August 2019

A tree is known by it’s fruit; a man by his deeds.

A good deed is never lost;

he who sows courtesy reaps friendship,

and he who plants kindness gathers love.

St. Basil

In the Bible, Matthew 7:12, it reads: Therefore all things whatsoever ye would that men should do to you: do ye even so to them: for this is law and the prophets…In other words, Do unto others as you would have them do unto you. So, if you are a Christian and you follow God’s word then your actions will/should proceed from the Word.

I bring this up because too many Christians subscribe to actions afoul of God’s word. What’s specifically concerning to me is the foul practice of bigotry. Hate is against God’s holy presence and creation. God IS Love. To hate God’s creation is to be against God’s will and is arrogance and waywardness. To turn away from Divine Will is to turn towards hell and to the ways and practices of hell. Your journey is an evil one. Evil intentions flow into deep waywardness and loss.

Why is this a problem? Bigotry is a problem because it is the basis of much abuse, theft, violence and murder (and mass murders like wars).Who are the hated? Blacks, immigrants, all brown people, Semites, women of all races, LGBTQ, the disabled, the homeless…who else? And why? Why, why, why? Everybody has some ‘good reason’ to hate. In psychology this ‘good reason’ is called rationalization. Do you use the Bible to hate? Does one use the Koran, traditions, culture, or old lies whose source is forgotten? Where the hell is your hate coming from? Will hating LGBTQ make you a real man? Will hating Jews make you a better Christian? Will lording over women make you a bigger man? Are you chosen by God to rule the world with domination, an iron fist and with a silver tongue? Are you the chosen Semite and other Semites are not? Are you entitled to your contempt because your skin is white or light? Who gave you the authority to hate? God didn’t die and did not appoint you bull goose looney.

Sometimes folks try to be minimum bigots: “I have black friends” or “I like good Xs”: ‘good negroes’; good women; ‘good indians’; good, obedient, controllable slaves (of one type or another). If they’re not useful then they have to die. This is snowballing from the past to the present. Cold hate requires usefulness, subservience and obedience as a prerequisite for your right to life. Death squads are cold hate in action. Don’t be inconvenient. Stay in your closet. And never forget: Whites Only.

When women are reduced to being “vessels of sin” or the mentally handicapped to being “retarded” the damaging effects created are a two way street. Projecting garbage thoughts onto victims is never good but manifesting vile thoughts, deeds and whole histories is the sign of a disease vector. Psychopaths should be hospitalized and not allowed to run nations. It’s been a grand old tradition, through cowardice, to just let pathology rule. Countless generations have been raised feeling the whip from birth to death.

Shit does come from the top. The abuse and hate we are daily exposed to finds its way into our attempts to fully function normally. Our humanity is eroded and polluted to the point that we are self hating and abusive to one degree or another.

Do unto others as you would have them do unto you? What does that mean in YOUR actions?