Readings, Feb 10, 2008

Genesis
Chapter 2 7 1 the LORD God formed man out of the clay of the ground and blew into his nostrils the breath of life, and so man became a living being. 8 2 Then the LORD God planted a garden in Eden, in the east, and he placed there the man whom he had formed. 9 Out of the ground the LORD God made various trees grow that were delightful to look at and good for food, with the tree of life in the middle of the garden and the tree of the knowledge of good and bad. Chapter 3 1 Now the serpent was the most cunning of all the animals that the LORD God had made. The serpent asked the woman, "Did God really tell you not to eat from any of the trees in the garden?" 2 The woman answered the serpent: "We may eat of the fruit of the trees in the garden; 3 it is only about the fruit of the tree in the middle of the garden that God said, 'You shall not eat it or even touch it, lest you die.'" 4 But the serpent said to the woman: "You certainly will not die! 5 3 No, God knows well that the moment you eat of it your eyes will be opened and you will be like gods who know what is good and what is bad." 6 The woman saw that the tree was good for food, pleasing to the eyes, and desirable for gaining wisdom. So she took some of its fruit and ate it; and she also gave some to her husband, who was with her, and he ate it. 7 Then the eyes of both of them were opened, and they realized that they were naked; so they sewed fig leaves together and made loincloths for themselves.

Romans, Chapter 5
12 1 Therefore, just as through one person sin entered the world, and through sin, death, and thus death came to all, inasmuch as all sinned 2 -- 13 for up to the time of the law, sin was in the world, though sin is not accounted when there is no law. 14 But death reigned from Adam to Moses, even over those who did not sin after the pattern of the trespass of Adam, who is the type of the one who was to come. 15 But the gift is not like the transgression. For if by that one person's transgression the many died, how much more did the grace of God and the gracious gift of the one person Jesus Christ overflow for the many. 16 And the gift is not like the result of the one person's sinning. For after one sin there was the judgment that brought condemnation; but the gift, after many transgressions, brought acquittal. 17 For if, by the transgression of one person, death came to reign through that one, how much more will those who receive the abundance of grace and of the gift of justification come to reign in life through the one person Jesus Christ. 18 In conclusion, just as through one transgression condemnation came upon all, so through one righteous act acquittal and life came to all. 19 For just as through the disobedience of one person the many were made sinners, so through the obedience of one the many will be made righteous.

Matthew, Chapter 4 1
1 Then Jesus was led by the Spirit into the desert to be tempted by the devil. 2 He fasted for forty days and forty nights, 2 and afterwards he was hungry. 3 The tempter approached and said to him, "If you are the Son of God, command that these stones become loaves of bread." 4 3 He said in reply, "It is written: 'One does not live by bread alone, but by every word that comes forth from the mouth of God.'" 5 4 Then the devil took him to the holy city, and made him stand on the parapet of the temple, 6 and said to him, "If you are the Son of God, throw yourself down. For it is written: 'He will command his angels concerning you and 'with their hands they will support you, lest you dash your foot against a stone.'" 7 Jesus answered him, "Again it is written, 'You shall not put the Lord, your God, to the test.'" 8 Then the devil took him up to a very high mountain, and showed him all the kingdoms of the world in their magnificence, 9 and he said to him, "All these I shall give to you, if you will prostrate yourself and worship me." 5 10 At this, Jesus said to him, "Get away, Satan! It is written: 'The Lord, your God, shall you worship and him alone shall you serve.'" 11 Then the devil left him and, behold, angels came and ministered to him.

Catholic Fundamentalist translation:

From his place on earth, Isaiah received a real-time download that allowed him to see that

God's throne was far above the Temple, and the train of His garment filled it. To CFs, God's throne is now the same distance above the Vatican, which is filled with the power of His programming.

Sub-Programmers hover gloriously around The Programmer. When they proclaimed all that He programmed is perfect, the earth shook.

Their proclamation moved so powerfully that Isaiah's house supports vibrated, and parts of the chimney fell into the fireplace. 

"My program is about to be overwritten so thoroughly that I will be erased. I am filled with errors, so are my neighbors, but I have seen the Perfect Programmer.

A Sub-Programmer widened Isaiah's access ports, expanded his memory, and cleaned his files so that he could download enough to understand a query from The Programmer.

"I am reprogrammed! I can understand! I will tell others about The Program!"l

I told you about God's program. You moved into that program, and it moved into you. If you stay in that program, it will stay in you, and you will be with The Programmer.

Christ, The Program in living, perfect, human form, painfully erased Himself to save us. His example, that we must erase our human program for the glory of The Programmer, was made visible to those He selected.

I tried to destroy the New Program, and force people to leave it, and go back to the Old Program.

The Programmer allowed me to leave the Old Program and download the New Program within myself. I did that so thoroughly that God works through me, and I find myself working harder than anyone.

It doesn't matter which us helped you download the problem.

Jesus showed that He had the power to command living creatures. Catholic Fundamentalists realize that this passage may tell us that He simply programmed the fish into existence.

Peter realized the power that Jesus had, and by that light, saw his own shortcomings.

James, John, and Peter were partners, implying that, in earthly matters, they were equal.

Just as He brought the fish to their net, He brought them to His.