Contrarian by Nature

Growing up in a small town in South Jersey, a best friend of mine named Karl, would tell a story of a pink poke-a-dotted ping pong ball to all who would listen. He would go on and on about this pink poke-a-dotted ping pong ball. The story would have so many plot twists and turns. We surely hyped it up after knowing the ending. We would help Karl sell it to new listeners. It was a highlight of our evening as pre-Teens and Teens. Many listeners would try to bail out of the story and begin a new conversation, but Karl was adamant and so were we. After dragging the story out so drastically, he would end the story without resolution. We would crack up laughing because he wasted everyone’s time, and we knew it was coming. Once we heard the story, and knew there was no resolution, we looked forward to his hilarious story. This is how I feel like life is at times.

There have been many doors that I’ve opened, and found no end to the room. I just walked in and looked around. The Truth blows my mind. Then I walk out. I believe, this what I have done my entire life. It’s easy to say, “it’s all in God’s hands”, but do I really believe it? Hopefully, this website will help me sit in the room and enjoy the hidden knowledge I find without worrying about finding the end of the room. I sure hope so. For what good is knowing something profound, if I can’t apply it to my life? It’s like the poke-a-dotted ping pong ball story that has no end. I keep gaining truth without resolution. I hope I find resolution while I search for truth.

My beliefs can and will upset the natural flow of life. Some might call my beliefs heresy. I call them logically sound. For example, the inconsistencies and deception found in Paul’s writings (in the New Testament) have led me to reject his writings. Paul was my favorite biblical writer during my conversion. It wasn’t easy to reject parts of the Bible. I don’t hate Paul. I just reject him as an Apostle. He’s not my Rabbi anymore. My contrarian nature has landed me in deep water with the Church. Now, every Church I go to I feel pressure and opposition. It makes it quite difficult to focus on Yeshua at times. Another example of my Contrarian nature landing me in mirky muddy waters is my recently discovered, scientifically heretical, knowledge of the Flat Earth. Being a Flat Earth (Truther) puts me at odds with the modern Church, the scientific community, and secular society. So now opposition follows me wherever I go. Yay! I have tried to embrace the Ideals of contrarianism. I have looked under rocks that I have passed by my entire life. I cannot stomach deception. More and more, I began questioning mainstream narratives. I scoff at the collection of dinosaur bones at the Smithsonian. I rail against the government’s silly little 1952 propaganda video, “Duck and Cover”. The details of 9-11 and Sandy Hook are not adding up. I am now open to discovery. Without the shackles of deception and comforting half truths, my outsider anxieties have increased. So I am trying to fight back, without allowing my feelings get involved. This doesn’t always work.

The resolution to my Contrarian nature can only be found in contentment and humility. My prayers go up to the Father for a much needed change in heart. To survive great opposition, I will need my heart enlarged enough to meet the challenge.

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  Drive thru Jerusalem
  by Justin Finucan
  Picture this: It’s the 4th of July, and the City is teeming with the abundance of God’s Inheritance. Beautiful women sashay the streets in their flower dresses, little children fill the (usually) bustling byways with wonderful curiosity, and the men stand tall, shepherding their loved ones. Fireworks begin working, sounds of singing erupt in pockets,… Read more: Drive thru Jerusalem
• Contrarian By Nature
  by Justin Finucan
  Growing up in a small town in South Jersey, a best friend of mine named Karl, would tell a story of a pink poke-a-dotted ping pong ball to all who would listen. He would go on and on about this pink poke-a-dotted ping pong ball. The story would have so many plot twists and turns.… Read more: Contrarian By Nature

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