Episode 081: The 10 Commandments PART I (Why speak of it?)

Why are the 10 Commandments important to not just any society but, more precisely, American society?

Why would I even dare bring up this topic as an intolerant religious belief?

Listen as I explain why I felt it was necessary for us to discuss the Ten Commandments before we go further into a brief history of the Ten Commandments in America and why they are a fundamental pillar of American history and are still followed to this day by the very same people who seek to destroy and bury such rich, powerful, and vital American heritage.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Do you shy away from the topics of politics and religion?

 

Why? Do you understand how important these two topics are to a nation? To a government? To the people?

 

There is a pulse running through the vein of a nation, and that pulse can be healthy or flatline in just one generation.

 

Politics is that pulse; you are the voice of that pulse, and religion, believe it or not, is a foundational vein in the nation of America.

 

Listen as Josh explains his idea of why we are told to avoid the topics of religion and politics, and learn a little more about why it is so important that you do not avoid these two topics.

 

 

 

 

 

 

NOTES:

Intro/Outro Bumper Music:
Evening Melodrama Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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The Curtain Rises Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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Have you ever wondered where the most successful people first begin to search for and find their success?

Listen as we dive into the very first place, the very first step, and the very first decision that must be made by any individual desiring to find their success in life. Yes, it is the very same place where all of us must traverse, and it is the universal first step in achieving success.

I’ll give you a hint: it’s common sense, something any one of us could do, and yet, it's also the most difficult for most people.

 

 

 

 

 

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Intro/Outro Bumper Music:
Evening Melodrama Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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The Curtain Rises Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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Did you know that either you are in control or you allow something else to control you?

Your foundation is where your decisions will emanate from. Your foundation is where your belief will grow. Your belief will help in your decision-making and determining who or what is in control.

Where are you coming from? What have you already decided?

Who or what is truly in control?

 

 

 

 

NOTES:

This podcast uses these sounds from freesound:
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Intro/Outro Bumper Music:
Evening Melodrama Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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The Curtain Rises Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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Misinformation has become a key word and topic in our society. Through political power, we have seen so much information be censored, canceled, hidden from the public eye, and classified by those same political powers in charge as “misinformation,” or lies.

But why?

Have you stopped to honestly, logically, objectively, and critically ask any questions? Why the sudden push for a one-thought pattern? Why the strong-arm approach to silence any dissenting views, facts, or news reports from the current main stream? Why the blatant blind-eye to the proven misinformation used to cancel the proven true information?

In this poem, we take a logical and objective look at the “why” question and find a simple but relevant answer.

“Making the simple complicated is commonplace; making the complicated simple, awesomely simple, that’s creativity.” Charles Mingus

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

NOTES:

Intro/Outro Bumper Music:
Evening Melodrama Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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The Wisdom of Dad Joke Music:
The Curtain Rises Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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Patriotic Intro Music:
Ultimate Victory
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"Smoother Move" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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It might sound cliched, funny, ridiculous, but it is absolutely true.

 

YOUR WORDS HOLD POWER!

 

Listen to this episode and understand a little more how, by the words you choose to think and speak, you can wield such power.

Will you build or will you destroy?

Will you learn or will you denigrate?

The choice is yours, as is the way in which you wield the power of your words.

 

 

 

 

 

 

NOTES:

Intro/Outro Bumper Music:
Evening Melodrama Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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The Wisdom of Dad Joke Music:
The Curtain Rises Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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Patriotic Intro Music:
Ultimate Victory
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Did you know your behavior will showcase if you are patient or not?

What is patience and do you actually have any of it?

Listen as we discuss this all-powerful and very important character trait that will help make your life much more joyful and, well, just so much better. Or you could choose to not incorporate this trait and live a stressed, anxious, angry, and troublesome life.

Listen to this episode and enrich your life with more patience!

 

 

 

 

 

 

NOTES:

Intro/Outro Bumper Music:
Evening Melodrama Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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The Wisdom of Dad Joke Music:
The Curtain Rises Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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Patriotic Intro Music:
Ultimate Victory
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Monkey see, Monkey do is a fantastic idiom for choosing your friends, your circle of influence, wisely.

Do you know why your mouth spits out some of the diarrhea it does? Do you know why your behavior is wicked? Do you know why you act cocky, irritating, disrespectful, etc.? Do you know why you are generous, loving, helpful?

This isn’t the only or full reason, but it is an important one.

The people you choose to associate with will rub off on you, just as you can on them.

We need each other in this life; we share with each other in this life; but we also must learn to be wise and choose carefully.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

NOTES:

Intro/Outro Bumper Music:
Evening Melodrama Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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The Wisdom of Dad Joke Music:
The Curtain Rises Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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Patriotic Intro Music:
Ultimate Victory
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Also a promotion for my new poetry book America Then and Now a poem by Josh C. Jones

 

America. Who was she? What has she become?

 

John Adams once said, “Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other.”

 

Liberty, according to our founders here in America, could not exist without morality, which itself cannot exist without religion, but not just any religion, as their lives were examples of and their writings clearly indicate.

 

The argument of our founders and of their generation was so widespread that it was indisputable by facts; and According to James Hutson of the Library of Congress, “America’s founders believed that republican government requires a moral citizenry and that religion is necessary for morality.”

 

Is America a beacon of hope, still? Is there still patriotism? Americans?

 

In this episode we will look at a few quick examples and also encourage you to read the poem AMERICA Then and Now (a poem by Josh C. Jones), which you can find on Amazon.

 

 

 

 

 

 

NOTES:

Intro/Outro Bumper Music:
Evening Melodrama Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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The Wisdom of Dad Joke Music:
The Curtain Rises Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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Patriotic Intro Music:
Ultimate Victory
https://www.videvo.net/royalty-free-music-track/ultimate-victory-30s/232836/

 

 

This podcast uses these sounds from freesound:
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Society has declined. We are told every day that racism is rampant, crime is surging, murder and shootings are becoming normal occurrences, education scores have plummeted, kids are becoming more and more disrespectful and violent, and morality, good character, and truth have been evaporating from culture.

Evolution states that all came from nothing and that out of randomness and chaos came order; we are told that the world should be getting better—more righteous, good, more enlightened, and more generous.

But is that really what we are seeing?

Or has something been removed, something foundational to a moral people and a society of order?

Let’s talk about this and see if we can’t, individually, answer this question of “What happened?”

 

 

 

 

 

 

NOTES:

Intro/Outro Bumper Music:
Evening Melodrama Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0
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The Wisdom of Dad Joke Music:
The Curtain Rises Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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Patriotic Intro Music:
Ultimate Victory
https://www.videvo.net/royalty-free-music-track/ultimate-victory-30s/232836/