The Battle For the Human Mind
People are vocal because they
want others to listen to what they have to say. The Worldwide Church
of God was vocal, as on radio, television and through its magazines,
books and literature, because it wanted to influence as many as
possible to accept their perspective. A consequence of having
followers is very often---tons of free money. There is an on-going
battle for the thought life of human beings. It is like a mental
tug-of-war. Mormons struggle for the non-Mormon mind to come on
board, as do the Jehovah Witnesses, splinter groups of the original
Worldwide Church of God, Seventh Day Adventists, "Sacred Name" groups
and all others. Virtually every group wants your allegiance.
Why? For those who believe in Jesus Christ, this is indeed strange,
because Jesus taught that He alone is the source of LIGHT and TRUTH.
How then is being a disciple of a Worldwide Church of God splinter group, following Jesus? Are church members really deceiving themselves about who they really follow?
Allegiance
to a man, a "pastor" a church group or denomination is not one and the
same as allegiance to Jesus Christ. Many think they are following
Jesus, but in reality they are mental slaves to the pastor of the church
they go to. Going to church has absolutely nothing to do with
following Jesus. Many refer to the teachings of Paul or the teachings
attributed to Paul falsely and think that Paul was Jesus Christ in the
flesh. He was an impostor who NEVER knew Jesus Christ and yet
millions look to this man, like tens of thousands looked to Herbert W.
Armstrong during his lifetime. "Christians" who are challenged about
their beliefs are often highly offended, some are arrogant, some are silent and some are hateful in retort.
Few
really examine the mountains of evidence that question the Bible. As
for example if EVERY CHURCH in the world would challenge their members
by reading and studying such articles as is found at
www.askwhy.co.uk/judaism/0110Scriptures.php,
which speaks about the Old Testament, at least the common people would
be exposed to thoughts and thinking that they have never entertained
before. To automatically accept that the Bible is true history is a
fallacy. It should be doubted and in that doubt, dig deep and seek
answers that one will NEVER hear from any pulpit of any church on
earth. Humans are biased and that is why anyone who is a "Christian" is
NOT a good archaeologist. Archaeology belongs to those who have no
vested interest in the outcome of discovery. Anyone with a vested
interest can proclaim fictions that are not true and even produce fake
artifacts to deceive the public.
LYING SCRIBES have been
around for thousands of years and when the church world awakens from its
stupor some day, it will be an embarrassment that so many believed
myths on no other basis than they read it in "the Bible." The Bible
is largely myth. Why then believe in Jesus Christ? On my part,
because He makes sense in teaching that you should LOVE others and NOT
WAR, and that people should be humble and not haughty. He taught that violence
was NOT of God, but of men. Why then did He mention names like
Abraham, Noah, Moses and a few others? Who knows? That does not mean
that He gave His stamp of approval to the barbarity we read in the Old Testament
we read today, which is probably very different from anything Jesus
ever read in some other language two thousand years ago.
Van Robison
