Gay Saints.

The early Christian Church

hosted the gay couple

Sergius and Bacchus.

They were openly gay

and they were martyred

for their love.

A ceremony exists

blessing 

same-sex couples

in their name.

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Peace.

And we pray for peace in Ukraine.

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Admirable.

He is not only 

admirable 

for his

Beauty.

He is admirable 

for his

Dedication,

Discipline,

and Duty.

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6 Sins of the Religious Right.

1.  The first sin of the Religious Right is to claim that everyone is condemned by God.

This Machiavellian manoeuvre puts everyone at the mercy of their priests and ministers and ensures that everyone is under their control.

2.  The second sin of the Religious Right is to claim that sex is a sin.

This merely places everyone in the power of the devil and guarantees their power to release them.

3.  The third sin of the Religious Right is to make gays and lesbians a scapegoat.

This of course ensures that all who obey them are pure and holy by default.

4.  The fourth sin of the Religious Right is to claim  that God hates sin and that hate is a Biblical imperative.

This hateful practice reinforces their persecution of gays and lesbians and insults our intelligence and insults God.

5.  The fifth sin of the Religious Right is their support for Capitalism.

By labeling godless Communism "The Evil Empire" they rebound philosophically to the opposite Capitalism.

But this is the worship of Mammon - money.

6.  The sixth sin of the Religious Right is to oppose social welfare and gun control.

Their hard-heartedness and violence is in direct contradiction of the teachings of Jesus Christ.

These sins have guaranteed that the Religious Right no longer has any credibility.

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6 Crimes of Generation X.

1.  The first crime of Generation X was to declare themselves Bad. 

"Bad is good", "I'm no angel", "Sex is bad so bad is good", "Bad boys", "Bad girls", "Delinquents".

All these things are Bad.

2.  The second crime of Generation X was to blame and shame the Hippies and Baby-Boomers.

By adopting Ronald Reagan's smear of the Baby-Boomers Generation X blamed everything from economic recession to moral looseness on the previous generation in order to jump the job queue and establish social supremacy.

3.  The third crime of Generation X was to turn to evil in order to win.

Supporting the devil, even flattering him, was a constant practice of Generation X.

"Dancing with the devil", "Taking the devil's advice", "Everyone wants a taste of the dark side".

These were constant refrains of Generation X.

4.  The fourth crime of Generation X was to cynically support the Religious Right as a method of whitewashing their crimes.   

The Religious Right supported their materialism and turned a blind eye to their bad behavior and their spiritual duplicity.

5.  The fifth crime of Generation X was to oppose the unions.

By refusing to pay union fees they caused the loss of wages, conditions, job security, and dignity for everyone.

The hard-fought gains that the unions had made were frittered away and lost forever.

6.  The sixth crime of Generation X was to use violence - verbal, emotional, psychic, spiritual and physical - to intimidate and bash any opposition to their views.

These entrenched crimes marked the era of a selfish and ignorant generation.

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6 Atrocities of Ronald Reagan.

1.  The first atrocity of Ronald Reagan was to label the whole of the Baby-Boomer Generation "unconscious agents of the devil".

This was because the rock stars which the Baby-Boomers listened to had sold their souls to the devil for fame and fortune and the perfection of their art.

They practised black magic and Satanism and filled their music and videos with backtracking and unconscious images of evil.

The inference was that the devil controlled them all through rock music.

But this is not true.

The Baby-Boomers did not act in overtly evil ways. 

They were the victims of Satanism in rock music.

Their lives were ruined by drugs and divorce.

But they were never evil.

Reagan's accusation of course was the first example of demonizing his political opponents.

2.  The second atrocity of Ronald Reagan was to shame the Baby-Boomer Generation for their opposition to the Vietnam War.

Reagan alleged that the left-leaning Baby-Boomers victimized and attacked Vietnam veterans after their return from the war.

This is not true. 

I have never seen anyone of my generation attack or ridicule a Vietnam veteran.

But mud sticks.

Reagan then organized a march for Vietnam veterans to mark his point.

3.  The third atrocity of Ronald Reagan was to label the mentality of the Baby-Boomers Politically Correct.

This was a derogatory term designed to dismiss all civil rights and social justice initiatives as somehow wrong.

This particularly played on the rebellious nature of Generation X who reacted against the Baby-Boomers' politics.

In fact what this did was undermine the conscience of our society and endorse bad, even anti-social behavior.

4.  The fourth atrocity of Ronald Reagan was to rename Cape Kennedy Cape Canaveral.

This was part of Reagan's campaign against J.F.K..

Shortly afterwards stories began to appear in the press about J.F.K.'s affairs and sexual indiscretions.

Mud sticks.

This was a subtle and secret smear campaign.

5.  The fifth atrocity of Ronald Reagan was to call the U.S.S.R. "The Evil Empire".

This was a term from Star Wars which he used to demonize Soviet Communism.

6.  The sixth atrocity of Ronald Reagan was to use Pope John Paul II in his political campaign against Communism.

Reagan used the Polish Pope to foment rebellion in Poland through Solidarnos and across the whole Soviet Union.

John Paul II was an Anti-Communist Pope who justified his activities as bringing godless Russia back into the Mother Church.

Reagan was quoted as saying that "Christianity contains unconventional weapons".

These weapons were: demonization of political opponents, damning of enemies, shaming, and pointing the finger.....

These were the atrocities of Ronald Reagan.

They were supported by the media and portrayed as victories.

But the truth will out!

Reagan's campaign against the Left has resulted in a dark world full of corruption, injustice, and evil.

It can be compared to the McCarthyism of the 1950s.

But it remains to be seen what history will make of Ronald Reagan.

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Honorable.

In Ancient Greece

love between two men

was considered

Honorable.

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Salvation.

Turn from Satan

and all his works.

Worship God 

and His Mighty Angels.

Open your Heart.

And do Good in the World.

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Open Your Heart.

To think that 

Enlightenment

is purely about 

the mind and consciousness

is passe.

Open your Heart

and your mind 

will fall into place.

As the Buddha said:

"The Way is not in the Sky,

The Way is in the Heart."

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Love Them.

Rock stars and celebrities and sports men and women sell their souls for fame and fortune.

They seek riches and adulation.

But riches are empty.

And adulation is a pale facsimile of love.

In fact what they are looking for is love.

So if we give them our love perhaps they will realize that the devil is an illusion and what he promises is nothing.

Happiness will only come from love.

So love them.

And pray for them.

It may open their eyes to the Love of God.

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Broken.

They say that Life is Broken.

We are all Broken.

Broken-Hearted.

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Nothing?

""But if I give up drugs and pleasure what's left?  Then there's nothing!"

But there's not nothing.

We are not orphaned.

The universal panacea is Love.

Open your heart!

Love yourself!

Give love to everyone!

Love God and love your neighbor.

Then you will experience something.

Love your enemies.

Then you will resemble God.

And God will adopt you.

Pray!

And you will be answered.

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White Light.

White, good, God, love, pure goodness.....

Charity, humility, selflessness, altruism, integrity.....

Mercy, forgiveness, compassion, generosity, goodwill.....

Light, truth, beauty, benevolence, non-violence.....

Peace.

An open Heart.

Unconditional Love.

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Blessings.

The Blessings 

of Angels

are refinements

of Pure Love.

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Dream.

May I love you?

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Moralizing.

Don't get me wrong.

I'm not moralizing about sex.

I'm merely pointing out 

the hypocrisy of those who

moralize about sex.

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Love.

A man's dream

to become Beautiful

is always a desire for

Love.

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Big & Strong.

Big Heart.

Strong Faith.

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