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Out-Work Thrones

Think carefully about the paranoia surrounding conspiracy theories. Think about the panic. And, then, think about the past.

True or false, most conspiracy theories hinge on a group of bloodlines who gained great power through deceit and cunning one, two, and three centuries ago. This is a consensus among kooks. But the last half century shows a shift from Plan A to Plan B—and the kooks think the elites are at about to plan P by now.

Whoever the puppet masters are, they are also getting uncreative and lazy. And, for some reason, common folk are working—a lot.  · · · →

Miscalculections

Right and Left seem obsessed over problems with opposing presidential candidates. Conservative media bashes Hillary with “problems” her supporters don’t care about. Hippies smear every Republican candidate, especially those more likely to get the GOP nomination, when they have no plans to vote in GOP primaries.

All they do in the end is give free advertising to their opposite political party. Don’t bash someone else’s business. Mind your own.

Conservative bloggers have no reasonable fear of Hillary getting support from Conservative readers… unless Conservatives fear a true Conservative won’t win the GOP nomination and Hillary will be their best choice.  · · · →

Time’s Up

We all waited. Now, it needs to stop. The tax-ID, government registered church fellowships need to stop. They don’t need to stop meeting or buying big buildings. They don’t need to stop paying near six-figure pensions. But they need to stop slandering their future.

They need to stop hating. They need to stop misrepresenting and mischaracterizing each other. They need to stop finding excuses to not talk to each other.

And they need to stop with the passive-aggressive attacks on informal Christian fellowship that they will soon depend on themselves. They need to stop persecuting the future—their future.  · · · →

Maybe “churchless” Is Better

I knew people back around 2005 who grew tired of a condemning breed of preaching in their city. Looking for answers, they drove an hour to learn from Rob Bell. At least they were attending certified Sunday, right?

A few years later, many of them turned their backs on all belief in Jesus, giving many arguments that seemed to come from Rob. Things might have gone differently if they had quit attending Sunday mornings altogether. Maybe today they’d be nominal “churchless Christians”.

But, Sunday morning fiefdom lords must rubber stamp each other, no matter who they stamp, no matter the cost.  · · · →