Does the ceremonial have anything to do with Christianity?

 

Does the ceremonial, ritual and clothing have anything to do with Christianity?

For centuries, so called Christian churches and so called Christian organizations have been characterized by all kinds of peculiar attires that have nothing to do with Christianity.

Who invented 'Nuns'? Who said that certain attires had anything to do with the teachings of Jesus? Did Jesus talk about building temples full of statues and decorations or talk about the proclamation of so called saints? No, he did not. Jesus was not immortal. He was made immortal by Emperor Constantine. So all that has been spread for centuries by organised churches has been an an absolute lie. Jesus was prophet, a mortal man that had wife and children. Where did the abstentinence vows come from? Another invention that has served to hide homosexuality and depravity. It is no surprise to learn about sexual abuses within churches.

How does he look like? Like a clown. And there are many of them. Recent scandals are not even the tip of the iceberg.

I recently spoke with two ladies working for the Church of England and ask them why they don't go around spreading the Word of Jesus. They told me that they don't do that because 'we are not Evangelists'. Well, truet Christianity is evangelical. By saying that they are not Evangelical they go against Jesus.

As more and more temples get sold to developers or are taking over by other religious organisations, the fate of the Church of England and other churches is all too obvious.

Muslims are everywhere preaching Islam, in the same way that true Christians went around and go around preaching the word of Jesus. I recently met a group of Muslims in the centre of town. They asked me what languages did I speak and they offered me a copy of the Quran in different languages, including several European languages.

What is the Church of England doing to promote Christianity? Absolutely nothing. Or even worse, with every single scandal, they are proving that the Church of England is a source of corruption of all kinds.

  

Jeremy Corbyn: No way back, says Starmer

 

Keir Starmer stated today what right now seems the obvious course of action: Jeremy Corbyn will not be allowed to stand as a Labour candidate. This is the statement today February 15th 2023.

What brought Jeremy Corbyn down was not Anti-Semitism in the Labour Party, but Jeremy Corby's stances on Palestine and the cause of the people of Palestine. 

Jeremy Corbyn was brought down because of issues that very much divide the people of Israel. Jeremy Corbyn was also targetted because of his geopolitical views and because his views on economics. No doubts about that. Now, it is up to those who genuinely support Jeremy Corbyn's views to remain or not to remain as Labour Party members and this is something Labour Party members and voters will have to consider looking forward to the 2024 Parliamentary Election. There is no guarantees either in terms of Keir Starmer being the Labour Party Prime Ministerial candidate in 2024. Keir Starmer was brought in to replace Jeremy Corbyn and now that Jeremy Corbyn is out, why should Keir Starmer remain as leader? This is a case that Keir Starmer will have to make himself and especially when he is at odds with the trade union movement that very much finances the Labour Party.

For a man that does not dare to publicly define what a woman is, things will not be easy as another leader who came up with unsavoury stances on sexuality came to realise. Nicola Sturgeon said that 'the issue regarding transgender and transexuality was not the issue that broke the camel's back.' Well, Nicola Sturgeon in on the way out and perhaps not just because of 'the issue that didn't break the came's back'. As Nicola Sturgeon recognized, Scotland is not a united country and the SNP is not a united party and remaining as SNP leader was not a viable proposition as she defined herself as a very divisive leader.

Having stated that she has campaigned from a very early age for Scottish Independence, she clearly stated that remaining as First Minister would only undermine the cause for independence as more and more people will turn against her because of issues that are not related to Scottish Independence. She clearly stated that the longer she stays as First Minister politics will turn to be more about personalities than about a proper debate.

Failings in terms of governance - the state of the Scottish NHS comes to mind - and controversial policies that are not supported by members of her own party - might have sealed her political fate.

And talking about fate, the Church of England is under assault. Militant Homosexuals are trying to force the Church of England to abandon Christian values in favour of political correctness and this is proving to be extremely corrosive. 

From media reports: 

The Archbishop of Canterbury, the Most Rev Justin Welby has spoken of being "threatened with parliamentary action" in an attempt to "force same-sex marriage" into the Church of England.

He was speaking at the global Anglican Consultative Council meeting in Ghana.

It comes after reforms within the church allowing the blessing of same-sex couples in civil partnerships.

The change was made after a motion was passed by the General Synod, the church's legislative body, this month.

Its position on gay marriage will not change and same-sex couples will still be unable to marry in church.

The Telegraph reports Mr Welby met with MPs at the House of Commons last month, and pushed back on further changes to its status on same-sex marriage.

Speaking ahead of the changes, broadcaster Sandi Toksvig said a meeting in January with the archbishop, last month was "very disappointing".

Ms Toksvig is a high-profile campaigner on LGBT+ issues, and although not a member of the church, she told the BBC she spoke out because she felt the impact of the message being sent out by the bishops was having an impact far beyond the Church.

The changes in the church have been unpalatable to some conservatives, but also fall well short of what many progressives had wanted.

Giving the presidential address on Sunday, Mr Welby said "many" members of the General Synod have "dismissed" his concerns about recent reforms.

• Sandi Toksvig: I can't let the Church hurt LGBT people
• Church of England backs plans to bless gay couples

He told those at the meeting, held in the Ghanian capital Accra "rules about sexuality in the Church of England" have been tabled for discussion as a "result" of growing atheism in the UK.

The archbishop said in the global north, Christian values of "community and mutual responsibility" have been "almost eliminated" in favour of "individualism".

Undoubtedly, Britain is in a state of flux at every level and there is an abundance of examples showing that the United Kingdom is a very disunited Kingdom. It comes as no surprise that more and more people will be tempted to take matters into their own hands to defend what they believe in and this is certainly a recipe for more and more confrontation.

There is no God or Gods: all religions are lies

There is no God or Gods: all religions are lies used for power and control. Throughout history religions have been used for spurious purposes to make Man kill Man and exploit Man. Religions have been used to justify murder by putting Man against Man.

Churches, Mosques, Synagogues and other religious temples are symbols of the stupidity of Man that afraid of the final destination has fantasized about Eternity. We see it everywhere. What were the Pyramids about then? The Pharoes had the Pyramids built as the passage to an imaginary After Life where they were going to continue enjoying the pleasures of the present life. They couldn't accept the fact that the bodies of Christians, Jews, Muslims or individuals following any other religion are going to rot, being putrified and decompose. Dust to the Dust. Das Ende. This is it. There is no Heaven. There is no Hell. 

All the temples, palaces, all the monuments are going to collapse when the time comes. Planet Earth has been evolving for millions of years and will continue evolving until a cataclysmic effect will put an end to it and erase it from the Universe. You know full well that at the beginning there was one single continent that was fragmented to form the continents that we know today. All countries that exist today will not be around when the time comes as the Earth surgace continues to change and evolve. All the nonsense about Eternity is just that: Nonsense.

One of the most murderous organisations has been the Catholic Church that not only justified invasions, colonisation and murder, but also carried out murder operations of its own throughout centuries. Why? Because the Catholic Church has nothing to do with Jesus. It is a tool used for power and control. It has deliberately supported oppresion because it served its own purposes.

Israel: Those who live by the sword die by the sword

 

The idea of a Promised Land turned into a nightmare

Even before 1948, the year when what we know as the State of Israel came to be, Palestine was in flames. Palestine was the possession of many empires including the Roman Empire and the Ottoman Empire. The Crusaders went to Palestine presumably to liberate it from the ones they called the Infidels - translation of those who professed another faith that wasn't their faith. Murder, rape, and destruction have for a very long time been common currency in Palestine and given what we know such lamentable state of affairs is not going to come to an end any time soon. Tonight, once again, violence has spread across Palestine. Peace in Palestine is never an ever lasting reality and, as always, those who live by the sword die by the sword. For centuries, Islam, Christianity and Judaism lived together without any formal state. Oh, yes, they were not always at war. The coexisted. Under British rule Palestine was a Protectorate and there was rule of law, but a precarious peace was not meant to last as events in Europe triggered a process that to put an end to the Protectorate and led to the partition of Palestine. 

Until the start of World War Two - officially started on September 3, 1939 - two days after Germany invaded Poland - National Socialist Germany was initially in favour of the idea of sending Jewish populations to Palestine and the so called Zionist Movement was very much in favour of it as they wanted Jews to go to what they called the Promised Land. But the start of World War Two frustrated many plans. 

By the end of World War Two, once again, the Zionist Movement renewed its efforts and finally in 1948 the partition of Palestine took place and the State of Israel was born, but not all Jews chose to go to Palestine. Many of those who were leaving Europe chose to go to other countries i.e. the USA. After what they had been through before the war and after the war, quite a few were not willing to face any more so much hardship. The State of Israel of 1948 was nothing compared to today's Israel as conflict after conflict the State of Israel took more and more land from its neighbours and expansion has never really stopped. Such expansion at the expense of local populations could only lead to confrontation and this is exactly what we are witnessing today.  Instead of an ever lasting peace, it has created an ever lasting war that has been affecting other parts of the world for a very long time.

Corona Virus could be a blessing in disguise

Corona Virus could be a blessing in disguise

In a Twenty-First Century of selfishness, Corona Virus could be a blessing in disguise, forcing Humanity to rethink its ways. 

We don't know how far the Corona Virus pandemia will go. But we know that it is forcing countries and people as individuals to think about the way we live.

This is a time in which if we don't look after our neighbours we would end up being victims. The virus doesn't care about national borders. The virus doesn't care about gender, race, sexual inclinations, ideologies or social background. If you are meant to get it, you are going to get it. Privileges amount to nothing. This a very democratic infection. At the last count, more than 150 countries have been infected, both rich and poor, regardless of backgrounds.

Corona Virus is making people think about our approach to healthcare and welfare in general. The views of an empty Mecca in Saudi Arabia send a very clear message to all those willing to hear. Whether you are Christian, Jewish, Muslim, Hindu or of whatever other religious persuasion or don't believe at all, you can be a target. This is the kind of terror that can target Humanity as a whole.

Corona Virus could be given a religious meaning. Let's put it this way: you can be rich. You can be powerful. I am going to get you anyway. Maybe Corona Virus is what is needed to make Humanity think, ponder, and change for the better. For months on end, we have been talking about wars, about trade wars, about terrorism, about political polarization and conflicts of all kinds.Suddenly, the world is focused on one issue. This is about survival of the individual and the said individual could be you. For you to survive, you need the actions of many others. We come to the point when every nation will be made to understand that we all need a National Health Service. If your neighbour is ill because he or she cannot afford to be treated then you and your family and everybody else you care for is in danger.

Faced with a catastrophe we need to think and to act. Corona Virus might be teaching us a valuable lesson that all of us need to learn. 

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When Hate Speech Legislation becomes a tool for repression

Hate Speech Legislation becomes repression tool to deter people from speaking their minds in the same manner that Jesus's Disciples were told not to talk about Jesus after Jesus crucified. Today, it is the equivalent of the State using Hate Speech Legislation.

During World War Two, British soldiers were supposed to have given their lives to defend Free Speech but the Elites running Britain used secrecy and propaganda to stop people from learning the whole truth about the actions undertaken many of which contradict the official version of events.

Keeping records hidden from public view is not about protecting British interests. It is about protecting those who engage in wrongdoing. In the words of Mikhail Gorbachev, Britain needs a lot of Perestroika (Re-structuring) and Glasnost (Transparency). 

Man made God and not the other way around

Man made God and not the other way around

It is self-evident that man created God. In the days of Ancient Greece, religion had a completely different outlook with a whole system headed by Zeus at the Olympus where an array of deities, Gods and Semi-Gods constantly interfered in the lives of Man.

To explain Death, Man created the concept of Heaven and Hell. In Ancient Greece, Hell was ruled by a God. There was a constant struggle between deities, Gods and Semi-Gods, a constant quest for power that very much reflected the everyday world. Judaism and its branches called Christianity and Islam - both born out of the Judaism - adopted a system in which there was only one God, the Creator, and got into trouble trying to explain the origins of Man.

If Adam was created by God and later on Eve was created taking a rib out of Adam, nobody could logically explain where the descendants of Cain came from. Were there other women and men not related to Adam, Eve and Cain around? Where do they came from? If there weren't any other women and men not related to Adam and Eve around, did Adam and Eve also had daughters? If they had daughters, then the Human Race was born ouf of an endless number of incestuous relationships and genetic mutations that would have led to different ethnic groups.

To sum up: the concepts accepted by Judaism, Christianity and Islam are the consequences of irrationality, an irrationality that could only be maintained by fear and by a power struggle. Religion is in fact Political Power and for centuries all those who dared to challenge the imposed view suffered terrible consequences.

The so called perfect system presumably created by God is not perfect in any way, shape or form. Since Man appeared on Earth he has been hunted or being a hunter. We only survives thanks to murder and destruction. Millions upon millions of animals that are supposed to be God's Creation have been destroyed, are destroyed and will be destroyed on a daily basis just to keep Man alive. Man also kills for the sake of entertainment and to feed other animals that it is said that Man wants to protect.

The Bible, for example, says 'Thou shall not kill'. Well, incidentally, killing is what has kept Humanity alive. We might blame an asteroid for the disappearance of the dinosaurs but the level of destruction caused by Man has led quite a few species towards extinction. 

Every day, we kill on an industrial basis. Species living in the waters and on the ground are being systematically destroyed, natural habitats are being destroyed and this is the consequence of the actions of Man and Man is faced with a stark choice: if we don't kill, we starve to death. So the statements about 'Thou shall not kill' is purely and simply bollocks. We kill other Human Beings and we destroy Animals by the millions of millions on a daily basis. If you believe in God then the direct conclusion is that God created a monstrosity, an endless chain of pain and barbaric actions.  

The idea of Islam being a religion of peace is getting more and more difficult to sell

The idea of Islam being a Religion of Peace is getting more and more difficult to sell as Police officers publicly say that they are arresting Muslims involved in terror activities on a daily basis.

As a religion Islam or might not be a Religion of Peace but what becomes clearer and clearer is that quite a few Muslims - other Muslims at birth or Muslims because of having converted to Islam are not peaceful at all and are plotting on 24/7 basis to commit acts of terrorism on British soil. Coming to the definition of British, the mass media, the political classes, et cetera, talk about British Muslims. Are they? Are they truly British? Are they British first or Muslims first? What is in the minds of those involved in terrorism even when they were born in the United Kingdom? Allegiance to Britain and British customs and way of life? It appears that they have no allegiance to Britain at all and that they are ideological enemies of British customs and way of life.

On the day when a man was convicted and received a twelve weeks sentence accused of broadcasting anti-Muslim messages, we also have to deal with people who plot to destroy our way of life by promoting Islamic messages.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel explicitly and very publicly said: Multikulti ist tot (Multiculturalism is dead). We cannot have societies in which people live apart ruled by different rules according to their faiths. Islam is contrary to the very fundamentals of Democracy.

Western societies have division of powers, one Law for all, and the belief that men and women are equals before the Law and before God. Islam is very much against gender equality and very much supports discrimination. Whatever the mass media say, whatever the political classes say, Islam is inherently discriminatory and non democratic. In Western societies, people are free to believe or not to believe, to have a religious faith or to have none and no one is lawfully persecuted because of his or her religious ideas or lack of religious ideas. Islam condemns those who do not adhere to Islam classifying them as non-believers. In Islam, there is no concept of religious freedom.

Why do people join IS?

Why do people join Islamic State? The question can be answered by posing another question: why did people join the Crusades?

There is obviously something missing in so called modern society. As religions in the Western World are eroded by changing customs and ways of life, there is a thirst for certainty, whatever that certainty might be.

It does not surprise me the fact that converts to Islam seem to be more fanatical that those who have grown up in Islam from birth. They seem to be more desperate to seek something they can strongly identify with, something that provides them a sense of purpose, a life mission and a distinct identity, something to fall on to face the uncertainties of modern life.

Looking at Christian churches we see that less and less people profess the faith. They either don't have the time or the inclination to go the church on a regular basis and most churches not even bother to go out in search of followers. Nuclear families are disappearing and the number of people living on their own is growing and growing.

The usual question is: do you know your neighbours? How often do you have any kind of social interaction with your neighbours? How much of a community is out there? We are much too busy, we are much too worried, or we are simply not interested. Islam capitalizes on our lack of sense of community, on our selfishness and our lack of interests and those who are desperate for the sense of community that we have lost flock towards Islam.

There are two factors involved: 1) Islamic families tend to have more children because they have closer families that can support the younger generations that have children. 2) People from outside Islam are joining Islam because it provides that Christianity used to offer.

Unfortunately, there are strings attached. Unlike Christianity, Islam has stricter codes of conduct that can also lead to abuses and the search for certainty and the need to belong can be used for purposes that are less than altruistic. People who are naturally vulnerable can therefore be indoctrinated and reach a point of no return when reason is replaced by unconditional obedience and fanatical attitudes.

Such unconditional obedience and fanatical attitudes are not the monopoly of Islam. Certain sects and Christian cults share this attributes of unconditional obedience and fanaticism. The common element is the existence of emotionally vulnerable individuals willing to sacrifice their individuality in search of certainties that they desperately need.

In order to belong they are even ready to lose their lives and this is not knew either. The Japanese Kamikaze and the suicide bomber share the commitment to pay the ultimate price. There is a clearly defined enemy, a mission and the will to end the lives to accomplish the said mission. The Kamikaze sacrificed himself driven by love to his country. The suicide bomber sacrifices himself or herself driven by the strength of religious beliefs. The Templar knights went as far as becoming warriors that put aside their carnal instincts in their quest to achieve what was perceived as their sacred mission.

Instead of demonizing our enemies we should strive to understand what motivates them to act, what are the driving forces that lead them to commit what we consider to be atrocities against mankind. Beheading and massacres are not merely atrocities. There is a strong sense of Idealism behind the most cruel acts. There is a message that needs to be decoded.  

National Partei Deutschlands: For culture, tradition and identity

Certainly, religion and faith are a private matter and can not be ordered. We live in a secular state that makes its citizens in these questions no rules. Except holidays and other smaller facilities. Despite this secularization we are all more or less familiar with the well-known festivals and rituals. Some have religious backgrounds that are much older than Christianity. Others have a very direct reference to Catholic doctrine. They all belong to our Western heritage and are an integral part of our annual life. So it is not only understandable but also imperative that more and more people oppose the elimination of these cultural characteristics.

It's not just about festivals or holidays. It is primarily aimed at our cultural identity. To what defines us. Culture and tradition are not fads, but a product of the genesis of our people, our mentality. In the culture of the people is expressed. We face the culture and customs in relation to our environment.

In particular that the celebrations are under attack, have a strong relation to the family, no surprise. Finally, the family must not place themselves have destructive world in one. But it is the families that give us protection and security. We remember your special about Christmas. In the sacred night not only the living are close to us, but also the dead, our ancestors that we have in our minds and to whom we owe our existence. To whom we owe the piece of land on which we live and we treasure for millennia.

That is why this view is on culture and tradition also a piece of policy. It's about responsibility. To real responsibility that we have taken over and we pass on to our children. Those who give up their culture, deny their origin origin and have no future.

Gewiss, Religion und Glaube sind Privatsache und können nicht verordnet werden. Wir leben in einem säkularen Staat, der seinen Bürgern in diesen Fragen keine Vorschriften macht. Von Feiertagen und anderen, kleineren Annehmlichkeiten abgesehen. Trotz dieser Säkularisierung sind wir alle mehr oder weniger mit den bekannten Festen und Ritualen vertraut. Manche haben religiöse Hintergründe, die schon viel älter als das Christentum sind, andere haben einen sehr direkten Bezug zur katholischen Lehre. Sie alle gehören aber zu unserem abendländischen Kulturerbe und sind ein fester Bestandteil unseres alljährlichen Lebens. Insofern ist es nicht nur verständlich, sondern auch geboten, dass sich immer mehr Menschen gegen die Beseitigung dieser kulturellen Eigenheiten wehren.

Es geht dabei nicht nur um Feste oder Feiertrage. Es geht im Kern um unsere kulturelle Identität. Um das, was uns ausmacht. Kultur und Tradition sind keine Modeerscheinungen, sondern Produkt der Genese unseres Volkes, unserer Mentalität. In der Kultur drückt sich das Volk aus. Wir stellen uns über Kultur und Tradition in Bezug zu unserer Umwelt.

Dass insbesondere die Feierlichkeiten unter Beschuss stehen, die einen starken Bezug auf die Familie haben, verwundert nicht. Schließlich darf die Familie keinen Platz in einer sich selbst zerstörenden Welt haben. Es sind aber die Familien, die uns Schutz und Geborgenheit geben. Ihrer besinnen wir uns besonders an Weihnachten. In der geweihten Nacht sind uns nicht nur die Lebenden nah, sondern auch die Toten, unsere Vorfahren, an die wir denken und denen wir unser Dasein verdanken. Denen wir auch das Stück Erde verdanken, auf dem wir leben und das wir seit Jahrtausenden hüten.

Darum ist diese Sicht auf Kultur und Tradition auch ein Stück Politik. Es geht um Verantwortung. Um echte Verantwortung, die wir übernommen haben und die wir an unsere Kinder weitergeben. Wer seine Kultur aufgibt, leugnet seine Herkunft und hat keine Zukunft.