Monday 25 March 2024

Enemies to Friends.


"'first be reconciled to your brother or sister, and then come and offer your gift.'"  Matthew 5:24 (NRSV)

Easier said than done.

But God has ways of turning enemies into friends.

And this is by addressing the fears which underlie the animosity between people. 

So, rather than seeking justice or revenge, we should pray for our enemies to overcome their fears.

Then our enemies will become our friends.


[Scripture quotations (marked NRSV) are taken from the New Revised Standard Version Bible, copyright © 1989 by the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the U.S.A., and are used by permission.  All rights reserved.] 

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Sunday 24 March 2024

Peace and Love.


The Hippies preached Peace and Love.

Our rock stars preached sex and drugs.

The Older Generation and Generation X retaliated with violence and hate.

They made money god.

But money is not the answer to life's problems.

Love is the answer to life's problems.

And peace is what everyone seeks.

So my advice is to return to the philosophy of peace and love.

For God is Love.

And His Peace is everlasting. 


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Saturday 23 March 2024

AFL 2.


There is Satanism in the AFL*.

Players from every club have sold their souls for fame and fortune and a rock star reception.

Your favorite player may well be a devil-worshipper.

So beware of evil in sports.

It's a billion dollar business.

They crave money and adulation.

They call themselves elite.

They win at all costs.

Their philosophy is brutal.

They will try to addict you.

And they hide in the darkness.

They have turned to the dark side.

To Satan and evil.

Beware!


(*Australian Football League.)

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Monday 18 March 2024

AFL.


There is homophobia in the AFL*.

Players and officials from every club attack gay men and threaten them.

They blame and shame us and they send us to hell.

Homophobic taunts are common.

And hostility towards anyone suspected of being gay is rife.

Sports are among the last bastions of homophobia.

And repressed homosexuality can do no good.

The players are afraid.

Afraid of their teammates' reactions.

Afraid of the coach and administration.

But no good comes from hiding your true self.

Many who have come out have been surprised by the support and love shown to them by those they feared would reject them.

So I would encourage you to come out.

You might be surprised.


(*Australian Football League.)

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Sunday 17 March 2024

Revival.


The Hippie Generation was blamed and shamed by Generation X and their Conservative allies.

We were bashed into submission and reconstructed.

Now we shut up and consume.

But the power of the Plutocrats is waning.

People are sick of their market values and their lies.

We have been reduced to units of productivity.

And we have had no political power.

But nothing is more permanent than change.

The wheels are beginning to turn.

And it's time to revive our generations ideals.

Peace and Love and the redistribution of wealth are needed more than ever in our world.

It is up to us to revive these ideals.

To do this we must cure ourselves of the addiction to pleasure which evil forces in our culture have created.

Addictions generate money.

So the Plutocrats support those who would addict us.

Sex and drugs and rock an roll derives from Satanism in rock music.

And make no mistake it is still going on today.

Rock music corrupts and addicts us.

We are the innocent victims of evil.

We must shrug off this burden of evil and revive the peace and love of our youth without the parasites of rock music.

There is no other way.


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Tuesday 12 March 2024

Thunderclap.


Friends pf the Earth were using the term Thunderclap to refer to political action.

This term infers Divine violence and is no better than the Religious Rights use of Judgement in political campaigns.

The implication of God's violent condemnation is inappropriate in human disputes.

It is resorting to fear.

And fear is no motivation.

So I would prefer if they did not use the term Thunderclap because it has negative religious connotations.


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Monday 11 March 2024

Whitewash.


The unholy alliance between Multi-National Corporations and Fundamentalist Churches has seen the corporations appropriate terminology and methods from religion.

Mission Statements, visioning, forgiving debt, even selfless acts derive from the Christian Churches.

This is the corporations playing God.

They use the nomenclature of Christianity to whitewash their crimes.

And the backlash corrupts the Churches.

So this collusion works both ways.

It corrupts both the corporations and the Churches.


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