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April 03, 2007
False Prophets
by de sententia
Does believing that "God is on our side" make it easier for us to inflict pain and suffering on those perceived to be our enemies? If we think God sanctions violence, are we more likely to engage in violent acts?
Those questions were posed recently by Social psychologist Brad Bushman of the University of Michigan. You may be surprised by the results.
According to the studies, the resounding answer to both questions is "yes." Researcher Brad Bushman hypothesized that "exposure to a biblical description of violence would increase aggression more than a secular description of the same violence" and that "aggression would be greater when the violence was sanctioned by God than when it was not sanctioned by God." In the study, students read a description of the beating, raping, and murder, of a woman in ancient Israel. One half of the students read a version of the story that included an assertion that God commanded the friends of the woman to take revenge. The other half read a version that did not mention God sanctioning violence. One group was told the account came from the Bible while the other was told it came from an ancient scroll. When those involved in the study were then entitled to inflict punishment upon others, those who believed that God sanctioned the punishment were the most aggressive in inflicting punishment. The results held true in Brigham Young University, where 99% of those tested said they believe in God and the Bible, and in Vrije University in Amsterdam, Holland,, where half said they believed in God and only 27% believed in the Bible.
As I read this story, I thought of the false prophets we are warned about. It is a warning well worth heeding, especially in politics. When Hitler came to power, his speech was colored with references to God and what is right. "I can thank God at this moment that He has so wonderfully blessed us in our hard struggle for what is our right..." he said in 1939. In the last two elections, politicians have manipulated voters with 'gimmick issues', like striking the words "under God" from the pledge of allegiance and appeals claims that our faith is under attack from (gasp!) liberals.
But perhaps Bushman summarizes the results of the study best:
"What worries me is when people use God as a justification for their violence. There are scriptures that say you should not take God's name in vain. This is the most extreme version of taking God's name in vain," he said.Amen.
Posted by de sententia at April 3, 2007 01:28 AM
Comments
This rather reminds me of the authority studies done several years back- the one where people (actors) would imitate being shocked or even almost electrocuted- and then the people being researched would be told that they were volunteers who were shocked according to erroneous answers. I don't remember the name of the study- but the outcome was that people did tend to obey and follow authority, even if it meant doing something they didn't want to.
Studies like that are no longer permitted because of the psychological damage done to the people being researched (who did the "shocking".
Think about it- God = Authority.
Posted by: Bob Bowers at April 4, 2007 05:36 PM
God was able to correct any mistake he made he could restore life, Limbs, hearing and eye sight, So to look at the old testament and say God done it or had it done so it is alright after thousands of years God even decided that you just can not be human and live with out sinning so he give us his son Jesus Christ to for give for our sins. Remember Jesus said there was only one unforgivable sin, and it was not being gay
Deuteronomy 18: 19: I will personally deal with anyone who will not listen to the messages the prophet proclaims on my behalf. 20 But any prophet who claims to give a message from another god or who falsely claims to speak for me must die.' 21 You may wonder, `How will we know whether the prophecy is from the LORD or not?' 22 If the prophet predicts something in the LORD's name and it does not happen, the LORD did not give the message. That prophet has spoken on his own and need not be feared.
Posted by: Monte Schlarman at May 21, 2007 12:03 AM
I think false prophets are abundant in our society. Some use the word of God to acquire riches, some use it for power and control, some to advance their own agenda, and some for politics. In my father-in-law's Baptist church, he was told from the pulpit to vote for George W. Bush or he would go to hell. So he voted for Bush and has pictures of him in every room of his house.
In my daughters Baptist church she was told to vote for Bush and she did. Jerry Falwell said
God ordained that George Bush should be President and that everything Bush did was blessed by God,
and even if Bush made a mistake God turned it into good.
Well Bush has managed to kill about 400 thousand
Iraquis, almost 4 thousand American troops and spend Billions of dollars of America's money on
contracts to Haliburton, Becktel, and other friends of his.
I cannot believe these people who so rabidly endorsed George Bush were speaking from God. They were promoting their own agenda, therefore they are False prophets.
Posted by: Leonard D Adams at August 26, 2007 10:21 PM
Greetings,this letter is about the Law of Moses Malachi 4:4 in Hebrew this is called brit milah hatafat dam brit
Hello to all that read this memo. My name is Victor Michael L--------- and you can call me by my middle name Michael. I am a citizen of the United States of America the state of Ohio. I am a resident of a nursing home in Cincinnati, Ohio called Glen Care. How I arrived at these circumstances is not important or the direction, reason, and focus of this letter and its subject matter
I would like to mention in this memo first off that Jesus Christ return is soon for his church meaning in the next several years or so. I would like to announce to the world starting on Tuesday October 9, 2007 that what I call angels of the lord came to me while waking up from a dream around 7:45 am Eastern Standard Time and they told me we are more then messengers to tell the world that Christ Jesus return is soon for his church.. No I was not given the day or hour of the rapture. The spirit of truth just told me soon it will take place. this matter. Please do not judge me on this matter according to what the bible says because I still do not know the exact date of his return or the date of the rapture. The spirit of truth angel said to me will waking up from a dream soon these things shall take place. .
I would ask that all would read this letter in full content and understand its explicit message and not disregard it as spam or its messenger as spam artist. If you need help understanding this message and why it needs to be listened to and obeyed please feel free to e-mail me and ask as many questions as you feel is needed to understand the contents of this letter and its message that I give to others freely. If you know you are a saved Christian going up in the rapture you do not need to perform this ritual on yourself because God will deliver you from this curse through the blood and sacrifice of Yeshua Christ. This oath is meant to be done by your 31st birthday to enter the covenant of the priesthood of God but you can still do it after your 31st birthday but God just will not consider you a priest.
This letter will talk about a Jewish custom called Hatafat Dam Brit and why it is needed to be done on all males. Those that will be raptured do not need to do this ritual on themselves. I am not proclaiming any religion or Judaism as the way to God either. This procedure will not be a proclamation to anyone’s salvation either. .The spirit of truth will bless the males who do this procedure I might add. That is all I can say for now without further feedback from the Holy Spirit.
The Jewish custom called Hatafat Dam Brit and why it is needed to be done on all males is because it rids all males of this curse mentioned in Genesis 3:15 by God himself. I feel the contents of this letter should be heeded and obeyed nevertheless. You do not need to do what this letter says to be saved but I feel it would be wise for all to know and that all males do this procedure ritual custom whether Jewish or not. Brit Milah is Hebrew and in English means the law of Moses. Malachi 4:4 states: "remember ye the law of Moses my servant, which I commanded him" Daniel 9:11 mentions this oath and so does these verses in Hebrew 8:6-13;
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Subject - Jewish custom called Brit Milah - Hatafat Dam Brit.
Hatafat Dam Brit: When a child is born as if circumcised, or has been circumcised before the eighth day in a hospital, a ritual called hatafat dam Brit is required. This symbolic circumcision involves drawing a drop of blood from the shaft of the penis. A dye is used on the needle when doing this procedure. This procedure should also be done if not on the 8th day of life or by his 31st birthday. Jeremiah 4:4, Daniel 9:11, Genesis 3:15, the gospel of Philip, Hebrews 8 and 9 and the Damascus covenant talk about this ritual.
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Foot notes...
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1. You do not need to be Jewish to do this custom. You can do hatafat dam brit on yourself at any age and in private if need be also. The spirit of truth will bless you if the male does this hatafat dam brit on himself. You do not need to circumcise yourself if you are not circumcised already and you do not need to circumcise yourself again once circumcised the first time. None of the Jewish rituals and customs need to be observed or obeyed to do this procedure hatafat dam brit on yourself.
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2. Bible verses that justify this ritual.
Jeremiah 4:4, Genesis 3:15, and Daniel 9:11! Jeremiah 4:4 –"4: Circumcise yourselves to the LORD, and take away the foreskins of your heart, ye men of Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem: lest my fury come forth like fire, and burn that none can quench it, because of the evil (error) of your doings. "Genesis 3:15 - "15: And I will put enmity (Mastema) between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel." Daniel 9:11 -"11: Yea, all Israel have transgressed thy law, even by departing, that they might not obey thy voice; therefore the curse is poured upon us, and the oath that is written in the law of Moses (brit Milah) the messenger of God, because we have sinned (insinuated) against him."
If you do hatafat dam brit on yourself the spirit of enmity will depart from your presence mentioned in Genesis 3:15. Yes Christ will deliver the saved Christians but I believe all Christians should know this ritual just incase they are not raptured because their beliefs were tainted. Jeremiah 22:1Woe be unto the pastors that destroy and scatter the sheep of my pasture! saith the LORD.
How I found out about this custom ritual is because I use a catheter to urinate. Well a would be trainee urologist inserted the tube to far into me the wrong way one day when I had a doctor’s appointment to see the urologist in December 2000 and I was bleeding out of my penis afterwards slowly. I used iodine a dye instead of hydrogen-peroxide to clean the wound when I got home because the wound was still bleeding when I arrived home that day then the arch-angel Michael appeared to me and rebuked the spirit of enmity from my presence. This procedure hurts like the dickens for a moment anyway. Well I am paralyzed so I did not feel the pain. I am considered a incomplete quadriplegic because I broke my neck in a car wreck in August 12, 1996 around noon time. I have since healed of that wound the piercing of my penis but not my broken neck with help from the Holy Spirit and a female angel. How I found out about all this stuff that talks about what enmity is and brit milah and hatafat dam brit is because ministering angels guided me in what to study since December of 2000.
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3. The shaft of the penis is the hole that urine come out of in males. When you prick the hole at the part where the hole meets the bladder this blood vessel leads directly to the heart and agrees with the verse in scripture Jeremiah 4:4, Daniel 9:11, and Genesis 3:15. Remember to use a dye on the needle or the procedure is a waste of time.
Excerpt from the gospel of Philip.
The Lord went into the dye works of Levi. He took seventy-two different colors and threw them into the vat. He took them out all white. And he said, "Even so has the Son of Man come as a dyer.
I believe the vat mentioned in the text gospel of Philip listed above might be considered the shaft of the male penis.
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4. This Jewish Document talks about this custom. This document is called the Damascus covenant and is found in ancient scrolls. This is an excerpt from that document,
19 Laws as to Oaths.
19 1 …(Shall not swe)ar either by Aleph Lamed or by Aleph Daleth, but by the oath (written) in the curses of the covenant. 2.But the Law of Moses he shall not mention, for…3 And if he swears and transgresses he profanes the Name. 4 And if by the curses of the covenant…the Judges. 5 And if he transgress he shall be held guilty but if he confess and make restitution he shall not bear (the penalty) of death. 6 And whosoever in all Israel shall enter into the covenant by a statute forever, together with their children who are (not of an age) to pass over into the number of those who are enrolled by the oath of the covenant, shall confirm it on their behalf. 7 And this is also the law throughout the entire period of the wickedness for every one who returns from his corrupt way. 8 On the day when he speaks with the Censor of the many they shall enrol him by the oath of the covenant that Moses established with Israel-10 the covenant to re(turn to the Law of M)oses…with all (his) heart…(and with all his) soul: as regards that which there is found to be done by them… 10 And no man shall make known to him the laws until he stand before the Censor (who) shall search out concerning him when he examines him. 11 And when he imposes it upon him to return to the Law of Moses with all his heart and all his soul …of him if… 12 And every thing that was revealed of the Law with regard to a suit… in him…the Censor him and shall command him…until…killed him…and the madman and all…(loss of five lines) 13 covenant with you and with the whole of Israel. 14 Therefore the man shall impose it upon himself to return to the Law of Moses; for in it everything is accurately treated.
20 1 Reference to the Book of Jubilees.
20 1 And as for the exact statement of their periods to put Israel in remembrance in regard to all these, behold, it is treated accurately in the Book of the Divisions of the Seasons according to their Jubilees and their Weeks.
20 2-12. Laws as to Oaths and Vows.
2 And on the day on which the man imposes it upon himself to return to the law of Moses the angel of Mastema(ENMITY) will depart from him if he make good his word. 3 Therefore Abraham was circumcised on the day of his knowing it. 4 As to what he said, ‘That which is gone forth from thy lips thou shalt keep’ to make it good- 5 No binding oath, which a man imposes upon himself with a view to perform a commandment of the law, shall he cancel even at the risk of death. 6 Nothing which a man (imposes) upon himself with a view to (frustrate the la)w shall he make good even at the risk of death. 7 (As for) the oath of the woman, whose oath Mos(es sa)id should be disallowed, no man shall disa1low an oath which no man knew. 8 It is to be confirmed. And whether it be to disallow or to transgress the covenant, he shall disallow it and not confirm it. 9 And so is also the law for her father. As to the law of the of(fer)ings no man shall vow anything for the altar under compulsion. 10 Nor shall the (pr)iests take anything from the Israelites… 11 (Nor) shall a man dedicate the food…this is what he said, ‘They hunt every man his brother with a net.’ 12 Nor shall de(vote)…of all…his possession…holy…shall be punished he…who takes a vow… to the judge…
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5. Author’s note. Do not e-mail me and waste my time if you do not believe me. You will find stuff on the internet about this ritual on web sites if you type into the search engine hatafat dam brit - brit milah. I do not know how to talk to others about this subject because of mans’ ego.
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6. I am sending this message out to as many people as I can. I come in peace. This custom is not a joke. You will find several internet sites that talk about this ancient ritual
Sincerely,
Victor Michael Lashewitz (3-31-71)
ps. I believe I am a Messenger for God and the branch mentioned in Isaiah 4:1-2
Posted by: victor lashewitz at November 17, 2007 01:54 AM
greetings. whoever posted my written letter to all misjudged me. i am not a prophet of god. i signed a contract in the clouds that said messenger for god on it in the clouds. two angels took my spirit to the clouds. god himself in a vision said i am a branch of god. at the rapture you will find out i am telling the truth. i ask that you leave my family out of this they know nothing of what i do. i have the spiritual gifts of a seer given by the holy ghost sophia. you know nothing you are blind spiritually. you judge me wrong. i pray you bsee the light when you are not raptured and i am. if you are raptured i ask jesus christ for all those that accuss me apoligize to me. i am single and i serve the holy spirit of god. the rapture is coming soon. i will meet jesus christ in the clouds then. more then likely you will not because you borrow the name of a christian. i don't care if you call me a false prophet. i do not rule or judge or talk in fear if you do not accept my message then i go in peace. i ask for the person who posted this message it was not meant to be posted in a negative manner or of the light of christ. i pray that god speaks to you. i am the branch mentioned in isaiah 4:1-2 because god has told me this himself. i am sorry you do not believe me. i suffered horribly to learn what i did. i am no longer a person with enmity in my seed because brit milah was performed on me by two interns accidently inserting a cathether into me. i used iodine to clean the wound and enmity genesis 3:15 or verse 16 fled my presence. god told me i am the branch of the lod mentioned in isaiah. you judge me wrong. my dad today asked me to leave him out of this because someone posted his phone number on or with one of my writings. you judged my dad wrong. he is a devote christian and raised me properly. i have been a christian my whole life and believe in the trinity. just because i make a declaation as i did does not make me a false prophet. its okay i figure you. i am a quadreplegic because of my ex-wife. i was married when we were in a horrendous car accident. i broke my neck and lived on my own for ten years. i now live in a nursing home called glencare in cincinnati ohio. you can find itlisted on the internet. thnk you for posting my message. it is the truth. you save me time by posting it so more people can know the truth. you accussed me wrong and i forgive you. you will find out at the rapture or on judgment day i spoke, wrote, and told the truth. i am not damning you with hell fire and burning in hell. why do you discern and judge me. as far as i know you are nobodies. i pray that angels wake you up from dreamstate and visit you like they do me. this happened to biblicial figures so why not me also. god choosed me. not man because i have a pure heart. but i beg you my dadis victor lashewitz so please leave him out of this. he read what you wrote aboutme and got upset saying i should have used a pen name if i should have said anything at all. i am closer to god then you are. satan is a real entity and he has tempted me also i am poor. my message did not harm you. if you do what my letter says to do you need to be 31 or younger. on your 31 first birthday or later date i don't believe enmity flees your presence or you don't heal properly after what i said to do. i am not insulting you. i am more mature then that. i have one question for you. well actually two questions for you. why not that god can talk to me that is not a crime and second question why not can angels of god visit me. i prayed and fasted for years asking to be healed of being a incomplete quadreplegic. yes i broke my neck in that car accident i mentioned. i sought god out with all my heart and he sent jesus christ and the holy spirit to me. this does agree with the scripture of the christian bible so why not me. god will bless yo for posting my message though i should say that people might change my writings to falsely accuse me in front of christ and god. as i said you are very ignorant. god was not joing when he said i come like a to edge sword in judgment of humanity. well godbless in christ. i did not attack you so please do not attack me. i am not harming anyone. my message is one for mature responsible people not those that accuse others of sin that is what the devil does mentioned in the book of revelation. you want to know my sins email me and i will email you back. enmail my dad and you might cause him to have a heart attack. he doesn't understand what i am talking about i am blessed because god speaksto me. my email address is v.mikelash@yahoo.com. but if i confess my sins to you i don't want them posted on the internet because of spammers.
warmly
michael l-------z
in christ love
Posted by: michael at July 25, 2008 12:19 AM
greetings. whoever posted my written letter fo all to read and judge me to all i say you misjudged me. i am not a prophet of god. i signed a contract in the clouds that said messenger for god on it in the clouds. two angels took my spirit to the clouds. the same clouds refered to mentioned by paul in the scriptures. god himself in a vision said i am a branch of god. at the rapture you will find out i am telling the truth. i ask that you leave my family out of this they know nothing of what i do. i have the spiritual gifts of a seer given by the holy ghost sophia. you know nothing you are blind spiritually. you judge me wrong. i pray you bsee the light when you are not raptured and i am. if you are raptured i ask jesus christ for all those that accuss me apoligize to me. i am single and i serve the holy spirit of god. the rapture is coming soon. i will meet jesus christ in the clouds then. more then likely you will not because you borrow the name of a christian. i don't care if you call me a false prophet. i do not rule or judge or talk in fear if you do not accept my message then i go in peace. i ask for the person who posted this message it was not meant to be posted in a negative manner or of the light of christ. i pray that god speaks to you. i am the branch mentioned in isaiah 4:1-2 because god has told me this himself. i am sorry you do not believe me. i suffered horribly to learn what i did. i am no longer a person with enmity in my seed because brit milah was performed on me by two interns accidently inserting a cathether into me. i used iodine to clean the wound and enmity genesis 3:15 or verse 16 fled my presence. god told me i am the branch of the lod mentioned in isaiah. you judge me wrong. my dad today asked me to leave him out of this because someone posted his phone number on or with one of my writings. you judged my dad wrong. he is a devote christian and raised me properly. i have been a christian my whole life and believe in the trinity. just because i make a declaation as i did does not make me a false prophet. its okay i figure you. i am a quadreplegic because of my ex-wife. i was married when we were in a horrendous car accident. i broke my neck and lived on my own for ten years. i now live in a nursing home called glencare in cincinnati ohio. you can find itlisted on the internet. thnk you for posting my message. it is the truth. you save me time by posting it so more people can know the truth. you accussed me wrong and i forgive you. you will find out at the rapture or on judgment day i spoke, wrote, and told the truth. i am not damning you with hell fire and burning in hell. why do you discern and judge me. as far as i know you are nobodies. i pray that angels wake you up from dreamstate and visit you like they do me. this happened to biblicial figures so why not me also. god choosed me. not man because i have a pure heart. but i beg you my dadis victor lashewitz so please leave him out of this. he read what you wrote aboutme and got upset saying i should have used a pen name if i should have said anything at all. i am closer to god then you are. satan is a real entity and he has tempted me also i am poor. my message did not harm you. if you do what my letter says to do you need to be 31 or younger. on your 31 first birthday or later date i don't believe enmity flees your presence or you don't heal properly after what i said to do. i am not insulting you. i am more mature then that. i have one question for you. well actually two questions for you. why not that god can talk to me that is not a crime and second question why not can angels of god visit me. i prayed and fasted for years asking to be healed of being a incomplete quadreplegic. yes i broke my neck in that car accident i mentioned. i sought god out with all my heart and he sent jesus christ and the holy spirit to me. this does agree with the scripture of the christian bible so why not me. god will bless yo for posting my message though i should say that people might change my writings to falsely accuse me in front of christ and god. as i said you are very ignorant. god was not joing when he said i come like a to edge sword in judgment of humanity. well godbless in christ. i did not attack you so please do not attack me. i am not harming anyone. my message is one for mature responsible people not those that accuse others of sin that is what the devil does mentioned in the book of revelation. you want to know my sins email me and i will email you back. enmail my dad and you might cause him to have a heart attack. he doesn't understand what i am talking about i am blessed because god speaksto me. my email address is v.mikelash@yahoo.com. but if i confess my sins to you i don't want them posted on the internet because of spammers.
warmly
michael l-------z
in christ love
Posted by: michael at July 25, 2008 12:22 AM










