CAPTIVATING-Wilderness Cry- Hilary L Hunt MD

CAPTIVATING- This “post” word of the day means to capture one’s attention or imagination; charm, bewitch, enrapture etc. Likely, each of us has been captivated many times in our lives. Merchandise presented in an alluring manner is a common method used for promoting sales. We find the beauty of fresh flowers growing in a neat bed as very captivating. Influences flourish everywhere in our daily lives in an attempt to lure us in one direction or another. One of the most common settings for attempted captivation is a “revival” such as those for which the famous late Billy Graham was noted. Papal audiences are possibly the most captivating of all. Every evangelist, preacher and/or priest world-wide, makes a ‘pitch” at captivating us with some oration. In the realm of so-called Christianity, that message is usually an attempt at drama of some sort for purposes of holding our attention and influence peddling. Almost every Sunday morning, my priest begins his homily about that days biblical readings by saying something like this; “I’ll tell you what these readings mean to me”, or “these readings are hard to accept, but here’s how I interpret them”. I love honesty. He freely admits that someone else may have a somewhat different interpretation and/or understanding. However, when it gets down to the basic liturgical ritual, there is no deviation, that is in the Roman Catholic Church. In the Byzantine Rite, there is gross deviation from RCC ritual, as there is in all other “Catholic” rituals. While i’m not real conversant with other denominational rituals, I have attended many and no two resemble any other. I suspect that reflects an intent of the preacher to present as captivating service as possible. For what purpose? Obviously, to project his/her views on the audience. The problem arises when we realize that each of those preachers teach and preach about a subject(s) with differing interpretations and intensity. Each of them is trying desperately hard to influence us; each using the same “text book”, but each reaching differing conclusions. It is a captivating thought indeed when we realize that there are 33,000 so-called Christian denominations in the world, each with many, maybe thousands of priests and preachers, and each of those expounding about a person named Jesus and literally no two saying the same thing.How can that be? Because even in the “text book” they use, the bible, Jesus is presented in many differing ways. At times, He is presented as teaching Love as Paul proclaimed; at other times, He preaches hellfire and damnation. How is that possible? I believe without doubt it is the result of the perpetual alteration of the bible by biased authors. Their obvious intent in alteration is to captivate an audience and induce it to “their way” of thinking.The basic problem arises when we realize that seemingly no on knew nor wanted to know who Jesus really was. Their juvenile idea of a human-like God sitting on a throne, with whom they could bargain, no longer prevailed. Jesus told them about a different kind of God. They didn’t like nor want that message; so they killed the messenger. It’s no different today; if burning at the stake were still legal, most of us would long since have been reduced to ashes. It is an astonishingly captivating thought to realize that even through we call ourselves a “Christian” nation, no two of us know the same Jesus. Were like a bunch of hibernating snakes; “I wont bite you if you wont bite me”. But we awaken and we do bite. We are not Christian at all. We all are competing with the most captivating passage and influence we can muster, and why? Money, Power, Control (influence). Size does not determine who’s right, only who wins. Observing all this confusion, distortion, and extortion, compelled me to attempt solution to this massive problem. I began with recognition of the basic problem; no one had ever defined the essence of God. In defining the “essence” of God, it became captivatingly evident to me that the spirit (Holy Spirit) of God by necessity had to be imprinted on everything in existence. As such everything is united by a common spirituality. All peoples, Hindus, Muslims, Jews Buddhists, Christians and all others worship the same Supreme Being. That concept is justification for my call for recognition of the World-Wide Communion Of Spirituality,. We all are sisters ans brothers. As such, we must stop fighting. It’s our only way to peace. I have published my complete, irrefutable philosophy in a little book, Wilderness Cry-A Scientific and Philosophical Approach to Understanding God and the Universe. I encourage each of you to read it. Bet you’ll find it captivating. Amazon, Kindle, ET AL, All comments welcomed. handg@comcast.net

Wonder- Wilderness Cry- Hilary L Hunt Md

WONDER- Wonder is a word that is commonly used, often times routinely, without much thought. For instance one might say, ‘ it a wonder he didn’t get killed in that wreck”. Or, “I wonder where he was all night”. Then, of course we have its use to imply something startling such as “the seven wonders of the world”. In general it implies some level of inquisitiveness or surprise. In my case, being a perpetual philosopher concerning the science of our existence and how that could relate to a Supreme Being, I am in a constant state of wonderment encompassing both inquiry and amazement at the magnitude of our universe, and how that Being “operates”. I am keenly aware that the many cultures world-wide, who recognizing such a Being, have labeled it with different names and attributes. Hindus call It By several names, Brahma being one of the most common; Muslims call It Allah; Buddhists label It Buddha; Jews, Yahweh; Christians, God. The name is meaningless when we consider that It is the One and Only Supreme Being. The wonderment is startling when one considers the magnitude and capacity of Its Perfect Intellect which imagined such an incomprehensible creation. The wonderment increases when one considers the fact that all of our “visible” creation is actually made from identical and perfect particles (quanta) of energy which, of course, we cannot see. Yet we know from scientific observation that they exist in perfect form and function. Science also shows us that there is “nothing new under the sun”, meaning that there is not a single quantum of energy in existence now that was not there at the moment of creation. Our Supreme Being Created those particles with Its unimaginable Will (Holy Spirit) and maintains the perfection of each by that same Spirit. In doing so It commissioned each quantum to perform perfectly and perpetually until and if recalled. In “going about their business” in perfect fashion, they have gradually evolved into the universe we know today. We are able by scientific inference to actually observe the process almost from its beginning. What a wonderment!!! . The net result is an entire universe of selfish entities. Selfishness is a “necessary evil” for the universe to function. If there were no selfishness, there would be no need; if no need, there would be no change; if no change there would be no time (time is a measurement of change); and, of course, if there were no time, there would be only Eternity; Eternity being a state of being (existence) without time (change). Selfishness is defined as anything directed at self. So, since everything in existence is changing constantly, everything in existence may be defined as evil because of its selfishness. That, of course includes us. Our wonderment is magnified to the intellectual extreme when we consider Jesus. Genius Jesus was keenly aware of God’s imprint on everything including Himself. He could see clearly that everything in existence is a reflection of its Creator. He sensed with “dire wonderment” His obligation of paying the price for the universal evil of selfishness. He understood clearly that since he was the only one to see the “big picture”, He had to be the Messiah; He had to be the Christ, the Anointed, the Chosen One. It is indeed a wonder that He so willingly submitted to the task. As our brother and representative, He willing accepted the challenge. In doing so, He freed us from the shackles of our selfishness and guaranteed our eternal union with our Creator, Supreme Being. WHAT A STARTLING WONDER. My powerful little book, Wilderness Cry explains this philosophy in all its ramifications. That concept leads directly to recognition that each of us are imprinted with the Spirit of our Creator. We are all sisters and brothers united in the World-Wide Communion Of Spirituality. As such we must stop fighting and finally realize the Wonder of Peace. It is the only way. Amazon, Kindle, ET AL All comments welcomed. handg@comcast.net

UNCOMPROMISING- Wilderness Cry- Hilary L Hunt MD

UNCOMPROMISING- Now here is a word that “says it all”. It means an unwillingness to relinquish any part of a position for purposes of reaching a common agreement (acceptance). Here in the USA, we see that attitude played out on our political scene routinely. Its a rarity to see real compromise between “liberals” and “conservatives”. Even on issues where they basically agree, they refuse to compromise “on principle alone”. There’s an old saying, “he cut his nose off to spite his face”, that aptly applies.. In the world of ideologies and religion, we wittiness the same, identical uncompromising attitude. Seemingly, absolutely no one is willing to “give an inch” when considering concepts of God, religious practices, and/or ideological views. That situation leads to relentless wars and discord. I understand that human nature (selfishness), being what it is, inclines us all in that direction. However, there comes a time when common rationality must come to the forefront if life of any kind is to survive. I sincerely believe we are at that crossroads now. In former days, wars were settled by one side killing more enemy than they killed of you. I personally have lived through two major wars and many smaller ones in a short 84 years. Even now we are in the midst of a war ongoing for sixteen plus years. It is obvious that, for the most part, world leaders, both civil and religious, are “dug in” with an uncompromising attitude. Why is that? I believe it has to do with unwillingness to give up Power, Money, Control (influence). Likely, leaders will never make meaningful compromise on their own; it mist be mandated from “grass-roots” up. How would that work? In my judgement, it can come about only through determining, recognizing, and accepting the “least common denominator” of our common universal spirituality. My philosophy mandates that there is and can be only “ONE SUPREME BEING”; you are free to call that Being by any name you wish but “a rose by any other name is still a rose”. So we may call that Being Brahma, Buddha, Yahweh, Allah, God or whatever. A name in no way changes the nature of that Being. With that in mind, it is obvious that the Spirit of that singular Being permeates everything in existence. Otherwise, it could not “be”. Therefore, I have called for recognition and acceptance of the World-Wide Communion Of Spirituality. We no longer then would be uncompromising, but rather compromising in the recognition of our common Spirituality with our Creator Supreme Being. It would make no difference then how we worship, implore or thank that Being so long as we did not demean others in their style or method of worship. Personally, I know very little about the explicit of any world religion other than Christianity. Even in Christianity with there being 33,000 different versions, I don’t know explicitly anything about any other version except my own. However, during my 84 plus years, I have witnessed considerable intolerance ( prejudice), among various “Christian” religious sects. That situation, of course, is a prime example if the uncompromising position taken by various religious leaders. Just two days ago I read an extensive article, written by some author unknown to me, unmercifully criticizing Billy Graham for his stance on Ecumenism. Billy was accused of rubbing elbows with the Pope; an unforgivable sin. So, whilst it seems that most are at general peace with each other, there remains some element of uncompromising attitude among Christians; “I’m right and you are dead wrong and are going straight to hell”. Peace can never be attained with that continuing attitude. We must recognize our “Common Spirituality” and stop fighting with each other. If we can’t “keep our own house in order”, how can we expect the other great religions of the world to honor and respect us? I personally don’t care what “religion” you practice or even of you practice none at all, or if you don’t believe in a Supreme Being, we are mandated to love (accept) each other for peace sake; Jesus did. By defining our Supreme Being, I have been able to define all It’s Attributes (Trinity, Holy Spirit, God’s Will, Soul, Eternity and literally everything concerning both out temporal and eternal existence). My powerful little book, Wilderness Cry, explains all in irrefutable scientific and philosophic terms; Amazon,

FACT- Wilderness Cry- Hilary L Hunt MD

FACT- A fact is some idea or circumstance that can be proven scientifically and/or philosophically. In science, something becomes fact when it can be proven by repeated experiments giving identical results. Philosophically, something can be proven to be fact by its irrefutability. For instance the term SUPREME BEING factually means none can possibly be greater. In the field of “religion”, all sorts of entities and ideas are presented as “fact”, when, “in fact”, they are erroneous assertions. For instance, many will assert that the bible is absolutely factual in spite of the “fact” that most biblical scholars can and do prove otherwise. Given that factual assertion, each group, in turn, has fashioned a “religion” of its own liking. Based on their “religion” and using their “factual” bible which is different from fifty other “factual” bibles, they are able to usurp God’s power and cast judgement on any and all of their choosing. In addition, each, in turn, feels free to alter concepts of God according to his/her desires, and they are able to justify their actions based on the “factual” bible which they altered to suit their own wishes and ideas in the first instance: “dog chasing its tail”; “cart before the horse” etc. In the meantime, not a single one has come close to “defining” this god of theirs. Philosophically, that is a no, no. Factually, we are not allowed to speak definitively about any entity whose “essence” we cannot define. Ask one of them a question and they immediately evade the question by either demeaning your person directly or by quoting passages from their corrupted book. Questions are never welcomed because factual answers are not available. The famous Greek philosopher Sophocles was put to death by the Athenians because they didn’t want anyone questioning their governmental and philosophical policies; they would not tolerate anyone “messing with” their playhouse. Sophocles, on the other hand, relentlessly taught his students and anyone who would listen to “question everything”. By that he meant “make them define their words and statements”. So they killed him by making him drink poison. Does that story sound familiar? “Don’t like the message, kill the messenger”. I believe without factual check that exact story is told in the bible, regarding different people and circumstances as many as three times. The most notable is Jesus, the Christ. Jesus came with a message of “factual Truth”, which nobody wanted to hear and what happened? They killed Him. And immediately differing stories about His identity and teachings sprang up like freshly sprouting wheat; and they have not stopped 2,000 years later. We still have new “versions of factual” Jesus leading to creation of new religions. The simple truth is that none are “factual” because at this point, none can be proven. We are constantly being bombarded with exhortations to believe something with “no factual foundation”. That, of course, is irrational. Recognizing all those facts prompted me to develop and present to you an irrefutable philosophically factual definition of God (Yahweh, Allah, Buddha, Brahma etc; a Supreme Being); a rose by any other name is still a rose. I am able to define the essence of our Supreme Being and all Its Attributes (Trinity, Jesus, Holy Spirit, God’s Will, Soul, Eternity and everything related to our existence). In doing so, I am able to show that religion is a cultist hoax perpetrated on the human race forever, mostly for personal and/or national gain. On the other hand, I am able to show “factually” how the “essence of our Supreme Being” resides in every particle of energy of which everything in this universe is made. I am able to to show that the Spirit of Our Supreme Being pervades everything. Accordingly, I have called for recognition and acceptance of a World-Wide Communion Of Spirituality. That acceptance is the only way peace will ever prevail. My powerful little book is available Amazon, Kindle, ET AL. If you have ever had a doubt, my book, Wilderness Cry, is for you. If you have no doubt at all, my book is not for you; you simply will continue in your self righteous way, demeaning and condemning others, pretending to be God. handg@comcast.net All comments welcomed.

BRANCH- Wilderness Cry- Hilary L Hunt MD

BRANCH- Now here is an interesting word with a million different uses. Generally, it refers to an outcropping of some kind; a tree branch, a branch bank, even a branch of religion. As a child, growing up on a small farm of rolling land, my dad would often refer to a low lying piece of land near a ditch as a “branch-bottom”. I didn’t realized why that designation until I got older and became aware of tributary drainage systems; oceans, rivers, creeks, ditches, streams. Low-lying land along a creek is called a creek-bottom; along a river, it’s a river-bottom; along a ditch which is a branch of a creek, it’s called a branch-bottom. So what we have on this earth is a system of streams, ditches, creeks, rivers draining into oceans, all of which are connected as one. Now lets talk about Christianity. Just what is Christianity? Theoretically, it would be a system of understanding and acceptance of the exact teachings of Jesus the Christ. In which case, we would have the “ocean” of Jesus, branching out through the rivers, creeks, ditches, and streams of His exact teachings to every region of the earth. Each of those flowing entities may vary in width, length and general capacity, but each would transmit the same identical “water” of Jesus’ words. A wonderful, fantastic, glorious idea. The word of God through Jesus would evaporate from the oceans, form clouds which would be carried by the winds of the Holy Spirit world-wide to precipitate back to earth, quenching the spiritual yearning of the faithful on earth. It would be collected by the drainage system and flow back to the source, “The Ocean of God”. I believe that any rational being would perceive such a system as good and beneficial. However, that utopian idea was destroyed almost before the words exited Jesus’ mouth. Instead of a smoothly flowing system of Jesus’ word, what we have is a distorted, multi-loculated system of land-locked lakes and sloughs containing all sorts of contaminated, distorted versions of Jesus’ words. We label those as So-called Christian religions. World-wide, there are 33,000 such institutions, none of which are connected by a flowing, branching system to the Source. Oh, granted, some lakes are larger than others. Some are so tiny as to be barely visible. They all have three things in common; each is screaming that its “version” of Jesus is the correct one; each is collecting all the money it can; each is excavating its banks making room for more occupants. In the meantime, Jesus “real word” has long since been discarded. He only spoke one word and that word is LOVE. Jesus knew that His Spirit and the Spirit of everything in existence were inexorably connected with the spirit of its Creator. His “Good News”, “Gospel”, was LOVE; I will accept you unconditionally with no strings attached. My LOVE is PERFECT. Let my word flow from every stream, ditch, creek and river back to the “OCEAN OF SOURCE” to, be recirculated through the winds of the Holy Spirit to an even greater area over and over and over again until all hear my word of LOVE. That is why I have called for recognition of the World-Wide Communion of Spirituality, We must dig canals between all the land-locked lakes, connecting them with the rivers of Jesus word. Then, and only then can peace prevail. My powerful little book, Wilderness Cry will make that concept perfectly clear for you. Religion is the illness. Spirituality is the cure. I speak strictly of Christianity today, but the same concept would, could, and should apply to all religions (Islam, Buddhism, Hinduism, Judaism etc). Amazon, Kindle, ET AL. Comments welcomed. handg@comcast.net.

FABRIC- Wilderness Cry- Hilary L Hunt MD

FABRIC- What an interesting word to describe the fallacy on which our faith foundation is based. I use the word “fallacy” advisedly, because I am securely aware of the “brainwashing” most of us have received as children about the validity of biblical writings. So-called fundamentalists cling to and hang on literally every word of the most contaminated version of the bible in existence. Roman Catholics and their near-mimickers”, hardly referred to the bible until relatively recently in a vein effort to “sweep it under the rug”. Why? Because they recognized that educated people were asking too many questions for which they had no answers. There simply were too many obvious discrepancies in the “Good Book” to be glibly “explained away”. So in a vein effort at evasion they read the Scriptures, but handily avoided preaching about the readings. The sermons were usually about the most “paramount” important subjects; Birth Control, attending Mass on on all Sundays and Holy days of Obligation, Tithing, Fasting, Abstaining from eating meat on all Fridays and every day of Lent except Sundays, Confessing at least once a year and Receiving Communion during Easter-time (Basically “to Hell” with the ten commandments and the Bible). I suspect Church authorities noted the European indifference to religion, and were it not for government tax mandates, religions would all have crumbled in Europe. However, in the good old USA, such could not be. The Evangelicals took to the airways and TV and started a biblical avalanche that has produced billions of dollars in income. In the meantime church attendance in USA has declined. The reason seems clear; the message is distorted and demeaning. Catholics don’t hear the old messages any more. That tired old message only infuriates the faithful; they simply stop attending. Seldom ever is even the word “abortion” mentioned from the pulpit. Now, all of a sudden (last 25 years or so), the bible has become the focal point; however, even there, certain passages are never addressed in homilies The fabric of our society is tattered and torn by seeming total indifference to a message of Love; the only really discernible message Jesus gave us. The message is always about “Mercy”, not Love. The word Mercy implies a sense of criminal guilt. Jesus didn’t show Mercy by His death for us, He showed Perfect Love. Einstein postulated that our universe was suspended on a fabric of time and space. That fabric is all supportive in the sense that the universe seems to function perfectly, even in its entropy. How is it that something so massive as to be incomprehensible is able to function perfectly, while at the same time, our little insignificant earth is in constant turmoil? The answer is crystal clear to me. The universe was made by, and is controlled by, a “Perfect Rational Being”. Our earth was made by that same Being but is controlled by very selfish, self-serving people who are determined to impose their will on all others. And Why? Power, Money, Control. They have ripped the basic fabric of of our society to shreds all for personal gain. Each, in turn, has stubbornly refused to recognize the common spirituality instilled in us by our Creator. We are Christian, Jew, Hindu, Muslim, Buddhist. We each worship the same identical Supreme Being; call It by any name you wish. The result is obvious; perpetual strife and wars the world-over. My plea is for us to restore the fabric of Love as Jesus commanded us. Therefore I reiterate my call for recognition of the World-Wide Communion Of Spirituality. For the sake of preserving the very existence of discernible life on earth, such acceptance is mandatory. We must recognize and accept the concept that the image of our Creator, our Soul, is indelibly imprinted on each of us; we all are brothers and sisters; we must stop fighting. Our supporting fabric has been destroyed with selfishness. We must restore it with spiritual Love. For a more complete understanding, my powerful little book, Wilderness Cry, explains all in scientifically and philosophically sound principles. Amazon, Kindle ET AL handg@comcast.net. Comments welcomed.

ABOVE- Wilderness Cry- Hilary L Hunt MD

ABOVE- This daily word post is easy for me to relate to. In a few simple words, rationality rises high “above” the cacophony generated by spurious so-called Christian religions world-wide. Each of the 33,000 claims authenticity. That means that each purports to be teaching the “real Jesus”. Were there 33,000 biblical Jesuses? I have heard of only one. So where did the other 32,999 come from? Are there 33,000 differing versions of the Holy Book? Likely yes in one sense; meaning,of course, there are at least that many interpretations of the multiple versions known. One must ask a simple, intelligent question. Who was/is the “real Jesus”? And instantly the cacophony increases in intensity to a deafening roar. The clamor is wild and un-contained. Millions of determined voices shriek wildly from every pulpit and microphone in the world in the vain attempt to make their voices heard above all the others. But each seemingly has equal determination and endurance; the cacophony grows. Like hen turkeys being attracted to a gobbling male turkey during spring mating season, homo sapiens gather around one voice or another; and the cacophony grows. Suddenly, seemingly out of nowhere, a calming soft voice rises gently above the din; there is peace and quiet. What is that miraculous calming voice? It is the voice of reason (LOVE). It is the voice of the “real Jesus” whispering to each of us; “Love your God with your all; Love your neighbor as yourself”. Love every Christian, Jew, Muslim, Hindu, Buddhist and everyone who ever has, or ever will live, just as you love yourself. Then peace prevails, the din ceases; there is calm and quiet serenity. You may get a fuller understanding of that concept from reading my powerful little philosophy book, Wilderness Cry- a Scientific and Philosophical Approach to Understanding God and the Universe. I’m not preaching religion; I’m espousing “spirituality”. Spirituality rises above the mundane cultist practices of religion. It supersedes any concept except the understanding that the Spirit of our Supreme Being (Holy Spirit) resides in every single particle of energy that makes up every entity in our Supreme Being’s universe(s). That is why I make a continuing call for universal recognition and acceptance of the World-Wide Communion Of Spirituality among us. Let PEACE rise “above” the noise. Amazon, Kindle ET AL. All comments welcomed. handg@comcast.net

RESTART- Wilderness Cry- Hilary L Hunt MD

RESTART_ This word describes explicitly what is required to bring order and peace to our global society. It refers to an engine which has been disabled throughout most of our recorded history. I am referring to the engine of spirituality. History shows that every civilization recognized a Higher Power and vainly attempted to “deal” with It. Most ascribed their misfortunes to angering their god(s) by their misdeeds. In an attempt at appeasement, they made sacrificial offerings of one type or another; sometimes even human sacrifice. Others, in addition to sacrificial offerings, lead themselves to believe that they were actually “bargaining” with God. Still others built elaborate monuments in honor of their gods. It seems, historically, that some form of “family structure” was usually in place. However the “one man-one woman” structure did not apply in every instance. The Jews established the one man-one woman concept in the form of a legal contract which also corresponded to one of their “moral” dicta (ten commandments). Some societies of “native people” set aside holy grounds where no one but the gods could traverse. The point I’m driving at is this: universally, there seems to always have been recognition of a Higher Power in addition to some form of family structure. The problem has always been failure on two fronts. Number one; never has there been universal recognition of the same Higher Power. Number two: Never in the history of mankind has there been a universally accepted ” code of conduct” regarding sex and the responsibility of childbearing and nurturing. My contention is simply this. We must restart our efforts at civility by the universal recognition that we all are products of the same Creator. Therefore each of us is “branded” with the Spirit of that same Higher Power; we all are spiritual brothers and sisters. We must stop fighting. Consequently I have called for recognition of the World-Wide Communion Of Spirituality. Just as important in restarting our civility is proper education. We must begin immediately to teach our children not only how to think logically, but what to think psychologically. That is the only way people can have proper understandings and attitudes toward each other. I believe without doubt that process must begin early in childhood. (Trained psychologists would know better than I at what exact age formal exposure should commence). In time, we will have cultivated a society of knowledgeable, understanding people who will be much better equipped to peacefully tolerate their differences. Every aspect of our existence would be affected dramatically. As the result of more stable personalities, marriages and family life would be much more stable; children would grow up in a peaceful, loving environment. Utopian thinking? Yes, but nonetheless important. We must restart the process. It will require legislative action to change our school curricula, but who mandates change? We, the little people with our voices and our votes. As for universal understanding of our common spirituality, my little book Wilderness Cry will give you that in philosophically explicit terms. It leaves no stone unturned. You could have no better starting point. Let’s restart the engine of love and peace. Amazon, Kindle ET AL. All comments welcomed. handg@comcast.net

DIM- Wilderness Cry- Hilary L Hunt MD

DIM- An appropriate word for a gloomy period in the history of our world. As we look at the obvious chaos on our planet, we must be disheartened by the lack of progress for peace. There may be a dim glimmer of hope but the prospects seem less likely almost daily. Our world leaders are set against each other by varying ideological and religious differences even to the point of willingness for mutual extermination. Just one false move by some irrational leader and ZAP; the light go out forever. What has precipitated such irrationality. One casual glance at history will show clearly that from the beginning of our record-keeping, different religious factions and/or ideologies have been at war incessantly. This very minute, a man admired as, maybe, the greatest evangelist of all times “lies in state” in our capitol rotunda. He is admired and respected by millions, maybe billions for one simple reason; even when it was not “cool” his message was always the same, LOVE, in the name of the the creator of Love, Jesus our brother. Billy Graham took a very dim view of those who criticize others without due cause as did Jesus. While he proposed Love in the name of Jesus, he realized Love is not and cannot be empirically exclusive nor congregational. Love is and must be universal. He would have taken a very dim view of anyone proposing differently. Just what is love? Simply stated love is acceptance, will, choice. Billy knew that Jesus primary message was Love. Jesus even commanded us to love one another as ourselves. I think maybe Billy saw his message as eventually reaching the billions and billions who never heard of Jesus, and hopefully that will be the case. However, even if Billy’s message could reach every human on earth, whose brand of Jesus would it be? Currently, the basic prospects look dim indeed. So what are we to do? Recognizing that immense dilemma prompted me to offer a logical, philosophically sound solution. Step one is to accept the obvious fact that there can be only One Supreme Being. That means that every person who recognizes the existence of a Supreme Being worships the same Being; Christians call It God; Muslims call It Allah; Jews call It Yahweh; Buddhists call It Buddha; Hindus call It by various names including Brahma. Next we must accept the realization that the Love (Will, Spirit) of that Supreme Being is imprinted in each of us, thereby, not only making us Its children, but simultaneously making us all brothers and sisters. With that understanding, I have called for recognition of the “World-Wide Communion Of Spirituality”. That acceptance could bring about the cessation of “religious” practices which divide us, but, instead, promote the idea of unity among us. I see that as the only pathway to peace. Without doubt, that prospect is very “dim” indeed. What is the stumbling block? Money, Power, Control. No group is willing to humble itself before its Supreme being and its fellow man and say dutifully, “I love you; I accept you the way your are; lets get along”. If you are inclined to accept my proposal, I have written a powerful little philosophy book, Wilderness Cry, which will broaden your understanding of those concepts through a thorough scientific and philosophical understanding of our Creator. Amazon, Kindle, ET AL. Comments welcomed. handg@comcast.net

CONVERSANT-WILDERNESS CRY-HILARY L HUNT MD

CONVERSANT-What a beautiful word to describe the universal and basic problems created by religion. Please do not misunderstand nor misrepresent what I am about to say. The word conversant means to be knowledgeable about, familiar with, comfortable with, etc. With a moments reflection, you will realize that likely each of us, from childhood on, was inculcated (brainwashed) with some “form” of Christianity or other religion. Since I am not literate about the specifics of other world religions, I shall limit most of my remarks to so-called Christianity. I suspect, however, that my statements may well apply to other religions as well. What do I mean by “so-called” Christianity? Please allow me to explain. As of the year 2014, the World Christian Encyclopedia listed 33,000 different Christian denominations. O K, so what does the word Christian mean? I believe the most literal meaning would be “a follower of, or believer in Jesus the Christ”. Given that definition to be generally recognized as “close” to true, just who is this Jesus we are following? Are there 33,000 different Jesuses, or are there simply just 33,000 different images of the one Jesus imprinted on us by the “peddlers” of religion. Historically, I am unable to discover only one such person by name who meets the description, so the alternative must be true; there are 33,000 peddlers of their specific image of Jesus. How can that be? The answer is multifaceted, as is true for answers of most complicated questions. We must start at the beginning in order to make sense of the answer. By the time the Roman Emperor, Constantine, called the first council at Nicaea in the year 325 AD, there was mass confusion and bickering amongst various “followers of Jesus” about exactly whom they were following, and what He said and did, as well as what He meant. Seemingly, no one was conversant with the identity of the “real Jesus”. Constantine, in his wisdom, reasoned that a single unified state religion, enforced by the government, would simplify his life and make the rubes much more productive for his benefit. Accordingly, he commissioned the council attendees to fashion a “religion” of their liking. That, indeed, they did, and, in doing so, put themselves in total control of the “body, soul ,and pocketbook” of every human within the entire Roman Empire. That power continued basically centered exclusively in Rome until the conclusive split with the Eastern Church around the year 1,000. That split opened the door for all sorts of abuses and power struggles in both directions. The abuses in the Roman church became so obvious and intolerable, that eventually, Martin Luther felt compelled to rebel, and the Protestant Reformation was begun. That break opened the door for the situation we have now; no one is conversant with the identity of the “true” Jesus; neither is anyone willing to be conversant with His true message, “Love your God with your all and Love (accept) your neighbor as yourself. Why do you suppose that is? There are several plausible answers, but the most obvious is “Money, Power, Control”; same ole story as in 325 AD. There may, in fact be some well meaning preachers who truly believe they have the answer, but i’ll bet they are “few and far between”. Religion is the largest business the world has ever known, and I’m speaking only of so-called Christianity. My intention is not to belittle or demean anyone, but, I read this morning where the net worth of the great Billy Graham was $25 million. As I recall, in my bible, Jesus instructed his disciples to go into the world preaching His “good news” with nothing except the clothes on their backs and feet; to live off what they were offered; if they were rejected, shake the dust from their sandals, and move on. In my relatively short lifetime of near 85 years, I have not witnessed that example being followed by a single priest or preacher, to say nothing of the hierarchy. Is there a lesson to be garnered here? I think so. It matters not a “continental damn” what you preach; it only matters how you preach it and, mire importantly, how the “money rolls in”. Observing all of that activity, combined with the bitter prejudice exhibited among different religious groups, prompted me from the time I was an early teenager to attempt to make some rationality out if that mess. I was severely informationally handicapped. Encyclopedias bore scant information; priests and preachers alike shunned questions and offered no meaningful answers to legitimate questions. There were no computers with search engines such as google etc. It took years and vigorous time-consuming effort to forward the investigation. Family and educational studies devoured my time. Finally PCs came along enabling me immensely. I suddenly realized the problem lay in our understanding (lack thereof) of God. No one had ever defined God. It was my task, and I accomplished it post haste. In doing so, I was able to unequivocally define the Trinity, Jesus, Holy Spirit, Soul, God’s Will, Eternity and all considerations of our existence. It occurred to me that every human in existence (Christian , Muslim, Hindu, Jew, Buddhist and all others) worshiped the same Supreme Being. There can be only ‘one’ Supreme Being. So in order to allow the entire world to be conversant with that singular Supreme Being, I have put my philosophy into a powerful little book, Wilderness Cry. I have called for the entire world to unite under one singular recognition that each of us is imprinted with the Spirit of that same Supreme Being, and being so, we all are brothers and sisters. I have labeled that recognition the unchartered “World-Wide Communion Of Spirituality”. Once you have read my powerful little book, you will be %100 CONVERSANT with the one True Supreme Being, and the One True Jesus the Christ. Amazon, Kindle etc. All Comments welcomed. handg@comcast,net

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