I will begin this post by reminding my readers that the Roman Catholic Church is once again overtly displaying its favorite ploy — change the rules — pretend it never happened — sweep it under the carpet — the young will never know — those who do know and care will soon be dead and gone — all is well.

I am referring to the Church’s stance on sexual matter generally but, in this case, specifically, birth control —more specifically abortion.

From my earliest days of memory, literally every Sunday sermon railed against normal human (animal) instincts and drives instilled in each of us by our creator. Those sermons always included either masturbation, pre-marital sex, mixed marriage, divorce, and God forbid, artificial birth control of any kind, the unthinkable, abortion,  or all the above. The only form of birth control allowed was the so-called ‘rhythm method’ which usually guaranteed a new baby every twelve months or so.

Of all the methods of birth control available, abortion was the most abhorrent. In fact, it was so evil that the priest frequently blushed when he reluctantly had to preach about it — the mere thought or suggestion of explicit female anatomy was terrifying.

As a result of those prohibitions, it was not unusual to see families with eight to fifteen, or even seventeen children. A disastrous offshoot of those prohibitions against normal behavior, caused women especially to become shrouded in a blanket of guilt which in many cases led to severe psychic abnormalities. As a side note, I might add that G. Rattray Taylor, in his very astute historical and scientific book, Sex in History,  noted those changes to be so rampant and severe as to warrant calling Medieval Europe “one giant cesspool of psychosis”.

Then, almost unnoticeably, such talk from the pulpits began to lessen to the point that eventually it ceased totally — personally, I can’t remember the words birth control or, God forbid, abortion, mentioned in a Sunday mass homily during the past thirty years. That cessation coincided with a rapid decline of priest in the U S. Statistics show a 49% decline in priests from 1965- 2021. Since 1970 there has been a decline of 24% in diocesan priests up until 2021. The weekly attendance at Catholic mass was 42% in 1980 — by 2021 attendance had fallen to 17%.

An additional statistic of worthy note shows that 50% of American Catholics favor legal abortion in almost all cases whereas only about 40% disapprove. Another statistic of worthy note is the fact that 20% of the population growth of Catholics in the US are foreign born — a statistic with seemingly subtle implications but which in reality are as plain as the nose on your face — enter Pope Francis.

It has been obvious to me that a collusion exists between Rome and the Biden White House. Here is what I have observed. For starters, Pope Francis began his Papacy by making seemingly rash statements. His first deviant statement referred to subtly changing the Church’s stance on sex and sexual matters. He said, ’none of the rules have changed. We just got to stop talking about them. (paraphrased). The implication here is very obvious — don’t talk about them — pretend they don’t exist. Soon enough, the old folks who remember will be gone, and the younger set will never know they existed, (sweep them under the carpet).

The second statement he made, with which I agree whole heartedly but which goes directly against the prohibition against premarital sex was this, ‘Most so-called marriages are not marriages at all because young people are not committed to each other in marriage. It is just a legal avenue for them to satisfy their sexual drive. When the new wears off and reality sets in, they’re not committed’.  So, it wasn’t a real marriage at all. Therefore, he recommended that young people should live together two to three years to determine their determination and compatibility before actually entering into a real marriage.

The third statement he made demonstrates the Church’s basic belief that all civilization should be under the auspices of the Pope as it once was in Europe. He said, ‘he dreamed of a world without borders.’ — that, my friends, says it all and accounts for the obvious collusion between Rome and the White House. Here we have a President and, at the time, Speaker of the House who presented themselves as ‘avowed Catholics’ but who were and still are pushing for free abortion for all — one of their principal campaign points. They are avowing one of the heretofore most despicable sins that could be committed. Yet, they buzz over to Rome where Pope Francis not only gives them his personal blessing but also creates the sacrilege of personally giving them Eucharist (Holy Communion).

Now, you put two and two together and see what you get — the southern border of the US is overtly wide open while the White House is proclaiming it is closed and secure. And why does it matter to Rome? — most of those illegal immigrants are from Mexico, Central America and South America — most proclaim to be Catholic — most are expected to vote Democrat. “You scratch my back, and I’ll scratch yours” says Pope Francis to President Biden.

I am certain that Francis sees these actions as necessary, expedient, legitimate, and justified. He has openly proclaimed there is no such place as ‘Hell’ — it is just a fabrication created by the Church for purposes of creating fear in people and enabling control over them — he dreams of all borders being open and with his successor as commander in chief of the entire world — such is the arrogance supported by the ignorance of animal (human) nature.

 From the days of Moses on, organized religion has always been about Power, Control, and Money.

The Catholic Church has reluctantly aligned itself with Protestant Churches in proclaiming the Bible to be inerrant. Such arrogance blows my mind when there are so many overt conflicting accounts of pertinent events in the various Gospel writings. For instance, Luke described one of the insurgents who was crucified with Jesus as scolding his counterpart for reviling against Jesus, and asking Jesus to remember him when he entered his kingdom. And Jesus responded that ‘this day thou shall be with me in Paradise’ (paraphrased). Matthew, on the other hand says plainly that both insurgents continued to revile against Jesus until his death — inerrant?  Then Luke says Joseph and Mary returned directly home to Nazareth after the days of purification following Jesus’ birth. Matthew comes with his astrological story about the Astrologers from the east who came seeking the new-born king because they saw his star, Herod’s slaughter of the innocents, and Joseph and Mary escaping with Jesus to at least the hinterlands of Judea but most likely to Egypt where they remained for twelve years —inerrant? Just a couple of overt examples of direct contradictions.

One of the more humorous writings has to do with Paul’s writing where he says ‘wives to be subject to your husbands in all things’ (paraphrased). That was our epistle reading at mass last Sunday — not a peep about it from the pulpit. That reading appeared in our Sunday Liturgy about fifteen years ago when we had a different pastor. He was very coy and somewhat humorous about the reading by suggesting, ‘he doubted that statement would go over very well today’ (paraphrased). He stumbled around it a bit but finally acknowledged that, at the time, women were basically second-class citizens — men were the only ones who could run things correctly. It was, in fact, a time in history when a patristic society prevailed. Again, Taylor describes how sexuality and dominance of the sexes has rolled through world societies like a giant ocean wave from periods of Patristic to periods of Matristic dominance. Those periods usually lasted about two thousand years. In my lifetime of over 90 years, I have observed what I perceive as a subtle shift from Patristic to Matristic society especially since WW2.

So, to sum it up, here’s what happened right before our eyes — some of us got to see it very plainly and were forced to live it, some got a glimpse of it but hardly knew what they were seeing, most never knew it existed. I’m speaking of the sham axe of hellfire and damnation which religion has held over the heads of rational people for at least four thousand years. That axe is sex. Now it is the not-so-subtle axe of ‘borderless nations’ where socialism and poverty for all brings the entire world crawling on their knees to the table in Rome begging for a few crumbs.

To say the least, I am appalled that not one word of disapproval has been uttered from any Catholic pulpit that I have witnessed. Oh, I know, they will say the Church must be ‘neutral’ in political matters. They sure as hell were not neutral fifty to eighty years ago when it was to their benefit. But now, they dare not cross the sentiment of most remaining churchgoers or very soon they will be out of a job.

This is hypocrisy at its best ——————THE SILENCE IS DEAFENING

If you would like to know and understand the God who is real, and simultaneously know and understand that all religion is illegitimate because not one can define the essence of the god of whom they speak ————I can and have done so in irrefutable terms —

GOD IS A PERFECT RATIONAL BEING —

Now quietly ponder the meaning of each of those six words. You will be astonished. If you need assistance, please read and study my masterpiece, Wilderness Cry. Then you will understand it has innumerable ramifications which are spelled out in Peace in Spirituality, and Provocative Catholic. All, including Growing Up In Fancy Farm Kentucky, are available from Amazon-Kindle and autographed from me (handg@comcast.net).

Please do yourself the favor of reading the reviews of Wilderness Cry, and the Foreword of Provocative Catholic — you can read them free online at Amazon.

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Prejudice may be defined as a preconceived opinion that is not based on reason or actual experience. In other words, prejudices are opinions and/or ideas that are not based on sound philosophical principles or scientific knowledge. To use an old, trite expression, “prejudices are as common as house flies” — we all have them. No rational being can possibly ever escape the pitfall of an occasional prejudice because none except God has a perfect intellect with which to know and understand everything. Therefore, no matter how sincerely we try, each of us in turn becomes a little ‘red-faced’ with internal embarrassment when we come face to face with the reality of our mistaken assumption(s).

Oftentimes, our state of prejudicial thinking is enhanced by biases which have been instilled in us over the years by one prejudicial source or another. The most common of those sources are our parents, teachers, friends, and acquaintances. Often, the source may be a book we have read which seems to us to be the ‘gospel truth’ but which may factually be a total untruth. Likewise, TV commentators present us with their ‘version of prejudicial truth’ and belief but, fact-checking shows it to be total propaganda.

As with most non-scientific considerations in this universe, nowhere is that prejudicial disparity with truth more apparent or common than in the fields of politics and religion. Typically, politicians present us with one accepted truth but then flavor that truth with many untruths — such efforts may be described as ‘rationalizations. Typically, each politician knows the basic predominant prejudices in his/her audience and through the process of rationalization plays to those prejudices with a mixture of other seemingly harmonious prejudices flavored with known or suspected biases. Those biases themselves are little more than bundled or compressed prejudices — influence is easier that way — a method as ‘old as the hills’. It has been described in many ways but ‘influence peddling’ is a common descriptive term often applied.

It seems ironic, but in a democracy, the most educated and philosophically sound individuals are at the mercy of the hoards who, typically are less educated and less scientifically and philosophically sound — seemingly, a singular method which pleases everyone does not exist.

Those same prejudices and biases apply equally to religion. Remember, there was a time when no scientific understanding of anything existed — the earth was flat, the sun, moon and stars controlled basically everything; the earth was the ‘center of the universe’. The Universe was created by a long-haired, grizzled old man-like god who was so worn out that after six days of hard work he had to rest on the seventh day.

There is another well-worn expression that ‘perception is reality’, and that is so very true. If we think something is a certain way, then it becomes ‘truth’ for us as individuals. Therein lies the very foundation of prejudice.

From the standpoint of faith and religion, I have come to understand that all are based on fairytale imaginations generated through meaningless assumptions by people who had no scientific knowledge or understanding of anything — all they had was their everyday observations. Attempting to explain a causal relationship demanded they concoct plausible explanatory perceptions which became their reality.

Whoever wrote those stories and thousands to follow were the most ignorant (unknowledgeable), prejudiced, and ultimately biased people who ever existed on this earth. All their prejudices and ultimate biases were based on imagination, mythology, astrology, and likely wishful thinking. And you guessed it — as time progressed, politicians and preachers (leaders, teachers etc.) of one kind or another sprang up everywhere. Six thousand or so years later, just glance at our earth — thousands and thousands of religions in existence — each is driven by a self-made, man-made thirst for power, money and control fueled by unbridled prejudices and biases. Each, in turn, is a myth for one simple, provable reason — none knows the god who it worships — not one of them is able to define the essence of its god.

I have explained many times before how and why I began to see overt discrepancy in what I was taught and what I could observe. I was an A student in late Elementary and High school and studied intently the strict Roman Catholic Catechism which I was being taught with the certainty of arithmetic by the very educated Roman Catholic Sisters of Charity of Nazareth, Kentucky. Initially, I accepted everything as truth without question. However, as I observed discrepancies between what I was being taught and what I could see and experience forced me to ask questions where, generally, no questions were allowed. My friendly priest told me they were the result of God’s Will. At that very moment I determined to uncover the truth about God and religion. As many of you know, it took me sixty-five additional years to find that irrefutable truth and when I did, the results were explosive.

I discovered there is a ‘perfect rationality’ in this universe — every consideration is governed by a perfect truth system outside of which there is no truth. I discovered that perfect truth system to be manifested and governed by perfect particles of energy known as quanta which themselves exist in eternity. I discovered that many, maybe most scientists believe the universe began nearly fourteen billion years ago by an event known as The Big Bang. Prior to that event there was no time because there was no change (time is a measure of change). It is accepted by those scientists that all the energy that exists in the universe today was released from a tiny speck known as ‘the singularity’. That energy was/is in the form of quanta which Immediately began doing perfectly what each was designed to do and is still doing—time began — the universe, very slowly by our measure, began to evolve to the point where it is now.

With that knowledge and understanding, I reasoned to the definition of God’s essence. No one can prove nor disprove the existence of God — that is the only realistic legitimacy of ‘faith’. However, Since the universe operates in a state of ‘perfect rationality’ which is exhibited and controlled by a ‘perfect truth system’, I am justified in accepting the existence of that God and I have defined its essence thus, “God is a Perfect Rational Being”. That definition is irrefutable and one hundred percent defensible on both sound scientific and sound philosophical principles. Furthermore, that definition demands existence of Trinity God, but not with the inclusion of Jesus of Nazareth.

Trinity God explained —

The Perfect Rational Being (Father) reflects upon itself and sees a mirror image (Son) perfect and identical which in the supernatural is a living being. Two Perfect, identical beings viewing each other have no choice but to accept, love, choose, will each other. That perpetual acceptance, loving, choosing, willing each other is the Holy Spirit or the Will of God. So, the conclusion is obvious, God is all things and ‘all things’ are God. Jesus, Saint Francis of Assisi, and Meister Ekhart are three notable I am aware of who recognized that concept before me.

So, in summary, it is easy to see how our unbridled imaginations generating prejudices not supported by known truth can do, and have done immeasurable, disastrous damage to our beautiful planet.

Most of you are aware that I have written extensively about this philosophy but for those who are not aware, my three books, Wilderness Cry, Peace in Spirituality, and Provocative Catholic explain the foundations of my philosophy and carry it to many, many conclusions. In addition, my little book, Growing Up In Fancy Farm Kentucky, may interest you — all are available both e-book and hardcopy from Amazon-Kindle, and autographed from me (handg@comcast.net).

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Today, I want to address, what I consider to be, one of the most ill-conceived concepts in Christianity—just and merciful God. I have heard that term used by priests and preachers all my life, likely to the count of no less than a million times. As a child aged five, studying and being instructed in Roman Catholicism, until this very day, a barrage of such statements has continued incessantly. Early on, not knowing any better, I accepted that concept without question. However, as I grew older in both age and understanding, I began questioning the existence of such a god. Even though I knew the bible and general Christian teaching regarding God, the concept of Just and Merciful could not be reconciled with my understanding of God as being all loving—there was a disconnect which I could not comprehend.

Gradually, as I perceived all religion to be about power and control, and being bewildered by my lack of understanding, the basic problem came to light for me—the god of whom they all spoke was a pure myth because not a single religion nor religious leader had defined or was able to define the essence of that god—neither could I.

Knowing that I could not define God’s essence and knowing that nothing has meaning without an essential definition, compelled me to embark on a journey of understanding so that I might be able to do so. Meanwhile, with ‘tongue in cheek’, I was forced to accept what I had been taught.

Searching for answers, I investigated every avenue available to me. The most obvious place to search was my priests. When I questioned them about God’s essence, the typical response was a scornful frown or retort— ‘Don’t be asking questions. Just do as you are told.

 Information resources were scant before the days of PCs, but I read everything I could find. It became very apparent to me that the god I had learned about was schizophrenic. On the one hand, a human concoction dreamed up by the Israelites and patterned exactly after their own selfish, controlling, vengeful, and demeaning ways—their method was ‘an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth’, and so was their god’s method. On the other hand, I had been taught God was all loving—those two concepts just didn’t jive. Therefore, I had to continue my struggle to define my God’s essence.

Finally, after sixty years, my inquisitiveness was rewarded. I had known forever that everything in the universe was made of atoms which were composed of protons, neutrons, and electrons, but I didn’t know what the protons and neutrons were composed of. I knew that the protons and neutrons were responsible for nearly all the weight of everything—they love each other and want to ‘snuggle’ together as tightly as possible. However, I did not know that the electrons were responsible for giving substances the appearance of being solid—they hate each other and are totally standoffish, making most things seem solid.

Through my chance encounter with Quantum Mechanics (particle physics), I learned that the protons and neutrons were made up of tiny indivisible particles known as quarks. I also learned that along with electrons, photons, and quarks, there were several other indivisible particles which collectively constitute the substrate of ever gravid entity in existence. In addition, I learned that each of those particles is perfect in both form and function, cannot be further subdivided, is indistinguishable from its counterparts, cannot be created nor destroyed by humans, is unchanging and unchangeable, and not one more or less exists today that did not exist at the time of their release 13.8 billion years ago–are we not describing eternity? Are we not depicting God when we speak of an entity which is perfect in all respects, is unchanging and unchangeable, and not only exists in eternity, but also exists in every material object in existence—a Perfect Rationality outside of which no truth can exist in this universe?

There, I just did it for you. Very humbly, I defined the essence of our God—God is a Perfect Rational being. That Perfect Rationality is present in every existence in our universe—that Perfect Rationality is energy.  You might object, noting that thoughts and concepts generated by thoughts are not material—I would respond that they are energy, generated, emanated, and controlled by electrical impulses running through the brains of living, changing entities. However, the Source never changes—It is Perfect—It Is God. It has no human-like head, hair, nor body, as we have been led to believe—do we not say that Jesus is ‘seated at the right hand of the Father’? Neither God nor Jesus has a butt upon which to sit—they are Eternal Spirit. Just as an electron or photon has no body, neither does God, of which they are.

So, with that understanding, we come to realize that God is everything and everything is God. Is God guilty of misdeeds? Can he possibly have ‘mercy’ on himself? I think not. God is, in fact, Perfect Love which means he cannot possibly reject any part of himself. Remember, we are God’s children—he is ‘our substance’— he makes up our essence’.

With that in mind, I would propose that we should cringe each time we hear that totally nonsensical, irrational proposition, ‘just and merciful god’—that’s the mythical god dreamed up by the Hebrews and perpetuated by the Jewish-minded Christians who formed the first official Catholic (universal) church. Justice, of course, means we have done evil and, therefore, deserve punishment. Remember, the bishops who formed the first Christian church did so at the behest of Roman Emperor Constantine with his assurance that whatever they determined would be enforced by the Roman Army—can you imagine them not putting themselves in a self-serving, controlling position? —I can’t.

Religions, in general, and the three Abrahamic religions, specifically, have attempted to control us by making us feel ‘guilty’ for being God’s normal creatures. In so doing, they have fostered divisiveness, hostility, and above all, mental (emotional) illness. At one time, that guilt-driven mental illness grew so bad as to prompt G Rattray Taylor, in his very thorough and astute book, Sex in History, to describe Medieval Europe as ‘one giant cesspool of psychosis’. That condition has improved somewhat in modern times for one reason only— young people are ignoring such foolishness. However, the world is still chocked full of middle aged and older neurotics and psychotics generated by guilt-driven religion.

If you have not already done so, you could relieve much of your guilt by reading my three philosophy books. Wilderness Cry-a scientific and philosophical approach to understanding God and the universe, Peace in Spirituality, and Provocative Catholic— Amazon-Kindle, and handg@comcast.net. Also, it Is likely that many of you may not have read my little book, Growing Up in Fancy Farm Kentucky. I believe you would truly enjoy it.

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UNDERSTANDING- Oh, what a beautiful word. Wouldn’t it be wonderful if everyone in the world could have the same understanding–there would be no disagreements, no hostilities—only loving acceptance of each other–there would be peace. We can, but will we?

Anyone who follows my writings and comprehends their meaning knows that common understanding is my goal. Some of you may feel threatened by my philosophy. Others may be angered, and still others may be bewildered. There are many, however, who seem to understand and are grateful for my contribution to their understanding.

Many of you are aware that I have presented my foolproof pathway to understanding in my books, Wilderness Cry, Peace in Spirituality, and Provocative Catholic.  Those books, which are echoed in my frequent blog posts, lay out an irrefutable understanding of God, his universe, and our relationship with both.

By defining the essence of God as a perfect rational being, I am able to show that the ‘miniscule’ image of God as portrayed in the Old Testament and perpetuated by all three Abrahamic religions has been, and still is, the single-most major deterrent to peace the world has ever known. Each group, in turn, has envisioned a certain, ill-defined image of that being and, simultaneously, proclaimed him, with absolute certainty, to be the only correct one. That, of course, has established immediate hostilities — one group stepping on other groups’ turf and toes. 

In similar fashion, each group has developed a system of appeasement of that vengeful God—those systems are known as religion. As of 2014 there were 33,000 such so-called Christian religions in the world — as of 2024 there are 45,000 such groups. I say so-called because each claims Jesus as its head, but each, simultaneously, professes a different Jesus. Their claims, of course, are based on the Bible, a book which has been frequently altered to suit each group’s imagination and desires.

Now, having that awareness has compelled me to seek a solution to the problem. Since we recognize religion, without question, to be the cause of hostilities, what is the solution? Plainly and simply, we must come to a ‘common understanding’. And how may we do that? The very first step is to have a distinctive, irrefutable definition of the essence of our God, so that everyone starts on the ‘same page’.

After years and years of research, study, and contemplation, I have been able to derive that essential definition (God is a Perfect Rational Being), and from it flows the automatic answers to all our dilemmas, mysteries, and quandaries. Because that definition refutes literally every tenet of every religion, I may be perceived as hostile to religion. I am not hostile—I am realistic and I am asking you to be realistic also.

I’m no dummy—as Willy Nelson would say, “I wasn’t born no yesterday”. I am fully aware that almost all of us have been inculcated with the tenets of a specific religion, and likely, that inculcation was explicit and exclusive of all others—I know mine was. So, if you, as an individual, are willing to drop your shoulders, calm your bristles, and join your neighbors in a loving common understanding, then we can eventually have peace. It won’t come from the ‘top down’—no movement seldom ever does. It must start with you and you and you and you………. — from the ‘bottom up’.

When enough ‘yous’ join together, the ‘top brass’ will take note—oh, they will try desperately hard to hold on—eventually they will relinquish and accommodate— what a glorious day!!!

Understand, I am not in any way demeaning you or your religion. I am simply pointing out the misguided way of all religion and am pleading for your gracious acceptance and understanding of a better way. That better way consists simply in our universal gathering to offer God our only justifiable prayer — thanksgiving for our existence, our sustenance, and our salvation through his perfect love. God expects nothing of us — his love is all inclusive. However, I believe it would do us good to gather with humility, gratefulness, and thanksgiving in communities of common understanding of our all-loving God. 

I encourage you to “put my philosophy to the test’—study it rigorously and offer me a scientific and philosophically solid rebuttal. If you can, I will graciously listen—if you can’t, join me in a communion of understanding. Very simply put, that means your recognition and acceptance that ‘we and everything in existence are of one common substance (energy)’ imbedded in that Perfect Rational Being which we call God — all is of one Spirit, the Holy Spirit, the Will of God. That is why I make persistent calls for the recognition and acceptance of the World-wide Communion of Spirituality. Pray that we may have that ‘Common Understanding’. The Spirit of God, the Holy Spirit, resides in all entities including us — otherwise, we and they could not be.

If you have not read my little books, Wilderness Cry, Peace in Spirituality, and Provocative Catholic I sincerely encourage you to do so. You will gain so much insight and understanding. All are available Amazon-Kindle, both hard-copy and e-books. If you would like an autographed copy(s), feel free to contact me, (handg@comcast.net).

At the very least, log onto Amazon and pull up the ‘free read’ section for Provocative Catholic. I believe you will find the foreword very inspiring — I was written by good friend and former Kentucky Supreme Justice, the honorable J. W. “Bill” Graves JD.

In addition, if you have an interest in my youth, activities, and upbringing, you may find my little book, Growing Up In Fancy Farm Kentucky, entertaining.

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