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I don't often write about personal things here, but this has been bugging me to no end, and I really don't know how to handle it anymore.
I have a good friend who, within the past month has told me the following things:
1) Families don't matter, mothers and fathers don't matter, marriage doesn't matter, none of these things matter to the raising of children, after all, marriages are a source of misery for most people anyway, so what does it matter - it's just a moralistic sham (this despite the fact that he is from an intact family with parents who stayed married 50 years and produced three wonderful children who do many things to help others) ...
2) People, in general, need to be told what to eat, how to raise their children, and how to handle various aspects of their lives because "most people are stupid" - most people are incapable of handling their lives, so government intervention in these matters is a good thing ...
3) It would be a good thing is an Electro-Magnetic Pulse was set off that decimated all technology because technology is evil, it only adds more evil to the world, makes our lives more miserable, does not help us at all ultimately - the person who would set off such a EMP attack would be "a saint", "a mystic", "a beautiful Buddhist" ...
4) He (my friend who is a middle aged man) had no idea that the Jewish Sabbath was on Saturday - he thought it was on Sunday - and when I expressed surprise that he didn't know this because he is in daily contact with far more Jewish people than I am, he replied, "yeah, but none of my Jewish friends are religious, thank God" ...
5) He told me Christianity is a Pacifist religion - Jesus was a Pacifist - the incident in the Temple when Jesus used violence to drive out the money changers was just an example of him having a bad day ("Jesus was human, after all"), and that Christians don't live up to the wonderful example of Jesus - I noted to my friend that he doesn't even like Christianity, and I asked him why he should be able to define a religion he doesn't like, he responded, "I don't like ANY religion, it's not just Christianity, I HATE ALL RELIGIONS" ...
These are only some of the subjects my friend has extemporaneously held court on of late. The sheer volume of his strongly held opinions is mind-numbing. Taking notes on our conversations would be impossible. Such "blasphemous" opinions fly out of this guy with a force rivaling the Big Bang at the origin of the Universe.
In fact, that has always been one of the things I liked about him. I always liked that the guy was opinionated, and that he was willing to explore any topic from almost any angle.
I am not sure why it is I feel at my wit's end with my friend after so many years of friendship.
When I think about it, I believe it is topics #2 and #3 above which really got me. I am coming to realize that my friend is so caught up in the current political momentum of our world that he has become a Fascist - or at least, with regard to topic #2, he has become a person who believes that Fascism would be the correct policy under the current Administration.
As for Topic #3, such an EMP attack would be tantamount to Genocide. Tens of millions of people would die as the result of exposure to the elements, losing medical services, etc.
I did not bother to point this out to my friend, because frankly, I was afraid to hear the response. I truly believe he would tell me it would be a good thing, because the world is overpopulated anyway, and we've got to get back to what he believes would be a more natural life.
Meanwhile, he works in the entertainment industry, the primary source of the unnatural life, the fount of the artificial and of our burgeoning virtual world.
I am actually excited by change, and I love the prospect of the new avenues that are opening up for the expression of creativity and innovation that will be afforded to us by the virtual world. I certainly do not curse technology, and I don't think people are sheep who need to be herded by the government. I love my family and I love the fact that people get to choose whether to be religious or not, and those who do choose to be follow their God are often among the best people I meet.
I sometimes wonder what world my friend lives in. But I guess the answer is clear. He lives in the bitter and cynical world of the Hollywood Entertainment Industry. And, he has become a product of his environment.
I would swear he was not always like this. In fact, I know he wasn't.
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With Friends Like These ...
I don't often write about personal things here, but this has been bugging me to no end, and I really don't know how to handle it anymore.
I have a good friend who, within the past month has told me the following things:
1) Families don't matter, mothers and fathers don't matter, marriage doesn't matter, none of these things matter to the raising of children, after all, marriages are a source of misery for most people anyway, so what does it matter - it's just a moralistic sham (this despite the fact that he is from an intact family with parents who stayed married 50 years and produced three wonderful children who do many things to help others) ...
2) People, in general, need to be told what to eat, how to raise their children, and how to handle various aspects of their lives because "most people are stupid" - most people are incapable of handling their lives, so government intervention in these matters is a good thing ...
3) It would be a good thing is an Electro-Magnetic Pulse was set off that decimated all technology because technology is evil, it only adds more evil to the world, makes our lives more miserable, does not help us at all ultimately - the person who would set off such a EMP attack would be "a saint", "a mystic", "a beautiful Buddhist" ...
4) He (my friend who is a middle aged man) had no idea that the Jewish Sabbath was on Saturday - he thought it was on Sunday - and when I expressed surprise that he didn't know this because he is in daily contact with far more Jewish people than I am, he replied, "yeah, but none of my Jewish friends are religious, thank God" ...
5) He told me Christianity is a Pacifist religion - Jesus was a Pacifist - the incident in the Temple when Jesus used violence to drive out the money changers was just an example of him having a bad day ("Jesus was human, after all"), and that Christians don't live up to the wonderful example of Jesus - I noted to my friend that he doesn't even like Christianity, and I asked him why he should be able to define a religion he doesn't like, he responded, "I don't like ANY religion, it's not just Christianity, I HATE ALL RELIGIONS" ...
These are only some of the subjects my friend has extemporaneously held court on of late. The sheer volume of his strongly held opinions is mind-numbing. Taking notes on our conversations would be impossible. Such "blasphemous" opinions fly out of this guy with a force rivaling the Big Bang at the origin of the Universe.
In fact, that has always been one of the things I liked about him. I always liked that the guy was opinionated, and that he was willing to explore any topic from almost any angle.
I am not sure why it is I feel at my wit's end with my friend after so many years of friendship.
When I think about it, I believe it is topics #2 and #3 above which really got me. I am coming to realize that my friend is so caught up in the current political momentum of our world that he has become a Fascist - or at least, with regard to topic #2, he has become a person who believes that Fascism would be the correct policy under the current Administration.
As for Topic #3, such an EMP attack would be tantamount to Genocide. Tens of millions of people would die as the result of exposure to the elements, losing medical services, etc.
I did not bother to point this out to my friend, because frankly, I was afraid to hear the response. I truly believe he would tell me it would be a good thing, because the world is overpopulated anyway, and we've got to get back to what he believes would be a more natural life.
Meanwhile, he works in the entertainment industry, the primary source of the unnatural life, the fount of the artificial and of our burgeoning virtual world.
I am actually excited by change, and I love the prospect of the new avenues that are opening up for the expression of creativity and innovation that will be afforded to us by the virtual world. I certainly do not curse technology, and I don't think people are sheep who need to be herded by the government. I love my family and I love the fact that people get to choose whether to be religious or not, and those who do choose to be follow their God are often among the best people I meet.
I sometimes wonder what world my friend lives in. But I guess the answer is clear. He lives in the bitter and cynical world of the Hollywood Entertainment Industry. And, he has become a product of his environment.
I would swear he was not always like this. In fact, I know he wasn't.
- Man, Can Some People Be So Naive And Disinterested In Research
I found this topic on the leftist Captain Comics site where, in a discussion on Christian imagery in DC Comics, some ignoramus says: Both Judaism and Islam recognize Jesus as a prophet so His appearance, helping the Ghost Rider free himself from Satan,...
- The Bare Bones Message
What is written in Islamic texts is dangerous to non-Muslims. That's it. That's the only message we need to get across. When this sinks in, it changes everything. It's a bitter pill to swallow, but from that point on the person will see the...
- Without A Point
Senza Una Donna. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZiUn8RwpcfY Without A Woman. No more pain and no more sorrow. I have a friend eager to begin a new relationship that we hope will be the one relationship that lasts and makes life right. I´m cheering from...
- Worshipping Allah In A Church
(This post is mainly intended for the Christian/Jewish readers of this blog. Atheist/Agnostics might not be able to relate to it that much. But of course, everyone is welcome to read and comment. ;-) ) I haven’t stepped into a mosque in about 4 years,...
- Pride In The Western World? - A Relgious Perspective On The Importance Of Western Civilization
There are too many squishy Christians and Jews who are either inured in PC-land and believe the Western world is evil, or believe that their relgions have supreme importance over the governments under which they live. Both of the ideas are equally abhorrent....