EAST OF EDEN

CAIN MURDERS ABEL

"And Cain talked with Abel his brother: and it came to pass when they were in the field, that Cain rose up against Abel his brother, and slew him." ~ Genesis 4:8 ~

Cain murders his brother and G-d's punishments are that 1) his crops will not be as plentiful, 2) he will be a fugitive, and 3) he will be a vagabond.

So, did that happen?

 

Not exactly.  Actually, not at all.

It turns out that Cain takes off towards the east of Eden and comes upon the city of Nod.

Really?

A city outside the Garden [of Eden]? Where the frak did that place come from?

And Nod is already inhabited? With women?

How the frak can that be?

Cain marries a woman and has a son he names Enoch. Then, Cain takes up another vocation as a General Contractor and proceeds to build a city which he names after his son Enoch. (So much for farming as well as that whole "wandering about" thing that a vagabond would do!) -- Ch. 4, vs. 16

Finally, there's that other small matter of Cain's punishment to include being a fugitive.

According to the Bible's account, Cain feared that he would be killed by everyone who came across him (did he think he could die more than once? just kidding), and he whines to G-d about it . . . So, G-d, in his righteous anger, puts a mark upon Cain's forehead so that no one will kill him or else face the righteous justice of G-d . . .

So the person who would kill Cain (who had only murdered one person albeit that person was his brother) would receive consequences that were to be 7 times more! Ch. 4, vs. 14-15

Really?

How utterly awful would it be to have 7 wives and 7 sons for murdering one man?

And then, there is that pesky matter of "from whom" then was Cain to be running from since he was not to be killed by anyone? 

If anything, murdering someone brought a person wealth and good fortune. Not the kind of life we imagine a fugitive would have lived.

CONCLUSION:

The biblical account states that the worst thing that happened to Cain for murdering his brother was he was thrown out of Eden . . . and it sure sounds like he went on to have a pretty good life in spite of G-d's idle threats.

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THOSE WHO PREY

News Article : http://news.yahoo.com/ephren-taylor-accused-11-million-christian-ponzi-scheme-155327895--abc-news-topstories.html

I read this online news article about this schmuck Ephren Taylor who is accused of jilting $11 million via a ponzi scheme from his target victims: Christians, and the minister, Pastor Eddie Long of the New Birth Baptist Church in Atlanta, Georgia, endorses the guy.  Long even says that "Everything he [Taylor] says is based on the Word of G-d."

My questions are, and hopefully these are yours as well : 

How is it possible for Christians to be duped into doing such stupid things as giving their money to a Ponzi Scheme Con Artist? 

How is it possible for Christians to be duped into taking the word of their minister/pastor whose telling them lies about a man that he either knows is a thief and a liar or the Pastor has no clue . . . 

and that should jolt the obvious next question: What else does this Pastor have no clue about!? 

And why am I listening to this guy/Pastor?

How is it possible IF you are asking G-d about everything ..... 
AND, of course, then only acting upon what you have heard from G-d himself? 

To say that such things happen to Christians is because of their "Free Will" is not an answer. The question posed here isn't whether these people did or did not use their free will. Of course they did! They chose to give their money to this thief and to listen to the Lying Man in the Pulpit.

The issue isn't about one's free will if you haven't even asked (prayed) or received an Answer (prayed, waited and actually received His answer).

In order to choose, one has to hear the choices first and that requires a person having to ask (pray). There is that other small matter of getting the answer.

(Sidebar: I have never understood how people are so quick to "receive" an answer from some fellow Chrisitan as if G-d needed a messenger due to some inability to speak directly to the person praying! After all, since G-d can tell a person directly, how is it that someone else telling you they got a message from G-d to tell pass on to you is somehow more believable!? It certainly isn't for me. I have an open-ear policy, so when G-d has anything to say to me, He can say it directly to me.)

It seems so utterly clear that in all such cases as these, IF you are praying (and why ASK if you aren't gonna take His advise anyway?) or if one prayed but didn't wait for the answer from G-d (who He surely wouldn't steer you wrong, would He?...), that the reason that these terrible things happen to Christians is because:

These people didn't ask G-d at all or if they did pray about it but they sure as hail didn't wait for His answer because surely His answer would have been:

"NO! Do not give even one penny to this man; he is a thief.  Furthermore, cast him out from amongst you. And one other thing, and do I really need to tell you this - but I guess I do: the minister who endorsed this schmuck is a liar himself and therefore, cannot be a minister appointed, much less anointed, by me! If you'd have asked me about this minister before you even started attending this church ... and had you waited for my answer way back then, I would have told you he's a liar. But you got all holy ghost emotional instead and now look what's happened to you. Disobedience is a sin. Sinners don't go to Heaven. I'd have to say, you are making mistakes that have Eternal Consequences. Not so smart." 

Not only are these people horrible stewards of their money, they also have no idea what the Voice of G-d sounds like!

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