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God versus religion; war versus peace; nationalism versus humanitarianism; diplomacy versus military; protecting the planet versus plundering it for petrodollars – all of these are vital forces working against each other incessantly.
Humanity must rightfully discern between these lest we be dulled into lethargy and led merely by media propaganda paid for by the military-industrial complex, a domestic foe which President Dwight Eisenhower at the end of his administration warned the American people about.
Is peace beyond our grasp, or is war so profitable that we can’t get enough of it? Should humanity get accustomed and used to war without end? Or might we get the insight and backbone to stand up to the warmongers in politics misusing their offices for ill agenda and personal gain?
These are the questions we must ask ourselves and the provocation we the people need lest we become apathetic and roll over in cowering posture before Big Brother. Uncle Sam can maneuver ever so subtly through the secretive agencies that “protect” our country. Enemies within however are often not easily recognizable at first. As moles penetrate and infiltrate the FBI, CIA, and NSA so too do secretive agencies infest our nation.
The founding father’s never installed secretive agencies to “protect” us, neither did they continually spew fearful rhetoric to scare the people into eating out of their hands, signing their executive orders, and releasing all power into the hands of the police state.
Make no mistake about it. America has become a police state. People can’t even drink a bear on the city streets in many places of the country. Police guard places of evening entertainment, airports, highways, banks, shopping malls, sports arenas, and local government buildings.
Though such security is often justified and well embraced, this is not to say our freedoms are still in tact. The personal freedoms of the citizenry have certainly been greatly jeopardized by all the fear, precaution and excessive examination. When grandma’s who can barely stand up are being frisked at airports and taken through the full gammut of interrogation practices and checks, we’ve gone a bit overboard.
As for the few isolated radical terrorists (usually professing Islam), their fanaticism has nothing to do with God and everything to do with religion. Get a divine revelation. God is not religious. God is a Spirit and is therefore spiritual. Terrorism is birthed by religiously frustrated people who are on edge and can’t take it anymore. Because they are miserable they want to make everyoen else miserable and inflict their inner torment upon the world. Unable to live with their own self-hatred, terrorists strap bombs on themselves to kill the innocent.
No love for oneself, neither the God who magnificently created you. That is utterly demonic. Unable to love themselves, they undoubtedly cannot love anybody else. Hence the judgmentalism and irreverence toward the sanctity of human life.
Why all the killing in God’s Name? God is not a killer. The Almighty is a life giver. Religion however is built on fear, control, and killing. Conversions through fear be it death or punishment in the afterlife. Religious enslavement and captivity is the worst of all bondages.
Killing is never justified in the eyes of God apart from dire self-defense. Preemptive invasions of other countries not endangering us is by no means good. Though our pontificating politicians sugar coat the killing as a “war of good against evil” it is nothing of the sort.
Since when is our militaristic and murderous nation “good” in the eyes of God. America is neither godly nor good. America spends more on pornography than on all professional sports combined. Many say we are “the best” country on earth, leading the way. Yes, leading the way in abortion, rape, murder, incarceration of our people, drug addiction, and suicide.
Wrong is wrong no matter how much we tell ourselves its right by way of the media. God is not a flag flying American. We than should not demonize other nations and boast in self-righteousness about ourselves.
Rigid religion is never right nor relational. God never exalted America to represent Him worldwide. Were we to try, we’d do God a great disservice. As for all the various religions and denominations, God is not schizo. Humans who created religion may be confused, but God is not.
Religous people are often bored and unhappy. I understand that. Yet God is not boring, nor is He heartless as religion. Whatever happened to loving unconditionally?
Fear and ignorance are the pillars of religion. Religion is an illusion of spirituality that further enslaves humanity. Self-righteous sects and nations kill in God’s Name, though His loving heart they profane. Jesus said they who kill in God’s name don’t know Him (John 16:1-3).
Take a look at religion through the light of God’s Word and see it for what it is. Get rid of your nationalistic pride and repent for the sins of your nation. Enlarge your heart and love the world as does the Creator.
write by Mervyn