Confessions of a Rascal - Softcover

Turner, J. Joseph

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1552123286 ISBN 13: 9781552123287

Publisher: Trafford Publishing, 2006

Synopsis

A rascal is a bemused contrarian who seriously doubts the sanity of the human race and behaves accordingly. In a word: Men love sex.....woman love sexy.

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Clint Eastwood as "Dirty Harry"...Harry is so ruthlessly effective at getting the bad guys that the political powers turn against him, and the social activists turn against him. He becomes the ultimate rascal-hero, an Avenging Angel who can save us all. The triumph of the "Avenging Angel" is the Mythic Truth that is tattooed on the hearts of Americans. Courage triumphs and Romantic Love (which is the whole hearted courage of women) must triumph over all.

Comand-and-Control are very necessary for conquering armies and successful businesses. But when the five star general, or the Chairman of the Board, or the President of our Country tries to overcome his personal obsessions and compulsions he will most often fail.

I can end your obsessive compulsion to smoke by the time we land at LAX.

Most Americans use their churches as "Nursing Homes for God". We are always glad the minister is taking good care of the Old Man, but we wouldn't want to take Him home. He'd be too troublesome.

Sigmund Freud once said that "what the world needed was a religion without a God." Communism was such a religion. The command and control people of Russia exterminated anyone who disagreed. They soon had a system wherein the dumb were leading the dumber and wherein poverty was divided equally among their citizens...I would prefer a "God without a religion" and have faith in all faith.

We all need and want "instant gratification". This instant in time is as close as I can get, in this world, to the timelessness of eternity. I live best on the edge. I live the fullest in the instant when the baseball leaves the pitcher's glove...the ski jumper leaves the end of the jump...the football is in the air...the crucial putt nears the hole.

Jacob wrestled with God and defeated Him. God renamed Jacob ISRAEL, which means HE WHO CONTENDS WITH GOD AND MAN. (Genesis 32.22-32). If God can put up with the twelve tribes of Israel, He can surely put up with me.

Edition details

• Publisher: Trafford Publishing
• Publication date: 2006
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1552123286
• ISBN 13: 9781552123287
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 78