Unvarnished Insights on the Institutions of Control From a Lifetime of Observation, Research and Activism
Welcome to my website. Here, I hope to share what I have learned, and continue to learn, after many decades of living, researching, inquiring, contemplating and doing what I can to make our world a little better. Hopefully, my insights will inspire you to do your part and, together, we will expose lies, dispose of useless myths, speak truth to power and open the minds and hearts of others who, sadly, are being used and manipulated by those who acquired riches and power, not by their own hard work, but by stealing wealth from those who do and using it to place themselves above their fellow human beings.
-Rick Lannoye
This is how "Salvation" works according to Neo Fundamentalist doctrine, and it's no exaggeration!
What Is the FORMULA Neo Fundamentalists Often Use In Order to Deceive Unwary People Into Thinking They Are "Surrendering Their Life to Jesus," When In Reality, They End Up Merely Giving Control Over Their Lives to the Neo Fundamentalist Leadership and Their Billionaire Allies!
What's Wrong With Capitalism? Everything!
There is so much going on in our world, it's hard to know where to start talking about how we got to where we are and what would be the best way to go forward, that is, if we can! In some respects, life has gotten better for a lot of people in the past 100 years but, tragically, many millions, if not billions, have been left out of all the improvements in Science and the advances of social equality, democracy and human rights. In fact, we now see powerful men who are doing all they can to reverse the progress that has been made, presumably, in the hope of creating a world where a small few hold complete control over everyone else, just to exploit the rest of humanity for their personal benefit. So how about we begin with the way in which we humans organize the ways in which we trade with one another or, often, just take what others have worked hard to create, and consider what would be a far better way to organize our economy so hard work would be justly rewarded all the while we make sure those who can't and shouldn't have to work (children, the elderly, the disabled) are well provided for.
Why the belief in a "rapture to Heaven" is NOT in the Bible, nor was it a belief of the early church...but it does serve as a way for today's rich and powerful to convince Neo Fundamentalist Christians to do NOTHING to stop them from destroying our planet with the rationalization, "Oh, this is all supposed to happen and then God will soon fix everything (so I don't have to)!
God doe NOT want to control your life, nor does he have a plan made just for you...but there are religious leaders who most certainly would love to take control of your life by first getting you to "surrender your life to Jesus," only for MEN to step in, sooner or later, who will say, "Oh, you're too immature in your faith to discern the voice of the Lord so, why not just LET US TO TELL YOU WHAT GOD WANTS YOU TO DO! Boom! The trap has been sprung!
The Jesus Solution to Hurtful Behavior: Repentance/Forgiveness
Why You Can Be Certain There Is No Such Place As Hell...and Why There Are People in Places of Power Who Love the Idea That God is So Cruel He Created an Entire Race of People, Fully Knowing He Would Eventually Torture Most of Them For Eternity...Which Makes It Very Easy For them To Justify Their Immense Cruelty Toward Others
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