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There is no relationship between awareness, and faith. Awareness is a fact, faith is only a belief—-Jiddhu Krishnamurti
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I can just see the “wink and a nod” by Catholic insiders as they look away, and justify the sins of their “religion”, which is only an unholy extension of the arms of the political powers of the day.. Never forget that the Catholic religion had its origin under the direction of the evil Roman emperor, Constantine, with the expressed intent of unifying his disintegrating empire through controlling the ignorant masses through institutionalized religion..He theorized that the rebellious, bellicose ones would be hesitant to continue their assault against the corrupt emperor and his collapsing empire if the new church (Roman Catholic), and the state, were considered to be one unified entity.
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What an unholy marriage!
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He was a murderous tyrant, hated by all, and, of course, the Catholics have since granted him sainthood.
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GO FIGURE!
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Fascism and authoritarianism got quite a boost from the Roman Catholic Church.  The same church that stood by and watched the rise of the Third Reich, with minimal resistance from its leadership.  Not to be outdone,  the white evangelical movement, especially in highly populated regions of the east and south, have thrown their support behind history’s most pathetic GREAT WHITE HOPE, Donald Trump, while its political allies try to deny Americans their right to vote, and to have a voice.
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White Jesus Approved

These churches are truly ” the blind leading the blind”. And they can maintain their control if we all fall into darkness’s ditch, and maintain our forced conspiracy of silence.

Speak not of evil, see no evil, hear no evil, HEAL NO EVIL

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The persecution and murder of innocents is evil incarnate, embodied within the ideology, practice, and the historical conspiracy of silence of Catholicism and American Capitalistic imperialism.
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My wife, Sharon White, and I were the honored guests of and spent the night at Grace’s (Phyllis Chelsea) home, the chief of the now world famous British Columbia Alkali Lake Indian Reservation in the summer of 1992. We attended several ceremonies, and a sweat lodge, where grown men and women, who survived the Catholic incursion onto their lands, cried and wailed over the trauma that was administered upon their innocent souls by yet more beastly representatives of the Catholic Church. The Catholic church, like many other pseudo-Christian organizations, does not have a healed collective soul, and are groupings of wayward people seeking communities of like-minded individuals.  They claim righteousness, without knowing the true God.  They “follow” the teachings of their dead idol Jesus, who may as well be a golden calf, for that is the power his teachings have upon minds that have not become illuminated with spiritual discernment.
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The Catholic Church has been, for over 1600 years, at times a most evil arm of patriarchy and toxic masculinity. Murder, rape, support of despots and tyrants, misogyny, oppression, and accumulation of ill-gotten fortunes is only the starting point for this malicious, ungodly arm of the unholy marriage of toxic masculinity, politics, white supremacy, capitalism, and oppression.
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Do you want to find God? If you are looking to the Catholic Church, you might consider other alternatives. This is a church mostly out of touch of the spiritual needs of humanity, and of the animal and plant kingdom..
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And the damned Catholic Church has the nerve to deny communion to President Biden. Catholicism remains a dark angel of right wing politics. The ties between the church and the state MUST BE PERMANENTLY SEVERED, or Roman times and their self destruction will become our own experience, as well.. 
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If the sight, and the picture, of Donald Trump holding up a bible for a Kodak moment did not cause revulsion within the observer, then the observer is as spiritually sick as Donald Trump.
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President Donald Trump holds a Bible as he visits outside St. John’s Church across Lafayette Park from the White House Monday, June 1, 2020, in Washington. Part of the church was set on fire during protests on Sunday night. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

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God is the eternal path that we walk upon, and needs no faith, or belief, unless we choose subservience to the oppressive powers of the day. There is no love in oppression and subservience, only spiritual imprisonment. God does not need the Catholic Church, nor does the Catholic church need God. The Catholic Church only needs members to believe in it, and not experience God first-hand, while continuing to support its excesses through tithing.
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Choose you this day who you shall serve, man, or God—Jesus of Nazareth,
a true non-believer of Catholicism.
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We are all free to choose again.
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Toxic men have their gun in one hand, their penis in the other hand, and no room for a bible, let alone understanding of its real message.  Men must integrate their instinctual and biological natures into the synergy of our spiritual manhood that is of our highest, most noble nature.

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God does not use the Catholic religion to promote evil, as toxic men and their supporting women do through the institutionalized fantasies and control dramas of the faith.  They try to sell to the unaware the very air that they breathe, and persecute those who breech their conspiracy of illusion and silence around Catholicism’s own ignorance and malfeasance.
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Human beings need true collaborative communities that honor Mother Earth, nature, and all of humanity, and not the ones that create enmity between peoples, and destruction of our Mother Earth, and its animals and plants, as Catholicism continues to do through its support for unconscious and anti-social capitalist economics…
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If God is not looking through our eyes, there is no God to be found in our experience, only subservience to outside forces, and continued repression of our own true nature..
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There are millions of unmarked graves of innocents, both adult and children, murdered by the “good intentions” of various organized religions from around the world over the last two thousand years.  The same mindset that creates “us versus them” dynamic in world affairs is the mindset that creates the “me versus not-me” dynamic in our interpersonal relationships.  Until we can see each other as loving extensions of our own true nature, religion has no value, except as the mechanism of control over ignorant populations utilized by the controlling race or political powers of the age.
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Blog written by a descendant of the Kalapuya Yamhill Indian tribe (yes, most of the tribe died in the 1800’s by the white man’s hands, or by their diseases).
Categories: Musings

Bruce

Presently, I am 67 years old, and I am learning how to live the life of a retired person. I am married to Sharon White, a retired hospice nurse, and writer. Whose Death Is It Anyway-A Hospice Nurse Remembers Sharon is a wonderful friend and life partner of nearly 30 years. We have three grandsons through two of Sharon's children. I am not a published writer or poet. My writings are part of my new life in retirement. I have recently created a blog, and I began filling it up with my writings on matters of recovery and spirituality. I saw that my blog contained enough material for a book, so that is now my new intention, to publish a book, if only so that my grandsons can get to know who their grandfather really was, once I am gone. The title for my first book will be: Penetrating The Conspiracy Of Silence, or, How I Lived Beyond My Expiration Date I have since written 7 more books, all of which are now posted on this site. I have no plans to publish any of them, as their material is not of general interest, and would not generate enough income to justify costs. I have taken a deep look at life, and written extensively about it from a unique and rarely communicated perspective. Some of my writing is from 2016 on to the present moment. Other writing covers the time prior to 1987 when I was a boy, then an addict and alcoholic, with my subsequent recovery experience, and search for "Truth". Others are about my more recent experiences around the subjects of death, dying, and transformation, and friends and family having the most challenging of life's experiences. There are also writings derived from my personal involvement with and insight into toxic masculinity, toxic religion, toxic capitalism, and all of their intersections with our leadere. These topics will not be a draw for all people, as such personal and/or cultural toxicities tends to get ignored, overlooked, or "normalized" by those with little time for insight, introspection, or interest in other people's points of view on these troubling issues. There also will be a couple of writings/musings about "GOD", but I try to limit that kind of verbal gymnastics, because it is like chasing a sunbeam with a flashlight. Yes, my books are non-fiction, and are not good reading for anybody seeking to escape and be entertained. Some of the writings are spiritual, philosophical and intellectual in nature, and some descend the depths into the darkest recesses of the human mind. I have included a full cross section of all of my thoughts and feelings. It is a classic "over-share", and I have no shame in doing so. A Master Teacher once spoke to me, and said "no teacher shall effect your salvation, you must work it out for yourself". "Follow new paths of consciousness by letting go of all of the mental concepts and controls of your past". This writing represents my personal work towards that ultimate end.