Being unwilling to admit what is obviously wrong (or right) has been going on for thousands of years. In itself, knowingly refusing to see obvious truth is many times a sin.
A modern example of this is the reason most of us are here today on The Malones Sub Stack, the Covid scam. Just to point out another obvious, when the Malones stood up and courageously went against the medical establishments push for the mRNA injections, we here all knew something was wrong. Forcing these experimental shots on people without informed consent, without proper testing and the harms we all saw they were causing, was a plain evil. At that time it took guts to speak out against this, it’s something I will always acknowledge and give the Malones and all of you great credit for. The courage too stand up to lies and tell the truth, even at your own peril brings me to words like honor, principle, virtue, ethics, integrity, rectitude.
There are so many wrongs being pushed today, many on children, it’s hard sometimes to not be overwhelmed. Men in women’s bathrooms and locker rooms. Men in women’s sports. No borders. No police. No jails. Girls can be boys, boys can be girls. Men can have babies. The very definition of a woman unknown. Socialism is good. So many lies, there are too many to list.
John 9:39 Jesus said, “I came into this world for judgment, in order that those who do not see will see and those who do see will become blind.”
John 9:41 “If you were blind,” Jesus told them, “you wouldn’t have sin. But now that you say, ‘We see,’ your sin remains.”
The religious leaders thought they saw (understood) but were blind. Their minds were made up and they refused to accept new evidence or information that might change their minds. They quizzed the blind man twice and his parents once, at first refusing to believe that the man had actually been blind. When they couldn’t deny the miracle, they questioned its source: Jesus could not be from God since He healed on the Sabbath. He must be a sinner. No amount of evidence or simple logic would convince them otherwise. They were obstinate in their unbelief—blind, though they thought they saw.
The chapter ends with these stinging words of Jesus. He came to make the blind see—not only physically, but spiritually as well. But those who refuse to believe will remain blind. The real sin is being hard-hearted: thinking you can see when you can’t, refusing to believe when the evidence is staring you in the face. It’s willful blindness.
I read a sign that said, “My mind is like concrete: thoroughly mixed and permanently set.”
This passage makes me ask, “Where am I blind? Where am I refusing to see and believe what God is doing right in front of me?” We all have blind spots—things we just don’t see. We don’t know what they are which is why they are called blind spots. We need each other to point those out. And we need to be shown where we think we see but are really blind. I don’t want to be willfully blind! I want to see!
Lord, show me where I’m blind, where I think I understand but I really don’t. I want to always be a learner, and not get set in my thinking or ways to the degree that I’m not open to new insights from You. Open my eyes and help me see new things from You today.
To accept truth, one must accept the source of truth, who is Jesus. He said, “I am the Way, the Truth, and the Life, and no man comes to the Father except through me.” John 14.
He also said, “Your Word is Truth.” John 17 Jesus and His Word is Truth; therein lies the standard of truth before all men. If you reject one, you reject the other.
When a person, culture, society, or religious organization, denies Jesus or His Word, they are living in a world of lies, and they are in active rebellion against God. That is why it is imperative for us to know Truth, based on its source.
We study various disciplines of academics in all areas of life, but I’m concerned that we have not focused on the one that needs to be the light to all other disciplines—God’s Word. This should be our source of truth, and we should be intimately familiar with its laws and principles of living out truth.
Amen, and this beautiful and something I try to do too. Let me stress try, because sometimes I don't want to know, but that is probably just because I feel the responsibility of some kind of action that comes from knowing, if that makes any sense. I probably should go to confession about this. (smile)
Something I wanted to say about "belief" based on a comment I made last week...about the truth that God is ineffable - cannot ever be completely expressed in words. The good thing is He is knowable. Something you feel in many ways, as well as learn about through scripture, etc. The other problem is that most of us have times of disbelief, myself included (like the father who exclaims to Jesus in Mark 9:24 "I believe, but help me in my disbelief). And there is another thing called a "dark night of the soul" re: St. John of the Cross.. Mother Theresa is the most famous contemporary example, in her diaries she confessed to something like a 50 year dark night of the soul, decades at least. She lost the sense of God, she would tell people "Jesus loves you" but she herself didn't feel it herself. Interesting it is said about her, that she never lost her faith and kept doing the work, despite not have the feel-good part of being a Christian, the "consolations" as Catholics call it, that many receive via undeserved grace, to bolster their belief. Thank you James, I so appreciate this space, thoughts and teachings you provide for us to learn, share and reflect.
I'm glad you posted the listing of taxes. I have gotten so used to paying tax on Everything, the excessiveness needs to be listed. There are a few other people who have listed the absurd taxes we pay also, I hope it really spreads and pisses people off. What to do...
Not to mention all the taxes in the form of fees we pay every year. In Boulder County Colorado we pay more fees than we do tax and annual cost to register our car every year. Plus fees to have things delivered to our home plus a list of fees with our utility bill ...
Vote the Democrats out, at the local and federal level. Trump has removed taxes on tips and Social Security, and wants to get rid of the income tax. This is moving in the right direction if we can kick the Socialists out (Democrats have been Socialists in moderate clothing for a long time). Don’t be distracted by psyops and particular issues you aren’t happy about. We need a massive turnout at the polls this fall to make it too big to steal.
Rush used to say that if the people ever found out what the democrats really believe no one would ever vote for them. We’re about to find out of he was right in Nov.
Beware the Euro style Value-added tax - on producers only, hence hidden from consumers. Coming our way.
A Pfizer researcher said unforgettably, “We don’t look for cures, we look for markets”. Women take hormonal birth control and women get hormonal cancers.
Recently, I’ve been asking guys if they ever worry about getting a hormonal cancer or have even had a conversation about them. “Never and not until now”. Testicular cancer - also coming our way.
The first pic would be perfect if the dogs were all Pit Bulls as it leads to this question:
Are Muslims the Pit Bulls of the Human World or are Pit Bulls the Muslims of the Doggo World? Mostly peaceful.
What a Pfizer researcher said, "We don't look for cures, we look for markets." Absolute truth..but on top of that they lied to establish the use of vaccines. If people knew how their own bodies worked, they would never have taken vaccines. The natural Immune System attacks any kind of foreign matter, which does not belong in the bloodstream. It would try to clean out the substances in vaccines. Injecting substances, which do not belong in the bloodstream would not create immunity...it would overwork the ability of the immune system to defend the human body. The bloodstream was designed to carry nutrients from natural unprocessed food. This creates energy and health. Mankind lived for eons of time in the beginning... simply by eating natural food.The right food and a healthy lifestyle are the only things, which will provide cures.
One of the problems I see with the hatred of real estate taxes is that it is just one of many taxes that all essentially rob of our rights as enumerated in the constitution.
Dr. Malone, In honor of you, I am sharing the two readings from today’s Catholic Mass. Like Jeremiah, you MUST speak and share the TRUTH. Like the days of Jesus and his disciples, the “authorities” – scribes, pharisees, elders, priests, kings, etc., refused to recognize the truth and tortured and condemned the most truthful persons.
Reading 1
Jeremiah 20:7-9
You duped me, O LORD, and I let myself be duped;
you were too strong for me, and you triumphed.
All the day I am an object of laughter;
everyone mocks me.
Whenever I speak, I must cry out,
violence and outrage is my message;
the word of the LORD has brought me
derision and reproach all the day.
I say to myself, I will not mention him,
I will speak in his name no more.
But then it becomes like fire burning in my heart,
imprisoned in my bones;
I grow weary holding it in, I cannot endure it.
Gospel
Matthew 16:21-27
Jesus began to show his disciples
that he must go to Jerusalem and suffer greatly
from the elders, the chief priests, and the scribes,
and be killed and on the third day be raised.
Then Peter took Jesus aside and began to rebuke him,
"God forbid, Lord! No such thing shall ever happen to you."
He turned and said to Peter,
"Get behind me, Satan! You are an obstacle to me.
You are thinking not as God does, but as human beings do."
Then Jesus said to his disciples,
"Whoever wishes to come after me must deny himself,
take up his cross, and follow me.
For whoever wishes to save his life will lose it,
but whoever loses his life for my sake will find it.
What profit would there be for one to gain the whole world
and forfeit his life?
Or what can one give in exchange for his life?
For the Son of Man will come with his angels in his Father's glory,
and then he will repay all according to his conduct."
The Malones and other pandemic heroes have been like voices crying in the wilderness. We all need to speak truth, no matter what the price, and support others who do.
Thank you for sharing this, one of my favorite Christian writers/teachers is Catholic priest Ron Rolheiser. He writes of how God (Jesus) was treated on earth - spat on, ignored, ostracized for telling the Truth. "And the point is this: Christianity is the only religion which worships the scapegoat, the one who is hated, excluded, spat upon, blamed for everything, ridiculed, shamed, and made expendable. Christianity is the only religion that focuses on imitating the victim and which sees God in the one who is surrounded by the halo of hatred." Drs Malone haven't been spat on I hope but I see how they can be thought of as "innocent victims" Innocent victim - not to be confused with the societal claims of Marxism which divides humans into two categories. Victims vs Oppressors, based on mostly immutable factors like skin color.
Many people accuse Fr. Ron of being too far left and even socialist or communist. I don't think so though. His strongest point in this regard IMHO is that he posits that the only reference that Jesus will require in heaven is a reference for how you treated the poor, hungry, sick, imprisoned among you as in Matthew 25:35-40. You individually, yourself, not who you voted for, or even your party preference... LOL.
We've all heard of "Influencers". I have a new term for the government: I now refer to them as 'Negative Influencers" (especially those in the federal health agencies). Whatever they espouse, approve of, promote, or encourage you to do, expect for it to negatively affect your health.
The biggest scam/theft ever perpetrated is income tax payroll withholding. That is the driver of all our problems with our govt. most people today don’t realize the extent to which they are being ripped off. Many never look at their pay stub and try to understand it
Thank you for the laughs! I'm super happy Caranja is recovering, and enjoying her last daughter. (I guess she's not fit for motherhood after the colic) .
Agree about property taxes. But property taxes are how Texas and Florida avoid state income tax. Luckily in NM we have both just to be fair and balanced.
But sadly not always smart about it. Once had a 125 lb lab come across a fresh pile laid,downby a horse. Dragged me to it and took a really big bite. And did not enjoy it one tiny bit. He was spitting all the way home
That rant on taxes just highlights why we need consumption tax. Unfortunately our government would just add that to the list instead of eliminating all the other taxes!
My parents built a home in eastern Pennsylvania in 1942. They worked hard to pay for it and finally paid the last mortgage payment in 1954. In 1970 they were retired, living mostly on social securtiy, and had to sell their home and move into a cheap apartment because they could no longer pay the local property tax and school tax. Incidentally, their kids hadn't been in the local schools for 16 years. I am now 88 and have to pay both city and county property tax, most of which is used to build infrastracture for new housing developments that benefit no one except the deverlpers of these properties. Fortunately, my wife is still able to work so we can pay the city and county their pound of flesh. This is why the lying rhetoric coming out of the mouths of these socialists, is so attractive to some.
Willful Blindness
Being unwilling to admit what is obviously wrong (or right) has been going on for thousands of years. In itself, knowingly refusing to see obvious truth is many times a sin.
A modern example of this is the reason most of us are here today on The Malones Sub Stack, the Covid scam. Just to point out another obvious, when the Malones stood up and courageously went against the medical establishments push for the mRNA injections, we here all knew something was wrong. Forcing these experimental shots on people without informed consent, without proper testing and the harms we all saw they were causing, was a plain evil. At that time it took guts to speak out against this, it’s something I will always acknowledge and give the Malones and all of you great credit for. The courage too stand up to lies and tell the truth, even at your own peril brings me to words like honor, principle, virtue, ethics, integrity, rectitude.
There are so many wrongs being pushed today, many on children, it’s hard sometimes to not be overwhelmed. Men in women’s bathrooms and locker rooms. Men in women’s sports. No borders. No police. No jails. Girls can be boys, boys can be girls. Men can have babies. The very definition of a woman unknown. Socialism is good. So many lies, there are too many to list.
John 9:39 Jesus said, “I came into this world for judgment, in order that those who do not see will see and those who do see will become blind.”
John 9:41 “If you were blind,” Jesus told them, “you wouldn’t have sin. But now that you say, ‘We see,’ your sin remains.”
The religious leaders thought they saw (understood) but were blind. Their minds were made up and they refused to accept new evidence or information that might change their minds. They quizzed the blind man twice and his parents once, at first refusing to believe that the man had actually been blind. When they couldn’t deny the miracle, they questioned its source: Jesus could not be from God since He healed on the Sabbath. He must be a sinner. No amount of evidence or simple logic would convince them otherwise. They were obstinate in their unbelief—blind, though they thought they saw.
The chapter ends with these stinging words of Jesus. He came to make the blind see—not only physically, but spiritually as well. But those who refuse to believe will remain blind. The real sin is being hard-hearted: thinking you can see when you can’t, refusing to believe when the evidence is staring you in the face. It’s willful blindness.
I read a sign that said, “My mind is like concrete: thoroughly mixed and permanently set.”
This passage makes me ask, “Where am I blind? Where am I refusing to see and believe what God is doing right in front of me?” We all have blind spots—things we just don’t see. We don’t know what they are which is why they are called blind spots. We need each other to point those out. And we need to be shown where we think we see but are really blind. I don’t want to be willfully blind! I want to see!
Lord, show me where I’m blind, where I think I understand but I really don’t. I want to always be a learner, and not get set in my thinking or ways to the degree that I’m not open to new insights from You. Open my eyes and help me see new things from You today.
Happy Sunday!!
J.Goodrich
This reminds me of the expression, "Don't confuse me with the facts, my mind is made up"
To accept truth, one must accept the source of truth, who is Jesus. He said, “I am the Way, the Truth, and the Life, and no man comes to the Father except through me.” John 14.
He also said, “Your Word is Truth.” John 17 Jesus and His Word is Truth; therein lies the standard of truth before all men. If you reject one, you reject the other.
When a person, culture, society, or religious organization, denies Jesus or His Word, they are living in a world of lies, and they are in active rebellion against God. That is why it is imperative for us to know Truth, based on its source.
We study various disciplines of academics in all areas of life, but I’m concerned that we have not focused on the one that needs to be the light to all other disciplines—God’s Word. This should be our source of truth, and we should be intimately familiar with its laws and principles of living out truth.
Thanks CQL, Happy Sunday my friend!
Amen!
Preach Brudda!
I love your wisdom.
Thank You beccar1954!!
Amen, and this beautiful and something I try to do too. Let me stress try, because sometimes I don't want to know, but that is probably just because I feel the responsibility of some kind of action that comes from knowing, if that makes any sense. I probably should go to confession about this. (smile)
Something I wanted to say about "belief" based on a comment I made last week...about the truth that God is ineffable - cannot ever be completely expressed in words. The good thing is He is knowable. Something you feel in many ways, as well as learn about through scripture, etc. The other problem is that most of us have times of disbelief, myself included (like the father who exclaims to Jesus in Mark 9:24 "I believe, but help me in my disbelief). And there is another thing called a "dark night of the soul" re: St. John of the Cross.. Mother Theresa is the most famous contemporary example, in her diaries she confessed to something like a 50 year dark night of the soul, decades at least. She lost the sense of God, she would tell people "Jesus loves you" but she herself didn't feel it herself. Interesting it is said about her, that she never lost her faith and kept doing the work, despite not have the feel-good part of being a Christian, the "consolations" as Catholics call it, that many receive via undeserved grace, to bolster their belief. Thank you James, I so appreciate this space, thoughts and teachings you provide for us to learn, share and reflect.
I'm glad you posted the listing of taxes. I have gotten so used to paying tax on Everything, the excessiveness needs to be listed. There are a few other people who have listed the absurd taxes we pay also, I hope it really spreads and pisses people off. What to do...
Not to mention all the taxes in the form of fees we pay every year. In Boulder County Colorado we pay more fees than we do tax and annual cost to register our car every year. Plus fees to have things delivered to our home plus a list of fees with our utility bill ...
One of the reasons I'm leaving Lafayette Colorado for another home in Oklahoma
Vote the Democrats out, at the local and federal level. Trump has removed taxes on tips and Social Security, and wants to get rid of the income tax. This is moving in the right direction if we can kick the Socialists out (Democrats have been Socialists in moderate clothing for a long time). Don’t be distracted by psyops and particular issues you aren’t happy about. We need a massive turnout at the polls this fall to make it too big to steal.
Rush used to say that if the people ever found out what the democrats really believe no one would ever vote for them. We’re about to find out of he was right in Nov.
Once read something over a dozen taxes included in the price of a loaf of bread
Beware the Euro style Value-added tax - on producers only, hence hidden from consumers. Coming our way.
A Pfizer researcher said unforgettably, “We don’t look for cures, we look for markets”. Women take hormonal birth control and women get hormonal cancers.
Recently, I’ve been asking guys if they ever worry about getting a hormonal cancer or have even had a conversation about them. “Never and not until now”. Testicular cancer - also coming our way.
The first pic would be perfect if the dogs were all Pit Bulls as it leads to this question:
Are Muslims the Pit Bulls of the Human World or are Pit Bulls the Muslims of the Doggo World? Mostly peaceful.
What a Pfizer researcher said, "We don't look for cures, we look for markets." Absolute truth..but on top of that they lied to establish the use of vaccines. If people knew how their own bodies worked, they would never have taken vaccines. The natural Immune System attacks any kind of foreign matter, which does not belong in the bloodstream. It would try to clean out the substances in vaccines. Injecting substances, which do not belong in the bloodstream would not create immunity...it would overwork the ability of the immune system to defend the human body. The bloodstream was designed to carry nutrients from natural unprocessed food. This creates energy and health. Mankind lived for eons of time in the beginning... simply by eating natural food.The right food and a healthy lifestyle are the only things, which will provide cures.
Barbara - you'll appreciate this substack from Dr. Kevin Stillwagon from 8/28/26...https://drkevinstillwagon.substack.com/p/put-the-needle-down?r=9er3b&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email
Thanks for sharing. I read what Dr. Stillwagon said, "Put the needle down." He is one in a million!
Yes, he is - & extremely knowledgeable about how the immune system works.
One of the problems I see with the hatred of real estate taxes is that it is just one of many taxes that all essentially rob of our rights as enumerated in the constitution.
Have to agree about that hand towel thingie. They were pretty ughish.
Dr. Malone, In honor of you, I am sharing the two readings from today’s Catholic Mass. Like Jeremiah, you MUST speak and share the TRUTH. Like the days of Jesus and his disciples, the “authorities” – scribes, pharisees, elders, priests, kings, etc., refused to recognize the truth and tortured and condemned the most truthful persons.
Reading 1
Jeremiah 20:7-9
You duped me, O LORD, and I let myself be duped;
you were too strong for me, and you triumphed.
All the day I am an object of laughter;
everyone mocks me.
Whenever I speak, I must cry out,
violence and outrage is my message;
the word of the LORD has brought me
derision and reproach all the day.
I say to myself, I will not mention him,
I will speak in his name no more.
But then it becomes like fire burning in my heart,
imprisoned in my bones;
I grow weary holding it in, I cannot endure it.
Gospel
Matthew 16:21-27
Jesus began to show his disciples
that he must go to Jerusalem and suffer greatly
from the elders, the chief priests, and the scribes,
and be killed and on the third day be raised.
Then Peter took Jesus aside and began to rebuke him,
"God forbid, Lord! No such thing shall ever happen to you."
He turned and said to Peter,
"Get behind me, Satan! You are an obstacle to me.
You are thinking not as God does, but as human beings do."
Then Jesus said to his disciples,
"Whoever wishes to come after me must deny himself,
take up his cross, and follow me.
For whoever wishes to save his life will lose it,
but whoever loses his life for my sake will find it.
What profit would there be for one to gain the whole world
and forfeit his life?
Or what can one give in exchange for his life?
For the Son of Man will come with his angels in his Father's glory,
and then he will repay all according to his conduct."
The Malones and other pandemic heroes have been like voices crying in the wilderness. We all need to speak truth, no matter what the price, and support others who do.
Thank you for sharing this, one of my favorite Christian writers/teachers is Catholic priest Ron Rolheiser. He writes of how God (Jesus) was treated on earth - spat on, ignored, ostracized for telling the Truth. "And the point is this: Christianity is the only religion which worships the scapegoat, the one who is hated, excluded, spat upon, blamed for everything, ridiculed, shamed, and made expendable. Christianity is the only religion that focuses on imitating the victim and which sees God in the one who is surrounded by the halo of hatred." Drs Malone haven't been spat on I hope but I see how they can be thought of as "innocent victims" Innocent victim - not to be confused with the societal claims of Marxism which divides humans into two categories. Victims vs Oppressors, based on mostly immutable factors like skin color.
Many people accuse Fr. Ron of being too far left and even socialist or communist. I don't think so though. His strongest point in this regard IMHO is that he posits that the only reference that Jesus will require in heaven is a reference for how you treated the poor, hungry, sick, imprisoned among you as in Matthew 25:35-40. You individually, yourself, not who you voted for, or even your party preference... LOL.
I would overdose on all of the pills
Most taxes are theft. Property tax is a crime....
We've all heard of "Influencers". I have a new term for the government: I now refer to them as 'Negative Influencers" (especially those in the federal health agencies). Whatever they espouse, approve of, promote, or encourage you to do, expect for it to negatively affect your health.
Maybe we can now refer to the NIH as the NINI. (National Institute of Negative Influencers)
Seems fitting that we could shorten the NINI to a bunch of "Ninnies".
The new doorbell buzzer is hysterical! It is a perfect example of not saying something nice and making it very funny!
The biggest scam/theft ever perpetrated is income tax payroll withholding. That is the driver of all our problems with our govt. most people today don’t realize the extent to which they are being ripped off. Many never look at their pay stub and try to understand it
Thank you for the laughs! I'm super happy Caranja is recovering, and enjoying her last daughter. (I guess she's not fit for motherhood after the colic) .
Agree about property taxes. But property taxes are how Texas and Florida avoid state income tax. Luckily in NM we have both just to be fair and balanced.
Always trust your dog’s instincts! They know who is not trustworthy and let you know when they see/smell a pile of 💩
But sadly not always smart about it. Once had a 125 lb lab come across a fresh pile laid,downby a horse. Dragged me to it and took a really big bite. And did not enjoy it one tiny bit. He was spitting all the way home
Oooh, I need a new door bell!
Blue pill. for the kids
That rant on taxes just highlights why we need consumption tax. Unfortunately our government would just add that to the list instead of eliminating all the other taxes!
My parents built a home in eastern Pennsylvania in 1942. They worked hard to pay for it and finally paid the last mortgage payment in 1954. In 1970 they were retired, living mostly on social securtiy, and had to sell their home and move into a cheap apartment because they could no longer pay the local property tax and school tax. Incidentally, their kids hadn't been in the local schools for 16 years. I am now 88 and have to pay both city and county property tax, most of which is used to build infrastracture for new housing developments that benefit no one except the deverlpers of these properties. Fortunately, my wife is still able to work so we can pay the city and county their pound of flesh. This is why the lying rhetoric coming out of the mouths of these socialists, is so attractive to some.