Whenever folks get together and the talk turns to politics, religion or other controversial subjets, it is inevitable that someone will bring up the New World Order. The NWO is the ultimate bogeyman - it embodies all imaginable evils into one convenient descriptive - and almost everyone has heard something about it.
But is the New World Order really new? Or is it a new name for something very old?
In order to answer those questions, it requires that the New World Order be analyzed and described in some definitive way - that is, what are the characteristics of the NWO? Is it a philosophy, a religion, a political system? Who wants it?
Truthfully, I think many people have ideas of what the term "New World Order" symbolizes, but I am pretty sure that there are nearly as many definitions of the term as there are people thinking about it.
Over the past seven or eight years, I have invested a good deal of time in learning about the NWO. I've read books and articles, listened to radio shows and archived lectures, and participated in discussion groups both on the internet and in person. Admittedly, my studies have not been systematic, but they have been constant, varied and fruitful.
The assessment of what constitutes the New World Order that I have made, at least to this point in my education, is that the NWO, rather than a tightly-knit, coordinated and impenetrable cult, is really an umbrella label which is short-hand for hundreds, perhaps thousands of various groups and individual persons, who are working simultaneously toward changing the world to suit their multiple and complimentary visions of utopia.
Some of these are fixated on one specific goal, e.g., preventing environmental decline, or redistirbuting wealth, or changing the economic/political systems of the several nations or even the whole world. Others have more generalist visions and seek to integrate economic, politics and religion and synthesize a universally acceptable culture. Some must use persuasion; others have extraordinary power and use it ruthlessly.
There do seem to be some commonalities, however:
1. The centralization of authority
2. Denial of inequality in any form
3. Denial of exclusivity
4. Requiring conformity
5. A dimunition of lifestyle
6. Opposition to private ownership
7. A redefinition of human rights
8. A willingness to use force
9. Disdain for Christian values (and a commensurate dislike of Christ himself)
10. Belief in godless or at least unguided evolution (which they now want to guide)
There also appears to be an invocation of alien intelligence and intervention (some more openly than others). The spirituality of all of these people who come down on the side of support for the NWO is universally pantheistic, gnostic, and humanistic, with a great deal of technocratic rationalism heaped on top.
You could sum it up simplistically by saying: the NWO has an overarching, common philosophy that mankind can, with the right pattern of thought, the aquiring of the right knowledge, the appropriate application of science, under the leadership of those who truly know best (and may or may not be human), evolve to the next level, gods or extinction, whichever is best.
Sadly, it appears that yet another general assumption is that only a few of us are qualified to make that leap.
Thursday, December 4, 2008
Friday, November 21, 2008
Is It a Joke?
So, you voted for change, did you?
Well, sucker, here is what you get: http://biz.yahoo.com/rb/081121/business_us_markets_stocks.html
Not laughing are you?
The President of the New York Fed, the head of the deepest cesspool of financial evil outside of the City of London, is being handed the keys to the printing press, the guns of the IRS/Secret Service/et al.
We truly do get what we deserve.
Well, sucker, here is what you get: http://biz.yahoo.com/rb/081121/business_us_markets_stocks.html
Not laughing are you?
The President of the New York Fed, the head of the deepest cesspool of financial evil outside of the City of London, is being handed the keys to the printing press, the guns of the IRS/Secret Service/et al.
We truly do get what we deserve.
Saturday, November 15, 2008
How to Begin?
Jews analyze every aspect of the Torah. It is an obsession so pervasive that I could almost infer that it is a genetic trait rather than learned behavior. The Jews have dissected every word, every letter, even every blank space thousands upon thousands of times - and then each succeeding generation began anew at bereshith and incorporated and parsed the analyses of the previous generations.
If this people, whose lives are thoroughly steeped in the traditions and ideas of their near and distant forbears, can yet find room for dissent and dispute, how am I, uneducated and untrained, lacking the most basic tools to search for these truths in the manner of the Jews, ever to hope to glean the simplest precept with any clarity or certainty?
Near as I can tell, this immersion in the study of the Torah and the oral traditions did not begin with the destruction of the Temple and the Diaspora, but dates back to at least the Babylonian Exile, and probably began at the base of Sinai, where the written and oral Laws are believed to have been given.
If I am grafted into the tree and am adopted as an heir - having equal standing - would I not share equal responsibility for study? We are told to study, to meditate, that faith comes by hearing and hearing by the Word.
But where do I begin?
Do I start as a Jewish child would? What am I to study? How am I to study? Are there parts of the Jewish tradition, writings, teachings which I should not study? How do I meld the old and the new?
This is exciting and intimidating simultaneously.
If this people, whose lives are thoroughly steeped in the traditions and ideas of their near and distant forbears, can yet find room for dissent and dispute, how am I, uneducated and untrained, lacking the most basic tools to search for these truths in the manner of the Jews, ever to hope to glean the simplest precept with any clarity or certainty?
Near as I can tell, this immersion in the study of the Torah and the oral traditions did not begin with the destruction of the Temple and the Diaspora, but dates back to at least the Babylonian Exile, and probably began at the base of Sinai, where the written and oral Laws are believed to have been given.
If I am grafted into the tree and am adopted as an heir - having equal standing - would I not share equal responsibility for study? We are told to study, to meditate, that faith comes by hearing and hearing by the Word.
But where do I begin?
Do I start as a Jewish child would? What am I to study? How am I to study? Are there parts of the Jewish tradition, writings, teachings which I should not study? How do I meld the old and the new?
This is exciting and intimidating simultaneously.
Friday, November 14, 2008
An Exploration in Judaism - 1
The past couple of days I have been listening to lectures by Orthodox Jewish scholars on many subjects.
The coincidence of belief between Christians and Jews, when truthfully compared, teaching against teaching, precept versus precept, is strikingly dissimilar. Like many others, I just assumed that Jews were Christians without the rest of the Bible - no Christ.
That's not the case.
In fact, I was quite surprised at the hostility evidenced in many of the lectures toward Christianity (frequently disguised as a joke) and by the presentation of erroneous information about the fundamentals of Christian theology. As they were audios only, I cannot assess whether the presenters knew the information was untrue or were persuaded it was factual.
What was just as interesting to me, however, was the nature of the Jewish approach to the practice of religion and the obligations of the faith. It was so technical and precise, words and phrases being dissected and parsed, entire lectures seemed to consist of a legal analysis of God's intent.
The evident reliance on oral tradition over the written word was a further surprise.
This is not to say that I had not heard that this was the Jewish practice, but more of the case that I took what I had heard to be the biased observations of non-Jews.
The passion and sense of special-standing expressed in various ways was an additional stand-out property.
It prompted me to ask many questions as I listened and meditated on the lectures.
Is present-day Judaism consistent with the historical Hebrew practice? Besides the obvious that there is no Temple and that temple-related acts are necessarily excised, where does the current religious expression differ from 2000 years ago or 3000 years ago?
How much of the Hebrew faith are Christians supposed to continue?
Is Christianity a radically different religion, as several of the lectureres stated, and if so, is radically different because it has strayed from the true path or is it radically different because Jesus meant it to be?
I don't know, but it seems as good a time as any to explore and see what truth I can find.
I did like the idea that each person is supposed to make their own copy of the Torah.
The coincidence of belief between Christians and Jews, when truthfully compared, teaching against teaching, precept versus precept, is strikingly dissimilar. Like many others, I just assumed that Jews were Christians without the rest of the Bible - no Christ.
That's not the case.
In fact, I was quite surprised at the hostility evidenced in many of the lectures toward Christianity (frequently disguised as a joke) and by the presentation of erroneous information about the fundamentals of Christian theology. As they were audios only, I cannot assess whether the presenters knew the information was untrue or were persuaded it was factual.
What was just as interesting to me, however, was the nature of the Jewish approach to the practice of religion and the obligations of the faith. It was so technical and precise, words and phrases being dissected and parsed, entire lectures seemed to consist of a legal analysis of God's intent.
The evident reliance on oral tradition over the written word was a further surprise.
This is not to say that I had not heard that this was the Jewish practice, but more of the case that I took what I had heard to be the biased observations of non-Jews.
The passion and sense of special-standing expressed in various ways was an additional stand-out property.
It prompted me to ask many questions as I listened and meditated on the lectures.
Is present-day Judaism consistent with the historical Hebrew practice? Besides the obvious that there is no Temple and that temple-related acts are necessarily excised, where does the current religious expression differ from 2000 years ago or 3000 years ago?
How much of the Hebrew faith are Christians supposed to continue?
Is Christianity a radically different religion, as several of the lectureres stated, and if so, is radically different because it has strayed from the true path or is it radically different because Jesus meant it to be?
I don't know, but it seems as good a time as any to explore and see what truth I can find.
I did like the idea that each person is supposed to make their own copy of the Torah.
Sunday, October 26, 2008
What is a Free Market?
What is a free market?
Let's look at a textbook definition:
A market economy based on supply and demand with little or no government control. A completely free market is an idealized form of a market economy where buyers and sells are allowed to transact freely (i.e. buy/sell/trade) based on a mutual agreement on price without state intervention in the form of taxes, subsidies or regulation.
In financial markets, free market stocks are securities that are widely traded and whose prices are not affected by availability.
In foreign-exchange markets, it is a market where exchange rates are not pegged (by government) and thus rise and fall freely though supply and demand for currency.
In simple terms, a free market is a summary term for an array of exchanges that take place in society. Each exchange is a voluntary agreement between two parties who trade in the form of goods and services. In reality, this is the extent to which a free market exists since there will always be government intervention in the form of taxes, price controls and restrictions that prevent new competitors from entering a market. Just like supply-side economics, free market is a term used to describe a political or ideological viewpoint on policy and is not a field within economics.
(Investopedia http://www.investopedia.com/terms/f/freemarket.asp )
Now, here is a serious question related to free markets: name the last time there really was a free market in the United States, or any other so-called democratic nation. Can you pinpoint even one?
I didn't think so.
The closest era to true free-market conditions was shortly post-revolutionary, pre-republic confederation or, perhaps, in the days when the western territories were nearly ungoverned and ungovernable.
Free markets, like communism, exist only in theory, not in practice.
The economic system in the United States is, and always has been, mercantilism. The spill-over effects (trickle down) from the mercantilist system have enriched all of us, but as you would discover with a short research session, those at the top always grow richer faster than those at the lower levels.
We don't discuss mercantilism much in the modern times because it is supposed to be an artifact of history. We have capitalists, and corporations, and capitalism.
We also have increasing government-corporate cooperation, decreasing liberty, controlled markets and limited opportunity.
In other words, what we have is fascism, which is the accurate label for what is called capitalism, but which is nothing other than old-time mercantilsm.
Think about and then think about this: If you want to have free markets step one is to outlaw corporations.
Let's look at a textbook definition:
A market economy based on supply and demand with little or no government control. A completely free market is an idealized form of a market economy where buyers and sells are allowed to transact freely (i.e. buy/sell/trade) based on a mutual agreement on price without state intervention in the form of taxes, subsidies or regulation.
In financial markets, free market stocks are securities that are widely traded and whose prices are not affected by availability.
In foreign-exchange markets, it is a market where exchange rates are not pegged (by government) and thus rise and fall freely though supply and demand for currency.
In simple terms, a free market is a summary term for an array of exchanges that take place in society. Each exchange is a voluntary agreement between two parties who trade in the form of goods and services. In reality, this is the extent to which a free market exists since there will always be government intervention in the form of taxes, price controls and restrictions that prevent new competitors from entering a market. Just like supply-side economics, free market is a term used to describe a political or ideological viewpoint on policy and is not a field within economics.
(Investopedia http://www.investopedia.com/terms/f/freemarket.asp )
Now, here is a serious question related to free markets: name the last time there really was a free market in the United States, or any other so-called democratic nation. Can you pinpoint even one?
I didn't think so.
The closest era to true free-market conditions was shortly post-revolutionary, pre-republic confederation or, perhaps, in the days when the western territories were nearly ungoverned and ungovernable.
Free markets, like communism, exist only in theory, not in practice.
The economic system in the United States is, and always has been, mercantilism. The spill-over effects (trickle down) from the mercantilist system have enriched all of us, but as you would discover with a short research session, those at the top always grow richer faster than those at the lower levels.
We don't discuss mercantilism much in the modern times because it is supposed to be an artifact of history. We have capitalists, and corporations, and capitalism.
We also have increasing government-corporate cooperation, decreasing liberty, controlled markets and limited opportunity.
In other words, what we have is fascism, which is the accurate label for what is called capitalism, but which is nothing other than old-time mercantilsm.
Think about and then think about this: If you want to have free markets step one is to outlaw corporations.
Wednesday, August 27, 2008
Vaccinations
A slight detour here.
Just read an article on how the CDC is ringing the alarm bells over a measles outbreak (about 180 cases, more or less) and how about half of these are among those dastardly non-compliant homeschoolers who are, suprise, surprise, also not enamoured with pedeatric vaccinations.
All of this is designed to accomplish a couple of objectives: 1) Distract attention away from the disasterous fraud that is Gardisil (profitable, however); 2) Shower the homeschoolers with negativity and disdain, as if measles were some sort of rebellious conspiracy.
Well, despite what the self-indulgent bureaucrats/corporate stooges might say, these home-schooled children will be better off rather than harmed.
Yes, measles can be uncomfortable, so are mumps and chicken pox...I know, I had them all.
However, as intended by the Designer, the immune systems of these children will be stronger and more effective against the diseases being dumped on us from the sky and through the water every day by the pharmo-government complex.
The Children will live to fight another day.
The vaccinated will not.
And, by-the-by the other half of those contracting measles were vaccinated - so just how effective is it?
Save your family: Don't Vaccinate indiscriminately.
Just read an article on how the CDC is ringing the alarm bells over a measles outbreak (about 180 cases, more or less) and how about half of these are among those dastardly non-compliant homeschoolers who are, suprise, surprise, also not enamoured with pedeatric vaccinations.
All of this is designed to accomplish a couple of objectives: 1) Distract attention away from the disasterous fraud that is Gardisil (profitable, however); 2) Shower the homeschoolers with negativity and disdain, as if measles were some sort of rebellious conspiracy.
Well, despite what the self-indulgent bureaucrats/corporate stooges might say, these home-schooled children will be better off rather than harmed.
Yes, measles can be uncomfortable, so are mumps and chicken pox...I know, I had them all.
However, as intended by the Designer, the immune systems of these children will be stronger and more effective against the diseases being dumped on us from the sky and through the water every day by the pharmo-government complex.
The Children will live to fight another day.
The vaccinated will not.
And, by-the-by the other half of those contracting measles were vaccinated - so just how effective is it?
Save your family: Don't Vaccinate indiscriminately.
Saturday, August 23, 2008
,,,Live by Faith
Big faith is easy. It really is.
Big faith is easy because having a broad, universal faith in what God does does not connect to the small moments of our lives.
Believing that God is somewhere, outside of our earthly vision, creating all that is, knowing the end from the beginning, running the solar system, the galaxies, the universe; believing that God keeps the ships afloat is easy.
When you read in Old Testament history that the greatest army in existence is decimated and tens of thousands of soldiers slain in one night by a few angels is not that hard to believe.
Little faith is hard.
To believe that Jesus truly knows that you don't have rent money, that your a/c is broken, your car has no gas, and that He will provide exactly what is necessary just in time is very, very hard.
Yet, it is little faith that God desires from us.
Genesis begins: In the beginning God...
God is presumed. There are no debating points, just the easy faith that in the beginning was God.
God does not ask you to believe or try to persuade you to have faith that He was in the beginning. Throughout the scriptures God is the premise.
The debate is what that means to you.
And that is really, really hard.
Little faith, practical faith.
Big faith is easy because having a broad, universal faith in what God does does not connect to the small moments of our lives.
Believing that God is somewhere, outside of our earthly vision, creating all that is, knowing the end from the beginning, running the solar system, the galaxies, the universe; believing that God keeps the ships afloat is easy.
When you read in Old Testament history that the greatest army in existence is decimated and tens of thousands of soldiers slain in one night by a few angels is not that hard to believe.
Little faith is hard.
To believe that Jesus truly knows that you don't have rent money, that your a/c is broken, your car has no gas, and that He will provide exactly what is necessary just in time is very, very hard.
Yet, it is little faith that God desires from us.
Genesis begins: In the beginning God...
God is presumed. There are no debating points, just the easy faith that in the beginning was God.
God does not ask you to believe or try to persuade you to have faith that He was in the beginning. Throughout the scriptures God is the premise.
The debate is what that means to you.
And that is really, really hard.
Little faith, practical faith.
Monday, August 18, 2008
Class Warfare
I know this will sound harsh, but I am firm on this position: A Christian cannot work for the federal government.
It may also be the case for state and local as well, but I am not as persuaded yet at the total depravity of the lesser governments.
That the national is wholly evil is undeniable - and no-one can work within that system and remain unaware of its dark designs on the people of the nation.
In fact, I think that, if it is not obvious already, a stratification of American society will become apparent, a class division along new lines. The new classes will be the elites of politics and business at the apex; at the next level will be the bureaucrats, in government and corporations, loyal to the system and the elites. Third will be those who choose the system but are outside of the functional power structure. At the bottom will be those outside of the system, by choice or because the system rejects them.
There will be (and is today) a small faction not only outside the system, but in active opposition to the system. These will operate throughout the infrastructure, disrupting, overturning, prophesying.
Race, wealth, noteriety will become less significant as this caste system takes hold.
It may also be the case for state and local as well, but I am not as persuaded yet at the total depravity of the lesser governments.
That the national is wholly evil is undeniable - and no-one can work within that system and remain unaware of its dark designs on the people of the nation.
In fact, I think that, if it is not obvious already, a stratification of American society will become apparent, a class division along new lines. The new classes will be the elites of politics and business at the apex; at the next level will be the bureaucrats, in government and corporations, loyal to the system and the elites. Third will be those who choose the system but are outside of the functional power structure. At the bottom will be those outside of the system, by choice or because the system rejects them.
There will be (and is today) a small faction not only outside the system, but in active opposition to the system. These will operate throughout the infrastructure, disrupting, overturning, prophesying.
Race, wealth, noteriety will become less significant as this caste system takes hold.
Sunday, August 17, 2008
The Future Is Hard to Predict
I really missed the original content on the Predicto blog.
News digests are great. Someone always picks up on something missed by others.
But the real meat is in how each person sees meaning in what is happening here, there and everywhere.
So with gusto, let the smack begin!
If you want to post here, contact me by email.
All apologies to Z, if needed.
News digests are great. Someone always picks up on something missed by others.
But the real meat is in how each person sees meaning in what is happening here, there and everywhere.
So with gusto, let the smack begin!
If you want to post here, contact me by email.
All apologies to Z, if needed.
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