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Viking Magic Wand
For decades the experts at the British Museum believed that this item, discovered at a woman’s grave from Norway was just a hook used in fishing. However, new research suggests that it was her ‘magic wand’ and that it was deliberately bent to destroy its power.
The Times newspaper reported that this item, a 90 cm long iron rod, was first brought to the British Museum in 1894. British Museum curator Sue Branning believes that it was probably a magical staff used to perform ‘seithr’, a form of Viking sorcery predominantly practiced by women.
She told The Times: ”These are magical practices, which we don’t fully understand. It involves divination, prophecy, communication with the dead and making people do things. Our rod fits, in terms of its form, with a number of these rods that turn up in the 9th and 10th century in female burials. They normally take the form of these long iron rods with knobs attached to them.”
The rod would have been ‘ritually’ destroyed in order to prevent the sorceress from rising from the dead, or to stop anyone else from using it. Branning adds, ”When we hear about the Vikings we hear all about the powerful warriors, but now we know there were also powerful women. These women were very well respected, but they were quite feared as well. They may have been on the margins of society. You might not want to get close to them because they have this power. The sources we have describe them as wearing blue and black cloaks with gems attached.”
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http://beginningandend.com/monst…
"Notice that it says “unleash the Beast” which is precisely what the Bible describes in the end-times when the ‘Beast spirit’ that indwells the Antichrist will be released, enter the Antichrist and start a reign of terror, murder and destruction the world has never witnessed in its history.
For more information on the Mark of the Beast, the number of the Beast and its promotion in pop culture today, see our article “666 – The Mark of The Beast – Humanity’s Ultimate Choice“. If Monster Energy is indeed is doing this intentionally, it would just be part of a greater move to subtly prepare society for the coming of the false Christ. Do not be deceived."- hahahamonospaced
- The logo is also 666 in hebrew...********
- yurimon-5
- These guys make some dead on points, they have zero charisma and constantly throw around platitudes though. They sound unintelligent.********
- "Uuuh, like, umm, uuh, ummm." Sounds like a fucking idiot********
- These guys make some dead on points, they have zero charisma and constantly throw around platitudes though. They sound unintelligent.
- monospaced0
http://ideas.ted.com/why-the-pop…
Great read on the Pope's encyclical and how he is integrating science and religion, and why it matters.
- he also wants communism n wealth distribution however i'm sure he is holding on to the trillions they have.yurimon
- so irrelevant, yurimonmonospaced
- hes a douche. relevant.yurimon
- it only matters to religious peopledoesnotexist
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1500 Year Old Bible Claims Jesus Christ Was Not Crucified –
Much to the dismay of the Vatican, an approx. 1500-2000 year old bible was found in Turkey, in the Ethnography Museum of Ankara. Discovered and kept secret in the year 2000, the book contains the Gospel of Barnabas – a disciple of Christ – which shows that Jesus was not crucified, nor was he the son of God, but a Prophet.
The book also calls Apostle Paul “The Impostor”.
The book also claims that Jesus ascended to heaven alive, and that Judas Iscariot was crucified in his place.
A report by The National Turk says that the Bible was seized from a gang of smugglers in a Mediterranean-area operation. The report states the gang was charged with smuggling antiquities, illegal excavations, and the possession of explosives.
The books itself is valued as high as 40 Million Turkish Liras (approx. 28 mil. Dollars). Man, where is the Thieves Guild, when you need them?
Authenticity
According to reports, experts and religious authorities in Tehram insist that the book is original. The book itself is written with gold lettering, onto loosely-tied leather in Aramaic, the language of Jesus Christ.
The text maintains a vision similar to Islam, contradicting the New Testament's teachings of Christianity.
Jesus also foresees the coming of the Prophet Muhammad, who would found Islam 700 years later.
It is believed that, during the Council of Nicea, the Catholic Church hand-picked the gospels that form the Bible as we know it today; omitting the Gospel of Barnabas (among many others) in favor of the four canonical gospels of Matthew, Mark, Luke and John. Many biblical texts have begun to surface over time, including those of the Dead Sea and Gnostic Gospels; but this book especially, seems to worry the Vatican.
The Catholic Church wants in
What does this mean to Christian-derived religions and their followers? Quite a tight spot. The Vatican has asked Turkish authorities to let them examine the contents of the book within the Church. Now that the book has been found, will they come to accept the it and its evidence? Will they deny it altogether? Call it a “Muslim lie”, as did the “Truth” Magazine, in 2000? To many, this book is a beacon of hope, that believers soon realize that the object of their adoration is arbitrary; and that all text, especially religious text, is subject to interpretation. What does this mean to atheists/agnostics/secular thinkers? Is the text real? Fake? Does it matter?Hopefully, this news inspires the religious to ask questions, instead of pointing fingers or believing anything blindly.
Please, don't go poking fun or tossing around the “I told you so!”s. The biggest danger of faith is when people believe what they want to believe, defending against any and all evidence; especially when that evidence revolutionizes their foundation from the ground up. And the biggest culprit to that danger is the ego trap: rejecting/criticizing others, for being unlike you. For centuries, the “defense” of blind faith has driven nations to war, violence, discrimination, slavery and to become the society of automatons that we are today; and for just as long, it has been justified with lies. If you know better, act like it. Read
Sources: Sons On The Pyre, National Turk http://sonsonthepyre.com/1500-ye…
http://www.nationalturk.com/en/1…- Re: the last paragraph, I find it hard to believe Christianity will change its foundations based on this revolutionary evidence.monospaced
- And I will respect your request to not poke fun or play the "I told you so" game.monospaced
- mocking the word of God with some counterfeit manuscrit, !!!!GeorgesII
- Are those paperclips holding the pages of a 1500 year old book?dmay
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spot onApeRobot - http://ak-hdl.buzzfe…pablo28
- how convenient and uncensored.yurimon
- haha paperclippinkfloyd
- 3 reliable sources: Sons On The Pyre, National Turk and knowledgeoftoday.org…
lolpablo28 - Cool stuff. Ya Paul hates on Jesus for jesus' whole life, wasn't untill the guy died and it became a popular movement did Paul jump the bandwagon and co-opt the********
- Entire thing. In short, Paul was a dick, so fake or not, this document has some merit********
- lol @ pablo.
I guess you would label cnn and bbc as reliable? Humorous.******** - but yes I have no idea how real this is, and the paperclips are a bit of a giveaway, just thought it was interesting reading.********
- new testament apocrypha are fascinatinginteliboy
- also the catholic church are not phased - they simply try to debunk what ever doesn't fit their systeminteliboy
- uh ohdbloc
- plot twistKrassy
- I can 3D print this book for a pack of smokes nowadays.kona
- Special archival paperclips. Barely any pressure.BrokenHD
- nothing is going to change, because people are too afraid to change their engrained beliefs. was in jerusalem and oooh man that was like a religious theme park.sea_sea
- there's a book i read about jesus not dying, therefore not resurrecting. which would destroy christianity as we know it. so this concept is not completely new.sea_sea
- It's a 500ish year old book (1500AD) Not 1500 years olf. Also this story is more than a year old and the book was discovered back in 2000.ETM
- Really cool.Hayoth
- yeah this one in particular seems far fetched. the book of Thomas on the other hand is really interesting and possibly legit.inteliboy
- For the record the pages are leather not paper, so I don't imagine the clip would damage it...********
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"This evidence might be taken as supporting the 'Caesar's Messiah' theory of Jesus Christ.
The story goes like this: The Roman were repeatedly having problems with the rebellious jewish tribes. Slaughtering them didn't seem to stem the rebellions. The Romans learned
from Josephus that the core of the Jewish beliefs were holy scriptures. The Romans set about updating these texts with new scriptures that would be pro-Roman, and provide rules of personal
conduct that would be more conducive to Roman rule: turn the other cheek, love thy neighbour, forgiveness, walk the extra mile etc. In other words, don't spend your time rebelling.The new testament contains the line, from the mouth of Jesus,
"render unto Caesar what is Caesar's". In other words, pay your taxes.
That's a very bizarre thing for the saviour of mankind to be sayingIt all adds up to:
(1) don't fight back
(2) pay your taxesWhy is the catholic church head quartered in Rome ?
Why were the first bishops and saints related to Caesar ?A very interesting theory... in my humble opinion... very plausible.
For those of you interested in this theory see here:
https://www.youtube.com/user/cae…Of-course, none of this is suggesting there isn't a god, it's just
suggesting that an account of Jesus's life was fabricated in order
to create a religion... for the purposes of social control.... originally
of the Jewish people... and later the Roman people.. and later European people and later ... much of the rest of the world."- thanks for sharingmonospaced
- Not a theory though. Historical fact********
- seems the most plausiblescarabin
- I heard different stories. There could have been a character like jesus, a rebel or king. his story was changed. however the story most known now is astrotheolyurimon
- GeorgesII0
keep mocking religion,
you'll be left here anyway
- I love your posts, you fabulous manmonospaced
- http://ak-hdl.buzzfe…pango
- eheheh can I at least get a pat on the back for bringing the only SANE argument into this thread!!!GeorgesII
- you've got it :)monospaced
- You sir may pat you're own back.
http://i.imgur.com/q…pango - masturbation confirmed.yurimon
- Masturbation = Illuminati! Confirmed!pango
- oh man, i wanna go to 1980s trapper keeper heaven! looks like a justice videoscarabin
- wowzerssea_sea
- chukkaphob1
- Running round wearing nothing but a cape flashing nuns. Nuns do refer to themselves as brides of Jesus, which I always found odd********
- Running round wearing nothing but a cape flashing nuns. Nuns do refer to themselves as brides of Jesus, which I always found odd
- scarabin0
yo PDF is where it's at now guise, try to keep up
- doesnotexist2
all because people are afraid of death and hope there's more life
- in a nutshellmoldero
- yupmonospaced
- still doesn't answer the question though. its a guess like anything else especially if a person is not spiritual.yurimon
- it's just as much a guess even if a person isn't spiritualmonospaced
- *ismonospaced
- someone can think they are spiritual but are naughtyurimon
- No shit.monospaced
