What is G.O.D.? Gimmick Or Deception? I originally wrote a post on my take on Religion back in 2012, entitled "BSJournal | Religion". I still believe that Religion is the Greatest Of all Deceptions? So my feelings on God? The jury is still out on that one. I have a problem with a supposed supreme being who has been noticeably absent since ancient times. And you can't give me some bullshit about "God" being everywhere and in everyone. If he can talk to a select few people thousands of years ago and get MILLIONS of people to take words out of some ancient storybook as the gospel truth, then where is he now? Today? Talking to the Pope?
Hey! I spoke to God last week and he shared his plan for humanity... would you believe me?
You can bring a laundry list of valid questions and you'll always get a clever response in return to validate. I've learned long ago to not even try. People are like leemings. They will believe and follow anything that brings a sense of belonging and safety in a world that is uncertain. Order within Chaos.
The one thing no one can deny is how God is used to justify war, genocide, prejudice and the right to take away liberties and personal choice.
I could never understand how the religious right demands to be respected, tolerated and given freedom of worship yet they will not think twice to deny you rights simply because it "offends" or goes against their own beliefs.
There is a disturbing pattern here... and it's worldwide. Everyone knows its there but no one will do anything about it. The unintended consequence is that although religion is a personal choice, its true purpose is to assert domination and control for financial gain. The offerings you give to G.O.D. go to a man or group of men for their benefit. Not yours. What you get instead is an illusion of acceptance and order.
We all need to realize that belief is only as powerful as you make it. Get a bunch of people to believe in the same thing and you become G.O.D.
Thus my alternative theory on the subject:
In the beginning, God was nothing.
... so he starting making stuff.
He made the dirt
He made the sky
He made the water
He made things that swim
Things that slither
Things with legs
God turned himself into a big shot!
Then in a couple days or a couple million years, he breathed life into Man.
And he's been sucking the life out of us ever since...
Belief is a very powerful thing. It can mold you. Inspire you. And eventually define you. To believe in a God requires the ability to believe in a higher power than yourself. Nothing in this life has true power… until you are either willing to give yours up. Or allow it to be taken from you.
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BSJ The World According to ME (2004)
I was looking through some old blog postings of mine from a site I hadn't used in years and found one of my notorious political rants from the 2000's or as I call it... the Bushwacked Decade. The World According to Me was written shortly after the Katrina incident in 2004. The same year I turned 30.
I still cannot believe that was 10 years ago... still getting used to turning 40!
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Okay. I'm going to do what I promised myself that I wouldn't do... share my personal opinions on this site... but since there is a blog option...
This will most likely be the ONLY non-sexual rant you'll read from me. But it's good to vent every now and then...
We all know that the world is just fucked up. But how did it get that way? Well... sadly, it's always been like that. We, as a society of multi-cultural differences, have not learned to embrace individuality... and I mean TRULY embrace it without prejudice (or simply tolerating it). We always seem to want to make others conform to our own way of thinking without considering what the other person wants and finding a way to incorporate or co-exist.
And what happens when you force someone to follow your beliefs and lifestyle? They rebel... they contribute to social decline... they become emotionally unstable... they kill out of anger because they are unhappy and oppressed. There are so many reactions that would be the result and all of them NEGATIVE.
Would it hurt society to simply accept a person's difference despite their own personal belief system? What do you accomplish by denying a person their right to live life the way they want as long as they do not harm another in the process? Nothing but subjugation... enslavement, if you will.
- Think of the Spanish Inquisition.
- Think of that stupid ass war between the Protestants and Catholics in Ireland.
- Think of why the Pilgrims left England to settle in America.
- Think of what the Pilgrims (Puritans) did once they settled in America.
- Think of the time when the world witnessed TWO POPES (the one appointed by a King in France to reside in Versailles... and the other in Italy).
- Think of ALL of the various denominations of the same damn faith.
- Think of what the Europeans did to every race of people who were unlike themselves.
- Think of the African American and Jewish holocausts (and yes, I said African American holocaust... there was one but not on the scale of what the Jewish people went through).
- Think of the current problem of fundamentalism in the world. Religious extremists who will use violence and create civil unrest without second thought to advance their cause and force their beliefs on the public.
Every social problem that I can think of has a religous root... in one form or another. And I've gotten tired of it. I grew up in a Southern Baptist/Catholic home. Went to a catholic parochial school (attending Mass twice a month) and my mom's baptist church on Sundays. This was all a compromise between my parents... note that I didn't have a say in the matter because it was for my own good.
Of course, I rebelled. I HATE going to church. It's boring, plain and simple. Although, the Baptists do make things lively... especially if you have a talented pastor and a few old women in the audience who get the "holy spirit" at appropriate intervals of the service.
I decided in the 5th grade to reprogram myself. This involved going beyond the classroom to learn about life and the world as we know it. I just refused to believe that one book has all the answers. A book written and rewritten, added and subtracted from numerous times by Man.
Only a fool would allow themselves to embrace a belief that someone else told them to believe in. It's the same as a child learning how to hate from their parents and having that learning bred into their consciousness instead of just allowing the child to form their own opinions and beliefs with just a little nudge and support here and there to keep them from getting overwhelmed.
Our everyday experiences shape who we are... and what we are to become. Maybe it's time mankind learned to pay better attention to how their words, actions, and beliefs affect others whether positively or negatively.
Let's talk about some of the issues that could be resolved with simple reasoning...
ABORTION
I'm pro-choice AND anti-abortion. How? Simple, I don't believe in ending a life no matter what stage it's in BUT at the same time, I have no business putting my beliefs on someone who has their own reasons for ending the pregnancy. Also, lets be real here... woman produce THOUSANDS of eggs during their lifetime. I would rather see planned pregnacies than seeing a bunch of women on welfare and assistance surrounded by 5 or more kids they can't give the right amount of attention to.
And let's not get me started on the problem of women getting pregnant on purpose just to get that welfare check.
Waiting until it's the right time to bring a child into this world is more humane than having a child you can't take care of. Some would say give the baby up for adoption. A nice alternative, yes... and that would work for some but not by all. Adoption only works if there's an immediate home for the child directly after birth. I know way too many screwed up people who got tossled around between sometimes loveless, abusive foster care situations or orphanages. I wouldn't wish that kind of existence on my worst enemy. It's like "sorry we couldn't find you a permanent home but you're 18 now and we don't give a shit about you anymore!"
This all goes back to embracing individuality. You must respect a woman's right to make decisions about her own body. All that you can do is offer alternatives in case she isn't aware of them. And then hope that she makes the right decision for herself. That's all we can do. That's all we SHOULD do.
ASSISTED SUICIDE
Ok, here's a touchier subject. Does everyone have the right to die regardless of the law? ABSOLUTELY! People die everyday without their consent so what's wrong with allowing someone to end it voluntarily. The Right-wingers will preach up and down about the sanctity of life yet if you say WAR, they will send them to die by the score! So is assisted suicide and euthanasia right or is it wrong? Not relevant here.
Remember that little thing about embracing individuality? We must respect the wishes of those who have made a conscious decision to end their life. I would hope that the person choosing to end their life would go over their decision with their loved ones prior to actually going through with it. Otherwise, there's no closure for the family, friends, and everyone else who are close to that person.
This is also an opportunity for those loved ones to try and convince the person to change their mind. But if that fails, then at least an attempt has been made by the ONLY people who matter and would be the most affected by a decision such as this one... their loved ones.
GAY MARRIAGE
I don't know what the big deal is about this subject. Even though marriage is supposed to be a sacred blessing from "God"... why in the hell aren't people more concerned about the high rate of divorce??? Isn't that breaking that sacred oath you made to "God" to stay together through THICK AND THIN... until DEATH do you part?
Let's get real here and historical for a moment... through the ages, marriage has been a business arrangement between two families usually for financial gain. Rarely has a marriage been formed out of love. Hell, even some families betrothed their offspring the moment they were born!!! Also keep in mind that women didn't have the same rights as we do today. In many common situations, they were nothing more than vessals to continue a blood line or a man's personal slave.
Forgot about that, didn't you?
Marriage is a crock, in my view, simply because of the novelty of it. People have forgotten what marriage is really supposed to be about. Many marriages are those of convenience. My parents marriage only because they were pregnant with me. Very little love was there at the beginning. Luckily, they became the closest of friends over time.
Some couples aren't that lucky. Think Britney Spears.
In my view, gay marriage is just a way for those men and women to be able to legally support their loved ones in life and most importantly in death. How would you feel if your significant other was sick and you were denied access to see them? Think about that the next time you object to legalizing gay marriage. It has nothing to do with religion and everything to do about love and recognition of that special bond.
Admit it... conservatives simply don't want their precious tax breaks going to people who are objectable to the foundation of their faith. Grow up and pay attention to what's going on in your own bedroom.
Stop with the whole marriage is sacred crap. If it's so sacred, then ban divorce. Show us that marriage really is as big of a deal as you make it. Preserve it for Christ sake! Get rid of divorce and make marriage a one-time PERMANENT situation and I'll have alot more respect for the institution.
... and it will solve your gay's wanting to marry issue too. How? Simple, it will force them to look at their lives a little harder so that they don't end up with someone they may hate for the rest of their lives... after the novelty and lust wears off.
ABSTINANCE vs. SEX EDUCATION
In a perfect world, all young people would not have sex until they were married. That would be ideal. Hell, even I was a virgin until I was 19. But it wasn't easy keeping it from the 8th grade on. Peer pressure at school is the common denominator in adolescent sexual activity. That and not enough parents educating their kids on what sex is and why to hold off until adulthood. I remember getting the whole "birds and the bees" story from my mom. After she was done, I thanked her for her time and hugged her to show that I did appreciate what she tried to do... then I made a beeline for my dad, got him to take me out for ice cream and during the trips to and fro, got the unedited truth about sex. My dad could always be counted on to be blunt as hell.
Anyway, because of my dad's moral code of never lying about anything, I knew what sex was about. I wasn't old enough to get horny at that time so didn't fully understand why guys wanted to even get that close to girls but when puberty hit... whoa buddy!!! My hand certainly WAS my best friend... and I have no shame in admitting that.
When my dad found out about my extracirricular activities, he further told me about the risks of having sex and that kept me from making some dumb mistakes. If it wasn't for those open talks about sex with my dad, I would have been a teenage father like many of my other classmates were.
But that was the kind of upbringing that I had. Not everyone is lucky enough to have parents that are that open with their children about the facts of life. Many choose to keep their offspring in ignorance and then bemoan the fact that their kid is now having a kid or has some nasty STD... or worse.
Stupidity breeds stupidity. Stop pushing abstinance as the ONLY form of birth control and start educating the children about the dangers of not being abstinant. No matter what you do though, kids will do what they want regardless of your intentions for them. So you might as well arm them with enough knowledge to protect themselves and make the right decision when the situation calls for it. With the public now becoming more knowledgable about child molestation/rape, teen pregnancies and child sex offenders, it's time to take this problem by the hand and guide it where it needs to go... history.
Awareness is a powerful thing once you look at the big picture and just do what is right by the child and not what you feel is right. Would you send your child (who doesn't know how to swim)into a pool without some sort of floatation device?
Exactly.
FEDERAL MONEY - STARRING... YOUR MONEY!
Is it me or does it seem like we spend billions of dollars funding programs in other countries when the government is constantly cutting BACK on domestic programs and services for it's own people??? As callous as this sounds, I have a right to be selfish with my money but... keep OUR dollars in the United States and fucking FUND the programs to help the very people whose hard earned money pays for it all. Yes, we have a role in helping developing countries but we have a bigger responsibility right here at home... to ourselves. Why do teachers have to purchase their own supplies? Why have so many programs been cut because of the lack of funding?
And let's not even get me started on the failure that was the Katrina Disaster Rescue effort.
There should be NO REASON why any social program for citizens PAID BY citizens should be cut. If money is lacking, then cut aid to other foreign initiatives until the very country you live in has had it's fill. It's like the golden rule in the guide to becoming a millionaire, you always PAY YOURSELF FIRST. Before paying for anything else.
I hope the next president has the sense to make domestic security their main focus because America is ready for a change. America is starving for a little affection from it's government. Because quite frankly, we are all tired of being continually put in the "later" pile of things to do.
These are my personal opinions. Not seeking to change the world... just to give a different point of view for those who see them differently as well.
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Sunday, July 15, 2012
BSJ Marriage
What is the big deal about marriage and protecting it? Oh yeah, it's a holy sacrament in the eyes of God, right? WRONG.
Marriage has and will always be primarily about financial gain. Or must everyone forget that women didn't have any rights until just recently. Back then, women were no better than slaves and families made arrangements to marry them off so that the families could merge. A dowery(sp?) was needed in order to seal the deal. Most didn't marry until there was so kind of financial advantage to it, usually over real estate.
Not much has changed. Married people benefit from a slew of tax cuts and advantages. And add children to the mix and you have one pretty awesome tax shelter. And I honestly believe that conservatives are more worried about anyone being able to benefit than about the sanctity of an institution that allows you to thumb your nose up at God by breaking your vows.
How so? Glad you asked... remember the age old verse of "through thick and thin, until death do us part"? I don't know about you but that sounds like a life-long commitment that you just made to God to be together NO MATTER WHAT. So if marriage is so damn sacred, why do we tolerate divorce? Isn't that saying that you don't respect God and that you lied to "Him" and are only thinking about yourself?
How selfish and hypocritical to use God as a basis for your argument when you don't address the bigger issue... preserving the sanctity of marriage by abolishing DIVORCE!
Quite frankly, I believe that if you make marriage a life-long condition instead of allowing people to marry and divorce at will... you will see alot less people gay or straight wanting to marry. And that is a good thing as marriage is about love. Not lust and blinding passion that wanes a few days, weeks or months after tying the knot.
Would you just headlong into marriage knowing that you couldn't get out of it once the deed was done?
That would solve a host of problems like: marriages of convenience (green card, tax benefits, etc.), drunken/spur of the moment marriages for fun, and not respecting the institution as a life changing and permanently binding event.
If you took divorce out of it and made it the true sacrament of life-long partnership that it should be... you could see a big change in the number of people who just get married because of some misguided since of inevitability.
People would probably take that extra time to live together first so to really get to know their loved one before taking that "final" step.
On the other hand, you could see some people take the "death do us part" thing seriously and take matters into their own hands. I won't elaborate as you know what I'm referring to.
My main point is... you can't expect the public to take a religious argument against allowing gay people to marry without proving that it is an institution based on respect for God and his supposed will. Take away divorce and I'll respect that point of view.
Until then, marriage is good business sense and I think everyone should be able to benefit from it. I don't see a break down of civilization, as we know it, because we allowed two women or men to marry so that they can support their families (children, keeping property after death, etc.).
Hell, with the high rate of divorce among the gays that did marry... I don't think conservatives/religious right have anything to worry about. That in itself should show that it doesn't matter who you are... you all experience the same trials that come with marriage and use divorce as a quick fix.
Would you get married knowing that you couldn't get out of it if something went wrong?
Takes the novelty right out of it doesn't it? And that's my point. Fix marriage and this debate becomes a mute point, in my opinion.
For the record, I believe in marriage and was fortunate enough to be able to watch my parents stick together through their trials and tribulations. They fell in love, then out of love... then back in love again, leading me to believe that love comes and goes in cycles. Just stick together long enough and you will find your way back to that love. Think about it, if people just stayed together instead of breaking up... only to get back together later anyway, you will find this to be true.
You can "separate" yet stay married and committed. Communication is the key to fixing any problem. It's the most simple thing yet so hard for most people. And it goes for everything from taking care of your partner (sex, romance, etc.) regardless of whether you are "in the mood" or not to little things like leaving the toilet seat up. Compromise is a MUST. Without it, you are doomed to fail. It's never just about you. That's selfish. YOU do not exist in a marriage... it's WE.
Adhere to that and marriage becomes what it should be... a holy union that can weather anything.
This post was originally published in 2005
The Black Sovereign Journal | Marriage
Marriage has and will always be primarily about financial gain. Or must everyone forget that women didn't have any rights until just recently. Back then, women were no better than slaves and families made arrangements to marry them off so that the families could merge. A dowery(sp?) was needed in order to seal the deal. Most didn't marry until there was so kind of financial advantage to it, usually over real estate.
Not much has changed. Married people benefit from a slew of tax cuts and advantages. And add children to the mix and you have one pretty awesome tax shelter. And I honestly believe that conservatives are more worried about anyone being able to benefit than about the sanctity of an institution that allows you to thumb your nose up at God by breaking your vows.
How so? Glad you asked... remember the age old verse of "through thick and thin, until death do us part"? I don't know about you but that sounds like a life-long commitment that you just made to God to be together NO MATTER WHAT. So if marriage is so damn sacred, why do we tolerate divorce? Isn't that saying that you don't respect God and that you lied to "Him" and are only thinking about yourself?
How selfish and hypocritical to use God as a basis for your argument when you don't address the bigger issue... preserving the sanctity of marriage by abolishing DIVORCE!
Quite frankly, I believe that if you make marriage a life-long condition instead of allowing people to marry and divorce at will... you will see alot less people gay or straight wanting to marry. And that is a good thing as marriage is about love. Not lust and blinding passion that wanes a few days, weeks or months after tying the knot.
Would you just headlong into marriage knowing that you couldn't get out of it once the deed was done?
That would solve a host of problems like: marriages of convenience (green card, tax benefits, etc.), drunken/spur of the moment marriages for fun, and not respecting the institution as a life changing and permanently binding event.
If you took divorce out of it and made it the true sacrament of life-long partnership that it should be... you could see a big change in the number of people who just get married because of some misguided since of inevitability.
People would probably take that extra time to live together first so to really get to know their loved one before taking that "final" step.
On the other hand, you could see some people take the "death do us part" thing seriously and take matters into their own hands. I won't elaborate as you know what I'm referring to.
My main point is... you can't expect the public to take a religious argument against allowing gay people to marry without proving that it is an institution based on respect for God and his supposed will. Take away divorce and I'll respect that point of view.
Until then, marriage is good business sense and I think everyone should be able to benefit from it. I don't see a break down of civilization, as we know it, because we allowed two women or men to marry so that they can support their families (children, keeping property after death, etc.).
Hell, with the high rate of divorce among the gays that did marry... I don't think conservatives/religious right have anything to worry about. That in itself should show that it doesn't matter who you are... you all experience the same trials that come with marriage and use divorce as a quick fix.
Would you get married knowing that you couldn't get out of it if something went wrong?
Takes the novelty right out of it doesn't it? And that's my point. Fix marriage and this debate becomes a mute point, in my opinion.
For the record, I believe in marriage and was fortunate enough to be able to watch my parents stick together through their trials and tribulations. They fell in love, then out of love... then back in love again, leading me to believe that love comes and goes in cycles. Just stick together long enough and you will find your way back to that love. Think about it, if people just stayed together instead of breaking up... only to get back together later anyway, you will find this to be true.
You can "separate" yet stay married and committed. Communication is the key to fixing any problem. It's the most simple thing yet so hard for most people. And it goes for everything from taking care of your partner (sex, romance, etc.) regardless of whether you are "in the mood" or not to little things like leaving the toilet seat up. Compromise is a MUST. Without it, you are doomed to fail. It's never just about you. That's selfish. YOU do not exist in a marriage... it's WE.
Adhere to that and marriage becomes what it should be... a holy union that can weather anything.
This post was originally published in 2005
The Black Sovereign Journal | Marriage
Friday, July 13, 2012
BSJ Overpopulation
The following post may offend or even shock some people who can't see the bigger picture beyond their limited ability to see beyond their own environment. It is intended to put light on a grave problem that needs to be addressed... and SOON!
The Bible states "be fruitful and multiply..." That was during a time when there were barely a million people on the planet. Not something that you should take literally in today's world faced with a resource crisis.
Today, in a world filled to the brim with billions of humans that unlike our fellow inhabitants do not participate in the natural food chain. Thus, no natural predators to keep our population in check. We actually recognize the dangers of overpopulation in the animal kingdom and actively participate in regular slaughters designed to restore balance. But it's funny how we don't apply that same mentality to the human race.
Resource shortages in the near future, as a result of continued population growth, will make thinking "every life is precious and has a right to life" become the biggest failure in human history. I'm not a communist but China has it right by limiting the number of children a couple can have. Do you really need more than one child? Growing up I knew people who got pregnant on purpose just so they can get a welfare check. And these people would have like 10 kids... none of which they could afford to feed and properly take care of.
I believe the death penalty should be standard for ANYONE who premeditates a murder. I don't want my hard earned tax dollars going to housing and feeding these people who, in my opinion, lost their right to life. Prisoners (who are sentenced to LIFE in prison) should be considered free labor (slaves) and made to spend the rest of their lives stripped of their basic human rights. Am I saying bring back slavery? Not exactly but if you want crime to go down, that kind of consequence is as good of a deterrent to crime as any ever thought up. Some may cry out that it would take away from jobs but do you want a job cleaning up a toxic waste dump? Are you going to run out and apply to clean up a polluted landfill? My point exactly. Will you commit a crime knowing you could be forced to work in such dangerous and unhealthy conditions?
I'm getting off topic here... the more overpopulation continues to go unchecked, the closer we get to nature correcting the situation for us. And in ways that would be considered catastrophic. Disease, wars, and pandemics are on the rise. Most of the pandemics we are seeing started in nature.... while some were man-made. We make movies about some idiot in a science lab playing around with a super-virus, then the virus gets out and it's bye-bye human civilization as you know it.
I won't mention my support for abortion as that speaks for itself. My point is that there are too many people on this planet and just like we control "pests" by sanctioning killings to bring the populations back under control, we should sanction mass genocide to help protect the availability of our natural resources for the next generations to come.
I'm a realist and a clairvoyant. Respect the planet you live on for you are at it's mercy. Whether you agree or not. The time of man will have it's day of judgement. This planet is dying and nature is struggling to adapt. Eventually, nature will take care of the "problem".
PAY ATTENTION TO YOUR HISTORY!!!
Earth has experienced TWO mass extinctions and is over due for a "reboot". You can choose to believe what I say or not. But what I think or say won't matter once all of mankind is faced with the reality of its own destruction.
... whether by man itself or by the very planet we depend on for survival.
Like I said, this post may outrage some people but free speech and the right to express oneself is a god-given right. I have a right to my opinion and you have yours. The difference is... I RESPECT everyone's opinion (whether I agree or not), but very few people have the maturity needed to respect others.
To make it clear, I don't sanction genocide but enacting population control for the sole purpose of restoring the human population to a SUSTAINABLE level is critical to the long-term availability of our natural resources. Otherwise, mass extinction will happen on it's own anyway... as it is already in isolated occurrences.
What I believe does not matter as the future will take care of itself. Hopefully, I'll be long dead by the time of worst of it becomes a reality for mankind.
The Black Sovereign Journal | Overpopulation
The Bible states "be fruitful and multiply..." That was during a time when there were barely a million people on the planet. Not something that you should take literally in today's world faced with a resource crisis.
Today, in a world filled to the brim with billions of humans that unlike our fellow inhabitants do not participate in the natural food chain. Thus, no natural predators to keep our population in check. We actually recognize the dangers of overpopulation in the animal kingdom and actively participate in regular slaughters designed to restore balance. But it's funny how we don't apply that same mentality to the human race.
Resource shortages in the near future, as a result of continued population growth, will make thinking "every life is precious and has a right to life" become the biggest failure in human history. I'm not a communist but China has it right by limiting the number of children a couple can have. Do you really need more than one child? Growing up I knew people who got pregnant on purpose just so they can get a welfare check. And these people would have like 10 kids... none of which they could afford to feed and properly take care of.
I believe the death penalty should be standard for ANYONE who premeditates a murder. I don't want my hard earned tax dollars going to housing and feeding these people who, in my opinion, lost their right to life. Prisoners (who are sentenced to LIFE in prison) should be considered free labor (slaves) and made to spend the rest of their lives stripped of their basic human rights. Am I saying bring back slavery? Not exactly but if you want crime to go down, that kind of consequence is as good of a deterrent to crime as any ever thought up. Some may cry out that it would take away from jobs but do you want a job cleaning up a toxic waste dump? Are you going to run out and apply to clean up a polluted landfill? My point exactly. Will you commit a crime knowing you could be forced to work in such dangerous and unhealthy conditions?
I'm getting off topic here... the more overpopulation continues to go unchecked, the closer we get to nature correcting the situation for us. And in ways that would be considered catastrophic. Disease, wars, and pandemics are on the rise. Most of the pandemics we are seeing started in nature.... while some were man-made. We make movies about some idiot in a science lab playing around with a super-virus, then the virus gets out and it's bye-bye human civilization as you know it.
I won't mention my support for abortion as that speaks for itself. My point is that there are too many people on this planet and just like we control "pests" by sanctioning killings to bring the populations back under control, we should sanction mass genocide to help protect the availability of our natural resources for the next generations to come.
I'm a realist and a clairvoyant. Respect the planet you live on for you are at it's mercy. Whether you agree or not. The time of man will have it's day of judgement. This planet is dying and nature is struggling to adapt. Eventually, nature will take care of the "problem".
PAY ATTENTION TO YOUR HISTORY!!!
Earth has experienced TWO mass extinctions and is over due for a "reboot". You can choose to believe what I say or not. But what I think or say won't matter once all of mankind is faced with the reality of its own destruction.
... whether by man itself or by the very planet we depend on for survival.
Like I said, this post may outrage some people but free speech and the right to express oneself is a god-given right. I have a right to my opinion and you have yours. The difference is... I RESPECT everyone's opinion (whether I agree or not), but very few people have the maturity needed to respect others.
To make it clear, I don't sanction genocide but enacting population control for the sole purpose of restoring the human population to a SUSTAINABLE level is critical to the long-term availability of our natural resources. Otherwise, mass extinction will happen on it's own anyway... as it is already in isolated occurrences.
- Famine
- World Wars (over resources)
- Natural Disasters (occurring more frequently)
- Fresh Water Depletion (coming soon to a water source near you, if things don't change)
- Plagues/Pandemics
What I believe does not matter as the future will take care of itself. Hopefully, I'll be long dead by the time of worst of it becomes a reality for mankind.
The Black Sovereign Journal | Overpopulation
BSJ Religion
Everyone has an opinion... about everything. What makes us different from the rest of the animal kingdom is our ability to think singularly and affect our own destiny. Of course, there are people who feel that everyone should believe and think the same way they do. And will do just about anything (by hook or by crook) to make sure you only see (and abide by) their point of view (think the Spanish Inquisition).
... this is where the problems and issues humans face today originate.
Religion, or should I say organized religion, is the great con of mankind. Any institution that chooses a central character (yes, that's right, I meant it just as it sounded) to act as a conduit or channel to "God" is pulling your d@#$. Why do I feel this you might ask? Simple. I was forced to attend Catholic school.
Don't get me wrong. I received a great education there and they were fair in teaching an adequate amount of info on other religions but I have a hard time believing in a supreme being who doesn't make himself known. Especially one that wants me to follow "man-made" rules in order to be allowed into so-called Heaven at the end of my life.
While religion works for some... it is repressive for others. My view on the free will issue is that if we were created to "serve", why give free will? Just make us mindless slaves that follow the call of the wild just like the rest of the animal kingdom. Problem solved. But, of course... it's never that simple.
My biggest gripe is the Bible. How can you trust a man-made object that has been written and rewritten so many times? Hell, there are even "lost" chapters that were excluded during translations because they didn't coincide with what the Church (at that time) wanted people to believe.
Another example that you can't take what you read or hear as gospel truth. If you didn't live during the time the events of the Bible happened, how do you know what you are reading is the honest to God truth? It's like the communication experiment I remember from Grade school (elementary) where you tell someone a phrase and have them repeat it to the next person... and so on and so on. Eventually, the phrase is related back to you by the last person to hear it. I've done this exercise several times and the original phrase is never repeated in it's original form.
"Sam went to the beach to find some sea shells for Eleanor" comes back sounding like "Sam sailed out to sea to find the beaches of Equador". Since the Bible started out as a collection of stories passed down from generation to generation until it was finally recorded as a book to preserve the stories, how can you truly believe word for word what a book says you should believe in?
The answer is... you can't. Unless you are a mindless, emotionally disturbed iditot who can't think for themself. But I do have to admit... what better way to control the masses than to give them something to believe in. Something to make sense of creation and the age old question of why are we here? Although, I have my misgivings about religion, in some ways, it is a means to an end.
Without religion for people in authority to use to impose their will... there would be chaos and anarchy.
The Puritans were persecuted in England for their beliefs and so to be allowed the freedom to practice what they believe... they fled to the New World. What happened when they got there? They ended up being just as uncompromising and intolerant of any idea or behaviors that weren't sanctioned by the Church. Did you know that married couples could only have sex on certain days, in that culture? Also, if you didn't attend Church, you were labeled a heretic and could face jail time or even worse. Is it any wonder that the Salem witch trials were just diabolical disguises for mass murder and revenge? Of course not. Too much power in the hands of a few is DANGEROUS (remember the Spanish Inquisition, anyone?).
My point with this is... although I respect a persons right to believe in what they want to believe in, I don't agree with the same people trying to force their beliefs on others.
Abortion is a no brainer... let the woman decide. She can make many babies during her cycle so why bring unwanted children into this world that's already overpopulated? Sorry, but every life is not precious... if the parents can't take care of it or worse yet... don't want them. Why subject a child to foster homes and orphanages when you can halt the process of birth until the timing is right and the condition is right to support a child. Of course, no one thinks about this... only that they feel abortion is murder and all life is precious and should be protected.
I've got issues with that too. If that was the case, why doesn't anyone bat an eyelash when you hear about civilians mass murdered in civil wars and drug wars? Why is a new baby of higher priority than people who are already alive? A life is a life. The value is the same. Babies can't defend themselves, I agree but so can't those who are caught in the middle of something they didn't start.
In my view, you can't be pro-life and stand by and do nothing when you hear of such atrocities going on in the world. If you are anti-abortion then be anti-violence against humans of all ages as well. We were all newborns at one time... so that makes EVERY HUMAN LIFE precious and worth saving.
Personally, I don't believe in abortion as an answer. Abstinance or proper birth control is the answer. But, although I would rather see a baby born to a family that can support it... it is ultimately the woman who this affects whose decision is the most important.
... not the anti-abortionists. Not the politicians. And definitely not YOURS. Would you want someone telling you what you can or cannot do with your own body?
I thought not.
My mother always taught me to stop, take a deep breath, and then try and look at BOTH sides of an issue before reacting. It's sound advice and one that makes life and the choices you make everyday a bit easier to reconcile with.
The Black Sovereign Journal | Religion
... this is where the problems and issues humans face today originate.
Religion, or should I say organized religion, is the great con of mankind. Any institution that chooses a central character (yes, that's right, I meant it just as it sounded) to act as a conduit or channel to "God" is pulling your d@#$. Why do I feel this you might ask? Simple. I was forced to attend Catholic school.
Don't get me wrong. I received a great education there and they were fair in teaching an adequate amount of info on other religions but I have a hard time believing in a supreme being who doesn't make himself known. Especially one that wants me to follow "man-made" rules in order to be allowed into so-called Heaven at the end of my life.
While religion works for some... it is repressive for others. My view on the free will issue is that if we were created to "serve", why give free will? Just make us mindless slaves that follow the call of the wild just like the rest of the animal kingdom. Problem solved. But, of course... it's never that simple.
My biggest gripe is the Bible. How can you trust a man-made object that has been written and rewritten so many times? Hell, there are even "lost" chapters that were excluded during translations because they didn't coincide with what the Church (at that time) wanted people to believe.
Another example that you can't take what you read or hear as gospel truth. If you didn't live during the time the events of the Bible happened, how do you know what you are reading is the honest to God truth? It's like the communication experiment I remember from Grade school (elementary) where you tell someone a phrase and have them repeat it to the next person... and so on and so on. Eventually, the phrase is related back to you by the last person to hear it. I've done this exercise several times and the original phrase is never repeated in it's original form.
"Sam went to the beach to find some sea shells for Eleanor" comes back sounding like "Sam sailed out to sea to find the beaches of Equador". Since the Bible started out as a collection of stories passed down from generation to generation until it was finally recorded as a book to preserve the stories, how can you truly believe word for word what a book says you should believe in?
The answer is... you can't. Unless you are a mindless, emotionally disturbed iditot who can't think for themself. But I do have to admit... what better way to control the masses than to give them something to believe in. Something to make sense of creation and the age old question of why are we here? Although, I have my misgivings about religion, in some ways, it is a means to an end.
Without religion for people in authority to use to impose their will... there would be chaos and anarchy.
The Puritans were persecuted in England for their beliefs and so to be allowed the freedom to practice what they believe... they fled to the New World. What happened when they got there? They ended up being just as uncompromising and intolerant of any idea or behaviors that weren't sanctioned by the Church. Did you know that married couples could only have sex on certain days, in that culture? Also, if you didn't attend Church, you were labeled a heretic and could face jail time or even worse. Is it any wonder that the Salem witch trials were just diabolical disguises for mass murder and revenge? Of course not. Too much power in the hands of a few is DANGEROUS (remember the Spanish Inquisition, anyone?).
My point with this is... although I respect a persons right to believe in what they want to believe in, I don't agree with the same people trying to force their beliefs on others.
Abortion is a no brainer... let the woman decide. She can make many babies during her cycle so why bring unwanted children into this world that's already overpopulated? Sorry, but every life is not precious... if the parents can't take care of it or worse yet... don't want them. Why subject a child to foster homes and orphanages when you can halt the process of birth until the timing is right and the condition is right to support a child. Of course, no one thinks about this... only that they feel abortion is murder and all life is precious and should be protected.
I've got issues with that too. If that was the case, why doesn't anyone bat an eyelash when you hear about civilians mass murdered in civil wars and drug wars? Why is a new baby of higher priority than people who are already alive? A life is a life. The value is the same. Babies can't defend themselves, I agree but so can't those who are caught in the middle of something they didn't start.
In my view, you can't be pro-life and stand by and do nothing when you hear of such atrocities going on in the world. If you are anti-abortion then be anti-violence against humans of all ages as well. We were all newborns at one time... so that makes EVERY HUMAN LIFE precious and worth saving.
Personally, I don't believe in abortion as an answer. Abstinance or proper birth control is the answer. But, although I would rather see a baby born to a family that can support it... it is ultimately the woman who this affects whose decision is the most important.
... not the anti-abortionists. Not the politicians. And definitely not YOURS. Would you want someone telling you what you can or cannot do with your own body?
I thought not.
My mother always taught me to stop, take a deep breath, and then try and look at BOTH sides of an issue before reacting. It's sound advice and one that makes life and the choices you make everyday a bit easier to reconcile with.
The Black Sovereign Journal | Religion
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