Americans must hear the Democrats and Independents speak honestly to them -- Donald J Trump will not; Americans must hear Democrats and Independents speak with boldness, authority, integrity, and wisdom – Donald J Trump will not. Americans must hear the Democrats and Independents defend the Constitution and the Rule of Law, defend the voices and civil rights of all people who reside in the U.S.A. – Donald J Trump will not.
Modern readers and film audiences are brainwashed to believe that evil is in cultural practice or addictions or aliens. The reality is that the monsters who prey on vulnerable people are people who look like us and live among us. Sometimes the evil wears uniform clothing or leads successful organizations; sometimes they are charismatic and appeal to our imbedded biases. Women must teach others the truth about monsters and evil.
A person's Willingness to believe in Absurdities is the reason that they can be Convinced to commit Atrocities. This is all by Choice. America is primed to commit Atrocities.
Americans can be enlightened and strengthened by the Dunkirk Story of 1940. Heroism is a collective effort. Look for the Helpers. Look for the heroes who are among us and in us.
Jesus entered the Temple to show that the Pharisees are profiteers, weak, corrupt, and untrustworthy. One person is all it takes to show the world that something good cannot be built on a foundation of corruption and criminality.
The energy we need to stand up to bullies, to the cruel MAGA agenda, to fearful situations, and to the dark unknowns will come from the courage we have used before now and the courage we must share with each other. We cannot destroy the evil; we can and we must destroy its powers over us.
Today's Sunday School Lesson: The old religious studies courses we took for the easy A are no longer valid. America's Christianity is a fractured, weak, sectarian, divided, and splintered religion that survives only to support the far right and the new American fascism. Some sects like Methodists are defying the trend...but it is too little, too late.