Paul's Passing Thoughts

“You must all know half a dozen people at least who are no use in this world, who are more trouble than they are worth. Just put them there and say Sir, or Madam, now will you be kind enough to justify your existence? If you can’t justify your existence, if you’re not pulling your weight in the social boat, if you’re not producing as much as you consume or perhaps a little more, then, clearly, we cannot use the organizations of our society for the purpose of keeping you alive, because your life does not benefit us and it can’t be of very much use to yourself.”

~ George Bernard Shaw

It’s a “republic if you can keep it” said Benjamin Franklin. One of the difficulties in keeping a successful republic like America is humanity’s tendency towards complacency. Humanity always learns the hard way. America was born out of 10,000 years + of human misery. America is a first, and took a long time because humanity must always learn its lessons in the school of hard knocks. Even after the Holocaust, much of Israel is liberal and left-leaning in politics. This is a reality that I have totally lost patience with. I do not get all fuzzy inside when I hear testimonies from people who voted for Barak Obama, but “learned my lesson.” I doubt it. If you ever voted for Obama, you are incredibly un-self-aware.

Neither am I impressed with the Blexit movement. What the hell? It took 70 years since LBJ’s Great Society to figure that out and now you want a prize? I’m not impressed. Um, like, Abraham Lincoln was a Republican; so, when did 2+2 start equaling 4 in your mind? Ok, I will admit the movement is a good thing for the most part, but at least show some shame for how long it took to figure it out.

Does all of this seem harsh to you? Well, what’s harsh is genocide, geronticide, crippicide, and all of the other cides that fill the mass graves of human history, and there is no excuse for the complacency and ignorance that paves the roads that lead there. Obama, and more recently presidential candidate Michael Bloomberg, have suggested that healthcare should be withheld from the elderly because society cannot afford it. In regard to the Affordable Care Act, which didn’t end up being affordable, Sarah Palin warned that death panels would be a part of it and she was mocked accordingly. Of course, she was right. Regarding those whose healthcare premiums doubled, and by golly have learned their lesson about lying Democrats, again, I doubt it. However, those who are on their death bed hours away from passing and say they have seen the light, I do believe them because it’s too late. After all, having no hope because of ignorance is the ultimate realty check and a worthy truth serum.

Like I said, it took at least 10,000 years of misery to make America, but behold the present political climate. Have you not heard? Yes indeed, America sucks. We have a socialist hero named Bernie Sanders who can save us from an evil capitalist economy. When he was announced that way at a political rally yesterday, 20,000 people cheered. Count em’, 20,000. That would be the same capitalist economy that funded World War II and the ability to stop Hitler’s vision for the world. Folks, this is an ignorance that cannot be fixed. In last night’s Democrat debate, though Bloomberg was savaged, there was one criticism auspiciously missing even by 78 year old socialist Bernie Sanders: Bloomberg’s assertion that the elderly should be denied healthcare so the same money can be better spent on young people.

Please be sure of this: if these people obtain power, there will be an exception to old people not receiving healthcare; an old congressman or senator. That’s the way socialism works and the way it has always worked. Sanders knew Mike wasn’t talking about him, so no offense was taken. By the way, in regard to the above citation by George Bernard Shaw, he lived to be 94 years old.

I have a job that is the best job in the world. I am a nurse aide. You see, this is America, which is a country designed to enable individuals to pursue life, liberty, and happiness. It doesn’t put a time limit on that. If you are a 95 year old American, and you want to continue in your right to pursue what makes you happy, that’s your right because you live in America, and especially if you have paid your dues for making America work. America is indebted to you with interest. I once shared an elevator ride with the daughter of a man I cared for and she introduced me to her dad’s girlfriend who was on the elevator with us. The dad and girlfriend both were in their 90s. I commented, “Well, as long as you are still here you might as well keep living.” If you are an American, that’s your right.

In addition, if you think the only issue with socialists is your age, you make your ignorance even more prevalent. There is one difference between America and all other countries. You see, “socialism” is a soft term for “collectivism.” For the first time in human history, a country was founded on individualism and not collectivism. This pertains to the worth of an individual, and the question of life value. Collectivism judges the value of an individual based on their ability to contribute to “the group.” Words not only mean things, but how words are defined by those who want to rule your life is also important. Socialists define “the group” this way: “the state.”

Hence, this is what totally drives free health care paid for by the state and any other single-payer system; more money is available to the state because it’s not paying for private care taking care of those who cannot contribute to the state. Socialism baits people for support with free stuff in order to gain control of them. If you cannot contribute to the state for any reason, they are not going to pay for your care; why would they? Enter someone else I once cared for; a young man who made a bad decison and ended up as an invalid. Suffice to say that he had a very low “quality of life.” But yet, he wanted to continue to persue life because he was afraid to die.

In America, that’s his right…period.

Now this brings us to another element of the discussion. “Quality of life.” That’s a slippery slope…always. It’s subjective and a perspective that varies greatly from person to person. Wanting free healthcare in exchange for the state having the final word on defining quality of life might be the epitome of ignorance and complete unawarness of how the world works. Quality of life as judged by the state will depend on one’s abilty to contribute to the state. As a nurse aide, I suit up to defend a person’s right to live and help them do so. We stand as an advocate between the resident and that slippery slope. It’s not a nurse aide’s job to judge quality of life; we care for those alive to the best of our ability however we find them and make the situation the best it can possibly be.

In contrast to serving life, I could muse about being a state executioner.  First, for a representative republic. In many cases, the condemned would be regretful they didn’t listen to momma. This is such a pure and beautiful moment because you know the condemned really mean it, after all, there is no more hope. I could assure them they wouldn’t have listened to momma before this good day when complete understanding has shone through the clouds of lazy thinking.

As an executioner for a socialist state, I could preach altruism to the condemned. I could encourage all of them they are martyrs for the greater cause of a successful state. I would also be much busier because the condemned are not only criminals, but the physically disabled, mentally disabled, and those who dare think for themselves. The complete giving of self for the betterment of the group is the climax of virtue. Of course, capitalism enables the funding of selfishness that can only be cured by statist wisdom.

Some would be perplexed and distraught, not knowing that socialism always equals collectivism and collectivism always equals altruism. But hopelessness always makes the metaphysical math easier to understand.

paul

This post will outline the use of art to promote philosophy. “Anthropomorphic art” is an interesting term. Anthropomorphism is the “attribution of human traits, emotions, or intentions to non-human entities.” Of course, since this is outside the realm of reality as we know it, this idea must be portrayed through art. There are no actual photographs of nonhuman objects with human traits, or at least human intellect and reason.

However, you may note, “reality as we know it.” Often, art is used to argue for  philosophies that claim we do not know reality, but only think we know reality. And this is a VERY common notion historically.  As noted in the book, anthropomorphic art, by its very definition, is the projection of an ideology through art.

Sure, there are going to be those in the movement who think it’s a cool art form and that’s the sum of it for them, but they are gong to be the minority in the movement and not what actually drives the movement. Core ideology drives a movement and the behavior that results from the ideology will always be present to some degree in the movement’s venue.

CLEARLY, the two founders of the Fandom are not much for cultural boundaries. The extent of their counterculture ideology is still being researched, but in regard to cultural sex boundaries, there are none that this author can find. In the beginning of the Fandom there were grand opportunities for the founders to make their feelings known but they remained silent while furry minions crushed the attempt to reform the Fandom.

Two elements are key here: art and comedy. I have already addressed anthropomorphism as an anti-humanity philosophy in other posts. Art and comedy are often bridges across cultural boundary moats. Through narratives, art can project ideas visually without stating it in a manifesto. Comedy gets the same kind of pass. When we object to a comedian’s statement about something political or religious that we find culturally offensive, we often hear, “Lighten up, it’s only comedy.” In America, politicians have even shown their supposed virtue for praising comedians that mock them publicly. We should all be able to laugh at ourselves at times, right?

Anthropomorphic art in cartoon form (comedy) is the perfect storm for promoting counterculture ideas. The best example of this is fanzines. Fanzines, or cartoon magazines, were a primary tool of the Fandom starting out, but of course, internet resources have taken over that role for the most part. With the combination of anthropomorphic art, cartoons, and Anime, the Fandom can project any and every sexual behavior and gender ideology known to mankind, and they do, and have from the very beginning.

As noted in other posts, at least regarding pedophilia, this serves as the promotion of ideas at the front door, and the grooming of children for certain acts at the backdoor.

In closing, I will cite an example. In one issue of a Furry zine, we have a cartoon narrative of Little Red Riding Hood. Of course, Little Red Riding Hood is a voluptuous female in her mid-thirties as depicted in the cartoon strip. The cartoon makes use of the traditional narrative until the very end where LRRH confidently tells the wolf that she thinks the wolf would really rather have sex with her than eat her. The wolf mentions that he ate a large meal earlier and agrees. Then LRRH jumps of him and compliments the wolf on how well endowed he is.

Is this an endorsement of bestiality? Of course it is. But does it get a pass from the accusation of being an overt promotion of such because it is art and comedy? Again, of course it does, that’s the whole purpose of using the particular genre.

The case made in the book takes the whole perspective into consideration to reveal what the ramifications are for our children.

paul

“Here is another bottom line: claiming that New Calvinism is an aberration of authentic Protestant orthodoxy is a choosing of tradition over Christ. Protest if you will; you are guilty as hell.” 

I am not one for pulling down anything I have posted, I think I have done it once or twice since the beginning of PPT, but I cringe every time I see a hit on this post. One of these days I will rewrite The Truth About New Calvinism but the book still documents the real historical account of New Calvinism, an account few people want to acknowledge. TANC was the very first book written on New Calvinism based on four years of research.

Here is where I thank God for New Calvinism. I was born again with much power through the Spirit (circa 1983) before I was a member of any church or denomination. An insufferable zealot, I went on a journey to choose the right church. In the meantime, I saturated my brain with Scripture. I decided to hookup with the Southern Baptists, and was enrolled in a conservative seminary less than a year later.

Frankly, six months into church membership, deep down, I knew something was fundamentally wrong with church. But hey, this is Western culture; if you want a relationship with God, what else is there but church? Right? Without going into details, what I was seeing in personal Bible study wasn’t matching up with church at all. Finally, I cried out to God to show me the truth. In His own time, and way, He most certainly answered that prayer.

But the time came when I decided that God was not going to answer that prayer. So, circa 2006, I folded up my “devout Christian” tent, and settled into a general commitment to God and church while acknowledging I was comfortable with the contradictions. After all, God’s wisdom is beyond knowing, right? Hey, God works in mysterious ways, right?

So, there I was. I attended church, worked for the grounds ministry, said amen to everything, and was waiting on God to come back and sort everything out. Everything was good. Yes, no doubt, it was some passive aggressive attitude towards God: “Hey, you aren’t going to show me what’s going on; so, I am going to coast until you get back. Sure, you are God, and I know better than to turn my back on you, but since you like being all mysterious, go be mysterious, I am no longer going to kill myself figuring out all of this mess.”  Right, that’s a pretty pathetic attitude, no doubt. Perhaps the most pathetic there is.

Then, New Calvinism showed up and began one of its first covert takeovers of a church. Funny things started happening that pushed back against the cognitive dissonance that I worked 23 years to obtain. I was not happy, but I should have been. God was moving to answer my prayers in the midst of my cynical worldview.  And this was not just any church being taken over by the new Calvinists, it was a particular group of men involved with those that were key to unlocking the true history of New Calvinism.

Now, please understand, my beef with these guys at the time follows: they were messing up my own personal game plan for dealing with church until the Lord returned or I died. I worked 23 years to get there, and I had found contentment. I was no longer unhappy or angry; I replaced all of that with cynicism. I wanted answers. And as you know, the New Calvinists don’t like questions. Basically, they set out to destroy my life. The evil of it all dumbfounded me. What’s going on here?

So, I set out on a journey to defend my cognitive dissonance. Yes indeed, those pesky New Calvinists had hijacked true Calvinism and I would expose them in TANC. I then found a church where I could return to the cognitive dissonance that I knew before. I had done my duty to God, I would turn over my research to someone else who wanted to continue the fight and I would go back to comfortable Churchianity.

That person I found who was interested in my research was a guy named John Immel. I met him for dinner to hand over my stack of stuff. I liked him immediately; he was even more cynical than I was. As I was sharing elements of the research, he interrupted me. “Paul, you are saying that this is what New Calvinists teach?” When I replied in the affirmative, he replied, “That’s exactly what Luther and Calvin taught. Paul, you need to read the Calvin Institutes.” So I did. Bottom line: God showed me what I prayed for; the problem with church is church and its false gospel. What I could never put my finger on was so very simple: a false gospel.

C’mon gang, just admit that none of us really knew what Protestantism was about and it took a Seventh-Day Adventist to show us. Until you admit that, you are choosing Protestant tradition over Christ.

“But Paul, if I go down this road it will cost me everything!” Hmmmmm, so when was the last time you preached a sermon on Hebrews 11 you stinking hypocrite? Here is another bottom line: claiming that New Calvinism is an aberration of authentic Protestant orthodoxy is a choosing of tradition over Christ. Protest if you will; you are guilty as hell.

With that said, I do think there is a way forward that doesn’t completely burn down the reputation of the pastorate and church. That’s right, you may not even have to get a real job and will still be able to face Christ when the time comes.  That’s part two. It’s a win/win proposition.

I’m only trying to help,

paul

Is the subject of the Fandom that far away from TANC’s focus of study? Well, I guess not since there is a “Christian Furry” movement afoot. Actually, the movement has become prominent in the church. Perfect. A match made in heaven for sure.

Like church (Protestantism, in particular), most Furry participants don’t know what they have signed up for. Since most Protestants don’t even know what a Protestant is, the two are perfect for each other. Both put children at risk, and both make excuses for the evil they produce. But, of course, what possible connection could there be between what we read in the papers and Martin Luther saying,

“If you are a preacher of mercy, do not preach an imaginary but the true mercy. If the mercy is true, you must therefore bear the true, not an imaginary sin. God does not save those who are only imaginary sinners. Be a sinner, and let your sins be strong (sin boldly), but let your trust in Christ be stronger, and rejoice in Christ who is the victor over sin, death, and the world. We will commit sins while we are here, for this life is not a place where justice resides. We, however, says Peter (2 Peter 3:13) are looking forward to a new heaven and a new earth where justice will reign.”

A question: would you hire a person with such a worldview to oversee your church security? When people ask me, “Paul, where is justice in the church?” I will often answer, “Martin Luther said there isn’t any justice in this world to begin with.”

Both decry how they are “painted with a broad brush because of a few bad apples.” Meanwhile, children are acceptable collateral damage and less important than reputation. Both of these cultural movements claim the ideology that created them has no bearing on present behavior. The church may have a better argument than the Fandom, but in light of the headlines the church is trying to overcome, the embracing of a movement like the Fandom is stunning. No, no, church isn’t enough of a hot mess; by all means add the Fandom. No additional baggage there at all.

As will be documented in Fake Fandom, the Fandom began as a sexual revolution using anthropomorphic art as a bridge over cultural barriers. The Fandom was, and still is, a counterculture sex cult. Additionally, anthropomorphism and the manga form of Anime art is used to get around child pornography laws. In all, the Fandom is a perfect genre for child grooming.

As explained in the book, all movements will have those along for the ride who don’t understand the dynamics of countercultures, subcultures, sects, and cults, and how core ideology drives any given movement. Yes, some involved in the Fandom, perhaps many, are hobby enthusiasts and unwitting participants. That is a common dynamic of all movements whether religious, political, or anti-humanity.

What does the ready acceptance of the Fandom into church say about church leadership? Typical lack of discernment? Indifference? In what reality would a person with ill intent not see an opportunity with such a program centered around children in the church where ignorant trust knows no bounds? Imagine such a program being considered by dopy people with a silly grin and glassed-over eyes saying in a small, still voice, “We are all just sinners saved by grace” as the wolf inside the wolf suit licks his chops. Yes, one furry, whose persona is a wolf, attacked me for dissing his Furry program at a local church and the “rich fellowship” it creates with children. May I venture to ask if anyone is dressing up in a lamb suit?

Of course, the defense will be made regarding the good works the Fandom does for charity and not everyone in the movement is a pervert. Church has a better defense for itself in that regard, at least theoretically, while we wait for the headlines about child abuse to at least slow down.

Finally, church has an opportunity to demonstrate that it has “learned from unfortunate events” by banning the Fandom. It’s a grand opportunity to show that it is security conscious and a movement like the Fandom poses too much risk. Until the church proves it can keep children safe, it doesn’t need to add a movement with the same problem.

paul

Notice: this is an informal post commenting on the book’s research; documentation and citations will be in the book.  

In my research for the upcoming book, something perplexed me. This is certain: the Fandom began as a counterculture sex cult; that’s what it is predicated on, and that’s the core ideology. Another thing is certain: the ideology it began with drives its behavior presently.

By “counterculture,” I mean the rejection of all cultural norms regarding sex. That necessarily includes pedophilia and just about everything else unimageable. The Fandom began with room parties at Sci-Fi conventions that were sexually oriented, and graduated to conventions that were clearly sexually oriented. In a video walkthrough of the second conference, virtually every cartoonist present was displaying cartoon porn. Another video walkthrough of an early conference featured the table display of a popular Fandom fanzine called, “Furversion,” a play on the word, “perversion.” In the zine, readers were referred to as “furverts,” a play on the word, “pervert.”  The art theme in all issues of Furversion were sexual in nature.  At one of the initial conference panel discussions, Fandom authors discussed the following openly: the Fandom is a bridge between sexual wokeness and culture. The focus of my book follows: this puts children in the crossfire.

So, knowing all of this, my research led to some confusion. That is, the cozy relationship between the Fandom hierarchy and world renowned Japanese cartoonists. Mark Merlino, the father of the Fandom, is directly responsible for the integration of Japanese magna, or Anime, into “anthropomorphic” Fandom art. In the early days of the Fandom, Merlino aggressively sought to make the Japanese artists participants in the Fandom and did so successfully. This surprised me greatly, because at least so far, the Japanese artists look to be on the up and up. This is strange bedfellow indeed. These guys actually did appearances at the conferences and as far as I know, still do.

After several hours of research, I am less confused about this relationship. Though the idea needs some more digging, the Japanese artists may have wanted access, or a conduit to have their works published in America due to publishing laws here versus Japan. But far less doubtful is the idea that Merlino was interested in Anime for the same purpose that Anime is controversial in Japan. In Japan, child porn was recently outlawed in 2014, and cartoon child porn is a gray area because of Anime. The Anime genre projects innocence and cuteness, which is a Japanese cultural obsession. Anime art presents characters that project an uncertain age that is going to be determined by individual perception. That’s key. Any given Anime character can be perceived as being anywhere between 12 and 25 years old. In addition, single Anime characters can project multiple genders and is a perfect genre for projecting counterculture sexual ideas.

Consequently, Anime child porn is huge in Japan, and the art depicts everything under the sexual sun including rape and other abuses.  After all, the reasoning goes, it’s fantasy and not real children. Let’s pause here. I know, I know, I know. Let me say it one more time; I know, Anime is enjoyed for completely innocent purposes. Hopefully, you get it; this post isn’t condemning Anime, it’s connecting the dots regarding the use of Anime by the Fandom. If you don’t get that, and you comment on this post, your comment will be moderated and NOT posted. Please, don’t be silly.

In addition, and documented by Japanese authorities, Anime child porn being deemed legal at the front door, is then used to groom children for sexual abuse at the back door. Children are shown the publications of children with adults in sexual situations; so, it must be ok and normal, right? Art, especially cartoon art, is the ultimate child grooming tool for anything from sex to ideology.  Animation is a gateway into a child’s psyche.

Here is where we get into something else that was initially a little confusing about the Fandom. While claiming to be a “hobby,” it also claims to be a “subculture” that promotes “anthropomorphic art.” I initially wrote this accepted contradiction off as run-of-the-mill low information Americanism. I have another theory based on research.

In America, under Federal law, people have been put in prison for the possession of Anime child porn. Some of those convictions were appealed leading to changes in the law. What are those changes? Possession of cartoon porn is now downgraded to being  prosecuted under obscenity laws and not child exploitation laws. Furthermore, and this is the crux, one is only guilty of possessing cartoon child porn if “the content has NO political or scientific purpose/value.“

Now exit your thoughts to several videos of Furry panel discussions I have watched. There is a continuing emphasis on the Fandom saving the world from draconian sexual laws…through…Fandom “anthropomorphic art,” and…anthropomorphism is a…”science.”

Bingo.

So, am I suggesting that the Fandom is using Anime and anthropomorphism for an end-around-play for child porn laws? Absolutely. Am I also suggesting that it is being used by the Fandom to groom children for elicit acts? Absolutely. Does this mean everyone in the Fandom is using it for that? NO.

As explained in the book, all movements will have those along for the ride who don’t understand the dynamics of countercultures, subcultures, sects, and cults, and how core ideology drives any given movement. Yes, some involved in the Fandom, perhaps many, are hobby enthusiasts and unwitting participants. That is a common dynamic of all movements whether religious, political, or anti-humanity.

With that said, the core ideology of the Fandom is absolutely irrefutable because of the behavior it exhibited in the beginning. Sex of the counterculture variety was clearly the theme. Plus, promoters of the conferences said so; that might be a clue. And as will be documented in the later chapters of the book, in our day, the fruit doesn’t fall far from the tree.

paul