So for my next post there's not really any crazy logic, maybe a touch, and maybe a little controversial, but for the most part it is truly just a rant. If you do not catch the allusion in the title of this post, it is from The Good Book, aka The Holy Bible.
Now from my previous posts, you probably think that I'm some type of atheist, or some weird religion, from the things that I've said. My response to you is no, that's stupid. I believe in the Almighty Lord. I have been baptized as a Methodist, accepted Jesus into my heart when I was in the 4th grade -note idk if there's such a thing as becoming an un-Christian but I might be near that point, not in a bad way though- and I used to attend church at least 3 times a week. I also went to a Christian school from 4th to 8th grade, pivotal years in my life for the most part, and I pray at least twice a day in which I like to make sure one of those prayers is 5-10 minutes at least. I also read my Bible, if not daily at least 3 times a week, since many churches rehash the same verses and chapters.
So, once again, I am not a scholar. I am not a pastor, priest, bishop, did not even finish confirmation into the Methodist church; but I will be discussing the Bible in this post.
With all that being said I begin with Matthew 7:15.
**Quick Side Note: The reason I began this blog is because I felt lost to a certain extent. I found myself going on a "Soul Search" type of thing and all of the things I began thinking about, I just had to get out of my head. This search lead me to question many things, including religion, my own habits/actions, and life in general. Keep this in mind while reading the rest of this post; and all other posts for that matter.**
Anyways, if you are not familiar with Matthew 7:15 and do not feel like Google-ing it, it says the following:
“Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep's clothing but inwardly are ravenous wolves."
So this isn't that crazy of a statement right? But when reading the whole chapter of Matthew 7, I began to question many things. The chapter talks about how you can tell these false prophets by the "fruit" they produce. For the people who do not get the metaphor it's simply you can call people for their BS through their actions.
In the chapter Jesus speaks about people who are judgmental, people who commit terrible crimes against their neighbor, people who think of themselves as higher than anyone else in society. You know, those hypocritical people that say they are disciples of the Lord then go on to only choose the scripture that works in their favor, then disregard the rest of the Bible to prove their point.
These are usually the same people who take ideas and disguise them as things that are meant to help the people that they "care" about but are actually just for personal gain, the facade is just something that they can get many people to buy into as long as they can seem genuine enough - i.e. people who start charity organizations just to get a tax write off, then they eventually take the proceeds from the donations anyways. I think you can understand what I am getting at by now. I digress.
From this chapter, though, I began questioning many things; mainly established religion. These so called "Christians" who wear their Sunday's best to church in order to not be judged, and also in order to judge those of whom cannot afford these types of things -and really those "Christians" who judge people/gossip at all [Matthew 7:1-5]. These so called "servants of the Lord" that reap great amounts of money from their congregations and live a wealthy life while they watch people in their church struggle, as many times those are the people who truly live how Christ would have wanted.
Example, any million dollar preacher.
*Personal Aside - I have been to many churches in my life. Most times when I have went with my entire family, you know black dad and white mom, I would overhear the worst comments about our family. All this judgement might have lead me to the point I am at now, digress. Through all of this, though, I watched my parents, who are nowhere near perfect, live through the ways of the Lord. From taking in my friends and family who had problems at their homes, to my dad being the neighborhood father since many fathers were not around. For people to judge families because of their income or situation at a church is the most evil thing I think is possible. To call yourself a Christian is a direct smack in the face to the Almighty. If you don't believe that, once again you can Google Jesus parable about the Pharisee who prays loudly, or how he feels about rich people getting into heaven, or read Matthew 7 in its entirety. That statement is not up for comment or discussion. That, my friend, is nothing but factual*
My question is this, right? How do you, as a servant of the Lord, feel comfortable taking people's money that are less fortunate then you? How do you, one leading the community in the light of Christ, feel at ease with gathering material possessions by the load?
I am pretty sure Jesus did none of these things. I am pretty sure Jesus told his disciples to drop their nets and follow him, their nets being their worldly job (I know not all the disciples were fisherman). [This is where you correct me if I am wrong]
So off the back, my search led me to believe there are many corrupt pastors. Many pastors who are false prophets and they might not even know it. After all, what if someone came to them with an opportunity to leave all of their worldly possessions behind to go to a live in a desert to spread the word of Christ, say where there are jihads . You think they're jumping at that chance to spread the Word of the Lord to those people, who are in need of it? Some might... Majority, I'm doubting that. They've turned churches into businesses where they sell the Word. So I am labeling those type of people as false prophets, comment if you want. [Before you comment read Matthew 7:22-23, that is exactly what I am talking about]
From here, I began looking inward at myself. I am one of the people who have been being lead by these false prophets, so that evil energy (see my last posts) has been being sent in my direction for years without me denying it. So, yes, I found much negative energy in my soul. Much of it wasn't just brought on me by these false prophets at the church, but false prophets elsewhere.
Whether they were mentors, friends, family; these false prophets who preached to me about love and honesty and virtue, I finally started seeing the "fruit" that they produced.
So what did I do, that I continue to do because these false prophets never cease to enter into your life, you may wanna know? I laid by myself, in a pitch black room and prayed, not in the name of the Jesus I had been taught, but to the Almighty Father of the Universe. What did I ask for? [Reference my last post, I don't believe in praying for anything material or physical; mostly just energy and wisdom] I asked for sight. Not just seeing physically, I have near 20/20 vision, I asked for spiritual sight. A sight that could see through these kind of people and take mental notes of the fruit that they produced so that I would never be tainted again. [Once again before you comment read Matthew 7:7-8]
I've always had a knack for calling people for the frauds that they are.- some people call it street sense, I just know it's God leading me through life until I wake up from the sleep walk- and I swear to you, after I laid in my room for these countless hours and had this conversation with God, I woke up the next day and I felt a weight lifted off my shoulders.
But, see, I'm never going to be like these people that start to believe that they've been enlightened and not going to help other people get to this same point of knowledge. I cannot think of the verse in the Bible, I think it's in Matthew 15, where Jesus talks about the blind leading the blind into a pit. EVEN JESUS WOULD ALLOW THESE PEOPLE TO SUFFER! [Please correct me if I am wrong]
My calling, to share my perspective, and my experience, and my findings to people who are being led by the blind, the corrupt, those people who produce evil fruit. I think it's in Psalm 82 which says we are all the children of God the Almighty so we are all gods in our own right. I will yell until I can no longer yell until people know that these corrupt people are not the answer. These people who eat the whole pig and toss the bacon to the crowd, who appear to be great leaders of the community, regardless of what realm they are in, need to be confronted. They need to be given their own fruit and ask if they think that fruit is evil or not. They need to be seen for what they are, and if they continue their ways they need to be allowed to blindly fall into an everlasting pit by themselves because they have been corrupted to the core and at that point there is no chance to save them. But the people who still have a chance must be saved from following them.
One of my adviser's tell me all of the time, "Marcus, not every mission is your mission. Know your mission." And yeah, that is right to an extent, but when I see the masses being corrupted because they are being led by people who should not be leading them, due to their inability to see, I refuse to believe that that is not my mission.
Have I done wrong? Of course. Will I do wrong again? Without a doubt in my mind. Because we are all human. We are all corrupted by this evil that is thrown around with no cares as people get rich and publicize it to the masses. I digress.
The point of this is to open your eyes. Have that talk with whatever you believe in, because at the end of the day there is only one creator of this universe. Ask that Almighty Being for sight, once again not physical sight but spiritual sight. A sight where you can see clearly the fruit produced by people and if it is truly as pure as they say it is, or if it is filled with evil spirits and toxins.
Ask for the energy to recognize Ravenous Wolves in Sheep's Clothing.
As always, these are just my thoughts.
-Marcus J.
Tuesday, October 29, 2013
Read My First Thing Before You Jump to Conclusions
Ok, this is just a short post because the title pretty much says everything I need to say. In my first post, title First Thing, I clearly state that I do not think I'm some type of demi god or a self proclaimed intellectual. I say that these are my thoughts from my perspective because, as many people should know, EVERYONE HAS A DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE!
With that being said, once again, if you disagree with anything, comment respectfully and if you know me personally come and talk to me about it. I am always open for a good conversation about controversial topics.
With that being said, enjoy seeing things in a different light.
-Marcus J
With that being said, once again, if you disagree with anything, comment respectfully and if you know me personally come and talk to me about it. I am always open for a good conversation about controversial topics.
With that being said, enjoy seeing things in a different light.
-Marcus J
Tuesday, October 22, 2013
Death Isn't the End of My Being...
So for my next post I plan on, once again, challenging common beliefs with some unruly logic. As you can tell by the title, I never think my existence in this universe will come to an end. Do I think I am immortal? Nah not really. Do I have my weird way of thinking to back up this rant? ABSOLUTELY!
So, seeing how I am still by the grace of the Almighty in the engineering school where I am, I have learned many theories, laws, and things of that nature that are "known" to be factual. The one that always bothered me the most is the physics law, the Law of the Conservation of Energy.
For those who don't know what it is, or cannot use the clues from the direct words of the law, it's basically that energy can neither be created nor destroyed. Seems simple right? But if you know about physics, you know a couple theoretical physicist have stretched this law to it's limit, as well, by questioning it. One guy named Albert Einstein did some crazy stuff with it, maybe you've heard of him... -Side note the theory of relativity is absolutely wild, and so is quantum theory; can't even begin to fathom stuff like that.
Back to the point, this theory always led me to have an infinite amount of questions.
**One more side note which is important to this post. I had a dear friend pass away this summer, and that is what really forced me to think about death seriously. She was just about to turn 21, had the world at her feet, and had the energy of 1,000 suns. Indirectly this post is a dedication to her, but you'll see how that happens at the end.**
I've always had a problem when thinking about death. As you can tell, my logic is twisted at times and from listening to what people tell you about afterlife there's no logical way anyone can comprehend just not existing. From what most people will tell you, if you don't die a horrific death and become a ghost/demon, you go to Happy Heaven or burn in hell. I've always had many questions about this concept, but I'll tackle that bully in a post later, for now let's just get back on topic.
So as I questioned this "not existing in the universe" fear, I thought about many things. For one, I watched the movie Immortals and had some crazy thoughts about a war in the after life. I also thought about many things which religious people will tell you. You know, your spirit going through the great gates of heaven into a party in paradise where we praise all day and feast with the great (enter a single religious belief group here) that have passed. [I completely disagree that only one group of religion gets into heaven as well but once again, that'll be in a later post] Ultimately, I found the first more appealing, but only through my logic.
I am a firm believer in the ways of the universe. If you are not, you might want to stop reading now. I only believe in the ways of the universe by applying this law of conservation of energy to everything. If you perform an action, you exert energy right? Even further, when you perform an action you have to think about the positives and negatives of that action. It's what people do, it's called having a conscience. If you do not have a conscience, you need more than religion to help you.
Back to the point, kind of not, but every thought, every voluntary action, every involuntary action that your body makes goes through the brain. If you don't know how the brain works -technically nobody does because it's the single most amazing thing ever, digress- you know you have roughly over 100 billion nerve cells called neurons which send some type of electrochemical impulses through your body. Now as stated in every post, I am not a neuroscientist and am no professional on the matter, but I'm pretty sure these electrical impulses amount to a shit load of energy.
No matter who you are, how "smart", how aware, whatever you think your status is, everyone's brain works the same. Some people have better sections of their brain than others, but at the end of the day they all work through these impulses. Every one has thoughts, can move their limbs for the most part, and things of the sort which require brain power.
Seeing how there's roughly 7 Billion people in the world, which increases quickly, I'm pretty sure it's safe to say that the energy only used to keep people alive is a significant amount.
Here's where my logic lead me.
If I think as much as I do, my brain must be throwing these electrochemical impulses out at some type of advanced rate right? But, see, the act of dying causes your brain to turn into a shut down factory. So where does the energy go? When I die, according to this "Law of the Universe" my thoughts are somewhere, because the energy that generates these thoughts can't just be destroyed. Even further, these thoughts, these energy impulses which lead me to think the way I do, have to be coming from somewhere, right? Who am I to create energy and go against this "Law of the Universe"?
So, this is what I came to believe after failing exams because of thinking so much about this and not sleeping for the better part of the months following my friend's funeral. When people die, it's not the end. That spirit that lives within you, that energy that you have -since it cannot be destroyed- it keeps going. And as a person, you receive the energy that you put into the universe.
I like to think of it as a big ass Karma bank, right? But there's some Almighty Power which is the teller and He's dealing energy with interest rates. So if you're working hard, exerting energy, on positive things then that energy of the people that have passed can be given to you. If you're spending your time exerting negative energy, well you get the hand you're dealt. You might receive some energy, but it'll be the energy of corrupt souls which will only bring more torment to your life. I think this is how these corrupt ass people have the energy to do all this devil's work but still at the end of the day are miserable. Likewise, I think this is how factory workers can work all day, everyday until they retire and be happy with the nothing that they've saved for retirement because they kept positive energy in them.
Whoever this teller is, this Almighty, He hears the prayers and sees the intent behind them. If someone is praying for strength and endurance to keep doing positive work, He'll send it. That's why most religions are supposed to tell you not to pray for material things and be focused on such worldly things, I digress. He is aware, and He has the power to distribute this energy, since it can't be destroyed (by the laws of the universe). And maybe this Almighty has a evil counterpart which deals out the negative energy, but whatever I'm sticking to this belief.
With this being said, I don't believe death is the end. And while I may not believe in the version of eternal life that everyone else might, I know the positive things that I strive to do on a daily basis will allow me to continue to grow into a successful person with the brain of a scholar, because that's what I'm putting into the universe.
On that note, I come to my final conclusion. Oeshae Morgan you were an amazing person during your time on this planet. The things you did, the people you affected, the life you lived were all just proof of the amazing energy you had. So while we have all grieved countless hours about what happened this summer, know that I believe that your spirit is still in this universe making someone better who will go on to change the world someday to the extent that you would have. I never said goodbye to you because I know someday our spirits will meet again to help the same person who needs that positive energy. I love you Mama Shae. May your spirit live on.
Everyone who is seriously interested in the pursuit of science becomes convinced that a spirit is manifest in the laws of the universe – a spirit vastly superior to man, and one in the face of which our modest powers must seem humble.
-Anonymous (believed to be Albert Einstein)
So, seeing how I am still by the grace of the Almighty in the engineering school where I am, I have learned many theories, laws, and things of that nature that are "known" to be factual. The one that always bothered me the most is the physics law, the Law of the Conservation of Energy.
For those who don't know what it is, or cannot use the clues from the direct words of the law, it's basically that energy can neither be created nor destroyed. Seems simple right? But if you know about physics, you know a couple theoretical physicist have stretched this law to it's limit, as well, by questioning it. One guy named Albert Einstein did some crazy stuff with it, maybe you've heard of him... -Side note the theory of relativity is absolutely wild, and so is quantum theory; can't even begin to fathom stuff like that.
Back to the point, this theory always led me to have an infinite amount of questions.
**One more side note which is important to this post. I had a dear friend pass away this summer, and that is what really forced me to think about death seriously. She was just about to turn 21, had the world at her feet, and had the energy of 1,000 suns. Indirectly this post is a dedication to her, but you'll see how that happens at the end.**
I've always had a problem when thinking about death. As you can tell, my logic is twisted at times and from listening to what people tell you about afterlife there's no logical way anyone can comprehend just not existing. From what most people will tell you, if you don't die a horrific death and become a ghost/demon, you go to Happy Heaven or burn in hell. I've always had many questions about this concept, but I'll tackle that bully in a post later, for now let's just get back on topic.
So as I questioned this "not existing in the universe" fear, I thought about many things. For one, I watched the movie Immortals and had some crazy thoughts about a war in the after life. I also thought about many things which religious people will tell you. You know, your spirit going through the great gates of heaven into a party in paradise where we praise all day and feast with the great (enter a single religious belief group here) that have passed. [I completely disagree that only one group of religion gets into heaven as well but once again, that'll be in a later post] Ultimately, I found the first more appealing, but only through my logic.
I am a firm believer in the ways of the universe. If you are not, you might want to stop reading now. I only believe in the ways of the universe by applying this law of conservation of energy to everything. If you perform an action, you exert energy right? Even further, when you perform an action you have to think about the positives and negatives of that action. It's what people do, it's called having a conscience. If you do not have a conscience, you need more than religion to help you.
Back to the point, kind of not, but every thought, every voluntary action, every involuntary action that your body makes goes through the brain. If you don't know how the brain works -technically nobody does because it's the single most amazing thing ever, digress- you know you have roughly over 100 billion nerve cells called neurons which send some type of electrochemical impulses through your body. Now as stated in every post, I am not a neuroscientist and am no professional on the matter, but I'm pretty sure these electrical impulses amount to a shit load of energy.
No matter who you are, how "smart", how aware, whatever you think your status is, everyone's brain works the same. Some people have better sections of their brain than others, but at the end of the day they all work through these impulses. Every one has thoughts, can move their limbs for the most part, and things of the sort which require brain power.
Seeing how there's roughly 7 Billion people in the world, which increases quickly, I'm pretty sure it's safe to say that the energy only used to keep people alive is a significant amount.
Here's where my logic lead me.
If I think as much as I do, my brain must be throwing these electrochemical impulses out at some type of advanced rate right? But, see, the act of dying causes your brain to turn into a shut down factory. So where does the energy go? When I die, according to this "Law of the Universe" my thoughts are somewhere, because the energy that generates these thoughts can't just be destroyed. Even further, these thoughts, these energy impulses which lead me to think the way I do, have to be coming from somewhere, right? Who am I to create energy and go against this "Law of the Universe"?
So, this is what I came to believe after failing exams because of thinking so much about this and not sleeping for the better part of the months following my friend's funeral. When people die, it's not the end. That spirit that lives within you, that energy that you have -since it cannot be destroyed- it keeps going. And as a person, you receive the energy that you put into the universe.
I like to think of it as a big ass Karma bank, right? But there's some Almighty Power which is the teller and He's dealing energy with interest rates. So if you're working hard, exerting energy, on positive things then that energy of the people that have passed can be given to you. If you're spending your time exerting negative energy, well you get the hand you're dealt. You might receive some energy, but it'll be the energy of corrupt souls which will only bring more torment to your life. I think this is how these corrupt ass people have the energy to do all this devil's work but still at the end of the day are miserable. Likewise, I think this is how factory workers can work all day, everyday until they retire and be happy with the nothing that they've saved for retirement because they kept positive energy in them.
Whoever this teller is, this Almighty, He hears the prayers and sees the intent behind them. If someone is praying for strength and endurance to keep doing positive work, He'll send it. That's why most religions are supposed to tell you not to pray for material things and be focused on such worldly things, I digress. He is aware, and He has the power to distribute this energy, since it can't be destroyed (by the laws of the universe). And maybe this Almighty has a evil counterpart which deals out the negative energy, but whatever I'm sticking to this belief.
With this being said, I don't believe death is the end. And while I may not believe in the version of eternal life that everyone else might, I know the positive things that I strive to do on a daily basis will allow me to continue to grow into a successful person with the brain of a scholar, because that's what I'm putting into the universe.
On that note, I come to my final conclusion. Oeshae Morgan you were an amazing person during your time on this planet. The things you did, the people you affected, the life you lived were all just proof of the amazing energy you had. So while we have all grieved countless hours about what happened this summer, know that I believe that your spirit is still in this universe making someone better who will go on to change the world someday to the extent that you would have. I never said goodbye to you because I know someday our spirits will meet again to help the same person who needs that positive energy. I love you Mama Shae. May your spirit live on.
This post is dedicated to Oeshae Sierra Morgan
July 14, 1992-July 12,2013
Gone but never forgotten.
Everyone who is seriously interested in the pursuit of science becomes convinced that a spirit is manifest in the laws of the universe – a spirit vastly superior to man, and one in the face of which our modest powers must seem humble.
-Anonymous (believed to be Albert Einstein)
Just My Thoughts...
Friday, October 18, 2013
Trayvon Martin was More than Just a Racial Thing
So for my next post, I thought I'd shed light on something that I thought about heavily over the summer. While I am writing this, I am listening to The Beatles "Revolution" and other songs of the sort, so if I go off on a anarchy type of rant please forgive me.
The topic of this post, as stated in the post title, is the Trayvon Martin case and the controversial decision of the jury. When I heard the verdict, I was angered but not surprised. My lack of surprise came from reading a variety of articles which covered the trial and the point of views that were taken in the articles.
When covering any story that comes to the news as worthy to be covered I like to see different points of view, so I do my research on different media outlets -still never expecting to get what actually is happening- so I research right wing opinions on Fox News, and conservative opinions on CNN, then radical opinions on independent websites, and whatever else I can stumble upon.
Quick Side Note: If you believe everything that the news tells you, you are a fool. These media outlets are the same as everything else in today's society, businesses. They gain money by drawing in viewers, whether that is by delivering news the fastest or coming up with a controversial topic that will keep people watching until the next big thing comes up. I digress.
Like I was saying, I knew how the verdict would be because of the insensitivity of the majority of White America and the image of the black male in the eyes of America as a whole. During the time the trial was going on, I saw the most inadvertent racism I have ever seen in my life. Whether it was black people calling Zimmerman white, or white people labeling Trayvon as a thug, even recently to these dumb white kids thinking it's cool to do something called "Trayvoning" I was fucking disgusted to live in this country.
When reading some article on CNN, I realized what it was about Americans, and maybe people in general. The lack of empathy in people in today's society is absent. For whatever reason, the fact that none of the jury could put themselves in Trayvon's shoes on that night is mind blowing to me. If Trayvon was any other race/gender/whatever the death would have been a tragedy, I digress. This led me to think, as most people did, didn't Trayvon have the right to stand his ground?
So the jury empathized for Zimmerman, but not the dead boy and the grieving black family, OK cool. That was kind of expected. Especially with how the defense built their case before the trial, saying Trayvon sent pictures of guns and weed like most "thugs" do. This bullshit "defense" was allowed to question the dead man of his character, which was too much for me to fathom. But if the jury would have empathized with Trayvon with one second, they would have seen how deranged Zimmerman must have seemed, following a young teenage boy through the rain. You know how many fuckin weirdos and pedophiles are out in today's world? If I was Trayvon I would've kicked his rent-a-cop ass too, once again I digress.
Anyways, we know how that turned out, nothing we can change now even though Zimmerman bugged tf out after the trial and I'm sure he's still pretty scared for his life. Back to the point. This whole case made me think about one thing in depth. "Hmmm" I thought "I wonder who else had a case built against them where we were not allowed to be empathetic for them for a single moment."
Let me just say, I am one who believes that people are innocent until corrupted. So one thing I've always thought about since I was in 4th grade, on the date of Sept. 11th, is why would people just want to harm America? Even more, why would people who are half way around the globe want to just destroy a whole nation? They don't even know anyone who lives here! Back then I wasn't into researching, though, I was just a young boy. I began to look into that in high school in my AP US History class, and learned of all the bull America did which led to the rise of al Qaeda and hate of America.
So what tf am I doing relating Trayvon Martin to al Qaeda? Using my logic.
The white women on this jury will never know what it is like to be a black man in America, not for a single second. Going to Obama's speech, only a black man in America knows the struggle to be oppressed daily in the "land of the free" for as long as we have. This is now being closely followed by how any brown skin toned man in America feels, as the "majority" is actually a "minority"; Digressing once again.
So from this situation -in which every one of these white women would have used any weapons available, even concrete, to break out of the grasps of this fuckin rent-a-cop- we see the complete lack of empathy for the real victim, you know the one that was shot and killed, because of fear placed on them by an image created by history.
For this next part, I'm not trying to say I agree with terrorism or any acts that they commit, but I do want to offer a new way to think about something we only see as Americans and not just beings in the universe. These men are labeled as terrorists, they are painted as the most disgusting, violent, soulless people on this Earth by the media, but they have to have a reason/mission for what they are doing, right?
**For this next part, reference my first post. I am not an expert, I am not a Master nor do I have a PhD from any institution on this subject, I only have knowledge which I have gained from personal research.**
So al Qaeda is just a group, which has taken an aggressive approach to what America does, in my opinion. Pushing its religion as the only one which is right in the world. An article I read on Frontline says that their mission is to oppose all non-Islamic governments with violence and force. I won't go into detail about the group, because I'm not an expert. For the sake of my argument this will be enough.
Now, for a hypothetical situation, let's put a group of Americans, let's say die hard Christians, in the situation of these people who believe that we are the devil and by killing us they gain access to the highest heavens.
Let's say that a government that is lead by a group of people who are power hungry and corrupt at times come to our hemisphere and we see them fighting wars with our neighbors for a "good cause"; but during these wars we witness them attempting to steal all valuable resources from the land, which we make our country's money from, and they do unGodly things consistently in the process. Well how are we supposed to believe that these people are here for a good cause if all they're doing is killing people and scouring the land of all valuable natural resources?
I believe that this group of die hard Christians would feel that it is their right to protect themselves, their families, and the world from this demonic force which has had such an impact on a civilization full of sinners and corruption. If you don't think this would happen, Google the crusades. I mean sheesh, we even have people who are from America and see exactly what our government does overseas and become terrorists themselves -digress.
The use of drones and bombs that we deliver into places over there is a whole other thing within itself by the way, but I won't start on that.
Now like all things, do I think this group has strayed from their original mission, of course. Killing innocent people is not protecting the world from the same White Devil that much of the world fears, but does a different approach of the origin of this group make sense to me, definitely.
So if you haven't caught how I'm relating the acquittal of Zimmerman to empathizing with Middle Eastern people here it is. Not everyone is white, big news flash. Not every black male is a fuckin thug and not every brown skinned male is a terrorist. The lack of understanding by some of White America, and America in general, is absolutely crazy to me sometimes. All I'm saying is, just imagine there were bombs dropped outside of your neighborhood on a daily, weekly, or monthly basis. Your life would be miserable, absolutely terrifying.
If that's too much for you to think about, think about why Black America was enraged at the acquittal of George Zimmerman. Imagine you came home and your son was murdered when he was unarmed, by a rent-a-cop who was told repeatedly to stand down; then that person was acquitted because they painted your son as an animal and the jury believed it because of the false image portrayed to the American people.
The media will do what they have to do in many cases to make people believe what they want them to believe. My challenge to you is to stop listening to "facts" and be a person, who recognizes that the person being labeled as a monster or an animal or soulless is just a person just like you. They have thought processes behind decisions just like you. They must use the restroom, eat, sleep, fight temptations, etc. just like you do. The only difference is the environment and the decisions that were made based off of that environment.
So next time you start to wonder how people could terrorize the world, ask yourself if you're talking about the American military or "terrorists." Next time you think, why do black people still blame white people for slavery and the system of America, do some research about those topics, I'm sure you'll be enlightened at what you find.
“You think your pain and your heartbreak are unprecedented in the history of the world, but then you read. It was books that taught me that the things that tormented me most were the very things that connected me with all the people who were alive, or who had ever been alive.” -James Baldwin
“We must learn to regard people less in the light of what they do or omit to do, and more in the light of what they suffer.” - Dietrich Bonhoeffer
As always, these are just my thoughts.
-Marcus J
The topic of this post, as stated in the post title, is the Trayvon Martin case and the controversial decision of the jury. When I heard the verdict, I was angered but not surprised. My lack of surprise came from reading a variety of articles which covered the trial and the point of views that were taken in the articles.
When covering any story that comes to the news as worthy to be covered I like to see different points of view, so I do my research on different media outlets -still never expecting to get what actually is happening- so I research right wing opinions on Fox News, and conservative opinions on CNN, then radical opinions on independent websites, and whatever else I can stumble upon.
Quick Side Note: If you believe everything that the news tells you, you are a fool. These media outlets are the same as everything else in today's society, businesses. They gain money by drawing in viewers, whether that is by delivering news the fastest or coming up with a controversial topic that will keep people watching until the next big thing comes up. I digress.
Like I was saying, I knew how the verdict would be because of the insensitivity of the majority of White America and the image of the black male in the eyes of America as a whole. During the time the trial was going on, I saw the most inadvertent racism I have ever seen in my life. Whether it was black people calling Zimmerman white, or white people labeling Trayvon as a thug, even recently to these dumb white kids thinking it's cool to do something called "Trayvoning" I was fucking disgusted to live in this country.
When reading some article on CNN, I realized what it was about Americans, and maybe people in general. The lack of empathy in people in today's society is absent. For whatever reason, the fact that none of the jury could put themselves in Trayvon's shoes on that night is mind blowing to me. If Trayvon was any other race/gender/whatever the death would have been a tragedy, I digress. This led me to think, as most people did, didn't Trayvon have the right to stand his ground?
So the jury empathized for Zimmerman, but not the dead boy and the grieving black family, OK cool. That was kind of expected. Especially with how the defense built their case before the trial, saying Trayvon sent pictures of guns and weed like most "thugs" do. This bullshit "defense" was allowed to question the dead man of his character, which was too much for me to fathom. But if the jury would have empathized with Trayvon with one second, they would have seen how deranged Zimmerman must have seemed, following a young teenage boy through the rain. You know how many fuckin weirdos and pedophiles are out in today's world? If I was Trayvon I would've kicked his rent-a-cop ass too, once again I digress.
Anyways, we know how that turned out, nothing we can change now even though Zimmerman bugged tf out after the trial and I'm sure he's still pretty scared for his life. Back to the point. This whole case made me think about one thing in depth. "Hmmm" I thought "I wonder who else had a case built against them where we were not allowed to be empathetic for them for a single moment."
Let me just say, I am one who believes that people are innocent until corrupted. So one thing I've always thought about since I was in 4th grade, on the date of Sept. 11th, is why would people just want to harm America? Even more, why would people who are half way around the globe want to just destroy a whole nation? They don't even know anyone who lives here! Back then I wasn't into researching, though, I was just a young boy. I began to look into that in high school in my AP US History class, and learned of all the bull America did which led to the rise of al Qaeda and hate of America.
So what tf am I doing relating Trayvon Martin to al Qaeda? Using my logic.
The white women on this jury will never know what it is like to be a black man in America, not for a single second. Going to Obama's speech, only a black man in America knows the struggle to be oppressed daily in the "land of the free" for as long as we have. This is now being closely followed by how any brown skin toned man in America feels, as the "majority" is actually a "minority"; Digressing once again.
So from this situation -in which every one of these white women would have used any weapons available, even concrete, to break out of the grasps of this fuckin rent-a-cop- we see the complete lack of empathy for the real victim, you know the one that was shot and killed, because of fear placed on them by an image created by history.
For this next part, I'm not trying to say I agree with terrorism or any acts that they commit, but I do want to offer a new way to think about something we only see as Americans and not just beings in the universe. These men are labeled as terrorists, they are painted as the most disgusting, violent, soulless people on this Earth by the media, but they have to have a reason/mission for what they are doing, right?
**For this next part, reference my first post. I am not an expert, I am not a Master nor do I have a PhD from any institution on this subject, I only have knowledge which I have gained from personal research.**
So al Qaeda is just a group, which has taken an aggressive approach to what America does, in my opinion. Pushing its religion as the only one which is right in the world. An article I read on Frontline says that their mission is to oppose all non-Islamic governments with violence and force. I won't go into detail about the group, because I'm not an expert. For the sake of my argument this will be enough.
Now, for a hypothetical situation, let's put a group of Americans, let's say die hard Christians, in the situation of these people who believe that we are the devil and by killing us they gain access to the highest heavens.
Let's say that a government that is lead by a group of people who are power hungry and corrupt at times come to our hemisphere and we see them fighting wars with our neighbors for a "good cause"; but during these wars we witness them attempting to steal all valuable resources from the land, which we make our country's money from, and they do unGodly things consistently in the process. Well how are we supposed to believe that these people are here for a good cause if all they're doing is killing people and scouring the land of all valuable natural resources?
I believe that this group of die hard Christians would feel that it is their right to protect themselves, their families, and the world from this demonic force which has had such an impact on a civilization full of sinners and corruption. If you don't think this would happen, Google the crusades. I mean sheesh, we even have people who are from America and see exactly what our government does overseas and become terrorists themselves -digress.
The use of drones and bombs that we deliver into places over there is a whole other thing within itself by the way, but I won't start on that.
Now like all things, do I think this group has strayed from their original mission, of course. Killing innocent people is not protecting the world from the same White Devil that much of the world fears, but does a different approach of the origin of this group make sense to me, definitely.
So if you haven't caught how I'm relating the acquittal of Zimmerman to empathizing with Middle Eastern people here it is. Not everyone is white, big news flash. Not every black male is a fuckin thug and not every brown skinned male is a terrorist. The lack of understanding by some of White America, and America in general, is absolutely crazy to me sometimes. All I'm saying is, just imagine there were bombs dropped outside of your neighborhood on a daily, weekly, or monthly basis. Your life would be miserable, absolutely terrifying.
If that's too much for you to think about, think about why Black America was enraged at the acquittal of George Zimmerman. Imagine you came home and your son was murdered when he was unarmed, by a rent-a-cop who was told repeatedly to stand down; then that person was acquitted because they painted your son as an animal and the jury believed it because of the false image portrayed to the American people.
The media will do what they have to do in many cases to make people believe what they want them to believe. My challenge to you is to stop listening to "facts" and be a person, who recognizes that the person being labeled as a monster or an animal or soulless is just a person just like you. They have thought processes behind decisions just like you. They must use the restroom, eat, sleep, fight temptations, etc. just like you do. The only difference is the environment and the decisions that were made based off of that environment.
So next time you start to wonder how people could terrorize the world, ask yourself if you're talking about the American military or "terrorists." Next time you think, why do black people still blame white people for slavery and the system of America, do some research about those topics, I'm sure you'll be enlightened at what you find.
“You think your pain and your heartbreak are unprecedented in the history of the world, but then you read. It was books that taught me that the things that tormented me most were the very things that connected me with all the people who were alive, or who had ever been alive.” -James Baldwin
“We must learn to regard people less in the light of what they do or omit to do, and more in the light of what they suffer.” - Dietrich Bonhoeffer
As always, these are just my thoughts.
-Marcus J
Tuesday, October 15, 2013
America Would Paint the Actual Jesus as a Terrorist
With my first post, rant, personal insight that I will post on this blog, I wanted to choose something controversial. I feel as though I can share my thoughts on this subject and some will judge, of course, but some will understand exactly what my logic is and begin to ask questions that should be answered. Hopefully I don't get banned after this first post lol.
Being that I am biracial (black father and white mother) and that I am also a victim to class-ism (born into a very low middle class family) I have found myself facing many obstacles as I continue to pursue my American dream and enter into different realms of society. The most complicated of these obstacles are the insecurities that are deeply rooted within my subconscious, and that I had no idea were there until I was immersed in the collegiate campus made up of over 80% White Americans and less than 10% African-Americans. This seems like no major thing, I was simply culture shocked from coming directly from a community made up of entirely African-Americans, right? Until I found myself trying to understand why I was unable to become friends with my Caucasian mates without the strange feeling everything that I did was being judged heavily.
This feeling lead me to learning about the Black Inferiority Complex, which is discussed in several books, dissertations, etc. for those who believe it is just another "excuse" black people make to stay behind in America -I digress. It is basically the belief that African-Americans, and those with darker skin around the world, are less intelligent beings that are seen by others as animals who have distorted thought processes and beastly rage, sexual habits, etc.[Savages if you will] I will not focus on this now, however, because I am sure it will be a topic that I address soon.
Learning about the BI complex made me take a closer look at how Africans managed to go from the greatest scholars and kings on the globe, who began civilization and built the pyramids, advanced irrigation systems and cultivated civilizations in what some people would call a "barren land" to being satisfied with being on social security, food stamps, and unemployment checks.
This search lead me to a book title Brainwashed by Tom Burrell. Once again not the topic of this post, however, in the book there was a section which spoke about the bleaching of religion. Though, what Tom Burrell did not go into is that this started long before slavery times. I will speak about my findings shortly, but the question that remained in my mind through the searches I've made is "When did Jesus, born in the Middle East (Judea is in Southern Israel near Egypt, also not for from Saudi Arabia) become a white man in every image available?"
So in my own independent research I found a paper written by Wesley Muhammad, PhD. entitled "Color Struck: America's White Jesus is a Global Export and False Product" in which Dr. Muhammad speaks on how in 4th Century Europe there were many different versions of Jesus, from white to black, that floated around with the white image being one of the least popular. Yet as slavery continued to grow in the 19th Century the image of "White Jesus" became most dominant, even into Europe, as it gave a holiness to a white race. After all, how could you feel good about enslaving Africans being a Christian when they are closer to Christ's lineage -I digress. Anyways, this is one of the social propaganda tactics which gave white men more power, and a right to enslave and torture other humans -once again I digress.
So far we have shut down the idea of "White Jesus" seeing that he was born in the Middle East. Now, to the man Jesus instead of the idea. If you were unaware, Jesus was not the most popular in the Roman Empire. He was seen as a radical, who had to escape from Roman soldiers many times -yes this is stated in the Bible as well- and was even near being stoned for his "blasphemy." Why was he hated? He stood up against a corrupt empire on the verge of destruction. This, along with his following made him infamous.
Quick side note before things get messy -Yes, I am a Christian but yes I also have questions. Like I have said in my first post, the most powerful question you can ask is "Why?"
To continue, and start to wrap things up so people don't discount what I'm saying, the earliest written Gospel known to man is believed to be Matthew (once again do your research) which is believed to be written between 40 A.D.-140A.D. My issue, what story have you heard, word of mouth, has been completely true from 10-100 years after the actual events took place. Once again, I'll speak about this in a later post. Stay tuned.
Anyways, back to how America would not be a fan of Jesus. This is where I start to tie it together if you've lasted this far. America is a worldwide empire, much like the Roman Empire was. "The sun never sets on the Roman Empire/American Territories." [I feel that these can be interchangeable.]
This is where you can follow my logic (hopefully).
If someone in today's society had the power to influence people enough to make them believe in a common cause -influence strong enough that they would kill other people/themselves if needed- they would immediately be labeled as dangerous. If they began to speak out against the established laws and religion of the time, and have the audacity to call themselves the sole way to an eternal life, while speaking out against the American Empire, I am pretty sure a few politicians would have some major problems with that.
Now let's top it off like this. If someone, a Middle Eastern man who no one was exactly sure what actions he had committed in his teens and 20's, came to accrue a following in his early 30's that he convinced he was the son of the Almighty God and had never committed a sin AND on top of that is the only way to having an eternal life -along with the bashing he did of established order on the way- I am preeeetttyyyyy sure that there would be some angry people at the top of the totem pole.
The major part, he was able to rally the poor people, the actual majority instead of the factual majority, into believing in him more than the government itself. If someone had these qualities today, I would name names but they are all seen as terrorist threats and have been/will be hunted and killed, they would be listed as number 1 on America's Most Wanted list and be put to rest before the world could know their true cause or their motives.
If you have any trouble following any of this feel free to leave a comment or question.
Once again, these are just my thoughts.
-Marcus J.
Being that I am biracial (black father and white mother) and that I am also a victim to class-ism (born into a very low middle class family) I have found myself facing many obstacles as I continue to pursue my American dream and enter into different realms of society. The most complicated of these obstacles are the insecurities that are deeply rooted within my subconscious, and that I had no idea were there until I was immersed in the collegiate campus made up of over 80% White Americans and less than 10% African-Americans. This seems like no major thing, I was simply culture shocked from coming directly from a community made up of entirely African-Americans, right? Until I found myself trying to understand why I was unable to become friends with my Caucasian mates without the strange feeling everything that I did was being judged heavily.
This feeling lead me to learning about the Black Inferiority Complex, which is discussed in several books, dissertations, etc. for those who believe it is just another "excuse" black people make to stay behind in America -I digress. It is basically the belief that African-Americans, and those with darker skin around the world, are less intelligent beings that are seen by others as animals who have distorted thought processes and beastly rage, sexual habits, etc.[Savages if you will] I will not focus on this now, however, because I am sure it will be a topic that I address soon.
Learning about the BI complex made me take a closer look at how Africans managed to go from the greatest scholars and kings on the globe, who began civilization and built the pyramids, advanced irrigation systems and cultivated civilizations in what some people would call a "barren land" to being satisfied with being on social security, food stamps, and unemployment checks.
This search lead me to a book title Brainwashed by Tom Burrell. Once again not the topic of this post, however, in the book there was a section which spoke about the bleaching of religion. Though, what Tom Burrell did not go into is that this started long before slavery times. I will speak about my findings shortly, but the question that remained in my mind through the searches I've made is "When did Jesus, born in the Middle East (Judea is in Southern Israel near Egypt, also not for from Saudi Arabia) become a white man in every image available?"
So in my own independent research I found a paper written by Wesley Muhammad, PhD. entitled "Color Struck: America's White Jesus is a Global Export and False Product" in which Dr. Muhammad speaks on how in 4th Century Europe there were many different versions of Jesus, from white to black, that floated around with the white image being one of the least popular. Yet as slavery continued to grow in the 19th Century the image of "White Jesus" became most dominant, even into Europe, as it gave a holiness to a white race. After all, how could you feel good about enslaving Africans being a Christian when they are closer to Christ's lineage -I digress. Anyways, this is one of the social propaganda tactics which gave white men more power, and a right to enslave and torture other humans -once again I digress.
Ok, so you're probably wondering how this would make Jesus a terrorist in today's society, right? Keep following me and I promise you'll see where I'm going with this or think I am completely insane.
So far we have shut down the idea of "White Jesus" seeing that he was born in the Middle East. Now, to the man Jesus instead of the idea. If you were unaware, Jesus was not the most popular in the Roman Empire. He was seen as a radical, who had to escape from Roman soldiers many times -yes this is stated in the Bible as well- and was even near being stoned for his "blasphemy." Why was he hated? He stood up against a corrupt empire on the verge of destruction. This, along with his following made him infamous.
Quick side note before things get messy -Yes, I am a Christian but yes I also have questions. Like I have said in my first post, the most powerful question you can ask is "Why?"
To continue, and start to wrap things up so people don't discount what I'm saying, the earliest written Gospel known to man is believed to be Matthew (once again do your research) which is believed to be written between 40 A.D.-140A.D. My issue, what story have you heard, word of mouth, has been completely true from 10-100 years after the actual events took place. Once again, I'll speak about this in a later post. Stay tuned.
Anyways, back to how America would not be a fan of Jesus. This is where I start to tie it together if you've lasted this far. America is a worldwide empire, much like the Roman Empire was. "The sun never sets on the Roman Empire/American Territories." [I feel that these can be interchangeable.]
This is where you can follow my logic (hopefully).
If someone in today's society had the power to influence people enough to make them believe in a common cause -influence strong enough that they would kill other people/themselves if needed- they would immediately be labeled as dangerous. If they began to speak out against the established laws and religion of the time, and have the audacity to call themselves the sole way to an eternal life, while speaking out against the American Empire, I am pretty sure a few politicians would have some major problems with that.
Now let's top it off like this. If someone, a Middle Eastern man who no one was exactly sure what actions he had committed in his teens and 20's, came to accrue a following in his early 30's that he convinced he was the son of the Almighty God and had never committed a sin AND on top of that is the only way to having an eternal life -along with the bashing he did of established order on the way- I am preeeetttyyyyy sure that there would be some angry people at the top of the totem pole.
The major part, he was able to rally the poor people, the actual majority instead of the factual majority, into believing in him more than the government itself. If someone had these qualities today, I would name names but they are all seen as terrorist threats and have been/will be hunted and killed, they would be listed as number 1 on America's Most Wanted list and be put to rest before the world could know their true cause or their motives.
If you have any trouble following any of this feel free to leave a comment or question.
Once again, these are just my thoughts.
-Marcus J.
Monday, October 14, 2013
First Thing
My name is Marcus J. I am on track to become an Industrial Engineer, but above that I am a person focused on well developing my brain in its entirety rather than being contained to a single learning style.
I went to an art school in high school where I majored in visual arts, then completely flipped the script as a I entered directly into the school of engineering where I am now.
If anyone happens to stumble upon these blog posts for any reason, understand that these are just my thoughts that I have come to believe through my logic. I have no PhD or even Master's degrees in anything I will post about, but I do have logic behind all things I will post about.
This logic comes from my passion for autodidactism, or simply put my desire of self-education. Whether this be through the realms of art, philosophy, religion, or physical science, I believe everyone should always ask the question "Why?" and when people run out of answers for you, proceed to search for an answer by any measures necessary.
Hopefully, if this blog does reach anyone, it will briefly allow you to see things from my perspective and logic. If you have extra comments or concerns on any posts, feel free to share your point of view, but do understand although I respect everyone's thoughts I have the right to completely disregard them, call the BS where I see it, and above all ask for the logic behind the point of view that you bring to the table as to understand better.
One final note, I do not argue, especially over the internet, so be polite in your responses and I will return the respect. If any comment has a negative impulsion, I will delete it and continue on with the more enlightened individuals instead of wasting life on ignorance.
With all of that being said, I hope anyone who sees this blog site will enjoy reading my posts.
Just my thoughts.
-Marcus J.
P.S. The quotation in the background is by George Gurdjieff which says the following:
"Without self knowledge, without understanding the working and functions of his machine, man cannot be free, he cannot govern himself and he will always remain a slave."
I went to an art school in high school where I majored in visual arts, then completely flipped the script as a I entered directly into the school of engineering where I am now.
If anyone happens to stumble upon these blog posts for any reason, understand that these are just my thoughts that I have come to believe through my logic. I have no PhD or even Master's degrees in anything I will post about, but I do have logic behind all things I will post about.
This logic comes from my passion for autodidactism, or simply put my desire of self-education. Whether this be through the realms of art, philosophy, religion, or physical science, I believe everyone should always ask the question "Why?" and when people run out of answers for you, proceed to search for an answer by any measures necessary.
Hopefully, if this blog does reach anyone, it will briefly allow you to see things from my perspective and logic. If you have extra comments or concerns on any posts, feel free to share your point of view, but do understand although I respect everyone's thoughts I have the right to completely disregard them, call the BS where I see it, and above all ask for the logic behind the point of view that you bring to the table as to understand better.
One final note, I do not argue, especially over the internet, so be polite in your responses and I will return the respect. If any comment has a negative impulsion, I will delete it and continue on with the more enlightened individuals instead of wasting life on ignorance.
With all of that being said, I hope anyone who sees this blog site will enjoy reading my posts.
Just my thoughts.
-Marcus J.
P.S. The quotation in the background is by George Gurdjieff which says the following:
"Without self knowledge, without understanding the working and functions of his machine, man cannot be free, he cannot govern himself and he will always remain a slave."
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