Who says I have to? I once did. Now I do not.
I do.
Not that you have to accept the God of gods.
But that the phrase: "God of gods", comes from Daniel 11.
So in that context it refers to the God of Daniel (Specifically).
Ah, yes. Thomas Jefferson. A man who thought the superstitious rabble, silly miracles, and other religious nonsense was such a smear to the character of Jesus that he rewrote the Bible without it.
I think Jesus was a lame moral teacher who really contributed nothing new.
You're entitled to your opinion, everyone has one.
But you missed my point.
"Neither shall he regard the God of his fathers,
Who was the "God" of his fathers?
Thomas Jefferson wrote this:
IN CONGRESS, July 4, 1776.
When in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people
to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another,
and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal
station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature's God entitle them, a
decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should
declare the causes which impel them to the separation.
We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal,
that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights,
that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.--That
to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving
their just powers from the consent of the governed, --That whenever any
Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of
the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government,
laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in
such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and
Happiness.
"We, therefore, the representatives of the United States of America, in General Congress, assembled, appealing to the Supreme Judge of the world for the rectitude of our intentions,
Believing with you that religion is a matter which lies solely between
man and his God, that he owes account to none other for his faith or his
worship, that the legislative powers of government reach actions only,
and not opinions, I contemplate with sovereign reverence that act of the
whole American people which declared that their legislature should
"make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the
free exercise thereof," thus building a wall of separation between
church and State. Adhering to this expression of the supreme will of the
nation in behalf of the rights of conscience, I shall see with sincere
satisfaction the progress of those sentiments which tend to restore to
man all his natural rights, convinced he has no natural right in
opposition to his social duties.
I reciprocate your kind prayers for the protection and blessing of the
common Father and Creator of man, and tender you for yourselves and your religious association, assurances of my high respect and esteem.
-Thomas Jefferson
President of the United States
"Neither shall he regard the God of his fathers,
"nor the desire of women,
"nor regard any god: for he shall magnify himself above all. -
Daniel 11:37
Well, the Messiah is supposed to end all wars. But I still see those happening.
At the appointed time.
Thor was tasked with killing all the ice giants. Do you see any ice giants roaming around? Neither do I.
You got me there.
Your gods seem prone to melting.
Do you just have a fetish for showing nude women who are impaled? Showing it once wasn't even necessary, showing it twice makes me wonder about your character.
Maybe three times a charm?
Anna confirmed with her life that the Dragon chased the Woman through the Foxe Book days of Medieval Europe.
She confirmed Revelation 12.
The Dragon couldn't get baby Jesus. So he focused his attack on Jesus' People, and the Saints were given into his hand for a time, times and half a time (1260 years) from 538 until 1798 when the Pope died in a jail cell.
She also helped to confirm that the Dragon stood on the sand of the sea and the United States is the "earth" who came to the help of the "Woman".
And so it is the same "earth" that the second beast, the Antichrist, will rise from.
And according to some, the early church had it right the church ever since has been mislead by Satan - Satan, by the way, who doesn't even exist as a devil in Judaism.
And Catholicism is not early Christianity. The true early Christians had no political power, had no organized church, practiced underground in the catacombs, and were sometimes fed to the lions. That was the Early Church.
Ever since their practices died out and were assimilated into the mainstream it's been an organized tool, literally becoming Rome and continuing to dominate others. Although some of them had a thing for sticking people on stakes in such a manner. Vlad Dracul III, a 15th century Romanian warlord, was a very fierce Christian, very loyal Christian, fierce defender of the Cross, one of the last of the true Crusaders, and he was so fond of impaling people he gained many nicknames around it, such as Vlad Tsepes (Vlad the Impaler), and known to his Turkish enemies a Kaziklu Bey (The Impaler Prince).
And there were many other heinous cruelties other Christians inflicted upon others in the name of their religion. Burning at the stake was also common, even a legally mandated punishment for a few centuries.
I like that you capatalized "Early Church."
But I think, even now, not everyone who calls themself "christian", is a Christian.
You can identify them by their fruit.
Yup. That those who worship your god found justification in your Bible is basically what the OP is criticizing. Religion being justification for so much of the world's evils and hardships, and it offends god. Those books offend god, according to the OP video. Those teachings offend god. And here you
God can do whatever He wants.
He is Righteous.
He can kill.
He can let Anna Charboniere be martyred.
Because He has the power of resurrection.
He can send an angel to be with her as she dies.
And He can bring her back permanently, in the presence of her enemies.
I'm sure that's not going to be a fun day for them.