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Forbidden Book Symposium

Forbidden Book Symposium. February 27, 2009 Joel Lampe. Let’s Start With One of Our Own. “I’m for taking weapons out of the hand’s of the people…. Let’s Start With One of Our Own. Let’s Start With The Typewriter.” Frank Lloyd Wright. The Foundation of This Symposium.

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Forbidden Book Symposium

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  1. Forbidden Book Symposium February 27, 2009 Joel Lampe

  2. Let’s Start With One of Our Own • “I’m for taking weapons out of the hand’s of the people…

  3. Let’s Start With One of Our Own • Let’s Start With The Typewriter.” Frank Lloyd Wright

  4. The Foundation of This Symposium • "Unless I am convinced by the testimonies of the Holy Scriptures or evident reason - for I believe neither in the Pope nor councils alone, since it has been established that they have often erred and contradicted themselves - I am bound by the Scriptures adduced by me, and my conscience has been taken captive by the Word of God, and I am neither able nor willing to recant, since it is neither safe nor right to act against conscience. HERE I STAND! God help me. Amen!" • April 17, 1521, Diet of Worms • Who?

  5. Martin Luther

  6. Let’s Go Back In Time

  7. God’s Providential Hand Does Not Exist Only In The Events of the Bible • All of History & All of the Universe is…

  8. His Story

  9. The 586 Effect • The Destruction of the First Temple Had a Worldwide Ripple Effect • What Do I Mean? • Let’s Examine

  10. Little Geography 101

  11. Absence of God / Pursuit by Man • The Destruction of Jerusalem / The Mega City of Religion Did Not Stop The Pursuit of Wisdom • To Understand This -- We Have To Know Our His Story • 3 Men 3 Different Places All Alive At The Exact Same Time

  12. Let’s Say ‘Howdy Hey How Are You?’ • To the “Fab 5” & The Famous 3 • 5 That Will Change The World

  13. The “Fab 5” • Buddha (1) • Confucius (2) • Ezra • Nehemiah • Socrates (3)

  14. Man vs God • Buddha, Confucius, & Socrates All Shared The Same Ideology • Philosophy

  15. Philosophy • noun, plural -phies. 1.the rational investigation of the truths and principles of being, knowledge, or conduct. • Understood as Morality

  16. Socrates, Buddha, Confucius • Shared A Couple Themes • Impossible To Have Laws & Expect Humans To Follow Them • Impossible To Have Free Will & Be Moral • Free Will Disrupted Happiness • Happiness Exposes Ignorance • Ignorance is Unhappiness • Ignorance is Immorality

  17. Buddha / India • Born 500 BC • Died 420 to 410 BC • Never Wrote • Teachings Passed Down Orally • The Buddhist Bible • Anyone Know the Name

  18. Tripitaka • Tripitaka – The Buddhist Bible Written 400 Years After His Death • 2 Doctrines of Teaching • The Middle Way • Enlightenment

  19. The Middle Way • The Path Away From Self Indulgence • Buddha Didn’t Eat or Drink Except for 1 Leaf or 1 Nut a Day • Almost Drowned From Being Famished • After This Time He’s Abandoned By His 4 Closest Companions and Considered Un-Disciplined • Meditates For 49 Days & Discovers Enlightenment

  20. “Enlightenment” • What is Enlightenment? • Hint • What is the Nature & Cause of Human Suffering?

  21. Ignorance • Enlightenment - Being Rescued From “Ignorance” • Thru the Noble Eight Fold Path • right understanding • right thought • right speech • right action • right livelihood • right effort • right mindfulness, & • right concentration • Only Way To PariNirvana • The Reward For Achieving Enlightenment

  22. 250 BC • 3rd Buddhist Council Establishes Alexandria as the Base of Operation in the Near East

  23. The Silk Highways Are The Roads

  24. Confucius The System / Religion? Of the Far East • 530 BC to 460 • Philosopher • Taught The System of 5 Values • Moral • Social • Political • Philosophical • Quasi-Religious • Human Nature & Its Role in the Cosmos

  25. Not A Religion “Confucianism” • Before One Can Govern Others One Must Govern Himself • Anti-Legalist • Various Levels of Honesty • With Oneself • With Others • With the Cosmos • 7 Themes

  26. 7 Themes • Ritual • Politeness (Silver Rule) • Relationships • Social Harmony • Filial Piety • Respect of Parents • Loyalty • To Family, Friends, Spouse over Rulers • The Gentleman • Strive to Be a Saint, Scholar & Man • Failure To Deal With Reality *** • Without Punishment – People Are Afraid to Move Hand or Foot • Humanity • Deal With Others As You Want Dealt With

  27. Socrates 470 – 399 BC • Arrived On The Heels Of Defeat By The Spartans in the Peloponnesian War • Great Warrior / Army Officer • Disciplined Soldier / Known For Valor • Never Left His Post & Revered As a Warrior • Opposed “Might Makes Right” • Taught Lived By 4 Paradoxes

  28. The 4 Paradoxes *** • No One Desires Evil • No One Does Wrong Knowingly • All Virtue is Knowledge • Virtue is Morality • This Is The Socratic Movement • If / Then Statements That Argue Till A Point Can No Longer Be Argued

  29. Supporter of the Mystery Religion • According to Plato • Socrates Supported the Mystery Religion • Religious Laws That Govern Men to Make the God or gods? Moral. • Argued Against Multi-gods

  30. Morality • “How Am I Expected To Be Moral When The More Ignorant Than I Rule Over Me?”

  31. Thinking It Out • If Then Statements

  32. His Statements • If I Cannot Govern Myself Then Others Cannot Govern Themselves • If One Cannot Govern Himself Then One Cannot Govern Me HOLD THIS THOUGHT HERE ON OUT

  33. Preferred Moral Smart Thinkers To Rule • Believed the Corruption of the Populous Was Caused By the Desire To Be Wealthy Instead of Moral • If You’re a Good Politician You’re A Good Liar • Grew Tired of Corruption And Being Governed by Fools

  34. Where He Gained Enemies • Refused to Practice Homosexuality • Did Not Believe in the Olympic gods. • Believed in Only One Supreme God • Argued That Freedom of the Will Is Immorality

  35. Where He Faced His Death • Strong Dislike For Democracy • Accepting of the Thirty Tyrants 404 BC • 30 Wealthy Smart Men • Not Capable of Corruption • Didn’t Have To Be Governed By Fools • Spoke About God in Singular and Rejected the Parthenon Exposing Their Weaknesses and Faults • Exposed the goddesses Immorality / Ignorance

  36. The 3 Concluded • Through a series of If / Then statements all concluded • If Wisdom Then There is Nothing

  37. God / Jesus / Holy Spirit & Their Accepted “Names” • God is Knowledge • Jesus is Wisdom • Holy Spirit is Understanding

  38. Back To Socrates

  39. Asked You To Hold This Thought • If I Cannot Govern Myself Then Others Cannot Govern Themselves • If One Cannot Govern Himself Then One Cannot Govern Me • All Men Are Corrupt • In Paul’s Day. They Knew & Believed Man Was Corrupt

  40. Acts 17:11 & 12 • 11 - These were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the Word with all readiness of mind, and searched the scriptures daily, whether those things (which Paul was teaching were so.) •  12 - Therefore many of them believed; also of honorable women which were Greeks, and of men, not a few.

  41. God’s Providential Hand on HIS STORY • God – Preparing the Table For the Saving and Healing Message of Jesus Christ Alone • Preparing the Way For • The Resurrected Jesus • Paul to Asia Minor & Greece • Thomas To India • Mark To Alexandria

  42. As In Paul’s Day As Was In Luther’s Day As In Our Day • Man Is Corrupt • So Much Man-Made Doctrine & Not Scripture Doctrine. Either Luther is Right or He’s Not

  43. The Foundation of This Symposium in Today’s Context • "Unless I am convinced by the testimonies of the Holy Scriptures or evident reason - for I believe neither in the Pastors, Obama, The Trillion Dollar Bailout, nor councils alone, since it has been established that they have often erred and contradicted themselves -

  44. The Foundation of This Symposium in Today’s Context • I am bound by the Scriptures adduced by me, and my conscience has been taken captive by the Word of God, and I am neither able nor willing to recant, since it is neither safe nor right to act against conscience. HERE I STAND! God help me. Amen"

  45. He Chose You • He Chose You For Himself • He Did Not Choose You For Somebody Else • He Chose You To Trust Him, He Chose You To Seek The Faith of Jesus • He Chose You To Shout Out! Scripture is My Authority, My Conscience is My Guide – Here I STAND – GOD ALONE - HELP ME! • AMEN – It Is Finished.

  46. Dr. Craig Lampe’s & My Prayer Today For You & Us • God sent His Son - they called Him Jesus, He came to love, heal and forgive; He lived and died to buy my pardon, An empty grave is there to prove my Savior lives. • Chorus:Because He lives I can face tomorrow, Because He lives all fear is gone; Because I know He holds the future And life is worth the living just because He lives.

  47. Thank You

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