12/26/23 FROM A COMMON CORRUPTION

12/26/23 FROM A COMMON CORRUPTION

Martha and I watched a movie, "Alone, Yet Not Alone." It is a good movie. I am not sure of the religious leanings of the production company (Enthuse Entertainment), but it did not have vulgar language or sexual content. It was based on early American history and presented basic Christian principles (though from a Reformed position, which is understandable considering the setting).

One of the Delaware Indians recounted his religious beliefs to one of his white female captives. According to this presentation, there was a strong similarity between the Delaware Tribal view of the origin and nature of good, which is very similar to the LDS (Mormon) view. They both believe that a good god and a bad god participated in creation, and those two gods are active in the ongoing tension between good and evil in the world today. The Mormon's identify the good god with their misinterpretation of Jesus and the evil god is their view of Lucifer (the supposed brother of their good god, Jesus, as LDS teaches), and both of the imagined good gods are seeking to rule over this world and mankind, at least according to this account).

Of course, the time period for the events of the movie were in the late 1700s and Mormonism did not begin until 1824, which makes it impossible that the Delaware Tribes were influenced by the LDS. However, if the idea is accurate, then we see that there is a connection between the pagan beliefs of the Delaware Indians and the Doctrines of the LDS. This connection would be related to the pagan beliefs of Eternal Dualism. I did look for the possibility of an LDS connection to the movie production team, but did not find any proof.

The pagan gods of history and the pagan gods of recent religious development all spring from same pagan pool of religious and spiritual corruption. This includes ancient Astrology (not to be confused with Astronomy) of the Babylonians, the Persians, the Egyptians, the Hindus, the Chinese and Japanese and other far eastern religions, as well as the mythologies of Rome, Greece, Scandinavia, South America and North America. The worship of man-made gods goes hand in hand with moral decay in those pagan lands.
Romans 1:18-32
18 For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who hold the truth in unrighteousness;
19 Because that which may be known of God is manifest in them; for God hath shewed it unto them.
20 For the invisible things of him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even his eternal power and Godhead; so that they are without excuse:
21 Because that, when they knew God, they glorified him not as God, neither were thankful; but became vain in their imaginations, and their foolish heart was darkened.
22 Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools,
23 And changed the glory of the uncorruptible God into an image made like to corruptible man, and to birds, and fourfooted beasts, and creeping things.
24 Wherefore God also gave them up to uncleanness through the lusts of their own hearts, to dishonour their own bodies between themselves:
25 Who changed the truth of God into a lie, and worshipped and served the creature more than the Creator, who is blessed for ever. Amen.
26 For this cause God gave them up unto vile affections: for even their women did change the natural use into that which is against nature:
27 And likewise also the men, leaving the natural use of the woman, burned in their lust one toward another; men with men working that which is unseemly, and receiving in themselves that recompence of their error which was meet.
28 And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not convenient;
29 Being filled with all unrighteousness, fornication, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness; full of envy, murder, debate, deceit, malignity; whisperers,
30 Backbiters, haters of God, despiteful, proud, boasters, inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents,
31 Without understanding, covenantbreakers, without natural affection, implacable, unmerciful:
32 Who knowing the judgment of God, that they which commit such things are worthy of death, not only do the same, but have pleasure in them that do them.