God Did Not Make Man!

God did not make man!

It was man that made God. Because man needed something to explain the things he could not understand. It can be seen around the world today that the more man understands, the less a belief in a God is needed.

Trevor E. Cowan

Nothing Is Original

Conception: By a virgin.
Father: Only begotten son of God.
Foster father’s ancestry: Of royal descent.
Annunciation: By an angel to his mother.
Birth heralded by: A star.
Birth date: December 25.
Birth witnesses: Shepherds
Death threat during infancy: By Herut Herod.
Break in life history: No data between ages of 12 and 30.
Titles: Way, the Truth the Light; Messiah; God’s Anointed Son; Son of Man; Good Shepherd; Lamb of God; Word made flesh; Word of Truth.
Age at baptism: 30.
Subsequent fate of the baptiser: Beheaded.
Temptation: Taken from the desert,but resists temptation.
Close followers: Twelve disciples.
Walked on water, cast out demons, healed the sick, restored sight to the blind, stilling the sea with his power, raising of the dead.
Transfigured: On a mountain.
Key address(es): Sermon on the Mount.
Method of death By crucifixion.
Accompanied by: Two thieves.
Burial In a tomb.
Fate after death: Descended into Hell; resurrected after three days. Resurrection announced by: Women.
Future: Reign for 1,000 years in the Millennium. Did you think this is about Jesus Mary and Joseph? Wrong, this is about the Egyptian God Horus, his mother Isis and father Osiris.
Why go to the bother of inventing your own fables when you can borrow perfectly good ones from someone else and claim it as your own?
The story of Horus was around long before Jesus came along.

Trevor E. Cowan

A Quote From The Buddha

Just something I came across while surfing the Net. I thought it could be worth while passing on.

Believe nothing ! Belief is a confession of ignorance !

Therefore do not even believe what even I tell you !

All I can do is to teach you to enlighten yourselves.

Your first duty is to abolish your ignorance,

and only you yourselves can do this

Buddha

Unquote

Trevor E. Cowan

The Loss Of The Indiviuals Civil Rights And Freedom

Many people think that because of these acts of terrorism being perpetrated around the world that we will lose certain freedoms and civil rights. I have news for these people, we were losing to lose them anyway.

At one time a letter that was sent by post was considered to be so private that if a person other than the addressee opened it, they could be fined heavily, or sent to jail in some cases. These days are now just a pleasant memory of days gone bye. These day we live under a completely “Big Brother Is Watching You” system.

These days the “Letter” has largely been replaced by E-Mail, but don’t put anything in an E-Mail that you would not pin to an office water cooler wall because E-mails can be read by anyone with the technology to do so. E-mails are scanned for certain “Key words” and if your E-mail contains any of them, it will be copied and kept for a “Proper Reading”.

You can send “Encrypted” E-mail, but in some countries it is against the law. You see the Government thinks its a right to “Spy” on you, and comes back with the answer of “Well! If you have nothing to hide anyway” As if this makes it okay for them to do so. Anyway, the Government would not allow you to use “Encrypted E-mail” unless it had the means of deciphering it anyway.

Governments claim that these measures are necessary, but that is a lot of rubbish. They were doing this and “Phone Taps” long before this modern day spate of terrorism started. They just say this to try and justify their actions.

All I can say to this is that we can be thankful that our Governments are on “Our Side” then. No telling what the “Enemy” would get up to.

Trevor E. Cowan

When Are Our Governments Going To Stop Lying To Us?

I am starting to think that governments the world over are all the same. They think the people are mushrooms, so they keep them in the dark and feed them on manure. Why don’t they try something really radical and start telling the people the truth for a change, or is this too much to expect from the people that we voted in to manage our respective countries?

The U.S.A. lied not only to it’s own people, but the whole world about the “Weapons of mass destruction” being held by saddam Hussein in Iraq. Now the U.S.A. are trying the same stunt with Iran. Nobody has proved that Iran has “Weapons of mass destruction”, but this does not stop the U.S.A. from going in their and bombing the place. Is this just because Iran refuses to kowtow to the mighty American Government?

Israel has the atomic bomb “A weapon of mass destruction”. Why doesn’t the American Government threaten to bomb them for having it? Why does the U.S.A. think that they are one of the few countries to have these weapons, and what gives them the right to say who and who cannot have such weapons. The part that makes me sad is that other Governments like the Governments in Australia, New Zealand and the U.K. have to lie to their people as well, just to appease America.

I feel it is about time they stopped the crap and got on with running their own countries.

Trevor E. Cowan

On Political Correctness Reality And Sanity

Everywhere I go these days a seem to hear the term It is political correctness gone mad and I agree. Political correctness has got way out of control. It appears to be that with each passing day we need to think more and more of not only what we are going to say, but how we are going to say it to be Politically Correct.This nonsense started of with just a few people, now it way out of control. If it took a few people to start it, then it should only take a few people to say Hey! I have had just about enough of this craziness as I am prepared to take, and I am stopping right now.At one time a male in the movie industry was called an actor so everyone would quite clearly know that they were a male, and a female would be called an actress so people would know that she was a female, but now to be politically correct we are told that we are supposed to call them both actors to put them on the same level? Well! Nobody ever explained to me before that one was inferior to the other.If this is the case, why do we still refer to people being a male or a woman? Why not just call them a person instead. Like that person is capable of bearing children, but that person is not. Have you ever heard so much crap in your life? Is that the way we are headed to be able to distinguish a man from a woman when we describe them in a conversation?I say let’s put a stop to this madness right now.

Trevor E. Cowan

The Changing Face Of Warfare

Once it was the country that had the largest Army, Navy, and Air force that won the wars, but I feel that the time is fast approaching that it is the country with the most determination that will win. It is all very well when the fighting and country getting blown to pieces is not your own. But as the U.S.A. found out with September 11th, 2001, even a country or group with very limited resources can still give a giant a very painful kick in the shins then run away. The effects of September 11th, 2001 will be felt for years by some countries, and will cost billions of dollars. There is quite a difference in fighting an army dressed in an easily recognizable uniform in a foreign country, to fighting terrorists in your own country that could quite easy be your next door neighbors. I feel that we are getting ourselves into a situation where nobody is going to win. I feel that is about time that our leaders stopped their sabre rattling and got down to the serious business of finding out just what the problems are and trying to reach an amicable agreement that everyone can live with instead of trying to force the other side into an agreement that may suit you, but not them. I cannot see a peace brought about by threats lasting very long.

Trevor E. Cowan

Just A Different Time Frame

I have been listening to several different sources with great interest lately and have heard to subject of the Christian and Muslim religions being discussed. I listened to the pros con cons of these religions and I came to the conclusion that is about time that both sides stood back and had a good look at themselves before they started to criticize the other side. I am a Pantheist, so do not have a bias either way. The first thing I asked myself is either religion practicing the way of peace that it so vocally proclaims to? I sadly came up with a big “No” I heard it said that if a person converts to the Muslim faith, then later on decides to leave, they could get killed for doing this terrible thing. Shocking you may think, but just cast you mind back a couple of hundred years and ask yourself what happened to people that were found not to be non Christians. Many were burnt at the stake, placed on a rack, or some other devilish instrument of torture until they converted to Christianity. Then killed before they could change their mind again. But at least they got a decent Christian burial. I have also heard that the Muslim faith exercises extreme control over it’s followers, but in years gone by the Christian faith also practiced this. I have come to the conclusion that both sides have done this. Just that one was done in an earlier time frame than the other. I also feel that it would be much more productive if one side tried to understand the other side instead of just criticizing it. But Would need to have a good long hard honest look at their own religion first.

Trevor E. Cowan

One Person’s Perspective Of War.

War is usually known to be a grab for territory and power, and with it of course control. Now! Just who does this effect? You and I? The average let’s get on with life citizen? No. Say the most terrible thing happened and we were taken over by some foreign power. Are they likely to kill us all? Would we lose our jobs and houses? Maybe some would, but this is unpreventable when countries go to war. How many times has England been invaded in the past? The British Ilse have been invaded by the Normans, Saxons Danes and Romans to name a few. But things returned to normal in due course. After all, the foreign power that invaded would like to gain something for their effort, and not be saddled with a liability. Who then does war effect? What type or class of people get effected the most by war? The people who get effected most by war is the very rich, the very powerful, or both. They have become accustomed to the wealth and power and the luxurious lifestyle that they lead and don’t want to lose it. How then can they retain this glorious lifestyle that they lead then? By getting the children of ordinary people who live a mediocre and quite often poor lifestyle to go to fight and get killed for them so they can hold onto their power and wealth. That in my view is what war is all about. The children of the poor being sacrificed so the rich and powerful can hold onto their wealth and power, and very little else. Have you noticed that when many of the children (not all) of the rich and the powerful are placed in a position that they have to go to war that they end up in nice safe places? You see, many of the rich and powerful do not want to put their own children at risk, just ours.

Trevor E. Cowan

A Severe Case Of Don’t Do As I Do, Do As I Tell You

I find it amazing that the USA can go to war with Iraq (or would you really call going into a defenseless country a war?) Then turn around and threaten to go to war with Iran (or bomb it with a nuclear bomb) just because it did not do as it was told by the USA. The USA is frightened that Iran would use an atomic bomb, but is threatening to use one itself against Iran? This would run true to form as the USA is the only country to have used an atomic bomb against another country. Sounds like a severe case of don’t do as I do, do as I tell you to me. Where was the USA and their threats when North Korea was found to be enriching uranium, or China? Oh! I do remember some huffing and puffing going on, and threatening trade sanctions, but they did not dare threaten these countries with going to war or bombing them. The USA had already been taught one severe and lasting lesson when it tried to bully North Korea, and has more sense than to tangle with China. Like most bullies, I feel that the USA picks it’s marks very carefully, and not dare threaten a country that is capable of striking back. Iran states that it has thousands of suicide bombers waiting to strike back if they are bombed by the USA. Can they be blamed for defending themselves in this fashion if is the only way they can defend themselves against a super power? One can only hope that countries like the Australia, New Zealand and the UK have more sense than to allow the USA to drag themselves into this one.

Trevor E. Cowan

Weapons Of Mass Destruction

I often wonder why the USA is so worried about other countries having weapons of mass destruction when the whole world knows that they themselves have more weapons of mass destruction than anyone. Do they think that they are the only country in the world that should be allowed to have them? The USA claims that other countries cannot be trusted to have weapons of mass destruction, but to the best of my knowledge the USA is the only country that has used them. Remember Hiroshima and Nagasaki? Hiroshima, a city on the southwestern coast of Honshu Island in Japan was almost completely destroyed by the first atomic bomb dropped on a populated area on the 6th August 1945. Nagasaki was a leading port and shipbuilding centre; became the second populated area to receive an atomic bomb on the 9th August 1945. So between the 6th August 1945 and the 9th August 1945 with three whole days to reflect on the carnage done by the first bomb, they still decided to drop the second bomb, and we are asked to trust these people as the only ones to be allowed weapons of mass destruction? I would be more impressed with the USA if it practiced what it preached and got rid of their own stockpile of weapons of mass destruction.

Trevor E. Cowan