Analysis

Saying we don't need to follow our Constitution in other lands is the same as saying we don't need to follow the Golden Rule because Earth is not Heaven.

Saying we don't need to follow our Constitution in how we treat non-citizens is the same as saying we don't need to follow the Golden Rule because Earth is not Heaven.

Not long after the shoe bomber was found out, everyone was viewed as a terrorist and our shoes were viewed at terror objects.

In the Worship God and Bible Study area of NewOldSalt.com I have written often about being careful about Bible worship. So this essay will be about the more general form called Scripture Worship.

What is Scripture Worship? It is when people idolize their scriptures. Idolizing their scriptures is usually the first step to idolizing one's own interpretation of those scriptures, the next step is (too often) to force others to submit to those scriptures, but more so to the specific interpretation of those scriptures.

I was watching a video interpretation of Genesis a few days ago and something struck me which hasn't before.

We're told that God commanded Adam and Eve "not to eat from the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil." [Genesis 2:17]

Since, at that point, they had not eaten from it, it only makes sense they had no understanding — no knowledge — of good and evil. And since they did not understand right or wrong — good and evil — how can their eating the fruit be sinful?

Blame me for illegal immigrants

http://www.cnn.com/2010/OPINION/04/09/navarrette.illegal.immigrants/inde...

Why does the United States have so much illegal immigration?

I know this is not exactly breaking news at the moment, not that it was when he uttered it, but it's been jabbing me every day since I heard it, so it's finally time to write it down.

On the PBS NewsHour's December 1, 2009 show, Arizona Senator John McCain (Republican) said something that made me cringe. You might still be able to download the segment. You can fast forward to 2:55 to hear the section I quote below.

Brief Background

Why are so many people who call themselves Christians so busy looking for the anti-Christ?

It's it written in Revelation (ch. 11-13), foretold by Yeshua/Jesus (Matt 17, Mark 9, Luke 1), and alluded to in the Old Testament (Malachi 4) that Elijah returns and preaches before the anti-Christ shows up.

But I don't hear one word about Christians trying to see who is "the Elijah who is to come" (see Matt, Mark, Luke refs. above) or figuring out from scripture what he might say or do.

This morning someone visited the website, coming from Google and was searching for

help for hyper religious people

and was directed to my letter to Overly Hyper-Religious People.

However, it may not have offered the seeker the information s/he was hoping for.

Did you know that fatty deposits on your heart are not soft fat (like you might have seen in a cellulite collection container), but hard fat? It literally makes it harder for your heart to pump.

Did you know that in the Bible, God talks about people and their hearts getting hard?

Did you know that in the Bible, God talks about calloused hearts?

References to hard hearts.

2 Chronicles 36:13
Psalm 17:10, Psalm 73:7, Psalm 95:8, Psalm 119:70
Proverbs 28:14
Isaiah 6:10, Isaiah 63:17
Zechariah 7:12

God told Jared Diamond to write "Collapse."

Jared Diamond may not think so, but that's just for the time being. :-)

I say as much in a few essays. Feel free to read them.

Welcome to the newly-created "Healthcare" section of the Intra-Societal Analyses pamphlet.

It is accurate and the Absolute Truth to say “there are such things as ‘absolute truths.’”

Absolute Truths are statements, facts, information, etc… that are true, whether or not humans know about them or agree with them.

Case-in-Point

Even though the ancient Roman Catholic Church held the official opinion the sun orbited the earth, they were wrong. Their mistaken beliefs about the solar system did not alter the reality about our solar system!

The ancient Roman Catholic Church was to astronomers what the United States is to researchers* of marijuana, mushrooms, peyote, etc…

* And Golden-Rule Followers who partake in…

Explanation:

There are many within the “system” who worship their brittle and small-minded interpretation(s) of scripture more than making the effort to figure out reality based on facts, observation, experimentation, comparing notes, introspection, and prayer.