Believing that Jesus Christ is your savior makes you a Christian is to believe that you can be saved and that Jesus is just the guy to do it even though he has been dead for 2000 years. Well, the truth is that you cannot be saved, you are going to suffer and there is not much you can do about it. And yes you will die, you probably will not have consciousness afterward except for the god consciousness that all things in the universe have. Jesus will not save you from death, he will not save you from suffering. In fact believing that Jesus will save you will cause you more suffering in the long run, mostly because it is a lie and lies always give on a false sense of security and lots of anxiety. So, believing that Jesus is your personal savior is not the way to be a Christian. For that we have to look at what Jesus taught and how he lived.
Jesus never married or had a family except for his disciples and the love of his live, Mary Magdalene. So right away we can say that the family life is not the Christian life and that marriage does not have to be a social contract, he can just be a personal one. Remember what Jesus about his parents when they came looking for him. Something like, they or not my father nor my mother rather you here gathered are my family. Families are constructed for the sole purpose of teaching you the way life isn't so that you can live you life in a cave like everyone else and not really seek what life is about. You will control yourself. You will not shame the family that gave you life (really? Isn't it god that gives you life) and that took care of you when you could not care for yourself (a thank you would be appropriate here) but do we really have to make the family our whole life? Do we have to accept the same beliefs they held? I think Jesus was right, the more I think about it, you family are people who have the same interests and beliefs as you do (the one's you found out for yourself). The people you attract in life and the one's you are attracted to, that is your family. This family does not indoctrinate you with beliefs their parents taught them, they do not use the power of familiarity into controlling your life so that you, in the end, have no free will. Another way to say this is that your life is not your life. This is not against communities, but you must freely choose the communities you belong too.
Another part of being a Christian is that you have to be poor. A rich man cannot enter the kingdom of heaven and entering the kingdom of heaven is just what a Christian wants to do. The kingdom of heaven is spread amongst the earth but men do not see it. Christians should believe this saying that we accredit to Jesus and must try every day to see it. This minister's that have made a lot of money selling Christianity to the poor will not enter the kingdom it is something they over look. But all the poor that they made their money off of will. I could name names but you all know who these ministers and priests are, they have been on TV and are well known Not only the rich ministers and priests but any person that has more than they need to live and live their dream.
I would define the "Kingdom of Heaven" as a state of consciousness whereby all people are seen as similar i. e. sons and daughters of god, and are treated as such. And, further, that all things made and yet unmade come from the force that made and makes all things. This beingness is not an entity separate from us but has its being in all things. When you look out upon the earth and you think about the universe you should be in awe that you live in such a place. A place that gives you air to breath, water to drink, and food to eat. A place where our planet spins without throwing anyone off and there is a sun to keep us warm and to make the stars shine.
Another thiing you must be willing to do if you want to call yourself a Christian is to give the shirt off your back to anyone that asks for it. You must give coins to beggars. This is a sign of your humanity and your knowledge that god the father has provided for you and will provide for you in the future. If someone asks for your coat, give him your shirt also.
To sum up, to be a Christian you must be single but have a companion. You must be poor and you must leave it to god to take care of you. You should not work at anything. You should spend your day doing as you like. If you have ever had periods in your life like this you will remember them with fondness, for you had no stress, you had no hatred of anyone, you had no fear, you had enough food to eat, friends to keep you company, and enough sex to keep you relaxed and happy. You don't have to read the bible, go to a Christian church, hang out with other Christians or worship god or pray. But you could do all those things, as you like. Just don't believe that doing them makes you a Christian., it could actually make you less of a Christian. It is your state of mind (how you thing about the world) and your kind acts that makes you a Christian.
Sunday, October 25, 2009
Sunday, October 11, 2009
Winning in Afghanistan
We can't win in Afghanistan by fighting over and trying to control the land. In a desert society it is the water that is most important. He who controls the water in the desert controls everything else. So we must fight for the water not the land. If we stop the water from getting to the enemy the the enemy will surrender. Second, we must stop the bullets. Stop the supply of ammunition. Find out where they are making it and destroy the factory. Next, stop the money. Find out who is financing the army and stop the flow of money to them. Lastly, find out why they are fighting or who they are fighting for and negotiate with them if possible. Give them half of what they want. That should do it. I think this is the way to fight a modern war. Ground fighting is too expensive and too many people get killed.
Wednesday, October 7, 2009
Summary and additions to SD
Things are happening. People are wondering whether we need a third party. Of course they are thinking of something to replace the Republican party. We are here to do the opposite- we are proposing a party that is more progressive than the Democratic party. We will keep the Democratic party as the "conservative party" if we are at a point when we need only to progress a little. But our party which we call the Social Democratic party will be very progressive and try to lead America into the global community. A community which we see now as socialistic and democratic. Some of our systems will be run by the government, others will be both government run and privately run. In those areas that are privately run, we will monitor them with our government so that private endeavors do not become harmful to people or to our society.
The other thing that struck me is that there is a self identified communist running (I forget where) for a seat in the local school board. The only reason this is news worthy is because he is a front runner people don't seem to mind that he is an admitted communist). When interviewed he said that he believed that workers should control the means of production. That's communist alright. Actually, this has already taken place in some American companies. We have been moving toward socialism for a long time. It has been thought for a long time that democracy naturally evolves into socialism. It is easy to see this if you are educated. But if you are not it is easier when the economy and political system can no longer support you and your family. If it is true that the development of socialism is a natural occurrence, then we are on the right course.
I have tried to help the development of socialism along by outlining some specific solutions to problems facing us that a socialist government could solve (see pbs.com/leher report, on the Dutch health system). We should solve our energy problems with solar panels and electric cars. Our health problems are solved by changing our eating habits and becoming more vegetarians with emphasis on organic farms and foods. We would make all drugs legal with government controls. After seeing Michael Moore's film about capitalism, we should also see to it that FDR's additional Bill of Rights be adopted for implementation to the U.S constitution (see movie for details). This would solve many our economic problems. Although, I should say that we will never be the America we once were. We must learn how to live poorer as the world needs more of its own resources and we are unable to steal resources from other countries. Plus the competition from China and India for markets will shrink our existing markets. It has to be a different America. Run on sun energy. Reestablished health (obesity gone, very little degenerative disease), and inexpensive health care. Everyone will have all the basics for not very much money. We will have an economy which allows for private enterprise with strict controls as to how much wealth can be accumulated. We will also have government banks to compete with the private banks. Our educational system will remain similar except that public schools will be administered by students and teachers. Another good idea that had come out this week is that we should just have one legislature like they do in England. The process by which we have to change our laws has become archaic and way too slow to react to the changing times. One chamber to discuss issues and to vote on them is enough. No long delays in committees. Actually we should have an electronic voting process whereby people vote on the Bills. Bills are written in simple language and easy to understand. But in lew of this we need a way of governing that can deal with problems that arise, quickly and efficiently. This of course will take constitutional change. I think we should throw out the supreme court since it is not a legislative body it is a political body. It should never have ruled on the Bush/Gore election. It should have said that if there are discrepancies that these should be either resolved or there should be another election. At the moment they made their decision they became a political body. Al Gore said that after that decision there was nothing he could do except maybe start a revolution. A revolution we could have used more than eight years of Bush.
The other thing that struck me is that there is a self identified communist running (I forget where) for a seat in the local school board. The only reason this is news worthy is because he is a front runner people don't seem to mind that he is an admitted communist). When interviewed he said that he believed that workers should control the means of production. That's communist alright. Actually, this has already taken place in some American companies. We have been moving toward socialism for a long time. It has been thought for a long time that democracy naturally evolves into socialism. It is easy to see this if you are educated. But if you are not it is easier when the economy and political system can no longer support you and your family. If it is true that the development of socialism is a natural occurrence, then we are on the right course.
I have tried to help the development of socialism along by outlining some specific solutions to problems facing us that a socialist government could solve (see pbs.com/leher report, on the Dutch health system). We should solve our energy problems with solar panels and electric cars. Our health problems are solved by changing our eating habits and becoming more vegetarians with emphasis on organic farms and foods. We would make all drugs legal with government controls. After seeing Michael Moore's film about capitalism, we should also see to it that FDR's additional Bill of Rights be adopted for implementation to the U.S constitution (see movie for details). This would solve many our economic problems. Although, I should say that we will never be the America we once were. We must learn how to live poorer as the world needs more of its own resources and we are unable to steal resources from other countries. Plus the competition from China and India for markets will shrink our existing markets. It has to be a different America. Run on sun energy. Reestablished health (obesity gone, very little degenerative disease), and inexpensive health care. Everyone will have all the basics for not very much money. We will have an economy which allows for private enterprise with strict controls as to how much wealth can be accumulated. We will also have government banks to compete with the private banks. Our educational system will remain similar except that public schools will be administered by students and teachers. Another good idea that had come out this week is that we should just have one legislature like they do in England. The process by which we have to change our laws has become archaic and way too slow to react to the changing times. One chamber to discuss issues and to vote on them is enough. No long delays in committees. Actually we should have an electronic voting process whereby people vote on the Bills. Bills are written in simple language and easy to understand. But in lew of this we need a way of governing that can deal with problems that arise, quickly and efficiently. This of course will take constitutional change. I think we should throw out the supreme court since it is not a legislative body it is a political body. It should never have ruled on the Bush/Gore election. It should have said that if there are discrepancies that these should be either resolved or there should be another election. At the moment they made their decision they became a political body. Al Gore said that after that decision there was nothing he could do except maybe start a revolution. A revolution we could have used more than eight years of Bush.
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