Religion is the “opium of the masses” – Karl Marx.
As it stands,
Marx’s thoughts are multifaceted than commonly represented just as the debate
about religion, take this one for example and look at it alongside the social
and economic phenomenon...simply epitomised by Marx’s quote that “Religion is
the sigh of the oppressed creature, the heart of a heartless world, just as it
is the spirit of a spiritless situation. It is the opium of the people.” After
all it is the faith that sustains us in all situations and currently masses
feed off religion for reason and purpose behind their faith, and Media, what a
better tool to disseminate, remember who ever that controls the media (part of
the Capitalist agenda) also shapes perception and what is regarded as reality.
Personal
testimony or my own so called ‘reality’: “I have many reasons to believe and
yet so far, none not to believe in the faith within.”- Petunia Mpoza.Regards
Peace in the Middle East!
--- On Fri, 2/4/11, [email protected] <[email protected]> wrote:
From: [email protected] <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: [YCLSA Discussion] Etv ordered to pull 'miracle' ads
To: "Mshengu Tshabalala" <[email protected]>
Date: Friday, February 4, 2011, 3:43 PM
Cadre must clear that communist do not agree with God,or is communist
ant-God.this is not true,in fact its a propaganda by imperialist and is a
capitalist agenda,to demonise communism as a system that is anti-God.plz
comrade let's not drag communist in this church adverts saga.if comrade need a
debate of communist view on God,let's arrange a separate meeting for that
discussion.
Amandla
Forward with socialism forward
PhillipSent via my BlackBerry from Vodacom - let your email find you!From:
"Godfrey Simelane" <[email protected]>
Sender: [email protected]
Date: Fri, 04 Feb 2011 14:17:34 +0200To:
<[email protected]>ReplyTo: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [YCLSA Discussion] Etv ordered to pull 'miracle' ads
I believe in God and that "nothing is impossible with Him" and so I support the
message by Ps Chris. There is nothing to hide, I also dont believe that these
should be kept within the walls of the church.....instead it should be preached
even to the anti-Christ.
I dont believe that communist teachings are against our beliefs as
Christians........ if so please let it be clear.
Amandla !!
Amen
>>> "Ntokozo Lwandle" <[email protected]> 2/4/2011 12:41 PM >>>
Yes there is nothing wron with conveying a message that people can be healed in
God's grace. I am also a believer in the gospel of Jesus Christ but this
should be kept within church walss because desperate people can misinterpret it
and die like it has already happened. However I disagree with Cde Lerato,
Pastor Chris doesnt have to be arrested as such. to a certain extent I belive
in his theory that peopl should first develop faith and then healing will take
place.
On Fri, 4 Feb 2011 11:35:25 +0200 Lerato Motimele <[email protected]> wrote
> Thanks TAC,we needed that. We cannot afford having false prophets
> deceiving our people. The same should happen with pamphlets and other
> print adverts. I am christian but this so called "new age
> christianity" is destroying our people. I think pastor Chris must be
> arrested. Cde Lerato
>
> On 2/4/11, zingisani nkanjeni <[email protected]> wrote:
> > A charismatic church cannot prove that its pastors can perform healing
> > miracles, the Advertising Standards Authority of South Africa (Asasa) has
> > ruled – and the church has to withdraw all such advertisements from e.tv.
> >
> > The Christ Embassy is an international organisation headed by Pastor Chris
> > Oyakhilome with branches in Cape Town and Gauteng and a number in other
> > countries.
> >
> > The church paid R2.6 million to have its 24-minute “faith healing”
> > programme
> > run on etv for 52 weeks where it claimed that people could be cured of
> > illnesses and diseases such as Aids and cancer.
> >
> > The Treatment Action Campaign (TAC) lodged a complaint with Asasa in
> > November 2009 and on Wednesday the advertising body ruled that e.tv had to
> > remove the programme.
> >
> > The TAC lodged the complaint after a woman who was on tuberculosis
> > medication stopped her treatment when she was “cured” by the church,
but
> > subsequently died.
> >
> > The ruling stated that the programme was by definition an advertisement
> > promoting cure by faith.
> > [image: IOL news TAC001]
> >
> > The Advertising Standards Authority has banned the Christ Embassy church
> > from airing its claims of faith healing, following a complaint from the
> > Treatment Action Campaign.
> >
> > Independent Newspapers
> >
> > This is against Asasa’s code since the Christ Embassy did not register
with
> > the Medicines Control Council to offer a product or service which cures
> > diseases.
> >
> > Christ Embassy said it would appeal the ruling and is adamant that it can
> > convey the message to people that “they will be cured by the grace of
God”.
> >
> > Sean Sim, attorney for Christ Embassy, said: “My client feels that people
> > can be healed through the grace of God and that there is nothing wrong with
> > conveying that message.
> >
> > “We are not going to back away from this, there is nothing to apologise
for
> > and nothing untoward about the programme. My client maintains that people
> > can be healed through faith.”
> >
> > Sim said they had 20 days to appeal the ruling.
> >
> > Etv, which is legally bound to the Asasa code, has been ordered to withdraw
> > the advert. The Christ Embassy programme has run its course but the ruling
> > applies to any similar programmes.
> >
> > The TAC’s Nathan Geffen said although the contract between e.tv and
Christ
> > Embassy came to an end some time ago, the channel was still broadcasting
> > the
> > programme two weeks ago in which the pastor, Chris Oyakhilome, claimed to
> > have healed a woman with a breast tumour.
> >
> > At Thursday’s media conference Geffen said the Christ Embassy programmes
> > were “life destroying”.
> >
> > The TAC lodged the complaint after a Cape Town doctor notified it that one
> > of his patients had stopped taking her XDR TB medication because she
> > believed the Christ Embassy could heal her.
> >
> > “She gave up her medicines because she believed Christ Embassy could cure
> > her. She became ill again and died – but only after transmitting XDR TB
to
> > her children,” Geffen said.
> >
> > E.tv’s spokesperson, Vasili Vass, said on Thursday that it would abide by
> > the ruling and withdraw the programme. - Cape Times
> >
> >
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