Hunger.

We pray for all those who are hungry,

And the children who will die

Because of our corrupt Financial System.

Take them to your bosom, Lord.

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Good.

Jesus said: "''Why do you call me good?  No one is good but God alone.'"  Mark 10:18 (NRSV)

And wicked for good is the work of the devil.

[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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Grace.

"let the wicked forsake their way,

and the unrighteous their thoughts;

let them return to the Lord,

that he may have mercy on them,

and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon."

Isaiah 55:7 (NRSV)

[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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Inhumanity.

God is not responsible for the suffering in our world.

It is not God's actions nor is it God's Will.

Our suffering is caused by our inhumanity to each other.

And our inhumanity is caused by fear.

It is God's Will that we love one another.

If we do this simple action.

Our suffering will disappear.

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God's Love.

When all men and women 

realize that they are brothers and sisters

I will send the Spirit of my Love

into all Humanity.

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Turning Points.

1. The Bible is a collection of writings from a variety of writers over hundreds of years. Each text reflects the character and worldview of the writer and his time.

2. The Bible should be interpreted metaphorically not literally.

3. The story of Adam and Eve, the Virgin Birth, and many of the miracle stories are not to be taken literally. They are mythological at best.

4. The Fall/Redemption model of Christianity is bankrupt.

5. The traditional image of God as a punisher and judge of humans is false.

6. Hell is out of character for a loving God.

7. We are not to battle against evil but to lay down the sword and cry out to God for help.

8. God is transcendent - beyond sin and evil.

9. God's inmost nature is Love.

10. The path to God is contemplation and prayer and love.

11. God is real.

12. Love God and love your neighbor.

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The Tears of Heaven.

The Tears of Heaven

Rain down from above,

To water the Earth

With life-giving Love.

To extinguish the fires of hell

That attack us,

And dissolve the ramparts of fear

That enslave us.

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Back to the 50s.

Going back to the 50s 

is merely going back to 

hypocrisy and cheap grace.

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Knowledge.

Those who have chosen the Path of Knowledge study scriptures and philosophy and learn from life and art.

The culmination of this knowledge is the realization of the knowledge of God.

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St. Sebastian.

St. Sebastian is the Patron Saint of plague victims.

He offers protection against plagues.

My advice: "All things in Moderation."

        (Hesiod - Greek Poet 700 BCE.)

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Stiff-Necked.

"I have persistently sent all my servants the prophets to them, day after day, yet they did not listen to me. or pay attention, but they stiffened their necks."  Jeremiah 7:25,26 (NRSV)

".....they have stiffened their necks, refusing to hear my words."  Jeremiah 19:15 (NRSV)

This describes the reaction of Israel's spiritual leaders when God sent His prophets to them.

And this is confirmed by Jesus.

"'For you build the tombs of the prophets whom your ancestors killed!'"  Luke 11:47 (NRSV)

So do not blame God when we are indoctrinated with false teachings.

Religious leaders have long preferred fear to love.

[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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