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Should Boris Johnson resign?

We’ve all heard the cries of scandal in the past week over a couple of parties held at No 10 and the demands from various parties for Boris Johnson’s resignation. All well and good, politicians should be held to account.

The question that arises as soon as I hear these kinds of things is; What is in the nation’s best interest?

The answer is not always self-evident as there are many parameters to consider:

Stability

Firstly, let’s talk about stability. In a context of Covid and economic uncertainty, do we need a change of leadership or would it be wiser to let those who have some experience of leading the country in the current context continue to do so?  A government that changes too often does not have time to implement policies that are potentially beneficial for the country, it is also vulnerable to outside influence from other countries as it is weakened by the lack of internal support and so needs to seek allies externally, this invariably comes at a cost, there’s no such thing as a free lunch in politics.

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There are two seas

There are two seas in the Land of Israel. One is fresh, and fish are in it. Splashes of green adorn its banks. Trees spread their branches over it, and stretch out their thirsty roots to sip of its healing waters. Along its shore children play.


The River Jordan makes this sea with sparkling water from the hills. So it laughs in the sunshine. And people build their homes near to it, and birds their nests; and every form of life is happier because it is here.


The River Jordan flows on south into another sea. Here there is no splash of fish, no fluttering leaf, no song of birds, no children’s laughter. The air hangs heavy above its waters and neither people nor animals will drink here.
What accounts for the mighty difference between these seas? Not the River Jordan. It empties the same good water into both. Not the soil in which they lie; not the country ‘round about.


This is the difference:
The Sea of Galilee receives but does not keep the Jordan’s water. For every drop that flows into it another drop flows out. The giving and receiving go on in equal measure.
The other sea is shrewder, hoarding its income jealously. It will not be tempted into any generous impulse. Every drop it gets, it keeps.
The Sea of Galilee gives and lives. This other sea cannot sustain life. It is named the Dead Sea.


There are two seas in the Land of Israel.
There are two kinds of people in the world.


Bruce Barton

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Kunta Kinte and intellectual enslavement

I remember being a very young man when I first encountered the now cult scene from the hit series Roots, in which the unfortunate Kunta Kinte is whipped into accepting his new name “Toby” by the merciless slave owner John Waller.
He is very publicly broken, humiliated and submitted in the most appalling, yet perfectly legal manner (at that time in history).
The public nature of his torment sets and example and acts as a warning to others who would contradict the powers that be; “dissent at your peril”.

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Fear’s secret superpower

Simply put, the super power of fear is the power to blind. Here’s why.

It’s a given that it is easier to beat a blind enemy than one with 20/20 vision. Any military corps worth it’s salt knows that. Armies around the world spend billions and work hard to use stealth to camouflage their movements or when that’s is not possible they will attempt to either blind their enemies or to render their radars or other detection equipments inoperable.

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Artificial Intelligence and fascism

So Google was exposed yesterday by Project Veritas (Source) for programming a targeted leftist, specifically anti-Trump bias in their search algorithms. Why is this important? Here’s why:

In the 1930s, the Nazi party did a very similar thing, they took control of the media and shut out or silenced every voice of opposition, counter power and dissent. The consequences in hindsight were of course dire. Now the left might not have bad intentions, fair enough, I’m not American so who wins their elections is not much of my business (aside from obvious American global influence on everything from culture to economics).
The issue is not if you agree with or like Donald Trump and his government; It’s the ability to silence, discredit and manipulate information, concerning all opposition to a given viewpoint. It’s the issue of freedom of press and freedom of speech. The real issue here is ethics.

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Where the hell is my cake?

Evolution is interesting as a scientific concept: we came from a cell that assembled itself from multiple different elements which in turn developed into something more complex. From my very basic understanding of evolution, we started off as a mono cellular organism in the sea, went through several stages of the evolutionary process in an aquatic environment and then migrated to land going through a variety of monkey like stages before one day deciding it was time to stand on two legs and walk.

Simplistic, yes but that’s more or less my understanding of the concept. Anyhoo, I got to wondering if it were possible that my favourite cake could one day evolve in the same way out of random existing elements to become a fully formed black forest gateau!

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Jezebel and the moral revolution

The current moral or immoral revolution we are experiencing broke out in the sixties. It was the supposed liberation of repressed sexuality or morality into a more inclusive society that more or less made space for anyone to try anything they desired. Where the church had globally held moral authority for 2000 years, Jezebel showed her ugly head and started to corrupt society and put into place a short, medium and long term plan.

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Jesus stands in the gateway

We are the temple of the Holy Spirit. When we praise, Jesus sits in the gateway to the temple (He is seated in the praises of His people). If we take the analogy of a gateway ( metaphorically our mouths, as life and death are at the power of the tongue) this is the place of authority and access but also the place where business is conducted, declarations are made, oaths are taken and generally where things are “administered”.

The gateway is also a vector of expression, it is the place where we are “seen in public” as it were, where what we are in private is seen by all. With us humans this can be verbal, musical, artistic, mathematical, intellectual expressions but also actions or movement, work ethic, excellence, kindness, love, joy, encouragement etc. Any godly expression that humans are capable of can be used to demonstrate the character of the King and thus of His kingdom.

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Fire and Sacrifice

The premise for fire is always sacrifice. I have often asked for the fire of God to fall but without understanding the need for a sacrifice to be “offered”. So the first question is; “what is sacrifice?”.

Sacrifice can take many forms, in the old testament it was an animal, grain, bread, oil, drink or money but whatever the sacrifice, it always cost something, it was never free. We see God reprimanding Israel for offering lame lambs or “damaged goods” that they would not dare offer their own human governors. So cost reflects the value that we place on something but also the value we place on the person we are making the offering to. Sacrificing to God is honouring Him for who he is.

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