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JUST A THOUGHT ON - IF I WERE A MAN, OR, INDEED, WOMAN OF THE CLOTH, HOW WOULD I BE ABLE ...? PART.1.

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  ... to live with myself, if I were to find, or admit that have misled 'the flock'?     Yes, how would I be able to live with myself if the message of the gospel I have been preaching to the flock were to become acknowledged as being not true ?  And the realization that, I, as the proverbial 'good shepherd.'   A man or woman who has or has probably spent the required number of years in theological colleges, universities and religious establishments.  Studying and cogitating on ancient texts and scriptures. And even more years preaching what I have learnt. Should have known that it, the message of the gospel.  Could not have been what the prophets, the priests and the scribes of ancient times, claim it to have been? So, in what capacity do I formulate these thoughts on this subject? Well, I speak as a man who has been brought up in the 'Christian tradition'.  One who, like many, if not most of my contemporaries and peers, have been nurtured in the orbit of Chri

JUST PHILOSOPHISING ON - RUSSIA'S INVASION OF AND ATTEMPT TO SUBJUGATE UKRAINE AND ITS PEOPLE. PART 9.

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  ' A war-time leader is not necessarily, indeed, if ever a suitable peace-time leader, especially when he/she had been 'morally' and, arguably, militarily defeated on the battle-field. This being so, Russia can only regain its rightful place among enlightened societies with President Putin's removal from power.' But it has, I believe, the desire of probably the majority of well-intentioned people to see our species move away from our addiction to torture and kill our fellow humans in large numbers.  It should take a lot of threat, a lot of provocation and actual damage being done to one nation for it to simple invade another country and unleash the destructive forces of Hell on that country and its people.  At least, that should be the case when we are dealing with rational leaders and people.  It is the case that we have seen this kind of mindless deployment of violence and destruction before, Russia invaded Ukraine.  We has seen it in World War Two, we have seen