Collective @ MindSay

Well, I think I have done it! I have figured out who God is! God is the "BORG". That's right!
The borg is a giant entity in space, collecting people and assimilating them. They are all connected and thinking with "one mind", they no longer have independent thought. They take all their direction from the "hive mind"
and work as a collective ( like bees or ants). They say "resistance is futile" and seek to take over the universe assimilating all into the collective.
They have enhanced features to make them more efficient in their duties. They operate solely toward the fulfilling of one purpose: to "add the biological and technological distinctiveness of other species to their own" in pursuit of perfection. And though it is possible to escape the "Borg" the assimilation will always effect you and your thought.

God is a giant entity in the heavens (borg)
People of all races are gathered from all over the world   (many by force in the early days) into the fold or (collective).They operate solely toward the fulfilling of one purpose: to be perfected in Christ.
Christians are taught to be of "one mind" (assimilation)
They are taught to be sheep and follow the shepherd (the collective)
They are given "enhanced features" for "spiritual warfare" (the holy spirit and Armour of God)
And though you can escape it, the teachings and memories will haunt you forever!

Hugo Chavez has achieved his goal in Venezuela. He has gotten the Venezuelan Congress to enact a law that allows Chavez to make laws by decree. Now the Venezuelans will experience the reality of the Marxist State: The State (i.e. the One at the top) is everything and the people are nothing but the collective subordinated to the whims of the Dictator.

 

Common Folk using Common Sense quotes Canada.com:

 

CARACAS, Venezuela - A congress loyal to President Hugo Chavez approved a law Wednesday granting him authority to enact sweeping measures by decree.

 

Meeting at a downtown plaza in a session that resembled a political rally, legislators unanimously approved all four articles of the law by a show of hands.

 

“Viva President Hugo Chavez, long live socialism!” National Assembly President Cilia Flores said as she proclaimed the law approved. “Fatherland, socialism or death. We will prevail!”

 

Chavez, who is beginning a new six-year term after winning recent elections, said the legislation will be the start of a new era of “maximum revolution” during which he will consolidate Venezuela’s transformation into a socialist society.

 

His critics call it a radical lurch toward authoritarianism by a leader with unchecked power.

 

Poor Cubans. Now that a rich oil state has become a Marxist dictatorship, Chavez will probably use the Venezuelan’s money to aid Castro’s successors remain in power. This will doom the Cubans to another generation of state control, 1950’s and 1960’s technology and poverty.