They (America's white evangelicals and fundamentalists) are who they are because Power and Greed never changed their core beliefs in White Male Supremacy. Power and Greed merely sweetened the political deals they made within the Republican party.
Today's Sunday School Lesson: The old religious studies courses we took for the easy A are no longer valid. America's Christianity is a fractured, weak, sectarian, divided, and splintered religion that survives only to support the far right and the new American fascism. Some sects like Methodists are defying the trend...but it is too little, too late.
Cults thrive when their followers run from challenges. Today's Republican party is a cult, a criminal enterprise that benefits an elite few. Women must accept the challenge of resistance.
Instead of trying to describe what A Real Man should be, I will premise my argument about gender roles on this: Every man and woman should exhibit the very best of human traits. Empathy, Humility, Kindness, Social Responsibility... If we raise the children in our families and communities to fully appreciate the strength in these traits, we will all live in a better world.
One way for a retired older person to believe again in the energies, good will, intelligences, and empathy of young people is to do background on a local film.
Today is our National Day of Shame. However, some answers to my question, WHY ARE SOME CULT LEADERS AND MOVEMENT LEADERS SUCCESSFUL WHILE OTHERS ARE NOT, gives me a bit of hope. Men like Trump sit precariously in their powerful positions.
The whole-body listening we showed as a baby is a skill that could save a life, a job, a relationship, and a divided nation like the USA.
Patterns in our lives that lead to more of the same problems can be broken. A useful strategy is to Describe the Event, List Thoughts, List Feelings, List Behaviors. Somewhere in those lists are the reasons that the harmful pattern repeats itself.
Survivors are the few among us who learn resilience, empathy, inner strength, and emotiional intelligence.
What will 2025 bring to us? We do not know for certain; we can study patterns and history. But each of us should prepare ourselves and make wiser decisions.
This blog is about a preemptive look at the year ahead and an evaluation of previous ways we create our worst years. Part I: Peace
Part 2: Look For The Helpers. Women must comfort, help, and promote women. Relying unconditionally on men for women's safety, security, and fulfillment is delusion. White women helped win the election for the GOP. We must be ready to help, because the GOP will undoubtedly fail women.