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Don't be surprised
God doesn't need any miracle
Who is the creator of this world???
Maybe I can write down the story of all my miracles and all the witnesses who witnessed my miracles.
Then will you believe, and obey me, the alive authority, over your dead ones?
Don't take my statement for grantedMaybe I can write down the story of all my miracles and all the witnesses who witnessed my miracles.
Maybe I can write down the story of all my miracles and all the witnesses who witnessed my miracles.
Why would you deny credibility to me and my miracles, but deem those from ancient times credible?
Simply because u told I will write them down so it's not God's Statements anymore
Indeed. As a side note, I find it interesting that many in the medical profession take on the symbol of a thieving trickster god ("Caduceus of Hermes") - the image you posted - instead of the "Rod of Asclepius", the god of healing:~;> you can do that anytime
as long as it could take something unto this so called sincerity to what is good and who cannot lie
as they say
the reality of life within its very existence is depending upon how you live your life by doing good unto your self and to your surroundings and just
tell the truth about it nothing more and nothing less
by the way
hope you could give some thought
about this writtings
if we may say so
as it is written
:read:
SERPENT-WORSHIP IN AMERICA.
I. MEXICO.--Every feature in the religion of the New World, discovered by Cortez and Pizarro, indicates an origin common to the superstitions of Egypt and Asia. The same solar worship, the same pyramidal monuments, and the same concomitant OPHIOLATREIA distinguish them all.
From Acosta 1 we learn, that "the temple of Vitziliputzli was built of great stones in fashion of snakes tied one to another, and the circuit was called'the circuit of snakes,'" because the walls of the enclosure were covered with the figures of snakes 2. This god, Vitziliputzli, "held in his right hand a staff cut in the form of a serpent; and the four corners of the ark, in which he was seated, terminated each with
1."
Vitziliputzli was an azure figure, from whose sides projected the heads of two serpents: his right hand leaned upon a staff shaped like a serpent 2.
The Mexican century was represented by a circle, having the sun in the centre, surrounded by the symbols of the years. The circumference was A SERPENT twisted into four knots at the cardinal points 3.
The Mexican month was divided into twenty days; the serpent and dragon symbolized two of them. In Mexico there was also a temple dedicated to "the god of the air;" and the door of it was formed so as to resemble a serpent's mouth 4.
The Mexicans, however, were not contented with thesymbolical worship of the sacred serpent. Like many other nations of the Ophite
1, to whom the literary republic is much indebted for his observations on the Mexican idolatry, informs, us, that "the rattle-snake was an object of veneration and worship among them:" and that "representations of this reptile, and others of its species, are very commonly met with among the remains of their ancient idolatry." "The finest that is known to exist is to be seen in a deserted part of the cloister of the Dominican convent, opposite to the palace of the inquisition. It is coiled up in an irritated, erect position, with the jaws extended, and in the act of gorging an elegantly dressed female, who appears in the mouth of this enormous reptile, crushed and lacerated."
A cast of this terrific idol was brought over to England by Mr. Bullock, and fully corroborates the reiterated assertions of the Spaniards who first invaded Mexico, that the people of that country worshipped an idol in the form of a serpent. Bernal Dias del Castillo, who accompanied Cortez, was introduced by Montezuma
1, that the Mexicans sacrificed human victims to the god Virachoca; and that the head of the unhappy creature about to be sacrificed was held back in a wooden collar wrought in form ofa snake."
Peter Martyr 2 also mentions a large serpent-idol at Campeachy, made of stones and bitumen, in the act of devouring a marble lion. An
1. A very remarkable one occurs in M. Allard's collection of sculptures; in which the dragons, forming it, have each a man's head in his mouth! The gods of Mexico are frequently pictured fighting with serpents and dragons; and gods, and sometimes men, are represented in conversation with the same loathsome creatures. There is scarcely, indeed, a feature in the mystery of Ophiolatreia, which may not be recognised in the Mexican superstitions.
did you have some writtings that says the snakes or serpent has something in common unto this so called elixer of life
and
just look unto this symbol
The image of serpents wrapped around a staff is a familiar one in the medical field, decorating pharmaceutical packaging and hospitals alike. Snakes bites are generally bad news, and so the animal might seem ill-fitting as the symbol of the medical profession, but the ancient emblem actually has a quite a story behind it.
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godbless
unto all always
So why believe in the Koran, also written down?
Indeed. As a side note, I find it interesting that many in the medical profession take on the symbol of a thieving trickster god ("Caduceus of Hermes") - the image you posted - instead of the "Rod of Asclepius", the god of healing:
I told u in previous posts
Who? You mean what? Nature.
God doesn't need prayers, what does god need, nothing.
The rain falls just as easily on the wicked.
Why should god care, pro creation is a good thing.
I would be highly suspect if someone tells me God forbids something or orders me to do something. I would suspect the reasonings are coming from us humans not god.
And a book is supposed to clarify what nobody knows?
Ok
That sounds great then the believers should just leave nonbelievers alone.
Any religion enslaving people is spreading ignorance because truth brings freedom from bondage.
Would u please tell why God has created us???
Probably for gods own pleasure.
Humans ARE animals. Highly intelligent but animals. Humans should know better than most animals which makes humans accountable.
IMO if a religious text is not personally testable, there's no sure reason to believe in any of its claims.