HAPPINESS IS NOT A STATE OF BEING. HAPPINESS IS A STATE OF MIND – Andrew Wommack
https://wonderfulengineering.com/underground-ice-sheets-mars-solve-water-problem-future-settlers/
It seems to be we’re headed that way. Mars, that is. It appears that we’ve trashed Mother Earth so badly, that possibly at some point => massive migration might be necessary – especially given the sun’s expanding solar influence upon our climate.
https://wonderfulengineering.com/a-lookback-2017-houses/
Some innovative and strange housing in the above link. 3D printing is getting kinda’ scary. Reputedly, the medical community is even working on trying to create a functional human heart via 3D-printing. Not necessarily a problem with organ replacements, but just more generally: technology is rapidly outpacing the moral strength and character required to safeguard our humanity.
https://wonderfulengineering.com/cacao-will-disappear-30-years/
“Experts are predicting that the world will run out of chocolate in nearly 30 (40?) years since the cacao plants are struggling to survive in the warm climate.”
A world without chocolate? Oh no!!!
https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=o0PLgklBJpQ&feature=share
www.pandora.com/artist/electric-light-orchestra/out-of-the-blue/sweet-talkin-woman/TRgmt27PztqgphK
Sweet Talkin’ Woman. ELO rocks! Every time I hear ELO I *get totally enveloped* in their music. Invariably, this old man feels 20 years younger when he hears ELO ringing those bells. If I’m not careful I’m liable to forget my age and hurt myself dancing to an ELO tune (well, you could kinda’ call it dancing… wife thinks it’s kinda’ of an ugly deal though 🙄).
It would be hard for you to play anything by ELO that I didn’t like. The Beatles, ELO, Moody Blues, The Who, The Rolling Stones… and all those other fantastic British bands rockin’ the roof off. YEAH-HH-HHH! Limey British blokes, baby. Love the British people. They don’t speak Texas English all that well, but that’s okay. We’ll forgive ‘em. One impression: The British seem to be much more tolerant of eccentrics than we are (yeah, I think that’s a good thing).
Forgive my rambling meanderings. So nice of you to visit. Really. Love the rock ‘n roll! You?
PS: Moody Blues song, Tuesday Afternoon, added later. Another one of my Top 10 all-time best rock groups – although the wife always properly reminds me: “You can’t do that!” {i.e. name a Top Ten}. She’s right. Just too many contributions by so darn many. “Rock n’ roll will never die” though.
I am responding to a recent post in Robert’s Brainwarfare blog concerning abortion: http://brainwarfare.com/2019/10/04/biblical-support-for-abortion/
Robert asserts (in his post title) that there is “biblical support for abortion” (??!). Say what? An apparent dichotomy? I feel kinda’ obfuscated’ here.
Abortion is the taking of a human life – pure and simple. Abortion manifests the “shedding of blood” that God strongly and in no uncertain terms cautions us about in multiple places (including The Ten Commandments (i.e. “do not kill”)).
Also, Proverbs 6:16-19 states that: “These six things doth the LORD hate: yea, seven are an abomination unto him: A proud look, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood, an heart that deviseth wicked imaginations, feet that be swift in running to mischief, a false witness that speaketh lies, and he that soweth discord among brethren.” {{underlined text is my emphasis}}.
Robert compares a fetus to a “raw egg.” Now if that’s not true enlightenment for you, I don’t know what is 💤 God is very clear in this matter: He HATES the “shedding of blood.” Now Robert attests that abortion is not “shedding of blood.” After all, the human fetus is little more than just “non-autonomous raw clay.” How could that possibly be considered *life*, right?
Robert casts his usual aspersions and *pretends* that he is just establishing legitimate philosophical argument. As per usual though, Robert loves to engage in his usual (agenda-ridden) recrimination, intellectual gobble-de-gook, and wholesale deception.
My intent here is not to be confrontational. I do not cherish enmity. However, I am going to defend my beliefs. So when somebody (irreverently and irrationally) attacks my faith, then I reserve the right to respond. If that’s perceived as being confrontational, then so be it. I offer no apology.
Robert refuses to engage me in any kind of open, good-will discussion. Apparently, the man is *afraid* of legitimate, open dialog. That being the case, I don’t intend upon continuing this “brainwarfare” thread much longer, so y’all don’t fret. I guess I would be best served just to “unfollow” his blog site and forget this insanity entirely, right?
You know me though: it’s like the man told Marvin (see my earlier post).
“Intuitive Machines’ Nova-C may be the first private spacecraft to soft-land on the moon.”
First private moon landing. Velly’ interesting. Love space exploration.
https://www.space.com/intuitive-machines-moon-lander-spacex-2021.html?jwsource=em
******* TEXAS!!! *******
In creating this blog, it was one of my primary intentions to leave a small trace of ‘who I am’ – for my four (4) grandkids. All four grandkids are (and always have been) 1600 miles-plus distant from us. We have felt quite isolated in being able to get to know each one of them. It has been a heartache but I’ll not belabor all the why’s and wherefores’ attached thereto.
Besides more direct progeny, perhaps these words will additionally survive further (one can hope). Possibly further-distant offspring can also be provided a little insight into one of their ancestors. I hope so. Thank you WordPress for this grand opportunity. As hopefully YouTube does, I pray that you also survive the onslaught of time. Such ginormous’ data bases should survive. Talk about a living, breathing history of the times – YouTube and WordPress would appear to be two internet essentials that should be retained long term. Great snapshot of the times! But anyway…
As for you non-family good readers out there, don’t lament ☔️. I want to re-assure you: my other primary blog mission is to take good care of you guys. It is my heart’s desire to aid, help, and bless my fellow man. I hope to relate. I hope to educate. I hope to challenge. I hope to exhort. I hope to edify. I hope to alert. I hope to amuse. I hope to entertain.
Any future posts that are primarily meant for progeny, I will password protect. In this manner, I can still leave family info without hodge-podging’ up this blog more excessively than it already has been. I just wanted to provide a heads-up, not desiring to turn potential readers off with family-directed posts.
This post has already gotten too long. I will resume this thread later… okay, dear Grandkids? I love each one of you. Oodles and gobs!
Much Love,
Your Papa, JCT 🌈
Jesus proclaimed that He was the ONE AND ONLY TRUE WAY to the Father. That leaves each one of us with one of three choices: either Jesus was a liar or a lunatic – or else => Jesus was actually who He said He was: “the light of the world.”
I am attaching a recent teaching by (born-again) Rabbi Schneider. Andrew Wommack and Rabbi Schneider are the two primary Christian teachers in my life. Of course it’s just my personal appraisal, but the Word of God doesn’t get any clearer to me than when these two men elaborate. Brothers and Sisters: Check out the below teaching. Don’t let the title scare you off. I think you’ll be greatly blessed.
“TripAdvisor, one of the world’s most popular travel sites, plans to stop selling tickets to any attraction or destination that holds whales, dolphins or porpoises for public display.”
A very nasty precedent, right? A business actually acting responsibly from a moral perspective. And in the best interest of dear, vanishing species as well.
Kudos TripAdvisor! Your good deliberations are recognized by some of us out here. God: please save us and the animal kingdom from the blind greed and wickedness that so horribly afflicts us.
Check out the full article link below:
“A flight from Los Angeles to Melbourne made history by travelling all this distance on biofuel. The Qantas plane, a Boeing Dreamliner 787-9 was powered using a mixture of 90% standard jet fuel and 10% of biofuel. The biofuel was derived from Brassica carinata which is an industrial mustard seed. As compared to a normal flight, this flight emitted 7% less carbon in the environment. While making a pound to pound comparison, it was observed that the mustard seed biofuel produced 80% fewer emissions than a traditional fuel over the course of its life cycle.
At the moment, the airlines are allowed to use a total of 50% of biofuels to power their flights. A Qantas spokesman said that the new specification might help increasing it to a 100%. Biofuels can help a lot to reduce flight emissions, however, since it is produced from the waste oil of restaurants the supply is not very consistent.
On the contrary, Brassica carinata is a crop which is grown specifically to be used as a biofuel since it also benefits the farmers. Daniel Tan, an agriculture expert from the University of Sydney said that if a farmer grows one crop on the same plot each year, it hurts the soil. But if he grows mustard seed on that soil after every few years, the soil quality gets improved. The farmer can harvest the soil, press out the oil themselves and can use it in their power equipment.
After the oil is extracted from the seeds, the leftover material can be used to feed animals. If there’s any extra oil it can be sold to the aviation industry. This will provide them with the consistent access which is needed to make biofuels a regular part of their operations. The Qantas flight might be one of those flights which travel around the globe every day. By showing that mustard seeds biofuel is a good fuel for flights, the shift to it will be in favour of farmers, airlines and our planet as well.“
=>>> You know what Rainman said about Qantas… <<<= 😉
Reference link: https://wp.me/p3lRK9-D57
Photo: courtesy of Kristanix.com
https://www.awmi.net/video/this-weeks-tv/?id=BTMsFc3L
Brothers and Sisters: we are so lucky to have Andrew Wommack among us. God has so amazingly and supernaturally blessed us by the presence of this man. He’s like a Moses to me. His teaching has so comforted and edified through the years… I just can’t properly express.
Imagination is an added dimension to prayer. When we pray we should literally visualize that prayer coming to pass. If you’re praying for rain, imagine the rain actually coming down. With the mind’s eye, see the rain soaking the ground and refreshing the animals. If you’re praying for a healing, imagine… in as visceral a fashion as possible, the manifestation of healing taking place. Grok the reality of the healing taking place in your mind. See it! Feel it! Make it real in your head. It gives your prayer a very strong and needed push.
Some good words from Andrew’s teaching ==>
Chuck: You’re an idiot! There is no God!
Jack: How do you know for sure?
Chuck: Because I’ve studied this thing, It’s a dead-out given as far as I’m concerned.
Jack: Well, you might be right. I don’t know. Maybe God doesn’t reveal himself though unless he has a reason to do so. Maybe human intellect just falls short.
Chuck: Crime-O-Netly, Jack! Those beans you ate last night are coming out. Faith is an irrational and preposterous concept.
Jack: Okay. But that’s just one man’s opinion as far as I’m concerned.
Chuck: Yeah, maybe. But hey… this is what sticks in my brain: I can’t help from remembering that drop-dead gorgeous waitress who waited on us last night. Boy, would I ever love to park my Ford in her garage! You know what I’m saying?
Jack: I know what you’re saying. You’re a dirty old man though, Tarzan.
Chuck: I am NOT a dirty old man. You know I’m not. I represent that. I totally represent it. …Why do you think that little fox wouldn’t give me her phone number?
Jack: Probably because she isn’t stupid. That’s why. But hey… back to the God thing: perhaps God is like the universe. He is so far beyond our comprehension that we just can’t properly perceive him. We’re not equipped with the right radio receiver, you know?
Chuck: S’possible. What does he expect out of us then?
Jack: I don’t know. Nobody really knows what dark matter and dark energy are all about either. Doesn’t mean that they don’t exist though. Physics proves that there’s something going on.
Chuck: Yeah, I see your point.
Jack: Unlike you, I actually tend to believe there is an all-powerful God somewhere. I just don’t know where to find him. He’s probably on vacation… or beat down too badly with the wife’s “honey-do” list.
Chuck: Yeah… well… Don’t worry about it. Lunch is a much more pressing issue right now. Let’s go back to Steak Heaven for lunch. Maybe my brown-headed little waitress is working an early shift today.
Jack: I doubt it. Considering that she was there last night, she’s probably a second shifter. And by the way… you probably don’t remember, but her name was Talia. Okay? Talia.
Chuck: Talia? Alright. I didn’t catch her name… You buying lunch today, buddy?
Jack: Hey, Keem-o-sawbee! It’s your turn! WAY your turn! 😐
{to be continued}
PS: He’s out of control, Marvin… Marvin: I know it…
If you love Roy Orbison or rock n’ roll, you just have to watch the above YouTube video about Roy Orbison from The Roy Orbison Preservation Society.
Words fail.
Creedance Clearwater Revival! Great 60’s sound out of California (not Louisiana as some of us had once thought during the day).
John Fogerty: The man created some fantastic music. Some of Creedance’s lyrics come to mind: “… so far away from me” – “I ain’t no senator’s son”. Creedance was an essential element in the counter-culture movement of the 1960’s. Never afraid to speak their minds, Creedance will always be fondly remembered by the rock n’ rollers of my generation => Great music and never afraid to speak out! Love you, John Fogerty!
I tried several times to post my below comment to Robert’s blog post of August 23, 2019: “Faith… License To Be a Sociopath.” I guess I am being censored at his blog site, so I will instead post my response to Robert’s article here in my own blog. Having visited before, perhaps Robert will eventually see my comment here. Reference Robert’s original post at:
https://brainwarfare.com/2019/08/23/faith-the-licence-to-be-a-sociopath/
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::: Maybe religion can’t be “rationally argued” but WHAT Jesus said about himself certainly CAN be.
Listen Robert: I respect you. I respect your being able to express your own free-will opinion. I mean you no harm. That being said, allow me to say this: I DO NOT APPRECIATE BEING CALLED A “SOCIOPATH!” Just because I disagree with your intellectually-derived (and debatable) beliefs does not make me a “sociopath” any more than it makes you a “sociopath” not agreeing with my beliefs. That’s just virulently rude and COMPLETELY out of bounds. You need to tone it down a notch, pilgrim.
As another person commented to you in another thread, you need to restrain yourself a little bit better in terms of using such frequent and excessive pejoratives. Calling all people of faith “sociopaths” is completely unreasonable in any legitimate philosophical discussion. It substantively subtracts from your arguments, Robert… truly does. I’m praying for your soul, pilgrim :::
What seems to always be difficult for the unbeliever to accept at full face value is this: the eternal fact that sin has inevitable consequences. There is Holy Law written into the very nature and fabric of the entire universe.
Make no mistake about it. God is love. Those of us who have experienced His mercy, grace, and redemption can fully and joyfully attest to this fact. However, there is one thing that the Lord unilaterally and viscerally hates => and that is sin. He will not compromise his Holy Law. His glory He will share with none other. Sin has inescapable consequences. That’s just the way it is. Like it or not. God doesn’t just obey Holy Law. HE IS the embodiment of Holy Law.
What is sin? Sin is the opposite construct of love. In no uncertain terms, God condemns what conflicts with love. We have been created as free-willed sentient beings. Our actions have consequences. As mortal human beings though, we are unable to pay the high price that sin exacts. “The wages of sin is death.”
In unbelievably SELFLESS fashion, God has provided a way of escape though. The Father sent his son, Jesus, to die on the cross on our behalf. The perfect (sinless) Jesus died for each and every one of us. The immortal gave His life for the mortal, paying off the debt of sin that had to be paid. It was a sacrifice of such divine and infinite proportion that it can never be fully appreciated by the human mind. Praise His Holy Name Forevermore. {finis}
Yours In His Name,
john
Brothers and Sisters: Rabbi (born-again) Schneider exhorts us to “seize God’s Word” and “not let anything else in.”
Jesus tells us to not be afraid of failure. We can rest assured that God will help us back up when we do fall. This life is not a pleasure cruise. As well you know, there will be trials and tribulations. Just remember what it is that is more precious than gold though. Remembering also, the remedy to fear is God’s Word.
Keep the Faith, shipmates! And check out the below YouTube video. Along with some great teaching, there are some really picturesque shots of the Sea of Galilee.
Thank you for your teaching, Brother Schneider.
www.pandora.com/artist/electric-light-orchestra/xanadu-soundtrack/all-over-the-world/TRtlnVmJtlZ6x24
All Over The World! “Everybody’s got the word.” Rockin’ melody with a great falsetto whiff (I can’t even whistle parts of this tune, much less sing it). Stupendously ingenious, syncopated rhythm and foot-stompin’ beat. Tell me ELO can’t BIG TIME lay it down! Jeff Lynne, baby!
=> => => ELO ROCKS !!! 🌈
{woke up this morning with this song loudly resonating in the cramped caverns of my head 😎}
What is the GMO modification of our food supply truly all about? Reputably, one of the primary reasons for GMO (genetically modified organism) implementations are that it is beneficial in regard to reducing crop sensitivity to disease and insect infestation.
The ‘pro side of the debate then is that GMO facilitates crop yields. To me, the ‘con side of the debate seems far more weighty. There is considerable outcry concerning GMO being very deleterious to the human body (you’ll need to research it a little bit). The general vague response to that accusation is that we really don’t know – that any biological response has not been studied enough. That being the case then, WHY are we forcing this on the population of the world when we’re not sure it’s even safe? Somebody, somewhere, just really doesn’t care.
I don’t know, folks. There’s currently a huge class action suit against Monsanto regarding Roundup. The carcinogenic-causing evidence against Roundup has been mounting for years. The debate appears to be fairly overwhelming against Roundup. Roundup has been heavily GMO-spliced into many of our major food crops. That doesn’t sound very promising to me. Does it to you?
I’ll tell you why this is all happening (even though you’re probably way ahead of me) => the reason why this is being forced upon us, has everything to do with the bottom line. It’s the same old sad and tragic tale: jive up the bottom line for the privileged few: at the expense of gambling the health of the general populace. If that’s what it takes, we’ll just worry about any consequences later, right? ‘Got to keep them big bucks rollin’ in, you know’.
Another “baby” song: “She’s My Baby” by The Traveling Wilburys. Make sure you watch the YouTube video version of this song (ref. below link). The below song link sometimes pulls up the video; sometimes it pulls up the non-video version (still picture).
Wrestle around with YouTube (Google) until you get the full video version of this song. It’s worth the trouble. The video is absolutely HISTORIC! That is, if you love rock ‘n roll. Look at those guys! Two of them are still alive (God Bless ’em)!
This tune embodies the best electric guitar licks that I’ve ever heard => the guitar licks courtesy of an Irishman named Gary Moore. He’s sitting in with the Traveling Wilburys; but unfortunately not shown in the video. To me, THE penultimate rock song!
https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=BnD0H4VeHuY
“She’s My Baby” 🌈
PS: Who ever said Bob Dylan couldn’t rock?!
JCT - Born Again 