Snake Eyes

("The Very Worst of Luck")

            About three blocks from my house, Wilmington, NC, Mary Baker Eddy wrote her book, Science and Health". The beginning of the "so called" Christian Science religion. This so called religion is neither science nor Christian. Rather, built on the premise that everything in the world is spiritual, not psychical....so the problems of life, whatever they are: overeating, cancer, rude children...are not physical but spiritual; not real, and therefore, easy to control. So, they put out these "outlandish" advertisements, that just reading her book can help in the control of all human problems (issues), even smoking and drinking. But, the most far reaching of all, a cure for homosexuality.

           

             Perhaps somewhere it has been explained, the plight of the illiterate who cannot read or the blind who cannot read. Their church is built around a "reading room." If they only knew, their reading time could be so much better spent, just reading the book that God took time to write (have written) along with everything else he did (creating the physical world and everything in it), the REAL answer book.

            Jesus dealt with the psychical during his short time on this earth (33 years). God in man, he was hungry, he saw many sick people whom he did not heal; saw much sin, and especially, Roman slavery, which he did nothing about. He saw the inequities of man-kind, royalty as well as poverty. The problem I have had in my belief system, throughout life, not just because I am a totally blind man, not just because I was raised in poverty, not just because I have been exposed to every type hypocrisy the world could receive; WHY we all are expected to believe and worship our sovereign creator, on such an uneven "playing field."

            Oh, the traps of the human mind! Oh, the plight of a woman in a wheel-chair attempting to prepare food with counters and tables built for "normal" people. Everything in the world was built for the "normal." How can a blind person find ANYTHING, especially when there are "unthinking" people around who move everything. Most of my life is filled with frustration from paying good money to employees who do not give a "rosy-dam" about my situation.

            When I was in College, half-starved, always in a state of depression; I would observe the better-heeled students (those who could afford to eat in the better restaurants, where better clothes, and drive fancy cars), playing the game of "dice-throwing." It did not bother them at all to lose money, or to take their friends' money...it was all a game of chance. And this would be their attitude throughout life. In 2015, $91.5 B dollars was spent in the gaming industry, $240 B in gambling industry. Gambling/gaming is as much a way of life around the world, as people breathing.

            This world traveler looked into the great casinos at Monte Carlo, Panama, Atlantic City...and many other such places. One, reading the movie magazines, following lives of the "rich and famous" on television, would think that only those with money would be risking their money...most of it not hard-earned, as those of us that work. To my surprise, it seems that those in the casinos were very ordinary people. Of course, every Nation/State/most Counties must get into the action...lottery games, such as "powerball" and "megamillions." The politicians have sense enough to put these sales-spots for lottery tickets in the poorest areas of town. Once, when this rider had given a blistering speech against the lottery (before it came to NC) on the radio, one prominent citizen whom I respected very much had called and said, "Dr. Morris is so wrong, every person has a right to hope, and making a large sum of money, even when the odds against you are so great, is the only hope that many poor people have."

            In the business world, the political world, and even (I must say) among most of our church friends...so many smile at us while deep inside they hate us. This is the whole philosophy of gambling, falsity. The sales-world is built around false advertisement. Sales-people smiling at you (whether on a used car lot, or at the cash register in your local grocery store,), while taking your money, deep inside they just detest your very life, your very ability to spend money.

            Many would say that even Jesus was born with the dice tossed showing "snake eyes." It is hard to think that any child has had a worse birth-place, lived a more desperate life (never owned anything, never had a home that he called his own, had to depend on the generosity of others). Most of us have had hard lives. Most of the truly rich men I have known negotiated from hard lives, and were not ashamed to talk about it. The only shame comes in conniving that you did by yourself. It is so important to give all credit to the one who was generous enough to give us life, and to protect us through whatever life throws our way....whether from an inherited disease, crippledness, or even ugliness.

#1978- Decency and Ambition

            "And ye shall be holy unto me: for I the LORD am holy, and have severed you from other people, that ye should be mine." (Leviticus 20:26)

            We serve two masters, decency and ambition. For the Christian, for the human being who has a conscious, there is always a conflict...as hot as the fire bellows of the blacksmith. We live in a world where grown men crawl all over one another, attempting to convince everyone that life is fair.

            The world is built around the idea of sales...selling self or something. This world traveler has roamed the "soups" of Marrakesh, the great Grand Bazaar of Istanbul. I love the farmers' market...locally or in Nepal. Hard-working peasants, bringing their washed/presentable, home-grown vegetables, to a buying public. I was raised in impoverished Eastern North Carolina. My "folks," though land owners, were just peasants. On our farm, we had ten acres of tobacco, which we grew/harvested/grated, and then sold on the floor of the auction warehouse. There has never been harder work than the growing(farming) of tobacco; hanging it in the large curing barns, grating and getting it ready for market. I still remember the first time my daddy sold tobacco for 50 cents a pound. But, the land was productive, not just of produce and things, but of families, and children, who have contributed to this world.

            There was no insurance against crop failure (back then), against fires in the barns or the house. If you were knocked down, you got up and started over. I still remember the night that the barn burned. There was no welfare. The highway (now named for my father), which divided our land, was just a dirt road when I was a child...no power, phone, or water lines. We survived by the purity of sweat. My father said that he had lived on that highway (land) his entire life, and had never seen one government vehicle on the highway (rd), with the exception of the (public) school bus and the mail man. If there was support from Government agencies, we never saw any. When a tornado hit our 300 acres, trees uprooted, barns overturned; it was our neighbors who came in to help straighten things out...not the scent of a Government handout.

            Everyone sells, I have never known any man to make any money at all unless he had something to sell. My mother sold molded butter, eggs, and garden produce in town. Her children, all college graduates, now all millionaires, sold their abilities (which they had gained from years of hard study). The oldest; blind, home-bound and with disabilities, now sells on the internet. The true sales-person learns early the true gravitas of attractive psychology...the smile, the voice, that initial appearance (impression). The successful doctor can attribute 80% of his success to his personality. My patients came to this doctor (me) not just for treatment, but for the experience.

            Why are some preachers, teachers, doctors, and lawyers, more successful than others? It is all a matter of selling yourself. If you can sell yourself, you can sell your product. I have met people, still moving around, who died years ago...they had lost their "electricity." The difference in life and death is a matter of the electricity in the body. I am probably the only man alive who heard the great preacher ,John Henry Worley. When my father and mother were children (they were raised within two miles of one another), both families in the same church, built in 1874. This man (John Henry) would ride for 30 miles on horseback, to preach at churches that only had church services one Sunday a month. In spite of their warts, he and all those people from the hinterlands, who filled the churches, were holy; set apart by/for God.

            The sales-person does not smile all the time, they are allowed to get angry. Jesus got angry; humans get angry. There are people that God hates. One physiatrist told me that he could heal any mental problem by teaching a patient to whistle. Your ability to whistle, sing, or have any type rhythm, it removes "sick" images from your optics. We can survive in a secular world just by observing and appreciating the beauty of this present world; God wanted me to travel all over it...the great Himalayas, the glaciers at both the North and South Poles.

            Everything in creation speaks about God. And to think, you are his very special creation, even made in his image. Line up human beings, one after another, around the world; you will never find another one like you...your voice, your fingerprints, the flex in the iris of your eyes, all special and different from any other human. Just think, every snowflake that ever fell had its own design (no two ever the same). Yet, there are those who do not believe in the design creator! Most of our problems come from our fear of offending others. We think that life should be fair. God not only created the world and everything in it, but also gave us a book to read (containing) all the answers. You will not find "fairness" there.

            We refuse to talk with anyone about the condition of their souls, about not taking care of their health/bodies...abuse/addictions. Much life activity revolves around food. Food is very important in the bible...I'm so glad Jesus enjoyed eating with his friends Mary, Martha, and Lazarus. I still remember those long tables in the church-yard, filled with food. Food, like everything else, is a matter of control. When you write a play, you must remember that people with only sit for so long.

            Patriotism is crippled by political correctness. Christianity crippled by our not wanting to be "different." Information speeds around the world at the speed of light. We live in a society policed by rumors. Always, "is it true?" Compassion is more than a feeling, it is love in action...it is combining your ambition with God-given decency.

            

#1977-Half Baked

"The redeemed before the throne--look how they shine! Hark how they sing! They were not always as they are now. They were once like us--sorrowing, suffering, sinning! But He has washed them from their sins in His own blood--and wiped away their tears with His own nail-pierced hands!" -John Newton

"All glory to Him who loves us and has freed us from our sins by shedding His blood for us! All glory and power to Him forever and ever! Amen." Revelation 1:5-6 
  

            If you don't get in the water, you will never learn to swim; no matter how many books you read about swimming. Satan has been very effective in setting up his "firewall" of demarcation/boundary lines, in the secular world. When I graduated from the University 65 years ago this month, we were presented a bible (this from the nation's first and oldest state-supported University, UNC Chapel Hill). Now, from everything I hear, even on "so-called" Christian College campuses, Christianity is demoted to a superstition; and we now have cities beautified, with church steeples empty. My seminary professor's son was recently asked to travel to a church and attempt to resuscitate. He said, "Beautiful building, beautiful city." A building which seated 900 people, had exactly 20 persons there on Sunday morning. He had just returned from a mission trip to Japan, taking with him 14 seminarians. In Japan, the once all-consuming Shinto religion, with its shrines, now just considered a part of Japan's history...superstition.

            This writer, world traveler (Dr. Morris has made eight around the world trips, every Continent, passport stamped in 157 Countries), in Burma, more Stupa's (religious shrines) than people. In Greece, the ancient city of Delphi; above one temple in Gold letters, these words, "know thyself." In Paris, France, one of the great tourist attractions: Napoleons Tomb. The story is that, after one of his bloodiest battles, he presented a medal to each surviving soldier...which had on it, only the words, "The Battle, I was there." We Americans were here during the most critical part of our history, a time of healthcare scams, attempts to "unisex" everything from the school house to the military's front lines. We have seen the churches emptied out, but sports arena's filled in. Every Christian should remember one thing: today I am one day closer to heaven or hell.

            In China, I was at a group of caves, known for their ancient religious attraction. Three older Chinese men called me over to them, they said to me in broken English, "We believe you are a Christian." I said, "Yes, how did you know?" The reply of one, "You can always tell, a Christian has joy, and that is what attracted us to Christianity." IF there were joy in the many churches which you find on almost every corner of every American City, the unsaved would be trying to get in, and members would have the pews filled; instead of what is happening now.

            This has been the mystery of my life, a human being, chosen by God to live on this rare and beautiful planet. IF we are believers, we should be concerned about those around us, certainly members of our own family...they are going to die; "The mortality rate is still 100%," and will end up in one of two places, nothing in between. When I was a boy, I still remember one old man in our community, a dirt tenant farmer named Romey; who would go to my cousin's country store with his bible, and invite the men he knew to sit and talk with him about God's word. Brother Romey would never go on a mission trip, would never preach in a pulpit, but he was concerned about the men who farmed around him...the men he knew. I know very few pairs who are even concerned about their own children...if one would die suddenly by choking on something, or by car crash.

            Those of us raised poor, never get over the food we ate...we still sometimes prefer it to the finest foods in the finest restaurants. My mother and grandmothers have been dead a long time. But, I can still see them cooking cornbread, perhaps the cheapest food known to man (just a matter of cornmeal; ground-up corn, with water, made into cakes). I can still see my mother frying these cornbread "cakes" in a (cast) iron frying pan. She always cooked them well on both sides...they were not good half baked. I can think of nothing I'd rather have to eat, right now, than a cake of her cornbread. If only we could see our future, know that we are already living eternally...just "half-baked." Most of us do not really believe, sincerely or completely, in anything. Otherwise, we would not see the blight on the family...the curse brought on children (abortion, child trafficking and sex slavery chains). Unbelievers, even our own children, must SEE Christianity in us before they HEAR anything about Christianity from us.

Stupa (Religious Shrine)

Subject: Tyson Plant Drops Labor Day

American Co. Eliminates Labor Day to show support for their 700 Muslim employees...working in Tennessee .

THANKS!  

SO glad they have their name on all of their products. That will make it much easier to eliminate picking up one of their products by mistake. 

The takeover continues, slowly but surely. Tyson Foods eliminates Labor Day in favor of a Muslim Holiday.

How do you eat an elephant? 

One bite at a time.

How do you take over America ?

One American at a time.

Tyson chicken anyone? We all need to heed this message.

Tyson Food in Shelbyville, Tennessee has eliminated Labor Day as a paid holiday in favor of the last day of Ramadan because they have 700 Muslim employees. 

Tennessee is the newest Hot-Bed for Muslim immigration. 

According to the 2010 Government Census more Muslims are flocking to Tennessee than any other state in the union.

I will no longer purchase any Tyson products.

It's just one more little chunk of America that's been bitten off. If you wish to join me, then let your e-mail friends know this.

If we don't stand up for something we will fall for anything.

All it takes for evil to triumph is for good men to do nothing.

*And the best way to send them the message that they made the wrong decision is to not buy Tyson chicken products!*

This was verified:

Tyson Plant Drops Labor Day for Muslim Holiday | Fox News

ICE Raids Dozens of Convenience Stores in MASSIVE Move… But Look What the Media’s Hiding

by Brian Hayes | Top Right News

President Trump unleashed ICE once again this week, this time deploying its Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) unit, along with the DEA to arrest dozens of convenience store owners across 4 states.

Over 60 people were arrested, and already 35 of them have been indicted by a Federal grand jury, with federal conspiracy charges for money laundering, distributing controlled substances and trafficking contraband cigarettes.

The AP carried this story:

(T)he suspects conspired for more than 2 years to buy contraband cigarettes in St. Louis, a low tax market, while transporting and distributing them in Chicago, Illinois, and New Jersey, which are high tax markets. The store owners are accused of using several convenience stores that they operated to create the appearance of legal cigarette purchases.

Illegal profits form the contraband cigarette sales were laundered through accounts associated with the stores, and used to manufacture and distribute illegal controlled substances.

A synthetic drug, K-2, was sold every day from a handful of the convenience stores. Authorities said the store owners manufactured synthetic drugs themselves by importing chemicals from China.

“The collaboration with our federal and local law enforcement partners is the key to breaking criminal enterprises in this area,” said Special Agent in Charge James M. Gibbons of HSI Chicago.

“Synthetic drugs that are sold as substitutes for cocaine and methamphetamine, are neither legal nor safe,” said James P. Shroba, Special Agent in Charge of the DEA St. Louis Division. “These substances were never intended for human consumption and only serve to satisfy the avarice of the seller.”

If convicted, the defendants face a maximum of five to 20 years in prison and the a $1 million dollar fine.

But here’s what the Associated “Press” didn’t think you needed to know…the names of those indicted.

See if you notice any pattern…

Mohammed Almuttan, aka Abu Ali, 35, St. Louis, MO

Rami Almuttan, aka Abu Louay, 33, St. Louis, MO

Hisham Mutan, aka Abu Mohamed, 41, St. Louis, MO

Saddam Mutan, aka Abu Ali, 24, St. Louis, MO

Mazin Abdelsalam, aka Abu Mohammad, 38, St. Louis, MO

Najeh Muhana, aka Abu Yazan, 41, Fairview, NJ

Fares Muhana, aka Abu Yamama, 40, Cliffside Park, NJ

Ayoub Qaiymah, aka Abu Faysal, 23, Richmond, VA

Naser Abid, 23, Chicago, IL

Yadgar Barzanji, aka Abu Siver, 47, St. Louis, MO

Wafaa Alwan, 50, St. Louis, MO

Ahmed Abuali, aka Bazilla, 31, North Bergen, NJ

Mohammed Kayed, aka Mohammed Fayez, 21, Clifton, NJ

Momen Abuali, 20, Little Ferry, NJ

Firat Sevindik, 42, Cliffside Park, NJ

Mohammed Mustafa, 30, North Bergen, NJ

Mohammad Karashqah, Abu Yazid, 47, North Bergen, NJ

Fayez Sheikha, 46, Mishawaka, IN

Jihad Shihadeh, Abu Malik, 58, Chicago Ridge, IL

Ismael Abadi, 57, Carol Stream, IL

Abed Hamed, Abed Fawzan, 39, Greenville, NC

Maher Hamed, Abu Alazara, 33, Swansea, IL

Abdel Adi, 25, Oak Lawn, IL

Muhanad Khatib, Abu Alamin, 36, Chicago, IL

Eyad Awad, 38, Chicago, IL

Ismael Mustafa, 60, Kankakee, IL

Hayder Al Fatli, 40, St. Louis, MO

Kutlay Guvener, 35, Chicago, IL

Saad Al Mallak, 30, Dittmer, MO

Hassan Abdelatif, 29, Collinsville, IL

Mahajir Naz, 32, St. Louis, MO

Talal Abuajaj, 23, St. Louis, MO

Basem Hamdan, aka Abu Ramiz, 57, St. Louis, MO

Zainal Saleh, 29, St. Louis, MO and

Ibrahim Awad, 39, St. Louis, MO

That’s right…every single one of the 35 men indicted is Muslim. Nothing to see here, huh?

And there’s more. According to sources, “at least 20” of the men are being held on additional “immigration detainers” by ICE. That means they are “suspected illegal aliens.”

The AP didn’t feel you needed to know that either. I’m sure it just slipped their minds.

This is just the latest in a continuing series of Muslim-owned convenience store criminal enterprises.

As TRN reported, in 2015 state authorities in Alabama uncovered  a massive, EBT-for-terrorism scheme in which Muslim-owned convenience stores exploited the U.S. welfare system to fund ISIS:

The massive probe, dubbed Operation T-bone, targeted those they say have been cheating the food stamp system to the tune of hundreds of thousands of dollars and sending  the profits via wire transfer to Yemen, some of which is suspected to have funded Islamic State (ISIS) terrorist activity.

And back then it was Alabama D.A. who led the investigation — not the Obama keystone cops, who strangely had nothingto do with that bust.

All 11 stores shut down by authorities were Muslim-owned.

There is a long history of Muslims using welfare systems for criminal activity, as well as purposely abusing the system. As we reported in 2013, a prominent Muslim cleric called on Muslim immigrants in Western nations to purposely collect government welfare as a so-called “Jihad Seeker’s Allowance.”

But during the last 8 years the Obama Administration has neglected the problem, whether deliberately or from incompetence.

It’s nice to see the new administration is not wasting any time in bringing these criminals to justice.