What is the difference between a little girl, Grace, being beaten to death because she didn’t say “please” and the murder of those that “insult” the perverted Mohammad of Islam? No difference at all, since both are the result of sick and twisted minds. And it is sick, twisted minds that are the basis of all the violence and sexual perversion so graphically portrayed by Hollywood, TV, and found in video “games.” If one were to look for a conspiracy bent on teaching children violence and sexual perversion was “normal” behavior it would have to begin with the kind of sick people providing this material and who encourages and profits from it. The same rule applies to politics and religion.

The present crop of presidential contenders certainly does not inspire confidence they are people of sound mind; but rather people with dreadfully distorted views of what they consider “normal.” Small wonder so many of us are given to the despair the inmates are running “Asylum America” when we are presented with obvious lunatics like Caesar Bush presently running/ruining the country and those now vying to replace Caesar. Even were we to credit each of these with one or two sane solutions to the multitude of problems facing our nation, their positions on the greater number of issues would require they have sane solutions to this greater number not just one or two of them. And at that, getting a straight, honest answer to legitimate questions of these pretenders, provided any empty suits had the courage to ask such questions, is virtually impossible thereby making all so called “debates” an utter farce at best.

It is no less farcical that we have been cursed throughout history not only with politicians, but with so many charlatans in religion. The whole idea of “worship” is repugnant to me. No parent wants worship of their children, what they want is obedience since this is predicated on wanting the best for the child. This is my viewpoint of claims made for humankind being the children of God as in the story found in Genesis. Where this becomes religion and parents demand their children worship a god or gods of religion things degenerate into the systematic organization of hatreds, and no religion so exemplifies such an organization of hatreds as the hateful and perverted religion of Islam.

It is one thing to honor your parents, and despite the commandment presuming they are worthy of honor, it is another thing entirely to demand worship; and it is my belief that God does not require worship but obedience, since that serves our best interests as children of God, and if God loves his children as do earthly parents theirs.

Keeping in mind the Bible is a book written by men (no women allowed) it is not surprising it would be filled with the religious sentiment of worshipping God. But there are many passages of the Bible that put the emphasis on obedience rather than worship; for example, The Fall in Genesis the emphasis is on obedience, and disobedience brought the sentence of death upon all humankind according to the story and affirmed in the New Testament.

Here is another example of the result of disobedience: I Samuel 15: 22-26: “And Samuel said, Hath the LORD as great delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices, as in obeying the voice of the LORD? Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, and to hearken than the fat of rams. For rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft, and stubbornness is as iniquity and idolatry. Because thou hast rejected the word of the LORD, he hath also rejected thee from being king. And Saul said unto Samuel, I have sinned: for I have transgressed the commandment of the LORD, and thy words: because I feared the people, and obeyed their voice. Now therefore, I pray thee, pardon my sin, and turn again with me, that I may worship the LORD.  And Samuel said unto Saul, I will not return with thee: for thou hast rejected the word of the LORD, and the LORD hath rejected thee from being king over Israel.”

Crediting Samuel’s statement “to obey is better than sacrifice” Jesus taught it is hypocrisy for anyone to say they love God while they hate their neighbor. The Pharisees sought to justify themselves with the sophistry “Who is our neighbor?” and Jesus repudiated them with the story of the Good Samaritan. The Apostle Paul in that consummate passage on love I Corinthians chapter 13 makes the point that nothing of sacrifice avails without love, that love trumps all. The Apostle John wrote “God is love, and all those who love are of God.”

It is my fervent hope as the Scripture has it “love covers a multitude of sins.” This is my only hope of salvation, that such love will cover my own sins, my hope that loved ones and friends gone on before me will out of love forgive me even as I forgive them, that such love is the reason the Scripture has it “all tears will be wiped away.”

But while we are admonished “How can a man say he loves God and hate his neighbor?” some would foolishly try to make all of humankind “neighbors;” however, the truth refutes this sophistry as did Jesus those Pharisees. Jesus recognized there were children of the Devil as well as children of God, making the accusation against the Pharisees “Ye are of your father the Devil!”

What with women being terrorized and people in general constantly being threatened for “crimes” against Mohammad and his barbaric religion in the barbarian nations of Islam it does make me think the various gods of whatever religion are in sore straits if they have to rely on people to uphold their “honor.” For my part, any god sensitive to insults should be able to handle the situation without human intervention. But then, since I do not have any respect for any organized religion I should be the subject of the wrath of some of their gods, and if their gods can’t handle me why should I listen to the threats of mere humans?

It isn’t a matter of brave talk on my part; it is a matter of accident of birth that I was born in America rather than someplace held in the grip of Islam where they would cheerfully cut off my head for speaking out. So I am free to speak out without fear of the “protectors” of Allah and his perverted “prophet” with his perverted religion. But I can be excused for wondering just how long I will have this freedom here in America to speak so freely concerning the abominations and atrocities of Islam? Our leaders are so in bed with Muslims for the sake of wealth they don’t dare confront the crimes against humanity committed in the name of Allah. Perhaps our leaders will be encouraged to speak up when the IEDs begin going off in the shopping malls of America?

My opinion remains that of Jesus, that there are children of God and children of the Devil; that the works rather than words or any forms of “worship” distinguish between the two; or as Jesus had it “The tree is known of its fruit” and “No fountain brings forth both bitter water and sweet.” But this is known by all of sound mind, and the world including America is cursed by leaders without sound minds, and as a result the world lies in wickedness as the Devil takes care of his own while the innocent suffer as a consequence. Take away all reference to religious interpretation, whether there be a God or Devil or not and the result is the same: “Truth forever on the scaffold, wrong forever on the throne.”

James Russell Lowell was a very intelligent man, enough so that he rightly criticized Henry Thoreau for his baseless ego. And while Henry did in many cases “reap the windfalls from Emerson’s orchard” he was acute enough to follow Lowell’s lead in pointing out the primary fault of government: “Why does it always crucify Christ, and excommunicate Copernicus and Luther, and pronounce Washington and Franklin rebels?”

The problems of government, the problems America and the rest of the world face are neither new nor unique; they are historical and have always made for a demon-haunted world by whatever interpretation. But the nuclear power to destroy the world is a new demon that must be confronted and dealt with. Who doubts Islamic fanatics committed to unspeakable atrocities would not use this power to destroy the “infidels?” But who offers any real hope of confronting and overcoming this evil? It certainly won’t be any of the charlatans running for president that won’t even make a commitment to securing our borders; their commitment like Pharaoh of old is to slave labor thereby telling Muslim terrorists they have a free pass to destroy at will, and I anticipate this demand for slave labor will lead to the same outcome for America as that of ancient Egypt.