11.23.2024

Separation

Hi Readers!

Happy Weekend Before Bad Karma Day! I hope you are spending it wisely and this blog post reaches you at a time when you most need it in your life.

The weekend comprises a few fun things for me. Deborah and I will do a bit of grocery shopping ahead of the holiday festivities this coming week. I'll - of course - practice the Tenets of the Church of BWJ (summarized HERE), as I do just about every day.

I had a deep(er than usual) thought yesterday, and I thought I would share it here. As a Church leader, I keep a very strict separation between our Church and the State, as per the rules we were all likely taught in grade school, if you were paying attention. There was a good reason for establishing that separation when it was established - churches were too powerful and persuasive to be allowed to meddle in the lives of people who were no religiously inclined. In this modern age, it almost feels like we need a separation between OTHER THINGS and both Church and State. One of those things is social and mainstream media (SMSM). The 4th Estate, as SMSM is sometimes called, is a powerful and persuasive entity in its own right. It has a moral, ethical, and legal obligation to give us accurate information, so we can realistically assess Reality and make informed and reasonable choices in our lives. SMSM has become poisoned by meddling from both Religion and Politics, which we all know are the two things that no one should ever discuss or allow into their personal lives and relationships. The only way to free yourself from Religion and Politics, is to abstain from SMSM (until such time as it is legally and institutionally separated from Church and State). That's why abstinence from SMSM is one of the three primary Tenets of the Church of BWJ.

I need to flesh this idea out a little more, but right now, I feel one of the Blessings of the Church coming on and I am going to go indulge that!

Fin.

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