(07-25-2010, 09:32 AM)Shemaya Wrote: I had been taught by a fringe spiritual teacher that the Annunaki were responsible for the "System" that has caused all the oppression, suppression, and repression of our divine power. It was a very foreign concept to me because I am coming from a very strong Christian background. It was a struggle to understand, first of all who are the Annunaki and why haven't I heard of them before?
When I read the LOO it made more sense to me that Yahweh could be one of the Annunaki, instilling a belief of elitism "God's chosen people", that has endured through today in Judeo-Christian culture. This idea (though I felt good in an ego-sense as a Christian being "chosen" by God)...never made sense to me, in light of what Jesus taught. Just reading the old testament bothered me...with Yahweh instructing the Israelites to kill, conquer, and plunder their neighbors. It just was not the same God that Jesus taught us about.
That's exactly how I felt, and ended up rejecting Christianity because of the elitism and old testament '"God"-ordained' genocides (among myriad other reasons). The entire idea of a 'chosen' people is distasteful and goes against everything Jesus taught. I cannot fathom how Christians so willingly accept this concept.
The very idea of a 'chosen' people has been the justification for widespread bloodshed throughout history, and continues to be the basis for proselytizing, manipulation, coercion, pressure, and ego, as well as even political action, wars, alliances with nations, and global decisions that affect the whole planet.
The impact has been vast.