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["Fine Young Cannibals - She Drives me Crazy"] and ["Thompson Twins - Hold Me Now"]
From the wider perspective, one of the most significant questions posed by the involvement of autocratic spirit people in (living) human society is -- which is to prevail and rule over us? Spirit people authority and naked brute force? Or right reason and true democracy? Now it isn't strictly necessary to characterize either viewpoint in terms of complete absolutes. Both have their strengths and weaknesses in terms of argument; both, for instance, can manifest the use of some degree of rationality or of naked force. Both admit to the power of the people, but have, respectively, amoral versus moral ideas as to how sovereignty and consensus are to be arrived at.
Yet this allowed, the generalization is otherwise a just and accurate one. And spirit people rule does in fact discourage right reason; human and animals rights; fair, disinterested discussion; (real as opposed to pretend and manipulated) public accountability; objective science; and sportsman-like, equitable competition in the market place. Right reason, by contrast, supports exactly the opposite positions on these points. The only question then left is -- will the public wake up in time, realize what is going on, and know what the choices are before it is too late even to vote?
Such a bonanza of loot and plunder -- it's beyond any single human's capacity to spend, even in a lifetime. The idea then is to give it away to whomever will cooperate and or will look a blind eye to their law breaking and brutality; regardless of any real worth, talent, and merit in the receiver -- indeed, and generally speaking, the less moral character the latter has the more deserving. For after all, being among the rankest criminals themselves, who are they to judge?
Now this is how the internet and cyber world is supposed to be.
["Theme from UFO" -- i.e., theme from the televison show "UFO" w/ apt pics]
Red, White, and Blues.
["B B King live in Africa 1974"]
As we continue, at least once a week so far, an abridged survey of some of the writings of the Church Fathers, it is well we should include and be reminded by these remarks of Will Durant:
(Part I, ch. 3, 1) If art is the organization of materials, the Roman Catholic Church
is among the most imposing masterpieces of history. Through nineteen
centuries, each heavy with crisis, she has held her faithful together,
following them with her ministrations to the ends of the earth,
forming their minds, molding their morals, encouraging their
fertility, solemnizing their marriages, consoling their
bereavements, lifting their momentary lives into eternal drama,
harvesting their gifts, surviving every heresy and revolt, and
patiently building again every broken support of her power. How did
this majestic institution grow?
It began in the spiritual hunger of men and women harassed with
poverty, wearied with conflict, awed by mystery, or fearful of
death. To millions of souls the Church brought a faith and hope that
inspired and canceled death. That faith became their most precious
possession, for which they would die or kill; and on that rock of hope
the Church was built. It was at first a simple association of
believers, an ecclesia or gathering. Each ecclesia or church chose
one or more presbyteroi - elders, priests-to lead them, and one or
more readers, acolytes, subdeacons, and deacons to assist the
priest. As the worshipers grew in number, and their affairs became
more complex, the congregations chose a priest or layman in each
city to be an episcopos - overseer, bishop- to co-ordinate their
functioning. As the number of bishops grew, they in turn required
supervision and co-ordination; in the fourth century we hear of
archbishops, metropolitans, or primates governing the bishops and
the churches of a province. Over all these grades of clergy patriarchs
held sway at Constantinople, Antioch, Jerusalem, Alexandria, and Rome.
At the call of a patriarch or an emperor the bishops and archbishops
convened in synods or councils. If a council represented only a
province it was called provincial; if it represented only the East
or the West it was called plenary; if both, it was general; if its
decrees were accepted as binding upon all Christians, it was
ecumenical- i.e., applying to the oikoumene, or (total Christian)
inhabited world. The occasionally resultant unity gave the Church
its name of Catholic, or universal...
The gravest problem of the Church, next to reconciling her ideals
with her continuance, was to find a way of living with the state.
The rise of an ecclesiastical organization side by side with the
officials of the government created a struggle for power in which
the accepted subjection of one to the other was the prerequisite of
peace. In the East the Church became subordinate to the state; in
the West she fought for independence, then for mastery. In either case
the union of Church and state involved a profound modification of
Christian ethics. Tertullian, Origen, and Lactantius had taught that
war is always unlawful; the Church, now protected by the state,
resigned herself to such wars as she deemed necessary to protect
either the state or the Church. She had not in herself the means of
force; but when force seemed desirable she could appeal to the
"secular arm" to implement her will. She received from the state,
and from individuals, splendid gifts of money, temples, or lands;
she grew rich, and needed the state to protect her in all the rights
of property. Even when the state fell she kept her wealth; the
barbarian conquerors, however heretical, seldom robbed the Church. The
authority of the word so soon rivaled the power of the sword...
(Part I, ch. 4, 1) As the Church ceased to be a set of devotees and became an
institution governing millions of men, she tended to adopt a more
lenient view of human frailty, and to tolerate, sometimes to share,
the pleasures of this world. A minority of Christians held such
condescension to be treason to Christ; they resolved to gain heaven by
poverty, chastity, and prayer, and retired completely from the
world...
~Will Durant, The Age of Faith
2. He goes about every one of us; and even as an enemy besieging those who are shut up (in a
city), he examines the walls, and tries whether there is any part of the walls less firm and
less trustworthy, by entrance through which he may penetrate to the inside. He presents to the
eyes seductive forms and easy pleasures, that he may destroy chastity by the sight. He tempts
the ears with harmonious music, that by the hearing of sweet sounds he may relax and enervate
Christian vigour. He provokes the tongue by reproaches; he instigates the hand by exasperating
wrongs to the wrecklessness of murder; to make the cheat, he presents dishonest gains; to take
captive the soul by money, he heaps together mischievous hoards; he promises earthly honours,
that he may deprive of heavenly ones; he makes a show of false things, that he may steal away
the true; and when he cannot hiddenly deceive, he threatens plainly and openly, holding forth
the fear of turbulent persecution to vanquish God's servants— always restless, and always
hostile, crafty in peace, and fierce in persecution.
~St. Cyprian, Bishop of Carthage (?-258 A.D.), Treatise X
I would like to take this opportunity to address my own reaction to not receiving any response (at least of material significance) or assistance respect to my repeated prior appeals for legal, scientific, and or other assistance to aid me in this one man war on organized crime; regarding which see:
A New Treatise on Hell, fourth edition (.pdf zipped) ~ last updated 9/10/06 and in .pdf
See also A Spirit People Primer,
Spirit People and Science Discussion Group/List, and, very importantly, my personal "Narrative" (.pdf zipped) ~ last updated: 3 Dec. 2009 and in .pdf -- and most recently "Appeal of 2008, and Re-Introduction to Sherman 'Narrative'"
I would like to take this opportunity to address my own reaction to not receiving any response or assistance with respect to my repeated prior appeals for legal, scientific, and or other assistance to aid me in this one man war on organized crime; regarding which see:
A New Treatise on Hell, fourth edition (.pdf zipped) ~ last updated 9/10/06 and in .pdf
See also A Spirit People Primer,
Spirit People and Science Discussion Group/List, and, very importantly, my personal "Narrative" (.pdf zipped) ~ last updated: 3 Dec. 2009 and in .pdf -- and most recently "Appeal of 2008, and Re-Introduction to Sherman 'Narrative'"
As of this date (July 2, 2011), my predicament persists, and I am still, round the clock, being made subject to brain torture radios, assorted witchcraft related, often violent, assaults and batteries, continued intference with my regular mail, phone and email, and occasonaal vandalism of my property; includng hacking, and cyber and telephone harassment. Now the question might be asked, how do I view the indifference and neglect to my situation? My feeling is, it is understandable that many would be frightened or put off by the kind of concerns I'm raising. At the same, I know that those who have been punctually harassing me the past 18 years are fully capableof scare tactics, blackmail, torture, homicide, misinformation, sophistry, bribery, etc. to secure the compliance of others in there crimes. And yet after almost two decades that not even a single person, to my knowledge, has come forth to even investigate my claims and very serious charges shows that professional people -- such as government officials, lawyers, doctors, scientists, clergy, university professors -- all of whom I in one way or another sought help from -- in a most shameful and disgraceful light; indeed, have, in several instances, conducted themselves as rank poltroons and formally censurable incompetents. Now it is on the other hand possible that some did try to do something to have my situtaion looked into, and to such, I say God bless them. They could only be among the truly best people, and who alone could redeem the rest of their profession or calling; which last evidently are so many rascals, drones, or good-for-nothings. This I emphasize is in stark contrast to the view that these spooks and their hench people have humbled or somehow persuaded me to their way. As far as I am concerned my life has, in effect, been hijacked by followers of Simon the Magician and Opheoneus. And I ask you or anyone in all candor -- what is such false religon to me?
One of my favorite songs finally made it to YouTube recently.
["Alabama American Pride Track 1 Take a Little Trip"]
I'm not so sure I can described him very well. A Howie Mandel that's beyond good and evil? That's not quite it. But something very like. I noticed, indeed he told me so one time, he feels bad about himself. Perhaps that is why he wants to be Mr. Showmanship so earnestly. And because he so desires to be the Center of Attenton, naturally, that is what you want also. (And that, as it turns out, is how he justified putting you through the woes of Job and murdering your family.)
Ask any professional magician. Magic tricks are most convincing the more ignorant and gullible your audience is. Why then not harness the same talent and power for purposes of robbery and making money? Throw in insatiably brutal spirit people, and how much can't one steal and get away with?
If the person forces himself on people, on an ongoing basis no less, it would seem to be because he's obviously not actually selling any or many tickets.
Never underestimate the power and influence of someone, ages old, who lives practically his entire life for the sole purpose of spiting others.