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AN ENIGMATIC AND POIGNANT JOURNEY AROUND MY AGEING AND EVOLVING MOTHER! PART 18.

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There would follow other very dangerous water or river related events in my pre-teen and teenage life.  Such as when I was with my brothers and friends and jumped off a 2 metres high cliff, and, not having the experience to know that I should keep my mouth closed or not breathe under water.  Quickly found myself swallowing lots of water and starting to drown.  Had it not been for a much respected family friend, Edwin, I might have been a goner, as the saying goes.  There would also be the times when, when the river became swollen with lots of rain and become discoloured and spectacular with large waves, 'govans'.  Groups of us boys would make our way to a chosen point up river. Removing our clothes, we would then take our lives into our hands, as it were, especially in the case of younger novices like me.   And wade into the swiftly flowing and thunderous mud coloured water, and 'ride the govan' down-stream.  Trying to avoid the concealed roc

JUST PHILOSOPHISING - ON HOW BREXIT SUPPORTS 'DEMOCRATIC' RACIST AND XENOPHOBIC NATIONAL SOCIALISM. PART 3.

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Consequently, the indications are that humans would benefit from all the major religions being allowed, encouraged to die, peacefully. So, what if Brexit were to transpire to be the Pandora Box that enables Racist Nationalism to takeover Europe?  By breaking up the European Union and removing it as a bastion for collective action against local and national racists in a fragmented Europe?  Hitler has opened the Pandora Box of genocidal racial tyranny in Europe, which has taken the lives of tens, if not hundreds of millions of people to defeat.  Having defeated that evil, militarily, Europe have attempted to consolidate it with the institution of the European Union.  To help to foster a spirit of reconciliation and common European identity within the previously disunited and fractious peoples of Europe.  A unification and consolidation process which is still far from being completed.  Since, like using sand to build a wall against the threatening wave or tide

GOD'S RELATIONSHIP WITH HUMANS - A PROTECTIVE OR ABUSIVE ONE? THE END....

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But this is not as it might appear. It is not God or the gods who have the abusive relationship with humans. It is really the.us humans and our gods.  The gods whom we have imagined and personified, set over and given power over us.  To this extent, there is no god and human relationship. There is only human to human relationship.  If you like, in seeking to talk to and interact with 'god' or the 'gods', us humans have really been only talking to ourselves; we have been having a monologue.  Yes, in some respects, like a fearful, even terrified child confronting his/her insecurities.  Man has created His own God, a 'superhuman', and adorned him with all the powers He, Man, would like to have but not have, then, since all of this took place in antiquity.  But probably has, now. Man has idealised His God/s, as somebody to protect Him from and destroy His enemies, even though those enemies, ironically, are other

JUST PHILOSOPHISING - ON WHAT GOD HAS TO DO WITH IT, WITH ANYTHING? PART 2.

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However, based on what I can deduct from taking an empiricistic view of the world.   I suspect that, if, indeed there are non-human sentient Gods or God, of whom we cannot know of, since they are not accessible to us through our senses.  Then, they are unlikely to be of the cuddly, emotional, idealistic and loving nature of which the Christian religion falsely and deceptively make them out to be.  Religion, of whatever kind, I suggest, would not be the thing of the Gods.  They would be much more pragmatic, more realistic than the appropriated and anachronistic Christian religion has made them out to be. Yes, I suspect that sentient Gods would be more active, more of a doer, taking direct action, and being less totally reliant on the 'believers' and other unsuspecting humans to do their work for them.  To be the 'tools' of their action, both those which benefit and those which cause humans misery.  After all, what do we think of a parent who sta

JUST A THOUGHT - ON HOW DEALING WITH DRUGS, KNIFE AND GUN CRIMES, IS THE RESPONSIBILITY OF EVERYBODY, AND NOT JUST A 'LAW ENFORCEMENT PROBLEM.' PART 3.

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So, it not simply a matter of the increasing, but still comparatively small number of Britons being violently murdered each year.  Especially when we also consider the fact that 'domestic violence', as opposed to 'gang and drugs related violence', is also a major concern in Britain and other countries. There are other factors which are at play and are probably more significant than the relatively small number but all tragic deaths.  Particularly when it is the avoidable death of promising young people who had the potential to make a positive difference to society. What really matters, is the political, societal and economic impact, present and future. Of rising number of people, both young and old, being murdered each day, month and year, in Britain.   As well as in other parts of the world, where these kinds of crimes are even more prevalent.  The politics of the murders' which are taking place in Britain, and, in particular, in its me

GOD'S RELATIONSHIP WITH HUMANS - A PROTECTIVE OR ABUSIVE ONE? PART 8.

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Had he not been sinned against by the Christian God, he might have been put to death or banished.   Like so many others who wives or husbands, or betrothed happened to take the King's, Queen's, Prince's, Princess' or powerful 'lord's' fancy. In this case, that of Mary. Yes, probably, on reflection, Joseph could consider himself to have been one of the lucky or fortunate one; having had his wife seduced by God.   And living to tell the tale and even to gain some fame from having been the man whose wife became know as 'the Mother of Christ, the Son of God.' And so might it be said that, the precedent for men in positions of power abusing women and other men, was established.  At least, in the case of Christianity. Since the so-called 'Pagan Gods', had long before been know to consort with humans and give birth to 'demi-gods.' And then, their is the other matter of Christ, we are told, having allowed him

JUST A THOUGHT - ON HOW DEALING WITH DRUGS, KNIFE AND GUN CRIMES, IS THE RESPONSIBILITY OF EVERYBODY, AND NOT JUST A 'LAW ENFORCEMENT PROBLEM.' PART 2.

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Places where people become negatively conditioned to and by their environment and circumstances in which they are living. And, yes, it must be said.  The people who live in these area and condition, for probably different reasons, do have to take some of the responsibility for things becoming how they are.  Just as how they will have to and must take a lot of the responsibility for taking action to improve them.  And not entirely expect or depend on the 'outside forces' of the government, including the police, to come in, intervene and resolve the problems which are impacting them.  After all, the outside forces will or might only act where 'they' consider it to be in their interest to do so. According to The Sun newspaper, 92 people have been murdered in the British capital of London, upto September 2018.  Notwithstanding the fact that all deaths, except where they result in the release of the deceased from terrible pain and/or a vegeta