conrad on March 9th, 2010

Goddess worshipping religions were mostly based on being fertile and its relationship to nature. Crops yield bountifully(read fertile) because the “Mother” provided. This belief honors the females “power” to produce or “create new life”. Nature, and the earth in particular is itself a “mother” which produces bounty.
Goddess worship is found in almost all the pagan [...]

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conrad on March 1st, 2010

I was going to write a blog about Easter using the research I did on it for a couple of months. While writing it I thought of the many people who practices it and for sure they will not be receptive of what I will be writing. And so I thought, instead of putting my [...]

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conrad on February 27th, 2010

More INC ministers ordained
February 17, 2010, 5:36pm
The Executive Minister of the Iglesia ni Cristo (INC), Brother Eduardo V. Manalo, ordained another 200 new ministers at the INC’s Central Temple along Commonwealth Avenue, Quezon City on February 13, 2010.
It was the INC’s second ordination of ministers this year. The first one was held on January 2, [...]

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conrad on February 27th, 2010

Bro Jose Ventilacion, Minister of the Gospel of the Iglesia Ni Cristo will again as he did in many occasions defend the doctrine of the church concerning the oneness and singularity of God the Father when he faces off with Rev Chauncey Killens of the Prunedale Church of God in Christ. The debate will be [...]

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conrad on February 27th, 2010

The top PMA graduate for 2010  is a son of a tricycle driver and a hair dresser. Eraño Belen, who took preparatory classes for aspiring INC minister will be of service to his countrymen in another vocation. He will be taking oath as a member of the Philippine Air Force.
Belen, named after the beloved Bro [...]

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conrad on February 17th, 2010

“Ash Wednesday” is day when Catholics receive a mark of ashes on their forehead, supposedly as a token of penitence.
Ash Wednesday] was taken from Roman paganism, which took it from Vedic India. Ashes were called the seed of the fire god Agni, with power to forgive sins. Ashes were said to were a symbol [...]

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conrad on February 14th, 2010

Today February 14 is Valentines’ day or more accurately St. Valentine’s day! A log of candy, flowers and gifts will change hand today all because it is a celebration of this one mysterious “saint”. Even in the Catholic church in Sikatuna, Quezon City, Philippines a traditional Latin Mass will be held.
But who was this “St [...]

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conrad on February 9th, 2010

In his blog, Mr Abe Arganiosa posed this question:
Is It True That the Miter of the Pope and Bishops Is Patterned After Egyptian Paganism?
To which he proudly answered this:
ANSWER: DEFINITENLY NOT! THE EPISCOPAL MITER OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH IS TAKEN FROM THE HOLY GARMENTS WORN BY THE HIGH RANKING MINISTERS OF GOD IN THE TEMPLE [...]

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conrad on February 4th, 2010

I’ve posted this blog in May 2009 and I was talking about the gays in the Catholic hierarchy, in particular, Archbishop Rembert Weakland who came out and announced that he was gay. Weakland was the former head of the archdiocese of Milwaukee. I admit the article was a not so subtle jab at my admirer [...]

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truthcaster on February 1st, 2010

The Roman Catholic priest Abe Arganiosa is a big disappointment. One would expect so much more from a supposedly “learned”, “schooled”, “educated” person. And yet, judging from his blog entries, Mr Arganiosa is all show and no substance. For a view of this amazing let down, read on:
Misinterpretation of Scriptures
He was talking about bible interpretation [...]

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