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Cultural Timelines & Behavioral Control Investigations Cultural Timelines & Behavioral Control Page | 2 ▼ | Investigations Series™ Cultural Timelines and Behavioral Control Excerpts from Messiah Tantrum’s doctoral thesis The following surahs reveal how Arab tribalism created a deity-based government intended only for Arabs by Arabs (fAbA). Islam was never meant for other cultures. It was meant to suppress Judaism & Christianity. No mention is made of Jainism, Hinduism, Buddhism, Titans, Olympians or any other deity that pre-existed the creation of Allah. While anyone can become a Muslim (in the caliphate, it is mandatory under penalty of death), unless you are pure-blood Arab, you cannot enter the Garden of Eternity. The directive is evident in the surahs (verses) themselves. PRIMARY EXPOSITIVE REALITY ALL Asian muslims, American muslims, African muslims, European muslims, Pakistani muslims, Russian muslims, Persian muslims, Turkish muslims and any Muslim who is not a pure blood Arab will never be considered for the Garden of Eternity. Non-Arab Muslims (mawali) are hired help for a single world ruled under one caliphate. They will never see the Garden of Eternity. That is not their purpose. Their purpose of the non-Arab muslim is to be subjugated and help subjugate others. Mawali are slaves to the masters. Only the masters (Arab Muslims) may gain entry to the Garden of Eternity. Islam is fAbA, for Arabs by Arabs. The surahs say it’s so. Page | 3 Table of Contents • Translating the Qur’an • Side-by-Side Translations • Written Works • Basic Historic Timeline • Events All-Knowing Could Not Predict • Qur’an Structure • Selected Surahs • Hadiths (habits) • Facets of Islam • Jesus & Muhammad Behavioral Comparison Page | 4 fAbA surahs | for Arabs by Arabs | of the Qur’an 2.113 | Jews & Christians Follow Nothing Good 2.161 | Allah, Angels & Mankind Curse Together 2.164 | Profit for Allah 2.221 | Marry Believers of Islam 2.222 | Women Pollution 2.255 | Basic Characteristics of Allah 3.019 | Islam is Slavery to Allah 3.067 | The non-muslim Abraham is a Muslim by Proxy 3.085 | It is an Unforgiveable Sin to Not Be Muslim 3.135 | Only Allah can forgive Muslim Sins 3.185 | Life on Earth is Chattel (ownership) 4.029 | On Killing Other Muslims 4.116 | Allah is Male, Not Female 5.003 | What Not To Eat 5.014 | Estrange Christians 5.018 | Jews & Christians Are NOT sons of Allah 5.051 | Never Trust Jews or Christians 5.072 | Jesus Christ Would Never Worship Allah 8.074 | Asylum for Spies of Islam 8.075 | Muslim Blood Feuds Approved by Allah 9.022 | The Greatest Reward is the Presence of Allah 9.028 | Keep Unclean People Away from Mosque 9.030 | On Ezra & Jesus as Muslims 9.101 | Never Trust Medina Arabs 12.001 | Islam is fAbA: for Arabs by Arabs 13.037 | Arabic is Authority of Judgment 16.075 | Slaves Not Equal To Free Men 16.103 | Arabic is Pure & Clear 18.031 | Characteristics of the Garden of Eternity 24.031 | Who Females Can Show Their Face 24.033 | Renting out your Maids for Prostitution 26.198 | Islam is fAbA: for Arabs by Arabs 39.028 | Arabic is the only true tongue 41.044 | An Arab Prophet for Arab People Page | 5 Translating the Qur’an Strict Muslim critics recognize only three acceptable translations to English. Hard core islamic fundamentalist don't accept any. The three main translators are: • Abdullah Yusuf Ali example translation: the evil ones • Marmaduke Pickthall example translation: their devils • M. H. Shakir example translation: their Shaitans Side-by-Side Translations • Online http://corpus.quran.com/translation.jsp • Amazon Three Translations of The Koran side by side Written Works The oldest surviving Qur'an was printed in Venice in 1537-1538. Muhammad was born in 570. That's a 1000 years difference Lots of historical errors creeping in over 1000 years of additions and corrections to the Qur’an. The oldest Christian Bible (only 42 pages long at the time) was printed by Gutenberg in 1454-1455. That’s 83 years before the Qur'an writers got organized. Page | 6 BASIC HISTORY TIMELINE BCE is Before the Common Era. Formerly, BC (Before Christ). CE is Common Era. Formerly, AD (Anno Domini; After Death of Christ). 3100 BCE Upper & Lower Egypt consolidate 2705 BCE Noah Creates Slavery First son, Japheth breeds out Europeans & Persians Second son, Shem breeds out Arabs & Jews Third son, Ham breeds Slaves 2500 BCE Proto-Greek language begins 1973 BCE Abraham born 1400 BCE Moses born 1000 BCE Paleo-Hebraic language begins 900 BCE Arabic language begins (another 200 years to consolidate) Hard to write a Qur'an without a written language. 700 BCE Hesiod's THEOGENY in Greek (Titan Story World) 00 BCE JUDAISM Invented (Achaemenid rule, first Persian Empire) 0 CE Jesus born (3-5 CE, year zero of western calendar) 300 CE CHRISTIANITY invented (Roman Catholic Church, Constantine) 400 CE Armenian alphabet invented Language spoken by Jesus; Jesus dead now 400 years 570 CE Muhammad born (570 CE, year zero of islamic calendar) 656 CE ISLAM invented (Uthmanic codex) Page | 7 Events All-Knowing Failed To Predict 1493: Columbus exploits the Americas 1687: Isaac Newton publishes, Principia Mathematica 1886: Benz creates first gasoline powered automobile 1887: Tesla invents the AC current motor 1889: First Electric Furnace 1895: X-rays discovered by Wm. Rontgen 1899: First airplane made by Wright Brothers 1939: Birth Control pill invented by Carl Djerassi 1945: First atomic bomb exploded (American) 1953: Watson & Crick discovery structure of DNA by X-ray diffraction 1957: Sputnik first Satellite to orbit Earth (Russian) 1969: Men walk on the Moon 1973: First mobile phone presented by Motorola; First gene-splicing by Boyer & Cohen 1976: Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak create Apple, INC. 1981: IBM PC introduced to market 1982: World Wide Web (internet) is born with TCP/IP 1996: Dolly, female domestic sheep is first mammal cloned from adult somatic cells 2000: Surgical Robots; completion of Human Genome Project (human DNA mapping) 2005: enough satellites above Earth to use GPS coverage technology Page | 8 QUR'AN STRUCTURE The Qur'an is broken into 114 books composed of multiple surahs (a.k.a. verses, scriptures). The chapters are presented in no logical, historical or literary order. Just a mish- mash of pronouncements. Toward the end of the Qur’an, chapters become shorter & shorter. Several surahs ask a question, then give the response expected of a Muslim. These are meant to be memorized, so when stopped by a Jew or Christian, a Muslim doesn’t fall under their evil spells. Starting with the creation of the pagan god, El (pronounced like the letter L), three religions were created. These are called the Abrahamic Religions as they all try to relate themselves back to Abraham (c. 1973 BCE) who they consider a direct lineage to their divergent existences. The Abrahamic religions were invented in this order. First, Judaism which came up with a deity called Yahweh around year zero. Not liking the loose oversight provided by Yahweh, 300 years later, Christians invented a better more moral deity called, God. And because Jews & Christians are Jews & Christians, Arabs decided not to use their fake pagan deities. Instead, Arabs created a new deity to help police their populations and cull out the heretics (non-believers). The new deity name they decided upon was Allah. From year zero to year Allah takes another 700 years. Three different religions (Judaism, Christian, Muslim), three different deities (Yahweh, God, Allah). In short, God is not Allah. Allah is not God. To pretend otherwise is pure heresy, and in Islam an unforgivable sin. Indeed, a Muslim that substitutes the name, God, for Allah, is doomed forever. No argument. If that bothers you, you should take it up with Allah. Or God. Or Yahweh. Best of luck with that. Let’s review a few surahs to see what they say. Page | 9 Surah 2.113 | Jews & Christians follow Nothing Good And the Jews say: The Christians do not follow anything (good) and the Christians say: The Jews do not follow anything (good) while they recite the (same) Book. BASIC INTERPRETATION Known false statements by Islamic propagandists. Jews used the Pentateuch (Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy). Christians used the Injeels (Gospels of Mark, Matthew, Luke, John). The Bible is a two part collection. Part One is called the Old Testament. Part Two is called the New Testament. The Jewish set is the first five books of the Old Testament. The Christian set is first part of the New Testament. These two “books” are not even the same scriptures. One describes Creation. The other describes the life of Jesus. Different topics. Pure Islamic propaganda. Not surprising that Islamic writers direct all Muslims to never trust Jews or Christians. In reality, Muslim surahs were all derived from prior Jewish & Christian literature. And both of those were derived from Titan mythology (Hesiod’s Theogony). Talk about reciting the wrong book! Page | 10 Surah 2.161 | Allah, Angels & Mankind Curse Together Those who reject Faith, and die rejecting,- on them is Allah's curse, and the curse of angels, and of all mankind; BASIC INTERPRETATION It is not enough that Allah (prime mover) curse you for not being Muslim. The angels will curse you. All of mankind will all curse & hate you. Note that in the author’s mind, it is inconceivable mankind is not Muslim. How’s that working out 2000 years later? By 2017, there are 7.5 billion people. Only 1.5 are Muslim. Since no one sane would be a slave, it is good to know there are 6 billion people free from caecal zeitgeist of the creators of Allah.
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