Where have I been? I have just discovered this wonderful priest, Fr. Blount. You are amazing. It's amazing the God answered you on a quicker time line. If we believe and trust in him, he can work these little miracles in our lives. Thank you for sharing.
Viva Christo Rey!!! I know my Lord will bring back my 5 brothers to the Catholic faith and that my sweet mother Mary will appear to my mother before she leaves this earth though she doesn’t honor her, Amen!!! Alleluia!!! Keep praying for them Fr. Blount, thank U!!! 🙏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼🤲🏻🤲🏻🤲🏻 💕💕💕🕊🕊🕊✝️📿
The Bible tells us to have no other gods before us. God used Mary to birth Jesus, the immaculate conception. We cannot look to Mary as a God, the Bible tells us this. Read the Bible and see for yourself.
@@constancegarcia4260 There is One Lord, One Faith, and One Baptism. Not thirty thousand. Jesus established One Church not 30 thousand. "NO MAN TAKES THIS AUTHORITY UNTO HIMSELF BUT ONLY THOSE AS CALLED BY GOD AS AARON WAS"..... The apostle Paul was not God either , yet people came to Him to be prayed for. They used to take aprons from him to attempt the heal people. Simply because people invoke Saints does not mean they invoke them as God. And you can bet there is no greater saint than our Lord's mother Mary. By what authority do you sling allegations??? And if your answer is the Bible, then read it all including the verse that says "Judge not lest you be judged. Condemn not lest you be condemned". "The church is the pillar and foundation of Truth". And again Jesus built one Church on Peter, not thirty thousand.
I am praying and asking our bl mother for prayers also. I ask our prayer be united in Jesus name. Hallelujah. Keep praising God. Just keep praising Him
I also don't like clapping in church but I love Fr Jim and his awesome ministry. I am praying that my son who lives in Arizona will attend your retreat in Phoenix this week.
Fr Jim what a good n holy priest you are. It’s so wonderful to listen to you n through listening to you,my love and Honour for our blessed mother has grown by leaps n bounds. I can’t wait for the day when we can all meet n worship together before our merciful loving God.
To witness the super natural power of our God..the Mighty.. some times or even more we have to be like children always to love the real Father Nd Mother always Amen 🙏💗🙏 Amazing.. Praise the Lord 🖐️
Amen to our needing to read the Bible. St Jerome said "Ignorance of scripture is ignorance of Christ"..... In the Bible we have the mind of God, why would we who call ourselves believers in God not want to know fully The God we claim to believe in ... Read Psalm 119 if you want to know how important God's word is to us.
@@jesmary11 Unfortunately, applause is misplaced here. There are many human activities and behaviors that are positive...in the right context. The context here is in front of the altar...and may I assume Father preserves the tabernacle in the worship service...a time and a place that call for veneration and worship. Could not stay to listen to Father. Will not return.
Thank you for sharing this glorious service, it really touched my heart esp. when Father told the conversion of the young Muslim man. Love and respect and Amen from Melbourne, Australia (I've shared to other social media)
A marvelous book. The life of Saint Gemma Galgani, by her own spirit director, Father Germanus. I wish everyone could read this book. 🙏 Maybe Fr Jim you can read about St Gemma and tell her spiritual story.
One of my best friends when I was younger was a Muslim from India and he was the best of guys, love that guy. Nothing makes me happier when father Blount says we will be one with Muslims and Hindu, because they have the best energy and are happy and good people. Will be an awesome day when we all become one. I will be happy because I really love them, and I sometimes think our culture and religion separate us. Hopefully that day comes .
I would think clapping is clearly inappropriate for Holy Mass and other solemn rites. But in this venue it might be appropriate as long as it is directed solely to Our Lord or Our Lady alone, NOT at anyone or anything less. The problem in our culture is that clapping is so associated with the entertainment industry and other vulgarities. As mentioned in another reply, it was a practice of praising God with joy in ancient Judaism. We probably should discern it also as a practice associated with charisms of joy. Father is very devoted to the Most Blessed Sacrament.
THE MEMORARE: REMEMBER, O most gracious Virgin Mary, that never was it known that anyone who fled to thy protection, implored thy help, or sought thy intercession was left unaided. Inspired with this confidence, I fly to thee, O Virgin of virgins, my Mother; to thee do I come; before thee I stand, sinful and sorrowful. O Mother of the Word Incarnate, despise not my petitions, but in thy mercy hear and answer me. Amen.
Jesus says " If ye love me keep my commandments". This is what He deserves to be loved. He that hath my commandments, and keepeth them, he it is that loveth me: and he that loveth me shall be loved of my Father, and I will love him, and will manifest myself to him.
Dear Father my only child is going through a second divorce. Both her husbands have treated her very badly the first one was a psychopath and the second one has been even worse and has used the law against her just because she was weeping and reacting to the way he was treating her. She just wanted to be a good wife but he tried to find fault with everything she did. He goes to church on Sunday but gets bad dreams and has even told her that he has a nemesis who is attacking him. The divorce is going to come through soon but inspite of everything she does not want her divorce to come through. We as parents are helpless. Please pray that a miracle takes place and she is happy again and can be at peace. All we want is for her to be happy.
I am a Christian, I was raised in the Catholic church (several generations). No where in the Bible does it tell us we can not eat meat on Friday during Lent. It is not a sin. Your good! The bible is the total truth, look it up.
@@constancegarcia4260 we do it out of reverence for Christ because he was beaten and crucified on Friday. Because his body was beating, broken and laid bare, we look at it as being respectful.
Eileen feels like she sinned by eating meat on Friday during lent. I felt that way before too when I was a Catholic. But, it is not a sin. It is a Catholic thing to give up meat on Friday during Lent. Well if you don't like meat but you love your coffee in the morning you could give up coffee or whatever you enjoy just to deny your flesh. The point is, that it is not a sin to eat meat on Friday during Lent. This is not in the Bible. To deny the flesh is great, when we do this ourselves we realize how much control our flesh has over us. Just wanted her to check it out and not feel like she sinned because she didn't.
I ask that we keep all of the stories to always be religious and not political as I will not share no matter what political persuasion you endorse.(Vicky Ball)
Im so horrified at the applause. This is our Almighty God not some human beings achievement and especially in front of the Blessed Sacrament. I am so appalled. I was looking forward to hearing you speak about the most beautiful Fulton Sheen ... the clapping was so unnecessary. Maybe choose to be in a hall if you want to clap not in front of Our Lord.
I felt the same way, I remember hearing about Padre Pio saying that the demons and the roman soldiers clapped at Jesus crucified and that we should never clap like that at him on the cross.
I think God sees the hearts more than the manners. I believe He is a cheerful God and if He was here physically with us, I'm sure He would go to a ball game or a car race and clap too. We are His children, and what silly things parents can do with their children out of love. Personally, I don't think God is offended by the clapping, on the contrary, He let's himself be praised because He knows it's done out of love.
“ Clap your hands, all peoples! Shout to God with loud songs of joy! For the Lord, the Most High, is terrible,a great king over all the earth. He subdued peoples under us,and nations under our feet. He chose our heritage for us,the pride of Jacob whom he loves. God has gone up with a shout,the Lord with the sound of a trumpet. Sing praises to God, sing praises!Sing praises to our King, sing praises! For God is the king of all the earth;sing praises with a psalm! God reigns over the nations;God sits on his holy throne. The princes of the peoples gatheras the people of the God of Abraham.For the shields of the earth belong to God;he is highly exalted!” Psalm 47 “Make a joyful noise to the Lord, all the earth; break forth into joyous song and sing praises! Sing praises to the Lord with the lyre,with the lyre and the sound of melody! With trumpets and the sound of the hornmake a joyful noise before the King, the Lord! Let the sea roar, and all that fills it;the world and those who dwell in it! Le t the floods clap their hands;let the hills sing for joy together before the Lord, for he comesto judge the earth.He will judge the world with righteousness,and the peoples with equity.” Psalms 98:4-9 “For you shall go out in joy,and be led forth in peace;the mountains and the hills before you shall break forth into singing, and all the trees of the field shall clap their hands.” Isaiah 55.12
At Calvary, those who applauded were Christ's persecutors, His jailors, His enemies. Mary, Christ's immaculate Mother, stood in silence, her heart broken, at the foot of the Most Sacred Cross. VERY DISRESPECTFUL INSIDE THE HOLY CHURCH.
Is it possible here to have an open-minded discussion of what religion is? Oh well, even if you can't bring yourself to challenge your belief system I can do it for you. All you have to do is keep reading. New ideas are not scary to people of above average intelligence so what do you have to lose, besides a belief system whose 'church' doesn't allow questioning of the scriptures? Ask yourselves if you would believe anything anyone told you was true but forbade you from questioning it if it weren't of a religious nature? C'mon now, be real. Humans are gullible enough without intentionally turning off their 'logic and reason' capabilities! As the famous astronomer Galileo Galilei once said, and I quote; "I do not feel obliged to believe that the same God who has endowed us with senses, reason, and intellect has intended us to forgo their use and by some other means to give us knowledge which we can attain by them." Let's dive in shall we? What is religion? Well, all religions are cults by definition and acts. Though there is a stigma attached to the word 'cult' it is synonymous with religion. So what is a religion/cult? When defining a word one must look at how history defines it. Religions/cults have existed almost as long as humanity because we are small beings with small minds, extremely short-lived and are made to suffer from birth to death. Under such circumstances it isn't hard to understand why humans 'created' belief systems that 'promised' eternal bliss for the 'true believers'. Because of the unscrupulous nature of humans and our propensity for lying/manipulating each other for personal gain.......religions/cults were born. Let's be real here. For as long as humans have walked the earth there have been religions/cults hindering every step toward scientific advancement and enlightenment. Religions/cults have had a hand in every violent conflict humanity has suffered. Monotheistic religions such as Christianity, Judaism and Islam are a few of the currently 'accepted' belief systems/control mechanisms being used to manipulate and control the masses. It is the 'secure buffer' between the wealthy ruling elite and the masses they loathe and fear. Religions/cults preach forgiveness of those who wrong us rather than seeking justice, just ask all the children who have been victimized by pedophilic priests. The relationship between religions/cults and governments has existed almost from the beginning of both. It is why these religions/cults enjoy the 'tax-free' status even though they own massive amounts of property and their influence over political agendas is always on full display. 'In God We Trust'? No. Trusting in a deity that has not made an appearance in over 2000 years is just plain stupid. There is no 'personal God' watching over us or if there is........they are most definitely NOT benevolent as indicated by the never-ending suffering that goes on here abated only by death. Look around you and see all the death and destruction that will eventually consume you. What is religion? It is a lie that has kept humanity from escaping this state of constant misery......nothing more.
Why do you care if or why I believe in God? All that you wrote (and I read it all) would indicate that You don’t believe in God. So what is it to you about my belief? I love you because Christ loves you. God Bless
Where have I been? I have just discovered this wonderful priest, Fr. Blount. You are amazing. It's amazing the God answered you on a quicker time line. If we believe and trust in him, he can work these little miracles in our lives. Thank you for sharing.
I remember watching Bishop Sheen every Sunday Night growing up
Thank you Father Blount for showing us how to make a joyful noise unto the Lord.🙏🙏🙏🙏🥰🌸🌹💕🌺🌼💐
Your love for our Lord is contagious.
🥰💕😄🌹🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏
Nothing wrong with the applause. Jesus understands. Jesus loves and are glad that we are glad to have found Him.
That was beautiful. Thank You, God! ♥️🙏🏼
Viva Christo Rey!!! I know my Lord will bring back my 5 brothers to the Catholic faith and that my sweet mother Mary will appear to my mother before she leaves this earth though she doesn’t honor her, Amen!!! Alleluia!!! Keep praying for them Fr. Blount, thank U!!! 🙏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼🤲🏻🤲🏻🤲🏻 💕💕💕🕊🕊🕊✝️📿
The Bible tells us to have no other gods before us. God used Mary to birth Jesus, the immaculate conception. We cannot look to Mary as a God, the Bible tells us this. Read the Bible and see for yourself.
@@constancegarcia4260 There is One Lord, One Faith, and One Baptism. Not thirty thousand. Jesus established One Church not 30 thousand.
"NO MAN TAKES THIS AUTHORITY UNTO HIMSELF BUT ONLY THOSE AS CALLED BY GOD AS AARON WAS".....
The apostle Paul was not God either , yet people came to Him to be prayed for. They used to take aprons from him to attempt the heal people. Simply because people invoke Saints does not mean they invoke them as God.
And you can bet there is no greater saint than our Lord's mother Mary.
By what authority do you sling allegations??? And if your answer is the Bible, then read it all including the verse that says "Judge not lest you be judged. Condemn not lest you be condemned".
"The church is the pillar and foundation of Truth".
And again Jesus built one Church on Peter, not thirty thousand.
Please I really need a miracle for my family today. Praise be the Lord. Amen
I am praying and asking our bl mother for prayers also. I ask our prayer be united in Jesus name. Hallelujah. Keep praising God. Just keep praising Him
Meditate on the mysteries of the Rosary
"The chastisement we are going through" wow finally a Priest said it!
Very very beautiful blessed talk I really like it I know all the souls will come to God as a lost sheeps 🐑 Amen Amen.
TY Pika 🕯your videos are a blessing 🕯✝🕯
I watched your flame of love parish mission , awesome inspiring wonderful online thank you Fr. James Blount 🙏🙏🙏🌺❤️
Thank you Fr. Jim. May God continue to bless you always. Praise God and may he watch over us always. You speak the truth to us all. 🙏🏻✝️❤️
50.000 people he did not watch over in the earthquake that were killed . WHY
I love Father Blount, and his videos are awesome.
I also don't like clapping in church but I love Fr Jim and his awesome ministry. I am praying that my son who lives in Arizona will attend your retreat in Phoenix this week.
Let us keep praising God. Thank you Father for this.
Fr Jim what a good n holy priest you are. It’s so wonderful to listen to you n through listening to you,my love and Honour for our blessed mother has grown by leaps n bounds. I can’t wait for the day when we can all meet n worship together before our merciful loving God.
Thank you Father.Please pray for my family.Me too worked for 31yrs without taking a sick leave.i work in Kuwait in Cancer Hospital.
May the Presence of God remain with you every day
To witness the super natural power of our God..the Mighty.. some times or even more we have to be like children always to love the real Father Nd Mother always Amen 🙏💗🙏
Amazing.. Praise the Lord 🖐️
What a great priest💖
Love you Fr. Jim🙏🏼❤️
Amen to our needing to read the Bible. St Jerome said "Ignorance of scripture is ignorance of Christ"..... In the Bible we have the mind of God, why would we who call ourselves believers in God not want to know fully The God we claim to believe in ...
Read Psalm 119 if you want to know how important God's word is to us.
Pray for us all thanksgiving fiat
Make a joyful noise unto the Lord!! I think it's wonderful to clap and praise the Lord. He knows people hearts and intentions.
Amen 🙏🏽
@@jesmary11 Unfortunately, applause is misplaced here. There are many human activities and behaviors that are positive...in the right context. The context here is in front of the altar...and may I assume Father preserves the tabernacle in the worship service...a time and a place that call for veneration and worship. Could not stay to listen to Father. Will not return.
beautiful!
Viva Cristo Rey ❤
Thank you for sharing this glorious service, it really touched my heart esp. when Father told the conversion of the young Muslim man. Love and respect and Amen from Melbourne, Australia (I've shared to other social media)
I love Bishop Fulton Sheen ❤❤😊
A marvelous book. The life of Saint Gemma Galgani, by her own spirit director, Father Germanus. I wish everyone could read this book. 🙏 Maybe Fr Jim you can read about St Gemma and tell her spiritual story.
Awesome viva cristo Rey !
This is top notch!!! God bless
Dear Fr. James, pls pray a sol prayer for my intentions, gd health, for my son's job n my children's conversion
Gloria Patri... Alleluia. Amen. 🙏 ❤️ 🕊 🇵🇭
One of my best friends when I was younger was a Muslim from India and he was the best of guys, love that guy. Nothing makes me happier when father Blount says we will be one with Muslims and Hindu, because they have the best energy and are happy and good people. Will be an awesome day when we all become one. I will be happy because I really love them, and I sometimes think our culture and religion separate us. Hopefully that day comes .
May we all receive God's grace, mercy and peace! Peace! BE. 7:55. AM. EDT.
Many thumbs up!!!
Thank you Fr Jim warm greetings from Australia 😂
I would think clapping is clearly inappropriate for Holy Mass and other solemn rites. But in this venue it might be appropriate as long as it is directed solely to Our Lord or Our Lady alone, NOT at anyone or anything less. The problem in our culture is that clapping is so associated with the entertainment industry and other vulgarities. As mentioned in another reply, it was a practice of praising God with joy in ancient Judaism. We probably should discern it also as a practice associated with charisms of joy. Father is very devoted to the Most Blessed Sacrament.
I prefer the clapping over the guitar and drum music during Mass. Lord help the Church!
Padre Pio did not approve of clapping in church because he tells us that the demons and the soldiers clapped at the crucifixion.
THE MEMORARE: REMEMBER, O most gracious Virgin Mary, that never was it known that anyone who fled to thy protection, implored thy help, or sought thy intercession was left unaided. Inspired with this confidence, I fly to thee, O Virgin of virgins, my Mother; to thee do I come; before thee I stand, sinful and sorrowful. O Mother of the Word Incarnate, despise not my petitions, but in thy mercy hear and answer me. Amen.
Maranatha!
Father my grandson Blase Opara is in emergency ward in UK, pray for his healing and deliverances ,he is 8 day old,
Amen 🙏🏻 ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
Life is Beautiful….
Jesus says " If ye love me keep my commandments". This is what He deserves to be loved.
He that hath my commandments, and keepeth them, he it is that loveth me: and he that loveth me shall be loved of my Father, and I will love him, and will manifest myself to him.
Viva Cristo Rey
Thanks to our unholy pontiff aka Pope Carl Marx the cause for Arch Bishop Fulton J Sheen has been delayed or worse
Hope
What is the name of this beautiful Church he is in and where is it?
Dear Father my only child is going through a second divorce. Both her husbands have treated her very badly the first one was a psychopath and the second one has been even worse and has used the law against her just because she was weeping and reacting to the way he was treating her. She just wanted to be a good wife but he tried to find fault with everything she did. He goes to church on Sunday but gets bad dreams and has even told her that he has a nemesis who is attacking him. The divorce is going to come through soon but inspite of everything she does not want her divorce to come through. We as parents are helpless. Please pray that a miracle takes place and she is happy again and can be at peace. All we want is for her to be happy.
Josephine survived in the stairwell My grand mother is a saint named Josephine
Pika tell us when this was originally aired please
If you want accurate prophecy read the Bible.
When did father Blount give this sermon? What year?
Father, you are no Fulton J. Sheen. Can I get an Amen?
FATHER JIM BLOUNT, CAN I BE FORGIVEN FOR EATING MEAT ON FRIDAY LAST NIGHT? I DIDN'T REALIZE IT UNTIL AFTERWARDS 😔🙏🏻❤️
I did that before Eileen. Tell the Lord you are sorry and don’t eat meat on on a different day to make up for it. God knows your heart ♥️
In order for something to be a sin, we have to 1) know that it is a sin and 2) do it anyways. ❤
I am a Christian, I was raised in the Catholic church (several generations). No where in the Bible does it tell us we can not eat meat on Friday during Lent. It is not a sin. Your good! The bible is the total truth, look it up.
@@constancegarcia4260 we do it out of reverence for Christ because he was beaten and crucified on Friday. Because his body was beating, broken and laid bare, we look at it as being respectful.
Eileen feels like she sinned by eating meat on Friday during lent. I felt that way before too when I was a Catholic. But, it is not a sin. It is a Catholic thing to give up meat on Friday during Lent. Well if you don't like meat but you love your coffee in the morning you could give up coffee or whatever you enjoy just to deny your flesh. The point is, that it is not a sin to eat meat on Friday during Lent. This is not in the Bible. To deny the flesh is great, when we do this ourselves we realize how much control our flesh has over us. Just wanted her to check it out and not feel like she sinned because she didn't.
When is this from
If you do not like me sharing about my father, talk to Him about it
YESSSSSS🤣
The priest is not properly vested. This is a time of reverence and prayer, not clapping and shouting.
Lord Bless this priest
Is this a Mass or a retreat type setting?
It's not Holy Mass,Dude!!! Pay Attention,will ya? His Peace!!
I ask that we keep all of the stories to always be religious and not political as I will not share no matter what political persuasion you endorse.(Vicky Ball)
He speaks the Truth, political or not! Thank God a priest who doesn’t sugar coat anything or give us fluff!!!
Mary is not here or there
What do you think about the appearances of Jesus and Mary at Bayside , NY?
It’s been condemned by Holy Mother Church.
@@granmabern5283 😯
No, Muslims don't do that. It is a Hindu sign of greeting .
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Guess what I think of politically correct.....
Vaccines were not a bad thing. Okay - he disappointed me here
Im so horrified at the applause. This is our Almighty God not some human beings achievement and especially in front of the Blessed Sacrament. I am so appalled. I was looking forward to hearing you speak about the most beautiful Fulton Sheen ... the clapping was so unnecessary. Maybe choose to be in a hall if you want to clap not in front of Our Lord.
I felt the same way, I remember hearing about Padre Pio saying that the demons and the roman soldiers clapped at Jesus crucified and that we should never clap like that at him on the cross.
I think God sees the hearts more than the manners. I believe He is a cheerful God and if He was here physically with us, I'm sure He would go to a ball game or a car race and clap too. We are His children, and what silly things parents can do with their children out of love. Personally, I don't think God is offended by the clapping, on the contrary, He let's himself be praised because He knows it's done out of love.
@@annettepare4031
This is taking place in God’s house not a ball game or car race. There is a huge difference!
@@taylorpeter5066 in front of the Tabernacle. David danced in front of the Arc of The Covenant.
“ Clap your hands, all peoples!
Shout to God with loud songs of joy! For the Lord, the Most High, is terrible,a great king over all the earth.
He subdued peoples under us,and nations under our feet.
He chose our heritage for us,the pride of Jacob whom he loves.
God has gone up with a shout,the Lord with the sound of a trumpet. Sing praises to God, sing praises!Sing praises to our King, sing praises!
For God is the king of all the earth;sing praises with a psalm! God reigns over the nations;God sits on his holy throne. The princes of the peoples gatheras the people of the God of Abraham.For the shields of the earth belong to God;he is highly exalted!”
Psalm 47
“Make a joyful noise to the Lord, all the earth;
break forth into joyous song and sing praises!
Sing praises to the Lord with the lyre,with the lyre and the sound of melody!
With trumpets and the sound of the hornmake a joyful noise before the King, the Lord!
Let the sea roar, and all that fills it;the world and those who dwell in it!
Le
t the floods clap their hands;let the hills sing for joy together before the Lord, for he comesto judge the earth.He will judge the world with righteousness,and the peoples with equity.”
Psalms 98:4-9
“For you shall go out in joy,and be led forth in peace;the mountains and the hills before you shall break forth into singing,
and all the trees of the field shall clap their hands.”
Isaiah 55.12
Don’t rewrite the Bible.
Muslim do not bow to anyone but Allah, ever. He must have been Hindu.
I've watched this priest a few times, I can't take him seriously. He's way too protestant in delivery.
At Calvary, those who applauded were Christ's persecutors, His jailors, His enemies.
Mary, Christ's immaculate Mother, stood in silence, her heart broken, at the foot of the Most Sacred Cross.
VERY DISRESPECTFUL INSIDE THE HOLY CHURCH.
Please.father.keep.my.family.in.you.praysellen.michael.ward..my.son.michael.is.going.for.treatemonte.for.cancer..he.has.3.small.children.wife.he.is.27.years.old.
Is it possible here to have an open-minded discussion of what religion is? Oh well, even if you can't bring yourself to challenge your belief system I can do it for you. All you have to do is keep reading. New ideas are not scary to people of above average intelligence so what do you have to lose, besides a belief system whose 'church' doesn't allow questioning of the scriptures? Ask yourselves if you would believe anything anyone told you was true but forbade you from questioning it if it weren't of a religious nature? C'mon now, be real. Humans are gullible enough without intentionally turning off their 'logic and reason' capabilities! As the famous astronomer Galileo Galilei once said, and I quote; "I do not feel obliged to believe that the same God who has endowed us with senses, reason, and intellect has intended us to forgo their use and by some other means to give us knowledge which we can attain by them." Let's dive in shall we? What is religion? Well, all religions are cults by definition and acts. Though there is a stigma attached to the word 'cult' it is synonymous with religion. So what is a religion/cult? When defining a word one must look at how history defines it. Religions/cults have existed almost as long as humanity because we are small beings with small minds, extremely short-lived and are made to suffer from birth to death. Under such circumstances it isn't hard to understand why humans 'created' belief systems that 'promised' eternal bliss for the 'true believers'. Because of the unscrupulous nature of humans and our propensity for lying/manipulating each other for personal gain.......religions/cults were born. Let's be real here. For as long as humans have walked the earth there have been religions/cults hindering every step toward scientific advancement and enlightenment. Religions/cults have had a hand in every violent conflict humanity has suffered. Monotheistic religions such as Christianity, Judaism and Islam are a few of the currently 'accepted' belief systems/control mechanisms being used to manipulate and control the masses. It is the 'secure buffer' between the wealthy ruling elite and the masses they loathe and fear. Religions/cults preach forgiveness of those who wrong us rather than seeking justice, just ask all the children who have been victimized by pedophilic priests. The relationship between religions/cults and governments has existed almost from the beginning of both. It is why these religions/cults enjoy the 'tax-free' status even though they own massive amounts of property and their influence over political agendas is always on full display. 'In God We Trust'? No. Trusting in a deity that has not made an appearance in over 2000 years is just plain stupid. There is no 'personal God' watching over us or if there is........they are most definitely NOT benevolent as indicated by the never-ending suffering that goes on here abated only by death. Look around you and see all the death and destruction that will eventually consume you. What is religion? It is a lie that has kept humanity from escaping this state of constant misery......nothing more.
Why do you care if or why I believe in God? All that you wrote (and I read it all) would indicate that You don’t believe in God. So what is it to you about my belief? I love you because Christ loves you. God Bless
Is this this the pretty boy who came to ireland and departed a lot richer isn't religion a very profitable tax free industry
Viva Cristo Rey!