Education.

God does not destroy anyone.

God does not marginalize anyone.

God does not force anyone.

So instead of trying to beat people it is up to us to educate them.

Generation X were bad, violent, intimidating, and murderous.

They even described themselves as pure evil.

They said they were the generation from hell.

But God did not stop them.

They won the day.

Even though everything they said was wrong God would not destroy them.

For they are His children also.

What is needed is education.

They need to begin to learn some of the basic lessons of life.

First of all they said they were bad.

And this was endorsed by the corporate plutocrats.

This is the first lesson you would teach a child.

God is good.

So we should aspire to being good.

Secondly we should not resort to violence - physical, verbal, emotional, or psychic - to win.

Thirdly God does not smack us.

There is no evidence that God acts violently towards us and therefore we are not justified in using violence towards others.

Fourthly the purpose of life is not to accumulate money, possession, and status.

Materialism is a bankrupt philosophy.

It will not make you happy.

Fifthly love is the universal panacea.

Without love we shrivel and die.

With love we blossom and grow.

These are the basic lessons of life.

    

But until they realize we are stuck with their violence and evil.

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Your Prayers.

When Israel Folau launched his legal action against Rugby Australia he thanked the tens of thousands of people who supported his homophobic comments with their prayers.

What kind of prayers are these?

Prayers of condemnation and hate!

No God worth His salt would give an ear to such prayers.

They are misinformed and misguided.

They do not know the God they claim to worship.

God is Love.

He does not discriminate.

And He cannot be manipulated by fear and hate.

So your prayers are in vain.

They will not be answered.

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Ordeal.

"After this I looked and there was a great multitude that no one could count, from every nation, from all tribes and languages, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, robed in white, with palms in their hands."  Revelation 7:9 (NRSV)

"These are they who have come out of the great ordeal; they have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb."  Revelation 7:14 (NRSV)

Gay people have been through a great ordeal.

AIDS and the accompanying violence and hate have subjected all gay people to intense suffering.

And they have washed their robes white.

Therefore they will be blessed and honored in Heaven for Eternity.

"'and God will wipe away every tear from their eyes.'"  Revelation 7:17 (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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Spiritual.

The Baby-Boomers are spiritual people.

That is why the powers of this world hate them.

Jesus said: "The world cannot hate you, but it hates me because I testify against it that its works are evil."  John 7:7 (NRSV)

The ideals and socialist politics of the Baby-Boomers are despised by the corporate plutocrats and their political puppets.

And the Baby-Boomers are the victims of a prolonged hate campaign in their media which uses violence and evil to win. 

So, far from the hell to which the Religious Right has condemned us, we will be blessed and honored by God in Heaven for Eternity.

[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 Whore of Babylon.

In the same way as the Book of Revelation turns to violence to overcome evil it assumes that God will punish the Whore.

Conservative religious people's obsession with sex is graphically demonstrated in the final book of the Bible.

It is assumed that God will impose moral purity.

But the Book of Revelation contains drastic errors.

And this is one of them.

God does not slaughter immoral people.

In fact God does not punish healthy sexual practices at all.

And this includes homosexual practices.

The condemnation of sex and homosexuality is an error which is triggered by fear.

Sex is a natural part of life.

And homosexuality is part of that life.

So don't base your beliefs on fantasies like the Book of Revelation.

God's methods are non-violent.

And the inmost nature of God is Love.

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Silence!

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Mr. Music.

I have often heard people say when the subject of drug abuse is discussed: "Why would people want to do that to themselves?"

The answer is in the music they listen to.

Drug use was (and still is) propagated by rock musicians.

It began in the 1960s, flourished in the 1970s, and has continued to this day.

Rock musicians tell us it is cool, it is harmless, it is desirable to take drugs.

Little known to us was the fact that drugs were used in Satanic rituals like those taught by Aleister Crowley.

And the rock bands of the 1960s and 1970s made no secret of their admiration for Aleister Crowley.

So, if you want to know why people take drugs, you need look no further than the rock music they listen to.

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