Somtimes in my Blog I Write With Hatred Towards Others and Sometimes I Write With Love Towards Others

I'm just like God.

(This is blog entry repeated from November 2008.)

How Did the Universe Come Into Existence? Why Are We Here?

These are the questions everyone would like to know. How did the universe come into existence? Why are we here? If the answers to these questions are beyond science then the answer to these questions are certainly beyond faith leaders and their followers.

What Does The Ruling Power Fear?

The ruling power fears any truth but their own. —The Golden Compass (film), 2007

Do You Believe In What The Bible Says?

As a Christian, do you or don't you believe in what the bible says? For example, here are some Old Testament verses below:

Genesis 38:8-10
"8Then Judah said to Onan, "Lie with your brother's wife and fulfill your duty to her as a brother-in-law to produce offspring for your brother." 9 But Onan knew that the offspring would not be his; so whenever he lay with his brother's wife, he spilled his semen on the ground to keep from producing offspring for his brother. 10 What he did was wicked in the LORD's sight; so he put him to death also." (No condoms allowed, the hell with science!)

Leviticus 20:9
"For everyone who curses his father or his mother shall surely be put to death. He has cursed his father or his mother. His blood shall be upon him." (Shit, I just cursed my parents. Okay, I'm ready to be stoned to death.)

Deuteronomy 22:22
"If a man is found sleeping with another man's wife, both the man who slept with her and the woman must die. You must purge the evil from Israel." (Kill, kill, kill! Hey, if the Bible says it's so, it must be okay. Right?)

Some New Testament verses:

1 Corinthians 14:34
"women should remain silent in the churches. They are not allowed to speak, but must be in submission, as the Law says." (Just like the Austin Powers movies. Dr. Evil: Let me tell you a little story about a man named Sh! Sh! even before you start. That was a pre-emptive "sh!" Now, I have a whole bag of "sh!" with your name on it. )

1 Timothy 2:11-12
"11Let a woman learn in silence with all submission. 12And I do not permit a woman to teach or to have authority over a man, but to be in silence." (Sh!)

Colossians 3:22-23
"22Slaves, obey your earthly masters in everything; and do it, not only when their eye is on you and to win their favor, but with sincerity of heart and reverence for the Lord. 23Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not for men" (I thought with an African American President in the White House, that The President would not stand for slavery but the Bible says we need to treat our slaves properly. Therefore the Bible does approve of slavery. Whew, that was a close one.)

I can hear Christians screaming at this point and shouting, "These verses don't apply today. We know how to interpret the Bible."

Oh really? How to you explain the following crystal clear verses below.

Old Testament verse:

Isaiah 40:8
"The grass withers, the flower fades, but the word of our God stands forever." (This verse is crystal clear on this point.)

New Testament verses:

1 John 5:3
"This is love for God: to obey his commands. And his commands are not burdensome," (This verse is crystal clear on this point.)

1 Peter 1:24-25
"24All men are like grass, and all their glory is like the flowers of the field; the grass withers and the flowers fall, 25but the word of the Lord stands forever." And this is the word that was preached to you." (This verse is crystal clear on this point.)

Joshua 1:18
"Whoever rebels against your word and does not obey your words, whatever you may command them, will be put to death. Only be strong and courageous!" (This verse is crystal clear on this point.)

How can anyone call themselves a Christian if they don't obey every verse in the Bible? The unvarnished truth: Christians cherry pick Bible verses they want to obey or not obey and choose which verses they prefer to support their own personal prejudices against others.

Christians don't understand there is no "other." Using the phrase or thinking the phrase "those other people" divide families, communities and nations. Christians as a whole do not understand we all share the same humanity. "We" unites. "Other people" divide. Which ministers preach "We?" Very few. There is no such thing as Christian versus non-Christian. There is only "We."

Dubai, McDonalds and Type 2 Diabetes.

A doctor from Dubai noted that only after McDonalds began selling food in Dubai did Type 2 diabetes show in some of their patients.

Is Your Religion Immoral?

If any religion allows it's believers to view any minority as less than equal to themselves (based on gender, race, religion, sexual orientation and so on...) how could anyone seriously believe in that religion?

When a religion does not not teach the we all share the same humanity, that's when the red flag needs to go up and up!

Hind sight is crystal clear when it comes to religions of old that discriminate against other human beings. It's quite obvious these religions were written solely by ancient primitive racist and sexist men.

It's time for people to view religions for what they are: Ancient mythology of old.

The Cost of Organic Food

The two most common complaints I hear about organic food are:

1) I don't believe it makes a difference.

2) It costs too much.

Well...

1) If conventionally grown food is safe, why is there so much cancer in our society?

2) How much does it cost for three or four bags junk food and processed foods? And how much does it cost to purchase raw organic vegetables, fruit, nuts, beans, tuna, chicken and meat which might take just be a bag or two of food?

Bicycling Short Distances Versus Driving A Car

My bicycle had a flat the other day and I was forced to drive my car. You know you are doing something right when your schedule is ruined because you are driving a car instead of a bicycle.

The Worth of a Nation's Greatness

It has been said that the worth of a nation's greatness can be measured by the manner in which it treats its weakest members.

I see many dirty (and not cared for) homeless people in downtown San Diego living on the streets.

The Cheney and Bush administration found the money to kill people but they couldn't find the money to help people.

Obama has the Backing of The People.

How could anyone effect a positive change in our horrible economy? How could anyone effect a positive change to reduce the false culture of fear that the Cheney and Bush propagation machine used to con Americans?

Those people who have an aversion to Obama don't take one thing into account. Obama has the backing of the majority of Americans and the people of the world. He has the power to affect positive change for our country and the world. It's exciting.

All Obama needs to say is we need peace in this world and it will happen. All Obama needs to do is to speak the obvious—that we all share one humanity—and the entire world will listen.

He has the power to change a nation. This will in turn will change the world. That is powerful.

Top Ten Reasons To Buy Organic

This "Top Ten Reasons To Buy Organic" found below is from the paper grocery bag at the organic food store where I shop.

1) Protect Future Generations: Because of their smaller size, children receive four to five time more exposure than adults to cancer causing pesticides in foods.

2) Prevent Soil Erosion: Soil is the foundation of the food chain; conventional farming is responsible for unsustainable soil loss but organic farming helps build soil.

3) Protect Water Quality: The EPA estimates that pesticides pollute the primary source of drinking water for more than half the country's population.

4) Save Energy: Conventional farming uses more petroleum than any other single industry and more energy is used to produce synthetic fertilizers than to cultivate harvest crops.

5) Keep Chemicals Off Your Plate: Synthetic pesticides and herbicides are poisons designed to kill living organisms and can also be harmful to human beings.

6) Protect Farm Workers: Farm workers have higher exposures to harmful pesticides.

7) Help Small Farmers: Most organic farms are small, independently owned family farms.

8) Support a True Economy: Conventional food prices don't reflect hidden costs borne by taxpayers, including nearly $75 billion annually in federal subsidies.

9) Promote Biodiversity: Conventional mono-cropping, the practice of planting large plots of land with the same crop year after year, leads to a lack of natural diversity of plants and leaves the soil lacking in natural minerals and nutrients.

10) Taste Better Flavor: Organic farming start with the nourishment of the soil which eventually leads to the nourishment of the plant and ultimately our palates. Conduct your own taste test!

Is 2012 the End-of-the-World? No, it's not. The 2012 End-of-the-World Prediction is Complete Bullshit.

At work today, a woman (in her twenties) told me she saw a T.V. show last night which told of the Mayan end-of-the-world prediction for 2012. She told me she couldn't sleep last night as she was extremely worried. I said, "Do you know there was a end-of-the-world prediction for 1,000 A.D? And... there have been many end-of-the-world predictions every century since."

She wasn't convinced at this point. I said, "How old is the earth?" She didn't know. I didn't know. I said, "Let's look it up on-line." I quickly found the Earth is approximately 4.54 billion years old. I said, "It's not the year 2009. 2009 is a bullshit year. This date of this year is actually 4.54 billion and such and such and such and such." Then she looked at me and said, "Oh." She said, "I'm still a little scared." I rolled my eyes.

When I came back to my apartment today, I quickly referenced a book to finish this blog entry because the research by James Randi has already been done for us. In Appendix II of his 1995 book titled, An Encyclopedia of Claims, Frauds, and Hoaxes of the Occult and Supernatural, lists "49 End-of-the-World Prophecies—That Failed."

"December 31, 999 A.D. The biblical Apocrypha says that the Last Judgment (and therefore, one supposes, the end of the world) would occur one thousand years after the birth of Jesus Christ. ...public documents of that era began, "As the world is now drawing to a close..." —Randi, James 1995. An Encyclopedia of Claims, Frauds, and Hoaxes of the Occult and Supernatural. Appendix II, New York, St.Martin's Griffin, New York.

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aprocrypha - 2capitalized a: books included in the Septuagint and Vulgate but excluded from the Jewish and Protestant canons of the Old Testament b: early Christian writings not included in the New Testament -from http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/apocrypha, January 9, 2008
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Randi provides a nice list (with descriptions) of end-of-the-world predictions for 992, 1000, 1033 (Why the year 1033? After 1000 A.D. passed and the world did not end, they quickly revised their end-of-the-world date to be at Christ's death day, instead of this birthday.), 1186, 1260, 1524, 1532, 1533, 1537, 1544, 1572, 1584, 1588, 1624, 1648, 1654, 1665, 1666, 1704, 1719, 1736, 1757, 1761, 1774, 1801, 1814, 1820, 1843, 1874, 1881, 1914, 1936, 1947, 1953, 1974, 1975, 1977, 1980, 1996, 1999. —from Randi, James 1995. An Encyclopedia of Claims, Frauds, and Hoaxes of the Occult and Supernatural. Appendix II. New York, St.Martin's Griffin, New York. [There are several dates above I left out, from Randi's book.]

The 1999 prediction was from Nostradamus. And yes, none of Nostradamus predictions are real, they are all fraudulent. For more information about Nostradamus see this book: Randi, James 1993. The Mask of Nostradamus. New York, Prometheus Books.

What If?

What if I said, "Seniors don't have the right to vote."

What if I said, "People in their 20's don't have the right to vote."

What if I said, "Asians don't have the right to vote."

What if I said, "People of Arab descent don't have the right to vote."

What if I said, "African Americans don't have the right to vote."

What if I said, "People who are a mixed-race don't have the right to vote."

What if I said, "Women don't have the right to vote."

What if I said, "Men don't have the right to vote."

What if I said, "People who have interracial marriages don't have the right to vote."

What if I said, "Christians don't have the right to vote."

What if I said, "Atheists don't have the right to vote."

What if I said, "People who don't drink coffee don't have the right to vote."

What if I said, "Blonds don't have the right to vote."

What if I said, "People with green eyes don't have the right to vote."

What if I said, "Single people don't have the right to vote."

What if I said, "Divorced people don't have the right to vote."

What if I said, "People who like spaghetti don't have the right to vote."

What if I said, "People with cancer don't have the right to vote."

What if I said, "Physically challenged people don't have the right to vote."

What if I said, "People under 5 feet and people over 6 feet don't have the right to vote."

What if I said, "People with IQs less than 80 don't have the right to vote."

What if I said, "KKK members don't have the right to vote."

What if I said, "People who skateboard don't have the right to vote."

What if I said, "People who wear only black with black make-up don't have the right to vote."

What if I said, "People who like peanut butter and jelly sandwiches don't have the right to vote."

What if I said, "People who make less than $25,000.00 a year don't have the right to vote."

What if I said, "Trekkies (People who are avid fans of Start Trek.) don't have the right to vote."

What if I said, "Gays don't have the right to marry."

Homophobic person, "Well... uh hum... being gay is different. It doesn't apply."

Gay person, "That is the point. We are different, in one aspect of our lives. It seems that homophobic people can only focus one thing. He/she is gay. As if gay people have no hobbies, likes or dislikes, all wear the same clothing, eat the same food, drive the same car, have the same hair style, talk the same, shake hands the same, etcetera.

People living with blinders on don't see a lot. Gay is not the only aspect a person's life. We all have multiple differences that make up each one of us—gay, straight, bisexual, or transgender.

Different does not mean bad. That is the point, we (gays) are different in one aspect of our lives—our sexuality. Did we lose the right to our citizenship because we are gay? Did we lose the right to get a driver's license because we are gay? Did I lose the right to vote since we are gay? Do we still have to pay taxes since we are gay?

Why don't we have the right to marry?

We are simply human beings like the rest of the straight world. We all share the same humanity."

Why did people worship Sun Gods?

The Sun brings warmth, life and goodness. Who would want to worship a Night God? The night brings cold, darkness and the unknown. Day/Night, Good/Evil, Pure/Sin. See the correlation?

How have people described Sun Gods throughout the centuries? Here is a nice list to help get you started.

"The Sun of God, who will come again (every morning), he is the light of the world (the sun), the risen savior (Sun) who will come again (as it does every morning), the glory of God (the sun), who defends the works of darkness (the night), can be seen coming (every morning) as he is born again (every morning), up in heaven (in the clouds), with a crown of thorns (sun rays). " —from the Zeitgeist movies, links found below.

The masses did not know about general concepts of space science and astronomy until this century. So, the masses didn't know the atmosphere was several miles thick and then after that, space. Then our solar system, then our galaxy and then the entire universe. In the past, don't you agree that most people naturally thought of heaven as just past the clouds?

Zeitgeist Part 1 of 3
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BNf-P_5u_Hw

Zeitgeist Part 2 of 3
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qc-mrJf45Hg

Zeitgeist Part 3 of 3
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IjAegPhQOUg

Seaweed

The seaweed (or sea vegetables) I purchase is from Korea. Where is your seaweed from?

Horus, an Egyptian sun god who lived around 3,000 B.C.

Hmmm... it looks like the writers (Or shall I say God? Meaning, the so-called "inspired by God" writers of the New Testament.) couldn't come up with an original never-seen-before list of god-like qualities for Jesus Christ.

Here is a web site which shows the parallels between Horus, the Egyptian sun god (3,000 B.C.) and Jesus Christ (1-30 A.D.?) I'm not sure if these birth and death dates of Christ are correct. It's no matter, the point is made.

Christ is simply another mythological sun god, not the son of a god.

There are approximately thirty (30) exact or very close characteristics of the Egyptian Sun God Horus the writers of the New Testament copied from to describe their "new" Sun God Jesus Christ. From the virgin birth, to the names of his parents, to angels announcing his birth, to being a boy teacher at 12, to starting his ministry at age 30, to performing the same miracles, to dying and rising on the third day, to reigning for 1,000 years in the millennium and more.

See: http://www.religioustolerance.org/chr_jcpa5.htm
(Reminder, when you arrive at this web page listed above, be sure to scroll down to see the comparison table of god-characteristics between Horus and Christ.)

Are the masses realizing that it's 2009 and not 1,409?

Ancient Mythology

"The reality is, Jesus was the solar deity of the gnostic Christian sect and like all other pagan gods he was a mythical figure. It was the political establishment that sought to historize the Jesus figure for social control.

By 325 AD in Rome, Emperor of Constantine convened the counsel of Nicaea, it was during this meeting that the politically motivated Christian doctrines were established.

And thus began a long history of Christian blood shed and spiritual fraud. And for the next 1600 years, the Vatican maintained the political strangle-hold on all of the earth. Leading such to joyous periods as the dark ages, along with enlightening events such as the crusades and the inquisition.

Christianity, along with all other theistic belief systems, is the fraud of the age. It serves to detach the species from the natural world and likewise each other, it supports blind submission to authority, it reduces human responsibility to the effect that God controls everything and in turn awful crimes can be justified in the name of divine pursuit.

And most importantly it empowers those who know the truth but use the myth to manipulate and control societies. The religious myth is the most powerful device ever created and serves as the psychological soil upon which other myths can flourish.

A myth is an idea that while widely believed—is false. In a deeper sense and a religious sense, a myth serves as a orienting and mobilizing story for people. The focus is not on the story's relation to reality but on it's function. A story cannot function unless it is believed to be true in the community or the nation. It is not a matter of debate that some people have the bad taste to raise the question of the truth of the sacred story. The keepers of the faith do not enter into debate with them, they ignore them or denounce them as blasphemes."

The above is a direct quote from the ending of the movie Zeitgeist Part 3 of 3 which is found on www.youtube.com.

Zeitgeist Part 1 of 3
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BNf-P_5u_Hw

Zeitgeist Part 2 of 3
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qc-mrJf45Hg

Zeitgeist Part 3 of 3
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IjAegPhQOUg

"Rupholf the Red-Nosed Reindeer" and "Wanted"

My favorite line from an animated movie:
Yukon Cornelius: This fog's as thick as peanut butter!
Hermey: You mean pea soup.
Yukon Cornelius: You eat what you like, and I'll eat what I like!

My favorite line from all the movies I've seen to date:
It's last line in the movie, "Wanted," 2008.

Headline on Jan 5, 2009 States the White House Mourns the Death of Their Cat.

Who cares about their cat? I mourn, every day, the death of Americans killed and the illegal murder of hundreds of thousands (or is it a million?) Iraqis. Why doesn't the media mourn the gigantic loss of human life that the treasonous and criminal Cheney and Bush have perpetrated?

I can't wait for these sick, sick people to leave the White House. Good riddance, don't let the door hit you on the way out and please go directly to jail. Those two horrible people are a disgrace to America. The entire world can't wait for Cheney and Bush to leave office.

It is a public disgrace that Cheney and Bush were not impeached for crimes against humanity. Future generations will not understand how the people of the United States of America allowed eight years of criminal activities from these two disgusting men.

It's Already January 5, 2009

Ugh! Time flies. I'm tired of working. Right after college, in my early twenties, I realized that I was tired of working 40 hours a day, during my first job. Even though no one talked about a work-life balance in the 1980's, I knew I'd rather work less hours and have more hours so I could have a life—a personal life.

Working forty hours a week takes so much time, you can't live.

If I was creating art, publishing my own books, designing my own work and selling it, etcetera, and had enough money to live comfortably, that would be a different thing. As long as I didn't have to work a full forty hour week.

I dream of a day where we will have nationalized health care and we can work part-time jobs (or not work at all) so that we can spend more time in pursuing hobbies and have more time to be creative. And have more time for our friends.

I dream of a life where people can live and be around the people they really want to be with and live with. If you work too many hours, you begin to hate life. I dream of a day where we all have enough personal time to celebrate life.

My Bicycle Ride This Morning.

When I ride my bicycle, I ride on the sidewalk for the obvious reason that many drivers don't respect bicyclists (or just don't see bicyclists) and I refuse to be just another statistic of a bicyclist killed by a motor vehicle.

Whether you believe it's right or wrong (or against the law) to ride a bicycle on the sidewalk, my own sense of self-preservation is more important than how others think (and is more important than, yes, the law) about how I (or others) ride bicycles on a sidewalk.

To get back to the first paragraph, a young guy in his twenties (or early thirties) was killed (summer 2008) this way about two blocks away from where I live. The driver said he didn't see the bicyclist—for those who don't believe this type of thing happens.

So, I'm riding my bike on the sidewalk this morning and this older man makes the comment, "Why don't you ride on the street, that's what's it for." I was thinking, here is a guy who will eventually get in his gasoline powered car or truck and pollute the atmosphere with carcinogenic fumes literally endangering my health. Who is he to talk? What a freak.

Why couldn't he say something nice to me? For example, "Happy New Year," "Hello," "Hi, sexy," or the most obvious response, "Thank you for riding a bike and not polluting our atmosphere."

And if you are wondering why I think people in America really don't get it, this is a perfect example.

Religion and Our Shared Humanity

If your religion allows you to believe that other humans based on sexuality, race or sexual orientation don't have the same human rights as you, I want no part of it. We all bleed the same color and we typically all have the same organs and a complete human body. We all share this.

If you claim to be a born-again Christian or other type of religious follower, and if you are wondering why your non-religious family members don't want to talk with you, it's not because Satan has a hold of them.

It's because your rational family members don't want to associate themselves with people who don't understand the basic concept that we all share the same humanity. We all deserve to be treated equally and with respect.

When a break down in family communication occurs, there is no evil one who is causing this trouble. The breakdown is due to your own belief in an ancient religion which allows you to promote your own personal prejudice, bigotry and intolerance towards others as you claim your all loving god approves of your behavior.

Gaps in Science

What happens when there is a natural phenomenon or natural occurrence in nature and a gap in science can't explain it?

In the past, many times, religion tried to explain gaps in science. For example, if there was a drought, religious leaders and religious people would say the gods are mad at us. We now now know that the earth has weather patterns based on the laws of science and these occurrences happen due to science and not an angry god.

What about death? Not one person knows what happens after we die. Science has no answers yet. What happens after we die is a huge unknown.

All the crazies come out of the wood work trying to explain what happens after we die. Or how we can achieve life after death. Psychics and ancient mythological religions are at the forefront pretending to be certain of the answer.

When will the masses see the correlation of this gap in science and realize everyone is just guessing?

What do I think? I can't prove it; however, I think its obvious, when we die, that's it. I'm not being flippant here, death is not a pleasant thing, death is tragic. People we love, pass and we miss them for the rest of our lives.

Please don't tell me you have the answer—with certainty—after we die. Anyone who says we live forever, after we die, is simply guessing and telling a big fat lie. They are fraudulent.