Devil-Woship.

Devil-worship is everywhere.

It seems that every way we turn we are confronted with temptation, hellfire, vice, hedonism, violence, and evil.

Rock music, sports, entertainment, literature, and T.V. are saturated with Satanic messages.

But because most of this is subliminal nobody believes it.  

Your unconscious, however, is affected by these messages and this in turn affects your thinking and your behavior.

So don't make the sign of the horns and don't poke your tongue out.

Don't wear your cap backwards and don't cover yourself with tattoos.

Not unless you want to be corrupted by devil-worship.

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First and Last.

The reason that Generation X thought they were first was because their Godfather Ronald Reagan demonized the Baby-Boomer Generation calling them "unconscious agents of the devil".

Generation X were also patronized by corporate plutocrats and billionaires* through the media outlets they owned.

Thus they were the "most favored nation" and the Baby-Boomers were last because of their left-leaning politics.

But to be first in the world is not to be first before God.

"'many who are first will be last, and the last will be first.'".  Matthew 19:30 (NRSV) 

(*Reagan's allies.)

[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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Moralizing Devils.

What we were confronted with from Generation X was moralizing devils.

The Bad Generation who hailed from hell were patronized by Fundamentalist Christians because of their right-wing political views.

But what could you expect from a Generation with planets in Virgo and Scorpio?

Hypocrisy and Hate! 

And their compatriots with Pluto in Scorpio are Anarchists and Fascists.

So send them back to their rightful place:

Darkness, Ignorance, and Disgrace.

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The Problem.

Were you to ask me what is the major problem in the world today, I would say:

Satanism in rock music and sports.

And it is right-wing.

It is hidden by darkness.

And it is anything but harmless.

They will tell you to do all the wrong things. 

Which will induce extreme suffering.

And they will encourage vice and sin in order to damn your soul.

If this were possible.

But even deeper than this evil influence is the fear that inspired it.

In the end the root of all the world's problems is fear.

But perfect love casts out fear. (1 John 4:18)

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The Third Power.

The third power in our world is hidden.

It is the power of Satanism in our popular culture.

Those who have chosen the devil (Pluto) over God tempt both Conservatives (Saturn) and Liberals (Uranus).

Some are right-wing.  Some are left-wing.*

They tempt Conservatives to use force and fear to further their agenda including the use of demonization and damnation in their pursuit of absolute power.

And they tempt Liberals to indulge in sexual excesses and drug abuse in their pursuit of pleasure and absolute freedom. 

And they play them off one against the other.

And so we must be aware of this third power in our world if we are to resolve the conflicts between Conservatives and Liberals.

But there is no Satan in reality.

Those who believe in him use subliminal and unconscious methods to further their will.

And they use psychic and spiritual powers created by drug use and occultism.

These are the dark arts.

And they are backwards and negative.

They include the negative use of astrology and abuses of yoga.

And they work across the collective unconscious.

But in the end they are just human beings like you or me and their power can be countered by prayer.

So pray to God for Light and awareness and a non-violent solution and do not fear their evil.

(*And so the devil's house is divided.)

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Aquarius.

As we enter the Age of Aquarius the two great enemies Saturn (Conservatism) and Uranus (Liberalism) will be reconciled.

The astrological sign of Aquarius is co-ruled by Uranus and Saturn.

And the Culture Wars of the last 40 years represent the conflict between these two great social powers.

But in fact these two enemies are trying to do the same thing.

Uranus is trying to create a better world by backing freedoms and civil rights.

Saturn is trying to create a better world by imposing their perception of God's Will.

But these two great enemies fear each other.

And their fear causes one to dominate the other.

And so we must pray for each of us to overcome our fear of the other and have faith that God will answer our prayers for a better world.

Where there is conflict over an issue we should pray to God to discern His Will on the matter.

In doing so we should stick to verifiable facts. 

And when He answers the fear will subside and the conflict will end.

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Education.

Education is not just job training.

Education equips us for life.

That is why we should teach the Humanities.

The Humanities make us more human.

They equip us to process the information that we receive.

And they prepare us for events in the world.

A school is not a business.

A school is a library of knowledge that enriches our humanity.

And it should be free.

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Sports.

Sports are not in themselves good or evil.

They have positive and negative characteristics.

But vested interests in our world are using sports to further their own insidious plans.

"Work harder!", "Win at all costs", "Toughen up", "Kill", "Beast", "the devil".....

These things are invading our minds while we watch.

Whatever happened to sportsmanship and fairplay?

Whatever happened to brotherhood and sisterhood?

They are marginalized and ridiculed.

And we are left with violence and hate.

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Hypocrites!

In rejecting the Church younger generations were not rejecting Jesus or God but the hypocrites who worship them!

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Sons and Daughters.

Those who are employed in our businesses are not just units of productivity they are our sons and daughters.

They are more than just workers.

They are not to be exploited.

And they are not to be oppressed.

It is our responsibility to make sure that their humanity is respected.

Our businesses are not just profit making enterprises they are extended families that provide for all who are employed in them.

So we should always remember that those employed by us are our sons and our daughters.

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American Ideals.

What Joe Biden did in 2020 when he invoked the ideals of the American Constitution was give people purpose.

Their lives were no longer slaves to consumerism and materialism; they had hope and optimism, energy and direction.

They had a goal to aspire to - that all men and women are equal and have inalienable rights.

This positive message defeated the negativity and lies of Donald Trump.

And Kamala Harris can do it again.

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Cheap Grace.

According to Dietrich Bonhoeffer* the problem with the Church is that too many of its parishioners practise Cheap Grace.

Cheap Grace, he says, is the grace that is conferred through Jesus Christ that has no reciprocal change or action. 

Its practitioners merely live their lives as everyone else does and don't think twice about it.

This is not good enough.

Discipleship requires Costly Grace which is grace that inspires real change in our outlook and behavior.

We cannot continue to give token charity to the poor while spending 95% of our money on ourselves.

And we cannot continue to mouth the words and sing the hymns of worship while living our lives as if they didn't exist.

This was the problem with the Church in the 1950s, and it is still the problem with the Church today.

And if nothing is done about it the Church will die. 

(*Dietrich Bonhoeffer was a German Lutheran theologian who was executed by Hitler in 1944.)

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Decline.

When Churches in the West realize that Christian Churches are dying they always ask the wrong question.

They ask: How can we get more (young) people in the Church?

But this is self-serving.

It amounts to getting bums on seats in order to appease the guilt that they feel about the decline of the Church. 

And it relates to efforts to reestablish Orthodox Christian theology to its former position of dominance.

Because they think that Christianity is Orthodox conservative ideology.

But this is to ignore Jesus' words.

Jesus said to the chief priests and elders of Israel: "'Truly I tell you, the tax-collectors and the prostitutes are going into the kingdom of God ahead of you.'"  Matthew 21:31 (NRSV)

Because they say yes to God but do not do what He says.

What we should be asking is: What can we do to help others in the community around us?

What can we give, not what can we get!

But people seem not to be interested in such things.

They romanticize the Church of the 1950s and reminisce about tennis clubs and youth groups.

But these are just social clubs and entertainment.

What did they really contribute?

That's just about power and authority.

As it was in Jesus' day.

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