Pro-Bodybuilders.

Incredible as it may seem professional bodybuilders and supermodels are involved in modern Satanism.

The rock stars in the elite have convinced them that Satan can give them what they want - fame and fortune and the perfection of their art.

Because they believe that the body is governed by death which is in the power of the devil they believe that the devil can help them develop their bodies.

In this regard they resemble sports men and women who use devil magic in their sports.

This can be seen in videos - they wear their caps backwards, the use Satanic rock music, they use images of death and hell.....

So do not be fooled by slick marketing and glamorous campaigns these people are in the grip of evil and desire your death and damnation.


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Restored.

"Was not your sister Sodom a byword in your mouth in the day of your pride?"  Ezekiel 16:56 (NRSV)

"I will restore their fortunes, the fortunes of Sodom and her daughters and the fortunes of Samaria and her daughters, and I will restore your own fortunes along with theirs."  Ezekiel 16:53 (NRSV)

God rebukes Israel for her contempt of Sodom - her scorn of homosexuality.  And He vows to restore their fortunes.

What's more He vows to restore Sodom before Israel!

This is perhaps closer to our modern attitude towards homosexuality than the much quoted line from Leviticus.

Israel is rebuked for her superiority, her prejudice, and her scapegoating of a social minority.

Modern Christians would do well to read this passage in the Bible.....

God defends homosexuals and restores their fortunes.

[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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Hope.

Our world

is covered

in darkness:

greed, fear, ignorance,

violence, cruelty, war,

domination, deceit, evil.....

We are

lied to and controlled.

But we put

our hope

in the

water jar

of Aquarius.


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Greek.

My experience of Greek men is that they are locked in a cultural prison.

Greek men derive from the most homoerotic culture in history.
The ancient Greek culture was perhaps the only culture in history where homosexuality was celebrated, even idealized.

But the modern Greek culture is captive to the Greek Orthodox Church which is severely homophobic.

So Greek men may encourage gay admirers, even love them, but as soon as you make a sexual advance to them they will reject you out of hand.

The homoerotic subculture in the Greek Orthodox Church can be clearly seen in the Blessing of the Waters ceremony on Epiphany.

The young Greek men strip down and swim to retrieve a cross that has been tossed into the water by the Greek Orthodox Clergy in a state of obvious delight.

But the Greek Orthodox hierarchy is so homophobic that they will not even discuss homosexuality.

It is my prayer that they be blessed and able to express their true nature.


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50/50.

Most people live their lives caught between the values of the dominant corporate plutocracy and the human need for contact, understanding, and love.

Most separate their business lives from their personal lives.
They meet their need to survive by embracing the corporate values of hard work, competitiveness, ruthlessness, self-interest, and profit.
And they meet their human needs through their spouses and children.

Needless to say this does not work very well.

It divides the heart and compromises personal integrity.

It is a recipe for corruption and abuse.

Yet most people live this 50/50 life.

They know no other way.

Pray to God to deliver you.

Pray to open your heart.


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Lake.

Down into

my garden,

through green

and weeping

trees,

I wander

by the side

of a still

and silent

lake.


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Daffodil.

From each

buried bulb

springs

a golden

daffodil.


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