Friday, November 13, 2009
The Roman Catholic Church
I have always been fond of the word why. I would ask why all the time. I again ask why do they feel they have the right to meddle in things that have nothing to do with their church. It can not be my soul that they are after because I have questioned the Roman Catholic Church for over forty years. In the questioning and search I have determined that my soul is worth more than they have to offer. So they will never have my soul, but still they want to control my life. I say no.
The first time that I can remember really questioning church was when, I believe, I was in junior high. I was playing card games with a catholic family in the neighborhood. I had nothing against them as people nor as what they had for church. I was told during the course of card play that I would have to leave because a nun was coming over and she did not like protestants. I could not understand the reasoning behind this request. I had never met the nun, never hurt the family to my knowledge, and never had hurt the nun. So this was my first introduction into intolerance when it came to church.
I was brought up in a Lutheran Missouri Synod household. I came to understand that this one was a more stringent Synod than most. Looking back the message I got from church was more in what we were to believe than than how we were suppose to be. Soon after confirmation I really have had much to do with organized church. Since that time I have been in a search for what worked for me.
I have come to believe that religion and church are two different things. Religion is a very private and individual thing. Each person has their very own religion. No one has the same religion as another. They may have things in common, but not all things. Religion is made up of many beliefs. These beliefs come from many different areas. Some come from church, some come from community, some come from family, some come from the whole universe.
How one can decide if a belief is correct for them is if it feels right. You ever have the feeling that something just does not feel right?? You get this feeling of off center, things are not in balance. This is your beliefs coming up against something that goes against your beliefs. When things are in balance you can feel it. Some times someone will ask you to do something and at the time it may not feel right. That is your soul talking to you, telling you that this might not be a good idea.
Church to me is a governing body that is usually rigid and has a set of rules for belief. If one finds comfort in their church then, to me, that is okay. I may not believe in that church, but who am I to interfere with their comfort?? Churches are to save souls and nothing more. They have no business in telling others how to live their lives. If they want to tell their people how to live, fine. As long as they stay out of my beliefs.
The Roman Catholic Church would have me believe that they know the right way and they are the only way. It just does not feel right to me. My beliefs are feeling a huge uproar about those statements.
We will assume from this point on that I have a simple mind and that I have trouble grasping the larger picture. That I need things explained to me in a very simple manner.
The Roman Catholic Church tells me that they have been around since the birth of Christ. I know that there were churches and religions before them. That God chose them to be the true way to him. I have to ask if this is the case then why did so many churches over the years splinter off from them. Did people find something lacking in the Roman Catholic Church?? It just seems to me that if they had the only way it would be so obvious that no one could miss it.
From this point on we will assume that this is the case, that they know the true and only way to everlasting salvation.
One of the first questions that comes to mind is why they found it necessary to kill so many people along the way to bring their church to so people?? The have been killing so many people throughout their long existence. If I had the true way I would find it unnecessary to kill anyone. I would work hard to convince everyone that my way was the way to everlasting salvation. I would feel badly that they would not believe, but I would not force anyone to believe. I would pray to God to help me and to ask him to talk to them so they could be saved. I would not kill.
I ran across a Catholic website explaining the Bible. On this website they said that the reason the Roman Catholic Church could know what the Bible said was because they wrote it. That they knew the true meaning of the Bible. That it was written by them but inspired by God. All the other religions could only interrupt it because they did not write it. I found this interesting. I did not know that they wrote the Old Testament. I thought the Jews or Jewish church wrote that part.
I wonder then about the conference they had in the 300's AD on deciding which books to have in the Bible. During that conference some were called heretics. Seems there was a little disagreement among the ranks. If I do not believe as you believe why get all worked up about it?? If I do not want to believe as you, isn't that my choice?? Am I not going to pay the price if I am wrong?? I am not taking your beliefs away from you, I am just deciding on my own beliefs. Threat of being called a heretic or threat of excommunication has long been a standard practice of the Roman Catholic Church. Instead of that why not just tell them they are not welcome in your church and tell them to leave, why make such a big deal of it??
They had a number of books to choose from and some of them did not get into the Bible. I wonder what those had to say?? I hope nothing important. I hope they did not have things in them that would help me in my beliefs.
Throughout the history of the Roman Catholic Church they have been involved in governments for mutual benefit. They have used the military power of the governments to further their saving of souls. I believe many people have dies over the course of 2000 years in the name of the church. I was on a website Catholic Answers asking questions. I asked one about the church killing people. I was told that they church never killed anyone. I told them that when the church aligns themselves with an army and that army kills someone then the church is as guilty as the army. They never had an answer for me.
That brings me up to the Crusades. A lot of people died during those wars, on both sides, in the name of God. Not sure if I would want to have that kind of god that promoted war and killing. History books are full of killing, torture, threats , all in the name of God. Many of these things are because the Roman Catholic Church did them. Inquisition, killing people and then making them saints.
We will assume that God choose the Roman Catholic Church to spread his word. That he is everything they say he is. He created everything, he is all powerful, he knows everything. If I have this god on my side then what am I afraid of?? If he has chosen them then he would not let them be destroyed. To my simple mind this makes sense.
They state that they have been persecuted for ever and everyone wants to take their church away. I believe the Jews have you beat there. I do not believe they have started wars for a very, very, long time. I think they are still around. Oh, you might have even tried to destroy them at one time or another.
Going back to the Bible I believe that Jesus Christ had the message of love, love for everything and everyone. He preached more about helping the poor, the needy more than anything else. I don't remember reading that he ever put a limit on love. He never said what or how much you could love.
The Roman Catholic Church does. They have no problem telling people who they can love. They tell people how much they can love another person. In my mind this is just plain garbage. Who do they think they are to tell me who and who not to love. If I find more love in the arms of a man that is my right, my choice. Perhaps they just have another definition of love. If they do I would surly love to hear it. I think God is smart enough to know what love is, he does not need the Roman Catholic Church to tell him what it is.
They state that their God created everything in the beginning, today and for ever. If that is the case then why do they find that they have to attack some of God's creations?? I talk of gays. The Roman Catholic Church finds the love of gays immoral, un-natural, a great sin. I do not know if it is or not. Do I have the right to tell someone who they can love?? NO!! Do they have the right to tell me who to love?? NO!! Sounds simple to me. The Roman Catholic Church does not think so.
The Roman Catholic Church thinks that it is un-natural for two men or two women to love each other. I guess in their eyes it may be. In their eyes it is okay for a priest to have sex with a young boy. The reason I can say this is because it happens and has happened many, many, many times. Just look in the newspapers, listen to the news,visit the internet. In their eyes it must be okay because they just covered it up, moved the person to a different church and let him do it again without telling the people of the church. That just makes me sick.
People make mistakes, it is bad that a priest would have sex with a young boy. It is very, very, very, sick that the Roman Catholic Church would try to cover it up. These people are sicker than the person that did the crime. In my mind all of these people that were involved in the cover ups should be thrown in jail, stripped of any right to preach again, or hold any kind of leadership rule in any organized church and have to registrar as a sex offender.
In the eyes of the Roman Catholic Church it is okay to have same sex just do not love them. Ummm. Within this they also admit that people have sexual urges. In my mind sexual urges are natural and a very big part of us. One thing I can not figure out then is why they find it necessary for their priest to be celibate. It always was not like this. Some of the 12 Apostles were married. Over the course of time the Roman Catholic Church has changed their views on the sex habits of their priests. If they had it right from the start why change??
Christ in his travels delivering his message to the people lived among communities. He knew that man could not live church beliefs alone. Some beliefs would have to come from community. This is where community beliefs come in. You have the church beliefs and you also have the community beliefs. Community is where you live your church beliefs. You develop the works of your belief as you live in the community. You find more of yourself there, you find what feels right.
I find within the Roman Catholic Church that some people are more equal than others. They feel that woman are not as worthy as men. They need to only be allowed certain places within the church. I can not ever remember Jesus treating women any different than men. I never heard him speak down to them. He never told them they had a place and they could go no higher. The Roman Catholic Church would have you believe that women are less than men and they can not have their own beliefs and to follow their soul.
The Roman Catholic Church would tell you that tradition tells them that Jesus had no women Apostles. I do not know. So that is why nuns serve priests, Bishops, Cardinals, and Popes. Okay we will go with tradition then. I do not believe that Jesus lived as a king. He had a crown, but it was a crown of thorns. He did not have so much money, jewels, paintings, idols, more money than most countries. He was a carpenter. A blue collar worker. So if you are going to use tradition then use for everything.
The Roman Catholic Church would have you believe that they know best what is best for women. I do not think so. All these men telling women how to live. They do not even have women in their lives. That to me sounds un-natural. Thats sounds perverted. They might say that they have nuns in their lives. Okay. About the facts that priests have had sex with nuns. Is that okay with the church?? The nuns are suppose to be celibate also. How can nuns and priests go forth and multiply if they are not suppose to have sex?? I would think the church would want their best to multiply.
He also said if you wanted to be perfect you needed to sell everything and help the needy. I still see a lot of money in your coffers. I find the Roman Catholic Church to be a big bully. They have lied, they have killed, they have destroyed people all over the world in the name of their God.
The Roman Catholic Church has turned everything that Jesus Christ did into a ritual. It was not a ritual to him. He just lived his life. He just lived. The Roman Catholic Church has built magnificent buildings, acquired the largest art collection in the world, amassed a huge fortune equal or greater than most countries, have huge land holdings, run businesses, have a huge library that for the most part they keep to themselves.
Through the process of tradition and rituals and gaining such a huge wealth they have lost their soul. They have along the way stepped from the path that they set out on. They are so afraid of losing their church that it has become more important to them than the people that they claim they are trying to save. It is time for them to worry about their own soul than saving other souls. It has been 2 over 2000 years since the birth of Christ, the world has changed. The Roman Catholic Church has refused to change. Without change things die. I wonder if the Roman Catholic Church has died.
To my way of thinking that would be a bad thing. I do not know if all the message that they first carried was correct or not. I know it carried love, tolerance, and compassion. These are good things. These are things that should never be lost.
Monday, November 9, 2009
It is Time to take Partisian Politics out of Politics
Whoa, you say, can't do that. How can my voice be heard?? Who is going to vote for what is right for me?? I will just end up getting nothing.
A person runs under a ticket so they have a chance to get elected. Most, because of the huge outlay of money in a political race could not afford to run so they need to rely on small donations, money from large groups and money from the large political machines. These machines are not much different from the machines of old. They expect you to bow down to them and do their bidding as long as they gave you money.
Nothing changes. Just new people, new names for the same corruption that happens time after time. Boss Tweed comes to mind.
Part of the problem in this country today is the political parties want to control the elected representatives after they are elected. This is unconstitutional. A person after they are elected are only responsible to they people they represent. That includes all people that they asked to vote for them. They gave a verbal agreement to work to make this a better country not to just work for one party.
Once elected they have a a obligation to consider all the people they represent. Within that they also need to consider all the people of this country. If they fail to do this they are in violation of the Constitution that they pledged to uphold. By putting any one group above another they are not doing their job, they are violating the Constitution and in my mind they are committing treason. Using the definition of treason as putting this country at jeopardy.
In my mind it is possible for this representative to vote for something that is good for this country but would not be what the people of their state/district would want. To do this it takes a person of conviction and a large sense of duty. Few in elected positions in this country could stand up to this litmus test. I base this on the posts that I read, the voices on the street, the news articles that I read. It is not just my opinion but the opinion of the vast majority of the people of this country.
There is trust in government today. Who's fault is that. Everyone's. We as a voting population have let our parties and politicians, the power brokers also, corrupt the system. Until we can gain control of the system and put in safe guards this will continue.
Below is something I took off the web. Sorry I missed the link and the credit.
Referring to Rep. Joseph Cao (R-LA)
I read the versions of the House [health reform] bill. I listened to the countless stories of Orleans and Jefferson Parish citizens whose health care costs are exploding — if they are able to obtain health care at all. Louisianans needs real options for primary care, for mental health care, and for expanded health care for seniors and children. [...]
I have always said that I would put aside partisan wrangling to do the business of the people. My vote tonight was based on my priority of doing what is best for my constituents.
The reaction to Cao from the right wing has been swift and fierce, with some comparing the only non-Hispanic minority in the GOP caucus to Mao Tse Tung and Calling him racial epithets. Rep. Don Young (R-AK) — who has defended Cao’s vote — had to stand beside him during Saturday’s roll call, “fending off his GOP colleagues who might have twisted Cao’s arms.” Last week, RNC Chairman Michael Steele made clear that moderates who don't walk the Party line have no place in the GOP:
So candidates who live in moderate to slightly liberal districts have got to walk a little bit carefully here, because you do not want to put yourself in a position where you’re crossing that line on conservative principles, fiscal principles, because we’ll come after you.
Cao “chuckled” in response to Steele’s comments, pointing out that his vision would essentially lead the party toward a path of political suicide. “He has the right to come after those members who do not conform to party lines,” said Cao, “but I would hope that he would work with us in order to adjust to the needs of the district and to hold a seat that the Republican party would need.”
Is this for real. A man tries to do what he feels right and gets blasted by his party?? That is not the way things are suppose to work. The parties have gotten too big, not much different than a corporation. They think if they help you get elected you are suppose to work for them. His colleagues threaten him, his party threatens him. If it okay for elected officials to threaten then it is okay for the tax payers to threaten any elected official. Is this what they want?? Let them answer this question.
An elected official has a duty to balance their decisions. If they are not able to do this then they have no business being in office. The time to stop bowing down to power brokers, political parties, large corporations is NOW. Until this is done this country can not get back on tract. Once it is back on tract we have to figure out ways to keep it that way.
Sunday, November 8, 2009
Rush Limbaugh and Glenn Beck Practice Pagan Religion
After reading the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution of the United States of America I better understand which gods they are talking about. They all say that they believe in and hold dearly these documents. If one looks it is very easy to see:
First part of the Declaration of Independence
When, in the course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bonds which have connected them with another, and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the laws of nature and of nature's God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation. We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. That to secure these rights, governments are instituted among men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed. That whenever any form of government becomes destructive to these ends, it is the right of the people to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their safety and happiness. Prudence, indeed, will dictate that governments long established should not be changed for light and transient causes; and accordingly all experience hath shown that mankind are more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable, than to right themselves by abolishing the forms to which they are accustomed. But when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same object evinces a design to reduce them under absolute despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such government, and to provide new guards for their future security. --Such has been the patient sufferance of these colonies; and such is now the necessity which constrains them to alter their former systems of government. The history of the present King of Great Britain is a history of repeated injuries and usurpations, all having in direct object the establishment of an absolute tyranny over these states. To prove this, let facts be submitted to a candid world.
It is right there, laws of nature and nature's God and Creator, right in the Declaration.
In simplest terms Paganism is a religion of place, or a native religion, for example the Native American's religion is Pagan, Hinduism is a form of Paganism. All Pagan religions are characterized by a connection and reverence for nature, and are usually polytheistic i.e. have many Gods and/or Goddesses. Paganism is a religion of nature, in other words Pagans revere Nature. Pagans see the divine as immanent in the whole of life and the universe; in every tree, plant, animal and object, man and woman and in the dark side of life as much as in the light. Pagans live their lives attuned to the cycles of Nature, the seasons, life and death.
I feel better now that I better understand the Pagan religion that Rush, Glenn, Sarah, Michele and their friends practice and believe. There are many gods that one can believe in now with these people leading the way to a better understanding of nature, how we all fit into this world around us. Don't you feel better too??
So the next time you hear someone say that they believe these people and believe their god you can fully understand that they just want you to believe in nature's God and their true belief that they worship nature. Also, that pagan religions have more of an emphasis on goddesses than a manly god. Don't you just love it that these boys can really recognize, accept, and embrace their feminine side?? They really want to have equality among the sexes.
So I can only suggest that you men and woman out there send cards and letters telling these fine men how much you appreciate their concern for nature, their worship of nature and that they are working towards bringing women to the forefront.
My belief is that they are finally secure enough to state their religion to all.
May the Goddesses bless them all!!
Friday, November 6, 2009
Bear False Witness
This bothers me a great deal. Through out my journey through life I have run across a number of people that try to be good Christians. Being human they do make mistakes, but do not go out of their way to hurt or harm anyone. You so called Christians make their life harder and make the name Christian into a mockery.
Rush Limbaugh and Glenn Beck say things on the air that are either lies or at the best are half-truths. To me that is lying. But they will tell you that this country was founded under God. That is not the god that I have read about. Wait, perhaps they have a different god. That would mean that there is more than one god. A god for you and a god for them. Perhaps their god is the god of money and hate.
Question for you boys: Which god are you really talking about??
Thursday, November 5, 2009
What is the Deal with my Employees??
I will hire some employees and the next thing I notice is that for the most part the most important thing on their minds is how do they can keep working for me. They kinda do their jobs but they keep telling me "See what a good worker I am and really trying to do well for you". The problem is that I have trouble really seeing any real work come out of them. Also part of the problem is that they have 2, 4, and 6 year contracts and I have to keep them on no matter how I view their job performance. From the day I hired them they keep on telling me that they want me to sign another contract with them before the one they are on has been really started. Oh, and also they fight with all the other employees and make for a hostile work environment.
I speak of my elected officials.
We sat down and talked about what I wanted and they told me that they could do those things that I thought important. They said that they held those same things important.
Damn, if they did not lie.
Now it seems all they are interested in is making more money from what ever source they can find, getting job perks that they deny to everyone else, worry most about keeping their job and extending the contract out to the future of infinity, listening to others that did not even hire them and then even refuse to listen to me and respond to questions that I pose to them.
If one ran a business and hired this type of employee, that employee would soon find the door hitting their ass as the employer kicked it out the door. Most of these people have never worked for a living so it might be hard to fully realize how one is suppose to really work for an employer or what it means to work a job that pays a half decent wage yet alone with benefits.
It seems that these people we elect are so worried about how they look in doing their jobs that they actually forget to do the job that they were hired to do. " I can't do that I may not be able to get elected again".
My position is that if they actually did their job instead of worrying about extending it they would not have worry about getting elected again because they really would put the people first and the people would be fools to get rid of someone that was doing a good job. So if one does a good job, you will keep it. If someone comes along that can do your job better and because of that you lose your job then so be it. Welcome to the real world that millions in this country face everyday.
There is no job security for the people at the bottom due to government and business whims. Everything thing that is granted to us we have to beg for.
I say to you
"Get off your butts and do the job that you were elected to do, getting paid for, and get this country back on tract".
These are my beliefs.
Wednesday, November 4, 2009
Michele Bachmann.........Christian??

Michele Bachmann calls herself a Christian. The Christian way is to attack people, to call them names, to belittle them?? I want her to show me in this Bible of hers where it says that Christian should do that. All I can see is a very disturbed woman that is not following the Christian way of shutting her mouth and let her man do the talking for her.
She has her own agenda, cares nothing for the people that she is sworn to by the Constitution to protect and serve. She is one of the first to tell others that they are un-American, breaking the Constitution and not doing their jobs. She has told so many lies that they have web sites that are full of her false statements. She figures if she yells loud enough and long enough she must be right. Her boy friends Rush, Glenn, and Sean just love her. I wonder if there is something more there than they are telling us??
I have the feeling that she may be treasonous. Anything that threatens the security of this nation is treasonous and she does threaten.
In among the talks about this health care plan she has said that it is not good. Does not need a public option. Well, she has her health care plan, she can not worry about everyone. She also said that the government was not going to tell her what she could do with her body. They were not going to control her body. So the only thing I can assume from that is she is now in favor in abortion rights.
Michele Bachmann is now in favor of abortion rights.
Can't have it both ways Michele!! Just had a thought. I wonder if both ways is the way she thinks.......both men and woman think she is pretty......just a thought. Thoughts do not hurt anyone. But in her case she is hurting this country by her rabid disregard for the American people and she should just really do her job.
This just in..........
A conservative Republican House member, speaking on the condition of anonymity, suggested that Bachmann’s views — and her willingness to state them — make it hard for her to keep staff.
“When your captain’s crazy, it’s time to find a new ship,” the lawmaker said.
These are just beliefs. Beliefs do not hurt anyone.
A Great Home for Sex Offenders
Surfing the net a little while ago I ran across a news article about a letter sent in 2001 from the now Pope, while he was a cardinal.
Jamie Doward, religious affairs correspondent
The Observer, Sunday 24 April 2005 09.58 BST
Below one will find quotes from the article listed above.
The order was made in a confidential letter, obtained by The Observer, which was sent to every Catholic bishop in May 2001.
It asserted the church's right to hold its inquiries behind closed doors and keep the evidence confidential for up to 10 years after the victims reached adulthood. The letter was signed by Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, who was elected as John Paul II's successor last week.
The letter, 'concerning very grave sins', was sent from the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, the Vatican office that once presided over the Inquisition and was overseen by Ratzinger.
It orders that 'preliminary investigations' into any claims of abuse should be sent to Ratzinger's office, which has the option of referring them back to private tribunals in which the 'functions of judge, promoter of justice, notary and legal representative can validly be performed for these cases only by priests'.
'Cases of this kind are subject to the pontifical secret,' Ratzinger's letter concludes. Breaching the pontifical secret at any time while the 10-year jurisdiction order is operating carries penalties, including the threat of excommunication.
Father John Beal, professor of canon law at the Catholic University of America, gave an oral deposition under oath on 8 April last year in which he admitted to Shea that the letter extended the church's jurisdiction and control over sexual assault crimes.
The Ratzinger letter was co-signed by Archbishop Tarcisio Bertone who gave an interview two years ago in which he hinted at the church's opposition to allowing outside agencies to investigate abuse
'In my opinion, the demand that a bishop be obligated to contact the police in order to denounce a priest who has admitted the offence of paedophilia is unfounded,' Bertone said.
A spokeswoman in the Vatican press office declined to comment when told about the contents of the letter. 'This is not a public document, so we would not talk about it,' she said.
End of quotes
When I read this type of stuff it just makes me so angry and my blood boils. So a good christen seeing someone hurting another and they are just to say nothing otherwise they are not fit to be in that religion??
Perhaps the new name of the Roman Catholic Church should be ... The Church of Ignorance and Arrogance.
The only thing that I can see to do is for all the sex offenders in the world to join the Catholic Church, become priests, and then they will have a true and caring home. Anyone that stays with this church is then believing at their own risk.
Is the church a religion or a government?? If they are a religion then is not everything open to the public?? This church makes me sick. They are the first ones to raise their voice when someone writes a book of fiction and they claim the facts are not right. Perhaps they need to read their book and understand it before they condemn someone else's book.
These are my beliefs.
