The following are a series of e-mails between "DE" and Yada. Although initially sent via POD and asking about/commenting on Islam, the conversation turns to Catholicism so I thought I would publish it here.

I especially loved Yada's description of "God's only tangible symbol - the seven light Menorah."

Yada writes:

"Yahweh’s only tangible symbol is the seven light Menorah, because it embodies His plan (six, the number of man, plus one, the number of God, equals seven, signifying perfection within the concept of oil (symbolizing the Spirit) and light (symbolizing Yahweh’s nature, eternity, and enlightenment))."

The e-mails are reprinted below:



---- Original Message -----

From: Prophet of Doom
To: "DE"
Sent: Wednesday, January 16, 2008 2:28 PM
Subject: RE: Greetings!!!

"D,"

Thank you for the encouragement regarding Prophet of Doom and for the question.

While we invested a great deal of time recording and editing the audio for POD, it was more a labor of love than a work of professionalism. Our audio recordings for Yada Yahweh (www.YadaYahweh.com) came later and are considerably better. That said, the audio form of the book has served to awaken Muslims who understand spoken English, but either can’t or won’t read it.

The answer to your question regarding Christianity is the basis of Yada Yahweh—A Conversation with God. I pray that you read it. It will change your life, especially if you are religious.

In short, the “cross” is a satanic symbol and a graven image rooted in the Babylonian, Egyptian, and Roman sungod religions. Yahushua suffered on an upright pole, symbolizing Him standing up for us so that we could stand with Him. Yahweh’s only tangible symbol is the seven light Menorah, because it embodies His plan (six, the number of man, plus one, the number of God, equals seven, signifying perfection within the concept of oil (symbolizing the Spirit) and light (symbolizing Yahweh’s nature, eternity, and enlightenment)).

Christmas, Easter, and Lent are all sungod festivals—all based in Babylon and Rome. On the Sunday nearest the vernal equinox (celebrated as Easter Sunday today) when the sun crosses the earth at high noon, its rays were said to impregnate Mother Earth (Ishtar/Astarte/the Madonna/Queen of Heaven/Mother of God), yielding the birth of the son of the sun nine months later (Tamuz/Nimrod/Isis/Adonis/Bacchus) on the winter solstice (celebrated as Christmas today). The forty days of Lent are derived from the 40 days Tamuz, the son of the sun in the Babylonian religion suffered prior to his death. Yahweh’s festivals include Passover, Unleavened Bread, First Fruits, Sevens, Shouting a Warning (Taruw’ah), Reconciliations, and Shelters (Tabernacles). They form the basis of His prophetic timeline and the basis of His plan of redemption. Catholicism made celebrating them illegal—punishable by death.

Sunday is the day all good pagans worshiped their sun gods. Yahweh’s set apart day was and remains the Sabbath. It symbolizes the foundation of Scripture: six plus one equals seven.

The concept of the Madonna and Child is based entirely on Babylon as well. Yahweh considers it an abomination to pray to a dead person and to worship in front of a graven image. The first Madonna was named Ishtar, the basis of Easter. She was the Queen of Heaven and the Mother of God. These are counterfeits for the role of our Spiritual Mother—the Set-Apart Spirit.

In fact, the religion of Christianity as a whole is a counterfeit, based more on Babylonian doctrines than on Scripture. Constantine, the founder of Catholicism and thus Christianity, was and remained a sungod worshiper. He simply applied somewhat Scriptural names and concepts to his religion which was Mithraism. That is why he said he “saw the sign of a cross superimposed on the sun,” and said he heard “under this sign conquer.”

The God Damn Religion Volume of Yada Yahweh focuses on what God has to say about Catholicism and Protestant Christianity. He calls the first “the seat of Satan,” says they are “married to Lord Ba’al (Satan’s Scriptural title),” and are “dead.” Of Protestants living in today’s democracies, He says they are “vomit,” and that they are living outside of His household.

Yahweh doesn’t want to be worshiped. He wants a relationship established on a familial basis. He wants us to stand up in His presence, not bow down. For example, you should revere your earthly father, not fear him or worship him. The same is true with your Heavenly Father. That is the model God established with the Covenant.

These and other insights into Yahweh’s Word can be found at www.YadaYahweh.com. Yada means “to know in a relational sense,” and Yahweh is God’s one and only name.

Yada



"D,"

I’m pleased that you recognize what the leadership of Roman Catholicism does not: Islam is rotten to the core. The swine issue with Muslims is a derivative of Muhammad’s plagiarism. He based much of his religion on a corrupted counterfeit of Yahweh’s testimony.

I am, however, disappointed that you would try to defend Roman Catholicism this way. Even if what you have shared were accurate, which it isn’t, such evidence would be beside the point. It matters not when the term “Catholic Church” was first used, but instead who was responsible for founding the religious organization of Catholicism, and why. The fact is that Catholicism as we know it today began to take shape under Constantine. What he inspired after seeing the sign of a pagan cross superimposed upon his deity, the sun, and after hearing, “Under this sign conquer,” remains a horribly misguided and corrupt counterfeit of Yahweh’s instructions. And that’s what I was encouraging you to deal with.

The concepts of the cross, the sign of the cross, the crucifix, Lent, Easter, Christmas, saints, Sunday worship, Madonna and Child, the Rosary, the Mass, Queen of Heaven, Mother of God, pope, cardinal, nun, graven images, worship candles, holy water, and bowing in prayer, to name a few specifics, are all Babylonian and not Scriptural. Moreover, the important Scriptural message replaced or whitewashed by these pagan things is no longer known to Catholics because of the pervasiveness of the RCC’s corruptions.

With regard to your evidence, Ignatius of Antioch did not write “Catholic Church” in his letter to the Smyrneans in 110 CE. Even according to an official Catholic Church website, he used the following Greek words, “kata holos ekklesia” to convey “according to the whole out calling.” There was no indication in his letter that this was the name of something but rather just a descriptive phrase. Further, there is no Greek word even remotely akin to “church.” So the problem is: a bogus translation of what Ignatius wrote is being used to prove something it doesn’t even address.

Kata is a very broad term. It can mean anything from “to move down,” to “towards and upon.” It can mean “pertaining to, along with, by, or the parts which comprise a whole.” Kata can convey “according to,” or “in accord with.” Holos, spelled omicron, lamda, omicron, sigma, is one of many Greek words used to convey “whole” or “all.” Ekklesia means “out called” or “called out.” These are all common Greek words, and there isn’t a name among them.

People with a vested interest in keeping you under their spell have attempted to dupe you. Stop them. Read Yada Yahweh. Discover the truth. All religions are of men and they all lead away from Yahweh.

Yada

Hello All,

Yada actually addressed all of DE's enquiries by referring him to read YY as the answers are there. If DE is serious enough, he would search all of YY to have a better understanding of what Yada wrote, instead of using Catholic references for defense. For those who do not know Catholicism, there are many volumes explaining the whole of the faith, from it's early beginnings till the present. Go to a Catholic church library and it should be there... it is an encyclopedia spanning thousands of pages across several volumes. It really is eye-opening as I had searched through some of it to understand Catholic doctrines and practices.

Hello Yada,

You are absolutely right in that there are a lot of books and pages from YY and that going through it all is a challenge. Let's start with the latter question first...

While the whole of God Damn Religion explains many things regarding religion, Going Astray also adds to the information. When read together with the rest of the volumes, the first thing to note is that there is no mention in any of Yada's writings about how to "worship" Yahweh! In all my reading, I do not recollect any prescribed method for "worship" and the reason for this is that I think that Yahweh did not ask for it!

When we appreciate appreciate all that Yahweh has given us, we are thankful to the Father. We can praise Him for all the blessings verbally, and there are no "official methods" on how to "worship" as He did not make us to "worship" Him unlike the religions of the world. He has steered us through our whole history of existence without requiring us to fall on bended knee to worship . We do, however, do pray on bended knee sometimes, especially when we are truly contrite for the things that we have done or seek favour for something most important to us, but that is our approach, and not a mandated commandment.

On the contrary, we are warned about worshipping... other gods! We are chastised, sometimes severely, when we put other things ahead of Him, when we fall into idolatry. He hates it when we bow down to other gods because even as our Creator He did not demand it from us. What He wants is for us to walk with Him, learn His ways and stand with Him. He wants us to be part of His Family, and love is the key to this relationship, and the way to use the key is to do what He wishes we would do because we want to do it and not because we have a gun to our head!

With regards to the first question regarding reference documents that Yada used, I really cannot remember whether there was a list or references, or whether references were simply pointed out or quoted in the body text, as is in many cases. Furthermore, as I have referenced much material myself and have not compiled a list of references. But I do know that the Catholic Encyclopedia which is now online at http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/index.html is an incredible source for most things Christian and non-Christian. I would think that Yada would have gone through this site in his research as well. However, it is important to note that the information on the CE is, naturally, tinged with Catholic doctrine but is also surprisingly candid about much. For instance, do a search on Mithraism and read it for yourself. But I digress. Perhaps Yada would like to share his reference material again. But I'm really afraid to ask as I know that it will be quite extensive. :-)

Aaaah... there you go. Didn't I say that the list is extensive? Now where can I find those interlinears and Logos Scholars Edition here in Malaysia...?