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Revelation, Fraudulent Prophecy

Posted in Astronomy, Atheism, Atheist, belief, Bible, Christianity, culture, enlightenment, faith, freethought, history, humanity, life, logic, random, religion with tags , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on July 21, 2009 by chouck017894

The book of Revelation, the  canonically approved conclusion to New Testament myths, cannot truthfully be termed “revelation.”  It was fashioned upon cosmological teachings that were regarded as ancient even in the time when Revelation was edited for propagandist purpose, c. 135-138 CE.  The alleged author, John, did not have to rely on visions or divine insight for his imitative version: he needed only access to the myths and cosmological knowledge of older cultures, the use of well-known Pagan symbolism, and a familiarity with the revelatory style from Ezekiel to fashion an ecclesiastical deception.

This “judgement day” mishmash of godly retribution upon wicked humanity is the deliberate perversion of ancient teachings regarding the different energy aspects involved as the creative process responsible for matter manifestation.  These ancient cosmology lessons had once been taught by using imagined figures outlined upon various groups of stars, i.e. constellations.  Hence, in this propaganda for the young Christian faith, the source-clues pop up everywhere: the symbolism and the repeated use of the number seven, for example, are  common to all ancient Creation myths, not end-time prophecy.  Elsewhere, in chapter four, a “throne” is described with “…a rainbow round about the throne, in sight like unto an emerald.”  But the “throne” that is referred to is not the seat of some divine being; it refers to green Earth, and the “rainbow” round about it refers to (gasp) the Zodiac!   In the verse prior to this, other gemstones were mentioned: jasper, sardine stone, and the emerald–the stones associated with the constellations Gemini (emerald), Pisces (jasper), and Cancer (sardonyx-alternated bands of brown and white).

With chapter five of Revelation the propaganda for the Christian version of faith really takes off with reference to a book that is sealed on the backside (prephysical conditions) with the usual seven seals.  The only one worthy to pop open the seals and read it is “…the Lion…” of Judah (the undisguised symbol of Leo), “the root of David,” and therein stood a Lamb (symbol of Aries).  Only this “lamb” had been slain (from the foundations of the world), “having seven horns, and seven eyes, which are the seven spirits of  god sent forth into all the earth.”   In the ancient teachings from which these symbols were taken, the “lamb,” or  Aries lessons, had taught of the life principle that rises to preside in the four energy dimensions of matter and was explained in seven lessons on energy manifestation as matter.

Only one more example, out of many, of  “John’s” theft from ancient sources to be used as scare tactics to inspire conversion to Christianity. Chapter six of the twenty-two chapters of Revelation contains the well known “Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse.”   The “lamb,” of course, opens the first of the seven seals and what is seen?—a white horse.  There is here an abrupt jump to symbols associated with Sagittarius, where Centaurus aims his arrow at the center of galaxy energy.  There are four horsemen rather than seven, for the ancient lessons on Creation and cosmology taught of  four energy planes that combine as matter.  The colors given the horses charging into John’s nightmare are given as, 1) white, 2) red, 3) black, and 4) pale.  These are intentionally mixed up to present a tale of calculated slaughter of non-Christians by the Prince of Peace.

In the ancient Creation lessons from which these images were taken, the four colors represent the amoral energies that involve in the process of matter manifestation, and so properly represented stages of energy amassment in which life arises as once taught with the contellation lessons Leo, Virgo, Libra, and Scorpius.  The original and proper order of the four colors was: 1) pale, 2) red, 3) black, and 4) white.

  • The word pale signifies no given color, which corresponds to the stage of Creation activity where energies are not fully defined as discernable form.  The closing lesson given with Leo concerned the pale framework of light that slowly manifests into matter forms.
  • Red, a primary color, represents the earlier matter-forms—mineral and plant life; this dimension of rising life was taught with the constellation Libra.  The reference in Revelation to wheat, barley, oil and wine clearly refer to Libra.
  • The color black results when every band of light is reflected back from a surface, and thus indicates the lessons of Virgo, which were concernd with dense matter.  In Revelation the rider on the black horse carried a balance and would seem to indicate Libra.  However, when Revelation was  penned, the constellation signs Virgo and Libra were commonly intermixed and regarded as reciprocal (inseparable) units.
  • White symbolizes purity striven for and attainable only through establishment of harmony with creation forces.  This inspiration for life continuance was in the lessons given with Scorpius.  Thus the use of the white horse in Revelation to symbolize the Life Principle “going forth conquering and to conquer” is an intentional defilement of more scientific, more honest understanding of the role of conscious life in the universe.

Not all Christian representative were supportive of Revelation, being outright suspicious of its origin and connection to “pagan” teachings.  In the General Council of the Church of Nicaea, 324, there was considerable argument over whether or not Revelation should be included in Christian canon.  Bishop Cyril of Jerusalem in 340 omitted the book from his canon.  The Synod of Bishops in 364 elected not to include Revelation from the New Testament.  In 370, however, Bishop Epiphanius of Salamis of the Island  of Cyprus reinstated Revelation.  But then in 375 Bishop Gregory Nazianze in S.W. Cappadocia struck Revelation from his canon.  And in 380 Bishop Philastrius of Brescia also chose to omit Revelation.

It is notable that over 1200 years later (16th century) there was still rational objection to Revelation as not harmonious with Christ’s teachings. Luther, for example, advocated the removal of the book as well as three other books closing the New Testament; James, Jude, and Hebrews–all deemed as “inferior.”

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A Gaggle of Angels

Posted in Atheist, Bible, Christianity, culture, life, random, religion with tags , , , , , , , , , , on June 6, 2009 by chouck017894

The first mention of an angel in biblical myths is in Genesis 16:7 where Abram’s concubine, Hagar, pregnant with Abram’s “seed,” has fled into “the wilderness” to escape Sarai’s jealous wrath.  “And an angel of Yahweh found her (Hagar) at the water well (or “fountain of waters”) in the wilderness…” verse 7 tells us.  It should be noted that at this point of the myth neither Abram nor Sarai have yet had the letter H added to their names.  (The significance of adding the letter H and the hidden meaning of “wilderness” and “water well” are revealed in The Celestial Scriptures.)

This introduction to “angels” into the story also carries with it a glut of subtle clues that only the  in-crowd of priestly reciters were privy to, for they used a sacred language style to disguise “holy” meanings to themselves and away from the uneducated masses.  As a result the writing gets a little confusing at times.  For example, as the “angel” speaks to Hagar, that which is being spoken shifts from a kind of third-person messenge-service pronouncement to words being spoken by God himself.  It should be noted that in the earliest presentations of “angels,” this was an intentionally indistinct method of storytelling by overlapping the deity with the lesser “angel” image to convey the illusion that “angels” were simply an expression of God’s presense.

Belief in multiple gods, as recognized in Pagan cultures, was regarded by the Judaic authors to be irreligious, but their various “angels,” entrusted with essentially the same attributes and responsibilities, was held to be a  different story.

Later in Genesis, two angels are portrayed as arriving at the door of Abraham’s nephew Lot, who lived in Sodom.  Oddly, Lot addressed the pair as “My Lord” (Genesis 19:18).  The message given by the pair was apparently presented as something like a singing telegram: “Flee there quickly (to the near-by city of Zoar) because I cannot do a thing until you get there.”  Lot protests that Zoar “…is a little city” and that “it is near.”  (Why the word is was stressed is explained in The Celestial Scriptures.)

As noted in Time Frames and Taboo Data, the archangel lineup from Judaic lore cagily personified our solar system’s planets.  Thus the archangel Michael personifies the Sun; Gabriel, the Moon; Raphael, the planet Mercury; Samael, the planet Mars; Sadkiel, the planet Jupiter; and  Cassiel, the planet Saturn.  The archangel Arnad was the last to be enlisted into the ranks of archangels and represented the young planet Venus.  A Talmudic passage freely acknowledges that the names of the angels, the names of the months, and even the letters of the alphabet were brought  from the exile in Babylon.

Christians got the holy lowdown on angels when the Council of  Bishops was assembled by Pope Liberius in 364 to determine what would and would not be considered canon.  Strictly regulated were rituals, precedents, heresy, baptism, fasts, angel worship, etc.  There was agreement that  referring to angels by name was forbidden. 

The Jewish recognition of angels that had been carried over into Christian myth became a near obsession during the Dark Ages.  By 787  the Second Council of Nicaea determined that angels might receive reverential obeisance, but were not to receive divine worship.  It was also determined after much haggling that nine orders of angels existed wherein archangels made up the eighth level—or next highest in management duties. 

Of course angels became a prominent feature in Muslim lore also for, as noted earlier, it was the angel from Jewish myth that comes to Abram’s concubine Hagar.  “And an angel of Yahweh found her (Hagar) at the water well in the wilderness” (Genesis 16:7) and told her that God  would “greatly muliply thy seed” and the son that she would bear was to be named Ishmael.  The Mohammedans therefore look upon Hagar as Abram’s true wife and upon Ishmael as the favorite son.  Thus the genealogical traditions of Hebrews and Arabs were made to unite and provided the foundation for the establishment of Islam.  And by borrowing from Judaic/Christian fabrication of angels, it was easy to accept that when Mohammed went into battle at Badr and Mecca he had allegedly been assisted by 1000 to 3000 angels.

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