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Ok, so maybe you are wondering way I named this page Religious Propaganda (or maybe not). Well it is because of the words that we use. I find words very interesting. Take propaganda for example, propaganda ~ information that is spread for the purpose of promoting some cause. When broken into its prefix, root and suffix, you have (pro) (pagan) (da).
Yet, I have seen much Christian propaganda that is totally not pro - pagan, da!I have also seen propaganda that only promotes HATE and NEGATIVITY!!! So, I guess you could say this is my propaganda page and I am propagating religious open mindedness. This page will always be under construction as new thoughts will be added as they develop. 4/28/99
Religious Propaganda 
Some of my believes: I believe in a Creator that is both Female and Male. I believe this Creator / great Mother -
Father / Goddess - God to be all, in and of all things and beings. This being the truth as I see it leads me to the belief that I am therefore not only a part of this great being, I am this great being, the same as all the other individuals are. You can be a part of or apart from the Creator. I believe that Yashua (a.k.a. Jesus) LIVED TO SHOW ALL HOW TO LIVE IN THE LIGHT, TO LIVE THE LIFE THAT HE LIVES AND DIED NO MORE. I would rather believe in positive and negative as opposed to good and evil. I DO NOT BELIEVE IN THE DEVIL BY ANY NAME AND I DO NOT UNDERSTAND WHY THE CHRISTIANS AND OTHER RELIGIONS PROPAGATE THIS IMAGE AND THOUGHT THE WAY THEY DO!A Little About Me: I was raised in a Christian family Mom is Methodist, Dad is a non practicing Catholic and all four of us kids were baptized as Methodist. I never had religion forced on me like some people I know. We were given the choice whether to go to church or not. As a child, I went to several different Churches and although I knew who Jesus, God and Mary were I really didn't know much about the Christian religion. When I was about eight some men came to our home, they talk to my sister, brother and me about Jesus and heaven then I got "Saved" and they left, never to be seen again. I use to watch Dark Shadows when I was young and that got me interested in witches and witchcraft, momentarily, I soon forgot about it and went on being a kid. Then when I was 14 I was baptized again this time in a Baptist church, but I still did not understand what it was all about. Then when I was 19 I began studying the Bible and metaphysics. As I studied and researched I found these teachings somewhat different from what I had been brought up to believe. I started reading more and the more I read the more I began to question what the teachers of the Christian religion were teaching. I started forming my own opinions and wanting to know more about other religions. I read some about Buddhism, and Christian Mysticism, and Indian Shamanism, and Metaphysics. Then when I was about 21, I read the book TheWorlds Greatest Religions; this was when I found out that Christianity was not the oldest religion in the world and that the original founders of these religions had similar ideas. When I was about 27, I was introduced to a collection of books by Baird T. Spalding titled The Life and Teachings of the Masters of the Far East. These books are a must for all students of religion. These books deal with wisdom of the ages from both Jesus and Buddha. Then when I was 32 a friend gave me Positive Magic a book by Marion Wienstien, this was my first introduction into the pagan religions. I am 39 now and have read and explored a wide variety of religious, spiritual, and pagan books, web sites and TV shows.
We live in a vary diverse society of religions, believes, and faiths not to mention the racial diversities. Along with these diversities comes a variety of bias's and prejudices. As you read through this page, please try to set aside whatever biases or prejudices you may have about other religions, believes, or faiths that you may or may not be familiar with.
I have researched many religions, believes, and faiths for more than 20 years now and I have found that they are all very similar. That is the founders had similar ideas and set down similar rules/ commandments/ ways-to-live. Although these rules/commandments/ways-to-live are for different cultures written in different languages with slightly different wording, they are very similar. Now many of you may not agree with this, but if you would do just a little research, with an open mind, you too might see the similarities.Some Religious Similarities: 1. They all acknowledge a Higher Power, i.e.; God, Goddess/God, one all knowing, all-powerful, omnipotent, omnipresent, all in all, Creator of all, a Higher Force, the Comic Mind, (whatever label you wish to use).
2. They all state or imply that MURDERING, KILLING, STEALING, LYING, CHEATING
IS WRONG, BAD, A SIN, (whatever label you wish to use).
3. They all state or imply that we should RESPECT, OBEY AND LEARN FROM OUR PARENTS AND ELDERS.
4. They all state or imply that we should NOT DO TO OTHERS WHAT WE WOULD NOT
HAVE OTHERS DO TO US or the another way of saying it, DO TO OTHERS WHAT YOU WOULD HAVE THEM DO TO YOU.
5. They all state or imply that we should HAVE RESPECT FOR, BELIEVE IN AND/OR
LOVE WITH ALL OUR HEART, MIND AND SOUL YOUR GOD/GODDESS (your label here).
6. They all state or imply that we should HAVE RESPECT FOR NATURE AND THE
MOTHER EARTH, for it is (she) that sustains all life and according to some it is from her that we came, (.... and dust to dust), (....and he took the dust of the earth and made man).It Is A Spiritual Thing: We have taught our children well over the centuries the ways of war, hatred & prejudice. Since the beginning of modern mass production the availability of the weapons & thoughts of war, hatred & prejudice have multiplied a thousand fold. As the Peoples of this Earth have grown & spread they have taught their children well to be afraid, superstitious of things unknown. The children of Earth have learned well to destroy, wipe-out that which they disagree with. The practice of slavery has taught the children well the ways of prejudice. In the process of growing the peoples of this Earth have lost their spirits. They have removed the spirit of the people they conquer. In the last two thousand years the Christians were persecuted & slain, the Pagan of Europe were rooted out by the thousands (the women's holocaust), the Indians of North & South America obliterated to the point of extinction (the Indians holocaust) , thousands kill in civil wars world wide, The Jewish Death Camps, the take over of Tibet, the bombing of Nagasaki & Hiroshima, Vietnam, the African wars, the European Eastern Blocks slash and burn methods are on the rise again...... The children have learned well to use the weapons made available by the mass producers of technology.
It is a spiritual thing
The children of Earth have lost the knowledge of the spirit. Think about it! Why, how have the peoples of Earth come to the point that men kill their wives, their children, women killing their children, children killing their mothers, fathers & each other?? How is it that a human can kill another while looking them in the face?? How is it that a human could/would take pleasure in hearing the screams of their victims? How is it that our religions teach the ways of Love, Peace, Harmony & Tolerance; yet persecute torture & kill in the name of their Gods?? Why propagate the thoughts of negativity, evil, sin, demons, & devils?
YOU WANT TO KNOW WHY KIDS ARE WALKING INTO SCHOOLS AND BLOWING PEOPLES HEADS OFF????
Why are men being killed, women raped & children left to die????Think about how much we have learned, taught & propagated thorough our religious & theological bias & prejudice the thoughts of evil, sin, hatred, intolerance.
IT IS THE THOUGHT THAT COUNTS!
THE WORD MADE MANIFEST!
ARE YOU PROPAGATING THESE THOUGHTS - PASTING THEM ON TO THE CHILDREN OF EARTH?
WAKE UP EARTHLINGS!
SMELL THE ROSES!
IT IS A SPIRITUAL THING!!!
last update ~ 4/28/99 ~~~ revised ~ 3/22/02
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