The word CAUSALITY embodies the principle of CAUSE and EFFECT: every effect having a cause. Since nothing comes from nothing, and nothing ever could:
A Cause and Effect event occurred in Allied capitals in May and September, 1945. The end of WWII the Cause, wild partying the Effect. Traffic stopped flowing as thousands used the streets as impromptu stages, indiscriminately hugging, kissing, dancing and drinking:
One picture summarized all that emotional delirium: a sailor seized a nurse and bent her backwards in his arms while planting a kiss on her lips. That iconic picture became a celebrated iconic statuary in a downtown San Diego Park, along Harbor Drive, South of Broadway and the USS Carrier Midway. All of that ecstasy resulted from VICTORY in WWII. Which has a lesson for all Christians as we celebrate Christ's Birth December 25.
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The previous blog criticized the Roman Curia’s attack on American evangelicals—in Catholic countries world-wide, evangelicals have always been hated—who preach a prosperity theology. Not because this writer hasn’t himself criticized prosperity theology, but because the Catholic attack ignores their church’s own prosperity theology of the chosen few to the impoverishment of the vast majority of Catholics.
The best thing that ever happened to Roman Catholic authoritarianism was to learn tolerance of differing religious groups in Protestant America. This nation has historically—with periods of exception—welcomed all religious beliefs, and not a few political persuasions. Believers in Christ have learned to hold firmly to God’s truth in Christ while freeing all without such conviction to live as they please. (IN a strange reversal, American society now welcomes all religious belief EXCEPT for those who insist that Jesus Alone is the Lord and Savior. Since that isn’t the issue under discussion, merely stating it will suffice.) The point of the blog is: believe what you want: any god, no god or the Living God and his Christ. If you make public statements of your faith or lack thereof, accept criticism from those with a differing view. Don’t expect to publicize your belief without being questioned. Remember: don’t be an anvil if you can’t take a beating. Many Moslems in America have yet to learn this lesson. We won’t object to their practicing Islam. We reserve the right to correct the beliefs that contradict God in Christ. Let the differences be subject to debate, not violence. Let reasoned argument be used, not car or suicide bombs. America is still the best place in the world to live, despite our moral depravity. Christian are at least still free to live for Jesus. And if it ever happens that we aren’t, we WILL ANYWAY. -Fini- The Roman Catholic Curia has again denounced American Protestants, this time the prosperity-theology preachers in America and Central and South American countries. This writer has consistently criticized the Prosperity-Theology so prevalent in television preachers and other mega and meta churches. San Diego U-T, 7/19/18
But the rank hypocrisy of the Roman Catholic Curia and its pope must be exposed. The RCC is the richest organization in the world, with an operating budget of $170 Billion. Amazing in itself, when Apple and General Motors have a budget of only $150 Billion. Internet 7/19/18 Francis lies about how concerned he is about poverty, illiteracy and social justice—when the Roman Catholic Church is the greatest oppressor in the world! It never encourages free-thought, free-will or free-markets. It’s always been, and presently still is, wherever it’s the dominant religion, autocratic, dictatorial, prejudiced and the aggressive enemy of any teaching not Roman Catholic. How can the Curia express concern for illiteracy when the countries they rule religiously are known as illiterates? Or for social justice when they rule their people with an iron-fist of a bureaucracy determined to crush all opposing thought? Or for poverty when so many people want to leave the poverty endemic in their countries for Protestant – America? Hypocritical, that’s what the Roman Catholic Curia is. And it deserves denunciation by every news organization and government in the world! -End Part I- |
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