Don't Take Revenge.

Now that the Democrats have won the U.S. election we must reject the temptation to take revenge.

Power brings with it temptation.

 

And it is this temptation we must avoid.

In the long run Democrats and Republicans are equal.

No one should be disenfranchised.

This is the practice of God.

And, to his credit, this is the approach that Joe Biden has suggested.

So live and let live.

Speak out and listen.

We are all equal.

We are all One.

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Homosexuality.

The practices referred to in St. Paul's letters are not what we currently refer to as homosexuality.

St. Paul was talking about such things as temple prostitution.

And he asserted that such people were born heterosexual but behaved perversely.

This is not our modern understanding of homosexuality.

Most homosexual people will assert that they were born with a same-sex attraction.

It was not acquired.

Neither was it a choice.

It is how we are made.

And God made us.

So don't tell me that the Bible proves that God hates gays.

The Bible proves nothing.

God loves gays as He loves all His children.

And same-sex attraction is love.   

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Love is Love.

Homosexuality is love.

And as such it is in harmony with God.

"God is love, and those who abide in love abide in God, and God abides in them."  1 John 4:16 (NRSV)

So do not refer to Old Testament prohibitions.

Many of these are superfluous.

They do not apply to 21st Century Christians.

Their understanding of same-sex attraction is not our modern understanding.

Homosexuality is not immorality.

  

Homosexuality is love.

[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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The Kingdom of God.

The more people accept the One Living God which is Love as King over them the more the Kingdom of God will manifest on Earth.

If we reject the ways of the world which are: materialism, acquisitiveness, self-serving, toughness, callousness, ego, evil, and hate.....and accept the ways of God which are: mercy, forgiveness, compassion, empathy, generosity, charity, humility, goodness, and love.....the more the world will change for the better.

Because the corporate plutocrats are not the greatest power on Earth.

The greatest power on Earth is the Love of the One Living God who is the Creator of the universe.

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Altruism.

Many people think that Altruism is the meaning of life.

Altruism is the philosophy of putting others before yourself.

But a misplaced sense of obligation inspired by fear can result in resentment and bitterness.

It can create bad-tempered, nasty people.

Better by far to preach love of your neighbor.

Love automatically puts others before ourselves.

Love inspires compassion and sacrifice.

Love is its own reward.

   

Loving people are happy and content.

And those who love God experience joy and peace.

So it is love that is the meaning of life.

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Afterlife.

Many people are saying that they don't want things to return to how they were before COVID-19.

People want change.

But how will we bring about this change?

People are dissatisfied with the rule of Corporate Capitalism.

The sacrifice of everything to the god of money suits only the few.

Young people have no job security, no overtime, no sick leave or holiday pay, sometimes even no wages.....

The casualization of the workforce is a disaster.

We must elect leaders who will govern for everyone not just big money.

This is the change that people want.

It's up to us to vote for it.      

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God.

The traditional Church image of God as a punisher and judge of human beings is wrong.

God does not punish us.

God does not judge us.

God loves us as a father loves his children.

He does not expect us to be perfect.

It is inevitable that we will make mistakes.

God will forgive us.

God forgives even the most heinous sinners.

No one will perish.

So there can be no hell.

God is beyond our concepts of sin and evil.

God is beautiful.

God is sublime.

God is all good.

God is all Life.

God is all Light.

God is all Love.

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