the DOOM, GLOOM, and NATIONALISM of religious and conspiracy folks

[theraskal]

one thing I often find disagreeable with the religious and conspiracy folks is their "it's the End of Days" belief and how religion can be mutated into some form of ugly NATIONALISM

from today's reading:

"There had been an outbreak of APOCALYPTIC excitement in England under the Puritan government of Oliver Cromwell, especially after the execution of King Charles 1 in 1649. The Puritan authorities had found it difficult to control the religious fervor that erupted in the Army and among the ordinary people, many of whom believed that the DAY of the LORD was at hand. God would pour his spirit on all his people, as promised in the Bible, and establish his kingdom definitively in England."----- A History of God: the 4,000 Year Quest of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam

people since Ancient times have been crying END OF DAYS yet here I am enjoying some coffee, oatmeal chocolate chip cookies, and nice cafe tunes in the LUXURY 2 bedroom townhome

I'm not suggesting there isn't plenty of evil in the world but more the case there always has been, just imagine the violence of a MONGOL INVASION or being forced to perform in the Colosseum where Death/Rape were really carried out during live performance of plays along with all the other fighting and killing

there is so much violence and suffering in history but each generation doesn't look beyond the nightly news to contemplate the BIG PICTURE of the Human timeline.

[theraskal]

a couple of Jehova ladies came knocking this morning....one of them was rather attractive from what I could observe through the peep-hole but I just had no tolerance for entertaining their suggestive "END OF DAYS" talk this morning in order to enjoy the company of an attractive beauty of good moral values

so I ignored them and concerned myself with enjoying the book-reading instead

[theraskal]

....the above inspired a memory of some humorous GOSSIP to share

one of my neighbors is a Jehova convert through marriage. His wife is a spirited healthy shaped Latina gal. So she came over to visit with the GF and complained about her hubby. They are a young couple and she was looking forward to going on some Jehova trip where the two of them would stay in a hotel together and he invites his mother along to enjoy the trip and share the room with them

his wife wasn't very happy with this arrangement and the resulting lack of opportunity for romance and she was pretty steamed up about it all

[Masato]

Great posts.

I am ashamed to say that I am slightly susceptible to this stuff lol

NWO and such...

For example in the new Pixar movie, the 'Leader of Earth' is a likeable protagonist with one eye, named ELio.
Are we living in prophetic times? Or are bitches just using this stuff make movies?

[Masato]

....the above inspired a memory of some humorous GOSSIP to share

one of my neighbors is a Jehova convert through marriage. His wife is a spirited healthy shaped Latina gal. So she came over to visit with the GF and complained about her hubby. They are a young couple and she was looking forward to going on some Jehova trip where the two of them would stay in a hotel together and he invites his mother along to enjoy the trip and share the room with them

his wife wasn't very happy with this arrangement and the resulting lack of opportunity for romance and she was pretty steamed up about it all

LOL

[theraskal]

here's a funny story from the afternoon reading....it is the story of aspiring Jewish Messiah celebrity and Manic Depressive Shabbetai Zevi during the Doom&Glooming of the Year 1666

born on the anniversary of the destruction of the temple and prone to manias of elation and despair he would "deliberately and spectacularly" publicly break the Laws of Moses eating forbidden foods and utter the sacred name of the Divine while claiming himself to be the messiah. "Eventually the Rabbis could bear it no longer and expelled him from the city " then he became a wonderer among the Jewish communities of the Ottoman empire and then in Cairo caused a scandal when he married a PROSTITUTE!

suffering another bout of depression he goes to see another celebrity kabbalist who convinces him that his despair is a sure sign that he is a messiah and so feeling rejuvenated he announced his Messianic mission with the leading Rabbis dismissed as nonsense but his celebrity fame and support continued to grow and spread across Europe and the Ottoman Empire....eventually leading to his incarceration....

but the Turkish Vizier took a fancy to him and housed in him, confining him in considerable luxury. Eventually he was given the choice which he must convert to Islam for face execution. He SMARTLY chose to convert and was given a ROYAL PENSION to enjoy.

"To this day many Jews are embarrassed by this Messianic Debacle".....BUT....."The experience had been so profound that they could not believe God allowed them to be deluded" "it is one of the most striking instances of the religious experience of salvation taking precedence over mere facts and reason.....Faced with the choice of abandoning their newfound hope or accepting an apostate Messiah, a surprising number of Jews of all classes refused to submit to the Hard Facts of History"

"Nathan of Gaza devoted the rest of his life to preaching the Mystery of Shabbetai: by converting to Islam, he had continued this lifelong battle with the Forces of Evil"-----

the information shared can be found in the book "A History of God: The 4000 Year Quest of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam"(Karen Armstrong)

[Som-Pong]

That's the first time I've seen anyone make light of Sabattic "judaism" Frankism next?

[theraskal]

that Shabbetai seems like he was a real raskal!

[Som-Pong]

Other than the child killing

[theraskal]

^well I don't think the book I'm reading mentioned anything about that rather gloomy piece of data