"Journalists often help create today's culture of fear -- the way we push hard on stories about crime, tragedy and warnings of how badly things could go wrong; from political corruption and terrorism to cancer-causing foods and global warming....
What I'm saying is we can resist fearmongers by staying centred. This has spiritual overtones. People who meditate or do yoga are practising being grounded; a possible positive side-effect is they become less easily controlled by those who wield fear. In the same vein, people who trust in some sort of Higher Power are often also finding ways to combat inner panic. Their spiritual convictions help them transcend their fears; real, imagined and, especially. manufactured." Douglas Todd, journalist
God built within us the ability to experience fear. I believe He gave us fear for a single purpose. He gave us the ability to fear Him. In our fear of Him, we would be driven to a closer relationship with Him. In that closeness, there would be no other fears.
Then the evil ones step in and through the media probagate a false fear such as the craziness of swine flu. I have every expectation for someone to step into the falsely created fear of flu and save the world from disaster. It's all distorted truth used to create an opportunity for a hero to be worshipped. Just wait and see...
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