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Saturday, May 26, 2012

MEN RIDING BIRDS, AFFECTIONATE BIRDS

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From THE URANTIA BOOK
Part II, 52, 1
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Primitive Man
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 From the time of man’s emergence from the animal level — when he can choose to worship the Creator — to the arrival of the Planetary Prince, mortal will creatures are called primitive men. There are six basic types or races of primitive men, and these early peoples successively appear in the order of the spectrum colors, beginning with the red. The length of time consumed in this early life evolution varies greatly on the different worlds, ranging from one hundred and fifty thousand years to over one million years of Urantia time.
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 The evolutionary races of color — red, orange, yellow, green, blue, and indigo — begin to appear about the time that primitive man is developing a simple language and is beginning to exercise the creative imagination. By this time man is well accustomed to standing erect.
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 Primitive men are mighty hunters and fierce fighters. The law of this age is the physical survival of the fittest; the government of these times is wholly tribal. During the early racial struggles on many worlds some of the evolutionary races are obliterated, as occurred on Urantia. Those who survive are usually subsequently blended with the later imported violet race, the Adamic peoples.
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 In the light of subsequent civilization, this era of primitive man is a long, dark, and bloody chapter. The ethics of the jungle and the morals of the primeval forests are not in keeping with the standards of later dispensations of revealed religion and higher spiritual development. On normal and nonexperimental worlds this epoch is very different from the prolonged and extraordinarily brutal struggles which characterized this age on Urantia. When you have emerged from your first world experience, you will begin to see why this long and painful struggle on the evolutionary worlds occurs, and as you go forward in the Paradise path, you will increasingly understand the wisdom of these apparently strange doings. But notwithstanding all the vicissitudes of the early ages of human emergence, the performances of primitive man represent a splendid, even a heroic, chapter in the annals of an evolutionary world of time and space.
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 Early evolutionary man is not a colorful creature. In general, these primitive mortals are cave dwellers or cliff residents. They also build crude huts in the large trees. Before they acquire a high order of intelligence, the planets are sometimes overrun with the larger types of animals. But early in this era mortals learn to kindle and maintain fire, and with the increase of inventive imagination and the improvement in tools, evolving man soon vanquishes the larger and more unwieldy animals. The early races also make extensive use of the larger flying animals. These enormous birds are able to carry one or two average-sized men for a nonstop flight of over five hundred miles. On some planets these birds are of great service since they possess a high order of intelligence, often being able to speak many words of the languages of the realm. These birds are most intelligent, very obedient, and unbelievably affectionate. Such passenger birds have been long extinct on Urantia, but your early ancestors enjoyed their services.
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 Man’s acquirement of ethical judgment, moral will, is usually coincident with the appearance of early language. Upon attaining the human level, after this emergence of mortal will, these beings become receptive to the temporary indwelling of the divine Adjusters, and upon death many are duly elected as survivors and sealed by the archangels for subsequent resurrection and Spirit fusion. The archangels always accompany the Planetary Princes, and a dispensational adjudication of the realm is simultaneous with the prince’s arrival.
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 All mortals who are indwelt by Thought Adjusters are potential worshipers; they have been “lighted by the true light,” and they possess capacity for seeking reciprocal contact with divinity. Nevertheless, the early or biologic religion of primitive man is largely a persistence of animal fear coupled with ignorant awe and tribal superstition. The survival of superstition in the Urantia races is hardly complimentary to your evolutionary development nor compatible with your otherwise splendid achievements in material progress. But this early fear religion serves a very valuable purpose in subduing the fiery tempers of these primitive creatures. It is the forerunner of civilization and the soil for the subsequent planting of the seeds of revealed religion by the Planetary Prince and his ministers.
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 Within one hundred thousand years from the time man acquires erect posture, the Planetary Prince usually arrives, having been dispatched by the System Sovereign upon the report of the Life Carriers that will is functioning, even though comparatively few individuals have thus developed. Primitive mortals usually welcome the Planetary Prince and his visible staff; in fact, they often look upon them with awe and reverence, almost with worshipfulness, if they are not restrained.
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Friday, May 18, 2012

THE U.S. SENATE CHAPLAIN OBSCENITY

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From examiner.com
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Division of Church and state doesn't really exist
 in Washington D.C.  Taxpayers pay the Senate Chaplain
a whopping salary of $155,000 a year, not including perks
 and benefits most of us can only dream of.
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The Senate of the United States opens every
 session with a prayer.
It is delivered usually in less than 60 seconds
 by the Senate Chaplain.
On February 13, 2012 the Senate Chaplain offered the following prayer:
Let us pray:
“Lord God Omnipotent, You are above all nations. Take our lives and use them for Your purposes. Lord, cleanse our hearts, forgive our sins, and teach us to amend our ways as Your transforming grace changes our lives.
Today, inspire our Senators to be true servants of Your will. In these challenging times, give them the wisdom to labor for justice, to love mercy,
and to walk humbly with You. Keep their minds and spirits steady as they strive to please You. We pray in Your sacred Name.”
Amen.
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The current Senate Chaplain is Dr. Barry Black.
On June 27, 2003, Rear Admiral Barry C. Black (Ret.) was “elected” the 62nd Chaplain of the United States Senate.  He began working in the Senate on July 7, 2003.  Prior to coming to Capitol Hill, Chaplain Black served in the U.S. Navy for over twenty-seven years, ending his distinguished career as the Chief of Navy Chaplains.
 The Senate elected its first chaplain in 1789.
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Chaplain Black is a Seventh-day Adventist, by religious affiliation .
The Seventh-day Adventist denomination are expressed in its 28 Fundamental Beliefs.
This statement of beliefs was originally adopted by the General Conference in 1980, with an additional belief (number 11) being added in 2005. Acceptance of either of the church's two baptismal vows is a prerequisite for membership.
Adventists claim but one creed:
“The Bible, and the Bible alone.”
Adventist doctrine resembles trinitarian Protestant theology, with premillennial and Arminian emphases.
 Adventists uphold teachings such as the infallibility of Scripture, the substitutionary atonement, the resurrection of the dead and justification by faith alone, and are therefore often considered evangelical.
In common with certain other Christian churches, they believe in baptism by immersion and creation in six literal days.
 (The modern Creationist movement started with Adventist George McCready Price, who was inspired by a vision
of Ellen White.)
In addition, there is a generally recognized set of "distinctive" doctrines which distinguish Adventism from the rest of the Christian world, although not all of these teachings are wholly unique to Adventism.
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“Criticism of the Seventh Day Adventist are many, and include the fact that they consider Ellen White as a modern day prophet…”, says Minister Mohammed B. Zeller of Charlotte, N.C. “Some suggest it deviates from what many would consider orthodox Christianity. But let’s face it there is such division within Christianity, such a variant of beliefs and creeds especially among Protestants that it would take a life time to explore them all”, he said.
“Besides the Bible, Seventh Day believers look for inspiration and teachings in so called dreams and visions such as those of Mrs. White”, says Vernon Anderson of Charlotte, a Baptist Minister serving with the First Baptist Church in Charlotte. “These particular beliefs are cult like in nature”, he said.
“There is supposed to be a separation of church and state. Such a division does not really exist, at least in the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives”, says Maureen Gore of Charlotte, a Constitutional expert who works as a consultant in Washington for a major lobbyist firm.
An email seeking clarifications of the religious beliefs of the Senate Chaplain Barry Black went unanswered as of publication of this special report.
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Robert Tilford
Charlotte, N.C.
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This whole thing is way, way out of line.
It's a nutcase religion to begin with; well, maybe
that's a little strong.  But any of them that 
insist on literal interpretation of the Bible are off -
it's all metaphors when it comes to a lot of the
ancient, ancient material -
the world actually created in 6 days, the apple
and the snake in the garden, and the other fables.
And then there's the problem that much of the
old material was rewritten to put the Jews in what
might be called "a favorable light."
In the Old Testament they won battles, that today
archaeologists and historians say they lost, and
lost big-time.
  True religion doesn't deny science.
True faith doesn't peddle legend as dogma.
True religion doesn't deny historical fact.
  Truth is a divine attribute.
The obscenity of paying this jackal all that damn money
is as wrong as it gets.  The Senate.
That den of thieves. 
May they all get what they deserve, O Lord,
and soon we pray Lord, soon.
Amen.
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Wednesday, May 16, 2012

THESE STRANGE TIMES

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By Mick Fleetwood & Ray Kennedy

Faith, have faith

These strange times I think of a friend
They said was a man of the world
When all the time he was in the fight
Between the dark and the light

Yes, I too, my friend find the Devil
Trying to make me do things I don't want to do
And now I find myself crying out
God is nowhere, God is nowhere

These strange times I look in my heart
And see the dark not the light
And how I'm sad and wished I was in love
And I look to the sky and cry out
God is nowhere, God is nowhere
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And this is hell being caught
Between the dark and the light
Daddy, daddy hold on
God is now here, God is now here

Faith, have faith

These strange times I too have dreams
And things that make me wonder
If to walk a thin line is like dying alone
And I'm trying to find my way home
To where God is now here
And the dark is now light

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Yes, and I'm crying out
God is now here, God is now here
And that was Hell
Being caught between the dark and the light
Between the dark and the light

Faith

These strange times I look in my heart
And how I'm sad and wished I was in love

Have faith
Have faith
Have faith

And I look to the sky and I cry out
God is now here, God is now here
God is now here, God is now here
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Have faith
Have faith

My friend, I do wish that I was in love
I wish I was in love
I love you
I do wish I was in love
I love you
I wish I was in love
I wished I was in love
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Strange times are these in which we live
 when old and young are taught in falsehoods school.
 And the person that dares to tell the truth is called at once
 a lunatic and fool.
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 Plato
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Tuesday, May 15, 2012

HERE COMES SUMMER

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We praise You, Lord, for all Your creatures,
especially for  Brother Sun,
who brings the day; through whom You give us light.
And he is beautiful and radiant with great splendor;
of You, Most High, he bears the likeness.
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St. Francis of Assisi
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A Summer Blessing
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May you walk with God
This summer
In whatever you do
Wherever you go

Walking with God means...
Walking with honesty
And with courage,
Walking with love
And respect
And concern for the feelings of others

May you talk to God
This summer
And every day and
In every situation

Talking with God means...
Praying words of praise
For the beauty of creation
Saying prayers of thanks
For friends and good times,
Asking God's help
In all your decisions
Expressing sorrow
When you have failed

May you talk with God
Every day.
   Amen.
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Annette Sherwood
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Great and living Aten, ordaining life, vigorously alive, our father. Our wall of millions of cubits, our reminder of eternity, our witness of what is eternal. Who fashions himself with his own hands, whom no craftsman has devised. Who is established in rising and setting each day ceaselessly. Whether he is in heaven, or on earth, every eye beholds him without hindrance, whilst he fills the land with his rays and enables everyone to live. With seeing whom, our eyes are satisfied daily in this Temple of the Aten and fills it with his own self by means of his rays, beauteous with love, and embraces us with them in life and power forever. 
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Ancient Egyptian Prayer
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Dear God, give us the brains to use some sunscreen!
Amen.
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