Being a Christian has nothing to do with churches or buildings, its a personal relationship and full belief in Jesus Christ. No one can look at another and say whether or not they are a true Christian, we don't know what their relationship with Him is.
@jeanniem76 no your right...but the church is a gift of God and were to be part of a local church, because it's our family... But to reject and leave a church and speak against it in public because the pastor preached about something we don't understand, when it's clearly written in the bible; is the same as rejecting God's Word "Exodus 20:5, KJV; Deuteronomy 6:15, KJV" hope that helps
Ethan Allen, whose capture of Fort Ticonderoga while commanding the Green Mountain Boys helped inspire Congress and the country to pursue the War of Independence, said, "That Jesus Christ was not God is evidence from his own words." In the same book, Allen noted that he was generally "denominated a Deist, the reality of which I never disputed, being conscious that I am no Christian."
"All national institutions of churches, whether Jewish, Christian or Turkish, appear to me no other than human inventions, set up to terrify and enslave mankind, and monopolize power and profit."
—Thomas Paine, The Age of Reason, 1794 "The question before the human race is, whether the God of nature shall govern the world by his own laws, or whether priests and kings shall rule it by fictitious miracles?"
— Adams, Washington was unitarian as he believed Jesus lived , but was only a man .
Oprah is not God. or a god. She doesn't have it all right. In the end, she is mortal just like the rest of the world. Place your Faith in something firm, that is unyeilding. Jesus gave you his all, can't you do the same?
@americanreeses96 Jesus was a fictional character in an archiac novel , he gave us nothing . He was a weak retelling of the Gods Horus combined with a few other fables . Nothing new , nothing interesting , and certainly not real .
@MindofaJedi I KNOW, for a fact, that Jesus is not a fictional character. He came to this earth lived, and died. But, you are wrong in this, God is new, every day,Lametations 3:22-23 states 22 Because of the LORD’s great love we are not consumed, for his compassions never fail.
23 They are new every morning; great is your faithfulness. God is in fact intresting. We, as humans, can't even begin to describe him.. And Jesus did give us something, Eternal Life to those who accept.
@americanreeses96 You absolutely do not "know for a fact " that Jesus lived because there is no evidence . You can assume or suppose Jesus was real . That is literally the best you can do . Lamentations is also a fictional work . The Bible cannot confirm the bible this a paradox . If Jesus did live , questionable ,that doesn't mean anyhting about eternal life . The bible is maybe the most disgusting piece of garbage in human history , all who put faith in it are miserable .
@MindofaJedi You're right. I have no without-a-shadow-of-a-doubt-proof that Jesus came to this earth. But I believe. And that is simple enough for me. I can put my trust in whaterever i wish. So did the founding fathers of my country.(not an "if" statement) When Jesus lived, I have proof that what he said I can believe in. As for your last statement, when we are having adult conversation. I would appreciate it if you wouldn't call me miserable. Critizise the idea, not the person. open your mind
@americanreeses96 The founding fathers did NOT believe in Jesus I almost shudder at the thought of alluding to the most fatal example of the abuses of grief which the history of mankind has preserved--the Cross. Consider what calamities that engine of grief has produced! [John Adams, letter to Thomas Jefferson ]Lighthouses are more helpful than churches." Franklin,Religious bondage shackles and debilitates the mind and unfits it for every noble enterprise, every expanded prospect." Madison
so what are these allegedly dangerous thing Oprah has done? why is your video clip so......edited? If I didn't know better I think you were preying on the weak minded.
@SUPREMEQUEEN09 No, if you would look up what she believes in and the "church of Oprah" you'd see what he's talking about. Tackett said almost verbatim about what turned her off from church/Jesus being the only way.
OMG "El Canna" again No one else calls God "El Canna". NO ONE. Goggle "El Canna" and every hit leads to Del Tackett. When my church was watching "The Truth" project that pretty much was the point that he lost 50% of the people. Tackett is a very weak theologian who obviously does not read his Bible for any understanding beyond what he wants to read. But he sells DVDs
It's actually spelled "El Qanna". I googled that and I did find some Biblical results from other sources that don't have anything to do with Del Tackett. Some results include stuff some The Truth Project, of course, but not all. I was curious about your claim so I checked it out for myself. I'm no scholar. I'm just telling you what I found, and it contradicts your claim.
By the way, "El Qanna" simply means "Jealous God". If he were to just simply call Him "Jealous God", would you still complain about it? If not, then why does it matter if he uses another language to say "Jealous God", which is, in this case "El Qanna"?
The point is not the language used. However, Mr. Tackett is fixated on this single aspect of God which as you have discovered is only used 6 times in the Torah. God is so much greater and so much more. He uses "El Qanna" as a weapon, part of the framework of what he claims is the "T"ruth. To Tackett, if you don't agree with this being the supreme aspect of God the you don't know the truth. You don't have the biblical world view. What a pile!!
I dunno, man. My wife and I are going through the Truth Project series right now with some friends, and throughout the entire thing so far (and we're several sections into it already) he's only talked about El Qanna once. We have yet to see if it comes up more later.
...but so far, I hardly get that his whole thing about God is this "El Qanna". I don't see him at all as being a man who believes God is nothing but jealousy. I'm really not sure why you get that impression.
@glencmac Yeah I experienced the Truth Project too, and I agree with vertigoelectric. It doesn't seem to me that he's "fixated on this single aspect of God." It's just one of the many aspects, as you said, but it's of great importance, like every aspect of the LORD. Also, the Word of GOD can be used as a weapon (Ephesians 6:17 & Hebrews 4:12). I think Tackett is just explaining AN aspect of GOD and praising Him for it.
@glencmac One reason you didn't find it is because I'm afraid that you spelled it wrong. Another reason is that your search engine is probably less likely to search for Hebrew words than it is to search for English. ("El Qanna", as it's spelled, is Hebrew) What Tackett is saying, is that the English translation from "El Qanna" into "Jealous God" doesn't do the original word Justice, because "El Qanna" refers more to God's extreme passion for mankind. The word is probably something like אל קא
@uspsionic I see what you're saying, but we humans can't help but soak in the beliefs we expose ourselves to if we're not protected by a Christian worldview. I agree that they shouldn't, but I think people sometimes recognize her as a "wise role model."
@georgefrankleroy Yes, you're right. That was pretty naive of me to say that. She has power and influence and I think favors "self empowerment" instead of Christ being our one and only true source to life. A fellow Christian once told me "if you don't stand for something, you 'll fall for anything". Without the Christian worldview" one can be convinced of anything and be lead down some dangerous paths.
@georgefrankleroy Thank you sir. There are some mainstream pastors out there who seem to favor self empowerment, too. I suppose theyre false prophets.
I love how Christians think that spirituality is dangerous just because the spiritual views of the person does not include Jesus being son of GOD. Why would there even be a literal son of God. IT doesn't actually make any sense, and to believe in it, THAT is what's dangerous.
The question is not whether she threatened anyone or not. The question is whether Oprah will heed to this Dangerous road of lies and share it to all her viewers. Del Tackett was right. She is doing alot of Dangerous things. You ask Dangerous to whom? Can you explain to everybody what she believes is 'not Dangerous'?
Being a Christian has nothing to do with churches or buildings, its a personal relationship and full belief in Jesus Christ. No one can look at another and say whether or not they are a true Christian, we don't know what their relationship with Him is.
jeanniem76 11 months ago
@jeanniem76 no your right...but the church is a gift of God and were to be part of a local church, because it's our family... But to reject and leave a church and speak against it in public because the pastor preached about something we don't understand, when it's clearly written in the bible; is the same as rejecting God's Word "Exodus 20:5, KJV; Deuteronomy 6:15, KJV" hope that helps
Myr862 2 months ago
Sucks to be Ethan Allen.
mickdukes 11 months ago
Ethan Allen, whose capture of Fort Ticonderoga while commanding the Green Mountain Boys helped inspire Congress and the country to pursue the War of Independence, said, "That Jesus Christ was not God is evidence from his own words." In the same book, Allen noted that he was generally "denominated a Deist, the reality of which I never disputed, being conscious that I am no Christian."
MindofaJedi 1 year ago
"All national institutions of churches, whether Jewish, Christian or Turkish, appear to me no other than human inventions, set up to terrify and enslave mankind, and monopolize power and profit."
—Thomas Paine, The Age of Reason, 1794 "The question before the human race is, whether the God of nature shall govern the world by his own laws, or whether priests and kings shall rule it by fictitious miracles?"
— Adams, Washington was unitarian as he believed Jesus lived , but was only a man .
MindofaJedi 1 year ago
Oprah is smarter than the entire Focus on the Family compilation of liars , con artists , theives , and historical revisionists .
MindofaJedi 1 year ago
@MindofaJedi My dear fellow human,
Oprah is not God. or a god. She doesn't have it all right. In the end, she is mortal just like the rest of the world. Place your Faith in something firm, that is unyeilding. Jesus gave you his all, can't you do the same?
americanreeses96 1 year ago
@americanreeses96 Jesus was a fictional character in an archiac novel , he gave us nothing . He was a weak retelling of the Gods Horus combined with a few other fables . Nothing new , nothing interesting , and certainly not real .
MindofaJedi 1 year ago
@MindofaJedi I KNOW, for a fact, that Jesus is not a fictional character. He came to this earth lived, and died. But, you are wrong in this, God is new, every day,Lametations 3:22-23 states 22 Because of the LORD’s great love we are not consumed, for his compassions never fail.
23 They are new every morning; great is your faithfulness. God is in fact intresting. We, as humans, can't even begin to describe him.. And Jesus did give us something, Eternal Life to those who accept.
americanreeses96 1 year ago
@americanreeses96 You absolutely do not "know for a fact " that Jesus lived because there is no evidence . You can assume or suppose Jesus was real . That is literally the best you can do . Lamentations is also a fictional work . The Bible cannot confirm the bible this a paradox . If Jesus did live , questionable ,that doesn't mean anyhting about eternal life . The bible is maybe the most disgusting piece of garbage in human history , all who put faith in it are miserable .
MindofaJedi 1 year ago
@MindofaJedi You're right. I have no without-a-shadow-of-a-doubt-proof that Jesus came to this earth. But I believe. And that is simple enough for me. I can put my trust in whaterever i wish. So did the founding fathers of my country.(not an "if" statement) When Jesus lived, I have proof that what he said I can believe in. As for your last statement, when we are having adult conversation. I would appreciate it if you wouldn't call me miserable. Critizise the idea, not the person. open your mind
americanreeses96 1 year ago
@americanreeses96 The founding fathers did NOT believe in Jesus I almost shudder at the thought of alluding to the most fatal example of the abuses of grief which the history of mankind has preserved--the Cross. Consider what calamities that engine of grief has produced! [John Adams, letter to Thomas Jefferson ]Lighthouses are more helpful than churches." Franklin,Religious bondage shackles and debilitates the mind and unfits it for every noble enterprise, every expanded prospect." Madison
MindofaJedi 1 year ago
so what are these allegedly dangerous thing Oprah has done? why is your video clip so......edited? If I didn't know better I think you were preying on the weak minded.
SUPREMEQUEEN09 1 year ago
@SUPREMEQUEEN09 No, if you would look up what she believes in and the "church of Oprah" you'd see what he's talking about. Tackett said almost verbatim about what turned her off from church/Jesus being the only way.
xxJak 1 year ago
OMG is right! In the Old Testament Qanna occurs 6 times. Qanna is first used in Exd 20:5. Thank you Del!
KonaCatamaran 1 year ago
OMG "El Canna" again No one else calls God "El Canna". NO ONE. Goggle "El Canna" and every hit leads to Del Tackett. When my church was watching "The Truth" project that pretty much was the point that he lost 50% of the people. Tackett is a very weak theologian who obviously does not read his Bible for any understanding beyond what he wants to read. But he sells DVDs
glencmac 2 years ago
It's actually spelled "El Qanna". I googled that and I did find some Biblical results from other sources that don't have anything to do with Del Tackett. Some results include stuff some The Truth Project, of course, but not all. I was curious about your claim so I checked it out for myself. I'm no scholar. I'm just telling you what I found, and it contradicts your claim.
Also, where does he sell these DVDs?
vertigoelectric 2 years ago
By the way, "El Qanna" simply means "Jealous God". If he were to just simply call Him "Jealous God", would you still complain about it? If not, then why does it matter if he uses another language to say "Jealous God", which is, in this case "El Qanna"?
vertigoelectric 2 years ago
The point is not the language used. However, Mr. Tackett is fixated on this single aspect of God which as you have discovered is only used 6 times in the Torah. God is so much greater and so much more. He uses "El Qanna" as a weapon, part of the framework of what he claims is the "T"ruth. To Tackett, if you don't agree with this being the supreme aspect of God the you don't know the truth. You don't have the biblical world view. What a pile!!
glencmac 2 years ago
I dunno, man. My wife and I are going through the Truth Project series right now with some friends, and throughout the entire thing so far (and we're several sections into it already) he's only talked about El Qanna once. We have yet to see if it comes up more later.
...but so far, I hardly get that his whole thing about God is this "El Qanna". I don't see him at all as being a man who believes God is nothing but jealousy. I'm really not sure why you get that impression.
vertigoelectric 2 years ago
@glencmac Yeah I experienced the Truth Project too, and I agree with vertigoelectric. It doesn't seem to me that he's "fixated on this single aspect of God." It's just one of the many aspects, as you said, but it's of great importance, like every aspect of the LORD. Also, the Word of GOD can be used as a weapon (Ephesians 6:17 & Hebrews 4:12). I think Tackett is just explaining AN aspect of GOD and praising Him for it.
georgefrankleroy 1 year ago
@glencmac One reason you didn't find it is because I'm afraid that you spelled it wrong. Another reason is that your search engine is probably less likely to search for Hebrew words than it is to search for English. ("El Qanna", as it's spelled, is Hebrew) What Tackett is saying, is that the English translation from "El Qanna" into "Jealous God" doesn't do the original word Justice, because "El Qanna" refers more to God's extreme passion for mankind. The word is probably something like אל קא
TingThing09 1 year ago
Oprah is an entertainer and her viewers should watch her to be entertained, not influnced spiritually . Just my opinion.
uspsionic 2 years ago
@uspsionic I see what you're saying, but we humans can't help but soak in the beliefs we expose ourselves to if we're not protected by a Christian worldview. I agree that they shouldn't, but I think people sometimes recognize her as a "wise role model."
georgefrankleroy 1 year ago
@georgefrankleroy Yes, you're right. That was pretty naive of me to say that. She has power and influence and I think favors "self empowerment" instead of Christ being our one and only true source to life. A fellow Christian once told me "if you don't stand for something, you 'll fall for anything". Without the Christian worldview" one can be convinced of anything and be lead down some dangerous paths.
uspsionic 1 year ago
@uspsionic Hmm yeah that's a cool phrase. And I agree about how she favors "Self empowerment." That's a good way of putting it
georgefrankleroy 1 year ago
@georgefrankleroy Thank you sir. There are some mainstream pastors out there who seem to favor self empowerment, too. I suppose theyre false prophets.
uspsionic 1 year ago
I love how Christians think that spirituality is dangerous just because the spiritual views of the person does not include Jesus being son of GOD. Why would there even be a literal son of God. IT doesn't actually make any sense, and to believe in it, THAT is what's dangerous.
Drummur 2 years ago
daft cunt
Scorner99 2 years ago
he just means that the lies are dangerous. i guess its just dangerous to everyone. that's what he meant.
lilsuwatch 3 years ago
Dangerous meaning New Age doctrine; Oprah is a big supporter of it.
kidfilm5 2 years ago
Dangerous to whom? Did she threatened anyone?
freierHimmel 3 years ago
The question is not whether she threatened anyone or not. The question is whether Oprah will heed to this Dangerous road of lies and share it to all her viewers. Del Tackett was right. She is doing alot of Dangerous things. You ask Dangerous to whom? Can you explain to everybody what she believes is 'not Dangerous'?
kigawman 2 years ago