By Donald Swarbrick

It is easy to see why certain events, recorded in the bible were classed as miracles when the people who witnessed, and recorded them were so primitive in their ways compared to now.

If you take one of the most important ones, that had the biggest impact on the world, and is still marveled at today, with the outcome being worshiped around the world, then look at it with the knowledge we have today, you have to see that it was no miracle, only a medical operation that is carried out on a regular basis on earth now.

Artificial insemination is carried out everyday around the world with childless couples given help to conceive, and the method is such, that even though the woman has never had sex, she could still give birth to a child.

If the virgin Mary‘s immaculate conception had been carried out today, the world would not think much about it, and certainly not worship her, or the child she bore, as the process she went through to become pregnant would be understood by the people.

Even now, when we know how this virgin birth could have come about, some still think of it as a miracle, performed by God to bring a son into the world who was without sin. The sin supposedly being the act of sex, but could the words “without sin” not just mean, because God’s sperm might have been used, his son, like him would be “without sin?”

The holiness came from the deed of artificial insemination, carried out by a people who were here 2,000 years ago, and had a knowledge so far in advance of us that they knew how to perform this operation then, which would be no big deal to them given the fact that they travelled through space to get here.

Yes, we would still worship the son that was born, because he was the son of God, a vastly more intelligent man from another planet, but would we still worship the mother, as she was only a normal person from earth?

That means that Jesus was born of an earth woman who was made pregnant by sperm donated by a man from heaven, which makes Jesus partly of this earth and partly of another planet, and the only holiness in him was his father, who being so powerful, brough so much exaltation to the world, the people chose to worship him, and everyone involved in the conception.

Nothing holy, just a feat of medical science.

Lazarus was brought back from the dead by Jesus, and Jesus himself came back from the dead, who must have been taught how to use this medical science for the benefit of those who they thought needed it most.

People are brought back from the dead now, although not after such a time dead as Lazarus was, but as our knowledge improves, who is to say that we cannot achieve this in the future.

Everlasting life is promised by God, and he would not have made that promise if he could not attain his goal, and by bringing Lazerus back from the dead, gave us further proof that medical achievements were at such an advanced stage among the heavenly people, and that this promise could be kept.

Healing the sick was a way for Jesus to convince the people of this earth just how powerful the heavenly people were, while carying out feats like, giving sight to the blind man, healing the leper, making the crippled man walk, all of which can be performed in todays world, although maybe not as fast or efficiently as them. YET!

Turning the water into wine is one of the so called miracles lots of people would like to achieve, and I am sure it will be possible one day with dried powdered grapes being used, or some similar method.

The five loaves and two fish, feeding the five thousand is a trick we will need to learn, as the population of the world increases, putting food stocks at risk, incase nature does not take its course and cull the people of the world, as it has in the past.

If and when you read your bible again, think of the deeds that were classed as miracles then, and count how many are achievable now, and how near we are to performing other tasks that would have been classed as miracles then.

It baffles me why, as each step forward mankind takes, most people on earth would still rather believe in the mystique of God and the bible, never wanting to relate our progress to us catching up on a people who are so far in advance of us that they can travel here through space, perform all kinds of deeds that are so outwith our capabilities.

Its OK believing in God, but why hold the ghostly, mystical images they have been brainwashed into believing, instead of realizing, God was no mystical being, he is just an ordinary person who was lucky enough to have originated on a planet that evolved long before earth, giving its people time to achieve the perfect life, the life they have on heaven, for all eternity.

By Donald Swarbrick.

When you look at the rituals and dress code most religions have today, you have to wonder why they continue to do so as it has nothing to to with preaching God’s word.

When Jesus and his disciples spread the word of God, they dressed in the clothes of their time, that suited the climate they were in, with no need for fancy robes or headdresses, so why do most churches of today have rituals that involve heavy robes, and attire that serve no purpose in their quest of telling us God existed?

Clothes and possessions do not make us holy, or any more of a believer in God, it is how we live our lives down here that counts, after all we will all stand naked in front of God when the day of judgement comes.

Tall hats and different uniforms for your given rank, whether in church or work, will hold no favour when it comes to judging our characters.

The churches, and their leaders seem to think that carrying on the traditions and dress from medieval times makes them more holy, and by continuing these trends will encourage us to believe what they are preaching is the be all and end all of life and death.

WRONG!

The way the churches convey the word of God in this day and age, drives away the very people they want to encourage.

In medieval times the robes and rituals were part of life then, uniforms of the rich and head of state, to separate them from the common people, giving them power to extort money through fear, from the poor under the guise of religion.

They put the fear of God into the people from all walks of life, using God’s word to better themselves, and prevent them from suffering some of the torturous fates that befell those who disobeyed the crown, which in the end gave the churches the power and wealth they wanted.

Wealth and power was the be all and end all of the church leaders in these days, grabbing religion to feather their own nests, while keeping favour with whoever was reigning monarch at the time, which all added up to a better life for them.

The churches still want wealth and power which has become more important than spreading the word of God, and prove this by interfering in matters that should not concern them, like politics, or the laws of the country.

Their faith in God overseeing these matters should be enough for them without interfering, leaving them to concentrate on what they studied for, mainly preaching the gospel.

If they were doing the job they were supposed to be doing, giving it the attention God wished them to, then we would have more people listening to them instead of facing the empty churches we have today.

All the pomp and ceremony practised in most churches are a nonsense, having nothing to do with God, and the people carrying out these rituals should get back to the basics Jesus and his disciples preached by, with the only gain being the satisfaction of carrying out God’s wishes.

Some religions do dress in everyday clothes to spread the word of God but are frowned on by the heads of churches who still dress in their ridiculous garb, and are still closely connected to the head of state, but in each and every one of them, the leaders who might thing they are superior, and the ordinary folk who attend these churches are all equal in the eyes of God, and will be judged according to their deeds down here on earth.

They are all human, and ALL have the badness instilled in them from birth, and no matter what they chose to wear, be it fancy dress or not, they are just like us, and will have their sins to answer for too when we all stand at the gates of heaven naked.

As I have said before God originated out of the same energy in the universe as we did, and it is only because he has been around much longer than us that he rules the universe, owing to the knowledge he has accumulated in his time.

As we originated from energy, that energy will always be in the universe, we will always be in the universe, so it is up to each individual to make sure we conduct ourselves in a manner that will ensure a satisfactory lifestyle throughout that journey, whatever your faith.

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