False Christianity's doctrines

1. The bible is perfect

2. the Trinity (or Jesus is "God the Father")

3. God requires you to give 10% of your income to the church

4. The pastor is the head of the local church

5. the pre-Tribulation Rapture

6. You only get one life to live

7. All the "unsaved" go to hell

8. All those in Hell burn forever

9. God created everything 6000 years ago

10. Jesus was born of a virgin

There are many more errors taught nowadays in Protestant churches also. In the USA they include : 

The USA's founding fathers were Christians and the USA is a Christian country

God wants you to be financially prosperous

This is so obvious it isn't even funny. The four gospels of the New Testament have drastically different versions of the same stories. This immediately proves that they aren't perfect. Four stories that don't agree with each other means that 3 or 4 of them are with error. That conclusion is just common sense. For example; Matthew wrote (in chapter 21) that Jesus made his final entry into Jerusalem riding on both a donkey and a young donkey, while John wrote (chapter 12) that he entered sitting only on a young donkey. Click here for more.

This mono-theistic doctrine (of one God manifesting as 3 persons) came about to distinguish Christianity from the poly-theistic (many gods) pagan religions and from the doctrine of Arius (a priest of Libya) who said "If the Father begat the Son, then he who was begotten had a beginning in existence, and from this it follows there was a time when the Son was not". The doctrine of the Trinity emerged and evolved from the councils of Nicea and Constantinople starting from 325 AD. Those were basically councils of the early leaders of the developing Catholic church. They didn't want people to think of the Father, Jesus, and the Holy Spirit as 3 different gods. But in reality they are presented as 3 different deities (gods) although God the Father has pre-eminence as the originator. Also they wanted to emphasize the divinity of Jesus. The doctrine of the Trinity is not taught in the scriptures. It is a man-made doctrine. Poor 'ol Arius was declared a heretic by the bishops at the first council of Nicea. I know how that feels. Complete honesty before God and man is rarely rewarded when it counters popular beliefs.

The scriptures do demonstrate unity between God the Father and Jesus (John 10), and between God the Father and the Holy Spirit. But that unity is obviously of mind and purpose, not of singularity (sameness). Why else would the scriptures show each as unique and separate in essence? Why would Jesus pray to the Father if he was the Father? Was he deceiving his disciples? He did say that seeing him was seeing the Father, but he meant that he was showing the attributes (love, peace, joy, etc) of God the Father (indwelling him) through his life and therefore was "showing God".

Jesus said in John 10:30 "I and my Father are one". and further explaining in 10:38 "...the Father is in me, and I in him".

In John 14:28 Jesus said "my Father is greater than I".

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Many of the pastors truly believe that requiring 10% (called “tithing”, giving a tenth) from all members is endorsed by the bible, although that is not true. In old testament times (before Christ's death) God required 10% in the form of food for the Levites (the priestly tribe). But the new testament standard was stated by Paul in 1 Cor 16:2 as being giving “as God has prospered you”. In other words, if you are not financially prospering then you shouldn’t give. God doesn’t require poor people to give. Paul said there is no necessity to give: 2 Cor 9:7 "Every man according as he purposes in his heart, so let him give; not grudgingly, or of necessity: for God loves a cheerful giver". Where it talks about tithing in the new testament letter to the Hebrews in chapter 7 it is talking about orthodox Jews and their orthodox old testament system which they were still practicing. It was not talking about it in relation to followers of Christ. Click here to read a complete discussion about the topic of tithing. Even worse than the pastors requiring members to tithe, is the sin that they don't make a good portion of these gifts freely available to the poor, which is part of the old testament tithing laws. If they are going to act like Jewish priests they should at least carry out the Jewish laws correctly. In Deuteronomy 26:12 tithes were to be given "to the LEVITE, the STRANGER, the FATHERLESS and the WIDOW". (The Levites were the Jews serving in the priesthood. In that culture the fatherless and widows were the poor.)  In Deuteronomy 27:19 it reads "Cursed is the one who perverts the justice due the stranger, the fatherless and the widow." [Refer to Deu. 14:27-29] Modern churches pervert justice and therefore are "cursed".

The pastor is just the shepherd, the one who is supposed to care for the sheep. According to 1 Cor 12 above him are the apostles and prophets who are given by God more authority in the church. They aren't a thing of a past church age. Christians right now have these gifts. But in false religions when an apostle or prophet shows up they are either subjugated under the pastor or they are kicked out. These false shepherds are not caring for Christian souls, they are in the business of fleecing the sheep, all for profit. Just another business. (1 Cor 12:28 "And God hath set some in the church, first apostles, secondarily prophets, thirdly teachers, after that miracles, then gifts of healings, helps, governments, diversities of tongues.")

This doctrine (that Jesus raptures us before the tribulation) was invented by the founder of the 7th Day Adventist Church in the late 1800's. It's not based on scripture. It's based upon the love of comfort. No one naturally wants to hear they'll have to go through hard times. But let's see what the scriptures say:
Heb 1:13 (God said to Jesus) "Sit at my right hand, until I make thine enemies thy footstool." (see Rev 19:11-21 to read about when Jesus will get up and go down to Earth to squash his enemies.) God commanded Jesus to stay beside him until he is allowed to come down to destroy his enemies at the battle of Armageddon, the beginning of the 1000 year "day of the Lord" at the end of the 7 year tribulation period. (also see Joel 2:30-31) If he came down to catch his people up (ie: the rapture) at the beginning of the tribulation period then he will of broken that command by God.
Matt 24:29-31 Jesus said: "Immediately after the tribulation of those days shall the sun be darkened...and they shall see the Son of Man coming in the clouds of heaven with power and great glory. And he shall send his angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they shall gather together his elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other."
How much more does it have to be spelled out? Jesus himself said he, the "son of man", would come immediately after the tribulation to gather together his elect (his people). This isn't a second gathering (rapture), it is the one and only, and it's at the end of the tribulation period.
1 Cor 15:51 "Behold, I show you a mystery; We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed, In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed."
(See Rev 8:6-10:7 to read about the seven trumpet judgments during the tribulation. In order for a pre-tribulation rapture to be valid, this scripture would have to say "at the first trumpet" instead of "at the last trumpet".)
Rev 10:7 "But in the days of the voice of the seventh angel, when he shall begin to sound [the trumpet], the mystery of God should be finished, as he has declared to his servants the prophets."
Rev 11:15 "And the seventh angel sounded; and there were great voices in heaven, saying, The kingdoms of this world are become the kingdoms of our Lord, and of his Christ; and he shall reign for ever and ever."
1 Thes 4:16-17 "For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first: Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord."
The only scripture that pre-Tribulation believers can quote is 1 Thes 5:9 "For God has not appointed us to wrath, but to obtain salvation by our Lord Jesus Christ", but the intelligent question is which/what "wrath" is being spoken about here? Is it the wrath of God during the Tribulation, or the wrath of the fierceness of God when Jesus destroys the armies around Jerusalem at the end of the Tribulation period? (see Rev 19:15) The clue is in the previous scriptures talking about "the day of the Lord". 
1 Thes 5:2-4 "For yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so comes as a thief in the night. For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction comes upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape. But you, brethren, are not in darkness, that that day should overtake you as a thief."
The seven verses previous to verse 9 are all talking about "the day of the Lord" when the wrath of God comes down onto the enemies of God. So, of course, we are not appointed to that wrath since we are devoted to God. So this deflates the only argument the pre-tribulation-rapture believers have.
2 Pet 3:10 "But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up."
Isa 13:6 "Howl ye; for the day of the LORD is at hand; it shall come as a destruction from the Almighty."
Jer 46:10 "For this is the day of the Lord GOD of hosts, a day of vengeance, that he may avenge him of his adversaries: and the sword shall devour, and it shall be satiate and made drunk with their blood"
Joel 2:30-31 "And I will show wonders in the heavens and in the earth, blood, and fire, and pillars of smoke. The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and the terrible day of the LORD comes."
Joel 3:12-16 "Let the heathen be awakened, and come up to the valley of Jehoshaphat (Megiddo or Armageddon): for there will I sit to judge all the heathen round about. Put in the sickle, for the harvest is ripe: come, get you down; for the press is full, the fats overflow; for their wickedness is great. Multitudes, multitudes in the valley of decision: for the day of the LORD is near in the valley of decision. The sun and the moon shall be darkened, and the stars shall withdraw their shining. The LORD also shall roar out of Zion, and utter his voice from Jerusalem; and the heavens and the earth shall shake"
Most bible scholars are in agreement that "the day of the Lord" begins with the battle of Armageddon, at the end of the Tribulation period, and ends one thousand years later (Rev 20:4) when the Earth is renewed by fire and the new Jerusalem comes down to Earth (Rev 21:2).

In Mark 8:27-28 Jesus asked his disciples "Whom do men say that I am? And they answered, John the Baptist: but some say, Elias; and others, One of the prophets." In other words, they believed that Jesus was someone great reincarnated. So reincarnation could of been a common belief held by the Jews. But it isn't held by modern Christians, probably to differentiate themselves from the religions of India which believe in reincarnation. In Matthew 17:10-13 there's this conversation between Jesus and his disciples that shows the master himself believing in reincarnation; "And his disciples asked him, saying, Why then say the scribes that Elias must first come? And Jesus answered and said unto them, Elias truly shall first come, and restore all things. But I say unto you, That Elias is come already, and they knew him not, but have done unto him whatsoever they listed. Likewise shall also the Son of man suffer of them. Then the disciples understood that he spake unto them of John the Baptist."

To me a belief in reincarnation is just common sense. It makes no sense to believe a good and merciful God (Jer 33:11) will judge people who have had little or no time to chose his side. Many kids die right at the age of reason (around 12). Let's say someone lives only one month as a human with the ability to chose right from wrong. Would it be right for God to judge that person to hell because he didn't immediately get saved? The question is a ridiculous one but shows how ridiculous people are in their belief systems. It is no sweat off God's back for him to let us reincarnate as a human over and over again until we make a fully informed decision to live in the light or the darkness. Nothing else would be fair. Only the terrible Old Testament God of the Jews could be so quick to send people to hell. No one should believe in that God. He was invented by the Jews to keep people in line and to try to strike fear in the hearts of their enemies. Religion is famous for using fear of judgment and hell to keep people from misbehaving. But the christian God, Jesus' God of love, doesn't use scare tactics. He just keeps loving us all and giving us as many opportunities as we all need to make the right decision and stick to it. I believe that we come back here time and again until we make a final decision. I believe that God, in all his longsuffering and kindness, lets us reincarnate.

The Catholic Church formulated its position against reincarnation in response to the controversy surrounding the Christian scholar Origen. He believed the human soul exists before it is incarnated into a physical body and then passes from one body to another until it is reunited with God. (Eccl 12:7 "the spirit shall return unto God who gave it."), after which it no longer takes on a physical form. He thought that while Christ could greatly speed the reconciliation with God, such reconciliation would not take place without effort by the individual. Although Origen died in 284 A.D., debate over his theories continued until 553 when he was officially cursed by the Second Council of Constantinople. Catholics were not to believe in the pre-existence of souls, the existence of consciousness as a spirit without a body, or that a person has any more than this one lifetime to turn to the Christian God without being subject to eternal damnation. Unfortunately, this Catholicism has permeated the Protestant world as well.

Rom 2:13-16 "For not the hearers of the law are just before God, but the doers of the law shall be justified. For when the Gentiles, which have not the law, do by nature the things contained in the law, these, having not the law, are a law unto themselves: Which show the work of the law written in their hearts, their conscience also bearing witness, and their thoughts the meanwhile accusing or else excusing one another in the day when God shall judge the secrets of men by Jesus Christ according to my gospel."

This scripture itself refutes the idea that only the "saved" go to heaven. Jesus said, in Matthews 25:31-46, that the main criteria for the judgment day is whether or not people acted compassionately on the behalf of believers, not whether or not they had ever prayed a salvation prayer. Matt 25:34-36 "Then shall the King say unto them on his right hand, Come, you blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world: For I was hungry, and you gave me meat: I was thirsty, and you gave me drink: I was a stranger, and you took me in: Naked, and you clothed me: I was sick, and you visited me: I was in prison, and you came unto me."

This is another area that stretches the common man's sensibility to believe that a loving God could sentence non-believers (both the ignorant and willful) and both the slightly bad and terribly bad people to an eternity of suffering. I reviewed all the scriptures on the subject and was not convinced that people, other than the pure enemies of God who are killed at the end of the tribulation period, are condemned to such a prolonged and agonizing punishment.
Rev 20:10 "And the devil that deceived them was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone, where the beast and the false prophet are, and shall be tormented day and night for ever and ever."
Also, there is a holy book that was excluded from the bible that impressed me with its prediction of Arabian nations coming out to war in the end times (in 2 Esdras 15:28). Well, I believe we are in the end times, and that "Christian" George Bush, the rider on the white horse (white symbolizing the presumed righteous reasons he has for his aggression) of Rev 6:2 "And I saw, and behold a white horse: and he that sat on him had a bow; and a crown was given unto him: and he went forth conquering, and to conquer.", has started the events of the tribulation period rolling. The next things, according to Revelation 6, for us to experience as a result of his imperialistic aggression are economic depression (which began in 2008), disease, and death to hundreds of millions. Anyway 2nd Esdras, in 7:61, said that those in hell burn till there's nothing left. In other words they "burn to extinction". I see that as more in line with the nature of a loving God. That would be punishment that befits the crime. Limited punishment for limited maliciousness.

Anyone who has studied geology and the different epochs of plant and animal life on this planet can only conclude that the Earth has been around for billions of years, and that it is just not possible that the whole universe was created 6000 years ago at the time of Adam and Eve (around 4000 BC). Some bible defenders, realizing the truth of this, have come up with a screwey theory that God created everything 6000 years ago with all the fossils in place to fool the scientists into believing that the Earth is billions of years old. Jesus has already revealed to us the nature of God, and that he isn't a trickster, but very upfront and honest. Click here for scientific evidence that the Earth is much much older than 6000 years. And you can see errors in the creation story too. Light was created (Gen 1:3), and then the sun, moon, and stars (Gen 1:14-18). Duhh?! A source of light has to exist before light can exist! Giving the benefit of the doubt, I would concede that maybe the initial light was that of the Big Bang, at the start of the universe that we live in. But wait, there was only one literal day between each creation event, but the expansion of the universe took billions of years. So either way there is an error there. This error, and the error of Eve being the mother of all living, the error of Cain finding another group of people to live with, and other errors can only leave us with the idea that the creation story is metaphoric and not literal. Many ideas in the bible actually have their origins in other cultures religious beliefs which predated the time of the Jews. Click here for some of them.

Isaiah 7:
1. Rezin the king of Syria, and Pekah the ... king of Israel, went up toward Jerusalem to war against it, but could not prevail against it.  7. Thus says the Lord GOD, It shall not stand, neither shall it come to pass. 8. ...within threescore and five years shall Ephraim be broken, that it be not a people.  9. If you will not believe, surely you shall not be established.  10. Moreover the LORD spoke again unto Ahaz (king of Judah), saying,  11. Ask for a sign from the LORD thy God; ask it either in the depth, or in the height above.  12. But Ahaz said, I will not ask, neither will I tempt the LORD.  14. Therefore the Lord himself shall give you a sign; Behold, a young maiden shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel.  16. For before the child shall know to refuse the evil, and choose the good, the land that you abhor shall be forsaken of both her kings. (This chapter is about how the two mentioned kings would not prevail against Jerusalem and that Ahaz, the king of Judah, would see it in his time, the proof being that a child will be born and named Immanuel, and that before he reaches the age of reasoning that the kings would leave their own land. This is a prediction concerning his time, not for later centuries (the time of Christ). It was a sign for Ahaz. It is utterly ridiculous to think that God would promise Ahaz a sign but then not show it to him. Signs are to be seen, not just heard of. (v 14 "the Lord himself shall give you a sign").  Why would God promise Ahaz a sign that wouldn't show itself until hundreds of years later? He wouldn't. God promised Ahaz a sign to be seen by him soon. There is no way in the world that Jesus fulfilled this prophecy because it was fulfilled in the time of Ahaz. The sign that Ahaz saw was a young child named Immanuel, knowing that before the boy knew how to choose the good that the kings of Israel and Syria would leave their lands (probably forcibly by an invading force).

   Here are seven reasons to doubt the "virgin birth" as a valid story:
1. The prophecy was that Ahaz would see the sign of a boy being born and named Immanuel (not Jesus).
2. Most of the New Testament authors did not believe this story. Otherwise they would have mentioned it since it would be important.
3. Paul said that Jesus' divine sonship was established  before the creation of the physical world, not by being born of God and Mary.
4. The Catholic church council of Nicaea (325 A.D.) established the virgin birth as orthodox doctrine which also established Mary as the "mother of God", elevating her above God.
5. The word "virgin" of Isaiah 7:14 was a mistranslation of "young woman".
6. Jesus almost exclusively called himself the "Son of Man"  which would necessitate that he had an earthly father. 
7. There have been early Christian groups that didn't believe Jesus was virgin born. There was no consensus on the subject before the council of Nicaea.

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Fundamentalist Christian are always talking about how the United States of America was founded by a group of church-going Christians. That's the hype, but here's the facts:

Something like 98% of the Founding Fathers of the United States were MASONS. Their main religious affiliation was UNITARIAN. The rest were either Catholic or Church of England. If you will look at the Masonic rolls of Boston (MA), New York (NY), Philadelphia (PA), Richmond (VA) and a dozen other cities lining the east coast, it reads like a Who's Who in American History. Many of the historical figures who came to help The Colonies in their break from England (e.g. Lafayette from France and Polaski from Poland) were also Masons. Masons, at that time, were DEISTS. A deist is one who believes that a God created the world but that same God doesn't interfere with it. Most Christians are theists. A theist sees God interfering with, or can interfere with, what's happening in the world. (This isn't any different than the Pagans who believed that the gods interfered with the lives of humans.) In other words, the Founding Fathers of this country saw that what happens here was up to them. In their minds it wasn't God's will that The Colonies break away from England. It wasn't God's will that there be a United States of America. Nor was Manifest Destiny God's will. It wasn't God's will that the United States eventually become a world power. They just didn't believe that God was exerting his will upon the world. The author of the Declaration of Independence, Thomas Jefferson, was a Deist but worded his document to also be acceptable to Christians by referring to the supreme deity not only as "Nature's God" but also as "Creator", "Supreme Judge of the World", and "Divine Providence".

The Masonic tradition at that time was highly steeped in OCCULTISM. The Masons were all practicing CEREMONIAL MAGICIANS. George Washington, wearing a Masonic apron, actually performed a Masonic (occult) rite when the cornerstone of the capital was laid and he placed a box containing Masonic medallions in that cornerstone. The signing of the Declaration of Independence was based on astrological timing worked out by one of the Founding Fathers. July 4th, 1776 at 12:00 noon at Philadelphia (PA) was very significant. That very time is when John Hancock placed his signature on the Declaration. They wanted to make sure that all of the "signs" were propitious for this infant country. Would Christians go to this trouble? Absolutely NOT! Consequently, the United States was founded by occultists based on occult principles.

The Founding Fathers did NOT care for people who would manipulate The Bible for their own purposes. Their disdain for manipulative Christian religious philosophies and manipulative preachers is well-documented. People like Jerry Fallwell, Billy Graham, Oral Roberts, Kenneth Copeland, Gene Scott, Jimmy Swaggart, Peter Popov, Benny Hinn, and others of their kind would bring out their anger. Read the works of Thomas Paine ("Common Sense") and Thomas Jefferson. (Fundamentalists conveniently over-look Jefferson's scathing attacks on these kinds of preachers.) Jefferson, himself, was so angry with these kinds of philosophies and people that he even wrote his own version of The Bible. The Bible that George Washington and many of the presidents took the oath of office on was, in fact, a Masonic Bible. That Bible is now in the Smithsonian.

The Masonic tradition at that time was a powerful influence on the world. For centuries just about every Pope, Cardinal, Bishop, nobleman, the royalty, and many generals were Masons. Many important people were also Masons. Joseph Smith, the founder of the Mormons, was a Mason, as were many of the Baroque and Classical composers. Daniel Boone, Davy Crockett, Sam Houston, and more than half of the U.S. presidents were Masons. It was in the middle of the 19th century that THE CHURCH condemned the Masonic tradition and said they were all a bunch of devil worshippers. After The Church's condemnation of the Masonic tradition, the manipulative branches of Christianity took up the banner to promote their own cause.

In 1785 Thomas Jefferson said "Millions of innocent men, women, and children, since the introduction of Christianity, have been burnt, tortured, fined, and imprisoned; yet we have not advanced one inch towards uniformity." In 1796 George Washington said "The government of the Untied States is not, in any sense, founded on the Christian religion."

It's time that the facts be presented. Most people will not take the time to research and find the truth. Fundamentalists are always going around talking about The Truth, but when they are confronted by it they refuse to accept it. There are two types of ignorance: The first type of ignorance is that brought about by nature where an individual doesn't have the mental capacities to seek and/or understand it. The second type of ignorance is chosen ignorance. This is the byword of fundamentalist Christianity. Through half-truths (half-truths are whole lies), purposeful semantic manipulations, and feigned knowledge and wisdom they "trapped you with gile (lies)" (as Paul said to the Corinthians). The Truth is out there. You need to find it for yourself.

The truth is more like that the pastors want you rich so that they can get more money from your tithes. Jesus said, in Matthew 6, that you can't serve both God and material wealth (mammon).
Matt 6:19-21 "Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust corrupts, and where thieves break through and steal: But lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust corrupts, and where thieves do not break through nor steal: For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also."
Matt 6:24 "No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. You cannot serve God and mammon."
Mark 10:25 "It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God."
James 2:5 "Hearken, my beloved brethren, Has not God chosen the poor of this world rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom which he has promised to them that love him?"
1 John 2:15-17 "Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him. For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world. And the world passes away, and the lust thereof: but he that does the will of God abides for ever."
Hebrews 13:5 "Let your conversation be without covetousness; and be content with such things as you have: for he has said, I will never leave you, nor forsake you."
1 Timothy 6:8-10 "And having food and clothing let us be therewith content. But they that will be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and into many foolish and hurtful lusts, which drown men in destruction and perdition. For the love of money is the root of all evil: which while some coveted after, they have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows."

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