INTRODUCTION TO
INTEGRATIONAL SPIRITAN MOVEMENT
The Computer-Age Spiritual Fellowship for Citizens of Our Global
Village
Many people are mere
conformists. They are those personalities that are satisfied with ‘going
through the motions’; doing what everyone else is doing to make a living and
waiting for the final ‘call to glory’ as they brand death! Many of us are born
and live an inconsequential life; bland, uneventful and without anything
particular to be remembered for after our exit from this mundane world, a
temporal habitation for the soul. There are some others, whose lives and
contributions to the society made a difference! They changed the ‘status quo’
by either extending the frontiers of knowledge or developing their immediate
communities. They improved the understanding of human nature and taught others the
values of humanitarianism. These heroes and heroines touched the lives of many
both inter-racially and internationally.
They added colour to the
doldrums of routine existence on planet earth!
A few had tall dreams and went
ahead to transform them into reality despite all odds. This group devised
methods of changing the deplorable situations and the deprived circumstances of
the lifestyle they met on becoming adults. Some adolescents dream of the
courage to better their social status, but often take off on the wrong foot of
seeking for titles, money, fame and crowning it all with indulging in romantic
relationships.
Others dared to pursue the
unknown, to break new grounds and blaze trails for followers to tread on. Their
zeal, inquisitiveness, passion, persistence, desire, motivations and prayers
were fully rewarded if they paid the prize for success; optimism, dedication
and the refusal to quit. Their philosophy of life was ‘When the task gets
tough, the tough get it going!’, ‘Never say, never again!’ or ‘All that it
takes to make the impossible possible is the power to remove the ‘im’ in front of the possible!’
They eventually became
geniuses, inventors, explorers, leaders or discoverers! They evolved into the
innovators and pioneers who helped to enlarge the frontiers of human
civilisations and removed the age-old boundaries of the unknown. Joining this
select group of animators or league of achievers is usually not by accident or
by mere wishful thinking. Beyond desire and hard work is a divine factor that
must be recognised, respected and appropriated in unveiling the unknown that
the Divine Architect had hidden there for ages waiting for a brave soul to
convert it from obscure dormancy to utilitarian vibrancy. This author, Dr Kenez
wants to know where you belong in this universal continuum. Or, are you waiting
for ‘manna from heaven’?
Historians inform us that
Christopher Columbus actually set out to discover another route to India when
he stumbled at the Americas and thus opened up humanity to a large continent
partitioned into northern and southern halves but connected by a strip of
islands. Today, the Panama Canal has made it possible to access the Eastern
Regions of the World while travelling continuously to the west! Inventors,
Discoverers and occasionally, religious leaders emerge from obscure communities
of despised nations to beam supernatural light and divine wisdom of the
Creator!
Those who search will
eventually discover something unique. Those who ask penetrating questions may
one day obtain answers from above rather than human palliatives that rarely
satisfy the saintly soul. Those who ardently knock on the doors of heavenly
wisdom, sooner than later gain divine inspirations from the Holy Spirit of the
Original Architect and Ultimate Engineer of the earth we inhabit! He alone has
all the answers to all physical, social, mental, spiritual and the personal and
socio-political problems of our mundane world, if only we humble ourselves and
honestly ask for his wisdom and guidance. But, do we?
The Creator has hidden so much
from our intellectual faculties that to date we are still unravelling those He
is allowing humanity to glimpse at through divine dreams, intuitions,
inspirations and revelations to devout souls! Do you want to have supernatural
knowledge mediated by spiritual faculties of seeing, feeling, sensing and
caring for others? Look inwards, for the kingdom of God is inside you, not
outside as many preachers tell you. No one ever got eternal bliss by keeping
the commandments of men. It is given to altruistic seekers of that Divine
Guidance in the affairs of mankind, which many yearn for but do not know where,
when and how to find it. Search for it in this book!
The creator gave humans some of his powers
and knowledge for recreating the material universe for the mutual benefits of
all his created beings but today many use his gifts to perpetrate evil. Either
by design or demonic manipulation, the obverse is the case; the first datum
that every living thing recognises is that someone put it here and caters for
its welfare. Dogs respect and fight in defence of their owners. Every pet
realises that it is loved and taken care of by someone who has value for its
existence. It is human who pride themselves of being rational beings that do not
recognise, respect or realise that all of us have a single owner. It is absurd!
Some believe there is an Almighty Creator who provides for each creature on
daily basis, some assert that he has turned his back on us due to our
congenital wickedness and cruel ways, while others simply deny his
existence!
This is my summation of the problem; “Religion
was/is a superstitious search by humanity for its origin, existence, meaning
and relevance before the scientific era. The search was led by acclaimed sages
among the elders of a community who defined its theories and practices. It is
later ratified and recommended for legislation and implementation by state
apparatus by convincing stratagem or coercion by politico-religious leaders.
Thereafter, it is fine tuned and administered by ordained priests and
priestesses who hand it down along ancestral lineages from one generation of
lukewarm adherents, fanatics and mystics to another. Gradually, strong
personalities emerge claiming divine appointment and so pull strong followers
who idolise them as role models with supernatural powers. This obsession
confirms them as beacons of adulation and finally leads to full scale idolatry.
Religion, which is superstition sanctioned by the
state, is actually an addiction to man-made doctrines and dogmas invented,
patented and copyrighted by a few demagogues.
·
It enslaves the mind more than psychoactive drugs,
·
Benumbs human creativity and resourcefulness
thereby
·
Restricting the development of the human potential
and capital.
It is the main cause of poverty of the mind and
underdevelopment of third world countries as its side-effects are indolence,
redundancy, laziness and dependence of finished products and services. In the
final analysis, it is the predisposing factor to lack of initiative,
debilitating ignorance, fetish belief-systems, abject poverty and perennial
ill-health.
Perhaps its only advantage is that it makes the
polity docile and amenable to the whims and caprices of their oppressive
leaders. Often, it hoodwinks its adherents into believing that ‘The God’ or
‘the gods’ they worship speak to them through the voices of their egocentric
clerics who therefore can conveniently exploit them to satisfy their demonic
desires of sensual pleasure and inordinate ambitions of amassing wealth. Their
wanton indulgence in gluttony, wine and women is seen in every action and
definitely this is the foolproof evidence of their demonic genealogy.
To rescue humanity from the demonic stranglehold of
idolatry that now predominates worldwide, you are invited to reason along with
us and see that we provide an everlasting cure for sensual lust for food, wine,
sex, wealth and power that are the trademarks of society heading for damnation!
Are you going to sit on the fence and wait for another failed experiment in
Messiahship that was riddled with myopic and ethnocentric bias? Who knows the
Creator well enough to declare that he has ‘a chosen people’? Where is the
evidence that Moses actually led the so-called people out of any oppressive regime?
The history books and modern encyclopaedia did not record the enslavement of
the Jewish race except as ‘they were believed as revealed truths’.
Then he went on to introduce the first and most
heinous dichotomy in racism; JEWS and GENTILES! The negative impact of that
first categorisation of humanity gave birth to all the nepotic, apartheid and
racist policies in the entire world. If you care to join us in a sanitation
exercise that will guarantee a better future for your children, the come and
witness the development of religion from time immemorial to evaluate it
subjugation to man-made doctrines, dogmas and modes of worship that are
irreligious. Thereafter, we can seek for solutions as proposed by the
computer-age Integrational fellowship; I S M.
THE REVOLUTIONARY DEPOSITION
IMPORTED
RELIGIONS BROUGHT OUR DECLINE IN SOCIAL MORALITY
The Genesis of Immorality in Biafra Was the Assimilation of
Westernisation
The
desecration of our pre-colonial high moral values started with the arrival of
the first white missionaries in West Africa. What the natives called “NSO-ANI”
was re-branded FORGIVEABLE SINS and so watered down the sanctity of religious
values in Biafra. Its partner, WESTERN EDUCATION neatly completed the ‘coup de
grace’ as the foreign concepts and social values of the colonialists destroyed
the social ethics of the natives and rendered our pristine mores and norms
ineffective. In some communities; “aping the white man’s dress code and
mannerisms became fashionable and ignoring the customs and traditions of the
community was seen as the criterion of being EDUCATED and MORE CIVILISED than
the illiterate folks in the villages!
---------DR JIDEOFO
KENECHUKWU DANMBAEZUE, @ 30/06/2013 04:14:32 HRS GMT.
PREAMBLE TO AUTHENTICITY OF RELIGIOUS BEHAVIOUR
Daily we interact with our parents, siblings, immediate
relatives and neighbours in our small circles of physical habitations. When we
travel outside our ethnic and national boundaries, we run into different
personalities we love to hate or vice versa, who consciously or unconsciously
influence our lives positively or negatively. Have you ever sat down and taken
stock of what you have become over the last ten years?
Many people you see, meet with and/or socialise with are mere
conformists. They are those personalities that are satisfied with ‘going
through the motions’; doing what everyone else is doing to make a living and
waiting for the final ‘call to glory’ as they brand death! Many of us are born
and live an inconsequential life; bland, uneventful and without anything
particular to be remembered for after our exit from this mundane world, a
temporal habitation for the soul.
There are some others, whose lives and contributions to the
society made a difference! They changed the ‘status quo’ by either extending
the frontiers of knowledge or developing their immediate communities. They
improved the understanding of human nature and taught others the values of
humanitarianism. These heroes and heroines touched the lives of many
intellectually and socially which elevated brotherhood of mankind both
inter-racially and internationally.
These agents of change were the true sons and daughters of
the Almighty Creator of the universe. They added colour to daily routines and
the doldrums of routine existence on planet earth! A few had tall dreams and
went ahead to transform them into reality despite all odds. This group devised
methods of changing the deplorable situations and the deprived circumstances of
the lifestyle they met on becoming adults. Some adolescents dream of the
courage to better their social status, but often take off on the wrong foot of
seeking for titles, money, fame and crowning it all with indulging in romantic
relationships.
Others dared to pursue the unknown, to break new
grounds and blaze trails for followers to tread on. Their zeal,
inquisitiveness, passion, persistence, desire, motivations and prayers were
fully rewarded if they paid the prize for success; optimism, dedication and the
refusal to quit. Their philosophy of life was ‘When the task gets tough, the
tough get it going!’, ‘Never say, never again!’ or ‘All that it takes to make
the impossible possible is the power to remove the ‘im’ in front of the possible!’ They
eventually became geniuses, inventors, explorers, leaders or discoverers! They
evolved into the innovators and pioneers who helped to enlarge the frontiers of
human civilisations and removed the age-old boundaries of the unknown. They
were the catalysts of the world!
Historians inform us that Christopher Columbus actually set
out to discover another route to India when he stumbled at the new America and thus opened up humanity to a large
continent partitioned into northern and southern halves but naturally connected
by a strip of islands. Today, the Panama
Canal has made it possible to
access the Eastern Regions of the world while travelling continuously to the
west! Inventors, Discoverers and occasionally, religious leaders emerge from
obscure communities of despised nations to beam supernatural light and divine wisdom
of the Creator!
Joining this select group of animators or league of achievers
is usually not by accident or by mere wishful thinking. Beyond the routine
duties of satisfying the five senses of the body lies the desire to excel in
unexplored areas of human existence and the freedom to choose a divergent track
that levies hard work is a divine factor that must be recognised, respected and
appropriated in unveiling the unknown that the Divine Architect had hidden
there for ages waiting for a brave soul to convert it from obscure dormancy to
utilitarian vibrancy. This author, a global agent of spiritual evolution, Dr J.
J. Kenez wants to know where you belong in this universal continuum of
innovators. Or, are you waiting for ‘manna from heaven’?
Those who place priority on breaking new grounds and
earnestly search for better alternatives will eventually discover something
unique. Those who ask penetrating questions may one day obtain answers from
above rather than the routine human palliatives that rarely satisfy the saintly
soul. Those who ardently knock on the doors of heavenly wisdom, sooner than
later gain divine inspirations from the Holy Spirit of the Original Architect
and Ultimate Engineer of the earth we inhabit! He alone has all the answers to
all physical, social, mental, spiritual and the personal and socio-political
problems of our mundane world, if only we humble ourselves and honestly ask for
his wisdom and guidance. But, do we?
The Creator has hidden so much from our intellectual faculties
that to date we are still unravelling those He is allowing humanity to glimpse
at through divine dreams, intuitions, inspirations and revelations to devout
souls! Do you want to have supernatural knowledge mediated by spiritual
faculties of seeing, feeling, sensing and caring for others? Look inwards, for
the kingdom of God is inside you, not outside as many
prosperity preachers erroneously tell you. No one ever got eternal bliss by
keeping the commandments of men. It is given to altruistic seekers of that
Divine Guidance in the affairs of mankind, which many yearn for but do not know
where, when and how to find it. Search for it in this book!
The creator gave humans some of his powers and knowledge for
recreating the material universe for the mutual benefits of all his created
beings. The obverse is the case! Today
many use his gifts to perpetrate evil. Either by design or demonic
manipulation, ingrates abound everywhere and dominate the scene. The first
datum that every living thing recognises is that someone put it here and caters
for its welfare. Dogs respect and fight in defence of their owners. Every pet
realises that it is loved and taken care of by someone who has value for its
existence. It is only human beings, who pride themselves of being rational
beings that do not recognise, respect or realise that all of us have a single
owner, a caretaker and benevolent father/mother. Meditate over this assertion
for a minute and provide me an answer.
It is absurd! It is unintelligent. It is unlike what a rational being
can do.
Yet, that is only a tip of the iceberg of irreverent religiosity in our
global village.
Some learned fools insist that everything came by chance and
hold on to the theory of evolution! Despite knowing that the common wristwatch
could never have arrived by blind chance and that computers and the Internet
had inventors, this brand of demented humans refuse to see and acknowledge the
great artistry and creative ingenuity in what they indulge in on a daily basis
to survive till the next morning! Some believe there is an Almighty Creator who
provides for each creature on a daily basis, some assert that he has turned his
back on us due to our congenital wickedness and cruel ways, while others simply
deny his existence!
DECLINE IN SOCIAL ETHICS IS THE CRUX OF MORAL DEPRAVITY
Double-faced Christians and Muslims now
abound everywhere; they worship Satan at night and come to church/mosque on
Fridays/Sundays! This lifestyle has eroded the credentials of our forebears!
There is now, an urgent need to redeem our children from these nefarious
practices! We must revert to the legacies of our renowned grandfathers, improve
on it and bequeath the next generation a better religious legacy than we had!
If you are concerned that our children need
fresh religious air that suits this global village and that posterity deserves
a better lifestyle devoid of wearing masks of deceit, pretences, subterfuges,
‘holier-than-thou’ attitudes, then join us in the sanitation exercise. Your
offspring will remain forever grateful that a select group of enlightened ‘Homo
sapiens sapientis’ took the bull by the horns to avert the perilous moral
decadence that is steadily turning all of us into unabashed hypocrites,
unrepentant fanatics and deluded mystics. You are welcome!
Culture is a summation of ethnocentric
survival strategies that each sub-unit of humanity had developed over the
centuries, institutionalized and passed on to their descendants. The
sons and daughters of the Almighty Creator have ignored their ONE CULTURE;
which is OBEDIENCE TO ALL THE NATURAL LAWS as ONE WORLD RELIGION. That is what
we desperately need today just we use cellular phones and the Internet without
killing anyone. Respect for and obedience to all the laws of nature is the key
for a peaceful world with beautiful people living, loving and sharing the
Creator's benefits as equal heirs to his blissful global world that we now
share amicably thanks to scientists who have uncovered his designs for our
mutual existence. LET US LIVE IN PEACE! This is the ‘One Global Religion’
that humanity needs now for ‘One Peaceful Global Village! Here I rest my
case/pen!
You are welcome to “Let us reason together” as Isaiah,
the prophet invited his kinsmen many centuries ago or sit on the fence and die
unenlightened by genuine Aristotelian-Kantian combine of deductive and
inductive logic, aided by current fund of science knowledge and enquiry to
unravel the fables and legends that are now labelled as theology! There is
nothing theological about an accumulation of guesswork done by primitive men!
They are simply a collection of puerile belief in man-made doctrines, dogmas
and rituals that is steadily pushing the humane race to annihilation. Here, I
rest my objective of penning this protracted but comprehensive diatribe. Call
it heresy, if you like. I do not care a dime. Truth is supreme! Truth is Life,
my people declare!
The author took
his two sons to participate in the ANAMBRA CULTURAL DAY CELEBRATIONS at the
Nnamdi Azikiwe Stadium in 1995 for their first exposure to fully traditional
dances and masquerade festival. They enjoyed it!
DELIMITING OUR
UNIVERSE OF DISCOURSE
The
demands of Formal Logic dictate that we begin our dissertation from the very
beginning of the theories and practices that gave birth to the doctrines and
dogmas that various religious demagogues invented and developed over the
centuries!
UNIVERSAL DEFINITION OF RELIGION
Let us start
with this unabridged and unedited from Microsoft ® Encarta ® 2009
“Religion
is the sacred engagement with that which is
believed to be a spiritual reality. Religion is a worldwide phenomenon that has
played a part in all human culture and so is a much broader, more complex
category than the set of beliefs or practices found in any single religious
tradition. An adequate understanding of religion must take into account its
distinctive qualities and patterns as a form of human experience, as well as
the similarities and differences in religions across human cultures.
In all cultures, human beings make a practice of interacting
with what are taken to be spiritual powers. These powers may be in the form of
gods, spirits, ancestors, or any kind of sacred reality with which humans
believe themselves to be connected. Sometimes a spiritual power is understood
broadly as an all-embracing reality (see Pantheism), and sometimes it is
approached through its manifestation in special symbols. It may be regarded as
external to the self, internal, or both. People interact with such a presence
in a sacred manner—that is, with reverence and care. Religion is the
term most commonly used to designate this complex and diverse realm of human
experience.”
“The word religion is derived
from the Latin noun religio, which denotes both earnest observance of
ritual obligations and an inward spirit of reverence. In modern usage, religion
covers a wide spectrum of meanings that reflect the enormous variety of ways
the term can be interpreted. At one extreme, many committed believers recognize
only their own tradition as a religion, understanding expressions such as worship
and prayer to refer exclusively to the practices of their tradition.
Although many believers stop short of claiming an exclusive status for their
tradition, they may nevertheless use vague or idealizing terms in defining
religion—for example, “true love of God,” or “the path of enlightenment.” At
the other extreme, religion may be equated with ignorance, fanaticism, or
wishful thinking.”
“By defining religion as
a sacred engagement with what is taken to be a spiritual reality, it is
possible to consider the importance of religion in human life without making
claims about what it really is or ought to be. Religion is not an object with a
single, fixed meaning, or even a zone with clear boundaries. It is an aspect of
human experience that may intersect, incorporate, or transcend other aspects of
life and society. Such a definition avoids the drawbacks of limiting the
investigation of religion to Western or biblical categories such as monotheism
(belief in one god only) or to church structure, which are not universal. For
example, in tribal societies, religion—unlike the Christian church—usually is
not a separate institution but pervades the whole of public and private life.
In Buddhism, gods are not as central as the idea of a Buddha (fully
enlightened human being). In many traditional cultures the idea of a sacred
cosmic order is the most prominent religious belief. Because of this variety,
some scholars prefer to use a general term such as the sacred to
designate the common foundation of religious life.”
“Religion in this understanding
includes a complex of activities that cannot be reduced to any single aspect of
human experience. It is a part of individual life but also of group dynamics.
Religion includes patterns of behavior but also patterns of language and
thought. It is sometimes a highly organized institution that sets itself apart
from a culture, and it is sometimes an integral part of a culture. Religious
experience may be expressed in visual symbols, dance and performance, elaborate
philosophical systems, legendary and imaginative stories, formal ceremonies,
meditative techniques, and detailed rules of ethical conduct and law. Each of
these elements assumes innumerable cultural forms. In some ways there are as
many forms of religious expression as there are human cultural environments.”
Microsoft ® Encarta ® 2009. © 1993-2008
Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
KENEZIAN DEFINITION OF RELIGION
“Religion
was/is a superstitious search by humanity for its origin, existence, meaning
and relevance before the scientific era. The search was led by acclaimed sages
among the elders of a community who defined its theories and practices. It is
later ratified and recommended for legislation and implementation by state
apparatus by convincing stratagem or coercion by politico-religious leaders.
Thereafter, it is fine tuned and administered by ordained priests and
priestesses who hand it down along ancestral lineages from one generation of
lukewarm adherents, fanatics and mystics to another. Gradually, strong
personalities emerge claiming divine appointment and so pull strong followers
who idolise them as role models with supernatural powers. This obsession
confirms them as beacons of adulation and finally leads to full scale idolatry.
Religion,
which is superstition sanctioned by the state, is actually an addiction to
man-made doctrines and dogmas invented, patented and copyrighted by a few
demagogues.
- It enslaves the mind more than psychoactive drugs,
- Benumbs human creativity and resourcefulness thereby
- Restricting the development of the human potential and capital.
It
is the main cause of poverty of the mind and underdevelopment of third world
countries as its side-effects are indolence, redundancy, laziness and
dependence of finished products and services. In the final analysis, it is the
predisposing factor to lack of initiative, debilitating ignorance, fetish
belief-systems, abject poverty and perennial ill-health. Perhaps its only
advantage is that it makes the polity docile and amenable to the whims and
caprices of their oppressive leaders. Often, it hoodwinks its adherents into
believing that ‘The God’ or ‘the gods’ they worship speak to them through the
voices of their egocentric clerics who therefore can conveniently exploit them
to satisfy their demonic desires of sensual pleasure and inordinate ambitions
of amassing wealth. Their wanton indulgence in gluttony, wine and women is seen
in every action and definitely this is the foolproof evidence of their demonic
genealogy.” ( Dr Kenez 1991)
From
the Animator’s Introduction to Integrational Spiritan Movement I S M Manifesto
SEE
APPENDIX A
To rescue
humanity from the demonic stranglehold of idolatry that now predominates
worldwide, you are invited to reason along with us and see that we provide an
everlasting cure for sensual lust for food, wine, sex, wealth and power that
are the trademarks of a society heading for damnation! Are you going to sit on
the fence and wait for another failed experiment in Messiahship that was
riddled with myopic and ethnocentric bias? Who knows the Creator well enough to
declare that he has ‘a chosen people’? Where is the evidence that Moses
actually led the so-called people out of any oppressive regime? The history
books and modern encyclopaedia did not record the enslavement of the Jewish
race except as ‘they were believed as revealed truths’. Then Moses, who was
brought up in an Egyptian royal court went on to introduce the first and most
heinous dichotomy in racism; JEWS and GENTILES! The negative impact of that
first categorisation of humanity gave birth to all the nepotic, apartheid and
racist policies in the entire world.
There is a
plethora of ancient and modern major world religions. In each, there are
factions, sects and denominations. It is syncretism galore! The name of the
game is “join our own, ours is the one prospering for now!” It is a religious
market. It is a mad world. Many nationals all over the globe are smarting under
the colonial yoke of Roman Catholicism or Islamism. The intriguing aspect of
this brand of neo-colonialism is that it brews dogmas and doctrines that propel
fanatical members to kill or be killed in the name of ‘God’. Religious
fanaticism or mysticism is a religio-psychiatric personality disorder that has
never been classified by any DSM and so has never been diagnosed and managed as
other psychopathological conditions that present in health services all over
the world!
If you care to join us in a sanitation exercise that
will guarantee a better future for your children, then come and witness the
development of religion from time immemorial to evaluate its subjugation to
man-made doctrines, dogmas and modes of worship that are irreligious.
Thereafter, we can seek for solutions as proposed by the computer-age
integrational fellowship; INTEGRATIONAL SPIRITAN MOVEMENT, abbreviated thus: I
S M. This medical scientist, pragmatic researcher and existential therapist, is
proposing that we scrutinise all the religious and ethnocentric prejudices that
had enslaved many children right from birth, who were born into their parents
religio-cultural practices and were never given the freedom to search for objective
methods of relating to their maker and other humans. Can you join us to make
this feasible?
……………………….……Rev. Prof. J. J. KENEZ (11th Nov. 2009)
CELIBACY IS INHUMAN AND MONOGAMY IS
ABSURD
The Two
Lifestyles are Hypocritical because
Whereas
celibacy is UNNATURAL,
Monogamy is
FALSEHOOD dignified
Not a single one of the biblical patriarchs
practised monogamy. If you know of any, please point him out for all
rationalists to evaluate. Even Patriarch Enoch of Genesis 5 who was so holy
that he was taken up to heaven was married. Besides Prophet Elijah and John the
Baptist that we were priviledged to know their marital status, any occurrence
of such story or legend fully indicates a fabrication, a forgery or a deceit!
Saul of Tarsus was a natural eunuch, in
scientific nomenclature, he is classified as IMPOTENT and so only suggested
that a fulltime priest should be like him so as to be free from family encumbrances
THAT RESTRICT FATHERHOOD ROLES AND DUTIES. HE FELT THAT A GENUINE PRIEST SHOULD
BE CONTINENT, SELF-DISCIPLINED AND ABLE TO GUARD HE REPRODUCTIVE DRIVES SO AS TO
DEVOTE ALL HIS TIME AND ENERGY TO THE SERVICE OF GOD. Search all versions of
the Bible to corroborate my depositions here. And even at that, he still
advised his disciples who had reached the ranks of a bishop to restrict
themselves to one wife, implying that as the time he gave that counselling
priests were all practising polygamy. Come and see biblical evidence, if you
doubt me!
I DID NOT INVENT THE NEXT
QUOTATIONS FROM KJV
1Ti 3:2 A
bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, vigilant, sober, of
good behaviour, given to hospitality, apt to teach; {of good...: or, modest}
Tit 1:6 ¶ If any be blameless, the husband of
one wife, having faithful children not accused of riot or unruly.
LET US SEE THE FULL EXHORTATIONS IN MORE
THAN ONE VERSION
1 ¶ The saying is sure: If any one aspires to the
office of bishop, he desires a noble task. (RSV)
1 ¶ Faithful is the saying, "If
any one is eager to have the oversight of a Church, he desires a noble work." (WNT)
Ac 20:28; Eph 4:12; Php 1:1; 1Ti 1:15
GBN ACC Barnes JFB JWN MHC MHCC PNTC RWP TSK WBN
2 Now a
bishop must be above reproach, the husband of one wife, temperate, sensible,
dignified, hospitable, an apt teacher, (RSV)
2 A minister then must be a man of
irreproachable character, true to his one wife, temperate, sober-minded, well-behaved,
hospitable to strangers,
and with a gift for teaching; (WNT)
1Ti 5:9; 2Ti 2:24; Tit 1:6
GBN ACC Barnes FBN JFB JWN PNTC RWP TSK WBN
3 no
drunkard, not violent but gentle, not quarrelsome, and no lover of money. (RSV)
3 not a hard drinker nor given to
blows; not selfish or quarrelsome or covetous; (WNT)
1Ti 3:8; 2Ti 2:24; Tit 1:7; 1Pe 5:2
GBN ACC Barnes FBN JFB PNTC RWP TSK WBN
4 He must
manage his own household well, keeping his children submissive and respectful
in every way; (RSV)
4 but ruling his own household
wisely and well, with children kept under control with true dignity. (WNT)
Tit 1:6
ACC Barnes FBN JFB JWN PNTC RWP TSK WBN
5 for if a
man does not know how to manage his own household, how can he care for God's
church? (RSV)
5 (If a man does not know how to
rule his own household, how shall he have the Church of God given into his care?) (WNT)
ACC Barnes JFB PNTC RWP TSK
6 He must
not be a recent convert, or he may be puffed up with conceit and fall into the
condemnation of the devil; (RSV)
6 He ought not to be a new convert,
for fear he should be blinded with pride and come under the same condemnation as the Devil.
(WNT)
Isa 14:12
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7 moreover
he must be well thought of by outsiders, or he may fall into reproach and the
snare of the devil. (RSV)
7 It is needful also that he bear a
good character with people outside the Church, lest he fall into reproach or a snare of the
Devil. (WNT)
Ac 22:12; 1Co 5:12; 1Th 4:12; 1Ti 6:9; 2Ti 2:26
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8 ¶ Deacons
likewise must be serious, not double-tongued, not addicted to much wine, not
greedy for gain; (RSV)
8 ¶ Deacons, in the same way, must
be men of serious demeanour, not double-tongued, nor addicted to much wine, nor
greedy of base gain, (WNT)
Le 10:9; Eze 44:21; Ac 6:3; 1Ti 3:3
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9 they must
hold the mystery of the faith with a clear conscience. (RSV)
9 but holding the secret truths of
the faith with a clear conscience. (WNT)
1Ti 1:19
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10 And let
them also be tested first; then if they prove themselves blameless let them
serve as deacons. (RSV)
10 And they must also be well-tried
men, and when found to be of unblemished character then let them serve as deacons. (WNT)
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11 The women
likewise must be serious, no slanderers, but temperate, faithful in all things.
(RSV)
11 Deaconesses, in the same way,
must be sober-minded women, not slanderers, but in every way temperate and trustworthy.
(WNT)
Tit 2:3
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12 Let
deacons be the husband of one wife, and let them manage their children and
their households well; (RSV)
12 A deacon must be true to his one
wife, and rule his children and his own household wisely and well. (WNT)
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13 for those
who serve well as deacons gain a good standing for themselves and also great
confidence in the faith which is in Christ Jesus. (RSV)
13 For those who have filled the deacon's
office wisely and well, are already gaining for themselves an honourable
standing, and are acquiring great freedom of speech in proclaiming the faith
which rests on Christ Jesus. (WNT)
Mt 25:21
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14 ¶ I hope
to come to you soon, but I am writing these instructions to you so that, (RSV)
14 ¶ All this I write to you, though
I am hoping before long to come to see you. (WNT)
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15 if I am
delayed, you may know how one ought to behave in the household of God, which is
the church of the living God, the pillar and bulwark of the truth. (RSV)
15 But, for fear I may be hindered,
I now write, so that you may have rules to guide you in dealing with God's
household. For this is what the Church of the ever-living God is, and it is the
pillar and foundation-stone of the truth. (WNT)
Eph 2:21-22; 2Ti 2:20
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16 Great
indeed, we confess, is the mystery of our religion: He was manifested in the
flesh, vindicated in the Spirit, seen by angels, preached among the nations,
believed on in the world, taken up in glory. (RSV)
16 And, beyond controversy, great is
the mystery of our religion-- that Christ appeared in human form, and His
claims justified by the Spirit, was seen by angels and proclaimed among Gentile
nations, was believed on in the world, and received up again into glory. (WNT)
Mt 3:16; 28:2; Mr 16:5; Lu 2:13; 24:4,51; Joh
1:2,14,32-33; 15:26; 16:8-9; 20:12; Ac 1:9; 10:34; 13:46,48; Ro 1:4; 10:18; Ga
2:8; Eph 3:5-6,8,10; Col 1:6,23,27-28; 1Ti 2:7; 1Pe 1:12; 3:18,22; 1Jo 5:6
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COMPULSORY CLERICAL CELIBACY BOTH FOR MALES AND FEMALES SERVING US BENDS
THE ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH JUST AS THIS PICTURE IS TILTED
I BEGIN TO WONDER WHY THE ROMAN
CATHOLIC FATHERS PUT THIS UNNECESSARY YOKE OF A DECEITFUL LIFESTYLE AND EVEN
MADE IT COMPULSORY CELIBACY ON ITS CLERGY OF THE LATIN RITE, A DEMONIC YOKE
THAT POLLUTES EVERYONE!
Mt 11:29 Take my
yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall
find rest unto your souls.
Mt 11:30 For my yoke is easy, and my burden is
light.
Lu 14:19 And another said, I have bought five
yoke of oxen, and I go to prove them: I pray thee have me excused.
Ac 15:10 Now therefore why tempt ye God, to
put a yoke upon the neck of the disciples, which neither our fathers nor we
were able to bear?
Ga 5:1 ¶ Stand fast therefore in the liberty
wherewith Christ hath made us free, and be not entangled again with the yoke of
bondage.
1Ti 6:1 ¶ Let as many servants as are under
the yoke count their own masters worthy of all honour, that the name of God and
his doctrine be not blasphemed.
(KJV)
LET ME DEMONSTRATE WHAT
MY DEPOSITION AS THE PROLOGUE AT THE BEGINNING OF THIS DIATRIBE INDICATES BY
ASKING EVERYONE …..
HOW MANY
WIVES HAD OUR SO CALLED FATHER IN FAITH
1 ¶ Abraham took another wife, whose name was
Keturah. (RSV)
1 ¶ Abraham
again took a wife, and her name was Keturah. (NKJV)
1Ch 1:32-33
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2 She bore
him Zimran, Jokshan, Medan, Midian, Ishbak, and Shuah. (RSV)
2 And she
bore him Zimran, Jokshan, Medan, Midian, Ishbak, and Shuah. (NKJV)
1Ch 1:32-33
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3 Jokshan
was the father of Sheba and Dedan. The sons of Dedan were Asshurim, Letushim,
and Leummim. (RSV)
3 Jokshan
begot Sheba and Dedan. And the sons of Dedan were Asshurim, Letushim, and
Leummim. (NKJV)
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4 The sons
of Midian were Ephah, Epher, Hanoch, Abida, and Eldaah. All these were the
children of Keturah. (RSV)
4 And the
sons of Midian were Ephah, Epher, Hanoch, Abidah, and Eldaah. All these were
the children of Keturah. (NKJV)
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5 Abraham
gave all he had to Isaac. (RSV)
5 And
Abraham gave all that he had to Isaac. (NKJV)
Ge 24:35-36
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6 But to the
sons of his concubines Abraham gave gifts, and while he was still living he
sent them away from his son Isaac, eastward to the east country. (RSV)
6 But
Abraham gave gifts to the sons of the concubines which Abraham had; and while
he was still living he sent them eastward, away from Isaac his son, to the
country of the east. (NKJV)
Ge 21:14; Jg 6:3
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7 These are
the days of the years of Abraham's life, a hundred and seventy-five years.
(RSV)
7 This is
the sum of the years of Abraham's life which he lived: one hundred and
seventy-five years. (NKJV)
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8 Abraham
breathed his last and died in a good old age, an old man and full of years, and
was gathered to his people. (RSV)
8 Then
Abraham breathed his last and died in a good old age, an old man and full of
years, and was gathered to his people. (NKJV)
Ge 15:15; 35:29; 49:29,33
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9 Isaac and
Ishmael his sons buried him in the cave of Machpelah, in the field of Ephron
the son of Zohar the Hittite, east of Mamre, (RSV)
9 And his
sons Isaac and Ishmael buried him in the cave of Machpelah, which is before
Mamre, in the field of Ephron the son of Zohar the Hittite, (NKJV)
Ge 23:9; 35:29; 50:13
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10 the field
which Abraham purchased from the Hittites. There Abraham was buried, with Sarah
his wife. (RSV)
10 the field
which Abraham purchased from the sons of Heth. There Abraham was buried, and
Sarah his wife. (NKJV)
Ge 23:3-16; 49:31
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11 ¶ After
the death of Abraham God blessed Isaac his son. And Isaac dwelt at
Beerlahairoi. (RSV)
11 ¶ And it
came to pass, after the death of Abraham, that God blessed his son Isaac. And
Isaac dwelt at Beer Lahai Roi. (NKJV)
Ge 16:14; 24:62
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MYFATHER
IN FAITH IS PATRIARCH ENOCH WHO WAS TRANSLATED TO HEAVEN LEST HE BE CORRUPTED
BY HIS PEERS
BY OUR REVOLUTIONARY PROFESSOR OF MODERN
THEOSOPHY
DR JIDEOFO KENECHUKWU DANMBAEZUE,
D.Sc.
RESUME
OF MY DEPOSITION
Just
type RENASCENT IGBO RELIGION into Google Search
and see the volumes I had written on how, why and wherefore our traditional "NSO
ANI" i.e. AVOIDANCE OF DESECRATION OF NATURAL LAWS is
the best religion in the whole world, yet we prefer to swim in foreign
religions and create an immoral nation wherein demonic politicians and
pecuniary religious leaders swindle us and smile to the banks!!
YOU
CAN FOOL ALL THE PEOPLE SOME OF THE TIME, AND YOU CAN ALSO FOOL SOME OF THE
PEOPLE ALL THE TIME, BUT YOU CAN
NEVER FOOL ALL THE PEOPLE ALL THE TIME, TALK LESS OF ATTEMPTING TO FOOL GOD AT
ANY TIME.
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