From: andronicus451@gmail.com   
      
   Normally, we divide the enemies into external and internal ones.   
      
   The external enemies are eliminated by wars, while the internal enemies   
   are cleansed with purges.   
      
   However, this never worked for some reason. This Universe is constructed   
   in such way, whether by its design or by its fallen, devolution state - so that   
   when you try to eliminate evil it actually multiplies and increases.   
      
   This is why there was never a system (fascist or communist or corporatist,   
   witch hunt or heretic inquisition) ever completed wars and/or purges and   
   achieved the state of peace where no wars or purges would ever be required   
   ("The Kingdom of Heaven").   
      
   While the first disciples and apostles were satisfied with the criticism of   
   "those outside", when the church accepted the role of the State religion   
   it had to adjust its teaching so it would be acceptable to the ruler   
   that ruled by force over life and death rather than convincing with   
   tears those who went astray as apostle Paul had (Acts 20:31).   
   He never used iron maidens nor burning stakes to enforce faith in   
   his disciples - he simply set apart those who wanted to hear the   
   good news and shook off the dust over the others.   
      
   The religion that adopted the rule of physical force over life and   
   death as the method of its spreading became the Harlot in scarlet   
   that rides on the back of the Beast with seven heads and ten horns.   
      
   But the original spiritual walk was primarily concerned with man's own   
   greatest enemy: himself. Looking at the "man in the mirror" and his   
   fallen nature is something that a few can afford. Man's own lust, greed,   
   envy, arrogance, gluttony, laziness and hatred proved most destructive   
   for any person, while the external enemy could only kill his body.   
   The inner enemies are known as the mortal sins because they secretly   
   kill the soul.   
      
   The religions explain this phenomenon with the Pandora box or the   
   tree of the knowledge of good and evil and the well-known forbidden fruit.   
   The man was perfect and blameless until he had known good and evil.   
   Now he must know good and evil, and reject evil and choose good.   
   What is good also must be taken in moderation. This means, one small   
   portion of french fries - even when potatoes are made by God, too much   
   of the good thing can cause obesity, diabetes, and consequential blindness   
   or amputation of limbs.   
      
   Eventually, the State could ration the food portions so that nobody gets   
   obese or overweight and mandate physical exercise - but this is usually   
   connected with dictatorships, not with democracies.   
      
   There is a subtle difference between the holy kings of the Bharata dynasty   
   who motivated the people to follow regulation principles with the holy   
   priesthood and by example and that of the State dictatorship.   
   Most notably, the following eliminated the entire priesthood class in   
   events like the "cultural revolution", in millions, maybe tens of millions.   
   Maybe a hundred million?   
      
   But this is not what the spiritual walk is about. It is not about being   
   obedient to some authority and do good only while they are watching.   
   It is about doing good when every good deed is being punished.   
      
   It is about obeying the Commandments for God's sake and for Heaven's sake.   
      
   The list of enemies eventually excluded "flesh and blood" in the times   
   of first apostles: they knew that the greatest enemy is the Devil and man's   
   own "self", ego, flesh.   
      
   The Demons are the nasty bunch that came over to a party uninvited and   
   then decided to stay and invite their worse friends to your home or flat.   
      
   But what gives the food is your own seven mortal sins: your arrogance and   
   pride, envy and malice, lust, greed, gluttony, laziness and anger.   
   Even in China or North Korea it is up to you whether you will rise on the alarm   
   clock or snooze and whether you will make your bed in the morning (unless   
   you are in the army).   
      
   While external authority gives you some structure, the System eventually   
   weakens man's ability to survive, and the worse and more corrupt it is, the   
   more obedience and dependence it requires from the "sheep". The upper   
   class, the dictatorship of the proletariat and later the red burgeois, are   
   exempt   
   from the requirement for obedience as long as they turn a blind eye to   
   every misbehaviour the ruling class does.   
      
   Eventually, the System will collapse, leaving people in panic and chaos   
   like when police went on strike or there was a large-scale blackout:   
   mass violence and looting of the people that were dependent on   
   authority to behave good will require the Man of Peace to solve all   
   of the world's problems.   
      
   Most notably, he is prophesied to scapegoat the believers and persecute   
   them, gathering all of the worlds armies (Gog and Magog) to the battlefield   
   of Armageddon.   
      
   The rest is known from the Book of Revelation.   
      
   in the LORD   
   Amen   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)