THE WONKER

Not an independent thinker

Not An Independent Thinker

Hello Anyone,

I’m reprinting below an email (10 Dec 2006) from RG to AO, who is a good friend of mine – and the topic is me and what I know, but more about what I don’t know about worship/God. It’s really reason versus faith, that’s why I put it here. I am going to reply to it later; meanwhile, you may want to react to it on your own right now. The original was really allcaps; I decided to copy and paste it (it was copy-furnished to me by AO) because, of course, RG is of the old school and allcaps was an easy way of emphasizing your points – in this case, everything is emphasized and therefore important. Among other things, he says I’m ‘not an independent thinker.’

Apt image from Terri Lynn who captions it ‘Throes Of Worship 7’ (flickr.com/), which means it’s part of a series of photographs. (If you want to view the series – looks good – visit her at http://flickr.com/photos/terri_lynn/.) Hers is the face of a believer, a worshipper. When I saw it, I was immediately enamored with it, which I think in a way describes the object of worship: an instant innamorata. You don’t think, you don’t reason – you just believe, you just worship, you just wonder.

Frank

ACO,

BETWEEN YOU AND ME, I THINK FRANK IS AN INDOCTRINEE OF THE COLONIZING FRIARS. NOT AN INDEPENDENT THINKER. I RESPECT HIS BELIEFS.

HE HAS NOT READ MUCH OF HOW THE HOLY BIBLE WAS FORMULATED BY THE CATHOLIC CHURCH DURING THE 4TH CENTURY, FROM ANCIENT HOLY SCRIPTURES WRITTEN BY MORAL ACTIVISTS, APOSTLES, PROPHETS, WRITTEN DECADES AFTER THE INCIDENTS AND EVENTS ACTUALLY HAPPENED, AND WAS CARRIED ON AS SPOKEN SCRIPTURES UNTIL THESE COULD BE WRITTEN – DURING THE ANCIENT STAGES OF OUR HUMAN CULTURE IN THE ANCIENT TIMES, IN OUR GOLDEN AGE OF LEGENDS, FABLES, SUPERSTITIONS, WITCHCRAFT, FORTUNE TELLERS, AND MYSTIC STORY TELLERS.

THE BOOK OF MARK, THE FIRST BOOK, WAS WRITTEN ABOUT 60 YEARS AFTER THE DEATH OF JESUS CHRIST. HOW AUTHENTIC AND RELIABLE COULD IT BE? THIS DISSERTATION AND MESSAGE BY THE APOSTLE. IT IS BLIND FAITH THAT WE BELIEVE, NOT COMMON SENSE
AND. LOGIC OF REASON.

THE HOLY BIBLE WAS FORMULATED FOR MUNDANE MOTIVES, TO BUILD A FOLLOWING BY THE ORGANIZERS FOR INFLUENCE, AUTHORITY AND POWER, AND GATHER THE MATERIAL GIFTS TO A MYSTICAL GOD. A GOD WITH A DUAL PERSONALITY OF LOVE AND WRATH, WHO WILL REWARD OBEDIENT SOULS TO A MYSTICAL HEAVEN OF ETERNAL LIFE AND HAPPINESS, WITHOUT SATIATION; AND TO LAKES OF ETERNAL FIRE IN HELL FOR THE WICKED AND DISOBEDIENT, FOR ETERNAL SUFFERING, PERDITION AND DAMNATION, AND TORTURED BY DEVILS. THIS IS TO SCARE US INTO WORSHIP OF AN ANGERED GOD, AND APPEASE HIM WITH GIFTS.

OUR INSTINCTS AND INTUITION KNOW THAT THERE IS ORDER IN NATURE AND THE UNIVERSE, (THAT EMANATE IN OUR SOCIAL ORDER AND CULTURE) WITH LAWS AND VALUES TO MAINTAIN THIS ORDER, AND THESE DO NOT HAPPEN AND EXIST WITHOUT A CAUSE. AND WE BELIEVE IN A CAUSE-CREATOR-GOD, AND ARE OUR CORE BELIEFS THAT HAS BEEN EXPLOITED BY CULT RELIGIONS TO MAKE MONEY IN THE WORSHIP OF GOD FOR THE GIFTS IT BRINGS.

WHAT ARE THE TEN COMMANDMENTS? BUT DERIVATIONS BY APOSTLES DURING THE ANCIENT TIMES, FROM THE VALUES OF OUR HUMAN FAMILY, LOOKING UNSELFISHLY AMONG ONE ANOTHER FOR COLLECTIVE CREATIVE GOOD, SHARING, CARING, AND LOVING ONE ANOTHER, AND THESE VALUES BEING EXTENDED TO THE LEVEL OF OUR SOCIAL ORDER AND CULTURE, AND TO NATURE THAT IS THE HANDIWORK OF GOD. TO INTERACT AND LIVE WITH EACH OTHER, AMONG ONE ANOTHER, IN ALTRUISTIC COLLECTIVE CREATIVE GOOD, FOR OUR ENDURING WELFARE AND SURVIVAL INTO THE FUTURE IN OUR SEARCH FOR KNOWLEDGE TO KNOW THE TRUTH OF NATURE AND CREATION.

WE CAN ATTUNE ON OUR OWN, WITH OUR CAUSE-CREATOR-GOD. NOT IN THE PAGAN IDLE IDOL WORSHIP OF A MYSTICAL GOD, CONJURED IN VISIONS, DELUSIONS AND HALLUCINATIONS OF HUMAN IMAGINATION, BY ENTERPRISING HOODWINKERS DURING OUR IGNOOOORANT ANCIENT TIMES, FOR THE GIFTS WORSHIP BRINGS. AND INDOCTRINATED INTO OUR HUMAN GENERATIONS FROM BIRTH TO DEATH, TO PROGRAM, CONTROL AND ENSLAVE OUR MINDS, HEARTS AND PASSION, IN THE BELIEF AND WORSHIP OF A MYSTICAL GOD, AND BECOME CAPTIVES TO THE CULTS, AND HAND OVER GIFTS OF LOVE TO GOD, TO THE CULTS.

IS THIS NOT A FAMILIAR RACKET IN OUR MODERN TIMES? SHALL WE CONTINUE TO CARRY OUR HEADS ON TOP OF OUR NECKS AND USE IT LIKE A COCONUT?

RG