The Kingdom of God.

The more people accept the One Living God that is Love as King over them the more the Kingdom of God will manifest on Earth.

If we reject the ways of the world which are: materialism, acquisitiveness, self-serving, toughness, callousness, ego, evil, and hate..... and accept the ways of God which are: mercy, forgiveness, compassion, empathy, generosity, charity, humility, goodness, and love..... the more the world will change for the better.

Because the corporate plutocrats are not the greatest power on Earth.

The greatest power on Earth is the Love of the One Living God who is the Creator of the Universe.

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Satan's Image.

Companies associated with the racing industry 

are using Satan's image in their advertising!

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Quincunx.

The Quincunx beneath which the treasure is hidden 

is Jesus surrounded by the four Gospels. 

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The Festival of Light.

Christmas.

The Birth of the Sun.

Hanukkah.

Krishna's Birthday.

All these things celebrate the coming of the Light.

The world is a dark and desperate place.

We need the Light more than ever.

May this Holiday* Season see the Light shine in our world.

Peace on Earth.

And Goodwill to All.

(*Holidays = Holy Days.)

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The Disciple Jesus Loved.

The disciple Jesus loved was a man - the disciple John.

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Tough.

Many people believe that you have to be tough to survive in this world.

A tough, hard attitude combined with cynical pragmatism has replaced any virtue or idealism as the recommended approach.

But hardness is not strength.

And cynicism is not virtue.

To maintain an honest, non-violent approach we need to develop faith.

Faith in a benevolent God allows us to lay down the sword and cry out for help.

God will answer.

He will preserve a good and loving heart.

And deliver you from evil.

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The Black One.

The Black One is the Devil - the Prince of Darkness.

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Graffiti.

Most graffiti is Satanic.

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Fear.

Fear erects walls around us.

We shut ourselves in a prison of our own making.

We cut ourselves off from others.

And we become alienated and cynical.

Fear tells us we must be tough and hard to survive in this world.

We harden our hearts.

And we become callous and cruel.

Fear tells us we must retaliate against anyone who threatens us.

So we react with violence and war.

Fear tells us we must preserve ourselves against challengers.

And we dominate and oppress others.

Give up your fear!

Trust God.

Open your heart.

And give love.

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Pink Heaven.

Gay men go to Heaven.

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Gay Men.

Aquarius governs gay men.

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Water.

Cool yourself in the water.

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Cool.

Cool Water.

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Hot.

Its hot in hell!

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Life!

Jesus said: "'Those who believe in me, even though they die, will live, and everyone who lives and believes in me will never die.'"  John 11:25,26 (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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Death.

"O death, where is thy sting?"

1 Corinthians 15:55 (KJB)

[KJB: King James Bible.]

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Love One Another.

It's simple.

Were we to obey the commandment of Jesus and love one another the world would be a different place.

And this is the basis of the Kingdom of God.

But our Political and Religious leaders prefer the rule of fear and violence.

They have no faith in the Love of God.

They have no faith in humanity.

They preach punishment and penitence.

They impose debt and extort obedience.

They worship Tradition.

And they subjugate the masses.

This is the experience of humanity.

And the answer is Love.

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Corporate Boxes.

If you want to know who the people are who are corrupting our world you need look no further than the corporate boxes at the football.

These are the people who rule our world.

They own the sports.

They own the companies.

They oppress their workers.

And they take the profits.

They exploit foreign labor.

And they keep the masses down.

They use their influence to brainwash the public*.

And they are in league with Satanists in our popular culture.

(*"Work harder.")

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Treasure.

"'Therefore every scribe who has been trained for the kingdom of heaven is like the master of a household who brings out of his treasure what is new and what is old.'"  Matthew 13:52 (NRSV)

And so we bring out the best of both worlds:

What is new: tolerance, liberty, pacifism, positivity, benevolence, universalism, unitarianism, humanitarianism, unconditional love.....

What is old: altruism, reverence, respect, gratitude, selflessness, charity, mercy, forgiveness, prayer, faith.....

And we discard what is outmoded:

What is new: license, excess, extremism, obsession, promiscuity, drugs, degradation, negativity, hedonism, cynicism, alienation.....

What is old: violence, vengeance, judgement, punishment, hate, callousness, pragmatism, legalism, materialism, hypocrisy.....

And so we salvage the treasure from the dross.

[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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Gay Angels.

Gay men and women are androgynous.

That is they are half male and half female.

This is like the Angels in Heaven.

And even like God Himself.

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Wicked.

Wicked for Good is the work of devil-worshippers.

The idea is to corrupt you and encourage you to sin.

And then your soul will be damned to hell!

(Or so they think).

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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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Toys.

I remember my brother-in-law quoting Jean-Paul Getty: "He who dies with the most toys wins."

And he spent his life chasing toys.

But I don't think he was happy.

He left his wife and sold his business.

He was taken to court by a subsequent partner.

And he bought a Harley-Davidson motorbike.

He died at the age of 64.

Do you think this brought happiness?

I doubt it.

But many people spend their lives doing exactly this.

They buy the lie that material wealth and possessions will bring happiness.

But they don't.

The only thing that brings happiness is love.

And our love is buried deep inside us.

It is protected by fortifications erected out of fear.

We have been told all the wrong things.

And those who told us these lies were acting out of fear themselves.

So do not listen to those who tell you that material wealth will bring happiness.

Material wealth, status, and fame are illusions.

They do not bring happiness.

Only love can bring happiness.

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The Right Hand of the Beast.

Ronald Reagan unleashed the Beast.

He incited violence - verbal, emotional, psychic, spiritual, and physical - against the Left - his political opponents.

And Pope John Paul II assisted him.

But the damnation, blaming, shaming, and hate they inspired in Generation X is not from God.

It is merely the right hand of the Beast*.

(*In the Book of Revelation the followers of the Beast receive the mark in their right hands or their foreheads.)

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Psalm.

In the dark of night I was assailed by demons

with lying tongues and evil minds.

They cursed and tormented me,

Tortured and harrowed me.

Telling me that I was destined for hell.

But I threw myself down 

and cried out to God:

"Father in Heaven, have mercy on me."

He heard me and answered with these words:

"I will."

The black clouds dispersed,

The voices fell silent,

The pain disappeared,

And my spirit revived.

And now I am joyful,

My spirit is blissful,

My mind is at peace,

And my Faith has increased!

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Speak!

Pope Francis said to a group of parents of LGBT+ children "God loves your children as they are, we are all children of God."

This is in direct contradiction of the Catholic Bishops of Poland who wanted to set up special clinics to "help" LGBT+ people recover their "natural sexuality".

The Pope's statement contradicts both the political and religious leaders who supported LGBT-Free Zones and called us "enemies of the State" and a "rainbow plague".

So the Fascist persecution of LGBT+ people has been condemned by the leader of the Catholic Church itself.

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Fortress.

When we go to school, or even before, we learn to protect our selves from threats in the outside world.

We bury our real selves, our souls, deep beneath a pile of defenses.

We become fortresses.

The outward appearance of this fortress may be: amiable, friendly, threatening, bad-tempered, extroverted, timid, or bold.....

But the fact remains: it is a facade.

Our real selves are buried deep within us.

We lose contact with our own souls.

And our dream of love is lost.

What God can do is reconnect us with our own souls.

By allaying our fears God frees us from our prison, our fortress, and reconciles us with others.

This is what good religion can do.

Bad religion increases our fears and separates us further from our souls.

But you have nothing to fear from God.

God will not punish you or judge you.

God will show mercy and forgive our mistakes.

God will love you.

So fear not.

This is the Good News.

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Transformation.

Instead of sex and death we should think of Scorpio as life and transformation.

Sex does not create death.

Sex creates life!

And death is not a state, or a realm, or a kingdom.

Death is transformation.

Just as the ugly grub is transformed into a beautiful butterfly so men and women will be transformed into citizens of Heaven.

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