Life Today The Real Story; Final word

                                   Life today the Real Story written by James m. Joiner 2005
                                             Awesome insight,  Never  published, be the one!


We must attempt to work out  what is happening in the middle east, in the China seas, and around the world at the same time we must cure our own numerous societal ills or we will not progress successfully through the 21st century. 

It is going to take a new way of thinking on our and the entire worlds part. We can not continue to treat or deal with problems and issues as we have in the past.

Civilization and the planet have run the course of world war already. We and the planet cannot survive a rebirth of feelings that led us down that path in the first place as we seem to be in many parts of the world right now. 

We must attempt to make all parties involved realize that at this point in the life of man and the planet we have been there done that. We must be satisfied as to where we are and negotiate for what we want. 

We must not be stupid enough to even think we and the planet can survive a world war with the destructive weapons of today.

Our weapons are now too advanced for us to go back to that way of thinking. We must be made to accept our positions. Respect each others independence and move forward, we can do this.

 

We have some quick choices to make. We are allowing too much nonconformity right here in our own society.

 We can see the terrible effect it is having on our well being, mentally, physically, financially and structurally. If speaking the truth or doing the right thing is going to hurt one party or the other that’s fine. We must relearn as a country the principal of doing the right thing for the sake of doing the right thing.

 

You can see all that we have before us. We know that we need some fresh minds to deal with the problems.

We as citizens must get involved in one respect or the other. We must help to resolve all these festering wounds in our society and the world.

The Governments of the world must be smart enough to listen to the citizens of the world or we are in serious trouble. 

The old school has proven that their methods continually make things worse, they seem to only want division at home and war to get what they want. 

This is true and we must remember that their mindset is what put us in this position in the first place. We can and must do this.

 We have to wake up our leaders. We must help where we can. Our children’s future and maybe that of the world depend on us, let’s roll. Life Today The Real Story "2005"

James Joiner
Gardner, Ma
http://anaverageamericanpatriot.blogspot.com

Life Today The Real Story; Afterword part 3

We are our most important problem to fix before we march into the future primarily because when this war against the Islamist Jihadists is won if we do not get our own act together we will be no better off. 

We would still have a broken system here with the same personal problems at home. I know we are told that the war against the terrorists is the most important event that has ever faced us. I will guarantee you that once again they are wrong. 

Look at our massively broken society! The most important battle is cleaning up the collective improprieties right here at home for without fixing our own enormous problems we will have won nothing but a little time. 

Let us think first and remember Rome. This decadence has to stop. It has been the downfall of every single society in world history that has managed to escape destruction in war.

We know we cannot go on this way. We have all suffered daily as a result of someone’s immorality. These are extremely contentious times. This lying and underhandedness is ruining us Politically, Financially, and pervasively in every single aspect of our daily life.

We have hit the point in civilizations and the world’s evolution where man is now in direct control of the survival of man and the planet. That is a scary thought we are in serious trouble.

 I just can’t see man doing the right thing though I pray that we do. Man can’t even seem to manage himself. I have always said that if the survival of something is up to man it is in trouble. It is our very survival, God help us.

Nostradamus put our alternatives in stark contrast for us. He laid out two scenarios for us. He said that the 21^st century would be marked by ethnic and religious conflicts erupting all over the world.

 We could let this turmoil rip the world apart or we could embrace a new feeling of religiousness and save ourselves. It does not matter what we want. We all know we want peace but it is out of our hands.

 It is the Muslims who we must get to understand the dire consequences of their actions and inactions and misactions.

 

Muslim law strongly forbids Muslims to declare war against a country where they are allowed to practice their religion freely. 

It strongly prohibits the killing of innocent civilians to say nothing of the killing and destruction of fellow Muslims and their lands.

 We know that as far as nature man and time are concerned that there is no turning back. Life’s systems work only in one direction, forward. We cannot allow anyone to attempt to take us back to a path we have already traveled down. 

 

With this in mind I heard on 11/30/04 “when I wrote this” that Muslims are determined to fight the Americans until doomsday if necessary. Their goal was restated. I have been voicing this for a couple of years prior.

Primarily to hopefully understand the real sensitivity needed to treat them and their lands with respect. I said this then and I repeat it again this time as the middle east is in turmoil and we are getting dragged in ever deeper. We just can’t seem to understand this. 

We certainly don’t seem to be able to give them what they want. This is due to our ignorance or lack of understanding I guess because in this instance Senator Kerry was right. We must attempt to work this out. It is going to take a new way of thinking on our part. We can not continue to treat or deal with them as we have in the past.

 

Civilization and the planet have run that course already. We and the planet cannot survive a rebirth of feelings that led us down that path in the first place. We must attempt to make all parties involved realize that at this point in the life of man and the planet we have been there done that. 

Our weapons are now too advanced for us to go back to that way of thinking. We must be made to accept our positions. Respect each others independence and move forward, we can do this.

 

We have some quick choices to make. We are allowing too much nonconformity right here in our own society.

 We can see the terrible effect it is having on our well being, mentally, physically, financially and structurally. If speaking the truth or doing the right thing is going to hurt one party or the other that’s fine. We must relearn as a country the principal of doing the right thing for the sake of doing the right thing.

Life Today The Real Story "2005"




James Joiner
Gardner, Ma
http://anaverageamericanpatriot.blogspot.com

Life Today The Real Story; Afterword part 2

                       
                            Life today the Real Story written by James m. Joiner 2005
                                             Awesome insight,  Never  published, be the one!


Whatever happened to the principal of doing the right thing just for the sake of doing the right thing? What happened to Thomas Jefferson’s idea of America, with the knowledge that anyone who became a member of a society would automatically do the right thing for that society? 

That they would automatically have, receive, or use, common sense? Remember we as a Nation were born around the time of the Enlightenment. 

By the end of the 16^th century the west had embarked on a process of technicalization that would ultimately lead to en entirely different kind of society.

 It was a new kind of humanity that ultimately would lead to a change in the western perception of the role and nature of God. 

The achievements of the west changed the course of world history. This in turn opened an already existing gap in the cultures of Islam and the west. 

These still appear difficult if not impossible to close. Until the 18^th century Islam had been the dominant world power in Africa, The Middle East, and the Mediterranean. 

 

By the end of the 18^th century the west had begun to dominate the world. The very nature of its accomplishments meant that the rest of the world would never catch up "Or so they thought, think, and now hope".

The British had also taken control of India and Europe was colonizing as much of the world as it could. The process of westernization had begun. 

*With it the cult of secularism began that claimed an independence of God. They had the view that consideration of the well being of man kind would take precedence over religious considerations.

 We know what the atmosphere was like when the Constitution was drafted. We know what our founding fathers were intending. 

We know it wasn’t for us to twist bend and rewrite the Constitution but adhere to it in principal to the benefit of society and country.

We must make a concerted Nation wide effort to regain our morality. As a Nation it is an absolute shambles. We are telling people to feel free and tear apart our society if you want it is your right, no way.

It is their right as much as it is the Islamists right, and no one has the right. We are telling our citizens that they have the right to do, say, be, anything they want regardless of what anyone else thinks.

We are telling all the weirdo’s to come out of the proverbial closet. Then they’re forcing us society minded righteous people in.

 We are telling our own people they have the right to do what we are telling the terrorist they do not have the right to do. We have to get on the same page. Someone up there must be capable of thinking things through.

We must ensure the proper functioning of our own society. We have to do this at the same time that we are dealing with the problem of the Islamists. 

We are our most important problem to fix before we march into the future. Primarily because when this war against the Islamist Jihadists is won if we do not get our own act together we will be no better off. 

We would still have a broken system here with the same personal problems at home. I know we are told that the war against the terrorists is the most important event that has ever faced us. I will guarantee you that once again they are wrong. 

The most important battle is cleaning up the collective improprieties right here at home. For without fixing our own enormous problems we will have won nothing but a little time. Let us think first and remember Rome. 

This decadence has to stop. It has been the downfall of every single society in world history that has managed to escape destruction in war.

We know we cannot go on this way. We have all suffered daily as a result of someone’s immorality. These are extremely contentious times.

 This lying and underhandedness is ruining us Politically, Financially, and pervasively in every single aspect of our daily life.

We have hit the point in civilizations and the world’s evolution where man is now in direct control of the survival of man and the planet.

 That is a scary thought we are in serious trouble. Jane Goodal hit it on the head when she said in regards to the gorilla habitats and the planet that we made a terrible mess of things. 

She was right and I just can’t see man doing the right thing though I pray that we do. Man can’t even seem to manage himself. Life Today The Real Story "2005"

James Joiner
Gardner, Ma
http://anaverageamericanpatriot.blogspot.com

 

Life Today The Real Story; Afterword

                                   Life today the Real Story written by James m. Joiner 2005
                                             Awesome insight,  Never  published, be the one!

Those of us who have read this know what we have to do now. The direct repercussions of our actions or inaction's at this point are blatantly clear.

 It is up to us to attempt to get our leaders to understand the tremendous negative impact their immorality is having on us.

 We must get them to realize the impact their constant and continuous misreading and ignorance of the situations arising around the world.

 

We have in many cases become our own worse enemies. We are losing our collective morality. The lying stealing and killing as we are all living and experiencing first hand has to stop.

 We all know how detrimental all this is to every one of us. Wow, just imagine how much money we would save simply by everyone practicing what they preach. Live the Constitution the way it was intended.

 Look at the cost to our country, someone quantify it. We could eliminate the national debt in no time if people will only pull 100% together. Do the right thing, for the country for society not you.

This is ruining us personally, financially, government-ally and above all, it is psychologically damaging to all of us.

 We want to change moral directions. We must get back to as a rule, taking the rest of society into consideration. Let’s do the right thing. Let’s make President Reagan and Thomas Jefferson proud.

Often times we are saying and showing that society doesn’t matter anymore. This is so wrong and it is exactly what Thomas Jefferson and others at the time feared.

 It is a direct result of what he feared most. He feared we would stop using our common sense and do the right thing. He feared that we would start using reason or lack there of in order to make decisions.

 We are saying society doesn’t come first ahead of our own selfish interests. It has too. Society is the very foundation of our Nation.

 As a whole we must remember this. No society no nation. Weak society weak nation, we know what works and we know what worked. It is time for us to regroup and get back to what we know works.

Whatever happened to the principal of doing the right thing just for the sake of doing the right thing?

 What happened to Thomas Jefferson’s idea of America, with the knowledge that anyone who became a member of a society would automatically do the right thing for that society? That they would automatically have, receive, or use, common sense? .Life Today The Real Story "2005"

James Joiner
Gardner, Ma
http://anaverageamericanpatriot.blogspot.com

The Enlightenment and Its Influence on the U.S. Installment 1

                                   Life today the Real Story written by James m. Joiner 2005
                                                      awesome insight, yet to be published

I think this would be the perfect time to discuss what civilization was experiencing during the 18^th century. It is important to know how Americans felt when the Constitution was written and the country was founded.

 This occurred during the enlightenment and the feelings at the time heavily influenced the forming of our principles. In light of what we have experienced already we can be thankful for our founding fathers wisdom. With what you are about to read, it becomes obvious that the decision to keep religion separate from politics was a good one. The enlightenment was a confusing time for Religion.

With the advent of technicalization in the west an entirely different kind of Society was formed. a new ideal of humanity came about. This in turn would affect the perception of the nature and role of God. The newly industrialized and efficient west also changed the course of history.

Other countries of the civilized world found it increasingly difficult to ignore the western world as it had in the past. The Muslims as we know are still unable or unwilling to come to terms with it.

No other civilization in the history of the world had achieved anything like this. The west therefore created problems that were completely new, and very difficult to deal with.

Until the eighteenth century Islam had been the dominant world power in much of the Middle East and Africa. By the end of the eighteenth century Europe had begun to dominate the world.

 The very nature of its achievements made it impossible for the rest of the world to catch up. Europe began to colonize as much of the world as it could. They did this with the overlying prevailing thought being that western civilization was far superior to everyone else.

They believed that with their vast religious and civilizational principals that they were beyond reproach. They felt that they were vastly superior and always were. We know now that this is not true and right for everyone.

 They also believed that any country would be better off under its guidance. We have surely found out the hard way that none of this was true either.

The process of westernization had begun. With it the view that the well being of society should trump any religious considerations became the prevailing thought. This, as we said, was the train of thought that prevailed when the Constitution was written, and our country was formed.

The west was now no longer an Agriculture based society. We were no longer governed by the many nuances of climate, resources, and agriculture. Its technical innovations meant that it had become independent of local and world conditions.

 The Islamists as we all know are trying hard to turn this around.

The accumulation of Capital, and the process of modernization, led the west to a series of changes. It brought us Industrialization, an intellectual enlightenment, and social and political revolutions, as a natural occurrence.
 These many profound cultural changes affected the way in which men and women perceived themselves. This caused them to revise their relationship with what was to them, the one ultimate reality, God. This was just as it is happening today.

Then, the religion change was due to prosperity in society. Today it’s occurring due to insecurity in society. The many changes ultimately created an unstoppable momentum. More and more people from all levels of society were necessarily drawn into this process of modernization that was touching every sphere of life known to civilized man.
Ultimately it became necessary to involve all levels of society in this process. It was necessary in order to continue, and even increase productivity. It was necessary as a result of the accumulation of capital.

The expansion of mass markets, and advances in science and technology also made it a must do situation. This of course led to social changes in western society. Men and women on every level felt empowered and in charge of their own lives as never before.

 We also see the fear and anxiety that innovation and change has brought to traditional societies. We are right now experiencing this with Islam.

There was new optimism about humanity as control over the natural world appeared to be advancing in leaps and bounds. People began to think that a better education and improved laws could bring light to the human spirit.

 This new confidence in the natural powers of human beings meant that people began to think that they could achieve enlightenment on their own. They no longer felt that they had to rely on tradition, church, or a revelation from God in order to discover the truth.

Consequently innovative scientists and intellectuals felt obliged to work out their own theories of life and religion. They felt that their new found knowledge and effectiveness gave them the responsibility to look at traditional Christian explanations of reality and evaluate them for themselves. The new scientific spirit was based purely on observation and experiment.

The western sciences could take nothing for granted. The people were increasingly ready to risk a mistake or to question established authorities and institutions. Of course this included the Bible, the Church, and accepted Christian principles.

The traditional teachings of the existence of God were no longer entirely satisfactory or acceptable. Natural scientists and philosophers full of enthusiasm to find out the truth, felt compelled to verify the reality of God. They did this in the same way they proved other unexplained phenomena.

French Physicist Blaise Pascal, (1623-1662), was brutally honest with himself. Unlike many of his contemporaries he was convinced that there was no way to prove that God existed. Pascal was the first person in this new enlightened environment, to concede that belief in God could only be a matter of personal choice.

 By making the decision to surrender to God, the faithful feel themselves transformed. They become faithful, honest, humble, grateful, and full of good.

 Somehow the Christian finds that life has acquired new meaning and significance, having created a faith and having found God in the face of hopelessness and despair. God is a reality because he works. Faith is not intellectual certainty but an experience that brings with it a moral enlightenment.                                        Life Today The Real Story "2005"

James Joiner
Gardner, Ma
http://anaverageamericanpatriot.blogspot.com 

Life Today The Real Story; Final word

We must attempt to work out  what is happening in the middle east, in the China seas, and around the world at the same time we must cure our own numerous societal ills or we will not progress successfully through the 21st century. 

It is going to take a new way of thinking on our and the entire worlds part. We can not continue to treat or deal with problems and issues as we have in the past.

Civilization and the planet have run the course of world war already. We and the planet cannot survive a rebirth of feelings that led us down that path in the first place as we seem to be in many parts of the world right now. 

We must attempt to make all parties involved realize that at this point in the life of man and the planet we have been there done that. We must be satisfied as to where we are and negotiate for what we want. 

We must not be stupid enough to even think we and the planet can survive a world war with the destructive weapons of today.

Our weapons are now too advanced for us to go back to that way of thinking. We must be made to accept our positions. Respect each others independence and move forward, we can do this.

 

We have some quick choices to make. We are allowing too much nonconformity right here in our own society.

 We can see the terrible effect it is having on our well being, mentally, physically, financially and structurally. If speaking the truth or doing the right thing is going to hurt one party or the other that’s fine. We must relearn as a country the principal of doing the right thing for the sake of doing the right thing.

 

You can see all that we have before us. We know that we need some fresh minds to deal with the problems.

We as citizens must get involved in one respect or the other. We must help to resolve all these festering wounds in our society and the world.

The Governments of the world must be smart enough to listen to the citizens of the world or we are in serious trouble. 

The old school has proven that their methods continually make things worse, they seem to only want division at home and war to get what they want. 

This is true and we must remember that their mindset is what put us in this position in the first place. We can and must do this.

 We have to wake up our leaders. We must help where we can. Our children’s future and maybe that of the world depend on us, let’s roll. Life Today The Real Story "2005"

James Joiner
Gardner, Ma
http://anaverageamericanpatriot.blogspot.com

Life Today The Real Story; Afterword part 3

We are our most important problem to fix before we march into the future primarily because when this war against the Islamist Jihadists is won if we do not get our own act together we will be no better off. 

We would still have a broken system here with the same personal problems at home. I know we are told that the war against the terrorists is the most important event that has ever faced us. I will guarantee you that once again they are wrong. 

Look at our massively broken society! The most important battle is cleaning up the collective improprieties right here at home for without fixing our own enormous problems we will have won nothing but a little time. 

Let us think first and remember Rome. This decadence has to stop. It has been the downfall of every single society in world history that has managed to escape destruction in war.

We know we cannot go on this way. We have all suffered daily as a result of someone’s immorality. These are extremely contentious times. This lying and underhandedness is ruining us Politically, Financially, and pervasively in every single aspect of our daily life.

We have hit the point in civilizations and the world’s evolution where man is now in direct control of the survival of man and the planet. That is a scary thought we are in serious trouble.

 I just can’t see man doing the right thing though I pray that we do. Man can’t even seem to manage himself. I have always said that if the survival of something is up to man it is in trouble. It is our very survival, God help us.

Nostradamus put our alternatives in stark contrast for us. He laid out two scenarios for us. He said that the 21^st century would be marked by ethnic and religious conflicts erupting all over the world.

 We could let this turmoil rip the world apart or we could embrace a new feeling of religiousness and save ourselves. It does not matter what we want. We all know we want peace but it is out of our hands.

 It is the Muslims who we must get to understand the dire consequences of their actions and inactions and misactions.

 

Muslim law strongly forbids Muslims to declare war against a country where they are allowed to practice their religion freely. 

It strongly prohibits the killing of innocent civilians to say nothing of the killing and destruction of fellow Muslims and their lands.

 We know that as far as nature man and time are concerned that there is no turning back. Life’s systems work only in one direction, forward. We cannot allow anyone to attempt to take us back to a path we have already traveled down. 

 

With this in mind I heard on 11/30/04 “when I wrote this” that Muslims are determined to fight the Americans until doomsday if necessary. Their goal was restated. I have been voicing this for a couple of years prior. 

Primarily to hopefully understand the real sensitivity needed to treat them and their lands with respect. I said this then and I repeat it again this time as the middle east is in turmoil and we are getting dragged in ever deeper. We just can’t seem to understand this. 

We certainly don’t seem to be able to give them what they want. This is due to our ignorance or lack of understanding I guess because in this instance Senator Kerry was right. We must attempt to work this out. It is going to take a new way of thinking on our part. We can not continue to treat or deal with them as we have in the past.

 

Civilization and the planet have run that course already. We and the planet cannot survive a rebirth of feelings that led us down that path in the first place. We must attempt to make all parties involved realize that at this point in the life of man and the planet we have been there done that. 

Our weapons are now too advanced for us to go back to that way of thinking. We must be made to accept our positions. Respect each others independence and move forward, we can do this.

 

We have some quick choices to make. We are allowing too much nonconformity right here in our own society.

 We can see the terrible effect it is having on our well being, mentally, physically, financially and structurally. If speaking the truth or doing the right thing is going to hurt one party or the other that’s fine. We must relearn as a country the principal of doing the right thing for the sake of doing the right thing.

Life Today The Real Story "2005"




James Joiner
Gardner, Ma
http://anaverageamericanpatriot.blogspot.com

Life Today The Real Story; Afterword part 2

Whatever happened to the principal of doing the right thing just for the sake of doing the right thing? What happened to Thomas Jefferson’s idea of America, with the knowledge that anyone who became a member of a society would automatically do the right thing for that society? 

That they would automatically have, receive, or use, common sense? Remember we as a Nation were born around the time of the Enlightenment. 

By the end of the 16^th century the west had embarked on a process of technicalization that would ultimately lead to en entirely different kind of society.

 It was a new kind of humanity that ultimately would lead to a change in the western perception of the role and nature of God. 

The achievements of the west changed the course of world history. This in turn opened an already existing gap in the cultures of Islam and the west. 

These still appear difficult if not impossible to close. Until the 18^th century Islam had been the dominant world power in Africa, The Middle East, and the Mediterranean. 

 

By the end of the 18^th century the west had begun to dominate the world. The very nature of its accomplishments meant that the rest of the world would never catch up "Or so they thought, think, and now hope".

The British had also taken control of India and Europe was colonizing as much of the world as it could. The process of westernization had begun. 

*With it the cult of secularism began that claimed an independence of God. They had the view that consideration of the well being of man kind would take precedence over religious considerations.

 We know what the atmosphere was like when the Constitution was drafted. We know what our founding fathers were intending. 

We know it wasn’t for us to twist bend and rewrite the Constitution but adhere to it in principal to the benefit of society and country.

We must make a concerted Nation wide effort to regain our morality. As a Nation it is an absolute shambles. We are telling people to feel free and tear apart our society if you want it is your right, no way.

It is their right as much as it is the Islamists right, and no one has the right. We are telling our citizens that they have the right to do, say, be, anything they want regardless of what anyone else thinks.

We are telling all the weirdo’s to come out of the proverbial closet. Then they’re forcing us society minded righteous people in.

 We are telling our own people they have the right to do what we are telling the terrorist they do not have the right to do. We have to get on the same page. Someone up there must be capable of thinking things through.

We must ensure the proper functioning of our own society. We have to do this at the same time that we are dealing with the problem of the Islamists. 

We are our most important problem to fix before we march into the future. Primarily because when this war against the Islamist Jihadists is won if we do not get our own act together we will be no better off. 

We would still have a broken system here with the same personal problems at home. I know we are told that the war against the terrorists is the most important event that has ever faced us. I will guarantee you that once again they are wrong. 

The most important battle is cleaning up the collective improprieties right here at home. For without fixing our own enormous problems we will have won nothing but a little time. Let us think first and remember Rome. 

This decadence has to stop. It has been the downfall of every single society in world history that has managed to escape destruction in war.

We know we cannot go on this way. We have all suffered daily as a result of someone’s immorality. These are extremely contentious times.

 This lying and underhandedness is ruining us Politically, Financially, and pervasively in every single aspect of our daily life.

We have hit the point in civilizations and the world’s evolution where man is now in direct control of the survival of man and the planet.

 That is a scary thought we are in serious trouble. Jane Goodal hit it on the head when she said in regards to the gorilla habitats and the planet that we made a terrible mess of things. 

She was right and I just can’t see man doing the right thing though I pray that we do. Man can’t even seem to manage himself. Life Today The Real Story "2005"

James Joiner
Gardner, Ma
http://anaverageamericanpatriot.blogspot.com

Life Today The Real Story; Afterword

Those of us who have read this know what we have to do now. The direct repercussions of our actions or inactions at this point are blatantly clear.

 It is up to us to attempt to get our leaders to understand the tremendous negative impact their immorality is having on us.

 We must get them to realize the impact their constant and continuous misreading and ignorance of the situations arising around the world.

 

We have in many cases become our own worse enemies. We are losing our collective morality. The lying stealing and killing as we are all living and experiencing first hand has to stop.

 We all know how detrimental all this is to every one of us. Wow, just imagine how much money we would save simply by everyone practicing what they preach. Live the Constitution the way it was intended.

 Look at the cost to our country, someone quantify it. We could eliminate the national debt in no time if people will only pull 100% together. Do the right thing, for the country for society not you.

This is ruining us personally, financially, government-ally and above all, it is psychologically damaging to all of us.

 We want to change moral directions. We must get back to as a rule, taking the rest of society into consideration. Let’s do the right thing. Let’s make President Reagan and Thomas Jefferson proud.

Often times we are saying and showing that society doesn’t matter anymore. This is so wrong and it is exactly what Thomas Jefferson and others at the time feared.

 It is a direct result of what he feared most. He feared we would stop using our common sense and do the right thing. He feared that we would start using reason or lack there of in order to make decisions.

 We are saying society doesn’t come first ahead of our own selfish interests. It has too. Society is the very foundation of our Nation.

 As a whole we must remember this. No society no nation. Weak society weak nation, we know what works and we know what worked. It is time for us to regroup and get back to what we know works.

Whatever happened to the principal of doing the right thing just for the sake of doing the right thing?

 What happened to Thomas Jefferson’s idea of America, with the knowledge that anyone who became a member of a society would automatically do the right thing for that society? That they would automatically have, receive, or use, common sense? .Life Today The Real Story "2005"

James Joiner
Gardner, Ma
http://anaverageamericanpatriot.blogspot.com

The Enlightenment and Its Influence on the U.S. Installment 1

.

I think this would be the perfect time to discuss what civilization was experiencing during the 18^th century. It is important to know how Americans felt when the Constitution was written and the country was founded.

 This occurred during the enlightenment and the feelings at the time heavily influenced the forming of our principles. In light of what we have experienced already we can be thankful for our founding fathers wisdom. With what you are about to read, it becomes obvious that the decision to keep religion separate from politics was a good one. The enlightenment was a confusing time for Religion.

With the advent of technicalization in the west an entirely different kind of Society was formed. a new ideal of humanity came about. This in turn would affect the perception of the nature and role of God. The newly industrialized and efficient west also changed the course of history. 

Other countries of the civilized world found it increasingly difficult to ignore the western world as it had in the past. The Muslims as we know are still unable or unwilling to come to terms with it.

No other civilization in the history of the world had achieved anything like this. The west therefore created problems that were completely new, and very difficult to deal with. 

Until the eighteenth century Islam had been the dominant world power in much of the Middle East and Africa. By the end of the eighteenth century Europe had begun to dominate the world.

 The very nature of its achievements made it impossible for the rest of the world to catch up. Europe began to colonize as much of the world as it could. They did this with the overlying prevailing thought being that western civilization was far superior to everyone else. 

They believed that with their vast religious and civilizational principals that they were beyond reproach. They felt that they were vastly superior and always were. We know now that this is not true and right for everyone.

 They also believed that any country would be better off under its guidance. We have surely found out the hard way that none of this was true either.

The process of westernization had begun. With it the view that the well being of society should trump any religious considerations became the prevailing thought. This, as we said, was the train of thought that prevailed when the Constitution was written, and our country was formed. 

The west was now no longer an Agriculture based society. We were no longer governed by the many nuances of climate, resources, and agriculture. Its technical innovations meant that it had become independent of local and world conditions.

 The Islamists as we all know are trying hard to turn this around.

The accumulation of Capital, and the process of modernization, led the west to a series of changes. It brought us Industrialization, an intellectual enlightenment, and social and political revolutions, as a natural occurrence.
 These many profound cultural changes affected the way in which men and women perceived themselves. This caused them to revise their relationship with what was to them, the one ultimate reality, God. This was just as it is happening today. 

Then, the religion change was due to prosperity in society. Today it’s occurring due to insecurity in society. The many changes ultimately created an unstoppable momentum. More and more people from all levels of society were necessarily drawn into this process of modernization that was touching every sphere of life known to civilized man.
Ultimately it became necessary to involve all levels of society in this process. It was necessary in order to continue, and even increase productivity. It was necessary as a result of the accumulation of capital. 

The expansion of mass markets, and advances in science and technology also made it a must do situation. This of course led to social changes in western society. Men and women on every level felt empowered and in charge of their own lives as never before.

 We also see the fear and anxiety that innovation and change has brought to traditional societies. We are right now experiencing this with Islam.

There was new optimism about humanity as control over the natural world appeared to be advancing in leaps and bounds. People began to think that a better education and improved laws could bring light to the human spirit.

 This new confidence in the natural powers of human beings meant that people began to think that they could achieve enlightenment on their own. They no longer felt that they had to rely on tradition, church, or a revelation from God in order to discover the truth.

Consequently innovative scientists and intellectuals felt obliged to work out their own theories of life and religion. They felt that their new found knowledge and effectiveness gave them the responsibility to look at traditional Christian explanations of reality and evaluate them for themselves. The new scientific spirit was based purely on observation and experiment. 

The western sciences could take nothing for granted. The people were increasingly ready to risk a mistake or to question established authorities and institutions. Of course this included the Bible, the Church, and accepted Christian principles.

The traditional teachings of the existence of God were no longer entirely satisfactory or acceptable. Natural scientists and philosophers full of enthusiasm to find out the truth, felt compelled to verify the reality of God. They did this in the same way they proved other unexplained phenomena.

French Physicist Blaise Pascal, (1623-1662), was brutally honest with himself. Unlike many of his contemporaries he was convinced that there was no way to prove that God existed. Pascal was the first person in this new enlightened environment, to concede that belief in God could only be a matter of personal choice.

 By making the decision to surrender to God, the faithful feel themselves transformed. They become faithful, honest, humble, grateful, and full of good.

 Somehow the Christian finds that life has acquired new meaning and significance, having created a faith and having found God in the face of hopelessness and despair. God is a reality because he works. Faith is not intellectual certainty but an experience that brings with it a moral enlightenment.                                        Life Today The Real Story "2005"

James Joiner
Gardner, Ma
http://anaverageamericanpatriot.blogspot.com 

With all roads pointing to future catastrophe: a 28th amendment to keep Bush in Control of the messes he created?

With all roads pointing to future catastrophe I see a good possibility of the 28th Amendment being to keep Bush at the helm of the mess he created himself!
I remember years ago hearing talk of a Constitutional Amendment to keep Bush in office if there was an increase in his created wars. That was specifically in regard to a possible war withy Iran. I am not the only one that sees that I am sorry to say as a small part of the future Bush has set in motion for us and the world. With the country environmentally and structurally falling apart as well as the growing dangers with Russia, India, Pakistan, China, hell around the world, If we are lucky enough to escape another stolen election or a Musharraf it dawned on me this morning that keeping the chief idiot at the helm of this mess is another possibility even with a Democratic Congress.

Though you know as well as I do he created this mess but will of course deny. I researched the Amendments and the possibility of this happening in the form of a 28th Amendment and was amazed to see the amount of proposals that have failed. With horror seeing all the failures in amending marriage, prohibition, States rights, and many more I started fearing many of the scenarios we continuously discuss in regard to us being totally controlled by Bush a more or less permanent decider.
I see nothing but chaos for us. Anyway it made me look at our Constitution knowing it means nothing to Bush beyond something he must self interpret to follow his plan for total control. Looking at the first 10 amendments (The Bill of Rights) and the other 17 Amendments, the Constitution as we all know already is absolutely worthless.
U.S. Constitution Annotated (see Constitution text)
Articles
Article I [The Legislative Branch]
Article II [The Presidency]
Article III [The Judiciary]
Article IV [The States]
Article V [The Amendment Process]
Article VI [Legal Status of the Constitution]
Article VII [Ratification]
Amendments
Amendment I [Religion, Speech, Press, Assembly, Petition (1791)]
Amendment II [Right to Bear Arms (1791)]
Amendment III [Quartering of Troops (1791)]
Amendment IV [Search and Seizure (1791)]
Amendment V [Grand Jury, Double Jeopardy, Self-Incrimination, Due Process (1791)]
Amendment VI

[Criminal Prosecutions - Jury Trial, Right to Confront and to Counsel (1791)]
Amendment VII [Common Law Suits - Jury Trial (1791)]
Amendment VIII [Excess Bail or Fines, Cruel and Unusual Punishment (1791)]
Amendment IX [Non-Enumerated Rights (1791)]
Amendment X [Rights Reserved to States (1791)]
Amendment XI [Suits Against a State (1795)]
Amendment XII [Election of President and Vice-President (1804)]
Amendment XIII [Abolition of Slavery (1865)]
Amendment XIV [Privileges and Immunities, Due Process, Equal Protection, Apportionment of Representatives, Civil War Disqualification and Debt (1868)]
Amendment XV [Rights Not to Be Denied on Account of Race (1870)]
Amendment XVI [Income Tax (1913)]
Amendment XVII [Election of Senators (1913)
Amendment XVIII [Prohibition (1919)]
Amendment XIX [Women's Right to Vote (1920)
Amendment XX [Presidential Term and Succession (1933)]
Amendment XXI [Repeal of Prohibition (1933)]
Amendment XXII [Two Term Limit on President (1951)]
Amendment XXIII [Presidential Vote in D.C. (1961)]
Amendment XXIV [Poll Tax (1964)]
Amendment XXV [Presidential Succession (1967)]
Amendment XXVI [Right to Vote at Age 18 (1971)]
Amendment XXVII [Compensation of Members of Congress (1992)] The 27 Amendments to the Constitution
Amendment XXVIII [To keep Bush at the helm of his created mess] Going through the days news the problems are growing exponentially quickly and this entire mess is developing out of control quickly. What if anything are we to do? Please give me your thoughts on all of this!

James Joiner
Gardner Ma
www.anaveragepatriot.com