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Let me elaborate a bit just to

2009-08-08T15:59:22.626+02:00

Let me elaborate a bit just to be on the safe side. I do know that you, Ross, are not emphasizing competition here. I do know that you said "random" visitor. I also know that you are promoting the "pay it forward" spirit. I'm for it. What I am doing here is trying to encourage anyone competitive/lottery-minded who might be thinking about being the one randomly selected for the $50 to see more of what you have in mind rather than about what he or she could do with the money for self apart from others and all.

Well, I am moved to tell all h

2009-08-08T15:35:18.318+02:00

Well, I am moved to tell all here that it is not mere coincidence that when I woke up this morning, a little over an hour ago (around 5 AM Pacific time), the thought running through my mind was how harmful so much competition in the world is. When I went to check my email, the first thing I did was respond to a StumbleUpon suggestion from you, Ross. Your post above, "August $50 giveaway," is what you wanted me to see and is about competition designed by you to encourage positive thoughts. My thought was a question. What about the positive thoughts of cooperation and not doing things for personal rewards but rather for the sake of the whole? All being part of that mentality of wholeness, of course, would mean that each part would receive the benefit of each and all of the others. Therefore, it is good that I woke up this August morning with a mind to encourage greater cooperation and less looking for personal reward but rather toward what will benefit others and to encourage others to do the same. If you give $50 in my direction, it will go into the Christian Commons fund toward obtaining land upon which to grow a wide variety of organic food to feed one and all. Just click the donate button on the Real Liberal Christian Church. It also occurs to me that this comment may offend some for your sake, Ross. That's not my intention. If my telling the truth about the sequence of events this morning offends and if some believe I should have kept it all to myself for whatever reason, I simply say please look deeper. Peace

Hello All, I posted about thi

2009-08-07T18:52:22.332+02:00

Hello All, I posted about this. The URL I submitted links to that post. I'm amazed there aren't other comments. It's very well written and well thought out. I was young during the Civil Rights Movement for Black rights. I was all for it. What the homosexuals are doing though is appalling. The idea of teaching kindergarteners that homosexuality is perfectly all right and that it is not a choice is disgusting. It is a choice, and it is not harmless, ever. How Meeke has tied it in with homosexual, racist, incestuous, pedophile predators is right on. More power to her! She's a better leader than Jesse Jackson, Al Sharpton, and the others. Truth. I'm beginning to believe that the homosexuals will lose no time in advocating for bestiality too. There was legislation offered in Massachusetts for that in 2006. If it hadn't been for Christians.... I'm not for violence/coercion. I'm against people beating and killing homosexuals, but I see a strong violent streak in many in the pro-homosexuality movement. This whole issue is playing with fire. Those who are "acting out" don't know what they are toying with. Peace, For: The REAL LIBERAL CHRISTIAN CHURCH and Christian Commons Project Tom Usher

This ties in too: Plastics...

2009-08-02T09:55:57.681+02:00

This ties in too: Plastics... and other unusual explanations for the obesity epidemic ...non-traditional explanation of weight gain is the environmental abundance of estrogen-mimicking chemicals, which are found in everything from shampoo to plastic water bottles. http://climate.weather.com/articles/dcplastics2009.html

Hello All, Jurriaan Maessen w

2009-06-18T21:46:49.185+02:00

Hello All, Jurriaan Maessen wrote, "It is a well documented though seldom highlighted fact that the Nazis were very much into environmentalism- not for environmentalism’s sake of course, but rather as a means of oppression and control." The Nazis had many members. They didn't agree about everything. Can it be substantiated that none was an environmentalist for the sake of the health of the natural environment? Perhaps Jurriaan means as a Party and not so much as individual members of the Party. I suspect it. The article's context suggests it. In addition, the notion of a genuine Party-concern for environmentalism is inconsistent with Germany's military industrialization and warfare, which contributed to great quantities of environmental pollution. The quote also strongly suggests that the author views environmentalism for environmentalism's sake as at least not unworthy. The complaint concerns governmental coercion, especially when the motives are ulterior, and not environmentalism, per se. Therefore, within this comment thread, there are many libertarians who may disagree with Jurriaan. I do not hold with coercing while I also do not hold with polluting. Mercury in vaccinations has been roundly criticized on this site. There is mercury pollution largely from coal burning that has contaminated great quantities of the freshwater fish population in the U.S. One is unreasonably selective to hate the mercury in vaccines while having no issue with unbridled coal burning that as resulted in mercury poisoning of unsuspecting eaters of polluted fish. Is the prevailing consensus on this site that no one should tell anyone else that burning coal presents health issues but everyone should speak out against the same toxicant in vaccines? That would be hypocritical on its face. To avoid leaving the question of hypocrisy dangling, it would be an improvement were the clear distinction between environmentalism, per se, on one hand and using it as a pretext for evil ends on the other hand to be featured more prominently and with greater clarity. There is nothing wrong with the right kind of environmentalism. The right kind of environmentalism is beautiful. It's consistent with the Golden Rule. Peace and love

Why have my comments been dele

2009-06-15T07:10:31.035+02:00

Why have my comments been deleted here? Twice, I have submitted the following: Hello All, Big Lie tactic: Political Zionism equals Semitism The more they repeat it, the more they're outed as Big Liars. Political Zionism does not equate with Semitism. That's the truth, and there's nothing anyone can do to change it. I can be and am opposed to that false brand of Zionism while I am not either a racist or an ethnic bigot. I am not alone in this. Many Jews agree. Why many of them are cowed by AIPAC is something they'll have to come to grips with. Some have stood up. More are coming forward to stand with the fact: that false brand of Zionism does not equate with Semitism. Jacob is where the name "Israel" came from. Jacob rightly admonished his sons (who unlike the current crop, such as Avigdor Lieberman had some cause). Jacob said of his son's who committed genocide (and there are those within Judaism and the Zionism of which we speak here who advocate genocide, Rabbi Manis Friedman Of The Chabad-Lubavitch Movement, being a recent high profile example) saying: And Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, Ye have troubled me to make me to stink among the inhabitants of the land, among the Canaanites and the Perizzites: and I being few in number, they shall gather themselves together against me, and slay me; and I shall be destroyed, I and my house. (Genesis 34:30) Listen to your father. Fact: The Palestinians are Semites every bit as much as are those calling themselves Jews. God bless both the Palestinians and Jews. Peace Both of those submissions were deleted. Why? Who there at ABC News is afraid of my comment and why? I see other comments here that call Wright names. I am here to clarify. I am not being allowed to do that. Why? I will now post on the Real Liberal Christian Church (RLCC) website at www.realliberalchristianchurch.org that ABC has censored my comment (twice) concerning this article of yours. I have submitted nothing that merits censorship. If someone took exception to my comment, he or she could have put up a counter-comment. ABC News is doing a disservice to the people by the actions clearly demonstrated here. Censoring me demonstrates that truth is not of interest to ABC News in this matter. You are not reporting the news but rather taking sides and censoring dissenting views without just cause. Nevertheless, may God bless you (with the truth). Tom Usher

Hello All, Big Lie tactic: Po

2009-06-14T14:17:52.057+02:00

Hello All, Big Lie tactic: Political Zionism equals Semitism The more they repeat it, the more they're outed as Big Liars. Political Zionism does not equate with Semitism. That's the truth, and there's nothing anyone can do to change it. I can be and am opposed to that false brand of Zionism while I am not either a racist or an ethnic bigot. I am not alone in this. Many Jews agree. Why many of them are cowed by AIPAC is something they'll have to come to grips with. Some have stood up. More are coming forward to stand with the fact: that false brand of Zionism does not equate with Semitism. Jacob is where the name "Israel" came from. Jacob rightly admonished his sons (who unlike the current crop, such as Avigdor Lieberman had some cause). Jacob said of his son's who committed genocide (and there are those within Judaism and the Zionism of which we speak here who advocate genocide, Rabbi Manis Friedman Of The Chabad-Lubavitch Movement, being a recent high profile example) saying: And Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, Ye have troubled me to make me to stink among the inhabitants of the land, among the Canaanites and the Perizzites: and I being few in number, they shall gather themselves together against me, and slay me; and I shall be destroyed, I and my house. (Genesis 34:30) Listen to your father. Fact: The Palestinians are Semites every bit as much as are those calling themselves Jews. God bless both the Palestinians and Jews. Peace

@ Just the Truth Says I can k

2009-06-12T14:56:40.887+02:00

@ Just the Truth Says I can keep it fairly short I think. Let me clarify, as I can see how my words were taken not as intended. (This is why dialoguing is good.) When I wrote, "The prophecy is that all finally turn and become one," I was referring to the remnant of which you wrote. My point was that they do become Christians. My belief, which is consistent with Jesus's teachings, is that Christians are the real Jews and that those who call themselves Jews today but reject Jesus are false to the spirit of Jacob (Israel). I won't go into it here unless it presents a problem and you want me to elaborate. You wrote, "There is nothing merciful about encouraging them in their delusions of grandeur." Blessing them doesn't encourage that. Jesus said to bless the people who hate you. They hate it when people who disagree with them bless them. It shames them. That's not the reason for blessing them though. If they don't turn and develop the ability to think with the higher portions of their brain (frontal and temporal lobes where unselfishness and connectedness reside), well, you can't force them. You did though want it for them and ask it of them. When it comes time for your soul, you'll not be cast out for selfishness or being unable to connect. You don't think Jesus was wrong about blessing them. You know what I mean. Just accept it. Bless them. If you refuse, you're being stubborn. Don't be that. As for atheists, many of them believe there is nothing after death. They don't believe in the metaphysical. They don't believe in spirit. I'm being intentionally simplistic here. I could delve into all sorts of things, but it isn't necessary right here and right now. Well, you are passionate. What are you going to do though? Jesus says that you are not to take lives. You are not to resist evil. If they hit you, turn your other cheek to them. If they spit on you, whip you, beat you, laugh at you, scorn you, lie about you, stab you, take your guns, knock down your house, steal your land, cut down your olive trees, dump their raw sewage on your crops, poison your wells, imprison you, torture and even crucify you until your flesh gives up the ghost, you are to forgive them for their ignorance and not wish upon them all that they have done upon anyone including you. That's what Jesus has said, and it's right too. If you don't understand how that can be, I'm willing to discuss it but only in earnest. As for the censorship here concerning the Talmud, compromises are often forced upon us. Alex Jones has undoubtedly bumped up against a warning. If he crosses the line, it might mean a huge crimp on being able to get out there the things he wants out there. I cross the line on the RLCC site that he won't allow anyone to cross here. My style though is very different. I am interested in seeing all sides and getting at the root of the problem. I can't mix assault rifles and my Christianity for instance. Mixing assault rifles and mottos such as "Come and take it" with Christianity doesn't work. Trying indicates a failure of consistency. It's hypocrisy. Of course, not everyone is looking to do what Jesus said to do: be perfect. I'm working on it. I want it. I believe it is there. I believe the offer is genuine. I trust Jesus. I trust God. Peace, love, and truth are one, Tom Usher

@ Just the Truth It is refres

2009-06-11T09:59:04.669+02:00

@ Just the Truth It is refreshing that you apologized. Of course, apology accepted. I do know how passions can take us right to the edge. Some fall in. You wrote, "However, by getting down to their level and being willing to nitpick about who said what and why and if they meant thus and so, you are, in my opinion, furthering the idea that what a Muslim leader says regarding his opinion of the Jews is grounds for anything or is newsworthy in any sense." I disagree on several fronts. First, I'm not interested in nitpicking but in asking him directly, openly, and honestly what he thinks. Ahmadinejad has called for debates several times. Saddam Hussein did the same. There is a trick of "not dignifying" such calls. It is a cowardly act designed to keep the people in the dark. Ahmadinejad is out for hearts, minds, and souls for Mohammed, not Jesus. If there were a debate and he were to lose (and that would clearly depend upon whom he would be debating), then Muslims the world over would benefit immensely, as would Ahmadinejad himself. Second though is the fact that were Ahmadinejad truly calling for militarily wiping out Israel based on the current circumstances and just the moment he could attain the weaponry to do so, it would be news. The sweep of your statement appears to be saying not to give those who are fascists who are leading Israel any points even when the points are clearly valid. The world as they are painting it is unreal. They are painting a false picture. Ahmadinejad is not a perfect being by any stretch, but he's not stupid (in the relative sense) and Iranians are not interested in committing national suicide. There are Iranians who chant death to Israel and death to America. There are Israelis and Americans who do the same vis-a-vis Iran. Those people are facilitated by not "dignifying" Benjamin Netanyahu's statements that it's 1938 and Ahmadinejad is Hitler. No, we must call Netanyahu to substantiate his claims via more than sound bites. Letting the whole world rush headlong into war after war while refusing to insist upon longer News segments is folly. Look at the length of your reply to me and mine to you. We've spoken more back and forth than Obama and Ahmadinejad or Netanyahu and Ahmadinejad. Did George W. Bush ever even speak to Saddam Hussein? He certainly never would have debated him in the open because, frankly, he would have lost that debate but Saddam would have been hugely forced to moderate to live up to avoid further hypocrisy after going down the laundry list of things he knew about the inner workings of Empire in the outlying regions, such as Iraq was at the time. Look at how the U.S. executing Japanese soldiers for waterboarding has resurfaced and why. Bush wanted Saddam tried in Iraq by a kangaroo court on side charges and then dead as quickly as possible so he couldn't spill his guts about the Empire's supplying him with the very chemical weapons they ostensibly tried and hanged him for using. Saddam was a CIA creation. Ahmadinejad knows his history. He lived through the Iran-Iraq War as an adult. He knows who supplied whom and with what. The US was wrong to overthrow Mohammed Mosaddeq in 1953. It was wrong to install the Shah. It was wrong to train SAVAK. It was wrong to wink and nod and encourage torture. I would rather have been poor as a nation than rich in mammon and having done those utterly evil things. You also wrote, "The Muslims have no weapons." No, that's incorrect. Iran has weapons. Iran has some of the fastest and deadliest torpedoes for instance. The other Muslim nations with oil money to burn have purchased plenty of weaponry. Pakistan is Muslim and is a nuclear power. In addition, you appear to be severely underestimating the Russians. The Russians have an uncanny ability to counter American weaponry. Israel pulled out of Lebanon on account of Russian weapons defeating American tanks. It's a fact. In addition, you are ignoring China. China, Russia, and Iran are cooperating. China has made huge strides in the technological realm and certainly can now compete with the U.S. in manufacturing. I'm not saying these things as some chess player on this level. It's a mundane realm. That's not where I engage. Nevertheless, they are mundane facts and the Pentagon does deal on that level despite its fervent desire to be able to simply think and have its will be done without exception. You wrote, "...when our Constitution strictly forbids the government establishing a state religion — this is WRONG. Why must this antichrist religion of Judaism be the state religion of the United States, why must we wage war against everybody the Jews hate, bleed and die and pay and pay, for these evil things?" The supporters of Israel would say that the support is not for the religion but for the secular. The Zionists who pled with the British Empire for land (Uganda and elsewhere) were atheists by and large. Herzl was an atheist. The Biblical rationale didn't come up until much later. You won't be able to substantiate that Jewishness is not DNA but religious. Jewishness isn't even either according to many, many claiming Jewishness. A non-ethnic Jew can become a member of Judaism and his or her child can then be an atheist. This is partly distracting though. It was a nasty and wrong thing that the Empire (then British) did and that the U.S. upheld. Ahmadinejad is right about that. The U.S. uses Israel too. The U.S. has around 800 known bases around the world. Israel is part of the Empire, but empires change. The fact that the U.S. has such a large Jewish population that is so commercially oriented is critical to understanding. Jesus cleaned the temple of the moneychangers. The powers that be at the time hated him for that and the other things he did that were upsetting their set-up. They still hate him on those terrible grounds. That's the issue. The answer isn't in killing all Jews or any Jews. I speak to those who would. I say it for the sake of those who are unsure and might be tempted to fall into that antichrist mentality. I say it so others may echo it. You're a civil libertarian. You believe in the Bill of Rights. Many Americans don't hold with it. Is that treason? Well, what would Jefferson do? He'd fight a civil war/revolution to decide it. I don't hold with violence. That won't make me popular around here. I'm not interested in being popular though. I'm interested in being right. I don't hold with Jefferson. He was a deist, humanist, and hugely hypocritical. He was a son of the so-called Enlightenment that has resulted in this dark age -- growing darker even as many are seeing more light in their own lives and hearts. This was prophesied too. You said, "I’m not a racist." Excellent. Now, just focus in only on those of the Jews who are drumming for war. Be sure you make clear that you are not lumping anti-war Jews in with them. Qualify to your hearts content about the errors of Talmudic and Torah Judaism. Don't hold all the sins of his many generations of sons against the repent and atoning Jacob. I actually model my own action vis-a-vis my flesh brother on the actions of Jacob and am very glad I did. I know Jesus has zero problems with that too. Finally, you also wrote, "I believe everybody should be allowed to live in peace and nobody deserves to be able to take away what another person has because they fancy themselves to be somehow superior in their genes or who their parents were, whatever.The Bible is full of examples of the horrible things the Jews did. Soon as Moses went up on the mountain to meet with God, the Jews started orgying and worshipping Baal. The Bible doesn’t say God picked the Jews to reveal himself to so intimately because they are such wonderful people. Not at all. The Old Testament has many, many words of God calling them stubborn, unfaithful, stiffnecked and proud. Revelation says Jerusalem in the last days is compared to “Sodom and Egypt” and warns of the Synagogue of Satan. Jesus told the Pharisees that they were a den of vipers and their father was Satan and said they killed all the prophets and ignored the word of God and were into the traditions of men instead. Nothing has changed with them that I can see. And from what you said in your post above, I don’t think you probably disagree with what I’ve said here...." Close; however, Jews turn. The prophecy is not that all the Jews (bloodline) are wiped out. The prophecy is that all finally turn and become one. They all finally live the type and degree of love for each other Jesus showed by going to the cross for the sake of that truth. Bless them. Show them mercy in their ignorance no matter how crafty they or you think they are. So, here we are on this site that is monitored like a hawk by government(s) agents and computers. We are at the end of this thread having a deep discussion solving the problems of the world while everyone else has raced on to the next sound bite. Are we accomplishing anything? This conversation between us has been noted. It's not phony. Let them learn. You will notice that I am Tom Usher. You will notice that I have linked to the RLCC site. I am in the book. No fear! Just tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but. That's what our brother Jesus did and still does through the written word and through us if the Holy Spirit is within and speaks through us. I once was lost, but now I'm found. If you are going to die for something, die for truth and live. Peace

@ Just the Truth I've never s

2009-06-10T14:38:02.639+02:00

@ Just the Truth I've never seen a reaction to any comment of mine anywhere on the Internet or on my blog where anyone has ever jumped to more false conclusions than you have here. It's amazing. Well, let me answer. I'll put your questions/statements in quotes and try to be gentle. Question: "Tom Usher, what if Ahmadinejad believes the Holocaust never happened at all. Does that mean we go nuke Iran?" Answer: No Question: "What about all the people who were killed under Lenin (a Jew) or a result of Marx’s writings (a Jew), the millions of people who have died under communist tyranny, a movement started by the Jews, Trotsky and Lenin and Marx? Huh?" Answer: They shouldn't have died. Marx, Lenin, and Trotsky were wrong. Question: "What does Ahmadinejad’s opinion of the Holocaust have to do with WWIII and blowing up millions, even billions of innocent people?" Answer: If he isn't saying it, it shows that those who know better (know he isn't) are liars. If they will lie about that, why trust them. (That's rhetorical, hence no question mark.) The idea is to show the lies of the liars to the gullible so they won't be taken in. Of course, this issue is far from the only place the propagandists are at work. It just happens to be one where I was here and commented. I happen to know that Ahmadinejad doesn't believe that no Jews were murdered in the concentration camps. He is though a politician who gauges how his words will be received by his supporters. I'm not just concerned about "Americans." If millions of Jews were exterminated, don't all Iranians deserve to know that rather than being misled (rhetorical). Your handle is "Just the Truth." Let it be for everyone. If you will re-read the post above, you will see that the author, William Blum, raised the issue of Ahmadinejad and Holocaust denial. I think he had a good point. I support the thrust of his post. I'm simply building on it. If that offends you, so be it. Question: "Do the Jews fancy themselves so wonderful and superior and godlike that anybody who questions their sad story about the Holocaust needs to immediately die?" Answer: Some do (fancy themselves). Statement: Get a grip. Reply: Well, considering you jumped to all sorts of false conclusions, I really don't need to address that. Question: "Is Ahmadinejad not allowed to have anything but lovely thoughts about the Jews?" Answer: No Question: "Is it a crime worthy of death to hate Judaism?" Answer: No Statement: "Because if it is, then count me guilty, because I truly hate Judaism. It is one of the most evil religions on the face of the earth, right up there with Anton LaVey’s Satanic Bible and Scientology and the rest of the New Age religions that tell people they are little gods." Reply: Okay Statement: "No wonder the Jews are so hateful and murderous. They are taught from childhood out of the Talmud and Cabala to have big swelled up heads about their special selves and that the rest of us are subhuman vermin worthy of death, that it is good to lie to us and cheat us and steal from us." Reply: I've seen it. I wasn't born yesterday. Not all Jews subscribe. Jesus was/is a Jew for instance. He's a different kind. They aren't all the same you know. You aren't one of those Nazi Jesus-was-an-Aryan people are you? Statement: "They hate us all, call the women shiksas, meaning an animal in heat, and what the Talmud says about Jesus I won’t repeat (because if I do the software will blip out my post)." Reply: I've read what it says. Statement: "Maybe you should be worrying more about what the Jews think about Ahmadinejad and the rest of us, and less about what Ahmadinejad thinks of the Jews, since Israel has at least 400 nukes and is itching to use them and Ahmadinejad has zilch —" Reply: I'll forgive you for having started off jumping to false conclusions. That last statement of yours is just a continuation of jumping to false conclusions. I endeavor to remember to say "some Jews" rather than lumping all Jews together, as if they are all Avigdor Lieberman. You'd be wise to do the same. Sprinkle it in. You'll get farther. You do realize that there are Jews who denounce fascism and the Likud and Yisrael Beiteinu, right? You do know that the reason we know that Israel has nukes is because of a great Christian Jew, Mordechai Vanunu, right? Statement: Get real. Reply: A real thing to do is to consider various ways things can be taken before going on the attack. I realize you are passionate about these issues, but you do need to take care. Carelessness is harmful. You are accusing "the Jews" of being careless. Take care not to continue falling into hypocrisy. We all need to take care. I include myself. Peace to all.

Hi Bruce, It's been awhile.

2009-06-06T09:26:43.703+02:00

Hi Bruce, It's been awhile. Hello to Bud now too and to everyone else. Well, the name of my site is the Real Liberal Christian Church. For readers here who have never visited (Bruce has and left salient comments; brave and understanding soul), I don't define "liberal" in a way that applies to this post. If you are curious (I warn you that it is unlike anything else you've ever encountered), visit the site and read, "About Our Name." You'll find the page linked by that title in the left column. Anyway, I want to chime in here to say that if we all can err, why can't we all be right on at least occasion? It's wrong of the type of liberals to which this post refers, as in "Whip the Liberals," to insist that Ann Coulter can never state an actual fact. Well, no one gets the stats exactly right (moving target and subject to interpretation and methodological errors, large and small); but it is undeniable that all other things being equal, it is superior to have a stable family with two, faithful, non-abusive but rather loving, heterosexual parents. Why would anyone take exception to that statement if not selfishly to protect false self-image or to just attack the "conservative" blog owner and poster because anything they say has to be wrong? I don't agree with all things Ann Coulter, but she's not wrong about that narrowly define statement of mine with which she would agree no doubt. I am positive that Bruce and Bud are not laying all the blame on the single mothers. To say that they are is to be reading something in that is simply not here. Now, whether or not Christians should be advocating that the secular, inherently apostate government should be in the business of coercing people into such relationships is something for another post and comment. You can probably detect my view on that already. Peace, love, and truth, brothers and sisters, Tom Usher Real Liberal Christian Church

Hi All, Green is good and rig

2009-05-17T06:41:08.261+02:00

Hi All, Green is good and right (good and right are the same thing: Redundant), but who will own this? Who will control the meters and billings and take the profits in mammon? The people won't own it. They will not share the energy at no additional monetary costs to themselves? Their taxes will rather be used further to enrich mammon billionaires. That's not the right spirit. Therefore, mixed emotions remain correct. Peace, Tom Usher

Hey Paul, Just to be clear, I

2009-04-29T08:29:36.834+02:00

Hey Paul, Just to be clear, I wasn't making a statement. I was honestly asking a question. It seems they aren't disparate. The commercial system is the government, albeit in a roundabout way from the point-of-view of the duped. I would imagine the political anarchists would agree with the artistic statements here on this post. Who owns the spaces? I'm no capitalist, so it's all stolen territory/inheritance to me; or is it better written as terrortory. I believe so. Anyway, it's probably unusual for a Christian to delve in here, but I'm not opposed to artistic statements when they call for the real, which I take it the artist is attempting to do. Are there any rules? How far is too far? The golden rule comes to mind. Do I want someone doing what I would consider defacing my work? Well, I'm not in it for the money. Why would anyone imagine he or she needs to make a counter statement to the New Commandment? How would you render Christianity putting the best of it, the real part, in the best light? That's obviously not a question for a verbal/written answer. Perhaps you'll do a piece and inform me so I may see it. Peace, Tom Usher P.S. I came in from my coComment sidebar.

Hi Paul, How far removed is t

2009-04-28T10:05:10.167+02:00

Hi Paul, How far removed is this from anarchism if at all? I don't mean in the bomb-throwing sense as used by American neoconservative/fascists. I mean the ideology as defined by those who in general call themselves anarchists. Peace, Tom Usher Real Liberal Christian Church (marketing/advertising)