The "Personal God" in the Bible and the "Personal Saints" of Today
Posted on Friday, 13 January 2017
The “Personal God” in the Bible
And the “Personal Saints” of Today
By Apolinario Villalobos
Passages in the Bible mention about
personalities who “walked with their personal God”. The Israelites of the Bible
are said to be “Chosen People”… by whom?...of course, their “personal God” who
hated the rest of the peoples at the time so that “He” commanded the Israelites
to eradicate them from the face of the earth, so that they could occupy their land.
(That for me was the first case of LAND GRABBING to the highest level!). Of
course, I will be contradicted by some viewers by saying that those people that
the Israelites must exterminate were pagans, heathens, who did sodomy,
etc…..fine. But if the “God” of Israel was really the “God” of all, being the
“creator” of everything in the universe, why must “He” command the early
Israelites to do the killing when all that “He” could have done was sweep them
off with a strong and blinding desert sandstorm or torrential rain of fire? (SOME
Filipino Catholic Church leaders and Christian human life advocates kuno must
have missed the message of this legendary story – eradication of the heathen,
the bad people…because they keep on attacking instead, the guy who wants to
eradicate them….the guy is Duterte who wants to eradicate the bad drug
personalities!)
The above-mentioned story is a clear
indication of the ET (extra-terrestial) characteristics of what the Israelites
of the Bible referred to as their “Lord”.
For me, the Israelites’ “Lord” could be the “messenger” of the true God.
There are passages in the Bible about what some prophets allude to what we call
today as space ships. I believe nothing is wrong with that if those “Lords” of
the Bible were really the early missionaries of the true God, and who came to
Earth… did several experiments using what they found when they landed, such as
the uprightly walking apes and their (ET) own genes, until they succeeded in producing
intelligent humans in their own image. The passage of the legend says “THEIR”,
and not “HIS”, a reference in plural form….indication that the creation legend
involves a group, not an individual. It is said that legends are basis of
traditions that are oftentimes proved later on, to be credible. That is the
reason why continued archaeological diggings have been proving the truthfulness
in the passages of the Bible…and more are being done to show more truths.
Still on the “personal” thing…. if all
saints are Godly and of course, good, why classify them according to “what they
can do or heal?”. Why not just view all of them as “models” of what man should
be, aside from helping him connect with God in times of his need? Why must a
certain saint be good for a certain ailment, for instance? Why must some be
treated as the “most effective” “go between” with God for some wishes? Why must
there be personal saints? Are these saints expected to choose who to help among
the living? If this practice among the Catholics is wrong, why is the Church
tolerating it?
My personal view is that there is a massive
misinformation about how man should “truly” live his life accordingly. The
responsible guys just want to increase the number of their “flock” for the
money that is involved. Everybody knows that for a dead to be blessed there are
standard fees depending on where it is done – at home or house of worship, as
do are baptizing and marrying couples. A fee is a fee as it involves money
regardless of the amount and denomination. I do not view this as wrong if only
the concerned guys are not hypocrite in denying the glaring facts. They need
the money for subsistence, too, but for their God’s sake, they should be frank
about it!
I appreciate the mushrooming of the new
Christian Ministries to which the enlightened run to seek spiritual solace – to
the Ministers who are honest about the tithes that they receive which are
sincerely given for their support, tithes that are not necessarily “love offering to the Lord”…but tokens of
appreciations for their sacrifice. I
also appreciate the honesty of these Ministers regarding their status in life,
such as being happily married and having children.
On the other hand, what I question is the
breaking of promises made by the so-called “shepherds of the Lord” who
prostrated themselves in front of the altar where they mumbled “vows” not to
get married, but later molested innocent teenagers and unsuspecting widows…vowed
not to amass wealth, but are driving cars. There is one guy at the Vatican who
keeps on calling for the repentance of SOME of his “colleagues” who are very
obvious in their wrongdoing. His voice must be hoarse by now and still, nobody
among the CONCERNED listens to him!...poor Francis!
My calling the pope by his first name is
not a sign of disrespect, but fondness as he himself expressed that does not
want to be treated “royally” , but just like anybody else….unlike SOME of his
colleagues who do not deserve even a teeny-weeny pinch of respect, yet, wanted
to be addressed as REVEREND!
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