Progressive Religion.

Traditional Christianity is: negative, threatening, patriarchal, sexist, homophobic, repressive, violent, offensive, and damaging.....

Progressive Christianity rejects all these things.

Progressive Christianity reinterprets the Bible in the light of the worldview and context of the times*.

Progressives do not subscribe to Original Sin.

Neither do they support Redemption through the Cross.

Jesus is not God incarnate.

And his death is not a ransom for our sins.

God does not judge us.

And there will be no Judgement Day.

Most Progressives are gay-friendly.

And many are women.

So what do we believe?

God loves us like our Mother/Father.

Jesus' only commandment is to love God and love one another.

God is merciful, forgiving, and gracious.

God's Love is unconditional and everlasting.

There is no hell.

But there is a Heaven.

And that is Love.

(*These methods can easily be applied to all religions.)

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Double Jeopardy.

The two biggest things in the world - rock music and sports - are ruled by Satanism.

Rock stars and sports men and women have sold their souls to the devil for fame, fortune, and a rock star reception.

Or so they think.*

But the damage done is the subtle sabotage and corruption of our values and ideals. 

They push vice and sin in the hope of our damnation.

But this is shouded in darkness.

Most of it is subliminal or disguised. 

It is known by few and few believe it.

But this is the reality.

(*Satan may or may not be real but the damage done by his supporters remains.)

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Takers and Givers.

You are either a taker or a giver.

Those who are out to get everything they can are takers:

Vultures, sharks, wolves, thieves, rogues, monsters, beasts.....

They are like black holes sucking in everything around them.

But givers are like stars radiating love and light without thought of return.

So be a giver and shine.

For it is not what we get that endures but what we give.

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Homophobia.

What we are seeing is world-wide persecution of LGBT+ people.

It is not just gays and lesbians in Africa.

It is all LGBT+ people in the world.

And when people realize that right-wing forces are using scapegoating methods they conveniently forget that LGBT+ people are a major target.

We are never mentioned.

"In the end we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends."  Martin Luther King Jn.

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Death.

Death is the basis of Satanism.

This is the Death to God of St. Paul.

"For the wages of sin is death."  Romans 6:23 (NRSV)

"the one who has the power of death, that is, the devil"  Hebrews 2:14 (NRSV)

And so rock stars and entertainers encourage sin in order to induce death and damnation.

But God will not punish us for something of which we are unaware.

He will merely send the Light in order for us to see.

Then death will disappear like an illusion.

[Scripture quotations (marked NRSV) are taken from the New Revised Standard Version Bible, copyright © 1989 by the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the U.S.A., and are used by permission.  All rights reserved.]

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Stealing.

If you are merely sponging off someone else's spirituality you are stealing.

"'From the days of John the Baptist until now the kingdom of heaven has suffered violence, and the violent take it by force.'"  Matthew 11:12 (NRSV)

But in the end you cannot steal the Kingdom you have to gain it yourself.

And how do you gain the Kingdom of God?

"He has told you, O mortal, what is good; and what does the Lord require of you but to do justice, to love kindness, and to walk humbly with your God."  Micah 6:8 (NRSV)

[Scripture quotations (marked NRSV) are taken from the New Revised Standard Version Bible, copyright © 1989 by the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the U.S.A., and are used by permission.  All rights reserved.]

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Murder.

When Generation X are challenged they call themselves "Pure Evil".

Thus they resort to spiritual violence and murder.

But they bury this in the unconscious and justify themselves with the help of Fundamentalist Christians, right-wing politicians, and corporate plutocrats.

Thus they eliminate their political opponents.

But the fact remains that these right-wing political forces rely on this violence, hate, and murder to achieve their ends.

And so they are in league with "Pure Evil".

Generation X and their allies have turned to the devil in order to win.

And their teeth are the teeth of the Beast.

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