Sunday, February 9, 2014

The Truth?

...

What is Truth?

this is the kind of stuff the catholic church is teaching:


Thus says the LORD:
Share your bread with the hungry,
shelter the oppressed and the homeless;
clothe the naked when you see them,
and do not turn your back on your own.
Then your light shall break forth like the dawn,
and your wound shall quickly be healed;
your vindication shall go before you,
and the glory of the LORD shall be your rear guard.
Then you shall call, and the LORD will answer,
you shall cry for help, and he will say: Here I am!
If you remove from your midst
oppression, false accusation and malicious speech;
if you bestow your bread on the hungry
and satisfy the afflicted;
then light shall rise for you in the darkness,

and the gloom shall become for you like midday.
ISAIAH Chapter 58


The just man is a light in darkness to the upright.
Light shines through the darkness for the upright;
he is gracious and merciful and just.
Well for the man who is gracious and lends,
who conducts his affairs with justice.
He shall never be moved;
the just one shall be in everlasting remembrance.
An evil report he shall not fear;
his heart is firm, trusting in the LORD.
His heart is steadfast; he shall not fear.
Lavishly he gives to the poor;
His justice shall endure forever;
his horn shall be exalted in glory.
 The just man is a light in darkness to the upright.

When I came to you, brothers and sisters,
proclaiming the mystery of God,
I did not come with sublimity of words or of wisdom.
For I resolved to know nothing while I was with you
except Jesus Christ, and him crucified.
I came to you in weakness and fear and much trembling,
and my message and my proclamation
were not with persuasive words of wisdom,
but with a demonstration of Spirit and power,
so that your faith might rest not on human wisdom
but on the power of God.

Jesus said to his disciples:
“You are the salt of the earth.
But if salt loses its taste, with what can it be seasoned?
It is no longer good for anything
but to be thrown out and trampled underfoot.
You are the light of the world.
A city set on a mountain cannot be hidden.
Nor do they light a lamp and then put it under a bushel basket;
it is set on a lampstand,
where it gives light to all in the house.
Just so, your light must shine before others,
that they may see your good deeds
and glorify your heavenly Father.”



more HERE


Saturday, January 25, 2014

Friday, January 24, 2014

longing to belong



I'm falling harder than I've
ever fell before
I'm falling fast while hoping
I'll land in your arms
'cause all my time is spent here
longing to belong
to you

I dream of circles perfect
eyes within your face
my heart's an open wound that
only you'd replace
and though the moon is rising
can't put your picture down
love can be frightening when you fall

And when the time is right, I
hope that you'll respond
like when the wind gets tired
the ocean becomes calm
I may be dreaming but I'm
longing to belong

to you


moar


Thursday, January 23, 2014

What is ...Life?

Have you pondered the Big Questions yet?

Like, what is all this "Beingness" and
What is Life?

here is a  previous post that looks at the question of how we define ourselves as humans. That is, How do we manifest our humanness? What is the culture of ourselves we create?


http://marysbeagooddogblog.blogspot.com/2010/08/bulls-fight-back-disgrace-of.html


The Bulls Fight Back: The Disgrace of Bullfighting
Here is a video of a bull at a bullfight, jumping into the crowds, causing panic.
It seems strange that
humans, families, want to watch a man (or sadly a woman) stick knives into a bull until it dies.
Putting the past aside, in our modern age it is a DISGRACE that this spectacle is popular.

On the Today Morning Scandal show, TodayShow a story was shown about a bull who managed to JUMP up into the stands and freak out the spectators.
the Actual video is (hopefully) here:  http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/26184891/vp/38768550#38768550

 
The Bull was apparently killed afterwards-- FOR NOT PLAYING FAIR!???

well that video seems to be lost-- but just google the phrase Bull jumps into stands or something similar and you can see for yourself.



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What are the ways forced dogfighting with Michael Vick is any different than forced bullfighting?











WHY do we want this activity to partly define us as humans?!

Why do we want to manifest ourselves in this way?



Animal Abuse and Sociopathy part 1 HERE


respect for animal life HERE







Wednesday, January 22, 2014

Is Human Life Sacred???


"Today marks the 41st anniversary of two Supreme Court decisions:  Roe v. Wade and Doe v. Bolton. Those decisions sparked a contentious debate between those who would deny legal protection for babies in the womb, and those who [contend] that those babies constitute “life” as understood throughout history and affirmed in our Declaration of Independence. ... [56 million babies since 1973 have been aborted in the USA.]

Roe v. Wade was the infamous case in which Norma McCorvey was used as a plaintiff ...to overturn laws restricting abortion in Texas. A decision upholding Texas law was ultimately overturned on appeal by the Supreme Court, which found a heretofore unprecedented “right to privacy” in the so-called “due process clause” of the Fourteenth Amendment. The “Despotic Branch” divined from their “living constitution” that this right entitled a mother to end the life of her baby before its birth. Simultaneous with Roe v. Wade, in Doe v. Bolton, using the plaintiff Sandra Cano, the Supremes determined that any complaint – including headaches – could be used as grounds for requesting an abortion.

Since the decisions in those cases, both McCorvey and Cano have recanted their testimony. Norma McCorvey said plainly, “I think abortion's wrong. I think what I did with Roe v. Wade was wrong,” and she has stood by those words in the years since. from article

next i will post an alternate view.