The Powers That Are
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What we as a society respect today and identify as "normal" is a cancerous pathology which will be terminal to man unless corrected. Within my manuscript I am focusing on the American school systems I do not have enough knowledge about any of the other countries or societies schools to be worthwhile. In America, primarily I think, we have tried to take God out of the classroom, per say, because our constitution states that school and religion shall be separated. I believe this latter should also be strictly honored and that the two should not be mixed at all under any circumstance. What I do disagree with is that we have come to believe that religion and God are the same. Well, they are not! In fact, from my observations and study over the years I have come to the determination that they are more an opposite than they could possibly ever be a likeness or a kinship. The many religions of the world were established by many societies by their ‘powers that are’ for the purpose of control and profit. God doesn’t use a middleman or a brokerage business for him to bestow his gift of his kingdom to us. I will venture to surmise also when we as individuals choose to use one of them to reach and perform God’s will is nothing short of being ludicrous. It is akin to trying to get a breath of clean fresh air in a smoke filled room. God’s purity does not need to be filtered by the ‘powers that are’, churches, etc. In fact, this institution contaminates God’s purity with their hogwash. All through the ages man has been told by the ‘powers that are’ that only through this contaminated poison of organized religions are we acceptable to God and that we must follow their directions. Do as they wish and project upon us which is to be sanctioned only by them. Then only, we will be acceptable in God’s eyes. We have maintained this failing and ‘death to the soul’ path of destruction since man was evolved. Man has always chosen to be enslaved by religion, rather than accept the will of God, which is actually to free ourselves of all earthly negatives (evil) and engage the positives through love. If our schools and homes would educate us, rather than programming us, I believe we would in time have as our citizenry a populous which would think through such foolishness and start acting logically as adults. This would apply not only in regards to religion but all the other "pitfalls" of our human nature. The production of our schools and homes educating us would give us a populous that realizes that our way is not the only way, nor is it the only correct way. Our foreign policies would certainly reflect this ideology, which I don’t think it does at all now. Even our own domestic policies would change from let’s educate everyone in America. Well, when a person is educated, they realize that no matter what the government does, you will never be able to educate the unqualified or the unwilling. Even others are not suitable to even train for the same two reasons. SO BE IT! Quit throwing good money and resources to those it will not reach in our educational institutions. I think that "Gods will" is for us to teach Love and all of its attributes. Some of these are understanding, compassion, empathy, virtue, acceptance, joy, gratitude, forgiveness, sacrifice, honorable work, peace, parenthood, honor, being a wife, being a husband, responsibility, obligation, etc. I am sure you can list many, many more. Then above all else, I think we need to teach our students how to think for themselves and encourage them to do so.
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This book is written to give the readers a deep look at the modern American home, school, and religion. It is more or less restricted to America with the first two, home and education, but religion is not tied to these boundaries of the United States. These three institutions I feel need someone to come forward and lay it on the line. We have already lost a generation plus in our homes and schools by not being responsible citizens. We have chosen to ‘stick our heads in the sand’, and go into denial, rather than to upset the status quo with intelligent action. To continue along this path will lead to our total demise as a country, society, and culture. I suspect that this end is on a near horizon unless we join together and have the strength and courage to initiate and mandate constructive changes within our homes and schools. The religious section is the lengthiest of the three units. It is the one that carried such a magnitude of influence on the other two, education and the home. Of course, it addresses itself in its own right as well. In view of this, I take the approach that one needs to consider the obvious. This is that religion is not God nor is God religion. Religion is manmade and God is not! In fact, God is not of the religious world but rather the spiritual. If you can relate to this concept at all, I think that you will find information within this book that will provide you with some fruit for thought. For you to gain the most, however, will require you to also engage your own personal individual creativeness. I think then you will see the art of life unfold unto you as was so intended by all of us and ‘our creator.’ These are areas of this book that can be taken offensively by certain groups, such as single mothers, or schools, our community entertainment centers. Members of that profession, which leans toward those with special interests and being politically correct. This book may also offend the legal profession. This book tries to expose accurately the United States Supreme Court, which through case law and legal precedents, seems to have run roughshod over the populace. With religion, especially the Jewish, some may be offended. I have tried to address the more severe areas of concern as they relate to us as humans and the damage that they, religions, have done. Perhaps I have focused on the Jewish more than the other religions. I hope they do not take this personally. I do feel that due to our own Christian heritage, with Jewish ancestry being the prominent group in the United States, I can more readily address the plight of this relationship. It has evolved through the ages until this date. Look at what this has produced in America during these times. Are you satisfied with these results or do you think addressing change is overdue? Mainly, I see wherein for eons of time that the Jews have been told that they are God’s chosen people. Of course, they through the ages have eagerly accepted this position. This in itself separates them from the rest of us Gentiles, etc. We will take another look at this. There are also several other confronting issues that merit our mature, responsible consideration today, especially the Middle East Crisis involving Israel and Palestine, and indirectly, the United States, who can not or will not seem to sever their dependency upon their Judaic heritage that still controls our Christian nation. I will enjoy your spiritual company as you read this book. Let’s all of us work together toward the "God of Love" and His design for us to become one with Him.
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Darrell Dean Smithers is a licensed mental health therapist in southeastern Oklahoma. Mr. Smithers obtained his associate’s art degree from Murray State Junior College. Having received both his baccalaureate and master’s degrees in education in guidance and counseling from Southeastern Oklahoma State University, Mr. Smithers is completely qualified to make professional observations in regards to the educational system, as well as the severity of its need for reform. After obtaining his master’s degree he attended Oklahoma State University to obtain his Postgraduate clinicals in psychology, he took certification requirements in individual personality evaluations and standardized testing from the University of Minnesota and their College of Continuing Education and Professional Development. Mr. Smithers is also a retired teacher and guidance counselor in the public school system. His other professional experiences include mental health evaluations, therapy with families and children, and a history as a full-time professional employee with the Oklahoma Department of Corrections, part time work in the Federal correctional system, full time counselor/administrator in a regional college and an industrial analyst/personnel director in corporate America. His work experience in mental health includes full time licensed therapist in psychiatric hospitals, public mental health clinics, and private practice. He is currently engaged in private practice as a mental health practitioner and is a certified expert witness for state and federal court systems. He supervises LPC candidates for licensure requirements, and is an active bailbondsman on a part-time basis. Mr. Smithers is a divorced man with one grown son and two step-grandchildren. Mr. Smithers has lived happily, being single, in a 1968 two-bedroom trailer house in the same trailer park for the past ten years. Mr. Smithers sees this book as his way of giving back to the America he loves, and the many blessings he has received from the former students and patients that he has worked with throughout his career, as well as the taxpayer that made his education possible. This is my personal opinion and my observation, based on my acquaintance with Darrell Dean Smithers. Sincerely, Carmen Daleen Ayers-Cavender