"Can you please tell us your Duality understanding of the Bible since you never make reference to any Biblical scripture in your articles? Including salvation through Jesus and what the rapture is all about? What happens if one doesn't activate consciousness before 2012? Thanks for treating this request as highly important," he emailed.
Well, it's not that I never quote the Bible in my articles; I occasionally quote the Bible when I have something new and original to add that will help people understand passages from it. My understanding of the Bible is that its authors had meant it to be used as a guide to help humanity through the "dark ages" after the fall. However, I don't as a rule quote the Bible because over time it has been mistranslated and misinterpreted, besides the fact that people back then, even the authors, did not understand the depth of Jesus' message and meanings (and...most people still don't understand). For one thing, people are too often invested in their own beliefs to take on something new--and Jesus' message was both new and threatening. The other thing was, the authors had not experienced firsthand what Jesus had. Remember that not even Jesus' own disciples understood him all that well. (With the exception, perhaps, of a couple of his favorite disciples, whose books were excluded from the Bible.)
Furthermore, the powerful elite had for their own gain deliberately distorted the Bible through the exclusion of certain passages and books from the original records. I hope all this is not news to the reader.
In summary, the Bible is not an accurate or concrete portrayal of Jesus' life, journey, or message of salvation. Moreover, Jesus did not found Christianity, the ruler Constantine did. (Constantine needed a Christian army to fight his wars so that he could build up his empire.) Jesus was not well understood, and it takes more than a reading and quoting of the Bible to understand the person who was the founder of a movement that back then was called "The Way." Anyway, I would think that those who understand these drawbacks will be inclined to be discerning about Bible quotes and will not cling to the Bible to justify their ideas.
Well, it's not that I never quote the Bible in my articles; I occasionally quote the Bible when I have something new and original to add that will help people understand passages from it. My understanding of the Bible is that its authors had meant it to be used as a guide to help humanity through the "dark ages" after the fall. However, I don't as a rule quote the Bible because over time it has been mistranslated and misinterpreted, besides the fact that people back then, even the authors, did not understand the depth of Jesus' message and meanings (and...most people still don't understand). For one thing, people are too often invested in their own beliefs to take on something new--and Jesus' message was both new and threatening. The other thing was, the authors had not experienced firsthand what Jesus had. Remember that not even Jesus' own disciples understood him all that well. (With the exception, perhaps, of a couple of his favorite disciples, whose books were excluded from the Bible.)
Furthermore, the powerful elite had for their own gain deliberately distorted the Bible through the exclusion of certain passages and books from the original records. I hope all this is not news to the reader.
In summary, the Bible is not an accurate or concrete portrayal of Jesus' life, journey, or message of salvation. Moreover, Jesus did not found Christianity, the ruler Constantine did. (Constantine needed a Christian army to fight his wars so that he could build up his empire.) Jesus was not well understood, and it takes more than a reading and quoting of the Bible to understand the person who was the founder of a movement that back then was called "The Way." Anyway, I would think that those who understand these drawbacks will be inclined to be discerning about Bible quotes and will not cling to the Bible to justify their ideas.
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