We have pretended for far too long that secular responses to our basic evolutionary nature and human longing for meaning are enough. They are not; and it's time to get our act together.
Thank you, Frank, for the recommendation of E. M. Thomas. I just ordered two of her books, Growing Old and The Old Way. Thank you for your thoughts and insights.
Frank, I'm sorry I didn't have children myself. I love children. I think the church can be an environment where we can nurture children. At my Episcopal church, which is theologically liberal, we have an area in the back where families with small children can sit. There are toys for the children. Yesterday I was ushering, and at one point a little girl (maybe a year old) dropped a toy outside the area she could easily get it. I went over and handed it to her. That was a really nice feeling. I also saw her grandmother teaching her the Lord's Prayer several weeks ago. There's another grandmother who sits back there with her maybe 9-month-old grandson. She is obviously really gifted with children. Apparently she is in the process of adopting him and his 11-year-old sister. Their parents are apparently not good as parents. I told her yesterday that there is a couple over me in my apartment building that I worry about. They have a baby boy that cries more than seems normal to me. Sometimes he lets out blood-curdling screams. She said why don't you invite them to church? I plan to. I don't think we are all naturally gifted to know how to take care of children.
Competition versus co-operation. Opposing forces doing battle. We need children, but sometimes our needs prevent us from having them. In this already overpopulated world the future can only get more difficult.
Enjoyed listening to your words of wisdom - as I always do.
Hi Frank, I am from Melbourne Australia. I have long admired your critique of the wall-to-wall awfulness of right-wing religiosity.
But how do we both individually and collectively get our act together, how does the evolutionary process actually work, why/how has it been stopped or shut down, and what, if anything can be done about it.
Please find a set of references which provide a unique Illuminated Understanding of our situation.
I don't know what those of religions other than the Abrahamic religions---and even then I don't know about Islam---think about riches, but Judaism and Christianity are capitalist religions. And capitalism has become religion to most of the world which, therefore, appears to have come to believe capitalism IS Christian. You hear this in every political and religious commentary you're assaulted with.
Both systems start with the belief that you're very bad and the god of Christians and the god of Wall Street will not favor you until you, in the Christian church, "accept Jesus," and on Wall Street, until you have an MBA from one of the Ivy League schools that qualifies you to make a lot of money for someone---and even be rewarded with some of it yourself.
Both are forms of pimp-driven prostitution. The Masters of Commerce pimp your talents and pay you to do what you're told--and you serve them, not your family. The Masters of Religion pimp you to their service, but they don't pay you---they just tell you that, from their exalted positions they'll tell God to pay you (but he won't even consider it unless you give them at least 10% of everything you've got.
Both Christianity and Capitalism religions are love destroying institutions.
The feminist movement of the 70s was an utter failure by women who became blinded by their desire to make their own money---to become capitalist prostitutes themselves---why should men get all the money?
They denigrated the real female strengths---which have always been as caretakers. It's not that women can't build rockets. Of course they can and well done those who do. But they fight harder than male rocket-builders and they get fewer rewards and less pay. But the feminist movement wrongly threw motherhood and sex appeal out the window and insisted we become faux men---anyone remember those hideous Brooks Brothers suits for female professionals? Like nuns from Hell. Designed to make women look like male professionals and deny their femininity---this is NOT equality. It's unnatural. The movement, in its scorn for motherhood, neglected to secure corporate, educational, and government child care which made it unprofitable for them to pay for daycare. But capitalism told them that they were dumb and useless if they **didn't** work.
Capitalism and organized Christianity are the hand in the glove. Both promote evil.
Men waiting and driving around for people to blow up is not something you "get used to". We're living in times where wealthy and even not-so-wealthy (crafty) "ruin the poor with lies" and set tables for "fortune and destiny". And it includes *sacrificing humans* to their net. Do the digital gods even realize they are practicing human sacrifice? Of course they do! The "Sportsmans Club" has a grand game, worthy of a "Texas Grill". For all us nothing burgers the Burger Kings are busy meat-packing. And that includes us and our children. And you think it's a matter of a little drowsiness?
Put it this way, the smart Jews left Germany early. Nobody gets "used to" 24-7 surveillance and a [...] cannibalistic feast of butthole surfers, oops, I mean vultures. You cannot wake up when the slimy heaving sex beast is sacrificing HUMANS to their NET and you can hear children crying. You know, the same one that the king of porn city (Hotel California) says "you can check out anytime you like, but you can never leave" - as well as his newest lyrics "once your mine, once your mine...there's no going back" (Katy Perry).
This country has no idea what kind of HEAVING beast is devouring US I suppose because we're all busy worshiping it. I suppose you wouldn't in those "powerful" caves, err....studios. Why trust Science when Scripture depicts it much more truthfully: "the wealthy feed off the poor" and in my own words, this is a sick country.
Thank you, Frank, for the recommendation of E. M. Thomas. I just ordered two of her books, Growing Old and The Old Way. Thank you for your thoughts and insights.
Frank, I'm sorry I didn't have children myself. I love children. I think the church can be an environment where we can nurture children. At my Episcopal church, which is theologically liberal, we have an area in the back where families with small children can sit. There are toys for the children. Yesterday I was ushering, and at one point a little girl (maybe a year old) dropped a toy outside the area she could easily get it. I went over and handed it to her. That was a really nice feeling. I also saw her grandmother teaching her the Lord's Prayer several weeks ago. There's another grandmother who sits back there with her maybe 9-month-old grandson. She is obviously really gifted with children. Apparently she is in the process of adopting him and his 11-year-old sister. Their parents are apparently not good as parents. I told her yesterday that there is a couple over me in my apartment building that I worry about. They have a baby boy that cries more than seems normal to me. Sometimes he lets out blood-curdling screams. She said why don't you invite them to church? I plan to. I don't think we are all naturally gifted to know how to take care of children.
So am I wrong that Chicago lawsuit against immigrants is wrong? Because I'm absolutely flabbergasted
Competition versus co-operation. Opposing forces doing battle. We need children, but sometimes our needs prevent us from having them. In this already overpopulated world the future can only get more difficult.
Enjoyed listening to your words of wisdom - as I always do.
Hi Frank, I am from Melbourne Australia. I have long admired your critique of the wall-to-wall awfulness of right-wing religiosity.
But how do we both individually and collectively get our act together, how does the evolutionary process actually work, why/how has it been stopped or shut down, and what, if anything can be done about it.
Please find a set of references which provide a unique Illuminated Understanding of our situation.
http://www.fnmzoo.org/wisdom-teaching/i-embrace-all-beings
http://beezone.com/adida/quandramamashikhara/thelawofpleasuredomeEDIT.html The Pleasure Dome Principle
http://www.aboutadidam.org/readings/bridge_to_god/index3.html
http://beezone.com/2main_shelf/fiveevolutionarystatestrueman.html
How why the evolutionary process has been shut down
http://fearnomore.vision/human/what-man-represents
http://beezone.com/2main_shelf/stresschemistry.html
http://beezone.com/2main_shelf/tableofcontents-5.html
I don't know what those of religions other than the Abrahamic religions---and even then I don't know about Islam---think about riches, but Judaism and Christianity are capitalist religions. And capitalism has become religion to most of the world which, therefore, appears to have come to believe capitalism IS Christian. You hear this in every political and religious commentary you're assaulted with.
Both systems start with the belief that you're very bad and the god of Christians and the god of Wall Street will not favor you until you, in the Christian church, "accept Jesus," and on Wall Street, until you have an MBA from one of the Ivy League schools that qualifies you to make a lot of money for someone---and even be rewarded with some of it yourself.
Both are forms of pimp-driven prostitution. The Masters of Commerce pimp your talents and pay you to do what you're told--and you serve them, not your family. The Masters of Religion pimp you to their service, but they don't pay you---they just tell you that, from their exalted positions they'll tell God to pay you (but he won't even consider it unless you give them at least 10% of everything you've got.
Both Christianity and Capitalism religions are love destroying institutions.
The feminist movement of the 70s was an utter failure by women who became blinded by their desire to make their own money---to become capitalist prostitutes themselves---why should men get all the money?
They denigrated the real female strengths---which have always been as caretakers. It's not that women can't build rockets. Of course they can and well done those who do. But they fight harder than male rocket-builders and they get fewer rewards and less pay. But the feminist movement wrongly threw motherhood and sex appeal out the window and insisted we become faux men---anyone remember those hideous Brooks Brothers suits for female professionals? Like nuns from Hell. Designed to make women look like male professionals and deny their femininity---this is NOT equality. It's unnatural. The movement, in its scorn for motherhood, neglected to secure corporate, educational, and government child care which made it unprofitable for them to pay for daycare. But capitalism told them that they were dumb and useless if they **didn't** work.
Capitalism and organized Christianity are the hand in the glove. Both promote evil.
Men waiting and driving around for people to blow up is not something you "get used to". We're living in times where wealthy and even not-so-wealthy (crafty) "ruin the poor with lies" and set tables for "fortune and destiny". And it includes *sacrificing humans* to their net. Do the digital gods even realize they are practicing human sacrifice? Of course they do! The "Sportsmans Club" has a grand game, worthy of a "Texas Grill". For all us nothing burgers the Burger Kings are busy meat-packing. And that includes us and our children. And you think it's a matter of a little drowsiness?
Put it this way, the smart Jews left Germany early. Nobody gets "used to" 24-7 surveillance and a [...] cannibalistic feast of butthole surfers, oops, I mean vultures. You cannot wake up when the slimy heaving sex beast is sacrificing HUMANS to their NET and you can hear children crying. You know, the same one that the king of porn city (Hotel California) says "you can check out anytime you like, but you can never leave" - as well as his newest lyrics "once your mine, once your mine...there's no going back" (Katy Perry).
This country has no idea what kind of HEAVING beast is devouring US I suppose because we're all busy worshiping it. I suppose you wouldn't in those "powerful" caves, err....studios. Why trust Science when Scripture depicts it much more truthfully: "the wealthy feed off the poor" and in my own words, this is a sick country.