A
challenge from a skeptic - Part 3.
8. What God would allow people of the same faith to fight
against each other in the name of GOD??
Again, God simply respects
his Law of Free Will. In doing so, he allows people to descend into
a lower state of consciousness, and God does not limit how far people
can go, although the laws of God make sure that if people go beyond
a certain threshold, they will self-destruct.
God never created any religious conflicts. All religious conflicts spring
from the duality, the relativity and the sense of separation from God
that are the characteristics of the carnal mind. When you see yourself
as separated from God, you fail to see that your fellow human beings
are sons and daughters of God, just as you are a son or daughter. This
then allows you to feel that you are separated from or in opposition
to your brothers and sisters. When you rise to the single-eyed vision
of the Christ mind, you see the fallacy of this mindset. You realize
the underlying unity of all life, as expressed in my saying that “inasmuch
as ye have done it unto the least of these my little ones, you have
done it unto me.”
9. What GOD would allow people to be murdered through another
man’s GOD or FAITH? (September 11 many Muslims also died in
that terror caused by the following of religion.)
Again, it is only the complete
misunderstanding and the total misuse of religion that causes people
to feel justified in killing someone else in the name of God. As I have
already said in my comments on the 911
incident, the Muslims who committed those acts did not go to Heaven,
and they were not rewarded by Allah for their deeds. Neither will the
false teachers who misled these people into committing the terrorist
attacks go to Heaven. They will surely face the consequences of their
deeds, and they will discover that their view of Allah is completely
out of touch with the reality of the one true God.
10. If people started following the beliefs of Hitler they
would be frowned upon? (Hitler murdered millions through his belief
that he was doing GOD’s work in the termination of JEWS. CHRISTIANITY
& ISLAM has been the cause of MORE WARS & MURDER yet it is
acceptable to follow it? Why don’t these murderous religions
have to answer for the evils they committed in the spreading of their
faiths? After all we have to answer for Adam and Eve’s sin?)
I agree. Those who use religion
to justify the killing of other human beings are always out of touch
with the reality of God. The very relativity and duality of the carnal
mind makes it possible for people to create illusions that seemingly
justify the most atrocious acts. You will see that Hitler and many of
those who supported him believed they were fully justified in committing
the atrocities of the concentration camps. Yet in reality Hitler did
not believe he was doing God’s work, because he did not worship
God but the devil. Hitler knew very well that he was not working for
God but for the “man downstairs.”
When you look at such events in retrospect, it is easy to see that they
were wrong. Yet while people are in the situation, they often become
overwhelmed by the negative energies that envelop certain situations.
This in combination with the relativity of their carnal minds make it
impossible, or very difficult, for people to see that what they are
doing is wrong and cannot be justified in the eyes of God. I can assure
you that in the not-too-distant future, most people will be able to
see through the fallacy of organized religions who believe you can kill
in the name of God. If you want to be fair, you should recognize that
even today there are many people who can see the fallacy of this.
It is true that both Islam and Christianity have been used as a justification
for killing other human beings. This is never excusable. Likewise, the
religions themselves will also answer for these deeds, and this is indeed
why you see the exposure of the widespread sex scandals in the Catholic
Church. This exposure is partly due to the past misdeeds of the Catholic
Church, such as the Crusades and the Inquisition. This karmic return
mandates that all ungodly acts committed by the Catholic Church will
be systematically exposed.
Nevertheless, you should be fair and recognize that not all Christians
or Muslims believe their religions can justify the killing of others.
In fact, only a small minority have ever believed that killing in the
name of God is justified. I think an honest look at the situation will
show you that Christianity has now progressed to a state in which the
vast majority of all Christians would violently opposes a papal decree
to kill Muslims.
This should show you that humankind is progressing, and as people grow
to a higher state of consciousness, organized religion will also be
transformed. As a result of this transformation, organized religion
will be less inclined to misuse its authority. It will no longer be
able to do so and hide behind a wall of silence or a claim to infallibility.
What is truly happening here is that the power elite, who is seeking
to misuse religion, is losing its ability to do so because people are
becoming awakened to the need to see beyond the outer religion. People
realize they must be loyal to the timeless principles of God instead
of the temporary man-made doctrines.
As explained above, you are not responsible for the sins of Adam and
Eve. You are responsible for the sins committed by your soul through
its many incarnations on this planet. As explained elsewhere,
reincarnation is a reality, and you have had many lifetimes in which
to use and misuse your free will. The conditions you face in this life
are simply the results of your soul’s choices made in previous
lifetimes. To change those conditions, rise above the carnal mind, put
on the mind of Christ and all of your sins will be forgiven.
11. Religious people tend to justify that if you do not believe,
you are an atheist, as if atheists have no morals and as if they follow
an organized faith? (They forget atheists are individuals and choose
not to believe in something that does not exist. They forget atheists
have morals, in fact many don’t wish to follow a faith because
they can see the dictatorship and its violent past. They also forget
that many dictators such as HITLER were indoctrinated Catholic..SADDAM
Muslim Islamic faith, they also forget an INDIVIDUAL ruler STALIN
who was mad for power did not murder in the name of ATHEISTS, unlike
millions of RELIGIOUS FOLK WHO MURDER IN THE NAME OF GOD.
You say that atheists are
individuals, and you are quite right. Yet Hitler and Stalin were also
individuals. Therefore, please do not blame all Christians for the misdeeds
of a few fanatics. That would be committing the same mistake that you
so clearly see in the Christians who accuse atheists for not having
morals.
I have to say that if you were willing to take an objective look at
facts, you would see that there are not millions of religious people
who murder in the name of God. Truly, most religious people would never
dream of killing anyone. I can assure you that there is only a relatively
limited number of souls who are willing to kill in the name of God.
These souls have reincarnated again and again, and they are responsible
for most of the atrocities committed by organized religion. Yet the
vast majority of the souls on this planet on not willing to kill another
human being for any cause, except possibly self-defense.
I agree that many atheists are highly moral people, and the reason is
that deep within their hearts they have a soul memory of the timeless
principles of God (written in their inward parts), and they have a loyalty
to those principles. I agree that many atheists clearly see the fallacy
of organized religion. Yet as explained above, it is not constructive
to use the fallacies of organized religion to reject all religion or
to reject God.
I disagree with the statement that atheists choose not to believe
in something that does not exist. It is true that the image of God portrayed
by many organized religions does not exist. It is a man-made image,
an idol. Yet there is a true God who does exist. And if atheists use
the fallacies of organized religion to reject the true God, then they
are truly hurting their own spiritual growth in the process. This of
course is their choice, nevertheless please do not expect me to agree
with the belief that God does not exist. I know that God exists. I have
proven the reality of God, and every human being can do the same by
reaching for the Christ consciousness.
12. Would you believe that followers of a founded religion
endorse its murderous past just by following the faith??
It almost sounds like you
do not believe in forgiveness. It sounds like you have become so angry
at the mistakes made by orthodox religion that you want all followers
of organized religion to burn forever in hell. I understand your anger
over the atrocities committed by organized religion. Yet the entire
purpose for my ministry was to show people that it is possible to rise
above the mistakes of the past and make things right with God.
Unfortunately, many orthodox Christians have misunderstood my true purpose,
and they believe that my sacrifice on the cross paid the price for their
sins, past present and future. As explained elsewhere,
this is a fallacy. Nevertheless, it is true that it is possible for
human beings to rise above the mistakes of the past and be completely
redeemed and forgiven by the unconditional love and grace of God.
It is true that organized religions, including Christianity, have been
used as an excuse for committing many atrocities. Yet you must admit
that the Catholic Church never killed anyone. It was individuals within
the Catholic Church who committed those acts. So you see that all acts
ever committed on this planet were committed by individuals.
The result is that individuals are responsible for all suffering, and
the good news is that this gives them the ability to rise above their
own past. Likewise, they can help a particular organization rise above
its past. As I said earlier, the Catholic Church is currently reaping
the karmic return of some of the past misdeeds committed by Catholics.
Yet individual Catholics could, by sincerely striving for the Christ
consciousness, help the Church rise above its past. Obviously, this
would require very deep reforms in the Church itself. Nevertheless,
it is indeed possible that this could happen.
If members of a particular church allow themselves to be trapped in
the fear-based, close-minded state of consciousness that caused the
atrocities committed in the past, then it is true that those members
are endorsing the past by upholding the status quo of the organization.
So it is true that some Catholics, for example, are endorsing the past
deeds of the Catholic Church by allowing themselves to be trapped in
a fear-based approach to religion. Yet there are also many Catholics
who have transcended that mindset and who are working in constructive
ways to reform the Church and to carry on the good works performed by
the Church. I would like to see such people do much more than they are
currently doing to bring reform. Nevertheless, if you rise above the
mindset of the past, you can become an instrument for bringing about
positive change within the organization.
There might eventually come a point of no return, and if a church does
not change, it might indeed collapse under its own weight. As explained
elsewhere,
the Catholic Church needs to go through many reforms before it becomes
an organization that can survive into the next millennium. And as Mother
Mary has explained, it is indeed possible that the Catholic Church,
and many other organized religions, could collapse under their own weight.
However, I still hold the hope that orthodox Christianity can be transformed,
and I would like to encourage those who are working for such reforms
not to become stuck in the mistakes of the past. It is far more important
to produce positive change in the present rather than becoming stuck
in the errors of the past
13. Why is there no other evidence leading to the existence
of Jesus??? Why have no other texts apart from the Bible from any
religious or political or educated person of Jesus’ time never
stated any existence of JESUS??
There is indeed such evidence,
as an objective examination of the historical record will prove. Nevertheless,
I have no desire to give an undeniable proof of my historical existence.
I came as a spiritual teacher, and that means my role is to present
people with a test. The test is that people must choose this day, every
day, whom they will serve, and they must choose whether they are willing
to believe without having an undeniable proof. If there was undeniable
proof, there would be no test and no choice. That would be a violation
of people's free will.
Lastly, I would just like to say I believe in GOD but not
the MAN-made god Christians follow or any other founded religious
MAN MADE GOD...my GOD exist that is all, you don't have to pray to
it..you don't have to be part of an evil man-made faith to understand
it is there. Thank you for your time.
I too know the real God,
who is so far beyond the man-made images of God, the idols, that most
religious people cannot fathom it. You say you believe in this God,
but do you know this God? If not, I suggest you follow the path I have
outlined on this website and reach for the Christ consciousness, so
that you can actually attain true knowledge of God's existence and of
God’s nature. You will then see that you were not created to worship
God but to be a co-creator with God and help bring God's kingdom to
Earth, thereby ending all human suffering.
So why don't you strive to create a better future for everyone on this
planet instead of allowing yourself to be trapped in a state of mind
that is focused on the past and is focused on blaming organized religion
rather than on bringing forth the true inner religion that I outline
on every page of this website. In other words, stop blaming organized
religion and help me spread the knowledge of the true inner religion
that transcends all outer divisions created by human beings.
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