https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tlMF9GAwXFk 11,368 views 94 comments WHEN THERE IS "NO RECORD" OF WRONGDOING, THE WRONGDOINS PURSUES ITS "WAYWARD" COURSE - OF COURSE! THE ANTIDOTE IS TRANSPARENCY + TRUTHFUL- NESS WHICH BUTTRESSES "CREDIBILITY". IT MAKES FOR A "SANE" SOCIETY. IN THE USA THERE IS "A TRUST CRISIS". IN THE WINTER OF 1973, I SAW A JESUIT PRIEST AT THE PASTORAL DEPARTMENT AT THE UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA (RUN BY OBLATE PRIESTS) ABOUT BEING MORE SPIRITUAL OR SOMETHING OF THAT NATURE. HE USED THE OCCASION TO TALK TO ME ABOUT ONE THING: TRUST. HE TOLD ME A STORY WHICH EMPHASIZED THE IMPORTANCE OF TRUST AND THEN LEFT THE ROOM. AMERICANS SHOULD REMEMBER THE MOTTO OF THE USA IS "IN GOD, WE TRUST". WHEN WE TRUST IN GOD, WE DON'T LIE. AND THOSE THAT DO LIE ARE UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF THE DEVIL, "THE FATHER OF LIES". EVERY SO-CALLED "SIN" IS THE SAME AS EVERY OTHER ONE GROUNDED IN THE FALSE BELIEVE WE CAN HAVE MORE, AND WE DON'T NEED GOD TO GET IT. THAT WAS THE SIN OF ADAM + EVE WHO BELIEVED THEY COULD BE GOD AND THEREBY, GET MORE THAN WHAT THEY WERE GETTING. WHEN IT DIDN'T WORK OUT THEIR WAY, THEY WERE "ASHAMED" THAT THEY "BETRAYED" THE TRUST OF THE ALMIGHTY FORCED TO LEAVE THE GARDEN OF EDEN WHERE THEY HAD EVERYTHING THEY COULD POSSIBLY WANT. ADULTERY AND STEALING IS ABOUT WANTING MORE IN A MANNER THAT IS CONTRARY TO THE 10 COMMANDMENTS GIVEN TO US BY THE ALMIGHTY. KILLING IS ACTING LIKE GOD AS IF A PERSON HAS THE RIGHT TO TAKE SOMEONE'S LIFE WHICH ABORTION DOES: ABORTING IS "INHERENTLY EVIL BECAUSE THE "MOST" IMPOR- TANT THING FOR THE ALMIGHTY IS PROCREATION. LYING LEADS TO MORE LIES WHICH LEADS TO MORE LIES THUS DESTROYING THE SOUL: IT'S "INHERENTLY" SELF-DESTRUCTIVE. AS REPENTENT CATHOLICS ENTERING THE CONFESSIONAL WE ACKNOWLEDGE OUR SPIRITUAL WEAKNESS (SINFULNESS) AND ASK FORGIVENESS + HELP IN OVERCOMING OUR FAILED HUMAN NATURE "MARKED" BY "THE ORIGINAL SIN OF ADAM + EVE." SO THAT WE "CAN" BE SPIRITUALLY STRONG AS WE CONTINUE TO WALK TO HIS KINGDOM WHERE THERE'S A PLACE WAITING FOR US IN THE HOUSE OF THE ALMIGHTY WHO WILL TREAT US AS HIS "ADOPTED" CHILDREN. :D WE HAVE HIS REASSURANCE THAT HE IS WITH US BECAUSE HE WENT OUT OF HIS WAY TO BECOME MAN ON CHRISTMAS DAY, THE GREATEST MUSICAL EVENT IN HISTORY WHEN JESUS WAS PLACED IN A "LOWLY" MANGER IN A STABLE ON THE SIDE OF A HILL IN BETHLEHEM (TRANSLATION: HOUSE OF FLESH) WITH TUMPETS BLARING + ANGELS SINGING: "ALLELUIA! THE MESSIAH HAS COME! HE IS HERE! REJOICE! GLORY TO GOD IN THE HIGHEST!" AND THE 3 WISE MEN COMING FROM THE EAST KNELT DOWN BEFORE HIM IN ADORATION BEARING GIFTS OF GOLD, MYRRH, AND FRANKINCENSE. :D AND THE SHEPHERD BOYS ON THE SURROUNDING HILLS CAME BY TO SEE WHAT "THE BIG DEAL" WAS ABOUT. AND THEY TOO, IN AWE, KNELT DOWN IN ADORATION. AND THE VERY PROUD PARENTS, JOSEPH AND MARY, OVERJOYED AT HIS "TRIUMPHANT" RECEPTION SMILED! (INCIDENTALLY, MYRRH, AND FRANKINCENSE PROMOTE HEALING AND GOOD HEALTH.) BY *NOT* LYING, WE PUT GOD ON "OUR" SIDE. THE AMERICANS HAVE BEEN CONDUCTING THEMSELVES IN SUCH A "BAD" WAY (ALL THOSE DECADES OF ILLEGAL, UNJUSTIFIED WARS): UNTIL THEY "MEND" THEIR "DISSOLUTE" WAYS THE ALMIGHTY CANNOT HELP THEM. UNTIL THEN, THEY'RE "GOING TO HELL IN A HANDBASKET". Ken, Toronto, CANADA