachable. These are the innocent lost pious souls knocking your door trying to convince themselves of the truth by convincing you they have the truth.
Witherington says Crossan is trying to find a nonsupernatural way to explain Jesus and Scripture, and “the shoe doesn’t fit.” “The stories are inherently theological,” he says. “They all suggest that God intervenes in history. If you have a problem with the supernatural, you have a problem with the Bible. It’s on every page.”
DT Rebuttal: It amazes me that the very empty souls representing God on earth such as Ben Witherington, New Testament scholar and all others Neptunians are the very least knowledgeable of God’s “supernatural” celestial forces at work. Suggesting that God is intervening in our human history is a fact but the HOW and WHY “supernatural” secrets (or God’s celestial tools) are absolutely foreign to these people. The only problem I have with Ben Witherington is God has a big back and “acts of God” are NOT accidents but God’s celestial supernatural manifestation that humanity has yet to uncover.
One of the most persistent criticisms of Crossan’s work is that he’s turned Jesus into a peasant insurrectionist because his Irish ancestors battled the British Empire. Crossan says growing up Irish “makes you skeptical about empire.” But he says he came of age in the first generation after Irish independence when hatred of the British was not pervasive. Crossan once wrote in his memoir that he learned two things from Irish history: “One, the British did terrible things to the Irish. Two, the Irish, had they the power, would have done equally terrible things to the British (they did it to one another with the British gone).”
DT Rebuttal: Again it is obvious that reading about Ireland and the British political differences baffled Crossan Jupiter (higher learning) in Libra (justice) and with Pluto (investigation) in Cancer (his ancestry.) His sense of justice and Plutonic investigation provides him with a constant flow of spiritual regeneration but what does any religious scholar knows about Astropsychology, astrology, Jesus initial Ministry and God celestial will?
Supporters of Crossan’s work say he’s encouraged ordinary Bible readers to ask tough questions. “He opened up space in popular culture for people to think about the history behind the biblical texts,” says Timothy Beal, author of “The Rise and Fall of the Bible: The Unexpected History of an Accidental Book.” “He invited people back into the texts to question those authoritative sources that have been telling them, ‘This is what the Bible says, and you don’t need to read it to yourself,’ ” Beal says.
DT Rebuttal: I can only hope many of my readers are as spiritually advanced as I am because in my work, history, dialogues and endless articles are saved for future generations that will with time recognize the true “prophetic values” of my Internet legacy. Indeed we are simply witnessing the end of an Age and the birth of a new one, nothing really special as the eternal Universal clock turns in favor of the Age of reason and spiritual freedom.
Indeed the Age of Pisces, the age of illusion, deception, religions, lies, ignorance and fears is coming to an end as we approach the year 2012 . The New Age of Aquarius and its promises for a universal religion based upon love, respect forgiveness, education, freedom love and respect is just around the corner. As much as Crossan opened up space in popular culture for people to think about the history behind the biblical texts my own mission is as, if not more important. I am totally dedicated to humanity spiritual regeneration uncovering the immaculate perception of God’s manifestation on earth. But you see reader it took 77 years for Crossman to finally escape the quick sand of deceiving Neptune and still no Cosmic Consciousness has been established.
Crossan’s life today
His Irish accent remains, but Crossan is now an American citizen. He lives near Orlando, Florida, and spends much of his time traveling to lectures and appearing in religious documentaries.
After spending much of his life in the Roman Catholic Church, Crossan is now an outsider.
He hasn’t joined a church because he says a priest might deny him the sacraments because of his run-ins with church leaders.
“If I attend a local Roman Catholic Church, I would get ****** back into all the debates,” he says. “I don’t want to spend my life fighting Roman Catholicism.”
Crossan has also broken with church tradition by marrying. He married Margaret Dagenais, a university art professor, soon after leaving the priesthood in 1969. She died of a heart attack in 1983.
Today, his current wife, Sarah, is a yoga teacher and photographer. She’s also his partner in travel. Crossan wanted to see the world as a boy. Now he sees it as a man. The two often travel to holy sites, where she takes photos that Crossan later uses in church presentations.
Crossan’s reputation among traditional Christians was so touchy that it initially affected his relationship with her parents, Sarah said.
“We didn’t talk about his work with them,” she says. “They couldn’t handle it. They thought he was so wrong. They loved him as a person, but not his work.”
Crossan said “A lot of people in the first century thought Jesus was saying something so important that they were willing to die for it. If people finish with my books and now see why Pilate executed him and why people died for him, then I’ve done my job.”
Dr. Turi rebuttal: A lot of people in the twentieth century still think Jesus was saying something so important that they are willing to die for it. If people read my books and my Cosmic Code newsletters with an open mind they will appreciate the ministry Jesus was not allowed to fulfill because Pilate executed him before he could introduce humanity to “Our Father In The Heavens”, then I’ve also done my job.”
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18
Christopher P. Brown
Depending on who you talk with ‘being religious’ can be seen as either a good thing or a bad thing. ‘Being religious’ is often a phrase that simply means someone would not give up on something no matter what the provocation, and most people see this as good. But ‘being religious’ can also mean that someone was so blinkered about following a rule that they couldn’t see that what they were doing was at best pointless and at worst harmful.
The thing about religions is that they usually have a set of rules to follow. Those rules are to guide you in making important decisions about life and they enable someone to honour their god.
Jesus was born into the Jewish faith and it is famous for its many rules and regulations – rules which they believe mark the Jewish people out as being God’s chosen people. Of course there is some debate over which rules are relevant for the world today but I’m not going to cover that in this article.
Jesus, in the sermon on the mount (Matthew 5:17) says that he had not come to abolish the Law or the Prophets but to fulfill them. So is Jesus saying that every Christian should still follow the old laws?
I think we have to answer that questions with an annoying answer. The answer is both yes and no.
When Jesus spoke about the “Law and the Prophets” he was talking about the Jewish scriptures and not about specific laws. Jesus does go on to say that we must be more righteous (be better people in the site of God) than anyone else and this implies that some of the law still stands for us.
We should then note that Jesus talked about fulfilling the Law and the Prophets and although Jewish scholars will generally disagree Christians believe that Jesus did just that. Not just in following the rules and regulations but in the way he lived his life.
We haven’t the time here to go in to the details but most Christians believe that not all of the rules in the Old Testament are part of that Law that Jesus is speaking about. Some of the rules are ceremonial, for instance, and apply to the people of the time but not to us today because that ceremony no longer applies. This does get a bit messy so a short article can’t cover it but there are plenty of other places you can get information on this. Christians most definitely believe that the 10 commandments still apply.
But Jesus came to change our relationship with the Law. When Jesus talks about the Law he doesn’t say it no longer applies but he always says that we should do better than just following it. The Law is not followed by simply doing what it says it must become a part of who you are.
Of course this would be near to impossible if God didn’t help. So God sends a helper – himself in the form of the Holy Spirit – to help make that change in us.
So whilst Christianity is a religion Christians are not people who blindly follow a set of rules (or at least they are not supposed to be). Whilst there are still laws that apply we don’t just follow what they say but we attempt (with God’s help) to make them part of who we are. We don’t just do what the rule book says we should do, instead we do better by letting God change us into what we should be. We do this by loving God and loving others.
This is why many Christians will tell you that Christianity is not a religion (as in the following of rules) but is a way of life (as in a way of living that is committed to following God).
Depending on who you talk with ‘being religious’ can be seen as either a good thing or a bad thing. ‘Being religious’ is often a phrase that simply means someone would not give up on something no matter what the provocation, and most people see this as good. But ‘being religious’ can also mean that someone was so blinkered about following a rule that they couldn’t see that what they were doing was at best pointless and at worst harmful.
The thing about religions is that they usually have a set of rules to follow. Those rules are to guide you in making important decisions about life and they enable someone to honour their god.
Jesus was born into the Jewish faith and it is famous for its many rules and regulations – rules which they believe mark the Jewish people out as being God’s chosen people. Of course there is some debate over which rules are relevant for the world today but I’m not going to cover that in this article.
Jesus, in the sermon on the mount (Matthew 5:17) says that he had not come to abolish the Law or the Prophets but to fulfill them. So is Jesus saying that every Christian should still follow the old laws?
I think we have to answer that questions with an annoying answer. The answer is both yes and no.
When Jesus spoke about the “Law and the Prophets” he was talking about the Jewish scriptures and not about specific laws. Jesus does go on to say that we must be more righteous (be better people in the site of God) than anyone else and this implies that some of the law still stands for us.
We should then note that Jesus talked about fulfilling the Law and the Prophets and although Jewish scholars will generally disagree Christians believe that Jesus did just that. Not just in following the rules and regulations but in the way he lived his life.
We haven’t the time here to go in to the details but most Christians believe that not all of the rules in the Old Testament are part of that Law that Jesus is speaking about. Some of the rules are ceremonial, for instance, and apply to the people of the time but not to us today because that ceremony no longer applies. This does get a bit messy so a short article can’t cover it but there are plenty of other places you can get information on this. Christians most definitely believe that the 10 commandments still apply.
But Jesus came to change our relationship with the Law. When Jesus talks about the Law he doesn’t say it no longer applies but he always says that we should do better than just following it. The Law is not followed by simply doing what it says it must become a part of who you are.
Of course this would be near to impossible if God didn’t help. So God sends a helper – himself in the form of the Holy Spirit – to help make that change in us.
So whilst Christianity is a religion Christians are not people who blindly follow a set of rules (or at least they are not supposed to be). Whilst there are still laws that apply we don’t just follow what they say but we attempt (with God’s help) to make them part of who we are. We don’t just do what the rule book says we should do, instead we do better by letting God change us into what we should be. We do this by loving God and loving others.
This is why many Christians will tell you that Christianity is not a religion (as in the following of rules) but is a way of life (as in a way of living that is committed to following God).
Jan
16
10 of the Most Bizarre Mormon Beliefs – Church of Jesus Christ Latter Day Saints
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Alfred Ras
While most religious traditions have beliefs that are considered bizarre by those outside that faith, Mormons seem to have the most beliefs that are routinely rejected by non-Mormons because of their oddness or their ability to be disproved. Here is a countdown of 10 of the most unusual Mormon beliefs.
10. The earth is 7,000 years old. There is no official statement by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints about the age of the earth, but many Mormons (and many Christians of some sects) believe that the age of the earth is on the order of thousands of years rather than billions calculated by widely accepted scientific methods.
9. Mars and Venus have dry rivers. The dry rivers on Mars and Venus were the source of the flowing rivers on earth. The theory is that the dry rivers on Mars and Venus “match” the rivers on Earth and that proves that all three planets were organized from the same source.
8. Dinosaur bones come from other planets. LDS Church Institute instructors teach that fossilized dinosaur bones are from creatures that lived on other worlds that were destroyed in the creation of the earth.
7. Mormon scripture teaches that Cain, who killed his brother Abel, was so evil that God “cursed” him with black skin, thus creating the African race. In a related belief, though the LDS church has deemed any worthy male to be part of the priesthood, black males were not recognized in this capacity until 1978.
6. In cases of the sin of murder, the murder of the sinner and the mixing of his blood with the earth bring forgiveness. In 1977 after the U.S. Supreme Court reinstated the death penalty, Gary Gilmore chose to be executed by firing squad in Utah due to his belief in blood atonement.
5. In 1960, The Prophet Spencer W. Kimball taught that when Native Americans become Mormons their skin turns white. He said “The [Indian] children in the home placement program in Utah are often lighter than their brothers and sisters in the hogans on the reservation.”
4. Also on the subject of Native Americans, the preface to the Book of Mormon from 1981 indicates that descendents of Lehi are a “remnant of the House of Israel” and were ancestors to American Indians. However, the DNA of Native Americans indicates an Asian origin.
3. When a marriage is sealed in the Temple, a husband can know his wife’s celestial name, but she cannot know his. This is so that if he so chooses, he can resurrect her after her death by calling her celestial name.
2. Mormons believe that after the resurrection, Jesus visited America and there he performed miracles and taught.
1. Kolub is a star mentioned in the Book of Abraham as being closest to the throne of God. The Book of Abraham is canonized by the LDS church, Mormon fundamentalist organizations, and other LDS sects. Kolub inspired “Kobol” in Mormon Glen A. Larson’s Battlestar Galactica universe.
While most religious traditions have beliefs that are considered bizarre by those outside that faith, Mormons seem to have the most beliefs that are routinely rejected by non-Mormons because of their oddness or their ability to be disproved. Here is a countdown of 10 of the most unusual Mormon beliefs.
10. The earth is 7,000 years old. There is no official statement by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints about the age of the earth, but many Mormons (and many Christians of some sects) believe that the age of the earth is on the order of thousands of years rather than billions calculated by widely accepted scientific methods.
9. Mars and Venus have dry rivers. The dry rivers on Mars and Venus were the source of the flowing rivers on earth. The theory is that the dry rivers on Mars and Venus “match” the rivers on Earth and that proves that all three planets were organized from the same source.
8. Dinosaur bones come from other planets. LDS Church Institute instructors teach that fossilized dinosaur bones are from creatures that lived on other worlds that were destroyed in the creation of the earth.
7. Mormon scripture teaches that Cain, who killed his brother Abel, was so evil that God “cursed” him with black skin, thus creating the African race. In a related belief, though the LDS church has deemed any worthy male to be part of the priesthood, black males were not recognized in this capacity until 1978.
6. In cases of the sin of murder, the murder of the sinner and the mixing of his blood with the earth bring forgiveness. In 1977 after the U.S. Supreme Court reinstated the death penalty, Gary Gilmore chose to be executed by firing squad in Utah due to his belief in blood atonement.
5. In 1960, The Prophet Spencer W. Kimball taught that when Native Americans become Mormons their skin turns white. He said “The [Indian] children in the home placement program in Utah are often lighter than their brothers and sisters in the hogans on the reservation.”
4. Also on the subject of Native Americans, the preface to the Book of Mormon from 1981 indicates that descendents of Lehi are a “remnant of the House of Israel” and were ancestors to American Indians. However, the DNA of Native Americans indicates an Asian origin.
3. When a marriage is sealed in the Temple, a husband can know his wife’s celestial name, but she cannot know his. This is so that if he so chooses, he can resurrect her after her death by calling her celestial name.
2. Mormons believe that after the resurrection, Jesus visited America and there he performed miracles and taught.
1. Kolub is a star mentioned in the Book of Abraham as being closest to the throne of God. The Book of Abraham is canonized by the LDS church, Mormon fundamentalist organizations, and other LDS sects. Kolub inspired “Kobol” in Mormon Glen A. Larson’s Battlestar Galactica universe.
Jan
13
Jesus With the Poor
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Mick Lorimer
You might immediately think this is the story of the rich young ruler, but it is not. If you go back to verse 22, you will see Jesus is addressing His disciples.
If He is addressing His disciples and I want to be a disciple then He is addressing me. So I began to think, what do I possess? I own a coat, a car, my kid’s clothes, etc. These are things we need. Renting them is not an option.
On the surface this looks like a stupid statement, but the Jesus I know does not make stupid statements. There must be more to this than I am seeing.
I began to read commentaries and really try to think this through, but nothing could resolve this statement into a logical, meaningful message.
I ran across the story of Tolstoy, who was a wealthy Russian who converted to Christianity and sold all his stuff and gave it to the poor. After a short while the poor had consumed everything and all was gone. Also, the employees of his old farm were all miserable because the new owners were not as benevolent as Tolstoy.
I did not find meaning, I found proof! This is a stupid statement!
Jesus with the poor.
So I yelled at the Holy Spirit. He is supposed to be my teacher and I needed teaching. Immediately this thought came into my mind (not words in my ears, but a thought in my head), “God owns everything, we merely manage.”
Putting these two thoughts together brings us a new question. If I am living as if God owns everything and I merely manage, then what is it I own that I need to sell? Nothing!
And if I am not living this way, then what is my instruction?
Sell what you think you own, because it has become an idol to you.
What do I do with the proceeds of the sale?
Give it away, so that you don’t get tempted to buy something else that you think you own and fall back into the same idolatrous trap.
It is all about ownership. Who is in charge? Looking at the following verse Jesus says, “by doing this we will lay up treasure in Heaven.” This is not a one for one exchange where the people who give the most on earth will get the most in Heaven. It is an attitude of how to live, which is equally available and equally beneficial to us all.
Jesus with the poor has educated me on the correct attitude toward giving.
You might immediately think this is the story of the rich young ruler, but it is not. If you go back to verse 22, you will see Jesus is addressing His disciples.
If He is addressing His disciples and I want to be a disciple then He is addressing me. So I began to think, what do I possess? I own a coat, a car, my kid’s clothes, etc. These are things we need. Renting them is not an option.
On the surface this looks like a stupid statement, but the Jesus I know does not make stupid statements. There must be more to this than I am seeing.
I began to read commentaries and really try to think this through, but nothing could resolve this statement into a logical, meaningful message.
I ran across the story of Tolstoy, who was a wealthy Russian who converted to Christianity and sold all his stuff and gave it to the poor. After a short while the poor had consumed everything and all was gone. Also, the employees of his old farm were all miserable because the new owners were not as benevolent as Tolstoy.
I did not find meaning, I found proof! This is a stupid statement!
Jesus with the poor.
So I yelled at the Holy Spirit. He is supposed to be my teacher and I needed teaching. Immediately this thought came into my mind (not words in my ears, but a thought in my head), “God owns everything, we merely manage.”
Putting these two thoughts together brings us a new question. If I am living as if God owns everything and I merely manage, then what is it I own that I need to sell? Nothing!
And if I am not living this way, then what is my instruction?
Sell what you think you own, because it has become an idol to you.
What do I do with the proceeds of the sale?
Give it away, so that you don’t get tempted to buy something else that you think you own and fall back into the same idolatrous trap.
It is all about ownership. Who is in charge? Looking at the following verse Jesus says, “by doing this we will lay up treasure in Heaven.” This is not a one for one exchange where the people who give the most on earth will get the most in Heaven. It is an attitude of how to live, which is equally available and equally beneficial to us all.
Jesus with the poor has educated me on the correct attitude toward giving.
Jan
13
Eckhart Tolle Quotes Jesus on the Cross – Forgiveness and Unconsciousness – Awakening to God’s Love
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Paul Davis
During his online class with Oprah reviewing chapter 5 of his book A New Earth, Eckhart Tolle quoted Jesus concerning forgiveness and unconsciousness among people who are spiritually wayward.
Tolle: “Jesus on the cross said it all when He says, ‘Forgive them for they know not what they do.’ Which means they are unconscious. So when you realize that you naturally forgive.”
Tolle mentions a unique insight when referring to the words of Christ. Jesus could see that the people were being influenced and governed by a spirit other than God’s Holy Spirit. Therefore Jesus could see beyond their dysfunction and immorality. Christ knew they were not being led by the Holy Spirit, but were driven by evil spirits and self-willed agendas to fulfill their own lusts (or the lusts of the spirits driving them).
God who is love certainly doesn’t give man a spirit to kill innocent human beings, as did the Romans and Jews who slayed Christ.
Jesus said of the devil, “He was a murderer from the beginning” (John 8:44). The Lord Jesus recognized what spirit people were of and being led by often.
Jesus said to the scribes and Pharisees, “You are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father you will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaks a lie, he speaks of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it” (John 8:44).
Jesus even rebuked His own disciples on one occasion when they thought to kill and take vengeance into their own hands.
When some people rejected Jesus, His disciples became angry and said, “Lord, will you allow us to command fire to come down from heaven and consume them, even as Elijah did?” (Luke 9:54)
Jesus sternly rebuked them saying, “You don’t know what manner of spirit you are of. For the Son of man is not come to destroy men’s lives, but to save them” (Luke 9:55-56).
Jesus knew and exemplified the heart of God to humanity, which was unconditional love and acceptance. Therefore Christ could lovingly look beyond people’s sin and draw them to Him. This is the essence of forgiveness, seeing people through the eyes and heart of a loving God.
During his online class with Oprah reviewing chapter 5 of his book A New Earth, Eckhart Tolle quoted Jesus concerning forgiveness and unconsciousness among people who are spiritually wayward.
Tolle: “Jesus on the cross said it all when He says, ‘Forgive them for they know not what they do.’ Which means they are unconscious. So when you realize that you naturally forgive.”
Tolle mentions a unique insight when referring to the words of Christ. Jesus could see that the people were being influenced and governed by a spirit other than God’s Holy Spirit. Therefore Jesus could see beyond their dysfunction and immorality. Christ knew they were not being led by the Holy Spirit, but were driven by evil spirits and self-willed agendas to fulfill their own lusts (or the lusts of the spirits driving them).
God who is love certainly doesn’t give man a spirit to kill innocent human beings, as did the Romans and Jews who slayed Christ.
Jesus said of the devil, “He was a murderer from the beginning” (John 8:44). The Lord Jesus recognized what spirit people were of and being led by often.
Jesus said to the scribes and Pharisees, “You are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father you will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaks a lie, he speaks of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it” (John 8:44).
Jesus even rebuked His own disciples on one occasion when they thought to kill and take vengeance into their own hands.
When some people rejected Jesus, His disciples became angry and said, “Lord, will you allow us to command fire to come down from heaven and consume them, even as Elijah did?” (Luke 9:54)
Jesus sternly rebuked them saying, “You don’t know what manner of spirit you are of. For the Son of man is not come to destroy men’s lives, but to save them” (Luke 9:55-56).
Jesus knew and exemplified the heart of God to humanity, which was unconditional love and acceptance. Therefore Christ could lovingly look beyond people’s sin and draw them to Him. This is the essence of forgiveness, seeing people through the eyes and heart of a loving God.
Jan
12
Prayer of Gratitude to Jesus Christ, My Savior and Promise Keeper
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Jan
11
Linda Dipman
It’s a bird. . It’s a plane. . No! It’s Jesus Christ, Superman, Savior of the world! “Roll the stone away, Lazarus come out!” Commanded Jesus. Immediately Lazarus walked out from his rocky crypt pulling the grave clothes away from His face while taking a deep gulp of fresh air.
John 11: 45-48, “Many of the people who had come to visit Mary saw what Jesus did, and they believed in him. But some of them returned to the Pharisees and told them what Jesus had done. So the Pharisees and the chief priests met with the Council and said, ‘What shall we do? Look at all the miracles this man is performing! If we let him go on in this way, everyone will believe in him, and the Roman authorities will take action and destroy our Temple and our nation!’”
Jesus Christ, Superman, had once again demonstrated His miraculous powers. Even Lazarus, being dead for four days, couldn’t stop Him from accomplishing His mission to show the world what He could do if only they would place their faith in Him.
All the people were astonished at His powers and celebrated Lazarus’ return from the dead. There were still those who loved the world and refused to believe that Jesus was the chosen Messiah. They wanted to control their own lives in this world. They didn’t need or want a Savior! They wanted to be in charge.
The power struggle that ensued, stirred the unseen wicked spiritual forces of Satan. They forced their thoughts into the minds of the Pharisees determined to put Jesus to death.
John 11: 46-52, “One of them, named Caiaphas, who was High Priest that year, said, ‘What fools you are! Don’t you realize that it is better for you to have one man die for the people, instead of having the whole nation destroyed?’ Actually, he did not say this of his own accord; rather, as he was High Priest that year, he was prophesying that Jesus was going to die for the Jewish people, and not only for them, but also to bring together into one body all the scattered people of God.”
The stage was set and the plot against Jesus thickened. Now Jesus Christ, Superman, would give His life so that all people would have the opportunity to believe in Him and be saved from a lost and fallen world of darkness and evil.
Lazarus’ miraculous recovery changed from that of victory to one of secrecy and hiding. Now Jesus could no longer speak in the temple. Satan’s desire was to defeat Him and bring an end to Jesus’ teaching of truth.
Just the same, Jesus had more work to do in order to convince the world why they needed Him. He had to teach His disciples how believing in Him would help them to see through the darkness that Satan placed into every man’s life.
Jesus had to become the beacon of light that would shine brightly throughout the entire world and fill the hearts of God’s children with the wonder working power of the Holy Spirit. To believe in Jesus is to unleash the greatest power man has ever known.
The inner voice of the Holy Spirit would teach them the rules to the game of life. A voice of good that changes people and makes them radiant love and reflect a Spirit of purity that spurs others to desire what they have.
The Passover Festival was about to begin and Jesus had no choice but to go to Jerusalem. He did not go in secret this time, instead He road as a humble servant of God on the foal of a donkey.
The celebration that filled Jerusalem compelled all people to grab palm branches and cast their cloaks onto the ground. Jesus came in victory displaying before all people that God’s way is better than how men perceived the Messiah would come.
God desired for Jesus to be a soldier who would never fight a man made war. Jesus was a Savior that would go beyond this world and fight against the spiritual forces of the unseen heavenly kingdom. He would be the mediator for all people who would ask Him for help so they could fight the ultimate war found in the game of life.
Each person who was born a man would be given a task that went beyond an earthly battle. It was a war that took place in the minds of men. A war of Satan coming up against an equal force of godly men who would fight the human battles with faith and love.
John 15: 12-14, “My commandment is this: love one another, just as I love you. The greatest love a person can have for his friends is to give his life for them. And you are my friends if you do what I command you.”
Now the world and how people live in the world is radically different. We are now God’s soldiers doing battle against every bad thing that happens in the world. We carry our crosses just like Jesus and we fight against the plagues of the world found in illnesses, like cancer.
We are unleashed into the world so we can show people we are not even afraid to die. Death has no fear over us because we believe that this world is temporary. Our faith in Jesus Christ gives us the ability to hold in our arms children who have aids. Even when the child is sweating from the fever that has engulfed his body releasing the toxins that put the disease into his tiny body in the first place and exposing us to the disease.
Believing in Jesus’ supernatural power brings healing and miracles into our life so we can stand strong as a warriors determined to love the homeless and the drug addicts of the world. We are not afraid!
We don’t judge the weaknesses found in every man because we love our neighbors as ourselves. When we give to others we understand that the suffering that person is going through could be us. Having this knowledge allows us to forgive and live our lives just how Christ lived as a humble servant. A servant who was just as susceptible to suffering as anyone else.
John 15: 18-21, “‘If the world hates you, just remember that it has hated me first. If you belonged to the world, then the world would love you as its own. But I chose you from the world, and you do not belong to it; that is why the world hates you. Remember what I told you: “No slave is greater than his master.” If they persecuted me, they will persecute you too; if they obeyed my teaching, they will obey yours too. But they will do all this to you because you are mine; for they do not know the one who sent me.’”
Suddenly the greatest game that will ever be played takes form, revealing to man the truth over the condition of the world. Anyone who fights for God will suffer persecution just as Jesus. For our fight is against more than man. Our fight is with the spiritual forces of evil and its desire to force all men to live in the world for Satan!
From the very first sin of Adam, a game formed. When Adam and Eve desired to become like God they forced all men into the valley of the biggest decision they would ever make. A life game that was geared to teach them the difference between right and wrong. In order for truth to be revealed all people had to be presented with a choice that would lead to a test.
Satan represented the wrong choices. Evil found in greed, sexual immorality, sickness, death, the desire for power, thinking evil about others, war, poverty, murder, and injustices of all kinds. God is the opposite from Satan revealing the value of being a servant. Showing us that love is better than ****. Giving is better that receiving and abiding by goodness is the ultimate goal for each person’s life.
Jesus brought a new light of understanding before all people. His truth about how the world works gives power to an individuals life so they can stand up against evil and win the world for good.
Lazarus rose from the grave so Jesus could prove to us that we can have the same power over death. Death was Satan’s control over people, but life is what we receive when we stop thinking like weak human beings and believe in the miracle working power that is available to all those who place their faith in Christ.
Jesus Christ Superman, was the ultimate Savior of the world. His message was that of love. His goal was to give His life so others would have the power to conquer the world game of life for God and good. Our reward is an eternity in heaven!
To be a miracle working Superman is to believe in the unseen and to know that our lives are more than the physical and concrete of our present day world. We must take up whatever cross of suffering we must bear and believe with faith that we can win our individual game for Jesus Christ.
It’s a bird. . It’s a plane. . No! It’s Jesus Christ, Superman, Savior of the world! “Roll the stone away, Lazarus come out!” Commanded Jesus. Immediately Lazarus walked out from his rocky crypt pulling the grave clothes away from His face while taking a deep gulp of fresh air.
John 11: 45-48, “Many of the people who had come to visit Mary saw what Jesus did, and they believed in him. But some of them returned to the Pharisees and told them what Jesus had done. So the Pharisees and the chief priests met with the Council and said, ‘What shall we do? Look at all the miracles this man is performing! If we let him go on in this way, everyone will believe in him, and the Roman authorities will take action and destroy our Temple and our nation!’”
Jesus Christ, Superman, had once again demonstrated His miraculous powers. Even Lazarus, being dead for four days, couldn’t stop Him from accomplishing His mission to show the world what He could do if only they would place their faith in Him.
All the people were astonished at His powers and celebrated Lazarus’ return from the dead. There were still those who loved the world and refused to believe that Jesus was the chosen Messiah. They wanted to control their own lives in this world. They didn’t need or want a Savior! They wanted to be in charge.
The power struggle that ensued, stirred the unseen wicked spiritual forces of Satan. They forced their thoughts into the minds of the Pharisees determined to put Jesus to death.
John 11: 46-52, “One of them, named Caiaphas, who was High Priest that year, said, ‘What fools you are! Don’t you realize that it is better for you to have one man die for the people, instead of having the whole nation destroyed?’ Actually, he did not say this of his own accord; rather, as he was High Priest that year, he was prophesying that Jesus was going to die for the Jewish people, and not only for them, but also to bring together into one body all the scattered people of God.”
The stage was set and the plot against Jesus thickened. Now Jesus Christ, Superman, would give His life so that all people would have the opportunity to believe in Him and be saved from a lost and fallen world of darkness and evil.
Lazarus’ miraculous recovery changed from that of victory to one of secrecy and hiding. Now Jesus could no longer speak in the temple. Satan’s desire was to defeat Him and bring an end to Jesus’ teaching of truth.
Just the same, Jesus had more work to do in order to convince the world why they needed Him. He had to teach His disciples how believing in Him would help them to see through the darkness that Satan placed into every man’s life.
Jesus had to become the beacon of light that would shine brightly throughout the entire world and fill the hearts of God’s children with the wonder working power of the Holy Spirit. To believe in Jesus is to unleash the greatest power man has ever known.
The inner voice of the Holy Spirit would teach them the rules to the game of life. A voice of good that changes people and makes them radiant love and reflect a Spirit of purity that spurs others to desire what they have.
The Passover Festival was about to begin and Jesus had no choice but to go to Jerusalem. He did not go in secret this time, instead He road as a humble servant of God on the foal of a donkey.
The celebration that filled Jerusalem compelled all people to grab palm branches and cast their cloaks onto the ground. Jesus came in victory displaying before all people that God’s way is better than how men perceived the Messiah would come.
God desired for Jesus to be a soldier who would never fight a man made war. Jesus was a Savior that would go beyond this world and fight against the spiritual forces of the unseen heavenly kingdom. He would be the mediator for all people who would ask Him for help so they could fight the ultimate war found in the game of life.
Each person who was born a man would be given a task that went beyond an earthly battle. It was a war that took place in the minds of men. A war of Satan coming up against an equal force of godly men who would fight the human battles with faith and love.
John 15: 12-14, “My commandment is this: love one another, just as I love you. The greatest love a person can have for his friends is to give his life for them. And you are my friends if you do what I command you.”
Now the world and how people live in the world is radically different. We are now God’s soldiers doing battle against every bad thing that happens in the world. We carry our crosses just like Jesus and we fight against the plagues of the world found in illnesses, like cancer.
We are unleashed into the world so we can show people we are not even afraid to die. Death has no fear over us because we believe that this world is temporary. Our faith in Jesus Christ gives us the ability to hold in our arms children who have aids. Even when the child is sweating from the fever that has engulfed his body releasing the toxins that put the disease into his tiny body in the first place and exposing us to the disease.
Believing in Jesus’ supernatural power brings healing and miracles into our life so we can stand strong as a warriors determined to love the homeless and the drug addicts of the world. We are not afraid!
We don’t judge the weaknesses found in every man because we love our neighbors as ourselves. When we give to others we understand that the suffering that person is going through could be us. Having this knowledge allows us to forgive and live our lives just how Christ lived as a humble servant. A servant who was just as susceptible to suffering as anyone else.
John 15: 18-21, “‘If the world hates you, just remember that it has hated me first. If you belonged to the world, then the world would love you as its own. But I chose you from the world, and you do not belong to it; that is why the world hates you. Remember what I told you: “No slave is greater than his master.” If they persecuted me, they will persecute you too; if they obeyed my teaching, they will obey yours too. But they will do all this to you because you are mine; for they do not know the one who sent me.’”
Suddenly the greatest game that will ever be played takes form, revealing to man the truth over the condition of the world. Anyone who fights for God will suffer persecution just as Jesus. For our fight is against more than man. Our fight is with the spiritual forces of evil and its desire to force all men to live in the world for Satan!
From the very first sin of Adam, a game formed. When Adam and Eve desired to become like God they forced all men into the valley of the biggest decision they would ever make. A life game that was geared to teach them the difference between right and wrong. In order for truth to be revealed all people had to be presented with a choice that would lead to a test.
Satan represented the wrong choices. Evil found in greed, sexual immorality, sickness, death, the desire for power, thinking evil about others, war, poverty, murder, and injustices of all kinds. God is the opposite from Satan revealing the value of being a servant. Showing us that love is better than ****. Giving is better that receiving and abiding by goodness is the ultimate goal for each person’s life.
Jesus brought a new light of understanding before all people. His truth about how the world works gives power to an individuals life so they can stand up against evil and win the world for good.
Lazarus rose from the grave so Jesus could prove to us that we can have the same power over death. Death was Satan’s control over people, but life is what we receive when we stop thinking like weak human beings and believe in the miracle working power that is available to all those who place their faith in Christ.
Jesus Christ Superman, was the ultimate Savior of the world. His message was that of love. His goal was to give His life so others would have the power to conquer the world game of life for God and good. Our reward is an eternity in heaven!
To be a miracle working Superman is to believe in the unseen and to know that our lives are more than the physical and concrete of our present day world. We must take up whatever cross of suffering we must bear and believe with faith that we can win our individual game for Jesus Christ.
Jan
9
Religion, Christmas, and Jesus
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David Cox
The Revolutionary That Saved Christmas
We live in a stoic world, we are a cynical people and who can blame us? Living in a plastic artificial existence, a world of special effects of Penn & Teller of David Copperfield and such. Blockbuster movies of wizards and goblins, space aliens and talking mechanical monsters. So then, who can blame us for becoming jaded?
Especially at this time of year with the crass commercialism of Santa, Rudolph and any other damn thing they can come up with to sell electric razors, toothpaste or Antonio Banderas cologne and now even boxes of condensed chicken broth. Just to imagine how this product is manufactured is enough to turn the stomach. But boxes of condensed chicken broth make the point exactly. A fraud, an imitation of a life that we are trying to pretend that we live, the microwaved home cooked meals just like mother used to nuke.
Irradiated meat, non-fat margarine with an ingredient list half of which you couldn’t pronounce let alone spell. A virtual smorgasbord of unfathomable chemistry that we use to replace churned cream because we are watching our waistline.
It would be easy enough to point the finger of blame at capitalism but pundits praise the bounty and shout, “Amen let us shout Amen! Hallelujah praise his name!” But what I want to talk to you about today my dear dear friends about is Jesus! I’m not content to just walk the minefields of politics, yes my dear dear friends lets step into the deep doo doo of religion or the lack there of. But before we do we must prepare ourselves and cleanse ourselves from the heathen religious beliefs that have convinced millions of us that if only we build a grander alter to God then by God its gonna be all right.
Friends! I want the congregation today to open their Bibles and with their Jesus loves you black magic markers pens to begin on the first page. To ask yourselves friends, what would Jesus do? Jesus would start by blacking out everything in the Bible that he didn’t say. Jesus wouldn’t get half way through it before he threw it down as nonsense. Now before you start gassing up them flaming crosses let me explain.
Try and use your stoic side, the side that says less filling not the side that says tastes great! And all you atheist out there in the crowd stop rolling your eyes, for brothers and sisters I was one with you! I walked among you. I have no intention of trying to proselytize I want you to pretend that this is all part of a made up Hollywood movie in a distant galaxy far far away and the parts of R2D2 and CPO3 will be played by flawed mortal humans.
In the Jewish tradition Rabbi’s (teachers/ Jedi’s) spoke in parables. You told them of your troubles and they answered you with another story about someone else in trouble. To make you understand that your situation wasn’t unique and our common troubles connect us in the human existence.
But these people were under the domination and oppressed by the dark empire. Their cities were occupied and their prophecies foretold of a savior who would come with the uncircumcised federation and with light sabers and space fighters to destroy the death star. Just like us in our 21st century boxed chicken broth society they were waiting for a Hollywood savior, a savior their corpulent religious leaders told them that was a coming, now open those checkbooks and show Jesus just how much you love him.
Instead they got a parable, Instead of a savior to destroy the death star they got a revolutionary, a Che Guevera who came with the sword of truth in hand to destroy not the death star but the religious orthodoxy.
So we begin our story with the young Che disappearing in the big city to be found talking with the Religious elders at the temple. The leaders are taken by his knowledge and his wisdom but what does this say as a parable? That he would listen and hear them out but also that these where the things a child would do and accept. The leaders admired his mind and his knowledge only so long as it agreed with their orthodoxy so that when they condemned him it would be known that it for his ideas.
We next find our young revolutionary walking the streets preaching that salvation is not found in the temple. But not only that he was preaching it to non-Jews! Time out; flag on the play that’s not allowed. In the filthy unsanitized biblical world it was considered unpious for a Rabbi to even have contact with these people let alone proselytize to them. Then he goes and recruits them as his chosen and refers to them as brothers! Greek, Samaritans being called brothers in the context of times and local traditions it could be considered nothing less than insanity.
Had he stayed there calling non Jews his brothers he could have been laughed off as a harmless nut. But then he went to the temple and despite all his talk of peace and love he goes all rainbow warrior on them. Sacking the merchants and the gift shop, merchants who where just trying to make sure you had all your religious needs available for your salvation at everyday low low prices. This guy goes nuts on them, perhaps they think, this guy is a red sympathizer with communist beliefs.
So with Carl Rove tactics they seek to trip him up, “Say there Che should we pay our taxes to the Vader?” In one sentence he blew up the death star, “Render unto Vader the things which are Vader’s, and unto God the things that are God’s” and the crowd said, “Oh, **** he’s done done it now!” A separation between church and state? You mean God doesn’t want my shekels and kopecks and denier? That God doesn’t care what corner of this forsaken mud ball I live on?
So then this left leaning hippie with communist sympathies goes out breaking dietary restrictions. “Say there Che you know, you’re not supposed to be eating that right now.” To which our hero replied, “Not that which goeth into the mouth defileth a man; but that which cometh out of the mouth, this defileth a man.” Gosh that was profound wasn’t it? That’s Bible speak for why don’t you shut up and mind your own business. Clearly heresy and impolite to boot!
It says a lot about our hero it speaks to his character that he had infinite patience for those whom he thought he might could reach but to ideologues in love with religious rules and regulations he says stick it where the pharos can’t reach it. Then when he shows up at the temple, oh what did that scene look like? “Shhh, just ignore him and maybe he will go away.” The he goes to read to them, “Just ignore him give him his five minutes and then he’s out of here.”
So Che goes up on the alter and says, “Wow! What a great room, this place must have cost you a fortune and all you rich folks got the best seats and skyboxes and everything. I mean wow, what a room but have you noticed that there is a whole world out there? A whole world outside of this great gig you got going on in here people suffering and hungry but man what a room! Would you all do me a favor? Just stay in here because this is where you belong this is where your faith belongs inside this pretty little room.
To say they were angry with him is an understatement even the insurance salesman and stockbrokers wouldn’t talk to him. They took his picture down off the new member’s bulletin board and they didn’t even offer him a church bulletin so he could get half off at Denny’s But was our revolutionary smiling when he left the building? I think he was, if not laughing at telling off the stuff shirts the self-righteous.
Then the rich man came to Che and asked, “Dude, this is really cool how can I join you guys?”
Che elbowed John in the ribs and gave Simon Peter a wink and then said unto him, go and talk to Thomas about the paperwork and then go give all your money to poor and then after you’ve done that come on back and we’ll teach you the secret handshake. And they laughed at the rich man all the way down the road to Jerusalem
To lepers and tax collectors and even an adulterous woman at the well he goes not to condemn them but to commune with them. He scoffs at the rich and powerful and when taken before Vader he says you can freeze me into a wall hanging if you like but I’m not backing down to you. Vader then turns him back over to the orthodoxy that are upset at this point because Vader won’t kill him.
Vader explains, “He’s obnoxious all right but he’s not threat to my empire. But Vader they implore, we want him dead and we’ve got to make it look like it was your idea otherwise folks might get the idea that we killed him because he was a threat to our phony baloney jobs.”
“I find no fault in him.”
“Vader we can’t kill him, can’t you just make something up? He did make ugly remarks about your voice box you know.”
“Well all right, just this once but you guys owe me!”
So it was that Che was put to death for preaching the gospel of food for the poor and treatment for the sick. Of brotherhood among all peoples and the equality of all mankind. That it was the rich and those whose piety segregated them from the people they claimed to serve that he would rebuke. That war was the ultimate sin against God not sometimes but every time. That his soldiers were in the service of peace, for he would fight for the poor but he wouldn’t allow his followers even to fight for him.
Rather than a leather bound dogma of orthodoxy just one lonely commandment. Love one another as I have loved you. To understand each other’s sufferings and to be compassionate towards them. To remember whom God loves and who God hates. That despite for the most part this revolutionaries message being cloaked and usurped by the church it is still there for us if you look for it.
If you don’t want to believe that Jesus was the Son of God or not it really doesn’t matter. No matter if Luke blows up Vader, as they are both parables. Jesus called himself the son of man, was he the son of man? Did he stand up against all the powers of the earth in the name of justice for the poor? Was he willing to be beat down and murdered rather than renounce them?
Did he inspire the revolutionaries that followed him? In the parable of his crucifixion Christ walks the street beaten but defiant dragging a heavy cross to his death. Past hundreds of people, some mocking him, some ignoring him but none save one offering to give him a drink and wipe his brow. A parable of truth, Christian, Muslim, Atheist or Jew that you will make few friends trying to change the world. That only by trying to save each other can we save ourselves. That is the message of the revolutionary that saved Christmas.
Not the boxed ready-made chicken broth religious message that we are served up on a daily basis. Of a poor hungry shivering infant living in squalor two thousand years ago but the poor hungry shivering infant living in squalor tonight. But the orthodox rejoice and say I want to be here when Jesus returns to which I say I don’t think you’ve thought that through clearly enough.
The Revolutionary That Saved Christmas
We live in a stoic world, we are a cynical people and who can blame us? Living in a plastic artificial existence, a world of special effects of Penn & Teller of David Copperfield and such. Blockbuster movies of wizards and goblins, space aliens and talking mechanical monsters. So then, who can blame us for becoming jaded?
Especially at this time of year with the crass commercialism of Santa, Rudolph and any other damn thing they can come up with to sell electric razors, toothpaste or Antonio Banderas cologne and now even boxes of condensed chicken broth. Just to imagine how this product is manufactured is enough to turn the stomach. But boxes of condensed chicken broth make the point exactly. A fraud, an imitation of a life that we are trying to pretend that we live, the microwaved home cooked meals just like mother used to nuke.
Irradiated meat, non-fat margarine with an ingredient list half of which you couldn’t pronounce let alone spell. A virtual smorgasbord of unfathomable chemistry that we use to replace churned cream because we are watching our waistline.
It would be easy enough to point the finger of blame at capitalism but pundits praise the bounty and shout, “Amen let us shout Amen! Hallelujah praise his name!” But what I want to talk to you about today my dear dear friends about is Jesus! I’m not content to just walk the minefields of politics, yes my dear dear friends lets step into the deep doo doo of religion or the lack there of. But before we do we must prepare ourselves and cleanse ourselves from the heathen religious beliefs that have convinced millions of us that if only we build a grander alter to God then by God its gonna be all right.
Friends! I want the congregation today to open their Bibles and with their Jesus loves you black magic markers pens to begin on the first page. To ask yourselves friends, what would Jesus do? Jesus would start by blacking out everything in the Bible that he didn’t say. Jesus wouldn’t get half way through it before he threw it down as nonsense. Now before you start gassing up them flaming crosses let me explain.
Try and use your stoic side, the side that says less filling not the side that says tastes great! And all you atheist out there in the crowd stop rolling your eyes, for brothers and sisters I was one with you! I walked among you. I have no intention of trying to proselytize I want you to pretend that this is all part of a made up Hollywood movie in a distant galaxy far far away and the parts of R2D2 and CPO3 will be played by flawed mortal humans.
In the Jewish tradition Rabbi’s (teachers/ Jedi’s) spoke in parables. You told them of your troubles and they answered you with another story about someone else in trouble. To make you understand that your situation wasn’t unique and our common troubles connect us in the human existence.
But these people were under the domination and oppressed by the dark empire. Their cities were occupied and their prophecies foretold of a savior who would come with the uncircumcised federation and with light sabers and space fighters to destroy the death star. Just like us in our 21st century boxed chicken broth society they were waiting for a Hollywood savior, a savior their corpulent religious leaders told them that was a coming, now open those checkbooks and show Jesus just how much you love him.
Instead they got a parable, Instead of a savior to destroy the death star they got a revolutionary, a Che Guevera who came with the sword of truth in hand to destroy not the death star but the religious orthodoxy.
So we begin our story with the young Che disappearing in the big city to be found talking with the Religious elders at the temple. The leaders are taken by his knowledge and his wisdom but what does this say as a parable? That he would listen and hear them out but also that these where the things a child would do and accept. The leaders admired his mind and his knowledge only so long as it agreed with their orthodoxy so that when they condemned him it would be known that it for his ideas.
We next find our young revolutionary walking the streets preaching that salvation is not found in the temple. But not only that he was preaching it to non-Jews! Time out; flag on the play that’s not allowed. In the filthy unsanitized biblical world it was considered unpious for a Rabbi to even have contact with these people let alone proselytize to them. Then he goes and recruits them as his chosen and refers to them as brothers! Greek, Samaritans being called brothers in the context of times and local traditions it could be considered nothing less than insanity.
Had he stayed there calling non Jews his brothers he could have been laughed off as a harmless nut. But then he went to the temple and despite all his talk of peace and love he goes all rainbow warrior on them. Sacking the merchants and the gift shop, merchants who where just trying to make sure you had all your religious needs available for your salvation at everyday low low prices. This guy goes nuts on them, perhaps they think, this guy is a red sympathizer with communist beliefs.
So with Carl Rove tactics they seek to trip him up, “Say there Che should we pay our taxes to the Vader?” In one sentence he blew up the death star, “Render unto Vader the things which are Vader’s, and unto God the things that are God’s” and the crowd said, “Oh, **** he’s done done it now!” A separation between church and state? You mean God doesn’t want my shekels and kopecks and denier? That God doesn’t care what corner of this forsaken mud ball I live on?
So then this left leaning hippie with communist sympathies goes out breaking dietary restrictions. “Say there Che you know, you’re not supposed to be eating that right now.” To which our hero replied, “Not that which goeth into the mouth defileth a man; but that which cometh out of the mouth, this defileth a man.” Gosh that was profound wasn’t it? That’s Bible speak for why don’t you shut up and mind your own business. Clearly heresy and impolite to boot!
It says a lot about our hero it speaks to his character that he had infinite patience for those whom he thought he might could reach but to ideologues in love with religious rules and regulations he says stick it where the pharos can’t reach it. Then when he shows up at the temple, oh what did that scene look like? “Shhh, just ignore him and maybe he will go away.” The he goes to read to them, “Just ignore him give him his five minutes and then he’s out of here.”
So Che goes up on the alter and says, “Wow! What a great room, this place must have cost you a fortune and all you rich folks got the best seats and skyboxes and everything. I mean wow, what a room but have you noticed that there is a whole world out there? A whole world outside of this great gig you got going on in here people suffering and hungry but man what a room! Would you all do me a favor? Just stay in here because this is where you belong this is where your faith belongs inside this pretty little room.
To say they were angry with him is an understatement even the insurance salesman and stockbrokers wouldn’t talk to him. They took his picture down off the new member’s bulletin board and they didn’t even offer him a church bulletin so he could get half off at Denny’s But was our revolutionary smiling when he left the building? I think he was, if not laughing at telling off the stuff shirts the self-righteous.
Then the rich man came to Che and asked, “Dude, this is really cool how can I join you guys?”
Che elbowed John in the ribs and gave Simon Peter a wink and then said unto him, go and talk to Thomas about the paperwork and then go give all your money to poor and then after you’ve done that come on back and we’ll teach you the secret handshake. And they laughed at the rich man all the way down the road to Jerusalem
To lepers and tax collectors and even an adulterous woman at the well he goes not to condemn them but to commune with them. He scoffs at the rich and powerful and when taken before Vader he says you can freeze me into a wall hanging if you like but I’m not backing down to you. Vader then turns him back over to the orthodoxy that are upset at this point because Vader won’t kill him.
Vader explains, “He’s obnoxious all right but he’s not threat to my empire. But Vader they implore, we want him dead and we’ve got to make it look like it was your idea otherwise folks might get the idea that we killed him because he was a threat to our phony baloney jobs.”
“I find no fault in him.”
“Vader we can’t kill him, can’t you just make something up? He did make ugly remarks about your voice box you know.”
“Well all right, just this once but you guys owe me!”
So it was that Che was put to death for preaching the gospel of food for the poor and treatment for the sick. Of brotherhood among all peoples and the equality of all mankind. That it was the rich and those whose piety segregated them from the people they claimed to serve that he would rebuke. That war was the ultimate sin against God not sometimes but every time. That his soldiers were in the service of peace, for he would fight for the poor but he wouldn’t allow his followers even to fight for him.
Rather than a leather bound dogma of orthodoxy just one lonely commandment. Love one another as I have loved you. To understand each other’s sufferings and to be compassionate towards them. To remember whom God loves and who God hates. That despite for the most part this revolutionaries message being cloaked and usurped by the church it is still there for us if you look for it.
If you don’t want to believe that Jesus was the Son of God or not it really doesn’t matter. No matter if Luke blows up Vader, as they are both parables. Jesus called himself the son of man, was he the son of man? Did he stand up against all the powers of the earth in the name of justice for the poor? Was he willing to be beat down and murdered rather than renounce them?
Did he inspire the revolutionaries that followed him? In the parable of his crucifixion Christ walks the street beaten but defiant dragging a heavy cross to his death. Past hundreds of people, some mocking him, some ignoring him but none save one offering to give him a drink and wipe his brow. A parable of truth, Christian, Muslim, Atheist or Jew that you will make few friends trying to change the world. That only by trying to save each other can we save ourselves. That is the message of the revolutionary that saved Christmas.
Not the boxed ready-made chicken broth religious message that we are served up on a daily basis. Of a poor hungry shivering infant living in squalor two thousand years ago but the poor hungry shivering infant living in squalor tonight. But the orthodox rejoice and say I want to be here when Jesus returns to which I say I don’t think you’ve thought that through clearly enough.