MisterFrost

All religions are criminals to the soul. You think you need a religion to speak to a God-Goddess? I used to, but it absolutely robs one of their own free will, experiences of life, and LOVE. Religions do not teach love, they instill fear and obedience (to their dogma). Just another tool used to divide and conquer, but I dont expect the blind followers to see that until they take responsibility for their own destiny. Once "religions" disappear, the world will begin to heal. That is not saying one cannot gain something from the words written, but it has to be derived from the self and cannot be ignorantly, or blindly taken. The words Seek, Knock and Ask ARE the keys to life and those words I respect and live by--it is not stated to blindly follow, grovel, and make no attempt of your own self to discover just what GOD is or means.

xanadu

Isaiahs original Hebrew, with mistranslated words reads: 'Hinneh ha-almah harah ve-yeldeth ben ve-karath shem-o immanuel.' in English: 'Behold, a virgin shall conceive and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel (Isa. vii, 14.)' 'ha-almah' mean simply the young woman and harah is Hebrew past or perfect tense, conceived, which in Hebrew, as in English, represents past and completed action. translated, the verse reads: 'Behold, the young woman has conceived [is with child) and beareth a son and calleth his name Immanuel.' Almah means simply a young woman, of marriageable age, whether married or not, or a virgin or not. reference to or vouching for technical virginity in Hebrew is always expressed by 'bethulah.' in the Septuagint, almah was erroneously rendered into, virgin. St. Jerome falsely used the Latin word virgo. As early as 2nd century B.C. Jews saw the error and pointed it out but the Church knowingly, for over 15 centuries, clung to error.