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Temptation & Testing (First Half)
Part 1 - Slavery:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cgs_gsgn-MU
Part 2 (First Half) - Genocide and Murder in the Old Testament:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kz0ye1j31jk
Part 2 (Second Half) - Genocide and Murder in the Old Testament:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=47POELozkg4
Part 3 - The Value of Women:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-IgmHy893bw
Part 4 - Can God Lie or Be Involved with Deception?:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WAm9qlaTRjY
Part 5 - Can god change his mind?:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qI856pqIWes
Part 6 - (First Half) Temptation & Testing:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LMQ5zqMsQJI
Part 6 - (Second Half) Temptation & Testing:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6uIVKgrAQD8
This video is the sixth of a series that will address inconsistencies & contradictions in the Bible that we studied and researched on our way out of organized religion. The videos will be derived from a document containing that body of research which was written to answer the many inquiries we knew we would have after our deconversion was made public. Being 3rd generation Christians, the flavor of which holds that the Bible is inerrant, divinely inspired, and literally interpreted, the extrication of ourselves from organized religion was not without exit wounds.
Our hope is that this video series will help those Christians who have questions or may be “riding the fence” to allow rational discourse with regard to their religious beliefs. And that possibly, they can remove the thought constraints installed by their respective religous beliefs.
It should be noted that these videos take the perspective of a believing Christian within the context of the Bible having a divine author thereby ostensibly rendering it the perfect moral authority. Basically, these videos rationally compare what God’s biblically declared nature & character are with what he says and does within Bible scripture.
All multimedia displayed is done so with fair use intended, for entirely non-profit, educational purposes. If you are the rightful owner of any material within the video and would like me to remove it, please contact me via my YouTube channel.
Music used in this video:
Octet,3rd mvt - Felix Mendelssohn
1,2,3 piano - Greendjohn
suppression - sapiens fx
Duration : 0:9:2
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November 16 2008 | First God made heaven | 25 Comments »
This is the completion of the 1st and 2nd Meetings poem. In fact, I have so far posted these Antinous & Hadrian poems in reverse order. This is the first, as the series at present stands; ‘Alexandria & Canopus’ comes second; ‘Hadrian and His God’ third. There are other poems in the sequence, not yet finished. I am very happy to report that Hadrian and His God is currently the most watched of my videos on You Tube. Ave Antinoe!
III.
What was this?
What spoke to me through him?
Which of the Olympians?
Apollo in form and with Apollo’s voice
entrancing the birds and trees,
all the surrounding landscape and my soul:
entrancing, changing, uplifting,
until this place seemed Heaven and we both gods.
I had known and half-loved many boys
and yet I felt when I saw him again,
as he taught me the words of that ancient hymn
(he enchanted at my trick of memory -
perfect memory is only a trick),
I felt, and I wrote it down in my private book:
I fall, am made again, am made anew
in depth and height, in being and in spirit.
These valleys and these mountains dance,
the stream rolls on, clouds condense to rain
and scatter across the earth. I am cloud and stream,
mountain and valley, earth and sky.
I am all this and more, both him and me.
And I felt, and I wrote this down too in my book:
The beams of his eyes have shattered two worlds;
nothing but ruins, nothing but ruins.
The quiet pool of the mind is now stirred up
and the outward world is burning, all aflame.
Myself am from myself far far away.
The weak and feeble soul has left its cave
and wanders in the ways of earth and air.
People say my poetry’s extreme, is precious,
over-precious, lacking the Latin clarity.
The Senate laughed at my provincial accent;
and now they say I am too much the Greek.
But this boy spoke as I did, understood
the purpose and the striving of my song.
IV.
At our second meeting
he was dressed befitting
the guest of the Emperor
and his eyes were shining.
I wore my most beautiful jewels
and precious raiment;
(Did I wish to dazzle him? I did!)
the priest’s hood over my forehead
as I addressed my god,
pontifex maximus welcoming his lord.
Also like a father with his child,
fond father to this beautiful,
this modest Bithynian boy.
He was not shy. He carried it off
as an everyday event,
yet with due reverence
to our separate stations.
I took him out into the gardens.
We wandered there for many hours
beside the streams, among the bowers.
And in an arbour seated face to face,
my arm along the back of his marble chair,
my fingers playing with his luxuriant hair,
he taught me his Spartan rhythms, Spartan rhymes,
his low voice husky now with speech still clear,
the gentle breathing and the lion’s roar
of these transfigured verses in his mouth;
watching each others lips and teeth and tongues
as I repeated after him that victorious song.
The sun was going down behind the hills,
the birds all singing, the small green frogs all choiring.
The sunset glowed upon his glorious skin,
his eyes were huge. I thanked him then,
embraced him; and he smiled.
The memory of that smile was with me still
when I lay down that evening on my couch,
my brain repeating the ancient verse,
my inner eye rehearsing all I had seen.
His figure strolled beside me in my dream;
his hand was in my hand.
V.
After our second meeting, I wrote this,
thinking of his Spartan rhythms,
the tenor of his voice, his eager eyes
(what other lad so loved his poetry?),
staring at me as he mouthed the words,
watching each others lips and teeth and tongues.
I have chosen you. Nothing will now suffice
but that I own and hold you as my own;
but that you take the gift which I extend;
but that the gift by him to whom it is given
is accepted in the spirit with which I gave -
not as a sign of amity
nor in worship of your perfect natural parts
but as a symbol
signifying that here,
within your breast, within my breast,
the withdrawn and recalcitrant world of the senses,
for but one moment cleared of eddying mists,
revealed itself;
and as in a mirror seen
surveyed what yet it might become
and recognised the goal to which it moved.
Not bad for a provincial,
even if in Greek and not in Latin!
I wrote this, I the Emperor wrote this
to that young boy,
to that Bithynian boy Antinous.
The music here is the fourth of Richard Strauss’s beautiful ‘Four Last Songs’ : ‘Twilight’ sung by the lovely Elisabeth Schwarzkopf who died in the autumn aged 90. I dedicate this to the memory of her incomparable voice which will long outlive her.
Duration : 0:9:10
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November 16 2008 | First God made heaven | 5 Comments »
Ecclesiastical world — First Community of Children — St.Peter2:- Thus, St.Peter became the Apostle implanting Churches warning the congregations to stick to the Ten Commandments of Moses if they want to receive Gospel in their hearts. That is Christ Jesus fulfilled the Moral Laws of Moses in St.Peter, who received the Keys to the kingdom of heaven that is on earth and not up in the sky where soul will rest after death. Kingdom of heaven is for the flesh and Peace of Mind or the Royal Kingdom of God within our hearts is for our souls. For this reason, St.Peter became disabled that the people who were keen to establish a Church would make efforts to carry him to their towns. That is, in Christ Jesus, we do not throw Pearls before swine. The first Church in Jerusalem presented an ideal Congregation when people were sons of Abraham or had tribal conscience, truthful, contented and merciful. Brother Stephen was a Wiseman of holy ghost and he groomed the Congregation for Apostles to Sow the Seed of His Word. Then St.James, the Just was also the same but soon after the deaths of these two, the next Bishops were timid and gave in to the pressure of the hostile Jews bringing in the Jewish leaven of reading the Scriptures without understanding in spirit. Bishops became greedy and immoral and the Apostles used to rebuke them for their malpractices. The Bishops retorted to the rebukes of Apostles banning them from their Churches and they appointed Presbyters to read the dead letters of the written torah as the Jews used to read and of the New Testament too. Apostles opened monasteries and the rest I have explained in other Videos. Dead people of letters like Origen, who could not understand that a Jew is inwardly and not outwardly, became their authorities on scriptures. In Nicene Creed they proclaimed Christ was born, died and rose on third day when Christ stands for Word that became flesh in the name of Jesus. This reflected the Darkness they created in Churches. St.Peter was made to sit by Christ Jesus in the seat of Prophet Elijah that used to be with John, the Baptist, who died fighting the sinners. In St.Peter, the sinners were killed and keeping of the Ten Commandments was a must. Saul was also a once born but he was made drunk with the Old Wine of Scripture and Christ Jesus had mercy upon him and blessed him with Holy Spirit like the other twelve at Pentecost. St.Paul also worked in collaboration with St.Peter advising the Congregations about the moral behaviour expected in an ideal Church of God but He did not have Keys to the kingdom of heaven as St.Peter. St.Paul like the other Apostles concentrated upon the exposition of His Word with mastery over the written Torah. St.Peter used to put on dark coloured colourful clothes as children do like, eat to his hearts content and sleep carefree. He loved Christ Jesus very much but when Christ Jesus was beaten mercilessly by the Roman soldiers bribed by the Temple Priests, then like a child frightened of corporal punishment, he denied Christ Jesus. As children or the once born are forgivable, so he was forgiven for denying Christ Jesus. That is why he was the first to rush to the empty tomb. Walking on the water is symbolic of the twice born in Christ Jesus to be greater than the once born in John, the Baptist that he started to sink when he wanted to go for Christ Jesus. Remember that the least of the Workers of Christ Jesus is greater than John, the Baptist. So, all the Church Bishops were supposed to be in the image of St.Peter or John, the Baptist. They should instruct their congregations to be obeying the Ten Commandments of Moses or to be morally sound so that the Apostles could sow the Seeds of His Word in their hearts. That is why St.Peter was the Rock over which Church of God would be built. That means liars, cheats and hypocrites have no place in the Church of God. But today, it is the opposite. Hypocrite politicians, the psychics, are given chances to address the congregations whilst the Gospel Truth speakers are out of their Churches. So, wake up to the standard of St.Peter if you want to love His Word, the Bitter Pill of Gospel. Psychic politicians always feed sugar coated tablets of falsehoods to amass votes. Politicians do not have morality and for the sake of self praises or votes, they would sell their conscience. Such people are the sons of Satan nothing to do with God.
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November 16 2008 | First God made heaven | 3 Comments »
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The Ambassador ft. J.R. - My Clothes My Hair (Music Video)
The Thesis CMR © LYRICS:
[Chorus]
So many people are hurt inside
Don’t even know him even though they might have heard of God
Can He love me? Will He hear my prayer?
Or, think I’m ugly when He see’s my clothes or sees my hair
I heard of a Savior heard He bled and died
We could give Him our sins and we could get his life
Yet I wonder for me if He will He even care
When He sees my clothes or when he sees my hair
[Verse One]
Let me get up in this verse right now
I’m thinking back to when we first got down
I only groped but when you searched I found
Snatched quick though you knew how I acted
That’s what’s sick, I was a pick that you drafted?
A backflip with a split couldn’t be more backwards
In fact that’s classic
I love to see your tactics
But I think back to when I’d shrink back on the real B
It’s real deep; I really thought you could never feel me
Cause my shirts were double X when really I was a small
Double shirts for the effect when really it wasn’t called for
Pants baggie- they sagged and dragged on the floor
But I was never that boy to show the back of his draws
But I did hang, kicked slang, me and my boys did
Rocked doo-rags till it put a crease in our foreheads
And on the surface others said we were worthless
But I’m glad you purposed to love us and you made us your purchase
[Chorus]
[Verse Two]
I was convinced of your power so I was down to comply with Your standard
Your God the Father- Creator- I was your product
But I noticed my focus it wasn’t on You; my hope was you would
Meet me heaven but as for earth I’d roll with the hood
I really didn’t want your heaven- just didn’t want more
I really didn’t want your presence- just didn’t want more
I didn’t know you were beautiful
You made advances but in fact I’d push you back like a cuticle
I was a bad date
But, now I know what it was you got lumped in with some people like a crab cake
They elevate their own; they celebrate
They make their own what’s right
They say it’s what you like
Everything else- they make it wrong
I’m glad you don’t hate our music or fashion
Unless these things and how you intend us to use ‘em are clashin’
Cause for us, this is just a part of the culture
But it’s the reason why some think they shouldn’t try to approach ya
[Bridge]
Man sees the outside
But God sees the inside
No matter your outside
Through faith He’ll come inside (2x)
[Chorus]
[Verse Three]
I could weep
So many people never heard of the name
Yeah they heard the word “Jesus” but never heard of His fame
They feel cut off from Him
Not just cause of their sin
But because of their clothes, hair, or their color of skin
And they’ve been afloat- drowning in sin, we’re in a boat
Yet they’ve never been approached
Cause we see them as different folks
God’s offer’s universal- yeah
He wants you in His circle- yeah
He wants you in the doo-rag
And He wants you in the purple hair
You can just take a cursory
Glance at the word and see
God made the plans of diversity
Is there one godly ethnic group
In the church should we all wear one polyester suit
Or maybe rock sandals and robes, no ham I suppose
When we meet maybe we should only eat salmon and loaves
Should we only like the organ or the violin
I’m inquirin’, I admire men up in the choir and women
But one minute, why do some people ume that God’s iPod
Got no tunes that got the “boom-bap”
He’s with White, with Black, with Lat
With Asian with Rock, Country, Jazz, with Rap
[Chorus]
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November 16 2008 | First God made heaven | 5 Comments »
The first ‘Noel!’ the angels did say
Was to certain poor shepherds in fields as they lay;
In fields where they lay keeping their sheep,
On a cold winter’s night that was so deep.
Noel! Noel! Noel! Noel!
Born is the King of Israel!
For all to see there was a star
Shining in the east, beyond them far;
And to the earth it gave great light,
And so it continued both day and night.
Noel! Noel! Noel! Noel!
Born is the King of Israel!
And by the light of that same star
Three wise men came from country far;
To seek for a King was their intent,
And to follow the star wherever it went.
Noel! Noel! Noel! Noel!
Born is the King of Israel!
This star drew nigh to the northwest:
O’er Bethlehem it took its rest;
And there it did both stop and stay,
Right over the place where Jesus lay.
Noel! Noel! Noel! Noel!
Born is the King of Israel!
*Then did they know uredly
Within that house the King did lie;
One entered in then for to see,
And found the Babe in poverty.
Noel! Noel! Noel! Noel!
Born is the King of Israel!
Then entered in those wise men three,
Full rev’rently upon their knee,
And offered there, in his presence,
Both gold and myrrh, and frankincense.
Noel! Noel! Noel! Noel!
Born is the King of Israel!
*Between an ox-stall and an
This Child there truly borned was;
For want of clothing they did him lay
All in the manger, among the hay.
Noel! Noel! Noel! Noel!
Born is the King of Israel!
Then let us all with one accord
Sing praises to our heavenly Lord
That hath made heaven and earth of nought,
And with His blood mankind hath bought.
Noel! Noel! Noel! Noel!
Born is the King of Israel!
*If we in our time shall do well
We shall be free from death and ,
For God hath prepared for us all
A resting-place in general.
Noel! Noel! Noel! Noel!
Born is the King of Israel!
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November 16 2008 | First God made heaven | No Comments »
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