I just read an article by the Jesuit writer James Martin on the historical evidence of who is actually responsible for the death of Jesus. He is advisor on a new play coming to Broadway and tries to be historically accurate in his take on the whole crucifiction story. Unlike that dweebo Mel Gibson, who claimed to be accurate and then took poetic liscense and made it seem like the Jews were the conspirators and executioners of the Christ man. What a great example of Christianity Mel has turned out to be huh?
First of all, I have a hard time with the fact that some people really hold that the gospels were written by charlatans and cultists. I find it difficult to believe that anyone writing in the first century A.D. could be anything but brilliant. Not too many folks went to school way back then btw, in case you didn't realize that And to have their writings exist two thousand years later???!!!! wooooooo hah, that puts them in a very rarefied category indded. Kinda like the king of the world!
Of course, I agree that the church did pick and choose who and what to include in the new testament, kinda like I tend to post things that agree with my liberal take on the world, and I would love to read an entirely gnostic bible, but the fact remains historically that Jesus did live and he did die as a martyr to the cause.. Whether he was resurrected physically is a point of faith, not science. People today believe in everything from alien abduction to Sarah Palin.. Why not a miracle?
The blessed trinity that Catholics believe in, states that God, Jesus and the "Holy Ghost" or "Holy Spirit" are one in the same being. This is indicative to me that Jesus owns a spritual non corporeal part of his being, as I believe we all do.. I still talk things over with my dad who died over 20 years ago, and i believe he is still with me. I can't prove it, but i do know it.
Secondly, traditionally executions are the provenance of government...hence Rome at the time. Just like today, the fat cats <read: Sanhedrin> were lobbyists to the Roman government, and just like today, someone speaking out for the poor and downtrodden is considered a "rabblerouser" by the powers that be.....rabble being anyone who threatens their wealth and greedy ways. This leads me to believe that Jesus was put to death by the same type of people as we have today who are most interested in keeping the "status quo" read: the poor poorer and rich richer: Kinda like the Koch brothers or Glenn Beck, using their money and influence to make sure that anyone who speaks about the common good is untrustworthy.and is someone to be feared.
I don't go to church very often, because i know how Jesus felt when he saw the moneychangers in the temple. The church covers up her sins instead of doing penance for them. The church dresses her leaders in gold, and allows persecutions of non believers. The church will not accept science fact unless it absolutely has to. The church remains silent when human rights and the dignity of others are blasted to all hell.
The church is still run by the fat cats and lobbyists that cater to Rome. BUT there are still rabblerousers like me who believe that working for the common good is the highest calling on earth.
Happy Easter to all.
Who else could we place here?
support for all
Saturday, April 23, 2011
Friday, April 8, 2011
Drugs and all that stuff, or those Greedy Pigs part 3
Are you a drug addict? I bet you are. And I bet you don't even know it. Do you drink milk? Eat beef? Drink out of water bottles? If you answered yes to any of these questions, you may be being drugged more than you know.
Canada has banned BPA, a toxic plastic that has been proven as a "endocrine disrupter". Your son showing lack of motivation? Could be from the plastic he is metabolizing. Studies have shown that this plastic also affects salmon and alligators when it gets into the water systems. USA can't ban it because the Greedy Pigs have taken over our legislation.
Drinking milk has become associated with childhood obesity, diabetes and early sexual development. Milk it does a body good but the hormones in it do a body bad. Is your young son or daughter hefty sized? Maybe a change to organic milk would help. Hormones make them hold water and weight. The same occurs with beef products of cows that are still being feed artificially enriched feed. Steroids make for BIG cows, more beef, and also more beef on you . Not good for the common good. How come the USDA doesn't change this? Those greedy pigs who produce this stuff are paying them not to.
Now that summer is approaching, look out for using too much suntan lotion. The UV chemical blockers also diminish the process that allows Vitamin D absorbtion in your body. Many people now have to take Vitamin D supplements! Wow, how cool is that? Develop something that blocks Vitamin D production and then something else to put it back! Those greedy bastids are nothing if not wiley.
Being a child of the 70s, i remember things about drugs. I know that way back then, many people smoked marijuana at rock concerts, some took LSD on a regular basis, housewives were addicted to Valium, or uppers or downers. The boys who went to Viet Nam used drugs. The side effects of drug addiction are well documented and well known...many people dropped dead because of drug use. Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin come to mind.
But what about the side effects of today's drug addiction? What kind problems occur because of that addicition?
Today the average American over 45 takes 3-5 prescription drugs a day, and many more over the counter ones. For what? Well let's see:: cholesterol levels, blood pressure levels, blood sugar levels, arthritis pains, allergies to everything, water retention, depression, adult hyperactivity, thyroid problems, infertility, contraception, headaches, overeating, asthma, constipation, diarreha, dry eyes, wrinkles and on and on and on! Others take more specific drugs for more specific problems.
There are drugs in our preserved foods, our cereals,our bread and cake products; in our toiletries, our toothpaste and mouthwashes, and in our cosmetics and hair care products; in our colored food products, our power drinks, and candies.
There are people going to jail for drug pushing > those who are selling hard drugs on the streets. Gangstas and drug lords. Drugs that people are choosing to take.
But there are other people who should be going to jail for the pollution of our bodies and minds and they are the greedy bastids who have forced us all into addiction. And the side effects are devastating. Pharmaceuticals are the real problem of today's health care industry. Drugs are rushed to market with inadequate testing. And cause serious damage.
We now have unheard of levels of autism, adhd, obesity and diabetes in children. We have young women who have major fertility problems. We have young men who cannot concentrate in school, or have regression problems when they become adults. We have unsolved allergic reactions to unknown chemicals in the air.
I truly believe that many of these common ills are not fixed by drugs, but rather caused by drugs. We cause problems by an overdose of chemicals then we try to soothe the symptoms with another overdose of chemicals!!!! HUUH?. Some of these nostrums, say the TV ads, may actually be fatal! WOW how is it that we don't see this and rebel against it?
Part of it, I think, is the idea that we should look, feel and be perfect everyday of out lives. If you have arthritis, a natural component of getting older, instead of stepping up your activity levels and eating honest whole foods or losing that excess weight, , you should instead down a bunch of non tested drugs to ease your pain away. We literally SWALLOW this hogwash. And enrich the pockets of the richest industry in the USA!
God bless the people who feed us and our animals this swill. May they be the first to be consumed by it.
Instead of cures, think of how much of that research and development money goes to develop more and more drugs for consumption. They cured tb, small pox, and polio in the early 1900s. What modern day diseases have been cured? How many millions of dollars are manipulated? Isn't it more profitable for the drug companies to keep you sick and let you take their pills for life, than actually cure the disease???!!!
Don't get me wrong. I realize there are legitamate prescription drugs. But i do question why the levlels for cholestorel medicine or blood pressure keep changing. It is truly to safeguard us or is it to make the fat cats richer? You decide what's the best for the common good!
Now the only thing left is to make a pill that actually stops us from dying and we can all go on like Meryl and Goldie in "Death Becomes Her"
Be aware and educated about the products you are using. beware of the greedy bastids who sell you them to make beau coup $$$$ and are not concerned with the common good.
Canada has banned BPA, a toxic plastic that has been proven as a "endocrine disrupter". Your son showing lack of motivation? Could be from the plastic he is metabolizing. Studies have shown that this plastic also affects salmon and alligators when it gets into the water systems. USA can't ban it because the Greedy Pigs have taken over our legislation.
Drinking milk has become associated with childhood obesity, diabetes and early sexual development. Milk it does a body good but the hormones in it do a body bad. Is your young son or daughter hefty sized? Maybe a change to organic milk would help. Hormones make them hold water and weight. The same occurs with beef products of cows that are still being feed artificially enriched feed. Steroids make for BIG cows, more beef, and also more beef on you . Not good for the common good. How come the USDA doesn't change this? Those greedy pigs who produce this stuff are paying them not to.
Now that summer is approaching, look out for using too much suntan lotion. The UV chemical blockers also diminish the process that allows Vitamin D absorbtion in your body. Many people now have to take Vitamin D supplements! Wow, how cool is that? Develop something that blocks Vitamin D production and then something else to put it back! Those greedy bastids are nothing if not wiley.
Being a child of the 70s, i remember things about drugs. I know that way back then, many people smoked marijuana at rock concerts, some took LSD on a regular basis, housewives were addicted to Valium, or uppers or downers. The boys who went to Viet Nam used drugs. The side effects of drug addiction are well documented and well known...many people dropped dead because of drug use. Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin come to mind.
But what about the side effects of today's drug addiction? What kind problems occur because of that addicition?
Today the average American over 45 takes 3-5 prescription drugs a day, and many more over the counter ones. For what? Well let's see:: cholesterol levels, blood pressure levels, blood sugar levels, arthritis pains, allergies to everything, water retention, depression, adult hyperactivity, thyroid problems, infertility, contraception, headaches, overeating, asthma, constipation, diarreha, dry eyes, wrinkles and on and on and on! Others take more specific drugs for more specific problems.
There are drugs in our preserved foods, our cereals,our bread and cake products; in our toiletries, our toothpaste and mouthwashes, and in our cosmetics and hair care products; in our colored food products, our power drinks, and candies.
There are people going to jail for drug pushing > those who are selling hard drugs on the streets. Gangstas and drug lords. Drugs that people are choosing to take.
But there are other people who should be going to jail for the pollution of our bodies and minds and they are the greedy bastids who have forced us all into addiction. And the side effects are devastating. Pharmaceuticals are the real problem of today's health care industry. Drugs are rushed to market with inadequate testing. And cause serious damage.
We now have unheard of levels of autism, adhd, obesity and diabetes in children. We have young women who have major fertility problems. We have young men who cannot concentrate in school, or have regression problems when they become adults. We have unsolved allergic reactions to unknown chemicals in the air.
I truly believe that many of these common ills are not fixed by drugs, but rather caused by drugs. We cause problems by an overdose of chemicals then we try to soothe the symptoms with another overdose of chemicals!!!! HUUH?. Some of these nostrums, say the TV ads, may actually be fatal! WOW how is it that we don't see this and rebel against it?
Part of it, I think, is the idea that we should look, feel and be perfect everyday of out lives. If you have arthritis, a natural component of getting older, instead of stepping up your activity levels and eating honest whole foods or losing that excess weight, , you should instead down a bunch of non tested drugs to ease your pain away. We literally SWALLOW this hogwash. And enrich the pockets of the richest industry in the USA!
God bless the people who feed us and our animals this swill. May they be the first to be consumed by it.
Instead of cures, think of how much of that research and development money goes to develop more and more drugs for consumption. They cured tb, small pox, and polio in the early 1900s. What modern day diseases have been cured? How many millions of dollars are manipulated? Isn't it more profitable for the drug companies to keep you sick and let you take their pills for life, than actually cure the disease???!!!
Don't get me wrong. I realize there are legitamate prescription drugs. But i do question why the levlels for cholestorel medicine or blood pressure keep changing. It is truly to safeguard us or is it to make the fat cats richer? You decide what's the best for the common good!
Now the only thing left is to make a pill that actually stops us from dying and we can all go on like Meryl and Goldie in "Death Becomes Her"
Be aware and educated about the products you are using. beware of the greedy bastids who sell you them to make beau coup $$$$ and are not concerned with the common good.
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