Democracy or Anarchy?

February 23, 2011

It seems that the entire Middle East is about to go DOWN in flames (not up).

While many people are applauding the DEMOCRATIC ACTIONS in Tunisa, Egypt, Algeria, Lybia, Yemen, and other nations, I see something very different. That those nations have lived under decade-long dictatorships is obvious; however, what’s not been seen, is as old as the book of Samuel in the Old Testament.

We’re not seeing a rise in democracy, nor enlightenment. Anarchy and violence isn’t enlightenment, nor an advance in Consciousness!

We’re seeing a CHANGE, which brings REGRESSION (initially) that could take decades to settle down. The Egyptian economy will not recover from the last thirty days of rioting and protesting for maybe a decade or more. Thousands of lives have been removed from this third dimensional world. Heartache of economic conditions have been replaced by the heartache of lost loved ones.

Saul is now on the throne (The Biblical version).

Had the people chosen prayer and non-violence they could have had a David, but they chose to take Saul over Mubarak- etc. The Book of Samuel says that the people cried, wept, and mourned for FORTY YEARS because they wanted what they wanted IMMEDIATELY! No one knows where all of the protests will lead us the rest of 2011. It’s obvious that the principle of ”unintended consequences” is now and play: the genie is out of the bottle and no one can put it back.

Hold on!

Where we’re headed is a guess, but how you do anything is how you do everything, and that says to me that how these “revolutions” ae being done is not a good sign for the future. It seems we’ve learned nothing from the Iranian revolution, nor the revolution of Venezuela. Those “freedoms and prosperity” that both Iran and Venezuela promised have turned sour. Only time will tell where this is leading the primarily, Muslim nations.

My take on Jesus and the Christos that I followis to turn the other cheeck- resist not evil- not THROW ROCKS at each other. Come onfolks, we can’t have it both ways (violence and enlightenment?).

But, this I know. Sharia law is not democratic and IF the way women are treated in Saudi Arabia and other Muslim nations continues, women have very dark days ahead because according to the Sharia, despite declarations of the equality of the sexes before God, women are considered inferior to men, and have fewer rights and responsibilities. A woman counts as half a man in giving evidence in a court of law, or in matters of inheritance.

Democracy as I know it allows for religious freddom and the equality of all. While there’s no place, nor any religion that it’s practicedperfectly, I’ll take America, freedom of religion, and English law any day!

Written by Ernie · Filed Under Daily Commentary

Face Off With Facebook

February 12, 2011

Iran almost saw a regime change two years ago when the young people through social web sites were able to organize. Even though almost everything was shut down but Twitter, pictures of the violence travelled around the world.

Egypt and Hosni Mubarak weren’t so lucky.

Facebook and Google savvy young people brought down the Egyptian government that had ruled for 30 years in just under three weeks. Today religious and political movements can spread like a disease, faster, and more deadly than Ebola. The YOUTH MOVEMENT has captured a new way of communicating and committing to their desired goals.

Do you think it not strange that almost all suicide bombers are under 30, and many just teenagers?

A message can be whipped up and inflamed almost overnight and conservative institutions are nearly handcuffed to do anything about it. It’s a whole new world today. A new culture is FACING us and one of its names is FACEBOOK>

Written by Ernie · Filed Under Daily Commentary