live not by lies

 Live not by lies. Advice from

Solzhenitsyn's essay Live Not by Lies. A pledge:

Will not henceforth write, sign, or print in any way a single phrase which in his opinion distorts the truth.

Will utter such a phrase neither in private conversation not in the presence of many people, neither on his own behalf not at the prompting of someone else, either in the role of agitator, teacher, educator, not in 

or broadcast a single idea which he can only see is false or a distortion of the truth whether it be in painting, sculpture, photography, technical science, or music.

Will not cite out of context, either orally or written, a single quotation so as to please someone, to feather his own nest, to achieve success in his work, if he does not share completely the idea which is quoted, or if it does not accurately reflect the matter at issue.

Will not allow himself to be compelled to attend demonstrations or meetings if they are contrary to his desire or will, will neither take into hand not raise into the air a poster or slogan which he does not completely accept.

Will not raise his hand to vote for a proposal with which he does not sincerely sympathize, will vote neither openly nor secretly for a person whom he considers unworthy or of doubtful abilities.

Will not allow himself to be dragged to a meeting where there can be expected a forced or distorted discussion of a question. Will immediately talk out of a meeting, session, lecture, performance or film showing if he hears a speaker tell lies, or purvey ideological nonsense or shameless propaganda.

Will not subscribe to or buy a newspaper or magazine in which information is distorted and primary facts are concealed. Of course we have not listed all of the possible and necessary deviations from falsehood. But a person who purifies himself will easily distinguish other instances with his purified outlook.

So who is promoting lies that got my knickers in a knot this week?

Yup. Francis the merciful, with his embrace of global warming and his anti capitalism encyclical released last week that is unreadable, but does have a few good things in there for obedient Catholics to cherry pick and praise.

Reality check:

The Pope has betrayed the Chinese church, "opposed" the culture of death  being promoted by his beloved "progressive" wing of the church, while winking at those promoting it instead of punishing them.

and shall we ignore the latest scandal, where his friend diverted money donated by ordinary folk to get rid of a meddlesome priest who was investigating financial shennanigans,...yes, that Cardinal got fired, but only after he was outed by the Australian press.

so now Global Warming is the lynchpin on his fuzzy thinking in his last "encyclical:look at what's being ignored in the text?

 so what's missingt?

Jesus Christ - 2 God the Father - 0 The Holy Spirit - 2 Church Fathers - 0 Pope - 1 Salvation - 0 Heaven - 1 Hell - 0

so we have gaslighting, lies and distortion.

He  distorts history by condeming capitalism

Translation: God, I thank you, that I am not like the rest of men, thieves, rouges, adulterers, or like those evil capitalists...

Which capitalists: These: capitalists

Yup. those evil capitalists who  have raised 80 percent of humanity out of poverty while praising socialism, that has killed at least 100 million people in the last century. 

But instead of a subtle analysis of reality, we have a Pope who quotes a 6th century bishop who pushes the "pie" theory of economics that there are limited resources so if one person is rich, it makes someone else poor: ignoring the "grow the pie" theory of macro economics that is behind the success of today's world.

the dirty little secret: poverty is not growing

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True, the gap between the poor and rich is increasing: But not because the poor are poorer,  (I doubt the poor today are worse off than my Irish Ancestors during the potato famine). The real reason is that the rich are richer.

, but is still a problem in those societies where the economy is not growing (often because of local wars and/or local corruption.

 e.g. central Africa or the Middle East)

so the Pope should be condemning corruption, and maybe even naming names.

Here is a another graph, that goes up to 2020:

this type of thinking is not new, which is why I am so cynical.

Rremember global winter and the population bomb? And the Ehrlich-Simon bet. 

The widely-followed contest originated in the pages of Social Science Quarterly, where Simon challenged Ehrlich to put his money where his mouth was. In response to Ehrlich's published claim that "If I were a gambler, I would take even money that England will not exist in the year 2000" Simon offered to take that bet, or, more realistically, "to stake US$10,000 ... on my belief that the cost of non-government-controlled raw materials (including grain and oil) will not rise in the long run."

the reasons have changed, but the agenda remains the same.

why the push of the green agenda now? the up coming world wide economic collapse from economic shut down to stop the covid epidemic.

 It's an opportunity to put into place the plans that have been long discussed on international forums but poorly covered in the press except for "conspiracy sites" who often distort things and can be easily ignored or ridiculed in the MSM. But if you read the articles they refer to, or if you have been involved in developmental work, as I have, all of these ideas are not new, and some of them are good. The problem? I sort of dislike elite folks making plans without asking for our opinion.

I guess that makes me a deplorable, even though I tend to be sympathetic to Bernie and Chomsky.

For example, the Pope blames the covid epidemic on capitalism and global warming, yet it was communism, the fear of being a whistleblower in a communist state, and the corruption of the World Health Organization that let the genie out of the bottle.

 the Green Agenda  is openly admitting they plan to use the covid epidemic to change the world (but you will only find this out if you read conspiracy sites that link to their pages.

Conspiracy theory? Uh, no.

I keep getting heads up to the big TED symposium of celebrities pushing this.

This virtual event, streamed free on 10.10.2020, is the Global Launch of Countdown, a new initiative to accelerate solutions to the climate crisis. Watch five curated sessions packed with more than 50 speakers, activists, actors and musicians, who share actionable and science-backed ideas, paired with moments of wonder, inspiration and optimism. Presented by TED and Future Stewards.

Phys Org summary of the meeting here and includes this quip:

With a call to "fix our climate" by 2030, Prince William on Saturday joined a global array of activists, artists, celebrities and politicians taking part in a free streamed TED event aimed at mobilizing and unifying people to confront the climate crisis....

Yes because you should let self appointed activists, artists and celebrities tell you how you should live.

This, by the way, is from 2014.

Update

A theologcal analysis of  Francis promoting a religion of humanity that leaves out the reality of God

http://magister.blogautore.espresso.repubblica.it/2020/10/12/all-brothers-but-without-god-anymore-a-philosopher-judges-the-latest-encyclical-from

REALITY BE DAMNED.