God forbids religion.

How many Catholics know that Saint Peter’s Basilica is built on top of Roman emperor Constantine’s church.  The Basilica wasn’t built over the birth place of Christianity, where Jesus Christ was born, but on the site where the Romans sought to destroy the new religion with the torture and murder of Christianity’s figurehead.  Saint Peter’s Basilica was intentionally built in Rome instead of the Middle East where Christ and Christianity was actually born.  Saint Peter’s Basilica was built as a monument to the success of Rome’s’ two thousand year old deception.  It was built to replace Christianity with a Roman created religion.

Have you stopped to wonder why your church is called the Roman Catholic Church instead of a more fitting name like Christ’s Church?  You are, after all, suppose to be Christians.

For 300 years the Romans set out to destroy Christianity.  First by destroying all Christian Scriptures (as a result scholars do not know the exact year or date of Jesus’ birth or death). Then slaughtering millions of Christians.  And finally by decree by Roman Emperor Constantine.  By decree Roman Emperor Constantine attempted to destroy Christianity, once and for all times, by creating a new state religion – Roman Catholicism.  It was Roman Emperor Constantine who issued the now famous “Edict of Milan”, in 313, permitting Christianity in the Empire. With the “Edict of Milan” Constantine declared himself to be the first “Bishop of Rome” or “Pope” and as such the leader of his newly created Roman Catholic religion.

The word catholic comes from a Greek phrase meaning “on the whole,” “according to the whole” or “in general”.  So if you are Roman Catholic it means you are; on the whole, according to the whole or in general, a Roman, not a Christian.  If you were a Christian you would make pilgrimages to the Middle East instead of Rome during Christmas and Easter.  You would watch or participate in mass where Christ was born, in the Middle East, not in Rome, where Christ was tortured to death. Crucifixion was an ancient method of painful execution in which the condemned person is tied or nailed to a large wooden cross (of various shapes) and left to hang until dead.

Emperor Constantine adopted the cross as the symbol (”Veneration of the Cross”) of his newly created religion – the Roman Catholic Church. Veneration is often shown outwardly by respectfully bowing or making the sign of the cross. Since the adoption of the cross to represent the Roman Catholic Church the cross has been used as a symbol or banner of war – war involves the painful inhumane execution of innocent people. The Crusades were a Roman military campaign to take control of the Holy Land resulting in millions being murdered under the cross banner. The Spanish Inquisition was an ecclesiastical tribunal started in 1478 by Catholic Monarchs Ferdinand II of Aragon and Isabella I of Castile. It was intended to maintain Catholic orthodoxy in their kingdoms. An inquisition was created through papal bull Ad Abolendam, issued at the end of the 12th century by Pope Lucius III as a way to combat the Albigensian heresy in southern France. There were a huge number of tribunals of the Papal Inquisition in various European kingdoms during the Middle Ages. Millions were beheads or burned at the stakes for not converting to the Roman Catholic religion and not venerating the cross. In addition to the Napoleonic Wars, an Iron Cross was adopted and was awarded during the Franco-Prussian War, the First World War, and the Second World War. The Iron Cross was awarded for bravery in battle as well as other military contributions in a battlefield environment by Adolf Hitler. The Knight’s Cross of the Iron Cross recognized extreme battlefield bravery or successful leadership. The Grand Cross of the Iron Cross was a decoration intended for victorious generals of the Prussian Army and its allies. It was the highest class of the Iron Cross.

Remember too that all of the Apostles were also Middle Eastern men not Romans.  Even Christ’s mortal mother Mary and her husband Joseph lived in Nazareth in Galilee (which was located in the presently occupied state of Palestine), which we know is part of the Middle East.

Roman Catholicism is not (anti) Christianity

The Pope is the Bishop of Rome, the leader of the Roman created Catholic Church, not the Apostolic successor of Christianity.  There is no Apostolic succession because for 250 years Christians suffered from sporadic and localized persecutions for their refusal to worship the Roman emperor, considered treasonous and punishable by execution. The most widespread of these was the Great Persecution (303–11) of Diocletian. He ordered Christian buildings (and the homes of Christians) torn down, their sacred books collected and burned, and Christians themselves were denied the protection offered to other citizens by Roman law.  Christians were arrested, tortured, mutilated, burned, starved, and forced to gladiatorial contests to amuse spectators. The Great Persecution officially ended in April of 311, when Galerius, then senior emperor of the Tetrarchy, issued an edict of toleration, which granted Christians the right to practice their religion.

In 313, Roman Emperor Constantine issued the Edict of Milan, legalizing Christian worship that had been outlawed by Rome for over 250 years.  On 27 February 380, Catholic Christianity became the state religion of the Roman Empire by the authority of the Emperor.   The Edict of Thessalonica made “Catholic Christianity” the only religion legally tolerated in the empire – that all their subjects must profess the faith of the bishops of Rome and Alexandria.  No longer were Christians allowed to profess their faith in God.

One of the Bible’s most basic teachings is that followers of other gods have been enticed by deceptive spirits who are utterly opposed to the God who created us and loves us. (Romans 1:18-23; 1 Corinthians 10:20; 2 Thessalonians 2:9-12; 1 Timothy 4:1) Even the first two of the ten commandments – have no other gods, make no idols – show that God regards it as a grave offense to become involved in any religion. (Exodus 20:3-4) Religion is defined as a set of beliefs, values, and practices based on the teachings of a spiritual leader. All religions are based on the religion’s congregation following the beliefs, values and practices of their spiritual leader. This is the flaw of every religion. Religions have a mortal being as their spiritual leader even though we are commanded by God to follow no other than he – the one true God. No matter how similar Christian and non-Christian religions are, their truths are laced with errors that entice their devout followers away from the one true God. We despise this biblical revelation because it forces us to make a decision – Do I choose God or do I choose religion. It sounds narrow-minded, but Jesus (not God but the “mortal” son of God) affirmed that the way to God is narrow, and that few people go that way. (Matthew 7:14) Anyone really sincere, however, will seek truth no matter how unpalatable it seems.

Most religions affirm that Jesus was a great teacher or prophet. You were taught to focus on that great teacher. But by doing so, God will remain a blur. John 3:16 states “For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish, but have eternal life.” Jesus was sent to us not to teach us to follow him but to be loyal followers of God. This one line of scriptures has been misinterpreted for nearly 2 thousand years. This is the main error of all religions. The actual interpretation is that whoever believes in God shall not perish, but have eternal life.

All religions are based on their followers believing in the messenger or prophet in lieu of (in place of; instead of) the true sovereign – God. Jesus taught us that the only way to God is not through him (Jesus) but through total unwavering devotion and dedication to God.  Jesus told us in John 3:16. “For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life.”

Even to this day, both the idol worshiping Roman Catholics and Christians have misinterpreted the last part of what Jesus said – “whoever believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life“. Jesus was talking about God, not himself.  Jesus said “whoever believes in God shall not perish but have eternal life”  The whole reason for God sending us Jesus was to correct our wicket ways of worshiping idols and mortal beings in lieu of God the Creator. There is no substitute for God, not even Jesus Christ.

God forbids religion – exodus 20:2-20:17

“I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery; you shall have no other gods before me.” ~ not Jesus, not Mary, not Mohammed, not Buddha, not Abraham, not King David or King Solomon, or the Luciferian Pope

“You shall not make for yourself an idol, whether in the form of anything that is in heaven above, or that is on the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth.” ~ the crucifix is a graven image, so are the manner of likeness known as statues and images of Christ, and Mary, a Golden Calf, or a statue of Buddha

“You shall not bow down to them or worship them; for I the Lord your God am a jealous God, punishing children for the iniquity of parents, to the third and the fourth generation of those who reject me, but showing steadfast love to the thousandth generation of those who love me and keep my commandments.” – it is forbidden by God to bow down unto the crucifix, statues and images of Jesus or Mary, to the Pope, deacons or bishops, to the chalice, to the eucharist, or alter, nor to the rising and setting Sun, yet for 2000 years idol worshiping Catholics, Christians, Muslims and Hebrews continue do what is forbidden by our Creator.

As a means to gain power and authority over the people of the Earth man (not God) created religion. Religion is their claim to full, supreme, and universal power over their followers. They all claim to be either sent by God (messenger of or prophet), a divine substitute of God and some even claim to be God.

Roman Catholic Church is opposed to God

The Roman Catholic Church is one such religion that falsely claims divine authority. Vicar of Christ (Latin Vicarius Christi) has been used since Pope Gelasius I (served 492 – 496), alongside a few rarer ‘vicarial’ titles, as one of the titles of the Bishop of Rome—the Pope—as head of the Universal Church (see Papal primacy). A vicar is one who represents another and acts as a steward, administering the position held in lieu of the true sovereign. In the Catechism of the Catholic Church, in addition to the pope, each bishop is referred to as the “Christ’s Vicar”(§1560) to their diocese, and the conscience is called “the aboriginal Vicar of Christ.”(§1778).

The Vatican officially teaches that the Pope is the substitute for Christ Jesus, who they believe to be God. The words of the official pronouncement are:

“The Pope, Bishop of Rome and Peter’s successor, ‘is the perpetual and visible source and foundation of the unity both of the bishops and of the whole company of the faithful.’

‘For the Roman Pontiff, by reason of his office as Vicar of Christ, and as pastor of the entire Church has full, supreme, and universal power over the whole Church, a power which he can always exercise.” [Catechism of the Catholic Church, Second Edition (Washington, DC: US Catholic Conference, 1994, 1997) #882.]

[Definition: “vicar”—in the broadest sense means someone who is authorized to act as a substitute or agent for a superior / compare “vicarious”—serving in the place of someone else; assuming the position, place, or office of another person]

The Roman Catholic religion was created by Roman Emperor Constantine. He may have been a ruler of the Romans but there is no mistake – he was a mortal. Constantine was not God. He wasn’t the son of God. He claimed to have spoken to God. He claimed to be a messenger of God. Instead of embracing God he chose to create a religion devoted to Rome. For over 300 hundred years the Romans could not defeat Christ’s teachings to follow only the one true God so Constantine arrived at the conclusion that “If you can’t beat them – join them” or at least make it look like he was one of them.

Islam is opposed to God

Islam (means “to accept, surrender or submit”), the second-largest religion in the world, after Christianity is a monotheistic, Abrahamic religion originating with the teachings of the Islamic prophet Muhammad, a 7th century Arab religious and political figure. Islam means acceptance of and submission to God, and believers must demonstrate this by worshipping him, following his commands, and avoiding polytheism (Polytheism is the belief in or worship of multiple deities, such as gods and goddesses). Others describe Islam as an action of returning to God. This description is in line with the purpose of Jesus Christ and his teachings. He was sent to guide mankind back to God.

As with the Roman Catholic religion Islam was created, not by God, but by a mortal. As with the Roman Catholics they place more importance, belief, value, and devotion towards the messenger and the message than towards God. An adherent of Islam is known as a Muslim, meaning “one who submits”. Muslims believe that God revealed the Qur’an to Muhammad, who they claim to be God’s final prophet, through the angel Gabriel, and regard the Qur’an and the Sunnah (words and deeds of Muhammad a mortal) as the fundamental sources of Islam. The Qur’an states that all Muslims must believe in God, his revelations, his angels, his messengers, and in the “Day of Judgment”. They do not regard Muhammad as the founder of a new religion, but as the restorer of the original monotheistic faith of Abraham, Moses, Jesus, and other prophets. Like the Jews and Roman Catholics, Islam distorted the revelations God gave to these prophets by either altering the text, introducing a false interpretation, or both. They too are in error as they have substituted God with the messenger and a mortal’s message.

Judaism is opposed to God

Judaism is considered either the first or one of the first monotheistic religions, and is among the oldest religious traditions still being practiced today. Many of its texts and traditions are central to the other Abrahamic religions, with Jewish history and the principles and ethics of Judaism having influenced Christianity and Islam, as well as some non-Abrahamic religions. Followers of Judaism, whether converts or born into the Jewish nation (including seculars), are called Jews. The Jewish collective is regarded as an ethnoreligious group, for reasons derived from the sacred texts that define them as a nation, rather than followers of a faith. It was with the formation of Israel in 1948 that Judaism central authority is no longer vested in God, but in sacred texts, religious law and learned rabbis who interpret those texts and laws. No longer are the Jews devoted to God, they are entirely devoted to material gain and have reverted back to worshiping an idol (a cult image), another Golden calf – the State of Israel.

Jews, like the Roman Catholics and the Muslims substituted God for a mortal. They devout themselves not to their faith in God, but to mortals like the Biblical King David of Israel. In his 40 years as ruler, between approximately 1010 and 970 B.C.E., King David united the people of Israel, led them to victory in battle, conquered land and paved the way for his son, Solomon, to build the Holy Temple. Today, Jews pray daily for the coming of the “Messiah, son of David.” The Jews have substituted God for a deceased mortal being named David. The Jews pray for the coming of a descendant of this dead mortal being – son of David. They expect the Messiah to be a descendant of David – not God or the son of God. Jews no longer pray daily to God, they pray to a former king, with blood on his hands, to give them his heir to their new Kindom of Israel. The Jews have elevated David to a god like status every day by offering him prayer. Such idol worship is forbidden by God.

The fact remains that religion is a man made demonic cult that attempts to replace God with a mortal being.  All religions have replaced God, the Creator with self-proclaimed prophets or messengers. They are all demonic because they all pray to the dead.  Jesus is dead.  Mohammad is dead.  Mary is dead. Buddha is dead.  Abraham, King David and King Solomon are all long dead.  All worship of false gods.

Whether God grants a person eternal life hinges on a single factor. That critical factor, said Jesus, is your willingness to obey God. (John 7:17) Why should God bother to open your eyes to spiritual truth and grant you eternal life if you are unwilling to respond to that truth? Yet few of us are prepared to pay that price. It involves a willingness to relinquish our hopes and dreams for the future, to forgo our pet sins and anything else God may ask. Such abandonment seems crazy until we recognize who God is. The God who made and sustains the entire universe is the source of all knowledge, moral goodness and love. That means he is good, he is trustworthy, he has our best interest at heart, he is wiser than us and he loves us more than we love ourselves. Obeying God is the smartest thing anyone could ever do. Until we acknowledge this and are willing to obey, worship and devote ourselves entirely to God, and God only, we will not be granted eternal life.

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