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END-TIME CHURCH / PLURALISM GREETINGS ----- Some of the links are not going to be working because they are headlines and have been deleted from the newspaper. Since we have been behind in publishing it can't be helped. ----- QUICKVIEW OF UPDATED INDEXES http://cephas-updates.cephasministry.com ----- The Apostle Paul who was commissioned to teach the Gentiles said, "to Timothy, my dearly beloved son: Grace, mercy, and peace, from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord." (2 Timothy 1:2 KJV) "I charge thee therefore before God, and the Lord Jesus Christ, who shall judge the quick and the dead at his appearing and his kingdom; Preach the word; be instant in season, out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort with all longsuffering and doctrine. For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but after their own lusts shall they heap to themselves teachers, having itching ears; And they shall turn away their ears from the truth, and shall be turned unto fables. But watch thou in all things, endure afflictions, do the work of an evangelist, make full proof of thy ministry. For I am now ready to be offered, and the time of my departure is at hand. I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith: Henceforth there is laid up for me a crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, shall give me at that day: and not to me only, but unto all them also that love his appearing." (2 Timothy 4:1-8 KJV) ----- EVENT:   IS PROPHECY BEING FULFILLED? September 15-16, 2003 Atlantic Coast Prophecy Conference Myrtle Beach, SC Where: Landmark Resort Hotel 1501 S. Ocean Blvd. Myrtle Beach, SC 29577 Reservations by phone: (800) 845-0658 or Fax (843) 448-6701   To register: Mail to: Atlantic Coast Prophecy Conference PO Box 280008 Columbia, SC 29228 (800) 845-2420 or (803) 755-0733 Fax (803) 755-6002 ----- GREETINGS to the newcomers to this list. We'd like to introduce ourselves. We were Mormons for 20 years and prayed about a ministry and six months later God led us to the truth: out of the cult. From there information about all the cults and the present development came to us and we have moved what we could find out to the public. We are fundamental Bible students and do not belong to any organization anymore. These newsletters prove why we had to leave the world system.We do not solicit for funds nor do we have a membership. We have an email group that gets information when we upload new information and a newsletter whenever it is possible timewise. We love the Lord with all our hearts and minds. Our Statement of Faith is on the http://www.cephasministry.com/index2.html We believe every word in the KJV Bible and believe it is the Word of God and that Jesus is the Christ, God Himself, who spilled His blood on the cross for our sins and rose again to prepare a place for those who accept 'His' righteousness as their righteousness. They are those who accept Jesus Christ as their Lord and Savior, Jews first and then Gentiles. We expect to be raptured in a pretribulation Rapture to live with God, His Son Jesus Christ and the Holy Spirit who are one, forever. We pray the Lord will bless you with a thirst for truth and a desire to serve Him exclusively, In Christ Jesus, Cephas Ministries ----- LEFT BEHIND SERIES IS ECUMENICAL AND FICTION [EDnote emailer: I received one email asking if I support the 'Left Behind' series. I absolutely do not. Thought I'd clear that up. Ed Tarkowski] One strong example from the article: "But there is another problem. With such a vast range of readers, LaHaye and Jenkins are forced to be very careful not to offend people who might see things a little differently. And that when the Bible is clear that the gospel is an offense to those who are lost, yet is to be spoken anyway. So to help with the size of the target market, I mean to keep from offending people. there must be little gems like the Pope being raptured with the church! Now come on! Anyone who understands the Scriptures and what a Roman Catholic believes, knows that a person cannot believe what that "church" teaches and the Pope stands for and be saved. It is impossible. So LaHaye and Jenkins help Chuck Colson, Billy Graham, Charles Stanley and the rest of the closet liberals to further blur the clear line of demarcation between true Christianity and apostate Christianity." See what a Discernment Ministry has to say: http://www.rapidnet.com/~jbeard/lbehind.htm Questions: "While I found myself being enthralled by the story-line in the books. I also found myself wondering, with such a golden opportunity for LaHaye and Jenkins to very clearly outline the gospel of Jesus Christ to many who will read the series but would not let a soul-winner tell them the same, why is the sound gospel of the grace of God so obscure, to the point of being absent from the books?!" [JB] The "Left Behind" fiction should be proclaimed for what it is - A work of FICTION. Tim De LaHayes' books are not to be promoted as being the TRUE interpretation of the Apocalypse. When things don't pan out the way they're being promoted the promoters of this will be left with egg on their faces AND a whole group of people who will have been duped. Thus they will find that the thing they had put their trust and faith in was merely built on sand! Can we be so sure that Mr. De LaHayes' has a correct grasp of the correct interpretation of the events? What if he is wrong? Ps:118:8: It is better to trust in the Lord than to put confidence in man. John Hayworth ----- GARY AND LISA RUBY, AUTHORS, CLAIM THAT AUTHORS OF LEFT BEHIND SERIES INTERCHANGED SATAN AND GOD. Their book is not available at Amazon anymore. For more information go to their website: http://www.libertytothecaptives.net/satan_God_interchanged.html http://www.libertytothecaptives.net/ ----- THE MORIEL MESSAGE BOARD ADMINISTRATOR BARS CHRISTIAN FROM POSTING This article is in reference to a post Lisa made on Moriel Message Board in the Expository Bible Study Forum that was deleted almost immediately without explanation. My posting privileges were also instantly terminated. The name of the thread is Lucifer. I was planning on leaving the forum but remained because I was shocked that readers were being conditioned to think that the occult in fantasy form is acceptable and that Satan cannot harm a Christian. It reminded me of Jim Pappas' slant on Pilgrim's Progress: Satan Has No Power? Edit at 5:49 February 26th: I need to make a correction. Carol Champion sent me an email while it was still Tuesday, February 25th, which I failed to read until just now. She did explain why my posting privileges were terminated, and I apologize for this initial inaccuracy: I am sorry Lisa but I am removing your membership from the Board. You are causing nothing but strife. People come here for fellowship & reasoning through the scriptures. We believe in iron sharpens iron. In Jesus, Carol Champion Moriel USA Thank you I responded to the Lucifer thread because I was grieved that a Christian poster was quoting sources that promote the New Age lie that Lucifer is not Satan, and is actually Jesus Christ. Moriel did not counter this post and caution this poster to dispense with such commentaries that promote the New Age agenda and blaspheme Jesus Christ. Shortly after I posted a letter which included a warning that Lucifer is not Jesus Christ, they deleted it. I am now writing a new article pertaining to the Lucifer thread and sharing it here: Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown’s commentary on Isaiah 14:12-15: v12 states: Lucifer – “day star”. A title truly belonging to Christ (Rev 22:16), “the bright and morning star” and hereafter to be assumed by Antichrist. According to this modern commentary, Lucifer means day star. Day Star appears once in the Bible: "2Pe 1:19 We have also a more sure word of prophecy; whereunto ye do well that ye take heed, as unto a light that shineth in a dark place, until the day dawn, and the day star arise in your hearts:" Look at the context. It is plain and simple that "day star" refers to the Lord Jesus Christ rising in your heart, not Satan! The very next verse tells us that "Knowing this first, that no prophecy of the scripture is of any private interpretation." 2 Pe 1:19. To assert that day star means Lucifer is an occult private interpretation that will set the Christian up to merge with the occult Kingdom of Antichrist! Occult means hidden, and private interpretations are interpretations that derive hidden or private meanings in the Holy Bible. It is only by deriving an occult meaning that one could possibly come to the conclusion that Lucifer means "day star." This commentary stated blasphemy, and I suspect that most Bible study notes and footnotes say essentially the same thing. New Agers need Christians to believe that Jesus Christ and Lucifer are the same, but merely appear to be different: One of today's most influential New Age authors and lecturers, David Spangler, teaches on Lucifer and "Christ." In his book, Reflections on the Christ, Spangler explains that "Christ is the same force as Lucifer but moving in seemingly the opposite direction" and that "Christ is the perfect balance to Lucifer." The Falling-Away-Christian-World is Embracing Spangler's Vision! For the rest of this article go to: http://www.libertytothecaptives.net/jesus_is_not_lucifer.html ----- BISHOPS PICK F.B.I. OFFICIAL TO POLICE ABUSE IN CHURCH WASHINGTON, Nov. 7 2002: The nation's Roman Catholic bishops announced today that they had appointed the F.B.I.'s third most senior official to direct a new office responsible for monitoring how well the bishops comply with their policy on sexual abuse of children. Robert S. Bennett, a Washington lawyer who led the search committee, Ms. McChesney was selected from 40 candidates by the National Review Board of prominent Catholic lay people, led by Gov. Frank Keating of Oklahoma. The official, Kathleen L. McChesney, a Catholic who has often broken barriers for women in law enforcement, will initiate and direct the new Office for Child and Youth Protection, to be based at the headquarters of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops here. She takes over an office in which she is the first and only staff member. The budget for her office and the National Review Board combined is $800,000 to $1 million, Monsignor Fay said. Ms. McChesney said she saw her role not as an investigative watchdog, but as someone who would help install sexual abuse prevention programs and audit compliance with the bishops' measures to remove sexually abusive priests. She said she expected her office to issue within about six months a report on such compliance, based not just on self-reporting by the dioceses, but also on "external auditing." http://www.nytimes.com/2002/11/08 For the whole article go to: http://www.cephasministry.com/index_catholic_files.html ----- INTERFAITH INVOLVEMENT IN POLITICS - NEW INTER-FAITH BODY APPLAUDS U.N., APPEALS TO IRAQ FOR COMPLIANCE Geneva (ENI). Religious leaders from across Europe at an inaugural meeting of an inter-faith organisation in Oslo have urged Baghdad to comply with United Nations arms inspections and applauded the international body for reaching last week's unanimous agreement on disarming Iraq. The meeting of the religious leaders came the same day that Iraq's parliament spurned the UN demand by voting unanimously against co-operating with the Security Council resolution on disarming Baghdad. [Ecumenical News International, 12 November 2002] ----- CHURCHES CALL FOR MEDIATOR TO DEAL WITH INTER-DENOMINATIONAL DISPUTES Warsaw (ENI). The Conference of European Churches, which groups most non-Roman Catholic churches in Europe, is being urged to act as a mediator in conflicts between Christian denominations. "The key question is what ecumenical organisations can usefully do when there's a conflict within their own family," explained Rudiger Noll, director of CEC's Church and Society Commission. In recent years, particularly since the collapse of Communism, a series of disputes has arisen between churches. [Ecumenical News International 12 November 2002] ----- MUSLIM'S APPEAL TO MEN TO LURE THEM TO WORSHIP ALLAH WHO IS NOT THE CHRISTIAN GOD FOLLOWING ARE MUSLIM'S TOP TEN REASONS TO CONVERT TO ISLAM 1-10 Islam is the religion for all times, all places, and all people. Thus Allah wisely teaches us in the Qur'an how to beat women properly. 4:34- "Men are the protectors and maintainers of women, because Allah has given the one more (strength) than the other, and because they support them from their means. Therefore the righteous women are devoutly obedient, and guard in (the husband's) absence what Allah would have them guard. As to those women on whose part you fear disloyalty and ill-conduct, admonish them (first), (next), refuse to share their beds, (and last) beat them (lightly): but if they return to obedience, do not seek against them means (of annoyance): for Allah is Most High, Great (above you all)." Yes, men are to beat their wives lightly and women are to be silent. These Biblical verses are used as an example that the Bible requires the same behavior. Apostle Paul stated: 1COR 14:34 Let your women keep silent in the churches, for they are not permitted to speak; but they are to be submissive, as the law also says. 1TM 2:11 Let a woman learn in silence with all submission. 1TM 2:12 And I do not permit a woman to teach or to have authority over a man, but to be in silence. 1TM 2:15 Nevertheless she will be saved in childbearing if they continue in faith, love, and holiness, with self-control. [Source: http://www.worldevangelical .org] http://dcregistry.com/forums/religion/messages/1241.html ----- FOCUS ON THE FAMILY LOSES IT'S SPOT ON KWVE The news release below appeared on Calvary Chapel's CSN website in October 2002. We appreciate your concern with the change of programming that was recently made on KWVE in which it was decided by our board to discontinue airing the program, 'Focus on the Family.' This decision was made after prayer and discussion concerning the content of some of their programs. Calvary Chapel purchased KWVE for the purpose of providing inspiring music and Bible studies for the edifying of the Body of Christ, and we felt that the Focus on the Family broadcasts were not always reflecting the kind of content that fit with our primary purpose. It all came to a head with a series of programs Focus broadcast earlier this year. The programs were called, 'Women and Sexuality.' In our opinion these three programs were not appropriate for our general audience. One of the programs was very verbally graphic concerning marital sex. [Ednote he apparently went into such detail that we were too embarrassed to repeat it.. end of Ednote] The purpose of the station is not to promote Psychology as the answer to a person’s problems, but to bring people into a deeper walk with God. We love Dr. Dobson and appreciate his stand on moral issues that effect America. We love to hear some of the testimonies that are broadcast on his program, but we feel that his program is not in keeping with the general format of our station. In Christ, The Calvary Chapel Board of Directors http://www.calvarychapel.com/kwve/index.htm ----- O'REILLY NOT SO RIGHT Popular talk show host Bill O'Reilly says labeling someone as a "sinner" is contrary to American values. He has grown a large audience in recent years, including many Christians who like his conservative views on many key issues. But recently he has attacked those who say homosexuality is a sin - as the Bible does - and who would oppose such things as giving homosexuals the right to adopt children. He says the religious right has lost influence because they often "base their opinion on what they believe God wants." O'Reilly paralleled people who base their opinion on religious beliefs, and try to impose them on others, to the Taliban terrorists (10/9 AgapePress). He supports gun control, opposes the death penalty, and is said to be an environmentalist at heart. He recently spoke to a convention of "gay and lesbian" journalists. He says it's better to have a child in a stable home, even if it's run by homosexuals, than to be in chaotic foster care (9/17 H.Times). O'Reilly says: "Even if there is no God or Heaven or Hell, I still believe religion is a positive force. My [Roman Catholic] religion is comforting. [Its] traditions are magnificent." http://cnview.com/ ----- JONAH - THE VEGGIE TALES MOVIE This is said to be an attempt to market religious values to a mainstream audience. The video appeared in 1993 and has sold 28.5 million copies. O Timothy editor David Cloud, who reviewed some of the videos, said VeggieTales will draw many Christians to vile movie theaters, will create a taste in children for rock music, and is a dangerous bridge to the world. The movie takes liberties with the biblical storyline. It softens a bit the crimes being forgiven. "While it's clear that the Ninevites do evil, the film asserts that the king of Nineveh didn't know that the things they did were wrong." (10/5 World) The Ninevites' chief sin is said to be their habit of slapping each other with fish (10/12 HT). Be warned, be wise, beware! ----- A PROMISE KEEPERS MEETING Andrew Rupert, Ass't Pastor, Bible Community Church, Mentor, OH attended a Promise Keepers rally in Cleveland in July. He summarized some problems with this ecumenical men's movement under the following subject headings: Rock music, Charismatic atmosphere, A Cloudy Gospel (e.g., by Luis Palau), Confusing Counseling, Dangerous Presumption (re salvation), Charismatic encounter (tongues), Crowd Psychology (dancing), Biker Peter, Off-Color Humor, and Evaluation. Pastor Rupert concludes: "Promise Keepers uses a watered-down Gospel which is designed not to offend. Sometimes the message sounds like the Gospel, but it is carefully tailored not to offend works salvation, baptismal regeneration, tongues-speaking, or extra-biblical revelation, or cults. Even the counseling of seekers is vague and blurred to make men feel accepted without true repentance from sin. Men leave with a false assurance of salvation. Promise Keepers may have good intentions but its commitment to unscriptural unity, worldly methods, and a cloudy Gospel make it an organization no fundamental Christian can support." [Rev. Rupert's 4-page report is available from: Ohio Bible Fellowship, 3865 N. High St., Columbus, OH 43214, 10 copies/$3.50. A 16-page tract on PK is available for $8/100 from Highways & Hedges, 201 Maple Ct., Liberty, SC 29657.] http://cnview.com/ ----- FALWELL'S UNWANTED NEIGHBORS Dr. Jerry Falwell, in a 9/19 e-mail, wrote: "Here in my hometown of Lynchburg, Va., Mel White, a de facto leader in the homosexual-rights movement, has taken up residence (with his male paramour) directly across the street from my Thomas Road Baptist Church (TRBC). Their quest is to compel our church members and me to alter our biblical stance that homosexuality is a sinful lifestyle. These two men accuse me of endorsing 'spiritual violence' on the homosexual community because I continue to preach the truth of the Bible, namely that homosexuality is a sin. http://cnview.com/ ----- PEARSON'S DOCTRINE OF INCLUSION Charismatic bishop Carlton Pearson's "inclusion gospel" has caused a split in his Tulsa megachurch. This doctrine teaches no declaration of belief in Christ as Savior is necessary for going to heaven, and this has caused a mass exodus from his church (10/02 Charisma). This theology questions the existence of a literal hell, and states that everyone is saved-they just don't know it (5/02 CC). Pearson's response to this is that it's "just like when [Word of Faith preacher Kenneth Hagin Sr.] says, 'You're healed-you just don't know it.'" Pearson says we are trying to convert, and we just need to convince. http://cnview.com/ ----- TRINITY BROADCASTING NETWORK Federal I.D, 33-0399138 Form 990. Part V List of Officers and Directors 2000 gave the following information: Name and Address PAUL F. CROUCH** 1973 PORT CHELSEA PL. NEWPORT BEACH, CA 92660 Title & Time Devoted To Position PRES/DIR 40+ hrs/wk Compensation $403,549 Contribution to employee Benefit plans $3,392 Name and Address JANICE W. CROUCH** 1973 PORT CHELSEA PL. NEWPORT BEACH, CA 92660 Title & Time Devoted To Position V-P/DIR 40+ hrs/wk Compensation $347,365 Contribution to employee Benefit plans $3,392 ** HUSBAND AND WIFE TOTAL SALARY $750,914 [Source: Wally Duncater - wallyduncaster2@hotmail.com ] ----- ORAL ROBERTS, basically retired, draws $72,500 salary as chancellor of Oral Roberts University. While Richard Roberts takes $97,500 as President of ORU Oral takes another $59,500 as chairman/ceo of OREO His wife Evelyn takes $25,000 and Richard $ 45,000 as 1st V Chairman. His wife Lindsay takes $42,500 So Oral and Evelyn total salary was $157,000 Richard and Lindsay total salary was $185,000 Housing allowances, cars and other expenses are covered by the ministry and / or university. [Source: Wally Duncater - wallyduncaster2@hotmail.com ] ----- THE SMART?? [EVANGELISTS] LIKE BENNY HINN, KENNETH COPELAND AND DR. RODNEY HOWARD BROWNE AND A NUMBER OF OTHERS BECAME PART OF A CHURCH THAT THEY PERSONALLY OWN. HENCE THEIR SALARIES ARE PRIVATE FROM THE PUBLIC. [Source: Wally Duncater - wallyduncaster2@hotmail.com ] [Ed-note - this proves that answers to questions we have and can't find answers to, are a matter of time. We have been wondering about this aspect for some time since these ministries were not listed at www.guidestar.org where 990 forms to the IRS are published online. Attending Happy Church in Littleton Colorado briefly, we confronted the Hickey's with the following question: "After you pass away what happens to this complex referring to the large shopping center they purchased for less than $10 million which had increased in value to between $30 and $40 million?" Wally walked off in a huff that anyone would ask such a question and did not answer it. End of note] ----- THE POPE IS MADE HONORARY CITIZEN OF ROME Killer Quake Hits Italy on Oct. 31, 2002 - Reformation Day, the Pope was make an honorary citizen of Rome. This was the work of the Counter - Reformation and came about with massive financial help from BIG BUSINESS and the U.S. Bank. This is the initial step by the Vatican to obtain the hegemony of Rome once again. Father Gavazzi warned the world that if the Pope was allowed to stay in Rome he would try to recover the lost domain. This is coming to pass right before our eyes and is a sure sign that the coming of the Lord is near. The Italian peninsula is located right on 2 major fault lines: For the whole story go to http://www.cephasministry.com/catholic_killer_quake_hits_italy.html ----- USHERING IN THE ONE-WORLD RELIGION October 23, 2002 - GENEVA, Switzerland 'A one world government and a one world religion' it may just sound like fiction from the popular "Left Behind" novel series. But some Christians say this scenario may be closer than most people think... hundreds of spiritual and religious leaders met at the United Nations for a peace summit. And although all the major faiths were there, including some who claim to represent Christianity, it was clear that Jesus was not invited... Most were from "Eastern religions" Buddhists, Taoists and Hindus... Honorary Chair Shirley MacLain, known for her adventures into New Age, did not show, but several celebrities did, including Linda Evans, Lindsay Wagner and Linda Gray of "Dallas" fame. Gray said, "I was raised Catholic, I bless that base, I think if you have a strong religious base where, whatever it is, then you branch out from there, or expand on it." The summit was endorsed by U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan who said "the future of the world depends on women.".. Rev. Brown Campbell said, "That's not a purposeful intent. This is a meeting, of course, of people of all religions. And I think what we've all tried to do is to call on the common deity that everyone will say: I mean everyone here would say there is a God, this is not a group of Atheists, this is a group of people of faith, and for everyone there is a god-person by whatever name." The belief that there are many ways to heaven was also part of the New Age gospel at the Geneva summit. Strong said, "I'm very close to the Buddhists, the Taoists, the native Americans and uh, peace to me is being one with the source." When asked if she was referring to God "the Creator," she said, "Well, I don't necessary call it Creator, but, it's one name." Robert Maginnis, a former director of the Family Research Council, said of the summit, "Well, I can see the possibility that it's the globalization of world religion.".. "You're taking the Muslim community, the Christian community, the Hindus, the Confucians and all the many hundreds of religious groups, trying to identify key leaders, and you are basically trying to co-opt them into cooperating with you," he said. [ http://www.cbn.org/CBNNews/News/021023a.asp?option=printhttp://www.cbn.org ] ----- INTER FAITH LEADERS ADOPT PEACE DECLARATION IN SOUTH AFRICA Johannesburg (ENI). Representatives from seven major religions and 21 African countries have adopted a historic declaration, committing themselves to working for peace on the African continent. The great variety of delegates to the Inter-Faith Peace Summit - among them South Africa's Chief Rabbi Cyril Harris and Benin's High Priest of Voodoo, Houna Agbessi Daagbo Hounon and Ishmael Noko, general secretary of the Lutheran World Federation - underlined the summit's achievement in forging a common dedication to peace. [ENI-02-10-21] ----- PROVIDENCE DIOCESE SETTLES 36 ABUSE SUITS PROVIDENCE, R.I., Sept. 9 (AP) The Roman Catholic Diocese of Providence said today that it had reached a $13.5 million settlement with 36 people who say members of the clergy molested them as youngsters. The settlement covers all but 2 of 38 men and women who sued in the early 1990's, accusing 11 priests and a nun of abusing them... The diocese said it would seek internal and external financing to cover the cost of the settlement. Earlier this year, lawyers for the plaintiffs asked the diocese for $15 million immediately and $8 million over four years to settle the cases. The diocese's finance council rejected that proposal. For nearly a decade, the diocese refused to turn over documents in the case, citing First Amendment rights to religious freedom. "The church hierarchy became publicly embroiled in a nationwide clamor for reform and for public disclosure of matters relating to priests who sexually assault children," Justice Krause wrote. "Insistence upon disclosure emanated not only from those not associated with the church, but indeed from bishops within the church as well." Lawyers for people who say priests sexually abused them called the ruling a watershed in one of the longest and hardest-fought lawsuits of its kind. The diocese has $97 million in assets, its December financial statement shows, but state law allows the bishop to hold an unlimited amount of land tax-free in his name, with virtually no reporting requirements. [Source: http://www.nytimes.com ] ----- THE MOVIE 'TIME CHANGER' An emailer writes: "I have not been in a Movie Theatre in about 30 years.. it's generally NO PLACE FOR A CHRISTIAN TO BE. But after hearing Rich Christiano ( on Christian TV ) talking about this new film that he made, I couldn't wait to see it. It's titled "TIME CHANGER" and it opened in Dallas today, Oct. 26th, and we went to see it. NO SEX, NOT EVEN A SMOOCH ! NO VIOLENCE ! NO IMMODEST DRESS ! NOT ONE CUSS WORD! PLENTY OF JESUS AND MORE JESUS !! PLENTY OF GOSPEL, HEAVEN OR HELL, REPENT OR PERISH !! --- CHRISTIAN SEMINARY PROFESSOR OF THE 1800'S IS TRANSPORTED, VIA TIME MACHINE, TO OUR TIME AND GENERATION AND IS APPALLED BY THE SIN AND COMPROMISE EVERY WHERE---ESPECIALLY IN THE CHURCH !! You will have to go see it to find out the rest of the story. I never in my wildest imagination ever thought I would ever recommend that Christians "Go To A Movie." But I am recommending you do just that and go see--"TIME CHANGER." WARNING NOTE: I hadn't been to a movie in so long that I forgot there were- "PREVIEWS OF COMING ATTRACTIONS" prior to the film. So, you may want to take along a BLIND FOLD and some EAR PLUGS to make it through "THE COMING ATTRACTIONS." Or, you could time it so that you walk in just as this filth is ending and the movie is beginning. Tell all the SINNERS you possibly can about this Movie. That includes the CHURCH GOIN' SINNERS. Also, all truly born again folks will be stirred and challenged by this GODLY FILM. There are Actors and Actresses, in the film, that used to be HOLLYWOOD STARS -- but now they have forsaken Hollywood and are ON FIRE FOR JESUS . Not Hollywood Holiness.. [Carl G.] ----- MYSTERY BABYLON TRULY SHOWS HER COLORS [EDnote: you'll have to register at the LA Times site to see these articles.] You gotta see this. This is the new $200 million Catholic cathedral in Los Angeles. Click on the "photo gallery" link to see the pictures, paying close attention to the dedication of the alter - a big table with a sacrificial fire burning on it and it is surrounded by several nuns kneeling to it while holding incense burners. - - Quite a picture of a pagan rite. And since this church is called "Our lady of the Angels," it is centered around the Queen of Heaven. Click on the link that says "A Multitude of Virgins" for a close-up of the church's door. On it you'll see the "evolution" of Mary, as they put it. Check out #1 for her origin. It identifies her with the pagan Inca goddess, Pachamama. Unbelievable!! J.. http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-cathedral-sg.gallery ----- ECUMENICALISM -- 10/30/02 - The setting aside of Biblical truth and the adoption of a unity based on shared feelings! The Bible teaches that Salvation is purely by faith WITHOUT WORKS, yet ecumenicalism sets aside this Truth so as not to alienate those who believe that it is not so. We are to bend over backwards to accommodate those who pray to the dead, those who kneel before images, those who deny the Virgin conception, the miracles--even the very resurrection of the Lord Jesus Christ Himself!--Then they add that we may also pray with those who worship other gods, such as Hindu deities, Allah, Zoroaster, and even Buddhists (who do not believe in the Creator) nor in the Only Begotten Son of God! The Apostles taught us to have nothing to do with those who promote false doctrine in the name of Christ! To disassociate ourselves from all those who promote material gain as being Godliness, from they who promote Hierarchies and other intermediaries between men and the Heavenly Father other than Jesus Christ Himself! [John Hayworth] ----- ANGLICAN CHIEF AND B.C. BISHOP IN OPEN FEUD OVER GAY MARRIAGE National Post 9/19/02 In June, the diocese of New Westminster sparked an international furor after voting to become the first Anglican diocese in Canada to formally bless same-sex marriage, with 63% in favour. The vote followed years of local debate on the issue, where delegates at diocesan meetings voted in favour of such ceremonies. The decision was immediately condemned by 10 bishops representing rural communities in Ontario, Saskatchewan, Newfoundland and the Yukon, who said same-sex blessings contravene Church teachings... The Lambeth Conference, a gathering of Anglican bishops from around the world each decade, voted overwhelmingly four years ago to back the ban on the ordination of practicing homosexuals and on homosexual marriages... It is not clear whether Church governance permits the Archbishop to overturn the decision of a local diocese, said Mr. Adams, explaining the Archbishop of Canterbury does not have the same authority as the Pope, head of the Roman Catholic Church. For many, the Church is still reeling from Archbishop Carey's support of the ordination of women, and its inevitable consequence -- the elevation of women to the episcopacy. ----- GHOSTWRITING IS RAMPANT [This report came from an email and is unconfirmed.] Are some of the most cherished books in your personal Christian library written by ghostwriters, some of whom may be homosexuals, atheists, and New Agers? Before you answer "no", please read this article very carefully. A tragic and disreputable hoax is being perpetrated on unsuspecting Christians.And you might be one of the chief victims. Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth. that shall he also reap. (Galatians 6:7) The Reverend Mel White is a homosexual activist.. , in Dallas, Texas. "I am gay, I am proud, and God loves me without reservation," White recently told David Calker, a Los Angeles Times reporter. White, who "pastors" a militantly gay church, is also a writer of many Christian books. But though he's the author, his name doesn't appear on the front covers. Instead, a Christian celebrity's name appears on each of Mel White's books. White is what the book industry fondly calls a "ghostwriter." Ghostwriting Rampant in "Christian" Publishing. The scandalous practice of an unnamed and concealed person ghostwriting a book for a celebrity is rampant in Christian publishing. Virtually all the larger book publishing firms do it. The question is, is this practice immoral, dishonest, and deceitful? After all, the buyer of these books thinks he or she is getting inspired information direct from the hearts and pens of men like Billy Graham and Pat Robertson, each of whom has used ghostwriters. The reader pays good money for a beautifully packaged book with the hero celebrity's picture and name on the jacket. Never would the buyer suspect that the book is actually written by a homosexual, an atheist, or a New Ager. Thinking that he or she is taking in digestible spiritual food, the book buyer has no idea the ghostwritten book may contain poisonous and insidious views hostile to Christianity imbedded in its text. Big Name Personalities Use Ghostwriters .. Mel White has been an influential, behind-the-scenes ghostwriter for many big name personalities. He's written speeches for Lt.Col. Oliver North. White has also authored at least two of evangelist Jerry Falwell's books, including, unbelievable as it may seem, Falwell's autobiography, Strength for the Journey. [email, unconfirmed] ----- NIGERIANS HOPING PROMOTED CARDINAL'S ODDS OF BECOMING POPE NOW BETTER Abuja (ENI). Many Nigerians are taking great pride from the elevation by Pope John Paul II of Nigerian Cardinal Francis Arinze to the Vatican's top liturgical post and believe it will enhance his chances of becoming pope. The cardinal changes from being the Vatican's top officer for inter-religious dialogue - a key link between Roman Catholics and Muslims - to heading the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments, replacing Chilean Jorge Arturo Medina Estevez. [ENI-10.29.2002] ----- METROPOLITAN DESK Metro Briefing | New York: Albany: Senate Passes Pedophilia Bill The State Senate unanimously voted yesterday to require church officials to report child sex abuse involving the clergy. The Assembly has not voted yet, but Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver said he was willing to negotiate a compromise. At issue is an element of Assemblyman John J. McEneny's bill that would require clergy members to report abuse allegations dating back two decades. Churches would also be required to report any accusations of current staff members beyond 20 years, under the Assembly bill. Prosecutors could keep the information on file in the event of new accusations of the crime. No criminal charges, however, could be brought on allegations older than five years because of the statute of limitations. Published: 03 - 27 - 2002 , Late Edition - Final , Section B , Column 5 , Page 8 http://query.nytimes.com/search/full-page?res=9B03E1DA103BF934A15750C0A9649C8B63&fta=y ----- CATHOLIC BISHOPS UNVEIL NEW POLICY ON ACCUSATIONS OF ABUSE by Lauri Goodstein, New York Times 11.5.2002 The nation's Roman Catholic bishops released their revised policy yesterday on sexual abuse by the clergy, and church leaders said they expected that it would be ratified by the bishops next week in Washington and then given Vatican approval. The revisions were applauded by clergymen and canon lawyers who say they will protect the rights of accused priests. But they were denounced by victims' advocates who fear they will allow molesters to remain in the ministry and will let the church keep accusations secret. For the whole story go to: http://www.cephas-library.com/catholic_revised_policy_on_sexual_abuse.html ----- COMPUTER SOFTWARE HELPS SINNERS REPENT Polish Roman Catholics can now outline charts of their sins with a new computer program designed to help them confess their sins. It is based on the prayer book and affords 104 searching questions to help users catalog their fight against sin and recount the statistics, Gazeta Wyborcza daily newspaper reported under the headline: "I sincerely repent. Enter." Sins are listed under Biblical commandments and according to their importance, with a questionnaire asking whether they have been committed or not. Author Andrzej Urbanski had the idea when his son was preparing for first communion. He pressed on, even though the boy's response was "Daddy, you have some strange ideas." Sinners need not fear their darkest secrets getting out, as files with intimate data are protected by password. (Reuters) WHY CEPHAS LETTER? The Cephas Letter is but one part of an ongoing study in eschatology, that is, the Biblical study of 'end times' which includes a summary of international political events taking place around the world to help you see how close the world is to days when Jesus will return to Israel. We appreciate any and all encouragement! GLOBAL / LOCAL POLITICS ----- QUEEN ELIZABETH STILL NOT SURE IF SHE WANTS TO INTEGRATE POUNDS WITH THE EURO 11-17-2002 The Queen of England opens Parliament annually and reads her agenda. About integrating the British pound into the European Union, she stated that they will check out the five economic tests to see if they can integrate their money yet and contribute to a single currency next June in 2003. The meeting is in Copenhagen. She plans to increase Britain's aid to the United Nations Development Goals. She gave Toni Blair nineteen new bills to work on. ----- TONI BLAIR TELLS MUSLIMS THAT THEY ARE PROTECTED Significant fanaticism is evident everywhere and the government of the U.K. commits itself to the task. Toni Blair spoke on 11.11.2002 about Orthodox Christianity versus Muslim and that Christians need to reach out to Muslims. He reminded Muslims that English and American military were protecting Muslims in Korsovo not Christians. Milosovich, a Christian, was incarcerated eventually and is awaiting prosecution in World Court run by the United Nations. He encouraged the Palestinians and Israelis to get to a final settlement quickly to end the despair by making two states out of Israel. "There is a dark shadow over the world that fanatics have built. Investments into Afghanistan will pay dividends over and over. We have to build bridges of understanding each other's religion and practice interfaith. Moderate Islam needs to cultivate knowledge and finally gain a sense of justice and coalitions of force or common ideas about a shared agenda. The broader agenda needs full US leadership, NATO and Russia. The crisis all over the world demands a broad agenda to unity. ----- FIVE YEARS FOR DEFAMATION A Queensland Australia resident Isaacs after being frivolously accused of child abuse says he welcomes new defamation laws that enable offenders to be dealt with swiftly. "It's an excellent idea. It would break through the difficulties of operating across state boundaries and protocols which slow the system down. Defamation should definitely be a criminal offense in Queensland and there should be jail penalties. It can destroy someone's life." Meanwhile Queensland State Opposition Justice spokesman Lawrence Springborg will introduce a Private Member's Bill on defamation calling for defamation to be an indictable offense with up to five years' jail. Full story: http://couriermail.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5936,5437553%5E8362,00.html ----- EU OUTLAWS NET HATE SPEECH Julia Scheeres: The Council of Europe has adopted a measure that would criminalize internet hate speech including hyperlinks to pages that contain offensive content. The provision, which was passed by the council's decision- making body, the Committee of Ministers, updates the European Convention on cybercrime. Full story see http://www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,56294,00.html ----- RELIGIOUS CENSORSHIP IN CANADA November 19, 2002 OTTAWA (Reuters) - A Canadian religious television station was formally reprimanded on Friday for broadcasting a program that claimed homosexuals were possessed by the devil. The Canadian Broadcast Standards Council said Vision TV had been wrong to show an episode of "Power Today" hosted by U.S. evangelist R.W. Schambach in which he talked about those possessed by demons. "They don't like me to air this on television. But I don't care what they like! I am not politically correct! God's given me power to cast out devils and if you are a homosexual, I can deliver you! And I can set you free!" Schambach said. "The intolerance and bitterness that drip from his lips are extreme. They constitute abusive and unduly discriminatory comment (and) they have no place on Canadian airwaves," it ruled. [Source: censorshipcanada@hotmail.com ] ----- A NEW CARPET FOR THE OVAL OFFICE Washington Journal, C-SPAN 11.13.02 President Bush proudly pointed to the new carpeting in the Oval Office, designed by his wife. It displays a huge SUN (in Masonic symbolism the sun represents god) and the American Seal with the Eagle looking at the Olive Branch. The Eagle used to look at the arrows before WWII. President Truman changed the direction after WWII. The head of the Eagle now faces the opposite direction pointing to the claw that is holding the Olive Branch which represents peace. ----- BUSH NAMES FORMER SECRETARY OF STATE KISSINGER TO HEAD INVESTIGATION Bush names former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger to head independent bipartisan commission for investigating Sep. 11 attacks. National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the U.S.-Chairman. There will be others appointed to help him. Kissinger will be meeting with the families as an integral part of the investigation. "We will go where the facts lead us," he reassured the reporters. [Henry quickly removed himself from this assignment] See Kissinger's bio: http://www.cephas-library.com/terror_kissinger_was_to_head_9-11_investigation.html ----- KARL ROVE TELLS REPUBLICAN CONGRESSMAN NOT TO DARKEN THE DOOR OF THE WHITE HOUSE Karl Rove bragged that he was offered huge scholarships from Hearst Newspaper philanthropist who also sponsored Dr. Billy Graham into fame and fortune. Rove was poor at the time and went to Brigham Young University. He later rose to become a senior adviser to President Bush. Winning the Presidency was in part attributed to Rove's expertise. Rove shared this part of his life from the pulpit of the University of Utah, decorated with a Beehive. He stated that the presidency is constantly expanding and getting more powerful. Days prior to this speach, a powerful crusader from Colorado, a Republican Congressman, addressed the Mexican border issue in Congress. He gave an emphatic speech that 1,000 to 1,500 illegal Mexicans were crossing the border by simply walking across and hiding eventually in the Colorado mountains on Indian reservations. He said that he himself went to see how that could be and he said that the sign indicating the border had been turned around so Mexicans could not read that they were trespassing and there were no fences to deter them, they simply walked across. What is happening in Colorado, his home state, had him really concerned because these Mexicans are drug dealers and they are controlling the Indians with drugs to do their bidding. Back to Karl Rove, some of this presidential power that he spoke of, has apparently rubbed off on him because Rove lit into that Congressman and demoralized him. He told him that he better not darken the door of the White House again. When I heard the speech in the White House, knowing what I know, I knew nobody was listening because the Congressman from Colorado was out of line. He was ignorant of what the Administration had signed off on. The NAFTA Agreement, some 20,000 pages, that were never read by most who signed it, calls for open borders over time. So much for all the voices like O'Reilly its just rethoric to keep us thinking they are trying to fix the problem. They can't fix the problem without reversing NAFTA and that is impossible considering how far into globalism we are. ----- THE PYRAMID OF SPYING Information Awareness Website with sport the same Masonic pyramid that is on the dollar bill. March 6th 2002 The Patriot Act has no basis to limit FISA which may be used by the government. FISA = Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act now has the power to tap phones and do their surveillances by giving the justice department more power moving it away from the FBI and adding an additional agency for intelligence collecting. Dr. John Poindexter will have 2000 different databases to work with. It is called a pyramid of spying. Poindexter lied to Congress about the Contra Affair and found guilty. They will be creating technology which gives them the right to prevent people from going where they wish to go. The records collected will include purchases, financial and travel records. ----- [PAT] ROBERTSON CHARITY WINS 'FAITH-BASED' GRANT Washington Post, Oct 3, 2002 - Today, Operation Blessing International, a Virginia Beach charity created by Robertson, is to get $500,000 in the first wave of grants to be distributed under the faith-based initiative, which gives federal money to religious organizations that provide social services... [Full story was at Washington Post] Previously: How Pat Robertson self-dealt he and his son $90 million in tax-exempt funds. ----- GOP USING FAITH INITIATIVE TO WOO VOTERS Washington Post - Sep. 15, 2002 - Office's Officials Have Appeared With Republican Candidates in Tight Races. Republicans are using the prospect of federal grants from the Bush administration's "faith- based initiative" to boost support for GOP candidates, especially among black voters in states and districts with tight congressional races this fall. Top government officials overseeing the program, designed to funnel federal social service grants to religious groups, have appeared at Republican- sponsored events and with GOP candidates in at least six states. The events often target black audiences, such as a recent South Carolina seminar to which about 1,600 black ministers were invited. The events' hosts explained how the federal program will distribute about $25 million in grants to community groups affiliated with churches and other private-sector institutions...[full story at Washington Post]. For additional information about this faith-based issue go to: http://www.cephas-library.com/church_n_state_faith-based_information_2002.html ----- BAPTIST BERNARD J. EBBERS A CROOK? Former WorldCom Inc. chairman Bernard J. Ebbers used his unusually strong influence over the telecommunications company's board to push through lucrative compensation packages for himself while steering a strategic course largely determined by the rise and fall of its stock price, according to a interim report prepared by a court-appointed corporate examiner, reported the Washington Post. Bernard Ebbers, a former milkman in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, was ousted in April 2002, at the age of 60, owing Worldcom $400 million in loans. The 6-foot-4-inch Canadian-born businessman, once one of the world's richest men with a fortune of $1.4 billion, adopted the town's ways. He attended shareholder meetings in jeans, cowboy boots and a bolo tie, and started the sessions with a prayer -- a sure winner in the heart of America's Bible Belt. The ousted chief executive of a giant telecommunications company rocked with an accounting scandal told his congregation one Sunday that he was innocent of wrongdoing. Appearing at Easthaven Baptist Church in Brookhaven, Miss., as usual to teach Sunday school and attend the morning worship service, Bernard Ebbers made his first public comments about WorldCom since the disclosure of $3.8 billion in improper accounting last week, "The Wall Street Journal" reported."I just want you to know you aren't going to church with a crook," Ebbers addressed the congregation at the end of the service. ----- ELIZABETH DOLE'S SPEAKING FEES ALMOST A MILLION DOLLARS Elizabeth Dole received $900,000.00 in speaking fees. The wealth is accumulating for people in Congress. 1 out of 4 Congressmen are millionaires in the House of Representatives and 4 out of 10 Senators in Congress. Amy Keller of Roll Call revealed this on November 11, 2002. The article is on their website. ----- CEOS LEARN FROM FEDS HOW TO MANIPULATE ACCOUNTING RECORDS C-SPAN - 11.6.2002 In a discussion about the new book: "Social Security's Phony Crisis," Mark Weisbrot described that there is no crisis if the Feds would stop taking the money out of the Trust Fund. A caller stated that he, a CEO of a corporation, learned from the Federal government how to manipulate accounting records. ----- ACTIVIST ARIANNA HUFFINGTON GETS AROUND C-SPAN - 11.6.2002 - Arianna Huffington, who is a member of the Points of Light Foundation, headed by the Bush family, was very active during the Clinton impeachment efforts from the Right, is now demoralizing Americans who drive sports utility vehicles by calling them unpatriotic. Her article is called "Revving up their Engines." ----- 484 PAGE BILL TO BE HASHED OUT "AFTER" IT'S SIGNED? Senator Trent Lott stated that they didn't read the 484 page Bill on 11.19.2002 in an interview and we plan to hash it out later. The Senate agreed to hash out the pork that is in the Home Security Bill after it was signed. If you believe that I'll sell you the Brooklyn Bridge. Glimpses of what was hidden agenda are: 1) Pharmaceuticals are now exempted from lawsuits which were pending against them for vaccinations that had caused brain damage to children. 2) Liability claims for injurious Small Pox vaccinations will have to be filtered through the Federal system and impunitive damages have been banned. There will be a ceiling as to how much can be collected by victims. 3) Corporations who are putting their money offshore were to be punished by not being able to get contracts from the government which was reversed. US Corporations who evade income tax by nesting offshore will be able to get government contracts. Senators were considered unpatriotic if they voted against the Home Security Bill. Again this bill was pushed through with lightening speed with a slew of dangerous provisions. Nobody had time to read the close to 500 pages to see what was in it. One senator stated that he was expected to hold his nose and pass the bill. He said that Americans should be alarmed as to what is going on with the Homeland Security Bill. Too late again.... ----- THE HOMELAND SECURITY BILL 5710, WHICH DIRECTLY AFFECTS EVERY CITIZEN OF THE U.S., AND THAT MEANS YOU! Visit one of the most visited health websites on the Internet. November 16, 2002 Urgent News Article from Mercola.com http://www.mercola.com/2002/nov/16/vaccination_rights.htm ----- AFTER IRAQ ATTACK OVERRUN IRAN The Times - Israel's Prime Minister Ariel Sharon has called on the international community to target Iran as soon as the imminent conflict with Iraq is complete. In an interview with The Times Sharon insisted that Tehran, one of the 'axis of evil' powers identified by President Bush, should be put under pressure the day immediately after action against Baghdad ends. He made clear western Iraq would be one of the first areas targeted by the US in any invasion, saying that lessons had been learnt from strategic mistakes of the 1991 Gulf War when Iraq successfully fired 39 Scud missiles into Israel. The Israeli Government is considering an unprecedented crackdown on the Islamic movement within its own borders. He asserted that while Washington was focusing on Saddam Hussein, whom he called 'insane,' the White House shared his concern Iran was also seeking weapons of mass destruction and developing missiles capable of striking Israel and even Europe. 'The free world should take all necessary steps to prevent irresponsible countries from having weapons of mass destruction. Iran is a centre of world terror and makes every effort to possess weapons of mass destruction and ballistic missiles. That is a danger to the Middle East, Israel and Europe. They are working on a ballistic missile of 1,300 km. They have almost reached this range already. They were talking in the past about 2,500 km and even 5,000 km. If Israel, and I make it very clear, is attacked by weapons of mass destruction, Israel will react. Is it clear? Do they imagine Israel will not be able not to defend itself? ----- BILL 607 DEMANDS TERRORISM INSURANCE Much furor is going on about Bill 607 which demands terrorism insurance. It will increase prices to consumers or lower the present coverage. The Feds have decided to help fund the insurance for a few years to get it off the ground because not doing anything about it was stalling future building projects. ----- RUMSFELD URGES NATO TO SET UP STRIKE FORCE NATO defense ministers on Tuesday gave broad support to American proposals for a rapid reaction force. http://www.nytimes.com/2002/09/25/international/europe/25NATO.html?todaysheadlines ----- THE DISINFORMATION CAMPAIGN Enduring Freedom is just talk. Washington Journal, C-SPAN 11.16.02 The US gave Hussein and Al-Qaida each $10 billion stated a caller and a Pentagon correspondent, Bloomberg News, Toni Cappacio did not deny it. War stories about the Middle East do not resonate with the areas in which they are supposed to be occurring. Arms sales are instruments of foreign policies. Listening to a group of correspondents who went to the war torn countries to report what they saw and said that most everything was restricted to them. The more interest there is in a story, the less the access. They get most of their stories from other news agencies. They have a gentlemen's agreement about what they can report and have to rely on other news sources for the big picture. The reporters were pleading to go home because they were wasting their time. British control freaks train their reporters first and teach them ground rules. That was the forerunner of the recent event putting reporters through simulated attacks in the US to hopefully discourage them from wanting to participate in war episodes. Andrea Stone of USA Today remembered being locked up in a warehouse with other journalists. She said that this administration, this Pentagon, is waging warfare against the press. Mark Thompson of Time Magazine stated that one can't call or visit people who have information. Don Rumsfeld becomes the only source of information. The pools are not working either because it's too secret. James Crawley of the San Diego Union-Tribune said that he is surprised that there is no outrage. He had to sign rules that he could not ask questions, talk about the activities and he couldn't get information that hadn't already come out of the Pentagon. He got the story six month later even though the information was not classified information. Rumsfeld wants civilian control. Commanders use the Press and the Press plays along with it. Only small issues which don't matter come out of the Pentagon and these meaningless issues get magnified. It is a Disinformation Campaign to say the least. ----- TERRORISM: IS IT ANSWER TO FREE SPEECH? Sean Parnell and Matthew Fynes-Clinton, Brisbane Courier Mail: Government plans to stop Australians gaining access to websites used for organizing antiwar protests in a crackdown on internet-assisted crime. State police ministers meeting in Darwin this month agreed that websites advocating or facilitating violent protest action are 'unacceptable.' Concerned by cybercrime and internet- assisted crime they've have made it a priority to examine new laws and establish a HiTech Crime Centre. Federal Justice Minister Senator Ellison has directed a review of telecommunications offenses and vowed to use Commonwealth powers "to the maximum" to censor websites. WTO protest websites advocated violence against police, he said. Such websites were used to rally protesters for last year's CHOGM Commonwealth Heads Of Government Meeting but Australian Broadcasting Authority has decided not to censor Melbourne.indymedia.com which is organizing protests for the upcoming WTO World Trade Organization meeting in Sydney. ----- THE SNIPER, MCVEIGH, AND CERTAIN OTHER SERIAL KILLERS ARE VETERANS OF THE GULF WAR. ----- 14 PRISONERS HAVE COMMITTED SUICIDE AT GUANTANAMO PRISON According to reports 14 prisoners have committed suicide. Some Guantanamo Prisoners will be freed, Rumsfeld said. The defense secretary said that a small number of the nearly 600 prisoners would be released to their home countries because they were no longer of interest to the U.S. http://www.nytimes.com/2002/10/23/international/americas/23GUAN.html?todaysheadlines ----- WHY THE HIGH PRICES AT THE PUMP? C-SPAN - 11.6.2002 - A gas station owner called from Georgia. He stated that 38.7 cents of each gallon in Georgia goes for taxes to the government. He makes 4 cents on each gallon and has to provide employees, the pumps, a building, etc... ----- THE EFFECT OF GLOBALISM SO FAR HAS BROUGHT THE U.S. THE GREATEST TRADE DEFICIT EVER, $38 BILLION DOLLARS. Senator John Kerry in his speech to get the President's job stated that we have the weakest economic growth in fifty years. The CEOs make 531 times what the workers make. (C-SPAN 12.8.02) ----- THEY STOOD IN A CIRCLE NEWSWEEK 9/11: Memorials 9.23.2002 The wind was strong, strong as a riptide, so that it pushed and pulled, a powerful capricious current. In the pit where the buildings had stood it whipped up the dust, so that from above the area appeared to be wreathed in smoke, as it had been for so many weeks after the buildings fell. They stood in a circle, holding photographs and flowers. They had become talismanic over the last year, sitting amid the ruins of their lives, proffering their stories. They are what’s left of the lost. Where do leaders come from? Boardrooms, backrooms, Wall Street, Main Street, the school board, the zoning board, the bank board, the board of directors? America hasn’t done so well by the modern political Stations of the Cross, the polling data, the PACs, the political parties. Sometimes those who emerge seem to flagrantly represent the lowest common denominator, turning buzzwords over like stones in a pile, looking for the flat ones that will not slip or move. Whither passion, rage, disgust? Like the children of alcoholics, many elected officials seem to fear offending anyone. One widow of a former F-14 pilot can speak eloquently of aviation safety shortcomings, angry that the hijackers made it past security screenings onto her husband’s flight. Many of them can speak passionately of the failures of bureaucracies, of the doublespeak and loopholes that riddle plans to compensate the families of those who died. And they know a lot, some of them, about American intelligence gathering and Osama bin Laden and the possibility of war in Iraq. Their mourning has taken the shape of a continuing education. In the process, some have discovered that the so-called experts are no more, and sometimes substantially less, capable than they are. Sad but true, that the political leadership of this country appears to include precious few who really believe. There is something so powerful about the white-hot glow of real conviction. http://www.msnbc.com/news/808093.asp#BODY ----- CITING 9/11, APPEALS COURT UPHOLDS SECRET HEARINGS The court ruled the Bush administration had acted lawfully in holding deportation hearings in secret based on its assertion that those detained might have links to terrorism. http://www.nytimes.com/2002/10/09/politics/09IMMI.html?todaysheadlines ----- 9/11 INVESTIGATION AT A TURTLE PACE The families who have hired lawyers to represent them about the 9/11 losses, Senator Lieberman and Daschle slowed down in their investigations of 9/11 by the Administration. ----- MYSTERY EFFECT IN BIOTIC DRUG Mystery effect in biotic drug puts its Maker on defensive side effects from the Johnson & Johnson drug, Eprex, has raised doubts about not just the company but about a whole class of drugs that are a cornerstone of biotechnology. http://www.nighttimes.cam/2002/10/02/business/02DRUG.html?todays headlines ----- FINANCIAL IDENTIFICATION "In the financial arena, the company sees enormous, untapped potential for VeriChip as a personal verification technology that could help to curb identity theft and prevent fraudulent access to banking (especially via Aims) and credit card accounts. VeriChip's tamper-proof, personal verification technology would provide banking and credit card customers with the added protection of knowing their accounts could not be accessed unless they themselves initiated -- and were physically present during -- the transaction." For full article, go to http://www.ads.cam/prodservpart/verichip.html ----- MILITARY MARC CARD IS FOR REAL MULTI-TECHNOLOGY AUTOMATIC READER CARD = MARC Comment of sender: The card is a credit card size. Since military is always ahead of the curve, it wouldn't surprise me a bit if this hasn't gone to implantable chips for some military personnel. http://www.quartermaster.army.mil/oqmg/Professional_Bulletin/1997/Winter/smartcard.html ----- IMPORTED GASOLINE STANDS AT 55% IN 2001, EXPECTED TO RISE TO 68% by 2025 ----- HARVARD UNIVERSITY THINK TANK STUDENTS ARE UPSET The faculty wants a speech code at their Law School to weed out certain language. ----- LESSON PLANS TIED INTO NATIONAL EDUCATION STANDARDS.UNDER THE HEADING OF 'FAMILIES AND WORK' NATIONAL LESSON PLANS SPONSORED BY BANKONE FOUNDATION Values: Asks the questions, "What are the values that are most important to us?" " What civil liberties are we willing to give up in order to protect ourselves, and our nation?" http://www.familiesandwork.org/911ah/lessonindex.html ----- CORPORATE GREEN - POLICE SEE POT GROWING - TURNING INTO BIG BUSINESS ABC News Oct.30,2002 - Detective Eric Anderson has been in on plenty of busts of marijuana-growing operations in Klickitat County, Wash., but none of them prepared him for what he, along with state and federal agents, found in a remote ravine near the White Salmon River. Police across the country have been finding bigger marijuana gardens than ever before, which they believe is a sign that individual pot growers are being replaced by corporate structures. (ABCNEWS.com) In Tulare County, Calif., more than 18,000 plants, with an estimated street value of $72 million, were seized in late August in several gardens in remote areas of Sequoia National Park, and in September county and state police made four more seizures of roughly 4,000 plants each. http://www.abcnews.go.com/sections/us/DailyNews/marijuana_growers021030.html ISRAEL  NEWSLETTERS  NEWS INDEX  MAIN INDEX