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THE GODS OF THE ANCIENT WORLD:
REAL, OR SOMEONE'S IMAGINARY FRIEND? by
Mac Dominick
This is a series of articles.
We will publish one each week. Here are the titles:
THE
GODS OF THE ANCIENT WORLD:
REAL, OR SOMEONE'S IMAGINARY FRIEND?
by
Mac Dominick
The Bible records 3 major
rebellions recorded in the first 11 chapters of Genesis:
1. The Rebellion of Satan
and the resulting Fall of Man. (Genesis 3)
2. The Rebellion of the Watchers (Genesis 6)
3. The Rebellion at the Tower of Babel (Genesis 11)
Since we are dealing primarily
with the gods in this article, the Rebellion of Satan
and the Fall of Man will not be a major focal point
of our discussion. As we move forward, the rebellious
elohim we know as Satan will receive significant attention,
but we will take time here to mention only one aspect
of his rebellion. The Bible is clear that Satan was
in the Garden of Eden, deceived Eve, and led Adam into
sin. There is, however, no Scriptural evidence that
he had accomplices, or that any other elohim rebelled
against God at that point. Our concepts of a pre-Edenic
major angelic rebellion do not originate in the Hebrew
Scriptures or the New Testament. That entire theory
comes straight from John Milton's Paradise Lost. (5)
Due to the silence of the Scripture, one is forced to
conclude that Satan may or may not have acted alone
in his initial rebellion against God.
Although there are less
than six full chapters in Genesis that describe the
pre-Flood world, there is no mention of the worship
of false gods within those chapters. Small "g"
gods are not mentioned in Genesis until chapter 31 in
the account of Laban's accusation that Jacob fled Padanaram
with his family gods. We can be confident that the worship
of the small "g" gods originated after the
Flood. However, much of the mythology describing the
antics of the primordial gods passed down from ancient
times is simply the nonbiblical perspective of a highly
embellished version of the Rebellion of the Watchers
and their offspring, the Nephilim.
NEXT WEEK - REBELLION OF THE WATCHERS
Title: Jimmy Carter and the
Jews: 10 facts about Pres. Carter and the Jews
by Dr. Yvette Alt Miller
December 30, 2024
“President Carter
had a complex and contentious relationship with Israel
and Jews.
Former US President Jimmy
Carter, who has died at the age of 100, had a complex,
highly contentious relationship with Jews. Though he
pursued some policies that helped Jews while he was
in office, Pres. Carter also engaged in breathtaking
antisemitism and reflexive anti-Israel rhetoric throughout
much of his life.
Here are 10 facts about
Pres. Carter and Jews. Comments by Ron Riffe are below
the topics.
1. Brokering Peace between
Israel and Egypt
2. Planning the US Holocaust
Museum - Then Complaining “too many Jews”
were Involved
3. Stopping - then Urging
- Boycotts of the Jewish State
4. Offering a Lifeline
to Iranian Jews
5. Aiding Soviet Jews
6. Asking for Israeli
Advice
7. Blaming Jews for Losing
the Presidency
8. Seeking to Pardon a
Nazi
9. Turning Against Israel
10. Embracing Antisemitism
End of Aish.com article list of 10 facts. For
the full article with details of each of the 10 fact
go here.
Ron's Comments:
Former President Jimmy
Carter burst upon the national political scene via an
interview by Playboy magazine. And I very well remember
at that time being appalled that a professed Christian
would lower himself to consent to such a thing. Being
interviewed by a secular magazine is one thing, but
Playboy??? Then “to add insult to injury,”
he discussed his feelings of lust and admitted to “committing
adultery many times in my heart.” That, my friends,
was an admission that an ungodly public would never
understand and effectively ruined his testimony for
Christ. Being a male of the fallen Adamic race myself,
and knowing what often goes through filthy minds I recognize
what he said was actually true—however, it would
have been far better if he had kept that fleshly admission
to himself.
Over the decades since
he left office Jimmy Carter has been viewed as the worst
President in American history—only to have his
record shattered by the soon-to-be ex-President, Joe
Biden, who has been an on again—off again friend
of Carter.
Now that Carter is being
eulogized as a great humanitarian—largely due
to his work with Habitat for Humanity in building houses
for underprivileged communities—he is at the same
time being excoriated for several failings in his character
and, not the least of which, a total failure to act
properly and promptly toward Iran when “students”
attacked and occupied the US Embassy in Tehran—a
clear violation of diplomatic relations.
The Vienna Convention
on Diplomatic Relations 1961, article 22 states the
following: (1) The premises of the mission shall be
inviolable. The agents of the receiving State may not
enter them, except with the consent of the head of the
mission. (2) The receiving State is under a special
duty to take all appropriate steps to protect the premises
of the mission against any intrusion or damage and to
prevent any disturbance of the peace of the mission
or impairment of its dignity.
On November 4, 1979, a
mob of angry Iranians stormed the US Embassy in Tehran
and took 90 people hostage. Americans made up 52 of
those hostages, and included US Marines assigned to
the embassy and diplomatic workers. Violation of an
embassy by another country is normally considered an
act of war, but in this case the US never treated it
as such, and 52 of our citizens remained hostages for
444 days. No reprisals were ever carried out
President Carter did not
consult Congress and demand that a state of war exist
between the US and Iran—and the consequences for
his lack of action are still being felt across the world
today. Iran is generally conceded to be the world’s
leading purveyor of terrorism. And under President Trump’s
first administration, Iran was brought to their financial
knees by monetary confiscation and other policies designed
to drastically curtail their ability to spread their
terrorist agenda. It worked for the duration of Trumps
term in office, but a “close friend” of
Carter, Joe Biden, intentionally did away with the
restraints and gave billions of dollars in frozen assets
back to Iran—which they quickly used through proxies
to terrorize Israel and destabilize the entire Middle
East.
Now that former President
Jimmy Carter is dead and to lie in state in the Capitol
Rotunda, his “legacy” is being shredded
by quite a few journalists. But it is not my intent
to speak ill of the dead—especially of a professed
Christian. However, his personal testimony has been
established and from the personal observations of Secret
Service agents who faithfully tried to protect him and
his family, the man was certainly not a shining example
of Christian behavior. We have no right to pronounce
judgment upon him because he, along with the rest of
us, will stand before God as a Righteous Judge to give
an account for our lives.
May we all pray that President-elect
Donald Trump will be led of God to bring our nation
back to a position of respect throughout the world—not
just due to military might, but from a moral position
of righteous behavior.
Pastor Ron Riffe
Ronald458@centurytel.net
Title: More information
on Islam’s “insistence upon protecting the
Koran”
Subtitle: If Allah is an all-powerful
god, why does his word need protection?
This
is the second of two articles dealing with the increasing
attempts by Islamist apologists to force their beliefs
upon
what is now a largely secular world. The Expose, A UK
web site, presently has this headline up:
To mark Islamaphobia Awareness Month,
MP calls for Blasphemy laws to be reinstated to protect
Islam – The Expose
At Prime Minister’s Questions (“PMQs”)
Keir Starmer refused to rule out introducing blasphemy
laws after a Labour MP demanded the Prime Minister prohibits
the “desecration of religious texts”, including
the Koran, GB News reported.
The question was put to Starmer by Tahir
Ali, Labour MP for Birmingham Hall Green and Mosley,
who represents Britain’s second-most Muslim constituency.
Although Ali made mention of all Abrahamic religions,
his question was framed in the context of the UK marking
Islamophobia Awareness Month.
David Davis, Member of Parliament for
Goole and Pocklington, tweeted a clip from yesterday’s
PMQs and said, “For centuries, one of the most
important features of Britain’s freedom of speech
is the absolute right to criticize religion. Freedom
of speech is fundamental to everything we have and everything
we stand for. I regret Keir Starmer did not make that
clear to Mr Ali at PMQs.”
The Times columnist and regular writer
for the Wall Street Journal Matt Ridley, re-tweeted
Davis’ tweet with the comment, “A truly
black moment for Britain to hear a prime minister effectively
endorse the idea that we should reintroduce blasphemy
laws.”
Both GB News and Ridley are misappropriating
the Blasphemy laws which were in place to protect the
Christian faith as the foundation of Britain’s
laws and customs. The laws were not intended to protect
all religions.
Blasphemy laws were repealed in England
and Wales in 2008, and in Scotland in 2021. However,
they remain in force in Northern Ireland.
Blasphemy laws in the UK date back to
medieval times, with the common law offence of blasphemy
was formally abolished in England and Wales in 2008.
Scotland abolished its common law offence of blasphemy
in 2021.
The Criminal Justice and Immigration Act
2008 repealed the common law offences of blasphemy and
blasphemous libel. The last reported attempt to prosecute
someone for blasphemy in England and Wales was in 2008
when a case against BBC Director-General Mark Thompson
was rejected by the High Court.
Blasphemy laws remain in force in Northern
Ireland, inherited from Irish common law. While there
have been no prosecutions under these laws, incitement
to religious hatred is an offence in Northern Ireland,
although it is rarely prosecuted.
The last reported prosecution for blasphemy
in Scotland was in 1843. Due to Scottish law requiring
a personal interest in a matter for private prosecution,
and the state’s reluctance to initiate a prosecution,
it is unlikely that any blasphemy laws would be enforced
in Scotland.
From 1838, the law of blasphemy only protected
the tenets and beliefs of the Church of England. Other
Christian denominations were also protected where their
beliefs overlapped with those of the Church of England.
Blasphemy laws protecting the Christian faith are an
extremely important expression of principle –
that Jesus’ name is above every other name. The
blasphemy law was one part of the UK constitutional
framework which recognized the unique contribution and
status of Christianity in Britain.
Many secularists have long campaigned
for the abolition of blasphemy laws, citing their infringement
on freedom of speech and expression. The UK government
has also pushed back against international efforts to
reinstate blasphemy laws, emphasizing the importance
of protecting freedom of thought, conscience and belief.
While other religions should be tolerated,
Christianity, and only Christianity, needs to be recognized
as the official religion of the UK. Acknowledgement
that Britain is a Christian country shouldn’t
require a law, it should be by consensus and a knowledge
of Britain’s customs, laws and constitution.
Socialist Starmer’s eagerness to
impose yet more laws to control what people say and
think should not surprise anyone. But what should be
surprising and deeply concerning is that Starmer refuses
to acknowledge that Britain is a Christian country.
That Muslims are demanding Blasphemy laws
be implemented to stop so-called “Islamophobia”
in a Christian country should also be cause for concern.
“Islamaphobia Awareness Month” and outlawing
criticism of the Koran is just the beginning. The religion
of Islam does not have an equal footing in the UK as
one of the Abrahamic religions. Muslims who live in
the UK need to first and foremost recognize and respect
that the UK is made up of four countries whose laws,
customs and values are grounded in Christianity. If
Muslims are unable to respect this basic tenet and Christian
values are not being followed by the vast majority,
then perhaps the Blasphemy laws do need to be reinstated
to protect and preserve the Bible, Christians, Christianity,
Christian values and the UK constitution. [End of The
Expose article]
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While we as Christians deplore blasphemous
attacks upon the Bible as being God’s Holy Word,
the principle of freedom of speech means precisely that.
The Christian Bible has been likened to an anvil that
has worn out countless hammers. Attacks upon it by blasphemous
critics, atheists, and myriads of other unbelievers
continue to this very day. Yet in the eyes of Christians
the vilest invective that has ever been hurled against
it has not dimmed its appeal in the least! It has survived
the onslaught of “world class” atheists
like the Frenchman Voltaire, of whom this has been said:
“Voltaire, the French Enlightenment philosopher,
had ambivalence towards the Bible. He highlighted irregularities
and contradictions in Scripture to undermine the clergy's
authority. In 1764, he called the Bible "what fools
have written, what imbeciles commend, what rogues teach,
and young children are made to learn by heart".
In 1776, he published La Bible Enfin Expliquée,
his commentary on the whole Bible. The phrase "In
100 years, the Bible would be a forgotten and unknown
book" is also attributed to Voltaire. On May 30,
1778, eighty-three year old Voltaire lay dying. His
had been a writerly (sic) life, as he produced plays,
poetry, essays, historical and scientific works, over
21,000 letters and over two thousand books and pamphlets.
Now he would never pick up his pen again. Some of that
writing criticized the Christian faith and the church.
He had no use for them personally, asserting that a
person could achieve moral character through reason.
Wasn’t that what Christianity was all about anyway?
But Voltaire had also decided the way to dissolve the
tight alliance between the self-serving state church
and the totalitarian government of France was to discredit
God and the Bible. Then the people would abandon Christianity
and the church would become useless. To that end he
wrote in 1758: “Twenty years more and God will
be in a pretty plight.” Those twenty years passed.
God was not in a pretty plight.
Voltaire made a new prediction
around 1775: “Fifty years from now the world will
hear no more of the Bible.” Of course, Voltaire
was eighty years old by this time. He had no hope of
being alive to see if his prediction came true. Three
years later on his deathbed, however, Voltaire was not
concerned about his predictions. It would seem he was
reconsidering if the Christians and their Bible may
have been right after all about the importance of faith
in Jesus.
Voltaire’s last
words, as reported by his doctor, were these: “I
am abandoned by God and man! I shall go to hell! O Christ,
O Jesus Christ!”
Another report concerning
his last words had this to say: “When a person
lives in fear of death without hope, death is a tragedy.
Voltaire was an aggressive atheist. In speaking of Christ
he once said, “Curse the wretch?” In twenty
years, Christianity will be no more. My single hand
will destroy the religion it took twelve apostles to
lead.”
At his deathbed, a nurse
who attended Voltaire was reported to have said, “For
all the wealth in Europe, I would not see another atheist
die.” Just prior to dying he cried out, “I
am abandoned by God and man. I will give you half of
what I am worth if you give me six months of life. Then
I shall go to hell and you will go with me. O Christ?
O Jesus Christ.”
And these blasphemous
statements are just a few that have sought to discredit
the Christian Bible. Without a doubt there have literally
been countless others, both orally and in private thoughts,
hurled in devilish hatred at God’s Holy Word.
So with this having been
said, my personal opinion is that in actual point of
fact the Koran has not and probably will never experience
the degree of blasphemy that the Christian Bible has
endured. And the amazing thing is that, as far as I
have been able to ascertain, throughout history legal
objections from offended Christians have been relatively
few and far between! And the reason is that we understand
both the Word of God and the God of the Word to be impregnable
entities that need no human protection.
Final food for thought:
Can Islam truthfully make the same claim?
