Syncretism: Have We Inherited Lies From Our Fathers? Christmas in Detail 07

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Are the traditions you hold dear built upon the solid rock of Scripture, or are they resting on the shifting sands of ancient compromise? It is time to peel back the heavy curtain of history and tradition to confront the reality of syncretism and see if your worship remains pure.  This teaching gives you a clear, God Honest look at how syncretism has influenced the world around you, often without you even realizing it, revealing how ancient practices blend with Christianity today. We explore how historical blending has shaped modern Christianity, empowering you to reclaim the unmixed reverence due to the Creator.  This teaching gives you a clear, God Honest look at how Syncretism has influenced the world around you, often without you even realizing it. This is a vital teaching for anyone who values sound doctrine, historical awareness, and spiritual integrity. So join us as we learn the God Honest Truth about syncretism.  Don't forget to like this video, subscribe to our channel, and click the bell icon so you don't miss our next teaching!  #Syncretism #Interpretatio #ReligiousSyncretism #FaithAndCulture #GodHonestTruth  Video Chapters: 00:00 Teaching Introduction Video Start  Resources from God Honest Truth: Get the full notes, drash slides, and transcript for this teaching: [https://www.godhonesttruth.com/wp/2025/12/05/syncretism-have-we-inherited-lies-from-our-fathers-live-stream-12-05-2025/]  Find more resources to help you in your walk of faith: [https://www.GodHonestTruth.com]  Buy Me a Coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/GodHonestTruth  Ko-fi: https://ko-fi.com/godhonesttruth  Social Media Links: https://godhonesttruth.com/wp/connect-socially/  Music: TheFatRat - Kingdom Come Watch the official music video: https://tinyurl.com/tfrkingdomcome Listen to Kingdom Come: https://thefatrat.ffm.to/warriorsongs Follow TheFatRat: https://ffm.bio/thefatrat  —-Disclaimer: The information presented here is for documentary, educational, and entertainment purposes only. Any imitation or application of the content is done at your own risk. Neither the creators nor associated platforms shall be liable for any injury or damage resulting from such use. This content is freely accessible; please report any unauthorized attempts to charge. By viewing or flagging this content, you acknowledge and accept these terms.  Fair Use: Any inclusion of third-party audio/music, video, or images is used under Fair Use for commentary, parody, and educational or documentary purposes.  This video may contain content that is unsuitable for overly sensitive persons with low self-esteem, no sense of humor or irrational religious beliefs.

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00:00:00Imagine discovering that some of the traditions handed down to you,

00:00:05some of the traditions that you intensely cherish,

00:00:08were shaped by gods and cultures that don't honor Yahweh.

00:00:13What if the practices of biblical faith that we hold dear

00:00:16are permeated by rituals that undermine what you believe?

00:00:21One of the most dangerous concepts in all of religious history

00:00:24is a heresy built on the blending of faiths.

00:00:30It's called syncretism, the cultural mechanism and historical tool

00:00:34that hid pagan idols within biblical names.

00:00:38Syncretism is not just an academic word.

00:00:41It's the downfall of pure worship.

00:00:45The Greeks blended foreign gods into their own system,

00:00:48and the Romans mastered the practice.

00:00:51And it's still one of the driving forces behind religious shifts

00:00:55that affect modern Christian practice today.

00:00:58In this video, we are exposing the long-standing system of syncretism,

00:01:04the deliberate mixing of truth and myth

00:01:07that reshaped many of your sacred traditions.

00:01:10If your desire is to serve Yahweh with a whole heart

00:01:14and an undivided faith, then keep watching,

00:01:18because what you learn in this teaching

00:01:20may change how you see the Bible forever.

00:01:42So this teaching is going to be all about syncretism.

00:01:45What it is, how it's been implemented in the past

00:01:49with other cultures, within the faith that we hold

00:01:53that is supposed to be the faith of Messiah,

00:01:57how syncretism has kind of worked its way in there,

00:01:59some examples of that,

00:02:00even some modern-day versions of syncretism within Christianity.

00:02:04It is still going on.

00:02:06It's not something that happened way back in the past.

00:02:08It's still going on today.

00:02:09And you'll see some examples of that

00:02:11as we get more into the teaching.

00:02:13Now, before we get into that,

00:02:15I just wanted to give the same disclaimer that I always give

00:02:17and the same information I always give,

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00:02:25there's going to be a whole bunch more

00:02:27in the notes that we have provided

00:02:29and took for this particular episode

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00:03:14They're rarely, I mean, fairly interesting,

00:03:18but yeah, some of the more meat and potatoes

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00:04:11for this particular episode.

00:04:12Now starting out,

00:04:14during the research

00:04:15for this particular episode,

00:04:16I ran across a

00:04:18several good quotes,

00:04:20but one that really stuck out to me

00:04:21is a quote from Tertullian.

00:04:24And this is from a writing he done

00:04:25called De Adololatria.

00:04:30Adololatria.

00:04:31Anyways, it's on idolatry.

00:04:33That's the translation of it.

00:04:36But in this particular writing,

00:04:38at the very end of it,

00:04:39this is chapter 24 of that writing,

00:04:41Tertullian writes the following,

00:04:42quote,

00:04:43Amid these reefs and inlets,

00:04:46amid these shallows and straits of idolatry,

00:04:49faith,

00:04:50her sails,

00:04:50filled by the Spirit of God,

00:04:52navigates,

00:04:53safe if cautious,

00:04:54secure if intently watchful.

00:04:56But to such as are washed overboard

00:04:59is a deep,

00:05:00whence is no out swimming.

00:05:02To such as are run aground

00:05:04is inextricable,

00:05:07shook break.

00:05:08To such as are engulfed

00:05:09is a whirlpool,

00:05:11where there is no breathing,

00:05:12even in idolatry.

00:05:14All waves thereof whatsoever suffocate.

00:05:17Every eddy thereof

00:05:18sucks down into Hades.

00:05:20The reason why the Holy Spirit did,

00:05:22when the apostles at that time

00:05:23were consulting,

00:05:25relax the bond and yoke for us,

00:05:27was that we might be free

00:05:28to devote ourselves

00:05:29to the shunning of idolatry,

00:05:32end quote.

00:05:34So here,

00:05:35this is a common theme

00:05:36you'll find within,

00:05:37especially a lot of the early writers.

00:05:39And when I mean early,

00:05:40I mean before 325,

00:05:43before Nicaea,

00:05:45a lot of these writers,

00:05:46they would absolutely upfor

00:05:48the bringing in of pagan ways,

00:05:51the bringing in of idolatrous practices

00:05:54and idolatrous dates

00:05:55and stuff like that.

00:05:56They did not like that.

00:05:58They did not agree with syncretism.

00:06:01They wrote against it vehemently

00:06:03a lot of times.

00:06:04So this is not the first time

00:06:06you'll hear someone shunning

00:06:08the practice of syncretism.

00:06:11And unfortunately,

00:06:13as history goes on,

00:06:14there is some people

00:06:15who adopt syncretism

00:06:17and use it to their own benefits.

00:06:20And we'll get into that more as we go.

00:06:22But you may be thinking,

00:06:24okay, well,

00:06:24they opposed and prohibited

00:06:26and did not like syncretism.

00:06:27But what is syncretism itself?

00:06:31What is this subject,

00:06:31this word that we keep talking about

00:06:33in which this whole

00:06:34devotion or this whole teaching

00:06:38is dedicated to?

00:06:40Well,

00:06:40syncretism defined,

00:06:41this comes from Merriam-Webster,

00:06:43syncretism,

00:06:44the combination of different forms

00:06:45of belief or practice

00:06:47or the fusion of two or more

00:06:49originally different inflectional forms.

00:06:52From the Cambridge Dictionary,

00:06:54quote,

00:06:55syncretism is the combining

00:06:56of different religions,

00:06:58cultures,

00:06:58or ideas,

00:06:59end quote.

00:07:00So this is a pretty good

00:07:03secular overview

00:07:04of what syncretism is.

00:07:06It's a blending

00:07:07of two different beliefs

00:07:08or practices,

00:07:09and that can be political,

00:07:11that can be cultural,

00:07:13that can be religious

00:07:14or beliefs.

00:07:16And of course,

00:07:16for our practice

00:07:18in our context,

00:07:19we are studying

00:07:20the syncretism

00:07:21within belief

00:07:22or religion.

00:07:24And as such,

00:07:25let's get a definition

00:07:25of syncretism

00:07:26from a modern-day writer,

00:07:28and his name is Tim Haig.

00:07:30Most of you

00:07:31who are in the messianic mindset

00:07:32probably have heard of him before.

00:07:33He does a lot

00:07:35of messianic writings.

00:07:37Anyways,

00:07:37this is a quote

00:07:38from Tim Haig,

00:07:39and he says,

00:07:40quote,

00:07:40The term syncretism means

00:07:42to attempt union

00:07:43or reconciliation

00:07:44of diverse

00:07:45or opposite tenets

00:07:46or practices,

00:07:47especially in philosophy

00:07:49or religion.

00:07:50In short,

00:07:51syncretism is mixing things

00:07:52that essentially differ.

00:07:54From the beginning

00:07:55of God's revelation to man,

00:07:57he has made known

00:07:58the simple fact

00:07:59that he does not

00:08:00accept syncretism.

00:08:01The central issue

00:08:02of holiness

00:08:03is bound up

00:08:04in the concept

00:08:05of separation,

00:08:06end quote.

00:08:08And he's exactly right

00:08:09about that,

00:08:09because that whole concept,

00:08:11the whole word

00:08:11of holy

00:08:12or holiness,

00:08:14the word itself

00:08:16in the original language,

00:08:17the original Hebrew,

00:08:18means set apart.

00:08:20Not to be blending,

00:08:22not to be alike,

00:08:23not to be similar to,

00:08:25but to be set apart from.

00:08:27That's what holy means,

00:08:29and the translation

00:08:29that we use,

00:08:31here at God on His Truth,

00:08:32that's the Scriptures

00:08:322009 translation,

00:08:34they don't use

00:08:35the word holy,

00:08:36instead they translate it

00:08:37as set apart

00:08:38to make it more obvious

00:08:40of what the word

00:08:40actually means.

00:08:42So yeah,

00:08:43when Tim Haig writes,

00:08:44the central issue

00:08:45of holiness

00:08:45is bound up

00:08:46in the concept

00:08:47of separation,

00:08:48it hits the nail

00:08:49right on the head,

00:08:50because holy

00:08:51in Scripture

00:08:52means set apart

00:08:53or separation,

00:08:55or separated

00:08:55from the world

00:08:56to Yahweh.

00:08:58Now to better understand

00:09:00this concept

00:09:00of syncretism,

00:09:01here are some analogies

00:09:02real quick.

00:09:03We're talking about

00:09:03the tainted well first.

00:09:05This is just

00:09:05an analogy, okay?

00:09:07Anyways,

00:09:08going by the analogy

00:09:11of a tainted well,

00:09:12syncretism is like

00:09:13a village

00:09:14with a single

00:09:15pure well.

00:09:16They come to this village

00:09:17and they've only got

00:09:17one well

00:09:18and it's got good

00:09:19pure water in it.

00:09:21That's how we start out.

00:09:23But over time,

00:09:24people begin pouring

00:09:24small amounts of water

00:09:25from other sources

00:09:27into it,

00:09:27sources like river water

00:09:29or swamp water

00:09:30or whatever

00:09:31other water

00:09:33they may find

00:09:33out and about

00:09:34in the woods

00:09:35or in the travels

00:09:35or whatnot.

00:09:37And the people

00:09:37they pour it in there,

00:09:39they think it's

00:09:40going to be okay.

00:09:40They think it's

00:09:41going to stretch

00:09:42the supply

00:09:42that they've got

00:09:43and it'll last longer.

00:09:45They think that

00:09:45the water they're

00:09:46pouring in there

00:09:46will be purified

00:09:48by the water

00:09:50that's in the well,

00:09:51the good pure water.

00:09:52And they think

00:09:53it'll all work out

00:09:54in the end

00:09:54just be a wash.

00:09:56However,

00:09:56eventually,

00:09:57the well

00:09:58still looks like

00:09:59a well,

00:10:00still looks like

00:10:01it always dead

00:10:02and it still

00:10:02seems like water.

00:10:04When you take it out

00:10:05and you look at it,

00:10:06it still looks like

00:10:07the exact same water

00:10:08that you got

00:10:09in the very beginning.

00:10:10However,

00:10:11now it carries

00:10:12contamination

00:10:13that slowly

00:10:14poisons

00:10:15the village.

00:10:17So the villagers

00:10:18insist the well

00:10:19is the same,

00:10:20but its nature

00:10:20has changed.

00:10:21Syncretism,

00:10:22here,

00:10:23is the truth

00:10:24gets diluted

00:10:25into the mixture

00:10:25and destroys

00:10:27what was once pure.

00:10:28So you can take

00:10:29something that's

00:10:29pure and holy

00:10:30and set apart

00:10:31and then you start

00:10:32implementing syncretism

00:10:34and you start

00:10:35bringing in things

00:10:36that are not good,

00:10:37that are not holy,

00:10:38that are not set apart.

00:10:40Things from paganism,

00:10:42things from other

00:10:43fairy tales

00:10:43like Hinduism

00:10:44or Buddhism

00:10:45or Islam,

00:10:46et cetera,

00:10:47et cetera.

00:10:48Start bringing

00:10:48this stuff in

00:10:49and it's going

00:10:49to pollute

00:10:50and poison

00:10:51the good

00:10:52and pureness

00:10:53of the faith

00:10:54that was handed

00:10:55down to us.

00:10:57That's the problem

00:10:58with syncretism.

00:10:58It dilutes the faith

00:11:00and it's been going

00:11:00on for so long

00:11:02that people have

00:11:03come to accept

00:11:05what has been

00:11:06syncretized

00:11:07into Christianity.

00:11:08They've become

00:11:09to accept it

00:11:10as truth

00:11:11and as something

00:11:12that's pure

00:11:13and holy

00:11:13and the way

00:11:15it's always been done.

00:11:16That's the way

00:11:16they think a lot of times.

00:11:17That's the way

00:11:17I thought about

00:11:18some doctrines

00:11:19until I started

00:11:20studying and

00:11:21questioning for myself

00:11:22and it's

00:11:24really eye-opening

00:11:25to see all these

00:11:26different things

00:11:26that were brought

00:11:27into the faith

00:11:28through this process

00:11:29called syncretism.

00:11:31Another analogy.

00:11:33This is about

00:11:33some currency

00:11:35that's, I guess,

00:11:35metal coins, right?

00:11:38Syncretism

00:11:38is like taking

00:11:39genuine gold coins

00:11:41and melting them

00:11:42down with

00:11:42cheaper metals

00:11:43because someone

00:11:44thinks the coins

00:11:45will still be

00:11:46of the same value

00:11:47but they'll have

00:11:49a lot more of them

00:11:50because they've,

00:11:51in essence,

00:11:51cut it, right?

00:11:52They've made more

00:11:53by blending in

00:11:54these cheaper metals.

00:11:55And after mixing

00:11:57the alloys,

00:11:57the coins are

00:11:58still the same

00:11:59color,

00:12:00the same size

00:12:01and they still

00:12:02bear the same

00:12:02images.

00:12:03They still have

00:12:04the same heads

00:12:05and the same tails

00:12:06and they still,

00:12:06they look exactly

00:12:07like they did

00:12:08before they were

00:12:09mixed with these

00:12:09other metals.

00:12:11However,

00:12:12in reality,

00:12:13their value has

00:12:14diminished and

00:12:15dropped massively

00:12:17because you take

00:12:18away the gold,

00:12:19you start polluting

00:12:19it and the value

00:12:21obviously goes down

00:12:22from pure gold.

00:12:23so their value

00:12:25and their integrity

00:12:26is all compromised.

00:12:28Again,

00:12:28it's been diluted

00:12:29and poisoned

00:12:30like we saw

00:12:31with the well.

00:12:32Another analogy

00:12:32that I've heard

00:12:33from time to time

00:12:34is you take a glass

00:12:35of water

00:12:36and you gotta have

00:12:37water to live.

00:12:38You take a glass

00:12:39of water

00:12:39and you drink it,

00:12:40it's good for you.

00:12:41But you take a glass

00:12:42of water

00:12:42and you put

00:12:43one drop

00:12:44of arsenic

00:12:45or strychnine

00:12:46in there.

00:12:48Is it still good

00:12:49for you?

00:12:51One drop,

00:12:52is that gonna

00:12:52hurt you?

00:12:54Well,

00:12:54that's a compromise

00:12:55and hey,

00:12:57let's give it to you.

00:12:58Maybe one drop

00:12:59won't hurt you.

00:13:00You can survive

00:13:00one drop,

00:13:01whatever's put in there.

00:13:03Then you start thinking,

00:13:04okay,

00:13:05well,

00:13:06let's put a few more

00:13:06in there

00:13:07and you start

00:13:07putting a few more

00:13:08and a few more

00:13:08and eventually

00:13:09it gets to the point

00:13:10where it is no longer

00:13:11good for you

00:13:12and in reality,

00:13:14it wasn't good for you

00:13:15from the first drop

00:13:16either.

00:13:17What you want

00:13:18is the pure,

00:13:20clear,

00:13:21clean water

00:13:22that you started with

00:13:22without any pollutants.

00:13:26That's what

00:13:27secretism does

00:13:28to the faith.

00:13:29We start out

00:13:30with the pure,

00:13:31whole faith

00:13:32that Messiah

00:13:33exemplified for us

00:13:35and made an example

00:13:36for us

00:13:37that we were to follow.

00:13:38He handed it down

00:13:39to his disciples

00:13:39and the apostles

00:13:40and he handed it down

00:13:41to their disciples

00:13:42that they were teaching

00:13:43and stuff like that

00:13:44and was supposed

00:13:45to continue

00:13:46but as different people

00:13:47came in

00:13:48from different backgrounds,

00:13:49especially the Hellenistic

00:13:50backgrounds.

00:13:51They started bringing

00:13:52their ideas

00:13:53in with them

00:13:53and they were supposed

00:13:54to leave their old ideas

00:13:56and their old faiths

00:13:58and their old ways

00:13:58of thinking behind them

00:14:00and instead be renewed

00:14:01to the new man

00:14:02and Messiah.

00:14:04They did not do that.

00:14:06They did not leave

00:14:06all that stuff behind.

00:14:07They brought it with them

00:14:07and they incorporated it

00:14:09into their former Christianity

00:14:11which then went

00:14:12and spread out

00:14:13into the rest

00:14:13of Christianity

00:14:14and became tradition

00:14:16eventually

00:14:16because it got

00:14:17voted in

00:14:18by some council

00:14:19and then

00:14:20like they say

00:14:22the rest is history

00:14:23and we now think

00:14:24it's all biblical

00:14:25when it's actually not.

00:14:28But yeah,

00:14:28that is syncretism

00:14:30and it's been going on

00:14:31for a while

00:14:32and in my research

00:14:33that I was doing

00:14:34for this particular episode

00:14:35it seems like

00:14:37syncretism

00:14:37is actually the norm

00:14:39and not the exception.

00:14:42It seems like

00:14:42a lot of people

00:14:43especially the pagans

00:14:44and ancient cultures

00:14:46did a lot of syncretism

00:14:47when they would come

00:14:48in contact

00:14:49with other people.

00:14:51And this is where

00:14:52we start getting

00:14:53into the concepts

00:14:54or the phrases

00:14:55of interpretatio

00:14:56especially

00:14:57interpretatio greca

00:14:58referring to the Greeks

00:15:00and interpretatio romana

00:15:02referring to the Romans.

00:15:05After that

00:15:06we get into

00:15:07interpretatio christiana

00:15:08but we'll save that

00:15:10because that's another section

00:15:11coming up after this.

00:15:12Anyways,

00:15:12interpretatio greca

00:15:14or interpretatio romana

00:15:16what is that?

00:15:18Well,

00:15:18according to Brill's

00:15:19New Poly

00:15:20interpretatio greca

00:15:22or interpretatio romana

00:15:23is the identification

00:15:24of a foreign divinity

00:15:26with a member

00:15:27of the indigenous

00:15:28pantheon

00:15:29widespread

00:15:30in the Greco-Roman world.

00:15:32The little research

00:15:33phenomenon

00:15:34is originally

00:15:34a sign

00:15:35of the natural

00:15:36interrelationships

00:15:37between polytheistic

00:15:38systems.

00:15:39End quote.

00:15:40So that's what

00:15:42interpretatio greca

00:15:43or interpretatio romana

00:15:44is.

00:15:45I'll give you some examples

00:15:47here in a minute.

00:15:48But the Greeks

00:15:49they

00:15:51it was definitely

00:15:53going on before the Greeks

00:15:54but the Greeks

00:15:54really gave it

00:15:55a good start

00:15:56as far as

00:15:58this whole

00:15:59interpretatio thing

00:16:00goes

00:16:00or syncretism thing

00:16:01goes.

00:16:02But in a nutshell

00:16:03interpretatio greca

00:16:05is the

00:16:06Greek form

00:16:07or the Greek

00:16:08style Greek method

00:16:09of syncretism

00:16:10and interpretatio romana

00:16:12is the Roman

00:16:14style

00:16:14or the Roman

00:16:15method

00:16:16of syncretism.

00:16:18The Greeks

00:16:19kind of

00:16:20really gave it

00:16:20its start

00:16:22its heyday

00:16:23because

00:16:23you start out

00:16:24with Alexander

00:16:25the Great

00:16:25he goes and conquers

00:16:27all the world

00:16:27and as he does

00:16:29so they start

00:16:29incorporating

00:16:30these various things

00:16:31the Persian ideas

00:16:32and Egyptian ideas

00:16:34and etc.

00:16:35etc.

00:16:36But relatively

00:16:37speaking

00:16:37especially now

00:16:39to what we

00:16:40know of today

00:16:41Alexander the Great

00:16:42did not conquer

00:16:43all the world

00:16:44he was the biggest

00:16:46empire of his time

00:16:47give granted

00:16:48but

00:16:48even then

00:16:50he didn't extend

00:16:51all the way up

00:16:51into all of Europe

00:16:53it was just a very

00:16:54top portion

00:16:55of Africa

00:16:55even

00:16:56and

00:16:57he didn't even

00:16:58make it to China

00:16:59as far as I understand

00:17:00but he did do a lot

00:17:02and he didn't

00:17:02get as far

00:17:03as we would think

00:17:04of today

00:17:05as far as

00:17:05the whole world

00:17:06goes.

00:17:06However

00:17:07after the Greeks

00:17:09came the Romans

00:17:10and the Romans

00:17:10were road builders

00:17:11and they went

00:17:12all the way up

00:17:13through northern Europe

00:17:14all the way up

00:17:15into Britain

00:17:16and the British Isles

00:17:17and Ireland

00:17:18they went

00:17:19all the way

00:17:20to the east

00:17:21of Europe

00:17:23to the west

00:17:23of Europe

00:17:24and they went

00:17:25and they

00:17:25orient

00:17:26and went

00:17:27to Africa

00:17:28etc.

00:17:28so they built

00:17:29all these

00:17:30this grand empire

00:17:32that spread

00:17:33much farther

00:17:34than Alexander

00:17:34the Great

00:17:35and so they

00:17:36interacted with

00:17:36a lot more people

00:17:37and they had

00:17:38a better system

00:17:39of roads

00:17:39and interconnections

00:17:42between these

00:17:42various places

00:17:43and various cultures

00:17:44so they

00:17:45really

00:17:46how should I

00:17:47say this

00:17:48they really

00:17:50accelerated

00:17:50this whole

00:17:51syncretism

00:17:52and interpretatio

00:17:53Romana

00:17:54that really

00:17:55got its heyday

00:17:56with the Romans

00:17:57and you can

00:17:58see that

00:17:59as they go

00:18:00read some

00:18:00of the writings

00:18:01I forget

00:18:02the name

00:18:03of it now

00:18:03the name

00:18:03of that guy

00:18:04anyways

00:18:05he went up

00:18:05to

00:18:06I'll remember

00:18:07his name

00:18:08here in a minute

00:18:08anyways

00:18:09he was one

00:18:09of the generals

00:18:10or one of the

00:18:10people who

00:18:11went up

00:18:11into the

00:18:12Europe

00:18:13and around

00:18:13where the

00:18:13Germans are

00:18:14nowadays

00:18:14he was writing

00:18:15about the Germans

00:18:16and how

00:18:17they worshipped

00:18:18Mercury

00:18:18but they called

00:18:19him another

00:18:20god

00:18:20and it was

00:18:21really a

00:18:22blending

00:18:23that's what

00:18:23the interpretatio

00:18:25Romana

00:18:25really comes

00:18:25down to

00:18:26and where

00:18:27we get

00:18:27a lot

00:18:27of that

00:18:27from the

00:18:28Romans

00:18:28but it

00:18:29happened

00:18:29all over

00:18:30the place

00:18:30it wasn't

00:18:31just the

00:18:31Romans

00:18:31it was

00:18:31happening

00:18:32before the

00:18:32Romans

00:18:32it's

00:18:33happened

00:18:33after the

00:18:33Romans

00:18:34and like

00:18:35I said

00:18:35the Greeks

00:18:36are the ones

00:18:37who really

00:18:37gave it

00:18:38a good start

00:18:39as they

00:18:39went into

00:18:39various places

00:18:40they adopted

00:18:41various things

00:18:42and they

00:18:43brought it

00:18:43into their

00:18:44pantheon

00:18:45of paganism

00:18:46and of

00:18:48course they

00:18:48gave it

00:18:49different names

00:18:49because they

00:18:50tried to

00:18:50associate

00:18:51everything

00:18:51together

00:18:52for example

00:18:53they take

00:18:54Amun

00:18:55from Greece

00:18:56I'm sorry

00:18:56from Egypt

00:18:57and they

00:18:57associate

00:18:58Amun

00:18:58with Zeus

00:18:59they associate

00:19:00Osiris

00:19:01with Dionysus

00:19:02for Dionysus

00:19:04of course

00:19:04with Apollo

00:19:05etc etc

00:19:06they do

00:19:07Anubis

00:19:07with Hermes

00:19:08Baal

00:19:09with Zeus

00:19:10they

00:19:10encounter

00:19:11some of

00:19:11the Baal

00:19:12religions

00:19:12they also

00:19:13have

00:19:14Tammuz

00:19:15with Adonis

00:19:16yeah

00:19:17don't go

00:19:18too far

00:19:18there

00:19:18well yeah

00:19:19we know

00:19:21we want

00:19:21to but

00:19:21yeah

00:19:22we'll hold

00:19:23off for

00:19:23now

00:19:23that could

00:19:24be a

00:19:24whole

00:19:24other

00:19:25tangent

00:19:25but

00:19:26they

00:19:26the Greeks

00:19:27associated

00:19:27or tried

00:19:28to

00:19:29reconcile

00:19:30these various

00:19:31other gods

00:19:32with their

00:19:33own gods

00:19:33they had

00:19:34and

00:19:36it's kind of

00:19:36the example

00:19:37or the thought

00:19:38process

00:19:38of well

00:19:39all the gods

00:19:40are the same

00:19:40just when you go

00:19:41to a different

00:19:41area

00:19:42they call them

00:19:43by different

00:19:43names

00:19:44it's kind of

00:19:45along that line

00:19:45which is

00:19:47absolutely

00:19:47untrue

00:19:48because all

00:19:48these

00:19:48pagan gods

00:19:49are made up

00:19:50in the first

00:19:50place

00:19:50just like

00:19:52Allah

00:19:52or Buddha

00:19:53or etc

00:19:54etc

00:19:54these are all

00:19:55just thinks

00:19:55people are

00:19:56made up

00:19:56all the

00:19:56time

00:19:57so they're

00:19:58not all

00:19:58the same

00:19:59except in

00:19:59the fact

00:20:00that they

00:20:00are made

00:20:00up

00:20:00but that

00:20:01is

00:20:02interpretatio

00:20:02greca

00:20:03it's the

00:20:04synchronizing

00:20:05or

00:20:05syncretizing

00:20:06of other

00:20:08ideas

00:20:09other religious

00:20:10views and

00:20:10beliefs

00:20:11with their

00:20:12own

00:20:12beliefs

00:20:13and this

00:20:13transferred

00:20:14and went

00:20:14into

00:20:15Roman times

00:20:16as well

00:20:16and the

00:20:17Romans

00:20:17actually

00:20:19more or less

00:20:20idolized the

00:20:21Greeks

00:20:21yeah they

00:20:22went and took

00:20:22them over

00:20:23but they

00:20:24really

00:20:24respected

00:20:25and adored

00:20:26their

00:20:27education

00:20:27and their

00:20:28philosophy

00:20:28and their

00:20:29thinking

00:20:29so they

00:20:30copied a

00:20:31lot of

00:20:31the things

00:20:31that the

00:20:32Greeks

00:20:33did

00:20:33and if you

00:20:34ever start

00:20:34looking at

00:20:35these

00:20:35pagan gods

00:20:36from Roman

00:20:37and Greek

00:20:38times a lot

00:20:39of them are

00:20:39very very

00:20:40similar

00:20:40and it's

00:20:41because of

00:20:42this whole

00:20:42syncretism

00:20:43or what's

00:20:44known otherwise

00:20:45we've learned

00:20:46here as

00:20:46interpretatio

00:20:47Romana

00:20:47and interpretatio

00:20:49Romana is the

00:20:50same thing as

00:20:50what the Greeks

00:20:51did it's just

00:20:51the Romans

00:20:52doing it

00:20:52it's the

00:20:53way and the

00:20:54method

00:20:54Romans

00:20:56syncretized

00:20:57other people's

00:20:58beliefs

00:20:58other religions

00:21:00beliefs into

00:21:00their own

00:21:01for instance

00:21:03when the

00:21:06Romans went

00:21:06up north

00:21:07and they

00:21:07started getting

00:21:08to northern

00:21:08Europe and

00:21:09places like

00:21:10Ireland and

00:21:10stuff like

00:21:11that

00:21:11they encountered

00:21:13what's called

00:21:13the Celts

00:21:14we've covered

00:21:16this before in

00:21:16this particular

00:21:17series the

00:21:17Celts and

00:21:18some of the

00:21:18things they

00:21:18believe when

00:21:19they encountered

00:21:20the Celts they

00:21:21started

00:21:21syncretizing

00:21:22or reinterpreting

00:21:24these various

00:21:26other pagan

00:21:27gods with

00:21:28their own

00:21:29pagan gods

00:21:29and they

00:21:30take Lugus

00:21:31which is a

00:21:32Celtic deity

00:21:33or Celtic

00:21:34god and

00:21:35associate him

00:21:36with Mercury

00:21:37associate

00:21:39Sulis with

00:21:40Minerva

00:21:40they associate

00:21:42Woden or

00:21:43Odin as

00:21:44most people

00:21:45are familiar

00:21:45with the name

00:21:46they associate

00:21:47Odin with

00:21:48Mercury or

00:21:50with Jupiter

00:21:51which is

00:21:52then they

00:21:53associate people

00:21:54like Astarte

00:21:55with Venus

00:21:56and I made

00:21:57sure to include

00:21:58that one

00:21:59because that

00:22:00is important

00:22:00in our

00:22:01Easter study

00:22:02if you haven't

00:22:03already heard

00:22:04some of our

00:22:05Easter teachings

00:22:05you will

00:22:06coming up

00:22:06here in a

00:22:07couple months

00:22:07but the

00:22:09Romans

00:22:10associated

00:22:10Astarte

00:22:11with Venus

00:22:12as well as

00:22:13other spring

00:22:14fertility

00:22:15goddesses

00:22:16and they

00:22:17identified

00:22:18and

00:22:18syncretized

00:22:19interpreted

00:22:21Mithras

00:22:22with

00:22:23Sol

00:22:24Invictus

00:22:25this is a

00:22:26big one

00:22:26that I

00:22:26definitely

00:22:26made sure

00:22:27to include

00:22:28in here

00:22:28because this

00:22:28is directly

00:22:29relevant

00:22:30to our

00:22:31study

00:22:31in this

00:22:31particular

00:22:32series

00:22:32about the

00:22:33Christmas

00:22:33holiday

00:22:33and in

00:22:34particular

00:22:35the

00:22:36previous

00:22:36episode

00:22:37that we

00:22:37did

00:22:37on the

00:22:38selection

00:22:39of

00:22:39December

00:22:4025th

00:22:41as the

00:22:41birth

00:22:41of Christ

00:22:42and how

00:22:42that came

00:22:43about

00:22:43if you

00:22:44will remember

00:22:45in our

00:22:45study there

00:22:46we learned

00:22:47that Mithraism

00:22:48came from

00:22:49Persia

00:22:50and very

00:22:51little is

00:22:51known about

00:22:52Mithraism

00:22:52and when

00:22:53Mithras'

00:22:54actual birthday

00:22:55was and

00:22:56even though

00:22:56most of the

00:22:57time it's

00:22:58generally understood

00:22:58to be the

00:22:59winter solstice

00:23:00which was

00:23:01December 25th

00:23:03on the

00:23:03Julian calendar

00:23:04anyways

00:23:06Mithras comes

00:23:07in and he

00:23:07is identified

00:23:08and merges

00:23:09with or rather

00:23:10becomes

00:23:10Sol

00:23:11Invictus

00:23:12now before

00:23:12all this

00:23:13there was

00:23:13even a

00:23:14sun god

00:23:15within

00:23:15Roman

00:23:16paganism

00:23:16called

00:23:17Sol

00:23:18not Sol

00:23:19Invictus

00:23:19but Sol

00:23:20and of

00:23:22course

00:23:22academics

00:23:23and scholars

00:23:24have to get

00:23:24into a

00:23:25tussle

00:23:25about whether

00:23:26it's all

00:23:27the same

00:23:27thing

00:23:28or whether

00:23:28these are

00:23:28different

00:23:29gods

00:23:29it's all

00:23:31made up

00:23:32fairy tales

00:23:32so it

00:23:33doesn't really

00:23:33matter

00:23:33anyways

00:23:34but some

00:23:34people say

00:23:35that Sol

00:23:35Mithras

00:23:36and Sol

00:23:37Invictus

00:23:37are three

00:23:38different gods

00:23:38other people

00:23:39say that Sol

00:23:40and Sol

00:23:40Invictus

00:23:41are the

00:23:41same

00:23:41they're

00:23:42split by

00:23:44absence

00:23:45there

00:23:45I don't

00:23:47know

00:23:47decide for

00:23:48yourself

00:23:48how you

00:23:49think of

00:23:49that

00:23:49but

00:23:50anyways

00:23:50let it be

00:23:51known for

00:23:51the purposes

00:23:52of this

00:23:52study

00:23:52that the

00:23:53Romans

00:23:54interpreted

00:23:54or tried

00:23:55to

00:23:55synchronize

00:23:56Mithras

00:23:58with their

00:23:59sun god

00:24:00which was

00:24:01Sol

00:24:01Invictus

00:24:02did you

00:24:04ever think

00:24:04that as

00:24:05you started

00:24:06studying

00:24:06your belief

00:24:07you started

00:24:07studying

00:24:08Christianity

00:24:08or Messianism

00:24:09or whatever

00:24:10you want

00:24:10to call

00:24:10it

00:24:11do you

00:24:12ever think

00:24:13that

00:24:13paganism

00:24:14would play

00:24:14a big

00:24:15part

00:24:15in the

00:24:16beliefs

00:24:16that you

00:24:16hold

00:24:17today

00:24:17I mean

00:24:19I didn't

00:24:19I learned

00:24:20a whole

00:24:21bunch

00:24:21of things

00:24:23I probably

00:24:23didn't want

00:24:24to know

00:24:24about

00:24:25Christianity

00:24:26from studying

00:24:26Roman

00:24:27paganism

00:24:27I don't know

00:24:28if I've

00:24:28gotten to

00:24:29this before

00:24:29in a

00:24:29previous

00:24:29episode

00:24:30or not

00:24:30but

00:24:30look into

00:24:32Roman

00:24:32paganism

00:24:33and you've

00:24:33got this

00:24:34concept of

00:24:34bestial

00:24:35virgins

00:24:35and

00:24:36there's

00:24:37so

00:24:38much

00:24:38similarities

00:24:39with the

00:24:40way that

00:24:40nuns are

00:24:41done today

00:24:41within

00:24:41Catholicism

00:24:42that

00:24:42I don't

00:24:44think that

00:24:45it came

00:24:45from anywhere

00:24:45else

00:24:46some people

00:24:47try to say

00:24:47it came

00:24:48from this

00:24:49asceticism

00:24:50from the

00:24:50men in

00:24:51deserts

00:24:51back in

00:24:52the early

00:24:52days

00:24:52and that

00:24:53kind of

00:24:54evolved

00:24:55into the

00:24:55nunnery

00:24:55now

00:24:56but

00:24:56no

00:24:57there's

00:24:57way too

00:24:58many

00:24:58similarities

00:24:59between

00:25:00the

00:25:00vestal

00:25:01virgins

00:25:01and the

00:25:02nuns

00:25:02that

00:25:03Catholicism

00:25:04does

00:25:04it's

00:25:04uncanny

00:25:06it really

00:25:07is

00:25:07along with

00:25:08a lot

00:25:08of other

00:25:09things

00:25:09like the

00:25:10holiday

00:25:10that we're

00:25:11studying

00:25:11in this

00:25:11series

00:25:12but that

00:25:13is a

00:25:14brief

00:25:14overview

00:25:15of what

00:25:16syncretism

00:25:17is and

00:25:17what

00:25:17Interpretatio

00:25:18Romana

00:25:19and Interpretatio

00:25:21Greca

00:25:21is

00:25:21that is

00:25:23relating to

00:25:24both the

00:25:24Romans and

00:25:25the Greeks

00:25:26respectively

00:25:26and the

00:25:27way they

00:25:28encountered

00:25:30and

00:25:30syncretized

00:25:31and

00:25:32interpreted

00:25:33other

00:25:33belief

00:25:34systems

00:25:35when they

00:25:35came into

00:25:36contact

00:25:36with

00:25:36them

00:25:36now

00:25:37we're

00:25:37going to

00:25:38move

00:25:38into

00:25:38a

00:25:39concept

00:25:39called

00:25:39Interpretatio

00:25:40Christiana

00:25:41and

00:25:42again

00:25:43this is

00:25:44all

00:25:44syncretism

00:25:45but

00:25:46Interpretatio

00:25:47Christiana

00:25:47is the

00:25:48Christian

00:25:49method

00:25:50or way

00:25:51of

00:25:51syncretizing

00:25:52or interpreting

00:25:53other

00:25:54belief

00:25:55systems

00:25:56other

00:25:56religions

00:25:57etc

00:25:58etc

00:25:58like

00:26:00always

00:26:00let's

00:26:00go ahead

00:26:00and give

00:26:01a quick

00:26:01definition

00:26:01for

00:26:02Interpretatio

00:26:02Christiana

00:26:03this comes

00:26:04from

00:26:04wikipedia.org

00:26:06quote

00:26:07Interpretatio

00:26:09Christiana

00:26:09is an

00:26:10adaptation

00:26:10of

00:26:11non-Christian

00:26:11elements

00:26:12of culture

00:26:12or historical

00:26:13facts

00:26:14to the

00:26:15worldview

00:26:15of

00:26:15Christianity

00:26:16the term

00:26:17is commonly

00:26:17applied

00:26:18to

00:26:18recasting

00:26:19of

00:26:19religious

00:26:20and

00:26:20cultural

00:26:20activities

00:26:21beliefs

00:26:22and

00:26:22imageries

00:26:23of

00:26:23pagan

00:26:23peoples

00:26:24into

00:26:24a

00:26:24Christianized

00:26:25form

00:26:26as

00:26:26a

00:26:26strategy

00:26:26for

00:26:27Christianization

00:26:28reformatting

00:26:29traditional

00:26:30religious

00:26:30and

00:26:30cultural

00:26:31activities

00:26:31and

00:26:31beliefs

00:26:32into

00:26:32a

00:26:33Christianized

00:26:33form

00:26:34was

00:26:34officially

00:26:34sanctioned

00:26:36end quote

00:26:37now

00:26:38when it

00:26:39says

00:26:39officially

00:26:39here

00:26:40who

00:26:40are

00:26:40the

00:26:41officials

00:26:41that

00:26:43sanctioned

00:26:43such

00:26:44syncretism

00:26:44it wasn't

00:26:46Jesus

00:26:47it wasn't

00:26:48Yahweh

00:26:49we're going to look at some of those scriptures coming up here in just a moment

00:26:51it wasn't the disciples or the apostles

00:26:54it wasn't even the first century believers

00:26:57no

00:26:58the authorities that officially sanctionized this and I'll use that that term authority and officially

00:27:08loosely here in this context the authorities that officially sanctionized this

00:27:12syncretism or this interpretatio Christiana is the Roman Catholic Church or just simply the Catholic Church which was the church for many many centuries

00:27:24and even though they thought they had the power and ability to change various things or to bring in other stuff in reality they didn't they cannot change the Bible they cannot change the word of Yahweh

00:27:40they were not supposed to be bringing in pagan stuff into Christianity but they did then a lot of times they even said they did and sanctioned it and tried to justify it we're going to read some of that here coming up but you get things I didn't I meant to put this in there but I didn't as in my opinion anyways the Catholic Church didn't get started until 325 the Council of Nicaea and that really kicked off the whole Catholic thing and that's lasted up until

00:28:10today's day's day and age where they split off into Eastern Orthodox and eventually split off into Protestantism etc etc

00:28:16but the Catholic Church really got started in 325 in my opinion and also in my opinion I don't think that or I don't believe that Rome ever fell that Rome ever disappeared

00:28:29in my opinion Rome just transformed into the Catholic Church took all its pagan ways or most of its pagan ways and pagan dates and pagan ways of thinking and

00:28:40they slapped a Jesus sticker on it and tried to call it holy and it's not I mean Sunday is a great example Sunday is a Sabbath the Church Church the Catholic Church thought they could change the date of the Sabbath in the Council of Laodicea

00:28:56it didn't happen in Laodicea it happened in Laodicea in about 363 364 but anyways there in the Council of Laodicea they said that Christians must not rest on the Sabbath

00:29:07but instead resting on the first day or the Lord's day if they can

00:29:15and it's they're not even hiding it they go on to say other things too that Protestants are actually still continuing to obey Catholicism when they keep the first day as the Sabbath

00:29:27and we went over this in our Sabbath study and we're going to be doing an entire series on the Sabbath coming up next year

00:29:33and we're going to get into all that too so if you are a history buff and you want to learn more about the Sabbath or Shabbat

00:29:40then make sure to stay tuned for our Sabbath series coming up next year

00:29:44but as the church went on they brought in all these different things and they

00:29:50tried to rationalize them as to why they were doing it why it was okay to do it

00:29:54and they even put out there in plain sight

00:29:57we're going to get into some of that here in just a moment as we go through some of the historical

00:30:01words and historical writings that some people wrote

00:30:05but as far as Interpretatio Christiana it's still going on today

00:30:09for instance we look at something going on that you may not know about

00:30:13this is something called Chrislam

00:30:15and Chrislam is the blending or merging of Christianity and of course Islam

00:30:25this comes from Christian Research Institute

00:30:29quote

00:30:30in Nigeria Chrislam's church mosque members practice running deliverance

00:30:35and believe both the Quran and the Bible as our holy text

00:30:39Chrislam others suggest is the merger of Islam and Christianity

00:30:43as evidenced by the common word document

00:30:46it is pastors speaking in mosques, imams preaching in churches

00:30:50and the Quran read to Christian congregations

00:30:53the Chrislam of this article is an actual missionary strategy

00:30:57for Muslim ministry

00:30:59end quote

00:31:00there's a whole bunch more that goes on in that particular article

00:31:04talking about Chrislam and etc etc

00:31:06but it's just an example to go on and show that this whole form of syncretism

00:31:12and diluting the pure faith that was handed down to us

00:31:16is still going on today

00:31:18it's not just a Catholic thing that happened way back when

00:31:21in 325 and forward

00:31:23no it's still happening today in various parts of the world

00:31:26even various nominations and stuff

00:31:28because it's just not in Africa

00:31:31it's not just in Nigeria

00:31:32it's also happening all over the world

00:31:35it's even happening here in America

00:31:37yeah obviously

00:31:39there's some things Americans do really well

00:31:43and sometimes that's just taking a good thing

00:31:45and just looting the heck out of it

00:31:49and Christian syncretism is no different

00:31:51for instance

00:31:52we have nowadays

00:31:54Christian yoga

00:31:56and for those of you who don't know

00:31:59yes I know ignorance is bliss

00:32:00I'm going to bust your ignorance right here

00:32:02but yoga comes from far eastern belief systems

00:32:07it comes from Hindu

00:32:10yeah there you go

00:32:11it comes from Hindu practices

00:32:13and some of the stuff they say

00:32:16some of the words they use

00:32:18it's all straight paganism

00:32:20from this whole Hindu fairy tale stuff

00:32:22and it's a blending

00:32:24it's a syncretism

00:32:25with demonic things like Hinduism

00:32:29so Christian yoga isn't actually an oxymoron

00:32:33something we should not be doing

00:32:34or taking part in

00:32:35and yes you can stretch without doing yoga

00:32:39you don't have to have yoga in order to stretch

00:32:41educate yourself

00:32:43there are plenty of ways to get good exercise

00:32:46without dipping into pagan practices

00:32:48like yoga

00:32:49we also have other new age practices

00:32:52in various churches

00:32:54these are usually the mega churches

00:32:56that have little to nothing

00:32:59to do with actual scripture

00:33:01but you can see some of these

00:33:03new age stuff

00:33:04that comes into some of these churches

00:33:06and they use things like these

00:33:07healing crystals

00:33:08and oh my gosh

00:33:10there are actual

00:33:12Christian tarot cards now

00:33:14I've seen that before

00:33:16and it's

00:33:17it's sad

00:33:19and it's irritating

00:33:21and

00:33:22all at once too

00:33:24and I wish it wasn't going on

00:33:26but

00:33:26it is

00:33:27we also have

00:33:28this is probably something you've heard of before

00:33:30and probably know people who actually do this

00:33:32but astrology

00:33:33for Christians

00:33:34astrology

00:33:35of all things

00:33:36people will look in

00:33:37news

00:33:38well when I was younger

00:33:39they looked in newspapers

00:33:40but

00:33:40now you just go online

00:33:41or have an app for it

00:33:42but

00:33:43you can get your

00:33:44whatever it is

00:33:46it's

00:33:46horoscope

00:33:48that's it

00:33:48get your daily horoscope

00:33:50and it's all

00:33:51astrology

00:33:52it's all

00:33:52fairy tale

00:33:54pagan stuff

00:33:56astrology is

00:33:58no bueno

00:33:58it's no good

00:33:59stay away from astrology

00:34:01that is

00:34:01syncretism

00:34:02in a modern context

00:34:03trying to bring astrology

00:34:05into Christianity

00:34:06then of course

00:34:08we got the whole

00:34:08prosperity gospel

00:34:09and this is blending

00:34:10Christianity

00:34:12or at least

00:34:13the name of the Bible

00:34:14and Jesus

00:34:15with this whole

00:34:17concept of

00:34:18greed

00:34:19and materialism

00:34:20that the world

00:34:21puts out there

00:34:21you try to

00:34:22it's not necessarily

00:34:23a pagan thing

00:34:24this time

00:34:24it's more of a

00:34:25secular thing

00:34:26I guess

00:34:26it's all

00:34:27greed and consumerism

00:34:29but they try to

00:34:30blend that with

00:34:30Jesus

00:34:31and the Bible

00:34:32and it's still

00:34:33a form of syncretism

00:34:34it's still wrong

00:34:35it's still

00:34:35diluting

00:34:36and perverting

00:34:37the actual faith

00:34:38some notable

00:34:41prosperity people

00:34:43are

00:34:43Kenneth Copeland

00:34:44I don't want to

00:34:47say the wrong name

00:34:48so I want to

00:34:48think about this

00:34:49before I say it

00:34:50Kenneth Copeland

00:34:50Joel Osteen

00:34:52and Benny Hint

00:34:53those are some

00:34:54of the three

00:34:55biggest ones

00:34:55and Mike Winger

00:34:57has actually

00:34:57done a very

00:34:58long episode

00:34:59exposing

00:35:01Benny Hint

00:35:02for the deception

00:35:03that he's

00:35:04put out there

00:35:05over the years

00:35:06and if you

00:35:07haven't seen that

00:35:07from Mike Winger

00:35:08go check that out

00:35:09on Mike Winger's

00:35:10channel

00:35:10but yeah

00:35:11this whole

00:35:12prosperity gospel

00:35:13is modern

00:35:14syncretism

00:35:15still going on

00:35:16today

00:35:16then we've got

00:35:18universalism

00:35:19that has

00:35:19crept its way

00:35:20into

00:35:21Christianity

00:35:22and universalism

00:35:23is basically

00:35:25the idea

00:35:26that it doesn't

00:35:27matter what you

00:35:28do

00:35:28as long as

00:35:29you are

00:35:29basically a good

00:35:30person

00:35:30you're still

00:35:32going to go

00:35:32to heaven

00:35:32it's taking

00:35:35Yeshua out

00:35:36of the equation

00:35:37it's taking

00:35:38the Bible

00:35:38out of the equation

00:35:39and it's just

00:35:39saying be a good

00:35:40person

00:35:41because all

00:35:42roads

00:35:42they eventually

00:35:43lead to God

00:35:44and all religions

00:35:45worship the same

00:35:46God

00:35:46they just got

00:35:47different names

00:35:47for the same

00:35:48God

00:35:48and that's not

00:35:49true

00:35:50that is totally

00:35:51false

00:35:51and that's why

00:35:52when you read

00:35:53through the Bible

00:35:53over 6,000 times

00:35:56Yahweh gives

00:35:57his name

00:35:58Yahweh

00:35:58just in the

00:36:00Tanakh

00:36:00over 6,000 times

00:36:03how important

00:36:04do you think

00:36:04it is that we

00:36:05know his name

00:36:06and know which

00:36:06God we are

00:36:07talking about

00:36:08when we say

00:36:09the name

00:36:09of Yahweh

00:36:10it intentionally

00:36:12distinguishes him

00:36:13and makes him

00:36:14distinct from

00:36:14all these

00:36:15other false

00:36:16pagan gods

00:36:17like Allah

00:36:19or Buddha

00:36:20or Zeus

00:36:21or Thor

00:36:22etc etc

00:36:23no

00:36:25not all

00:36:27religions

00:36:27worship the

00:36:27same God

00:36:28and universalism

00:36:29is just another

00:36:30example of

00:36:31syncretism that

00:36:32has come into

00:36:32the church

00:36:33so now hopefully

00:36:34you've got a good

00:36:35overview of what

00:36:36syncretism is

00:36:37what some of

00:36:40the modern

00:36:41equivalents are

00:36:42how the Romans

00:36:42and the Greeks

00:36:43did it

00:36:44and hopefully

00:36:47you've got a good

00:36:47idea of why

00:36:48this is not

00:36:49particularly good

00:36:49because it

00:36:50dilutes and

00:36:50pollutes the

00:36:52actual real

00:36:52faith and

00:36:54throughout history

00:36:55there's lots of

00:36:56people who

00:36:56tried to

00:36:57convince and

00:36:59teach against

00:36:59syncretism

00:37:00they weren't

00:37:02able to fully

00:37:02stop it

00:37:03maybe they did

00:37:04in their time

00:37:04maybe they did

00:37:05in their region

00:37:05but overall

00:37:07syncretism still

00:37:08came into the

00:37:09faith and a

00:37:10lot of what we

00:37:11believe nowadays

00:37:12within at least

00:37:13mainstream

00:37:14Christianity

00:37:14is stuff

00:37:16that has been

00:37:17syncretized

00:37:18from other

00:37:19faiths and other

00:37:20religions

00:37:20so here is

00:37:23some early

00:37:23writers that

00:37:24were writing

00:37:24against syncretism

00:37:26and what they

00:37:27had to say

00:37:27we're going to

00:37:28start out with

00:37:28another quote

00:37:29from Tertullian

00:37:31and this comes

00:37:31from his work

00:37:33again from

00:37:34on idolatry

00:37:35it's

00:37:36De Adolatria

00:37:37Adolatria

00:37:39and quote

00:37:41in this place

00:37:43must be handled

00:37:44the subject of

00:37:45holidays and

00:37:45other extraordinary

00:37:46solemnities

00:37:47which we accord

00:37:48sometimes to our

00:37:49wantonness

00:37:50sometimes to our

00:37:51timidity

00:37:51in opposition to

00:37:52the common faith

00:37:53and discipline

00:37:54the first point

00:37:55indeed on which

00:37:56I shall join

00:37:57issue is this

00:37:58whether a servant

00:37:59of God

00:37:59ought to share

00:38:00with the very

00:38:01nations themselves

00:38:02in matters of

00:38:03his kind

00:38:04either in dress

00:38:05or in food

00:38:06or in any other

00:38:07kind of their

00:38:08gladness

00:38:08if we rejoice

00:38:10with the world

00:38:11there is reason

00:38:12to fear that

00:38:13with the world

00:38:14we shall grieve

00:38:15too

00:38:15for why should

00:38:16you skulk

00:38:17with all

00:38:18when you

00:38:18contaminate

00:38:19your own

00:38:19conscience

00:38:20by your

00:38:20neighbor's

00:38:21ignorance

00:38:21whether in

00:38:22the latter

00:38:23or the

00:38:23former way

00:38:24you are

00:38:24guilty

00:38:25of being

00:38:26ashamed

00:38:26of God

00:38:27end quote

00:38:28I think he's

00:38:30onto something

00:38:31there

00:38:31we should not

00:38:32be like

00:38:32the

00:38:33pagans

00:38:33and

00:38:34unbelievers

00:38:35around us

00:38:35and that

00:38:36when we do

00:38:37compromise

00:38:38we do

00:38:39syncretize

00:38:40we do

00:38:40bring in

00:38:40all these

00:38:41external things

00:38:42that are not

00:38:42good

00:38:43that are

00:38:43against

00:38:43scripture

00:38:44we bring

00:38:45it in

00:38:46it is like

00:38:46us being

00:38:46ashamed

00:38:47of God

00:38:47because he

00:38:48handed us

00:38:48down the

00:38:49scriptures

00:38:50the bible

00:38:50his holy

00:38:51word

00:38:51to guide

00:38:52us

00:38:52and to

00:38:53instruct

00:38:53us

00:38:54and to

00:38:55show us

00:38:55the way

00:38:55there's no

00:38:56need to

00:38:57bring in

00:38:57anything

00:38:57else

00:38:58and saying

00:38:58that we

00:38:59should bring

00:39:00in other

00:39:00stuff

00:39:00is saying

00:39:01that the

00:39:01bible

00:39:01is not

00:39:02sufficient

00:39:02and i don't

00:39:05know about

00:39:05you but

00:39:06for me

00:39:06the word

00:39:08of yahweh

00:39:08is sufficient

00:39:09now we look

00:39:11at the

00:39:11council of

00:39:12trulo and

00:39:13this is a

00:39:14lesser known

00:39:15council

00:39:16especially

00:39:17amongst

00:39:17the wider

00:39:19audience but

00:39:19it was a

00:39:20council of

00:39:21the catholic

00:39:22church and

00:39:22here they

00:39:23actually go

00:39:23against

00:39:24secretism

00:39:25even

00:39:26even though

00:39:26they had

00:39:27already

00:39:28engaged

00:39:29in forms

00:39:29of

00:39:29secretism

00:39:30but

00:39:30anyways

00:39:31this is

00:39:32from the

00:39:32council

00:39:33of

00:39:33trulo

00:39:33in

00:39:34692

00:39:34quote

00:39:35the so-called

00:39:37calends

00:39:37and what

00:39:38are called

00:39:39bota

00:39:39and brumalia

00:39:40and the

00:39:41full assembly

00:39:41which takes

00:39:42place on

00:39:42the first

00:39:43of march

00:39:43we wish

00:39:44to be

00:39:44abolished

00:39:45from the

00:39:45life of

00:39:46the faithful

00:39:46nor may

00:39:48men invoke

00:39:48the name

00:39:49of the

00:39:49exerbal

00:39:50bacchus

00:39:50when they

00:39:51squeeze out

00:39:52the wine

00:39:52in the

00:39:53presses

00:39:53therefore

00:39:55those who

00:39:56in the

00:39:56future

00:39:56attempt

00:39:57any of

00:39:57these

00:39:57things

00:39:58which

00:39:58are

00:39:58written

00:39:59having

00:39:59obtained

00:40:00a

00:40:00knowledge

00:40:00of

00:40:00them

00:40:01if

00:40:01they

00:40:01be

00:40:02clerics

00:40:02we

00:40:02order

00:40:03them

00:40:03to be

00:40:03deposed

00:40:04and if

00:40:04laymen

00:40:05to be

00:40:05cut

00:40:06off

00:40:06end

00:40:07quote

00:40:07so here

00:40:08they're

00:40:09going

00:40:10against

00:40:10bota

00:40:10and

00:40:11brumalia

00:40:11and

00:40:12uttering

00:40:13the name

00:40:13of

00:40:14bacchus

00:40:15which

00:40:15was a

00:40:16it was

00:40:18a pagan

00:40:18god

00:40:18name

00:40:19a pagan

00:40:19god

00:40:19but here

00:40:21they're

00:40:21going against

00:40:22secretism

00:40:23trying to

00:40:23wipe out

00:40:24these

00:40:24pagan

00:40:25festivals

00:40:25and these

00:40:26pagan

00:40:26gods

00:40:26and stuff

00:40:27like this

00:40:27but unfortunately

00:40:28this

00:40:29I mean this

00:40:30was 692

00:40:30and we

00:40:31saw in our

00:40:32last episode

00:40:33about December

00:40:3425th

00:40:35that December

00:40:3625th was

00:40:36adopted as the

00:40:37date for

00:40:38Messiah's birth

00:40:39back in the

00:40:40middle of the

00:40:414th century

00:40:41so this is

00:40:42like 300

00:40:43years

00:40:44since they

00:40:46used

00:40:46syncretism

00:40:47to create

00:40:49what we now

00:40:50know as

00:40:50Christmas

00:40:50so maybe

00:40:52they forgot

00:40:52that it

00:40:54was

00:40:54secretism

00:40:55that got

00:40:55them

00:40:56Christmas

00:40:56in the

00:40:56first

00:40:56place

00:40:57or maybe

00:40:59not

00:40:59maybe

00:40:59they're

00:40:59just

00:40:59trying to

00:41:00put on

00:41:00a good

00:41:00face

00:41:00I don't

00:41:00know

00:41:01but as

00:41:01you read

00:41:02these

00:41:02excerpts

00:41:03and these

00:41:03writings

00:41:04from

00:41:04Catholicism

00:41:06you'll find

00:41:06it going

00:41:07back and

00:41:07forth

00:41:07sometimes

00:41:08they will

00:41:09bring in

00:41:09secretism

00:41:10and they'll

00:41:11try to

00:41:11justify it

00:41:12and rationalize

00:41:12it and we'll

00:41:13see that

00:41:13here in just

00:41:13a moment

00:41:14other times

00:41:15like you see

00:41:16here with the

00:41:16council and

00:41:17Trullo

00:41:17you'll see

00:41:18them going

00:41:18against

00:41:19secretism

00:41:20so it's

00:41:20really

00:41:21confusing

00:41:24sometimes

00:41:24but when you

00:41:26look at the

00:41:26whole picture

00:41:26it's really

00:41:27not

00:41:27they think

00:41:28they have

00:41:29the authority

00:41:29to do

00:41:30whatever they

00:41:30want

00:41:30regardless

00:41:32of what

00:41:32God says

00:41:32and regardless

00:41:33of what they

00:41:34themselves

00:41:34have done

00:41:34in the

00:41:35past

00:41:35and it's

00:41:36nuts

00:41:38really is

00:41:39nuts

00:41:40there's one

00:41:41there's one

00:41:43article I was

00:41:43reading about

00:41:44Catholicism

00:41:45in China

00:41:46apparently

00:41:47for some

00:41:48time

00:41:48they had

00:41:49been

00:41:49allowing

00:41:49the

00:41:50converts

00:41:51in China

00:41:52to still

00:41:52worship

00:41:53and this

00:41:54whole

00:41:54Confucius

00:41:54thing

00:41:55but then

00:41:55they write

00:41:56against it

00:41:57telling them

00:41:58they shouldn't

00:41:58do that

00:41:59and essentially

00:42:01writing against

00:42:02secretism in

00:42:03China

00:42:03then they go

00:42:04on to say

00:42:05that they

00:42:06shouldn't

00:42:07call God

00:42:08by this

00:42:08other name

00:42:09that the

00:42:09Chinese

00:42:09were calling

00:42:09them

00:42:10they should

00:42:10instead

00:42:10call him

00:42:11Deus

00:42:11which is

00:42:12just the

00:42:13Latin

00:42:13generic

00:42:14title

00:42:15not name

00:42:16but title

00:42:16of God

00:42:18it's like

00:42:19God in

00:42:19English

00:42:19is a

00:42:20generic

00:42:21title

00:42:21not a

00:42:22name

00:42:22so even

00:42:23in that

00:42:24they're

00:42:25they're

00:42:26blotting out

00:42:27the name

00:42:28of God

00:42:28they're

00:42:29blotting out

00:42:30the name

00:42:30of Yahweh

00:42:31and this

00:42:31probably goes

00:42:32back to

00:42:32Jewish

00:42:33tradition

00:42:33but I

00:42:34haven't

00:42:35really

00:42:35fleshed

00:42:35that out

00:42:36yet

00:42:36either

00:42:36but

00:42:37either way

00:42:38we should

00:42:39not be

00:42:39hiding

00:42:39the name

00:42:39of Yahweh

00:42:40we should

00:42:40be using

00:42:41it

00:42:41proclaiming

00:42:42it

00:42:42and how

00:42:43powerful

00:42:44and mighty

00:42:45and awesome

00:42:45it is

00:42:46that's a

00:42:48story for

00:42:48another day

00:42:48in fact it

00:42:49might be an

00:42:49episode coming

00:42:50up this

00:42:50next year

00:42:50stay tuned

00:42:51but yeah

00:42:53as far as

00:42:53Catholicism

00:42:54goes you

00:42:54read these

00:42:55various writings

00:42:55and canons

00:42:56and councils

00:42:57and they go

00:42:58back and forth

00:42:58sometimes they're

00:42:59against

00:42:59secretism

00:43:00or they make

00:43:00it look like

00:43:01they're against

00:43:01secretism

00:43:02other times

00:43:03they bring

00:43:03in these

00:43:03pagan ideas

00:43:04and they

00:43:05try to

00:43:05rationalize

00:43:06it

00:43:06they try

00:43:07to think

00:43:07that simply

00:43:08slapping

00:43:08a Jesus

00:43:09sticker on

00:43:09it makes

00:43:10it okay

00:43:10but it

00:43:11doesn't

00:43:11and this

00:43:13is some

00:43:14of the

00:43:14early

00:43:14writers

00:43:14we heard

00:43:15from

00:43:15Tertullian

00:43:15you can

00:43:16hear

00:43:16you can

00:43:16read some

00:43:17other

00:43:17excerpts

00:43:18from

00:43:18people

00:43:19like

00:43:19origin

00:43:20from

00:43:22Eusebius

00:43:23and lots

00:43:25of others

00:43:25I'd cut it

00:43:26down

00:43:26intentionally

00:43:27tonight

00:43:28for the

00:43:28sake of

00:43:28time

00:43:29hopefully

00:43:29get a

00:43:29little bit

00:43:29shorter

00:43:30once again

00:43:31you can

00:43:31go check

00:43:32out the

00:43:32notes

00:43:32that we

00:43:33took

00:43:33for this

00:43:33particular

00:43:33episode

00:43:34to read

00:43:34a whole

00:43:35bunch

00:43:36more

00:43:36quotes

00:43:36about

00:43:37this

00:43:37early

00:43:38writers

00:43:38and

00:43:39also

00:43:39later

00:43:40writers

00:43:40and this

00:43:41is

00:43:41later

00:43:42writers

00:43:42by the

00:43:43concept

00:43:44or context

00:43:45of

00:43:45reformation

00:43:46and

00:43:47later on

00:43:48after that

00:43:49but according

00:43:51to some

00:43:51later

00:43:52writers

00:43:53like

00:43:53Martin

00:43:54Luther

00:43:54this

00:43:55comes

00:43:55from

00:43:56his

00:43:56writing

00:43:57a

00:43:57commentary

00:43:57on

00:43:58St.

00:43:58Paul's

00:43:58epistle

00:43:59to the

00:43:59Galatians

00:43:59he says

00:44:01quote

00:44:01the false

00:44:02apostles

00:44:02taught

00:44:03that in

00:44:03addition

00:44:03to faith

00:44:04in

00:44:04Christ

00:44:04the works

00:44:05of the

00:44:05law

00:44:06of God

00:44:06were

00:44:06necessary

00:44:07unto

00:44:07salvation

00:44:08but

00:44:08the

00:44:09papists

00:44:09omit

00:44:09faith

00:44:10altogether

00:44:10and

00:44:11teach

00:44:11self

00:44:12devised

00:44:12traditions

00:44:13and works

00:44:13that are

00:44:14not

00:44:14commanded

00:44:14of God

00:44:15indeed

00:44:16are contrary

00:44:16to the

00:44:17word

00:44:17of God

00:44:17and for

00:44:18these

00:44:19traditions

00:44:19they demand

00:44:20preferred

00:44:20attention

00:44:21and obedience

00:44:22end quote

00:44:23so here

00:44:24Martin Luther

00:44:24is talking

00:44:25about the

00:44:26Catholics

00:44:26is bringing

00:44:27in

00:44:27these

00:44:28traditions

00:44:28and

00:44:29they want

00:44:30to be

00:44:30praised

00:44:31for these

00:44:31traditions

00:44:32not

00:44:32actually

00:44:33coming from

00:44:34the word

00:44:35of God

00:44:35these are

00:44:36just

00:44:36traditions

00:44:36from

00:44:37Catholicism

00:44:37and

00:44:38generally

00:44:38a lot

00:44:39of times

00:44:39they come

00:44:39from

00:44:40paganism

00:44:40and

00:44:42another

00:44:43quote

00:44:43from his

00:44:43writing

00:44:44a commentary

00:44:44on St.

00:44:45Paul's

00:44:45epistle

00:44:45to the

00:44:46Galatians

00:44:47quote

00:44:48Martin Luther

00:45:16he's a

00:45:16firecracker

00:45:17sometimes

00:45:17he gets

00:45:20off the

00:45:21rails

00:45:21at points

00:45:22and

00:45:23especially

00:45:23like in

00:45:24some

00:45:24anti-semitism

00:45:25or anti-semitic

00:45:26kind of

00:45:27works

00:45:27he did

00:45:28but

00:45:29credit

00:45:30where credit

00:45:30is due

00:45:30he's

00:45:31absolutely

00:45:31on the

00:45:33point

00:45:33here

00:45:33when it

00:45:34comes to

00:45:35Catholicism

00:45:36what he

00:45:36refers to

00:45:37as the

00:45:37papist

00:45:37and their

00:45:39traditions

00:45:39and bringing

00:45:40in things

00:45:41especially

00:45:41from

00:45:42pagan

00:45:42ideas

00:45:43and

00:45:43concepts

00:45:44he's

00:45:45absolutely

00:45:45right

00:45:45about

00:45:45that

00:45:46and

00:45:46another

00:45:47reformation

00:45:48writer

00:45:48his name

00:45:49is

00:45:49John

00:45:50Calvin

00:45:50and

00:45:51I

00:45:53am

00:45:53certainly

00:45:54no

00:45:54fan

00:45:55of

00:45:55John

00:45:55Calvin

00:45:56in fact

00:45:56if I

00:45:56had

00:45:57a

00:45:57time

00:45:57machine

00:45:57I

00:45:58would

00:45:58go

00:45:58introduce

00:45:59John

00:45:59Calvin

00:45:59to a

00:46:00two-buff

00:46:00war

00:46:00but

00:46:01like I

00:46:02said

00:46:02credit

00:46:03where credit

00:46:03is due

00:46:04and here

00:46:04is what

00:46:05John

00:46:05Calvin

00:46:06writes

00:46:07on

00:46:07syncretism

00:46:08this

00:46:08comes from

00:46:08his writing

00:46:09a treatise

00:46:09on

00:46:10relics

00:46:11quote

00:46:12the principal

00:46:13cause of

00:46:14the corruption

00:46:14of the

00:46:15Christian

00:46:15church

00:46:15by the

00:46:16introduction

00:46:16of the

00:46:17pagan

00:46:17ideas

00:46:17and

00:46:18practices

00:46:18alluded

00:46:18to

00:46:19above

00:46:19was

00:46:20however

00:46:20chiefly

00:46:21the

00:46:21lamentable

00:46:22policy

00:46:22of

00:46:22compromise

00:46:23with

00:46:23paganism

00:46:24which

00:46:25that

00:46:25church

00:46:25adopted

00:46:26soon

00:46:26after

00:46:27her

00:46:27sudden

00:46:27triumph

00:46:28by the

00:46:28conversion

00:46:29of

00:46:29Constantine

00:46:30the

00:46:30object

00:46:31of

00:46:31this

00:46:31policy

00:46:32was

00:46:32to

00:46:32lead

00:46:32into

00:46:33her

00:46:33pale

00:46:33the

00:46:34pagans

00:46:34as

00:46:35rapidly

00:46:35as

00:46:35possible

00:46:36and

00:46:36therefore

00:46:37instead

00:46:37of making

00:46:38them

00:46:38enter

00:46:38by the

00:46:39straight

00:46:39gate

00:46:39she widened

00:46:40it in

00:46:41such a

00:46:41manner

00:46:41that the

00:46:42rush of

00:46:42paganism

00:46:43had

00:46:43almost

00:46:44driven

00:46:44Christianity

00:46:45out of

00:46:46her pale

00:46:47end quote

00:46:48so

00:46:49here we've

00:46:50got

00:46:51John

00:46:51Calvin

00:46:51again

00:46:52like I

00:46:52said

00:46:52I'm

00:46:52no

00:46:52fan

00:46:53of

00:46:53John

00:46:53Calvin

00:46:53but

00:46:54credit

00:46:54where credit

00:46:54is due

00:46:55he's

00:46:55absolutely

00:46:56on point

00:46:56here

00:46:57and

00:46:58here

00:46:58he's

00:46:58talking

00:46:59about

00:46:59how

00:46:59these

00:47:00pagan

00:47:00ideas

00:47:01that

00:47:01came

00:47:01into

00:47:02Christianity

00:47:02through

00:47:03Catholicism

00:47:04through

00:47:05the

00:47:05papist

00:47:05as

00:47:06Martin

00:47:06Luther

00:47:06says

00:47:07it

00:47:07and

00:47:08this

00:47:08is

00:47:09corrupted

00:47:10the

00:47:10church

00:47:10according

00:47:11to

00:47:11John

00:47:11Calvin

00:47:11and

00:47:11he's

00:47:12absolutely

00:47:12right

00:47:13and

00:47:13it

00:47:13says

00:47:14they

00:47:14started

00:47:14immediately

00:47:15after

00:47:15the

00:47:15conversion

00:47:16of

00:47:16Constantine

00:47:16i.e.

00:47:17the

00:47:17Council

00:47:18of

00:47:18Nicaea

00:47:18so

00:47:18it's

00:47:19probably

00:47:19one of

00:47:20the few

00:47:20points

00:47:21that

00:47:21I

00:47:21and

00:47:22John

00:47:22Calvin

00:47:22actually

00:47:23agree

00:47:23on

00:47:23but

00:47:25he

00:47:26also

00:47:27goes

00:47:27on

00:47:27to

00:47:27give

00:47:27a

00:47:27reason

00:47:28as

00:47:29to

00:47:29why

00:47:29the

00:47:30Catholic

00:47:30church

00:47:30did

00:47:31this

00:47:31and

00:47:31again

00:47:32I

00:47:32think

00:47:32he's

00:47:32spot

00:47:33on

00:47:33he

00:47:33did

00:47:34it

00:47:34or

00:47:34he

00:47:35says

00:47:35that

00:47:35they

00:47:35did

00:47:35it

00:47:36for

00:47:36the

00:47:36point

00:47:37of

00:47:37conversion

00:47:37to

00:47:38try

00:47:38and

00:47:38bring

00:47:38in

00:47:39as

00:47:39many

00:47:40pagans

00:47:40as

00:47:41possible

00:47:41into

00:47:42the

00:47:42fold

00:47:42and

00:47:44they

00:47:44wanted

00:47:44to

00:47:45do

00:47:45this

00:47:45because

00:47:45the

00:47:46more

00:47:46people

00:47:46they

00:47:46had

00:47:46the

00:47:47more

00:47:47money

00:47:47they

00:47:48had

00:47:48all

00:47:49those

00:47:49tithes

00:47:49that

00:47:49tithe

00:47:50money

00:47:50coming

00:47:50in

00:47:51and

00:47:51they

00:47:52also

00:47:52had

00:47:52more

00:47:52power

00:47:53and

00:47:54for

00:47:55a long

00:47:56time

00:47:56there

00:47:56were

00:47:56separate

00:47:57countries

00:47:57but

00:47:58really

00:47:58it

00:47:58was

00:47:58all

00:47:58one

00:47:59country

00:47:59because

00:47:59there

00:47:59was

00:47:59one

00:48:00church

00:48:00and

00:48:01that

00:48:01was

00:48:01the

00:48:01Catholic

00:48:01church

00:48:01and

00:48:02they

00:48:02running

00:48:02most

00:48:04if

00:48:04not

00:48:04all

00:48:05of

00:48:05the

00:48:05things

00:48:05behind

00:48:06the

00:48:06scenes

00:48:06pulling

00:48:06strings

00:48:07here

00:48:07and

00:48:07there

00:48:07and

00:48:08it's

00:48:08all

00:48:08because

00:48:09they

00:48:10well

00:48:10not

00:48:11all

00:48:11because

00:48:11but

00:48:11a

00:48:11big

00:48:12part

00:48:12of

00:48:12it

00:48:12was

00:48:12because

00:48:13of

00:48:13the

00:48:13syncretism

00:48:14they

00:48:14adopted

00:48:14early

00:48:15on

00:48:15from

00:48:16the

00:48:16very

00:48:16beginning

00:48:17of

00:48:17the

00:48:17very

00:48:17first

00:48:18council

00:48:19of

00:48:19Nassia

00:48:20so

00:48:21yeah

00:48:21even

00:48:24the

00:48:24reformers

00:48:25like

00:48:26Martin

00:48:27Luther

00:48:27like

00:48:27John

00:48:28Calvin

00:48:28like

00:48:29Zwingli

00:48:29etc

00:48:30etc

00:48:30they all

00:48:31recognized

00:48:31these

00:48:32various

00:48:32things

00:48:33that

00:48:33the

00:48:33Catholic

00:48:34church

00:48:34brought

00:48:34in

00:48:34and

00:48:35some

00:48:35that

00:48:35was

00:48:35part

00:48:36of

00:48:36the

00:48:36things

00:48:36they

00:48:37reeled

00:48:37against

00:48:37when

00:48:38they

00:48:38had

00:48:39the

00:48:39protestant

00:48:39reformation

00:48:40the

00:48:41unfortunate

00:48:41part

00:48:42is that

00:48:42even

00:48:43as good

00:48:44a job

00:48:44as they

00:48:45did

00:48:45Martin

00:48:46Luther

00:48:46and

00:48:46John

00:48:47Calvin

00:48:47that

00:48:48loosely

00:48:48as far

00:48:49as doing

00:48:49good

00:48:50but

00:48:50John

00:48:50Calvin

00:48:50even

00:48:52as hard

00:48:52as they

00:48:53tried

00:48:53even

00:48:53with

00:48:54all

00:48:54the

00:48:54good

00:48:54they

00:48:54did

00:48:55they

00:48:55didn't

00:48:55get

00:48:55it

00:48:55all

00:48:55which

00:48:57is

00:48:57why

00:48:57we

00:48:58have

00:48:58ministries

00:48:59like

00:48:59this

00:48:59who

00:49:00are

00:49:00still

00:49:00out

00:49:01there

00:49:01trying

00:49:02to

00:49:02teach

00:49:03what

00:49:03comes

00:49:03from

00:49:04the

00:49:04actual

00:49:04scriptures

00:49:05and not

00:49:06just

00:49:06railing

00:49:07against

00:49:07Calvinism

00:49:08bringing in

00:49:11all this

00:49:12syncretistic

00:49:12stuff

00:49:12because

00:49:13the

00:49:13reformers

00:49:13didn't

00:49:14get

00:49:14everything

00:49:15now

00:49:15we're

00:49:16trying

00:49:16to

00:49:16mop

00:49:17up

00:49:17and

00:49:17get

00:49:17all

00:49:17the

00:49:17bits

00:49:18they

00:49:18didn't

00:49:19get

00:49:19and

00:49:19get

00:49:19back

00:49:20to

00:49:20scripture

00:49:21for

00:49:22instance

00:49:22the

00:49:22reformers

00:49:23did

00:49:23not

00:49:23get

00:49:23Sunday

00:49:24they

00:49:25did

00:49:25not

00:49:25get

00:49:25the

00:49:25Sabbath

00:49:25they

00:49:26did

00:49:26not

00:49:27get

00:49:27Christmas

00:49:27they

00:49:27did

00:49:28not

00:49:28get

00:49:28Easter

00:49:28along

00:49:30with

00:49:30some

00:49:30other

00:49:30things

00:49:30they

00:49:30won't

00:49:30get

00:49:31into

00:49:31here

00:49:31but

00:49:31yeah

00:49:33so

00:49:33the

00:49:33reformation

00:49:33writers

00:49:34got

00:49:34a lot

00:49:34of

00:49:34things

00:49:35right

00:49:35but

00:49:35they

00:49:35still

00:49:35missed

00:49:36a

00:49:36whole

00:49:36bunch

00:49:37of

00:49:45actually

00:49:45the

00:49:45article

00:49:47I was

00:49:49referencing

00:49:50earlier

00:49:50about

00:49:51the

00:49:51church

00:49:52in

00:49:52China

00:49:52and

00:49:52the

00:49:53converts

00:49:53in

00:49:53China

00:49:53and

00:49:54this

00:49:54comes

00:49:54from

00:49:55a

00:49:55papal

00:49:55bull

00:49:55by

00:49:56Pope

00:49:56Clement

00:49:57XI

00:49:57in

00:49:581715

00:49:59and

00:50:00he

00:50:00writes

00:50:01quote

00:50:01the

00:50:02spring

00:50:02and

00:50:02autumn

00:50:02worship

00:50:03of

00:50:03Confucius

00:50:04together

00:50:04with

00:50:05the

00:50:05worship

00:50:05of

00:50:05ancestors

00:50:06is

00:50:07not

00:50:08allowed

00:50:08among

00:50:08Catholic

00:50:09converts

00:50:09it

00:50:10is

00:50:10not

00:50:10allowed

00:50:11even

00:50:11though

00:50:11the

00:50:11converts

00:50:12appear

00:50:13in

00:50:13the

00:50:13ritual

00:50:13as

00:50:14bystanders

00:50:14because

00:50:15to

00:50:15be

00:50:15a

00:50:15bystander

00:50:16in

00:50:16this

00:50:16ritual

00:50:17is

00:50:17as

00:50:18pagan

00:50:18as

00:50:18to

00:50:18participate

00:50:19in

00:50:19it

00:50:19actively

00:50:20whether

00:50:21at

00:50:21home

00:50:21in

00:50:22the

00:50:22cemetery

00:50:22or

00:50:23during

00:50:23the

00:50:23time

00:50:23of

00:50:23a

00:50:24funeral

00:50:24a

00:50:25Chinese

00:50:25Catholic

00:50:25is

00:50:26not

00:50:26allowed

00:50:26to

00:50:26perform

00:50:27the

00:50:27ritual

00:50:27of

00:50:28ancestor

00:50:28worship

00:50:29he

00:50:29is

00:50:29not

00:50:30allowed

00:50:30to

00:50:30do

00:50:30so

00:50:30even

00:50:31if

00:50:31he

00:50:31is

00:50:32in

00:50:32company

00:50:32with

00:50:33non

00:50:33Christians

00:50:34such

00:50:34a

00:50:34ritual

00:50:35is

00:50:35heathen

00:50:36in

00:50:36nature

00:50:37regardless

00:50:38of

00:50:38the

00:50:38circumstances

00:50:39end

00:50:40quote

00:50:40in

00:50:41a

00:50:41nutshell

00:50:42and

00:50:42just

00:50:42taking

00:50:43this

00:50:43particular

00:50:43section

00:50:44we

00:50:44just

00:50:44read

00:50:45I

00:50:45would

00:50:45absolutely

00:50:46agree

00:50:46that

00:50:47we

00:50:47should

00:50:48not

00:50:48be

00:50:49doing

00:50:49anything

00:50:49pagan

00:50:50related

00:50:50whether

00:50:50it

00:50:50be

00:50:51Confucius

00:50:52or

00:50:52ancestor

00:50:53worship

00:50:54or

00:50:54anything

00:50:54like

00:50:54that

00:50:55but

00:50:56I

00:50:56do

00:50:56find

00:50:56it

00:50:57rather

00:50:57hypocritical

00:50:58that

00:50:58the

00:50:59Catholic

00:50:59Church

00:51:00would

00:51:00go

00:51:01against

00:51:01pagan

00:51:02practices

00:51:02go

00:51:03against

00:51:03bringing

00:51:04in

00:51:04pagan

00:51:04practices

00:51:05when

00:51:06they

00:51:06already

00:51:07did

00:51:07that

00:51:07from

00:51:08the

00:51:09Hellenic

00:51:09religion

00:51:10so

00:51:12one

00:51:12is

00:51:13the

00:51:13Catholic

00:51:13Church

00:51:13bringing

00:51:14in

00:51:14all

00:51:14these

00:51:14concepts

00:51:15and stuff

00:51:15from

00:51:15Hellenism

00:51:16but

00:51:17not

00:51:18from

00:51:18Confucianism

00:51:19or

00:51:20Buddhism

00:51:20or

00:51:21etc

00:51:22etc

00:51:22it's

00:51:23because

00:51:24some

00:51:241400

00:51:25years

00:51:25it

00:51:25elapsed

00:51:26and

00:51:26now

00:51:27they

00:51:27think

00:51:27they're

00:51:27better

00:51:28than

00:51:28everybody

00:51:28else

00:51:28and

00:51:28they've

00:51:29got

00:51:29it

00:51:29set

00:51:29and

00:51:29they've

00:51:29got

00:51:29the

00:51:29power

00:51:30so

00:51:30they

00:51:30can

00:51:30just

00:51:30go

00:51:31against

00:51:31it

00:51:31and

00:51:31make

00:51:31themselves

00:51:31look

00:51:32good

00:51:32even

00:51:32though

00:51:32they've

00:51:32already

00:51:33got

00:51:33all

00:51:33the

00:51:33syncretism

00:51:40converts

00:51:41in

00:51:41China

00:51:41should

00:51:42not

00:51:42engage

00:51:42in

00:51:42ancestor

00:51:43worship

00:51:43but

00:51:44yet

00:51:44Catholicism

00:51:45is

00:51:45big

00:51:47on

00:51:47ancestor

00:51:47stuff

00:51:48for

00:51:49instance

00:51:49we

00:51:49look

00:51:50at

00:51:50the

00:51:50whole

00:51:51thing

00:51:51of

00:51:52saints

00:51:52and

00:51:53the

00:51:53praying

00:51:54and

00:51:54veneration

00:51:55to

00:51:55people

00:51:56who

00:51:56are

00:51:56dead

00:51:57is

00:51:58that

00:51:58not

00:51:59I

00:51:59mean

00:52:00correct

00:52:00me

00:52:00if

00:52:00I'm

00:52:00wrong

00:52:00but

00:52:00is

00:52:01that

00:52:01not

00:52:01pretty

00:52:02much

00:52:02the

00:52:02same

00:52:02thing

00:52:03as

00:52:03ancestor

00:52:03worship

00:52:03right

00:52:04there

00:52:04and

00:52:05they're

00:52:05trying

00:52:06to

00:52:06rail

00:52:06against

00:52:07it

00:52:07even

00:52:07though

00:52:07they're

00:52:08doing

00:52:08it

00:52:08themselves

00:52:09here's

00:52:11the

00:52:11thing

00:52:11they

00:52:11can

00:52:11go

00:52:12against

00:52:12ancestor

00:52:13worship

00:52:13all they

00:52:13want

00:52:14to

00:52:14but

00:52:14they're

00:52:14still

00:52:15praying

00:52:16to

00:52:16dead

00:52:17people

00:52:17within

00:52:18Catholicism

00:52:19and

00:52:19these

00:52:19dead

00:52:20people

00:52:20according

00:52:20to

00:52:20scripture

00:52:21are

00:52:22not

00:52:22conscious

00:52:22they

00:52:23are

00:52:23not

00:52:24hearing

00:52:24your

00:52:24prayers

00:52:24they

00:52:24do

00:52:25not

00:52:25speak

00:52:25they

00:52:26do

00:52:26not

00:52:26praise

00:52:27God

00:52:27they

00:52:27are

00:52:29simply

00:52:29unconscious

00:52:30and

00:52:31awaiting

00:52:31the

00:52:32resurrection

00:52:32as

00:52:33both

00:52:33the

00:52:33righteous

00:52:33and

00:52:34the

00:52:34unrighteous

00:52:34Catholics

00:52:37don't

00:52:37get

00:52:38this

00:52:38or

00:52:38they

00:52:38think

00:52:38they

00:52:38can

00:52:38override

00:52:39it

00:52:39but

00:52:40it's

00:52:40hypocritical

00:52:41for

00:52:42them

00:52:42to

00:52:42engage

00:52:43in

00:52:43a

00:52:43form

00:52:43of

00:52:43ancestor

00:52:44worship

00:52:44and

00:52:45then

00:52:45forbid

00:52:45others

00:52:46from

00:52:47doing

00:52:47their

00:52:48form

00:52:48of

00:52:48ancestor

00:52:48worship

00:52:49if

00:52:50they

00:52:51were

00:52:51going

00:52:51to

00:52:51do

00:52:51it

00:52:51right

00:52:51they

00:52:51would

00:52:51outlaw

00:52:52it

00:52:52all

00:52:53even

00:52:54the

00:52:54saint

00:52:54veneration

00:52:55like

00:52:56I said

00:52:56it gets

00:52:58confusing

00:52:58within

00:52:58Catholicism

00:52:59you start

00:52:59looking at

00:52:59the various

00:53:00things

00:53:00they write

00:53:01throughout

00:53:01history

00:53:01and you'll

00:53:02see a lot

00:53:03of times

00:53:03they'll

00:53:05go against

00:53:05secretism

00:53:06like you

00:53:06saw here

00:53:07and with

00:53:07the

00:53:08council

00:53:08of

00:53:08Trulo

00:53:08that we

00:53:09read

00:53:09earlier

00:53:09they seem

00:53:11to be

00:53:11going

00:53:11against

00:53:12secretism

00:53:13bringing

00:53:13in

00:53:14pagan

00:53:14practices

00:53:14and then

00:53:15in

00:53:15other

00:53:16instances

00:53:16they

00:53:17actually

00:53:17sanction

00:53:18paganism

00:53:20they sanction

00:53:20this whole

00:53:21concept of

00:53:21syncretism

00:53:22and they

00:53:23try to

00:53:24justify

00:53:24it

00:53:25and

00:53:26give

00:53:27good

00:53:27reason

00:53:27why

00:53:28they

00:53:28should

00:53:28be

00:53:29bringing

00:53:29in

00:53:29pagan

00:53:30elements

00:53:31into

00:53:31Christianity

00:53:32and to

00:53:32the

00:53:32beliefs

00:53:32here

00:53:34is some

00:53:34quotes

00:53:35from

00:53:35Catholicism

00:53:36as to

00:53:37why

00:53:37they

00:53:37think

00:53:38it's

00:53:38okay

00:53:38to

00:53:39bring

00:53:39in

00:53:40these

00:53:41pagan

00:53:41elements

00:53:41one of

00:53:43the most

00:53:43famous

00:53:43ones

00:53:44you probably

00:53:45know this

00:53:46if you're

00:53:46into

00:53:47historical

00:53:48research

00:53:48at all

00:53:49one of

00:53:49the most

00:53:49famous

00:53:49ones

00:53:50is

00:53:50the

00:53:51letter

00:53:51from

00:53:51Pope

00:53:52Gregory

00:53:52to

00:53:52Abbot

00:53:53Miletus

00:53:53and this

00:53:55happened

00:53:55601

00:53:57it was

00:53:58even

00:53:58before

00:53:59the

00:53:59Council

00:53:59of

00:54:00Trullo

00:54:00but here

00:54:02Pope

00:54:03Gregory

00:54:03writes

00:54:04quote

00:54:04to his

00:54:05most

00:54:05beloved

00:54:06son

00:54:06the

00:54:06Abbot

00:54:07Miletus

00:54:07Gregory

00:54:08the

00:54:08servant

00:54:09of

00:54:09the

00:54:09servants

00:54:09of

00:54:09God

00:54:10Almighty

00:54:11God

00:54:11has

00:54:11led

00:54:11you

00:54:11to

00:54:11the

00:54:12most

00:54:12revered

00:54:12Reverend

00:54:13Bishop

00:54:14Augustine

00:54:14our

00:54:15brother

00:54:15tell him

00:54:16what I

00:54:16have

00:54:16long

00:54:17been

00:54:17considering

00:54:17in

00:54:18my

00:54:18own

00:54:18mind

00:54:18concerning

00:54:19the

00:54:19matter

00:54:19of

00:54:19the

00:54:19English

00:54:20people

00:54:20to

00:54:21wit

00:54:21that

00:54:21the

00:54:21temples

00:54:22of

00:54:22the

00:54:22idols

00:54:23in

00:54:23that

00:54:23nation

00:54:24all

00:54:24not

00:54:25to

00:54:26be

00:54:26destroyed

00:54:26but let

00:54:27the

00:54:27idols

00:54:28that

00:54:28are

00:54:28in

00:54:28them

00:54:28be

00:54:29destroyed

00:54:29let

00:54:29water

00:54:30be

00:54:30consecrated

00:54:30and

00:54:31sprinkled

00:54:31in

00:54:32the

00:54:32said

00:54:32temples

00:54:32let

00:54:33altars

00:54:34be

00:54:34erected

00:54:34and

00:54:35relics

00:54:35placed

00:54:35there

00:54:36for if

00:54:36those

00:54:37temples

00:54:37are

00:54:37well

00:54:37built

00:54:38it

00:54:38is

00:54:39requisite

00:54:39that

00:54:39they

00:54:40be

00:54:40converted

00:54:41from

00:54:41the

00:54:42worship

00:54:42of

00:54:42devils

00:54:42to

00:54:43the

00:54:43service

00:54:43of

00:54:44the

00:54:44true

00:54:44God

00:54:44that

00:54:45the

00:54:45nation

00:54:45seeing

00:54:46that

00:54:46their

00:54:46temples

00:54:47are

00:54:52true

00:54:52God

00:54:53may

00:54:53the

00:54:53more

00:54:54freely

00:54:54resort

00:54:55to

00:54:55the

00:54:55places

00:54:55to

00:54:55which

00:54:56they

00:54:56have

00:54:56been

00:54:56accustomed

00:54:57to

00:54:57that

00:54:58end

00:54:58that

00:54:58whilst

00:55:01some

00:55:01outward

00:55:01gratifications

00:55:02are

00:55:02retained

00:55:03they

00:55:04may

00:55:04the

00:55:04more

00:55:04easily

00:55:04consent

00:55:05to

00:55:05the

00:55:05inward

00:55:05joys

00:55:06for

00:55:07there

00:55:07is

00:55:07no

00:55:07doubt

00:55:07that

00:55:08it

00:55:08is

00:55:09impossible

00:55:09to

00:55:10cut

00:55:10off

00:55:10everything

00:55:11at

00:55:11once

00:55:11from

00:55:12their

00:55:12rude

00:55:12natures

00:55:13because

00:55:14he

00:55:14who

00:55:15endeavors

00:55:15to

00:55:15ascend

00:55:16to

00:55:16the

00:55:16highest

00:55:17place

00:55:17rises

00:55:18by

00:55:18degrees

00:55:18or

00:55:19steps

00:55:19and

00:55:20not

00:55:20by

00:55:22now

00:55:24as

00:55:24a

00:55:24modern

00:55:25believer

00:55:26you may

00:55:28think

00:55:28okay

00:55:29that

00:55:30sounds

00:55:31acceptable

00:55:33you think

00:55:34they've

00:55:34already

00:55:35the pagans

00:55:36from what he's writing here

00:55:37the pagans have already got their temples

00:55:38why destroy something

00:55:40we can just

00:55:40you know

00:55:41take it over

00:55:41sprinkle some water on it

00:55:43slap a Jesus sticker on it

00:55:45and it's all good

00:55:45right

00:55:45that's what they're thinking here

00:55:47and he even says here

00:55:49that it is impossible

00:55:51to cut off

00:55:51everything at once

00:55:52because

00:55:53those who grow

00:55:54do so by

00:55:55degrees

00:55:56and not by

00:55:57leaps and bounds

00:55:58number one

00:55:59concerning the

00:55:59temples that are already there

00:56:01as he referenced in this letter

00:56:02concerning temples that are already there

00:56:04what would be the

00:56:05biblical way of handling that

00:56:07we'll get into

00:56:09some scripture here

00:56:10in just a minute

00:56:11but

00:56:11just to ask you real quick

00:56:12what would be the biblical way of handling that

00:56:14in scripture

00:56:15Yahweh tells the people

00:56:17that when they get

00:56:17into the promised land

00:56:19they're going to find

00:56:21these high places

00:56:22of the pagans

00:56:23they're going to find

00:56:24the temples

00:56:25they're going to find

00:56:26the houses

00:56:27the tents

00:56:27the holy places

00:56:28of these

00:56:29pagan gods

00:56:30that were the pagans

00:56:32and all their worshiping stuff

00:56:33and what does Yahweh

00:56:35tell them to do

00:56:36when they encounter

00:56:37these places

00:56:37these high places

00:56:38he says to tear them down

00:56:40destroy them

00:56:41utterly obliterate

00:56:43every high place

00:56:44you find

00:56:44so what

00:56:47catholicism

00:56:48is doing

00:56:49with paganism

00:56:50is in stark contrast

00:56:52to what the bible

00:56:53tells us to do

00:56:54with paganism

00:56:55another point

00:56:57to make right here

00:56:58real quick

00:56:59without

00:57:00try not to extend this too much

00:57:02but

00:57:02just a second point

00:57:03and then we'll move on

00:57:04is that he says

00:57:06that the

00:57:06it's impossible

00:57:08for people to

00:57:09do a 180

00:57:11all at once

00:57:12you advance

00:57:13by degrees

00:57:14not by leaps and bounds

00:57:15in a sense

00:57:17I would agree with that

00:57:18it is a matter of growth

00:57:20when you

00:57:21become

00:57:22a Christian

00:57:23when you get saved

00:57:23you get born again

00:57:24you're not

00:57:26immediately perfect

00:57:27I'm still not perfect

00:57:29I still

00:57:29struggle

00:57:30and

00:57:32misstep

00:57:32all the time

00:57:33and I get that

00:57:35it is a

00:57:37process of growth

00:57:38you start out

00:57:39knowing

00:57:40little to nothing

00:57:41and you

00:57:42learn

00:57:42and you grow

00:57:43and you get better

00:57:44at what you do

00:57:46as you learn more

00:57:47from the word

00:57:47and you apply yourself

00:57:48to doing

00:57:49the word

00:57:50so in that context

00:57:52I agree

00:57:53we do grow

00:57:54by degrees

00:57:55or it is a walk

00:57:56in a path

00:57:57that we go on

00:57:57however

00:57:58I believe

00:58:01that is scriptural

00:58:02we'll get into those

00:58:03scriptures here

00:58:03in just a minute too

00:58:04however

00:58:06I disagree

00:58:08that we should

00:58:09retain

00:58:10our old

00:58:11anti-biblical

00:58:11anti-Christ

00:58:13pagan

00:58:14ways

00:58:15when we come

00:58:15into the faith

00:58:16scripture tells us

00:58:18to run

00:58:19and flee

00:58:20from idolatry

00:58:21to not have

00:58:22anything to do

00:58:22with it

00:58:22not even to

00:58:23eat the meat

00:58:24that was

00:58:25offered to

00:58:26idols

00:58:26I mean

00:58:28Paul says

00:58:28that if you

00:58:29don't know

00:58:30and no one

00:58:30says

00:58:30go ahead

00:58:31and eat it

00:58:32that's fine

00:58:32but if they

00:58:33tell you

00:58:33and you know

00:58:34that it's been

00:58:35offered to idols

00:58:35don't eat it

00:58:36so not even

00:58:37eat the food

00:58:38that's been

00:58:38offered to idols

00:58:38it doesn't tell us

00:58:41to you know

00:58:41just keep doing it

00:58:43and maybe

00:58:43one day

00:58:44you'll get rid of it

00:58:46but maybe not

00:58:47and it'll be okay

00:58:47either way

00:58:48no that's not

00:58:48what scripture says

00:58:49scripture says

00:58:49get rid of it

00:58:50all together

00:58:51like I said

00:58:52we'll get to that

00:58:53in just a minute

00:58:53so yeah

00:58:54you do grow

00:58:55by leaps

00:58:55I'm sorry

00:58:56you do grow

00:58:57little by little

00:58:57not by leaps and bounds

00:58:58but you do not grow

00:59:00by holding on

00:59:02to your past

00:59:02by holding on

00:59:03to your old

00:59:04gentile

00:59:05pagan ways

00:59:06you have to let

00:59:06all that go

00:59:07and get into

00:59:09scripture

00:59:09and

00:59:11like we say

00:59:12here in the south

00:59:13you do that

00:59:13whole hog

00:59:14okay

00:59:15I know that's not

00:59:15a very kosher

00:59:16phrasing

00:59:17but

00:59:18in the south here

00:59:20we've got the phrase

00:59:20you do it whole hog

00:59:21right

00:59:22that's what you're

00:59:24supposed to do

00:59:24when you come

00:59:24into the faith

00:59:25you're supposed to

00:59:25leave all that

00:59:26stuff behind

00:59:26and start

00:59:27your new journey

00:59:28in scripture

00:59:29in the ways

00:59:30of Yahweh

00:59:30and that

00:59:32is what's going

00:59:33to help you

00:59:33to grow

00:59:34some people

00:59:36faster than

00:59:36others

00:59:37but little

00:59:38by little

00:59:38but you don't

00:59:40retain the old

00:59:40pagan stuff

00:59:41now

00:59:42there are

00:59:44other

00:59:45this is

00:59:46eye opening

00:59:46in itself

00:59:47about how

00:59:48they actually

00:59:48sanction

00:59:49the retaining

00:59:51of pagan

00:59:52stuff

00:59:52and doing

00:59:53pagan things

00:59:54but putting

00:59:54a Jesus

00:59:55sticker on

00:59:55one that's

00:59:57more stark

00:59:58than that

00:59:58if you ever

00:59:59within Catholicism

01:00:01even if you're

01:00:01not a Catholic

01:00:02you know the

01:00:02top dog

01:00:03within Catholicism

01:00:04is the Pope

01:00:05the Bishop

01:00:06of Rome

01:00:07as he used

01:00:07to be known

01:00:08or as the

01:00:09office used

01:00:10to be known

01:00:10but the Pope

01:00:12is the top dog

01:00:12however

01:00:14have you ever

01:00:15heard him

01:00:16called by

01:00:16another name

01:00:17in fact

01:00:19another name

01:00:20he's called

01:00:20is Pontiff

01:00:21or the

01:00:23Supreme Pontiff

01:00:25okay

01:00:27well that sounds

01:00:27rather interesting

01:00:28we hear in

01:00:29the Bible

01:00:30we hear the word

01:00:31priest

01:00:31we've got

01:00:32that

01:00:33we've got

01:00:34the word

01:00:34rabbi

01:00:35we hear in

01:00:36some translations

01:00:37the word

01:00:38deacon

01:00:38or elder

01:00:39but we

01:00:41don't ever

01:00:42read or I've

01:00:42never read

01:00:43in any

01:00:44translation

01:00:44of scripture

01:00:45even some

01:00:46of the more

01:00:47modern

01:00:47paraphrasing

01:00:48translations

01:00:52that

01:00:54the word

01:00:55Pontiff

01:00:55is used

01:00:56so where

01:00:56does this

01:00:56word

01:00:56Pontiff

01:00:57come from

01:00:58this is

01:00:59another thing

01:01:00that I picked

01:01:01up on my

01:01:02study

01:01:02of Roman

01:01:04paganism

01:01:05another thing

01:01:05that's really

01:01:06opened my

01:01:07eyes here

01:01:07this word

01:01:08Pontiff

01:01:09comes from

01:01:10Roman

01:01:11paganism

01:01:12from wikipedia.org

01:01:13quote

01:01:14the Pontifex

01:01:15Maximus

01:01:17was the chief

01:01:18high priest

01:01:19of the college

01:01:20of Pontiffs

01:01:20in ancient

01:01:21Rome

01:01:21this was the

01:01:22most important

01:01:23position in the

01:01:24ancient Roman

01:01:25religion

01:01:25end quote

01:01:26what they're saying

01:01:28here is this

01:01:28Pontifex

01:01:30Maximus

01:01:31was the

01:01:32top dog

01:01:33within Roman

01:01:33paganism

01:01:34you had all

01:01:35the lower

01:01:36pontiffs

01:01:37but you had

01:01:39one Pontifex

01:01:40Maximus

01:01:41or Pontifus

01:01:42Maximus

01:01:43supreme pontiff

01:01:44and the supreme

01:01:46pontiff was the

01:01:46top dog within

01:01:47Roman paganism

01:01:48he was the top

01:01:49priest

01:01:49just like the

01:01:51Pope is within

01:01:52Catholicism

01:01:53you got lower

01:01:53cardinals and

01:01:54bishops and

01:01:55priests and etc

01:01:56etc but the top

01:01:57dog is the

01:01:58Pope the

01:01:59pontiff

01:02:00of Catholicism

01:02:01but going on

01:02:02the Catholics

01:02:04admit to this

01:02:05and they admit

01:02:06that it was

01:02:06paganism and it

01:02:07came from

01:02:08paganism

01:02:09this is from

01:02:10the Franciscan

01:02:11media

01:02:11and that is

01:02:13franciscanmedia.org

01:02:15quote

01:02:15in ancient Roman

01:02:18religion the

01:02:18head priest was

01:02:19called the

01:02:20Pontifex

01:02:20Maximus

01:02:21the greatest

01:02:22bridge builder

01:02:23Julius Caesar

01:02:24held this title

01:02:25more than 40

01:02:26years before

01:02:26Jesus was born

01:02:27after Christianity

01:02:29was legalized

01:02:30under the

01:02:30Emperor

01:02:31Constantine

01:02:31it became the

01:02:32state religion

01:02:33within 100

01:02:34years

01:02:34adopting a

01:02:36title coming

01:02:37from Roman

01:02:37paganism

01:02:38became feasible

01:02:40then

01:02:41end quote

01:02:42if that doesn't

01:02:43just sum up

01:02:44the whole concept

01:02:46of syncretism

01:02:46within especially

01:02:48Catholicism but

01:02:49more broadly

01:02:49all of Christianity

01:02:50yeah that just

01:02:52sums it all up

01:02:53adopting a title

01:02:54from paganism

01:02:55becomes feasible

01:02:56after

01:02:58Constantine made

01:02:59it legal

01:02:59and they started

01:03:01the Catholic

01:03:01Church in 325

01:03:02is never feasible

01:03:05according to

01:03:06scripture

01:03:07and like I said

01:03:07we'll get to that

01:03:08in the very next

01:03:09section so hang on

01:03:10we'll get there

01:03:11but Catholics

01:03:12are trying

01:03:13they intentionally

01:03:13say it comes

01:03:14from paganism

01:03:15why do we need

01:03:17paganism

01:03:18we've got plenty

01:03:18of words and

01:03:19concepts from

01:03:20scripture

01:03:20why do we need

01:03:21paganism

01:03:22we don't

01:03:24but they brought

01:03:25it in anyways

01:03:25and they go on

01:03:26to say that

01:03:28it becomes feasible

01:03:29according to

01:03:31who

01:03:31according to

01:03:33the Pope

01:03:33according to

01:03:34Catholics

01:03:34certainly not

01:03:35according to

01:03:36Jesus

01:03:36and certainly

01:03:37not according

01:03:37to the Bible

01:03:38in fact it's

01:03:40all against

01:03:41the Bible

01:03:41this whole

01:03:42concept of

01:03:42syncretism

01:03:43leave the

01:03:44pagan words

01:03:44out of it

01:03:45if at all

01:03:45possible

01:03:46sometimes it's

01:03:47impossible

01:03:47like with the

01:03:48days of the

01:03:49week we have

01:03:49now and

01:03:50the months

01:03:51of the year

01:03:51etc etc

01:03:52but that's a

01:03:55discussion whether

01:03:55it's actually

01:03:56secular or religious

01:03:57that's another

01:03:58story but

01:03:59anyways

01:03:59we need to do

01:04:01away with that

01:04:02whenever we can

01:04:04and as much

01:04:04as we can

01:04:05and adopting

01:04:06pagan titles

01:04:09for positions

01:04:11within scripture

01:04:11that we've

01:04:12already got

01:04:13even though

01:04:13Pope is not

01:04:14a position

01:04:15within scripture

01:04:15that was added

01:04:17later on

01:04:17but anyways

01:04:19we should do

01:04:21biblical things

01:04:21and biblical

01:04:22ways and

01:04:23biblical terminology

01:04:24whenever we

01:04:25can

01:04:25we don't need

01:04:27Roman paganism

01:04:28or the Roman

01:04:29pagan titles

01:04:30or Roman pagan

01:04:31holidays

01:04:31to be Christians

01:04:32in fact we

01:04:33should flee

01:04:34from that

01:04:34get away

01:04:35from it

01:04:35completely

01:04:36shun it

01:04:37and do away

01:04:37with it

01:04:38if it was

01:04:38totally forgotten

01:04:39that would be

01:04:40even better

01:04:41we've read

01:04:43all this in

01:04:44history we've

01:04:45seen some of

01:04:46the justification

01:04:46of Catholicism

01:04:49we've seen

01:04:49what some

01:04:49early writers

01:04:50and some

01:04:50later writers

01:04:51wrote about

01:04:51syncretism

01:04:52so what is

01:04:53a little bit

01:04:54about what

01:04:55scripture says

01:04:56about syncretism

01:04:57this comes

01:04:59from Deuteronomy

01:05:00chapter 32

01:05:01verses 20

01:05:02through 22

01:05:03and he said

01:05:06let me hide

01:05:06my face

01:05:07from them

01:05:08let me see

01:05:08what their

01:05:09end is

01:05:10for they

01:05:10are a

01:05:11perverse

01:05:11generation

01:05:12children

01:05:13in whom

01:05:13there is

01:05:13no trusting

01:05:14they made

01:05:15me jealous

01:05:15by what

01:05:16is not

01:05:16El

01:05:16what is

01:05:17not

01:05:17God

01:05:17they provoked

01:05:18me with

01:05:19their worthless

01:05:19matters

01:05:20but I

01:05:20make them

01:05:21jealous

01:05:21by those

01:05:22who are

01:05:22no people

01:05:23I provoke

01:05:24them with

01:05:25a foolish

01:05:25nation

01:05:26for a fire

01:05:27was kindled

01:05:27in my wrath

01:05:28and burns

01:05:29to the bottom

01:05:29of Sheol

01:05:30and consumes

01:05:31the earth

01:05:31and its

01:05:32increase

01:05:32and sets

01:05:33on fire

01:05:33the foundations

01:05:35of mountains

01:05:36end quote

01:05:37secretism

01:05:39does not

01:05:40make Yahweh

01:05:41happy

01:05:42this is

01:05:42just one

01:05:43one passage

01:05:45in all scripture

01:05:46amongst

01:05:47many

01:05:47we're going

01:05:48into a

01:05:48whole

01:05:49bunch

01:05:49more

01:05:49of that

01:05:50coming

01:05:50up

01:05:50in the

01:05:50next

01:05:51episode

01:05:51like I

01:05:53said

01:05:53a lot

01:05:53of this

01:05:54corresponds

01:05:55together

01:05:55instead of

01:05:55making one

01:05:56big long

01:05:57episode

01:05:57we divide

01:05:58it up

01:05:59we're going

01:05:59to do

01:05:59more on

01:06:00the

01:06:00scriptural

01:06:01side

01:06:01next time

01:06:02this is

01:06:02more on

01:06:02the

01:06:03historical

01:06:03side

01:06:04this time

01:06:04that is

01:06:06from

01:06:06Deuteronomy

01:06:06chapter

01:06:0732

01:06:07going on

01:06:08looking at

01:06:09Leviticus

01:06:09chapter

01:06:0917

01:06:10verse

01:06:117

01:06:11and let

01:06:13them no

01:06:13longer

01:06:13slaughter

01:06:14their

01:06:14slaughterings

01:06:14to demons

01:06:15after whom

01:06:16they hoard

01:06:17this is a

01:06:17law forever

01:06:18for them

01:06:19throughout

01:06:20their

01:06:20generations

01:06:21so

01:06:23here

01:06:24is

01:06:24Yahweh

01:06:25saying

01:06:26that

01:06:26they can

01:06:27hold on

01:06:27to their

01:06:28pagan ways

01:06:29for a little

01:06:30bit longer

01:06:30because they

01:06:31can't

01:06:32adjust

01:06:33and grow

01:06:33or be

01:06:34there

01:06:35by leaps

01:06:35and bounds

01:06:36no

01:06:38no

01:06:38he says

01:06:39do away

01:06:40with all

01:06:40that

01:06:41no

01:06:42longer

01:06:42slaughter

01:06:42to the

01:06:43demons

01:06:43that you

01:06:44were

01:06:44because

01:06:45paganism

01:06:45is worship

01:06:46of demons

01:06:47plain and

01:06:47simple

01:06:47no matter

01:06:48how you

01:06:49put it

01:06:49anything

01:06:50other than

01:06:51the true

01:06:51faith

01:06:51other than

01:06:52the true

01:06:52religion

01:06:53is demonic

01:06:54and this is

01:06:56going to

01:06:56ruffle some

01:06:57feathers

01:06:57but it's

01:06:57the truth

01:06:58anything

01:07:00other than

01:07:01what comes

01:07:02from scripture

01:07:03is

01:07:05demonic

01:07:06and we

01:07:07should have

01:07:07nothing to

01:07:08do with

01:07:08that

01:07:08as it

01:07:09says in

01:07:10scripture

01:07:10what have

01:07:11we to

01:07:12do

01:07:12with

01:07:12darkness

01:07:12when

01:07:13it's

01:07:13supposed

01:07:13to be

01:07:14we

01:07:14who

01:07:14are

01:07:14walking

01:07:15in

01:07:15the

01:07:15light

01:07:15then

01:07:17looking

01:07:17at

01:07:17exodus

01:07:17chapter

01:07:1822

01:07:18verse

01:07:1920

01:07:19he who

01:07:20slaughters

01:07:20to

01:07:21an

01:07:21elohim

01:07:21he

01:07:22slaughters

01:07:22to

01:07:22another

01:07:23god

01:07:23except

01:07:24to

01:07:24yahweh

01:07:25only

01:07:25is

01:07:26put

01:07:26under

01:07:27the

01:07:27ban

01:07:27so

01:07:28time

01:07:29and

01:07:29time

01:07:29again

01:07:29we're

01:07:30told

01:07:31do

01:07:32not

01:07:32syncretize

01:07:33do

01:07:33not

01:07:33bring

01:07:34in

01:07:34these

01:07:34pagan

01:07:34concepts

01:07:35do

01:07:35not

01:07:35worship

01:07:36god

01:07:36in

01:07:36the

01:07:36way

01:07:37that

01:07:37the

01:07:37pagans

01:07:37worship

01:07:38their

01:07:38gods

01:07:39this

01:07:41whole

01:07:41idea

01:07:41of

01:07:41syncretism

01:07:42is

01:07:42anti

01:07:43biblical

01:07:44and

01:07:46going on

01:07:47looking

01:07:47in the

01:07:48brit

01:07:48hadashah

01:07:48and

01:07:49this

01:07:49is

01:07:49great

01:07:50this

01:07:51little

01:07:51passage

01:07:52from

01:07:53acts

01:07:53chapter

01:07:5415

01:07:54this

01:07:55is the

01:07:55jerusalem

01:07:56council

01:07:56when

01:07:56they're

01:07:56deciding

01:07:57what

01:07:57to do

01:07:58with

01:07:58new

01:07:59converts

01:07:59people

01:08:00who

01:08:00are

01:08:00just

01:08:00coming

01:08:00into

01:08:01the

01:08:01faith

01:08:01and

01:08:02pay

01:08:02attention

01:08:03to

01:08:03this

01:08:03and

01:08:04compare

01:08:04it

01:08:04to

01:08:05the

01:08:05letter

01:08:05from

01:08:06pope

01:08:06gregory

01:08:07that was

01:08:07written

01:08:07to

01:08:07melitus

01:08:08abbot

01:08:08melitus

01:08:09remember

01:08:10what

01:08:10he wrote

01:08:10in

01:08:11there

01:08:11we'll

01:08:12compare

01:08:12it

01:08:12to

01:08:12what

01:08:12this

01:08:13says

01:08:13here

01:08:14in

01:08:14the

01:08:14book

01:08:14of

01:08:15acts

01:08:15chapter

01:08:1615

01:08:17verses

01:08:1719

01:08:18through

01:08:1821

01:08:19therefore

01:08:20i

01:08:20judge

01:08:21that

01:08:21we

01:08:21should

01:08:21not

01:08:21trouble

01:08:22those

01:08:22from

01:08:22among

01:08:22the

01:08:23nations

01:08:23who

01:08:24are

01:08:24turning

01:08:24to

01:08:24elohim

01:08:25but

01:08:25that

01:08:25we

01:08:25write

01:08:25to

01:08:26them

01:08:26to

01:08:26abstain

01:08:26from

01:08:27the

01:08:27defilement

01:08:27of

01:08:27idols

01:08:28and

01:08:28from

01:08:29whoring

01:08:29and

01:08:29from

01:08:29what

01:08:30is

01:08:30strangled

01:08:30and

01:08:30from

01:08:31blood

01:08:31for

01:08:31from

01:08:32ancient

01:08:32generations

01:08:33moshe

01:08:33has

01:08:34in

01:08:34every

01:08:34city

01:08:35those

01:08:35proclaiming

01:08:36him

01:08:36being

01:08:37read

01:08:37in

01:08:37the

01:08:37congregations

01:08:38every

01:08:39sabbath

01:08:40you've

01:08:42probably

01:08:42heard that

01:08:42before

01:08:42but

01:08:43it

01:08:43bears

01:08:44repeating

01:08:45over

01:08:45and over

01:08:46again

01:08:46until

01:08:47you can

01:08:47quote

01:08:48it

01:08:48word

01:08:48for

01:08:48word

01:08:48because

01:08:49this

01:08:49is

01:08:49a

01:08:50very

01:08:51important

01:08:51part

01:08:52very

01:08:53important

01:08:53teaching

01:08:54especially

01:08:55as it

01:08:56relates

01:08:56to

01:08:57Christians

01:08:57and

01:08:58church

01:08:58today

01:08:59and

01:09:00again

01:09:00when I

01:09:00say

01:09:00Christians

01:09:01I

01:09:01mean

01:09:01messianics

01:09:02that's

01:09:03the

01:09:03correct

01:09:03title

01:09:04but

01:09:04most

01:09:04people

01:09:04use

01:09:05the

01:09:05word

01:09:05Christianity

01:09:05anyways

01:09:07what

01:09:09they're

01:09:09saying

01:09:09here

01:09:10is that

01:09:10when

01:09:10believers

01:09:11come

01:09:11into

01:09:12the

01:09:12faith

01:09:12they're

01:09:13to

01:09:13immediately

01:09:14start

01:09:14doing

01:09:14four

01:09:15things

01:09:16number

01:09:17one

01:09:17abstain

01:09:19from

01:09:19the

01:09:19defilement

01:09:20of

01:09:20idols

01:09:20to

01:09:22abstain

01:09:22from

01:09:22whoring

01:09:23to

01:09:23abstain

01:09:24from

01:09:24what

01:09:24is

01:09:24strangled

01:09:25and

01:09:25to

01:09:26abstain

01:09:26from

01:09:26blood

01:09:27or

01:09:27the

01:09:27eating

01:09:27of

01:09:28blood

01:09:28those

01:09:29four

01:09:29things

01:09:30then

01:09:31they

01:09:31go

01:09:31on

01:09:32to

01:09:32say

01:09:32that

01:09:33from

01:09:33ancient

01:09:33generations

01:09:34from

01:09:34way

01:09:35back

01:09:35in

01:09:35the

01:09:35day

01:09:36ever

01:09:36since

01:09:37then

01:09:37all

01:09:37way up

01:09:37until

01:09:37now

01:09:38and

01:09:38even

01:09:38into

01:09:38the

01:09:38future

01:09:38they

01:09:39have

01:09:40Moshe

01:09:40in

01:09:41every

01:09:41city

01:09:41being

01:09:42read

01:09:43in

01:09:43their

01:09:43congregations

01:09:44every

01:09:45Shabbat

01:09:45not

01:09:46every

01:09:46Sunday

01:09:47but

01:09:47every

01:09:47Sabbath

01:09:48so

01:09:50what

01:09:50they're

01:09:50saying

01:09:50here

01:09:50is

01:09:51that

01:09:51once

01:09:51these

01:09:52people

01:09:52come

01:09:53into

01:09:53the

01:09:53faith

01:09:53they're

01:09:54to

01:09:54immediately

01:09:54stop

01:09:55their

01:09:55idolatrous

01:09:56and

01:09:56pagan

01:09:56ways

01:09:56immediately

01:09:58right then

01:09:59not continue

01:10:00in it

01:10:00not just

01:10:01put a

01:10:01Jesus

01:10:02sticker

01:10:02on it

01:10:02no

01:10:03not

01:10:03secretize

01:10:04it

01:10:04no

01:10:05they're

01:10:06saying

01:10:06get

01:10:07rid

01:10:07of

01:10:08it

01:10:08you

01:10:09want

01:10:10to

01:10:10get

01:10:10away

01:10:10from

01:10:11anything

01:10:11idolatrous

01:10:12that's

01:10:12the

01:10:12defilement

01:10:13of

01:10:13idols

01:10:13from

01:10:14whoring

01:10:14hopefully

01:10:15that's

01:10:16doesn't

01:10:16need

01:10:16explanation

01:10:17from

01:10:18what is

01:10:18strangled

01:10:19not eating

01:10:19things that

01:10:19are strangled

01:10:20or things

01:10:20that are

01:10:21still have

01:10:22the blood

01:10:22in them

01:10:22don't eat

01:10:23the blood

01:10:23those

01:10:24four things

01:10:25immediately

01:10:25stop doing

01:10:26and then

01:10:27you will

01:10:27grow

01:10:27by going

01:10:28and hearing

01:10:29the word

01:10:29taught

01:10:30and read

01:10:30every

01:10:31Sabbath

01:10:32you will

01:10:34grow

01:10:34in your

01:10:35faith

01:10:35they're

01:10:36saying

01:10:36here

01:10:36but

01:10:36you've

01:10:36got to

01:10:37immediately

01:10:37turn

01:10:38from your

01:10:39gentile

01:10:39ways

01:10:40and turn

01:10:41towards

01:10:41Messiah

01:10:42that stands

01:10:43in stark

01:10:44contrast

01:10:45to what

01:10:46Gregory said

01:10:46to

01:10:46Miletus

01:10:47you don't

01:10:49keep the

01:10:49old pagan

01:10:50stuff

01:10:50you destroy

01:10:51it

01:10:51you get rid

01:10:52of it

01:10:52you turn

01:10:52from it

01:10:541 Corinthians

01:10:55chapter 10

01:10:56verse 14

01:10:57therefore my

01:10:57beloved ones

01:10:58flee from

01:11:00idolatry

01:11:01all saying

01:11:02hold on to

01:11:03these holidays

01:11:04that you used

01:11:05to do in

01:11:06paganism

01:11:06and just

01:11:08you know

01:11:08put a

01:11:08Jesus name

01:11:09on some

01:11:09of the

01:11:10stuff

01:11:10nope

01:11:11he says

01:11:12flee from

01:11:13idolatry

01:11:13get away

01:11:14from the

01:11:14paganism

01:11:15don't continue

01:11:16in it

01:11:171 Corinthians

01:11:19chapter 10

01:11:20verses 20

01:11:20through 21

01:11:21no but

01:11:23what the

01:11:24nations

01:11:24slaughter

01:11:24they slaughter

01:11:25to demons

01:11:26and not

01:11:26to elohim

01:11:27and I do

01:11:28not wish

01:11:28you to

01:11:28become

01:11:29sharers

01:11:29with demons

01:11:30you are

01:11:30not able

01:11:31to drink

01:11:31the cup

01:11:32of the

01:11:32master

01:11:32and the

01:11:33cup

01:11:33of demons

01:11:34you are

01:11:35not able

01:11:35to partake

01:11:36of the

01:11:36table

01:11:37of the

01:11:37master

01:11:37and of

01:11:38the table

01:11:39of demons

01:11:40so here

01:11:41this kind

01:11:42of reminds

01:11:42me of

01:11:42the whole

01:11:43water

01:11:44analogy

01:11:44we did

01:11:44back

01:11:45at the

01:11:45very

01:11:45beginning

01:11:45you got

01:11:47the

01:11:47pure

01:11:48undefiled

01:11:49religion

01:11:50the faith

01:11:51that was

01:11:52handed down

01:11:52to our

01:11:53fathers

01:11:53there was

01:11:54handed down

01:11:54from

01:11:55Yahweh

01:11:56to Moshe

01:11:57who wrote

01:11:58it down

01:11:58in the

01:11:59Tanakh

01:11:59to the

01:12:00prophets

01:12:00to the

01:12:02judges

01:12:02to etc

01:12:04etc

01:12:04and then it

01:12:05goes on

01:12:05and we get

01:12:05in the

01:12:05Brit of

01:12:06Hadashah

01:12:06and it

01:12:07comes from

01:12:08Yeshua

01:12:08to the

01:12:09apostles

01:12:09to the

01:12:10disciples

01:12:10handed down

01:12:11to their

01:12:11believers

01:12:11and it

01:12:12was supposed

01:12:12to be the

01:12:13same thing

01:12:13this whole

01:12:14pure

01:12:14and undefiled

01:12:15faith

01:12:16but it's

01:12:19not

01:12:19that

01:12:20pure cup

01:12:21of water

01:12:22going back

01:12:23to the

01:12:23analogy

01:12:23that pure

01:12:23cup of

01:12:24water

01:12:24that was

01:12:24handed down

01:12:24to us

01:12:25well these

01:12:26pagans come

01:12:26in and they

01:12:27start dropping

01:12:27cyanide and

01:12:28start dropping

01:12:29arsenic into

01:12:29that water

01:12:30well they had

01:12:32arsenic before

01:12:33and they think

01:12:33it's okay to

01:12:34still have

01:12:34arsenic now

01:12:35but at

01:12:37the end of

01:12:37the day

01:12:37they're just

01:12:38eluding and

01:12:39polluting

01:12:39the actual

01:12:40true faith

01:12:41through

01:12:42their

01:12:43syncretism

01:12:43and once

01:12:45again this

01:12:46is just a

01:12:46few verses

01:12:47on other

01:12:49gods or

01:12:50syncretism or

01:12:50paganism we'll

01:12:51get into a

01:12:52whole bunch

01:12:52more scripture

01:12:53coming up next

01:12:54week or next

01:12:54episode so make

01:12:55sure to stay

01:12:56tuned for that

01:12:56yeah that's

01:12:58what syncretism

01:12:59is and

01:13:00especially from

01:13:01a historical

01:13:02extra biblical

01:13:04outside of

01:13:05bible stance

01:13:06from the

01:13:07early writers

01:13:07to the

01:13:08catholic

01:13:08church

01:13:09etc etc

01:13:11etc

01:13:11so hopefully

01:13:13this wasn't

01:13:13too long

01:13:14hopefully i got

01:13:14shorter than

01:13:15last time

01:13:15i tried to

01:13:17cut it down

01:13:17a whole bunch

01:13:17and tried to

01:13:18go quick but

01:13:18i don't think

01:13:19i did what

01:13:20i was wanting

01:13:20to do

01:13:21anyways

01:13:22in summary

01:13:23syncretism is

01:13:25the combining

01:13:26of different

01:13:26forms of

01:13:27beliefs

01:13:27practices

01:13:28religions

01:13:28cultures

01:13:29or ideas

01:13:30the greeks

01:13:31really ran

01:13:32with syncretism

01:13:33even though

01:13:34they didn't

01:13:35have as much

01:13:35of the world

01:13:36to interact

01:13:37with as we

01:13:37do nowadays

01:13:38they still

01:13:39interacted a

01:13:39whole lot

01:13:40more than

01:13:40people had

01:13:40before them

01:13:41so they

01:13:41started really

01:13:43running with

01:13:43this whole

01:13:44concept of

01:13:44syncretism

01:13:45then the

01:13:46romans

01:13:47took that

01:13:48syncretism

01:13:49and they

01:13:50really ran

01:13:50with it

01:13:51they took

01:13:51it to a

01:13:52whole nother

01:13:52level

01:13:53the early

01:13:55writers and

01:13:55even the

01:13:56later writers

01:13:56as we saw

01:13:57with the

01:13:58writers from

01:13:59the reformation

01:13:59they abhorred

01:14:01syncretism

01:14:02at least the

01:14:03truly faithful

01:14:04did anyways

01:14:05certain practices

01:14:07were still

01:14:08brought in

01:14:08although

01:14:09from outside

01:14:11meaning pagan

01:14:12sources

01:14:12and they

01:14:13a lot of

01:14:14times were

01:14:15officially

01:14:15sanctioned

01:14:16by the

01:14:17catholic

01:14:17church

01:14:17like we

01:14:18saw

01:14:18in those

01:14:19previous

01:14:20quotes and

01:14:20writings

01:14:20and scripture

01:14:22as we saw

01:14:23from just a

01:14:23few verses

01:14:24that we

01:14:24read

01:14:25scripture

01:14:25absolutely

01:14:26prohibits

01:14:27syncretism

01:14:29and that's

01:14:31just the

01:14:31god honest

01:14:32truth

01:14:32that's

01:14:34something to

01:14:34keep in

01:14:35mind as

01:14:36we go

01:14:36forward

01:14:36because

01:14:37not next

01:14:38episode but

01:14:39we get into

01:14:40a rebuttal

01:14:40we're going

01:14:40to be looking

01:14:41at a

01:14:42like another

01:14:44brother in

01:14:44messiah

01:14:45who

01:14:46does a lot

01:14:48of work

01:14:49he is

01:14:50well he's

01:14:51I don't

01:14:52give the name

01:14:52right now but

01:14:53he's rather

01:14:54prominent

01:14:54he is on

01:14:57videos and

01:14:58all kinds of

01:15:01debates and

01:15:01stuff like

01:15:01that all

01:15:03over the

01:15:04world even

01:15:04he goes

01:15:04to the

01:15:06UK

01:15:07Britain

01:15:07and all

01:15:09kinds of

01:15:09places and

01:15:10he does a

01:15:11lot of work

01:15:11he's very

01:15:11smart very

01:15:12well educated

01:15:13but he

01:15:15did an

01:15:15episode on

01:15:16his podcast

01:15:16about Christmas

01:15:18and that it

01:15:19was pagan but

01:15:20so what

01:15:21it's still

01:15:21okay

01:15:22so remember

01:15:23that we

01:15:25or I'm

01:15:25sorry remember

01:15:25this point

01:15:27on secretism

01:15:27we get into

01:15:28that particular

01:15:29episode when we

01:15:30do the rebuttal

01:15:31against his

01:15:32take on

01:15:33Christmas

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