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Getting On : Education
Quote from "Haymarket". Author: Martin Duberman | from breakaway - Tuesday, December 21, 2004
accessed 1497 times This is my quote for the day on education. Since we all learned to become adept at reading random quotes and seeing their “true hidden meanings” from such insightful publications as ‘THE MOP’ and ‘GOOD THOTS’, I thought maybe someone out there would agree with me that this is a good quote. PTL? Trying to understand what was wrong with my head for so long and put something else into it besides eccentric drunken ramblings has led me to read many, many books (at a rate of one a week). The Haymarket is a book that talks about the lack of workers' rights in the late 1800’s in the USA and the struggle of different movements and organizations to establish humane living and working conditions for them. According to the book, much of the reason for the workers’ misfortune was their already profound sense of fatalism about life. Gee, do I see a parallel yet? As in: “the world is going to end, Jesus is coming back in the sky, we will have a crystal mansion near the fair grounds so we really shouldn’t let the things of this world get us down (strong tongues and prophecy).” The promise of a better life after this one was emphasized over and over in order to make everything negative that happened to us inconsequential, since any suffering or sadness would be forgotten in the world to come, “God hates murmurers! Amen?”
Anyway, this is the quote that really spoke to me and I’ll include it in today’s OHR (with comments in parenthesis), right after the number of cups of water I drank and the consistency of my BMs:
Speaking of the poor working class:
“Taught to believe from early youth that whatever happens to them is either ordained by heaven (God’s will) or the result of their own character defects (NWOs), they discount their ability to influence their own fate.”
PTL! Isn’t this a heavy quote? Doesn't it sound like the way we educate our precious young people? It’s amazing when you realize that the author had this insight without even speaking to me. Maybe I spoke to him in prophecy – oh wait, I’m still alive! I guess he just has a good “system” education and therefore uses his brain to come to such intelligent conclusions.
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Reader's comments on this article Add a new comment on this article |  from Silence_Restriction_Kid
Thursday, January 13, 2005 - 14:12
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At it's best religion is a crutch for the ignorant and feeble minded. At it's worst it is a tool used by despots and megalomaniacs to commit atrocities and deprive billions of people of their basic human rights. In the case of David F#%^ing Berg (an insane crackpot whaked out of his fucking skull!!) he used it to lure vulnerable young people into his world of insanity, incest, and sexual depravity. Completely emotionally and psychologically damaging an entire generation of TF.
Everyone has been affected negatively by religion in one-way or another, whether they care to admit it or not. Whether you were burned at the stake by the Spanish inquisition, or molested by some crazy fuck who was "showing you God's love, by the way unless he had God's love tattooed on his dick, he wasn't showing you god's love. Religious superstitions can lead to only one thing, you surrendering the 1 inalienable right every human should be born with FREE WILL! I say, "should" because we like many others were born into religious slavery without free will. I know many people will not agree with me and thats fine, not everyone is at a place where they can see the evil religion has released on the world.
That is way I thank God every day that I'm an atheist! ;)
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Thursday, December 23, 2004 - 08:42
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Speaking of "The Mop" and "Good Thoughts"; they were the most tolerable devotional reading material for me in the cult. At least a lot of the "quotes" were from mainstream christianity and focused on character building as opposed to Berg or his little whore's nonsensical ramblings.
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Thursday, December 23, 2004, 10:10
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I don't know, banal. I much prefer the ramblings of a nut-job to all the sappy self-help shit and cheesy object-lessons from the Good Thoughts. It seemed like there was an idiotic metaphor for yielding to Jesus on every page. After reading it for more than an hour, I always found myself turning everything I saw into a lesson about Jesus. Ahhhhhhh! But Berg's goofy dreams and preverted life stories were as fascinating as they were stark raving mad. To quote Judy Davis' character in Children of the Revolution, I would rather talk with an interesting shit than with a bloody nice person! Would you rather listen to the rantings of the schizophrenics on the subway or the pointless platitudes of a pentecostal preacher?
PS The Mop was pure Berg and Zerby quotes, which makes it great for finding their standpoint on certain issues. Read the section "The Jews" for sheer horror.(reply to this comment) |
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Tuesday, December 21, 2004 - 12:25
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So true. Reminds me of a scene in Amores Perros, when the poor mexican girl with one kid and one more on the way says to her boyfriend, who has plans to move away and make a better life for them: "My mother always used to say 'If you want to make God laugh, tell him about your plans'" Is it any surprise that the Catholic church remains powerful mainly in poor countries? They've exploited their dumb sheep for years, ensuring continued poverty and dependence by discouraging birth control and encouraging a fatalistic attitude exactly like the one you described. As much as I disliked the Puritans, they were partly responsible for the strong work ethic of this country, and the God-helps-those-who-help-themselves* brand of christianity. Kudos to the mexicans (and the rest of us) who aren't afraid to laugh in God's face and do what they want with their lives.
*You won't find that quote in the Bible.
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Thursday, January 13, 2005, 14:58
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Haven't you heard? this latest crusade galvinizes the population of these Muslim countries, swelling the number of people people who actively profess their beliefs. Combine it with an increased likelyhood of going to their own version of their imaginary house in the sky, AND BAM! There you are.
Plus, Humans love war. Utterly love it, so it feeds the machine.(reply to this comment) |
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