"Thoughts to Simplify" (Evolution - Creation - Gospel of Jesus Christ) cji 10/26/12

"Thoughts to Simplify" (Evolution - Creation - Gospel of Jesus Christ)  cji 10/26/12

 

Thoughts - hmmm.... it would seem that someone is mixing grapefruit with chocolate!  First, some 3400 books of Scripture are missing; second - every word in the Old and New Testament were translated several times and by those who had a political agenda after 70AD; and third - man's logismoi will never equal a Prophet's gnosis or the Father or the Son or a Seer - in translation or wisdom.  Over the millennium of time since the first written words, symbols and records (which started with Adam and the Book of Life - which no one has a current copy) only a very few scholars have ever lived who could translate the actual texts of the oldest living documents (mostly on stone or plates).  Even the in-fighting over the Dead Sea Scrolls has accomplished little as no one reads them. 

 

The division between those scholars who can read and write and the audiences they service is great and to the point that most just take the word of those doing the reading, i.e. Bible study groups - the pastor, minister, priest, cleric, rabbi and whoever tell you what it says and what it means.  The creeds of men/women are basically philosophical logismoi which no one really claims to believe or if they do understand - and if they say they believe and understand in reality they are denying what the Scriptures say  per se'.  When anyone uses big words - makes it complicated - they are talking down to anyone who is trying to understand what they are saying.  Even sometimes I'm not sure using the word 'logismoi' or 'gnosis' is a good idea.  Paul used these words - but again most have never read Paul completely and very little of what he wrote has been preserved over the time since he lived.  Peter alluded to both of these - but even Peter while alive questioned what people would say he said or wrote while alive - when those who were there with him - taught what he had said as being different from what he'd said.

 

When anyone comes forward to instruct another in the Scriptures and they are not being clear, concise and totally understandable, then be forewarned that they've some type of agenda. There is so much known that the intelligent orators of our world then and now - choose to deliberately to overlook or shade gray or purple haze - that one is better off studying and reading the Scriptures on their own.  (note: this writer suggests a Bible prior to the 1870's - as the age of revisionists began in earnest after 1880 and has blossomed into some 50,000+ revisionists Bibles.   The most correct was around 1759 KJV - as this was almost entirely the efforts of William Tyndale (at least 80% of it).  As an example one knows that Isaiah and others taught about the coming of the Savior - who he was - and much about him - but this was removed from the Scriptures - the usage of the name of Jehovah and our Heavenly Father's name were removed - and Lord and LORD were used in their place (while some churches today refuse to accept or understand this and therefore change or remove even the watered down Scriptures we have today. 

 

One must remember - that the Scriptures (especially the New Testament) is not in chronological order.  And much of the Old Testament (as the New) is missing or only partially preserved.  Would usages and punctuation are sometimes wrong and thus give a different meaning than what was intended.  And things then when the Prophets lived and recorded their teachings which were taken for granted (therefore not explained) have changed.  Most seldom refer to primary source material in writing or research - and thus certainly not when teaching the product of their writing or research.  Churches and those with a vested interest (anyone who makes their living off of religion - priests, nuns, rabbi's, ministers, clergy, clerics, pastors, deacons, and so on and so forth) need to continue the 'big lie' or 'lack of information' or 'mis-information' or 'mysteries' or 'hidden meanings' do this so as to keep employed.  Actually most are dependent upon how many show up at their meetings to make a living - so they teach what the biggest donators of their congregations want taught.  It would be beyond belief one could read the Bible literally and not understand it on their own.  It is simple, clear, concise and to the point.  The Son says he is doing the Will of his Father - it should be read - the Son is doing the Will of his Father!  Who needs and explanation of what this means?  Yet almost every creed and teaching is that there is no Son or Father - but they are one - without body, passions or anything else. 

 

Now to the idea of the article which seems to be forthcoming from many - creation or evolution?  Creation was so taken for granted by the early followers of the Savior and His Father that most felt no need to continually repeat - rather they just referred to it.  The same can be understood with the Flood or the Parting of the Sea (waters).  Darwin admitted in his own writings he could never prove his theory - but yet men/women chose to believe it to be fact without proof.  Today they teach it as fact while it is still yet to be proved.  So what is that makes this such an issue?  It is the selfishness of men/women who feel there is no need of God - or a creative force - taught by the churches of today - Creatio-ex-nihilo - or creation out of nothing.  Any five year old knows that to have something tangible you have to make it out of something tangible.  Evolution - which by the way does take place - in the idea of decay and growth and decay and growth - but one cannot plant an apple seed and get a pear tree.  One gets what they plant - nothing more or less - until they graft in something else.  The animals (dinosaurs) had to live and die - and thus we've resources in the earth today to be used for other purposes - how many years (millions or billions) who knows - there are some excellent studies which by the saline content in the seas which can give a clue to this - but to the average person it matters only that they lived and died and we get gasoline to run our vehicles. 

 

There is much most will never understand while in mortality - why - because they've not prepared themselves to learn and discern on their own.  Many who've lived on this planet earth never learned to read or write - some (most) have never lived outside of a very contained environment - even today this is true - and until the last 100 years - there was no TV, Radio, Movies, Internets, and mass communications available to anyone.  Therefore what went on in one part of the world was unknown in someplace else.  Thus, one could say those in Europe living in mud huts and other forms of housing were unaware of those living in Middle America in Stone or other living accommodations.  Those who used irrigation in the various jungles of South America were most likely unaware that others didn't know about this utilization.  Was it evolution which took us from walking to riding?  Or better - wearing coverings for our nakedness to wearing the latest fashions?  For those starving or barely surviving in 3rd world nations - one would guess this is not a very important subject for them.  Yet, even a starving person can see and recognize another that is not - and wonder why?  They don't know about the millions or billions in aid given to their nation’s leaders - but the leaders do - and therefore the accountability will someday be measured.  For evolutionists this will never happen - the end is the end - but for those who know of the Father and the Son - they know, and while helpless to do anything at this time - they know that both justice and mercy will be meted out at the judgment bar.  Most churches teach if you're not baptized in this life you are damned - which makes little common sense - but wreaks of final judgment on the part of those who teach such false doctrine.  Some teach love or hate or both at the same time - but understand not James 1:27.  Yet they all want to discuss their favorite doctrines mixed with philosophy and men's/women's wisdom.  

 

Let’s get back to the original article of discussion of evolution and creation.  Evolution taught in the format of Darwin - is meaningless - a theory unproven and with little common sense or simplicity.  Those who teach creation without knowledge of the Father and the Son - and the pure simplicity of the Scriptures are in the same boat of confusion and contention.  It would appear that neither teaches absolute obedience to the Ten Commandments (and other Commandment, Statutes and Laws of the Father and the Son) but only what they chose to empathize.  You cannot teach just one or the other - however, to teach about either one has to understand the purpose of this life and what it means for 'life eternal' or 'salvation' - instead of just being 'saved' or returning to nothing.  Everyone born into mortality is 'saved' this was through the Atonement of the Savior for our transgressions.  However, not everyone will enter into 'eternal life' to live once more with the Father and the Son and their individual families with bodies of skin and bone. (Read the Scriptures it is all there in print - clear, concise and simple to understand.)  Evolutionists believe one lives and dies - many churches teach 'dust to dust' or 'nothing to nothing' (read their creeds) and that at most one returns to being a spirit without body or parts.  Yet this isn't the way that the Savior was described after His resurrection or when Paul, Stephen or others saw him - yet man/woman needs to feel that there is no more need for the Father and the Son - as they've all they need.  Thus in some sort of strange play most churches teach what the evolutionists teach - nothing to nothing - having somehow evolved only to die without anything hereafter.  And vice-versa - the evolutionists teach what the churches teach - nothing to nothing - as they certainly don't teach what we will evolve into - as they've tied their kite strings to the idea of the survival of the fittest (Spencer) and therefore eventually something or someone will devour everything else.

 

Mostly those who argue evolution or creation do so for a profit or justification for dominion over another.  One is wealthier or stronger - or whatever than other to rule over those who are not so blessed.  One can be a hedonist and do whatever they want - either in or out of religion/evolution - without any consequences - for one it doesn't matter and for the other there's death bed confession.  One has choices to make in this mortal probation - either to choose well or to choose 'not good'.  Obedience as described as to only choose well!  "If you love me, keep my Commandments," leaves no wiggle room - none!  Again, read the Scriptures!  There is true repentance - but one cannot sin with the understanding they'll repent later.  One can sin without a true knowledge of the law - and therefore when taught the true knowledge - they can truly repent and go and sin no more.  Too many make excuses and justifications for the sake of discussion - argument - or whatever - but one must remember the rule giver didn't allow for man-made excuses or justifications for one who knows the rules, laws, statutes and commandments. 

 

Thus the usage of creation - evolution or trying to tell another of what something means in the Scriptures is not a teaching of the Scriptures.  Agency - choice - good/evil - Zion/Babylon - and the mission and Gospel of Jesus Christ are taught in the Scriptures so all can understand them clearly, concisely and simply.  Each individual is accountable and responsible for what they know and what they should've known! Only those without the law can be held unaccountable or responsible.  i.e. little children before the age of eight - those who've not been raised and taught the law - those born with mental illnesses - those with physical handicaps which preclude being able to learn and function - those living at a time or place where the law is unknown - and possibly other circumstances which this writer is unaware. 

 

Where did we come from - why are we here - where might we be going when we leave here - this is what the Scriptures teach each of us - if we but read - ponder - pray and ask Father in the name of the Son - (James 1:5) - with a pure heart and intent.  Nothing is complicated in the Gospel of Jesus Christ.  Ask yourself this question - if you're a loving Father or Mother - would you want to trick, lie, beguile, or otherwise mislead your children?  Why then would Heavenly Father want to do this to us?  He doesn't - he loves us - and if we love him - we'll keep his Commandments!  We must each ponder, pray, study it out in our minds, and seek wisdom from Heavenly Father - this is the Gospel of Jesus Christ - and not the logismoi of men or women.

"Thoughts to Simplify"

 

cji

10/26/12

 

Catching a fair wind today

sailing in ease and comfort

watching the horizon well

checking the chop of the sea

having checked a barometer

the set of the sails are full

our course to Zion sure

thoughts to simplify each

where did I come from

why am I really here

where might I be going

in surety of the eternal

I came from Father above

I am here to prove worthy

someday to live again

with the Father and Son

with my family forever

these found with me

thoughts ever so simple!

 

 

Copyright © 2012 – cji