Wielding worry

It never ceases to amaze me how good Christian people wield worry like a battle-axe, when it was a teaching of their Lord not to worry because, "Who of you by worrying can add a single hour to his life [b]?"

Some people go out of there way to bring their worry down upon you, like it is their Christian duty.

Now I know it's easier said than done to follow His teachings and they are no worse at this one than all the others like;

"Be careful not to do your acts of righteousness before men" and
"when you pray, do not be like the hypocrites, for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and on the street corners." or
"Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy, and where thieves break in and steal."

When we see the religious right on both sides of conflicts, worrying about protecting themselves, and their treasures from the other, then they are dishonoring the very concepts their faith is built on. When we see them hating their enemies, instead of loving them, then the hot coals of fire are firmly in place on their own heads. Until the "responsible" leaders of the great religions and nations start reminding themselves, and others, to follow the teachings of their great profit or Lord, then there is no chance of a promised peace.

If you agree with what I'm stating here and know of any "godly" people wielding the worry axe, remind them of the saying " why call me Lord and not do the things I say" or for the others just the good old adage " before you worry about the cinder in your brothers eye, take the log out of your own."

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Look into my crystal ball

When we have a big problem with our thinking, quite often we are the last ones to notice it. When Adam had a bite of the apple, he probably couldn’t see anything wrong with it. When Saul/ Paul decided to gather a band of followers, kill and imprison Jesus’ followers, he probably thought he was being morally responsible. When Germany rallied to Hitler’s ravings, they were certain they were on the right track. So if we are making a huge error in thinking, how would we know?

Inevitably, when evaluating this phenomenon, the truism “only time will tell” becomes the mark of all judgements. So it is not a bad idea to use that measure to self analyse , take for instance if you were one of those indignant Aussies who were certain the dingo was innocent in the Adzharia Chamberlin case, time proved you wrong. If you thought Joh Bjelke-Petersen was just a nice guy who was good for Queensland, the Fitzgerald Inquiry eventually put paid to that myth. If you thought George Bush and John How-odd were justified in waging war over weapons of mass destruction, you are now put in your place.

If you are currently of the mindset that the war on drugs will solve the problem or warnings on the packets of cigarettes will stop kids from smoking or a tax on alcho-pops will reduce kiddie alcoholism, then time is currently doing a job on you. New ways of thinking are required here as with many other old and outdated errors of judgement and as the bible recommends, a transformation of renewing the mind is required. So get on it before you end up looking like a total jerk or worse, criminally responsible for duty of care issues and side with the ones who are prepared to recommend the hard decisions be made by those who are paid to make the hard decisions.

The only way the best outcomes will be realized with smoking and drinking issues is to put the ones profiteering from it out of business. The only way to fix the illegal drug trade is to take the profit out of it and the only way to stop our kids ending up in hospital from speed related accidents is to stop registering cars that can exceed the speed limit. Get with the program!

Breastplate of Narmer

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Get with the program

When we have a big problem with our thinking, quite often we are the last ones to notice it. When Adam had a bite of the apple, he probably couldn’t see anything wrong with it. When Saul/ Paul decided to gather a band of followers, kill and imprison Jesus’ followers, he probably thought he was being morally responsible. When Germany rallied to Hitler’s ravings, they were certain they were on the right track. So if we are making a huge error in thinking, how would we know?

Inevitably, when evaluating this phenomenon, the truism “only time will tell” becomes the mark of all judgements. So it is not a bad idea to use that measure to self analyse , take for instance if you were one of those indignant Aussies who were certain the dingo was innocent in the Adzharia Chamberlin case, time proved you wrong. If you thought Joh Bjelke-Petersen was just a nice guy who was good for Queensland, the Fitzgerald Inquiry eventually put paid to that myth. If you thought George Bush and John How-odd were justified in waging war over weapons of mass destruction, you are now put in your place.

If you are currently of the mindset that the war on drugs will solve the problem or warnings on the packets of cigarettes will stop kids from smoking or a tax on alcho-pops will reduce kiddie alcoholism, then time is currently doing a job on you. New ways of thinking are required here as with many other old and outdated errors of judgement and as the bible recommends, a transformation of renewing the mind is required. So get on it before you end up looking like a total jerk or worse, criminally responsible for duty of care issues and side with the ones who are prepared to recommend the hard decisions be made by those who are paid to make the hard decisions.

The only way the best outcomes will be realized with smoking and drinking issues is to put the ones profiteering from it out of business. The only way to fix the illegal drug trade is to take the profit out of it and the only way to stop our kids ending up in hospital from speed related accidents is to stop registering cars that can exceed the speed limit. Get with the program!

A Global Warning

When things heat up, physical changes occur, ice turns to water and water turns to steam. When human relations heat up, talk turns to arguments and arguments turn to violence. These truisms may have more relevance to the fate of mankind than would be realized at first glance. Take for instance the two big issues on the world stage at the moment, global warming and the war against terrorism.

When dialogue and sanctions broke down with the war in Iraq, violence erupted and George Bush committed trillions of dollars to proving America was the toughest kid on the block. Imagine for one second if all that money and effort went towards the other big problem, maybe we would all have solar cells on our roofs by now and Copenhagen would be an irrelevance.

Last month Barack Obama and K. Rudd signed away trillions more of taxpayers dollars to the never ending story of war against people who would threaten your security, whilst totally failing to put a penny towards the other problem; which if left unattended could be the end of us all. But never the less, I don’t blame them, they are being pushed around by people who only care about their jobs in the industrial military complex and the filthy dirty planet stuffing industries.

So, in summary, if you don’t want, ice to turn to water, water to turn to steam, talk to turn to argument and arguments to turn to more war, make sure when you pay your taxes and vote for your puppet, commonsense prevails.

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