"What Happens when you put meat in front of a Tiger?"

This is a very easy question to answer, because most people would know what the result would be when meat is placed in front of a tiger. Or what happens when you tease a tiger by throwing things at it like teenager boys did in 2006 at a zoo in San Francisco? Bad things happen just like to them that got mauled by the tiger that jumped out of the cage that should have a cover over it to prevent the tiger from jumping out of their cage.

"Examples of inconsistent Justice"

Last month people praise former PSU football coach Joe Paterno for being one of the greatest college football coaches of all time, but now his career has ended cause of sexual immorality. As of right now he may have not done any of that, but is just as guilty as those who did that if he knew if that was going on. If so, than what a coward. I am sure many others feel the same way, and what happened at PSU is an example of what little sin can damage in the long run. That sex scandal at PSU destroyed Joe Paterno's legacy as being a great football coach, because no one should think of him as that.

However what Penn State' coaching staff did to children is no different than what TSA does to children going to watch NFL football games, so how can justice be carried out if laws of our land are inconsistent. It is to bad that Janet Napolitano is not PSU's athletic director, than they cover up their scandal by stating they were looking for bombs by fondling children's private areas. Not only should people think about boycotting PSU football for their sex scandals, but people also should boycott seeing NFL games live for TSA doing the same thing that PSU's football staff is getting in trouble for.

Last month Minnesota court's judge threw out former Minnesota governor's Jesse Ventura's law suite against TSA for violating his private areas by conducting a search that was initiated by his titanium metal hip that set off airport's security. TSA's actions violates the 4th Amendment in where they cannot search citizens without a warrant, but the judge threw out Ventura's law suite. So why is that PSU are being investigated for sexual misconduct, and not the TSA for violating the 4th amendment?

Prosecuting PSU coaching staff for sexual misconduct, and not TSA for violating the 4th Amendment are examples of inconsistent justice. PSU coaching staff will probably get what they deserve, and people will praise justice for that while still be willing to have their children fly on planes that could risk their privacy being violated to excuse of being search for being a potential terrorist.

These examples show how true Paul statements are in his 2nd letter to Timothy in the last days there will be men living in a life of ungodliness, learning, and never coming to knowledge of truth.

"God is All That Matters"

As I woke up this morning my mind was meditating on Matthew 6:33, and Christ says "Seek ye first the kingdom of God." A lot of people today will go out to seek things that do not really matter like materials, relationship, and pleasure. These things they find will not really fulfill their soul, and it just makes them more empty. Now God can use those things for people to draw near to Him, and in Romans 1:20 Paul states that, For since the creation of the world His invisible attributes are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even His eternal power and Godhead, so they are without excuse. Paul in that same chapter goes to tell that people do not choose God, because of their foolishness in their hearts. That foolishness of their hearts are things that this world tells them they need to have to be satisfied. People get deceived listening to that, and at the end they find out that those things do not really matter.

Those things that do not matter are still be chase by people making them like a hamster running on a wheel. They just run in place on circular object that gets them nowhere in life. They see money, fame, bodily pleasures, and relationships as thee ultimate goal in life. Some get there, but others do not get there. To those that get there find out their life did not change, because they are still not satisfied. Their souls are filled, and to those that do not get there end up slaving themselves to the world's standards. People that get there do the same thing, because they are worried that it can all be gone the next day. If you think about it they do not have complete control, even if they can convince themselves they do. A person that has a billion dollar corporation can lose that money the next day without doing anything bad to lose it, but it being tied into the economy relies on efforts of others that cannot be controlled.

So we live in a world that people get deceived on things that matter, and just end up chasing the wind all their lives. Imagine wasting your life on that, and King Solomon could testify to that. He told readers in his book of Ecclesiastes that all the things he had lost its luster, and they end up being meaningless. During his time he was the most wealthiest person ever, and later in life Christ referred to him at His Sermon on the mount. It's recorded in Matthew 6:29 where Christ says "and yet I say to you that even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of those." Previously before Christ stated that He was saying that His father cared enough for the lilies to grow, and not even King Solomon's glory can be compare to that. Now Christ use those comparisons to show us how much God cares for us, and He does want to fulfill your soul. But, people chose things of this world out of foolishness of their hearts. They want to do things there way, because they think their plan is better than God's plan. They also do not want to be judge, so they are saying to God that they are god of their lives. Yet the things they do are not filling their soul, but making it more emptier. Their world they desire are making their souls more empty as they continue to live in it, and their burdens get heavier as they worry about not making it for tomorrow. Christ tells his disciples, and multitudes do not worry what to drink, eat, and wear. For those are the things that Gentiles worried about, and Christ tells them that His father knows they need these things. See if the father provides for things that He does not desire a relationship with, than think how much He will provide to those He desires a relationship with? Those are people that reject a relationship with Him to continue to live in their world, so they continue to carry their burdens to find out later in life that those things do not matter. Christ says things on earth will be rust, or thieves will confiscate it like the government. Christ wants us to lay our treasures in Heaven where it will not rust, and thieves cannot confiscate it.
You see God wants to give His children things, but He wants us to seek Him first. Once we find Him, than we will realize that God is all that matters, and He is the only one that can fulfill our soul. Once our soul is fulfill, than things of this world will not really matter. We can see the rights things of it provided by Him, which is why God is all that matters.

"He's So Good To Me"

When I was young I listened to a song called "God is so Good", and now to me it is more than lyric. Him blessing us is one of many ways that He reveals Himself to us, and it reflects the truth of that lyric. What makes God so good is how He reveals His plan for us, and when He does it seems perfect timing to us. What also makes God so good to us is His patience, and mercy that endures forever for us. Than when we realize that His plan is so much better than ours, than again it is a blessing to see God's goodness towards us.

"One of My Best Weeks Ever"

Praise God for his love, forgiveness, mercy, and grace. His mercy and grace both are quick to receive from Him. They also endured forever, because this has been one of the greatest weeks ever for me. Going through this week not only gave me a desire to praise God for what He is doing my life, but conviction. That conviction is that I felt I wasted 30 years of my life for not obeying His Great Commission, and I realized that this week.

Since I lost my job at Liberty University Online in July God's been having His Way with me. With that He's blessed me mighty, and it's more abundantly than before. It is like rain that refreshes my soul, mind, and body. God turned once was a valley of uncertainty cause by lost of job into an inner sanctuary of His presence that my personal temple. He is my Lord, savior, and great teacher. Since than I have been still, and just let Him be Lord. That has led me to this week.

On Sunday I got to share my testimony of what God did in my life, and what He means to me. On Tuesday I got to meet a brother from Atlanta name Osakie, and I was introduce to him by another brother of the Lord. He came back to Lynchburg to witness, and asked if I would come along. I said "yes", cause I knew that was opportunity that I been asking of. That opportunity was something that was constantly presented by Him, but I always found a reason not to do it. I was acting disobedience to Him, by not obeying His great commission.

On Tuesday afternoon I witness Osakie just preaching openly God's word, while I was passing out trax. After he preached, than he asked me. I accept, and just let His spirit speak through me. I was like this was something I should of done before, and now evangelism is a high priority. It's not what I say that changes people, but by God's power. I am planting His seed in them, and praying that God continues to water it. While preaching openly a man name Richard was listening, and God's spirit encouraged Him. He was sent their by my friend Norman, who introduce me to Osakie. Osakie also met a lady named Catrice, who also wanted to witness on what Christ's done for her. Paul was a former Muslim that accepted Christ in Brooklyn, New York, and God through me inspired him to preach. Man, can he preach. He's been working with other pastors in the area to evangelize the lost, and I have been doing that in the last three days. That's why this is one of the greatest weeks for me.

God is good.

"Something that could be really random"

I am sitting in one of my favorite spots like like a tiger that wants to observe its surroundings. While sitting here my mind has random thoughts, and those could be use to create an interesting blog. In my ears I got my ear plugs, and I am listening to some "Metallica." It's been a while since I have listen to Metallica, and I get the same feeling listening to them that I got when I started to listen to them. It get's that feeling of rebellion out, and that could be used many ways. It could be used for good like early American colonies to the British empire, or it could be used for bad like Adam did when he decided he wanted to be a god himself.

Sometimes I dream at night that I am a band member of Metallica, and that could be consider my other side getting out to escape to something that's not real. Growing up boys would dream to be an athlete, president, or rock-star. The reason why boys envision that is that is how their culture around them influences them into being, and those are the only options they have to hold any value. That attracts are soul, mind, and body. For me to fulfill those things I would choose to be an athlete, but being a rock star is better than both athlete and president. A rock-star puts at least 1 platinum album could be financially set for life, and anything they do could also give value to people for them to care. That sometimes gives them a green pass for when they cause trouble, because will justify that for the way they are. A athlete, or president may not make as much money as a rock star with a platinum album, nor could they do some of the things a rock star does cause they could lose value to society.

So a rock stars agenda could be the man behind them that's never seen out in public, and they do not even know his name. That man will give the rock star all of the indulgence that it wants like fame, money, drugs, booze, and girls even if it kills them. That will not matter to the man, because he can easily replace them. I mean he has been doing that ever since people performed out in public, and that same man controls athletes and presidents.

See this blog became really random, but through the readings it got interesting. This blog went from me describing what I was doing, what was I listening to do while what I was doing, what I dream about sometimes, what boys dream about becoming, why do they do that, and who really controls those options. Yep, it was a very random blog, but again interesting.

"My Globalization Template"

Critical Analysis Topic: Globalization  

PRINCIPLE:

• Refers to a process that moves goods, services, and capital across the world (Lawrence & Weber, 2011, p.125)
• Is a system that replaced the Cold War System, and like it has its owns rules and logic ( Friedman, 2000, p. ix)
• Its idea is to pull nations out of poverty through its system
• Its system is centralize banking

PRACTICE:

• It controls the wealth of the world through wars, and debt. Globalization is a creation of a banking cartel
• Some people favor globalization, because of its benefits
• Opinions vary on benefits of globalization due to not wanting centralize banking
• Benefits of globalization are increase economic productivity, reduces consumer price, gives  countries access to foreign investment funds, transfers technology, and reduces military conflict
• Globalization process is connected to the idea of centralize banking

PARTICULARS:

• Global commerce are run through international financial and trade institutions
• International and trade institutions are the World Bank(WB), the International Monetary Fund (IMF), and the World Trade Organizations
• World Bank establish in 1944 to provide loans to developing nations to build its infrastructure ( Lawrence & Weber, 2011, p. 128)
• International Monetary Fund makes currency exchange easier for nations ( Black, 2011)
• World Trade Organizations regulates trade through quotas, duties, and tariffs
• There are 79,000 transnational corporations that control 11% of worlds gross domestic product, and employ 82 million workers ( World Investment Report, 2008)
• Costs of globalization
• Job security ( BusinessWeek, 2003, pp.50-60)
• Weakens environment and labor standards ( San Jose Mercury News, 2002)
• Prevents nations from adopting policies to promote environmental, and social objectives

PERSONS:

• European Bankers Influencing Globalization: (GlobalResearch.ca, 2011)
• The Rothschild owns banks in London, Paris, and Berlin
• The Warburgs owns bank in Hamburg
• The Lazards owns the largest investment bank in Paris
• Israel Moses Seifs owns bank in Rome
• American Bankers Influencing Globalization: 
• J.P. Morgan operated from the corner of Wall Street to catered to the Astors, Vanderbilts, and Rockefellers. Their financing launced At&t, General Electric, and General Motors
• The Rockefellers owns large shares of the Federal Reserve, owned Chase Bank, and control  oil companies like Exxon Mobil, Chevron, BP Amoco, and Texaco
• The Lehmans’ owns banks in New York 

• Kuhn Loebs owned Manhattan Bank that later merged with Chase to become Chase Manhattan Bank in New York

• In the 10k filings in the SEC Bank of America, JP Morgan, Chase, Citigroup, and Wells Fargo are among the top 10 stockholders that virtually own every Fortune 500 company
• The banking families 10 banks combine control all 12 federal reserve banks
• The Rockefellers’ have been influential in globalization by providing land for Council on Foreign Relations, and United Nations

PERIOD:

• 1791 – The National Banking Act was established, and the Bank of the United States was founded with the Rothchilds being the owners
• 1811 – The National Banking Act was suppose to end that year
• 1812 –The War of 1812 delayed the renewal of the National Banking Act
• 1816 –The National Banking Act was renewed
• 1828 –Under newly elected President Andrew Jackson The National Banking Act was revoked
• 1836-Jackson refuse to renew the Act. Under Jackson was the first, and last time our national debt was at zero
• 1838-The House of Morgan controlled American Finance on Wall Street, and acted like a US central bank
• 1842-The United States plunged into a depression, because Bank of the United States President Nicholas Biddle cut off funding to United States
• 1853-The US Trust Corporation was founded
• 1861- The United States was in $100 million debt from Civil War, and President Lincoln was going to pay that off with Greenbacks
• 1863-The National Bank Act  reinstated a private US central bank, and Chase war bonds were issue
• 1879-Cornelius Vanderbilt’s Morgan financed New York Central Railroad
• 1890-House of Morgan was lending to central bank in Egypt, finance railroads in Russia, finance provincial Brazilian government bonds, and funded projects in Argentina
• 1893-House of Morgan through a recession controlled the government reserves by shipping $62 million dollars worth of Rothschild’s gold
• 1903-The Bankers Trust was establish
• 1912-The Pujo hearings was about concentration of power on Wall street
• 1913-The Federal Reserve was established
• 1922-The Council on Foreign Relations was established
• 1929-During the Great Depression companies like Goldman Sachs,Lehman, and others profited
• 1930-The Bank For International Settlements(BIS) was establish to help banks centralize
• 1933- The Glass Steagall Act was establish to put investment banking, and commercial banking as one
• 1944-The World Bank was established, and so was the International Monetary Funds
• 1945- The United Nations was established, and the international trade organization to be later called the World Trade Organization was established as well
• 1948- The Marshall Plan took place to rebuild Europe through US imports, and US dollar were deposited in Europe banks
• 1954-The Bilderberg group is establish to determine how to control the world’s wealth through globalization 
• 1957-The Eurodollar was established
• 1968-Morgan began Euro-Clear to establish Eurodollar securities
• 1973- The Trilateral Commissions established to have political, and economic dialogue
• 1994-NAFTA was established to have free trade of United States, Mexico, and Canada

PLACES:

• Concept of centralize banking began in Europe during the 13th century in the group of the Knights Templar

• They created a bond market as way to control nobles through war debt
• Gold that they looted was use to buy 9,000 castles throughout Europe stretching from Copenhagen to Damascus
• Templar’s bank branches popped up throughout Europe that charged up to 60% interest on loan
• They introduce the concept of trust accounts, and credit card system

 

• In the United States it was the house of J.P. Morgan that control America’s finances, and it acted like a central bank

PHRASES:

• Globalization can trace its roots to the 15th to 18th century when private bank houses appeared all across Europe from Copenhagen to Damascus
• Private banking cartel Rothchild gained control of England’s finances on June 18, 1850 as result of England defeating Napolean’s France
• World War 1 gave banking cartels an opportunity to set up a world body administration with “League of Nation” as a way to prevent another war. It failed
• Council on Foreign Relations was establish in NYC by British Intelligience and help from Rockafeller family
• World War 2 gave banking cartel make some more money by establishing US dollar as world currency, succeed in establishing World Bank, and International Monetary Funds
• Incremental formation of continental superstates to expand globalization takes place in
• Council of Europe was to establish European Union
• Bilderberg meeting was about creating trilateral superstate with EU, NAU, and AU
• North American Union (NAU) was established with U.S., Canada, and Mexio
• In NAU international agreements like NAFTA, and APEC was made
• Intergration of EU and NAU merges their markets into a single one
• Single market of EU and NAU will regulate 40 areas like intellectual properties, financial business takeover, and motor industry. They will also push for carbon tax

PICTURES:

PROSPECTS:

Pro-Globalization: (Lawrence & Weber, 2011, p.131)

• Increases economic productivity
• Reduces prices for consumers
• Gives developing countries access to foreign investment funds 
• Transfers technology
• Spreads democracy and freedom, and reduces military conflict
• Anti-Globalization: (Lawrence & Weber, 2011, p.134)
• Causes job insecurity
• Weakens environmental and labor standards
• Prevents nations from adopting policies

PROBLEMS:

• Unrestrained globalization benefits more multinational corporation, than poor country citizens
• Global corporations are benefiting at the expense of local enterprises
• Its causing economic collapses throughout the world
• Its another reason why unemployment is high everywhere

PERFORMANCE:

• Since 1950 the volume of world trade has increased a lot
• From 1997 to 1999 foreign investment went from $468 billion to $827 billion
• It has provided other countries with access to technology to get information to identify, and pursue economic opportunities

“Skate-board And Marijuana”

This morning the pastor was sharing that a young person had skateboard accident that put it into a coma, and I was thinking like most in the congregation that’s awful. Everyone, including myself, hopes that person gets better, but I had sometime to think about it to type my thoughts on it. I am now thinking about that person to ask myself these two questions about the cause of the coma. Those questions are was it cause of the skateboard, or was it cause of a choice to do something risky like skate-boarding that  cause the coma?

Let’s state the fact that skate-boarding is dangerous to ride, but people ride them anyways knowing that fact.Even with government regulation to protect skateboarders, it is still dangerous, because there are still circumstances that cannot be control that can still harm the rider. Even again the fact skateboarding is dangerous cause it could do bodily harm that could result in death even with safety regulations it is still legal to do, and federal government has not band it from the free market. Yet marijuana, or any illegal drug, is illegal to use in most states, and some people could argue that skateboarding is just as dangerous if not more than smoking marijuana.

I think skateboarding should be legal along with illegal drug usage, because people have the right in taking risks that could harm their body. Making skateboarding legal, and not marijuana is not being consistent with our Constitution. Both products of skateboard, and illegal drugs have same risks to the human body. Yet people would use them for same reason in giving themselves thrills, even if both products could cause bodily harms.

Now I do not skateboard, use illegal drugs, or hardly use drugs except taking an aspirin for a head ache. Now people can abuse legal drugs just as much as illegal drugs, but one of the things that make certain drugs illegal is that it could bring bodily harm to that person. Again so does skateboarding, but it is not illegal. Even with safety regulations people that skateboard could still harm themselves, so comparing skate-boarding to smoking pot shows inconsistency of our laws that does not reflect our constitution. 

The only way to make skateboarding completely safe is to make it illegal, but people would still do it just like people using illegal drugs. Making skateboarding illegal would be unconstitutional just like banned of certain drugs, and again both products do cause bodily harm. 

Remember it was the founders of this country that signed the Constitution that it was not the government’s right to tell a person on what they can, or cannot do with their body. Roles of our federal government are to protect us from foreign invaders, and they are failing that. Just take a look at our borders, and next role is to protect us from counterfeiting. Again they failed in that as well, and last role was to protect us from treason. That’s another thing failed to do, and I can speculate that maybe at least 90% of our leaders at local, state, legislative, judicial, and executive have sold their country out. 

“Be Fill With The Spirit”

Bruce Lee is one of my favorite person of the past, because he was more than just a martial artist. He’s consider a renaissance man that along with his martial arts he was a movie star, a writer, and underneath all that he did he was a philosopher. His philosophy of Jeet Kune Do, fighting hybrid he developed, was ‘be like water’, because water is shapeless, and formless. It could be into many things like cups, tea pot, hands, and it can also crash. Whenever I think of Bruce Lee that one of things I thought about is his quote, “Be Like Water.”

Jesus talks about water quite a bit, and it is recorded in the Gospel of the New Testament. One of the gospels I think of when Jesus uses the word ‘water’ is the gospel of John, and there are 3 stories I think of in it that Jesus uses the word ‘water.’ First story of think of is when Nicodemus visited Jesus at night, and it’s chapter 3. Jesus knew the reason why Nicodemus wanted to visit Him, and it was to find the answer on how to see God’s kingdom. Jesus gave him that answer when he stated that a person must be born of water, and spirit in order to see God’s kingdom. When stating a person being born of water Christ was referring to the physical birth, and when he stated to be born of spirit He was referring to salvation. The spirit, like Bruce Lee’s water, is formless,  shapeless, and it goes where ever like the wind. 

Next story I think of when Jesus uses the word ‘water’ is Him with the Samaritan woman, and that is found in chapter 4. In verse 4 of that chapter it stated that He needed to go, and the spirit led Him alone with a Samaritan woman at a well while His disciples went into town to buy food. According to John it was the 6th hour of the day, and first thing that Jesus said to the Samaritan woman was “Give Me a drink.” The conversation that Jesus had with her was going to be about salvation, but Jesus uses water to make his point on the importance of water. Jesus states that salvation is like water in that it fulfills people’s thirst, but unlike water in the well that people will thirst again for His water will fulfill their thirst the first time it is drank. Jesus’s water is salvation, and when people drink it the Spirit will enter into that person. 

Next story I think of when Jesus uses the word water was on the last day at the Great feast, and that could be found in chapter 7 of John. Jesus states that “If anyone thirst, let him come to Me and drink. He who believes in Me, as the scripture has said, out of his heart will flow rivers of living water.” Again Jesus was making the same point he made with Nicodemus in that you must be born of spirit, and living water is that. Once the spirit is in us, than living water will flow out of us when we believe in Him as scripture states. 

So in order to be fill with the spirit, than their has to be two births. Those two births are mention in John 3 that being born of water(physical birth), and born of spirit (salvation). Once we are fill with the Spirit, than we can share it with others the same way Jesus shared it with the Samaritan woman. That flow of living waters from us comes from the source of the Spirit,, and we are to use His abilities He gave us to share that living water with others that are thirsty, so they can be filled with the spirit. Filling others with the Spirit is by the power of the gospel, and it is a command to share others that living water for the Gospel to work into others to be filled with the Spirit. Being filled with the Spirit renews our minds daily through His word, and it instructs us on how to use His abilities that He gave us that Paul calls spiritual gifts. So be filled with the Spirit. 

"My Opinions of Same Sex Marriage"

In the last quarter of this century same sex marriage is a subject that's brought up at the national level, and it is used by politicians to get into office. Marriage is a definition that is constantly trying to be redefined by people that belief homosexuality is way of creation, while people homosexuality is a choice that should not change definition of marriage. This subject matter is so huge that federal government is involved, and they are the ones that also debate about it. Some believe that the subject matter is important, while others use it as a promotional tool to get into office. Same sex marriage is a subject that not only wastes a lot of intellectual thought, but it also cost tax payers a lot of money. It also creates harm to our constitution by taking a person's ability to make choices on their own, and that's something that God has given to all mankind.

As a believer in Christ I know that homosexuality is a sin, and God made marriage to be for man and woman. Those two point of views will never change, even if government decides to redefine marriage. I did not get my two view points, because government taught me. I came across those view points through God's free will, and God wants us to conclude in the choices that we make. He does not expect government to do that for us, and our independence in our nation is being erased by people being taught to be dependent upon the government. Federal government defining marriage is a dependent upon that, and it is not their role. The federal government's roles are to protect our nation from foreign invaders like our borders, protect us from counterfeiters like the Federal Reserve, and treason like any leader that meets with secret groups like Bilderberg. Their role is not to tell us how to live our lives, because that violates or constitution. It should be a citizen's responsibility on how they should live, and be willing to live with consequences of their actions. I do not think same sex marriage should be force by the federal government, nor should it be force by states, but I think that it should be an individual right. Here are the reasons why I believe that same sex marriage should be an individual right.

First reason comes to mind is that it will take this subject matter away from politics, so it cannot be used as a promotional tool. Next reason that comes to mind from that is that it will not cause tax payers to waste their dollars, so first two reasons support my statement on why federal government should not define marriage. Next reason on why same sex marriage should be an individual right has to do with why I do not think it should be a state right as well, because states definition of it could violate that free will with their defintion. They could violate by making a pastor that does not believe in free marriage do same sex marriage, so that pastor does not have a choice. State's consequences for not performing same sex marriage could cost a pastor his job, and violate his free speech when speaking against it. As well as federal government states could put pastor's into a position to compromise the truth, or lose their right to preach freely.

If that pastor believes in all of God's word, than He knows that homosexuality is a sin, and people He's preaching to as well. They also know marriage is defined between man and woman, and should not need government to define it for them. Through God's free will believers are able choose on rather to follow Christ, or not follow Him. It is through the power of the gospel that believers come to know Christ, and understand His word. In that believers have individual freedom they still have responsibility in obeying God's word, so it is an individual right on rather, or not they want to perform same sex marriage.

Potential consequences of a pastor performing same sex marriage are it can lose its job, and congregation. Those two consequences hopefully are enough for pastor not to perform same sex marriage, but if they are true believers that live God's word, than that subject matter should not be debated. That is why I believe that same sex marriage should be an individual right.

“Two Things That I want to be remember By”

I had an interesting thoughts for today, and I cannot remember what led me to those thoughts. I thought of how I wanted people to remember me by when I pass away, and later today I found out the founder of “Apple” Steve Jobs passed away due to illness. Obviously he was a well known business person, that made a fortune in computers, and his influence changed technology. Jobs had numerous achievements, but I wonder what thoughts did he have as his life was dwindling down. Did he thought of his company that he started up, did he thought of how much money he accumulated, or was he satisfy in the family man he was? Did he wish he could have spend more time with his family, and all of these questions are just speculations. One of things I hope is that he was a believer of Christ, and only God knows that. 

When I pass from this earth to be with Jesus there are two things that I want to be remember by. First one is that I want people to know me as someone that love Jesus with all His heart, and that surrender his life to His will. I hope people see that in my actions, and second thing I want people to know me by was that he loved his family second to Jesus. I want to be the best husband, and father that God would want me to be. That means always striving to be there, and wanting to spend time with them more than anything else that puts time I give them 2nd to Jesus. If I am able to accomplish those things, than I feel that did live a pretty good life. I do not want to be laying on my death bed, or going to heaven wishing that I spent more time with my family cause I can only do that on earth. Those are the two things that I desire to do while I am on this earth, and I am asking God for many years to do that. I know that I will hear the words from Jesus saying “well done faithful servant”, and I hope that people on earth will celebrate in that as well as the two things that I wanted to accomplish. I hope those are the two things that Steve Jobs accomplish as well, because there is not enough money in the world to replace time. 

“Freeing High Schoolers From Oligarch Shackles.”

It has been more than a decade since I was in high school, and a lot has changed since than. 911 happened in 2001, and it has changed in the way security is run. It’s also change the way people travel.After 911 our nation has invaded two countries to be a world power in the ‘name of freedom’, and in 2008 the housing market collapsed follow by the auto industry in 2009. Between that time period Bilderberg selected the first African American as President to destroy America’s economy for us to depend on the World Bank, and what’s a high school student going to do today.? 

It is living in America the ‘Ninja’ country, and it’s not cool as it sounds. Ninja stands for no income, no job, and no assets. Our youth today has our federal reserve, and national leaders to thank for that. Also these national leaders can be referred to oligarch puppets, and they are corrupting your minds to control you in being what they want you to be. That is they want you to give up your individuality, your ability to independently think, and do what is good for the state. In the state you are just a unit, and dispose at their will by being part of their military unit that will train you how to be snitch. They will teach you how to be physical against people that do not abide in the state, and they are social engineering that through many ways. They are doing that through the video games you play, they are doing that through the music you listen to, and they are doing that by the things they give you to watch. This is poison to the mind, and its carried over into the school system. In education they trickle down their material to teacher that they think they are teaching when they are not, because they do not put any thought into the curriculum they are instructed to teach. If they did, than they can see our education devalues human life. They will teach you that you are bad for destroying the earth, and you are the result why earth will be destroyed from being overused. The way to protect earth is restrict our usage of it, so they will teach you that being productive is a bad thing. Well guess what, while you are not using earth’s resources to have an independent life, than someone else is. Your soul, mind, and body are being imprison. But it does not have to be like that, and this is what I would do if I was in high school. 

Today the norm is to finish high school, get a job, go to college, and if that does not workout than go into the military. That plan that someone tells you has more holes than cheese, and here is how. In high school you are going to spend 4 years, or should I state waste 4 years to where you are not learning anything. In 4 years you get a piece of paper that does not mean anything now, and most of the people flipping burgers have  masters degrees. People flipping burgers that have master degree are doing that, because level of jobs are going down hill. That means jobs for high schoolers, or people that graduate from high school are few. Well some people may not looking for a job after high school, because they decide to go to college. This could be worse than 4 years of high school, because not only would you waste at least 4 years of your life getting a piece of paper you would also accumulate a debt nearly a half million of dollar. If the job market continues to what it is doing now, than you will have a 4 year degree that’s put you into debt with no job. Some may not get a job, go to college, but go into the military. That sounds great, because you will have money to pay for college. For money there will always be a price for a person to pay, and in the military it is your life. You have given up your freedom to become possession of the United States government. They will speed up the brain-washing process early, if you are not an individual thinker. You may think that is something you are willing to give up to pay for school Well the NINJA principle applies even to someone that is in, or getting out of the military. Plus being in the military your time is not yours, but the US government. This makes it difficult to study, so what is a high school student to do against these odds?

Remember you live in a nation that its forefathers believed in liberty, and that is found in freewill. That can never be taken away, because that is a gift from God. From the past the men of free will like Thomas Jefferson, Andrew Jackson, and Abraham Lincoln believed in it. Their believe in it carried out through the nation, and it was individual freedom that made this country great. We were great, because we produced 1/10 of the world’s resources, sciences, and art. That is why others from other countries wanted to come to America, and this is something to keep in mind as you move forward to break free from the oligarch’s shackles. 

If I was a high school student today, than this is how I would break from the oligarch’s shackles. First of all in high school I would strive to be an A to B student, and would master the basic fundamentals of reading, math, and also have the ability to use my own logic and reason. These are the basic foundation of independent thinking to where it will allow you to put pieces into puzzles to where you can see beyond the single brick by looking at the overall picture, and be able to come my own conclusion instead of the control media doing for me. That’s the first step of breaking away from oligarch’s shackles. 

While in high school, than I would look for a part-time job, and look for anything. Remember finding a job could almost be a year process, so as soon as I am 16 years old than I would be looking to find a job. Once I find a job, than I would get my GED. After getting that I would drop out to make myself available for more work to make more money. With a GED you can still go to college, but working more will give you money. This will also give you more freedom to pursue better jobs with better hours and money. Getting a job and GED is the second step of breaking away from oligarch’s shackles. 

After the passing the first two steps, than you should probably be making some money, and question is what should I do with my money. Well do not be foolish with it, and wasting it on things that will not give you a return investment. You want to invest it in a good computer, multitask pad, or any technology instrument that you can use it for school. Also it would be a great idea to have a public library card to have access to free internet. Access to internet will give you an opportunity to go to college. The money that you make should be invested towards school, because for any job advancement you do need higher education. With you working you can pay for your college, and not worry about any debt after you get done with it. Now it’s not important to decide on what to study in college, but just take basic courses either online or at community college. My personal opinion of what the best degrees are they are associates in general studies, and bachelors in multidisciplinary studies. Those degrees will always give you options in jobs, and advance education. Some eras do hire substitute teacher or teacher aids with an associates, or bachelors. So these degrees have potentials of making more money down the line, but going to school while working is the best way to make money while you are advancing in your education. The third step basically is making money, and continuing your education. This step will allow you to be debt free, and advance your education for better jobs. Being debt free is way of breaking from oligarch’s shackles. 

Making money while pursuing education is a great way to be free, because it allows you to explore your individuality to know who you are instead of the system doing it for you. It will allow you also give you an opportunity of developing your independent thinking skills, and hopefully this develops. Reason why I like online education is that it gives me more time to do additional research on the materials the course that I am taking by finding out who made this material, why are they coming from that point of view, do or don’t I agree with it, how come, and this train of thought hopefully lets people see the good stuff of the material, and throw away the rest. My opinion of independent thinking is that it brings out the individuality, and that’s where life’s purpose could be found. 

Today people are restricted from their life purpose because of debt, no job, no assets, so they basically do not have any freedom to pursue it. In high school it’s not that important to find your life purpose, but to be on a plan to be debt free while pursuing higher education. Who knows taking a few courses, and experience things may help you find out what your life purpose is. Based upon that, than you can line up your education, and career steps to meet that. Either way, if you are paying at least most of your school out of pocket, than you will be debt free to pursue. If I was going to high school today, than this is how I would pursue it. 

“The American Harlot The Church”

Some believers do not support Texas House Representative Ron Paul, because they think he supports prostitution. They notice their fingers pointing at him on this, but they cannot see the three fingers pointed at themselves. 

God is a marvelous creator, and it shows when He made the human hand. One of the reasons that it makes it marvelous is that when people point their index finger at some thing than they have three fingers point back at them. It’s like God’s way of telling us to check ourselves first, and that’s what Jesus told the multitude in His Sermon on the mount when He told them that they should look at themselves first before they accuse others. 

So believers that accuse Paul for supporting prostitution do they look at themselves first? If they did, than can they see that the church in America has become nothing but a prostitute? I mean the example of Christian going to church in America is to play church on Sunday, but live like the rest of the world Monday through Saturday. On Sunday they come to church with the nicest clothes, and biggest Bible to create an outer appearance of being Christian. The Pharisees did the same thing, and Christian called them out for their hearts not being into it. The American Christian are like those Pharisees to where their heart is not in it, because they compromise it to be the things that God did not call it to be.They have compromise themselves to become fornicators, idolaters, adulters, and abusers of themselves. The American church has sold themselves to these things like a prostitute, and that is why the American church has become the American Harlot. 

The American church being a harlot includes pastors, because they too compromise the Gospel to stroke their own ego. I heard a pastor say that he would only preach a controversial message in a safe place, so the American church that is the harlot are being led by gutless preachers. What do you mean preach in a safe place? If Christ’s apostle thought like that, than they would have compromise the Great commission for their convenience. That pastor state he will only preach the truth if it is convenient, and what is that? Is his convenience is when his biggest tithers are not in the room? I mean America has pastors that are willing to sugar coat the truth to get the biggest wallets into his congregation, and to me that makes the pastor the head harlot. 

People talk about having a great revival in America, but that’s what it is it’s just talk. Before America has a revival the church must look at itself first, and it is going to take a Jeremiah like figure to do so. God sent him, because Israel also acted like a harlot. Jeremiah told them that for their wickedness they will be sent to exile to Babylon for 70 years, and the American Church is in exile. It cannot see it, because it’s too busy trying to please the culture instead of God. Well when the American church stops acting like the Harlot, than maybe it can see the exile we are in before it is too late. 

"Optimistic For The Future?"

Only 14% of people at the age of 28 are optimistic for the future, because economic downturns have brought a cloud of negativity that’s made this world a darker place. It’s getting so dark that people cannot see any optimism of the future, and people of evolution cannot see any hope. They believe bad times repeat itself, but believers should not think like them. In fact our future is very bright, because it is eternal. 

Believers should know that tribulation will come, before His Kingdom on earth. It is described quite well in Revelations 21:4. God promised His children that He will wipe away all tears, so there will be no sadness. He also promise us no more death, sorrow, and no pain. There will be a new earth that will not be like today’s earth. Man’s curse of this earth is the root of tears, death, sorrow, and pain. Just thinking about the economy causes these things, and some people thought of those things when the economy is good. This world tells you that wealth will bring you prosperity, and that’s as much of a lie as Satan’s when he told Adam that he could make him a god. 

Being a god is what some if not most men have been trying to do since man’s curse enter into this world when Adam bite that fruit he was told not to, and they have tried very hard to do that. No man on his best day could provide himself, or others eternity. Yet Christ on his worst day started to provide that by being the blood sacrifice to take away our curse, and His resurrection has given us eternal life. That came by the power of His word, and that’s why believers can be optimistic for the future. That’s guarantee, and does not need an analyze to break it down to discover its probability. 

Believers should be optimistic for the future, because others can see the hope of Christ in us. That hope could be a reminder to other believers to focus on things that our more important, and it can transcend hope to others that do not belief. Those that do not belief will have no future, because Revelations talks of a place to where those that did not belief will be spending. That’s the lake of fire, and people going there will not be having the economy on their mind. 

Reading Revelation chapters 20 and 21 gives us an idea on what is in store for the future. These chapters, and along with the Bible is what believers should have in their hearts. They should also be meditating it daily to remind them of their future, and that should build optimism. Optimism for the future came 2,000 years ago when Christ rose from the grave, and Christ’s sacrifice made it possible for us to be optimistic for the future. 

"My Opinions of the Landlord Lady."

One of my favorite websites to go is called "Funny or Die", and one of the funny clips from that is called "The Landlord Lady." Will Ferrell is the big star in it, and he plays a person that's struggling to keep up with his rent. His landlord lady is a toddler, and their dialogue with one another is what makes this clip funny. The toddler's half of the dialogue has vulgar, and she tells her reason why she wants her rent money. She wants her rent money, because she states it is to get her drink on. It shows her standing, and holding a wine bottle when Will Ferrell opens the door.

As we watch this clip we are laughing at a toddler using vulgar, and plans on getting drunk. The joke of the clip is the landlord lady being played by a toddler, but we are more laughing at the toddler's half of the dialogue. The fact that the landlord lady is played by a toddler is funny enough, so why does the creator of this clip feel that having a toddler using a vulgar and wanting to get drunk needs to be added into the clip? The answer for that is maybe to reflect an actual landlord lady, and her half of the dialogue reflects that. That's where we the audience find the most humor in that, but is it really that funny?

Again watching that clip again give me thoughts of society to state comments about it, and it is not funny like the clip. In fact it is sad, and thinking of these things does not make the clip that funny anymore. The funny parts of clips is a reflection on what we think's funny, and basically what it is is a toddler being poorly influence by the creators of the clip to get laughs from us. We are laughing at a toddler using vulgar, and it's desire to get drunk. Now the toddler has no idea it is being badly influence for our amusement, and that's what actually makes that clip more sad than funny. It's just that we do not know that, because today's humor does not consider virtue.

Now I do understand that people can joke about anything they want, because of the first amendment. There's no denying this, but still decision that's made does have consequences. Now the toddler's guardian maybe ok with their toddler holding a wine bottle, and repeating half of a dialogue about getting drunk for the clips sake. They have that right, because no one should tell them how to raise its child unless decisions they make for it violates its right to life. Now they may see their toddler being perfectly safe around booze, because it is not drinking it. The toddler not drinking booze does not mean they are protecting from its potential harm, because being around it constantly increases it chances of being an alcoholic. Her being around that at an early age increases that more, and who knows where that leads? I hope it does not end in physical harm that results in death, and would we still think this clip's funny if that did happen?

Watching "The Landlord Lady" shows where we find amusement in our world, because we operate more on emotional side of the brain than the logic side of it. Also our environment thinks more relative, than absolutes. That toddler has not developed its cognitive senses yet, and her learning to think for herself is very slim with her environment. When will we think more about what we amuse ourselves with, and that's a question that believers need to ask themselves as well.

Believers are as guilty in that, and that's just as sad as the joke of that clip. 60% of this nation's population claim to be Christians, so than why do most of that population support that? It's obvious it does support that clip, because of its high number of views. Its high number of views makes it marketable for companies to give it more money, so they can make more clips like that. That justifies people more to make clips like "The Landlord Lady."

Believers claim to know truth, but they do not apply it in their lives. Them that do not apply it in their lives will add darkness in an already dark world, and it makes it harder for nonbelievers to come to the light. Nonbelievers are more skeptic  today, and part of that reason is that they see Christians living like them. That makes Christianity a joke to them, and believers through its worldly lifestyle muddies the truth more so than nonbelievers.

"Along The Way"

Learning to me is like a line that goes forward, and this earth will go towards in what God intended it to be in the first place. As the earth rotates on its axis people are learning at a faster rate, and learning puts elements into their worldview.

People are always learning, because no one knows everything. If they state they know everything, than they are lying. That includes a person that has like 10 PHDs, and he would be lying to if it claims to know everything. God did not intend humans to know everything, so after the fall of man humans have lived in a learning state. That learning state involves discovery who they are, where they came from, how will it survive in the world, what do they believe in, why do they belief in their worldview, what's their purpose, and what will the future hold for them? Not all humans have these questions answer, and answering all these question does not mean that people will know everything. Again God did not create humans to know everything, so humans are always learning.

If someone ask someone else if they learn anything today, and there answer was nothing. Their answer was nothing, and that could mean they learn nothing new. Learning is not just about learning new things, but it could be finding more meanings about information from the past. Learning can come through accepting norms in society at the time, so learning is constant today. It's just the rate is faster.

So along the way our worldview takes shape, because of learning through observing, and application. People's  worldview foundation came from family, community, and school. People's worldview foundation will be solid as a rock, or it will be lose like a wet paper bag. A worldview becomes solid when person believes in it for themselves, and a worldview becomes shaken when it is not discovered for themselves. Still people that do not learn about their worldview are still learning, but they are learning about things that have no meaning like who won "American Idol." Things like "American Idol" have no purpose, because God will not ask them if they won it, or not. He may ask them did they do it to glorify Him, and there may have been contestants that glorified Him. I have never watched an entire show, so I do not know about that.

So along the way a worldview will be fully developed like a beautiful building, or it will end up like a vacant lot.

"The World I live in Now"

In my last post of "Random Mind" I blogged about my worldview, and stated it' like a treasure hunt to where people will find their purpose or not. Within that treasure hunt there is an interaction of people ideas that people will agree, or disagree. Their ideas are based upon what they believe in, and will make choices based upon their beliefs at the time. I do believe people's beliefs does change, because it is pretty obvious. For example let's compare the 1950s era with today's era. In the 1950s it was all about being wholesome, because most people believe that there was a God. They also believe that they would be held accountable for the choices they make, and now today it's the complete opposite. People believe in gods, or they believe they are god themselves. People today do not live within a moral code, because they are taught in life that there are no absolutes.

I live in a world to where more, and more people believe everything's relative. They live on assumptions, and their thoughts become more dependent. They depend on others for knowledge on what to eat, what to wear, what to watch, and what to do for the rest of their lives. They believe in more external ideas, than something that comes from within, and hardly use any logic to find out for themselves rather or not the things they believe are true. They assume it is true, because they saw, or heard someone say its true.

This world I live in now believes in phony reality. My worldview is that upfront it presents phony reality, but within it is real reality.

"Way of Stating My Worldview"

I first came across the term worldview when I was in high school, and that was over a decade ago. Since than I have come across it many times, and once again this year I have a course that will talk about worldview. My paper in that class will be asking me how I would define my worldview. I want to state an honest answer, but keep from stating it like a Sunday School answer. To this in my mind I try to think of what would I compare life to, because I believe view of life is starting point to state a person's worldview. I always thought of life like a game, but major difference in life that ends in death.

In a game there are players, judges, rules, outcomes of winning, and losing. In life there are humans, a creator, His rules, and outcomes of choices humans make.These outcomes are dividing line for humans that separate them into winners, and losers. Comparing life to a game is a starting point of defining my worldview, and to clearly state that I need to imagine a scenario to continue to develop my stated worldview.

In my mind I like God to lead me to a mountain top to view the entire world, and He would ask me what do I see? I would this world in distance that comes off to me being peaceful, but magnifying it I would see some people being busy. I would see some of them not being busy, I would see some of them being still, and I would some of them moving. I would need to magnify it more to see what their purposes are, that would create questions. Those questions are why are some busy, why are some not busy, why are some being still, and why are some not being still? Do people know where they are going, or do they where this world is going? Do they even care, or do they not care?

From these questions I would say life is like a treasure hunt that people will discover its purpose, or they will not.

"About Fast and Furious"

Over on Youtube had a short film called "Action Imagination", and it was about boys pretending to be action stars that they seen in movies like Rambo, Commando, and any other action movie that was made in the era of the 80s and 90s. In "Action Imagination" you saw the two boys with toy guns going out in the woods to face other boys that were bad guys dressed like ninjas. Watching this short film brought back memories when I was a boy that to like to play action heroes that I saw in the action movie era that went from the 80s into the 90s, and it inspired men today that are into being soldier and policeman. We had heroes in the movies that played characters that uphold the law, and did their duty for it was the right thing to do.

Fast forward to the 2000s, and the action hero has completely changed. It has changed from law obeying citizens in the 80 to 90s into anti law citizens that is the present day action hero. Action movies that has these characters are "Fast and the Furious" series,  and"Triple X." Vin Diesel played the lead hero in both of these movies, and it is pretty much the same character. His characters does stealing cars and merchandise, destroy private property, and does street racing that is illegal in all 50 states. Even though his character does all these illegal things its still portray as the hero at the end of the day, by defeating evil. Evil is the law that was represented as good in the 80s and 90s movie era. Young boys watching these movies could be influence the same way movies made in the 80s, and 90s influenced boys than that are now soldiers or police officers. Except boys watching action movies like "Fast Furious" could be influence in breaking the law to find out that reality is not like the movies to where the criminal ends up being the hero, but they end up in jail messing their entire life up, or end up dead.

Now action movies back than, and now are both far from reality. When men became soldiers, or policemen they found out that it was nothing like the movies. In reality people get shot, and actually die. Either way action movies have characters that go against antagonist created by other characters, and it is defined good versus evil. Storyline presented like that in "Fast and Furious" tells young boys that the law is bad, and it takes away your freedom to do whatever you want. Yet activities like stealing cars, and merchandise violates another person's freedom by taking away their will to live.

Typing this blog is not about not watching movies like "Fast and Furious", because this blogger has seem them that end up liking some of them. This blog is just this blogger's observation of the movies stated through this blog to encourage people to be independent thinkers.

"Freedom"

Through the blood of Christ I have true freedom that could never be taken away from no one, or no thing. That includes presidents, kings, government, and legislation. My freedom is having eternal life through Him, and His truth frees my mind. That is true freedom that will last forever, because my soul will move linear towards His Millenial Kingdom that will be established on earth. That is where His children will be freed from others, because He will be the only ruler that grants true freedom for those who believe.

Believing in Christ is the only true way to experience freedom, and not through legislation of federal governments. That is a place where man's and partial Godly ideas clash to gain control of worlds they created in their minds. The worlds they see inwardly does not reflect God's kingdom if they do not know God's word, and it reveals how He is going to free this world from sin that we all fall under that makes us slaves to it that takes freedom away from us. Only can the blood of Christ lift man's sin burden, and not through the law can man's sin burdens be lifted off him. God created more laws after man decided to disobey him after breaking His first law, and more laws revealed man's wickedness that through works could not overcome being a slave to sin. Only through the blood of Christ could man be free from sin, and it is through God's grace that man is consider righteous. That is true freedom, and only through accepting Christ as Savior can it be received through.

"More Unknown Heroes"

"The Case For The Real Christ" is a great book that was written by Lee Strobel. Strobel is a former atheist that wrote this book to see if Jesus was a real person that did die on the cross, was buried, and rose from the  grave. Through his investigation it led to a conclusion that Christ was real that did die, was buried, and rose from the dead. His conclusion led him to his salvation.

One of the things I like about the book is his interviews with different people that have names most people could not recognize, because they are not celebrities. Even though they do not have celebrity status, they have far more contributions that are more important for this world. They contribute to this world by defend, and present  Christianity against secularism in debates throughout the world. Their battles of Christianity create a forum to present truth for people to accept, or reject Christ. Their debates creates constant friction that allows light to do battle with darkness, and it keeps evil from taking over completely. Names like Michael Licona, Edwin M. Yamauchi, and Michael L. Brown are not recognizable names. These guys to me are unknown heroes because of their contributions to the faith, and are inspiring to me to keep their work alive. Their PH.Ds are the by product of their works, but their purpose is to engage the faith into the world to march in obedience to the Great Commission that Christ commanded us over 2,000 years ago to do right before He ascended into heaven. They are not unknown heroes for having PH.Ds, but for their purpose in life.

"My prediction of gyms for the next 5 to 10 years"

New Year is the beginning and the end of many resolutions that fitness clubs across the country will try to capitalize on to make profits to be visible on the economic map. Pretty soon fitness clubs will be like people's New Year's resolutions to where the beginning of the end is near for them, and in the next 5 to 10 years you will see a decline of membership in commercial and private fitness clubs. Few of the reasons for decline membership of fitness clubs in the next 5 to 10 years are more people will find more cheaper ways to get fit like the P90x, and also convenience at their own home with Wii Fit, Xbox kinetics, and other equipment that's affordable.

P90x kills two birds with one stone by offering affordability and convenience. A person would invest less in P90x than a yearly gym membership that includes astronomical fees, and also they have the convenience to workout whenever works best for them instead of having to set their schedule around gym hours that could be difficult for people with families.

In the last decade at least people saw how technology could make shopping convenient for themselves by not having to go to a store like around holiday time, and now technology is also providing a gym to people which allows people to workout on their own time. Wii fit has been out on the market for awhile, and now xbox has released its kinetics to where it requires the how entire body to move. It is only a matter of time until a company has something that connects with resistance equipment like kettlebells, and dumbbells that could be used with kinetics as well. Technology is providing people with convenience that gyms cannot do, so people will no longer have to workout around gym hours.

Gyms will have to rethink its programs, and market strategies to survive against technology to stay alive in the market for the next 5 to 10 years.