“If you want to know who controls you, look at who you are not allowed to criticize.” – Voltaire
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Thought For the Day: If You Want To Know Who Controls You, Look At Who You Are Not Allowed To Criticize
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First Principles: Knowledge Will Forever Govern Ignorance; and A People Who Mean To Be Their Own Governors Must Arm Themselves With the Power Knowledge Gives
“Knowledge will forever govern ignorance; and a people who mean to be their own governors must arm themselves with the power which knowledge gives.” – James Madison
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The Armor of Truth
The Armor of Truth
by Michael Doyle
In a juxtaposition of faith and mind,
The children of tomorrow aren't left behind.
They were to gather in the cellar where
In prayer and response, the master would steer.
A reverence is given to free speech and thought.
These will provide the illumination sought.
Everyone who accepts the fearless initiation
Need not drone on in faithless repetition.
If you care to gather as children of light,
Our discussion will shine what is right.
The search for truth can lead to blasphemy.
That is the liar's path of broken theology.
The pursuit of real truth will set you free,
As you join as one in your identity.
This is not death but blessed dignity.
The search for truth brings thee to thee.
To express this quite simply and plainly,
Sometimes truth arrives quite painfully.
It can be rough, like a slap in the face,
When you realize you've accepted false grace.
Never be within striking distance of your enemy.
This then is a rock-solid bit of theology.
But what if your worst enemy is inside?
In the mirror, you see the adversary behind your pride.
If you come together as children of light,
Our discussion will shine what is right.
The search for truth can lead to blasphemy.
That is the liar's path of broken theology.
The pursuit of real truth will set you free,
As you join as one in your identity.
This is not death but blessed dignity.
The search for truth brings us to our dignity.
The alignment is the only real priority.
That's a secret we can trace throughout history.
To believe otherwise is a matter of pretense.
True progress always has its sense of consequence.
Though a god might give us his protection,
There exists a demon seed that escapes detection.
The reality behind reality is the ultimate game.
The ones and zeroes establish the definitive frame.
If we come together as children of light,
Our discussion will bring us to what is right.
The search for truth can lead to blasphemy.
That is the liar's path of broken theology.
The pursuit of real truth will set you free,
As you join as one in your identity.
This is not death but blessed dignity.
The search for truth brings us to our community.
In this universe, there's a war going on.
If fought wrongly, all will soon be gone.
These are the puzzles we must determine
If we are to learn where it all begins.
Jesus's death on that rugged Calvary cross
Was just one more temporal sort of loss.
Soon, we'll find our way to shine in glory
And when sin is defeated, we'll end this story.
When we come together as children of the light,
Our discussion will bring us to what is right.
The search for truth can lead to blasphemy.
And that is the liar's path of broken theology.
We know that the pursuit of real truth will set us free,
As you and I join as one, informing our identity.
We will replace death with a blessed dignity.
The search for truth will free us as God's family.
(c) May 29, 2026 Michael Doyle
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Tagged Armor, Christianity, Discussion, Faith, Faith and Mind, Free Speech and Thought, God, Jesus, Poetry and Poems, Prayer, Response, Reverence, Right, Theology, Truth
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Thought For the Day: If You Make It A Habit Not To Blame Others, You Will Feel the Growth of the Ability To Love In Your Soul, and You Will See the Growth of Goodness In Your Life
“If you make it a habit not to blame others, you will feel the growth of the ability to love in your soul, and you will see the growth of goodness in your life.” – Leo Tolstoy
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First Principles: This Country Cannot Afford To Be Materially Rich and Spiritually Poor
“This country cannot afford to be materially rich and spiritually poor.” – John F. Kennedy
Happy Anniversary of your birth, Mr. President!
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Confronting the Indignity of AI
Confronting the Indignity of AI
by Michael Doyle
Pope Leo finds clicks to be the power,
Truth is less necessary in this human hour.
The pressing question is what would Jesus do?
Maybe that's more applicable to me and you.
I don't want to be less Christian in my resentment.
But truth to power can be quite important.
The plans for AI are an affront to human dignity/
It isn't particularly a work of Christianity.
A Marxist presses buttons to assemble a walk on the ledge,
But what it isn't is anything close to Christian knowledge.
Screentime addiction indeed lacks even a remote quality,
Again, all we can do is be vigilant as we insist on dignity.
Across the world and in every single nation,
The youth of our time are subject to manipulation.
As AI takes our work, it takes away our self-esteem.
We must watch this before AI Strips away our dreams.
Further around the world, hate and war dominate,
It's our responsibility to void out that fate.
We must strive for a civilization based on love.
We must work toward an Earth like Heaven above.
Working against this world of increasing manipulation,
We find Pope Leo speaking words of chosen cultivation.
Every Christian is to prepare gardens to bear good fruit,
And to be ever mindful of what it is that we contribute.
Disarmament of AI is the way that we move toward
A dignified Path for humanity moving forward.
Like nuclear power, we need discernment and control.
In the service of peace, it's important to the soul.
Decisions about what we do with our technology
Is a matter of doing what's right with responsibility.
Peace is something we must work for every day
As we continue to work toward our intended better way.
It is the way like Nehemiah's way with his brick wall.
We must build together as we heed a just God's call.
We must direct AI to serve humanity with care,
And we must ensure AI's foundation is made fair.
All of humanity must righteously work toward AI's good,
Letting no human fall behind, as that's understood.
All of this technology must work for the human family.
To walk this life, we must live above the homily.
AI, in its nature. trends toward dependency.
This must be attended to with all transparency.
It is a matter of truth, and in this honesty,
AI must be approached with a sense of responsibility.
We must guard against every move against humanity.
This is not merely a matter of our grandiose victory.
In Christ, we find our only needed dependency.
AI cannot offer salvation or even our dignity.
(c) May 28, 2026 Michael Doyle
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Tagged AI, Christianity, Confrontation, Indignity, Maniipulation, Poetry and Poems
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Thought For the Day: The Way To Turn Our Economy Around Is Not By Making Rich People Poorer, It’s By Making Poor People Richer
“The way to turn our economy around is not by making rich people poorer, it’s by making poor people richer.” – Marco Rubio
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First Principles: When the Ancients Said A Work Well Begun Was Half Done, They Meant To Impress the Importance of Always Endeavoring To Make A Good Beginning
“When the ancients said a work well begun was half done, they meant to impress the importance of always endeavoring to make a good beginning.” – Polybius
But to that good beginning, there must be follow-through to achieve an equivalent ending. E.g., Boots on the ground or not, we must finish the regime in Iran, or we will have trouble with them for decades to come.
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Paradox Is the Puzzle
Paradox Is the Puzzle
by Michael Doyle
If we understood the meaning of home
We'd know that DNA means we're never alone.
We are made in the image of those above,
Very few of whom truly believe in love.
We were born from death and annihilation.
Does that paradox truly require explanation?
The old way had to die to get to what's new,
And who's to say what is left to be true?
Truth, love, and justice are fairy tales to chase.
The paradox is the puzzle we can't erase.
We are here by someone else's choice of place,
Turn that around in your paper chase.
All of life is a matter of agreements made.
It will be kept if we're not afraid.
Yet, conflict erupts, and soon, we're hating.
The truth is, we should be patiently waiting.
Through a twist of fate, we have survived.
Now we wait for a rising Son to have arrived.
A game among the gods is an unwelcome intrusion.
We welcome the chaos and its resultant illusion.
Truth, love, and justice are fairy tales to chase.
The paradox is the puzzle we can't erase.
We are here by someone else's choice of place,
Turn that around in your paper chase.
Seeking superior knowledge and ways of knowing,
The heat sinks of hate will soon be glowing.
In a carnival of sheerest vanity,
Data centers might become the death of humanity.
Puzzled faces search for erratic clues,
While faith and hope have surely paid their dues.
That which passes for true faith must be kept.
These are the tears of the angels wept.
Truth, love, and justice are fairy tales to chase.
The paradox is the puzzle we can't erase.
We are here by someone else's choice of place,
Turn that around in your paper chase.
(c) May 27, 2026 Michael Doyle
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Tagged Annihilation, Choice of Place, Death, DNA, Erase, Faith, Home, Image, Justce, Life, Love, Paper Chase, Paradox, Philosophy, Poetry and Poems, Puzzle, Truth, Writing
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Music and the Open Heart
Music and the Open Heart
by Michael Doyle
Music flows in its vibration
Filling the human soul with inspiration.
Whether received by rhythm or in harmony,
Both are a gift, paired with the right melody.
We trust and let that magic show.
We close our eyes and let music tell us where to go.
With 10,000 heads lost in reeling,
Every concertgoer knows that magic feeling.
It carries a message of needed connection,
While it gives a sense of true direction.
Learning to breathe and be happy every day,
This love brings joy in the music that we play.
It's a revolution that will change your mind.
The power has been waiting for you to find.
Carving out the beauty we all feel inside.
Peace and salvation take us on their ride.
The shaman sings, and the community feels,
While bits of truth are released in media reels.
Showing up in dreams that aren't our own.
There's not a soul born to be alone.
It carries a message of needed connection,
While it gives a sense of true direction.
Learning to breathe and be happy every day,
This love brings joy in the music that we play.
A lover plays love's true part,
By singing love into every open heart.
The hostility in this world makes us thirst...
The bravest are those who choose to forgive first.
Life, like music, is meant to be played in motion,
Filled with dreams and beautiful emotion.
Let our wish to be to let God's flow flow,
Easing the world's burden so that all will know.
It carries a message of needed connection,
While it gives a sense of true direction.
Learning to breathe and be happy every day,
This love brings joy in the music that we play.
(c) May 27, 2026 Michael Doyle
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