When I started out to write this article (which I did in a single intense week-end), I had in mind a conclusion. Then I ran out of time to put that conclusion down. Later on I was no longer so sure of the conclusion. I didn't want to complete it unless could do so with sincerity and confidence.
That was early summer 2010 - it is now Spring 2012. I now know how I want to write part 2.
The first article has been mostly an endorsement of Sitchin's thesis. For Christians reading the article, many would probably go away with a view that this article is an undercutting of what they believe.
The primary issue revolves around who is Yahweh and what exactly is the relationship of this being (if any) to Christianity?
(Note: It appears that the Hebrew scriptures employed Yahweh as a titular title of a position much as became of the name Caesar - a title that all the emperors of Rome took on, and which became Kaiser and Czar. The personality of the character Yahwey shifts from one chronological episode to another - for instance the Yahweh visiting Abraham is rather different than the one that Moses dealt with.)
Not surprisingly neither Sitchin or myself (or any other researchers of our contemporary era) are the first ones to begin to see Yahweh in a much different light than what has been officially portrayed by Christianity since the 4th century AD. Interestingly, the Gnostic Christians had a very different point of view that is encapsulated in their concept of the Demiurge.
In part 2 I will be touching on:
coauthors Joseph P. Farrell and Scott D. deHart
Delitzsch's Dilemma
Christian Obrien (Genius of the Few - The Shining Ones)
Elaine Pagels
coauthors Graham Hancock and Robert Bauval
coauthors James D. Tabor and Simcha Jacobovici
Issac Asimov's fictional Foundation Trilogy and the character of the Mule
For Christians, here is the dilemma - the wrong faction dominated and became endorsed by the Roman state. From there it has been downhill ever since.
So the key is to go back to the Christian roots of the very first century, keeping in mind these simple guidelines:
*) blood sacrifice to a deity is always demonic (bad) - no exceptions
*) a deity demanding that humans take other human life is always demonic (bad) - no exceptions
*) a tree can be recognized by the fruit it produces (Matthew 7:16-20)
Yeshua came to point humanity back to the real realm of spiritual reality - not to endorse the Annunaki/Elohim escapades of civil war or sibling rivalry where humanity is an unfortunate pawn in the power plays/machinations.
Have a few more blog post to write (which my blog can be found
here), but Part 2 will be coming.
Quote:Jesus said, "Let the one who seeks continue seeking until they find what they are looking for. When they find it, they will become troubled. When they become troubled, they will be amazed, and they will rule over the All."
Nyland, Dr A. (2011-06-13). The Gospel of Thomas (p. 17). Kindle Edition. (Translation from Coptic version of verse.)
