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2022-09-15T10:44:11-06:00

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End Times Prophecy – False Religion

Last updated on: September 15, 2022 at 10:44 am By Dorian Scott Cole

False Religion, True Religion series I remember at age 6 watching my first horror movie, standing up and pointing at the screen and telling the character not to go in there. What’s as fun and as frightening as a horror story we all want to watch, shaking in our chairs while we eat popcorn? Answer: End times prophecy. Wringing our hands, shivering, and crying, “We’re all going to die!” According to some we’re all going to be trotted off to... Read more

2022-09-15T10:43:50-06:00

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Tabernacle of Hate – False Religion

Last updated on: September 15, 2022 at 10:43 am By Dorian Scott Cole

False Religion, True Religion series How could a Christian minister, who simply wanted to get his family away from the perceived corruption of the world, become a terrorist willing to blow up the world? Unfortunately this true story told by an insider and spiritual leader, Kerry Noble, is all too common in our world today from Islamic terrorists to Christian terrorists. Image by Dorian Scott Cole This other aspect of the power of money to drive hate is not at... Read more

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2022-09-15T10:43:24-06:00

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C Street – False Religion

Last updated on: September 15, 2022 at 10:43 am By Dorian Scott Cole

False Religion, True Religion series One of the spoilers of religion is that people often find what they want to find and ignore the rest. Religion tends to be culturally and politically situated so that it is interpreted by those views. It is influenced by your work, peers, family, locale, groups, mission, etc. For example in Haiti, Vodou is accepted by many Christians as an acceptable part of their culture. This article (blog post) and the next are about two... Read more

2022-09-15T10:43:05-06:00

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Two churches in Revelations – Laodicea

Last updated on: September 15, 2022 at 10:43 am By Dorian Scott Cole

False Religion, True Religion series The wretchedness of the hypocrites and complacent Jesus talked a lot about the poster children of false religion, the Sadducees and Pharisees, which was addressed in a previous topic. He also told the wealthy that their wealth would stand in their way. But many of us are neither rich nor poor, we’re just comfortable. John, the writer of Revelations, talked about the comfortable in the church in Laodicea. Revelation 3: 14-17: “I know your deeds,... Read more

2022-09-15T10:42:40-06:00

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Two churches in Revelations – Ephesus

Last updated on: September 15, 2022 at 10:42 am By Dorian Scott Cole

False Religion, True Religion series We speak with a lot of coded messages today. They’re sometimes called dog whistles that stir up people without actually spelling out their ideology. Similarly in political speeches, politicians often address one crowd while their message is meant for an entirely different group such as other nations. We also use puns and double entendres. Is the word sin a code word for love? No. Then why is he word sin used so often when we’re... Read more

2022-09-15T10:42:21-06:00

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Sadducee and Pharisee Corruption

Last updated on: September 15, 2022 at 10:42 am By Dorian Scott Cole

False religion and true religion series The Sadducees and Pharisees were much like us today. Surprised? This is the nature of institutionalized religion – it becomes dedicated to its own survival and traditions. I’m not against institutionalized religion, but like all things left on the vine too long it gets corrupted from inside and outside. The Sadducees’ focus was on wealth The Sadducee Sect of Judaism were the religious leaders of the Temple and had a major hand in government... Read more

Institutional religion

2022-09-15T10:42:00-06:00

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Chasing after money

Last updated on: September 15, 2022 at 10:42 am By Dorian Scott Cole

The false religion of money Our economy is driven by consumption – that is consuming goods and buying more. Companies are willing to make no profit on printers and medical clinical analyzers because selling ink and diagnostic tests is where the money is – selling consumables. “No one can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and wealth.”... Read more

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2022-09-15T10:41:18-06:00

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Spirituality and religion

Last updated on: September 15, 2022 at 10:41 am By Dorian Scott Cole

Don’t you just love those religious organizations that demand allegiance, suggesting that if you’re not one of them, you’re going to Hell. Scary isn’t it? And there are so many of them so which one do you join. Fear is all about control and it is cultish behavior. This series is about false religion and true religion. Fear is a characteristic of false religion. Though there are a lot of definitions of religion and spirituality, relevant to this discussion are:... Read more

Spiritual and religious

2022-09-15T10:45:16-06:00

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False Religion – True Religion series

Last updated on: September 15, 2022 at 10:45 am By Dorian Scott Cole

This is the first article in the False Religion – True Religion series. By the end it should be abundantly clear what is false and what is true. So Jesus was saying to those Jews who had believed Him, “If you continue in My word, then you are truly disciples of Mine; and you will know the truth, and the truth will make you free.” – John 8:31-32 For all who would hear him, Jesus was about clarifying the religion... Read more

2022-02-16T11:47:30-06:00

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Love Your Enemies but Jesus Love Sends Them to Hell?

Last updated on: February 16, 2022 at 11:47 am By Dorian Scott Cole

Love Your Enemies but Jesus Love Sends Them to Hell? The unresolved conflict in Christianity is that we’re to love our enemies, but Gods’ justice for them sends them to Hell. Surprise! Judaism (our Old Testament, AKA Hebrew Bible, or Torah) had no doctrine about a heaven or hell – the grave was the end. What happened to create this emphasis on Hell? The idea of both were circulating before Jesus, possibly thanks to 200 years of Greek and nearby... Read more

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