evil - Forum/Discussions - TheBlackList Pub2024-03-28T18:37:30Zhttps://www.theblacklist.net/forum/topics/feed/tag/evilWrestling With Evil Part 2https://www.theblacklist.net/forum/topics/wrestling-with-evil-part-22023-01-31T01:38:28.000Z2023-01-31T01:38:28.000ZJunious Ricardo Stantonhttps://www.theblacklist.net/members/JuniousRicardoStanton<div><p style="text-align:center;"><strong>Wrestling Against Evil Part 2</strong></p><p style="text-align:center;">Junious Ricardo Stanton</p><p style="text-align:center;"><a href="{{#staticFileLink}}10951810067,RESIZE_180x180{{/staticFileLink}}"><img class="align-full" src="{{#staticFileLink}}10951810067,RESIZE_180x180{{/staticFileLink}}" alt="10951810067?profile=RESIZE_180x180" /></a></p><p> <strong><sup> “</sup></strong>For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.” Ephesians 6:12</p><p> Last week we explored the notion of evil in the world and how our African Ancestors grappled with the concept of evil, its origins and nature. We also shared modern examples of evil in the form of menticide the deliberate attempt to destroy a people’s mind and showed how technology is being used to affect our brains and “lifestyle” choices in harmful ways.</p><p> The creators and developers of social media knew the adverse impact this technology would have on us but they created it and promoted it anyway! This is immoral, it is evil. They knew the addictive physiological effects of social media but monopolized and monetized it anyway to further their own agenda which by the way is not about merely making a profit. These misanthropes want to control us and have created a means to achieve their aims.</p><p> Social media is just as addictive as smoking, gambling, sexual promiscuity or drugs and they know it. They know social media usage induces biochemical changes in our brains and they exploit this for their own ends. “How oxytocin works. This neurotransmitter is produced in the hypothalamus, the brain’s hormone factory, and stored in the pituitary gland. It plays an essential role in childbirth and breastfeeding, so, for decades, it was considered only a woman thing. However, both men and women have this chemical — women just typically have <a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2689929/">higher levels</a>. In 2004, scientists began studying oxytocin’s effects in humans. Researchers found that oxytocin is released into our bodies and brains during positive social interactions of all kinds. It reduces activity in the amygdala, the part of the brain responsible for anxiety and fear. And it makes positive social interactions rewarding, so it’s no surprise that it plays a central role in developing trust. Oxytocin also contributes to the bond between parents and children, in romantic love, and even in relationship between <a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6826447/">humans and their pets</a>. While oxytocin stimulates those positive emotions, it’s also a hormone that travels through the bloodstream and provides loads of health benefits, such as reduced stress and inflammation and a boosted immune system. It also just plain old makes us feel good.” The Effects of Social Media on the Brain- And What it Means for Business, Laura Moss <a href="https://everyonesocial.com/blog/effects-of-social-media-on-the-brain/">https://everyonesocial.com/blog/effects-of-social-media-on-the-brain/</a></p><p> The social media creators and algorithm programmers know what they are doing; they know they are creating addiction to the technology, to social media and the content. They know that social media is directly impacting parts of our brain and the resulting emotions and attitudes from social media usage. They know many are substituting social media interaction for real life, real time, person to person interaction which is not good.</p><p> They are using the feel good hormones to get people addicted to social media! Despite the infusion of hormones like dopamine and oxytocin, the so called feel good hormones, social media programmers are a lot like drug dealers fostering an epidemic of addiction on an unsuspecting public. This is immoral and their actions are having negative consequences on society both personally and collectively. They are engaged in menticide the deliberate destruction of a people’s mind.</p><p> What can we do about this? Plenty, we have agency we have choice, we have the power of discernment and we can always alter our habits and behaviors. Technology is ubiquitous in today’s culture but that doesn’t mean it has to totally consume or dominate our lives. We have one thousand four hundred forty minutes in a day; we can choose how we use them. We can choose to go for walks in nature; we can choose to become engaged in projects that genuinely benefit ourselves and others. We can choose to meditate to be mindful and present, right now. We can choose to personally interact with our loved ones face to face. We can choose to spend our time wisely not consuming hours and hours of TV or eyeballing social media.</p><p> We are in a war, a war for our minds and our very souls. We are in a struggle against evil, avarice and tyranny. Social media algorithm programmers don’t care about our health or our well being, why should we spend so much of our valuable time mindlessly consuming their products?!</p><p> The social media creators are like the tobacco growers and cigarette manufactures who knew their products were harmful but lied about it until they were forced to admit it, fuss up and print warning labels on their packages. They are like Big Pharma, the monopoly media and government who lied about mRNA injections being a safe and effective therapy against COVID but now are asking for amnesty. They are now falsely claiming they didn’t know the technology wasn’t what they claimed it to be even though they’ve been forced to admit they didn’t test mRNA sufficiently in the first place!</p><p> Social media is a complex issue. Yes the Internet is a tool but how are you using it? Are you using it for your edification, for productivity or are you a stone cold junkie, poisoning your mind with content designed to induce you to: buy, believe or be what the programmers want rather than what is best for you?</p><p> Do some research on algorithmic radicalization and neuro-economics to find out how we are being manipulated and programmed by social media. We are in contention for our minds and our very essence; begin to act like the person of power you are and not an addicted Zombie. </p><p style="text-align:center;"> -30-</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p></div>Wrestling Against Evil Part 1https://www.theblacklist.net/forum/topics/wrestling-against-evil-part-12023-01-24T17:08:42.000Z2023-01-24T17:08:42.000ZJunious Ricardo Stantonhttps://www.theblacklist.net/members/JuniousRicardoStanton<div><p style="text-align:center;"><strong>Wrestling Against Evil Part 1</strong></p><p style="text-align:center;">Junious Ricardo Stanton</p><p style="text-align:center;"><a href="{{#staticFileLink}}10948501052,RESIZE_180x180{{/staticFileLink}}"><img class="align-full" src="{{#staticFileLink}}10948501052,RESIZE_180x180{{/staticFileLink}}" alt="10948501052?profile=RESIZE_180x180" /></a></p><p> <strong><sup> “</sup></strong>For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.<strong><sup> </sup></strong>Wherefore take unto you the whole armor of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand.” Ephesians 6:12-13</p><p> Humans have long pondered the origin and nature of evil and wrong-doing, trying to fathom the origin of in the world. Various ethnic groups, tribes and cultures have attempted to give reason for the existence of malevolent behavior and actions, they have tried to practically deal with the negative ramifications of evil in society. By evil I am not referring to calamities or misfortunes that befall mankind but rather the behaviors and actions committed by humans against the well being, stability and safety of the community and the environment.</p><p> Our ancient African ancestors viewed the world from a spiritual perspective postulating that consciousness; energies/spirits permeated the universe and are interwoven throughout all creation. Evil then had its roots in spirit. Evil itself is not of God or THE CREATOR but exists in the world the result of a mix of spiritual (invisible) and human (visible) causes. “The Yoruba trace the perpetration of evil in a society to two sources: namely, visible and invisible causes. The visible ones are the consequence of human action or inaction. These include murder, violence, oppression, victimization, stealing, and refusal to help those in need. Invisible sources have a spiritual origin…Yoruba religion exonerates God from the blame of evil and misfortune that befall human beings. The problem of evil is attributed to the concept of ori (head) and akunleyan (fate). It is held that whatever one asked for in front of eleda (creator) before one was born becomes one’s ayanmo (lot or destiny) in life. Therefore, whatever happens to one depends on one’s choice of ori when one was making one’s choice (akunleyan)” Encyclopedia of African Religion Molefi Kete Asante and Ama Mazama</p><p>Page 249-50</p><p> Today in our society we are experiencing evil on every level. Immorality, wickedness and corruption have metastasized throughout our world from the local to the national and international levels. In the Black community we see, a rampage of evil: murders, shootings, hit and run, home invasions, robbery theft and a general pall of immorality, incivility and lawlessness. It is as if a large percentage of our people have lost their minds, and we have.</p><p> This process was not organic; we did not all of a sudden become irrational, immoral or suffer brain damage. Much of this has been induced; it is what the late great psychologist Dr. Bobby Wright called <strong>menticide</strong>. Menticide is the deliberate attempt to destroy a people’s mind. <strong>The Dictionary of Psychology</strong> says this about menticide: “literally mind murder, brainwashing, the systematic attempt to break down one’s beliefs, attitudes and allegiances in favor of the ultimate adoption of those of another.”</p><p> This is what is happening to us today, it is evil and it is deliberate! The human perpetrators of this wickedness know what they are doing; they know and anticipate the consequences of their malevolent actions. We have long known the adverse effects of television on the human brain, “While much research has been done on television’s effects on children, adults have often been left out of these data collections. It’s no surprise that the sedentary behavior of binge-watching TV can negatively impact our physical health, but recent studies show it’s also a bad habit for long-term brain health and function. Studies have also found a link between high television consumption and the onset of depression.” Is Binge Watching TV Bad for Your Brain? <a href="https://www.hackensackmeridianhealth.org/en/HealthU/2022/08/10/Is-Binge-Watching-TV-Bad-for-Your-Brain">https://www.hackensackmeridianhealth.org/en/HealthU/2022/08/10/Is-Binge-Watching-TV-Bad-for-Your-Brain</a></p><p> As bad a TV watching is, binging on Social Media and Internet content is even worse. Social media impacts our brains in ways we are totally unaware of but the engineers, designers and programmers know what is happening. “Many people have been aware of the negative effects on mental health caused by social media, but people often neglect to look further into how social media is programmed. Platforms have designed their apps to target a part of the brain many people are unaware of. This part of the brain is known as the ventral striatum. When humans experience a social reward, a rush of dopamine and oxytocin is experienced, or in medical terms, a positive intermittent reinforcement. <u>Receiving the positive feeling of dopamine creates an unconscious habit</u>. <u>By using psychological methods to create an addiction to social media platforms, companies are able to increase interactiveness on apps which benefits them economically.</u> <u>Significant interaction with social media platforms caused a 151% increase in suicide among middle-school-age girls.</u> More effects from social media usage include alienation, election hacking, inability to focus on current issues, and mass chaos due to fake news. Therefore, social media negatively affects people.” How Social Media Companies Consciously Affect Society, Allie Daudelin <a href="https://bfamercury.org/6152/opinion/distracted-by-distraction-by-distraction-t-s-elliot-how-social-media-companies-consciously-">https://bfamercury.org/6152/opinion/distracted-by-distraction-by-distraction-t-s-elliot-how-social-media-companies-consciously-</a> Underlined emphasis is mine.</p><p> This is deliberate on the part of the creators of social media; they know what they are doing. This is unvarnished evil! We will explore this deeper in future articles. Needless to say we need to monitor our media, legacy and digital, consumption and balance it with positive real world engagement and interaction.</p><p> </p><p style="text-align:center;"> -30-</p><p> </p></div>Fear Not, Those That Be With Us Are Greater Than Those That Be With Themhttps://www.theblacklist.net/forum/topics/fear-not-those-that-be-with-us-are-greater-than-those-that-be-wit2022-05-06T15:26:41.000Z2022-05-06T15:26:41.000ZJunious Ricardo Stantonhttps://www.theblacklist.net/members/JuniousRicardoStanton<div><p style="text-align:center;"><strong><a href="{{#staticFileLink}}10468956493,RESIZE_400x{{/staticFileLink}}"><img class="align-full" src="{{#staticFileLink}}10468956493,RESIZE_400x{{/staticFileLink}}" alt="10468956493?profile=RESIZE_400x" width="336" /></a></strong></p>
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<p> During the past two years we have been subjected to a vicious malevolent psychological campaign by the global plutocratic oligarchs and their flunkies designed to: terrorize us, induce a chronic state of hysteria, fear, hopelessness, helplessness and dependency. They’ve used COVID and now the threat of global Armageddon to justify increased usurpations of power and control over us. They’ve tried to shut down any dissent or alternative narratives through their almost total control of the legacy and digital media. Of course they say they are doing this for our benefit but the results show otherwise.</p>
<p> The megalomaniacal misanthropes who want to control the world’s financial and political systems want to create a <strong>New World Order</strong>, <strong>Great Reset, Brave New World</strong> that will make George Orwell and Aldus Huxley’s dystopian novels look like children’s fairy tales. Their neo-feudal social order will be driven by technology 24/7/365 surveillance and tracking, digital currencies, a total social, geopolitical reengineering and shift from what we now know and experience. While their plans are couched in noble sounding benevolent verbiage <a href="https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2016/01/the-fourth-industrial-revolution-what-it-means-and-how-to-respond/">https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2016/01/the-fourth-industrial-revolution-what-it-means-and-how-to-respond/</a> their real motives are pure evil.</p>
<p> These psychopaths may control the Western financial system; political power, the armies and state power but what they do not have is right on their side! These crazies think they are gods, they actually intend to alter humanity, by what they call augmentation, what others call transhumanism, or pop culture calls cyborgs. “<u>The Fourth Industrial Revolution, finally, will change not only what we do but also who we are. It will affect our identity and all the issues associated with it: our sense of privacy, our notions of ownership, our consumption patterns, the time we devote to work and leisure, and how we develop our careers, cultivate our skills, meet people, and nurture relationships. It is already changing our health and leading to a ‘quantified’ self, and sooner than we think it may lead to human augmentation. The list is endless because it is bound only by our imagination.”</u> <a href="https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2016/01/the-fourth-industrial-revolution-what-it-means-and-how-to-respond/">https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2016/01/the-fourth-industrial-revolution-what-it-means-and-how-to-respond/</a> (underline emphasis is mine)</p>
<p>Whose imagination do we want planning our future, godless, psychopaths, deviants, perverts and mad scientists or sane, ethical well grounded lovers of humanity? Throughout human history there have always been megalomaniacs who craved raw power. In modern times we’ve seen men and women who wanted to alter the world to fit their nefarious agenda, so they used fear, war, terror, intimidations, coercion and murder to accomplish their goals.</p>
<p>But so far they have all failed for a host of reasons. Often it was the prayers and determined efforts of courageous ordinary people who absolutely refused to bow to maniacs or worship at the altar of unbridled ego and misappropriated power. It took great sacrifice, many lost their lives while countless others suffered persecution, torture and abuse; but in the end the righteous prevailed and Ma’at was restored. </p>
<p>No reign of evil can last forever, rampant state sanctioned racial oppression in the US and Africa fell due to the efforts of everyday people who said “enough is enough”, who straightened up and confronted the evil head on. In the US the struggle was won not through armed warfare while in Africa it was. In the US Blacks were the minority while in Africa the colonizers were the minority. </p>
<p>Our African ancestors relied on unseen powers to assist them in their struggles. Any serious examination of the glorious victories we achieved will reveal a reliance on spiritual support and power. Continental Africans tapped into their spiritual and ancestral heritage. Diasporan Africans who still remembered their spiritual heritage called upon their ancestors and traditional deities for strength and perseverance; think about our people in Haiti, the Quilombos of Brazil or all the Maroons throughout the Diaspora who called upon African gods for sustenance. Think about how the Civil Rights movement used their Christian faith to carry them through the tumultuous times and break down the walls of racial oppression erected by a supposedly religious nation.</p>
<p>As we traverse these troubling times let us remember what kept and motivated our ancestors and call upon them and that power they used to keep, sustain and free us. Fear not, those that be with us are greater than those that be with them.</p>
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<p style="text-align:center;"><span style="font-size:14pt;"><strong>Junious Ricardo Stanton</strong></span></p>
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