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Extreme Christianity

…ociety In order to make them better Christians she must show them how to become “more excited” over their faith and become like her. This however is not new, especially in the United States. The US has a long history of “revivals” where people work themselves up into a frenzy in order to more directly “experience God.”  These include: 1. Snake Handlers 2. Quakers – “Unprogrammed” worship where people just start to yell out 3. Speaking in Tongues 4…

The Truth about Thanksgiving

…nger and professional soldier Capt. John Mason scoffed at Indian warfare: “[Their] feeble manner…did hardly deserve the name of fighting.” Fellow warmonger John Underhill spoke of the Narragansetts, after having spent a day “burning and spoiling” their country: “no Indians would come near us, but run from us, as the deer from the dogs.” He concluded that the Indians might fight seven years and not kill seven men. Their fighting style, he wrote, “i…

Twenty Years Since 9/11 – Wars and Lies – Current State and Thoughts of the Future.

…ow easily many Americans believed it all. The earliest post I have on this comes from 2005 and is below: https://globalcitizenblog.com/institutionalized/ The American news was plastered with the hunt for WMD and you know what? Saddam didn’t have any WMD, it was an outright lie. I knew Bush and his team would lie but I was extremely disappointed in Colin Powell as he put on presentations “proving” WMD. I started to realize you could sell the public…

The truth about California Missions. Just as bad as Canadian Residential Schools

…likening the missions to the slave plantations of Santo Domingo.” https://www.sfgate.com/opinion/openforum/article/The-dark-terrible-secret-of-California-s-missions-2685666.php I also liked this quote from the Reddit thread I’ve been to a few missions. My kids did projects on Santa Cruz and San Luis Obispo. I’ve read the little plaques they put outside, sounds so innocence: the Indians lived here. This is where they farmed. This is little church….

Strikes, Jury Duty, Whiskey and an Obama Protest

…Trade!  The links to their arguments are found at / www.summerforcongress.com and www.larouchepac.com.  I swear, you just never know what you’re gonna get in this city. To add to this weird week I also received a summons for Jury Duty.  It would almost seem that the Universe is playing tricks on me not letting me get my car, confusing me about Obama and now Jury Duty.  The reason that I believe it is the Universe doing this to me is they schedule…