Words.

Monster, Beast, Punisher, Dominator.

Animal, Devil, Nasty, Bad.

These are the words thrust by devils upon you.

To damn your Immortal Soul to hell.

But God will have infinite mercy upon you.

And save your mind from their vicious grip.

For your soul is pure and untouched within you.

And He will give you the words of Life:

Angel, Gentle Giant, Big Softie, Lover.

Big-Hearted, Man-Mountain, Pillar of Strength.

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Arbitration.

Arbitration is Biblical.

"In a lawsuit, you shall not side with the majority so as to pervert justice, nor shall you be partial to the poor in a lawsuit."  Exodus 23:2 (NRSV)

"Look, you serve your own interests on your fast-day, and oppress all your workers." Isaiah 58:3 (NRSV)

So we are not to be partial to the poor but we are not to oppress our workers either.

The class war between workers and employers is fed by fear.

Fear of going broke.

And fear of exploitation.

But when both sides have equal power fear is overcome. 

We should return to a system of Independent Arbitration.

[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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The Fathers.

Our world is ruled by corporations.

But there is a greater power than them.

God is real.

And He is at work in our world.

The irony is that the Corporate Plutocrats who dominate our world are in fact the fathers of our world.

So, rather than destroying them, God seeks to open their hearts.

To open their hearts to their children - the workers and employees they oppress.

The Love of God banishes our fear.

God understands.

God provides.

God knows each one of us.

And He calls us by our name.

And so He knows why the fathers oppress their children.

It is fear.

Most of them were born during the Great Depression.

Unconscious fear drives them.

But their generation is dying.    

A new generation of fathers is ascending.

God can banish this fear forever.

And bring Salvation to the world.

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Love Purifies.

Love purifies our hearts.

Love purifies our relationships.

Love purifies our motives.

Love purifies our minds.

Love purifies our bodies.

Love purifies our spirits.

Love purifies our prayers. 

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Satanism in Sports.

Have you noticed the flames?

The flames of hell.

Have you noticed the philosophy?

Their philosophy is tough and hard.

Have you noticed the commentary?

The words of violence:

"Put them to the sword!"

"Break their hearts!"

"Go in for the kill!"

All these things come from Satanism in sports.

They want you to follow them.

They want your admiration.

They want your money.

So do not follow false gods and heroes.

The chances are they have sold their souls and they want your soul in hell.

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AIDS Remembrance Day.

32 million people have died of AIDS worldwide 70% of which are gay men.

But who commemorates World AIDS Day on the 1st of December?

It never gets a mention in church unless I personally request it.

And even then some ignore it and others are reluctant.

Jesus' Church has been responsible for the persecution and damnation of gay men throughout history.

What was needed when the AIDS crisis hit was the tears of Jesus - his love and his compassion.

But his Church preferred to persecute us and send us to hell.

Many said that AIDS was God's punishment.

But what did those who died of the COVID-19 Virus do?

Nothing.

And gay men did nothing either.

Think about it.

Gay men will be justified.

And our suffering should be remembered.

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Insanity.

The mentality which has developed in America's Evangelical Christian population since the 1980s is a form of insanity.

They called Obama the Anti-Christ.

They oppose better health care.

They supported a profligate President.

They demonize Socialism.

They sanctify Capitalism.

They believe Fox News.

They scapegoat gays.

They promote gun violence.

They battle Satan.

They vote Republican.

They idolize Jesus.

Anyone who disagrees with them is labelled the devil.

And anything they don't want is lies or it didn't happen at all.

Their mentality is so divorced from reality that it has become a form of insanity. 

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