Are Americans Real Christians???

[Anthony]

I know faith is not in a book, but isn't the Bible where most Christians draw their faith from? How many Americans that preach understand cryptology or Hebrew, Greek, Aramaic, Syriac or Latin languages??? Researching biblical text can take decades & passports. The libraries in other countries, if you could enter them, older books will not have any english translation and are sure to have hidden messages, or codes. This ant no Da Brown novel nor is it a Da Vinci Code movie, this is fact. Remember, the Hebrew text of the Old Testament provides us with only meagre evidence of the ancient language, for it is only a part, and a very small part, of a much larger Hebrew literature now lost to us. And the discovery at the Dead Sea in recent years of a number of hitherto unknown Jewish works, written in Hebrew and Aramaic, serves as a powerful reminder of lost literature. Moreover, many, if not most of the books of the Apocrypha were originally written in Hebrew or Aramaic, but for the most part they have survived only in other languages. Then again we have to remember that the Hebrew text of the Old Testament as we have it today must be regarded as a Judaean work, in the sense that it has been transmitted through southern editors. These southern editors have not, however, succeeded in removing all signs of northern origin, for in the books of Kings, for example, there are clear indications of northern Hebrew dialect. From these
considerations it is evident that the literature preserved in the Old Testament is but a small fraction of a very much larger Hebrew literature which was in circulation. We have then to acknowledge that the Hebrew text of the Old Testament does not of itself provide an adequate basis for the study of classical Hebrew.

Someone said true Christians live their lives according to the way that Jesus lived.
How do we know how Jesus lived if we don't have an accurate account of Jesus life???

Yours truly,
Anthony Smith

[newview]

If we don't have an accurate account of God's Word - then do you think everyone up until now will get a free pass from the Lord on Judgment Day?

[Anthony]

I don't know, I really can't say, that's not my judgement to make newview. I don't think it's any human beings judgement call to make who's spirit or soul is going, as you say, get a pass from the Lord. Newview could you post a photo, it's not important, it's just I like to know whom I'm interconnecting with.

Yours truly,
Anthony Smith

[newview]

How do people do that? I not too long ago just found out how to post 'youtube' videos. LOL !!
Wouldn't I have to have a photo in my computer to be able to share it on the 'world wide web'?

[Hezekiah Ben Israel]

I know faith is not in a book, but isn't the Bible where most Christians draw their faith from? Faith is in a book. You have to have faith that what you are reading is true.

[Eric Hancock]

I am going to say this and let it go
AMERICA DONT HAVE A HOLY HISTORY WE CANT SAY THAT JESUS/YASHUA SPOKE AT THE APPOLLO THEATRE OR MOSES GOT THE TEN COMMANDMENTS AT THE WHITEHOUSE.NOR ELIJAH CHALLENGE THE FALSE PROPHETS AT CEASARS PALACE WE DONT HAVE A HOLY HISTORY WE'RE FOLLOWING ISREAL AND SOME ARE FOLLOWING ISLAM,,WE ARE ONLY GOING BY WHAT WE WAS RAISED ON BUT SOME OF THE STUFF AINT RIGHT..therefore we must seek God/YAHWEH for ourselves for guidance and relationship and NOT religion

[Anthony]

I can't say what kind of holy or spiritual history America had before it was discovered because Native American Indians history wasn't properly recorded they was here, on this land we call America, before the land was discovered. Black folks with Native Americans in their blood should know how spiritual Native Americans are. Do you know Jesus traveled to India & Tibet & was a student & teacher of Buddhist & Hindu it was recorded by Brahman historians. Jesus also traveled to many other regions, so who's to say. But Bro. Hancock, I couldn't agree with you more Americans are shadows we are following, and anybody that disagree we you are blinded.

Yours truly,
Anthony Smith

[Anthony]

I think it's important to add, you can't research religion without researching science. You can't research ancient religions, mystical religions, medieval religions, Islam religions, orthodox religions, scientology, paganism religions, without researching the science of archeology or anthropology the study of human cultures. Which is not my strong point. Religion is not my main concern of research, but I do it for self enlightenment. Besides, you have to understand, I really can't call myself an expert. I don't have a passport to travel to a lot of these regions to fully understand their cultures & enter their libraries. I wouldn't be able to understand many ancient text. Besides I don't have a degree in religious iconology, linguistic anthropology, cultural anthropology or archeology. I respect all religions and do research on them for self-enlightenment.

It's good to remember:
Mahatma Gandhi of India once said: “The soul of religion is one, but it is encased in a multitude of forms.”
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“In reality, there is only one religion, the religion of God. This one religion is continually evolving, and each particular religious system represents a stage in the evolution of the whole,”
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An individual has not started living until he can rise above the narrow confines of his individualistic concerns to the broader concerns of all humanity.
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
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"As this book shows … every major religion of the world has similar ideals of love, the same goal of benefiting humanity through spiritual practice, and the same effect of making their followers into better human beings."
—The Dalai Lama
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“For we walk by faith, not by sight.' II Corinthians 5:7”
Jesus Christ
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May the LORD, the God of your fathers, increase you a thousand times and bless you as he has promised!
Moses


Yours truly,
Anthony Smith

[Anthony]

Well said Bro. Watson, and for the folks that don't know, capitalism is based on free market, "laissez-faire." Capitalism is fueled by natural resources & import of goods & export of goods & also privately controlled labor.

But with saying that, yes, I do believe America does bless God.
We mistake the government power over the people as something else, something corrupt. Something controlled because we follow mans laws not God. But how else are we to govern over this great nation. It's Ordo Ab Chao. "ORDER OUT OF CHAOS."

Every Bill which shall have passed the House of Representatives and the Senate, shall, before it become a Law, be presented to the President of the United States: If he approve he shall sign it, but if not he shall return it, with his Objections to that House in which it shall have originated, who shall enter the Objections at large on their Journal, and proceed to reconsider it. If after such Reconsideration two thirds of that House shall agree to pass the Bill, it shall be sent, together with the Objections, to the other House, by which it shall likewise be reconsidered, and if approved by two thirds of that House, it shall become a Law. But in all such Cases the Votes of both Houses shall be determined by yeas and Nays, and the Names of the Persons voting for and against the Bill shall be entered on the Journal of each House respectively. If any Bill shall not be returned by the President within ten Days (Sundays excepted) after it shall have been presented to him, the Same shall be a Law, in like Manner as if he had signed it, unless the Congress by their Adjournment prevent its Return, in which Case it shall not be a Law.

The Congress shall have Power To lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises, to pay the Debts and provide for the common Defence and general Welfare of the United States; but all Duties, Imposts and Excises shall be uniform throughout the United States;

To borrow Money on the credit of the United States;

To regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among the several States, and with the Indian Tribes;

To establish an uniform Rule of Naturalization, and uniform Laws on the subject of Bankruptcies throughout the United States;

To coin Money, regulate the Value thereof, and of foreign Coin, and fix the Standard of Weights and Measures;

To provide for the Punishment of counterfeiting the Securities and current Coin of the United States;

To establish Post Offices and post Roads;

To promote the Progress of Science and useful Arts, by securing for limited Times to Authors and Inventors the exclusive Right to their respective Writings and Discoveries;

To constitute Tribunals inferior to the supreme Court;

To define and punish Piracies and Felonies committed on the high Seas, and Offences against the Law of Nations;

To declare War, grant Letters of Marque and Reprisal, and make Rules concerning Captures on Land and Water;

To raise and support Armies, but no Appropriation of Money to that Use shall be for a longer Term than two Years;

To provide and maintain a Navy;

To make Rules for the Government and Regulation of the land and naval Forces;

To provide for calling forth the Militia to execute the Laws of the Union, suppress Insurrections and repel Invasions;

To provide for organizing, arming, and disciplining, the Militia, and for governing such Part of them as may be employed in the Service of the United States, reserving to the States respectively, the Appointment of the Officers, and the Authority of training the Militia according to the discipline prescribed by Congress;

Yours truly,
Anthony Smith