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Head Games. Three Dog Night, Foreigner, and Heart rock out in Whitianga New Zealand 25-1-15
The Three Dog Night / Foreigner / Heart Concert in Whitianga last Sunday was AWESOME! … a fact completely wasted on NZ media ā¦ with itās severe lack of coverage of this event… and so Iām writing this post to in some small way REPRESENT the appreciation We Kiwi fans have for the Musical Genius these Folk spread about our Country ā¦ a show in Taupoā¦ one up the Coromandal peninsula, and one more due to kick off in Queenstown on the 31st.
During the Show my mind was buzzingā¦. I had been waiting 30 years to hear Heart and Foreigner… not that I really thought I ever would see themā¦. And yet there they were!
I was experiencing a very special moment in my lifeā¦
I was back in the 80ās ā¦ West Aucklandā¦. sitting on the floorā¦. Back against the wall of my friend Terryās sleep outā¦ Smoking Bags of Weedā¦ drinking as much of the cheapest nastiest piss as we could affordā¦ Wall to Wall Wasted Wallies head bangin to a scratchy rendition of āCold as Iceāā¦ on the cheapest Crappiest portable turntable ā¦.
Life is Grand!
My Blog tribute may not be the greatest they have ever received, yet I Hope they know just how special this Day was for thousands of people just like meā¦ We were humbled by their presence.
It may have just been just one more show to themā¦ yet for us fansā¦ itāis something we will remember with immense happiness..
During the Gigā¦ several different ideas for a blog post lighted upon meā¦. Each better than the lastā¦. Yet because I did not bring a pen and paperā¦ they divorced me almost as quickly as they arrivedā¦ do you think I can remember any of them now?
Nope!
It was Hotā¦. and I was Drinkingā¦. A lotā¦. š
So was everybody else yet the mood was sooo cruizie ā¦ peace reignedā¦ the only spoiler was a silly fat bitch sitting beside me who complained that Joy (my wife) was partially blocking her view of the big screenā¦ even though we were sitting in the very best possie availableā¦ a mere 70 feet from the stage!
Monster!
I told her to get a life.
That was the only ill spirit that appeared that dayā¦ I didnāt even see one Coppaā¦ the crowd were havin a Lazy Sundayā¦. Well done all!
I got Jiggy.
Three Dog Night were Cool asā¦. Absolute Maestrosā¦. 15 albums.
They joked with the crowd and told yarns about their Heydaysā¦. How they came to write their songsā¦ what was the stimuliā¦ the expedience.
I leaned over to my friend and expressed my wonderā¦ Gob smackedā¦. āNever did I ever expect to hear them playing these Classic Famous songsā.
Their spoof āmodern/ Rap versionā of āMama told me not to comeāā¦ had us wetting ourselves with Glee!
FANTASTIC!
Closing encores with their New Releaseā¦ āThe Prayers of the Childrenā ā¦ about the children suffering in War Zonesā¦ had us Dumb struck with tears.
Flower Power mixed with the best Harmonyā¦. They just donāt make music like that any more…. unless you are 3 Dog Night!
And that was something I noticed about all three of these Bandsā¦ a definite and purposeful spiritualityā¦ Even Lead Singer for Foreignerā¦ Kelly Hansenā¦ was calling for āHallelujahsā from the crowd!
Foreigner Rockin out in Whitianga… Gig Photos by David Wolfe.
And what a Singer Kelly Hansen is!!!!!
BOOM!
He had all the woman fizzing at the bung!
His Voice is like he stepped out of a 70ās Time warp!
Classic Rock vocals worthy of the company of Paul Rogers, Peter Green, ā¦ Watch out Chris Cornel!
Foreigner songs are like a Male strip showā¦ Provocatively Stud-lyā¦ not just any wannabe can sing them with credibilityā¦. Yet no problem for this showman!
He had a great rapport with the crowd.
My Girlfriends all tell me that Foreigner were the highlight of the Dayā¦ and I agree.
They Banged out Hit, after Hit, …
I was there especially to see Heart.
BOOM! Nancy Wilson walks on stageā¦ Sun Glasses, Guitarā¦ and Luscious Golden Blonde hair!!!
Stunning!
Sheās only 60.
Heart Rocks Whitianga New Zealand 25-1-15 (Photo by Wolfy… David Wolfe)
Hearing their songsā¦ āWhat about Loveāā¦.. āCrazy on youāā¦ brought tears to my eyes.
Stealing Lyrics from Foreigner āIāve been waiting for youā Heart for 30 yearsā¦ and now there you areā¦ performing for meā¦. Thank youā¦ thank youā¦. I love you! š
Just fantastic.
The reason I give the day to Foreigner, and not Heart was because of the extra effort Kelly made to connect with the crowdā¦ the fact that Heart didnāt even bother putting up any Backdropā¦ and that they finished off on Led Zep coversā¦ which were bloody awesomeā¦ yet I would have rather herd more of their own stuff.
Unlike poor old Meatloafā¦ All these Old Rockers still have it!
They baked themselves for usā¦ the stage facing the direct Sun.
We were blessed with a slight breeze which took some of the Heat Bite away, yet Anne Wilson was dressed in Black laceā¦
Caught the Ferry across to the other side and within an hour we were back at my friends Bungalowā¦ more musicā¦ more boozeā¦.
EPIC DAY!
Thank you Heart!
Thank you Foreigner.
Thank you Three Dog Nightā¦. For taking the trouble to come all the way down to the bottom of the world to share your awesome Artā¦. And your awesome soulsā¦ with us Kiwis.
YOU ROCK!
Well done Greenstone Entertainment!
Very well organised events… very reasonable price!
Thanks for bringing these legends of Rock to God’s Own country.
Tim Wikiriwhi.
Music Critic Down Under.
Libertarian Hatchet. Peter Davies. Mayor of Doncaster.
Why this Pic?….. Bloody Internet would not give me a Pic of Pete!
From Stuff…. Would you vote for Peter Davies ā if you were given the opportunity?
He’s a maverick English mayor elected after promising to slash council spending, clear the streets of yobs and ditch politically correct services ā the torchbearer for how towns should be run.
On his first morning as mayor of Doncaster in South Yorkshire, Peter Davies cut his salary from 73,000 to 30,000 then closed the council’s newspaper for “peddling politics on the rates”.
Three weeks into his job Mr Davies pressed ahead with plans he hopes will see the town councillors cut from 63 to 21, saving taxpayers 800,000.
Mr Davies said: “If 100 senators can run the United States of America, I can’t see how 63 councillors are needed to run Doncaster.”
He’s withdrawn Doncaster from the Local Government Association and the Local Government Information Unit, saving another 200,000.
“Doncaster is in for some serious untwining. We are twinned with probably nine cities around the world and they are just for people to fly off and have a binge at the council’s expense.”
The mayor’s chauffeur-driven car has also been axed by Mr Davies and the driver given another job. Mr Davies swept to power in the May election with 24,244 votes as a candidate for the English Democrats, a party that wants tight immigration curbs, an English Parliament and a law forcing every public building to fly the flag of St George.
He’s promised to end council funding for Doncaster’s International Women’s Day, Black History Month and the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender History Month.
He said: “We need to cut costs. I want to pass on some savings I make in reduced taxes and use the rest for things we really need like improved children’s services.
“Politicians have got completely out of touch with what people want.”
ā These facts are from reader Ian Sprott
Does that quote “completely out of touch with what people want” sound familiar?
Would he have okayed hundreds of thousands of dollars on a brochure telling ratepayers what clever people he and the councillors are ā ignoring specialist staff warnings about the cost?
Would he have allowed yet another expensive switch on Auckland’s logo ā after $329,000 was spent on a design in 2007?
How would he have reacted to the shambles on the first night of the world cup?
The mailbag reveals other drums being beaten in Auckland’s far-flung suburbs:…. read more..
Davies Reforms mirror my own campaign policies that I have represented in Local body elections over the last decade.
Google this guy and you will see how his reforms are met by seething hatred by those whom parasite off Heavy rates Big spending Busy Body Councils.
The Devils wail and gnash their teeth… yet it is their own Vampire which has brought them to ruin!
Their Victims have had enough.
Read about my personal efforts to halt Socialist Tyranny and Bankruptcy below…
Alice Cooper; āMy life is dedicated to follow Christā
Alice Cooper says he loves God but doesnāt want to become a ācelebrityā believer.
The father of shock rock whose music and stage antics have outraged parents for more than 30 years told how the fear of hell turned him to God.
Alice Cooper, who sang about necrophilia and chopped up baby dolls during his concerts, said that although he continues to record and tour with a theatrical horror-style show, āMy life is dedicated to follow Christ.ā
Although he became a Christian in the 1980s, apart from brief comments in some interviews the 66-year-old singer has always been guarded about his faith ā until now. But in a frank interview with a Christian music magazine, he spoke at length publicly for the first time about his love for God and reluctance to become a āChristian celebrity.ā
A chart-topper with the teen anthem āSchoolās Out,ā Cooper ā who legally changed his name from Vince Furnier ā has been credited with paving the way for performers such as Marilyn Manson.
But he maintains that his act was never political or religious and always had āa sense of humor.ā He told HM: The Hard Music Magazine that he was always insulted whenever he was accused of being satanic. Raised in a Christian home, he still believed in God, although he was not committed.
That changed when alcoholism threatened his marriage. He and his wife, Sheryl, attended a church with a āhellfire pastor.ā Cooper said he became a Christian āinitially more out of the fear of God, rather than the love of God ā¦ I did not want to go to hell.ā Interviewed for HMās March/April issue, Cooper views his faith as āan ongoing thing.ā
āBeing a Christian is something you just progress in. You learn. You go to your Bible studies. You pray,ā he said.
He has avoided ācelebrity Christianity,ā because āitās really easy to focus on Alice Cooper and not on Christ. Iām a rock singer. Iām nothing more than that. Iām not a philosopher. I consider myself low on the totem pole of knowledgeable Christians. So, donāt look for answers from me.ā
Yet he has been able to speak to others in the music scene about his faith.
Read more >>> Here <<< And... Alice Cooper Goes to Hell. Nek Minnit!
The Light of the gospel reaches the utmost parts of the Earth. Bi-Centennial of Samuel Marsden’s Christmas Message. Bay of Islands. 1814.
It is quite a shameful thing for me to confess that I have neglected to investigate such an important historical figure as Samuel Marsden… yet it’s true.
All I can say is that he appears to to have been a Man of Iron will.
I have focused my attentions on the Heroic activities of the Church missionaries whom followed soon after, and the amazing *Civilising power* of Christianity… which Light dawned in this land of Savage Darkness… *Before British Rule of law* was established… in 1840.
For an awesome account of the exploits of the Church Missionaries I recommend ‘Mission and Moko’ Aspects of the Work of the Church Missionary Society in New Zealand, 1814-1882 by Robert Glen.
One of the great advances The birth and spread of pre-treaty Christianity bestowed upon the ‘Indigenous people’ was the virtual eradication of Cannibalism, which was universally practised here in Pre-European times.
Many Heroic deeds were performed on the part of the Missionaries themselves and their Early Maori converts to bring about this gigantic change of world-view.
The Mission to New Zealand corresponded with a Humanitarian Enlightenment flourishing in Protestant England … The end of Slavery in Britain… many of the Same Great reformers of English society participating in the same Church societies that sent the missionaries to New Zealand.
This was the Benevolent spirit of the English protestants that it was God’s will that the Maori people receive the Gospel of Grace through Christ… which is a universal message oF Good news to all mankind.
Tim Wikiriwhi.
Libertarian Christian.
Dispensationalist.
1611 KJV Bible believer.
Read more by Tim Wikiriwhi…. Looking Forward, not Backwards: Dynamic Culture vs Stagnation. Why British Colonisation was good for Maori.
Kai Mate! Kai Mate! Eat you when Your Dead! Copyright Tim Wikiriwhi
Like my Grandfather, Marsden was one of the many exceptional individuals whom served the Anglican faith .
Read >>> The Gospel of Godās Grace.
Samuel Marsdenās Account of Christmas Day 1814 (below)
Duaterra [Ruatara] passed the remaining part of the day in preparing for the Sabbath. He enclosed about half an acre of land with a fence, erected a pulpit and reading-desk in the centre, and covered the whole, either with black native cloth, or some duck which he had brought with him from Port Jackson. He also procured some bottoms of old canoes and fixed them up as seats on each side the pulpit for the Europeans to sit upon; intending to have Divine Service performed there the next day. These preparations he made of his own accord; and in the evening, informed me that everything was ready for Divine service. I was much pleased with this singular mark of his attention. The reading-desk was about three feet from the ground and the pulpit about six feet. The black cloth covered the top of the pulpit and hung over the sides. The bottom of the pulpit as well as the reading desk was part of a canoe. The whole was becoming and had a solemn appearance. He had also erected a flag-staff on the highest hill in the village, which had a very commanding view.
On Sunday morning (December 25th) when I was upon deck I saw the English flag flying, which was a pleasing sight in New Zealand. I considered it as the signal for the dawn of civilization, liberty, and religion in that dark and benighted land. I never viewed the British colours with more gratification, and flattered myself they would never be removed till the natives of that island enjoyed all the happiness of British subjects.
About ten oāclock we prepared to go ashore to publish the glad tidings of the Gospel for the first time. I was under no apprehensions for the safety of the vessel, and therefore ordered all on board to go on shore to attend Divine service, except the master and one man. When we landed we found Korokoro, Duaterra [Ruatara], Shunghee [Hongi Hika] dressed in regimentals which Governor Macquarie had given them, with their men drawn up ready to march into the enclosure to attend Divine service. They had their swords by their sides and a switch in their hands. We entered the enclosure and were placed in the seats on each side of the pulpit. Korokoro marched his men on and placed them on my right hand in the rear of the Europeans and Duaterra [Ruatara] placed his men on the left. The inhabitants of the town with the women and children and a number of other chiefs formed a circle round the whole. A very solemn silence prevailedāthe sight was truly impressive. I got up and began the service with the singing of the Old Hundred Psalm, and felt my very soul melt within me when I viewed my congregation and considered the state they were in.
After reading the service, during which the natives stood up and sat down at the signal given by the motion of Korokoroās switch which was regulated by the movements of the Europeans, it being Christmas Day, I preached from the Second Chapter of St. Lukeās Gospel, and tenth verse: āBehold! I bring you glad tidings of great joy.ā The Natives told Duaterra [Ruatara] that they could not understand what I meant. He replied that they were not to mind that now for they would understand by and by, and that he would explain my meaning as far as he could. When I had done preaching, he informed them what I had been talking about. Duaterra [Ruatara] was very much pleased that he had been able to make all the necessary preparations for the performance of Divine service in so short a time, and we felt much obliged to him for his attention. He was extremely anxious to convince us that he would do everything for us that lay in his power and that the good of his country was his principal consideration. In this manner the Gospel has been introduced into New Zealand; and I fervently pray that the glory of it may never depart from its inhabitants, till time shall be no more.
When the service was over we returned on board, much gratified with the reception we had met with, and we could not but feel the strongest persuasion that the time was at hand when the Glory of the Lord would be revealed to these poor benighted heathens and that those who were to remain on the island had strong reason to believe that their labours would be crowned and blessed with success. In the evening I administered the Holy Sacrament on board the Active in remembrance of our Saviourās birth and what He had done and suffered for us.
Source: J.R. Elder, ed., The Letters and Journals of Samuel Marsden 1765-1838, Dunedin: Coulls Somerville Wilkie, 1932, pp.93-94.
Salute to Joe Cocker.
I will not comply…. I will Stand. Gaven Seim
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Epitaph. The Death of America and Western Democracy. Ron Paulās Farewell Speech.
Riders on the Storm! Homeland Security already confiscating guns .
The Coming American Civil War.
The Warsaw ghetto uprising. 1943. The Right to armed resistance against tyrannical Government
Retiring from Mud Wrestling… Hapless Critters,… and The Rule.
This facebook screenshot is an excellent example of the sort of Socialist thinking that Libertarians must endure night and day.
It contains political/ ethical ideas which are evil and unjust, and so easily provokes the wrath of those of us who know better… yet is wrath really the most appropriate reaction?
I apologize to Eternal vigilance fans for my recent absence.
Home life is hectic at the moment, and after the Whore-fest/ Parliamentary elections, it is quite common for me to enter a period of meditation… like the survivor of a train wreak.
Im sitting here in a Muddle… tryin to figure out a new Game plan…. the old one clearly does not work.
Having arrived at the conclusion that *Stupidity and ignorance* are the chef enemies of Liberty, Truth, and justice rather than simple malice, envy, etc I am hoping to temper my Seething disgust and rage against the Zombies, and to see the situation as requiring more compassion on my part… seeing that the Zombie Sheeple know not what they do.
That Face-booker above is sincere in their desire to improve society…no malice… just very Bad reasoning.
I am trying to convince myself that a more meek approach than my usual explosions would conform better to the Christian Ideal of holding up a light…. and may yield more positive results.
It may help to moderate my moods… make me more resilient, and a closer imitation of St Paul.
I’m not sure about this… yet I want to try….
The moral test comes when confronted with such pig headed Socialist lunacy as below….
I have to bite my hand… pour myself another shot….
Sometimes Saying nothing is better than tearing up all your shirts.
Can I re-program myself to better deal with Human realities???
That is my mountain I must scale.
I cant expect my ideological adversaries to do me the same courtesy.
To simply attribute your antagonist to be Evil is the most simplistic…. the most gratifying… and often the most *un-thinking* thing a person can do.
Yet this conclusion is not conducive to constructive dialogue and enlightenment… but to war.
Thus if it is constructive dialogue and enlightenment you are seeking to promote, then you need to have compassion for those who need guidance… not hatred or disgust.
When the Founder of Eternal vigilance set up this Blog he wisely included one rule, and in typical Libertine fashion that rule has been ignored (by me)… to my folly… and to the detriment of the Cause (s)
The Blog Rule…
“Do not let any unwholesome talk come out of your mouths, but only what is helpful for building others up according to their needs, that it may benefit those who listen.”
Eph4vs29.
So this is not a new Idea… It’s a Christian principle I have struggled to apply.
Can an old Dog learn new tricks?
Dont be too hard on me if at times I resort back to my old guile slinging self… maybe just quietly post me a link to this rave so that I can remind myself of the Program. š
Christian grace and compassion for the Suffering. Against suicide, yet tolerant of euthanasia.
Two different perspectives about Life, Death, Suffering, and Euthanasia have appeared here recently…
Why No Christian Should Support Euthanasia, by Blair Mulholland
and
Godās gift to the terminally ill by Richard Goode.
Most thinking people fall squarely into either of these camps.
I would like to suggest that there is a third way… a middle course.
Having come down from my mountain I’d like to wade in š … Mine is the lonely path… loved by few… because it appears to these antagonists that I’m too cosy with their enemy… not resolute enough… yet I believe it to be the best course.
I support certain aspects of Blair’s Anti-Euthanasia post to a high degree… yet ultimately I support Richard’s conclusion regarding Opium.
Both are arguing from the premise of ‘the sanctity of human life.
It’s a very interesting subject because it’s one of these issues which if the Christian is not careful, he will find himself supporting harsh and inhumane Laws out of a misguided sense of piety (like the twats who support drug prohibition).
It is ‘one of those’ controversial issues which some Christians insist gives them the right to impose *Un-Libertarian* prohibitions on others…. thus these so-called Christians also tend to insinuate that Real Christians *cant be Libertarians*… that there can be no separation of Church and state.
It is my experience to note that most of the Anti-Euthanasia Religionists do this because they still have not figured out the dispensational distinctions of the Christian living under grace, from the OT Jew living under the Law.
They dont yet grasp the reality that Euthanasia is just like the issue of Smoking Cigarettes…. that a Christian can be ideologically *against Cigarettes* yet also ought to be Ideologically *against a prohibition on cigarettes*… and that it is quite right to speak out against the vise of smoking cigarettes… if they be so moved…. yet to maintain a libertarian respect, and compassion for cigarette smokers and their rights rather than the Legalistic spirit *self righteous persecution and hate*.
Let me speak about what I mean with myself as the example.
As a Christian I do believe in the sanctity of human life, and that it would be insulting to God and a gross lack of faith, for me to ‘Commit suicide’ out of depression… yet I also know that we are not under the Law, and that God is a merciful God.
I do believe that he put things like Alcohol, Opium, etc on the Earth to alleviate pain and I am not so silly as to not be able to distinguish someone wishing to avoid a Ghastly and excruciating death, from someone callously throwing their life away out of spite, or sloth.
Not appreciating these distinctions is a bit like those dullards whom cant distinguish Loving discipline from child abuse (forgive my terseness).
Assisting a terminally ill person to end their own life, or taking your own life rather than facing the torture of a brutal enemy, are not the same things as assisting a Depressed, faithless, Godless, and ungrateful, (yet otherwise healthy) person to harm themselves.
The thing is that I dont think *prohibitive Laws* have anything good to add to this situation for the Obvious reason that a depressed person determined to kill themselves is in no way obliged to obey Human conventions…. which is all a prohibition is… when not underpinned by a personal ethic… and those whom actually have such a personal ethic *dont need any such law*.
Depressed yet otherwise able bodied people donāt need help to kill themselves.
Only the dying fear that the longer they endure, the less capable they become to take their own life in a peaceful wayā¦. And so then may come to rely on their loved ones for assistance.
The people who want such prohibitions simply seek to persecute the caring Doctors and Family members whom assist their patients and loved ones from ending their sufferings.
I think many are acting out Malice against people whom dont share their personal religious sentiments, which is far Colder …. far less forgiveable than simple ignorance or delusion, … cloaking their evil hearts under the guise of ‘concern’ and religious piety.
This is the very antithesis of Christian Love.
Worst of all is that fact that many supposed ‘Orthodox’ Christians employ false doctrines ā¦ resorting to the time of Jewish Law, and Christs preaching to the Jews about being found worthy to enter his kingdom.
They attempt to say that a Christian risks loosing their eternal salvation if they choose Euthanasiaā¦. Because they have failed to āendure unto the endāā¦ etc.
This is a clear demonstration of mishandling the word of truth and results in a horrible in-humane doctrine which increases the un-necessary misery and human suffering in the world and when these false doctrines are used to Rally zealots into lobbying the government against Libertarian Law reformā¦. It causes unbelievers to despise Christianity as Barbaric and oppressive.
It causes Christianity to stink and makes a mockery of the Grace and compassion of God.
It Damns men’s souls via unbelief.
The Truth is quite different.
Under Godās Graceā¦. In this dispensation we are free from the Law, and salvation is absolutely a free giftā¦. Not determined at all upon our good works, endurance, etc.
So the Libertarian Christian (like me) does believe in the Sanctity of Human life, and intends to do what I believe is the Godly thing to do… with as much bravery as I an musterā¦to endure… and face my own fate (Following in the footsteps of my Heroic Grand Father) yet I confess that certain terminal conditions terrify meā¦ and I reserve the right to chicken out and take matters into my own hands.
I know that such a decision would be to opt for the ‘weaker’ path for the Christian to take, yet I am confident of God’s grace and mercy.
I certainly donāt desire any legal prohibitions to prevent me having this option, and I would never be so cold and uncaring as to desire to prohibit others having the right to make this decision for themselves either… or loving parents making the painful decision that it is not in their child’s best interest to postpone the inevitable!
*This is a fundamental principle of Christian Libertarianism ā¦ That we are not the property of societyā¦ or the governmentā¦. We own ourselvesā¦ and it is up to us whether or not we will impose upon ourselves certain religious convictions regarding our own death.*
Parents must have their parental rights and responsibilities respected by the state.
Though I hate the false doctrines which try and ensnare fearful souls back under Law, and I have contempt for people whom seek to use the Law to unnecessarily prolong human suffering, I have no problem with people peacefullyā¦ and without recourse to political coercion propagating their belief that Euthanasia is wrongā¦. From forming associations which seek to propagate that beliefā¦ from boycotting Doctors whom are known to assist terminal patients to end their lives with dignity.
This is how Libertarianism worksā¦ Nobody *forcing* their opinions on others.
* The most important Political reality is that having legally assisted suicide (of itself)does not effect any third partyās rightsā¦. And thus such prohibitions cant be justified*ā¦ Iām not saying there cant be any legal challenges Re: debts, and other contractual obligations)
When it comes to my loved ones, there is no way I would assist any of them to die, if they have still have the power of reason, yet have not receive the Gospel.
Death in that case will not end their sufferingā¦ it will be but the beginning.
Yet I would assist them if they are trusting in the Resurrection of Christ…. and even though…. perish the thought that many may so choose…. I would not seek a law to forbid people from arranging for their own death… or assisting their loved ones… even if they reject Christ.
God has given them the right to go to their deaths un-repentant, and in their own sins.
Christianity is properly a tolerant liberal faith…which seeks to make the world a better place via preaching the gospel and Christian values to whomsoever hath an open ear… not a Religion of Political force.
Christianity seeks to convert hearts and minds… not impose an artificial draconian order.
Manās knowledge and powers of Medical intervention have made these sorts of Moral dilemmas far more acute as we understand a lot more about things like Opium, Diseases, and how to prolong life than in the past, and so a lot of the so-called ālifeā many people āendureā at the end is wholly due to the Un-natural interventions of Humanityā¦ orchestrated in the name of āthe Sanctity of human lifeāā¦ ie this so-called ideal results in untold more *un-necessary and futile* misery.
*And it is to a large degree this *artificially engineered period of misery* which we are talking about hereā¦ as if Natureā¦ and Human concerns were left to themselvesā¦ death would naturally end this misery a lot sooner.
Ie Medicine could concern itself more with āMother Theresaā¦hospice careā rather than Frankenstein type fanaticismā¦. Living Heads in a Jarā¦ trying to steal a few last breathsā¦ under delusions that this is honouring God.
And If I am ever undoneā¦. laid out flatā¦ writhing in agony ā¦ beyond repair… I hope my caregivers are not Frugal with the āMilk of the poppyāā¦.
Fear not for meā¦ My time will be doneā¦. And my soul is secure in Christ.
Likewise all you whom have loved ones knocking on Heavenās doorā¦ Tell them to trust their souls to the Gospel of Grace and the Resurrection of Christā¦ and to ārelaxāā¦ accept death ā¦ in the faith and hope of Godās Love and promises.
Thatās what I intend to do.
Tim Wikiriwhi.
Christian Libertarian.
Read more…
Life and Death. Hope and Happiness. A Tribute to Rev John Steele Clark. (Re-post)
Read about Dispensationalism….
The Irony. Why I follow St Paulā¦ Not Jesus.
Dispensational Truth. 2Timothy2vs15, Ephesians 3vs1-9
āI thank God I Baptized none of youā¦ā St Paul. 1Cor1vs 14.
The Rock of Divine Revelation.
The Christian Fellowship is a voluntary private society, not a theocratic political movement.
Hell is for the Self Righteous, Heaven is for Sinners.