I believe that together we can change the world for the better; even if you and I don't agree on many issues, we can still work together to bring positive, constructive change to our world. If you and I will exchange ideas there is hope.
Feel very free to disagree with me. We can be good friends and disagree with each other on important issues. Never be afraid to challenge anything I have said. I could be wrong on some points; if so I want to re-examine my ideas and reform them if they are proven wrong.
Unlike alot of people I know, I do not know everything; but I am searching for the truth in every area of knowlege as far as my ability will allow me to go. I want you to know that I respect you, no matter what your view point is on any issue. I also hope that you will return that respect and respect others who disagree with you. Let's work together and make a new world where people have learned to respect each other even though they disagree. Now that does not mean you need to respect my ideas, surely not. If you think my ideas are wrong, and it proves to be the case that they are wrong, then I will change them.
No one should ever respect a wrong idea; if the idea is wrong it should be thrown out in the incinerator, and said good bye to. The last thing we need on earth is wrong ideas, wrong theories, and wrong doctrines floating around on our planet. That's why I say never be afraid to challenge an idea if you think it is wrong.
I think the worst kind of pollution that we have in world is mind pollution.
I agree that air and water pollution is bad, but maybe the reason the air, water and land got polluted in the first place was mind pollution, wrong ideas. So let's all work together, whether we agree on this or that issue, and clean up the mind pollution that exists in our world.
Let's not insult other people because their ideas are wrong, but very compassionately and lovingly explain to them why they are wrong and ever so gently guide them into the truth that you have discovered. I am so tired of hearing that those of the opposing view are stupid or are a bunch of idiots. Most likely they are not a bunch of idiots; but they may be decieved or misguided by their friends and teachers.
If you show them that you really respect them and care about them; and you know they are really intelligent, you may have a good chance of showing them that their ideas are wrong; but you are not blaming them or condeming them for having wrong ideas.
Wrong ideas, theories, doctrines, philosophies influence all of us. But if we are gentle, loving and compassionate with one another and realizing that many of our own ideas may also be wrong, then there is indeed much hope that we can change our own ideas and adopt true and correct ideas. If we have that gentle and loving attitude you and I can make friends with our enemies; yes we can make friends with those of opposing views, and respect each other.
I am filled with hope for a bright and happy tomorrow where all people learn to love and respect each other; but are not afraid to challenge wrong ideas. Let us forever bannish the idea that you have to agree with me in order to be my friend. Let us cultivate a hunger for the truth in every one who has an ear. Let us try to be open to the truth wherever we find it, and not stick our heads in the sand and try to hide from the truth.
Do we want to be free? Well, only the truth can make us free; so let's not hide from it. I don't want to hide from the truth; I may have the truth in many areas of my thinking, but there could be some areas where I am lacking in insight or knowledge. Here's where if you have the courage, the care, and the understanding you may be able to help me along in coming closer to the truth in those areas where I am lacking. Are you ready? I hope so; let us also first be willing to examine our own ideas and see if there might be some error lurking there; then let us go ever so gently forward first reforming our own ideas where they need reformation; and then so very gently and lovingly; not arrogantly challenging and correcting if possble those wrong ideas, philosophies, doctrines and isms that we see floating all around us.
Look for the open ear, and when you find it try to have prepared yourself well to fill it with the the very best ideas that have been tried in the furnace of fire an not found wanting. None of us want to live in a world ruled by false ideas do we?
We know that false ideas are causing death and destruction all around the globe, so let us never tolerate them to exist where we find that we have the means to destroy them. The incinerator is where they belong.
There should never be any mercy or tolerance for false ideas or doctrines. Yes, there should be love and respect and mercy for those who hold those wrong ideas. With love in your heart for those held captive by wrong ideas you can be a means by which liberation can come.
Wrong ideas have brought death and destruction, suffering and pain to so many millions of people throughout history and continuing up to now. But you and I and our friends and acquaintances can do something about it.
Where ever we see wrong ideas we must seek to vanquish them; maybe not immediately but
strategise a plan whereby they may eventually be defeated; and they will be defeated. Error and falsehood can not stand forever, and will eventually fall flat on its face.
The truth will ultimately triumph; so let us each one invite truth to come into our hearts and change us into new radiant beings filled with love and compassion for all of mankind in every
country and every culture; and never forget that falsehood may be lurking within our own breasts; and each one open our own selves up to open heart surgery of the mind, the soul, the intellect. Working in such a manner we can make great progress towards a world in which all
people are respected and given every opportunity to be healthy and happy just as you and I have been given those opportunities.
I have been listening to left wing talk shows for about 15 years. I listen to right wing or conservative talk shows. I find that both the right and left have some good ideas that are worth
thinking about. They both also have some ideas that are not worth thinking about which should be thrown out with the bath water. I never want to throw the baby out though. Babies should never be thrown away.
For many years before I heard left wing radio I was reading leftist literature back in the 60s and 70s. I also read conservative right wing literature.
What seems to be happening today is that each side has certain truths that they will not even seem to take a look at. I get tired of leftists and rightists saying that those on the other side are a bunch of idiots. The truth is that both sides are quite intelligent; and both seem quite blind about various issues and topics. I will be attempting to reveal what these blind spots are and shed some light on the issues that the Right and the Left don't want to see. My recommendation is that if you are going to listen to political talk radio, listen to both sides, even if it irritates you, because both sides will have some things worth thinking about and other stuff that is basically propaganda. You will learn to recognize the propaganda and prevarications of both sides.
I'll be back.
Radical Thinker
Friday, August 22, 2008
Tuesday, August 19, 2008
The Good News of Peace
Hi Friends,
I'm interested in your thoughts, so please let me know what you think about this, or my previous posts. Say, I've been listening to a lot of left wing radio talk shows for the past 15 years. It sounds like these left wing talk show hosts are Christians; I mean you would think they are Christians because they are always concerned about Christian values like helping the poor, working for a just society, and achieving it non-violently the way Jesus Christ teaches in the Gospels; as a matter of fact, I have often heard them make references to Jesus and his teachings. It is kind of interesting, isn't it that, it seems, they want to embrace Jesus teachings and his way of life but only as it relates to war and violence and helping the poor and needy. They want to embrace Darwin's theory of evolution and the survival of the fittest which is totally contrary to helping the poor. See my comments on that in my first post. Now Left wingers, I really love you guys and gals out there, but come on lets have some logical thinking here. If we want to embrace Jesus teachings about love and concern for all of mankind, but reject everything else that he teaches about morality such as being faithful to your spouse etc.; come on let's be consistent. If you wonderful leftists want to embrace Charles Darwin's teachings as your philosophical base then to be consistent you would also be in favor of Adolf Hitlers program of helping evolution along by eliminating the weaker elements of society by giving them death and thus improving human evolution by getting them out of the gene pool. That would be logical thinking if you accept Darwin's ideas about biological evolution. Left wingers are constantly characterizing conservatives as the followers of Hitler. Well , your left wing counter parts Stalin and Lenin were known to be mass murderers of humanity also and that stems from the fact that they spring from the same philosophical base of Darwinism as did Adolf. Really there was not a whole lot of difference even politically between Hitler, Stalin and Lenin. They were all socialists and believers in Darwinism. Now, believing in Darwinism has become associated in our mass media with being wise and informed and intelligent; but if you stop and examine it, really put it under a microscope; what it intelligent about it? Is there any factual basis to it? Is there any scientific proof that Darwin's theory of evolution corresponds to the real world? Last time I checked the scientists still have not found any evidence to prove Darwin's doctrines; but our systems of propaganda such as our mass media and public educational institutions constantly affirm Darwinism as factual, so without asking any questions our leftist friends just simply believe what they are told over and over again in the public schools and mass media. In short they have been unwittingly brain washed by the same media which they also are constantly accusing of being conservative and supporting a fascist agenda. Please think about that my dear left wing socialist and communist friends; the same media that you say is conservative and fascist also promotes your favorite theory, Darwinism. Is is quite clear that you have never really studied Darwinism, because if you had you would have found it to be void of facts. It is purely science fiction; if you actually get out in the field and do some real research you will not find any real scientific data to support it.
I agree with so much of what my left wing friends are saying, in fact they are often saying much that you would expect the conservatives to be supporting, like defending the human rights that are given by God the Creator and protected by the the US Constitution and Bill of Rights. That's what I hear the left wing progressives defending! This is truly amazing, because what they are defending are very conservative values. Human Rights are given by God, our Creator! If you were to base human rights on Darwin's theory of evolution, we would have no rights. Left wingers, you don't realize how conservative you really are. When you cry out for compassion on humanity, and helping the poor and champion human rights, you are speaking out of conservative Christian values. You are more Christian than many of the so called conservative talk show hosts of today. They are supposed to be Christian, but if they are they will also cry out for protecting human rights and non-violent resolution of conflicts. Left wing friends if you really care so much about humanity, and I think you really do; then embrace also the Creator of humanity and his teachings. You say that is crazy! Not really, it is crazy not to embrace the Creator if you love his creation so much. If you want peace on earth as you say you do, then follow the Prince of Peace. It is not logical to embrace Darwin, and then constantly defend Christian values like peace, compassion, and human rights. The basis for your beliefs in found in the Holy Bible, so instead of throwing out the Bible, you should become a devoted student of its teachings. The Bible is not fantasy, it is factual history and Divine revelation; and it is the foundation of the ideals you champion: human rights, compassion for the poor, freedom from oppression, all these are based on the Bible, not Darwin. If you think logically and base your thinking on Darwinism you will not care at all about rights and compassion; instead you will believe that the strongest ones survive because they are stronger and have the ability to kill and devour all the weaker elements of society. That is what Darwinism teaches; it does not teach compassion or respect for human rights or freedom from oppression. Left wing progressive friends, it is time to throw out Darwinism, because it is clearly opposed to what you really stand for. If you want to make progress toward freedom and compassion for all, you will base your thinking on the Holy Bible not Darwin's theory of the evolution of "favored races". Remember your great hero Martin Luther King got all those great ideals about humanity, freedom, and non-violence from the Bible, from Jesus Christ the Prince of Peace; not from Darwin. Darwin's teaching supports the opposite of everything you stand for. It is so ironic that progressives have called creationists fascists, devotees of Hitler. Clearly whoever says that has never really studied Darwin, or the Bible, they are just repeating sound bites that have been drummed into their heads by the public institutions of propaganda (government schools) and mass media. Come on somebody lets be real scholars and not just repeat like parrots what some professor says. Most college professors are just pretending that they know that life emerged by accident out of the primordial pond millions of years ago; but they have no proof. Nobody ever saw that happen, and yet they call that science! My friend, that is not science. It is fiction. So if you love humanity as you say you do it is time to examine your thinking and realize Darwinism must be thrown out with the bath water, but not the Holy Bible, that is the foundation for the values of human rights, freedom and Peace. I heard a left wing divinity graduate on left wing radio say that Answers In Genesis [answersingenesis.org] is a fascist institution dedicated to oppression of humanity. I challenge anybody to go there; I'm sure you will find out that these people are not devotees of Adolf Hitler as our left wing divinity student says. Like all of us human beings I'm sure they have a lot to learn and that's why they are studying; and perhaps you can help them learn some things, but are they just a bunch of robotic dummies? I don't think so. Please go there, meet the people, get acquainted, and report back to me if you found them to be the followers of Hitler, because they believe that we are created by the Creator and not by random chance in the primordial pond as Darwin teaches. Our divinity grad really has it backwards; it was Adolf Hitler who was a devotee of Charles Darwin. Please look into it, as far as I've heard history verifies that; but hey if you think I'm wrong on that please clue me in on what the facts are. Thank you very much.
Now the Bible really has the answer and the solution for all the problems that my left wing friends are concerned about - peace, justice and compassion. I've jotted down some notes here from the Bible just for a start to see what the Bible has to offer. If you love peace, humanity, and justice, and compassion, then you should really love this.
Yours for the Truth and Logical Thinking,
Radical Thinker
Now Check this out:
I'm interested in your thoughts, so please let me know what you think about this, or my previous posts. Say, I've been listening to a lot of left wing radio talk shows for the past 15 years. It sounds like these left wing talk show hosts are Christians; I mean you would think they are Christians because they are always concerned about Christian values like helping the poor, working for a just society, and achieving it non-violently the way Jesus Christ teaches in the Gospels; as a matter of fact, I have often heard them make references to Jesus and his teachings. It is kind of interesting, isn't it that, it seems, they want to embrace Jesus teachings and his way of life but only as it relates to war and violence and helping the poor and needy. They want to embrace Darwin's theory of evolution and the survival of the fittest which is totally contrary to helping the poor. See my comments on that in my first post. Now Left wingers, I really love you guys and gals out there, but come on lets have some logical thinking here. If we want to embrace Jesus teachings about love and concern for all of mankind, but reject everything else that he teaches about morality such as being faithful to your spouse etc.; come on let's be consistent. If you wonderful leftists want to embrace Charles Darwin's teachings as your philosophical base then to be consistent you would also be in favor of Adolf Hitlers program of helping evolution along by eliminating the weaker elements of society by giving them death and thus improving human evolution by getting them out of the gene pool. That would be logical thinking if you accept Darwin's ideas about biological evolution. Left wingers are constantly characterizing conservatives as the followers of Hitler. Well , your left wing counter parts Stalin and Lenin were known to be mass murderers of humanity also and that stems from the fact that they spring from the same philosophical base of Darwinism as did Adolf. Really there was not a whole lot of difference even politically between Hitler, Stalin and Lenin. They were all socialists and believers in Darwinism. Now, believing in Darwinism has become associated in our mass media with being wise and informed and intelligent; but if you stop and examine it, really put it under a microscope; what it intelligent about it? Is there any factual basis to it? Is there any scientific proof that Darwin's theory of evolution corresponds to the real world? Last time I checked the scientists still have not found any evidence to prove Darwin's doctrines; but our systems of propaganda such as our mass media and public educational institutions constantly affirm Darwinism as factual, so without asking any questions our leftist friends just simply believe what they are told over and over again in the public schools and mass media. In short they have been unwittingly brain washed by the same media which they also are constantly accusing of being conservative and supporting a fascist agenda. Please think about that my dear left wing socialist and communist friends; the same media that you say is conservative and fascist also promotes your favorite theory, Darwinism. Is is quite clear that you have never really studied Darwinism, because if you had you would have found it to be void of facts. It is purely science fiction; if you actually get out in the field and do some real research you will not find any real scientific data to support it.
I agree with so much of what my left wing friends are saying, in fact they are often saying much that you would expect the conservatives to be supporting, like defending the human rights that are given by God the Creator and protected by the the US Constitution and Bill of Rights. That's what I hear the left wing progressives defending! This is truly amazing, because what they are defending are very conservative values. Human Rights are given by God, our Creator! If you were to base human rights on Darwin's theory of evolution, we would have no rights. Left wingers, you don't realize how conservative you really are. When you cry out for compassion on humanity, and helping the poor and champion human rights, you are speaking out of conservative Christian values. You are more Christian than many of the so called conservative talk show hosts of today. They are supposed to be Christian, but if they are they will also cry out for protecting human rights and non-violent resolution of conflicts. Left wing friends if you really care so much about humanity, and I think you really do; then embrace also the Creator of humanity and his teachings. You say that is crazy! Not really, it is crazy not to embrace the Creator if you love his creation so much. If you want peace on earth as you say you do, then follow the Prince of Peace. It is not logical to embrace Darwin, and then constantly defend Christian values like peace, compassion, and human rights. The basis for your beliefs in found in the Holy Bible, so instead of throwing out the Bible, you should become a devoted student of its teachings. The Bible is not fantasy, it is factual history and Divine revelation; and it is the foundation of the ideals you champion: human rights, compassion for the poor, freedom from oppression, all these are based on the Bible, not Darwin. If you think logically and base your thinking on Darwinism you will not care at all about rights and compassion; instead you will believe that the strongest ones survive because they are stronger and have the ability to kill and devour all the weaker elements of society. That is what Darwinism teaches; it does not teach compassion or respect for human rights or freedom from oppression. Left wing progressive friends, it is time to throw out Darwinism, because it is clearly opposed to what you really stand for. If you want to make progress toward freedom and compassion for all, you will base your thinking on the Holy Bible not Darwin's theory of the evolution of "favored races". Remember your great hero Martin Luther King got all those great ideals about humanity, freedom, and non-violence from the Bible, from Jesus Christ the Prince of Peace; not from Darwin. Darwin's teaching supports the opposite of everything you stand for. It is so ironic that progressives have called creationists fascists, devotees of Hitler. Clearly whoever says that has never really studied Darwin, or the Bible, they are just repeating sound bites that have been drummed into their heads by the public institutions of propaganda (government schools) and mass media. Come on somebody lets be real scholars and not just repeat like parrots what some professor says. Most college professors are just pretending that they know that life emerged by accident out of the primordial pond millions of years ago; but they have no proof. Nobody ever saw that happen, and yet they call that science! My friend, that is not science. It is fiction. So if you love humanity as you say you do it is time to examine your thinking and realize Darwinism must be thrown out with the bath water, but not the Holy Bible, that is the foundation for the values of human rights, freedom and Peace. I heard a left wing divinity graduate on left wing radio say that Answers In Genesis [answersingenesis.org] is a fascist institution dedicated to oppression of humanity. I challenge anybody to go there; I'm sure you will find out that these people are not devotees of Adolf Hitler as our left wing divinity student says. Like all of us human beings I'm sure they have a lot to learn and that's why they are studying; and perhaps you can help them learn some things, but are they just a bunch of robotic dummies? I don't think so. Please go there, meet the people, get acquainted, and report back to me if you found them to be the followers of Hitler, because they believe that we are created by the Creator and not by random chance in the primordial pond as Darwin teaches. Our divinity grad really has it backwards; it was Adolf Hitler who was a devotee of Charles Darwin. Please look into it, as far as I've heard history verifies that; but hey if you think I'm wrong on that please clue me in on what the facts are. Thank you very much.
Now the Bible really has the answer and the solution for all the problems that my left wing friends are concerned about - peace, justice and compassion. I've jotted down some notes here from the Bible just for a start to see what the Bible has to offer. If you love peace, humanity, and justice, and compassion, then you should really love this.
Yours for the Truth and Logical Thinking,
Radical Thinker
Now Check this out:
Announcing the Gospel of Peace! Romans 10: 15
Jesus preached peace for all in the world. Ephesians 2:11 – 22
His apostles announced peace by Jesus Christ to all nations. Acts 10:36
The Kingdom of God has come. Matthew 12: 28, Mark 1: 14- 15, Luke 8: 1, John 3: 3-8
Jesus Christ is the door to the Kingdom of God. Jesus said, “I am the door” John:10:7 Many have entered into the Kingdom of God. While yet living on earth they are seated in heavenly places with Christ. Ephesians 2:4 - 6
They have been delivered from darkness and translated into the Kingdom and redeemed through Jesus Christ (Colossians 1: 12 – 13) who died for all mankind and rose up from the dead that we may live in resurrection power.
(Romans 6: 4, Colossians 2:12, Acts 2:37-39).
All power in heaven and earth has been given to Jesus. He is seated on the throne and is ruling. Matthew 28: 18
The fullness of the Godhead is in him; he is the head of all principality and power. Colossians 2:6-10
Everyone shall acknowledge that Jesus is Lord of all. Philippians 2:5 – 11
The Creator has already established this Kingdom in the days of ancient kings.
Daniel 2:44 And in the days of these kings shall the God of heaven set up a kingdom, which shall never be destroyed….. it shall break in pieces and consume all these kingdoms, and it shall stand for ever.
Though all the presidents and kings plot to overthrow him to dethrone him, their plans will fail. Psalms:2:1: Why do the heathen rage…
/ Col. 2:15 / John 6:33 / Revelation 18 – 19:9
Jesus taught his followers to love their enemies and do good to those that hate them. (Matthew 5:38-48) In so doing they have conquered the world by love (Romans 8:37); Not by might, but by the Spirit of God (John 18:36, Zechariah 4:6 / 8:19) and they will continue to conquer until every wicked work is gone (Romans 16:20 / I Corinthians 15: 21-26). We overcome evil with good. Romans 12: 17-21
Jesus taught us to seek first his Kingdom and all of our needs would be met. Matt. 6:33
It is a really great that we can bring the wonderful Gospel of Peace to the whole world until the knowledge of the LORD covers the earth, (Isa. 11:9) and the Spirit of God is poured out on all flesh (Acts 2: 16-17) Those who embraced the Gospel of Peace were given the commission by the Lord Jesus bring the message to all nations and tribes. Matthew 28:18-20 \ II Corinth 5:17-20
Thank you much for reading.
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