The Cursing Society

I'm inventing a new word, one which will fit perfectly with the new vibrantly interactive environment of social media today.

The word is defixionate. What does one do when he or she defixionates?

The word comes from a Latin word I just discovered, one that has been around for a couple millennia already. It was the practice of appealing to a particular Roman god to curse another individual, going so far as to drop off a "curse tablet" at the residence of the targeted person just so he or she knows how much revulsion is openly and actively directed at them.

Apparently it happened all the time.

Thing is, it happens all the time now, and social media makes it so much easier now.

People without a conception of God as described in Scripture, Someone who knows about defixionation in the worst way and is kind of ticked off about it, don't have a clue about how destructive the practice is. They also don't get that this same God is Someone Who Loves With His Life, and that mercy and grace and forgiveness and salvation is available out of the desire to curse others and allow that rank dissipation to fester in one's soul.

Please, I'm not exempt -- I too am convicted in His courts for my visceral desire to defixionate, there are loathsome people out there, justifiably so. But it is because of Christ that I may let it go, give it up, revel in His embrace and step out into that benighted World and love people with His love even if it means dying, or worse, relinquishing that desire to defixionate in whatever way seems available.

The World thrives on defixionation -- civic politics, institutionalized religion, expansive commercial activity is all over that -- and what with social media exploding right now? I mean, look at how rabidly everyone is screeching for Facebook etc. to monitor personal data better. They can't, and defixionaters love it in spite of their pathetic virtue signaling about how much they care.

But again, what do I have to say about it? I'm just seeing it, sharing it so maybe some may see this truth, turn to Him, think about things from the Kingdom and then speak meaningfully enough about these things so others will find that freedom too.
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Talk About Christ

Was listening to Patrick O'Hearn's "The Illusionist," and it is just such a captivating song. Just felt like blogging here, where reality is addressed, and sometimes I feel great sorrow when so many people stay in their benighted fantasy worlds.

While listening to the music was skimming through the transcendently powerful images at interfacelift.com, and came across this one. I really liked it a lot. The photographer who titled his image here referred to it as something about gingerbread. Yeah, I can see that.

But to me it is the place where Jesus is talked about.

Where Truth is talked about.

I like it because of the magnificent warmth that brings.

The World is the ice all around.

Jesus is also The Door.

So yeah, how about it.

Go through the doors.

And find Him there.
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What Exactly Is, "The Message"?

As much as the mass medium blabbers showcase all the latest oafery from Donald Trump, I've been noticing a great deal of attention to this thing, "The Message." As in,

"When will Trump get back on message?"

"Many notable Republicans are trying to persuade Trump to stay on message."

"Every week it seems Trump cannot stay on message."

This mantra has been pounded and pounded and pounded into the American psyche now for some time, and no one ever seems to ask the question.

What is it, exactly, that this "Message" is, that Donald Trump is supposed to be following?

It seems to me on the surface this Message is simply the things that Republicans typically say that Democrats and powerful mass medium apparatchiks are supposed to squash with their superior humanist devotion.

I think "The Message", though, is something much more, and quite insidious.

The Message really is to make sure people don't see what's actually going on in the deepest politics of World System hegemonic behavior. This isn't conspiracy theory talk, because System hegemonic behavior is quite normal. It is extraordinarily legitimate for the deep politics ops to accomplish their divinely authorized ends: keep a reprobate populace in check.

While indeed legitimate, it does involve an tremendous amount of disinformation. Still, after I see some dimwit talking head ask the same silly question about Trump being "off message", I'd love to watch the interrogator asked, "Excuse me, but what exactly is this 'Message' that Trump is supposed to be on?"

What exactly would they say?

What do you think?

Why Do So Many Say They Like Reality, But Do So Much To Run From It?

As the political "silly season" gets more and more revved up -- and my goodness, is this a silly season -- I see and hear more and more folly channelled through all sorts of social and mass media and all forms of communication in-between.

I do have a Facebook account, and frequent it occasionally to see if there's anything happening among friends. Thing is only about 1% of Facebook activity actually involves connections resulting from those efforts. About 80%, however, is comprised of the inane political blitherings of people I love tremendously, but who post things that tell me they aren't thinking very hard.

Some of them are very, very intelligent people, but just like anyone, they let their hearts get captivated by the hate speech bilge that emanates from the powerful institutions assigned the job of keeping them enslaved to Caesar.

Yes, the things those institutions do to try to make the world all better, mostly humanistic, materialistic, atheistic dreck, is indeed hate speech. I make a modest attempt to elaborate on that in my latest home page piece, but I do think much more needs to be said.

Much more needs to be done to introduce people to the Living Word.

Anyway, I have a batch of friends who are Trump supporters. They post all kinds of things about how wonderful he is. They do see him with rose-colored glasses, and it isn't hard to take them off and see what a boorish harrier he is. He talks the talk, but when he is president he won't do a thing he says he'll do. Or worse, he'll actually do some of the things he says he'll do.

Then there are the liberals. Damn. Very good, smart friends, who haven't a clue. Most of their vitriol is against Trump pointing out all those obviously idiotic things about him, as if this requires any genuine insight. Then they rail, and moan, and screech about how horrible the country would be with him as president. But yes, they don't grasp that we'll have a domineering autocrat in office whether it is Donald or Hillary.

Then there are those who rail and moan and screech that both are evil beyond belief. Yay! They got it right! What they don't get is that that's the way it is supposed to be. Hillary escaping certain prosecution for crimes that definitely jeopardized national security? She's perfect for the job!

Caesar must be fully acquainted with evil for him/her to do the job of governance.

Here's the question.

What in the world are those who say they have Christ's name on their lips doing giving their allegiance to any of these people? Why are they even protesting what they do or don't do, shoving their way into doing anything about their legitimate role to govern evildoers?

So, yeah, to those Facebook friends of mine who say Jesus is their Lord and Savior, to anyone reading this who are feeling the urge to rail and moan and screech about what Donald or Hillary or any of those people do or will do, re-read the 13th chapter of Romans and the 2nd chapter of Peter's first letter. Look. See what it says to do.

Essentially, leave Caesar alone, let him do his job as he must. In fact, pray for him! (Or her!) Make your tribute to him/her your debt of love you have for others. He/she will then commend you!

Then, wow, then build your ministry from the Kingdom.

From there is where you'll see the reality of the way things are. Yes, the World System tells you what they want you to think that is, but please.

Believe on Christ. Let Him make you the self-sacrificial individual who others will see and hear and know is someone who actually loves.

Then you'll see reality.

How Can You Tell Someone's Lying to You Without The Lie Detector?

I look around at the World-driven convulsions and see so many taken by what the Father of Lies is telling them. People believe they really know what's what out there, but they haven't a clue.

They don't have the mind of Christ.

Look at the explosion of terrorism protection paranoia. Lots of warnings about flying an airliner and attending arge public gatherings, lots of lockdowns and raids by quasi-paramilitary forces -- I think of that scene from the film V for Vendetta -- "The Dominoes Fall" -- when Inspector Finch shares some of the most profound words I've ever heard spoken.

Go ahead, watch the scene. And look at the images shown at the end. Is that not what is happening right now? What is the meaning of Finch's lucid observations? I wrote a bit about it here, take a read, let me know what you think. The main idea is without a simple understanding about why it happens, you're roasted. That's not just a metaphor, you're roasted on the altar of those who want to eat you -- you are their human sacrifice. The film gives you their idea of what they think it's about, sadly it just directs you away from The Truth.

No, it is about human sacrifice. Are you willing and able to see that?

How about all the convulsions going on in college campuses around the country? "Black Lives Matter" people storming college presidents' offices to demand the purging of any remote semblance of racism anywhere. What they really want is to exploit powerful people's codependent proclivities  in order to dominate others with impunity. What you get is more of the raging culture war arranged exclusively to destabilize society so Cain may soak up more human value through his authorized value extraction (re: human sacrifice) practices.

Can't see all the diabolical deceit and designed destruction in all that?

No wonder.

Christ hasn't healed your sight and your hearing so you can.

But you can ask Him to.

The Galaxy Quest Effect

One of the most delightful movies I've ever seen is Galaxy Quest, about a faux Star Trek cast thrust into a real life space adventure. The parody of the whole Star Trek schtick is what is most fun, but I just thought about how much it highlights the need for each of us to live out the adventure.

The distinction between what is real and what is make-believe is so pronounced, with a very generously positive nod to the make-believe as a vehicle for us to get in touch with those desires.

Stories have consequences. Someone once said -- forgive me I do remember who it was -- "Our imagination can enrich us or it can be our master." That's an extraordinarily rough paraphrase, but our imaginations can help us see and find the deepest meaning of that adventure... or sadly, can be used by powerful individuals to convince us that what's true and real is what they tell us it is.

Vanellope von Schweetz as Christ

Last night watched the video of Wreck-It Ralph with my daughter. We'd seen it in the theater a few months ago, but when I watched it again I was blown away by how much the story is an allegory of Christ.

I searched around a bit online for anyone else who'd seen the same thing, but only saw some web published sermon by a pastor who thought the film had a Christian message and thought the Christ character was Ralph.

Uggh. He completely missed it. Just like most thoroughly Catholicized pastors in this country, he utterly and abysmally missed it.

The Christ character is clearly Vanellope, the little girl who is truly queen of her video game world but is found living the dirty, lonely life of a common person. The more I think about the things in this film, the more I am profoundly captivated by how allegorical it is.

Among them, just for a taste, is that to realize her true royalty at the end of the story, she must cross the finish line, a checkered strip in the road that is colored not black and white but red and white. That's just one I recently thought about, and is just a very small example -- there are many more.

I'm not getting into them all now. Watch it again and see for yourself. Watch how Vanellope is limited as a glitch by her world, just like Jesus was as a human in His. Watch how Sugar Rush explodes in brightness when Vanellope is seen as the true monarch, just like the Kingdom is realized when people recognize the deity of Jesus and believe on Him. Watch how she really has an innate certainty about herself and who she is, and watch how evil forces are bent on keeping people from seeing who she really is.

And watch how she dies to herself to rescue others from themselves. Yes, at the end Ralph tries to give his life to save the day, but tragically flawed heroes do that. A lot of us may give that a good try.

Only God does it out of love and then rises from the grave to ensure He gets to hang out with the people He loves.

Yes, it is just a kid's movie, I know that. The point is I am saddened by how few people see what I saw, shrug it off as just that nothing kid's flick. That in and of itself is no big deal.

I'm much more saddened by the paucity of perceptive people who can speak about biblical things, indeed articulate rich truthful phenomenally gracious things that are the most meaningful to converse about.

Just have to write that here. With so many people putting stuff online I just can't see how there aren't some who see it and enjoy vibrantly engaging others about it.

But then maybe there are just too many who're so hypnotically entranced by the World that they can't help but say those terribly depressing words, "I just don't understand what you're saying nor do I care to."