R U F***ing Kidding?
Our national values should be treasured (R U F***ing Kidding?) by tlcorbin
To the blogger that raised an implied question with an article, ‘our national values should be treasured,’ that article has officially chaffed my ass sorely. Anyone commenting for, against or about Islam should first read the Qur’an and the Hadith before making any (further) emotional and ignorant statements concerning the history or current state of Islam. And that would be inclusive of every student, commentator or blogger reporting on the moral values of America compared to those of a self serving ‘religion’ of historically questionable morality. Following that study, please do redress the matter of whether or not our national values need to be justified when compared to those of Islam.
Point of fact: I am no fan of organized religion but do have deeply ingrained spiritual beliefs and suffer every person to find solace in their personal beliefs except in one case; I have a real hatred for Islam (hate being the absence of love), to the point that it is becoming ominously dark in nature.
My definition of Islam: It is a cult whose murderous founder declared it to be a religion and imposed this declaration on the hapless at the point of sword; it is a religion of convenience as much for its followers as it was for its founder. Its ‘holy men’ still experience revelations of convenience and impose their will upon a cowed populace (and the world) with sinister threats of violence and outright mayhem, torture and ‘honor’ killings. By their very same practices, Hitler, Pol Pot, Stalin, Mao and others would qualify with Muhammad as prophets of Islam. It is a cult of conquest and little more than that; serial killers all.
Most of the worlds Muslims were converted by the sword and imprisoned by the sword to serve the elitists of Islam, and most are too attached to their lives to consider leaving the fold. I cannot find it in my heart to accept the touted peaceful intentions of a morally bereft group of religious apostates and their prisoners of ignorance and circumstance, let alone to chastise those stalwart non Muslim individuals in the USA that recognize malevolent hate mongers as being opposed to our national values. Because you were comparing apples to sand mites, the merit of your argument was lost.
Again, please, at least read and superficially study the Qur’an and the Hadith then redress this topic, I’ll happily debate it with you.
Aug. 26, 2010 | Religious Opiates | No Comments
The Blame Game: A Family Affair
Turkish Sufi master Sheikh Muzaffer as my Story Teller
By tlcorbin
While my siblings and I were growing up, the competition among us for the attention of our parents was at times bizarre in many of its manifestations. Admittedly our family group was decidedly dysfunctional, a fact that would have been painfully obvious, in the light of even casual scrutiny, by anyone not bereft of a moral compass of one sort or another.
Our brilliantly devious younger sister would occasionally get mad at us boys for one reason or another and extract revenge; a favorite strategy of hers would be to start a quarrel and pummel on her targeted victim(s) while screaming for ‘MOM’ to help. It would usually draw mom (or our stepdad) into the fracas; which would trigger the immediately launching of their knee jerk corporal punisher mode. With mom, it was the ‘Angry Hateful Belt Slinger’ whose temper wasn’t slaked until the bruises and cuts from the belt lashings were convincingly manifested along with a pain wracked victim(s) writhing on the floor. With the stepdad, it would be worse; he was a sadistic bi-sexual pedophile and an enforcer for the local mob. Sis usually got her moment in the family spotlight.
Even though sis got her revenge, none of us escaped unscathed; the Middle East is like members of that sadly dysfunctional family and its history parallels some of ours as well.
How so?
Let me set up a cast of characters for you, based upon my family:
- Family shall represent the world’s diverse members at large
- Sister shall represent the Palestinian’s in general
- Boys shall represent the Israeli’s in general
- Mom shall represent the UN Counsel
- Stepdad shall represent the cult of radical Islam specifically
The back story is a never ending soap opera consisting of 10,000 micro plots, which began long before the Jesus of Christianity or the prophet of Islam came onto the world stage; it likely began with Abraham, credited to be the father the Jewish people, and later adopted by Islam and Christianity as a means to legitimize their existence.
The recent episode that has nerves frayed is an incident that occurred between the boys and their sister. One of the boys told their sister not to do something that she planned on doing or that there would be severe negative consequences. Angry and headstrong, the sister proceeded to do what felt she needed to do and immediately began screaming for her mom. Mom and stepdad sided together to find out what was going on. The sister had decided to bring a few boats loads of toys into the boys’ playground in spite of their warning.
As a result of poor past behavior and resenting the fact that mom gave the playground exclusively to the boys, little sister was constantly fixated and plotting to get her share of the playground, whether the boys or mom liked it or not. She just knew that she was entitled to a share of the playground and willing to do anything to spite her family and to slake her greed and pride, she eventually did the unthinkable, she solicited help from her stepdad who was all too pleased to help; but the help came with a heavy toll. Sadly, sister sold her soul and body to gain his help. Stepdad took her favors and kept the conflict with the boys going, because it suited his purposes.
That incident with the ships being boarded recently by Israeli commandos, who were attacked immediately by the ‘peaceful’ Palestinians on board leading to the loss of several lives, is making the news today; it is a continuation of that family feud that has gone beyond the boundaries of reason.
Let me remind you about the thoughts that I shared in a recent post, which opines that “Today’s Palestinian people aren’t widely invited by fellow Muslim countries to immigrate, why not? Is it because they (the Palestinians) are largely made up of genetic Jews converted to Islam under the sword after the Diaspora and their Islamic string pullers delight in having Jew’s killing Jew’s. After all, Jews rebuffed Mohammed as a prophet and delighted in exposing his ignorance of biblical history in a mean spirited manner, aren’t they now justified in persecuting a war against Judaism with converted Jewish dogs for that obvious slight?”
Beware of the vengeful wrath of a mom and stepdad blinded by sisters’ wailings and their own dark desires, or we will all suffer the consequences; there are closet monsters darker than the forces of hell at work– the holy lands dysfunctional family curse.
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May. 31, 2010 | Religious Opiates | No Comments
Mohammed-Prophet or Cultist
- TLCorbin/Juneau, AK
- Puppet and Puppet master, more than just friends? Are these two religious cult fanatics trying to steer the Mideast into a catastrophic war in hopes that in the end, their savior will appear and fulfill prophesies that lead to peace in an all Muslim world? Well, darn, that would really irritate some others cults, they want the Christian version of paradise on earth. This could get ugly. Who else wants their version of heaven on earth imposed on the planet? What about those from ‘out there,’ inhabitants of other worlds and other dimensions. Does anyone see where I am going with this? Here is a myopic take on a single element of this confusing ego centric puzzle.
Ahmadinejab and Ali Khamenei has become the face of radical Islam and the face of terrorism for me, and that set me to thinking.
Recently, I have been musing about Islam, examining its current worldwide manifestation against the vagaries of its birth pangs and founder Mohammed to recent cult leaders in America and elsewhere; looking for reason to dismiss any commonality. Were they all hallucinating, delusional, using drugs unknowingly or deliberately, were they misunderstood or collectively mad? Was Mohammed a prophet or a cultist?
Is it possible that my views are overly influenced by some sort of bias that I don’t recognize?
I began by defining a cult in the simplest terms possible.
cult: n. Obsessive, especially faddish, devotion to or veneration for a person,principle, or thing. Cults can manifest as religious, commercial (pressure marketing), self help and counseling (never ending drain of wallet) or political (Nazi’s, communism, socialism [now progressives], white or black supremacists and terrorists from any of these groups.
Cultists who are “called to lead a special mission” by god, have traits which include:
- psychopathic behavior
- silver tongued and superficial
- manipulative and controlling
- use fear and intimidation
- cunning
- impulsive
- display inflated self worth
- pathological liars
- frequently have revelations of convenience
- emotionally shallow
- incapable of shame, guilt or remorse
- loveless
- thrill seekers
- calloused and pitiless
- faultless in their own eyes
- rationalize away their own sins
- sexual deviants
- parasitic
- display public image of convenience
- control information
- spies on its members
- recruit by any means
People caught up in these cults insist that their leader has found the true way; either to happiness, truth, safety, or all three. Most were brought into the fold with the use of the traits listed and kept there with coercion in one form or another.
Preying upon their sycophantic character, lack of education, or their Stockholm syndrome like predilection to charismatic leadership; all preach destruction that will surely be the outcome if others do not heed him and his One True Way and enforce it in God’s name.
(Read: Captive Hearts, Captive Minds by Madeleine Tobias and Janja Lalich-1994)
My next definition was the traits of a true prophet of God, in simple terms.
Prophet: n. a person who speaks for god or a deity, or by divine inspiration; usually selected or appointed by God. Messages from these prophets deal with short or long terms matters, and are likely to be predictive, directive, or to chastise, edify, exhort and comfort recipients of the message. Additionally, they are likely to be given special ability or power to accomplish their mission.
Men called to be prophets by God have these traits:
- strong personality
- they are mission specific
- focused and direct
- constantly commune with God in prayer and meditation
- keep their personal affairs in order, usually
- display authority and power
- lack patience or counseling skills
- demonstrate spiritual gifts
- have a love of their people
- always obedient
- always driven to fulfill their mission
- are usually mature
- loves God more than himself
- trusts only in God
- questions himself
- stays out of his own way
- remain humble
- they are forthright
They are servants to their God and to his people, seeking to guide them and not to rule over them for selfish reasons.
After reading and studying an English version of the Koran, the history of Islam (after I was initiated a Sufi by Pir Vilayat Inayat Khan), I was dismayed as I learned more about the reality of Islam. Its many offspring displayed the same characteristics as the cultist’s. Secondly I have spent years watching the actions of Muslims and found that they speak volumes to what Islam is today; a religion bound by cultism and fear.
Most non Arabic Muslims today are the result of historical and modern conversion by the sword, economics and/or fear. The average Muslim is not encouraged to question his faith, Mohammed or the legitimacy of his claim as a prophet, not even when his historical actions make him more of an opportunist and his revelations are instruments of convenience. Draw a pencil stick figure and say this is Mohammed and you may as well ask for a death sentence, does anyone alive today know what this person looks likes like? Name a cartoon character Mohammed and under educated clones are ready to sow havoc and unleash the wrath and fury of God. Mohammed, if I declare this an icon of Mohammed, by Islamic standards, have I blasphemed?
Note: Jews don’t write of speak the name of God because it is holy to them, so precious that they write G-d rather than to spell out the word. But they do not generally run out and kill those that do spell it out.
The singular irony of Islam that confuses me most is that the Muslims cannot agree among themselves as to what defines Islam, and subsequently they have split into a wide assortment of sectarian camps, each bent of killing the other while acting in sanctimonious self righteousness.
The Iranian president and Iran’s leading clerics are absolutely ridiculous. Speak out against any of them and you are not only and enemy of the state, you are an enemy of God. Women are chattel and the root of all evil, and if raped or natural disasters occur, it is the woman’s fault. Question the motives of the state and you are questioning the motives of God. Lie and you are forgiven because everyone but the self appointed messenger of god is an enemy of God.
Today’s Palestinian people aren’t widely invited by fellow Muslim countries to immigrate, why not? Is it because they (the Palestinians) are largely made up of genetic Jews converted to Islam under the sword after the Diaspora and their Islamic string pullers delight in having Jew’s killing Jew’s. After all, Jews rebuffed Mohammed as a prophet and delighted in exposing his ignorance of biblical history in a mean spirited manner, aren’t they now justified in persecuting a war against Judaism with converted Jewish dogs for that obvious slight?
Cultists want war, they want chaos and rationalize any bad behavior to justify those actions; the end justifies the means. Many Muslims (Ahmadinejad, Ali Khamenei, Sedighi et al) want to initiate a war to bring about the return of the 13th Imam whether the general masses of Muslims want it or not; which will make cultish Christian groups absolutely ecstatic.
Sidebar: Truthfully, I personally hate organized religion(s) and the harm they’ve caused.
Infamous cult leaders in the recent past and some that are still active today:
David Koresh, Jim Jones, Marshall Applewhite, Joseph Smith, Charles T Russell, L Ron Hubbard, Elbert E Spriggs, Sun Myung Moon, Kip McKean, David Berg, Wesly Smift, W D Fard, Aum Shinire Kyo Shoka Asahara, Luc Jouret, Ahmad al-Hasan, Maria Tsvigun, Stuart Walker, Ken Dyers, Charles Manson, Kim Il Jong/Sung, Pol Pot, Hitler, Mussolini, Stalin, Castro and Che are some of the more notorious cult leaders in my opinion. To this list, I add the following names: Ahmadinejad, Ali Khamenei, Sedighi and Mohammed for starters.
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