2026, “The Year of the Flaming Horse”, by author
“War is over, if you want it”
-John Lennon and Yoko Ono
Recent news has been shocking. The current administration has launched a war that is very unpopular, killing innocent women and children (and men). Even more unsettling, apparently the justification for this war is steeped in wild religious ideas about ushering in an Apocalypse, for the eventual return of Jesus, a man who supposedly was killed over two thousand years ago, but a large segment of people believe will return, to usher in 1,000 years of peace. But first, according to the legend, we must kill huge populations of innocent civilians before he will come back. Peace, achieved not by turning the other cheek, but through war.
No, this isn’t the plot of a sci-fi film, this is national news!!! I don’t mean to offend those who are religious, I just don’t want your ideas anywhere near my government, please, keep them in your church!!!
This is insane rhetoric!!! I know because I was hospitalized, rightfully so, for having similar delusions about the end times when I was psychotic. I thought I was a prophet, I broke into a stranger’s house and destroyed some property because I thought the Apocalypse was about to happen. My experience is written about in my father’s book. The difference is, I was arrested, held accountable and brought to justice for my behavior.
I have received help and am now able to be a productive member of our society. To hear that high level members of our military are experiencing the same psychosis and claiming that certain members of the administration are “anointed” and “touched by God” to carry out an Apocalyptic scenario is very offensive to me, because they need to be receiving psychiatric help, not running our military!!!
I was unemployed with similar ideas about the end times, and it was still detrimental to myself and others. No one who believes such ideas should be allowed anywhere near the power of such a high-profile job that endangers so many people, never mind being in charge of such weapons and soldiers.
I will spare my general feelings for our militaristic culture and the mindset of the military. It is supposed to be a great honor to serve our nation, to sacrifice your life for this society. I do not claim to understand the grief of those who have lost loved ones to this type of service, I am fortunate to have never lost a loved one to this type of horror and can only imagine how devastating it is. I would not want my loved ones serving such literally insane agendas.
I drew the picture of the Flaming Horse a few weeks ago to celebrate the Chinese New Year. I did not intend it to be a horse of the Apocalypse.
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