In giving you a few general examples of “False Prophets”, I start with a relatively atypical example, and yet a very important one. Mr. Obama (along with many if not most of all the other politicians in the United States, if not the world) is a “False Prophet” not because of what he says he believes, but rather for what his actions show him to actually support.

He claims to be a reliable fighter for the rights of the American people — especially the downtrodden and the less fortunate, AND YET his long string of broken promises in this regard say exactly the opposite; showing him to be a man who panders instead to big corporations, military manufacturers, lobbyists and power-brokers. Yes, it is true that a sizable portion of this patent ineptitude rests squarely on the shoulders of the stagnant sham that is the American Congress, and yet the ineffectiveness itself is not what makes Obama a “False Prophet”. Rather, it is his refusal to stand up for the principles of equality & justice & peace that does so.

Granted, due to the irreparably broken state of the American government as a whole, we cannot expect any President (or any other political “leader” for that matter) to make any headway on the issues that truly matter the most. AND YET what we could be seeing is a man at the very least willing to publicly & consequently stand firm on those issues.

*What we could be seeing is a man who uses his executive power to close the prison in Guantanamo, instead of meekly allowing its egregious human rights violations to continue …

*What we could be seeing is a man who demands that all Americans receive quality healthcare — insurance company profit losses be damned, instead of caving in and pushing through a drastically watered-down “Obamacare” plan that still allows so many to suffer under a health care system that is still one of the least equitable in the world …

*What we could be seeing is a man who uses his influence to diminish the insidious, Orwellian powers of the NSA & the CIA — to abolish the Patriot Act even, instead of actively using them to spy on his own constituency and label even peaceful animal rights activists as “terrorists” (as is still the case under the still un-repealed law of AETA) …

*And what we COULD be seeing is a Nobel Peace Prize winner who refuses to make hollow excuses for creating new batches of terrorists when his illegitimate drone-strikes “succeed”, and killing innocent civilians & children when they (more often than not) do not.

In conclusion, then, it is important to remember that “False Prophets” can be more readily identified by what they DO (or don’t do) than by the smooth words they might say …  AND, it is even more important to remember that once we find such an “Un-Guide” in our lives, we are to beam them forgiveness & compassion while going forth to do the opposite of what they do …

In this case, where Obama lies, we have the courage to tell the Truth.

In this case, where Obama hypocritically violates the very principles he so eloquently espouses, we have the courage to truly walk our most Noble Talk.

In this case, where Obama makes excuses for violence & aggression & murder, we stand Peace-fully tall in our own lives and actively champion the virtues of Acceptance & Kindness & Peace.

Amen … Let it be so.

“We must begin by acknowledging the hard truth: We will not eradicate violent conflict in our lifetimes. There will be times when nations — acting individually or in concert — will find the use of force not only necessary but morally justified.” ~ Barack Obama, Nobel Peace Prize recipient

“One of the saddest lessons of history is this: If we’ve been bamboozled long enough, we tend to reject any evidence of the bamboozle … The bamboozle has captured us. It’s simply too painful to acknowledge, even to ourselves, that we’ve been taken.” ~ Carl Sagan

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