Long ago I heard that a person will have the most friends if he or she never discusses these two subjects: religion and politics. Now, it seems that those two subjects are so intertwined that no ‘possible’ candidate for public office can have even a hope of winning an election unless such has made a strong commitment to support the religious doctrine of the sought-after voters, or to support the… ‘planks’ of either the Republicans or the Democrats. In short, most in-the-mold candidates have already SOLD their souls to the failed rituals of Washington, before the first campaign speeches have been made!
While most Americans go-out-of-their-way to give Muslims ‘their space’, few of those same Americans will deny the clear threat—both to US security, and to World Peace—that the billion plus Muslims pose to the world. Are all Muslims bad people? Of course not! *** The likely reason Muslims represent such a threat to the world is due to their over zealousness to conform to the RITUALS spelled out in the largely out-of-date Koran, i.e., it never has been updated to be apt to modern times. When the latter was written, there was no media and no organizational structures to define who “the believers” are. To help establish easy identity, a ritual, for example, required men to participate in over-ordered, daily prayers. And it required that married women wear burkes. In that era of barbarism, such highly- covering garments probably offered some protection from being raped. Most of the severe punishments for breaking Muslims’ religious rules was to force conformity to those rules, not to maim or to kill as many people as possible. Romans dreamed up crucifixion, not so much for inhumanely torturing and killing as many people as possible, but to force conformity to their mandated-by-force-of-arms regulations. In a somewhat similar way, my New Constitution will force public officials to conform, because such document will hang for treason any of their number who advocate an even vaguely socialistic or communist policy in government. They must swear, on penalty of death, to agree to and to uphold this sentence: “Fair play and democracy shall have supremacy in the USA!”. Socialism and communism aren’t fair! It is my hope that most public officials will conform, and few will need to be hanged. Barack Obama, our deluded Manchurian Candidate “president”, wishes to align himself with the massive number of Muslim, “world order” voters. He supposes that the lesser number of Jewish voters can be sacrificed so that the majority of disadvantaged people in the world will be inspired to vote for him, Barack Obama, the obvious anti- Christ. My own, earlier-proposed solution to the problems with Israel is simply to create an architectural master plan that has LAYERED ownership of property that’s not tied to the ‘footprint’ of the bounds of the land—but rather is deeded much like a high-rise condominium. There can be layered roads and walkways as well, so that there is no “forced” interaction between Jews and Muslims. The resulting courtyards can become beautiful gardens that attract more tourists. The most direct route to world peace is for Israel to ADMIT that they took the territory of others without just compensation. The crying need of Muslims, who have been slighted far too often, is to be taught how to live, work, survive and prosper in a FAIR capitalist economy! Because few in the world understand capitalism better than Jews, it should be the responsibility of the Jewish Nation of Israel to become a learning center for those of all faiths for the purpose of fostering business development and capitalism. Where there are now deserts— which aren’t too conducive to having compassionate people living thereon—there could be green forests, sustained by weather-control technology that can gradually reclaim the Sahara, and other arid areas, for a higher level human habitation as well as prosperity. But such technology can’t be applied if the citizens of those arid nations are militant toward receiving outside help. Israel must set the right tone. The UK was wise to enact laws aimed at preventing Muslim or other religious from concentrating in enclaves. The wearing of burkes, or even scarves on the head, is a statement saying: “I am in lock-step with the teachings of my religion, and anyone who is otherwise is my… enemy.” *** In all of world history, nothing has been more hurtful to more people than organized religions! They are the most divisive and wasteful institutions ever conceived! As with Muslims, Catholics have their “conformity rituals”, such as the attending of morning masses; playing with their prayer beads; going to confessions; wearing lacy scarves; and lighting prayer candles. Catholics are, in fact, so overly indoctrinated, that they know less about the Bible from first- hand reading and analysis than those of, say, the Protestant religions. A major indication of their naïveté is Catholics’ crusades to see, for example, frescoes that… “cry”, or other links to their near idolatry of the Virgin Mary. Recently, when Pope John Paul II was Beatified, over a million of the vacuous faithful showed up—as if their attendance at such an event would surely guarantee a higher position in heaven. I had the same sort of feeling seeing the ¾ million who showed up in Washington 8/18/2010 to attend Glenn Beck’s religious crusade. I admire Pope John Paul II for saying the following (I paraphrase): “It is STEALING for an employer to pay wages that are lower than the value of the work that the employees do; and it is STEALING for employees to demand and get (to blackmail, as by labor unions), wages that are in excess of the value of the work they produce.” That same principle of FAIRNESS is at the heart of my New Constitution! Since socialism pays people for work not performed, that is STEALING, and is thus unconstitutional! Don’t people realize that if they support a Democratic ‘plank’ favoring socialism or communism, that they are aiding and abetting crimes? What about “Thou shall not steal!” do you leftist, liberal ‘progressives’ not understand? I was both heartened and disheartened by the declared candidacy of that dignified Black, Herman Cain. On the night of the SC debate, I was inadvertently preoccupied with making my (yes, ritualistic) replies on these news groups. So, I missed the debate that I had wanted to hear. Later, I heard excerpts of Cain’s replies and was impressed. His appealing to the “Tea Party” is of little importance. But his appealing to doing morally correct things is VERY important! Do the latter and government will start being run more cost effectively —which is morally correct! Cain erred when he cited correcting the decline in our religious values as the first tine in his three-prong goals for improving this country. Commentators, later, said that Cain will appeal to evangelicals. When Cain, consciously, tries to appeal to any ‘group’, that amounts to the damnable continuation of the same group-against- group divisiveness that is sure to destroy this country. My New Constitution says: “1st Amendment: No law shall be made regarding the establishment of peaceable religion or prohibiting the free exercise thereof, but government, its campaigns, processes, slogans, and disbursements shall be secular.” The USA shall never make the mistake of having our government be associated with evangelicals, nor any religion whatsoever! Don’t Muslims already have enough reasons to hate us without our being just another “Jew-like” enemy of theirs? As George Carlin knew, and Bill Maher knows, religions make little practical sense. Wouldn’t the world have been better served if the hundreds of millions of dollars wasted on constructing the Vatican, and filling it with gold-encrusted artwork, had, instead, been spent on correcting the energy deficiency that caused North African countries to deplete organic matter, which, in turn, allowed the Sahara to triple in size in half a century? Wouldn’t the world have less hunger and starvation? Can anyone JUSTIFY any religion, Judaism included? If so, then give it your best shot! I am a fan of Franklin Graham. He travels the globe (as his church) looking for ways of improving the world condition. That is the type of labor that Jesus Christ would sanction—not the labor of constructing gold-domed mosques, or tall-steepled churches, wherein, those who join are brainwashed into believing that they’re the chosen group that’s best positioned to be going to Heaven; and all others are their enemies. As was evinced in the movie ‘2012’, I don’t recommend running into any religious edifice as a protection, or as proof of one’s suitability for salvation. I hope Herman Cain, who happens to look like Danny Glover, has a better fate. *** His “outsider-to- government” image will be best served if he will REJECT the entire, unconstitutional, primary system. By running as an independent, I can assure you that the “mad as hell and not going to take this anymore” crowd, in sufficient numbers, will be able to locate his name on the ballot come election day. Sometime in August, Glenn Beck is going to Israel hoping he can have another 8/18 type event—this time on the world stage. Don’t put your money on that man. Put your money on every individual in the world (except, perhaps, the psychotic mass murderers) having value in the overall scheme of things. As is explained in my little book, ‘The Shortest Distance; Harmony Through Prosperity’—when individuals give their due and get their due, the world will start being a better place. No government edicts will be needed, nor any crusades having to be fought. “Do unto others as you would have them do unto you!”; “Love thy neighbor as thyself!”; and “Pay it forward!”, practically speaking, are about as much ‘religion’ as the world needs. I hope Franklin Graham will agree. Respectfully submitted, — John A. Armistead — Patriot AKA NoEinstein on Google’s news group sci.physics. -- Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more.
