Re:.......they have no knowledge that set up the wood of their graven image, and pray unto a god that cannot save.
Whats the difference between someone who builds a statue or a cross out of symbolic veneration, and someone who builds one
to venerate it?? (the image)
THEY HAVE NO KNOWLEDGE (they don't know the difference between the representation and the actuality of what it's symbolizing, or the vicarious nature of God who works through those who are his own)
This might come as a shock to you, but
Pope John Paul II isn't the God of the Catholics. Neither will eating pork
turn you into a pig.
I have yet to see anyone become a pig after eating it. I've eaten it before, and when I look in the mirror, I still look perfectly human.

Speaking of knowledge, friend. You're the one who sits here touting verses from the followers of Jesus, who themselves claimed to declare "what they've seen" and "what they've heard", but it's a mystery to me why you're passing this along, because you haven't
seen Jesus's miracles, or
heard the esoteric meaning of his parables. You have no supernatural experiences, but insist on rattling on about hand-me-down preaching from the Fundy pulpits. So you HAVE NO KNOWLEDGE either, Gnosis (Greek), esoteric knowledge, personal experience (true faith).
So, why don't you take down those
graven images on your
sig, which you: "have no knowledge" of. Case in point.
Jesus asked: what father would give his child thistles to eat? Haven't you noticed no-one here is hungry for the meal you've been offering? As it is written, there is the milk of the father's word and there is the meat. I give his children meat, and you're still peddling babyfood.
Hab 2:18 What profiteth the graven image that the maker thereof hath graven it; the molten image, and a teacher of lies, that the maker of his work trusteth therein, to make dumb idols?
This verse most clearly speaks to the nature of the intelligence of the graven idol. Which is? Zippo, zero, nadda. A "dumb" idol. Referring to the trust someone places in 'it'. People make statues of John Paul to revere the man as a reminder of him, not to personify and justify their imaginations through the forming of an inanimate object. Big difference there.
Huh? what are you talking about? Translated into easier english means "I pray that you will or I pray that I will", they don't mean they are praying to one another.
So you're saying
context and
semantics are made relevant based on translation and interpretation? Pretty much what I was saying before. Obviously you didn't catch the part that in the bible, the word: 'pray' is being used in the context that someone can ask something of someone else. Does it matter that the petition is made to someone from the beyond? God has said, his children are Gods and the scripture cannot be broken. What is important is that they are
his, that he is the "most high" and all worship belongs to him.
do you really consider the Mormon bible as god's word?
No I don't, and I don't believe those other bibles haven't been adulterated either. You completely miss alot of the points I'm making for lack of comprehension of the things I've already said. There's a difference between the Catholic bible and Protestant, because the Protestants censored a few texts which are present in the Catholic bible. Meanwhile the Catholics censored the Gnostic texts. There IS NO authenticity of trustable lineage for Christian doctrine, because by saying you believe in the bible is saying you believe in one form of censorship but not another. But the form of censorship you DO believe in, comes from the organization you DON'T believe in who came to the conclusion of censoring the Gnostic texts on the basis that they were being guided by the holy spirit, as is expected to be the case for the Papal succession of the line of Peter.
Meanwhile, the referrences I've made to Jesus's teachings on tantric yoga give sufficient evidence that the Gnostic texts (the gospel of St. Thomas I quoted from in particular) have an irremovable relevance to understanding what it really means to be a Christian, esotericly, by having
eyes to see the esoteric symbolism present there. I've covered this full circle.
If you do not know god, he will say he does not know you, you must jujst read the bible and believe what god says in it, no other way, no other books.
I've been quoting the bible this entire time. You have more faith in your denomination than you do to wisdom.
Not only faith in god can save you but also heal
I was healed from many emotional turmoils, by learning of pranayama yoga and meditation which were
NEVER resolved after many years of being a "faithful" fundamentalist Christian. On the contrary, because of my confusions about the contradictions in Fundamentalism it hurt my situation even more. Gnosis has taught me the etymology and root origin of the word 'faith', and the trust I put in my new education is backed by my own research, not just my research but the fruits of my practicing.
Act 2:21 And it shall come to pass, that whosoever shall call on the name of the Lord shall be saved.
And what is this quote referring to? Saving one's soul? Immediately before that, we see this refers to prophecy concerning the last days when all manner of smoke, fire, blood and havoc will break loose. When I look at this, I can't help but notice the context would be: 'saved from the destruction of the apocalypse, or comming destruction of that age'.
In Gnosis, it is taught that those who have been born again (created the soul through the work in chastity) and dissolved at least half of the ego, will be saved from the day of the fire and the smoke. But does this make sense in relation to the text? Lets have a look:
"15For these are not drunken, as ye suppose, seeing it is but the third hour of the day. 16But this is that which was spoken by the prophet Joel;
17And it shall come to pass in the last days, saith God, I will pour out of my Spirit upon all flesh: and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, and your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams: 18And on my servants and on my handmaidens I will pour out in those days of my Spirit; and they shall prophesy: 19And I will shew wonders in heaven above, and signs in the earth beneath; blood, and fire, and vapour of smoke: 20The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and notable day of the Lord come:
21And it shall come to pass, that whosoever shall call on the name of the Lord shall be saved."
Who are the ones who will know to call on the name of the lord? The more the ego remains alive, the less likely the person is to be able to prophesy, have visions or dreams (propheticly), meaning that even if the lord poured out his spirit on the heathen, it doesn't mean they'll be forewarned of the comming destruction. THINK for a moment. It is because of the signs and wonders due to the gifts of the holy spirit, that the people (who have been performing the buddhist annhialation) will KNOW to be inclined to call upon his name to be saved in the first place.
Act 15:11 But we believe that through the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ we shall be saved, even as they.
Even to have been taught the gospel, to have it, is a grace alone.
Many graces, healings, and temporary pardonings of karma, are given to those who earnestly want to work on themselves in this life, or the next ones. It is said: great masters help those who work on themselves.
Rom 10:9 That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved.
I talked alot about this word: 'believe' and the deeper connotation of it, likewise of the words: 'faith', 'chastity' and 'virginity'. Heed now, that it is also written:
James 2:26
"For as the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without works is dead also."
Luke 21:19
"In your patience possess ye your souls"
Revelation 22:14
"Blessed are they that do his commandments, that they may have right to the tree of life, and may enter in through the gates into the city"
Note that those who have 'earned' the right to the tree of life, after abiding in the law (fundamentalism) gain it, the tree (esoteric knowledge).
Matthew 4:4
"But he answered and said, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God."
Works, patience, baptism of water (Samaritan woman: what kind of water? Jesus: GO CALL YOUR SPOUSE) 1 John 3:9- makes it starkly clear, nobody who is born of God is in sin, why? Because their
seed remains in them. This among other verses makes it impossible to be married
without kundalini yoga, it's that simple.
EVERY WORD that proceedeth, not
this verse, or
that verse, but the totality of the context of the word (which can still be found in the bible, which I DO believe in, thank you)