Have a "Merry Saturnalia!"

Jeez-us! Doesn't this look like so much more fun??

Well, it's not quite Thanksgiving, which means

it's well past time to start talking about Christmas!

And if you listen to Fox News or 'The Occupant,'

you know that there's a "War on Christmas!" (see also

'War on the Wealthy,' 'War on White People,' and 'War

on Men.')

This year, let's just circumvent that whole false narrative

and celebrate the original 'reason for the season,' the

festival of Saturnalia! That blessed Roman Holiday (no,

the movie was not based on it!) with feasting and gift-giving

and general merriment, also centering on a sacrifice!

(See? You're already celebrating Saturnalia as a Christian--

you just didn't know it!!)

Yeah, but then those pushy Christians came along, and as

they often do, decided their beliefs superseded everyone

else's. Surely you remember that from the Bible?

        Fullofshiticus  3: 2-4: "For whosoever believeth in Him

should worry not about living in accordance with His principles,

but instead, make an annoying ass of themselves and generally

be a party pooper. Authoritarianism wins a lot of friends!"

So, technically there isn't a War on Christmas since it 

wasn't the original injured party! In fact, if you're the one

doing the white-washing and appropriating, do you get to

be the 'injured party?' Something about that Bible and the 

sense of entitlement its pseudo-believers manifest!

Anyway, after the Christians took over Rome and started

eliminating all the good cultural aspects like they're wont to

do, they changed the festival to worship their fake deity

instead of the fake deity it used to honor. They even moved

little baby Jesus' fictional birthday from 2 months later so

as to make the transformation seem legit!

(Cuz--SPOILER ALERT!-those Bible folks have been

knowing their way around some edits and rewrites for a

hot minute, y'all!)

Jesus was all about the anal-retentive control mechanisms

exhibited by the modern evangelical movement, home of 

'homosexuals leveled my trailer with high winds' and 'cain't

we just elect our sex perverts in peace?'

And now that Christianity is a dying religion, along with all

the trappings of the church (misogyny, racism, homophobia,

male privilege, absolutism, hell-fire, etc.) there's a reformation

movement afoot to reduce the stranglehold religion has on 

public events and customs. So of course the thieves of the real

'Christmas' are feeling threatened, given that their deity is only

omnipotent and omniscient (allegedly!) and surely needs their 

fervent, frothing-at-the-mouth assistance to aid him in keeping

his ill-gotten gains.

(See, the pyramid scheme only works if you continue bringing in 

new investors.)

Hence the manufactured 'war on Xmas' designed to paint Xians

(once again) as poor, suffering, victims of outsiders' hostilities--

based solely on said outsiders' jealousy over their connection to

Jesus--and simultaneous 'lack of understanding' as to how it all

works!

But the 'War' is as fictional as the super-powered zombified white

dude that Christmas' defenders purportedly worship.

These fascists want to get indignant over the natural progression

towards a pop-culturized, generic, non-religious celebration!

As if they are owed something beyond redemption and eternal

salvation! (allegedly!)

And it's a pretty shitty thing to want to fight for, anyway! I mean,

come on! Only right-wing nutters would want to steal a happy 

day of festive celebration from children who look forward to it

all year long, and make it about a mind-controlling cult that uses

terror on young children to indoctrinate them into worshipping

an invisible policeman! "But he loves you SOOOO much!" Yeesh.

Frankly, Jesus kind of sounds like a dick in these guys' take.

So, don't be fooled by the blustery level of insanity employed

by your inappropriately-political coworkers or your pushy,

neurotic aunts and uncles. Don't let your sociopathically-obsessed-

with-homosexuals neighbor get it twisted for you. (Besides-- 

everybody knows that the more verbally aggressive and crazed 

someone is, the less viable and credible their argument!)

The only war going on this holiday season is the war being waged by

hyper-politicized so-called Christians (CINOs) trying to tear happiness 

and calm out of your child's cold, dead hands!

Don't let them keep putting the 'Christ' in Saturnalia! It's time to 

take a stand against these dirty, thieving heretics! 

When they say "Merry Christmas," we say "Keep Saturnalia 'Christ'-free!"

(Or if you really want to fuck with them , just whisper "Hail Satan!" and smile.

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Thanksgiving Day prayer...and salvation

"Bull dick and onion is served!"

What matters the menu if it's all hard to swallow?

This week seems the perfect time to touch on this, since this week
kicks into high gear the season of trying to 'keep up with the Jones.'
Maybe it's a good time to ask yourself why you do what you do,
and whether your traditions are healthy or not. ("It's always been
this way" is not really a deductive reason for continuing a pattern.)

After determining this, is cutting your own path something you feel
confident enough to do?

If not, read on for inspiration...or at least solidarity in your heartache!
And try not to let it get you down!

"This too, shall pass!"

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Other people are only too happy to tell you what's 'wrong' with you.

Especially when the only thing 'wrong' with you is that you have a leg
up on them.

People will despise you for your intellect, your success, your strength,
and anything of value. But of course, that's not how it appears. Usually,
bullshit takes the form of 'concern for your welfare.' Maybe that's
subterfuge, maybe it's denial on behalf of the oblivious. Maybe people
are really that damned stupid. Bottom line; don't buy what they're selling.

Your own family and friends benefit when you fail. They find an inner
push and joy that awakens when anyone who even appears 'together'--
in any area--takes a tumble. No one is really on your side, anyway.
When a crack in the armor appears, the people who show up don't
want to piece you back together again. No, they want to make sure
you know you weren't all that to begin with.

Sometimes the quicksand you find yourself in isn't a product of happen-
stance; your neighbor or acquaintance or colleague just casually observing
the mess from the sidelines. Often, there were insidious remarks or
insinuations that led to a particular set of troubles. A warning that could
have been given (but wasn't,) a helping hand that could have been offered
(but wasn't.)

Why do we subject ourselves to the insanity of people we have nothing
 in common with? To avoid being alone? Is it really that scary to be alone
as opposed to being miserable with people that don't respect us or our
values? Out of a misguided sense of obligation or assumed connection?
Sometimes we get stuck in a rut of spending time with people who are
in our immediate environment just out of laziness to seek out someone new.

Blood means nothing unless we assume it does. If other people don't
have the same dedications, what good is a one-sided sense of duty?

This Thursday is just another day of the week. No stress required or
desired. It's all relative (but in a good, subjectivist fashion, not the
'uncle-I-have-to-endure' kind of way.) People look at you funny
when you say you're not close to your family, as if the sole burden
of that onus is on your shoulders as a freak individual who anti-socially
shuns all things 'right' and 'good' (or whatever passes for such values
on a certain day.)

There's no possibility given to the concept of a family being filled
with undesirables who critique and bitch and judge and spew venom,
causing all with a clue to desire being away from them. Oh well.
People will assume whatever they want, and their misinterpretations
are none of my concern. Anyone who would make snap or misinformed
judgments isn't someone I'd likely want to hang out with, either.

My typical 'thanksgiving' tradition does exist. No, it does not involve
colonization, indoctrination, brutal massacres, nor spread of disease.
I have a nice meal at a Chinese restaurant, typically some wine (though,
no more!) and watch favorite movies. At some point I call all my friends
and offer support and a friendly ear as they rant over whatever
ridiculousness is transpiring at their homes. They release, enjoy the
sanctuary, and then reluctantly return to the briar patch of 'forced'
responsibilities.

Sorry. I am responsible for no one else's happiness besides my own.
If an individual wants to be sad or discontent because any one person
is not in their presence on a specific day, that is definitely a personal
problem! Don't try and shame or guilt me into shit. Homo don't play that.

Do what you need to do.

CYA: Cover Your Ass. Just refuse to buy into the drama!

The rest will work itself out...it always does.

Merry Christmas ?

I wish I could shoot back a chipper "Merry Christmas to you, too!" in response to 'well-wishers' who want you to know they haven't lost the 'Reason for the Season.' But I get the clumsy words stuck in my throat; hesitant because what some wish Christ to mean has come SO far from what His message and life was truly about.

It's strange to see how far things have gone wrong, and I can't help but wish Jesus were truly coming back, just as his self-proclaimed followers (in name only) profess, though I believe we'd most likely see THEIR gladness turn to sorrow as they would be shunned from the Gates of Heaven and turned to pillars of salt. They say that history is in the hands of those that survive, and I couldn't agree more. Here's a little slice of Reality to go alongside the Humble Pie ol' J.C.'s devoted are having this Holiday.

Jesus was a rebel, an anarchist, a whistle-blower, and an activist. He was labeled a fruitcake of the times. He was an old-time Hippie. He was considered immoral and his 'lifestyle' in bad taste. He and his doctrine were wholly devalued not because of the beliefs of his lineage were in question, but because of the message of love and acceptance he lived. I said LIVED...not "talked about once a week in services."

He was compassionate and did not render judgement on those different from him, including non-believers. He embraced the disgraced, the disenfranchised, the diverse, the marginalized. He didn't "tolerate," denoting superiority; he loved wholly and fully, accepting the unloved without reservation or qualification. He combatted those who did true wrong; the Pharisees, the Sadducees, the tax gatherers, the rich, the idolaters, the scribes, the merchants, and his followers who judged and condemned. He chastised the haughty, and took the fight to the temple. He rebuked those more concerned with posturing and pretense than with his actual message of love and acceptance.

Yes, we really could stand for J.C. to show back up today. I do not believe myself near as compassionate or long-suffering of evil as he was, but I do recognize the disparity between Christ's message and life, and how his followers live today.

These worshippers in name only, these self-appointed mandaters of all that is good and bad. All of which is based on their own ego, their adherence to man's fear and ignorance. None based on the word, the tone, or the pulse of Jesus' love. He never told anyone to condemn their fellow brothers and sisters. Never said to pass laws in his name and command others what to think, how to speak, what to do. His dictate was to live as he had lived, and to show BY EXAMPLE what love and compassion was.

No talk of hardened hearts or hateful speech or laws that create inequity and division. He would burn modern churches to the ground for what has transpired in his name there.

To be of Jesus means doing right and honorable things no matter how much in the minority, no matter the slings and arrows faced. To fight the Powers That Be despite the odds. To take on those that threaten and bully and enjoy division and keeping others' spirits down. He lived humble and pure, not from absence of fear or impulses, but despite them. He was great in spite of his limitations and worries.

Let's take time at what is ostensibly the season to celebrate Christ's birth, and let's reflect on the real message of the man. Not the bastardized, corrupted version that man has spread like a plague. Allow providence, mercy, and truth of man's interconnected sameness enter your heart and transform you. Every day.

I can't change how other people live; no one can. I can only live the best life I can live, ever aspiring to be as strong as Jesus or Dr. King Jr. or Gandhi or Mother Teresa.Believing that others, despite appearances, may be trying to do the same. I guess I feel okay wishing a Merry Christmas after all.

Lovingly,
Robert Sayre
Georgia Unity
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"Each of them is Jesus in disguise." - Mother Teresa of Calcutta about how she could stay amongst the 'sick' and the 'sinners.'

"The authors of the gospels were unlettered and ignorant men,and the teachings of Jesus have come to us mutilated, misstated and unintelligible." - Thomas Jefferson

"I believe in God, but not as one thing, not as an old man in the sky.I believe that what people call God is something in all of us. I believe that what Jesus and Mohammed and Buddha and all the rest said was right. It's just that the translations have gone wrong." - John Lennon

"When Jesus Christ asked little children to come to him, he didn't say only rich children, or White children, or children of two-parent families or children who didn't have mental or physical handicaps. He said 'Let all children come unto me.' " - Marian Wright Edelman