Popery

    All Christians are familiar with the original rebellion against God at Babel (or Babylon). This revolt entailed the establishing of a false idolatrous religion which was carried to all parts of the earth. It was prevalent in the Egyptian and Canaanite religions which the Israelites combined with the worship of Jehovah. It formed the backbone for Assyrian, Greek, Roman, as well as Indian and Japanese religions. We should not have been amazed to see the similarity between Japanese paganism and Romanism since a substantial part came from the same source, Babylonia!

    God's wrath was stirred up through most of the Old Testament as Israel adulterated His true worship with Babylonian religion. They did not necessarily "forsake" Jehovah, but syncretized His worship with other religious "traditions" copied from their neighbors. This is what the Roman Catholic Church did at its inception; and to some extent, evidences of Babylonian paganism can even be found in Protestant and independent churches today. Even before Constantine declared the Roman Empire to be "Christian," there had been some mixing of paganism into Christianity. However, this adulteration of the true religion took place on a wholesale scale with the "conversion" of Constantine in 312 AD.

    The following is a brief list of some of the tenents of the First Babylon that were amalgamated with Christianity, making the result a counterfeit religion: the worship of the "Madonna," originally Nimrod's wife, also known as the mother of God, Queen of Heaven. She is called "Easter" in English. Mary was placed in this position. (Note: the worship of Mary as a god has even increased in intensity through the centuries with the present Pope being most devout in this idolatry.) The mother-and-the child god (the same statues or pictures can be found in Babylon, India, Japan, as well as in all varieties of "Christian" churches). The pagan festivals which take up many days of the Catholic year changed from their heathen names to "Christian" names. In the case of "Easter," they did not change the name of the symbols which include eggs and bunnies. The Christ-mass festival with its "trappings of paganism still continues strong today, particularly with the degeneration of true Christianity. It was the birthday of god, that is, the sun-god, as the daylight began to lengthen again. (There is no example or command in Scripture for a festival for Christ's birth and no one has ever believed that it occured at the season of this pagan festival anyway.) Additional Roman Catholic errors rooted in heathenism include the doctrine of baptismal regeneration, justification by works, the mass, extreme unction, purgatory, prayers for the dead, idol processions, relic worship, the rosary and worship of the "sacred heart," use of candles, images and pictures in worship, the sign of the cross, the symbols of the cross and fish, the rationale of the sovereign pontiff as ruler over church and state, his garb including headdress, priests, monks, and nuns. The days of the week and many of the names of the months are pagan, but were retained by the church.