Membership of secret societies whose aim is to subvert and control humanity by the dissemination of occult and often satanic philosophies have long been the preserve of members of the political, banking and business elites of Europe and America.
A super read. I discovered much of the same but could never quite imagine how to make it connect in a single piece of writing…. You did a great job with that.
Good article, Anne, plenty to digest. I'll get a look at the videos later although I've seen Aidan's a few times. He's another person who has shown dignified bravery in the face of colossal opposition over the last few years.
The closure of God’s houses during the plandemic was a terrible indictment of those organisations & their members.
They were publicising to the world their total lack of faith in God, their belief that even in his places of worship he couldn’t protect them, that the natural immunity he gave them was no good. Only Big Pharma could save them. So they went off to receive the devils sacrament.
God was redundant. The devil had won as far as they were concerned.
Compelling argument.Anne Brendan behan didn't have much good to say about the anglican church - describing its birth as arising from the excesses of henry the 8th & all he stood for. From what I can glean, the catholic Church - the roman catholic Church arose from the ashes of the roman empire, as it desperately sought a new role that didn't involve huge military maneuvers. The huge bureaucracy that had developed was well placed to cast its net over this new Christian ethos & it's followers. Constantine stopped fighting with the new followers of christ realising it was hopeless & placed himself somehow at their head, creating a new empire in the pricess
process That of course is a very simplified version. Having said that I hav only good to say about all catholics I hav met & had connections with - if they were pious, there was a guarantee U would get respect & wud be treated well. I hav also a story of honesty & integrity involving money given to sisters of charity by my mother over the 55 years they looked after my down syndrome sister who passed away 2 years ago. It was all returned to my family - almost a 5 figure sum after my sisters death. I could never understand the stories admonishing the catholic Church & it's institutions- with the exception of the refusal to take responsibility for the likes of fr brendan smith, allowing him to stay in circulation for too long. My understanding now is that certain other "scandals" might be due a review. The popes down through the years, successors to Constantine, it appears hav a lot to answer for, for un- Christian activities.
Thanks for that jer. Yes, the history of religions is complicated, and necessarily disputed. As the man says, we have to start from where we are. Have a look at the story of Bella Dodds-it may throw a bit of light onto the degeneration of the Catholic church over the past century or so. Most of those involved in the higher echelons since the 1960s may well have been as a consequence of work! It's in Taylor Marshalls "Infiltration " book.
It's a tragedy, especially of course for the victims, but also for the tens of thousands of good priests who are suffering all of the ignominy, but deserve none of the blame.
Spot on Anne. ‘Truthers’ who don’t recognise that we are in the throes of the great spiritual battle foretold are not seeing the truth at all ironically.
I share your suspicion of new age religion Anne but I don’t see a return to the authoritarian Catholic Church that dominated our culture and demanded our obedience, as a solution to our situation. Group think has clearly shown itself to be a big part of our problem. The fact that all our institutions played a part in the scamdemic, has opened people’s eyes and many are now learning to think and research for themselves for the first time. As a result, many are becoming aware of the dark history of the church. The role of corruption, the inquisition, and indulgences etc. played a big role in the development of Protestantism, don’t forget. The cats out of the bag and people are thinking for themselves. This is a good thing. You criticise Gnosticism, but when the church says, that the devil is the God of this world, are they not preaching a form of Gnosticism? There are many good things in Christianity, but like everything else we need to examine it carefully to gain a better understanding of what exactly it is. At this stage, I find it hard to escape the conclusion, that the bible, as with many other holy texts, is best understood as allegory rather than as history.
I think it is good that these topics are discussed by those searching for truth, and hopefully, we will be able to have differing opinions while not losing sight of how much we agree on, and who our common enemies are.
My hats off to you for your courageous stand. If only more of our medics were as committed to standing up for the truth. I admire you.
I leave you with the ancient maxims which ring true for me -
‘Know Thyself, Nothing to Excess, Certainty Brings Insanity’
May I respectfully recommend you read "Bearing False Witness, Debunking Centuries of Anti-Catholic History" written by a non Catholic historian Rodney Stark. It's very good, and thoroughly referenced. Also re the problem of the devil, I'd recommend any good catechism. Thank you for your response, and your kind words.
Thanks for the recommendation Anne, I’ll check it out. I have just read a few reviews and it seems to be mainly about the inquisition, the dark ages, Galileo and their stance during WWII. The problem is, at this point it is very hard to ascertain for certain, what is true in relation to the distant past, given that so much is written by the victors. Consider how many official records from just four years ago will confirm there was a pandemic at the time, when revisited in 10, 100, 1000 years time.
Whether they killed 4,000 or just 10 during the Inquisition, neither is really a recommendation.
I am already very sceptical about the ‘Dark Ages’ story, which doesn’t add up, so I would be very interested to read that chapter.
I no longer believe in the spinning ball model, so defending Galileo would actually be a black mark in my book, which would further compound their culpability in promoting the ‘Big Bang’ nonsense (which we definitely do know they did).
The main problem I have with them now, is that they support vaccinations (including those produced using tissue from aborted babies) which I am convinced they know is harmful. On top of that, their continued failure to properly look after the victims of the sex abusers (some of whom I know personally) in their ranks is really hard to stomach.
Ultimately though, I think massive organisations of the size of the Catholic Church are unnecessary and unhealthy, for many reasons.
Take care Anne. I believe you are on the side of truth, as am I. Hopefully between us all we will slowly progress towards it.
"And ye shall know the truth and the truth shall make you free"
Fair enough. Stark is good, and I believe the sources he quotes are from long before the internet algorithm ghetto, and perhaps less likely to be propaganda.
A super read. I discovered much of the same but could never quite imagine how to make it connect in a single piece of writing…. You did a great job with that.
Good article, Anne, plenty to digest. I'll get a look at the videos later although I've seen Aidan's a few times. He's another person who has shown dignified bravery in the face of colossal opposition over the last few years.
Thank you, Anne.
The closure of God’s houses during the plandemic was a terrible indictment of those organisations & their members.
They were publicising to the world their total lack of faith in God, their belief that even in his places of worship he couldn’t protect them, that the natural immunity he gave them was no good. Only Big Pharma could save them. So they went off to receive the devils sacrament.
God was redundant. The devil had won as far as they were concerned.
Compelling argument.Anne Brendan behan didn't have much good to say about the anglican church - describing its birth as arising from the excesses of henry the 8th & all he stood for. From what I can glean, the catholic Church - the roman catholic Church arose from the ashes of the roman empire, as it desperately sought a new role that didn't involve huge military maneuvers. The huge bureaucracy that had developed was well placed to cast its net over this new Christian ethos & it's followers. Constantine stopped fighting with the new followers of christ realising it was hopeless & placed himself somehow at their head, creating a new empire in the pricess
process That of course is a very simplified version. Having said that I hav only good to say about all catholics I hav met & had connections with - if they were pious, there was a guarantee U would get respect & wud be treated well. I hav also a story of honesty & integrity involving money given to sisters of charity by my mother over the 55 years they looked after my down syndrome sister who passed away 2 years ago. It was all returned to my family - almost a 5 figure sum after my sisters death. I could never understand the stories admonishing the catholic Church & it's institutions- with the exception of the refusal to take responsibility for the likes of fr brendan smith, allowing him to stay in circulation for too long. My understanding now is that certain other "scandals" might be due a review. The popes down through the years, successors to Constantine, it appears hav a lot to answer for, for un- Christian activities.
Thanks for that jer. Yes, the history of religions is complicated, and necessarily disputed. As the man says, we have to start from where we are. Have a look at the story of Bella Dodds-it may throw a bit of light onto the degeneration of the Catholic church over the past century or so. Most of those involved in the higher echelons since the 1960s may well have been as a consequence of work! It's in Taylor Marshalls "Infiltration " book.
https://search.brave.com/search?q=Bells+Doods+infiltration+of+Catholic+church&source
It's a tragedy, especially of course for the victims, but also for the tens of thousands of good priests who are suffering all of the ignominy, but deserve none of the blame.
Spot on Anne. ‘Truthers’ who don’t recognise that we are in the throes of the great spiritual battle foretold are not seeing the truth at all ironically.
I share your suspicion of new age religion Anne but I don’t see a return to the authoritarian Catholic Church that dominated our culture and demanded our obedience, as a solution to our situation. Group think has clearly shown itself to be a big part of our problem. The fact that all our institutions played a part in the scamdemic, has opened people’s eyes and many are now learning to think and research for themselves for the first time. As a result, many are becoming aware of the dark history of the church. The role of corruption, the inquisition, and indulgences etc. played a big role in the development of Protestantism, don’t forget. The cats out of the bag and people are thinking for themselves. This is a good thing. You criticise Gnosticism, but when the church says, that the devil is the God of this world, are they not preaching a form of Gnosticism? There are many good things in Christianity, but like everything else we need to examine it carefully to gain a better understanding of what exactly it is. At this stage, I find it hard to escape the conclusion, that the bible, as with many other holy texts, is best understood as allegory rather than as history.
I think it is good that these topics are discussed by those searching for truth, and hopefully, we will be able to have differing opinions while not losing sight of how much we agree on, and who our common enemies are.
My hats off to you for your courageous stand. If only more of our medics were as committed to standing up for the truth. I admire you.
I leave you with the ancient maxims which ring true for me -
‘Know Thyself, Nothing to Excess, Certainty Brings Insanity’
May I respectfully recommend you read "Bearing False Witness, Debunking Centuries of Anti-Catholic History" written by a non Catholic historian Rodney Stark. It's very good, and thoroughly referenced. Also re the problem of the devil, I'd recommend any good catechism. Thank you for your response, and your kind words.
I'm going to pick up a copy of that book!
Thanks for the recommendation Anne, I’ll check it out. I have just read a few reviews and it seems to be mainly about the inquisition, the dark ages, Galileo and their stance during WWII. The problem is, at this point it is very hard to ascertain for certain, what is true in relation to the distant past, given that so much is written by the victors. Consider how many official records from just four years ago will confirm there was a pandemic at the time, when revisited in 10, 100, 1000 years time.
Whether they killed 4,000 or just 10 during the Inquisition, neither is really a recommendation.
I am already very sceptical about the ‘Dark Ages’ story, which doesn’t add up, so I would be very interested to read that chapter.
I no longer believe in the spinning ball model, so defending Galileo would actually be a black mark in my book, which would further compound their culpability in promoting the ‘Big Bang’ nonsense (which we definitely do know they did).
The main problem I have with them now, is that they support vaccinations (including those produced using tissue from aborted babies) which I am convinced they know is harmful. On top of that, their continued failure to properly look after the victims of the sex abusers (some of whom I know personally) in their ranks is really hard to stomach.
Ultimately though, I think massive organisations of the size of the Catholic Church are unnecessary and unhealthy, for many reasons.
Take care Anne. I believe you are on the side of truth, as am I. Hopefully between us all we will slowly progress towards it.
"And ye shall know the truth and the truth shall make you free"
Fair enough. Stark is good, and I believe the sources he quotes are from long before the internet algorithm ghetto, and perhaps less likely to be propaganda.
I should add, it wasn’t just group think it was also deference to institutional authority that did the majority in.
Great piece & very well writ. I second yr praise of Aidan Killian's 'Once Upon A Lockdown'. Wish everyone would see it.
Brilliant article.
Thank you.