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Frank Solution to economic crisis:Jubilee
About Me
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People say I'm:Not concerned at all with going along with the crowd. Although I understand and respect the majority of folks who prefer to 'belong' to something, and experience predictable familiarity. My guiding principle is from Corinth. II: "Come out from among them and be a separate person, and I will take you in"
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Describe Yourself:If church people make you feel something between uncomfortable, and creepy-well, they affect me the same way, even though I am around them all the time. It has something to do with 50% of all who go into ministry will eventually leave the ministry with something between discouragment and extreme disappointment. Their reason for that is precisely what made Jesus angry-the insistence on putting up a false front of squeaky cleanliness, morally. One of my favorite quotes by a minister is "Keep your head out of the clouds, your feet on the ground, your zippers up and your skirts down." The reason he said that is that his ministry failed on all counts! Dr. Graham said "Christianity is not a religion...it is a personal relationship with God". We have an overwhelming tendency to insist that our connection to God have a predictable, familiar routine...moreover...that there be rungs of a ladder of heirarchy where we can try to 'one up' the next guy. Wrong, camel breath!
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On Gather, I'm Looking For ...:Individuals who understand that God is not interested in robots, or anyone dripping with earthly success or glamor. If that is what He wanted , He could just as easily have created them. He seeks, and I seek all those who understand that His dictation to Moses in Genesis is an accurate account of how we all came to be, and what went wrong, and what the plan is to fix it.
He has spelled out who He is, and who we are, and how He plans to get us back into His Kingdom. A big clue? "go along with the crowd status seekers, parroting religious phrases" annoy God. He hates it when people "fawn" on Him, he says. Once you do as He suggests, which is to stop following a deaf dumb and blind crowd, and come out from among them, and be a separate person..He will take you under His wing, and reveal things that will astound you. Curiously, the crowd you left behind will NOT want to hear a word of it! Is't that odd?
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Favorite Music, Artists, Genres:Currently, I have taken an interest in opera. I have learned enough to know that the "Bel Canto ERa" or the era of beautiful singing" composed in the 1800's is the absolute pinnacle of musical achievment-just as art, painting, in particular, reached its absolute pinnacle of mastery in technique, and breathtaking beauty-so did the music of that century. I have reviewed a large number of operas on amazon, and am now for amusement, taking digital images of scenes and uploading them to accompany my reviews. One such review with photos can be seen of the 1947 Movie "The Black Narcissus" (there are several different DVD issues, - only one has my photos
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Favorite Movies, Actors, Genres:I like whimsical and artisistic cinema from foreign countries, likeSpain, Sweden, Japan, France, and italy. Lately, I have joined 'swapadvd.com' where you can submit your old DVD movies, and trade them with other members. It costs you about $2 to ship each one, but you get yours that you requested for free from other members who have them to trade. I have so far received over 24 movies. I recommend this to everyone.
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your solution to the economy?:My solution is the Bilical "Jubilee". This is a process whereby every 50 years, I understand, all debts are forgiven. What this does is suddenly free up a humongous amount of money to flow freely again. it also frees anyone who found themselves in slavery...today, that would be slavery to indebtedness of a wide variety. I know it sounds foolish- but really, the only people hurt by it are the greedy rich who had gotten filthy rich by way of usorious rates of interest on their filthy money. Think of the CEO's who walked away from failed banks and corporations who had their boards award them with $100, 000, 000 bonuses, and I think you get the picture quite clearly.
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