I, too, was raised Catholic but grew up to realize that organized religion is founded on hypocrisy. God and I have found a place to meet outside of any church.
Mr. Jeffries, you never fail to make me laugh out loud when your points hit home. You often write the ideas that percolate in our own minds, but stay hidden in the chaos present in our garbled Christian moralities. Thank you.
Couldn't agree more Susan. Spirituality exists independently of religion.
I started a Substack acct. almost a year ago but have been too busy and distracted to pursue it. Here is link to first article which deals with this issue.
It does. I believe God is not a respecter of person and that we all have equal opportunity to live a spiritual life, do good and reap God's rewards for that life in the life to come (assuming there is one).
The Vatican might have become the Seat of the Antichrist, but we still need "organized religion". Just be sure that you are one of the ones that is doing the organizing.
Mr. G, I don't claim to be a Biblical scholar. But I do recall something about Jesus calling out the "hypocrites" who pray in public, and suggested it was best to do so in private.
Religion is private... what is public is the good character that we take from our traditions when we navigate within the realm. Belief is reflected in good deeds, actions and treating people the way that you want to be treated, not babbling and rambling on about religion or trying to convert people. Leave that out of society and at home.
I was raised a Mormon, or a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. The author refers to Joseph Smith and the Book of Mormon in his article.
I am now more or less an inactive "Jack Mormon." I have separated myself from activity with the church but I still strive to live the faith and its teachings in my daily life. I do not criticize or otherwise demean another's religion. There are many paths to God and I do not believe in a God who would deny entry to heaven simply because that person chose a unique path.
The Book of Mormon teaches us that we are judged for three things and three things alone. We are judged on:
1. Our works. What did we actually do that is good and evil. Not what we thought. What did we do.
2. Repentance. Did we repent of our sins and make things right, at least as much as within our power to do so.
3. The Desires of our Hearts. What is our innermost desire. Are we good or evil in our hearts. What do we seek after? What do we desire when we are alone at night and the demons come out? Sure, I desire to help people but I don't have as much money as Mitt Romney so I can't do as much.
In other words, we are judged by the character of our person, not by how much money we have or what religion we belong to.
My reasons for disassociating with the Mormon faith is because the church has become extremely wealthy and it promotes the wealthy among its ranks. One of the church's current apostles, Stevenson, is a billionaire. This is a far cry from the lowly fishermen and publicans Christ called for his Apostles.
Money is the root of all evil. Not the love of money. Money. Money fucks up everything because humans cannot control their lust for money and their insatiable greed. Christ was serious when he railed against the rich man. My church, the Mormon church, rewards the rich man and ignores the poor man.
My Jeffries, My mother woke my brother and myself bright and early every Sunday Morning to attend church. My Dad never had to go. I always thought that was kind of weird. He did go on Easter Sunday though. I don't know why he went to church on Easter and no other time. Still don't know. My mom also went to some kind of bible study every Wednesday night. She made me go with her. At the age of eight I was taking guitar lessons and my Mom made me learn a song by Kitty Well's called "I'll Reap My Harvest in Heaven." One Wednesday night I was sitting in the pews with my Mom, bored as hell, when suddenly the preacher called out my name and informed everyone that I was going to perform a musical number for them. I looked at my Mom and she said "Get your fanny up there and play that song." I couldn't believe she had done this to me. Well. I went in front of everyone. My Mom had brought my cheap guitar without me knowing. So I played and sang the tune and now I know I'm going to heaven. As far as The terrorist state of Israel goes, the whole lot of them can rot in hell as far as I'm concerned and they can take the bought and paid for U.S. Government with them.
If you believe in Christ's resurrection, Easter Sunday is the most pivotal and important day in the history of God's creation. That is the day that Christ overcame death and showed that each of us may one day overcome death as well. It's so much more than an egg laying rabbit who hops around and fills the basket of good gentile boys and girls. It was important enough for Mark Barrow's father to go and worship at least on that day. I think it's kind of cool.
I appreciate what you’re saying, but having been exposed to the religion since birth, and for a VERY long time now, it seems to me that the beautiful story you repeated had little to do with Mark’s father’s attendance at church on that day. It more likely had to do with the RC church’s threat of excommunication if one didn’t attend mass/church at least that one day of the year. The wife likely wouldn’t have been too pleased about that, and as has been said, “If Momma ain’t happy, ain’t nobody happy.” Sorry, I see no devotion in the man’s action, but compliance out of fear of many repercussions of different kinds.
😅 well, that’s not a bad thing at all - to try to be positive. Life, though, has a way of bringing clarity to a lot of things, especially by older age. That could be why “we” get a little cranky. Dreams and visions and stories go up in smoke, so to speak. It’s pretty disillusioning, disappointing, but it is what it is. Be well.
So true. I loved my religion in my youthful years (I'm 51). As I have grown older the rose colored glasses have been removed and I am seeing more and more the monetary motivation of the church leadership and have become very disillusioned. It is disappointing.
Bravo!!!!! The facts you laid out are indisputable. Occum's Razor tells us that the Hagees, Osteens, Copelands, Jeffers, etc..........are paid agents/ operatives for the illegal "state" of israel. I'm convinced Hagee is a rabbi.
The ashkenazis who inhabit Palestine have as much direct descendancy to the holy land as the Aztecs and the Mayans.
The term "Judeo-Christian" is, indeed, oxymoronic. I say it's downright blasphemous. Certainly, it has no place in this nation's founding. Our framers, maybe with the exception of crypto-jew Alexander Hamilton, would have scoffed at this term.
As far as scripture is concerned, St Paul must have foreseen the gross distortion of Genesis 3:12 that is the epicenter of the modern Christian zionist. He literally responds and clarifies its meaning in the 3rd chapter from his letter to the Galations.... especially verse 16. The seed of Abraham was Jesus Christ - not the disobedient tribes in Judea and Israel.
Osteen is quite an entertainer and puts on a really good show, with some funny jokes and good music, if you like that sort of music. I'd say he's the best of the lot.
Once people comprehend that, then they won't matter. All of that Messianic "stuff" is mental illness. We have to root out these lunatics and ignore them. We have to keep them out of positions of authority and power.
There is one Baptist pastor that some of you may find interesting: Chuck Baldwin who" identifies as an anti-Zionist, believing that Zionism is the main threat to the U.S. He writes that Zionists control the media, the mainstream Christian religion, and the U.S. government" and that Zionism is responsible for the ills of U.S. society and culture." Quite fiery about the whole issue.
We have all been ignoring your insulting replies here, so I looked into your profile and posting history to discover that you actually have some good posts and things to say.
Why are you being so abrasive here?
What is your problem with Chuck Baldwin?
I wanted to continue ignoring you like everyone else here, but I am taking the chance to reach out to you to see if you would like to explain more about why you say the things you do. Instead of just posting one liner posts that everyone wants to ignore, and disrespect Donald's platform here.
The insults are one thing, it's that his posts are completely lacking in any content apart from the insults. It would be one thing to call someone an utter idiot and then provide evidence of idiocy. His comments are worthy of a grade 3 student.
I pointed out facts about the “Jews” leading Israel today who are not descended from Abraham but are Khazars from Eastern Europe. Netanyahu’s real name is Benjamin Nathan Milekowski and he attended Cheltenham HS in PA and University of Penn He changed his name to Netanyahu. To be fair I understand that Netanyahu is Nathan in Hebrew. When I pointed this out to my prayer group I was met with hatred. I am a Christian but I do not support genocide or current day Israel. I do believe in Genesis 3:12 where God told Abraham all families would be blessed thru him. And the way they(we) are blessed thru Abraham is with Jesus Christ. Galatians 3:29 “ If you belong to Christ then you are Abraham’s seed and heirs according to the promise” Evangelicals of which I was a part of but now am ashamed to be part of because of the distorted view of current day Israel. I now am just a Christian who believes what the Bible says about Jesus. Isaiah 9:6 The prince of peace. And what Jesus said in Matthew 5:9 Blessed are the peacemakers for they will be called the children of God. It’s a mystery how any Christian can say they believe in Jesus and the Bible and support the genocide in Israel or support the Schofield Bible. I’m still doing research on Schofield but your comments are right TV on about him.
Yes, Jesus is the Prince of Peace and the peacemakers are indeed blessed but you can’t juat pick and choose verses you like to live by and can the rest. There are loads of verses about war. There’s The Soldier’s Prayer in Psalms. There are numerous wars and times when God told His people to fight.
All scripture is divinely inspired. Search your fave version amd type in key words. Example: “KJV all scripture is divinely inspired” or some such. It matters that Christians know the entire bible— not just the Prince
of Peace parts.
And just like parents every day, we sometimes know our children are screwing up, yet we love them and they are still names in our will when we die. That’s kinda what is occurring with Israel at the moment. God still adores them. They are atill the apple of
His eye BUT they are screwing up RN. The bible tells us they will, toward the last days, jave the veils lifted
from their eyes and see Jesus for who He is. Many, not all, will believe. They will become Jesus Freaks, but not like Donald describes.
They’ll be Jews who are believers and they will help
others, not bc they are buying their way into heaven, but bc they will love— becauae He first loved THEM. They will KNOW they’re going to heaven, and long to help poont others in that direction, and to help others simply because others need help.
They will not pray to
Mary because the Word gives an example of how we are
to pray: OUR FATHER, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come, thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily
bread. Forgive us our trespasses aa we forgive those who trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation, etc. Jesus never prayed to
MRy. Jesus prayed to God, 100% of the times it’s recorded
that He prayed. No one is recorded as praying to
Mary, though true Christians have no hatred or dismiss her! We revere her as the mama of Jesus, but we don’t pray to her. We also don’t pray for people who are
already dead. Their salvation or ticket to heaven has nothing to do with whether we said enough Hail Marys or our prayer life. Their salvation depends only
whether they asked Jesus to be their Lord and Savior, and to forgive them of their sins. They then strive not to commit sins, and when they fail, aa they will, they ask forgiveness for those sins as well, and continue to strive not to sin. They read the WORD— NOT Scofield’s version and hopefully not NIV.
Nowhere does the true word of God say anything different.
True Christianity is so much more yet so much less than ehat Donald and yoi are saying here.
I’m saying this in order to point you in a good direction. In no way am I trying to
My FAVE pastor is on SHEPHERD’S CHAPEL. I just type in, “SHEPHERD’S CHAPEL, ZEPHANIAH 1, and it pops up. He also has a tv show. I’ve been listening to him teach the word several times a week for over 33 years now. I first saw him in the wee hours of the morning, feeding my
newborn. His suit, some of his sayings, his tacky TB set turned me WAY OFF. I couldn’t stand any TV ministers, anyhow.
But I was way too exhausted to get up and change the channel. He answered a lifelong spiritual question I’d had, and he backed up his answer very well, with scripture. I was hooked— in spite of his polyester suit! I couldn’t believe how well he knew his bible, on all 3 languages and how well he helped me
understand the word! Truly a game changer.
That was 33-34 years ago and I have never looked back. I have never found a better teacher.
Yes, yes, yes, Nancy! It warms my heart to read a post by a Christian who truly understands how precious their position it. The white Christian people, nations, are the true House of Israel on the world. God's promises of Abraham's posterity being a blessing to the world have come through the white nations of the Earth. The Abrahamic covenant has been fulfilled and is being fulfilled. Satan is making war using his foot soldiers, the imposter Jews, against the white man. Be proud of your heritage. You are of the House of Israel. If only true white Christian nations knew and understood this.
Thank you for putting this interesting discussion out there! I grew up with Southern Baptists, which turned me off of organized religion at a very young age. A bigger bunch of cruel, backstabbing hypocrites who absolutely did not practice what they preached I have never seen. I honestly don't understand why anyone feels the need to be part of any organized religion. I agree with you, Donald, that it is our actions, how we treat others, and how we live our lives that matters. Going to some church or other "religious" building once or more a week does not make anyone holy, religious, or better than anyone else. And for a certainty, throwing your money away by giving it to some charlatan grifter who claims to have the inside track to the Lord is completely insane.
Have you seen the commercials for some sleazy-looking televangelist who claims that if you send him money he will send you "miracle spring water" that will cure pretty much anything? Every time I see that commercial, I laugh my butt off, but then I also find myself wondering how many poor schmucks actually fall for that.
I would love to have a better understanding of who "the chosen people" are supposed to be in today's world. As I understand it, it's supposed to be the descendants of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, but who could prove such a lineage today? Considering how long ago the Bible was written, I dare say that there is no way of determining who, if anyone, on this Earth is descended from that group. Since Israel was created by the British/Zionists/UN/Rothschilds in the 1940s, I think it's safe to say that today's Israelites are most certainly not part of that group. I doubt if anyone is. Israel is a manufactured state that does nothing but drain money from other countries and terrorize people who disagree with what they do. Chosen ones? Not in my book. Exalted? For what? Being murdering thugs? I don't think those things will get them into heaven.
I think the "chosen people" are supposed to be the "meek".
The beauty of saying that the meek shall inherit the Earth is in that so many people are not
meek, but rapacious villains. The powers that be more truly believe in no after-life and therefore they need to acquire millions if not billions of dollars any way they can get it
in order to live a luxurious life here on Earth .
I'm not a fan of rapture theology, but the Nicholas Cage movie Left Behind was at least entertaining. The people left behind all must have had sinful secrets in their past.
We don't need to believe in the rapture, but at least we can live as though it's true.
How many of our politicians, celebrities, billionaires, and generally messed up people would be raptured? LOL!
John, 🛑 your whining! Everyone is entitled to their opinion, but your constant short missives & attacks is getting old! Wish Donald Jeffries can just turn you off cuz you act like you the ‘expert’ of something! You’re Not. Go away!
When I lived on Maui Island, I became a close friend with Filomena Dingle and her brother Raffael. Filomena was a healer. She was in a coma for forty days and forty nights and the Mother Mary came to her - giving her instructions as to what to do with the rest of her life. She was 40 years old at the time of her coma.
The instructions were to give water to the poor, the sick and the suffering that had been stored over night in her presence. Their whole house was full of water jugs and bottles from people who wanted it being blessed.
The water was always free.
Filomena was bound to a wheelchair after her stroke, but her brother and all of us friends helped out wherever we could. She was pure love. There are a large number of people who were cured from their illness by just drinking the blessed water. They would come frequently and visit Filomena.
That's an amazing story. It's fantastic that Filomena provided free water to people and that she was guided by the Mother Mary to do this. That is a selfless act, which is to be commended.
To me, that is miles away from what the televangelist that I mentioned is doing. He is charging people money for his "miracle water", which I'm sure is a scam. I doubt if many people are fortunate enough to receive a holy visitation like your friend. The few who do are genuinely blessed.
Here is more on the chosen. That is a racist and supremacist dogma because if one group is chosen everyone else is not. The Source Creator does not play favorites, except in good character. Peace
"The Cult of Christian Fundamentalism was begun by the British East India Company's servant, Darby, which will be misused to strengthen the Zionist State of Israel with identifying with the myth of 'God's Chosen People' and by donating substantial amounts of money to what they mistakenly believe is a religious cause in the furtherance of Christianity."
The older I get, the more I realize how much I don’t care for organized religion, politics, sports or anything people have created to make a profit, steal or grift…
They are all cults of culture, personalities, and outright blasphemy, sacrilegious sanctimonious a-holes….
Please note, I have nothing against god, the almighty of sorts, the whatever it is, I am not psychologically gifted with knowing which religion is correct or which god is, perhaps they all are, meaning “all gods” are real because we need to believe in something other than this….
DJ, if their is a hell, it’s our time on earth, survive this without losing your ever loving mind and maybe their is someplace better after, or worse…
"The older I get, the more I realize how much I don’t care for organized religion, politics, sports or anything people have created to make a profit, steal or grift…"
Like I said to DJ go read some C.S Lewis.. I am AGAIN reading A Grief Observed..
as a certified Jesus Freak I had to stop going to church during Covid and have not returned because I am waiting to go to the real services which begins: Absent from the body, In the Kingdom with the Lord Jesus.. ... Just a thought.. Not a SERMON.. like Lon Solomon says.
A long while ago I entertained the possibility that hell might be here on earth, but since then I think life here is more like purgatory. Some place better or worse comes later, depending on well or badly you passed through purgatory.
Everything that humanity infuses with money ultimately ends up in ruin.
Take professional sports for example. Gone are the days when players stayed with and played for a team for years. Now players jump from one team to another simply for money. Money, money, money. They don't give a damn about the team, the city or the fans. They only care about money.
One can't watch a professional sporting event today without being slammed with advertisements about betting and wagering. Today one can bet on everything from how many times a player will catch a ball to the color of Taylor Swift's lipstick. Fan Duel, Draft Kings and many others are now the governing factor of professional sports. Nobody will ever convince me that the billions of dollars riding on weekly betting doesn't have an impact on the outcome of professional sporting games.
Money ruins everything. Everything. I hate money. I wish there was a way to live in a world that didn't have money.
"The World Council of Churches was set up in the 1920s to serve as a vehicle for One World Government Policies. The Council makes Churches little more than social clubs odiginally created in London."
Outstanding essay! Let us hope Jeffries does not get arrested for hate speech and then labeled as a terrorist by the new wave of totalitarianism sweeping this administration. Our Potemkin Congress somehow has to STOP this madness before it's too late.
Most Evangelicals don't see that the modern nation state of Israel is not the Israel of the Bible. The Israel that Moses led out of Egypt were the 13 Tribes of Israel, the descendants of Jacob renamed Israel by God, which included Judah, the Jewish people, and a mixed multitude of people from other nations that embraced the God of Israel. Most Evangelicals don't realize that Paul wasn't a Jew, he was a descendant of the Tribe of Benjamin, Romans 11:1. I dare say that >95% of those that claim to be Jewish today cannot trace their lineage back to the Tribe of Judah. The Jewish people were basically wiped out, genocide, by the Roman Army during the Jewish revolts between 70 CE and 135 CE. Every American has a First Amendment right to criticize the government of Israel, that is not anti-Semitism. Hating a person simply because he is Jewish is anti-Semitism.
Excellent, excellent, excellent post. Please continue to spread this message. More Christians need to hear this.
I'll take it a little further for you. The northern 10 tribes were taken by the Assyrians and eventually released and scattered. Over the centuries they migrated north and eventually settled in Scandinavia, Germania, Britannia and Gaul, the forerunners of the white western nations. If you believe this then you have to believe that the House of Israel, God's truly chosen people are who? The white people, the white nations of the Earth. It is through the white nations of the Earth that God's promises to Abraham were fulfilled.
The jews of today are imposters. They are NOT the same as the Jews of 2000+ years ago. They hate and despise all things Christianity and Christ.
Donald, I think we are close contemporaries age wise so as a RC for the first 34 years of my life I totally relate to what you say about the church. Before becoming a non denominational follower of Christ ( self labeled for as much accuracy as possible) I was part of the charismatic, NAR, vineyard, SBC , word of faith movements at one time or another. With offense to no one intended whether RC or protestant, all are in their own way apostasies if not out right heresy. IMO none larger or more dangerous than the Scofield Zionism and RC ecumenicalism and salvation through the church. Jesus and Jesus alone is what I work to learn and practice, searching scripture exegetically and reconciling the Gospels and the apostolic writings to build a firm foundation of faith. In this quest, I have no room for anything ( mandatory church attendance, sacraments, political manipulations on and on) outside of these truths. These things are all contrived for control purposes. As an rc my focus was on behavior and obligation and as a born againer my biggest temptation was to lean towards almost mysticism and a profound self righteousness (*e,g, kaballah and phariseeism). I offer a loose interpretation of Hosea 6:6 when it says that God wants His people to know Him and love Him and John 6:28-29 which says the work of the Christian is to believe in Christ. Simply, each child of God's work (and it is work to know Him and His Word through learning about Him on your own first and search for help when needed. But we know that this burden of God /Christ is a light and easy yoke and burden. Much more so than the dogmatic stifling /shackling of the roman catechism and filthy , adulterated teachings and mental gymnastics of fantastical scofield zionism/dispensationalism. Since leaving any organized denomination or religion I walk freely with my Lord even though I might walk alone. Better to go with Him than go with a crowd heading the wrong way. God's grace is amazing even if you are in error in beliefs with humility and repentance He will not leave you in error. I don't think in a denomination a person can ever fully understand just how good the Good News truly is. Peace to all!
"The United States will be flooded by people of alien cultures, who will eventually overwhelm White America, people with no concept of what the United States Constitution stands for...
At least 4 billion 'useless eaters' shall be eliminated by the year 2050 by means of limited wars, organized epidemics...and starvation.
Rival factions and groups such as Arabs and Jews......shall have differences magnified and allowed to wage wars of extermination against each other under the eyes if NATO and UN observers.
I found a transcript of the Day tapes many years ago online, when I still only had access to the Internet at the library. I made a master copy, and started handing out copies to those I felt might be open to the information. I don't think it changed anyone's mind. It's different these days, because they stopped hiding their plans, so its hard not to see what's going on. Back then the Day tapes were considered kooky.
‘I was raised Catholic… ‘ seems to be a common phrase. Where the Catholic mass becomes repetitive and redundant, my wife and I enjoyed the relevance of a Baptist church, where I could relate to the pastor being married and raising children in an ungodly world. We were committed for a while, but you start to see hypocrisy reveal itself, and that turns you off. Since that time not a day goes by where I don’t at least a few times talk to God … I just think organized religion is a money grab.
It hurts when I learn that someone who raised Catholic leaves the Faith for whatever. Once that was me.
You say the Mass was repetitive for you.
Yes it is. Since it is the re-enactment of the Sacrifice of Jesus Christ the Lamb of God who endured unimaginable torment to redeem God’s souls. To understand that, why would you want for it not to be repetitive? Given to his apostles at the Last Supper to perpetually provide Grace snd Privilege beyond our comprehension! I recommend you stay away from the New Order mass (since Vatican 2) and seek out a Traditional Latin Mass community and seat yourself in the back and piously pray for forgiveness from God as we all must do.
After the horrific things that have come to light about the Catholic church... you hear the phrase ‘I was raised Catholic… ‘ more and more as we move away from the church's hypocrisy ... respected and venerated men of the cloth literally destroyed kids lives though sexual and psychological abuse. More importantly these acts were acknowledged by the parish and diocese administration and they moved these monsters to other diocese's to repeat the same offenses... c'mon that type of behavior is hard (impossible) to defend, and has turned many (as well as myself) off.
My wife and I joined our local parish when we we're first married, the first correspondence we received from the Catholic church was a stack of collection envelopes in the mail. When we joined a Baptist Church, our first contact was an elderly gentleman at our front door on a Wednesday evening, saying 'many people join our church when they are going thru hard times, is there anything that you need right now on an emergency basis that we may be able to help you with'...? That is true Godly care and Christ like compassion.
I've been to Vatican City and find it odd the protections that the Pope has to his avail, including a wall, but this one speaks of open borders .. I guess the Hypocrisy knows NO bounds...
The Catholic Church needs some serious rehabilitation, personally I won't wait around for it. I WILL pray for forgiveness but I will do so as I drive by a Catholic Church...
I've only ever quoted Bono once and it's this: 'The God I know isn't short on cash Mister...', well neither is the Catholic Church. I sincerely wish you well ...
I am Roman Catholic and I copied your paragraph "My wife..." verbatim into my notebook. In time, I will be personally reading it out to the Archbishop because you are correct and I feel the exact same way. God Bless that Baptist gentleman who came to you in your time of need.
I cannot fix all the wrongs of the past 2,000 years of the Catholic Church, because I cannot fix the fallen nature of man, but I personally take responsibility for the well-being of the people around me. If I see someone in distress, or a gap that needs to be filled, rather than remaining a victim when I have been victimised, or allowing others to stay victimised, I say something boldly or quietly help others (as required).
Thank you again for your testimony. Please continue to pray for us as you drive by the church.
Churches can only take us so far. At some point each of us must rely upon ourselves and God to work out our salvation. We cannot rely upon any other to do so.
My ancestors on my father's side come from the Protestant (protesting the catholic church) region of the Netherlands. I was a Jesus Freak in the 1970's. I put it aside to hold down a "real" job to care for my family. Then that "real" job got too "real" when they went the no job, no jab route. Yes, fuck them, I retired. I see the Orthodox Church (Russian, Greek, Assyrian,...) and Jesus Freaks as natural allies. A freak, by definition, is not normal. Jesus wasn't normal, why should today men and women with Christ hearts be normal? Of course, we aspire to make Christ as normal as air, but we aren't yet there.
Yep. I discovered 35 years ago, that to live the genuine Christian life, one must disengage from the world as much as possible. The more one disengages, the stronger faith and discernment grows...but also the more "freaky" one appears to non- Christians...and I am including in that label those who claim to be Christian, but have never, ever taken up their cross to follow Christ Jesus.
In Catholic catechism classes we had amazing discussions on all kinds of topics, but it was the Vietnam war going on which was a special focus, since so many of our brothers, cousins, uncles, and maybe some parents were involved. It's especially a contrast with the last few decades where we haven't heard much soul searching regarding the Middle East wars and the rest of the sordid affairs. People just treated the military as heroes with no
real discussion. I can't imagine why Donald's friend John Barbour hated the movie Jesus Christ Superstar!
It examined the motives of the PTB and stood for the depth and integrity of the common man,,,, in terms of the Jesus freaks. Unbelievably wonderful music too, not to be duplicated these days.
I, too, was raised Catholic but grew up to realize that organized religion is founded on hypocrisy. God and I have found a place to meet outside of any church.
That's a great way to describe it, Susan. Thanks!
I didn’t read your comment before posting mine… but our thoughts are quite similar !!!
Mr. Jeffries, you never fail to make me laugh out loud when your points hit home. You often write the ideas that percolate in our own minds, but stay hidden in the chaos present in our garbled Christian moralities. Thank you.
That means a lot to me to hear that, Karen. Thanks!
Couldn't agree more Susan. Spirituality exists independently of religion.
I started a Substack acct. almost a year ago but have been too busy and distracted to pursue it. Here is link to first article which deals with this issue.
https://bobbones1.substack.com/p/ethereal-ruminations
It does. I believe God is not a respecter of person and that we all have equal opportunity to live a spiritual life, do good and reap God's rewards for that life in the life to come (assuming there is one).
The Vatican might have become the Seat of the Antichrist, but we still need "organized religion". Just be sure that you are one of the ones that is doing the organizing.
You’re fooling yourself. Worship in the assembly and you may actually advance in holiness. Donald, you might know Jesus, but does Jesus know you?
Mr. G, I don't claim to be a Biblical scholar. But I do recall something about Jesus calling out the "hypocrites" who pray in public, and suggested it was best to do so in private.
Jesus often railed against the hypocrites for this very reason. One story that stands out to me is the story of the "widows mite." Touching story.
Religion is private... what is public is the good character that we take from our traditions when we navigate within the realm. Belief is reflected in good deeds, actions and treating people the way that you want to be treated, not babbling and rambling on about religion or trying to convert people. Leave that out of society and at home.
As long as God is telling you to love your enemies, you’ll be fine. If you need any help doing that, read here—https://georgeallenbooks.substack.com/p/discussion-1-the-light-of-democracy?r=4pmgma
You have to love my enemies for me. I have nothing left for them.
Loving your enemies doesn't mean you love what they do to you or put up with what they do to you.
You obviously had the ability to read my comment and tap on the reply. So just tap on the link I sent and let your eyes read it for you, sweetheart.
I was raised a Mormon, or a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. The author refers to Joseph Smith and the Book of Mormon in his article.
I am now more or less an inactive "Jack Mormon." I have separated myself from activity with the church but I still strive to live the faith and its teachings in my daily life. I do not criticize or otherwise demean another's religion. There are many paths to God and I do not believe in a God who would deny entry to heaven simply because that person chose a unique path.
The Book of Mormon teaches us that we are judged for three things and three things alone. We are judged on:
1. Our works. What did we actually do that is good and evil. Not what we thought. What did we do.
2. Repentance. Did we repent of our sins and make things right, at least as much as within our power to do so.
3. The Desires of our Hearts. What is our innermost desire. Are we good or evil in our hearts. What do we seek after? What do we desire when we are alone at night and the demons come out? Sure, I desire to help people but I don't have as much money as Mitt Romney so I can't do as much.
In other words, we are judged by the character of our person, not by how much money we have or what religion we belong to.
My reasons for disassociating with the Mormon faith is because the church has become extremely wealthy and it promotes the wealthy among its ranks. One of the church's current apostles, Stevenson, is a billionaire. This is a far cry from the lowly fishermen and publicans Christ called for his Apostles.
Money is the root of all evil. Not the love of money. Money. Money fucks up everything because humans cannot control their lust for money and their insatiable greed. Christ was serious when he railed against the rich man. My church, the Mormon church, rewards the rich man and ignores the poor man.
Amen and Amen!
Spot on ... !
My Jeffries, My mother woke my brother and myself bright and early every Sunday Morning to attend church. My Dad never had to go. I always thought that was kind of weird. He did go on Easter Sunday though. I don't know why he went to church on Easter and no other time. Still don't know. My mom also went to some kind of bible study every Wednesday night. She made me go with her. At the age of eight I was taking guitar lessons and my Mom made me learn a song by Kitty Well's called "I'll Reap My Harvest in Heaven." One Wednesday night I was sitting in the pews with my Mom, bored as hell, when suddenly the preacher called out my name and informed everyone that I was going to perform a musical number for them. I looked at my Mom and she said "Get your fanny up there and play that song." I couldn't believe she had done this to me. Well. I went in front of everyone. My Mom had brought my cheap guitar without me knowing. So I played and sang the tune and now I know I'm going to heaven. As far as The terrorist state of Israel goes, the whole lot of them can rot in hell as far as I'm concerned and they can take the bought and paid for U.S. Government with them.
The easter sunday attendance was, maybe still is, the minimum requirement to not be exiled from “The “Church.” 😵💫
And Easter and Christmaa are both Pagan and evil and have nothing to do with God or His Son.
No Sunday keeping Sabbath violating Pork eating Demi Demon has any part in God.
This is interesting information, which I have heard before, however, it is irrelevant to Mark’s comment.
That's because it was not posted to him.
The order in which posts are displayed often does not correspond to any thing at all.
If you believe in Christ's resurrection, Easter Sunday is the most pivotal and important day in the history of God's creation. That is the day that Christ overcame death and showed that each of us may one day overcome death as well. It's so much more than an egg laying rabbit who hops around and fills the basket of good gentile boys and girls. It was important enough for Mark Barrow's father to go and worship at least on that day. I think it's kind of cool.
I appreciate what you’re saying, but having been exposed to the religion since birth, and for a VERY long time now, it seems to me that the beautiful story you repeated had little to do with Mark’s father’s attendance at church on that day. It more likely had to do with the RC church’s threat of excommunication if one didn’t attend mass/church at least that one day of the year. The wife likely wouldn’t have been too pleased about that, and as has been said, “If Momma ain’t happy, ain’t nobody happy.” Sorry, I see no devotion in the man’s action, but compliance out of fear of many repercussions of different kinds.
You're probably right. I was trying to be unusually positive. :)
😅 well, that’s not a bad thing at all - to try to be positive. Life, though, has a way of bringing clarity to a lot of things, especially by older age. That could be why “we” get a little cranky. Dreams and visions and stories go up in smoke, so to speak. It’s pretty disillusioning, disappointing, but it is what it is. Be well.
So true. I loved my religion in my youthful years (I'm 51). As I have grown older the rose colored glasses have been removed and I am seeing more and more the monetary motivation of the church leadership and have become very disillusioned. It is disappointing.
I appreciate you sharing that, Mark. Thanks.
Drop dead you bigoted creep.
nobody ever goes to heaven just because they played a guitar song.
Wow!! The pot calls the kettle black!!
It's you who is accursed of God, along with the rest of Satan's children.
Amen brother!
Bravo!!!!! The facts you laid out are indisputable. Occum's Razor tells us that the Hagees, Osteens, Copelands, Jeffers, etc..........are paid agents/ operatives for the illegal "state" of israel. I'm convinced Hagee is a rabbi.
The ashkenazis who inhabit Palestine have as much direct descendancy to the holy land as the Aztecs and the Mayans.
The term "Judeo-Christian" is, indeed, oxymoronic. I say it's downright blasphemous. Certainly, it has no place in this nation's founding. Our framers, maybe with the exception of crypto-jew Alexander Hamilton, would have scoffed at this term.
As far as scripture is concerned, St Paul must have foreseen the gross distortion of Genesis 3:12 that is the epicenter of the modern Christian zionist. He literally responds and clarifies its meaning in the 3rd chapter from his letter to the Galations.... especially verse 16. The seed of Abraham was Jesus Christ - not the disobedient tribes in Judea and Israel.
Thanks Don
Hagee is so vile he makes my flesh crawl. He's like some horrible monster from the pit (probably has at least one demon). Maybe he really is a rabbi.
And Copeland is a demon for sure.
Osteen is quite an entertainer and puts on a really good show, with some funny jokes and good music, if you like that sort of music. I'd say he's the best of the lot.
Thanks, Robert!
I think I learned a while back that the term Judeo-Christian was first used in the 1930s or '40s.
So, the Christ was a Fakestinian?
You mean Palestinian? Palestine is a real place.
https://jeanbaptisteguillory.substack.com/p/old-books-are-old-friends
So, how did you interpret that from Gordon's comment?
Interesting. I did not know that.
Jews hate Christians. I hate being lumped in with the imposters. Modern Jews are not of the House of Isreal.
Jews do not hate Christians, who taught you this b.s.
They are all insane.
https://jeanbaptisteguillory.substack.com/p/mhpd-and-uvpd
Once people comprehend that, then they won't matter. All of that Messianic "stuff" is mental illness. We have to root out these lunatics and ignore them. We have to keep them out of positions of authority and power.
https://jeanbaptisteguillory.substack.com/p/big-talk-syndrome
Ignorant Satanic BS, start to finish.
Those you name are just theatest in a long line of religious hucksters.
By the way, you should learn what Occam's Razor means, so you can reference it correctly.
And then you can teach me what theatest is, genius.
you're funny...............thanks for that :)
There is one Baptist pastor that some of you may find interesting: Chuck Baldwin who" identifies as an anti-Zionist, believing that Zionism is the main threat to the U.S. He writes that Zionists control the media, the mainstream Christian religion, and the U.S. government" and that Zionism is responsible for the ills of U.S. society and culture." Quite fiery about the whole issue.
Yes, Baldwin is good, JoJo. Thanks!
No he is not, he is a liar,accursed of God.
I’m Roman Catholic but have lots of respect for Pastor Baldwin. He swims against a very strong tide!
Yes, his free mailing list has lots of great articles from him, like this one.
He also writes in detail about Scofield and so called Christian Zionists too.
https://chuckbaldwinlive.com/Articles/tabid/109/ID/4866/Benjamin-NetanyahuAnd-Donald-TrumpDeclares-War-On-The-United-States.aspx
Chuck Baldwin writes some good stuff.
Chuck Baldwin is Satan Spawn and an utter idiot.
Dear John,
We have all been ignoring your insulting replies here, so I looked into your profile and posting history to discover that you actually have some good posts and things to say.
Why are you being so abrasive here?
What is your problem with Chuck Baldwin?
I wanted to continue ignoring you like everyone else here, but I am taking the chance to reach out to you to see if you would like to explain more about why you say the things you do. Instead of just posting one liner posts that everyone wants to ignore, and disrespect Donald's platform here.
The insults are one thing, it's that his posts are completely lacking in any content apart from the insults. It would be one thing to call someone an utter idiot and then provide evidence of idiocy. His comments are worthy of a grade 3 student.
I pointed out facts about the “Jews” leading Israel today who are not descended from Abraham but are Khazars from Eastern Europe. Netanyahu’s real name is Benjamin Nathan Milekowski and he attended Cheltenham HS in PA and University of Penn He changed his name to Netanyahu. To be fair I understand that Netanyahu is Nathan in Hebrew. When I pointed this out to my prayer group I was met with hatred. I am a Christian but I do not support genocide or current day Israel. I do believe in Genesis 3:12 where God told Abraham all families would be blessed thru him. And the way they(we) are blessed thru Abraham is with Jesus Christ. Galatians 3:29 “ If you belong to Christ then you are Abraham’s seed and heirs according to the promise” Evangelicals of which I was a part of but now am ashamed to be part of because of the distorted view of current day Israel. I now am just a Christian who believes what the Bible says about Jesus. Isaiah 9:6 The prince of peace. And what Jesus said in Matthew 5:9 Blessed are the peacemakers for they will be called the children of God. It’s a mystery how any Christian can say they believe in Jesus and the Bible and support the genocide in Israel or support the Schofield Bible. I’m still doing research on Schofield but your comments are right TV on about him.
Netanyahu's background is very un-Israeli-like, Nancy. Thanks!
On about him TV was a typo sorry
You must read "The Incredible Scofield and His Book" by Joseph M. Canfield. Very eye-opening about the follies of this charlatan.
I’m reading it now
Yes, Jesus is the Prince of Peace and the peacemakers are indeed blessed but you can’t juat pick and choose verses you like to live by and can the rest. There are loads of verses about war. There’s The Soldier’s Prayer in Psalms. There are numerous wars and times when God told His people to fight.
All scripture is divinely inspired. Search your fave version amd type in key words. Example: “KJV all scripture is divinely inspired” or some such. It matters that Christians know the entire bible— not just the Prince
of Peace parts.
And just like parents every day, we sometimes know our children are screwing up, yet we love them and they are still names in our will when we die. That’s kinda what is occurring with Israel at the moment. God still adores them. They are atill the apple of
His eye BUT they are screwing up RN. The bible tells us they will, toward the last days, jave the veils lifted
from their eyes and see Jesus for who He is. Many, not all, will believe. They will become Jesus Freaks, but not like Donald describes.
They’ll be Jews who are believers and they will help
others, not bc they are buying their way into heaven, but bc they will love— becauae He first loved THEM. They will KNOW they’re going to heaven, and long to help poont others in that direction, and to help others simply because others need help.
They will not pray to
Mary because the Word gives an example of how we are
to pray: OUR FATHER, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come, thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily
bread. Forgive us our trespasses aa we forgive those who trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation, etc. Jesus never prayed to
MRy. Jesus prayed to God, 100% of the times it’s recorded
that He prayed. No one is recorded as praying to
Mary, though true Christians have no hatred or dismiss her! We revere her as the mama of Jesus, but we don’t pray to her. We also don’t pray for people who are
already dead. Their salvation or ticket to heaven has nothing to do with whether we said enough Hail Marys or our prayer life. Their salvation depends only
whether they asked Jesus to be their Lord and Savior, and to forgive them of their sins. They then strive not to commit sins, and when they fail, aa they will, they ask forgiveness for those sins as well, and continue to strive not to sin. They read the WORD— NOT Scofield’s version and hopefully not NIV.
Nowhere does the true word of God say anything different.
True Christianity is so much more yet so much less than ehat Donald and yoi are saying here.
I’m saying this in order to point you in a good direction. In no way am I trying to
pick a fight.
If you want the truth about Gaza, the relevant prophesy is Zephaniah 2.
My FAVE pastor is on SHEPHERD’S CHAPEL. I just type in, “SHEPHERD’S CHAPEL, ZEPHANIAH 1, and it pops up. He also has a tv show. I’ve been listening to him teach the word several times a week for over 33 years now. I first saw him in the wee hours of the morning, feeding my
newborn. His suit, some of his sayings, his tacky TB set turned me WAY OFF. I couldn’t stand any TV ministers, anyhow.
But I was way too exhausted to get up and change the channel. He answered a lifelong spiritual question I’d had, and he backed up his answer very well, with scripture. I was hooked— in spite of his polyester suit! I couldn’t believe how well he knew his bible, on all 3 languages and how well he helped me
understand the word! Truly a game changer.
That was 33-34 years ago and I have never looked back. I have never found a better teacher.
Yes! Thanks for the reminder. Just read 2&3 again.
Yes, yes, yes, Nancy! It warms my heart to read a post by a Christian who truly understands how precious their position it. The white Christian people, nations, are the true House of Israel on the world. God's promises of Abraham's posterity being a blessing to the world have come through the white nations of the Earth. The Abrahamic covenant has been fulfilled and is being fulfilled. Satan is making war using his foot soldiers, the imposter Jews, against the white man. Be proud of your heritage. You are of the House of Israel. If only true white Christian nations knew and understood this.
You are clueless and would not know a fact if it bit you on the nose.
KhazarswereTurks, The Blackest non Negroes people on Earth and did not turn Jews white.
DNA shows Ashkenazi and Sephardics are very close to equal in purity of descent from Ancient Israel.
Mizrahi, who never left the middle east are only about 50 percent pure in their descent.
This is because it has been thousands of years, and guess what?
Your descent is not pure, either.
Thank you for putting this interesting discussion out there! I grew up with Southern Baptists, which turned me off of organized religion at a very young age. A bigger bunch of cruel, backstabbing hypocrites who absolutely did not practice what they preached I have never seen. I honestly don't understand why anyone feels the need to be part of any organized religion. I agree with you, Donald, that it is our actions, how we treat others, and how we live our lives that matters. Going to some church or other "religious" building once or more a week does not make anyone holy, religious, or better than anyone else. And for a certainty, throwing your money away by giving it to some charlatan grifter who claims to have the inside track to the Lord is completely insane.
Have you seen the commercials for some sleazy-looking televangelist who claims that if you send him money he will send you "miracle spring water" that will cure pretty much anything? Every time I see that commercial, I laugh my butt off, but then I also find myself wondering how many poor schmucks actually fall for that.
I would love to have a better understanding of who "the chosen people" are supposed to be in today's world. As I understand it, it's supposed to be the descendants of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, but who could prove such a lineage today? Considering how long ago the Bible was written, I dare say that there is no way of determining who, if anyone, on this Earth is descended from that group. Since Israel was created by the British/Zionists/UN/Rothschilds in the 1940s, I think it's safe to say that today's Israelites are most certainly not part of that group. I doubt if anyone is. Israel is a manufactured state that does nothing but drain money from other countries and terrorize people who disagree with what they do. Chosen ones? Not in my book. Exalted? For what? Being murdering thugs? I don't think those things will get them into heaven.
Thanks, Jill!
I think the "chosen people" are supposed to be the "meek".
The beauty of saying that the meek shall inherit the Earth is in that so many people are not
meek, but rapacious villains. The powers that be more truly believe in no after-life and therefore they need to acquire millions if not billions of dollars any way they can get it
in order to live a luxurious life here on Earth .
I'm not a fan of rapture theology, but the Nicholas Cage movie Left Behind was at least entertaining. The people left behind all must have had sinful secrets in their past.
We don't need to believe in the rapture, but at least we can live as though it's true.
How many of our politicians, celebrities, billionaires, and generally messed up people would be raptured? LOL!
That is one of the most hopeful passages in the Bible, Scott- "The meek shall inherit the earth," from the Sermon on the Mount. Thanks.
Amen! Along with the one that says those that mourn shall be comforted.
The most pertinent to Israel today is Joel 3.
To Gaza, Zephaniah 2.
All this blithering idiocy is a. amazing!
Do any of you EVER dust offa Bible and actually read it?
Or do you just revel in being Biblically Illiterate?
John, 🛑 your whining! Everyone is entitled to their opinion, but your constant short missives & attacks is getting old! Wish Donald Jeffries can just turn you off cuz you act like you the ‘expert’ of something! You’re Not. Go away!
Allow me to tell you this about "miracle water":
When I lived on Maui Island, I became a close friend with Filomena Dingle and her brother Raffael. Filomena was a healer. She was in a coma for forty days and forty nights and the Mother Mary came to her - giving her instructions as to what to do with the rest of her life. She was 40 years old at the time of her coma.
The instructions were to give water to the poor, the sick and the suffering that had been stored over night in her presence. Their whole house was full of water jugs and bottles from people who wanted it being blessed.
The water was always free.
Filomena was bound to a wheelchair after her stroke, but her brother and all of us friends helped out wherever we could. She was pure love. There are a large number of people who were cured from their illness by just drinking the blessed water. They would come frequently and visit Filomena.
That's an amazing story. It's fantastic that Filomena provided free water to people and that she was guided by the Mother Mary to do this. That is a selfless act, which is to be commended.
To me, that is miles away from what the televangelist that I mentioned is doing. He is charging people money for his "miracle water", which I'm sure is a scam. I doubt if many people are fortunate enough to receive a holy visitation like your friend. The few who do are genuinely blessed.
Undoubtedly, she was named after Saint Philomena.
https://jeanbaptisteguillory.substack.com/p/messianic-kookery
Here is more on the chosen. That is a racist and supremacist dogma because if one group is chosen everyone else is not. The Source Creator does not play favorites, except in good character. Peace
https://jeanbaptisteguillory.substack.com/p/church-imposition
I remember Jimmy Swaggart: "Lord I have sinnnned"
"The Cult of Christian Fundamentalism was begun by the British East India Company's servant, Darby, which will be misused to strengthen the Zionist State of Israel with identifying with the myth of 'God's Chosen People' and by donating substantial amounts of money to what they mistakenly believe is a religious cause in the furtherance of Christianity."
John Coleman
The Committee of the 300
I remember watching Jimmy Swaggart on TV crying like a little girl. Funny stuff.
I remember it too. Saw it at someone's home, because I didn't have an idiot box
So, who do you think was chosen to receive God's Word?
ESKIMOS?!!!
"Chosen" ?
Odd word.
You have a problem with the Inuit? Not violent enough for your tastes?
The older I get, the more I realize how much I don’t care for organized religion, politics, sports or anything people have created to make a profit, steal or grift…
They are all cults of culture, personalities, and outright blasphemy, sacrilegious sanctimonious a-holes….
Please note, I have nothing against god, the almighty of sorts, the whatever it is, I am not psychologically gifted with knowing which religion is correct or which god is, perhaps they all are, meaning “all gods” are real because we need to believe in something other than this….
DJ, if their is a hell, it’s our time on earth, survive this without losing your ever loving mind and maybe their is someplace better after, or worse…
"The older I get, the more I realize how much I don’t care for organized religion, politics, sports or anything people have created to make a profit, steal or grift…"
One could easily add indoctrination.
Like I said to DJ go read some C.S Lewis.. I am AGAIN reading A Grief Observed..
as a certified Jesus Freak I had to stop going to church during Covid and have not returned because I am waiting to go to the real services which begins: Absent from the body, In the Kingdom with the Lord Jesus.. ... Just a thought.. Not a SERMON.. like Lon Solomon says.
CS Lewis is a gem. I read A Grief Observed when my husband passed away. Isn't questioning organized religion part of the human experience ?
Reading books like A Grief Observed helped bring me closer to God, not religion. We can love God without the church!
Mere Christianity is C.S. Lewis best book, in my opinion.
Hear ya, spot on, keep in mind the Vatican "Opus Dei" aka "Saintly Mafia" Alpina Lodge Directorate in Switzerland !!!!!
Many people believe the Vatican is part of the Deep State.
It's the first Beast.
A long while ago I entertained the possibility that hell might be here on earth, but since then I think life here is more like purgatory. Some place better or worse comes later, depending on well or badly you passed through purgatory.
Everything that humanity infuses with money ultimately ends up in ruin.
Take professional sports for example. Gone are the days when players stayed with and played for a team for years. Now players jump from one team to another simply for money. Money, money, money. They don't give a damn about the team, the city or the fans. They only care about money.
One can't watch a professional sporting event today without being slammed with advertisements about betting and wagering. Today one can bet on everything from how many times a player will catch a ball to the color of Taylor Swift's lipstick. Fan Duel, Draft Kings and many others are now the governing factor of professional sports. Nobody will ever convince me that the billions of dollars riding on weekly betting doesn't have an impact on the outcome of professional sporting games.
Money ruins everything. Everything. I hate money. I wish there was a way to live in a world that didn't have money.
"The World Council of Churches was set up in the 1920s to serve as a vehicle for One World Government Policies. The Council makes Churches little more than social clubs odiginally created in London."
Committee of 300
John Coleman
Outstanding essay! Let us hope Jeffries does not get arrested for hate speech and then labeled as a terrorist by the new wave of totalitarianism sweeping this administration. Our Potemkin Congress somehow has to STOP this madness before it's too late.
Thanks, Weihan!
You mean the 533 members who are controlled by AIPAC?
Most Evangelicals don't see that the modern nation state of Israel is not the Israel of the Bible. The Israel that Moses led out of Egypt were the 13 Tribes of Israel, the descendants of Jacob renamed Israel by God, which included Judah, the Jewish people, and a mixed multitude of people from other nations that embraced the God of Israel. Most Evangelicals don't realize that Paul wasn't a Jew, he was a descendant of the Tribe of Benjamin, Romans 11:1. I dare say that >95% of those that claim to be Jewish today cannot trace their lineage back to the Tribe of Judah. The Jewish people were basically wiped out, genocide, by the Roman Army during the Jewish revolts between 70 CE and 135 CE. Every American has a First Amendment right to criticize the government of Israel, that is not anti-Semitism. Hating a person simply because he is Jewish is anti-Semitism.
Excellent, excellent, excellent post. Please continue to spread this message. More Christians need to hear this.
I'll take it a little further for you. The northern 10 tribes were taken by the Assyrians and eventually released and scattered. Over the centuries they migrated north and eventually settled in Scandinavia, Germania, Britannia and Gaul, the forerunners of the white western nations. If you believe this then you have to believe that the House of Israel, God's truly chosen people are who? The white people, the white nations of the Earth. It is through the white nations of the Earth that God's promises to Abraham were fulfilled.
The jews of today are imposters. They are NOT the same as the Jews of 2000+ years ago. They hate and despise all things Christianity and Christ.
Donald, I think we are close contemporaries age wise so as a RC for the first 34 years of my life I totally relate to what you say about the church. Before becoming a non denominational follower of Christ ( self labeled for as much accuracy as possible) I was part of the charismatic, NAR, vineyard, SBC , word of faith movements at one time or another. With offense to no one intended whether RC or protestant, all are in their own way apostasies if not out right heresy. IMO none larger or more dangerous than the Scofield Zionism and RC ecumenicalism and salvation through the church. Jesus and Jesus alone is what I work to learn and practice, searching scripture exegetically and reconciling the Gospels and the apostolic writings to build a firm foundation of faith. In this quest, I have no room for anything ( mandatory church attendance, sacraments, political manipulations on and on) outside of these truths. These things are all contrived for control purposes. As an rc my focus was on behavior and obligation and as a born againer my biggest temptation was to lean towards almost mysticism and a profound self righteousness (*e,g, kaballah and phariseeism). I offer a loose interpretation of Hosea 6:6 when it says that God wants His people to know Him and love Him and John 6:28-29 which says the work of the Christian is to believe in Christ. Simply, each child of God's work (and it is work to know Him and His Word through learning about Him on your own first and search for help when needed. But we know that this burden of God /Christ is a light and easy yoke and burden. Much more so than the dogmatic stifling /shackling of the roman catechism and filthy , adulterated teachings and mental gymnastics of fantastical scofield zionism/dispensationalism. Since leaving any organized denomination or religion I walk freely with my Lord even though I might walk alone. Better to go with Him than go with a crowd heading the wrong way. God's grace is amazing even if you are in error in beliefs with humility and repentance He will not leave you in error. I don't think in a denomination a person can ever fully understand just how good the Good News truly is. Peace to all!
I appreciate you sharing that, spnbb. Thanks!
I love
this.
"The United States will be flooded by people of alien cultures, who will eventually overwhelm White America, people with no concept of what the United States Constitution stands for...
At least 4 billion 'useless eaters' shall be eliminated by the year 2050 by means of limited wars, organized epidemics...and starvation.
Rival factions and groups such as Arabs and Jews......shall have differences magnified and allowed to wage wars of extermination against each other under the eyes if NATO and UN observers.
The Story of the Committee of 300
John Coleman, 1992
Thanks Bard Joseph, It's great to see you dropping those John Coleman drops.
So here are a few more drops for those who care to take more of them.
Dr. Day and his 'Day Tapes' summarized it for anyone who was listening.
New Order of Barbarians was a very fitting title for it.
https://archive.org/details/pdfy-TmWlwCRIyvcIfa5W
The full book is also available there for those who are ready for it.
https://archive.org/details/B-001-004-419
Day tapes are mind blowing
Sage Hanna Substack introduced me to them.
I found a transcript of the Day tapes many years ago online, when I still only had access to the Internet at the library. I made a master copy, and started handing out copies to those I felt might be open to the information. I don't think it changed anyone's mind. It's different these days, because they stopped hiding their plans, so its hard not to see what's going on. Back then the Day tapes were considered kooky.
The same for me too, then I found the Day Tapes and the New Order of Barbarians were basically the same thing on archive.org later.
I am a long time donor to archive.org, since it has added so much great content to my forbidden library!
Who is John Coleman and why should I believe his croakings of doom?
Get his book.
He has a long history of wisdom.
Hope your feelings are not hurt.
Hurt feelings if I read his book or hurt feelings because you told me to get his book?
Lol.
When your eyes are open with his truth telling.
Hey, I have an open mind. I'll check it out and give it a read.
Perhaps Hitler's greatest sin was giving Jews a "get out of jail free" card -- good for all eternity, and covering all crimes.
‘I was raised Catholic… ‘ seems to be a common phrase. Where the Catholic mass becomes repetitive and redundant, my wife and I enjoyed the relevance of a Baptist church, where I could relate to the pastor being married and raising children in an ungodly world. We were committed for a while, but you start to see hypocrisy reveal itself, and that turns you off. Since that time not a day goes by where I don’t at least a few times talk to God … I just think organized religion is a money grab.
Wade
It hurts when I learn that someone who raised Catholic leaves the Faith for whatever. Once that was me.
You say the Mass was repetitive for you.
Yes it is. Since it is the re-enactment of the Sacrifice of Jesus Christ the Lamb of God who endured unimaginable torment to redeem God’s souls. To understand that, why would you want for it not to be repetitive? Given to his apostles at the Last Supper to perpetually provide Grace snd Privilege beyond our comprehension! I recommend you stay away from the New Order mass (since Vatican 2) and seek out a Traditional Latin Mass community and seat yourself in the back and piously pray for forgiveness from God as we all must do.
Wade, I pray you do.
After the horrific things that have come to light about the Catholic church... you hear the phrase ‘I was raised Catholic… ‘ more and more as we move away from the church's hypocrisy ... respected and venerated men of the cloth literally destroyed kids lives though sexual and psychological abuse. More importantly these acts were acknowledged by the parish and diocese administration and they moved these monsters to other diocese's to repeat the same offenses... c'mon that type of behavior is hard (impossible) to defend, and has turned many (as well as myself) off.
My wife and I joined our local parish when we we're first married, the first correspondence we received from the Catholic church was a stack of collection envelopes in the mail. When we joined a Baptist Church, our first contact was an elderly gentleman at our front door on a Wednesday evening, saying 'many people join our church when they are going thru hard times, is there anything that you need right now on an emergency basis that we may be able to help you with'...? That is true Godly care and Christ like compassion.
I've been to Vatican City and find it odd the protections that the Pope has to his avail, including a wall, but this one speaks of open borders .. I guess the Hypocrisy knows NO bounds...
The Catholic Church needs some serious rehabilitation, personally I won't wait around for it. I WILL pray for forgiveness but I will do so as I drive by a Catholic Church...
I've only ever quoted Bono once and it's this: 'The God I know isn't short on cash Mister...', well neither is the Catholic Church. I sincerely wish you well ...
I am Roman Catholic and I copied your paragraph "My wife..." verbatim into my notebook. In time, I will be personally reading it out to the Archbishop because you are correct and I feel the exact same way. God Bless that Baptist gentleman who came to you in your time of need.
I cannot fix all the wrongs of the past 2,000 years of the Catholic Church, because I cannot fix the fallen nature of man, but I personally take responsibility for the well-being of the people around me. If I see someone in distress, or a gap that needs to be filled, rather than remaining a victim when I have been victimised, or allowing others to stay victimised, I say something boldly or quietly help others (as required).
Thank you again for your testimony. Please continue to pray for us as you drive by the church.
Churches can only take us so far. At some point each of us must rely upon ourselves and God to work out our salvation. We cannot rely upon any other to do so.
My ancestors on my father's side come from the Protestant (protesting the catholic church) region of the Netherlands. I was a Jesus Freak in the 1970's. I put it aside to hold down a "real" job to care for my family. Then that "real" job got too "real" when they went the no job, no jab route. Yes, fuck them, I retired. I see the Orthodox Church (Russian, Greek, Assyrian,...) and Jesus Freaks as natural allies. A freak, by definition, is not normal. Jesus wasn't normal, why should today men and women with Christ hearts be normal? Of course, we aspire to make Christ as normal as air, but we aren't yet there.
Yep. I discovered 35 years ago, that to live the genuine Christian life, one must disengage from the world as much as possible. The more one disengages, the stronger faith and discernment grows...but also the more "freaky" one appears to non- Christians...and I am including in that label those who claim to be Christian, but have never, ever taken up their cross to follow Christ Jesus.
As a Catholic I loved the Jesus freak movement.
In Catholic catechism classes we had amazing discussions on all kinds of topics, but it was the Vietnam war going on which was a special focus, since so many of our brothers, cousins, uncles, and maybe some parents were involved. It's especially a contrast with the last few decades where we haven't heard much soul searching regarding the Middle East wars and the rest of the sordid affairs. People just treated the military as heroes with no
real discussion. I can't imagine why Donald's friend John Barbour hated the movie Jesus Christ Superstar!
It examined the motives of the PTB and stood for the depth and integrity of the common man,,,, in terms of the Jesus freaks. Unbelievably wonderful music too, not to be duplicated these days.