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So as of right now I'm starting on a series of new paintings. Well they will actually not have anything to do with one another so I guess "series" would be the wrong choice. Hmm... block of paintings sounds like a good description.

Alot of the concepts are going to be based on pre-existing illustrations that I have posted, but the paintings are not just going to be direct translations.

I've anyone has any good concepts that they want to share with me just drop me a message, I'm all ears.

N8~

So as of right now I'm starting on a series of new paintings. Well they will actually not have anything to do with one another so I guess "series" would be the wrong choice. Hmm... block of paintings sounds like a good description.

Alot of the concepts are going to be based on pre-existing illustrations that I have posted, but the paintings are not just going to be direct translations.

I've anyone has any good concepts that they want to share with me just drop me a message, I'm all ears.

N8~

Your running across a Field of hills and your coming up to a hill that you can't see over. Would you close your eyes and keep running, even though you did not know what was coming next? Most people would not.

It is that same concept which I believe is the driving force of religion. I do not believe that it is because people strive to be spiritually pure, it's because people are afraid of what they don't know. Death is the final destination of all living things, it is something that binds all people together regardless of what their differences maybe. This thought horrifies people, so much so that it drives some to the point of forcing themselves to believe in religion. All religion is based on speculation, and the writ tings of religion are merely written speculation. If people were to form a religion around children's stories, it would have just as much validity as people that believe in the writ tings found in the bible.

So why do people still buy into religion, how come sensible people let themselves believe in things that make absolutely no sense and have no way of being pr oven? Alto of the times religions contradict themselves. If you think about it death is a terrifying. Realizing that one day you and everyone you know will die, what exactly comes after that? No one knows what comes after death and there is only one way to find out, and that's by dying. And if you die you very well can't come back to talk about it.

Right about then is when religion rears it's ugly little head. Religion provides answers to questions that people do not have answers to. Religion paint a beautiful after life filled with snow-white clouds and choirs of angels, or a blazing eternity of searing flesh scolding pain and torture. You can also come back to life with a different life, that or "float" between "hell" and heaven. Which is "purgatory," purgatory is the life equivalent of the after-life. Even if what comes after is something that isn't pleasant or agreeable it's better than not knowing anything. Well that's the case for most people an way way.

My advise would be to find your own way to live life, and not mold your life around someone else's idea of how it should be lived. Also don't buy into the ridiculous fairy tales that religion sells, if you want to know what comes after death then just wait. You will find out eventually, then all of your question may be answered. I say "may be" because it is very possible that there is nothing after death, and that when a person dies they simply cease to exist. If that's the case then so be it, there is no reason why a person should restrain themselves with religion and live life to the fullest.

N8~

So the big question that is being ask about Iraq is, when to leave?

I believe that there are about 14 major bases station all throughout Iraq, and I believe that there are 35,000 soldiers station in those bases ( give or take a few thousand ) The United States government is saying that the troops will be leaving, but there is no set date or even an idea of when. The vice-president believes that if the troops are taken out now or in the near future that the country will fall into chaos. He believes that there will be a civil war between the Muslims that support the old ways and the ones that are willing to try a new form of society.

The idea about the country going into civil war is very practical, so much so that I think that it is going to happen regardless of the presence of U.S. troops. The situation in Iraq has been compared to that of the situations in post World War II Germany and Japan ( to this day there are still U.S. military bases station in both countries ). At first glance it seems as if the comparison is valid, but I do not agree. The difference is that in the past Germany and Japan where with out a shadow of a doubt the enemies of the U.S. Iraq was labeled a potential threat, but that in itself makes absolutely no sense because almost every nation on this planet is capable of becoming a threat in some form or another. Iraq was also said to have had possession of nuclear weaponry, which entirely inaccurate. Saddam Hussein was said to be responsible for the events on 9/11 but that to was completely groundless. But those are issues that are long past, all though they have been established. So why is the U.S. still inhabiting a country that has committed no wrong to them? The answer is, because the situation is at a non-pass. If the troops stay it is raising the hatred towards American by Muslims. It will also be the result of more lives lost among the U.S. soldiers. If the soldiers were to be called out of Iraq then it would be sending a message to terrorist that our country is weakening ( all though it is really hard to imagine anything making the country look more weak that George W. Bush Jr. does). Also the newly establish government would crumble, as a result making all the resources that were funneled into Iraq for absolutely nothing.

So the conclusion that I came to is that the troops should be called out of Iraq, but not drastically. The process should be spread out over time, maybe about 3 bases recalled every ½ year. That way the U.S. is still maintaining presence but at the same time gradually letting the people of the country have control again. Also with the U.S. troops spread so thin through out the world it leave U.S. vulnerable.

Let me know what you think...

N8~

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