Religion and Politics: It is a universal statement, ‘our constitution demands separation of church and state’. I doubt seriously if many people know what that means. I suspect that the framers of the constitution designed it so that no religion could take over our government and thereby become a Theocracy.
However, it is an unrealistic ideal to suggest or expect that religion would not play a major part in government—the simple reason being that all people are inculcated with some religious or non-religious beliefs. Obviously then those beliefs will influence law-makings, law-breaking and voting.
It has been said so many times that ‘this is a Christian nation’—I believe that Barack Obama said ‘it is not a Christian nation’. The truth of the matter is that Mr. O is correct. You may shriek in horror but that is factual. The reason is simply this—no two people know the same Jesus; so no two people know the same Christ (light of the world). Literally everyone professes from a different book, with a different set of rules and/or rituals and, therefore there is no common ground to claim. In summary
we are a nation, and indeed a world, of individuals with literally no common ground at all. That all comes about because no two people know the same God—each speaks of God but his/her God is different from yours. Why? Because no one before me has defined the ‘essence’ of God. Absent an ‘essential definition’ of God, no two people can possibly know the same God. And certainly, if no two know the same God, it would be impossible for any two to know the same Christ or Holy Spirit.
Unwittingly then lawmakers and voters alike apply the pencil to the legal pad as well as the ballot based on their prejudicial views of God. Would it not be nice if we could have absolute unanimity of thought and understanding about God, Jesus the Christ (Light of the World) and the Holy Spirit (will of God)? Now, at last, we can and must. Finally someone has defined with irrefutable certainty ‘essence of God’, so that now everyone can know the exact same identical being.
In my book, Wilderness Cry, I do, in fact define the ‘essence of God’ with six simple words—God Is A Perfect Rational Being. Each of those words has very specific meaning and implications. Together they paint a picture which even the blind can
clearly see. That definition leaves nothing to the imagination. Similarly, it abolishes forever all of the mythology, superstition and deceit associated with religions of all kinds. It shows that physical miracles are an impossibility; likewise it proves that any concepts of purgatory or hell are irrational. It shows that the Perfect Love of God pervades all—nothing can be rejected. Only by the prejudiced minds of men are we rejected. It shows how unloving (unjust) our legal system has been from the beginning.
In my Just released book, Peace in Spirituality, I take the concept of Gods Perfection to the ultimate and demonstrate clearly the only possible pathway to peace. Both books are must reads for your clear understanding of God and your relationship with him. Only then can each of you experience true inner tranquility (peace) which you may then impart to others. Until we experience this understanding, we are just ‘clanging cymbals’ creating a cacophony of unintelligible noise and universal disturbance (hostility)—and the drumbeats of war go on.
I am including a Press Release of Wilderness Cry as well as video trailers produced by covenant Books for both books. Please note the Press release describes WC as ‘a shining beacon of wisdom’—Amazon describes it as ‘A REAL EYE-OPENER’.
906242_Press Release for Wilderness Cry
PERFECT (7)–Continuing our discussion about God’s Perfection, I want to address a concept that is at the very root of the misconception and confusion exhibited by the Abrahamic religions, and that concept is justice. You will recall that early on in their history, the Israelites developed a philosophy of justice–an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth. Consequently, as they recognized a singular God, they fashioned that god after their own image and demeanor—their God was human-like in appearance; he was capable of loving you, but more importantly, he was vengeful and demanded retribution for any breach of his laws (justice). In their eyes, that retribution must be in the form of sacrifice, which must be of nature and quantity equal to the breech (crime)—an eye for an eye, etc. Then and only then could their God be appeased. However, not every ‘Tom, Dick, and Harry could offer that sacrifice. Moreover, that sacrificial offering must not only be of sufficient quantity; it must be of perfect quality—enter the High Priest.
I am convinced that Jesus was the most brilliant human to ever live. In spite of being illiterate, He recognized many important clues about God. He saw that everything in this universe was evil by virtue of its selfishness. Without any scientific knowledge at all, to say nothing of ‘particle physics’, Jesus reasoned that the spirit of God was in everything. Yet everything was made perfect, and maintained perfect by a Perfect God.
PERFECT-(6) in this installment we will discuss God’s Perfect Love which may be defined as acceptance without conditions. If God’s love required conditions, it would not be perfect—it would be un-filled; an impossibility in the realm of perfection. The entire universe(s) is/are a mirror image of their Generator—that Supreme Being we call Allah, Yahweh. Buddha, God, Zeus, Brahma, etc. So God , himself is intrinsically selfish for a very specific reason—he wants, desires, chooses, loves everything for himself. In order to demonstrate and be perfect love, he chose one of his mirror image representatives to execute the deed—enter Jesus the Christ.
They both knew that they would be killed because of their heretical teaching, but because they recognized that they were mirror images of God, they must persist—Jesus must instruct others to spread the word. It is impossible to determine if he was truly successful because the written word we have has been so terribly corrupted by people with the same attitude as the Jews who killed him. The bible has been written and copied so many times by so many people with an axe to grind that the real truth is impossible to discern—hence the dozens of different versions of his words. I ask you simply. “are different versions of the absolute truth possible?” I think not, but those, who for monetary gain, fame and power, would have you believe so.
Perfect: today, I’m beginning a short series of presentations on the word perfect, it’s implications and applications especially as applied to God and his universe(s). The word itself is defined as absolute; complete; free from faults or defects; lacking in nothing; unchangeable. Throughout all ages, mankind has recognized a “higher power” which has been given many, many names by various societies and cultures—some of the more commonly known include God, Yahweh, Allah, Buddha, Brahma, Venus, Zeus, Aphrodite, Hades, Poseidon, Diana, Mars, Minerva, Ceres, etc. All of these gods have one thing in common—they were considered to be the absolute authority and/or power in their individual domains. During the course of my seventy or so years of serious inquiry and investigation, I gradually concluded that all of these entities had one thing in common—they were absolutely mythical because not one of their subjects could even begin to define their essence. History has shown that many, many great minds, philosophers and theologians of all sorts and descriptions have recognized the miniscule, inept and insufficient understanding of their god. Each, in turn, has made a desperate attempt to add definitive meaning to their deities—each has failed miserably. I am currently following with astonishing amusement the daily writings of one in particular. My favorite saying is “it’s like watching a blind man hunt for the North Star”, or to use a more familiar saying, “It’s like hunting for a needle in a haystack”. My insatiable, unrelenting quest for that definitive answer of “who or what God really is” has caused and allowed my mind to think “outside the box”, and that endeavor has demanded that I connect the dots that I see in creation and link them directly with their creator. Even though I am a physician (orthopedic surgeon), I have had an extreme extracurricular interest in psychology, psychoanalytic psychotherapy, and Quantum Mechanics (particle physics). Those two disciplines have given me extreme insight into how both the human personality and everything in the universe are constructed.. Those understandings allowed me to observe that everything in the universe is “perfect” in form and function and, contrarily, everything in the universe is “evil” by virtue of its selfishness. As one observes seeming absolute facts, conclusions are mandated. So, if everything is perfect in form and function, it is therefore logical to assume that a perfect intelligence designed , created, and maintains their perfection. Then, as Irwin Russell, a nineteenth century poet said in his poem The First Banjo, “how wuz he gwine to string it?”, the mighty question rises as to how/why would a perfectly good God create a perfectly evil universe? That question will be answered in a future post. For right now we will concern ourselves with the eternal unanswered question, “what is the essence of God?”. Believe it or not the answer to that question is so obvious. I am literally astonished that no scientist, nor anyone else before me has defined God’s essence. I suspect that most scientists are so directed by stovepipe vision that they can’t let their minds wander to such topics. Ill admit it took me sixty or so years before the “lights came on”. When they did, the brilliance was overwhelming—how could I have been so blind for so long? Just as in Psychoanalytic psychotherapy, when the light comes on the cure is instant, in this case, when the light came on regarding God’s essence, instantly all questions, all mysteries, all dilemmas were resolved. All superstitions were eliminated. No question was left unresolved. What a marvelous, glorious moment—God had been exposed. I was able and mandated to define the essence of God with six, simple, irrefutable words— God is a Perfect Rational Being. In future posts, I will explain in detail the definition and ramifications of each of those word . In the meantime, I would encourage you to read both of my books, 1- Wilderness Cry- a Scientific And Philosophical Approach to Understanding God and the Universe, and 2- Peace in Spirituality. Both books published by Covenant Books and available both from me or on-line at all vendors both hardcopy and e-books. A video trailer and press release for Wilderness Cry is attached–similar media will soon be available for Peace in Spirituality. All comments and/or questions welcomed.
persecutions by the majority in control were the norm—hence the discovery and settlement of the United States Of America. But even that attempt at escaping persecution in a “perfectly free” nation didn’t stem the tide completely. Various Protestant and Catholic factions viewed each other with a disdainful jaundiced eye–they still do but usually with rather smug attitude of acceptance. However not a single one is willing to give the other full quarter. Isn’t that perpetual attitude a form of civil, mental and emotional ill-treatment?—I think so. Way too often, churches have convinced their believers that theirs is the only true path to God; that they are the only ones with the correct set of understandings—every other church is wrong. Is it not an innate understanding then that your neighbor is not worthy of your total acceptance (love). If asked, could you give a good logical answer as to why there are 33,000 so-called Christian denominations in the world, and each proclaiming absolute authenticity?—I can. The reason is very simple; absolutely no one knows who or what God is. Oh, if you asked any one of them that seemingly simple question, you could expect an immediate rush of verbiage rattling off what God has done and is going to do, but not one single word about who God is. And here my friends is the cause of all the hostilities and resultant persecutions that have plagued mankind and the earth forever—no one before me has ever defined the essence of God. Without an essential definition, you simply do not know about what or whom you are speaking. It’s like attempting to talk in detail about an automobile without knowing what one is. So the simple fact is that people throughout the ages have concocted schemes of appeasing their god in hopes of greater prosperity. They even felt the necessity to defend their god against the onslaught of other’s gods—guess what; they still do. On the minimum but persistent scale they persecute and terrorize each other as described above. On a grander scale they fight to the death eternally—all in defense of their god whom they
do not know. So, how do we stop this endless persecution and terrorization? As I describe in my recently released book, Peace In Spirituality, there is only one, singular way. We must become likeminded. That means each person must have an identical understanding of the essence of God—that understanding can only come from an essential definition. That essential definition is as follows— God is a Perfect Rational Being. Six little words say it all—there can be no argument or disagreement. With that understanding, we can readily see how that Perfect Intellect Perceived all and that Perfect Will (The Holy Spirit) achieved and sustains all. Its Perfection denies a possibility of being pleased or hurt. Its Perfect Love denies any possibility of hell or torment in the afterlife—we are accepted in spite of our evil selfishness. You would do yourself well to read Wilderness Cry first and then read Peace in spirituality—you will understand all and will thereby be able to cease your persecution and terror. Both books published by Covenant Books and available world-wide both hard-copy and e-books.
YOUR GOD: Who is your God? Could you define for me the essence of God so I might know your God? Very likely not, for the simple reason that no one before me has ever defined the essence of God. So everyone who utters the word God is referring to a total unknown—therefore there is a different God for every human that ever lived and that amounts to billions and billions. So no wonder there are 33,000 so-called Christian religions in the world and each claiming absolute authority and authenticity. There are the sacrificial Christians who each worship a different phantom God. Then there are the bible thumping Christians who swear and bedamned if everything needed to be known about God is in a book so corrupted as to be scandalous. Each and every preacher and acolyte alike are worshiping a phantom God on a continuing basis. In addition each is making proclamations galore concerning this mythical creature as though they were absolute truths—in fact they all are absolute mythology and phantasy. You may rise up and call me a blasphemer, but you only expose your ignorance. In the first instance, no one can prove the existence of a God—neither can anyone disprove its existence. Only if you can (have) defined the essence of God are you allowed to even utter the word except in an admitted speculative sense and acknowledgement. I have, in fact, defined the essence of God in irrefutable terms. My definition stems from known science and makes it absolutely reasonable but not provable that there is God (Supreme Being). Because of the absolute perfection in both form and function of each and every particle of energy which makes up everything in this universe, it is completely rational to assume that some perfect rationality envisioned, chose, and keeps perfect each of those particles. That understanding prompted, allowed, and demanded my definition of God’s essence—God is a Perfect Rational Being. That definition says it all—it mandates concept of Trinity—it defines eternity as a perpetual state of no change. It mandates recognition of God’s Will (Love, Holy Spirit) being imprinted on everything in existence—therefore everything is in God and God is in everything. God can neither be pleased nor displeased—something perfect is complete and cannot be changed. So my God is knowable, and its activities are to some extent observable. No longer do we have to rely on the mythology of a flat earth, Zodiac, astrology, and all the other superstitions and mythology associated with concepts of God. We now have a concrete understanding of our creator, sustainer and savior. Therefore, our only legitimate prayer is—thank you Lord God, Jesus. and Holy Spirit (Will of God). Amen. I have written extensively about these subjects in my Books Wilderness Cry, And Peace in Spirituality—both books published by Covenant Books and available on all on-line retailers both hardcopy and e-books.