The basic tennants of the Christian Lutheran Church are what leads me towards my destination now. To me the cuurent religious doctrines and tennants are not meant to condemn those who have different doctrines or a basis for a faith of honor, peace, and respect for the basic rights of mankind. While my inner values are what they are as developed through eduction, childhood training, and the experiences of life I have lived the LCMS Lutheran faith is the closest within our Holy Book that comes close to matching what dwells within me. Repect is due other doctrines who accept our one God just as long as those persons are not using other persons solely for their gain or using terror to deny other people the basic rights of a free man or woman to think, learn and live in peace. Many other religions, or philosophies, also should be respected for the kindness and goodness that bring the common people of earth if no harm is done to a citizen of earth for the benefit of another citizen. As God's Son said to..... do unto others as you would have done unto you...is a good basic rule to judge any religion no matter the origin of it when it comes to respecting it for that basic right of a person's freedom to worship and live respecting all's freedom.

No man has the right to harm another person just to fuel that man's vanities or thirst for power. As an old Southern politician once told me one cold Winter's night on the steps of our Capital..."Power is an aphrodisiac, if not careful the urge for more will cause a good person to do dishonorable things for more power." Time as proven this gentleman correct. Knowing the truth about power being a lusting vanity seeking to conquer mankind for selfish purposes in many parts of our world (with disregard to the pain and suffering of good people)is one of the keys to understanding that there existing good and evil in this world and not just philosophical differences.

I was taught as an investigator to first "follow the money trail".....but I soon learned that the money trail was used for the increasing "power" for the source of the problem ... be it a person, an organization, or a government and their actions using money was no accidental action.

After studying many religious types the Book of Ecclesiastes seem to be a good narrative of why I have chosen a doctrine that is flat-footed when addressing man's understanding of life's journey. It has been the guide used during my investigative and intel gathering work on "what, when, how, why, and who" operations I have undertaken in my journey through life.