http://www.tehachapinews.com/home/Blog/samheath/23614 Eventually it would be the universities of Europe and America that would decide on “official” versions of history, and those historians that wanted to hold their positions in the universities would be governed by this overriding concern rather than things that might call the approved versions of history into question. This was especially true of things impacting on strongly held religious and political ideologies. And while scholars seldom indulged in outright fraud, nevertheless wherever there might be a threat to those in power by telling the whole truth or expressing any doubt over the officially approved position there is often found some accommodation by temporizing rather than taking risks. “Holy Blood, Holy Grail” certainly caught my interest when it first hit the bookstores. Now these years later it continues to be of interest because of my calling into question so many things I used to believe about Christianity, and due to my extensive theological studies I began to write about these questions. The one certainty I had as I began to write was much of history is distorted because of both a point of view on the part of historians and whatever happens to be the “official” status granted by whoever is in charge at the time of the writing. In the case of Western Civilization that owes so much to the Bible and the development of Christianity as a civilized religion there were obvious dangers inherent to calling accepted dogma of the Church into question. But from the time of the Reformation when some of the teachings of the Roman Church in particular began to have their doubters and the Scriptures began to be read by the common people some were emboldened to express their doubts about many things openly. By the time of HBHG enough was known and had been written to give the writers of the book sufficient to speculate about, especially in light of the fact so much of the actual history of Christianity had been purposely obscured through the several attempts to justify the doctrine of the divinity of Jesus. And it was the increasing emphasis upon this that began to evolve very early into a religion as opposed to a political movement. If you don’t have the miracles of the Bible culminating in the resurrection you are left with only politics and the historical Jesus. At that, much of such history lends itself more to speculation than factual conclusions. Much of Christianity along with all other religions belongs to the rule “When the legend becomes fact, print the legend.” The rationale is easily understood in light of the need for legends, especially when the facts are so unpalatable as to lend no encouragement or comfort whatsoever, and most especially when our most cherished beliefs may be at stake. However, along with my questioning so many things like the “approved” versions of history in many cases, the building of the pyramids of Giza, UFOs, the assassinations of JFK, RFK, 9/11 and so much more is my growing belief the writers of HBHG and The Da Vinci Code have it more right than wrong. Stripped of all mysticism, the facts of the case are a growing European Empire and a declining America. There is no question in my mind that while America is suffering from attempts to define itself in terms of religion, Europe is drawing away from this. European nations are moving in the direction of pragmatism while America is involved with a growing tumult over religious beliefs. And the most recent of these is emphasized by debates over Mormonism and questions surrounding those like Obama and his close association with religious, fanatical zealots. And it may be that in the end Christianity in its various forms may be the doom of America while Europe gains the ascendancy. No matter how farfetched this sounds, Mexico is a Roman Catholic nation; and the vast proportion of Hispanics in America, legal and illegal, are Roman Catholics. So here is the Roman Catholic Richardson endorsing Obama who would seem if at least not far removed from the RC church, may in fact be an enemy of such a religion. The question would then seem to be whether the religion of each of them is secondary to their political ambitions. Whether or not, the more obvious thing is each of them having a constituency that advocates our government at all levels is to be devoted to minorities which includes expanded welfare benefits and open borders with Mexico rather than concern for the majority Caucasian population. On the world stage you have a Hispanic pledging fealty to a Negro, while at the same time each of these groups they represent are at war with each other. Adding to the witch’s brew of politics is the religion of each group, one being predominantly Protestant and the other predominantly Roman Catholic. Obama and Richardson may shake hands with each other on this stage before the cameras, but the question remains at what point would this political opportunism degenerate into open warfare as each begins to attempt accommodation to their disparate constituencies? The problem begins to take on transcendent proportions as economic hard times impacts a growing number of Americans. And it is the economics of the situation I fear bodes so ill for America. That such a deteriorating economic condition for the majority will find expression in growing political and religious hatreds is a given. But the worst possible scenario is one in which each of these feeds the other erupting into widespread violence. Want and Ignorance are the real enemies of civilization; they are the growing enemies of America. Hispanics and Negroes are the majority populations breeding Want and Ignorance resulting in increasing violence together with increasing demands for social services at taxpayer expense, the productive extorted to care for the unproductive, and regardless of how politicians attempt to address this growing threat to America it remains one of race an evidence of such being our jails and prisons together with growing numbers of welfare recipients and declining schools, emergency rooms, etc. Obama and Richardson represent how impossible a political solution to this threat is. Even crediting idealism on their part, which I don’t, the hard facts of their disparate constituencies in conflict will remain, especially when it comes to the obvious need for birth control among Negroes and Hispanics. While both Obama and Richardson may realize this, neither will address it. But then, both, as with Bush et al., have interests in building a constituency of slave labor subsidized by taxpayers serving those in power. While Europe moves in the direction of pragmatism, America is being threatened by racial and religious conflict. And it is at this point it would be well to understand why Mussolini kept a copy of “The Prince” on his nightstand. While I advocate people know the Bible, it would serve them well to be familiar with Machiavelli and HBHG also. In my opinion McCain will be our next president. But unless America can overcome the growing threat of racial Want and Ignorance a European Union will continue to make progress, the Euro will gain in value while the dollar falls as America continues on a downward spiral. It does seem we need a miracle, and at this point We the People can’t be faulted for hoping for a miracle though it would be foolish to believe Obama and Richardson represent such a thing. On the contrary, they represent what could culminate in our worst fears being realized; the total deconstruction of an already dangerously fragmented and divisive America.   Eventually it would be the universities of Europe and America that would decide on “official” versions of history, and those historians that wanted to hold their positions in the universities would be governed by this overriding concern rather than things that might call the approved versions of history into question. This was especially true of things impacting on strongly held religious and political ideologies. And while scholars seldom indulged in outright fraud, nevertheless wherever there might be a threat to those in power by telling the whole truth or expressing any doubt over the officially approved position there is often found some accommodation by temporizing rather than taking risks. “Holy Blood, Holy Grail” certainly caught my interest when it first hit the bookstores. Now these years later it continues to be of interest because of my calling into question so many things I used to believe about Christianity, and due to my extensive theological studies I began to write about these questions. The one certainty I had as I began to write was much of history is distorted because of both a point of view on the part of historians and whatever happens to be the “official” status granted by whoever is in charge at the time of the writing. In the case of Western Civilization that owes so much to the Bible and the development of Christianity as a civilized religion there were obvious dangers inherent to calling accepted dogma of the Church into question. But from the time of the Reformation when some of the teachings of the Roman Church in particular began to have their doubters and the Scriptures began to be read by the common people some were emboldened to express their doubts about many things openly. By the time of HBHG enough was known and had been written to give the writers of the book sufficient to speculate about, especially in light of the fact so much of the actual history of Christianity had been purposely obscured through the several attempts to justify the doctrine of the divinity of Jesus. And it was the increasing emphasis upon this that began to evolve very early into a religion as opposed to a political movement. If you don’t have the miracles of the Bible culminating in the resurrection you are left with only politics and the historical Jesus. At that, much of such history lends itself more to speculation than factual conclusions. Much of Christianity along with all other religions belongs to the rule “When the legend becomes fact, print the legend.” The rationale is easily understood in light of the need for legends, especially when the facts are so unpalatable as to lend no encouragement or comfort whatsoever, and most especially when our most cherished beliefs may be at stake. However, along with my questioning so many things like the “approved” versions of history in many cases, the building of the pyramids of Giza, UFOs, the assassinations of JFK, RFK, 9/11 and so much more is my growing belief the writers of HBHG and The Da Vinci Code have it more right than wrong. Stripped of all mysticism, the facts of the case are a growing European Empire and a declining America. There is no question in my mind that while America is suffering from attempts to define itself in terms of religion, Europe is drawing away from this. European nations are moving in the direction of pragmatism while America is involved with a growing tumult over religious beliefs. And the most recent of these is emphasized by debates over Mormonism and questions surrounding those like Obama and his close association with religious, fanatical zealots. And it may be that in the end Christianity in its various forms may be the doom of America while Europe gains the ascendancy. No matter how farfetched this sounds, Mexico is a Roman Catholic nation; and the vast proportion of Hispanics in America, legal and illegal, are Roman Catholics. So here is the Roman Catholic Richardson endorsing Obama who would seem if at least not far removed from the RC church, may in fact be an enemy of such a religion. The question would then seem to be whether the religion of each of them is secondary to their political ambitions. Whether or not, the more obvious thing is each of them having a constituency that advocates our government at all levels is to be devoted to minorities which includes expanded welfare benefits and open borders with Mexico rather than concern for the majority Caucasian population. On the world stage you have a Hispanic pledging fealty to a Negro, while at the same time each of these groups they represent are at war with each other. Adding to the witch’s brew of politics is the religion of each group, one being predominantly Protestant and the other predominantly Roman Catholic. Obama and Richardson may shake hands with each other on this stage before the cameras, but the question remains at what point would this political opportunism degenerate into open warfare as each begins to attempt accommodation to their disparate constituencies? The problem begins to take on transcendent proportions as economic hard times impacts a growing number of Americans. And it is the economics of the situation I fear bodes so ill for America. That such a deteriorating economic condition for the majority will find expression in growing political and religious hatreds is a given. But the worst possible scenario is one in which each of these feeds the other erupting into widespread violence. Want and Ignorance are the real enemies of civilization; they are the growing enemies of America. Hispanics and Negroes are the majority populations breeding Want and Ignorance resulting in increasing violence together with increasing demands for social services at taxpayer expense, the productive extorted to care for the unproductive, and regardless of how politicians attempt to address this growing threat to America it remains one of race an evidence of such being our jails and prisons together with growing numbers of welfare recipients and declining schools, emergency rooms, etc. Obama and Richardson represent how impossible a political solution to this threat is. Even crediting idealism on their part, which I don’t, the hard facts of their disparate constituencies in conflict will remain, especially when it comes to the obvious need for birth control among Negroes and Hispanics. While both Obama and Richardson may realize this, neither will address it. But then, both, as with Bush et al., have interests in building a constituency of slave labor subsidized by taxpayers serving those in power. While Europe moves in the direction of pragmatism, America is being threatened by racial and religious conflict. And it is at this point it would be well to understand why Mussolini kept a copy of “The Prince” on his nightstand. While I advocate people know the Bible, it would serve them well to be familiar with Machiavelli and HBHG also. In my opinion McCain will be our next president. But unless America can overcome the growing threat of racial Want and Ignorance a European Union will continue to make progress, the Euro will gain in value while the dollar falls as America continues on a downward spiral. It does seem we need a miracle, and at this point We the People can’t be faulted for hoping for a miracle though it would be foolish to believe Obama and Richardson represent such a thing. On the contrary, they represent what could culminate in our worst fears being realized; the total deconstruction of an already dangerously fragmented and divisive America.   en-us