MISREPRESENTED JESUS — HILARY L HUNT MD

Have you ever wondered about the biblical presentation of Jesus’ arrest and trial? I have questioned in my mind those events since I was a teenager. According to the stories presented in the Bible, Jesus was aware that that his teachings represented heresy to the Jewish religion. Therefore, he was a traitor and would be treated accordingly if captured. Judiciously, he spent most of his public life on the edges of populus society so as to not rouse the suspicion and ire of public officials. However, as time progressed, it seems apparent that stories of his teaching gradually reached the Jewish hierarchy.

Eventually, Jesus sensed his time for capture and trial was drawing near and decided to make a final assault on the temple. There he overturned the moneychangers’ tables while whipping them with a lash and calling them a den of thieves, a pit of vipers, while demanding they leave his Father’s house. Then, not long afterward, he was apprehended in the dark of night after being betrayed and identified to the authorities by one of his own, Judas Iscariot. In the meantime, before his arrest, he had his last meal with his apostles. There he does several remarkable things — he predicts his betrayal and identifies his betrayer, he changes bread and wine into his own body and blood while commissioning his apostles to do likewise in memory of him — one account shows him washing his apostles’ feet as an example of servitude, humility, and love which he expected his apostles to exemplify thereafter.

At his trial, the Roman ruler, Pontius Pilate, could find no evidence against him, but despite that, the crowd is incited by the Jewish authorities to demand his crucifixion which was carried out the next day. While hanging in agony on the cross, conflicting stories are presented in the Bible about his interaction between two insurgents who were crucified alongside him. Luke’s account portrays Jesus promising one insurgent that they would be in paradise together that day. Another account by Matthew presents Jesus as being berated by both insurgents until his death.

You may recall, from my previous writings, I had noted by age twelve or so that nothing we prayed for ever materialized. My parish priest told me that was God’s will. Immediately, I began to question and wonder about who our God really is — the God presented to me by my religion didn’t fit the mold of the God I was observing. I was in a quandary — my head began ‘spinning like a top’ so to speak. I couldn’t relate to the God of my religion, but I didn’t know why — my religion had to be correct or did it? —I determined to find out—it took sixty-five years but, finally I did.

As I studied all sorts of history, read and reread the bible, listened to my priest speak of Luke’s or Matthew’s ‘version’ of a story, I became keenly aware that both versions could not possibly be true — maybe neither was true. Eventually, after years of research regarding Church history and the multiple translations and revisions (versions) of the Bible, I concluded that, of the Bibles we have, none is dependable for giving us an accurate account of Jesus. It became obvious to me that no version of the Bible makes clear what teaching of Jesus was heretical enough to stir the ire of the Jewish hierarchy and justify his crucifixion.

What did finally become clear to me was that the bishops who formulated the first official Holy Roman Catholic Church in 325 AD at the demand of Emperor Constantine, were determined to retain their Jewish heritage by continuing a ‘sacrificial’ religion patterned after the Jewish custom. The Christian God was the same ‘vengeful’ God of the Jews. Their God, of course, demanded sacrifice for appeasement of his anger. So, they fabricated an ‘unbloody’ sacrifice of the Mass during which the priest changes water and wine into the body and blood of Jesus and offers it to God — Jesus became the ‘sacrificial lamb’.

It should be noted that nowhere in the Bible does Jesus say that he came to die as an appeasement of his Father for atonement of our sins. As far as I can determine that philosophy was developed by the Catholic Church over several hundred years. In the meantime, the repeated overt abuses, including sexual, political, and monetary, by both the Catholic hierarchy and priests, prompted Martin Luther and others to bolt the Church and formulate other religions — the cat was out of the bag. So, now we have 45,000 so-called Christian religions and sects worldwide — each proclaiming authenticity and claiming to be the best way to heaven.

While the Catholic Church remains the largest by far, many splinter groups based purely on the Bible, with most seemingly adhering to some version of Paul’s philosophy that baptism and acceptance of Jesus as their savior is all that is necessary for salvation, have evolved. That represents Paul’s obvious split with Peter and James who continued to demand ‘sacrifice’ along with good works for salvation.

All the above information created an insatiable determination in me to solve that puzzle — what piece was missing? It occurred to me that all seemed to be worshiping a different God while, simultaneously, claiming Jesus as their foundation — how could that be? — no one could or had defined the essence of the God they were worshiping. With good fortune and luck, I stumbled onto Quantum Mechanics which along with previously acquired information allowed me to define, irrefutably, God’s essence. God is a Perfect Ration Being.

The ramifications of that definition are staggering — all religion is invalid — physical miracles are an impossibility — re-analysis of Jesus of Nazareth is mandated.

Instantly, two things happened — my quandaries about God were eliminated, and my understanding and reassessment of Jesus were mandated. It became clear that those who formed and perpetuated Christianity had deliberately made obscure most of Jesus’ basic teaching. Furthermore, they had misappropriated his words at the last supper, and used them as a power base for themselves. In retrospect, it is obvious to me that what Jesus was telling them at the last supper, and what he had been telling them all along, as verified in The Gospel of Thomas, was that he, they, and all creation are in God and God in all his creation — that bread and wine he gave them was God already.

Jesus was an insightful genius who, without any scientific understanding at all (there was none) instinctively knew that God is in all, and all is in God. Therefore, God is all love — vengeance is impossible — appeasement is impossible and any attempt at appeasement is irrational because God cannot possibly reject himself. Jesus only command was ‘love God with your all and love your neighbor as yourself.’ (Paraphrased)

The idea of a vengeful God was given to us by Moses. He lied to his people to control them. He obviously had no problem lying —after all, he was a murderer who had weaseled his way into control of the Israelites — a little lie wouldn’t hurt. Well, as a matter of fact, a little lie did hurt. It hurt billions of people for nearly three thousand years, and is still hurting — I daresay, it will continue to hurt for hundreds more. So, we see that ‘a little lie’ can have devastating consequences.

So, what was Jesus’ intention that led to his preaching of love and his eventual ignominious torture and death by crucifixion? Briefly stated, he intended to supplant the irrational, illegitimate, sacrificial religion of the Jews with a concept of ‘no religion’ — only love. That was/is the Gospel, the Good News which Jesus had hoped would be promulgated worldwide by his followers. His intention was to be our Liberator — he would be our savior only in the sense that he would free us from the oppressive, guilt driven, sacrificial religion of the Jews. It is quite obvious that he was/is a total failure. However, in my opinion, Jesus was the greatest, most laudable, most determined patriot who ever lived.

If we could ever understand and accept that simple concept, then we could become likeminded. Fighting would cease — Worldwide Peace would prevail. Will it ever happen? I am doubtful. It is more likely that an uncontrollable ‘argument’ will break out and mankind will self-exterminate — maybe sooner than you think. Praying to a false God is useless — inner soul-searching and conversion to truth could be extremely beneficial.

With that in mind, as an assist to you, please read my books on this matter, Wilderness Cry first. Then read Peace in Spirituality and Provocative Catholic. You will be edified. If you care to know more about me, Growing Up In Fancy Farm Kentucky will help. All books are available Amazon-Kindle and from me, autographed, (handg@comcast.net).

WHY IT WORKS — HILARY L HUNT MD

Have you ever wondered why something works? More importantly, have you wondered at times why seemingly, the same set of circumstances didn’t t work? Notice, I said seemingly — that ‘seemingly’, creates a quandary for us many times in our lives. When we have full expectations of something and it fails to materialize, we become frustrated. Those frustrations may become more frequent for us if we are active in the use of machinery which suddenly fails to work just when we need to get a job done.

As little children we learn from experience what works and what doesn’t. We soon learn that something round is likely to roll off an inclined surface. Likewise, we learn that the higher the structure we jump off of, the harder we hit the ground — sometimes we get broken bones, sprains, etc. That myriad of learned experiences creates a groundswell of observed facts which are stored in our subconscious and are immediately brought to the conscious level each time we encounter any such situation. We begin to make judgements about all sorts of things — what is safe or unsafe, relaxing or stressful, difficult or easy. Normal rationality demands that our will always chooses what our intellect tells us is the better of two choices. An irrational person (crazy, insane) would not necessarily make the better choice because he/she has lost contact with reality.

As we have matured, many have been exposed to the study of higher mathematics, classical physics, chemistry, biology etc. Those studies define for us many of the gross physical laws which regulate things in our universe — we understand what the law says but we do not understand the innermost, supporting foundation for the law unless we are exposed to Quantum Mechanics — particle physics. WE learn that everything in this universe seems to be relative to everything else. WE understand chemical reactions and what to expect from them. We learn and understand that every physical entity in existence is perpetually changing.

We use that knowledge and understanding to do all sorts of things never dreamed of just a few hundred years ago. In fact, it has been just six hundred years or so since the earth was proven to be round, and slightly more than four hundred years since the sun was discovered to be the centerpiece of our solar system. From that time forward, scientific endeavor moved at a snail’s pace until the second World War which ended with the development and deployment of the Atom Bomb. Seemingly, that singular event triggered a groundswell of scientific activity so that today almost all our waking existence is supported, regulated, or occupied by digital technology. Now we even have Artificial Intelligence.

All that knowledge does not explain ‘why it works’. Scientists have discovered how to ‘make it work’ most of the time, but not always— aircraft, both military and civilian, still crash sometimes, rockets sometimes explode, trains still derail etc. And why —human error or disfunction due to deterioration. On a much simpler level, lawn mower engines fail, or drive belts wear out, car tires go flat, refrigeration units of one kind or another develop refrigerant leaks causing failure until repaired, both cell phones and computers become obsolete, etc., etc., etc.

Having the knowledge that change in every physical entity is perpetual allows us to know what to expect as time marches on — we get old and wear out, as does everything in this universe —some of us get surprised at relatively young age by strokes, heart attacks, cancer, etc. Everything in the physical world seems to have a built-in condition of planned obsolescence, but why — wear or fatigue.

It is observable that for every action or incident in the physical world there is a perfect reaction (consequence). It is also observable that there cannot be, nor has there ever been, two identical actions — very similar, yes: identical, no. There is a reason for that truth, and I believe it is to be found in the perfect rationality which pervades our universe — I call that Perfect Rationality God. That Perfect Rationality is to be found in the substrate of every atom in existence and is labeled quantum. A quantum is the smallest particle of energy in existence. It has many designations and duties, but each of a kind has the identical functional characteristics — not one of its type can be marked so as to distinguish it from others of its kind; none can be further subdivided; none can change or be changed; each is perfect in both form and function; none can be created or destroyed by mankind.

The characteristics I have just described for quanta allows for ‘no change — time’. Therefore, they exist in a permanent state of eternity. However, they form the substrate for every tangible object in existence, each of which is constantly changing. Cumulatively, they exhibit the Perfect Rationality which pervades our universe — they are God’s Reflection — they are the Son, the second person of the Trinity. It is the mandated mutual love relationship between the Father and Son which is The Holy Spirit (the Will of God). There you have it — graphic understanding of Trinity God.

It is an observable fact that an imbalance called entropy exists in our universe. That imbalance mandates perpetual change in all entities attempting to become balanced. The perpetual attempt at balancing the universe will likely culminate in everything returning to a Singularity — the same singularity which caused the Big Bang 13.7-8billion years ago. Many scientists believe that event will occur some seventy-five to one hundred billion years from now — then likely another Big Bang. That culmination will result from everything being engulfed by one massive black hole producing such gravity that the entire universe will be reduced to the size of a pin head — God’s hibernation headquarters.

So, why does it work — it is because God’s Perfect Rationality mandates it — when a certain condition is joined with other conditions, an anticipated result will occur. However, God’s Perfect Rationality demands change, wear, in all entities. Those changes mandate loss of desired function — something fails when we least want or expect it. Suich situations create frustration for us — the pain of frustration can be ameliorated somewhat if we whisper to ourselves, “God’s Perfection at work”.

The scientific explanation of God’s Perfect Rationality and The Trinity which I just suggested and demonstrated is a rational presentation derived from both science and philosophy. The god presented in the Bible represents the combined ignorant, astrological, selfish, mythological, imagination of its designers and in no way correlates with the Perfect Rational God which I have presented. It is the sad truth that from the beginning of recorded history until now mankind has been shackled with ideas and attributes of that mythical god through a medium known as religion.

It is quite understandable that such a god would have been imagined during the centuries devoid of scientific understanding. We now have uncovered the secret of God’s Perfect Rationality and have used that scientific information to expand our knowledge and understanding of the universe — we have successfully sent a man to the moon and safely back, and why? — because it worked. WE also have witnessed the explosion of outer space vehicles which resulted in the sudden unexpected death of several brave astronauts, and why—it failed to work — some piece of the functional puzzle was missing – failure was guaranteed, and why — God’s Perfect Rationality demanded it.

As a rational society, we have ‘rolled with the punches’ and embraced scientific endeavor with fervor. However, religion has not, and why — it’s called power, control, and money.

Pope Francis, in an endeavor to shore up ‘the herd and resources’ has taken all sorts of heat from so-called conservatives because of such attempts. He has seen the deleterious effects of irrational approach — rational people have quit church-going — the money well is receding. Whether or not he is sincere in his statements and actions, or if he is doing so for ulterior reasons, only he knows. However, his arguments coincide with sound scientific, philosophic, and social needs. He has proclaimed that there is no hell — the idea of hell was ‘dreamed up’ to control people. He has stated clearly that most so-called marriages are not legitimate because the couples are not intellectually determined to be compatible for life — they should live together for two to three years to determine their compatibility and resolve before entering such a contract. Recently, he has bestowed his blessing on LGBTQ+ couples — after all, they are God’s creation also —who is to question our Perfect Rational, Being, God?

The one concept he has not tackled, and the one I believe to be the most important, is the illogical attempt to appease a vengeful God — God’s Perfection demands his Perfect Love which precludes any concept of revenge — God is Perfect and cannot possibly be hurt. He is all Love and therefore, must accept his own image completely — his Holy Spirit, his Will drives that loving acceptance. I hope and trust that his understanding of that concept will drive him to courageously make such a proclamation.

Of course, that would instantly change the complexion of all sacrificial religion and hopefully, would transform all into a community of ‘thanksgiving’ to our God —the meaning of Eucharist — our only legitimate prayer.

Until and unless that edict comes forth, humanity is doomed. We will never become like-minded — we have no venue — we will use our knowledge of God’s Perfect Rationality to self-destruct — that is inevitable.

Therefore, if you have not already done so, I implore you to read my little books, Wilderness Cry, Peace In Spirituality, and Provocative Catholic. You will be exposed to a complete legitimate set of ideas which define and expand the concept of a Perfect Rational Being who I call God. Likewise, you will be exposed to the invalidity of all religion. More importantly, you will attain understanding of the only way peace can be obtained and ‘why it works’.

For a little history, humor, and nostalgia, you might read my book, Growing Up In Fancy Farm, Kentucky.

All are available from Amazon-Kindle and, autographed, from me handg@comcast.net.

WHAT HAPPENED? — HILARY L HUNT MD

There’s an old joke that befits the current status of the Roman Catholic Church. It goes like this: The teacher asked the children in her class, “What is the fastest thing in the world?” Immediately, a flurry of hands went up. Little Suzie spoke up first, “A thought, she said.” Very good thinking Suzie,” said the teacher. “A blink,” said Alex. “One can hardly see a blink, it’s so fast”. “True” said the teacher. Little Annie was quick to chime in with, “A light switch — flip a switch and have light immediately”. “Very, very, good Annie”, responded the teacher. Little Johnnie had been waving his hands frantically when the teacher finally called on him. Johnny stood and dramatically said, “I’ll tell you what’s the fastest thing in the world — it’s diarrhea. “Why on earth would you say that Johnnie” replied the teacher. Little Johnnie responded, “I’ll tell you why. Last week, I had diarrhea, and before I could think, blink, or turn on the light, I had already messed my pants.”

Those of us old and older Catholics have many memories of how things used to be in Catholicism. We remember how we were shackled with guilt for anything related to sex. We remember that according to Thomas Aquinas, the greatest sin that could be commit was male masturbation. The reasoning was very simple and plain to understand — all babies were in male semen, and they were being spilled to their instant death — such was his (their) ignorance and paternalism. We remember when any form of birth control other than the ‘rhythm method’ was strictly forbidden. We remember when premarital sex was a mortal sin and would send one straight to hell if unconfessed. We remember when purgatory, limbo, and indulgences were in vogue. We remember when attending mass on all Sundays and Holy days of obligation were strictly enforced under pain of mortal sin. We remember when any form of servile work on Sundays was likewise forbidden unless ‘the ox was in the ditch’. We remember when deliberately eating meat on any Friday or any day during Lent except Sunday was likewise a mortal sin — fasting by all able bodied was demanded during all days of Lent except Sunday. We remember when divorce was scornful, as was marrying a non-Catholic. We remember when ‘round dancing’ was forbidden — only square dancing was permitted among unmarried people.

If we knew any Church history, we knew that during the Inquisitions, innocent people were tortured unmercifully and then burned to death on a pile of brush while being tethered to a stake. That treatment was delivered to anyone accused of having pleasure during sex. Additionally, anyone caught having sex on an elevated structure met the same fate — the shaking during such sexual activity might cause the ‘flat earth’ to topple off its five wobbly, crooked legs into the netherworld below. Likewise, many people including children were found to be witches which demanded the same remedy — death by fire. Heretics got the same treatment — anyone who declared the earth to be round rather than flat, or anyone who refused to admit that the earth was the ‘center of the universe’, and any philosophy contrary to Church teaching. The Inquisitions began in 1184 and lasted 840 years. Not all guilty people were burned to death — many received penances such as imprisonment or house arrest. We remember from Church history that in the late 1300’s, there were two and even three popes simultaneously — each with his own set of cardinals. We remember from history that thing got so bad that a monk, Martin Luther, and others split from the Church in protest — Protestantism was born.

We remember when anything pertaining to sex was so demeaned as to prompt G Rattray Taylor, in his book, Sex in History, to note that Medieval Europe resembled one giant cesspool of psychosis —generated by the guilt over sexual matters.

So, what happened? — Vatican 2. Slowly but surely, a transformation began. In the beginning, rather suddenly but subtly, pulpits ceased railing about birth control. Likewise, there was a cessation of preaching about purgatory and indulgences. The necessity of immediate post-partum baptism and Limbo were seldom mentioned — nowadays, infant baptisms may not occur for two to three years with no dissent from the pulpit. Abstaining from meat on Fridays and Lenten fasting are almost whispered as is mass attendance on Sundays and Holy days. Divorced people seem to be welcomed with open arms without the previously associated scourge. The only sex related issue I’ve heard in the last thirty years is the occasional mention of pornography.

All these sudden changes have prompted an outcry of disproval from the ‘conservative’ branch of Catholicism— more loudly since the Papacy of Francis began. However, Pope Francis seems to have a deaf ear to their dissent. His early response in attempted appeasement was, ‘None of the rules have changed. We just got to quit talking about them.’ Of course, he was referring to the age-old Church practice of pretending that ‘it’s always been this way’ — old folks who know will soon be gone and the younger set not having been exposed will assume ‘it’s always been that way’.

In another vein of historical disconnect, Pope Francis stated bluntly that couples should live together for two to three years before marrying to ascertain their compatibility. He stated that most so-called marriages are not marriages at all because most are done to satisfy ‘sexual attraction’ but lack commitment to marriage and family life. His reasoning is sound but, there again, it stirred the ire of conservative Catholicism. Pope Francis seems to have an uncanny manner of ignoring his dissenters.

Then there is Francis’ approach to abortion which previously was pronounced as a most abhorrent sin. In the USA, President Joe Biden and the then Speaker of the House of representatives, Nancy Pelosi, both avowed Catholics, but major promoters of abortion, go ‘trotting over’ to Rome where Pope Francis not only gives them his special blessing but again, as a slap in the face to conservative Catholics, personally gives them both Holy Communion — a sacrilege.

I think there is a subtle but, to me, obvious reason for this ‘about face’ by the Church — it’s called money. The old-fashioned method of controlling people, sex, used by the Church forever has obviously failed. Young people are not only ignoring those rules as irrational, but worse yet, have ceased attendance at Catholic mass. That of course, means fewer financial contributors. A recent Pew Research report shows near %50 of adults who were raised Catholic no longer consider themselves Catholic. Neither do they attend Catholic services — a real hit to the Church pocketbook.

I have railed about this and other related issues concerning religion in general for several years. It’s not only Catholics, but also all religious groups who have seen a significant decline in church attendance — religion has become irrelevant to more and more people. To me the cause of that decline is obvious — religion’s irrationality.

All religion is totally irrational for one very simple reason — God. Everyone talks about God, but no one knows who God is. They all, speak of a ‘fairy tale’ god. They tell stories about this ‘mythical god’ likened to Alice in Wonderland. Even little children become aware that Santa Clause is not real once they become rational. We all were little children once upon a time and most of us were indoctrinated with ideas about a god who is an absolute myth. As the public becomes more educated, they begin to see flaws and discrepancies between ‘real life’ and what they were taught. Seemingly, most can’t explain why they have forsaken their religion — they just instinctively know something is wrong.

For years, I was trapped in that similar dilemma — I didn’t know why. Then I discovered the reason — no one had ever defined the essence of God. I knew that minus an essential definition, nothing has meaning, including God. With continued determination and a little good fortune, I was finally able to define the essence of my and your God —God is a Perfect rational Being. Instantly, that definition with its understanding ‘blew all religion out of the water’ — all is irrational and illegitimate.

My definition of God’s essence is grounded in the science of Particle Physics which describes an entire universe of perfect rationality. It shows that everything in existence is composed of perfect particles of energy which themselves exist in eternity but which simultaneously, make up every tangible, changing (temporal) object in this universe —they represent that Perfect Rationality which pervades all limits of the universe — they demonstrate a Perfect Truth System outside of which there is no truth — if there is God, and I believe there is, they are God—they are a tangible reflection of God the Father’s Perfect Intellect — they are God the Son —the love relationship between the Father and Son , the Holy Spirit is the driving force of God (God’s Will) which maintains the perfection of each particle.

I have been aware of three major voices, but most certainly many others have escaped my awareness, who recognized the essential God — Jesus of Nazareth, Francis of Assi, and Meister Eckhart. They each instinctively knew that God was in all things and that all things were in God, but they did not have the scientific understanding to back it up.

Jesus said ‘split a piece of wood and ill be there. Lift a rock and find me there. He knew that God was ‘all love’. He despised religion and clearly said so. He was a traitor to the Jewish religion of ‘sacrificial appeasement’ —he was crucified for his zeal.

Francis of Assisi saw God in everything. He instinctively knew that not only was God in everything, but that knowledge meant his individual person had a commonality with every existence.

Meister Eckhart was a famous German Monk who was very insightful. He knew God was everywhere and in all things. He spent most of his adult life attempting to define God — even to the point of reducing God to a negative dimension. He failed in his attempt to define God because he knew no science. Many of his publications were considered heresy and consequently, the Inquisition was closing in on him — thankfully, he died a natural death before they could bring him to trial.

So, what happened? We are witnessing the demise of Christianity right before our eyes. I predicted it in the last chapter of Wilderness Cry — Christianity will see its demise within 100 to 500 years. The determining factor will be wars and more wars.

What, then, should we be doing? We should not be gathering as Catholics, Baptists, Methodists, etc. We should be gathering in communal thanksgiving to our Perfect Rational God who has shared his rationality with us. That sharing has allowed us to gradually discover some of his most important truths, science, which has allowed us to make our lives more comfortable and more productive. Dreadfully it has also allowed us to produce weapons of mass destruction.

Which will we choose, love of God and love of neighbor or self-destruction — I fear the latter — we seem to be teetering on the brink of disaster even as I write.

If you have not already done so, please read my little books, Wilderness Cry, Peace in Spirituality, and Provocative Catholic. If you’d like a little ‘Huck Finn’ type entertainment, I believe you’ll enjoy Growing Up in Fancy Farm Kentucky — all books are available from Amazon-Kindle and me (handg@comcast.net)

PERFECT GOD –HILARY L HUNT MD

How many times have we heard God’s attributes listed as all-powerful, all-knowing, and all–Ioving, but how often do we hear of God as ‘all-perfect’? — I dare say, seldom. As with everything in this universe, there is a reason for that delinquency — one must understand what ‘perfect’ means. Since most purveyors of God’s attributes know but are unwilling to ‘profess science in religion’, the term ‘perfect’, when referencing God, is seldom used.

My contention suggests it is impossible to understand God’s perfection without knowing, understanding, and accepting ‘science’ —the only attribute which describes God completely.

Without accepting science as God’s only complete attribute, none of his other listed attributes have complete meaning. For instance, the ‘all-powerful’ attribute which millions have interpreted as meaning God can do anything they wish him to do, is as false as saying black is white. I can see you now, screaming and yelling at me as a blasphemer. Likewise, the all-knowing and all-loving attributes are meaningless without understanding the ‘all-perfect’ nature of God. Please allow me to explain.

The most fundamental thing we must understand is that there is a Perfect Rationality which pervades our entire universe. Otherwise stated, that means ‘there has never been nor will there ever be an occurrence which did not deliver a perfect consequence’.

As our understanding of the derivation and origin of our universe has developed, it has become apparent that everything in the universe had its inception at the moment of the so-called Big Bang, roughly 13.7-8 billion years ago. Instantaneously, our universe was filled with the ‘perfect particles of energy’ which gradually developed into the tangible entities as we know them today — instantly ‘change’ began.

We, less than perfect rational humans, have measured and designated the rate of that perceptible change in units called ‘time’. Additionally, we have recognized that every action delivers a perfect result for its set of inciting causes. That sequence represents the ‘Perfect Rationality’ which exists in our universe.

Accepting my definition of God’s essence as ‘A Perfect Rational Being’ demands that no change in God’s Perfection is possible. Therefore, all so-called miracles are impossible. God cannot possibly change his nature without destroying the perfect rational system he created. For instance, if a falling object failed to accelerate at the identical rate every time, nothing would be dependable, predictable, or manageable— we, nor anything in the universe could exist under that circumstance — failure of that principle of perfect rationality would cause immediate disruption and likely destruction of the entire universe.

Likewise, as we address the concept of an all-knowing God, most of us have been indoctrinated with the concept of a God sitting on a throne somewhere in heaven. As he sits and observes all happenings, he either smiles or frowns at our actions — he knows everything which happens. In addition, he is a perfect predicter of future happenings and has a plan for sending his Son, Jesus to separate the sheep from the goats — heaven for some—to hell for others. That, of course represents the widely held idea of the same God who can change his mind and be influenced by us — an ‘Alice in Wonderland’ concept of God dreamed up and perpetuated by purveyors of religion who refuse to honor the perfect rationality in our universe which describes God. My contention is that those perfect particles of energy perform perfectly, and consequently, their activity and results can be predicted forever — they are God — indeed all-knowing.

Now, the attribute of an all-loving God is frequently ‘sideswiped’ (dismissed) in many religions by the concept of a merciful God. That mercy can be administered only by a vengeful god who can be appeased only by compelling sacrificial offerings and begging. Historically, those meaningful sacrifices could/can be offered only by a qualified negotiator, a priest. Contrarily, the application of an understanding of a Perfect Rational God negates any possibility of a vengeful God who is capable of rejecting anything in existence — can God reject himself? Perfect Rationality demands Perfect love, choice, will, acceptance of that Perfection which is God.

So, the bottom line is this; God is Perfect which means he is complete. Nothing is missing. Nothing can be added. Nothing can be changed. Therefore, all religion is invalid because it either attempts to appease a vengeful god or it demands belief in the intentions and identity of a historical figure, Jesus of Nazareth.

Its fragmentation into 45,000 so-called Christian religions alone attest to its irrationality. Yet various forms of Christianity persist and multiply — akin to, a lethal virus spreading worldwide in pandemic fashion. Instead of bringing unity, religion spreads discord. Its irrationality dispels any possibility of like-mindedness which is the mandatory basis for peace.

In recognition of that terrible, destructive menace on our little planet, the lack of like-mindedness, I have repeatedly called for The Worldwide Communion of Spirituality — meaning, each of us recognizes and accepts that the Spirit of God is branded onto every perfect particle of energy in this universe — they are God — they are perfect in both form and function, they cannot be changed, they cannot be marked, they cannot be created nor destroyed by man, and not one, more or less, is in existence now than at the moment of their release at the Big bang. Until ‘that common like-minded recognition‘ comes to fruition, peace is impossible.

All religion is based on mythology, astrology, ignorance, and imagination — none coincides with the Perfect Rationality, God, who exists and reigns with absolute perfection in his and our universe. All religions perpetuate the lucrative scheme of control through authoritative power, resulting in wealth accumulation and empire building.

Jesus despised religion. He died in an attempt to supplant the Jewish religion of sacrificial appeasement of an angry, vengeful god with a philosophy of an all-loving God accompanied by an all-loving humanity — ‘Love your God with your all and love your neighbor as yourself‘ (paraphrased).

God’s Perfect Rationality accounts for the Perfect Truth System which exists in our universe — there is no truth outside that Perfect Truth System and it, itself, is contained in all the perfect quanta (energy particles) in existence — they are God.

All this philosophy is outlined in my books Wilderness Cry, Peace in Spirituality, and Provocative Catholic. You must read Wilderness Cry First, Then The others will have meaning. Growing Up In Fancy Farm Kentucky gives a historical and humorous glimpse into the imaginative, creative and adaptive pioneer character of the first twenty-two years of my life.

PHILOSOPHY- WITHOUT/WITH SCIENCE — HILARY L HUNT MD

Before we can begin a discussion of such crucial issues as philosophy and science, we must have an essential definition of those terms. Philosophy may be defined as a basic set of fundamental understandings derived from known or presumed truths (facts). Science may be defined as knowledge(truths) derived from known and/or provable facts.

We begin by considering that recorded human history began about four thousand years BC, coupled with the fact that the first known truth (science) occurred in 1498 AD. That incident involved Vasco da Gama sailing to India and back proving the earth to be round instead of flat. The ‘flat earth’ had been the ‘accepted truth’ upon which much erroneous philosophy had been based — despite that known, proven fact, the Pope and the Inquisition continued for three years to burn people to death for disclaiming the earth to be flat.

The next major ‘scientific’ discovery occurred one hundred eleven years later when Galileo discovered the sun to be the center of our universe (solar system) and not the earth which was a mandated belief to the point of being burned at the stake for non-believers. He, himself, was forced to recant his findings to escape incineration — as punishment, he spent the last nine years of his life under house arrest. During those years, he laid the groundwork for the scientific discovery for the rate of acceleration of a falling object, which was later developed and refined by Sir Isaac Newton.

Those two proofs served to lay the foundation for continued scientific investigation which accelerated at a torrid pace from that time on. Astronomy soon replaced the pseudoscience of astrology. Astronomers began to calculate distances to celestial objects — as both telescopes and curiosity improved, the science of astronomy became real. However, despite that fact, the Pope is said to have an astute astrologer at his side before making any serious decision up until the 1800’s. All religion was deeply rooted in pseudo-philosophy which was based on ignorance, mythology, astrology, imagination, witchcraft, and hearsay. Likewise, all concepts of God proposed by religion were based on those same superstitions.

That proposition created a situation whereby ‘everyone talked about God, but no one could define him’ — there were/still are as many gods as there are now, or ever have been, people on this earth.

Since its inception, science has accelerated at a feverish pitch. We know so much more now — we’ve put a man on the moon— sadly, we’ve created a tool capable of obliterating every living thing on this earth.

A mythological god exists in the minds of everyone who believes in God. Consequently, everyone’s philosophy about God and his environs (religion, eternity, heaven, hell, etc, and all such like considerations) is pure nonsense — all is based on ‘false premises’— no one can define his god.

On the other hand, science attempts to be more exact and in most instances is — biological sciences seem to be more slowly developed and understood than the other physical sciences. That is because the massive chemical structures, reactions, and interactions, of biological compounds and systems are more difficult to completely ascertain, define, and repeat — just because we are slow to understand doesn’t make them invalid — it just means we are slower in understanding that aspect of God’s perfection.

Every action, thought, reaction, and interaction has consequences. So, what are the consequences to humanity of being impaled with a philosophy which is based on mythology, astrology, etc.? From my perspective, the principal consequences of record which have pervaded human history from day one are disorder and discord. Humans have been fighting each other throughout the ages. Almost from day one, there have been alliances for mutual protection from enemies. However, as soon as the danger passes, alliances frequently loosen and even some break ranks and join others. Invariably, infighting of minor degree developed in the alliance— some state, nation, or ruler fails to do its part.

Given what I just said to be remotely true — one glance at today’s world will justify my statements — why do you suppose that is? I believe there are two basic causes. The first involves the fact that we are animals and, just like all animals, we tend by nature to be domineering and controlling. Long ago, some groups recognized the need for civility — gradually, the entire earth became civilized by necessity. However, greed did not disappear. The second, and I believe most important cause for disorder and discord, is lack of like-mindedness. And, what prompted that void? I will readily suggest to you, it is because no two persons have an identical understanding or picture of their God — everyone talks about God, but no one knows him— no one can define his essence. Therein lies the basic difficulty the world has encountered.

Why then can we not define the essence of our God? I would readily suggest there are two causes. Number one, all our current philosophy about God comes to us through the Bible which, itself, is based on mythology, astrology, ignorance, imagination and hearsay. Number two, and more importantly, concepts of God have never included Science. Without scientific understanding, all concepts of God are invalid.

I was fortunate to have a picture of God and the Trinity painted for me in 1958 by a young Jesuit retreat-master shortly before I graduated from Medical School at Saint Louis University. He told me to think of God as having a Perfect Intellect — that Perfect Intellect, having nothing else to reflect upon, looks inward and sees a perfect reflection of itself. Being in the supernatural, that reflection is a living being just as its generator — it is the Son, the second person of the Trinity. Those two Perfect Intellects, viewing each other perpetually, have no choice but to love, choose, will, accept each other — the Holy Spirit or Will Of God. Instantly, I saw the picture, but I couldn’t explain it to myself or others because I couldn’t relate to the Perfect Intellect —what was it— I did not know the scientific basis for it — I still could not define the essence of God.

Fortunately for me, and I hope and trust for you, after sixty-five years of searching, I found the scientific explanation for the philosophy of my God’s essence — Quantum Mechanics (particle physics). There I learned that there is a Perfect Rationality which pervades this universe — every truth in this universe is found in that Rationality —it constitutes a Perfect Truth System outside of which there is no truth. Cumulatively, all those particles, (quanta) which are perfect in form and function, are indivisible, are unmarkable, are unchangeable, and cannot be created nor destroyed by man, exist in eternity, but they form the substrate for everything in our changing, temporal universe— they are God.

Finally, I was able to do something never before done — I was not only able but also mandated to define my God’s essence— God is A Perfect Rational Being. That definition is all inclusive and it is irrefutable.

The ramifications of that understanding are staggering. They completely obliterate and annihilate every thought we ever had about any god or religion — all are invalid — we must now start anew. We must change our thinking and our visualizations completely.

In summary, it is easy to see that philosophy which is based on mythology, astrology, imagination, and the likes has no relationship to science (truth) and furthermore, is totally irrational, bearing no relationship to reality. Therefore, the Bible, from which all concepts of God and all ensuing Christian religion was/is based, is totally irrational and is the epitome of pseudo philosophy. However, that is exactly what the world has been shackled with for near six thousand years. Contrarily, philosophy which is based on known, provable facts, science, is completely rational and trustworthy but has been completely ignored by so-called Christian religions. The reason for that is obvious — acknowledgement of scientific facts would instantly invalidate them and their ’cause’ — power, control, and money — they have no inclination to destroy their power base.

It should be noted once again that no one can prove or disprove the existence of a Supreme Being. However, knowing the perfect composition and perfect rational function which exists in our universe, as described by Quantum Mechanics (particle physics), makes it more rational than not for me to accept the concept of ’A Perfect Rational Being’ who not only imagined and created this magnificent, tumultuous, perfectly functioning universe but also who manages it and keeps it perfect — for want of a better term, I call it God.

Consequently, the good news is this — all can now become like-minded. We all can have the same identical understanding of who God is — finally, our billions of mythical gods can be abolished forever. We can have peace.

It will take a staggering effort on everyone’s part to make that conversion come about — grass root understanding is very important. However, it will never happen until the purveyors of religion accept this new scientific doctrine and preach it worldwide. The Stronghold of power and control with resultant extraction of money must be broken — a monumental undertaking to say the least. Please don’t hold your breath — maybe someday before we self-destruct.

While we wait, once again, I call for the acceptance of The Worldwide Communion Of Spirituality which demands each of us to understand and accept that the Spirit of God, The Holy Spirit, The Will of God is branded onto every perfect particle of energy which constitutes ever gravid object in existence in this universe. That, my friends, is like-mindedness.

That basic scientific philosophy is spelled out in my first book, Wilderness Cry. It is carried to its logical conclusions in Peace In Spirituality, and Provocative Catholic. In addition, I have published a semi auto biographical and historical account of my first twenty-two years of life in Growing Up In Fancy Farm Kentucky. I believe you will find each intriguing — Amazon-Kindle and from me, autographed (handg@comcast.net).

HOLY MEN (revised) — HILARY L HUNT MD

Doesn’t that term send shock waves of imagination through your entire being—both exhilaration and guilt? Exhilaration, because we marvel at the thought of someone being so pious, benevolent, holy, and perfect. Guilt, because, instantaneously, either consciously, subconsciously, or both, we realize we do not fit that mold. Then, we must ask ourselves how we came by those ingrained ideas in the first place, and secondly, are they justified? I can’t answer with certainty for you, but I can for myself.

From day one of my earliest memories until this very day, I have been schooled in the idea that certain people are known to have followed ‘God’s Laws’ to perfection, and thereby, are known, and have been certified, to be saints in heaven. The question then arises; ‘who makes those observations and certifications?’. Early in my Roman Catholic schooling, training, and upbringing, I didn’t really question such ideas—I just marveled at them. The disappointment came rapidly as I soon realized I couldn’t be one of them—I was too bad—I felt guilty.

As I got older, and the level of understanding and interpretation expanded with specifics about certain saints, I learned there might be a glimmer of hope for me after all. One prime example, touted with great exuberance, was Augustine of Hippo. I learned from the Catholic sisters, who taught me, that Augustine had been a womanizer of the highest degree—a real no-no for becoming a ‘saint’. But he had ‘an ace in the hole’, his mother, saint Monica. Throughout all the seventeen years of his life of debauchery, he squandered everything he had. Not only that, but he also tried every religion he could find—none fit. In the meantime, Monica continued to pray for his conversion. Finally, after years of indulgence and a burned out, spent life, he converted to Roman Catholicism.

Augustine was an intelligent man. Soon after his conversion, he became a priest. Realizing there was an unsettled controversy in the Church about the specifics of Original Sin and the Trinity, he developed a philosophy which explained them to the Church’s satisfaction—he was made Bishop of Hippo. He was canonized a saint some nine hundred years later—Monica, his mother, also was canonized.

A contemporary of Augustine, Jerome, was also a Catholic priest in Italy. He spoke both Greek and Latin. He is tributed with having translated the Bible from Greek to Latin. However, Dr Bart Ehrman, professor of Bible at North Carolina University, and a celebrated author about biblical concerns and events, asserts that, in his translation of the Bible from Greek to Latin, Jerome either eliminated or drastically changed most texts portraying ‘anything good’ about women—sex had become the absolute greatest evil in the Church’s eye, and ‘women were sex’. G. Rattray Taylor, in his insightful book, Sex in History, relates that Jerome became a staunch ascetic. In fact, to scourge himself more meaningfully, he moved from Italy to the Middle East desert in Judea where he became a hermit. He took three women with him. However, he made them dress as men, rub their face with dirt and ashes to hide their beauty, and torment their bodies continually, as he did. One of the women had four children. The oldest child died, and Jerome scolded her severely for weeping, telling her she should be thankful because, now she would have more time to devote to God—such was the ideation of ascetics—modern-day Opus Dei. Jerome was canonized three hundred-fifty years after his death.

Those two examples will serve to set the stage for who are considered to be ‘holy men’. Now, let’s back up thirty to forty years before Augustine and Jerome came along. The year is 325 AD. Jesus had been dead about three hundred years. The Jewish Kingdom was still under Roman control—a government within a government. The Jews were basically like sharecroppers under Roman rule, just as they had been in Jesus’ time. Christianity, of sorts, had spread eastward to all of Europe and North Africa along the Mediterranean Sea. Each town had its own bishop who was supreme ruler in his jurisdiction, However, there were many differences in Christian belief and practices from one Jurisdiction to another. Consequently, among the Christian Church, there was much squabbling and infighting, sometimes with outright hostility. Instead of working and producing for the Roman State, the Christians were spending their time bickering and arguing with each other. In the meantime, Emperor Constantine, and Emperors before him, had depleted both the Roman army and resources by engaging in perpetual conquests. The official Roman Religion at that time was Mithraism, a pagan religion which had been brought to Rome in 60 A D by the Roman Army from Persia—it was readily accepted by the Romans. Taylor asserts it is very similar to Roman Catholicism—the Church denies it. Be that as it may, Constantine reasoned that it would be more practical to make Christianity the official religion rather than attempt coercing the squabbling Christians into meaningful production. Consequently, He called the eighteen hundred world bishops into council at Nicaea—only 180 attended. At any rate, he commissioned those ‘holy men’ to form a religion of their liking—it would be enforced to the death by the Roman army. After much squabbling they formed a consensus, and the Holy Roman Catholic Church was born. In my humble opinion, it bore no resemblance to Jesus’ teaching. It reverted right back to the Jewish sacrificial religion which Jesus despised, and which got him killed for saying so. However, it did put those ‘holy men’ into a position of total control just as the King and High Priest were in Judaism—it gave them unadulterated control of our souls and our pocketbooks. As far as I can observe, nothing has changed to this day.

Oh, other ‘holy men’ finally split off from the ‘parent company’ and ‘set up housekeeping’ on their own. The visible result is forty-five thousand different churches and sects, each proposing to represent the real Jesus—all headed by ‘holy men’—all are imposters.

If you have not already done so, please read my little books, Wilderness Cry, Peace in Spirituality, Provocative Catholic, and just for kicks, Growing Up in Fancy Farm Kentucky. Amazon-Kindle and me, handg@comcast.net. You will get an earful and get your eyes opened.

AGGRIVATIONS, FRUSTRATIONS, DISAPPOINTMENTS, AND GOD’S PERFECTION — HILARY L HUNT MD

How many times in an average day do we experience frustrating aggravations and/or disappointments? I dare say most active people experience such unpleasant events many times each day. In my own personal life, while working in my gardens, I will notice at least dozens daily—something is always snagged, out of line, or won’t function the way I want.

So, with that little intro, how should we react to such situations and, more importantly, why. Before we can logically address those questions, we must consider their source—and what is their source? — God’s Perfection.

The totality of knowledge (truth) in our universe is contained in all the quanta of energy of which everything is made and represents at a minimum the Perfect Rationality of our God’s Perfect Intellect, and includes the imprint of his Perfect Will, The Holy Spirit. So, everything that happens in our universe is perfect for its set of circumstances. Furthermore, none of that would apply in a different universe where a different knowledge base (truth system) exists. In fact, it is entirely possible that neither universe would/could recognize the other or, even know the other exists.

To help clarify and fully understand, let’s review what God’s Perfection is. I have defined God’s essence as ‘A Perfect Rational Being’ with no equal nor superior. That Perfect Rationality is exhibited by each tiny particle of energy of which everything in ‘our universe’ is made—notice, I said our universe. I am not suggesting there are other universes, but neither I can’t exclude the possibility. However, if such were the case, that universe would likely be the result of another Perfect Rationality with a different nature from ours. In other words, truth that pertains in our universe would not necessarily apply in the other. Sound crazy? Well maybe but hear me out.

All that talk about another universe with a different perfect rationality is, of course, purely speculative. Despite that fact, if another universe exists with the identical Truth System as ours, it would necessarily be generated by the same Perfect Rationality as ours—our God.

So, let’s get back to the nuances of everyday life. Before I became aware of our God’s essence, I reacted to them with anger, frustration, disappointment, disillusionment etc.—I simply didn’t want those frustrations. However, with my current understanding, I realized most of them were caused by me and my rebellious nature—I didn’t understand God’s Perfect rationality before.

Now, with such occurrences, I have to chuckle to myself and say, “that’s another example of God’s Perfection”. That ideation doesn’t lighten the workload, but it helps me to be more careful and patient. As an afterthought, I spend at least half my time talking to myself saying the same thing, “it’s God’s Perfection”.

I am constantly reminding myself that, if all those untoward actions and reactions did not occur and always in perfect fashion, nothing in this universe could or would be reliable and functional—everything would be a complete failure from its inception. That, of course, means we, nor anything we know of would be here.

It is God’s perfect knowledge-based truth system which makes everything possible including all our frustrations. Simultaneously, it is that same system which makes possible all the joy and happiness we experience for having accomplished something worthwhile using that identical system.

The System is Perfect—we just got to understand it and respect it for what it is— our God. We will never know and understand it all, but as a world society, we are learning more and more of God’s perfection daily. Meanwhile, that same knowledge has made it more likely that we may soon self-destruct, and for what reason? —power, control, and riches (money). The logical question then is, how did we come to this point?

The answer to that question is multifaceted, indeed, but from my perspective, the least common denominator of it all is lack of like mindedness about our creator God—our Perfect Rational Being. Every god of any kind ever suggested is a pure myth. Each person has his own god just as each child has its own Santa. Most of those gods have been deemed to be vengeful and demanding of appeasement— ‘religion’ came into being to satisfy that deemed demand. One might think and certainly would hope that religion would be an ameliorating factor in promoting like mindedness. However, vast experience has shown us just the opposite. Religion of any and all kinds has been the most divisive factor of all. Not only has it fostered and promoted perpetual hostilities among us worldwide but, by its basic irrational nature, it has enticed solution-seekers to dream up more destructive schemes of societal function such as socialism and communism.

Just look at our globe today—it could go up in a giant fireball any second. And what is to blame? —irrational religion and ideologies. All religion is irrational because not one of them I am aware of recognizes and respects our Perfect Rational Being as God. Until they humble themselves to that recognition, there can be no like mindedness—therefore, no peace is possible. Of course, doing so would negate the need for their existence, which means it’s not likely to happen anyways soon.

So, having said all that, we can help the cause of like mindedness and peace immeasurably by doing the following: when anything we attempt hits a snag such as inadvertently setting a cup too close to the edge and having it crash into pieces, or slip on an icy step and sustain an injury, or playing with our phone while driving, wreck our car, or grapple with a piece of netting which snags one time after another, or a billion other such occurrences, just quietly chuckle and say to ourselves, “it’s God’s Perfection”. Then we are becoming more tolerant of our own and other’s deficiencies–-just as Jesus commanded, we are loving our God and our neighbor as ourselves.

I have written extensively on these subjects. If you have not already read Wilderness cry, please do so. Then Peace in Spirituality and Provocative Catholic will ring true for you. Growing Up In Fancy Farm Kentucky may tickle your fancy.

SELFISHNESS – THE UNIVERSAL EVIL — HILARY L HUNT MD

You may wonder at the validity of this title – just what does it mean. Well, selfishness may be defined as ‘anything directed at self’. So, as we observe and investigate, we note that literally nothing escapes that singular notation. And, of course, as with every truth in this universe, selfishness is no different –God made it ‘to be that way’.

It is likely that, just as I, you were taught and led to believe that selfishness was a sin. That’s because we did not understand the parameters of selfishness or sin. We know that the concept of sin was introduced by Moses to help him in the civil management of his flock. So, considering that, let’s examine the parameters of selfishness.

Every living thing in this universe has needs —food, hydration, shelter, reproduction. For those needs to be fulfilled, it is an absolute necessity that those requirements be directed at self. So, are they to be categorized as sin? – I think not. Extremes of selfishness which we call greed has not been catalogued by the Catholic Church as one of the seven Cardinal Sins — Pride, Covetousness, Lust, Anger, Gluttony, Envy and Sloth. However, I’d bet a bunch that the cataloguers squabbled quite a bit about whether or not it should be.

Sin, of course, was/is considered to be an offense against God — we hurt God’s feelings — make him unhappy — displeased him. I have shown many, many times in my books and other writings that such ideation is pure foolishness. God is A Perfect Rational Being and, as such, cannot possibly be hurt, displeased, or pleased. Such change in demeanor or attitude would immediately negate God’s perfection and, would, simultaneously, bring him out of eternity — remember, change equals time — there is no time in eternity.

What we are doing with extremes of greed, and any other activities known as sin, is hurting and displeasing our fellow man —we are sinning against our neighbor —we are violating ‘The Golden Rule” and Jesus’ command for us to love our neighbor as ourselves. Again, I have shown that we do not have to ‘like’ (like implies a pleasant sensual experience) anyone or anything, but we must ‘love’ (accept) our neighbor as he/she is.

Then, how is everything in the universe selfish? Again, I have shown in my writings how that even inanimate entities are perpetually selfish. Every grain of sand is constantly bearing down on its neighbors in an attempt to create a bigger, better spot for itself. Likewise, ever solid gravid object is doing the same. Gases will distribute themselves evenly throughout the extent of any space. The elements of wind and precipitation are gradually wearing away the rocks, mountains, and any structure which attempts to block their paths — in time, all will be reduced to a flat surface which offers no resistance. Why do you suppose that is? Without doubt, if there is a God, and I believe there is, it is because God allowed his universe to begin and evolve through a process of built-in imbalance called entropy. That imbalance ensures that change is perpetual — everything is changing in an attempt to come to an equilibrium.

That imbalance(entropy) creates a perpetual ‘need’ in everything. Those needs demand change, and change is measured in units which we call ‘time’. Consider this; if there were no needs, there would be no change; if no change, there would be no time; if no time, only ‘eternity’. We know that God exists in eternity. We also seem to know that at the moment of the ‘big bang’ God release his energy in the form of quanta of several different types. A quantum is the smallest particle of energy, which is perfect in both form and function, is unchanging and unchangeable, is indistinguishable from its counterparts, can neither be created nor destroyed by man, and cannot be further subdivided. As such, each exist in eternity just as God — collectively, they are God.

At the moment of their release, they instantly went about doing perfectly what they were designed to do — they formed the protons and neutrons which make up the nuclei of every atom, and together with electrons, they ultimately formed all the atoms of every element in the universe. Those atoms, of course, have needs and thereby react with other atoms to form compounds of all sorts and descriptions, and ultimately formed all the structures in our universe today. More importantly, at the moment of their release, change in the universe, time, began.

So, here we are nearly fourteen billion years later, and perpetual change continues. Knowledgeable physicists tell us that the universe will likely last another 75 to 100 billion years before it finally ‘balances itself’, and selfishness and time ceases — all will have returned to the ‘singularity (God) from whence they came.

So, you see, without selfishness, we, nor anything else, would be here. Likewise, do you see how ignorant, superstitious, and greedy men have created innumerable cultist religions, all feigning an attempt to appease an angry God?

The native Americans and many other cultures recognized the presence of God in everything. They had no scientific knowledge, but their instincts told them so.

It is scandalous to say the least, but I’ll have to ‘cut the early Israelites a little slack’ — they were stone-cold ignorant — they knew not one basic scientific fact. However, the King and High Priest, soon discovered how lucrative their religion could be. Guess what — they seized upon that discovery with selfish ’greed’. Remember what Jesus had to say about them? He called them ‘a den of thieves’ — a brood of vipers — he overturned their moneychangers’ tables and drove them from the temple — such was his zeal.

Three hundred years later, those who formed the Holy Roman Catholic(universal) Church at the behest of Emperor Constantine, totally ignored Jesus’ teaching of an all-loving God, and, while using his name as a shield, fashioned a church exactly after the format of Judaism — with them in total control, of course —I doubt their sincerity.

I cannot, however, cut modern-day churches any slack. The science has been exposed now — ignorance, mythology, superstition, astrology, and witchcraft have long-since gone ‘out the window’. They persist, however, in religion — I wonder why.

Have you ever taken note that power and control = money? I have, and I’ll bet my last dollar that, if the ‘money-well dried up’, those who masquerade as our ‘spiritual caretakers’ would vanish like ghosts in the night. What do you think?

I have elucidated this concept to the fullest in my books, Wilderness Cry, Peace In Spirituality, and Provocative Catholic. In addition, I have published a semi-historical and humorous book about my ‘pioneer childhood’, Growing Up, In fancy Farm Kentucky. I believe you would do yourself well by their reading. All are available at Amazon-Kindle and from me, autographed. (handg@comcast.net).

SCIENCE AND RELIGION — HILARY L HUNT MD

Many of you have heard the expression that someone or something ‘hates …. like the devil hates Holy Water’. I firmly suspect that nowhere in history has that dictum been more applicable than in the relationship between religion and science. So, we are free to apply it here—Religion hates science like the devil hates Holy Water.

From an historical perspective, we are aware that all religion was generated in the pseudoscience of astrology, combined with mythology, superstition, and imagination– that was all those ancient philosophers had to rely on. It started for mid-east and old-world western religions some twenty-four hundred years ago with the Egyptians recognizing the ‘Zodiac’ and assigning certain influences to it. From there, it evolved into a myriad of gods and goddesses who exerted specific controls and influences on their lives.

Eventually, the Hebrews recognized a singular God who created and controlled everything in their universe which amounted to what they could see—sun, moon, stars, comets, and planets. They had no idea about the real universe they lived in—trillions of galaxies containing billions and trillions of stars and other celestial bodies. They had no idea that a light beam traveling 186,000 miles per second would require 100,000 years to traverse the face or our galaxy, the Milky Way, alone — recorded human history is only forty-five hundred years old — such was their collective ignorance.

Simultaneously, the Far-easterners, and inhabitants of the New Western world, the Americas, recognized the presence of eternal being(s) which existed in everything as well as in some faraway places in the sky—whatever their collective imaginations dictated. In turn, each group worldwide developed its own set of understandings of their god(s) and, furthermore, many devised methods of honoring and/or appeasing their god(s). That appeasement came in the form of sacrificial religion with some sacrificing live humans as the offering.

As far as I can determine, the Hebrews were the only group who developed a God patterned exactly after their own nature—he could be loving or hateful, merciful or vengeful, accepting or rejecting. More importantly, he could be bargaining. Even though he was all-powerful, the Hebrews believed they were obliged to create contracts with their God and ‘hold his toes to the fire’. By their own admission, they ‘got their tail feathers singed’ when God reneged on the first contract and allowed King Nebuchadnezzar to destroy the temple. But they were persistent and ‘made God’ honor the second one—such was their collective imagination, arrogance, and audacity.

We are familiar with ‘the rest of the story—Jesus. The Jews had Jesus killed for teaching heresy—love of God and neighbor. In fact, I am convinced that the Jewish Christians who formed the Holy Roman Catholic Church, and those who wrote and rewrote the Gospels were very careful not to state specifically what Jesus was teaching that justified his being called a traitor, thereby mandating crucifixion — we have to ‘read between the lines’ to extract that understanding. Had they openly admitted to his traitorous teachings, they would have been forced to humble themselves to ordinary human existences as Jesus suggested.

However, those bishops who formed the Holy Roman Catholic Church in the year 325 AD, having already experienced the bonanza of power, control, and lucre, were not the least bit inclined to honor Jesus’ teachings of humility and love. Instead, in direct defiance of Jesus, they formulated a Church patterned exactly after Jewish sacrificial ritual with them as the controller and dispenser of Divine graces.

Mind you, at that point in time, there still was no scientific information available—the earth was flat; the earth was the center of the universe; the celestial bodies exerted supernatural powers over them, ala astrology; the earth was supported on five crooked, wobbly legs and was always in danger of falling into the netherworld below. They knew no truth, but they did know how to put and keep themselves in total control while milking the hard-earned resources of their subjects—the very thing which Jesus railed against that got him killed.

Things went well for them and their new-founded Church as long as Constantine and his son who followed him as Emperor of the Roman Empire were alive. However, with the fall of the Roman Empire, their powerbase was destroyed and, to put it mildly, all hell broke loose. There was a parade of bad Popes; priests and popes alike became sexual predators; squandering popes depleted the Vatican coffers prompting the sale of indulgences to rich people who aspired to have a glimmer of hope of getting to heaven — an indulgence is vehicle by which a certain amount of time in Purgatory can be reduced. Not all popes were bad, but many turned to ascetics such as Jerome and Augustine for answers to philosophical questions such as original sin and the role and/or value of women in the church. Women became so deprecated in Jerome’s estimation that they represented sin—were it not for women, men wouldn’t/couldn’t sin. According to Bart Ehrman, professor of Bible and Religion at North Carolina University, Jerome, in translating the Bible from Greek to Latin, either eliminated or dramatically changed any reference to anything good about women.

In the meantime, because of power struggles between Rome and the Eastern Church, generated mainly by disagreements about married priests and sexual matters in general, plus a lingering argument about the Holy Spirit, a complete split occurred beginning in 1054. In 1095, the Pope instigated the Crusades to win back the Holy Land which had been conquered and occupied by the Mohammedans. The Crusades lasted intermittently until 1396.

Two hundred years earlier, the inquisitions were instituted to eliminate witches and to protect the earth from falling into the netherworld by unlawful sexual activity—sexual intercourse was prohibited on any elevated structure and violators were burned at the stake. That prohibition was generated by the superstitious idea that the shaking caused by sexual activity on an elevated structure could cause the earth to topple from its wobbly legs into the netherworld below. The Church seemed to be in near-total shambles — there still was no science— witches ran wild and even managed to get to the New World —witness the Salem Witch Trials.

In the year 1497 science began to rear its head — Vasco da Gama sailed to the Far East and back proving the earth was round but three years passed before the Pope ceased burning people at the stake for denying it was flat. Then, in the early 1600’s, Galileo discovered the sun to be the center of our solar system. He escaped burning at the stake by making a public recantation of his findings before the Inquisition. However, he spent the last nine years of his life under house arrest.

Science was beginning. The word science comes from the Latin word Scientia which means knowledge which of course, is truth. Prior to Vasco da Gama and Galileo there was little if any pure truth known. The great Greek and Roman philosophers based all their premises on astrology and mythology. Therefore, all their conclusions were false. Thomas Aquinas, whose philosophy the Catholic Church adopted, also based his methodology on Aristotelian philosophy. Aquinas, for purposes of staying in line with biblical and Church teaching, developed a dualistic philosophy which puts God in one place and his creation in another–not only two different places but also two different natures.

So, fast-forward to today. Shortly after taking office, Pope Francis is said to have stated that there is no such place as hell — that idea had been dreamed up by the Church to scare people into submission. In addition, in response to the conservative outcry at his apparent liberalism, the Pope said: ‘None of the rules have changed. We just got to stop talking about them’ (paraphrased). It seems obvious to me that statement was intended to infer that ‘with the passage of time, the Church could pretend the rules never existed in the first place and purge them from the system’ — all that designed to stem the tide of people dropping out of the Church.

Many great thinkers, among whom I disclaim membership, throughout the centuries, have recognized the presence of God ‘in all his creation’. That is, in fact, what Jesus taught us— ‘split a piece of wood, and I’ll be there; lift a rock and find me there’ (paraphrased).

Since I have irrefutably defined the Essence of God as; God is A Perfect Rational Being, and since the understanding of Quantum Mechanics (particle physics) clearly demonstrates that everything in this universe is ‘perfect’ in both form and function, it is not only logical, but I believe mandatory, to accept the premise that nothing in existence can be unless the Holy Spirit (Will of God) resides within it. That understanding means that God is certainly in everything as Jesus, Saint Francis of Assisi, Meister Eckart and many others have proclaimed. That understanding also brings God and science into ‘perfect unity and harmony — God is science — God is Perfect Truth — there can be no truth outside God’s Perfect Truth System which is demonstrated conclusively by the perfection of every basic particle of energy (quantum) in existence.

So, where does that leave us? I do not know about you, but I do know about me— it left me ‘crying out for truth’ from a wilderness of mythology, astrology, witchcraft, superstition, Ignorance, and imagination’. I was forced to embark on a journey of understanding.

What I have observed during the last seventy years is a continuous ‘squirming’ by the Church to gradually bringing itself into some scientific alignment without losing credibility. Its plan seems to be a subtle, long-term acceptance of scientific principles, and an equally subtle ‘sweeping under the carpet’ of archaic and erroneous ideas as the generations go by — knowing that those who remember will soon be gone, and those remaining have little or no interest in studying history. So, the Church pretends — ‘it’s always been that way’.

It truly breaks my heart to say this, but I know of no religion or ‘so-called Faith’, now or ever, which teaches anything remotely similar to God’s truth — I know of no legitimate religion.

I have elucidated these findings and many, many more in my books, Wilderness Cry, Peace in Spirituality, and Provocative Catholic. In addition, I have published a semi-autobiography, Growing Up in Fancy Farm Kentucky. All are available Amazon-Kindle.

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HISTORY OF BAPTISM — HILARY L HUNT MD

A cursory review of ancient history will reveal that baptism, as a form of ritual cleansing and purification, was practiced by literally all cultures in ancient times, including Hindus. It seems likely, that the Egyptians were the earliest to employ it. A ritual washing in the waters of the Nile River was a surefire means of obtaining closeness to and favor of the gods. In fact, one account shows that drowning in the Nile or submersion of a corpse in its waters was a certain means of restoring life with their gods in the afterlife.

I can find no reference to Jewish baptism prior to Moses. You will recall that the Israelites were enslaved by the Egyptians for over two hundred years. Undoubtedly, during those entrapment years they adopted the Egyptian custom of baptism – hence it’s appearance in Mosaic law and its continuance till the time of John the Baptist. However, John’s baptism was a ritual cleansing of repentance.

Most Christians are taught to believe that Jesus, by his submission to baptism by John, gave sanctifying significance to the event – hence we have the ‘sacrament of Baptism’ in many Christian religions.

Now, let’s consider the plain, simple facts. Jesus was a Jewish male aged thirty-three. Number one, it would be unthinkable for a Jewish male of his age not to be married. Number two, it would be just as unthinkable for him not to have been baptized – maybe many times before — after all, it was a ritual purification. The bible writers glorified John’s baptism of Jesus by having God speak directly from the clouds to a local audience verifying his pleasure with the event and certifying Jesus as his only Son.

I have shown many, many times that all those ‘miracles’ are impossible because God would have to ‘change his nature from that of ‘a perfect rational being’ to a nilly-willy overlord who acted like a drunken sailor and could not be trusted under any circumstance – not a chance. In my humble opinion all that represents the mythological, astrological, superstitious ignorance of those writers who were determined to have their vision (version) of religion come true. As I have noted many times before, we simply do not and cannot know what the original writers said. The versions of the bible we have now represent the writing and rewriting ad nauseum of a single copy which was made from possibly thousands of recopies. It was the only surviving copy and was made two hundred-plus years after the original.

We can and should be very suspicious of all accounts from any current bible. That justification stems from the known fact that three hundred years after Jesus’ death, the Jews remained under Roman control. Rome, as it was in Jesus’ day, still allowed the Jews and their newfound Christian religions to be self-governed concerning their religion(s). The only thing Rome cared about was their productivity. By the year 325 AD, there were 1800 so-called bishops in the Christian domain of Rome. A bishop was the most prominent person in his community. Each Bishop had his own ideas about Jesus – what he said, and what he did, and what he meant. Hardly any two of them agreed with any others. Therefore, they were squabbling and infighting among themselves. They became so involved in their differences that their productivity diminished noticeably. Emperor Constantine became alarmed by their lack of production. His coffers were already depleted by all the wars he had been fighting. At that time, the official Roman religion was a pagan religion known as Mithraism. Constantine reasoned it would be wiser to make Christianity the official religion of the Empire, rather than further deplete his treasury and resources by trying to coerce the squabbling Christians into productivity.

Accordingly, he called a conference at Nicaea of the so-called Christian bishops. All eighteen hundred bishops were invited but only about three hundred attended. They squabbled among themselves from May till August before a consensus was reached. Some dissidents were excommunicated. Thus, Christianity became the official religion of the Roman Empire, and it had full support and protection of the Roman army. Any dissenters had two choices: beheading on the spot or banishment into the wilds.

The religion so formed represented the collective wishes of the consensus attendees. More importantly, it put each of them into positions of high power and influence. So, it is unthinkable that they would not have patterned their newfound Christian religion exactly after the lucrative father-religion, the Jewish religion – sacrifice and all. Only, this time the sacrifice was to be unbloody (they didn’t want all that mess). They devised a plan of actually recreating Jesus out of bread and wine, and then offering him to the Father in an unbloody sacrificial way – the Catholic ‘sacrifice of the mass’ was instituted.

Of course, baptism became the rite of initiation into the newformed church. Anyone not baptized could not enter heaven. Even though one might have led a holy life, if not baptized, he was relegated to a place in eternity known as ‘limbo’. When I was a child studying and learning Catholic catechism, I was taught that early infant baptism was imperative so that a newborn baby might not die and be committed to Limbo forever. Later, as a medical student and medical doctor delivering babies in a Catholic institution, Saint Louis University, that same urgency was instilled in me. I was to immediately baptize any newborn who might appear unlikely to survive the usual seven days allowed before average infant baptism. It is a curious thing that I haven’t heard the word Limbo mentioned from any pulpit in the last 40-50 years. Curious too, I have heard no protest from any pulpit about parents waiting two years or longer to have their child baptized – think I know why – it’s called alienation – don’t lose any prospects at any cost – to hell with limbo.

The Church gets away with this dictatorial overlording in a sly and cunning way. They know young people growing up don’t know the difference – they never heard of limbo, And the Church knows the old dudes like me who do know and who do remember will soon be gone. So, it’s conveniently ‘swept under the carpet’ as though it never happened.

It not only happened with limbo’, but also, it’s happening with nearly all the Church’s dictatorial, controlling rules, the breach of which would send one straight to hell or limbo. Again, I think I know why – it’s called ‘money honey’. People are dropping out of religion like dead flies falling off a wall. The dastardliest observation yet is the Church’s occult stance on abortion. The Church has gone from absolute prohibition against artificial birth control of any kind to overtly condoning the vilest of birth control devices or techniques, abortion.

Not only has the Pope given his blessing to the two biggest proponents of abortion in this country, Joe Biden, and Nancy Pelosi, both of whom profess to be Catholic, but now he has made a pro-abortionist bishop in California a Cardinal of the Catholic Church. Again, I think I know why – it’s called ‘money-honey’. It is intended to stem the outflow of young nonconformists from the church. Such hypocrisy, I have never witnessed in my lifetime of over 90 years – but the youngsters will never know the difference –another ‘sweep it under the rug’ deal.

So, to sum it all up in one neat little package – it only has value if it benefits the money flow of the Church – to hell with morality. And might I quickly add, I seriously doubt that my observations, or at least similar ones, are not applicable in most other churches besides the Catholic Church.

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If you desire a full explanation and understanding of the fallacies and failures of religion, please read my little book Wilderness Cry. You will then eagerly want to read its sequels, Peace in Spirituality, and Provocative Catholic. If you want to know more about me and my childhood upbring, you’ll enjoy Growing Up in Fancy Farm Kentucky. All are available Amazon-Kindle, and from me, handg@#comcast.net.

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