Pancreatic Cancer. This first nine countries are all in Eastern Europe. The 10th is Austria. None of these countries is known for their “hamburger-based” diet. Japan ranks 16th – higher than almost every Western country. The U.S. ranks 32nd.

Breast Cancer. The three top countries are Uruguay, Armenia and Lebanon. Not exactly hamburger-eating countries. The U.K. ranks 20th, the U.S. is 61st.

Prostate Cancer. “Island” populations (Dominica, Maldives, Grenada et al) rank highest here. Again, few hamburgers to be found. Norway is the first “Western” country on the list, at 27. The U.S. is near the bottom at 103rd.

Colon Cancer. Again, Eastern Europe takes the first 7 places. Canada is 8th. The U.S. does not even rank in the Top 20.

Liver Disease. All the top countries are in Africa and the Middle East. Once again, few hamburgers here. Former Russian “satellites” also rank high (e.g., Kyrgystan, Turkmenistan et al). Mexico is 17th. The U.S. is once again near the bottom at 123rd.

Type I Diabetes. The island of Nauru (which I doubt has even SEEN a hamburger) ranks first. Middle Eastern and African countries once again outrank Western countries. Of the latter, Finland, Sardinia, Italy, Canada and Sweden are highest. The U.S. once again ranks pretty low.

This information took me exactly 10 minutes to compile.

Peace.

According to R.J. Rummel, arguably the world’s foremost expert on death throughout history, the #1 perpetrator of death, particularly in the last 200 years, was: atheism.

Rummel has estimated the total number of people killed or murdered by ALL religions – throughout all of recorded history – at ~100 million. This includes Crusades, holy wars, inquisitions, pogroms, witch hunts, etc. Yet he estimated the number of people killed or murdered by just four people – Lenin, Stalin, Mao and Pol Pot – at ~150 million in just 75 years! And he points out that the majority of those who died under those regimes died as the result of SPECIFICALLY anti-theist policies. And if we add in Hitler (who was a pagan, not a Christian, despite his claims, rhetoric and symbols), we can add another 13 million to that number.

As an aside, it is important to remember that slavery was primarily an economic, not religious, matter, as was the “Manifest Destiny” that caused the largest genocide in history. And although there were elements of religion involved, those were secondary.

Religion certainly has its share of atrocities, and each of the Abrahamic monotheistic faiths has blood on its hands (though, as an aside, and contrary to this article, it is a fact that Christianity has engaged in LESS of this over the past 500 years as Islam has somewhat increased its engagement in it.) But the fact is that NO religion has done as much in terms of death as atheism has.

Ultimately, however, it is time to stop this senseless and unconstructive (and arguably DEstructive) debate about who caused more death than whom. Religion and atheism have both caused their fair share. It’s time to stop the “he said, she said” and start finding common ground or we will simply continue to alienate each other instead of coming together to actually address the broad issues that concern us all.

Peace.

Perhaps most worrisome is the medicalization of childhood which is leading us to illness if adulthood. If children cough after exercising, they have asthma; if they have trouble reading, they are dyslexic; if they are unhappy, they are depressed; and if they alternate between unhappiness and liveliness, they have bipolar disorder. While these diagnoses may benefit the few with severe symptoms, one has to wonder about the effect on the many whose symptoms are mild, intermittent or transient.”

Additionally, we do not know how this is affecting the brain long-term. We could literally be creating monster-like behavior in humans. With technology over-kill, many corporations are working hard to make their human employees more-machine-like.

Employees are required to speak from scrip as they are recorded. They are discouraged from any critical or creative thinking, no matter what, as it would vary from their scrip. Dehumanizing people for select political and financial gain is an extremely dangerous game to play. It can only end badly. As proof in so many cases, it is doing just that.

Yet, because the creators of the food and drugs are the head money-Goliaths, no political force has the power to stop them. The majority people are so tired and distracted from just daily living, even if they are aware, most cannot add another fight to their already overloaded list of to-dos. This, I believe is part of the Goliaths master plan.

The best way to destroy a business or individual is to first break them financially. Once indebted, one is more controllable. The insecurities resulting from indebtedness can keep one so mentally confused, and distracted, just putting out fires for basic survival, one has no energy to see the big picture. This same principle applies to a-society.

The big picture which is really sad: those in power-Corporations and the government seem to be ignoring is that this same system works to destroy or bring down a country. The United States is on debt overload. Yet many people are being suppressed for “Select” control purposes, and the US, as a country, is extremely-distracted.

The US corporate and government leaders seem to be also playing a very dangerous game. They seem to have the majority people where they want them for “Select” political and financial gain, however they appear not to be aware of the corner they have backed themselves into. Everything cannot be controlled and made right with war.

As an aside, I met Rev. Hunter through my association with Rev. Jim Wallis of Sojourners (of which I have been a member for many years), when both were members of Obama’s Advisory Council on Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships. He is truly a kindred spirit, and one of the most thoughtful and intelligent people I have ever met.

And even if this video does not challenge people’s beliefs about “religion,” I hope it will at least open them up to the fact that many people of faith share many of the same concerns – political, economic, social, etc. – that they do.

Peace.

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