Leela

We all know that all brands of Gentlemen from the so-called International community had been advising our successive Governments on how to achieve ƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ”¹…”peaceƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ¢-¾‚¢ with LTTE. However, not very many of us know; it is a manipulative arm of the Christian ecumenical church. For one thing, if Christian past is a paradigm to go by, we can certainly visualize all their motives.

ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ The state religion of these western countries is Christianity. Queen is the head of the Christian Church in England. All hierarchy in the realm of Norway has to be Lutheran Christians by their constitution. Naturally, culture of all these countries is based on Judo-Christian doctrine. That is because, Christianity itself is based on a religion called Judaism. Not just Christianity and all its divisions, but Muhammadism and its sub sects are also based on the initial principle of Judaism and its founder. Therefore, before we elaborate things that the Christians have done in the past particularly to spread their religion, we ought to know a bit about Judaism.

ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ The religion of Jews, Judaism is based on the word of a ƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ”¹…”one GodƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ¢-¾‚¢. The belief of this one God was first brought about by an ancient and a minor nomadic race called the Hebrews. Hebrews were the ancestors of the present day Jews in Israel. Jews say; one God had read his first message to a Hebrew man called Abraham in the middle of a desert. Later on, this desert God is said to have transmitted further messages through many other messiahs. Though a messiah called, Moses is said to have written down ƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ”¹…”the word of GodƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ¢-¾‚¢ first, the Jewish Bible is an assortment of many messiahƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ¢-¾‚¢s messages. For one thing, all those messiahs were Hebrews and preached only to Hebrews. Hence, Jews believe, GodƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ¢-¾‚¢s commandments were intended only for them and no other. So, it is not startling, Hebrew alone followed AbrahamƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ¢-¾‚¢s God for thousands of years.

ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ The Bible that Hebrews wrote is called Torah or Tennak. It is full of GodƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ¢-¾‚¢s commandments and moral codes. Also in it is the detail of how God had created the Universe, the man and every other thing in black and white.

ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ It is also full of violence, filth and ill will. A world-renowned traveler named Mark Twain was an American and a novelist who had spoken greatly about Sri Lanka. After reading the Hebrew Bible thoroughly, he noted down about its God in a rather sarcastic manner in his book ƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ”¹…”God, Ancient and ModernƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ¢-¾‚¢. He wrote; ƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ…-The sole solicitude of the God is with a few wandering and truculent nomads. He (God) worried and fretted over them in a peculiar and distractingly human way. One day he coaxed and petted them beyond their deserts. He sulked, he cursed, he raged, he grieved, according to his mood and the circumstance. When the fury was on him, he was blind to all reason ƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ¢¢”š¬…” he not only slaughters the offenders, but even harmless little children and his cattle.ƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ”š‚

ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ Anyway, since this one God appeared to Abraham first, he sent many messiahs to affirm earlier messiahsƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ¢-¾‚¢ messages or preachings. Jesus was also a Jew. But, Jesus had said something different to all his earlier messiahs. The Christians say; the God came to this world in person as a Jew called ƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ”¹…”JesusƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ¢-¾‚¢, to save the humankind from an eternal sin.

ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ However, when Christians wrote their own Bible called ƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ”¹…”The New TestamentƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ¢-¾‚¢ later on, they recognize the writings in the Hebrew Bible as the true word of God. Therefore, they considered the Hebrew Bible is also a part of Christian Bible and call it their ƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ”¹…”Old TestamentƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ¢-¾‚¢.

ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ Six hundred years after Jesus, a man named Muhammad had declaired that the same God through the same angel had read his new message. Incidently, Muhammad was the only prophet of this desert God who was not a Jew. Muslims say; that entire message is written in the Holy Koran. Its allegory is somewhat different to that of the first Bible. So much so, the Jews and the Christians were taunted in the Koran by saying they do not espouse GodƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ¢-¾‚¢s word correctly.

ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ Consequently, the codes of ƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ”¹…”the word of GodƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ¢-¾‚¢ in both ƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ”¹…”The New TestamentƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ¢-¾‚¢ and ƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ”¹…”The KoranƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ¢-¾‚¢ are different to that of the original ƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ”¹…”word of GodƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ¢-¾‚¢ in the Hebrew Bible. As a result, clerics of each of these religions started to preach different things as ƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ”¹…”the word of God.ƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ¢-¾‚¢

ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ Just to give one example; the Christian Bible says the God had come to this world as Jesus Christ. But the Koran emphatically says; that Jesus is not ƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ”¹…”the GodƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ¢-¾‚¢ but his messenger, a man. The Jewish Bible has completely missed out the GodƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ¢-¾‚¢s coming on as ƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ”¹…”Jesus ChristƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ¢-¾‚¢ to pay for the original sin. Nor do they believe Jesus is the God. As for us, we are baffled; which book is the mother book that has the correct ƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ”¹…”word of GodƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ¢-¾‚¢?

Leela