I believe I have a healthy dose of common sense and am very good at seeing the big picture of most topics. I am not very religious. However, I do not disbelieve. I am as much of a moral person as I am able to be due to my early exposure to religion and my inherent wish to learn and enjoy the benefits of all that is good and beautiful in this life. I know there is something greater than us and I hope for something better after this life. I know that we cannot each individually advance without striving to be the best we are able to be while ensuring we do not encroach on others. This is essentially what the American founding is all about, too.
I do not study religion. However, I believe that the Judeo-Christian philosophy is a necessary part of the advancement of man. I am only discussing Judeo-Christian philosophy because I have no direct experience with other peaceful religions. I know that the Bible is sort of a guidebook, if you will, to a happy life. It is an instruction guide, if followed, that would ensure people will deal with each other humanely in all of life's situations. Different interpretations of the Bible is where the problems, in a religious sense, have shown themselves. It is not the Bible or religion that is at fault, but people and their own interpretations that cause all of these problems. Yes, I mean ALL.
Of course, I look at things from an optimistic point of view. If you are naturally a pessimist, you will have a hard road in this life and it generally will show in all you do. If, however, you are able to see the big picture in all of life's events, you will see that MAN and their erroneous interpretations of the way things should be, is the cause of most suffering, not religion. Where we reach the Divine is when a person can look beyond themselves and really see how their actions affect themselves and others. The Bible gives us step-by-step guidance on how to reach the Divine in life, and possibly, thereafter. It is to the detriment of man-kind that we are allowing the Bible to be seen or ridiculed as a joke and as "uncool". Purging it from our educational system will ensure ignorance and, ultimately, destroy our country.
Monday, December 24, 2012
Monday, December 17, 2012
The Shock is Over, Now What?
What seemed to me to be obvious, apparently, was less obvious to all who voted and who did not bother to vote. Yes, not voting was voting for Obama. How do all you lazy whiners feel now that America's worst nightmare is going to be installed into our White House for another FOUR years? I hope there is SOME remorse in your hearts.
Obama's job is not done, it seems. We all must suffer more economic pain and degradation before these final four years are up. What will this country look like then? I fear it will no longer be America.
While they debate raising income taxes, we all suffer the hidden tax of continuous money printing. Or, as government "intelligencia" like to call it, "Quantitative Easing". Devaluing our monetary system will decimate our economy and they want more income taxes, ON TOP OF THAT. Yes, go ahead, tax the rich. They won't pay. They will leave. They have the money and the mobility to escape it. Or, in the case of corporations, they will pass the additional tax on to the consumer. And, we the consumers will even pay those taxes, too! Yes, that is why so many people say that corporations DO NOT PAY TAXES!!! Get it? The ignorant or "low information voter" do not seem to understand that "Quantitative Easing" is stealthily taking away all of our welfare checks, our savings, our salaries, our retirement checks, our liberty, our everything. I guess 52% of the population enjoy this circumstance and $4.00 a gallon gasoline. Go figure!
Mitt Romney is a good man. It was a clear choice between good and evil. No, not perfect....GOOD. At least it was clear for people who actually had their eyes open. But, for many, it was preferable to sacrifice the good for the NON-EXISTENT perfect. Romney might not have done anything to end the Fed. However, he would have stopped the printing presses! You like the stealth tax we are all paying in the inflation that results by devaluing our dollar? Sure, just stay home and vote for Obama in absentia. The inflation is hidden, so far, if you don't look at gas prices. Some things I buy regularly keep their prices the same but reduce the size of their products. That will fool many. Or, the ignorant will blame the product manufacturer rather than the real culprit, the Federal Reserve and the Marxist government it is serving.
The people who stayed home sicken me more than the idiots who actually got off their couches and voted for the Marxist. The lazy and dissatisfied with Romney kept their votes from him KNOWING Obama would destroy this country. Most people who physically voted for Obama did so UNKNOWINGLY. They deserve our pity. The others, our contempt.
Now what? I don't know. Keep acting like this is still America and maybe we'll be able to teach American principles to the people around us. Keep fighting and teaching. It won't happen overnight, but good does always triumph over evil eventually. It might not happen in our lifetimes, but if we fight hard, maybe it will happen in our children's. Giving up is not the American way.
Obama's job is not done, it seems. We all must suffer more economic pain and degradation before these final four years are up. What will this country look like then? I fear it will no longer be America.
While they debate raising income taxes, we all suffer the hidden tax of continuous money printing. Or, as government "intelligencia" like to call it, "Quantitative Easing". Devaluing our monetary system will decimate our economy and they want more income taxes, ON TOP OF THAT. Yes, go ahead, tax the rich. They won't pay. They will leave. They have the money and the mobility to escape it. Or, in the case of corporations, they will pass the additional tax on to the consumer. And, we the consumers will even pay those taxes, too! Yes, that is why so many people say that corporations DO NOT PAY TAXES!!! Get it? The ignorant or "low information voter" do not seem to understand that "Quantitative Easing" is stealthily taking away all of our welfare checks, our savings, our salaries, our retirement checks, our liberty, our everything. I guess 52% of the population enjoy this circumstance and $4.00 a gallon gasoline. Go figure!
Mitt Romney is a good man. It was a clear choice between good and evil. No, not perfect....GOOD. At least it was clear for people who actually had their eyes open. But, for many, it was preferable to sacrifice the good for the NON-EXISTENT perfect. Romney might not have done anything to end the Fed. However, he would have stopped the printing presses! You like the stealth tax we are all paying in the inflation that results by devaluing our dollar? Sure, just stay home and vote for Obama in absentia. The inflation is hidden, so far, if you don't look at gas prices. Some things I buy regularly keep their prices the same but reduce the size of their products. That will fool many. Or, the ignorant will blame the product manufacturer rather than the real culprit, the Federal Reserve and the Marxist government it is serving.
The people who stayed home sicken me more than the idiots who actually got off their couches and voted for the Marxist. The lazy and dissatisfied with Romney kept their votes from him KNOWING Obama would destroy this country. Most people who physically voted for Obama did so UNKNOWINGLY. They deserve our pity. The others, our contempt.
Now what? I don't know. Keep acting like this is still America and maybe we'll be able to teach American principles to the people around us. Keep fighting and teaching. It won't happen overnight, but good does always triumph over evil eventually. It might not happen in our lifetimes, but if we fight hard, maybe it will happen in our children's. Giving up is not the American way.
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