Real Love. Real Issues. Real Solutions‪.‬

The truth hurts and no one is spared. This is the overriding theme of the new book from Johnnie Newkirk Jr. Brutally honest and thought provoking, Real Love. Real Issues. Real Solutions. strikes at the heart of humanity, a fierce reflection on reality, and a challenge to open our eyes and to cross all barriers all this from one Renaissance man who spares no one as he takes on the minority community, the church, and the politicians. Newkirk speaks from experience and tackles current issues such as terrorism, gay issues, pedophilia and many others with acerbic wit and leaves lasting profundities for the reader to contemplate. This contemporary book of vicious commentaries is a must read. And a lot of what he states can, and is, fairly, substantiated.



THE TRUTH BE TOLD

Religion is a subject that I dislike to address. But I feel I must do so in the
name of fairness. Religion has become a big business, and a profitable one
at that. This is not a theory, but indeed a fact. In theory, there is separation
of church and state. But in reality, its a marriage that becomes stronger
each and every day. Its not about promoting the message of God. Its
about promoting the message, of the messenger, who claims to speak on
behalf of God. Oh, what fools we mortals must be, when we lose all sense
and rationality. Many priests are, and always have been, sleeping with
boys. These priests were/are not only engaging in homosexual and pedophile
acts, but were/are also committing statutory rape, by the mere fact that
they were/are sexually involved with these under-aged boys. Yet the
authorities gave them a pass. Because theyre a religious organization. And
that was, and still is, their rationalization. But its all right for the pope,
who is the most powerful religious leader in the world, to speak out against
marriage between gays, but will not speak out, or take a stand against the
immorality and illegality that many of his priests and other church officials
are committing from day to day. We are a part of God and God is a part of
us. And only in God should we place our trust. Church leaders and
politicians are one and the same. Its all about power and money, and
thats the name of the game. Deep down inside we all know right from
wrong. Anyone who tells you different is only stringing you along. For
God lives within each of us, so call on Him in your hour of need. He will
never let you down; this I guarantee. The church and religion are institutions
that society greatly needs as long as they remain fair and balanced and
divorce themselves from politics, power, and greed. When one does not
look at things rationally, logically, or ask questions when something doesnt
make sense, this is not living by faith, its living by pure ignorance. God
supplied us with a brain to assess things with. When one becomes obsessed
with religion and will not question it that person has become fanatical
about it. And you will find a lot of these said fanatics sitting right in
church. Because, to them, the church is more than just their home, it is
also their turf.

Fanatics arent good for the church, religion, or society. Theyre a threat to
all of humanity. The Bible, is a wonderful book, this I totally agree. And I
advise everyone to read it, and I do so open-heartedly. There are many
different versions of the Bible as you well know. A lot of books were lost or
deliberately destroyed. Why? Only God knows. Men said that the words
in the Bible came to them directly from God. Who took the dictation and
where are the written logs? If no one wrote it down then its all hearsay.
Considering the many different translations that it has undergone and
so many books that have been deliberately destroyed, or hidden, what
does your common-sense say? The Bible is a wonderful book, but its
not written in stone.