I probably ought to have written “It’s ironic” instead of “I’m not sure it’s helpful.” So point taken. I agree that it is always helpful to consider someone else’s perspective.
Regarding Jesus knocking himself off the pedestal he has been placed on, there isn’t enough historical evidence to know what Jesus would think about his idolization, but I like the sentiment of what you say because I tend to like cosmic rulers who are humble . On the other hand, if Jesus wants to come down from heaven tomorrow in a pillar of light with a lightning bolt in either hand and send Victoria Nuland, Jake Sullivan, John Bolton, and all the other Neo-liberal imperials into a lower level of Hell for a few minutes so they can get a taste of their future karmic desserts, I might see that as a nice bit of divine justice.
Killing over 200,000 CIVILIANS in WAR lI with 2 small nukes, since then the US has invaded and bombed ONLY poor, 3rd World countries and couldn't get a win in any of them with the MOST EXPENSIVE Military Force in the History of Nations.
The frantic exit from Kabul in August 2021 was the latest US Humiliation the World saw, Afghanistan being one of the poorest Countries on Earth.
I would agree, except that it’s almost always the innocent bystanders who get killed in such 3rd world conflicts. It is celebrants in wedding parties and teenagers playing soccer and mothers holding babies walking to the market who get droned, or it is teenage boy soldiers who’ve never fallen in love who seem to get their legs blown off. And worse, the preachers of war and the begetters of armies get continuous adulation and bigger and bigger paychecks. Take John Bolton, for example: he has never been right about anything in his adult life, yet he thrives and grows rich. For there to ever be divine justice, there will first have to be a just divinity.
I've often said that if I ever get to question the "creator" one of my first questions would be "why do you let psychopathic control freak parasites rule the world continually from day one?" I suspect that he/she/it whatever, will place the blame on us. After all, don't we vote them in? Don't we support them? Don't we kiss their asses and lick the boots of their enforcement police?
What worries me is that Hermes Trismegistus was right, “As above, so below, as within, so without, as the universe, so the soul….” This cosmos is most similar to a big corporation, and it’s of, by, and for psychopaths. My guess is that if you ever get the chance to pop your question to Him, your new office will be in the sub-basement next to the lava flow.
Of course it’s helpful!!! Even Jesus would have knocked himself off the pedestal Christians have put him on.
I probably ought to have written “It’s ironic” instead of “I’m not sure it’s helpful.” So point taken. I agree that it is always helpful to consider someone else’s perspective.
Regarding Jesus knocking himself off the pedestal he has been placed on, there isn’t enough historical evidence to know what Jesus would think about his idolization, but I like the sentiment of what you say because I tend to like cosmic rulers who are humble . On the other hand, if Jesus wants to come down from heaven tomorrow in a pillar of light with a lightning bolt in either hand and send Victoria Nuland, Jake Sullivan, John Bolton, and all the other Neo-liberal imperials into a lower level of Hell for a few minutes so they can get a taste of their future karmic desserts, I might see that as a nice bit of divine justice.
Killing over 200,000 CIVILIANS in WAR lI with 2 small nukes, since then the US has invaded and bombed ONLY poor, 3rd World countries and couldn't get a win in any of them with the MOST EXPENSIVE Military Force in the History of Nations.
The frantic exit from Kabul in August 2021 was the latest US Humiliation the World saw, Afghanistan being one of the poorest Countries on Earth.
I see that as a nice bit of Divine Justice
Yes the US is run by psychopathic control freaks and the majority of the population has swallowed their pied piper swill.
I would agree, except that it’s almost always the innocent bystanders who get killed in such 3rd world conflicts. It is celebrants in wedding parties and teenagers playing soccer and mothers holding babies walking to the market who get droned, or it is teenage boy soldiers who’ve never fallen in love who seem to get their legs blown off. And worse, the preachers of war and the begetters of armies get continuous adulation and bigger and bigger paychecks. Take John Bolton, for example: he has never been right about anything in his adult life, yet he thrives and grows rich. For there to ever be divine justice, there will first have to be a just divinity.
I've often said that if I ever get to question the "creator" one of my first questions would be "why do you let psychopathic control freak parasites rule the world continually from day one?" I suspect that he/she/it whatever, will place the blame on us. After all, don't we vote them in? Don't we support them? Don't we kiss their asses and lick the boots of their enforcement police?
What worries me is that Hermes Trismegistus was right, “As above, so below, as within, so without, as the universe, so the soul….” This cosmos is most similar to a big corporation, and it’s of, by, and for psychopaths. My guess is that if you ever get the chance to pop your question to Him, your new office will be in the sub-basement next to the lava flow.
Hahahahahhahaha!!!! You made my day with this idea! a I literally laughed out loud! Thanks so much.
That's the sign of a true disciple.. he doesn't take his shit too seriously.