Month: September 2016
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Serpent Seed of Satan mystery revealed
One thing that all languages have in common is that any word, term, phrase, etc. can mean more than one thing and it is not ultimately etymology that determines the meaning of a word, term, phrase, etc. but it is context. I have written much dealing with the specific theological (or, satanological) claims of serpent…
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Did God command the eating of a poop sandwich?, part 2 of 2
In part 1, we considered the text of Ezekiel chapter 4 wherein it was stated: “But as for you, take wheat, barley, beans, lentils, millet and spelt, put them in one vessel and make them into bread for yourself; you shall eat it according to the number of the days that you lie on your…
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Augustine of Hippo on the Nephilim
We will consider Augustine of Hippo’s (354-430 AD) City of God beginning with chap 5 which is titled, “That It is Not Credible that the Gods Should Have Punished the Adultery of Paris, Seeing They Showed No Indignation at the Adultery of the Mother of Romulus.” Therein, Augustine is engaged in a consideration as to…
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Ancient Celts on the Nephilim
J. A. MacCulloch wrote The Religion of the Ancient Celts (1911 AD) wherein he touches upon variously noted within my series about the Nephilim. This is that as per the post Tower of Babel dispersal of humanity throughout the Earth common history was carried about to the ends of the Earth. With time, this history…
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Islam / Muslim : Muhammad and Jesus, part 8 of 10
Jesus’ and Muhammad’s Revelation and Mission Here we will consider the vast differences between the manner in which Muhammad and Jesus understood their place in God’s plan and their missions. When Muhammad received his initial revelation he was alone in a cave. Subsequent revelations were received by Muhammad experiencing epileptic-like seizure-like fits with no one…
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Lactantius on the Nephilim
Lucius Caecilius Firmianus Lactantius (240-320 AD) wrote the following in Divinarum Institutionum / The Divine Institutes. Chap XV, “Of the Corruption of Angels, and the Two Kinds of Demons”: When, therefore, the number of men had begun to increase, God in His forethought, lest the devil, to whom from the beginning He had given power…
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Natural Born Atheist
Atheists will sometimes argue that we are all born atheists and only end up believing in God because someone taught us to do so. This is a clever quip, yet it is faulty for various reasons. Firstly, let us consider the implications. The claim is that atheism is our natural state of being from birth…
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The Zohar on the Nephilim
Herein we will consider Nurho de Manhar’s Zohar: Bereshith to Lekh Lekha (1900-14 AD) wherein chap 39 includes the following: Said Rabbi Jose: “The nephalim here mentioned were the angels Aza and Azael, whom the Holy One hurled from heaven onto the earth. If the question he asked, how could they exist on earth in…
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Roman Catholic Maryology: Mary in Roman Catholicism, part 15 – Intercessor? Mediator? Advocate?
At a glance: The Bible teaches that there is only one intercessor. Or does it? Can we not intercede for each other and cannot our dead relatives and dead saints intercede for us? We living people, intercede for each other in the name of Jesus, which makes Him the intercessor. We are not to communicate…
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Atheists reply to problem of evil in my Atheism Explained and Exposed lecture
I try be to careful about what debates/discussions I get myself into and actually, it is not so much about “what” but how many. Conducting research, writing, posting regularly and of course, working full time, caring for my family, etc., etc., etc. leaves precious little time to get involved in online dialogues most of which…