People United Under God Against Government Oligarchies!

Hello, my first two pennies to add to the collective sojooo community.   
  
Spiritualism or lack thereof is significant in culture. It can be cohesive or dividing, authoritarian or decentralized.

Today, the dollar is god.  Religions are divisive, authoritarian, corrupt, coercive and repressive or at a minimum, not empowering - contributing to the limitation of human potential and not making a combined positive difference in the world.    
  
We are not an educated people; schools indoctrinate and create a mindset that there are smarter people than you (trust the experts and intellectual dependency upon said experts), there is a state-approved history (don't question any of it or you're a conspiracy theorist or a radical).  We are fed a steady, ever-changing stream of propaganda, counter-intelligence propaganda, divisive rhetoric, distractions and entertainment.  We are censored, deplatformed or de-prioritized in an algorithm if we make any waves.  Both sides do this (i.g. racism / anti-Semitism).    
  
We are the empire of the modern world... And a bunch of uneducated, propagandized people are voting to determine the future of the empire?  Lol. Really?  In the history of the world, what empire hasn't had an emperor?  I don't believe our votes are in good faith and based upon relevant facts using an impartial selection and voting process.   
  
IMO in order to get through this without a civil war or famine or invasion, many of our people need to devote energy on educating themselves through reading, listening to debates, discussions and reflection (personally and in town squares).  I think spiritualism can be a guiding light to caring about one another in your decision making process; serve as a moral foundation.  
  
Also, when Jesus said "I am",  to me that means God is in all of us, we are derivatives of God.  If God is in each of us, and by integration, we are the same. Harming or hating you is harming or hating myself.  I want and try to live this way but our way of life makes it difficult.   
  
P.S. I don't trust any of the religious institutions; more centralized power.  Rome is a major player on the world stage.  My guess is Rome has it's own Jeffrey Epstein, just like England did in the 1970s per whistleblower Colin Wallace.  All those priests were molesting children, why wouldn't they let politicians, police, business leaders do the same in exchange for influence and blackmail.  Not that big of a bridge to cross.  
  
God bless you with the fortitude to seek inner wisdom.

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simms · 3/2/2025, 8:39:17 PM · permalink

The Bible says by their fruits ye shall know them.   
religion is something personal to everyone and while it’s not my place to tell anyone what to believe it brings me joy to see people waking up and realizing that politics (polarizing tactics) is just another godless religion.  
  
Whether we choose to view and follow god as an image of perfection or shape other god in our image is a personal choice.  
  
Personally I’d prefer not to see society shaping god after their image as society is quite ill in my opinion.  
The thought of god saving and/or appointing trump is something that brings amusement (as in a the opposite of and muse meaning thought), we live in a world of deception and political theater. Personally I don’t look at the left of right wing regardless of their flapping;  are still part of the eagle in between. Then there’s its head, beak, body, heart, legs, and talons.   
which is the first thing that comes to mind. I look at the entirety of the situation and I see no part of god in the situation.  
I have many friends that believe in politics and I don’t look down on them humans are social and long to be parts of community, most are good and want to do their best to leave a better world for their children and those they care about and our maneuvering to the best of their ability with the information they have access to. We all want to hope and believe things will change and understanding that that’s not something that will happen people who are not only separated but insulated from our reality is hard to swallow so the mental gymnastics start.   
I don’t know what happened but to me that whole situation appeared more an act of theater than divine providence. But that could just be me.  
Either way be God’s (irregardless of which or version or vision of) hands on earth and build up your fellow man. Tearing others down only serves those who benefit from a divided society. You never know who will be resisting or in a cell or gallows beside you.

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