Paul's Passing Thoughts

I have been extremely busy of late resulting in little time to post anything, but I stumbled across this comment while doing some research on the internet. The comment pretty much sums up the historical truth about tithing, and I couldn’t resist using it as a made-to-order post. Enjoy.

Eric Hale January 5th, 2016 02:39 AM

Edited by PPT.

They mean well—prefaced by Speaker Paul Ryan’s speech on the House floor yesterday concerning the assassination attempt of several Republican Representatives who had gathered for a baseball team practice, many Republican politicians are seeing a silver lining in the attack; they hope it will lead to unity between the two parties. After all, the assassin smashed all of the narratives spewed forth concerning an “alt-right” movement representing a clear and present danger to our fragile open society.

This hope defines a grievously misinformed political populous including the likes of Rush Limbaugh and Sean Hannity. While it can be said that the issue of sin entering the world is a fundamental pillar of metaphysical understanding, the matching bookend is the freedom of man. Simply stated, this is the idea that man possesses the ability to self-govern, and to the degree that this takes place the best state of societal wellbeing is experienced. This is Individualism.

In contrast, we have the idea that man is unable to self-govern and to the extent that he is allowed to do so, societal chaos will ensue leading to a present-day-existence depicted by the movie Water World. Because, you know, man wasn’t ruled over and melted the polar icecaps. Hence, man must be ruled over by those who possess the knowledge of total inability. This is Collectivism. Without statism, mankind will eventually perish under the weight of its own total depravity.

Instead of the state being an institution that protects man’s freedom (its role under Individualism), the state dictates life to save man from himself. And supposedly, man has a natural inclination to think he is able; this delusion supposedly defines total depravity. As Socrates stated it, a truly wise man knows that he doesn’t know while the totally depraved think they can know stuff. The experts, when it gets right down to it, are experts regarding social engineering that gives us the best life now based on our inability to know. This is knowledge of man’s total inability and total depravity.

A good example, possibly the best, of how people are confused about this is the whole idea that the church is mostly made up of Republicans or the so-called “religious right.” No, this is totally untrue; the uniting principle between the church and Democrats is the total inability of mankind. Historically, the church and Collectivist politicians are the sole proprietors of every torture devise or machine known to man. There is only one thing you can do, in the religious world or the political world when an individual is hellbent on believing they can know stuff and do stuff which is the greatest single threat to the existence of mankind; eliminate them with a slow tortured death for daring to blaspheme expertism.

Nevertheless, it is amazing to ponder the fact that the average Joe in America gets all of this. How do we know? Regardless of Donald Trump’s outrageous and un-presidential behavior, he was elected in an electoral landslide. Why? Because Trump, regardless of what you think of him as an individual, is an Individualist. However, you may also note the Trump deranged syndrome suffered by Democrats at large, and Hollywood entertainers in particular.

And what does their artistic statements call for? Answer: the elimination/assassination of the Donald. This is ALWAYS the Collectivist endgame for the sake of saving humanity from itself. The assassination of a group of Republicans is merely the next best thing apart from killing the Donald. What happened represents the intended results…period. While the Democrats are playing along with the misguided musings of the Individualists, aside from a few notables, you may notice that the Collectivist community at large are relatively mum on the event.

Let me ask you a question; what is the difference between the Collectivist call for individual jihad and what has been going on in the media including the arts? Nothing, and the results are intended, and will continue to be expected.

Democrats are not representing the people and taking it upon themselves to be obstructionists. Of course they are, because they know better than the people they represent. Like the guardians of adolescents, mommy knows best.

And per the usual, some sort of assassination, personal or physical, is the endgame; Collectivists do NOT negotiate with Individualists…that will never happen except for the exploitation of naivety under the guise of compromise. And because those who think they know stuff and can do stuff are stupid, Collectivists will continue to accuse the Individualists of what they are guilty of; namely, extremism for the sake of humanity’s survival and the “collective good.”

paul

In case you haven’t noticed, PPT doesn’t partake in much debate concerning social issues or more specifically, “trending issues.” And more and more, it would seem that society at large keeps pushing the envelope to invoke debate about a group’s particular stand or lifestyle.

I was provoked to ponder this reality once again when I stumbled across this article about a LGBT parade featuring parents who support their LGBT children. As a born-again Christian person, what do I think about that?

I think I speak about God and not for God. Christianity is not about authority. When professing Christians say God is judging America, here is what they are really saying: “God is judging America because you disagree with our interpretation of truth.” The whole “God is judging America” thing is a claim on God’s authority by proxy. You aren’t following us, so God is going to make you pay.

Claiming to speak for God creates all kinds of drama that distracts from the bottom-line. Life is about choices and freewill; and the fact is, every single human being that lives long enough to have a developed conscience will stand before God ALONE and give an account for their own life. Whatever life or worldview you want to bring to that gig is totally on you…it’s your choice.

Frankly, I am busy enough putting my own case together without meddling in yours. Hence, don’t make your choices about my “bigotry” ect., I am not your judge; God is. Now, if you like something you see about my program, I am more than willing to share, but I will not be making a case against your choices for you to defend…save it for God. And you know, maybe you’re right and I am wrong; ok, let every person be convinced in their own mind. Let every person be accountable for the sum total of their own lives; they are anyway.

More or less, this is Paul’s mindset in Romans 14 for keeping the peace in a home fellowship context. Of course, this also takes into consideration that law/standards/rules/judgement exist in the minds of every living person. However, don’t confuse this with boundaries that every individual has the right to set for themselves.

My right to set boundaries for myself in conjunction with God’s imperative to be happy is not judging you, but I will say this, many who make certain choices for themselves are really protesting about the personal boundaries I set for myself and falsely accusing me of judging them. So, what it ends up being is a demand to affirm their choices or else I am a bigot.

Hence, “amazing parents” who affirm as opposed to those who don’t, and worse yet, those who actually judge their choices. And interesting enough, the protesting and clamoring about for laws that protect against “discrimination.”

Therefore, I am just as concerned about a LGBT-state or any other stripe of statism as I am a church-state. Let us remember, there are a couple of bakers who have had their lives ruined because they refused to bake a cake for a gay couple. In all of this, merely refusing to judge is not enough, you must affirm their choices.

In the history of statism, this ALWAYS holds true; it is not enough to keep your peace and leave judgement to God, the authority always ends up going house to house demanding an allegiance to Caesar.

It’s almost as if silence itself is enough to condemn their choices even without speaking out against them….

…”almost,” that is. People who are comfortable with who they are tend to be silent about it.

paul

1Cor 15:26 Death NOT God's will ever; death=God's enemy. Christ died 2 end death+sin. Last enemy defeated is the source of all other enemies

— Paul M. Dohse (@PaulMDohse) June 10, 2017