These stupid people, who call themselves pastors, must stop misusing freedom of speech.
These stupid people, who call themselves pastors, must stop misusing freedom of speech.
Dogo ibn Yaro 11 years ago
preachers talk down to the population as fathers do to recalcitrant children. who and what authourises this fatuous and demeaning attitude?
are their personal and private lives truly above board? we know better. hypocrites g ... read full comment
preachers talk down to the population as fathers do to recalcitrant children. who and what authourises this fatuous and demeaning attitude?
are their personal and private lives truly above board? we know better. hypocrites galore!
VOLUNTORY CONTRIBUTOR 11 years ago
Apostle Paul not the stinking paul out there, said something in the book of Corinthians about himself; it goes like this, not to compromise the integrity of the gospel, he resorted not to get his earns meal from his ministry, ... read full comment
Apostle Paul not the stinking paul out there, said something in the book of Corinthians about himself; it goes like this, not to compromise the integrity of the gospel, he resorted not to get his earns meal from his ministry, normally humans get their income from what they do. Apostle Paul was working outside the ministry for food. He could have made monies to build big mansions, horses and boats for his travels, yet there was none like that in his profile. The words that the present false teachers and pastors are speaking of comes mostly from him and they try to make it looks like come from them. Like what I am doing, I explain irrespective of who I rebuked or corrected and that is the gospel of Jesus Christ.
Social security numbers and house addresses are not a programme from Jesus Christ or the Almighty God, it is mere men designed and it is not from bible. Therefore does not count as far as bible is concern.What is important is the 666 and the little lamb. These two identifies the beast from the sea. Where as the beast from the land are 666/little one(lamb) who are suppose to be in relationship, which land are we talking about ?, from the sea which is USA(OSA) the most powerful nation on earth.The prophecy speaks of all the powerful nations which have existed since the beginning of the bible. This was a simple explaination to the prophecy. Just identify the 666 to find the lamb and the two gives you the nation which is to be the seventh superpower and six super-empire. 666 was the most powerful man on earth and so the lamb. The lamb was little one, as the old testament identifies it, because he was used by false prophets and teachers to lie to the world to destroy a nation with the excuses of the leader being brutal dictator, who had killed innocent people and he turned around doing the same thing, making himself the political lord of all nations. Infact the killings of the lamb(political lord) was more than the killings of the sacrificial lamb. The actions of sacrificial lamb was in a small geographical area against dissident of his government; where as the actions of the political god was global against anybody who disagree with his decisions.The "buy and sell" is just about the "world trade center" which was erased by the wicked servant of God. I used the wicked servant of God, since the world is no longer in the hands of Lucifer. In AD, everything on earth has been placed under the sweet name, the son of Almighty God(Jesus Christ) or under the sun of equator(Reagan) and they are all in the spirit realm. The spiritual false prophet MLK was to guide the actions of the political god,lamb or lord, with his, I have a dream speech, which he failed to listen anyway, I remember some cathechism were protesting against the war as unjust war. Not being sure, I stayed quite to see what was to come out of the whole ordeal.This is from the servant of the Lord of lords in glorification of King of kings, Jesus Christ Amen. They placed me in it to become the replacement of MLK physically, too bad, I am born again, with the blood of Jesus Christ, and so cannot be a prophet or against Jesus Christ, neither have no wounds in my hands,not born in a manja, but gospel explainer. Isn't this cool? Where is my violations reparation, president of USA? Civil/human right abusers right in your noses and you are keeping mute, lawful nation?. There are two persons who should be identify by the government of USA(OSA), the person who planned this in 1992 and 1995 before I embezzled mail and the person who carried out the burning of my brain in 1996. These two might have a relationship and they are the one and one of two to come and came. The initial was the false prophet living today physically and the devil to go to Jerusalem and solve all problems for the second coming of the Lord of lords is the one with the crystal ball to burn brains. This person was telling the world he is infallible human right from his childhood and never sin before to have the authority to burn brains of other sinful human being. Moreso to ignore good summaritan and the cross of Jesus Christ and his salvation mission to create his own for the world call crystal ball. I thought Christianity was to continue what Jesus Christ and his apostles left of. The meaning of embezzlement is becoming irresponsible not necessary stealing. The book of Zakaria talks about thieves, meaning stealing.
VOLUNTORY CONTRIBUTOR 11 years ago
Do not forget, the old testament uses little one, whiles the new testament uses lamb. The old testament uses jehovah or yawah, the new testament uses Jesus Christ. They are the same.
Do not forget, the old testament uses little one, whiles the new testament uses lamb. The old testament uses jehovah or yawah, the new testament uses Jesus Christ. They are the same.
P.MARACK(Kofi Agyemang) 11 years ago
Well said pastor,the people of today do not go by the word of God but rely on their own wisdom.
Well said pastor,the people of today do not go by the word of God but rely on their own wisdom.
Musa Kano 11 years ago
Clergyman, FYI: a pastor is a spiritual counselor for those under his charge. Note the first paragraph of this homily: "Pastor Boakye Emmanuel Sarpong, Minister of Christ Embassy Church, at Agona in the Ashanti Region, has ad ... read full comment
Clergyman, FYI: a pastor is a spiritual counselor for those under his charge. Note the first paragraph of this homily: "Pastor Boakye Emmanuel Sarpong, Minister of Christ Embassy Church, at Agona in the Ashanti Region, has advised Christians to allow the word of God to serve as a guiding principle in their various fields of endeavour." Where in this article does he "talk down" to his audience/readers?
Musa Kano 11 years ago
I agree with the Pastor Sarpong's homily that Christians are "to allow the word of God to serve as a guiding principle in their various fields of endeavour."
I will butress his remark with a couple of texts and a comment. ... read full comment
I agree with the Pastor Sarpong's homily that Christians are "to allow the word of God to serve as a guiding principle in their various fields of endeavour."
I will butress his remark with a couple of texts and a comment.
"With my whole heart have I sought thee: O let me not wander from thy commandments. Thy word have I hid in mine heart, that I might not sin against thee (Psalms 119:10-11).
Christians do not obey the law to be saved (Ephesians 2:8-10); we obey the law because we are saved.
"For he that soweth to his flesh shall of the flesh reap corruption; but he that soweth to the Spirit shall of the Spirit reap life everlasting. And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not. As we have therefore opportunity, let us do good unto all men, especially unto them who are of the household of faith (Galatians 6:8-10).
captain john 11 years ago
Begotten, Not Made
"Jesus is the only begotten son of God, begotten not made," is an adjunct of the orthodox catechism, leaning for support on the following:
2. For God so loved the world, that he gave his only BEGOTTEN ... read full comment
Begotten, Not Made
"Jesus is the only begotten son of God, begotten not made," is an adjunct of the orthodox catechism, leaning for support on the following:
2. For God so loved the world, that he gave his only BEGOTTEN son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life."
(John 3:16 - AV)
No priest worth his cloth would fail to quote "the only BEGOTTEN of the Father!" when preaching to a prospective convert. But this fabrication — "BEGOTTEN" — has now been unceremoniously excised by the Bible Revisers, without a word of excuse. They are as silent as church-mice and would not draw the reader's attention to their furtive excision. This blasphemous word "BEGOTTEN" was another of the many such interpolations in the "Holy Bible." God Almighty condemned this blasphemy in the strongest terms soon after its innovation. He did not wait for 2000 years for Bible scholars to reveal the fraud.
The Muslim World should congratulate the "Fifty cooperating denominations" of Christendom and their Brains Trust the "Thirty-two scholars of the highest eminence" for bringing their Holy Bible a degree nearer to the Qur-anic truth.
"CHRISTIAN MES-A-MATHICS"
3. "For there are three that bear record in heaven, the FATHER,
the WORD, and the HOLY GHOST: and these three are one."
1st Epistle of John 5:7 - AV
This verse is the closest approximation to what the Christians call their Holy Trinity in the encyclopaedia called the BIBLE. This key-stone of the Christian faith has also been scrapped from the RSV without even a semblance of explanation. It has been a pious fraud all along and well-deservedly has it been expunged in the RSV for the English-speaking people. But for the 1499 remaining language groups of the world who read the Christian concoctions in their mother tongues, the fraud remains. These people will never know the truth until the Day of Judgement. However, we Muslims must again congratulate the galaxy of D.D.’s who have been honest enough to eliminate another lie from the English (RSV) Bible, thus bringing their Holy Book yet another step closer to the teachings of Islam. For the Holy Qur'an says:
* Not one in a trinity. Not one in a trinity.
The Ascension
One of the most serious of those "grave defects" which the authors of the RSV had tried to rectify concerned the Ascension of Christ. There have been only two references in the Canonical Gospels of Matthew, Mark, Luke and of John to the most stupendous event in Christianity — OF JESUS BEING TAKEN UP INTO HEAVEN. These two references were obtained in every Bible in every language, prior to 1952, when the RSV first appeared. These were:
4a. "So then the Lord Jesus, after he had spoken to them, was TAKEN UP INTO HEAVEN, and sat down at the right hand of God."
(Mark 16:19)
4b. "While he blessed them, he parted from them, and was CARRIED UP INTO HEAVEN."
(Luke 24:51)
Now please look at the image below, which is a photo copy where the quotation 4a above ought to appear. You will be shocked to note that Mark 16 ends at verse 8, and after an embarrassing expanse of blank space the missing verses appear in "small print" as a footnote at the bottom of the page. If you can lay your hands on a RSV 1952, you will find the last six words of 4b above, i.e. "AND WAS CARRIED UP INTO HEAVEN" replaced by a tiny "a" to tell you to see the footnote if you please, where you will find these missing words. Every honest Christian has to admit that he does not consider any footnote in any Bible as the word of God. Why should the paid servants of Christianity consign the mightiest miracle of their religion to a mere footnote?
From the Chart — "The Origin and Growth of the English Bible" — appearing below, you will note that all the Biblical "Versions" prior to the Revised Version of 1881 were dependent upon the ANCIENT COPIES — those dating only five or six hundred years after Jesus. The Revisers of the RSV 1952, were the first Bible scholars who were able to tap the "MOST Ancient Copies" fully, dating three and four centuries after Christ. We agree that the closer to the source the more authentic is the document. Naturally "MOST" Ancient deserves credence more than mere "ANCIENT." But not finding a word about Jesus being "taken up" or "carried up" into heaven in the MOST ANCIENT manuscripts, the Christian fathers expurgated those references from the RSV 1952.
The Donkey Circus
The above facts are a staggering confession by Christendom that the "inspired" authors of the Canonical Gospels did not record a single word about the ASCENSION of Jesus- Yet these "inspired" authors were unanimous in recording that their Lord and Saviour rode a donkey into Jerusalem as his mission drew to a close.
". . . and they sat him thereon." (The Donkey)
(Matt. 21:7)
". . . and he sat upon him." (The Donkey)
(Mark 11:7)
". . . and they set Jesus Thereon." (The Donkey)
(Luke 19:35)
". . . Jesus ... sat thereon:" (The Donkey)
(John 12:14)
Could God Almighty have been the author of this incongruous situation — going out of His Way to see that all the Gospel writers did not miss their footing recording of His "son's" donkey-ride into the Holy City — and yet "inspiring" them to black-out the news about His "son's" heavenly flight on the wings of angels?
Not For Long!
The hot-gospellers and the Bible-thumpers were too slow in catching the Joke. By the time they realised that the corner-stone of their preaching — THE ASCENSION OF JESUS — had been undermined as a result of Christian Biblical erudition, the publishers of the RSV had already raked in a net profit of 15 000 000 dollars! (Fifteen Million). The propagandists made a big hue and cry, and with the backing of two denominational committees out of the fifty, forced the Publishers to re-incorporate the interpolations into the "INSPIRED" Word of God in every new publication of the RSV after 1952, the expunged portion was "RESTORED TO THE TEXT."
It is an old, old game. The Jews and the Christians have been editing their "Book of God" from its very inception. The difference between them and the ancient forgerers is that the ancient forgers did not know the art of writing "prefaces" and "footnotes", otherwise they too would have told us as clearly as our modern heroes have about their tampering, and their glib excuses for transmuting forged currency into glittering gold.
"MANY PROPOSALS FOR MODIFICATION WERE SUBMITTED TO THE COMMITTEE BY INDIVIDUALS AND BY TWO DENOMINATIONAL COMMITTEES ALL OF THESE WERE GIVEN CAREFUL ATTENTION BY THE COMMITTEE.
"TWO PASSAGES, THE I LONGER ENDING OF MARK (16:9-20) . . . AND LUKE 24:51 ARE RESTORED TO THE TEXT."
(Preface — Collins' pages vi and vii)
"Why 'restored'"? Because they had been previously expunged! Why had the references to the Ascension expunged in the first place? The MOST Ancient manuscripts had no references to the Ascension at all. They were interpolations similar to 1 John 5:7 about the Trinity. (Refer to the earlier example 3). Why eliminate one and re-instate the other? Do not be surprised! By the time you lay your hands on a RSV, the "Committee" might also have decided to expunge the whole of their invaluable Preface. The Jehovah's Witnesses have already eliminated 27 revealing pages of their FOREWORD to their "New World Translation of the CHRISTIAN GREEK SCRIPTURES," (this is their way of saying — New Testament).
Allah in the Christian Bible
The Rev. C. I. Scofield, D. D. with a team of 8 Consulting Editors, also all D.D.’s in the "Scofield Reference Bible" thought it appropriate to spell the Hebrew word "Elah" (meaning God) alternatively as "Alah" The Christians had thus swallowed the camel — they seemed to have accepted at last that the name of God is Allah — but were still straining at the gnat by spelling Allah with one "L"! (Photographic reproduction of the Bible page showing the word "ALAH" is preserved here for posterity below). References were made in public lectures to this fact by the author of this booklet. Believe me, the subsequent "Scofield Reference Bible" has retained word for word the whole commentary of Genesis 1:1, but has, by a clever sleight-of-hand, blotted out the word "Alah" altogether. There is not even a gap where the word "Alah" once used to be. This is in the Bible of the orthodox! One is hard pressed to keep up with their Jugglery.
CHAPTER 5: Daming Confession
Mrs. Ellen G. White, a "prophetess" of the Seventh Day Adventist Church, in her Bible Commentary Vol. 1, page 14, has this confession to make about the fallibility of the "Holy Bible."
"THE BIBLE WE READ TODAY IS THE WORK OF MANY COPYISTS WHO HAVE IN MOST INSTANCES DONE THEIR WORK WITH MARVELLOUS ACCURACY. BUT COPYISTS HAVE NOT BEEN INFALLIBLE, AND GOD MOST EVIDENTLY HAS NOT SEEN FIT TO PRESERVE THEM ALTOGETHER FROM ERROR IN TRANSCRIBING."
In the following pages of her commentary, Mrs. White testifies further: "I SAW THAT GOD HAD ESPECIALLY GUARDED THE BIBLE" (from what?) "YET WHEN COPIES OF IT WERE FEW, LEARNED MEN HAD IN SOME INSTANCES CHANGED THE WORDS, THINKING THAT THEY WERE MAKING IT PLAIN, WHEN IN REALITY THEY WERE MYSTIFYING THAT WHICH WAS PLAIN, BY CAUSING IT TO LEAN TO THEIR ESTABLISHED VIEWS, WHICH WERE GOVERNED BY TRADITION."
Developed Sickness
The mental malady is a cultivated one. This authoress and her followers can still trumpet from roof tops that "Truly, the Bible is the infallible Word of God." "Yes, it is adulterated, but pure" "It is human, yet divine." Do words have any meaning in their language? Yes, they have in their courts of law, but not in their theology. They carry a "poetic licence" in their preaching.
The Witness
The most vociferous of all the Bible-thumpers are the Jehovah's Witnesses. On page 5 of their "FOREWORD" mentioned earlier, they confess:
"IN COPYING THE INSPIRED ORIGINALS BY HAND THE ELEMENT OF HUMAN FRAILTY ENTERED IN, AND SO NONE OF THE THOUSANDS OF COPIES EXTANT TODAY IN THE ORIGINAL LANGUAGE ARE PERFECT DUPLICATES. THE RESULT IS THAT NO TWO COPIES ARE EXACTLY ALIKE" Now you see, why the whole "foreword" of 27 pages is eliminated from their Bibles. Allah was making them to hang themselves with their own erudition.
Plot-Luck
Out of over four thousand differing manuscripts the Christians boast about, the Church fathers just selected four which tallied with their prejudices and called them Gospels of Matthew, Mark, Luke and John. We will deal with each of them in their proper place. Here/ let us go over the conclusion of the Jehovah's Witnesses' research as recorded in the now expunged Foreword:
"THE EVIDENCE IS, THEREFORE, THAT THE ORIGINAL TEXT Of THE CHRISTIAN GREEK SCRIPTURES 1 HAS BEEN TAMPERED WITH, THE SAME AS THE TEXT OF THE LXX THE SAME AS THE TEXT OF THE LXX2 HAS BEEN,"
Yet this incorrigible Cult has the effrontery to publish 9 000 000 (Nine Million) copies as a First Edition of a 192-page book entitled — "Is the Bible REALLY the Word of God?" We are dealing here with a sick mentality, for no amount of tampering, as they say, will "APPRECIABLY AFFECT THE AUTHENTICITY OF THE BIBLE" (?). This is Christian logic.
1. New Testament.
2. "LXX" meaning Seventy, is the JWs alternative title of the Old Testament Do not be mystified; they have a habit of calling a simple four letter word, a "tetragrammaton." meaning Seventy, is the JWs alternative title of the Old Testament Do not be mystified; they have a habit of calling a simple four letter word, a "tetragrammaton."
A Patient Hearing
Dr. Graham Scroggie in his aforementioned book, pleads, on page 29. for the Bible:-
"AND LET US BE PERFECTLY FAIR AS WE PURSUE THE SUBJECT (Is the Bible the Word of God?). BEARING IN MIND THAT WE ARE TO HEAR WHAT THE BIBLE HAS TO SAY ABOUT ITSELF. IN A COURT OF LAW WE ASSUME THAT A WITNESS WILL SPEAK THE TRUTH, AND MUST ACCEPT WHAT HE SAYS UNLESS WE HAVE GOOD GROUNDS FOR SUSPECTING HIM, OR CAN PROVE HIM A LIAR. SURELY THE BIBLE SHOULD BE GIVEN THE SAME OPPORTUNITY TO BE HEARD, AND SHOULD RECEIVE A LIKE PATIENT HEARING."
The plea is fair and reasonable. We will do exactly as he asks and let the Bible speak for itself.
In the first five books of the Bible — Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers and Deuteronomy — there are more than 700 statements which prove not only that God is NOT the Author of these books, but that EVEN Moses himself had no hand in them. Open these books at random and you will see:
• "And the Lord said unto him. Away, get thee down . . ."
• "And Moses said unto the Lord, the people cannot come. . ."
• "And the Lord said unto Moses, Go on before the people . . ."
• "And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying . . ."
• "And the Lord said unto Moses, Get down, charge the . . ."
It is manifest and apparent that these are NEITHER the Words of God NOR of Moses. They indicate the voice of a third person writing from hearsay.
MOSES WRITES HIS OWN OBITUARY?
Could Moses had been a contributor to his own obituary before his demise? Did the Jews write their own obituaries? "So Moses . . . DIED . . . And he (God Almighty) BURIED HIM (Moses) ... he was 120 years old when he DIED ... And there arose not a prophet SINCE in Israel like unto Moses …" (Deut. 34:5-10). We will analyze the rest of the Old Testament presently from other angles.
CHAPTER 6: The Book Christened "The New Testament"
WHY "ACCORDING TO?"
What about the so-called New Testament?1 Why does every Gospel begin with the introduction — ACCORDING TO ... ACCORDING TO ... (See below). Why "according to?" Because not a single one of the vaunted four thousand copies extant carries its author's autograph! Hence the supposition "according to!" Even the internal evidence proves that Matthew was not the author of the first Gospel which bears his name.
"And as Jesus passed forth thence, HE (JESUS) saw a man, named Matthew, sitting at the receipt of custom: and HE (JESUS) saith unto HIM (MATTHEW), follow ME (JESUS) And HE (MATTHEW) arose, and followed HIM (JESUS)." (Matthew 9:9)
1. The "so-called," because nowhere does the "New Testament" calls itself the New Testament, and nowhere the Old Testament calls itself the Old Testament. And also the word "Bible" is unknown within the pages of the Bible. God forgot to give a title to "HIS" books!
Without any stretch of the imagination, one can see that the "He's" and the "Him's" of the above narration do not refer to Jesus or Matthew as its author, but some third person writing what he saw and heard — a hearsay account. If we cannot even attribute this "book of dreams" (as the first Gospel is also described) to the disciple Matthew, how can we accept it as the Word of God?
ST. MATHEW 9
Mathew Called
9. And as Jesus passed forth from thence, he
saw a man named Mathew, sitting at the receipt
of custom: and he saith unto him, follow me. And he arose, and followed him.
"HE" AND "HIM"
NOT MATHEW!
"HE" AND "HIM"
NOT JOHN!
ST. JOHN 19
35. And he that saw it bare record,
and his record is true: and he knoweth
that he saith true, that ye might believe.
ST. JOHN 21
24. This is the disciple which testifieth
of these things, and wrote these things:
and we know that his testimony is true.
The Conclusion
25. And there are also many other things
which Jesus did, the which, if they should
be written every one, I suppose that even
the world itself could not contain the books
that should be written. Amen.
We are not alone in this discovery that Matthew did not write the "Gospel according to St. Matthew" and that it was written by some anonymous hand. J. B. Phillips concurs with us in our findings. He is the paid servant of the Anglican Church, a prebendary of the Chichester Cathedral, England. He would have no reason to lie or betray to the detriment of the official view of his Church! Refer to his introduction to the "Gospel of St. Matthew" (reproduced here below). Phillips has this to say about its authorship.
"EARLY TRADITION ASCRIBED THIS GOSPEL TO THE APOSTLE MATTHEW, BUT SCHOLARS NOWADAYS ALMOST ALL REJECT THIS VIEW." In other words, St. Matthew did not write the Gospel which bears his name. This is the finding of Christian scholars of the highest eminence — not of Hindus, Muslims and Jews who may be accused of bias. Let our Anglican friend continue: "THE AUTHOR, WHOM WE STILL CAN CONVENIENTLY CALL MATTHEW" "Conveniently" because otherwise everytime we made a reference to "Matthew" we would have to say — "THE FIRST BOOK OF THE NEW TESTAMENT" Chapter so and so, verse so and so. And again and again "The first book . . ." etc. Therefore, according to J. B. Phillips it is convenient that we give the book some name. So why not "Matthew?" Suppose its as good a name as any other! Phillips continues: "THE AUTHOR HAS PLAINLY DRAWN ON THE MYSTERIOUS 'Q' WHICH MAY HAVE BEEN A COLLECTION OF ORAL TRADITIONS." What is this "mysterious 'Q'?" "Q" is short for the German word "quella" which means "sources." There is supposed to be another document — a common source — to which our present Matthew, Mark and Luke had access. All these three authors, whoever they were, had a common eye on the material at hand. They were writing as if looking through "one" eye. And because they saw eye to eye, the first three "Gospels" came to be known as the Synoptic Gospels.
Wholesale Cribbing
But what about that "inspiration" business? The Anglican prebendary has hit the nail on the head. He is, more than anyone else, entitled to do so. A paid servant of the Church, an orthodox evangelical Christian, a Bible scholar of repute, having direct access to the "original" Greek manuscripts, let HIM spell it out for us. (Notice how gently he lets the cat out of the bag): "HE (Matthew) HAS USED MARK'S GOSPEL FREELY" which in the language of the school-teacher — "has been copying WHOLESALE from Mark!" Yet the Christians call this wholesale plagiarism the Word of God?
Does it not make you wonder that an eye-witness and an ear-witness to the ministry of Jesus, which the disciple Matthew was supposed to be, instead of writing his own first hand impressions of the ministry of "his Lord" would go and steal from the writings of a youth (Mark), who was a ten year old lad when Jesus upbraided his nation? Why would an eye-witness and ear-witness copy from a fellow who himself was writing from hearsay? The disciple Matthew would not do any such silly thing. For an anonymous document has been imposed on the fair name of Matthew.
Plagiarism or Literary Kidnapping?
Plagiarism means literary theft. Someone copies ad verbatim (word for word) from another's writing and palms it off as his own, is known as plagiarism. This is a common trait amongst the 40 or so anonymous authors of the books of the Bible. The Christians boast about a supposedly common cord amongst the writers of the 66 Protestant booklets and the writers of the 73 Roman Catholic booklets called the "Holy Bible." Some common cord there is, for Matthew and Luke, or whoever they were, had plagiarised 85% word for word from Mark! God Almighty did not dictate the same wordings to the synoptists (one-eyed). The Christians themselves admit this, because they do not believe in a verbal inspiration, as the Muslims do about the Holy Qur'an.1
This 85% plagiarism of Matthew and Luke pales into insignificance compared to the literary kidnapping of the authors of the Old Testament where a hundred percent stealing occurs in the so-called Book of God. Christian scholars of the calibre of Bishop Kenneth Cragg euphemistically calls this stealing, "reproduction"2 and take pride in it.
1. See "AL-QURAN — The Miracles of Miracles" (coming soon)
2. See beginning of chapter one for the full quotation.
PERVERTED STANDARDS
Dr. Scroggie (referred to earlier on) most enthusiastically quotes in his book Scroggie (referred to earlier on) most enthusiastically quotes in his book1 a Dr. Joseph Parker for his unique eulogy of the Bible:
"WHAT A BOOK IS THE BIBLE IN THE MATTER OF VARIETY OF CONTENTS! . . . WHOLE PAGES ARE TAKEN UP WITH OBSCURE NAMES, AND MORE IS TOLD OF A GENEALOGY THAN OF THE DAY OF JUDGMENT. STORIES ARE HALF TOLD, AND THE NIGHT FALLS BEFORE WE CAN TELL WHERE VICTORY LAY. WHERE IS THERE ANYTHING" (in the Religious Literature of the world) "TO CORRESPOND WITH THIS?" A beautiful necklace of words and phrases undoubtedly! It is much ado about nothing, and rank blasphemy against God Almighty for authorising such an embarrassing hotch potch. Yet the Christians gloat over the very defects of their book, like Romeo over the "mole" on Juliet's lip!
1. "Is the Bible the Word of God?" by the Moody Press. by the Moody Press.
Nothing Less Than 100%
To demonstrate the degree of plagiarism practised by the "inspired" Bible writers, I asked my audience during a symposium at the University of Cape Town conducted between myself and Professor Cumpsty the Head of the Department of Theology on the subject "Is the Bible God's Word?" to open their Bibles.
Some Christians are very fond of carrying their Bibles under their arms when religious discussions or debates take place. They seem to be utterly helpless without this book. At my suggestion a number of the audience began ruffling the pages. I asked them to open chapter 37 in the "Book of Isaiah." When the audience was ready, I asked them to compare my "Isaiah 37" with their "Isaiah 37" while I read, to see whether they were identical. I began, readingly slowly. Verses 1, 2, 4,10, 15, and so on, until the end of the chapter. I kept on asking after every verse if what I had been reading, was identical with the verses in their Bibles. Again and again they chorused — "Yeh!", "Yeh!". At the end of the chapter with the Bible still open in my hands at the place from which I had been reading, I made the Chairman to reveal to the audience that I was not reading from Isaiah 37 at all but from 2 KINGS 19! There was a terrible consternation in the audience! I had thus established 100% plagiarism in the "Holy Bible." (See below)
In other words, Isaiah 37 and 2 Kings 19 are identical word for word. Yet they have been attributed to two different authors, centuries apart, whom the Christians claim have been inspired by God.
Who is copying whom? Who is stealing from whom? The 32 renowned Bible scholars of the RSV say that the author of the Book of Kings is "UNKNOWN!" See later on for a reproduction from the RSV by "Collins'". These notes on the Bible were prepared and edited by the Right Rev. David J. Fant, Litt. D., General Secretary of the New York Bible Society. Naturally, if the Most Reverend gentlemen of Christiandom had an iota of belief about the Bible being the Word of God, they would have said so, but they honestly (shamefacedly?) confess: "Author — UNKNOWN!" They are prepared to pay lip service to Scriptures which could have been penned by any Tom, Dick or Harry and expect everyone to regard these as the Word of God — Heaven forbid!
100% PLAGARISM
II KINGS 19
ISAIAH 37
AND it came to pass. when king Hez-e-ki'-ah heard it, that he rent his clothes, and covered himself with sackcloth, and went into the house of the lord.
2 And he sent E-li'-a-kim. which was over the household, and Shebna the scribe, and the 'elders of the priests, covered with sackcloth, to Isaiah the prophet the son of Amoz.
3 And they said unto him. Thus saith Hez-e-ki'-ah, This day is a day of trouble, and of rebuke, and blasphemy : for the children are come to the birth, and there is not strength to bring forth.
5 So the servants of king Hez-e-ki'-ah came to Isaiah.
10 Thus shall ye speak to Hez-e-ki'-ah king of Judah, saying. Let not thy God in whom thou trustest deceive thee, saying. Jerusalem shall not be delivered into the hand of the king of Assyria.
11 Behold, thou hast heard what the kings of Assyria have done to all lands, by destroying them utterly: and shalt thou be delivered?
12 Have the gods of the nations delivered them which my fathers have destroyed; as Gozan, and Ha-ran. and Rezeph. and the children of Eden which were in Thel'-a-sar?
14 And Hez-e-ki'-ah received the letter of the hand of the messengers. and read it: and Hezekiah went up into the house of the lord, and spread it before the lord;
15 And Hez-e-ki'-ah prayed before the lord, and said. O lord God of Israel, which dwellest between the cher'-u-bims. thou art the God. even thou alone, of all the kingdoms of the earth, thou hast made heaven and earth.
36 So Sen-nach'-er-ib king of Assyria departed, and went and returned, and dwelt at Nin'-e-veh.
37 And it came to pass. as he was worshipping in the house of Nis'-roch his god, that A-dram'-me-lech and Sha-re'-zer his sons smote him with the sword: and they escaped into (he land of Armenia. And E-sar-had'-don his son reigned in his stead.
AND it came to pass. when king Hez-e-ki'-ah heard it, that he rent his clothes, and covered himself with sackcloth, and went into the house of the lord.
2 And he sent E-li'-a-kim. who was over the household, and Shebna the scribe, and the elders of the priests covered with sackcloth, unto Isaiah the prophet the son of Amoz.
3 And they said unto him. Thus saith Hez-e-ki'-ah, This day is a day of trouble, and of rebuke, and of blasphemy: for the children are come to the birth, and there is not strength to bring forth.
5 So the servants of king Hez-e-ki'-ah came to Isaiah.
10 Thus shall ye speak to Hez-e-ki'-ah king of Judah. saying. Let not thy God. in whom thou trustest, deceive thee, saving, Jerusalem shall not be given into the hand of the king of Assyria.
11 Behold, thou hast heard what the kings of Assyria have done to all lands by destroying them utterly; and shall thou be delivered?
12 Have the gods of the nations delivered them which my fathers have destroyed, as Gozan, and Har-an. and Rezeph. and the children of Eden which were in Te-las'-sar?
14 And Hez-e-ki'-ah received the letter from the hand of the messengers, and read it: and Hezekiah went up unto the house of the lord, and spread it before the lord.
15 And Hez-e-ki'-ah prayed unto the lord, saying,
16 O lord of hosts. God of Israel. that dwellest between the cher'-u-bims, thou art the God, even thou alone, of all the kingdoms of the earth: thou hast made heaven and earth.
37 So Sen-nach'-er-ib king of Assyria departed, and went and returned. and dwelt at Nin'-e-veh.
38 And it came to pass. as he was worshipping in thc_house of Nis'-roch his god, that A-dram'-me-lecb and Sha-rc'-zcr his sons smote him with the sword; and they escaped into the land of Armenia: and E'-sar-had'-don his son reigned in his stead.
These verses are culled from the Authorised Version, but you will find the same in every Version.
No Verbal Inspiration
(For a complete list of all the books of the Bible and their authors, avail yourself of the "Collins'" R.S.V. 'with' its annotations). What have Christian scholars to say about the "Book of Isaiah?" They say: "MAINLY CREDITED TO ISAIAH. PARTS MAY HAVE BEEN WRITTEN BY OTHERS" In view of the confessions of Bible scholars, we will not take poor Isaiah to task. Can we then nail this plagiarism on the door of God? What blasphemy! Professor Cumptsy confirmed at question time, at the end of the aforementioned symposium that the "Christians do not believe in a verbal inspiration of the Bible" So God Almighty had not absent-mindedly dictated the same tale twice! Human hands, all too human, had played havoc with this so-called Word of God — the Bible. Yet, Bible-thumpers will insist that "every word, comma and full stop of the Bible is God's Word!"
Alhaji Alhaji 11 years ago
....ha ha ha ha ha ha it is quite interesting to read your fibble minded comments.
Have you really thought about your fake and criminal prophet mohammed and the koran?
ha ha ha ha, you followers of satan, sons and daug ... read full comment
....ha ha ha ha ha ha it is quite interesting to read your fibble minded comments.
Have you really thought about your fake and criminal prophet mohammed and the koran?
ha ha ha ha, you followers of satan, sons and daughters of evil with your religion called islam, telling the people of the Holy and true God that "the Bible is not the word of God".
You son of satan, do you know that:
(1)Mohamed is a fake prophet (in short he is not a Prophet)?
(2)Do you know that it was Satan which appeared to mohammed in the cave?
(3)Do you know that it was Khadija (the first wife of mohammed) who told mohamed that he should tell the people that an angel has appeared to him?
(4)Do you know that mohamed fake the sayings in the koran?
(5)Do you know that because the koran is a fake book, mohamed told his followers and followers of the fake religion islam that they will go to hell with satan? (it is stated in the koran)
My brother I have been telling you to examine that your fake religion islam and come out of it before it is toooooo late for you.
Why should you waste your time on that fake prophet (mohamed) and his evil religion called islam?
By the way why did your soooo!!! called prophet mohamed raped his daughter-in-law (the wife of Zaid, his adoptive son)?
Do you know that he later married this daughter in-law? who was also happened to be his niece?
How can such a wicked man be a Prophet?
Remember the Prophets of the Holy and True God are also holy, mohamed is more sinful than satan himself.
Because the koran is a book of evil you cann't talk about it, shame unto you and your fake prophet.
DODOWA 11 years ago
No one argues with that line of thought. However, when those preaching the gospel turn the Good word into pelf- oriented professions, people get disenchanted. It is true that religion drives a large portion of our actions, bu ... read full comment
No one argues with that line of thought. However, when those preaching the gospel turn the Good word into pelf- oriented professions, people get disenchanted. It is true that religion drives a large portion of our actions, but today’s obnoxious trifecta of corruption; Politicians, Chiefs and Pastors have persistently thrown the masses into diarray. The wanton arrogance and conceited demeanors of our leaders make one wonder whether they are Ghanaians in the first place. Lucky Dube of blessed memory made this pitch look easy with his resurrection of the Biblical maxim “Blessed is the hand that giveth than the one that taketh” Unfortunately, the gradual but systematic erosion of the peoples’ power by the putrid status quo is turning Ghana’s fledgling democracy turning into a plutocracy. Words like the one rendered by Pastor Emmanuel Sarpong have totally lost their meaning because of the halo of corruption that emanates from the panjandrums of our society.
Satu 11 years ago
Colossians 3:12-17 Put on therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, bowels of mercies, kindness, humbleness of mind, meekness, longsuffering; Forbearing one another, and forgiving one another, if any man have a quarr ... read full comment
Colossians 3:12-17 Put on therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, bowels of mercies, kindness, humbleness of mind, meekness, longsuffering; Forbearing one another, and forgiving one another, if any man have a quarrel against any: even as Christ forgave you, so also do ye. And above all these things put on charity, which is the bond of perfectness. And let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to the which also ye are called in one body; and be ye thankful. Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom; teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord. And whatsoever ye do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God and the Father by him.
Adomba 11 years ago
Although the shepherds in Ghana may not set a good example for the flock under their charge, the judgment going on in heaven now is not for Ghanaian pastors, but for God's people (church-1 Peter 4:17;Rev 12:17). Please note w ... read full comment
Although the shepherds in Ghana may not set a good example for the flock under their charge, the judgment going on in heaven now is not for Ghanaian pastors, but for God's people (church-1 Peter 4:17;Rev 12:17). Please note what the Lord is saying to us today: "Look unto me, and be ye saved, all the ends of the earth: for I am God, and there is none else"(Isaiah 45:22 ). Let's remember that we will be judged individually, not as a group. Note 2 Corinthians 5:10 : For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ; that every one may receive the things done in his body, according to that he hath done, whether it be good or bad.
Pastoral example or not, the devil is man's enemy and he wants the previlege of leading men away from God(Gen3:15). Note he deceives the whole world: "And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world: he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him"(Revelation 12:9).
Satan’s enmity against the human race is kindled, because, through Christ, they are the objects of God’s love and mercy. He desires to thwart the divine plan for man’s redemption, to cast dishonor upon God, by defacing and defiling his handiwork; he would cause grief in Heaven, and fill the earth with woe and desolation. And he points to all this evil as the result of God’s work in creating man. {GC88 506.1}
The Great Controversy Between Christ and Satan; Great Controversy. Pacific Press Publishing Association, 1888; 2002, S. 506
Adomba 11 years ago
In the typical service of the ancient Israel temple, only those who offered sacrifice for their sins during the course of the year were entitled to the forgiveness of sins on the Day of Atonement.
In the anti-typical Day o ... read full comment
In the typical service of the ancient Israel temple, only those who offered sacrifice for their sins during the course of the year were entitled to the forgiveness of sins on the Day of Atonement.
In the anti-typical Day of Atonement in which we live, only those who have have accepted the grace of God, the second covenant ratified at Calvary, are considered for judgment. All others will have their cases determined later.
Judgment begins in the house of God before Jesus comes for his own.
1 Peter 4:17 For the time is come that judgment must begin at the house of God: and if it first begin at us, what shall the end be of them that obey not the gospel of God?
Sey Sey Gbey 11 years ago
This pasters are always steping on the blind side of the poeple about the word of God.Statisticaly, most of thoes pasters are from apoor family.That tells you why they become
Pasters.Give me a break.
This pasters are always steping on the blind side of the poeple about the word of God.Statisticaly, most of thoes pasters are from apoor family.That tells you why they become
Pasters.Give me a break.
These stupid people, who call themselves pastors, must stop misusing freedom of speech.
preachers talk down to the population as fathers do to recalcitrant children. who and what authourises this fatuous and demeaning attitude?
are their personal and private lives truly above board? we know better. hypocrites g ...
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Apostle Paul not the stinking paul out there, said something in the book of Corinthians about himself; it goes like this, not to compromise the integrity of the gospel, he resorted not to get his earns meal from his ministry, ...
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Do not forget, the old testament uses little one, whiles the new testament uses lamb. The old testament uses jehovah or yawah, the new testament uses Jesus Christ. They are the same.
Well said pastor,the people of today do not go by the word of God but rely on their own wisdom.
Clergyman, FYI: a pastor is a spiritual counselor for those under his charge. Note the first paragraph of this homily: "Pastor Boakye Emmanuel Sarpong, Minister of Christ Embassy Church, at Agona in the Ashanti Region, has ad ...
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I agree with the Pastor Sarpong's homily that Christians are "to allow the word of God to serve as a guiding principle in their various fields of endeavour."
I will butress his remark with a couple of texts and a comment. ...
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Begotten, Not Made
"Jesus is the only begotten son of God, begotten not made," is an adjunct of the orthodox catechism, leaning for support on the following:
2. For God so loved the world, that he gave his only BEGOTTEN ...
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....ha ha ha ha ha ha it is quite interesting to read your fibble minded comments.
Have you really thought about your fake and criminal prophet mohammed and the koran?
ha ha ha ha, you followers of satan, sons and daug ...
read full comment
No one argues with that line of thought. However, when those preaching the gospel turn the Good word into pelf- oriented professions, people get disenchanted. It is true that religion drives a large portion of our actions, bu ...
read full comment
Colossians 3:12-17 Put on therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, bowels of mercies, kindness, humbleness of mind, meekness, longsuffering; Forbearing one another, and forgiving one another, if any man have a quarr ...
read full comment
Although the shepherds in Ghana may not set a good example for the flock under their charge, the judgment going on in heaven now is not for Ghanaian pastors, but for God's people (church-1 Peter 4:17;Rev 12:17). Please note w ...
read full comment
In the typical service of the ancient Israel temple, only those who offered sacrifice for their sins during the course of the year were entitled to the forgiveness of sins on the Day of Atonement.
In the anti-typical Day o ...
read full comment
This pasters are always steping on the blind side of the poeple about the word of God.Statisticaly, most of thoes pasters are from apoor family.That tells you why they become
Pasters.Give me a break.