OK so I just found this article and I find it quite comical for several reasons, and I quote;
"The study uncovered the first solid genetic evidence that "modern" humans—or Homo sapiens—interbred with their Neanderthal neighbors, who mysteriously died out about 30,000 years ago. What's more, the Neanderthal-modern human mating apparently took place in the Middle East, shortly after modern humans had left Africa, not in Europe—as has long been suspected."
"... all modern ethnic groups, other than Africans, carry traces of Neanderthal DNA in their genomes, the study says..."
""But the fact is that Chinese and Melanesians are as closely related to Neanderthals" as Europeans, said Reich, a population geneticist at the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard University."
So the basic premise of this article, as far as I understand it (please correct me if I'm wrong), is that the Neanderthal and modern humans are two different species. The Neanderthal is supposed to be part of the missing link between chimps and us. Basic biology people, different species can't interbreed... that's the reason they are considered a different species. If they do interbreed their offspring is infertile. E.g. a horse and a donkey, when they interbreed it produces a mule, which in turn is infertile. A horse and a donkey may look alike, their basic makeup may be similar BUT they are not the same species... what they look like doesn't change that. So, if the Neanderthal and the modern humans did interbreed, as DNA evidence suggests, what other conclusion can we draw but that we are the same species, we just look different. All we need to do is look at modern man and all the different races and colors we have today; black, white, yellow, red. I don't look Asian or African because I'm white. Does that mean that we're different species? No! Of course not. Not to compare man to animals but look at dogs. Who, looking at a fossil , would assume that the bones of a Great Dane and a Chihuahua were in fact the same species but just of a different breed?
LOL Nobody!
My conclusion? The Neanderthal was just as human as we modern men are today but just of a different race not species. What archeologists and scientists have found is not a missing link between us and whatever else but in fact other human beings, Homo, sapien, sapien just like you and me.
Why is it that in biology books they tell us that species can't interbreed yet when it comes to "proving" evolution they conveniently forget to remind us of that fact?
I just recently found out that the ancient heresy of Gnosticism is still alive today! I thought it was something that was just around during Biblical times… but I was wrong.
I was having a conversation with someone who told me that early Christians believed in reincarnation (for those of you who don’t know what that means, it is the soul that journeys through time occupying different bodies through different lifetimes. The aim of reincarnation is to teach the soul different lessons in order to enlighten them). Obviously this is not a Christian belief. Nowhere in the Bible does it mention multiple lives. As this was not the first time I had heard that, I decided to do some research and found that there is some minute truth to this statement. There was a group of heretics within the Christian circles, called the Gnostics, who believed in reincarnation:
“[Gnosticism] emphasized spiritual ‘resurrection’ (i.e. spiritual rebirth) and physical ‘resurrection’ (i.e. reincarnation) as opposed to a resurrection defined as people sleeping in their graves… Christian Gnostics held the view that if spiritual resurrection was not attained in one lifetime, then the soul would be subjected to as many reincarnations as it takes until spiritual rebirth is attained.”
In essence, what the Gnostics are saying is salvation for all, “If you don’t get it right the first time, don’t worry there’s always next time,” giving people a false hope.
Another thing they believe is that the world we live in is evil. Only the spiritual side of us is good.
“Gnosticism is a Greek philosophical belief, which encompasses the persuasion that all matter is evil, and in contrast, spirit is good. For example, it taught that the human spirit and soul is imprisoned within the evil material body. Therein departing from the fundamental biblical concept of good and evil.”
Again the Bible never says that all matter is evil. God created everything and, as Genesis recounts, the Lord said it was good. Matter is not evil it is good. What we do with matter, as humans with sinful natures, might be an entirely different thing. God’s creation is good, wholesome and beautiful.
As I was researching I came across a name I’ve been familiar with since I was a child. He is a modern day “prophet” also known as the Sleeping Prophet. His actual name is Edgar Cayce and is one of the main names out there in the esoteric world. I found a quote by him on one of the sites:
I was flabbergasted! Firstly because Gnosticism is still very much alive today and people refer to it as such but also because that was the last thing I expected to hear by Cayce. I knew he called himself a Christian but I also knew that his walk and deeds didn’t correspond to his claim. As a result I kept going with some research and found that Cayce has received some or most of his information by putting himself in a trans.
“For forty-three years of his adult life, Edgar Cayce, the Sleeping Prophet demonstrated the uncanny ability to put himself into some kind of self-induced sleep state by lying down on a couch, closing his eyes, and folding his hands over his stomach. This state of relaxation and meditation enabled him to place his mind in contact with all time and space. From this state he could respond to questions as diverse as, "What are the secrets of the universe?" to "How can I remove a wart?" His responses to these questions came to be called "readings" and contain insights so valuable that even to this day individuals have found practical help for everything from maintaining a well-balanced diet and improving human relationships to overcoming life-threatening illnesses and experiencing a closer walk with God.”
“This state of relaxation and meditation enabled him to place his mind in contact with all time and space.” To me this is a scary statement. What is this ‘all space and time’ referring to? Is it a voice? A state of just “knowing?” And the most important question to me is; why do you need a trans in order to get ‘in touch’ with it?
Deuteronomy 18:9-13 states:
“When you enter the land the LORD your God is giving you, do not learn to imitate the detestable ways of the nations there. Let no one be found among you who sacrifices his son or daughter in the fire, who practices divination or sorcery, interprets omens, engages in witchcraft, or casts spells, or who is a medium or spiritist or who consults the dead. Anyone who does these things is detestable to the LORD, and because of these detestable practices the LORD your God will drive out those nations before you. You must be blameless before the LORD your God.”
If the Lord is not the one talking to Edgar Cayce, if the Lord isn’t the ‘all space and time’ then who, or what, is it? Personally, I believe it’s demonic. If it’s not from God there is only one other place it can come from; His enemy Satan.
Another interesting thing about Gnosticism is the fact that they get a lot of their “knowledge” in the Gnostic writings. Here are a few examples:
The book of Thomas the Contender
The Gospel of Thomas
The Secret Book of John
The Pisti Sophia
The Gospel of Philip
The Apocalypse of Paul
All these writings have one thing in common: they are masquerading as “true” biblical texts. Unfortunately this is a view commonly held by a lot of people. They also believe that the Bible we have today has been tampered with and so is unreliable. Hence they rely on those texts and not the Bible. What I find really interesting about these so-called gospels is that they were all written in the 2nd and 3rd century A.D! If I am wrong please correct me! As far as I’ve found they were written 200-300 years AFTER Christ’s crucifixion! The Christian Bible, and I’m mainly talking about the New Testament writings here, as we know it today was written within 100 years of Christ’s death:
“The oldest, probably the book of James, written as early as 45 A.D. The Book of Revelation is the youngest book of the New Testament, written about 95 A.D.”
What would you consider the real writings to be? Books that came well after Jesus lived or books that were written within a lifetime of when He lived? Also the Bible is one of the most documented ancient writings in the world. Here is a chart illustrating some of the more known historical documents that we read today. These are documents we take for granted and often don’t question their validity.
As we can see from the above chart, if we question the Bible, which obviously is the most reliable document we have, then we need to question Plato, Euripides and even Aristotle! The Bible has not been tampered with. What we are reading today is as true now as it was then.
Gnosticism is a very real thing to us today, especially within the occult, esoteric and New Age practices. As believers we need to know about it, research it and ultimately bring people to see the One and Only, the Creator of all time and space. If Cayce was only able to get ‘in touch’ with all time and space, we have a personalrelationship with its Creator! Don’t be afraid of stepping out and letting people know whom it is that you worship. People need to hear the truth!
If you know more information that I might have missed please comment!
The Tradition: The Holy Grail was a vessel used by Christ at the Last Supper. Given to his grand-uncle, St. Joseph of Arimathea, it was used by him to collect Christ's blood and sweat while Joseph tended him on the Cross. After Christ's death, Joseph was apparently imprisoned in a rock tomb similar to the one he had given for the body of his grand-nephew. Left to starve, he was sustained for several years by the power of the Grail which provided him with fresh food and drink every morning. Later, St. Joseph travelled to Britain with his family and several followers. He settled at Ynys Witrin (Glastonbury), but the Grail was taken to Corbenic where it was housed in a spectacular castle, guarded always by the Grail Kings, descendants of Joseph's daughter, Anna (Enygeus) and her husband, Brons.
I asked dad this afternoon if he wanted to get a movie for tonight and if yes then which one. For some reason he mentioned the Da Vinci Code, which I promptly went to get. I love that story. The Da Vinci Code is one of the few books I have read more than once. I love history, art and mysteries which the Code has loads of.
Because of my background, I grew believing that Jesus had a wife and child, my mom taught me of that fairly early on, and why not? Jesus was human after all, why couldn’t He have loved a woman and fathered a child with her? Well one thing, the world’s most reliable historical source ever found to date, the Bible, never mentions it. Other authoritative historical sources, not alleged gospels written under the aliases of someone else 200-300 years older than the closest eyewitness, do not mention Christ’s alleged family either. Also another of the many problems that particular theory has is that it assumes that Christ is only fully man, it disregards His dual nature. Christ is also fully God. Being fully God, and so the father of humanity, He would have viewed all humans, men and women alike, as His children. To me it seems like a twisted kind of love where a father falls in-love with his daughter. I personally believe that because people couldn’t grasp the reality of God, and therefore grasp the divinity of Christ, it was easier to undermine Him. It was easier, for all purposes along with their consciences, to make Him out to be fully man and not even remotely divine but made so by His human counterparts. Enter the quest for the grail. Why the quest, what is its purpose? To what does it lead? Does it lead to some enchanted chalice, the heir of Christ through His bloodline or to something completely different? Who started it? I want to start a mini series where I want to attempt to answer these questions. I’ve always been fascinated by the grail stories. There is such an air of mystery surrounding them with the Nights Templar and the Priori de Sion, the secret societies allegedly charged with hiding a big secret. I first heard of the Priori de Sion and the Nights Templar in France with my grandparents. They live in the south and in the part of France that has the most Templar and Sion lore, apparently a lot of the story after Jerusalem and their fall happens there.
Anyway it’s an interesting story that has always fascinated me and I hope to dig in deeper.
