Chapter 6: Our Factory Setting
Perhaps the worse part of any “belief-system” is the need for a belief system. “Believing” is an iffy proposition. Within “belief” there is always some measure of doubt — even if infinitesimal. Never forget: If doubt were not involved, “belief” would not qualify as “belief.”
There is no doubt (no “IF”) involved in the most important thing Jesus left for us. Precisely why the Forces against us have led us into seeing anything to do with Jesus as something that requires “faith” and/or “belief” — something unproven. A thing of chance. An IFFY proposition. The most important thing Jesus left for us is, indeed, something that does not require “belief.”
A gift.
You do not have to “believe” a gift. You simply have to accept it. Take it.
The Holy Spirit likens it to the gift of air.
“Air is actually quite an unbelievable gift. Universal space is a dead vacuum. Therefore, by ALL logic, air is analytically unbelievable.”
Yet, we ALL take air into our lungs every day, every minute. Any PhD can scientifically break down the components of air for us. He or she or they can tell us how the air we breathe is made by trees and plants, using energy from sunlight to make glucose from carbon dioxide and water to release oxygen. However, in the long run, the PhD will still be left with an overrated guess as to how the sun, the trees, the water and the air actually got here in the middle of a dead vacuum. At best, he, she or they can give us an hypothesis. No more than an IFFY proposition with PHD APPROVED stamped upon it. A “belief.” Point being? Air always works the same way, whether you “believe” it or not. Of course... we are talking about PURE air (no ifs, ands or buts thrown into the air). We are NOT talking about air that’s been added-to. Like the “AND” the executioner adds to the air in a gas chamber. You do not have to “believe” in pure air to get the benefit of it. ALL you have to do is simply accept it into your lungs.
Take it.
The gift Jesus gives us is similar — in its pure form. We do not have to “believe” it. And, that is a VERY GOOD thing. Because, more so than air, the gift itself along with what we gain by simply and Truly taking it is PERFECTLY unbelievable.
The gift is a done deal, sitting on the table right in front of us. If we want it, ALL we have to do is take it. Only... what we gain from this gift is a much-needed change of mind. Therein lies the rub. The Catch-22. The very thing keeping us from Truly taking the gift is the very thing we need the gift to change.
Our minds.
Our heads have been failsafe-set to a WRP (a Worldwide-Recorded-Program) that tells us: The last thing on this planet we need to do is Truly-Take this gift, 100%, with no ifs, ands or buts. We do have to know that we need it. If we are Church-Taught, we have to know that we REALLY need it.
So... let’s unwrap it. This will give you kids an enjoyable thing to do in the back seat as you are driven (by your humble yet considered author) ALL the way back to the Garden of Eden. Let’s get it out and take a good gander at it. It — the gift. This great, important thing we have been talking about.
Go ahead and tear off the pretty Church paper (ooh, they did such a great job of wrapping it up) and let’s take it out of the box. This is not only the giddy-fun part about getting a gift, it is also quite necessary. First, so we can see exactly what it is. Which, undoubtedly, satisfies the big secondary question:
Is this something we really need?
Wow! After taking a good look at it — in sufficient light — what it actually is, is a replacement gift. A replacement gift for something we ALL had a long, long time ago, very early on in our Lives.
It is likely you forgot about ever having this gift. For, when you had it, you were merely a little child. And, by carelessness and just plain not knowing any better, it got broke, fell through the grid and ended up in a hole in the basement floor. To this day, it was the absolute best thing that anyone could ever have; but, regrettably, it is gone forever (even so, there’s a way to get it back).
Do you remember what it was?
No?
I will be happy to remind you. It was your way of thinking.
IT’S-ALL-GOOD.
IT’S-ALL-GOOD was your Factory Setting. This was your way of thinking from the moment you had your first thought in the womb until one of two things happened.
1: (And, this one is way out of the ordinary.) Something very terrible happened to you as an infant.
Or...
2: You naturally reached the age of two.
Prior to either of these events — during your initial, wonderful mindset — the world was VERY GOOD. And, you were VERY GOOD. Matter of fact, you were PERFECTLY innocent. You could do no wrong. For, you were entirely oblivious to the concept of “wrong.”
Then... ALL that changed in a New York second.
One moment it was ALL-GOOD. The next moment — the time it takes to bite into an apple — little you was gone forever, fallen into a hole dug out of the basement floor.
Disregarding the extraordinary (that something terrible did happen to you early on) try to remember. How were you, before you were two years of age? I’ll be happy to remind you if you do not know. You were a FREE, pure and VERY GOOD soul. ALL to you and ALL about you was not merely “good” as a grown-up human perceives “good” — but rather, VERY GOOD, as God perceives GOOD.
Such was it with Adam and Eve. Whether you “believe” in them or not, think them story-book or real, they were FREE, pure and VERY GOOD souls. Mind you, although Adam and Eve were fully-grown adult human beings, they were VERY GOOD. In other words, they were PERFECTLY righteous (also known as totally sinless). Inspired Scripture confirms this Truth (if genuine God-Inspired-Scripture happens to mean anything to you). In “The Before Time” (aka: the first two chapters of Genesis), EVERYTHING under God’s Heaven “was VERY GOOD” — PERFECTLY righteous (aka: totally sinless). Including ALL of adult humanity — ALL two of us.
Genesis 1:31 (NIV) “God saw ALL that he had made, and it was very good.”
Then... ALL that changed in a New York second. Whoosh. Like morning mist, reaching up from the grave comes the ALL-important question.
What changed?
Well... the pilots flying the airplane have put together an imperfect answer to this question. These imperfect answers have become big imperfect theological doctrines within our Christian “belief-system” — “Fall of Man” and “Original Sin.” Beyond imperfect, these doctrines are found nowhere in the Word of God — what Mature-Christians like to call “non-Biblical” (I prefer non-Scriptural). Worse than being non-Biblical, placing one’s trust in these doctrines is counterproductive to Truly understanding and, consequentially, Truly-Accepting Jesus’ Concept.
Remarkably, our Church-Taught “belief-system” is built upon these big imperfect doctrines.
The words “The Fall of Man” and/or “Original Sin” are found nowhere in the Bible. Still, they became the big pile-driven pillars of our “belief-system.” Knotted stilts driven deep into beachfront property. They are holding up The Church’s answer to our big question — a question, we (as good Christians) dare not ask. For, as “good Christians,” we have already been “properly” Church-Taught “the proper answer.” A whispering ground is ALL that is left of Abel’s blood. And, so... the ground itself, from which we were made and thus to where we must return, must whisper the question for us.
What changed?
How is it that EVERYTHING was once “VERY GOOD”? And, now... it is what it is? How is it that we were once PERFECTLY righteous and totally sinless? But, are now... well... as we are?
What changed?
Our minds.
The God’s-Honest Truth of what happened to us (and consequentially to our world) is what Jesus calls (in common Greek) “metanoeo.” Translated into plain English: We changed the way we think.
Humankind did not “fall.” Meaning, if we ever did, off of what? Our pedestals? Granted, we did end up in a hole, but... no, we did not fall. We did a metanoeo: We changed our noeo from our Factory Setting (“noeo” being the Greek word for “thinking,” derived from “nous” which means “mind”). Simply put: We changed the way we think... exponentially. This Truth is vital for understanding Jesus, Jesus’ Mission, Jesus’ Concept and, most especially, Jesus’ positive use of the Word, metanoeo. Jesus is ALL about helping us change our way of thinking back to our original way of thinking. Our natural mindset. Our Factory Setting. And, contrary to Christian folklore and popular intellectual “belief,” our natural, God-Given mindset has zero to do with sin (neither “Original” nor “Extra Crispy”).
Keep in mind, God looked upon us as we originally were and declared us “VERY GOOD” — aka: PERFECTLY righteous; aka: Totally sinless.
Unfamiliar with “Original Sin” doctrine? Here is Judge Fleming’s verdict: “Original Sin” is Adam’s disobedience to God: Adam ate the fruit from the tree God had warned Adam never to eat. Thus, (so says Paul): “By one man, sin entered into the world.” Into ALL of us. This “Original Sin” is past on to ALL humankind through our flesh and through our blood. Accordingly, “Original Sin” is with us at birth. Even before birth, “Original Sin” is with us in the womb — the very root of our sinful nature.
What do the Scriptures actually “say” in regard to “Original Sin” doctrine? First, for those of us previously untaught, we have just learned (directly above) what The Church teaches. Next, we must ALL learn how The Church altered the Scriptures (oh, yeah) to support what The Church teaches. Then? We are going to dig up (from the bottom of its grave) and resurrect what actually IS written. Sound tedious? Boring? No worries. Remember, I am on my honor to write every chapter as entertainingly as possible.
The “Faithful” are convinced that human beings pop into this world “estranged from the womb” and “speaking lies.” This “belief” stems from how Psalms 58:3 has been set to print for us to read:
Psalms 58:3 (KJV) “The wicked are estranged from the womb: they go astray as soon as they be born, speaking lies.”
The King James Bible (KJV) is one of the first bibles specifically translated for public consumption. Mostly pristine; however, certain verses were MANipulated to fit Church-Agenda — such as was Psalms 58:3 (directly above). This verse is brutally Dogma-Spoiled. Keep in mind, when the KJV came into being in 1611 AD, the concept of “Original Sin” had already been certified Church doctrine for over twelve-hundred years. This is a classic example of dogma influencing Scripture, instead of the other way around. It is fair to say, our Church-Influenced Bible-Makers took Psalms 58:3 to the tailor and had it altered. Let’s take a closer look at this verse. What is the subject (actually, what are the Subjects) of Psalms 58:3? According to most every English Christian-Bible translation, “The wicked.” David (the original author) refers to Them as “The malignant.”
Okay. Whom (or What) are “the malignant”?
To dig up that piece of info, one must start at Psalms 58:1, where the Subjects of Psalm 58 are first mentioned. As for the answer? Well... that depends on which Christian Church-Influenced version of the Bible you are reading. For example, according to the NIV (New International Version), “the wicked” are “you rulers.” Here is the NIV translation, top to bottom, verses 1-3:
Psalms 58:1-3 (NIV) “For the director of music. To the tune of ‘Do Not Destroy.’ Of David. A miktam. Do you rulers indeed speak justly? Do you judge people with equity? 2 No, in your heart you devise injustice, and your hands mete out violence on the earth. 3 Even from birth the wicked go astray; from the womb they are wayward, spreading lies.”
What is the name of this game show?
It’s... Let’s Create A Translation That Fits Our Agenda! (Applause)
Get this: “you rulers”(the Subjects in the NIV adaptation of Psalms 58:1 cited above) is translated in the King James Version to read, “O congregation.”
Psalms 58:1 (KJV) “Do ye indeed speak righteousness O congregation?”
“O congregation,” being the most confusing translation imaginable. In the Catholic approved NAB (New American Bible), the same Hebrew-to-English reads: “like gods.”
Psalms 58:1 (NAB) “Do you indeed like gods pronounce justice?”
As we continue to look at each Christian Bible-Translation, one after another (KJV, NIV, NAB, ESV, etcetera; there are so many, like airports, we give them abbreviated designations), we begin to sense that something quite terribly wrong is amiss here at Psalms 58:1. Keep in mind, “O congregation,” “like gods” and “you rulers” are ALL Christian-Approved translations of the exact same original Hebrew. Diversified as they ALL are, none of these renderings are anywhere close to accurately translating the Subjects of this psalm from plain Hebrew into plain English.
The God’s-Honest Truth? David is not singing about human beings nor manmade human “gods” nor human “congregations” nor human “rulers.” Consequentially, it is not you, me, we — HUMANS — that “go astray; from the womb, spreading lies.” Therefore... it is utter nonsense for any theologian to construe from this verse that... human beings... are naturally depraved souls that burst into the world practicing sinfulness.
If not human beings, then who ARE “the Subjects” in David’s song?
At least our Bible-Making theologians did get two things right. One, David is a songwriter. And, two, the name of the song is, “Do Not Destroy.” What David is concerned the Subjects of the verse may destroy is the Absolute of EVERYTHING. The ESV (English Standard Version) of Psalms 58:1 has a more accurate translation of David’s Subjects: “You gods.” The NASB (New American Standard Bible) cites “O gods” (we’re getting closer). The original Hebrew actually reads, “O Silent Ones.” The New King James Version (NKJV) has corrected the KJV to read, “you silent ones”:
Psalms 58:1 (NKJV) “Do you indeed speak righteousness you silent ones?”
The 1611 King James gang did get the “O” part right in the original translation. None the less, the old KJV to its new adaptation (NKJV) plainly demonstrates the overall deception. “O congregation” being such a distant cry from “you silent ones.”
Here is an interesting clue. ALL English translations (save for the early printings of The Living Bible) ignore the need for Divine Capitalization.
Alright, already! Who ARE the O Silent Ones?
Within the manmade box of Christian theology, it is difficult for one to say exactly Whom (or What) the O Silent Ones are. For, in ALL truthfulness, They are-not. One must have Wisdom given directly from God to know such things. That is exactly what a miktam is. A bit of parted God-Wisdom relayed by someone who shares an extraordinarily-close relationship with the Living God of Light. And, yet, this parted Wisdom is shielded. How is it shielded? By attaching no explanation to it whatsoever. It is meant to be understood only by someone who shares at least the same level of relationship (understanding) with the Living God. Better known examples? Jesus’ parables were miktams. As for the multitudes, who were clueless to the meaning of his parables (including ALL but one of his Apostles) Jesus observed:
“They see, yet they do not know, they hear, yet they do not understand.”
Would it suffice for you, my dear reader, simply to take me at my word that these are not human beings David is referencing here at Psalms 58:1-3? That would probably not suffice. Am I right? In other words, why “believe” little me instead of the big Church? Perhaps because the big Church translates “O Silent Ones” into English fifteen different ways to Sunday? Yes, that is a good reason. Better still, I can reveal the miktam. In the process of deciding whether to do so (or not) I found myself left with no better choice than to reveal the meaning. I did ask the Lord God: “Should I reveal or should I not reveal?” (I got a push.) He left it up to me. After much deliberation, I decided: Better to break a sacred trust (designed to protect Divine Truths that, if revealed, could disrupt social stability and induce mass hysteria) than to help support a destructive lie by lending even more silence to the silence.
There are three “O Silent Ones.” For lack of a common term, I personally refer to Them collectively as “the Dying God of Darkness.” They ARE “The Darkness.” They are entirely committed to the end of EVERYTHING. Their goal is universal and Absolute NOTHINGNESS. The Mightiest of These is the Father of Darkness — “O Death” (the Most-Empty of David’s “O Silent Ones”). He/IT is mentioned numerous times throughout ancient Old Testament texts... that is, before 5th Century BC Jewish sages edited the prophetic books.
The plot thickens.
Why would honorable sages edit sacred Scripture?
To insure the shielding of knowledge considered “too dreadful” — too dreadful, the sages thought, for anyone with less wisdom than a sage. Too dreadful for their 5th century BC “belief system.” Quite frankly, STILL too dreadful in our day and age for almost anyone to “believe.” In the 3rd century BC (two-hundred years AFTER the sage-editing), the prophet Hosea once again mentions the Father of NOTHING. This is the only mention still remaining in Old Testament Scripture. In fact, two mentions in the same sentence. The first time as “O Death,” the second time as “O Grave.” No doubt, Hosea ABSOLUTELY KNOWS the God’s-Honest-Truth; for, this is the only occurrence within the entire Old Testament text where any prophet uses the Word “RANSOM” in the exact same way as Jesus uses the Word “RANSOM” — against Death:
Hosea 13:14 (Original Hebrew) “I will RANSOM them (ALL My children, Adam and onward) from the power of the grave; I will redeem them from death. O Death, I will be Thy plagues; O Grave, I will be Thy destruction. Pity for You is hidden from My eyes.”
This is the Living God, bequeathing a divine pledge to His entrusted messenger, Hosea: The Living God of Light is going to RANSOM ALL of humankind from death and destroy the Dying God of Darkness. The sages did have a valid point. Such Scriptural Truths left plain for ALL of us to see would significantly rock current Judeo/Christian theology to the very core of its foundation. Two of the O Silent Ones are mightier than Satan himself (the Desolate One). By the way (yet notable), each of these Beings of Darkness has an equal yet opposite Counterpart of Light. (Okay... clue) I will mention one Counterpart of Light found in the Book of Ezekiel. The prophet Ezekiel refers to Her as “O Breath.”
Oh, well... whatever.
I hear you. We can take a break if you’d like. Maybe stop the car again? Do a walk a couple of times around the block, so we can ponder this earth-shattering information? By the way, the Ezekiel verse referenced above is 37:9... in case anyone is interested. Clues for the clueless? Truths?
Yes, these are colossal Truths at long last revealed. Response from the Church-Taught? “Oh, well... whatever.” LOL — I only Laugh-Out-Loud because I know exactly what I am up against. Cheese-headedness. These Truths are more newsworthy than a comet about to hit the Earth.
If your humble yet considered author is the lunatic raving, well then, I am in good company. There is plenty of confirming Scriptural proof for what I am plainly revealing to you. In the aftermath of the sage-editing, the proof is found mostly in the New Testament. Having been instructed of... Them... by Jesus, Peter refers to David’s “O Silent Ones” as “the Glorious Ones.” (2 Peter 2:10) As does Jude. (Verse 8) Both writers chastise mere mortal men who would dare cast aspersions upon These “Glorious Beings” despite Their Dark (as in Darkness) nature.
In the King James Version of 2 Peter 2:10-11, They are referenced as “dignities” (other contemporary bible versions copy that lingo). In the NIV as “celestial beings.” The Living Bible was the first English translation (of which I am aware) that, true to the Greek, refers to David’s “O Silent Ones” as “the Glorious Ones.” Or, as referenced in an old Living Bible footnote: “the Glories of the unseen world.” The Living Bible also refers to Them in 2 Peter as: “evil Mighty Ones” (in Divine Capitalization):
2 Peter 2:10-11 (The Living Bible) “…those who are proud and willful, daring even to scoff at the Glorious Ones without so much as trembling, although the angels in Heaven who stand in the very presence of the Lord, and are far greater in power and strength than these false teachers, never speak out disrespectfully against these evil Mighty Ones.”
The original Greek simply reads “...against Them” (capitalization and italics added). The publisher of the Living Bible paraphrases “Them” to read “evil Mighty Ones.” The publisher does so in an attempt to impress upon the reader that “They” are definitely not on the side of the Living God of Light. That is correct. “They” are exactly on the opposite side. However, by using the word evil as a Scriptural translation, the publisher does so in ignorance and approaches the same pitfall of which Peter and Jude warn. Granted, this is common, innocent human ignorance. Judging things in terms of “Good” and “Evil” is what we humans tend to do.
“Mighty Ones of Darkness” would be appropriate language. “O Silent Ones” are respectful lyrics. As is “the malignant” (the true adjective David uses to describe Them). Contrast to “the wicked” (the insert inserted at Psalm 58:3). Highly questionable, ALL these inserted inserts. Inserted under what authority? Inserted under the guidance of editorial authority. Editorial authority? Editorial authority over what? Editorial authority over the reader’s ignorance. Suffice to say, the New International Version reads nowhere near to the original Hebrew. Once again, here is the NIV translation of Psalm 58:3.
“Even from birth the wicked go astray; from the womb they are wayward, spreading lies.”
Compare that concoction to the original Hebrew:
“From the bowels of NOTHING, malignant and lost from the womb, speaking falsehood.”
The figurative use of the Hebrew mê·rā·ḥem, which begins the English translation above, is actually quite poetic: “From the depths of Sheol” — Sheol, being the place of the dead where Solomon tells us there is NOTHING. “No work, no planning, no knowledge, no wisdom.” (Ecclesiastes 9:10)
Being a superb songwriter, David likes using mê·rā·ḥem here for its double lyrical meaning. David’s secondary gist is normally its primary use: “From out of the belly.” Put together lyrically: “From the bowels of NOTHING.” “From birth” is a contrived translation inserted by Dogma-Dealer Bible-Makers, pushing their agenda that “From birth” MAN is afflicted with “Original Sin.” There is a lot more going on in this particular line of David’s song than the weak inference: “From birth.”
“From the bowels of NOTHING” is the PERFECT English translation. Working PERFECTLY with the Subjects (the O Silent Ones). Keep in mind, this is THE PRIMARY VERSE used to support a fundamental falsehood of Christianity: That humanity is born polluted in “Original Sin.” Human beings do NOT come into this world in sin. Nor does David say that we (humans) are “born wicked, speaking lies.” David is singing about the Glorious Ones — referring to Them, lyrically, as “the O Silent Ones.”
By pondering these Truths, perhaps at least one Church-Pilot can be weaned off the breast of Mother-Church. Can cheese-encased eyes and ears be opened? Yes... but only by God. Such a thing is beyond my powers of persuasion. Like trying to wean little kittens lined up at the teats. Their little heads are buried too deep in mother’s fur; their little talons are still making biscuits, still churning that “holy” mom’s-milk into cheese. Cheese that ends up encasing every ear, eye, head and whisker.
To anyone with open ears: Give a listen to what God the Father has to say about the Glorious Ones:
“The stakes are much higher than ‘who goes to Heaven,’ ‘who goes to Hell’ and ‘God versus Satan’ — dramatic notions of ‘Good versus Evil’ blindly taught to the blind in seminary school. If you desire True Wisdom, put aside your indoctrination of ‘Good’ versus ‘Evil.’ Nothing but manmade judgment. Concocted. Imagined. Instead, focus upon the Big Picture. First: Consider the magnitude of Light versus Darkness. One gains True Wisdom only with I AM (the Living God) as your teacher. Clues? One can best start by contemplating what John honestly and openly shares with you at the beginning of his Gospel, “The Darkness did not comprehend The Light” (John 1:5). Then: Honestly and openly talk with Me; and, together, you and I will carefully consider what actually did occur (in Genesis) when We separated The Light from The Darkness.”
Too deep? At this point in our conversation, I would say, yes... way too deep. So... back to the business of exposing the falsehood of “Original Sin.” Again, consider Psalms 58:3. The “belief” that David is referring to babies: Never in recorded human history is there one report of a newborn infant-human, fresh from the womb, crying out a lie. Clues! Clues! Hold out your plastic pumpkins, the Holy Spirit is handing them out to us like Halloween candy. Moreover, we could travel the world-over and be hard-pressed to find a one-year-old capable of committing a sin of any kind. Much less, a bold-faced lie.
Keep your pumpkins held out... or your bags held open. Here is another sweet treat. If each and every little child (newborn to one-year-old) is born “a Slave of Sin,” Jesus would have never specifically picked up a little child, telling us: “Unless you become like this little child, you can never get the Kingdom of Heaven.” The key word is “little.” Ironically, a LITTLE child is Jesus’ BIG clue for us.
Psalm 51 is yet another song of David that both ancient and contemporary Neanderthal-Thinking Church-Fathers and pilots erroneously use for bolstering the falsehood of “Original Sin”:
Psalm 51:5 (KJV) “Behold, I was shapen in iniquity; and in sin did my mother conceive me.”
I wish David were here to speak for himself. Having such a PERFECT heart, he would probably curse himself for singing these lyrics without context instead of cursing the “theological geniuses” who have so terribly misconstrued them. Folks, these are songs. That is what a psalm is. You can say whatever you would like in a song. It is called poetic license.
Certainly, we have ALL heard the expression, “He’s a natural born...” whatever. “That boy is a natural born jack of ALL trades.” The press reported of Peggy Fleming: “She’s a natural born skater.” Perhaps you have seen the movie, Natural Born Killers. The expression is not new. It is age-old. As soldiers, David and his men relentlessly referred to their enemies as: “Natural born monsters,” “Natural born trash,” “Natural born devils,” “Natural born evildoers.” On and on goes the list. This type of devilment helps one become a “good” soldier.
How?
By putting aside the Truthful GOOD-SENCE that this is a brother-human standing before you.
Why would anyone want to do that?
So you can diligently thrust a sword into his stomach, rip it upward through his entrails into his heart and then roar at him, face to face, as you watch the Life drain out of his eyes. Dehumanizing your enemy is a vital part of killing and training to kill. It is essential for war, slavery and ALL sorts of human atrocities. WE'RE the good guys and THEY'RE the bad guys. Not just before the battle and during the battle; most especially, after the battle, so we can keep this insanity marching on. For, when the onslaught of killing is finished and you see the aftermath, it is just too obvious. The dead “bad” guys and the dead “good” guys each have the same stomachs and entrails and hearts and eyes. And, plenty of the same colored blood. So... something has to be spun to separate “us” from “them.”
These dehumanizing phrases often get shortened to just “monsters,” “trash,” “devils,” “evildoers,” “kikes,” “krauts,” “japs,” “gooks,” “slopes,” “zips,” “Ali Baba,” “mams,” “fams”... the list goes on and on. With this lovely lesson in mind, we can put Psalm 51:5 in context. David is cursing himself for ALL the dreadful words that ever proceeded from his mouth toward his enemies. ALL part of a conversation between David and the Living God. The very sentence used to promote the concept of “Original Sin” (“Behold, I was shapen in iniquity; and in sin did my mother conceive me”) is David’s personal response to what God sings in the previous psalm (Psalm 50). God sings to David of “giving your mouth to evil” by speaking the boldface lie that your fellow man is any different than you. For, whenever you degrade your brother by calling him “evil,” “monster,” “trash,” “devil,” or “kike,” you slander “your own mother’s son.” And, whom exactly, IS your own mother’s son? You. Yourself.
Psalm 50:19-20 (KJV) “Thou givest thy mouth to evil, and thy tongue frameth deceit. Thou sittest and speakest against thy brother; thou slanderest thine own mother’s son.”
David is famous for taking oaths against himself whenever he is convinced he has sinned. (I can promise you, Jesus had David in mind when he warned us: “It’s best not to take any oaths.”) No doubt, the Lord God’s Words (Psalm 50) hit close-to-home as David reflected upon his gung-ho soldier-days and ALL the many times he “speakest against thy brother” as “natural-born monsters” and “natural-born trash.” In reply, David curses himself by “slandering his own mother’s son.”
Psalm 51:5 (KJV) “Behold, I was shapen in iniquity; and in sin did my mother conceive me.”
Church-Dogma mutates this PERSONAL DIALOGUE between God and David into Original Sin doctrine. According to Judge Fleming: “ALL of humanity (every one of us) is “shapen in iniquity” as are ALL our mothers before us. Meaning, we are ALL born with ‘Original Sin’.” This would be laughable were the effect not so tragic. Folks, this is a song. This is poetic license. Judge Fleming has taken innocent song-lyrics and turned them into absolute blasphemy.
Come on! cry the Church pilots in defense of Mom-Church. Absolute blasphemy?
Absolutely. David is speaking only in regard to himself and entirely in a figurative sense. Mother-Church perverts David’s lyrics of self-defamation into a despicable falsehood against the whole of humanity: “We (ALL humans) are shapen in inequity.” For anyone to promote such a statement as a literal Truth is blasphemy against the Living God. Certainly the Church-Taught should know why. If not, it is high time they dig the cheese out of their ears. Our Creator shapened us in His Own Image — the very Image of the Living God. To teach that humanity is “shapen” or “brought forth” in inequity is to teach that the Living God is the very image of inequity, which is blasphemy against the Living God.
What does Jesus say in regard to “Original Sin” doctrine? Remember him, Jesus?
Oops. That adds up to one big... zero. The Church-Taught cannot use, twist nor mistranslate one sentence of Jesus to support “Original Sin” doctrine. With GOOD reason. Jesus never said ANYTHING in support of “Original Sin” doctrine.
That, within itself, is GOOD enough for me.
Moreover, Jesus takes the Affirmative position against this Christian-Falsehood, punctuated by theTruth that does come out of his mouth. Jesus destroys the falsehood of “Original Sin” (as well as a truckload of additional erroneous Christian dogma) by stating unequivocally that there were certain Pharisees who had no sin whatsoever (of ANY kind) before he came into their midst. It was only when Jesus came among them and did his works in front of them that these particular Pharisees committed their first conscionable sin: Hating Jesus; therefore (and consequentially) hating his Father.
John 15:24 (KJV) “If I had not done among them the works which none other man did, THEY HAD NOT HAD SIN: but now have they both seen and hated both me and my Father.”
Obviously, since Jesus states, “These men HAD NOT HAD SIN before he did his works among them,” they HAD NOT “Original Sin.”
The only other Bible verses apologetic proponents of “We are born with Original Sin” can prop up to support this lopsided house, are:
Proverbs 22:15 (KJV) “Foolishness is bound up in the heart of a child.”
...and what the Living God said to Noah after the floodwaters subsided:
Genesis 8:21 (KJV) “...the imagination of man's heart is evil from his youth.”
Every Old Testament mention of “man’s heart” (like this one directly above) should be properly translated into modern-day vernacular as MAN'S (humankind’s) “conscience.” That is correct. At Genesis 8:21 (directly above), what the Lord God calls “evil” is not MAN himself nor even “the nature of MAN,” but specifically, “the imagination of MAN'S CONSCIENCE.”
The absolute God’s-Honest Truth: We sin because our original way of thinking has been dramatically altered. Opposed to what Original Sin proponents “believe”:
We sin because it is in our nature to do so.
The supporters of Original Sin dogma will do anything (and I mean ANYTHING) to keep this profane doctrine alive. Including attaching this nonsense to infants and babes-in-the-womb — an absurdity.
Jonathan Edwards, in his classic work, The Great Christian Doctrine of Original Sin Defended (published in 1758) is still quoted today by Original Sin proponents. Edwards misrepresents the etymology pertaining to the phrase, “from his youth” found in the Genesis 8:21 God-to-Noah verse: “The imagination of man’s heart (MAN'S conscience) is evil from his youth.” On this, Edwards writes:
“The word translated, ‘youth,’ signifies the whole of the former part of the age of man, which commences from the beginning of life. The word in its derivation, has reference to the birth or beginning of existence ... so that the word here translated, ‘youth,’ comprehends not only what we in English most commonly call the time of youth, but also childhood and infancy.”
Babbling, self-serving gobbledygook. In a word: Bullshit. (And, that’s putting it nicely.) In the Hebrew language, as in English, there is (of course) a specific word for “infancy.” To be innocently mistaken or duped into this BS is one thing; however, for a scholar of Edwards’ caliber to include “infancy” as part of the Genesis 8:21 quote (“from his youth”) along with Edward’s allusion to conception, “from the beginning of life,” is beyond error. It is a boldfaced lie on Edwards’ part.
Bare with me and see exactly how this is vitally important to What’s-Been-Done-For-Us-On-the-Cross. First, to be sure, there is no English translation of Genesis 8:21 that agrees with Edwards. Out of the fifty most recognized English Bible translations, I found six varying translations for the Word in question: “from childhood,” “from his childhood,” “from childhood on,” “from his youth,” “from youth onward” and “from the time they are young.” The important distinction here is “youth,” “childhood” and “young” (opposed to newborns, babes and embryonic Life). Check out the distinction.
At Genesis 8:21, the Hebrew word in question is: נְעֻרָיו
Transliteration: min-na-‘u-rāw
Translation into English: “from his youth,” “from his youths,” “from his childhoods” (NOT “from the BEGINNING of Life” nor “from EARLIEST Life.”)
The Hebrew word for “from earliest Life” is: עוֹלֵל
Transliteration: mê-‘ō-lêl
Translation into English: “infants,” “little ones,” “babes.” In Scripture, specifically used at 1 Samuel 15:3 and Isaiah 65:20.
Why is it so important for us to know that newborns and one-year-olds (LITTLE ONES) are in an entirely different class (ALL by themselves) compared to older children, adolescents and adults? Why is this such an essential key for understanding and, ultimately, Truly-Accepting the Jesus Concept? Because, we are not born with the symptom known as “sin,” “Original” or otherwise. Nor are we born with the brain disease that propels us to sin. We CONTRACT the disease (like most viral infections); only, we contract the disease mentally. And... we give Life to the disease mentally. That is correct. The disease starts entirely in our heads, specifically, in one’s imagination. And, it is contracted by outside input. “The propensity to sin” is not DNA encoded into our flesh & blood, nor into our souls. Our problem is not in our nature. Our problem is in our way of thinking — a mental virus, a thousand times more contagious than the Omicron variant of Covid-19. Humanity went mad a long, long time ago.
The God’s-Honest Truth is the exact opposite of “Original Sin.” We are not born with a sin-problem that leads to evil. Rather, we contract a very specific evil mental-problem that leads to sin. Little children (babes to one-year-olds) do not have this very specific evil mental problem... yet. One is born into this world on God’s Factory Setting, PERFECTLY sinless.
Truly (or “Verily, verily”), if we were “born in sin,” then, the solution Jesus proposes (that a grown adult needs to be “born again”) would be redundant and totally useless. Completely ineffective. Carefully notice: Jesus does not say, “Born in a brand-new special way (like without Original Sin)” or “Born correctly this time” or “Born right” as opposed to being born “wrong.” Nope. Jesus chooses his Words very carefully. And, he always keeps it simple. “Born AGAIN.” Follow the Jesus-Logic. If it were True that, “Humans are born Evil and depraved, in Original Sin,” what use would it be for us to be born again? We are not born evil. We are born VERY GOOD. We are born PERFECTLY sinless.
We have been hacked.
Say your computer gets hacked by an evil virus. Does that mean your computer is evil? No. It means your computer missed the warning. The error is human: We are stupid. The answer is Divine: Terminate the virus and restart your Factory Setting. Simple.
Yet somehow the simple Jesus-Answer to our Where-Did-We-Go-Wrong problem was turned complicated. How do you suppose the simple solution became so twisted and complicated?
Counterproductive Religion? Part of it. Stupidity? Yep, that’s a big part of it. What else? Something even bigger. There are Forces besides our worthless Religion and our abject stupidity working against us. (Ya think?) Undoubtedly. Powers of Darkness. Evident by the fact that the simple cure is sitting on the table, right in front of us. And... there... the cure has sat for the last two-thousand years.
Obviously, what Truly helps the O Silent Ones is anything that keeps us blind to the disease and stupid to the cure. Diagnosis: We have a very specific psychological Evil-mental-problem that leads to sin. Good News: There is a very specific psychological cure. Simply take it. Jesus said: “Take my body (which Jesus likens to a universal loaf of Wonder Bread) and EAT it.” “Take” and “Eat it”: This is the key that unlocks the Jesus-Metaphor. Not “my body.” Not “my blood.” “Drink it” means to TAKE it, 100%. Not warsh in it, for God’s sake. TAKE the overwhelming spectacle... of my Life... massacred into oblivion by crucifixion. Incontrovertible. The most powerful psychological pill imaginable to humanity — the spectacle itself. Truly-Accept it (100%, with no ifs, ands or buts) and, with God in PERFECT agreement by Holy Decree, anything (past, present or future) that anyone can say is “your sin,” “your evil” or is perceived in any way as “displeasing to God”... has ALL... been taken AWAY. Truly swallow THIS pill. It gives your brain a psychological RESTART coupled up with eternal ANTI-MALWARE and VIRUS PROTECTION.
Evil thrives on being consequential. The Jesus Concept pulls the plug on evil. Making it entirely inconsequential. Truly-Accepting the Jesus Concept makes evil dead to us.
It is beyond amazing (into the depths of Diabolical) that Judge Fleming would invent “Original Sin” — a fairytale, which keeps everyone blind to our incapacitating and very Evil mental problem. We are blinded to the disease with fairytales, despite the fact that the disease, ITSELF, is clearly named in the Scriptures. This openly named virus is a very specific knowledge that inadvertently becomes engrained into our minds. IT is beyond incapacitating. IT is ALL consuming. So much so, as adults, it is difficult for us to imagine IT not being completely engrained in our thinking. This data was NOT in the minds of Adam and Eve before they became Diabolically-Induced into doing... what? What did Adam and Eve actually do? They changed their way of thinking. This Scripturally-Named knowledge is also not in the minds of ALL little ones — newborns to one-year-olds.
Think about those two clues. Adam and Eve, before metanoeo (before their change-of-mind) and ALL little ones. Two completely isolated and unique test groups. Can you guess what knowledge is lacking in the minds of both?
The Knowledge of Good & Evil.
Cause and effect. Our metanoeo — our change in thinking from the way we originally thought to the viral way we think now — is the direct result of us gaining The Knowledge of Good & Evil. The Knowledge of Good & Evil is the Mother of ALL Sin. But, no. Let us not block Pure-Light with shadows, diversions and pet names.
“The Mother of ALL Sin.”
“Original Sin.”
“The Fall of Man.”
Our “Heaviness” as Peter referred to IT... or...
“The 6000-pound-HORSE-In-Our-Head.”
Let us truthfully call this mental disease exactly what the Holy Spirit calls IT in the Word of God.
“The Knowledge of Good & Evil.”
In Truth, we gain Wisdom. Here is Wisdom: It is impossible for anyone to sin without first possessing The Knowledge of Good & Evil.
