Well said John. I’ve been stating this for years. The source of our present problems is a Spiritual. People have long ago forsaken Christianity, the foundation of our republic. The result is predictable as mankind is depraved.
Whereas it true that Christianity may be the foundation of our republic, literacy and the study of history is the glue that holds it all together. "For lack of knowledge the people perish."
or as Micah said
"What does your God require of you? -- Speak truth, act justly and walk humbly with your God."
That is it...all the scriptures and stories boiled down to afew simple words.
Amen to both,brother and sister. Simple. Remember the light. Know history, so the best is remembered,and,the worst,,..never repeated!
And,like the Tiger limerick below…Never get on the back of a tiger to cross a river even if it PROMISES it won’t eat you,,it will..it’s just in its nature…...
We're watching a Christian revival in Gen Z. Pray it's a heartfelt submission to God and that He will, once again, steer the United States to greatness. In any other case, we are lost.
I wasn't brought up with any religion and never got serious about one. I do believe in a God-force of some kind and pray a lot though. As a math and probabilities guy I think intelligent design is a sure bet, Not being indoctrinated into anything, I can make the unbiased observation that Christianity is the best thing that ever happened to the human race and without a revival we are toast. So, praying for one.
Thanks for sharing your experience. That is the feeling of many without "religion" which they think is more fantasy than reality, or at the least a simplified version. However, once you start studying Christianity deeply, it may begin to create anew the way you perceive and experience many aspects of this life. It is not foremost practical, prescriptive religion, which is what institutions quickly turn it into, but it is a mystery religion, an attempt to preserve and cherish the most profound, nearly incomprehensible truths of our existence. How did the intelligent designer do it? What creates the space for our experience of morality?
It's above my pay grade to know what's going on in spiritual realms. FWIW, I asked Grok what's known about the religious decisions made by genius-level people we know of - like Einstein level. After some prompting, for example to limit it to those who settled on a dogma outside of a dominant influence in their upbringing, he cited three examples. Two, Einstein and Spinoza, settled on Pantheism. One on Buddhism. The trouble with these as a dogma for a benevolent, high-functioning society to coalesce around, is they don't have the mass appeal of Christianity. So, forget about any Pantheism onslaught. Christianity may be the dead on ultimate truth. i don't know. I do know one thing. It friggin' works.
It works BECAUSE it's the truth, brother. As you yourself have noticed, the Biblical account, advanced mathematics and observational science are not only compatible, they actually support and reinforce each other to an extent that is simply not seen in any other "religion".
The Dalai Lama himself says that Buddhism may not in fact be a "religion". But basic Buddhist philosophy is VERY compatible with Christianity. Please find and read "Jesus & Buddha as Brothers", by Viet Namese/french Buddhist monk Thich Nhat Hahn..... The more I study & practice Buddhism, the more I understand & appreciate Christianity.....
I can offer you the food, but I can't eat it for you. Answer your own question. Stop being reactionary & intellectually lazy.... Hahn's full book title is "Going Home, - Jesus & Buddha as Brothers". Amazon or Google it yourself. Educate your own ignorance.....
As a math and probabilities guy, you might consider reading the Bible given what you know.
Presuppose the following:
*That an all-knowing God would know that you can put yourself in the shoes of a bronze-age nomad.
*An all-knowing God would know how we communicate, in idioms, metaphor, and allegory.
*An all-knowing God would then communicate the same things to you as to the people who lived thousands of years ago.
Then consider that we can mathematically model a 4th (or nth) spatial dimension(s) that is(are) not a time dimension. It is spatial. This makes room for Sheol "below" and Heaven "above." It opens up an understanding of a "firmament" as the inability for us to traverse these spaces. It opens up an understanding of matter and energy incident on the medium of space-time from and external location. And it enables you to understand that the passage of time as experienced by us will be different than it is to a God who resides unconfined by this 3-dimensional subcomponent of His creation. Indeed, the passage of time is dependant on local conditions, even here in our 3-dimensional space.
I did this, and reading the Bible for the first time, after praying to God that "if He is real" I only wanted to know the truth.
And I was blown away!
As Paul writes in the Book of Romans:
Romans 1:20
For his invisible attributes, namely, his eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly perceived, ever since the creation of the world, in the things that have been made. So they are without excuse.
Postscript: I'm always open for dialogue on these matters! Feel free to DM me here on Substack!
Yes, we should remember that EINSTEIN himself opined "I cannot believe God plays dice with the universe"....and he was supposed to be the smartest man alive....
We are HERE on a planet full of glory and wonder, beauty, danger and heavenly peace....Something for everyone.....
Personally I am a big plant lover but when I get a chance to view the starry heavens in a place with little or no "light pollution" ...it literally takes my breathe away. Another high point for me was the giant ceiba tree in Vieques where we vacationed once. This tree was IMMENSE and its flowers only opened IN THE DARK. At night bats --can you believe that?--would come and pollinate the flowers. It was a weird sight to see bats swooping around the tree in the darkness. I don't like to say I am a "christian" or a "muslim" or a "siek" or a "buddhist" -- and I don't know what will happen to my "soul" when I die... I know I have one. If God is as good as the home he made for us....I know he will take care of me.
My heart breaks for all the horror happening to people everywhere....God help us all!
The God of Abraham, Issac, and Jacob, Moses, (early faithful repeat faithful men who had great respect/fear for God), said, I AM WHO I AM, I AM, God of Abraham, Issac, Jacob sent Moses to the Israelites. Present tense. Life was brought into existence by light. John 1:1-5. The Word...was God...and brought order out of chaos/darkness.
The God of Abraham, Issac, and Jacob, Moses, (early faithful repeat faithful men who had great respect/fear for God), said, I AM WHO I AM, I AM, God of Abraham, Issac, Jacob sent Moses to the Israelites. Present tense. Life was brought into existence by light. John 1:1-5. The Word...was God...and brought order out of chaos/darkness.
I know that the message of Jesus Christ, peace and love and tolerance and mutual respect, is the right message for humans.
That said, it is equally true that organized religion is controlled by men, some good and some bad. The Scofield bible was a Zionist tool to convince millions of Christians of false claims.
Propaganda is the deliberate and systematic effort, using a variety of means, to manipulate people into believing and behaving in accordance with, something that is not true.
The wicked Zionist entity, inspired by wicked passages in the Torah and Talmud, have utterly corrupted many declaring themselves to be Christians.
Wrong on most counts. The message of Jesus was "repent, the Kingdom of God is at hand." He made it possible for us to get our own spiritual house in order. Even though he did tell us to love and forgive each other those are just logical fruits of the repentance we Hopefully decided to display. And all the zionist anti Jewish stuff is garbage that has become boring and tiresome. Other than those two things you are right on.
No Mr. Jew hater I am fully human. It's a poor excuse of an argument to my criticism to claim i am a bot. It just proves my point and disproves yours that the whole world is run by the zionist lovers of Netanyahu. I have plenty of criticisms for political Israel but I don't hate all Jews and don't believe the world is run by the Rothschild family and their minions.
Please forgive me if that’s allowed. With Bibi declaring war on the internet, and the high numbers of cruel and often incoherent posters defending the Zionist entity on the ‘net, you came across as one more propagandist, and with AI in full swing. You’re maybe just an ordinary Talmudic Jew?
Nope. Wrong again. I'm beginning to think your discernment isn't very good.
I follow the Suffering Servant, the Jew of all Jews, King Messiah, Jesus. I'm just an ordinary conservative Christian who doesn't hate Jews. I wish you well.
An amazing thing about Christianity is its power to transcend the inevitable institutional corruption. Pastor, priest, minister - those are exactly the positions psychopathic, predatory, evil individuals seek out. Despite all the bad actors, the message continues to have power. The Catholic sex abuses and the way it was handled set them back a bunch, though. I guess you could say all the "great" religions, including Islam, have staying power despite the inevitable rot at the top.
Having been raised Catholic with 16 years of education including the Jesuits, I've always thought the policy of celibacy was unnatural and idiotic and harmful. When the Pope promoted the clot shots 5 years ago, it validated my general dislike of clergy, even as I know that most enter the clergy with the very best of intentions. Just like most people go to work for government with the very best of intentions.
It is the message of Christ, the principles of Christ that matter. And I have read similar sentiments in the Koran. Recent shallow readings of Torah and Talmud show unhealthy, downright evil, passages and admonitions, but I do recently understand from others that Zionism is NOT Judaism.
My favorite thing is being out in nature, the more isolated from "civilization" the better. Especially hunting and fishing, but just being there for any reason, including just to be there. God is there as you say. Deist or not, it happens and I like it.
My wife just told me the new Pope is saying things that sound really good. What a nice change. That last one was a real loser.
Catholicism never was Christian and never will be. Don’t believe me?? Just read “Foxes Book of Martyrs”, read the story of John Hus of Bohemia, more recently, a major Chicago newspaper reported the number of young men turned “gay” by abusing priests, who thankfully were being prosecuted finally. Better yet, read the story of Charles Chiniquiy, a former Catholic priest,turned from that system in the 1800’s. I could go on, but for those who want the truth, you can contact www.chick.com (Chick Publications). The only true Priest is Jesus Christ!
I would put it this way: America, when our Constitution was written, had at least the great overwhelming majority of people who continually strove to live moral and religious lives, and strove to measure themselves by the Ten Commandments.
Seems like an accurate statement. Adams, Franklin, Jefferson, and Washington saw the necessity of a moral people to override the sinful passions of men. They also appreciated the structure of religion as a community foundation. The dominant religion at the time in the colonies was Christianity, and even though these men were theists, not Christian (except Adams who may have been more inclined), they did not believe the system of government they created would work outside of the Christian foundation in the early United States.
Now that I think about it, to be consistent, when the Constitution was written, I don't think a great number of people here were of the Jewish religion. Moses gave the Israelites (later referred to as Jews) the Ten Commandments. Maybe if we inserted "and/or Jewish persons" in the sentence, then the definition of persons here would, by definition, include Jewish persons in the later years of the 1700s who did not actually fit into my original definition. I asked GROK4 "How many Jewish persons lived in America during the last quarter of the 1770s and were on the side of Independence?" GROK answered: "About 2000, or, 0.1% of all persons in America were Jewish. Of those 0.1%, about half (0.05%) were on the side of the Christian colonists.
A legitimate concern, John Leake, and I see the point clearly, that a gentleman never lowers his standards to those of his opponent lacking in standards. The gentleman that eschews violence in the face of unavoidable violence always loses. I learned the hard way, unfortunately, John Leake, that when you try to avoid a fight with someone without standards, they take full advantage of you, and have their way with you, with impunity. Therein lies the problem. To overcome the left's tendency to violence, lack of moral rectitude, decency, and sense of civility and fair play, when they cross the line, they must be physically destroyed. I have, for example, never started a fight in my life... However, I finished every single fight I was ever forced into. I concluded that, when forced into a fight, there is ZERO obligation, on my part to fight "fairly" with someone with no 'off switch' intent on harming me. "No more Mr. Nice guy". Getting back to the gay, left wing provocateur that was shot recently in Minneapolis, this rule applies. She crossed the line, showing no regard for the bodily harm she was about to inflict on the ICE officer with her three ton SUV. I would have shot her myself, in the circumstance, even though I am long suffering and tolerant, and a bona fide life saver, (a Professional Fire Fighter). I have not become "a monster", but indeed an anchor of what is honest, good, just, and right. The deceased woman though, had indeed become a monster, armed with kinetic metal, with her middle finger shining at the authorities saddled with enforcing CIVIL LAW, she decided to act with violence, with her right foot on the gas pedal. The officer is not the monster here. The left is where the monsters hide, in the pale, deathly glow of Chuck Schumer and his followers, cancelling police, impeding ICE, impeaching honest lawmakers, destroying Christians and white men, asserting half truths and lies as if they were facts. Transhumans and transgenders are not normal adversaries, worthy of being treated respectfully by gentlemen... they have an Anti-God agenda, and breathe hatred and blasphemy as they go daily at their evil work, destroying the fabric of the Western world from within, funded by the likes of Geo. Soros. No sir, John Leake, this is no fight for a gentleman. We were instructed to never be unequally yoked. The law must be respected by all to justify being a gentleman. Interfering with an officer doing his duty by running him down with an SUV is contrary to the law, and appropriately is answered by lethal force. The left must learn this critical lesson before more of them succumb to stupidity. If only they would turn to Jesus, we would not have these problems.
A boxer in a ring has the benefit of established rules and a referee. David was pointing out, correctly, that there are those who do not abide by rules or listen to referees.
It's NOT an "either/or", it's a BOTH. We must remain gentlemen, but develop the ability to out-monster the evil monsters. For example, I have chosen to be a predator, but a GOOD predator. My chosen prey is BAD predators. But I still strive to become, and remain, the gentleman my Father raised me to be....
Regrettably, a significant portion of our history has recently been edited, and manipulated by the ruling establishment that wields control over various influential domains such as the media, banking, big Pharma, the judicial system, and especially Hollywood.
During my youth, I avidly delved into the study of history, finding it utterly captivating, and in the process, I had the privilege of meeting numerous esteemed historians, with whom I forged lifelong connections. However, 25 years ago, I witnessed firsthand how historians became the initial targets of cancel culture, as their lectures, which aimed to shed light on truth, were unjustly deemed as taboo, veering into the realm of so-called "hate speech."
Sadly, a significant portion of the younger generation will never truly grasp the authentic chronicles of our past. Instead, they are subjected to a distorted rendition that breeds self-derision, robbing them of the profound richness inherent in our historical legacy and depriving them of the capacity to embrace a genuine sense of pride in their ancestors.
The Mafia was one such response. When the Italian government could no longer maintain civil society, the people took over as vigilantes. That is why it is so vital that our feckless AG, Pam Bondi, do her job or be replaced. When people sense the government will not or cannot maintain order and justice, the vigilantes arise. The ICE operation is a good demonstration that the government is willing to maintain order. Those who complain and interfere speak the language of the devil.
Sadly, I concur, but to slay a monster extraordinary measures with caution are needed. Our Constitution is already in shambles with an appointed supreme who can't define what a woman or a man is.
"Fear and Misery of the Third Reich" by Bertolt Brecht. This work is known for its critical portrayal of life in Nazi Germany and the social dynamics that allowed the Nazis to rise to power.
Themes and Content -
German Aristocracy's Role: The play illustrates how elements of the German aristocracy supported the Nazis to eliminate the Communist threat. This reflects the broader historical context of the time, where various social classes aligned with the Nazis for their own interests.
The lesser evil many people take rationalized solace in “selecting” is better thought of as merely the slower-acting poison such people are given & fall over themselves to accept.
Even Socrates. He could have just blown that pop sand. Hemlock was relatively quick nightcap, but all that corrupting the youth stuff was the poison he volunteered to be the antidote to.
As for feints like “A republic, if you can keep it,” & “Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other”…
Some pugilists might see the telegraph: “How to get them to fire the first shot so we can blame what we always intended to do to them on them?”
To believe the so-called founders were to a man, or even mainly, moral stalwarts who themselves believed in the high moral caliber of the common people is one of those slow, pandering, poisons.
Double-binds (& double, or more, standards) & Catch-22’s & heads we win & tails you lose because our heads are just way too big to fail.
History?
That’s box steppers whirling round the plyometrics (are for kids) who take turns popping themselves atop the pedestal.
What constitution? Our political elites do whatever their donors pay them to do (R.I.P. MAGA populist revolt). The Founders would be dumfounded and horrified by the Leviathan that has emerged from the swamps of DC.
Well said John. I’ve been stating this for years. The source of our present problems is a Spiritual. People have long ago forsaken Christianity, the foundation of our republic. The result is predictable as mankind is depraved.
Whereas it true that Christianity may be the foundation of our republic, literacy and the study of history is the glue that holds it all together. "For lack of knowledge the people perish."
or as Micah said
"What does your God require of you? -- Speak truth, act justly and walk humbly with your God."
That is it...all the scriptures and stories boiled down to afew simple words.
TRUTH-- JUSTICE--HUMILITY
"...and the greatest of these is love."
Amen, Brother.
Amen to both,brother and sister. Simple. Remember the light. Know history, so the best is remembered,and,the worst,,..never repeated!
And,like the Tiger limerick below…Never get on the back of a tiger to cross a river even if it PROMISES it won’t eat you,,it will..it’s just in its nature…...
Accountability VS Corruption
'This Truth Is Self-Evident'
;-)
We're watching a Christian revival in Gen Z. Pray it's a heartfelt submission to God and that He will, once again, steer the United States to greatness. In any other case, we are lost.
I wasn't brought up with any religion and never got serious about one. I do believe in a God-force of some kind and pray a lot though. As a math and probabilities guy I think intelligent design is a sure bet, Not being indoctrinated into anything, I can make the unbiased observation that Christianity is the best thing that ever happened to the human race and without a revival we are toast. So, praying for one.
Thanks for sharing your experience. That is the feeling of many without "religion" which they think is more fantasy than reality, or at the least a simplified version. However, once you start studying Christianity deeply, it may begin to create anew the way you perceive and experience many aspects of this life. It is not foremost practical, prescriptive religion, which is what institutions quickly turn it into, but it is a mystery religion, an attempt to preserve and cherish the most profound, nearly incomprehensible truths of our existence. How did the intelligent designer do it? What creates the space for our experience of morality?
C.S. Lewis Mere Christianity was a great help to me.
His books of NARNIA were absolutely wonderful. He was a genius.
It's above my pay grade to know what's going on in spiritual realms. FWIW, I asked Grok what's known about the religious decisions made by genius-level people we know of - like Einstein level. After some prompting, for example to limit it to those who settled on a dogma outside of a dominant influence in their upbringing, he cited three examples. Two, Einstein and Spinoza, settled on Pantheism. One on Buddhism. The trouble with these as a dogma for a benevolent, high-functioning society to coalesce around, is they don't have the mass appeal of Christianity. So, forget about any Pantheism onslaught. Christianity may be the dead on ultimate truth. i don't know. I do know one thing. It friggin' works.
It works BECAUSE it's the truth, brother. As you yourself have noticed, the Biblical account, advanced mathematics and observational science are not only compatible, they actually support and reinforce each other to an extent that is simply not seen in any other "religion".
The Dalai Lama himself says that Buddhism may not in fact be a "religion". But basic Buddhist philosophy is VERY compatible with Christianity. Please find and read "Jesus & Buddha as Brothers", by Viet Namese/french Buddhist monk Thich Nhat Hahn..... The more I study & practice Buddhism, the more I understand & appreciate Christianity.....
Really? In what ways are they compatible?
I can offer you the food, but I can't eat it for you. Answer your own question. Stop being reactionary & intellectually lazy.... Hahn's full book title is "Going Home, - Jesus & Buddha as Brothers". Amazon or Google it yourself. Educate your own ignorance.....
As a math and probabilities guy, you might consider reading the Bible given what you know.
Presuppose the following:
*That an all-knowing God would know that you can put yourself in the shoes of a bronze-age nomad.
*An all-knowing God would know how we communicate, in idioms, metaphor, and allegory.
*An all-knowing God would then communicate the same things to you as to the people who lived thousands of years ago.
Then consider that we can mathematically model a 4th (or nth) spatial dimension(s) that is(are) not a time dimension. It is spatial. This makes room for Sheol "below" and Heaven "above." It opens up an understanding of a "firmament" as the inability for us to traverse these spaces. It opens up an understanding of matter and energy incident on the medium of space-time from and external location. And it enables you to understand that the passage of time as experienced by us will be different than it is to a God who resides unconfined by this 3-dimensional subcomponent of His creation. Indeed, the passage of time is dependant on local conditions, even here in our 3-dimensional space.
I did this, and reading the Bible for the first time, after praying to God that "if He is real" I only wanted to know the truth.
And I was blown away!
As Paul writes in the Book of Romans:
Romans 1:20
For his invisible attributes, namely, his eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly perceived, ever since the creation of the world, in the things that have been made. So they are without excuse.
Postscript: I'm always open for dialogue on these matters! Feel free to DM me here on Substack!
Cheers,
Tom
Yes, we should remember that EINSTEIN himself opined "I cannot believe God plays dice with the universe"....and he was supposed to be the smartest man alive....
We are HERE on a planet full of glory and wonder, beauty, danger and heavenly peace....Something for everyone.....
Personally I am a big plant lover but when I get a chance to view the starry heavens in a place with little or no "light pollution" ...it literally takes my breathe away. Another high point for me was the giant ceiba tree in Vieques where we vacationed once. This tree was IMMENSE and its flowers only opened IN THE DARK. At night bats --can you believe that?--would come and pollinate the flowers. It was a weird sight to see bats swooping around the tree in the darkness. I don't like to say I am a "christian" or a "muslim" or a "siek" or a "buddhist" -- and I don't know what will happen to my "soul" when I die... I know I have one. If God is as good as the home he made for us....I know he will take care of me.
My heart breaks for all the horror happening to people everywhere....God help us all!
What Einstein saw as randomness was simply an effect of the Lord accomplishing his will in creation!
Proverbs 16:33 (ESV)
"The lot is cast into the lap, but its every decision is from the Lord."
The God of Abraham, Issac, and Jacob, Moses, (early faithful repeat faithful men who had great respect/fear for God), said, I AM WHO I AM, I AM, God of Abraham, Issac, Jacob sent Moses to the Israelites. Present tense. Life was brought into existence by light. John 1:1-5. The Word...was God...and brought order out of chaos/darkness.
The God of Abraham, Issac, and Jacob, Moses, (early faithful repeat faithful men who had great respect/fear for God), said, I AM WHO I AM, I AM, God of Abraham, Issac, Jacob sent Moses to the Israelites. Present tense. Life was brought into existence by light. John 1:1-5. The Word...was God...and brought order out of chaos/darkness.
Well said.
I know that the message of Jesus Christ, peace and love and tolerance and mutual respect, is the right message for humans.
That said, it is equally true that organized religion is controlled by men, some good and some bad. The Scofield bible was a Zionist tool to convince millions of Christians of false claims.
Propaganda is the deliberate and systematic effort, using a variety of means, to manipulate people into believing and behaving in accordance with, something that is not true.
The wicked Zionist entity, inspired by wicked passages in the Torah and Talmud, have utterly corrupted many declaring themselves to be Christians.
Wrong on most counts. The message of Jesus was "repent, the Kingdom of God is at hand." He made it possible for us to get our own spiritual house in order. Even though he did tell us to love and forgive each other those are just logical fruits of the repentance we Hopefully decided to display. And all the zionist anti Jewish stuff is garbage that has become boring and tiresome. Other than those two things you are right on.
Andrew, if I understand your critique correctly, it appears you might be one of those now ubiquitous Bibibots that inhabit the internet.
No Mr. Jew hater I am fully human. It's a poor excuse of an argument to my criticism to claim i am a bot. It just proves my point and disproves yours that the whole world is run by the zionist lovers of Netanyahu. I have plenty of criticisms for political Israel but I don't hate all Jews and don't believe the world is run by the Rothschild family and their minions.
Please forgive me if that’s allowed. With Bibi declaring war on the internet, and the high numbers of cruel and often incoherent posters defending the Zionist entity on the ‘net, you came across as one more propagandist, and with AI in full swing. You’re maybe just an ordinary Talmudic Jew?
Nope. Wrong again. I'm beginning to think your discernment isn't very good.
I follow the Suffering Servant, the Jew of all Jews, King Messiah, Jesus. I'm just an ordinary conservative Christian who doesn't hate Jews. I wish you well.
"The Zionist entity"? Please.
An amazing thing about Christianity is its power to transcend the inevitable institutional corruption. Pastor, priest, minister - those are exactly the positions psychopathic, predatory, evil individuals seek out. Despite all the bad actors, the message continues to have power. The Catholic sex abuses and the way it was handled set them back a bunch, though. I guess you could say all the "great" religions, including Islam, have staying power despite the inevitable rot at the top.
Having been raised Catholic with 16 years of education including the Jesuits, I've always thought the policy of celibacy was unnatural and idiotic and harmful. When the Pope promoted the clot shots 5 years ago, it validated my general dislike of clergy, even as I know that most enter the clergy with the very best of intentions. Just like most people go to work for government with the very best of intentions.
It is the message of Christ, the principles of Christ that matter. And I have read similar sentiments in the Koran. Recent shallow readings of Torah and Talmud show unhealthy, downright evil, passages and admonitions, but I do recently understand from others that Zionism is NOT Judaism.
I find God in nature. Does that make me a Deist?
My favorite thing is being out in nature, the more isolated from "civilization" the better. Especially hunting and fishing, but just being there for any reason, including just to be there. God is there as you say. Deist or not, it happens and I like it.
My wife just told me the new Pope is saying things that sound really good. What a nice change. That last one was a real loser.
Catholicism never was Christian and never will be. Don’t believe me?? Just read “Foxes Book of Martyrs”, read the story of John Hus of Bohemia, more recently, a major Chicago newspaper reported the number of young men turned “gay” by abusing priests, who thankfully were being prosecuted finally. Better yet, read the story of Charles Chiniquiy, a former Catholic priest,turned from that system in the 1800’s. I could go on, but for those who want the truth, you can contact www.chick.com (Chick Publications). The only true Priest is Jesus Christ!
He who is without sin, let him cast the first stone!
Or to put it another way:
There was a young lady of Niger
Who smiled as she rode on a tiger;
They returned from the ride
With the lady inside,
And the smile on the face of the tiger.
The "elites" always think they will be the ones in control.
This is a beautiful article. Thank you for writing it.
I would put it this way: America, when our Constitution was written, had at least the great overwhelming majority of people who continually strove to live moral and religious lives, and strove to measure themselves by the Ten Commandments.
Seems like an accurate statement. Adams, Franklin, Jefferson, and Washington saw the necessity of a moral people to override the sinful passions of men. They also appreciated the structure of religion as a community foundation. The dominant religion at the time in the colonies was Christianity, and even though these men were theists, not Christian (except Adams who may have been more inclined), they did not believe the system of government they created would work outside of the Christian foundation in the early United States.
Now that I think about it, to be consistent, when the Constitution was written, I don't think a great number of people here were of the Jewish religion. Moses gave the Israelites (later referred to as Jews) the Ten Commandments. Maybe if we inserted "and/or Jewish persons" in the sentence, then the definition of persons here would, by definition, include Jewish persons in the later years of the 1700s who did not actually fit into my original definition. I asked GROK4 "How many Jewish persons lived in America during the last quarter of the 1770s and were on the side of Independence?" GROK answered: "About 2000, or, 0.1% of all persons in America were Jewish. Of those 0.1%, about half (0.05%) were on the side of the Christian colonists.
A legitimate concern, John Leake, and I see the point clearly, that a gentleman never lowers his standards to those of his opponent lacking in standards. The gentleman that eschews violence in the face of unavoidable violence always loses. I learned the hard way, unfortunately, John Leake, that when you try to avoid a fight with someone without standards, they take full advantage of you, and have their way with you, with impunity. Therein lies the problem. To overcome the left's tendency to violence, lack of moral rectitude, decency, and sense of civility and fair play, when they cross the line, they must be physically destroyed. I have, for example, never started a fight in my life... However, I finished every single fight I was ever forced into. I concluded that, when forced into a fight, there is ZERO obligation, on my part to fight "fairly" with someone with no 'off switch' intent on harming me. "No more Mr. Nice guy". Getting back to the gay, left wing provocateur that was shot recently in Minneapolis, this rule applies. She crossed the line, showing no regard for the bodily harm she was about to inflict on the ICE officer with her three ton SUV. I would have shot her myself, in the circumstance, even though I am long suffering and tolerant, and a bona fide life saver, (a Professional Fire Fighter). I have not become "a monster", but indeed an anchor of what is honest, good, just, and right. The deceased woman though, had indeed become a monster, armed with kinetic metal, with her middle finger shining at the authorities saddled with enforcing CIVIL LAW, she decided to act with violence, with her right foot on the gas pedal. The officer is not the monster here. The left is where the monsters hide, in the pale, deathly glow of Chuck Schumer and his followers, cancelling police, impeding ICE, impeaching honest lawmakers, destroying Christians and white men, asserting half truths and lies as if they were facts. Transhumans and transgenders are not normal adversaries, worthy of being treated respectfully by gentlemen... they have an Anti-God agenda, and breathe hatred and blasphemy as they go daily at their evil work, destroying the fabric of the Western world from within, funded by the likes of Geo. Soros. No sir, John Leake, this is no fight for a gentleman. We were instructed to never be unequally yoked. The law must be respected by all to justify being a gentleman. Interfering with an officer doing his duty by running him down with an SUV is contrary to the law, and appropriately is answered by lethal force. The left must learn this critical lesson before more of them succumb to stupidity. If only they would turn to Jesus, we would not have these problems.
I didn't propose avoiding a fight. I propose a skilled, proportionate, discreet application of force like a calm boxer in the ring.
A boxer in a ring has the benefit of established rules and a referee. David was pointing out, correctly, that there are those who do not abide by rules or listen to referees.
It's NOT an "either/or", it's a BOTH. We must remain gentlemen, but develop the ability to out-monster the evil monsters. For example, I have chosen to be a predator, but a GOOD predator. My chosen prey is BAD predators. But I still strive to become, and remain, the gentleman my Father raised me to be....
A calm boxer? 😆
Law written on the heart! That’s what we need. There was a man long ago that knew that law written on parchment(or stone) would never last.
What is referred to by "a law written on the heart?"
It is a Biblical reference, specifically to Romans 2:14-15:
“Indeed, when the Gentiles, who do not have the law, do by nature things required by the law, they are a law for themselves,
even though they do not have the law. They show that the requirements of the law are written on their hearts, their consciences
also bearing witness, and their thoughts sometimes accusing them and sometimes defending them.”(NIV)
Beautifully written John. Eloquence is rare, thank you.
Regrettably, a significant portion of our history has recently been edited, and manipulated by the ruling establishment that wields control over various influential domains such as the media, banking, big Pharma, the judicial system, and especially Hollywood.
During my youth, I avidly delved into the study of history, finding it utterly captivating, and in the process, I had the privilege of meeting numerous esteemed historians, with whom I forged lifelong connections. However, 25 years ago, I witnessed firsthand how historians became the initial targets of cancel culture, as their lectures, which aimed to shed light on truth, were unjustly deemed as taboo, veering into the realm of so-called "hate speech."
Sadly, a significant portion of the younger generation will never truly grasp the authentic chronicles of our past. Instead, they are subjected to a distorted rendition that breeds self-derision, robbing them of the profound richness inherent in our historical legacy and depriving them of the capacity to embrace a genuine sense of pride in their ancestors.
I fear that to survive in a world inhabited by so many "monsters" it may require a monstrous response from normally moral individuals.
The Mafia was one such response. When the Italian government could no longer maintain civil society, the people took over as vigilantes. That is why it is so vital that our feckless AG, Pam Bondi, do her job or be replaced. When people sense the government will not or cannot maintain order and justice, the vigilantes arise. The ICE operation is a good demonstration that the government is willing to maintain order. Those who complain and interfere speak the language of the devil.
Try organizing first! ;-)
Sadly, I concur, but to slay a monster extraordinary measures with caution are needed. Our Constitution is already in shambles with an appointed supreme who can't define what a woman or a man is.
"Fear and Misery of the Third Reich" by Bertolt Brecht. This work is known for its critical portrayal of life in Nazi Germany and the social dynamics that allowed the Nazis to rise to power.
Themes and Content -
German Aristocracy's Role: The play illustrates how elements of the German aristocracy supported the Nazis to eliminate the Communist threat. This reflects the broader historical context of the time, where various social classes aligned with the Nazis for their own interests.
The lesser evil many people take rationalized solace in “selecting” is better thought of as merely the slower-acting poison such people are given & fall over themselves to accept.
Even Socrates. He could have just blown that pop sand. Hemlock was relatively quick nightcap, but all that corrupting the youth stuff was the poison he volunteered to be the antidote to.
As for feints like “A republic, if you can keep it,” & “Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other”…
Some pugilists might see the telegraph: “How to get them to fire the first shot so we can blame what we always intended to do to them on them?”
To believe the so-called founders were to a man, or even mainly, moral stalwarts who themselves believed in the high moral caliber of the common people is one of those slow, pandering, poisons.
Double-binds (& double, or more, standards) & Catch-22’s & heads we win & tails you lose because our heads are just way too big to fail.
History?
That’s box steppers whirling round the plyometrics (are for kids) who take turns popping themselves atop the pedestal.
They Shoot Horses, Don’t They?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ke-sWMXspNA
Interesting. Good history lesson. What do you suggest we do when the only choices seem to be between the devil and the witch?
Go with the witch, especially if she's a good witch.... And remember, the "bad witches" are all good witches who were victimized by the Patriarchy....
What constitution? Our political elites do whatever their donors pay them to do (R.I.P. MAGA populist revolt). The Founders would be dumfounded and horrified by the Leviathan that has emerged from the swamps of DC.