ORIGIN OF WORDS

   RELIGION:  the word religion was invented about 1200 A.D. and means "a bond between humans and gods".
   ATHEISM:  came from the French and Greek languages in the 1580s A.D. and means "ungodliness".
   EVOLUTION:  invented in the 1620s A.D. and was used by Charles Darwin only one time, which was in the closing paragraph of his writing, The Origin of the Species, published in 1859.
   CHRISTIAN:  from the Greek word, Christos, and believers of Christ were first called "Christians" at Antioch, which is recorded in the New Testament book, The Acts of the Apostles.
   CHRISTIANITY:  did not become a word until about 1300 A.D.
   CHURCH:  translated from the Greek word, ekklesia, which means a body of people, and was first used by Christ in the New Testament.  Church does not mean a religion, nor a religious system.
   BIBLE-THUMPERS:  first used about 1843 A.D., which means people who believe in the absolute teachings of the Bible.
   SCIENTOLOGY:  founded by L. Ron Hubbard in 1951 A.D., which is "the study and handling of the spirit in relationship to itself, universe, and other life."  It includes belief in God, but offers no details or doctrine about God.  Dianetics "is called the reactive mind---the hidden part of your mind that stores all painful experiences, then uses them against you.  Dianetics will show you what and where the source is and will show you how to handle it, thus putting you in control of your life."
   CATHOLIC:  from the French catholique and Greek katholikos, this word originated in the mid-14th century and was not applied to the church of Rome until c.1554 A.D.
   POPE:  this title was not applied to the Bishop of Rome until Leo the Great (440-461 A.D.) and was not claimed exclusively for the Bishop of Rome until 1073 A.D.
   ASH WEDNESDAY:  originated in the Germanic polytheistic religion, which means "Woden's Day" and mixed with his Norse counterpart, Odin, Woden represents the Germanic god, Wodanaz.  Ash Wednesday begins on dies Mercurii, which is the day of Mercury, which is from the ancient Roman god, Mercury.  Wodanaz is the god of poets and seers; a shapechanger and healer; a death diety; a god of magicians and leeches.

   Since we have been discussing deception, do you see how easily the minds of children can be deceived to believe in religions and systems because the truth has been omitted and replaced by fear, shame, and guilt? 
   Even as adults, people can continue believing in false systems because they have been taught that other teachings are lies; for even if a young child is taught Communism, he will likely always be a Communist:  unless he suddenly receives the revelation of truth and changes his mind.  So if a religionist never accepts the revelation of truth, he or she will die in the deception of his or her religion because their faith is in people and in their system, which is not faith in God.
   Because the Bible is the Word of God and because God cannot lie, then the Word of God is the Word of Truth from God.  Christ died for the sins of the world, not religion nor religious systems invented by man.