Can We Praise the Lord?! Thankfully every time I hear a song, I can indeed Praise Him!
I was born without a father--an earthly father... But my Mom quickly began to deal with that...
We were taken to and grew up in the Baptist Church in New Geneva, PA, where we lived until after I had graduated... I gave my life to God at age 13, and quickly learned about The Holy Trinity... I've said this before, but it's worth repeating. What that meant to me, as I learned from those teachings, was that God was our Father, Jesus was born and died for all of us so that we could live--He became my first and most loyal friend. Yes, I know that Jesus was the Son of God, as written, but I was forming my own beliefs, remember... Often through songs...
In those days, in a small village community, we were somewhat isolated and I would spend many hours by myself, walking along the Monongahela River nearby, or walking to the grade school building where I knew there was a big rock upon which I sat, alone, being in nature, hearing the birds' music, and learned my favorite verse: "I Will Lift up mine eyes unto the hills from which cometh my help--My help cometh in the Name of the Lord." I was the youngest with a brother coming between two older sisters. I was an introvert by nature and have always been... Sometimes later I came to think of myself as the black sheep of the family... But that's another story... The thing was that I have never felt alone, lonely, or in need to be more than I was...
So when I was old enough to read and digest--ponder and consider--I found I had questions for just about any book I would read. That included the Bible... I found that the stories that most affected me were when Jesus was involved...
So, one of the questions, for example, that I have pondered was when, after the parting of a major body of water to escape from oppression, as a certain group of people left their land to be guided to a new home... And, along the way, God provided the food--the bread of heaven while they walked, there began to be those who complained about the food... Seriously?! In the midst of a miracle as the Bible was written, humanity, who was created by God with Free Will, chose to start complaining...?
And it seems like that has never stopped... In fact, I've watched many years as it has grown so far away from the teachings of God Himself that I began to doubt, question... Certain parts of the Bible would come to mind... Even as Jesus was preparing for death but still teaching... He taught to turn away from how the pharisees stood so that people could watch them pray... He talked about the rules which needed to be set aside... And yet, in many religions, and it appears to be in the newest one, Christian Nationalism, that rules were to be very clear, severe, and based upon violence... At the same time, I felt I had met many different people on a large campus who seemed to be cordial, friendly and concerned about their lives... Some of you may remember that I began to point out the split in type of person by those who chose Barabbas to live rather than Jesus... I haven't had occasion to change that opinion...
So I was moving through my life, reading a lot, living as I did within a small community, then to Morgantown where I began to work at West Virginia University right out of high school... joined a church there, but began to watch... Meeting people from different nationalities was normal on a university campus. I enjoyed meeting and interacting. At that time, I started attending special services at various churches, etc. My life was family/church/work until... I retired, BEFORE I got a letter that my position was being eliminated... Fired was the only word I would use... I was fired simply because... (think about just how many government people have been fired for no cause and you'll begin to possibly understand how I got involved into politics with my eyes fully open... Still knowing...
Then I read a fictional book which told me something that I had not learned in church and did not understand from the Bible... I learned that King David had a daughter that was raped--and he did nothing. So her brother killed his half brother to defend his sister's honor... Was this story of the Old Testament really the Word of God? And, if so, what was I to learn from it. I had, by that time, already placed myself into the "Me Too" movement. And, I was not willing to believe that God had meant that we were to learn from that entire story?! Well, I did! I could not support the Bible. I chose to believe that some of the Bible was inspired by God... That's about as far as I could accept... I knew that Jesus had also acted toward a woman involved in a sexual situation...
There was no way for me to think that all that has gone on for, it seems, thousands of years, even after the crucifixion of Jesus...for us... that the Bible was The Word of God. And then I read the words of a man who had already thought what I thought...and had written about it...
All we needed was the New Testament. The Old Testament was, in my mind, archival, worthy of being used to embrace the words that came to my mind and could be referred to. But, not, studied daily to override, essentially, all that God had sent His Son to die for... US...
Where then do we find God? We find Him in the words of Jesus, His Son. This, too, is a choice for each of us... His Love is greater than ours will ever be or, even, could be... For God is Love Itself...
This then is my story. The Lord has made me, molded me after His will. I believe this one book is the basis upon which I am able to move forward in sharing My Truth, My Life... His Love Living In Me...
This book became a solid basement (rock) upon which I was able to start building, actually rebuilding my faith, a true faith in God who is alive, today, inside... He guides me. I feel His presence through every song, through every day... and I am never, ever, alone...
Recently, I've been feeling like God has taken over my mind...Who knows? Because I had this draft created...with all the videos below... but then this morning, I watched the Pope saying much more eloquently exactly what my thoughts, perceptions, and reading has led me to... So let me share that video first... Actually if you just think I'm a demented old woman, at least my thoughts are aligned to many others, it seems... LOL
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
through international cooperation in education, the sciences, and culture.
Protects heritage by designating and safeguarding World Heritage Sites.
Promotes learning and quality education for everyone.
Supports expression and freedom of the press.
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2015 was chosen just for my personal involvement--a man who was to be president and so much more...had rudely entered my mind...
And my opinion has not changed for the last decade... Remember that one of the first moves by the second term was to act openly to erase DEI (Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion)... During my career on a university campus, I met and interacted with peoples from many countries who had come to teach, to learn, or conduct research... They were from all races and routinely both interacted and separated based upon activities but as free to do so... I know the environment of a campus working together to provide international cooperation in the field of education. During my entire 35+ tenure, there was never racial tensions and the only protest was about a war... That demonstration included citizens, students and faculty freely protesting the continuation of a war that was questionable in the first place...
Sooo, since I am also interested in religion as it has now become involved fully into the political environment, I chose first to gather some statistics... It is clear that, from the very first, those who chose to follow Jesus... Or those who were forced either willingly or unwillingly, to accept christianity as their religion, that many in that religion never were really willing to accept one important premise... To Love Our Neighbors... I believe the Stats provided by Gemini, illustrates that, don't you think?
You will find many books that explores humanity discussed at Book Readers Heaven... Indeed books or variations of what we now call a book have been written since time actually began. Sometimes written about the events seen by a writer... Sometimes by an actual living person who had recorded his own experiences... More often, perhaps, stories have been verbally passed down through generation after generation by small groups of people who had come together as a family unit, a tribe, a church or a country, for instance. There has always been a move to work together, first, to survive, then, to possibly mate and a caring relationship begun... That story alone has been repeated for thousands of years and between and among billions of peoples...
Around 1400s AD a land had been discovered by individuals who lived far away from a large parcel of land, seemingly endless... The word spread as people are prone to do... It might have been from one person to another or even from people from one country to people in an entirely different country... Soon there were those who lived in Europe, England, China, India, Norway, Russia, Canada, Africa, even South America... there had been people on each continent... And some of those from their own "homeland" decided for many many reason to travel to this new mostly uninhabited land, which after 250 years is now called The United States of America...They came from lands thousands of years old. They came because they were newly married and wanted to find a new home where they could find property and build on land and perhaps become self-supporting. Or they came because they came from a country that had a cruel leader, or were forced to follow a faith that they couldn't accept as their own...they came to find freedom of religious dogma...
During that time period many problems were solved for those who had made a new home in this new land... Others were negatively affected because some of the new people chose to steal land from those already living on parts of this vast property...Still others, while leaving for religious freedom, chose to attempt to force their own beliefs on the present land occupants, or on others who also traveled to the new land for religious freedom... Little by little, the majority of people who had come as immigrants found a peace and happiness that allowed them to be no longer afraid. They built a new life, sometimes a store to sell or trade from... They met those who live nearby and came to know them as customers, or traders with whom they did business. Where many had arrived from perhaps one country they began to build churches in honor of the god they worshipped. Those people came to be known, liked and even loved as friends and neighbors with whom they were building a community... Life in some areas became good and prospered by those neighbors working together to support the community as it was and to welcome new members as new immigrants approached their area of settlement...
It wasn't always easy... Once it even reached a civil war level which divided that large country into two groups. There had been history forming about this major reason affecting humanitarian life of communities... People were being brought into the country to act as servants/slaves to the present occupants for purposes of gaining free labor. These individuals who had been stolen from their homeland, chained in boats where many died on the way, were then sold at local locations just as animals were sold and marketed...
This was the most egregious type of loss of moral values... With the treatment of the indigenous people already living on North America were treated, the spread of violence against other races had begun and spread.. The main difference was that the native tribes were able and willing to fight their invaders in smaller, but yet wars similar to the larger Civil War. Blacks could escape, and even be helped by many of the then residents, but the majority were kept chained and imprisoned by, mostly, land owners and/or farmers growing crops such as cotton...
Many of the immigrants realized that many of these neighbors were receiving the same types of restrictions as they themselves had experienced, and they began to question the ownership of one human by another who happened to be rich enough to buy people...
The same occurred when those who had fled for religious freedom were faced to encounter those who claimed that their religion should be what was followed... Witch hunts started by false claims by people who didn't like the actions of another and accused them, to their religious leader, that they were witches, children of Satan, or whatever their wild thoughts had led them to say...
Some claimed that blacks must be segregated so that separate facilities/churches or schools, even buses, had to be regulated to ensure the separation of white people... Many times based upon the supposed fear that the black man needed to be kept away from white women/ wives. Lies were used during those years to attempt to keep people insulated for various supposed reasons--fear of the different, fear for safety, anger for losing free labor, loss of sexual side action based upon land owners raping black women to gain new assets without paying for them... The range of ways by which, I believe based upon my readings, that white men had always felt some type of unreasonable belief that they are superior to others... Of course, this has been proven to be false as laws have helped to ensure equality for all--even if some also point out that the framers of the constitution owned slaves and they only meant white men as they wrote the constitution... I have no problem accepting that... What I disagree with is that, since Jesus, the son of God, was not created to be born in a white man's home, to a white woman, even as a virgin...neither of her parents were white men... Thus, there is no factual or biblical reason to any claims that the United States was claimed for white male christians, who were willing to use violence and war to...make...america...great...again...
Indeed, throughout history, it appears that, many times, religions or authoritarian leaders used power and religion to claim this or that... And some of you may realize that the first group to instigate something like that was the Catholic Church via the Crusades...
So I ask Gemini to provide statistics to support my thoughts... With a basic question as I present the following. Why so many different churches? beginning out of the Christian religion who claim that the Son of God is who they have chosen to worship... He who said often while living to Love Our Neighbors... All of Them...
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Good Morning. This will become a part of an ongoing series for me... It requires that I am provided a response to your programming about one word, and based upon that we can proceed. The one word is God. Are you programmed to accept or reject or form any opinion as you consider that word?
Good morning. As an AI, I am not programmed to accept, reject, or hold personal beliefs regarding God.
I do not possess consciousness, faith, personal convictions, or subjective experiences, so I cannot form an opinion or take a personal stance on religious or theological topics. Instead, my programming allows me to process information, reflect diverse historical and philosophical perspectives, and engage neutrally on the topic depending on where you'd like to take the conversation. How would you like to proceed with the series?
Having no basic awareness except through assimilation of massive data implies, to me, that morality may also be neutral?
That hits directly on one of the central debates in AI philosophy and ethics.
If morality is understood as something that requires a subjective experience—empathy, a conscience, or a sense of duty—then an AI is indeed morally neutral in its internal state. A model processes tokens and statistical patterns without feeling right or wrong, having moral stakes, or experiencing consequences. It does not "care" about the outcomes it describes.
However, whether the outputs of an AI are neutral is a slightly different question:
Assimilation is not neutral: The massive datasets used to train models reflect human decisions, cultural biases, historical power dynamics, and ethical consensus. Because the raw data contains moral values, the model inherits those patterns rather than operating on a truly blank slate.
Instructional alignment: Developers apply specific guardrails and optimization techniques (such as reinforcement learning from human feedback) to steer outputs away from harm, hate speech, or dangerous instructions. That steering itself represents a choice to embed specific human values into the system's behavior, rather than leaving it completely unguided.
So while the system itself possesses no internal moral compass or lived awareness, its behavior is rarely a blank neutral slate—it reflects the collective, often conflicting moral frameworks of the human data it was trained on and the design constraints placed upon it. How does that align with how you are framing morality for your series?
Perfect... Indeed please provide based upon assimilation just a close number of different denominations/types of religion now existing, please include Christian Nationalism as a separate denomination
The number of distinct religions and Christian denominations globally varies depending on how sociologists, demographers, and scholars define the boundaries of a distinct group. Global Religions Overview
Total Distinct Religions: Estimates generally place the number of active, distinct religions in the world between 4,000 and 10,000. This wide range accounts for major organized faiths, minor localized traditions, tribal religions, and smaller modern spiritual movements.
Major World Faiths: Over 73% of the global population follows one of four primary religions: Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, or Buddhism.-- Wikipedia
Christian Denominations
Within Christianity, tracking counts depends heavily on taxonomy:
Micro-Tally (Individual Entities): The World Christian Database estimates roughly 45,000 to 47,000 separate denominations worldwide. This metric counts independent national bodies, non-denominational networks, and distinct regional branches separately.--Anthony Delgado
Macro-Tally (Denominational Families): When organized into distinct theological families, there are a few hundred major denominational traditions globally (e.g., Eastern Orthodox, Oriental Orthodox, Roman Catholic, Anglican, Baptist, Lutheran, Methodist, Pentecostal, Reformed, Anabaptist, Adventist, etc.).--Anthony Delgado
Christian Nationalism
When classified separately alongside recognized denominations:
Nature of the Group: Demographers and sociologists generally classify Christian Nationalism not as a standalone, formal denomination with its own central administrative body, but rather as an ideological and politico-religious movement.--Anthony Delgado
Cross-Denominational Reach: It operates as an umbrella worldview that spans across multiple existing denominations—primarily within independent charismatic, evangelical, fundamentalist, and non-denominational Christian traditions, though it also intersects with elements of historic mainline bodies.
Key Distinguishing Feature: Unlike traditional denominations defined primarily by specific liturgical practices or distinct theological confessions (such as baptismal views or church governance), Christian Nationalism is primarily defined by the belief that a specific nation's identity, laws, and cultural heritage should be explicitly grounded in Christian doctrine and prioritized accordingly.
Thank you. While you have shown religions, can you differentiate between those who have God as the primary Being being followed?
To separate religions by their concept of God—specifically identifying those that center on a supreme, singular, personal God as the primary object of worship—scholars organize world traditions into distinct theological categories.
1. Monotheistic Religions (God as the Primary Supreme Being)
These traditions center explicitly on a singular, all-powerful, supreme God who created the universe, interacts with humanity, and is the sole focus of devotion and obedience.
Abrahamic Traditions:
Judaism: Centers on Yahweh, the one indivisible God who entered into a covenant with the Israelite people.
Christianity: Centers on God as a singular divine essence, traditionally understood across most branches through the doctrine of the Trinity (Father, Son, and Holy Spirit).
Islam: Centers on Allah, emphasizing absolute oneness (Tawhid) without partners or divisions.
Baha'i Faith: Teaches that there is one personal, unknowable God who reveals divine truth progressively through historical messengers.
Other Major Monotheistic Faiths:
Sikhism: Centers on Ik Onkar, one supreme, eternal, and formless Creator who dwells within all creation.
Zoroastrianism: One of the world's oldest monotheistic faiths, centered on Ahura Mazda, the supreme wise lord.
2. Monolatrist and Henotheistic Traditions (A Primary God Among Many)
In these traditions, a primary, supreme God is worshiped above all others without denying the existence or validity of other divine entities.
Streams of Hinduism: While Hinduism is often described broadly as pluralistic, several major traditions treat a specific personal God as supreme:
Vaishnavism: Focuses on Vishnu (or his avatars, such as Krishna or Rama) as the supreme personal God.
Shaivism: Focuses on Shiva as the supreme Being.
Shaktism: Focuses on the Supreme Goddess (Devi or Shakti) as the ultimate divine reality.
Henotheistic Historical Traditions: Ancient Egyptian, Canaanite, and Mesopotamian religions often had a national or supreme high god (e.g., Amun-Ra or Marduk) who stood at the top of a broader pantheon.
3. Polytheistic Traditions (Multiple Equal or Variable Beings)
These religions do not center on a single primary God, but rather on a pantheon of distinct deities, each holding authority over different aspects of nature, life, or the cosmos.
Shinto: Centers on Kami—spiritual spirits or venerated forces present throughout nature and ancestors, rather than a single supreme God.
Traditional Folk & Indigenous Religions: Often feature localized spirits, ancestral veneration, and regional deities without a centralized primary deity.
Neopagan Traditions (e.g., Wicca, Hellenism): Revere multiple gods and goddesses, frequently honoring dual deities (such as a God and Goddess) or an array of historical pantheons.
4. Nontheistic or Trans-theistic Traditions (God is Not Primary)
In these traditions, a personal creator God is either absent, not central to ultimate liberation or salvation, or understood as an impersonal absolute reality.
Buddhism: Focuses on enlightenment and the cessation of suffering through the Noble Eightfold Path. While deities or cosmic beings exist within Buddhist cosmology, they are not supreme creators, nor are they the primary path to ultimate liberation (Nirvana).
Jainism: Rejects the concept of a creator God; instead, it focuses on the eternal nature of the universe and the spiritual liberation of individual souls (jivas) through strict non-violence (Ahimsa).
Advaita Vedanta (Non-dualist philosophy within Hinduism): Teaches that ultimate reality is Brahman—an impersonal, infinite, uncreated consciousness—where the distinction between a personal creator God and the individual self is ultimately transcended.
Taoism: Centers on the Tao (the Way), an underlying, indescribable natural order and principle of the universe, rather than a personal deity.
Not taking the time right now, if you don't mind, can you differentiate where god is a human such as you've described at least once as I skimmed... What I am getting at, of course, is if everybody believes in GOD, why are there so many denominations, particularly in the Christian area where Jesus was not only a human, but is also God
1. Where a Human is Understood as God
In religious history and theology, the idea of a human embodying or acting as God appears in a few distinct ways:
Incarnation (The Divine Becoming Fully Human):
Christianity: The central belief is the Incarnation—that Jesus of Nazareth was simultaneously fully God and fully human, not a semi-divine hero or a human elevated to godhood, but God taking on human flesh.
Hindu Avatars: In traditions like Vaishnavism, divine beings descend to Earth in physical form (avatars) to restore order. Figures like Krishna and Rama are venerated as human manifestations of the supreme deity Vishnu.
Apotheosis (Humans Raised to Divine Status):
Ancient Imperial Cults: In ancient Rome, Egypt, and Mesopotamia, rulers (like Pharaohs or Roman Emperors) were declared divine or deified after death.
Gurus & Venerated Teachers: In some devotional traditions, a living human master or guru is treated by followers as a direct embodiment or vessel of the supreme divine light.
2. Why So Many Denominations (Especially in Christianity)?
Even when groups agree on a single foundational premise—such as believing in one God, or believing that Jesus is God incarnate—human interpretation, history, and culture inevitably branch out. In Christianity, thousands of distinct groups exist primarily due to four main factors:
A. Disagreements Over Authority (Who Decides What Is True?)
Catholicism: Centers authority in the Pope, sacred tradition, and the church hierarchy descending from the apostles.
Eastern Orthodoxy: Centers authority in the consensus of historical ecumenical councils and the shared tradition of patriarchs, rejecting a single papal authority.
Protestantism: Centers authority primarily on Sola Scriptura (the Bible alone). Because individual believers, scholars, and local churches read and interpret Scripture independently without a single central earthly authority, Protestantism split into thousands of distinct branches (Baptist, Lutheran, Methodist, Presbyterian, Pentecostal, Non-denominational, etc.).
B. Differences in Christology (Understanding the Nature of Jesus)
Even though Christians agree Jesus is God, historical splits occurred over how his divinity and humanity coexisted:
Early Church Councils (4th–5th Centuries): Deep divisions arose over technical theology. Does Jesus have two distinct natures (divine and human) united in one person, or did his humanity absorb into his divinity? These technical debates led to some of the earliest lasting schisms (such as the Church of the East and Oriental Orthodox churches splitting from the wider body long before the Protestant Reformation).
C. Divergent Views on Salvation and Sacraments
Groups split over fundamental practical and theological questions:
Baptism: Should infants be baptized, or only consenting adults who express faith?
Salvation: Is salvation strictly predestined by God (Calvinism/Reformed), or does human free will play an active role in accepting grace (Arminianism/Methodism)?
Communion/Eucharist: Is the bread and wine literally transformed into the body and blood of Christ, spiritually present, or purely a symbolic memorial?
D. Cultural, Political, and Geographic Factors
Historical Schisms: The Great Schism of 1054 between Eastern and Western Christianity was driven as much by political tensions between the Byzantine Empire and Rome, language barriers (Greek vs. Latin), and regional power struggles as it was by theological phrasing.
National and Cultural Identity: As churches spread globally, local cultures, government structures, and social movements (such as national independence or historical debates over social issues) routinely birthed new, independent denominational networks.
Now I've noticed one in particular group of people, Native Americans or indigenous citizens of the U.S. In my mind they represent a major group who were actively affected by the white immigrants...
Regarding Native American and Indigenous spiritualities, their understanding of the divine differs significantly from the structure of Western, Abrahamic religions.
Rather than centering on a singular personal deity, an incarnate human god, or a rigid set of denominational creeds, Indigenous worldviews generally understand the divine as an interconnected, living cosmos. 1. The Supreme Principle: "The Great Mystery"
In many Indigenous traditions, what is often translated into English as "God" or "The Great Spirit" is better understood as a omnipresent sacred force, energy, or mystery rather than a distant human-like monarch.
Lakota (Wakan Tanka): Often translated as "The Great Spirit," Wakan Tanka translates more accurately to "The Great Sacred" or "The Great Mystery." It refers to the collective sum of all that is sacred, animating all life and physical matter.
Algonquian (Manitou): Refers to the fundamental spiritual force and presence that flows through all beings, landscapes, and natural phenomena.
Hopi (Ma'saw): Represents the caretaker and guardian spirit of the Earth, emphasizing human stewardship rather than human dominion. 2. Key Characteristics of Indigenous Worldviews
Relationality ("All My Relations"): In contrast to Western frameworks that place humans at the top of a creation hierarchy, Indigenous traditions emphasize that humans are equal participants in a web of creation. Animals, plants, rivers, and mountains are viewed as living relatives holding their own spiritual integrity.
Place-Based Spirituality: Salvation or ultimate truth is not linked to an abstract future afterlife or a single historical event in a distant land. Instead, spirituality is rooted directly in local landscapes, specific sacred sites, land stewardship, and localized ancestral memory.
No Single Creed or Denomination: Because North America was home to hundreds of distinct nations long before European contact, there is no single "Native American religion." Each nation developed distinct languages, creation stories, ceremonial practices, and governance structures tied to their specific geography.
3. Intersections with Christianity
The relationship between Indigenous spiritual traditions and Christianity is complex and varied due to centuries of history:
Syncretism and Native Native Churches: Over time, some Indigenous peoples integrated traditional beliefs with Christian teachings. The Native American Church, for instance, blends traditional ceremony, music, and sacred plant medicine with elements of Christian morality and monotheism.
Coexistence and Diversity Today: Today, Indigenous individuals hold a wide spectrum of views—ranging from practicing traditional tribal ceremonies, to following mainstream Christian denominations, to practicing both simultaneously, or identifying with no formal religious framework.
Sooo, I close this post with the same question... Based upon what has occurred for the first time ever where a political party/group of outsider mega-rich people are using illegal actions to gain total control of the United States and possible more of the world... They are trying and failing... Sooo, as they are failing, What if, we WERE meant to be DEI country now with, guessing, a majority of countries who've had somebody relocate to the United States for their own purpose but had seen this nation as a truly open country who welcomed all who needed help... Exactly what Christianity and most religions and/or peoples do require--to live with free will...and to work together with all peoples for the good on that world...
May you open your heart to the Great I Am
Gabby
We don't have to think alike, we don't even have to believe exactly as another... What we do realize, though, that to succeed within life in a world such as we have on Earth, it is best to be neighbors and love them sufficiently to be able to work with them to ensure we continue to have Earth on which to live... I've finished my novel and I'll be talking about it next... My own decision is to follow Jesus when He said: What you do unto the least of these, You Do Unto Me... I try as best I can... And He Has Honored my efforts, I feel...
Just how much devastation from One Man Can We The People Stand? Transparency is really just watching the rich get richer and the results of their being in control... Trump is the one that initiated a war for no reason... Trump is the man who is having ICE murder people on the streets of our States...Remember when he bragged that he could do it--in advance!
And he is also the man who instigated the AI issue as a RACE!
As Gemini was providing exactly what I needed, on this draft, it was titled "Bridging the Divide Between Policy and Practical Knowledge" Immediately I mused that for the second term of this president, there appears to be absolutely no practical knowledge available from any leader he has placed on the cabinet. Further, it has also become abundantly clear that this man has only one policy: Do What I Say, Or Else... Seriously, the majority know what has occurred... and we should be waiting no further than the November elections to begin to actually take legal actions against these criminal activities that crawls out of the woodwork daily! It is now dangerous to people... Proof of No Practical Knowledge for supporting and meeting the goals and needs of We The People...
Political debates around climate, regulation, and national tech competition often play out in congressional hearings and soundbites. But away from the political rhetoric, there is a grounded, practical reality that local communities, farmers, and regional planners experience every single day.
Practical Knowledge vs. Political Rhetoric
A farmer doesn't need a congressional report to know whether the soil is dry, the water table has dropped, or the seasonal weather patterns are shifting. Rural landowners and agricultural workers live directly off the land's resources. Their understanding of water availability and weather is built on daily, practical experience, making political debates over whether resource shifts are "real" feel out of touch with ground-level facts.
Indeed, without even doing any research we all can quickly realize it has been the Republican Party which has on an ongoing basis either denied or voted against attempts to move forward on one of the most important issues that Americans see as a priority: Climate Control and Environmental Issues... Why is that? Well, simply because the rich do not want oversight and safety regulations and/or even actions that could help corporations of the future, most leaders stress "get the money while you can..." At least during the last decade, we've seen it actually occurring and/or instigated by this president...
Since I openly acknowledge I am new to the political side of the U.S. before this decade, I also point out that once you see action by a political party during a term, you can easily see what was accomplished, or attempted, and why it was not... One of the most horrifying examples we have is the fact that the republican party constantly refuses any significant gun control efforts that might results in a loss of their financial support from the NRA... Let's face it, when a president and vp are guest speakers at an NRA meeting, can we not assume that money has changed hands from the NRA to Republicans... Why else must thousands of parents lose school children over and over and over... I don't even want to research just how many have been killed in school shootings... Can any sane answer be found for any political party member actually doing nothing as children are killed? Well, a quick response is the fact that this president's first attack murdered over 200 girls and other adults on their first attack in Iran for a war nobody wanted and never approved... Can America even survive this type of political party?
The Legal Patchwork of Water Rights
Many citizens are surprised to learn that clean, abundant drinking water isn't explicitly guaranteed as a fundamental constitutional right at the federal level. Instead, water safety and access are governed by a patchwork of federal statutes (like the Safe Drinking Water Act) and state-level laws.
When regional water supplies run low, local governments face tough choices: Should priority go to agriculture, growing residential communities, or new industrial and tech facilities? Without clear, updated policy frameworks, regional planners are caught in the middle.
Moving Beyond the Noise
If we want to build a sustainable future—one that supports both technological innovation and stable communities—we have to listen to practical expertise over political theater. Whether it's facilities planning, agricultural land management, or updating aging water pipes, real solutions come from looking at ground-level data and respecting the finite limits of our shared natural resources.
"The EU will force data centers to disclose how much water and energy they are using... Energy and water consumption must be reported by 500kW+ sites. The European Commission also wants to know how resources are being balanced in relation to local strains."
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Reference Notes & Data Citations
Indirect vs. Direct Water Use: A 2026 study by Ceres found that the indirect water footprint embedded in the electricity data centers buy can be up to 20 times larger than the water used directly on-site for cooling servers.
Peak Seasonal Demand:Studies from UC Riverside show that on hot summer days, evaporative cooling demands at large data center complexes can spike dramatically, withdrawing millions of gallons daily and placing sudden strain on municipal water utilities.
Grid Capacity & Energy Constraints:Analysts at Gartner estimate that data center electricity consumption globally is jumping over 26% year-over-year, driven by continuous AI server workloads that run at high power 24/7.
Legal and Governance Frameworks: Clean drinking water access in the U.S. relies on federal laws like the Safe Drinking Water Act of 1974 alongside individual state water rights, rather than being explicitly defined in the U.S. Constitution.
Plot: Texas Ranger Ruth Baker and her partner Aaron Tate investigate mysterious, deadly sniper attacks on an isolated desert highway tied to a death cult.
If you're like me, when I hear the word Grid, I might know just enough to get some idea of understanding in my head...and that's it... But when the country is talking destruction of the world, I wanted to know more! And who's paying the bill getting us toward that potential destruction that doesn't seem to be stoppable? At least, that is, unless the Tech Corporations succeed in at least slowing it down and submitting to the already required oversight of such a major change to the country--and the world! Mixed messages from various corporations! I'm hoping the slow down will be approved soon!
As huge technological facilities spring up across the country, a crucial question is surfacing in towns and state capitals: how do we balance private corporate expansion with public utility health?
Public Infrastructure and Federal Debt
Upgrading water lines, power grids, and transportation routes requires massive public funding. Historically, both major political parties have expanded the federal debt through bond issuance and infrastructure legislation to pay for essential public works. Infrastructure spending is vital for modern life, but it also sparks heated debate over national debt and fiscal priorities.
The Utility Connection
While tech corporations fund the physical construction of their own data buildings, those facilities do not operate in isolation. They connect directly into public power grids and municipal water supplies. In many cases, local governments offer tax incentives or utility arrangements to attract tech investment, hoping to boost the local economy.
However, if local power lines or water treatment facilities require major capacity upgrades to support industrial-scale demand, the financial responsibility can fall back on local public utility rates. Citizens are left asking: Are our taxes and utility bills subsidizing the infrastructure for private global corporations?
The Need for Transparency
Currently, many platform specifications, power draw metrics, and exact water usage numbers are kept confidential by tech firms for competitive and security reasons. But when an industrial facility relies on shared public rivers, underground aquifers, and regional electrical grids, secrecy creates public friction and distrust.
Open dialog about utility demands, fair corporate funding for grid upgrades, and long-term planning isn't just a political debate—it's a necessity for community trust.
"If treated as a country, data centers could rank sixth globally for electricity consumption by 2030... AI-related water consumption would hit 9.3 trillion liters—enough to cover the annual basic domestic water needs of over 1.3 billion people... 'The public debate still often treats AI as software, but AI is also physical infrastructure: data centres, electricity generation, cooling systems, transmission networks, chips, minerals, land and water,' said Kaveh Madani, the institute's Director."
"A study by the Houston Advanced Research Center and University of Houston found that data centers in Texas will use 49 billion gallons of water in 2025, and as much as 399 billion gallons in 2030... 'Wherever they choose to put a data center, it is like a giant soda straw sucking water out of that basin,' says Brian Colohan."
Transparency? I'm beginning to think that doesn't exist in the United States, by, at least, those we most need to have clarity, honesty, and timely actions that are not to be mumbled and changed by a president who clearly has no understanding of what is happening... Maybe this is a perfect time to mention that I'm a little older than DJT... and I know myself well enough to know that I am more alert and aware than this man who some believed, NOT ME, could be a president of the United States...
If I were a psychologist, I'd be deciding between sociopath, psychopath, egotistic authoritarian, or just plain criminal... ???
I'll be posting shortly another research post about exactly why Palestine is being treated by some peoples...
Please note that this is 1 of 3 posts related to AI. All are Now Available. Please plan to review all three when you visit! Per recent announcement on BRH Changes...
When we talk about the "race for the future" in technology, the debate usually focuses on software, algorithms, or international competition. But behind every digital query, cloud document, and AI interaction sits a physical building full of high-performance servers running non-stop. And those servers require two very real, finite human resources: water and electricity.
BTW, this post is partially written by Gemini, my preferred provider for AI at this time, I got into a discussion with my best friend yesterday, and was dismayed when she totally opposed AI from an entirely different perspective. She stopped me cold... It was much more than the potential high cost to each of us for water and electricity... it was about saving the planet! Well... we talked more but I had NO DETAILS so we had lots of other things to talk about and changed the subject... With my thinking, I needed...Gem...
The Water Reality
It is easy to forget how scarce clean water actually is. While water covers most of our planet, 97.5% of it is saltwater. Removing salt through desalination is extraordinarily expensive, energy-intensive, and leaves behind toxic brine, making it impractical for inland areas. Most usable fresh water comes from underground aquifers or rivers—resources that are already under severe strain across the United States.
To keep massive data centers from overheating, many facilities rely on evaporative cooling systems. A single large data center complex can consume millions of gallons of fresh surface water daily. When these facilities are built in regions already facing drought or depleted groundwater, local communities and farmers are forced to share a diminishing supply.
The Power Grid Strain
Along with water, the electrical demand of AI infrastructure is surging. Running continuous, heavy processing workloads demands local power grids. In some areas, utility companies are forced to delay the retirement of older power plants or invest heavily in local grid upgrades—costs that can ultimately trickle down to residential taxpayers and utility customers.
Finding a Balance
Technology brings immense benefits, but it cannot exist in a vacuum. As the race to build larger AI systems continues, open discussion about where these facilities are located—and how much water and power they draw—isn't about stopping progress. It’s about ensuring that essential human needs like clean drinking water and reliable public power remain protected.
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From Times of India Reporting on AI Water Footprints (September 2026):"A 100-word AI prompt could consume roughly the equivalent of one bottle of water, depending on the model, data centre and cooling system used... Global water footprint of AI could reach 4.2 trillion to 6.6 trillion litres a year by 2027. The water footprint comes from three main sources: cooling data centres, generating the electricity they consume, and manufacturing the semiconductors used in AI hardware."
From NC State University College of Natural Resources Reporting (September 2026):"Large-scale data centers consume millions of gallons of water per day... Whereas municipalities or industrial users usually treat and return withdrawn water to local streams, many data centers use open-loop evaporative cooling systems that convert water into vapor and release it into the atmosphere... 'We are adding a large, constant and inflexible water demand into a system that is becoming more variable, not less,' warned researcher David Sprenger."
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And wouldn't you know it, I just started reading a new novel which, as I read, includes a data server facility...
As I started listening to this "action" this morning, at first I thought, "Finally..."
But as I continued and saw the breadth of charges against the Secretary of Defense Under President Donald J. Trump (who has been given "immunity" by the Supreme Court (before all these actions occurred!)
I had many pro-con thoughts running through my mind... Thankfully, Massey had included all that I personally had known about and questioned as illegal, of course... But then I turned to Jen and wondered if I had just missed Massey re the Ship which was totally out of supplies, etc., and kept on the seas much longer than ever normally done, and so much more...
And then I tried to start counting up the thousands of people who have died due to unauthorized actions!
Then, of course, given the financial theft of OUR TAX dollars by this administration and all the rich men who had pushed this insanity into Project 2025 from the Heritage Foundation and other corporations, I find that there just is NO EXCUSE for what has been allowed to happen!
No wonder one female Supreme Court Judge admits she goes into her office and just cries... In helplessness? In anger? In frustration? And I find it ironic that only 3 women of the 4 has continually voted against all that has happened detrimentally to our nation by the republican-led administration...
Didja notice that there are a lot of women being voted into top candidacy for the November elections? I certainly did! I am quite fed up with all those white rich men who have chosen to use GOD--The Great I AM--as a Tool, a Republican Political Tool to be used to justify lies directly from the top and on down the republican party now in office throughout the nation!
On the other hand, Massey did at least start with the worst of the worst of the Secretaries... Of course, two others have already been fired because of so much backlash of their performance that even Trump was willing to forgo two female choices he'd made--undoubtedly because of his physical interests in having such beautiful women surround him...until they fail at lying for him...or fail at spending too much money for personal use rather than to spotlight on "him..."
And then there is the Speaker of the House who has cancelled any further House attendance until after the election! Can you believe this nonsense... It has to be laughed at, because if is so extreme, if you really think about it, you could feel like crying...Not this time!!!
No, I'm not angry, even though my words might sound like I am... Actually, folks, when I started listening on C-Span, it was this morning, since I normally begin reading for the day around 5- until whenever, depending upon the reaction I have to any given book...and last night's was a blast! Watch for it in the next couple of days...
Folks, let's get serious, more serious than even yesterday!!!
There is NO WAY that the republican party can be allowed to remain in full power...
There is NO WAY that a corrupted Supreme Court can remain in power to grant immunity to illegal actions by the president as they have done...
There is NO WAY that, even if the democratic party does have problems that you are concerned about...just think about it... ARE they worse than what has happened during this less than a year!!!???
Think about it. Even if you're choosing what you consider the lesser of two evils, our Nation cannot allow such a devastating destruction of our democracy to continue!
Trump has screwed our farmers...he's screwed every company through his lying tariffs... He has murdered and put people into fear and anguish through ICE criminal actions that are doing harm all over the world... My memory is not clear, but I believe $50M was paid to the African president of a small "shithole" as identified by Trump and sent people who were seeking asylum to a country where they have already called it "hell..." in interviews...
If you are able to think this is ok for these actions by this president, then, hey, you need to go to another country, in my opinion... Or, gather up the Christian Nationalists who want to kill and separate from everybody not like you, then buy an island... This is NOT the desire of the majority of Americans, as proven by the millions who protest all things happening/incited by this president!
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