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<\/a><\/p>\nThree momentous words: cataclysm, catastrophe and apocalypse all in one title? How to deflate all this hyperbole (if it can be done)?<\/p>\n
Well, at least this is not blatant statement about a nuclear war? Although there could be that as well buried within explosive realities.<\/p>\n
Throughout recorded time, as we know, or so presume to know it, there has usually been a few minds throwing cynically-cold water on various ballyhooed or celebrated ideas of grandiosity throughout history (including those of a religious faith nature).<\/p>\n
<\/a><\/p>\n And especially thanks to history\u2019s technologies of writing, recording, preserving (library collections), organizing (indexing), and making written records available to the public (via taxation and schools), people living today can reexamine some of histories past skeptics who have showered sobering sentiments into the indoctrinated fashions of their days.<\/p>\n This is especially true nowadays with more doors open more than ever with the Internet\u2014even against an onslaught of censorship. So previously ostracized, censored or ignored voices can be re-examined.<\/p>\n One such historical figure, a man named Baruch Spinoza, who is now considered at least in our day, an intellectual giant. His \u2018apostasy\u2019 was monumental, and now thanks to more renewed interest in his wayward studies, at least by way of the Internet, many assumptions people still make about the meanings and histories of Judeo-Christianity can be re-examined and explained, sometimes with exceptional competence and clarity.<\/p>\n Merriam-Webster\u2019s dictionary defines\u00a0apostasy<\/strong>:\u00a0\u201can act of refusing to continue to follow, obey, or recognize a religious faith, 2 abandonment of a previous loyalty: defection\u201d<\/em>\u00a0with this meaning equally reinforced by its etymological origin: \u201cfrom Greek\u00a0apostasia<\/em>, “to defect,” literally “to stand off,” from\u00a0apo<\/em>\u00a0“off, away from” +\u00a0stanai<\/em>\u00a0“to set, place.” Or simply to stand against.<\/p>\n Additionally, but not surprisingly, we note there is all manner of \u201cpolitical apostasy\u201d taking place these days against the U.S. Government on a number of issues, especially the backed genocide being carried out by Israel, as a morally nefarious plot against the indigenous Palestinians of the Levant (which does not mean enough apostasy has yet been manifested to higher catastrophic levels\u2014but the momentum is in this direction).<\/p>\n Catastrophe<\/strong>\u00a0is a word that traces\u00a0\u201cback 500 years to the1530s, “a reversal of what is expected” (especially a fatal turning point in a drama, the winding up of the plot), from Latin catastropha, from Greek katastroph\u0113 “an overturning; a sudden end,” from katastrephein “to overturn, turn down, trample on; to come to an end,” from\u00a0kata<\/strong>\u00a0“down +\u00a0strephein<\/strong>\u00a0“turn”.”<\/em> Many around the world have been watching this genocide going on for two years, and it still continues, but now more parties are calling it out for what it obviously is, and rebelling. Such are these times of our history.<\/p>\n Is the West Turning Against Israel?<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n Via\u00a0ForeignPolicy.Com<\/strong>\u00a0(FP\u2019s Ravi Agrawal spoke with Daniel Levy, a former Israeli peace negotiator)<\/p>\n https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=OF0ns0rjrqc<\/a><\/p>\n Twenty-Four US-Allied Nations Urge Israel To Lift All Restrictions on Aid Entering Gaza<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n https:\/\/news.antiwar.com\/2025\/08\/12\/twenty-four-us-allied-nations-urge-israel-to-lift-all-restrictions-on-aid-entering-gaza\/<\/a><\/p>\n \u201cThe humanitarian suffering in Gaza has reached unimaginable levels. Famine is unfolding before our eyes. Urgent action is needed now to halt and reverse starvation. Humanitarian space must be protected, and aid should never be politicized,\u201d the statement reads.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n \u201c \u2026 US and Israeli officials have been denying that Israel is responsible for the starvation in Gaza, but a report published by the Israeli newspaper Haaretz on Tuesday detailed how Israeli restrictions are responsible for the famine.\u201d<\/p>\n Within previous essays of this series of articles entitled:\u00a0Our World\u2019s Cataclysmic Reality of an End Times Wrapped With-in Biblical Mythology<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0(see listing at the end of this essay) we have reviewed what can rightly be called insane levels of \u201cend times prophesies,\u201d which not only allows Zionist Christians and Zionists alike to tolerate this deliberately engineered and ongoing genocide, but plenty such brainwashed persons are cheering it on (and\/ or justifying it).<\/p>\n If you google \u201cend times prophesies\u201d you will find a plethora of paranoia-inducing videos, as anticipated hyper-fear-based punishment and tribulation scenarios which millions and millions of what are, on average, normal-intelligence peoples (who nevertheless have come to believe these Biblically prophesized futurist outcomes to be real).<\/p>\n There are entire genres of books, articles, sermons, videos, seminars, etc. on this apocalypse subject (and frankly some of its creators have made millions of dollars on this reality of biblical terrorism, including sleazy and corrupt preachers).<\/p>\n But of course, end-times religious paranoia is not restricted to our own days\u2014it has been somewhat prevalent throughout the millennia, including and especially before the\u00a0Age of the Enlightenment<\/strong>.<\/p>\n \u201cThe Age of Enlightenment (also the\u00a0Age of Reason<\/strong>\u00a0and the Enlightenment) was a European intellectual and philosophical movement that flourished primarily in the 18th century. Characterized by an\u00a0emphasis on reason, empirical evidence, and scientific method<\/u>, the Enlightenment promoted ideals of\u00a0individual liberty, religious tolerance, progress, and natural rights<\/u>. Its thinkers advocated for constitutional government, the\u00a0separation of church and state<\/u>, and the application of\u00a0rational principles<\/u>\u00a0to social and political reform \u2026\u201d<\/em> Whereas:<\/p>\n \u201cBaruch (de) Spinoza<\/strong>\u00a0(born 1632 \u2013 21 died 1677), also known under his Latinized pen name Benedictus de Spinoza, was a philosopher of Portuguese-Jewish origin, who was born in the Dutch Republic. A\u00a0forerunner of the Age of Enlightenment<\/u>, Spinoza significantly influenced modern biblical criticism, 17th-century rationalism, and Dutch intellectual culture, establishing himself as\u00a0one of the most important and radical philosophers of the early modern period<\/u>\u00a0\u2026\u201d<\/em> To get an idea of how radical he was seen in his day, and how original he still becomes known in our own day, listen to this important video of recent vintage (and note that he, by himself, was a major enlightenment\u2014but was treated like darkness and dirt):<\/p>\n SPINOZA DISCOVERED JESUS NEVER SPOKE OF A HEAVEN AFTER DEATH \u2014 AND WHAT HE REALLY PROMISED<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=gRRNlrzNIM0<\/a><\/p>\n Imagine the implications of that title. After all the witch trials and various religious wars between one religious sect against another, and the corruption of some priests, bishops and the Vatican, such as the selling of indulgences were solidly outcomes of masses of people afraid of dying and going to either purgatory or hell (id. est., believing in an afterlife).<\/p>\n Surely anyone could make such a claim but when you learn how he studied various languages in order to study the earliest texts, plus his rigorous methodologies you can understand what a threat he was in his day\u2014and of course equally today.<\/p>\n To claim Jesus did not preach an afterlife is equivalent to equating him into any number of spiritual but mortal gurus such as Siddhartha Gautama (most commonly referred to as the Buddha lit.\u2009’the awakened one’) several centuries before his purported time. But then the entire life of Jesus Christ is controversial for many reasons including whether he actually lived at all.<\/p>\n But notice how very much Spinoza was formally and completely rejected both by his Jewish ancestry in the Netherlands and equally the Christian peoples of Europe during the 17\u1d57\u02b0 century! Social ostracism definitely took its toll\u2014latitudes in diverse thinking were limited.<\/p>\n He was the very essence of our metaphor of a dragon breathing fire (truth) against a massive sea of religious delusions (introduced in the previous essay). Hence, he was treated as if he were evil (as he certainly was an intellectual threat).<\/p>\n Note<\/u><\/strong>: To those who question our metaphysical depiction of a dragon breathing fire to symbolize a physical flame burning lies, often excoriating against entire forests of elaborated lies (consider how dragons are depicted as evil in Western Christianized civilizations. Christian nations equate evil with snakes and reptilian creatures.<\/p>\n This is from the psychology of propaganda which is aware of the reality that primates, in general, are fearful of snakes.<\/p>\n *Google AI presents to this search: \u201cChristianity depiction of dragons:<\/p>\n \u201cSymbolism: In Christian art and literature, dragons are frequently used to represent sin, temptation, and the spiritual darkness that humanity must overcome. The slaying of a dragon by a saint, such as St. George, is a powerful symbol of faith and courage in the face of adversity.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n Mentioned in a previous essay is the argument that nowhere in the Bible is there any mention to a Bill of Rights for souls supposedly judged by God\u2014no right to a fair trial, to cross examine witnesses, to habeas corpus, etc. It is simply assumed an all-powerful figure will be fair; but as we can learn about the real nature of the biblical God, we have every right to live with doubt.<\/p>\n The Bible is a top-down authoritarian document.<\/p>\n So, the message herein these series of essays is that it is necessary for a judging audience to get the other side of the story\u2014and not to assume every form of religious doctrine or propaganda is automatically true, because as you can discover there is a good deal of distortion to be found even within religious literature\u2014be it hyped as Gospel (God\u2019s spell) or not.<\/p>\n Spinoza directly challenged religious dogma and was summarily smeared, rejected and considered evil\u2014irrespective of any defense he could have mustered.<\/p>\n This is why cynics, doubters, and intellectuals of wayward bent deserve a fairer hearing in our own days\u2014be it apostasy against church or state (including governments who think and act as if they are God).<\/p>\n As mentioned, Spinoza studied several languages: Latin, Greek and Aramaic to get to the core originally meanings of the Aramaic writings of the early New Testament (to compare and contrast translations) in order to study Jesus \u2018purported\u2019 statements in his original language (at least as claimed on paper). How many of his detractors cared about his scholarship or dedication to veracity?<\/p>\n He was desecrated, excoriated, and thrown dead to the dogs, metaphorically, as society en large, condemned his scholarship and equally his personhood. C\u2019est la vie. This is how truth-tellers are too often treated!<\/p>\n Do you remember what happened to Representative James Traficant when he claimed Congress was subservient to Jewish power?<\/p>\n James Traficant Predicts Your Future<\/strong><\/p>\n https:\/\/odysee.com\/@RBD3:d\/James-Traficant-Predicts-Your-Future:1<\/a><\/p>\n Since when has the Jewish dominated Western media ever given a critic of Israel a fair hearing? It does not happen.<\/p>\n He was dealt with accordingly\u2014that is to say\u2014underhandedly, with bogus charges brought against him to spend time in prison and later found mysteriously dead under a tractor.<\/p>\n Look at the bogus or highly exaggerated charges being brought up against International Criminal Court Chief Prosecutor Karim Khan:<\/p>\n Former ICC judges criticize handling of sexual misconduct investigation into chief prosecutor<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n https:\/\/www.jurist.org\/news\/2025\/08\/former-icc-judges-criticize-handling-of-sexual-misconduct-investigation-into-icc-chief-prosecutor\/<\/a><\/p>\n \u201cAccording to reports, the timing of sexual misconduct allegations against Khan raised concerns over attempts to undermine the ICC\u2019s work. Particularly, the report claims that, as Khan prepared arrest warrants for Israeli officials, sexual harassment complaints against him surfaced and later became public.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n The same kind of smear tactics are equally being used against truth breathers like Francesca Albanese, United Nations\u00a0Special Rapporteur on the Occupied Palestinian Territories<\/em>, by both the U.S. Government as well as the Israeli Government.<\/p>\n Remember the word spirit comes to us from Latin\u00a0spiritus<\/em>\u00a0meaning to breathe. To breathe the truth in a world saturated by lies or myths is to be attacked by those trying to preserve the status quo of deceit. Such forms of spirituality are not wanted\u2014and the last thing you will witness is a fair trial!<\/p>\n Now in our modern age of \u201capocalyptic Christianity,\u201d that is the insanity levels of the millions and millions of Bible thumpers egging on what may very well turn into another World War in the Middle East, and equally \u201cManchurian candidates\u201d now residing in high political places, like U.S. Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee, many more vintage videos are coming out to challenge thousands of years of religious dogma and fear-mongering (including the fear-based forms of religious terrorism).<\/p>\n *Google AI Overview:<\/p>\n \u201cApocalyptic Christianity<\/strong>\u00a0refers to a branch of Christian thought and practice that emphasizes the\u00a0belief in an imminent and dramatic end of the world<\/u>, often associated with the return of Christ and a final judgment. It’s\u00a0characterized by a focus on apocalyptic themes<\/u>, such as the symbolism of the Book of Revelation, and the belief that God will intervene in history to establish his kingdom and end evil.<\/em>\u201d [More specifics can be found at Google AI\u2019s breakdown.]<\/p>\n Whereas:<\/p>\n *Google AI Overview: Several of Donald Trump\u2019s supposed selections to fill his cabinet are essentially operating as Manchurian candidates\u2014only rather than taking direction strictly from a foreign nation, they are more of less doing so because of their minds are under the control of religious assumptions and beliefs\u2014Mike Huckabee and Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth are veritable examples (as there are several more).]<\/p>\n Palestinian Pastor: Huckabee Shows the Danger of Mixing Theology and Politics | Opinion<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/palestinian-pastor-huckabee-shows-danger-mixing-theology-politics-opinion-2058253<\/a><\/p>\n \u201cOver the years, Mr. Huckabee has denied the existence of the Palestinian people, calling them “a political tool to try and force land away from Israel.” He has rejected the concepts of occupation and settlements, dismissed the legitimacy of Palestinian statehood and once declared, “There’s really no such thing as a Palestinian.” In another instance, he said, “There is no such thing as a West Bank\u2014it’s Judea and Samaria,” a reference to the Biblical names favored by the Israeli Right.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n \u201cThese are not the words of a diplomat. They reflect a disregard for international law and global consensus<\/u>\u2014including UN Security Council Resolutions 242 and 2334, which affirm the inadmissibility of territorial acquisition by war and declare Israeli settlements a flagrant violation of international law.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cWhat undergirds Mr. Huckabee’s statements is a strain of Christian Zionism rooted in a 19\u1d57\u02b0-century end-times framework known as dispensationalism\u2014a belief system that interprets modern events in Israel as signs of the fulfillment of Biblical prophecies.\u201d<\/p>\n How could such an appointment to such an important political position be viewed with anything but suspicion that the American White House is not compromised?<\/p>\n Meanwhile, ironically, we find:<\/p>\n Mike Huckabee Calls Ocasio-Cortez ‘Manchurian Candidate’ Communist Recruit on ‘Fox & Friends’<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n How molten hot does the pot have to be before it calls the kettle black? Going back to the *Google AI definition we covered above we also note:<\/p>\n \u201c \u2026 Over time, “Manchurian Candidate” evolved beyond the specific context of brainwashing and communism to broadly describe any figure perceived to be under the undue influence of an opposing power or ideology, undermining their country or party’s interests. The term is typically used in political discourse and carries a strong negative connotation, implying treason or corruption.<\/em><\/p>\n Guaranteed, religions can, and do, brainwash people, especially when they manipulate fear, and once na\u00efve victims are brain-washed they may be vulnerable to act against their own or others\u2019 best interests (which is what is happening gob-smacked, hands down and hog-tied).<\/p>\n Note<\/u><\/strong>: In no way is this essay, or series of essays, meant to insinuate, or flatly declare, that religions or spirituality, per se, are invariably evil or not important to mankind. Practically all societies have had some notion of religious systems of belief throughout history. Stephen Asma wrote a book called\u00a0Why We Need Religion<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0as have others. However, what this treatise equally claims, and vociferously declares, is that\u00a0all people, that is all souls, have a right and a duty to judge religious messaging, on the individual basis within their own sense of conscientiousness<\/u>, and equally to decide, as humans that we are, if certain religious messages attributed to supreme beings may seem to be, or seem not to be sacred\u2014regardless to whether they are so claimed to be by voices or authority. And moreover, despite the fact that Abrahamic religions currently dominate this world, at least by population over the last millennia, this does not mean they are beyond being questioned.]<\/p>\n Why We Need Religion<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Why-Need-Religion-Stephen-Asma\/dp\/0190469676<\/a><\/p>\n \u201cNo theorist of religion has failed to notice the importance of emotions in spiritual and ritual life, but truly systematic research has only recently delivered concrete data on the neurology, psychology, and anthropology of the emotional systems. This very recent “affective turn” has begun to map out a powerful territory of embodied cognition.\u201d<\/em> Consider, now for a moment, how much literature has evolved on religion over the last three or four thousand years of history. There are likely millions of books on various subjects of religion\u2014touching on almost every conceivable aspect\u2014which is not to argue some of the saner or trust-worthy schools of thought have won out.<\/p>\n So of course, this would also include books that argue only fools think a life of pure atheism is ideal. In this modern age there are many voices disparaging religion, in general, on many fronts\u2014presuming rational people prefer atheism to any form of faith (which actually seems somewhat na\u00efve).<\/p>\n But what is clear is that atheists can lead a moral life, and in some cases even a life more moral than many who claim to believe in any one of various sects of religious doctrine which claim religious morality.<\/p>\n Yet it is equally true in this modern age, statistically, that people who tend to be more atheist tend not to continue to procreate as much as more traditionally religious peoples do. This is understandable since they have no blind faith in supernatural forces solving many of humankind\u2019s numerous dilemmas and catastrophic threats.<\/p>\n Regardless, religions will likely continue to exist for a very long time, which does not mean they cannot be challenged or allowed to evolve to change. Rather it seems imperative they do\u2014given many of today\u2019s more rational analysis on what the Abrahamic religions portent.<\/p>\n It is clearly essential that a healthy society allows for a great deal of research and variation of opinion on such important topics as religion and faith (no matter how controversial and heretical).<\/p>\n And frankly heresy has too always been part of the mankind\u2019s history of religion.<\/p>\n For example, there could be, arguably, a God that no mortal could even begin to understand (or claim to take notes from messenger angels). Maybe all the voices who have claimed to speak for God or claimed to talk with God directly are essentially frauds? This still does not mean there is no noun or verb someone could designate as a supreme God.<\/p>\n Such a realization at least has some humility.<\/p>\n Such a sentiment can be found in the esoteric writing of monk Thomas Merton, in his book\u00a0New Seeds of Contemplation<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0who equally wrote in ways that had some adroit methodology in meditating on God, along with paradoxes of taking much of the dogma of Catholicism for granted.<\/p>\n Surely a higher power who cannot be understood is distant from the human and mortal mind, still such a reality is still possible\u2014without all the baggage of doctrine and dogma (especially without the oppressively totalitarian kind of Judeo-Christianity).<\/p>\n Still some people argue, moreover, it is only a matter of time when humans who claim to be atheist will then think and act as if they alone are the highest thing we humans will ever know to gods, and therefore, the fear, \u2018some\u2019 will proceed to do all manner of immoral acts with expectations of impunity (like Mafioso\u2019s and various criminal cartels). But of course, this has always been part of human history for thousands of years.<\/p>\n One can only guess as to how many Catholic Popes and Bishops were in fact atheists in their core. And frankly why did not Niccole Machiavelli not do more analysis on religious politics\u2014especially given he was Italian of Roman Catholicism?<\/p>\n Thomas Hobbes had more to say on this subject but we should not lose sight of the reality that religion is ultimately its own form of politics and psychology with many overlaps of analogy to politics (as discussed in these essays). And moreover, this form of politics, dressed up as religion absolutism, can be the equivalent of \u201cabsolute power corrupts absolutely.\u201d<\/p>\n Whereas, the real history of Communism is one such imminent example of some atheists engaging in mass murder as immoral brutality. Wikipedia even has an entry entitled:<\/p>\n Mass killings under communist regimes<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mass_killings_under_communist_regimes<\/a><\/p>\n Note as well, some people who claim to believe in a particular religion or ethnicity do so primarily as becoming a beneficiary to more easily leading a life of unethical activity and exploitation. Immorality hides with all manner of disguises.<\/p>\n Any claims of religious doctrine should be scrutinized for what seems to reflect real ethical sensibilities.<\/p>\n For example, one really does not need to believe in, say, various texts or schools of Judaism, or even a sense of the supernatural, but being a member of some sects or circles, irrespective of personal beliefs, potentially allows that individual to gain access to more \u2018worldly\u2019 power, as to circulate in circles of community that protect their collective well-being and interests.<\/p>\n As stated in the previous essay, Judaism is actually heavily focused on provided for the material well-being of Jewish peoples, going so far as to supposedly \u2018guarantee\u2019 a promised land for eternity. Morality is a distant priority in the Pentateuch\u2014which is why some people are in fact \u201canti-Torah-ist because it claims their God espouses genocide of the other Canaanite peoples.\u201d<\/p>\n Further, it very much seems the current out-crying of disparaging of Zionism versus traditional Judaism is hardly the black and white categorization, morally, some want to presume. The god(s) of the Old Testament have wicked decrees regardless as to whether they are camped into the labels Zionism or Torahism.<\/p>\n And we well know there are a lot of Jews who are technically atheist and yet still espouse Zionist goals\u2014even the more repressive and racist.<\/p>\n Nevertheless, how much easily might it be to get access to connected friends, wealthy sponsors, and financial loans on low credit, or access to business partners if one happens to claim a Jewish identity (irrespective if based on religious belief or ethnicity)?<\/p>\n Religions can be a cover for a host of worldly realities\u2014just as can all manner of secret societies like the free masons, or those who supposedly dabble in the so-called Kabbalah arts and other over-rated Magi-magics or sleights-of-hand symbols, numerologies and assortment of secret handshakes, etc., mostly meant to confuse and confound.<\/p>\n Don\u2019t misunderstand: secret societies do in fact exist and act as powerful agents of action. You have secret societies that act as cabals of criminality, secret intelligence agencies, and various other corporate behemoths of secret enterprise. It is just that some of the elaborate rituals, learning of esoteric texts and doctrines of secret could be mostly composed of horse-drit (as far as meaning and efficacy goes).<\/p>\n Whereas, checkout\u00a0\u201cThe Mega Group\u201d<\/strong>\u00a0(where you do not need to have any special knowledge save your willingness to put Zionist goals as a priority.<\/p>\n https:\/\/littlesis.org\/oligrapher\/7921-the-mega-group<\/a><\/p>\n Mega Group, Maxwells and Mossad: The Spy Story at the Heart of the Jeffrey Epstein Scandal<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n https:\/\/mintpressnews.cn\/mega-group-maxwells-mossad-spy-story-jeffrey-epstein-scandal\/261172\/<\/a><\/p>\n \u201cWhile Part I and Part II of this series, \u201cThe Jeffrey Epstein Scandal: Too Big to Fail,\u201d have focused on the widespread nature of sexual blackmail operations in recent American history and their ties to the heights of American political power and the U.S. intelligence community, one key aspect of Epstein\u2019s own sex-trafficking and blackmail operation that warrants examination is Epstein\u2019s ties to Israeli intelligence and his ties to the \u201cinformal\u201d pro-Israel philanthropist faction known as \u201cthe Mega Group.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n It is only when Western societies are capable of cynically and skeptically analyzing the false and the fake within religious traditions will they be able to choose for themselves what will be guides for their moral compasses.<\/p>\n Do not be afraid to intellectually and skeptically analyze religious claims no matter how old historically, or how touted and vaunted they seem, or how entrenched they have been in any given society or the world at large.<\/p>\n Today it seems paramount to the survival of human life to incorporate far more scrutiny on religious influence than ever before, as the stakes of religious politics overwhelms the planet.<\/p>\n The world needs free thinkers more than ever (and they are showing up with real worldly analysis) but not so much from traditional colleges of theology, politics, psychology, etc., or not so much from professions and non-profit organizations like the many dedicated to secular humanism but rather from solo intellectuals and amateurs who are self-taught but highly insightful.<\/p>\n Stoicism philosophy puts emphasis on individuality and independence\u2014not following the herd. You do not be afraid to think and feel independently. You have a right and a duty to come to your own conclusions on all important matters.<\/p>\n Why Isolation Is Power: The Stoic Perspective<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=VW1TiUlTjVk<\/a><\/p>\n The following video has a rather blatant title that seems more propagandistic than balanced, but actually it is a\u00a0well-argued, well-articulated, well-thought out<\/u>\u00a0video. This is a perfect example of how\u00a0religious superstition is being competently, morally, and eloquently challenged<\/u>\u2014and therefore real seekers of truth should not fear it or shun it because it judges some \u2018purported\u2019 messages of God as evil (id. est., fear is heavily used in Judeo-Christianity as a manipulative tool and it is time people realize it\u2014especially fools like Mike Huckabee):<\/p>\n Why the God of the Bible is Evil<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=-Z3kC_V2PNU<\/a><\/p>\n Today, even coming into fruition in just the last weeks and months, there are many such videos challenging past historical religious beliefs (many worthy and interesting).<\/p>\n We actually live in a \u2018renaissance\u2019 of new ideas, and equally older ideas are being dusted off, like those of Baruch Spinoza, fermenting and challenging the past religious status quo, just as he attempted in his past time.<\/p>\n Therefore, to refute the legitimacy of Judaism or Christianity is not the same as refuting religion and the supernatural in general\u2014no matter how many hundreds of millions of people believe that only the God of the Bible is a legitimate form of religious and belief and worship (besides there are so many contradictions within various sects of Christianity and Judaism).<\/p>\n [Note: few comments and criticisms are made here regarding Islam because this author is not acquainted with that religion.]<\/p>\n Many videos can be found on Spinoza alone on the Internet\u2014worthy of real insight into how we could be thinking about religion today as plenty of questions are eternal. For example, many more Rabbis too could have been more scholarly open to his influence over the decades.<\/p>\n Especially today it is important people, with all the Zionist dogma dominating the politics of the Middle East, and ongoing wars, and rumors of wars, peoples world-wide are thinking about religion, hopefully in broad and new ways\u2014if not outright revolutionary ways!<\/p>\n Lots of alternative analyses come to some pretty sound conclusions that can be found of the Internet such as at Youtube.com. Our world needs more people to explore these alternative insights.<\/p>\n And granted, some of their short titles introducing such podcasts are rather blatant and seemingly insulting, yet when you listen to plenty of them, they are based on sound logic, high levels of articulated analysis and persuasive commentary. Here is two videos:<\/p>\n How Religion is Destroying our Civilization<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=jYlZMSwyz2M<\/a><\/p>\n The Brainwashing Tactics Used by All Religions<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=mVa–SKhJ2s<\/a><\/p>\n Frankly these intelligent analyses the world could have widely known for centuries already.<\/p>\n Rather religions have been a protected from scrutiny for much of the world\u2019s population\u2014not getting the kind of rational, serious, no-holds-barred analysis they actually deserve. Has not the world had enough religious wars?<\/p>\n Today, given how much modern politics is directly affected by religious dogma there is no other option but for courageous peoples to take on these mystical \u2018spells\u2019 that have such power in keeping people from understanding truths that need awakening.<\/p>\n If it has not been mentioned in earlier essays, it is essential to re-iterate the real meaning of what it means by a person being \u2018possessed,\u2019 such as commonly referred to in the Western world and being \u201cdemonically possessed.\u201d And you do not need to be some trained exorcist to comprehend this\u2014because it is simple.<\/p>\n To be possessed simply means to believe in ideas that you have been fed that are not true. But because you think they are true you act under their spell (if you will). And, moreover, such consequences could have bad outcomes (similar to the idea of people operating as Manchurian candidates).<\/p>\n That explanation is pretty simple. And frankly it is true\u2014regardless as to whether you believe in supernatural entities or not. And it is hardly just about religious belief.<\/p>\n For example, many on the left still believe that the 2020 election was \u2018not\u2019 stolen from Trump (but it was regardless of whether you like the guy), as they equally believe the Russian government had significant influence in the 2016 election (they did not\u2014Hilary Clinton could not even fill a high-school basketball court with fans whereas Trump had huge packed stadiums everywhere).<\/p>\n Just because Donald Trump and Republicans are capable of deceit and cheating does not mean every accusation against him or them is true. So frankly it is truly astonishing how brainwashed and na\u00efve are many on the left to not understand how truly corrupt is the Democratic Party (and has been for a long time). And yes, the Republican Party is too corrupt which is why Americans need to abandon both parties.<\/p>\n We digress. But it needed to be stated. It is nauseating listening to corrupt democrats lecturing corrupt republicans.<\/p>\n Not all religion needs to be shunned because some of it seems to be corrupted. But surely you too have met people who simply seem hate any idea of God or religion and will not give religion credit for anything positive. They will not listen to any arguments on the subject. They are closed minded and frankly, it seems, na\u00efve.<\/p>\n One problem why this is, is that to them, Judeo-Christianity represents the end-all-and-be-all meanings of religion and the supernatural, and frankly it left a bad taste in their mouths. So now they don\u2019t want to consider any other notions of spiritual growth or exotic notions of what cannot be proven in the here and now. Yet often these people do not come across as especially happy or content. Rather they are sour and closed-minded. C\u2019est la vie (such is life).<\/p>\n One problem why this is, is that to them, Judeo-Christianity represents the end-all-and-be-all meanings of religion and the supernatural, and frankly it left a bad taste in their mouths. So now they don\u2019t want to consider any other notions of spiritual growth or exotic notions of what cannot be proven in the here and now. Yet often these people do not come across as especially happy or content. Rather they are sour and closed-minded. C\u2019est la vie (such is life).<\/p>\n There are new possibilities for humanity to discover and new religious sensibilities and values (or to re-examine old ideas with fresh eyes).<\/p>\n It is foolish to think ancient history and ancient societies will continue to be the best sources of inspiration for spiritual growth and value systems. No one, no part of the world, and no age has a monopoly on religious faith and the Supernatural.<\/p>\n Any frankly no part of the planet is any less holy than the land of Levant. It is all, arguably, God\u2019s kingdom.<\/p>\n Meanwhile, common people of the world need to continue to confront powerful institutions and professions of this planet, and ask why they are tolerating all the wars, killing and a genocide in broad daylight, based primarily on questionable and frankly shady religious belief systems. The idea that Caucasian Ashkenazi Jews have some \u201cdivine right\u201d to any plot of land anywhere on the planet is ludicrous.<\/p>\n Despite the Trump administration\u2019s goals, people who work as mental health professional do not need to focus on the mental health of school age children or the homeless (although having so many kicked out of intuitions in the 1970s was not so wise) nearly as much as they need to focus on the brainwashed zealots who work for the American government and are driving apocalyptic delusions.<\/p>\n Why do we have so many religiously crazy zealots and corrupt individuals running the American government and working in Donald Trump\u2019s White House? Some of these people need to be impeached because they are not altogether sane or trustworthy.<\/p>\n Can we hear an Amen?<\/p>\n Amen.<\/p>\n The End.<\/p>\n P.S. Israel, you are coming down your mountain, you and your Yahweh. Amen.<\/p>\n This essay above will also be\u00a0Part XI<\/strong>\u00a0of:<\/p>\n Our World\u2019s Cataclysmic Reality of an End Times Wrapped With-in Biblical Mythology:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n By a Mortal Man<\/p>\n Part I<\/strong> Part II<\/strong> Part 3<\/strong> Part IV<\/strong> Part V<\/strong> Part VI<\/strong> Part VII<\/strong>: Part VIII<\/strong>: Part IX<\/strong>: Part X<\/strong> People who want to know what is \u2018really\u2019 going on, with some important commentary they need to plug into people or websites like:<\/p>\n JudgeNap.Com<\/strong>\u00a0(interviews with honest very competent experts\u2014opposite of Trump\u2019s advisors: Colonial Douglas McGregor, Lawrence Wilkerson, John Mearsheimer, Scott Ritter, Alastair Crooke, Larry Johnson, Ray McGovern, Aaron Mate, Max Blumenthal, Jeffery Sachs, Phil Giraldi, Charles Freeman, Karen Kwiatkowski, Tony Shafer, Matt Hoh, etc., all important voices\u2605)<\/p>\n TheYoungTurks.Com Sorry I\u2019m missing some. There are, of course, more out there!<\/p>\n No \u201caggregator websites\u201d are mentioned above because they tend to list a mishmash of sources, some great and some suspicious, but overall still worth checking out with some wariness.\u00a0Although a lot of important stories hard to find elsewhere<\/strong>\u00a0they also list some pseudo-truth links, you know the divide and conquer party politics, or red herring sideliners, or click bait, but along with plenty of real and important news.<\/p>\n Try\u00a0Jim Fetzer<\/strong>\u00a0at\u00a0RepublicanBroadcastingNetwork.com, Rense.com, StateoftheNation.Info<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0WhatReallyHappened.Com<\/strong>\u00a0(currently they do not much list my work but you can find \u2018some\u2019 really important and worthy sources there as well.)<\/p>\n If you tap into several of the above sources you will most likely get far more accurate information and discussion about true news than many other sources out there (especially the mainstream media too many still trust).<\/p>\n Added important links:<\/p>\n Owen Jones accuses Western governments and media of masking complicity with \u201chand-wringing\u201d<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=KXK52eGyGGM<\/a><\/p>\n Katie Halper HUMILIATES Marco Rubio Over Wounded Child Visa Ban | Useful Idiots<\/p>\n https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=D2dTvtnQCv0<\/a><\/p>\n Jeffrey Sachs BREAKS DOWN Trump Zelensky ‘PEACE’ Summit<\/p>\n https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=P0IgICec6RE<\/a><\/p>\n \u2018This Isn\u2019t a Presidency, It\u2019s a One-Man Circus\u2019: Sachs Tears Into Trump\u2019s Trade War<\/p>\n
\nEtymonline.com (word origins)<\/p>\n
\nWikipedia<\/p>\n
\nWikipedia<\/p>\n
\n\u201cpolitical definition manchurian candidate:<\/strong>
\n\u201cIn a political context, the term “Manchurian Candidate” refers to a person, especially a political figure, who is acting as a puppet or controlled agent, often unknowingly, by an enemy power or hostile entity. The term suggests disloyalty or corruption, regardless of whether the individual is intentionally or unintentionally serving the interests of the controlling entity.<\/em><\/p>\n
\nAmazon.com part of book description.<\/p>\n
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\nThe Unz Review at\u00a0www.Unz.com<\/a>
\nwww.youtube.com\/user\/GlennGreenwald<\/a>
\nTheIntercept.com
\nhttps:\/\/www.dropsitenews.com\/
\nThePeoplesVoice.Org
\nDouble Down News (YouTube)
\nwww.youtube.com\/@KimIversenAntiWar.Com
\nCaitlin Johnstone
\nGeorge Galloway
\nMondoweiss.net
\nCandace Owens
\nElectronicIntifada.net
\nStateoftheNation.info
\nMiddleEastEye.Com
\nZachery Foster Palestine Nexus
\nDemocracyNow.Org
\nChris Hedges
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\nWhitney Webb
\nPaul Craig Roberts
\nJohn Whitehead at Rutherford Institute
\nThe Jimmy Dore Show
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\nMarianne Williamson
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