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    The Poem
    I knelt to pray but not for long,
    I had too much to do.
    I had to hurry and get to work
    For bills would soon be due.
    So I knelt and said a hurried prayer,
    And jumped up off my knees.
    My Christian duty was now done
    My soul could rest at ease.....
    All day long I had no time
    To spread a word of cheer
    No time to speak of Christ to friends,
    They'd laugh at me I'd fear.
    No time, no time, too much to do,
    That was my constant cry,
    No time to give to souls in need
    But at last the time, the time to die.
    I went before the Lord,
    I came, I stood with downcast eyes.
    For in his hands God! held a book;
    It was the book of life.
    God looked into his book and said
    "Your name I cannot find
    I once was going to write it down...
    But never found the time"


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The Holy Spirit brought us to information about all the cults and the present development of the New World Order. We began bringing our research to you. Because all the research was already done, we decided to build a library within Cephas Ministry. Our newsletters are not designed to provoke anger which is strictly prohibited in Scripture. It is to shed light on activities by those who would deceive those who are recorded in the Book of Life by devious methods and systematic plans.

We are Bible students and have left all worldly organizations. We attend church if the message is from the authorized KJV Bible. The focus of these newsletters is to prove why we had to leave the world system. We are called 'Watchmen on the Wall' which God always had during the Old / New Testament Times.
To understand what is happening, one has to know the Bible to compare notes.
The first section is about the church. The news about churches is unedited unless indicated by Ednotes. The church as we knew it, is undergoing disintegration. This began on a fast track in the early nineteen sixties when the Catholic Church produced liberal Vatican II to replace Vatican I.
The trend since then has been ecumenical which is truly what the word 'Catholicism' means: a universal religion all inclusive and multicultural. The Bible calls for a final church and today's church doesn't resemble what Jesus taught. The Word of God has undergone many changes to fit the progressive modes. Many new Bible tranlations have brought confusion. The Bible calls for a falling away from the truth before Jesus comes back for His Bride. The true believers are called 'Ekklesia.' Our newsletters prove this fact and prove that the Bible is true from beginning to end.
The second section is about globalism where we bring your attention to the social, political and global trend, the so called democratizing what is left of the world. This is a deception since the underlying new world global government is developed by implementing sustainable development. The Bible prophesies that there will be ten kings (ten horns), each king (horn) will receive a region of the world as a reward for work well done for the Antichrist. This is the reason for the present development of NAU (The North American Union) as well as the war in the Middle East. It again proves that we are moving to closure of the times of the Gentiles prophesied in the Bible. The end result will not be Democracy but a form of Fascist Communism (Public/Private Corporations enslaving mankind).
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TODAY'S 'HOLY SCRIPTURES' STUDY: Salvation by Works or Faith in Jesus Christ?
By Gail Riplinger
The following table contains comparisons excerpted from New Age Bible Versions, Chapter 15 - "Striving or Saved?" - and provide examples that illustrate exactly how Christians are being led away from believing entirely upon the Lord Jesus Christ as revealed in His true word set forth in the Authorized Version of the King James Bible - and are quietly being led into a New Age gospel of works.
NIV, NASB and most others Verse KJV
Children, how hard is it to enter the kingdom of God Mark 10:24 Children, how hard is it for them that trust in riches to enter into the kingdom of God
By standing firm you will save yourself Luke 21:19 In your patience possess ye your souls
Obey John 3:36 Believeth
Faithfulness Galatians 5:22 et al Faith
OMIT Romans 11:6 But if it be or works, then is it no more grace
The gospel Romans 1:16 The gospel of Christ
OMIT Acts 8:37 I believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God
In whom we have redemption Colossians 1:14 In whom we have redemption through his blood
Who believes Mark 9:42 Believe in me
He who believes has everlasting life John 6:47 He that believeth on me hath everlasting life
Calling on His name Acts 22:16 Calling on the name of the Lord
OMIT 1 John 5:13 And that ye may believe on the name of the Son of God
Teaching 2 John 1:9 Doctrine of Christ
Truth 1 Timothy 2:7 Truth in Christ
Neither is circumcision anything Galatians 6:15 For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision availeth any thing
I bow my knees before the Father Ephesians 3:14 I bow my knees unto the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ
An heir of God Galatians 4:7 An heir of God through Christ
God who created all things Ephesians 3:9 God, who created all things by Jesus Christ
The Father Colossians 1:2 Our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ
Every spirit that does not acknowledge Jesus is not from God 1 John 4:3 And every spirit that confesseth not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is not of God
This chart and more information is available in tract form from A.V. Publications, Corp., P.O. Box 280 , Ararat , VA 24053 1-540-251-1734. http://www.1timothy4-13.com/files/bible/salvwork.html


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THE LAODICEANS IS THE FINAL CHURCH MENTIONED IN THE BIBLE
"And unto the angel of the church of the Laodiceans write; These things saith the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the beginning of the creation of God; I know thy works, that thou art neither cold nor hot: I would thou wert cold or hot. So then because thou art lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will spue thee out of my mouth.
Because thou sayest, I am rich, and increased with goods, and have need of nothing; and knowest not that thou art wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked: I counsel thee to buy of me gold tried in the fire, that thou mayest be rich; and white raiment, that thou mayest be clothed, and that the shame of thy nakedness do not appear; and anoint thine eyes with eyesalve, that thou mayest see. As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent." Revelation 3:14-19

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MASONIC WORSHIPFUL MASTER CLAIMS FREEMASONRY IS NOT A RELIGION
Original Message From: MB To: cephasministry@msn.com Sent: Thursday, September 06, 2007 1:19 PM Subject: Your postings about Freemasonry
To Whom It May Concern
I would respectfully like to inform you that your posting regarding Freemasonry being a religion is about as wrong as a wrong thing can be. It is NOT a religion. It is NOT a cult. It is NOT a secret society. It is a universal fraternal brotherhood of men who seek to better themselves in order to be more useful to society. A Freemason can follow whatever religion he chooses. Christianity seems to be so arrogant as to think Freemasonry is some sort of threat to it or preaches some sort of alternative doctrine. There is NO Masonic priesthood. There is no Masonic doctrine. religion and politics are taboo subjects in Lodges. We welcome men of good character with a willingness to be useful from any class, creed, religion or ethnic background. Many Masons are devout Christians. We have members who are high ranking in their respective churches. Encouragement to attend church stems from the fact that, at least here, we are historically and culturally a "christian" country. It equally means encouragement to follow whichever religion - if any - a Mason subscribes to. The stonemasons tools, symbols and lexicon are used allegorically in our personal development of men to make them better members of society, not in any sort of religious ritual. And charity to those less fortunate around us is fundamental to us.
Also your article about the Mason's Apron is incorrect. Certainly in Irish Freemasonry (third oldest constitution) a Master Mason is not presented with a pure white lambskin apron. This is presented to an Entered Apprentice. A master Mason is presented with a particularly decorated apron. Neither is the white apron for burial so it may be presented to the Great White Throne. There is no such doctrine. When we speak of The Great Architect we speak not os a specific God, like the Christian God, but of the God held divine by any and all Freemason's and of the Supreme Being who shaped the universe, in whichever form any individual Freemason's happens to believe in this. Belief in a Supreme Being is fundamental to Freemasonry. Use of the Bible in Lodges in "christian" countries stems from cultural traditions. In Lodges in Islamic nations, the Koran is used in this way, for example. Should an Islamic Mason visit my Lodge I would be obliged to have a copy of his holy book present.
Your inaccurate articles give uninformed people the wrong idea about us and portray you as simply seeking to denounce that which you do not understand. We are not in "competition" with ANY religion yet it seems Christianity believes we are. Cannot Christianity accept that not everyone wants to be one or believes in God the way you say we must? very sincerely MB Worshipful Master Serviamus Lodge 524 (I C)
Peace, Love & Harmony - I will strive to live with Love and Care, upon the Level, by the Square.

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REPLY:
Dear MB,
I truly appreciate your response to the authors who wrote the articles about Freemasonry. Although I am a woman, I was personally involved for many years. I praise God He took me through the ranks to show me first hand what is going on. God finally confronted me personally that I needed the Holy Spirit to go to Heaven and the Holy Spirit could not live in my body until I left all worldly organizations. To get the Holy Spirit I needed to be justified by the Death of God's only begotten Son Jesus Christ, Who laid down His life by allowing Anti-Christians to plunge a sword into His side so the blood would rush down to the ground and take His life. This was the only sacrifice that would satisfy God for our sins. Our good deeds are dung to God. Those who receive the Holy Spirit by accepting Jesus Christ rather than Lucifer for their savior will be the only ones allowed in Heaven because Jesus Christ is the way to the truth and the life. All others will be thrown into the lake of fire with Satan and his demons. God forgave me after many years of unwittingly believing Lucifer rather than the Word of God. The Christian God is a God of three persons who are ONE. God of the Old Testament became Jesus Christ in the New Testament and believers received the Holy Spirit of Christ Jesus after Jesus returned to His Father in Heaven and are now His Body. God is a triune God all the other so called gods are monotheistic. They have no resurrected prophets or Saviors. Don't be a fool and let men rob you of eternal life in Heaven. Satan has the power to deceive all mankind if it were not for the Holy Spirit. He is the Holy Spirit of truth. Without Him we cannot understand the Bible. So please in God's name go to the WORD of God and read it and get saved for evermore. There is nothing, I mean nothing, worth losing out on eternal life with our creator. Just think what it would be like to be in the presence of God who created everything. It is awesome and really worth considering.
".. Through God we shall do valiantly: for He it is that shall tread down our enemies. (Psalms 108:13) Shalom, Rita Williams at Cephas Ministry
This YouTube presentation proves that Freemsaonry is a religion. (Repeated from News_Pulse_October 2007)
JOHN ANKERBERG, WALTER MARTIN AND THE FORMER WORSHIPFUL MASTER JACK HARRIS AND A MASON. [EDNOTE: WATCH THE HANDS OF THE MASON MAKING THE SIGN OF THE HORNS AS HE TRIES TO DEFEND HIMSELF]
The men re-enact the Masonic Rituals and what they mean and prove that it is a religion. There are several other videos on that page about Masonry.
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-783233753719250111

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TOMATO ANGELS: GOD SPEAKS TO US IN ALL SORTS OF WAYS, HALLELUJAH
 

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AMERICA'S PASTORS PREACHERS OF TRUTH OR PROMOTERS OF TYRANNY?
By Chuck Baldwin - www.NewsWithViews.com - August 21, 2007 - According to KSLA television in Shreveport, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) intends to use America's preachers to help pave the way for martial law in the event of another terrorist attack upon the United States. The KSLA report (which you can read for yourself here) begins, "Could martial law ever become a reality in America?' Some fear any nuclear, biological or chemical
attack on U.S. soil might trigger just that. KSLA 12 has discovered that the clergy would help the
government with potentially their biggest problem: Us.. Continued: http://www.newswithviews.com/baldwin/baldwin392.htm

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CONFRONTING EVIL AND TAKING A STAND FOR CHRIST!
LivePrayer 30 - (Exodus 15:6; Deuteronomy 32:41; Psalms 68:11; 1 Peter 5:8) October 9, 2007 Daily Devotional - October 17, 2007 - Romans 1:25 - Sadly, I seem to be the only nationally known preacher who isn't afraid to go on the record and take a stand against voting for the member of a satanic cult for President. Make sure you type in the http://www.christianpost.com/article/20071016/29718_Why_Some_Evangelicals_Won%92t_Vote_for_Romney.htm NBC, who owns 32% of the "i" Network and is in control of programming and all aspects of the network. They have made huge strides this past year in shoring up their prime time programming which has brought lots more viewers to the network. Before, they needed the revenues, but they are going to be at a place VERY soon where if we aren't on board, we aren't getting on board. This is the last national network there is for us to tie into. I am sharing this with you since my gut is if we can't pull the trigger by the end of October for a December 3rd start, or the end of November for a Jan 7th start, this door will be permanently closed. That means we are down to less than 45 days to make this happen. I know the impact we can have on this nation and in literally millions of lives in a very short period of time! Please be praying about being part of the "Liveprayer 30." http://www.liveprayer.com/ddarchive3.cfm?id=3086
Do you believe me yet? "Mom and dad" as well as "husband and wife" have been banned from California schools under a bill signed by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger. Also under this bill, boys are allowed to use girls' restrooms and locker rooms, and vice versa, if they choose. This bill is meant to appease the homosexual community as they continue to force society to accept their deviant choice of sex as acceptable and normal behavior. Also in the news today is a story about Mitt Romney's attempts to woo the Christian vote. In the story, he states "His belief in Jesus Christ as his personal savior," trying to deceive people into thinking he is a Christian.
In case you haven't heard my message, SATAN IS BUSY DESTROYING LIVES AND LEADING PEOPLE TO HELL!!! My question for you today is what are you doing for the Lord? When will it be enough for you to step up and take your stand? Do you simply watch and do nothing???
My friend, I have been writing every day for 97+ months now telling you how bold satan is. I don't know if you have seen the latest fund-raising effort by Planned Parenthood, the organization that counsels women to kill their unborn babies. It is a $15 tee shirt that says, "I had an abortion." Last fall, Ms. Magazine actually had an article, "We Had Abortions," accompanied by the names of thousands of women nationwide who signed a petition making that declaration. Even a few years ago, people would have never been bold enough to proclaim to the world that they killed their baby. Sin no longer has any shame.
As I shared with you last year, there is now a new 24-hour-cable network called LOGO. It is owned by Viacom that also owns CBS, CW (where the Liveprayer TV late night program used to be on), MTV, VH-1, many other cable networks, as well as a movie studio, publishing houses, and a wide of array of international media holdings. LOGO has programming 24/7 geared towards the gay and lesbian community. Just a few years ago, people knew homosexuality was wrong and an abomination to God. Sin no longer has any shame.
We are living in a day and time when sin no longer has any shame. Those who call sin for what God calls it are mocked, laughed at, labeled intolerant, and dismissed as ignorant. The tide has now sufficiently turned that we are living in a time when it is CRIMINAL in some places to speak out against what God says is sin. Already there are incredible hurdles to take the truth of God's Word into the secular marketplace.
People are told they will be fired for sharing their faith at work. We are asked in many social settings to NOT talk about our faith. Getting the most ungodly content that destroys lives out to the masses via secular media and advertising is no problem. However, trying to take the message of Christ and the truth of God's Word to the masses using those same secular vehicles is almost impossible. It will soon be CRIMINAL.
You see my friend, SIN CANNOT STAND IN THE LIGHT OF THE TRUTH! The truth of God's Word exposes sin for the lie that it is. That is why those who choose sin do their best to silence those proclaiming the truth of God's Word. Today's anchor verse tells us that there will come a day when they "exchange the truth for a lie." That is exactly what we are seeing unfold before our very eyes today.
The Bleeping Truth Video - Islamic historical facts, the issue that caused Bill Keller's station to be discontinued his program - Keller defends the Bible confronting Muslims: http://www.liveprayer.com/tbt11.cfm?b=h
http://www.liveprayer.com/tbt1.cfm
THE CHRISTIAN FAITH IS NOW SEEN BY MOST TO BE EXTREME
http://www.liveprayer.com/ddarchive3.cfm?id=3081
(Matthew 10:32-33)

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ISLAM'S SAVIOR PARALLELS THE SECOND COMING OF JESUS?
WORLD AWAITS YOU A MAHDI
August 28, 2007 - 04:54:15 È.Ù - The 15th of the lunar month of Sha'ban marks the birth anniversary of Imam Mahdi (AS), the 12th Imam of the infallible household of the last messenger of Allah Hazrat Mohammad (Peace by Upon Him and His Household). He is also known as Imam Zaman and Imam Asr (Imam of Time), and the awaited Imam. He was born on the night of the 15th of Sha'ban in the year 255 A.H. (869). His mother was Narjis. He succeeded his father Imam Hassan al Askari, the eleventh Imam when he was five years old. God made him an Imam while still in the state of childhood as he made Jesus (AS), son of Mary (AS), a messenger in the cradle.
According to several documents narrated by prominent Sunni and Shii Ulema, the Imam will reappear with God's permission for the final establishment of a global government of justice. Hazrat Mohammad (SAWA) said, "The days and nights will never end until God sends a man from my household, whose name will be the same as mine. He will fill the earth with justice and fairness as it was filled with oppression and tyranny. If only a single day remained for the world, God would lengthen it so that he would send on it a man from my descendants, whose name is the same as mine."
The Imam (AS) will appear at the Ka'aba in Mecca as "Mahdi", generate a global revolution as the "Qa'em", make Kufa in Iraq his seat of world government of justice, and march upon Beit ul Moqaddas to lead the prayers with the exalted messenger Jesus Christ (AS) as his deputy. He will put an end to injustice and exploitation and humanity will know real peace and order. As the holy Qoran says, "For we have written in the psalms, after the remembrance, the Earth shall be the inheritance of my righteous servants. Surely in this is a message delivered unto a people who serve."
The Surah "Messengers" 21:105-106 - http://www.iribnews.ir/front_en.asp?sec=front_en_ir

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REGULATOR ALLOWS CREATION OF HUMAN-ANIMAL EMBRYOS
September 8, 2007 The Human Fertilization and Embryology Authority (HFEA) cleared the way yesterday for its experts to consider licence applications from scientists wanting to combine the genetic material of human cells with animal eggs in order to create a new type of embryonic stem cell for research into debilitating disorders. . .
Last November, the HFEA received two applications for research licenses to carry out the cloning of animal eggs which have had 99 per cent of their genetic material removed and replaced with a full complement of human chromosomes. The resulting embryos will be almost entirely human but still part-animal. . . Full story:
http://news.independent.co.uk/sci_tech/article2934331.ece

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ALLAH - THE MOON GOD
The Archeology of The Middle East - The religion of Islam has as its focus of worship a deity by the name of "Allah." The Muslims claim that Allah in pre-Islamic times was the biblical God of the Patriarchs, prophets, and apostles. The issue is thus one of continuity. Was "Allah" the biblical God or a pagan god in Arabia during pre- Islamic times? The Muslim's claim of continuity is essential to their attempt to convert Jews and Christians for if "Allah" is part of the flow of divine revelation in Scripture, then it is the next step in biblical religion. Thus we should all become Muslims. But, on the other hand, if Allah was a pre-Islamic pagan deity, then its core claim is refuted. Religious claims often fall before the results of hard sciences such as archeology. We can endlessly speculate about the past or go and dig it up and see what the evidence reveals. This is the only way to find out the truth concerning the origins of Allah. As we shall see, the hard evidence demonstrates that the god Allah was a pagan deity. In fact, he was the Moon-god who was married to the sun goddess and the stars were his daughters. http://www.biblebelievers.org.au/moongod.htm

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MUSLIMS SEEK RIGHT TO ABANDON FAITH
Young Muslims begin dangerous fight for the right to abandon faith - Times On Line, September 11, 2007 A group of young Muslim apostates launches a campaign today, the anniversary of the 9/11 attacks on America, to make it easier to renounce Islam. The provocative move reflects a growing rift between traditionalists and a younger generation raised on a diet of Dutch tolerance. The Committee for Ex-Muslims promises to campaign for freedom of religion but has already upset the Islamic and political Establishments for stirring tensions among the million-strong Muslim community in the Netherlands.Continued: .http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/europe/article2426314.ece

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DEATH PENALTY FOR MEN WHO BEHEADED 'WITCH'
AAP, via the Herald Sun, Australia - October 4, 2007 - www.news.com.au - Two men have been sentenced to death in Papua New Guinea after pleading guilty to wilfully murdering a woman accused of witchcraft by beheading her with a bushknife. Sedoki Lota, 22, and Fred Abenko, 20, of Salakahadi village in Milne Bay Province have been ordered to be hanged by the neck until dead by Justice Mark Sevua in the National Court in Alotau. The pair pleaded guilty to wilfully murdering Marcia Kedarossi on July 9, 2005, at Sigaroi village on Normanby Island, PNG’s Post-Courier newspaper reported today. Continued: http://www.religionnewsblog.com/19567/murder

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WIFE BEATERS AND ABUSIVE PREACHERS LET'S ARREST THE VIOLENCE
Charisma Magazine - by editor J Lee Grady - September 14, 2007: What happened last month between Bishop Thomas Weeks III and Juanita Bynum raises serious concerns about both domestic and spiritual abuse. I’ve been holding my tongue for a few weeks since I learned that Bishop Thomas Weeks III was arrested after being accused of kicking, choking and hitting his wife, prominent preacher Juanita Bynum, in a hotel parking lot in Atlanta on Aug. 22. We did not need another embarrassing display of religious hypocrisy played out in the national media. The incident gave the whole church a black eye and bruised our reputation. When I first heard that Weeks excused his actions (the devil made him do it, he claims) and that his congregation cheered his return to the pulpit (after he fled from police and then posted $40,000 bail), I was riled. What was this guy thinking? “We are not going to release God’s healing to a broken world with threats, hateful speech and a loveless gospel.” It’s outrageous. A Pentecostal bishop beat his wife so badly she had to go to the hospital. Weeks, of course, says there is another side to the story. I guess we’ll hear his version in the courtroom, where he will face the possibility of jail time. Continued: http://www.charismamag.com/fireinmybones/Columns/show.php

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TRUTH, JUSTICE AND THE ORAL ROBERTS UNIVERSITY SCANDAL
Charisma Magazine - J. Lee Grady - October 12, 2007 - The current uproar at ORU should motivate all ministries to clean up their acts before we have a Christian version of the Enron tragedy. Twenty years ago we were holding our heads down in shame as we endured the ugly PTL scandal—which added new phrases to our national vocabulary such as “air conditioned dog house” and “gold-plated faucets.” Televangelist Jim Bakker went to prison, Jimmy Swaggart’s Bible college collapsed and many disillusioned people lost faith in evangelical ministries because donor funds were misused. Hopefully we learned some important lessons from that debacle. Or did we? I don’t know about you, but I’m having flashbacks from 1987.
It was déjà vu all over again when one of the country’s top Pentecostal colleges was accused of serious ethical and financial wrongdoing last week. In a lawsuit filed by three professors from Oral Roberts University (ORU), school officials, including its president, Richard Roberts, were accused of misusing donor funds and violating IRS tax codes. The suit triggered an uproar in Tulsa, Okla., where ORU’s 5,300 students, along with alumni, faculty and community leaders, are now forced to take sides while the school’s reputation hangs in the balance.
“Hopefully things will cool off so that responsible adults can sort through the mess, throw out any false accusations, correct any wrongs and preserve an institution that has served the cause of Christ since it was founded in 1963.”
The professors who filed the suit say they took legal action because ORU’s board of regents would not listen to their grievances. But in a chapel service held on Oct. 3, Roberts confidently told students that the lawsuit is about “intimidation, blackmail and extortion.” Roberts and his wife, Lindsay, then went on CNN’s Larry King Live on Oct. 9 to deny all wrongdoing—and claimed that most of allegations were based on a list of rumors that Lindsay’s sister was asked to compile. The next day, ORU officials announced that they have ordered an independent investigation. Continued: http://www.charismanews.com/

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ORAL ROBERTS PRESIDENT TO TAKE LEAVE
From Associated Press - By JUSTIN JUOZAPAVICIUS - October 17, 2007
TULSA, Okla. - Oral Roberts University president Richard Roberts has asked the school's board of regents for a leave of absence amid accusations of lavish spending at donors' expense and illegal involvement in a political campaign. Full story: Breaking news http://www.CNN.com

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SCANDAL BREWING AT ORAL ROBERTS UNIVERSITY
Associated Press - By JUSTIN JUOZAPAVICIUS - Associated Press Writer - October 5, 2007
TULSA, Okla. (AP) - Twenty years ago, televangelist Oral Roberts said he was reading a spy novel when God appeared to him and told him to raise $8 million for Roberts' university, or else he would be "called home."
Now, his son, Oral Roberts University President Richard Roberts, says God is speaking again, telling him to deny lurid allegations in a lawsuit that threatens to engulf this 44-year-old Bible Belt college in scandal. Richard Roberts is accused of illegal involvement in a local political campaign and lavish spending at donors' expense, including numerous home remodeling projects, use of the university jet for his daughter's senior trip to the Bahamas, and a red Mercedes convertible and a Lexus SUV for his wife, Lindsay. She is accused of dropping tens of thousands of dollars on clothes, awarding nonacademic scholarships to friends of her children and sending scores of text messages on university-issued cell phones to people described in the lawsuit as "underage males."
At a chapel service this week on the 5,300-student campus known for its 60-foot-tall bronze sculpture of praying hands, Roberts said God told him: "We live in a litigious society. Anyone can get mad and file a lawsuit against another person whether they have a legitimate case or not. This lawsuit ... is about intimidation, blackmail and extortion." San Antonio televangelist John Hagee, a member of the ORU board of regents, said the university's executive board "is conducting a full and thorough investigation." Colleagues fear for the reputation of the university and the future of the Roberts' ministry, which grew from Southern tent revivals to one of the most successful evangelical empires in the country, hauling in tens of millions of dollars in contributions a year. The university reported nearly $76 million in revenue in 2005, according to the IRS. Oral Roberts is 89 and lives in California.
The allegations are contained in a lawsuit filed Tuesday by three former professors. They sued ORU and Roberts, alleging they were wrongfully dismissed after reporting the school's involvement in a local political race. Richard Roberts, according to the suit, asked a professor in 2005 to use his students and university resources to aid a county commissioner's bid for Tulsa mayor. Such involvement would violate state and federal law because of the university's nonprofit status. Up to 50 students are alleged to have worked on the campaign.
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BUSH: ALL RELIGI0ONS PRAY TO 'SAME GOD' [TRUE OR FALSE?]
Understand The Times - October 7, 2007 - Based on facts provided in the following article, the United States of America is headed for judgment. President Bush, who professes to be a Christian, does not understand biblical Christianity. He is a player who is dedicated to moving the world towards a one world religion for the cause of peace that is ANTICHRISTIAN. The Bible states we are to pray for our leaders. Bible believing Christians need to pray that the President of the USA reads the Bible and apologizes for the statement he has made that the "god of Islam" is the God of Christianity and that "all religions" pray to the same God.
http://www.understandthetimes.org/alerts/oct72007.shtml

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ATHEISM, AGNOSTICISM - GROUP TAKES ITS ANTI-RELIGION MESSAGE TO BILLBOARDS
The Capital Times, Madison, WI, USA - October 2, 2007 - David Callender - www.madison.com -
On the eve of its 30th annual convention, Madison’s Freedom From Religion Foundation is taking its anti-religion message to billboards around the city. The group unveiled its first message on an 18-foot billboard just off the west Beltline near the Todd Drive exit today. The billboard looks like a stained glass window with the message “Beware of Dogma” and the group’s name and Web site.... That billboard will carry the “Beware of Dogma” message on one side and another stained glass message with the phrase “Imagine No Religion.”
The group bills itself as the nation’s largest association of atheists and agnostics and contends that the ad is the first “nontheistic billboard in Madison.” The group has been embroiled in both national and local religious battles for years. Recently, the group forced state Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen to drop religious speakers from a murder victims’ remembrance ceremony, arguing that the event was sponsored by an organization that received federal funds and could not legally mix religion with federal money. Whole story: http://www.religionnewsblog.com/19562/anti-religion-billboard

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THE UNACCEPTABLE COST OF CHRISTIAN-ZIONISM
Charles E. Carlson August 23, 2007 - Excerpt: "... Presidential candidates and congressmen alike know they need the Christian Right to be elected. Rudy Giuliani and Hillary Clinton know this, and candidates who want Christian Zionist leaders to endorse them must go to Israel first and receive its stamp of approval from Israel’s reigning power, the Likud government. Hillary Clinton was in Israel to curtsey to the Likud leaders, as did Republican Rudi Giuliani. The Israeli press reported Rudi assured their Likud leaders that if he is the US President there will be no problem with Israel’s continued occupation of the West Bank and Gaza. Israel’s spokesman quoted him as promising there will be no Palestine state in his White House. Giuliani promises four more years of military aid for Israel, and four more years of occupation and starvation for the Philistines. Israel has ample reason to trust Giuliani so he will get its support. Now, having earned Israel’s endorsement, Giuliani is all set to seek the smiling handshake and endorsement of American Christian Zionist leaders, which then give him access and a forum before 100 million Judeo-Christian US citizens and perhaps as many as 40 million voters. AIPAC is an enforcer to make sure the congressman follows through on his promises, but the votes come from the people who have been suckered into believing Judeo-Christianity is the same as following Christ. Full article: http://whtt.org/index.php?news=2&id=1697

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THE "REAL LATIN" INVASION OF AMERICA
[Email] While everyone is wrapped up in 911truth deployment and conspiracy research on all the big bad Zionists and bankers, the Vatican spreads its Roman Catholic Latin invasion of America right under everyone's nose. It's no secret most Mexicans are Roman Catholic, and President Bush is purposely not clamping down on the Mexican border most likely by direct orders from the Vatican. He visits the Pope frequently.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JtywK9HJFpM

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TERROR GROUP BROADCASTING FROM TEMPLE MOUNT
WorldNetDaily's Jerusalem Bureau - By Aaron Klein - September 18, 2007 - Program live from Judaism's holiest site delivers threats against Jews
JERUSALEM – The official radio network of a major terror organization has been exclusively broadcasting daily from the Temple Mount, Judaism's holiest site, WND has learned. The radio network regularly features Iranian and anti-Semitic propaganda and death threats against Jews. The Al-Quds network, the official radio station of the Islamic Jihad terror group, has been exclusively broadcasting special nightly Ramadan prayers from the Mount's Al Aqsa Mosque since last week. The station also is broadcasting the Tarawih prayers, special Sunni Muslim prayers recited at night during Ramadan.
Saleh Al-Massri, Al-Quds radio station manager, told WND the Temple Mount broadcasts provide Islamic Jihad with "an opportunity to spread Islam and its values and to bring some happiness to the suffering Palestinians who can't reach the Al Aqsa Mosque for Tarawih prayers."
Islamic Jihad, together with Fatah's Al Aqsa Martyrs Brigades terror group, took responsibility for every suicide bombing in Israel the last three years. Islamic Jihad also carried out scores of deadly rocket and shooting attacks and is one of the most active Palestinian terrorist organizations.
http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=57699

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MATRIX - HOW TELEVISION CONTROLS AND PROGRAMS MINDS TURN OFF YOUR TV
News From Marrs - By L. Wolfe - 2007-09-10 - The subconscious is powerful. It is aware of every particle and detail around you. But it doesn't know the difference between fact or fiction and acts on all information passing through the conscious mind as fact, and responds to it. So what do you think happens when you watch silly, moron, goofy commercials and television programs? They are training your thought processes. Hey buddy, I'm talking to you. Yes, you, the guy sitting in front of the television. Turn down the sound a bit, so that you can hear what I am saying. Now, try to concentrate on what I am going to say. I want to talk to you about your favorite pastime. No, it's not baseball or football, although it does have something to do with your interest in spectator sports. I'm talking about what you were just doing: watching television. Do you have any idea about how much time you spend in front of the television set? According to the latest studies, the average American now spends between five and six hours a day watching television.
Let's put that in perspective: that is more time than you spend doing anything else but sleeping or working, if you are lucky enough to still have a job. That's more time than you spend eating, more time than you spend with your wife alone, more time than with the kids. It's even worse with your children. According to these same studies, young children below school age watch more than eight hours each day. School age children watch a little under eight hours a day. In 1980, the average 20-year-old had watched the equivalent of 14 months of television in his or her brief lifetime. That's 14 months, 24 hours a day. More recent figures show that the numbers have climbed: the 20-year-old has spent closer to two full years of his or her life in front of the television set. At the same time, the researchers have noted a disturbing phenomena. It seems that we Americans are getting progressively more stupid. They note a decline in reading and comprehension levels in all age groups tested. Americans read less and understand what they read less than they did 10 years ago, less than they have at any time since research began to study such things. Continued: http://www.cephas-library.com/nwo_how_television_controls_and_programs_minds.html

 
TELEVANGELIST BILL KELLER URGES OSAMA BIN LADEN TO BECOME A CHRISTIAN
AP, via FirstCoastNews.com, USA - September 17, 2007 - ST. PETERSBURG, FL (AP) — Osama bin Laden’s video urging Americans to convert to Islam has been answered by a Florida televangelist who invites bin Laden to become a Christian. In a video message to the al-Qaida leader, Bill Keller says, “By accepting Christ as your savior, you can not only save your own soul, but God will use you to save many others.” The video appeal is posted on Keller’s Web site. It also repeats the condemnations of Islam that prompted a Tampa TV station to cancel his “Live Prayer with Bill Keller” broadcast. The TV show is now broadcast by another Tampa station. Continued:
http://www.religionnewsblog.com/19389/bill-keller-4

M. WAYNE BENSON PRESIDENT OF EMERGE MINISTRIES AND CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD
Wayne Benson is a visionary leader for the 21st Century! He is an articulate speaker, gifted administrator and experienced pastor who communicates a compassionate and compelling message for ministry and the Christian life.
In the fall of 2005 Wayne was elected to serve as President and CEO of Emerge Ministries, a premier Christian counseling center in Akron, Ohio, specializing in helping minister and missionary families. Under the visionary leadership of its founder, Dr. Richard Dobbins, Emerge has been rebuilding lives and training clinicians and pastors for over 30 years. Emerge has been a redemptive force, known in the U.S. and abroad for its compassionate, healing touch upon the lives of ministers, missionaries and their families.
Prior to serving at Emerge, Wayne was elected president of Central Bible College. The singular focus of CBC is “for the training of ministers and missionaries.” The College, which has a distinctive 83-year history with 28,000 alumni serving in more than 80 nations, has made new advances in both academic recognition and field-relevance through the president’s Master Plan. In 2004, the college attained regional accreditation and received over 30 commendations from three accrediting bodies. CBC also experienced new growth under Benson’s administration showing the largest increase in the freshmen class in nine years. In June of 2005, Wayne and Kathy concluded their four-year term at CBC, declining a second term graciously offered by the Board of Directors.
Benson’s experience reaches well beyond academics and administration. During his 25 years as Senior Pastor at Grand Rapids First Assembly of God, the church experienced unprecedented growth: orchestrating a staff of 80 with 13 pastors, housing a school of 750, and leading a congregation from 250 to over 5000 constituents toward spiritual maturity and exciting outreach ministry. In this local venue, Wayne and his wife Kathy discipled well over 300 believers into full-time ministry. Continued: http://www.emerge.org/about/leadership.php

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CEOS OF GATES, VERIZON, JESUIT COLLEGE ADVERTISE NEW SMARTPHONES
A USER DISCOVERED SMARTPHONE AN "ELECTRONIC CONFESSIONAL"?
This should alert to the surveillance threat through anything these men sell the public, e.g. things with Microsoft software. What such people are creating is an electronic confessional. [Check this testimony:] "I was carrying a Verizon cell phone registered in my name when I was ambushed by law enforcement days.. " Continued:
http://wwwfreespeechbeneathushs.blogspot.com/2007/10/verizon-wireless-ceo-chairman-of-board.html

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THE MURKY RIVER OF BROWNSVILLE
The Strange Doctrine and Practice of the Pensacola Revival - by G. Richard Fisher & M. Kurt Goedelman
Within Pentecostal circles in the early 1900s and beyond, “Azusa Street” became a catch phrase describing what some regarded as a powerhouse move of God. Now, nearly a century later, recent events at an Assembly of God church in Florida’s panhandle are receiving similar fanfare. William F. Leach, superintendent for the Michigan district of the Assemblies, says: “On April 9, 1906, it happened at the Azusa Street Mission ushering in the modern day Pentecostal Movement. On Father’s Day of 1995, a sovereign move of God’s Spirit began in Pensacola, Florida at Brownsville Assembly of God.”
1 This “revival” is being heralded as “A River is Flowing” and a place to “meet the God of the Universe face to face.”
2 Praise for it has even been proclaimed from the very top of the denomination that represents the largest body of Pentecostals. The Reverend Thomas E. Trask, General Superintendent wrote in an exclusive release to Assemblies of God ministers: “I have been asked by many, ’Brother Trask, have you been to Brownsville Assembly in Pensacola, Florida, and what do you think?’ Well, I am happy to say I’ve been there and had the joy of ministering to that fine congregation on a Sunday morning. First of all, one must recognize that this is the sovereign work of the Holy Spirit.”
3 There are two dominant human agents of the revival. The first includes the pastor of the Brownsville congregation, the Reverend John Kilpatrick. Kilpatrick, who is ordained with the Assemblies of God, said he received the call to preach at age 14 in his hometown in Georgia. He graduated from Southeastern College of the Assemblies in Lakeland, Fla. and Berean School of the Bible in Springfield, Mo. He previously served pastorates in Georgia and Indiana and has been pastor of the Brownsville Assembly in Florida for 15 years. Kilpatrick, like others mesmerized with “revival” within the Charismatic and Pentecostal circles, maintains that prior to current phenomenon taking place at his church he was burned out, worn out and tired out. Saint Louis Vineyard pastor Randy Clark asserted the same emotions prior to his pilgrimage to Tulsa to a Rodney Howard-Browne service. Clark’s revitalization at the hands of Howard-Browne was then the catalyst for the alleged move of the Spirit at the then Airport Vineyard in Toronto.
The second key player in Pensacola is the Reverend Stephen Hill who is ordained as a Missionary Evangelist with the Assemblies of God. He has held crusades and is responsible for church planting in South America, Spain, Russia and other places on the foreign field. He came to Brownsville three years ago and is currently preaching the revival meetings there. Kilpatrick and Hill both indicated that this “revival” is as important, if not more important, than the book of Acts. It is bigger than and better than all previous revivals, these being just a foundation for this “end times move of God.” Kilpatrick further emphasizes the scope and magnitude of the “revival,” which began at his church and now has begun to spread to other congregations: Continued: http://www.pfo.org/brownsv.html

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2008 US PRESIDENTIAL AND PAPAL KNIGHT DANIEL IMPERATO NAMED AS GRAND PRIOR OF ORDEN BONARIA FOR THE UNITED STATES AND CANADA
Presidential Candidate for Grand Prior of Orden Bonariand, Papal Knight Daniel Imperato Named as Grand Prior of Orden Bonaria for the United States and Canada, and Wife Jan Deborah Imperato Named as Lady of Zenobia.
London – (i1connect News) - Today it was announced that Daniel Imperato, a Knight of the Orden Bonaria, has been named as the Grand Prior of Orden Bonaria for the United States and Canada, his wife, Jan Deborah Imperato, was named Lady of Zenobia by the Orden Bonaria, Royal and Imperial House of Tadmur. Prince de Septimio -Bathzabbay of the House of Tadmur recently received the Imperato 's and bestowed on them these great honors.
As Grand Prior, Daniel Imperato will be responsible for overseeing the Knights within the region as well as promoting good relations between United States, Canada, and Great Britain.
Prior to becoming the Grand Prior of the Orden Bonaria for the United States and Canada, Daniel Imperato was knighted as a member of the organization back in February of this year. During his time with the organization, Imperato has knighted His Excellency Ali Nasser Mohammed, former President of South Yemen, Raul Garron, Chairman of the Bolivian Central Bank, Nasser Al-Maisari, Middle Eastern Businessman, Beryl Wolk, Business Guru, Julio Herzer, Hollywood Producer, and Actino Quintero, Media Publisher, Daniel Imperato is currently a candidate for the office of the Presidency in the United States. Based upon i1connect's research, this would be the first time that someone of a noble appointment such as Grand Prior, is running for President in the United States.
Mrs. Imperato also received her noble appointment as the Lady of Zenobia.
Zenobia was a Queen of the Palmyrene Empire and eventually the ruler of the empire. In 269, she conquered Egypt expelling the Roman prefect of Egypt, Tenagino Probus, and then proclaimed herself Queen of Egypt also. She finished her life as a prominent Roman philosopher, socialite, and matron. Mrs. Imperato, orginally a native of Berne, Indiana, now resides in West Palm Beach with her loving husband. She has enjoyed a successful career in Real Estate for the past 20 years and is active within the Palm Beach society. The Orden Bonaria is one of the world's oldest humanitarian organizations. http://www.i-newswire.com/pr121354.html

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BROTHER ANDREW WELCOMED BY IRAN, HAMS AND TALIBAN
Dutch pioneer missionary and founder of Open Doors Brother Andrew says he has preached the love of Jesus to Hamas, the Taliban and Muslim clerics in Iran. Recently he was invited to appear on national television in Iran, and has visited Pakistan and Afghanistan, where a Taliban leader told him he's welcome back any time. The 79-year-old missionary says he personally has baptized scores of Muslim radicals, and he challenges other Christians to follow in his footsteps. In his words, "The doors are open, their hearts are open, but are we open?" "We have created an enemy image of Muslims," Brother Andrew says. "We fear fundamentalists who acquire nuclear weapons or emigrate to the West to take over our neighborhoods, imposing Sharia law. But maybe the real reason why we fear Muslims is that we won't tell them 'God loves you'. Do we see members of al-Qaeda or Hamas as potential temples of the Holy Spirit? They won't be if we don't pray for them, and if someone in whom Christ dwells doesn't go to them. I believe God calls Christians to join a new 'jihad' - one of forgiveness, radical love and unyielding prayer." What happens when Muslims Believe in Christ? Brother Andrew just launched a new book: 'Secret Believers: What Happens When Muslims Believe in Christ', written with Al Janssen. "I wanted to tell the stories of Christian communities in Pakistan such as Shantinagar, destroyed by Muslims, and how we publicly said 'We forgive you Muslims for what you've done to us'. The result: within a year we had a community centre, a literacy centre and a clinic there. Because the Christians were so open and learned to forgive, it was a new start." Full article:http://www.cephas-library.com/allnations_dutch_pioneer.html

 6 DIE FROM BRAIN-EATING AMOEBA IN LAKES
Mysterious, deadly amoeba that kills By CHRIS KAHN - Associated Press Writer - 28 September 2007
PHOENIX -- It sounds like science fiction but it's true: A killer amoeba living in lakes (video: MyFoxPhoenix) enters the body through the nose and attacks the brain where it feeds until you die. Even though encounters with the microscopic bug are extraordinarily rare, it's killed six boys and young men this year. The spike in cases has health officials concerned, and they are predicting more cases in the future." This is definitely something we need to track," said Michael Beach, a specialist in recreational waterborne illnesses for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. "This is a heat-loving amoeba. As water temperatures go up, it does better," Beach said. "In future decades, as temperatures rise, we'd expect to see more cases."
According to the CDC, the amoeba called Naegleria fowleri (nuh-GLEER-ee-uh FOWL'-erh-eye) killed 23 people in the United States, from 1995 to 2004. This year health officials noticed a spike with six cases -- three in Florida, two in Texas and one in Arizona. The CDC knows of only several hundred cases worldwide since its discovery in Australia in the 1960s. In Arizona, David Evans said nobody knew his son, Aaron, was infected with the amoeba until after the 14-year-old died on Sept. 17. At first, the teen seemed to be suffering from nothing more than a headache.

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MORNING STAR MINISTRIES INITIAL APPROVAL FOR TOWER DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT
The Herald, SC, USA - October. 2, 2007 - Kimberly Dick - http://www.heraldonline.com - FORT MILL — York County Council gave initial approval Monday to a development agreement that gives the county several ways to demolish the 20-story tower if it isn’t converted into a retirement home as MorningStar Ministries proposed. Founder and Director Rick Joyner said MorningStar Ministries will have financing ahead of the six month deadline to turn the uncompleted 20-story tower into a senior citizens’ resort. “I understand and appreciate the questions, especially financial feasibility,” Joyner said. “We will hit those requirements ahead of schedule. We are the ones everyone wants to lend to right now.” Joyner has yet to say how much money the project will require. York County’s tallest building was scheduled to be demolished earlier this year, and if this development agreement is breached, it would be razed. The building was started in the 1980s, and nothing has been done to it since evangelist Jim Bakker left in disgrace in 1988. If financing isn’t secured in six months from the site plan approval and if plans aren’t approved by the International Code Council, the agreement calls for the tower to be torn down, York County Planning Director Susan Britt said. Other minor details also could result in the building being destroyed. County employees worked since January to create the development agreement with the nonprofit organization. The five-year development agreement on the 52-acre former Heritage USA property can be extended with council’s approval, Britt said.
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POLYGAMY, FLDS: HOPE SPRINGS BOUNTIFUL?
http://www.macleans.ca - By Chris Selly - MACLEANS.CA, Canada - October 1, 2007 - Even by the standards of the wheels of justice, coming to grips with the polygamous community in Bountiful, B.C., has been an achingly slow process. And with last week’s conviction of polygamous leader Warren Jeffs in Utah, the years of indecision at the B.C. Attorney-General's office have been brought into even sharper focus. While successive governments in Victoria have fretted over whether Canada’s polygamy ban would survive a challenge under the Charter of Rights, their counterparts in Utah and Arizona have appeared far more inventive in prosecuting sexual assault cases against polygamists. A jury in Arizona convicted 38-year-old Kelly Fischer of having sex with a minor last year despite never hearing from his victim. Jeffs was convicted as an accomplice to the rape 14-year-old Jane Doe by her 19-year-old first cousin, in that he had arranged their marriage, even though the “rapist” himself wasn’t charged.
Polygamy has been illegal in Canada since the first Criminal Code was enacted in 1892, and Section 293 of the Criminal Code makes clear just how much the government prefers monogamy.
It threatens five years’ imprisonment for anyone who “in any manner agrees or consents to practise or enter into "any kind of conjugal union with more than one person at the same time” - or, indeed, anyone who “celebrates, assists or is a party to a rite, ceremony, contract or consent that purports to sanction [such] a relationship.” A 2005 poll showed upwards of 95 per cent of Canadians disapproved of the lifestyle, which is commonly associated with everything from poor educational achievement to physical and sexual abuse, the abandonment of male children and human trafficking. Continued: http://www.religionnewsblog.com/19546/bountiful-polygamy-3

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SAMOA'S COUNCIL OF CHURCHES UPSET BY FROM SCIENTOLOGISTS
Radio New Zealand International, New Zealand October. 2, 2007 - www.rnzi.com - The chairman of the Council of Churches in Samoa, the Reverend Oka Fau'olo, has dismissed reports saying the Curch Concil is supporting a goodwill visit by Scientology representatives currently in the country. The chairman says there is no need for Scientology ministers to come through the council in order to provide disaster training and seminars for the public because there are other suitable organizations such as the local medical association.
Reverend Fau'olo's comments were in response to a media statement issued by Scientology representatives last week who said the government and the council of churches have supported their presence in Samoa. The chairman says Scientology is a secular organization and he warns the public to be very cautious about what they will teach.
But the goodwill visit by Scientology ministers is welcomed by the Prime Minister, Tuila'epa Saâ'ilele Malielegaoi, who met with the organization's representatives before he departed for the United Nations Assembly session last week. http://www.religionnewsblog.com/19556/scientology-lies-2

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CONTEMPORARY CONFESSION OF FAITH 0N YOUTUBE
Black Light Hands - This is pretty neat. People wearing all black and white gloves "act out" the words of the song "Who Am I?" with the assistance of a black light.
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WORLD CHRISTIAN DOCTORS NETWORK.
Christian medical doctors around the world. Its ultimate aim is to bring glory to the Great Physician by witnessing to patients, as well as to colleagues and to the general population as a whole, about the great works of healing through the gospel of Jesus Christ by prayer of faith and proven with definite evidence of healing based on medical data. Focusing on divine healing, WCDN has conducted international medical conferences where various interesting diseases and medical conditions that were healed through prayer of faith and with definite medical evidences are presented to medical practitioners as well as scientists. Issues relevant to Christian medical practice and to the divine calling are likewise discussed by speakers who are experts in various specialties.
I've been healed of ovarian cancer that had spread throughout the peritoneum.

Sonoko Kumagai
Sonoko Kumagai (Ida Manmin Church, Japan)
One day in July 2005, a pair of pants that had fit me pretty well in the past felt unusually tight. I realized my stomach had swollen and looked like I was ready to give birth. I was in pain from head to toe and was unable to eat. After losing 6 kilograms (more than 13 pounds) in a week, I went to see a doctor on August 5 and was stunned when I heard the diagnosis. "It's ovarian cancer. The cancer is over 5,000; it's really high."
Repenting of the past I took a leave of absence from work and underwent an operation. Cancer had spread throughout the peritoneum that it was not removable and the doctor said his only recommendation was chemotherapy. Without too much to gain, I left the hospital in a few days. While I was staying at home, I began reading the Bible from Genesis and examining myself to see why I became subject to such trials and what sins I had still remaining in me.
Although I'd been a Christian since childhood, God reminded me of how I had lived a self-centered life and how I'd been unable to be at peace with my husband as I had to juggle among working, raising children, and doing house chores. When I repented of each sin, God filled me with love and peace. Receiving prayer from Rev. Dr. Jaerock Lee I had been familiar with Ida Manmin Church and its Pastor Rev. Seung-gil Ryu. I had also been given Rev. Dr. Jaerock Lee's testimonial memoir and received God's grace through his crusades, upon hearing about my cancer, Rev. Ryu advised me to receive prayer from Rev. Dr. Lee. So I decided to visit Manmin Joong-ang Church in Korea in October 2005 and ask Rev. Dr. Lee for his prayer.
My family, who had no faith, was concerned. Yet, I had the faith by which I believed I could be healed and after preparing an offering and with prayer the way General Naaman had done, I boarded the plane for Korea.
Dramatic drop in the cancer level When I arrived at the Church for the Friday All-night Service on October 7, 2005, the sights of the massive sanctuary and the Spirit-filled faces of brothers and sisters made me feel like I was in heaven. When I met with Senior Pastor Rev. Dr. Jaerock Lee for his prayer alongside the rest of the group from Japan, I received teeming grace from his gentleness and humble heart.
"¢®¦scorch the ovarian cancer from its root. I pray in the name of Jesus Christ"
The moment Rev. Dr. Lee prayed for me, I felt my stomach beginning to heat up and became certain that I had just received God's healing. I felt better day after day and the rest of my visit to Korea was very enjoyable. When I returned to Japan, I went to the hospital for another exam and the cancer that had been over 5,000 had incredibly dropped below 100. After experiencing God's grace firsthand, I joined and started attending Ida Manmin Church. One day, I felt my body heat up twice and I could feel in my heart that Rev. Dr. Jaerock Lee was praying for me at those moments. "Everything's normal now." As I was faithful to my God-given duties at the church and marched onward in Christ, my heart was always at peace and overflowing with joy. My condition also improved; about six months later, I regained all the weight I had lost. I strove to recompense for God's grace as I served in the choir and in serving meals on Sundays. When I went back to the hospital for a regular physical on March 2, 2006, I learned that everything was "normal." Hallelujah! On top of this, God has blessed the faith of my 15-year-old daughter and her grandfather to grow while I serve Him today as assistant mission leader of the 1 Women's Mission. Whenever I hear the Senior Pastor's message of life, in gratitude I begin shedding tears. I am going to do everything I can to spread the news of the Living God and the works of His power. I give thank and glory to God who has healed me and I also thank Senior Pastor Rev. Dr. Jaerock Lee, Rev. Seung-gil Ryu, and fellow brothers and sisters in Christ at Ida Manmin.
Exams
1. Before receiving prayer: CA 125 cancer: 5420 (8/12/05)
2. After receiving prayer: CA 8.9 cancer (normal range) (3/2/06)
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PRAISE GOD WITH US FOR THE FOLLOWING:
September 25, 2007 - 1. Our teammate Nader shared the following story (about which he recently learned) at our last Team Meeting: "A" was an Iranian refugee who came to the Lord in Athens several years ago, and began to develop his walk with the Lord. He had been a drug addict and the Lord completely delivered him. About 4 years ago, his wife told him that if he didn't return to Iran she was going to divorce him. So he returned. Some time after returning he led his wife and kids to the Lord. Then his parents and siblings. Then his wife's parents and siblings. They started meeting in his home for worship and Bible studies. Soon, men in police uniforms with I.D. papers were showing up during these house meetings and severly beating "A". These beatings actually began to draw the attention of the neighbors who asked "A" why they were doing this to him. This gave him the opportunity to share Jesus with his neighbors, who started coming to Christ and joined the home fellowship! One of those neighbors was a policeman who investigated and found out that there was actually no order from the police department for beatings to be carried out against "A" and that the men coming to do this were imposters!
So this neighbor PROMISED PROTECTION PROVIDED BY THE POLICE DEPARTMENT against any further beatings. THERE ARE NOW FIVE HOME FELLOWSHIPS THAT "A" HAS STARTED IN HIS CITY SINCE LEAVING GREECE FOUR YEARS AGO! 2. Lord willing, it looks like we will be resurrecting next month The Nest ministry (temporary shelter/discipleship ministry) after over 2 years of "hibernation"!!! PTL!! Please pray, as we only have 50% of monthly costs PLEDGED, but are trusting God to bring in the other 1,000 EUROS/month as we take this step of faith. One of our new teammates Brett Sanner will be overseeing this strategic ministry. 3. Our account at I.T. is back in the black, due to some extra generous gifts this month. It is not yet built up enough for us to be reimbursed for the last 5 months of "business" expenses, but we are very grateful not to be "in the red" any longer. Thanks to all who prayed and/or gave. THANKS FOR STANDING WITH US IN THIS MINISTRY! Grateful,
Scott & Vicki McCracken
Panagiotou 3 Papagou
15669 Athens/GREECE
(30) 210-65-28-191
E-mail: scott.mccracken@iteams.org
www.ITRefMin.org

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'VELVET ELVIS' AUTHOR ENCOURAGES EXPLORATION OF DOUBTS
Megachurch pastor Rob Bell says faith in Jesus must be repainted for each generation if it's to avoid the fate of Elvis kitsch. By Charles Honey Religion News Service http://www.beliefnet.com/story/173/story_17301_1.html
VELVET ELVIS - A DOORWAY TO THE NEW AGE
http://www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com/newsletter070307.htm#LETTER.BLOCK6

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PRAYER OF FAITH BY DAVID MAIA ON HIS SAXOPHONE
May 24, 2007 - From: ferfernandes - A mais perfeita e linda adoração category Music ON Youtube
Submitted by: Teresa Neumann October 3, 2007 - As a worshiper and musician, I realize that stylistically, worship music can be subjective. Some Christians love contemporary music, while others are more comfortable with traditional hymns. Ultimately, however, it all boils down to expressing our love to our Lord, does it not?
That said, I'd like to introduce our readers to Brazilian worship leader Davy Maia. I was introduced to him myself only last week...via a video feed on a large screen at our church. Prior to viewing the video, I had heard of Davy from a team who had just returned from Brazil on a mission trip. They couldn't say enough about the incredibly powerful move of the Holy Spirit that followed this man's gifting as he played his saxophone, both on stage and as he moved among the prostrate crowd, ministering to them on his instrument.
By clicking on the link provided below, you will be able to hear Davy play Shout to the Lord on his saxophone. (Note: Fast-forward through the first 2-3 minutes of the tape where he is speaking in Portuguese. Listening with headphones will improve the sound.) Regardless of your personal preference in worship styles, there is no denying the passion for Christ that literally drives this musician to give his all on his instrument. Watching this for the first time not only sent chills up my spine, it moved me to tears. Granted I saw this on a large screen and through a great P.A. system, but the Holy Spirit isn't limited by such trifles. What a marvelous God we have, Who ministers to us through brothers and sisters around the world we haven't ever met! Enjoy....
Source: Teresa Neumann-http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LdR6cOJdARk

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SILENCE IS THE ONLY TRUE RELIGION - WHAT DO CHRISTIAN LEADERS THINK?
Oprah Show:On the October 5th Oprah show, Oprah's guest was the author of the best-selling book, Eat, Pray, Love. Elizabeth Gilbert's book is the story of how she left her husband and her life behind and found what she came to call "the only true religion": the silence. Her journey took her around the world, where she learned to meditate in an India ashram. Oprah, who openly resonates with the New Age and meditation techniques, said she is very excited to have Ms. Gilbert on her show. Calling it a "phenomenon" and "a life-changer," Oprah expresses her excitement for the book and the author. Gilbert explains that the first step in her journey was to go on an eating binge in Italy. "I would not have been able to physically do the yoga, the meditation, the hard rigor of spiritual work. So I went to Italy first and I ate my guts out for four months."
From Italy, Gilbert traveled to India where she learned to meditate: "There was something about that yoga path that really appealed to me--and you do that through silence and the discipline of meditation -- and I really wanted to go pursue that full out." "None of this works without stillness," Liz says. "One of the great teachings that I learned in India is that silence is the only true religion." During her time at the ashram, Gilbert had a meditative experience where she says "the scales fell from my eyes and the openings of the universe were shown to me." Oprah's promotion of Gilbert and her book will likely cause millions of women (and many men too) to go out and buy the book. And once again Oprah, who has become a prophet and an evangelist for the New Age message, will help lead so many over the cliff of spiritual lostness through meditation (i.e., the silence).
Is it any wonder why ministries like Lighthouse Trails show such concern when Christian leaders tell followers, You can't really know God without the silence. Different than finding a quiet place away from noise and distractions, the silence is referring to a stillness of the mind. Ray Yungen, author of A Time of Departing, says it is like putting the mind in neutral. Contemplatives say it is like tuning into another frequency. New Agers call it different things like a thin place, sacred space, ecstasy; whatever it is called, both New Agers and Christian leaders are telling us we must practice silence and stillness if we really want to know God. Click here to read the rest of this report. Source: http://www.lighthousetrails.com


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PRESIDENT BUSH: ALL RELIGIONS PRAY TO THE SAME GOD.
"[A]ll the world, whether they be Muslim, Christian, or any other religion, prays to the same God." - President Bush
by WorldNetDaily.com - October 7, 2007 - President George Bush has repeated his belief all religions, "whether they be Muslim, Christian, or any other religion, prays to the same God" - an assertion that caused outrage among evangelical leaders when he said it in November 2003. Bush made the statement Friday in an interview with Al Arabiya reporter Elie Nakouzi. [see White House website for transcript of interview]
Al Arabiya is Al Jazeerah's top competitor in the Mideast. As the president and Nakouzi walked from the Oval Office to the Map Room in the White House residence, Nazouki asked, "But I want to tell you - and I hope this doesn't bother you at all - that in the Islamic world they think that President Bush is an enemy of Islam - that he wants to destroy their religion, what they believe in. Is that in any way true, Mr. President?" "No, it's not," said Bush. "I've heard that, and it just shows [sic] to show a couple of things: One, that the radicals have done a good job of propagandizing. In other words, they've spread the word that this really isn't peaceful people versus radical people or terrorists, this is really about the America not liking Islam. "Well, first of all, I believe in an Almighty God, and I believe that all the world, whether they be Muslim, Christian, or any other religion, prays to the same God. That's what I believe. I believe that Islam is a great religion that preaches peace. Click here to read entire WorldNetDaily report. Source: http://www.lighthousetrails.com

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OUR LADY OF AMERICA??
"Firetruck brings statue to Howell
Posted by the Asbury Park Press on 09/24/07
BY MICHELLE GLADDEN - FREEHOLD BUREAU HOWELL ? - Our Lady of America is as much a dream come true as she is an apparition's request almost fulfilled.
Standing 9 feet high with contemplative eyes, a hesitant smile, bare feet and wearing a simply tailored white robe, the Our Lady of America, the Immaculate Virgin, is the nation's first canonically approved icon.
"It's very rare that God gives us a grace like that," said Rita Marquis of Howell, who was waiting outside St. Veronica's Roman Catholic Church for the statue's 6:15 p.m arrival. "I attended Mass earlier in the day, but I wanted to be here when she arrives."
Firefighters from Jackson fire companies and members of the Msg. John F. Baldwin Assembly Knights of Columbus escorted the statue through the church's parking lot, off the bed of the firetruck and into the church.
The statue is based on apparitions of the Virgin Mother to Sister Mary Ephrem (Mildred) Neuzil, who was a member of the Precious Blood of Sisters, Ohio, from 1933 to 1979. In 1979 she entered Contemplative of the Indwelling Trinity where she remained until her death in 2000, Anita Marovich of Howell said.
On Sept. 25, 1956, the Virgin Mother first appeared to Ephrem, who had been having "mystical spiritual experiences" since 1938, said Marovich, a 20-year St. Veronica's parishioner who grew up in New Riegel, Ohio, near Ephrem." Continued http://www.cephas-library.com/catholic_firetruck_brings_statue_to_howell.html

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COUNTER REFORMATION OF THE VATICAN'S JESUIT ORDER DID NOT END BACK IN THE 1600S
Charles Chiniquy tirelessly investigated the assassination. After the conspirators were executed, he went incognito to Washington and found that "Not a single one of the government men would discuss with me except after I had given my word of honor that I would never mention their names. I say with a profound distress, that the influence of Rome was almost supreme in Washington. I could not fid a single statesmen who would dare to face that nefarious influence and fight it down." Historical journey into the past continued:
http://continuingcounterreformation.blogspot.com/

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EUROPEAN CHURCH GATHERING JOINS GREEN EFFICIENCY FIGHT
Sibiu, Romania (ENI). Delegates taking the plane to the Third European Ecumenical Assembly in Sibiu in Romania are being asked to pay 15 euros (about US$20) towards the cost of offsetting the ecological burden of their flight. "This amount doesn't claim to be a full compensation of the environmental impact of the EEA3, but it allows us to regenerate a forest for the benefit of the local environment in Sibiu," delegates are told in a flyer they receive when they register. Current estimates, it states, suggest that air traffic now contributes up to 10 percent of the human-induced greenhouse gases that lead to climate change. [9.4.2007 Ecumenical News International World Council of Churches]

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MUSLIM DENTIST 'TOLD PATIENT TO WEAR A HEADSCARF OR GO ELSEWHERE
[Excerpts] - A muslim dentist made a woman wear Islamic dress as the price of accepting her as an NHS patient, it is alleged. Omer Butt is said to have told the patient that unless she wore a headscarf she would have to find another practice. It is claimed that the 31-year-old dentist asked to speak to the woman in private after she turned up for an appointment at his clinic in Bury. According to the charges, he questioned her on whether she was a Muslim and told her that if he was to treat her she would have to wear Islamic dress. He is also said to have read out a number of religious rules to her.
He then told his nurse to give the patient her own headscarf to wear, the accusation says. Mr Butt is the older brother of former Islamic extremist Hassan Butt, who once declared he had 'no problem' with terror attacks on Britain and who said that September 11 "served the pleasure of Allah". He has since recanted and now calls for all Muslims to abandon violence. The dentist also featured in immigration hearings involving an asylum seeker suspected of providing a safe house for Kamel Bourgass, an Algerian terrorist jailed for life for stabbing PC Stephen Oake to death in Manchester in 2003. (Steve Doughty and Jaya Narain, Daily Mail, UK, Tuesday, September 18, 2007)
[ http://www.thebereancall.org/node/6106 ]

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RESEARCH PROVES ALEX JONES VATICAN AGENT?
The following research is only a drop in the bucket compared to what info I have put together on Alex Jones showing him to be a Vatican Agent) Go to and scroll down the page: http://spirituallysmart.com/pics.htm for more research that I have put together. Including the information I have connecting Bohemian Grove to the Jesuits/Vatican. Continued: http://www.cephas-library.com/nwo_research_proves_alex_jones_vatican_agent.html

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BEWARE OF BRIAN MCLAREN AND "A NEW KIND OF CHRISTIAN"
September 26, 2007 -first published January 26, 2006 - David Cloud, Way Of Life.org - The book "A New Kind of Christian: a Tale of Two Friends on a Spiritual Journey" by Brian McLaren (San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 2001) won a Christianity Today Award of Merit in 2002 and has found a wide audience in "evangelical" circles. The author is a prolific writer and an international traveler. He lectures at seminaries as diverse as Grand Rapids Theological Seminary, Wesley Seminary, George Fox Seminary, Fuller Theological Seminary, and Princeton. Some of McLaren's articles are posted at a website founded by Rick Warren, author of The Purpose Driven Life. McLaren is one of five co-authors of "Church in the Emerging Culture" (2003). "A New Kind of Christian" was the first in a trilogy. The second volume, The Story We Find Ourselves In, was published in 2003, and the third volume, The Last Word and the Word after That, was published in 2005.
"A New Kind of Christian" presents theological liberalism in the guise of a wiser, kinder, and gentler type of Christianity called "Postmodern." It is also known as the "EMERGING CHURCH." The semi-fictional account is about an evangelical pastor who has a crisis of faith and submits himself to the guidance of a liberal Episcopalian who is a graduate of Princeton Divinity School and a former Presbyterian pastor. This Postmodern guide is named "Dr. Neil Oliver" and is called "Neo" by his friends. Neo resigned the pastorate because he was too liberal for his denomination and is teaching high school when we meet him in McLaren's book. Continued: http://www.cephas-library.com/apostasy_a_new_kind_of_christian_by_brian_mcclaren.html

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ONLINE BOOK [FREE]: TODAY'S APOSTASY
http://www.cephas-library.com/apostary_todays_apostasy.html

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DALAI LAMA THE BUDDHIST MONK ALL SMILES AS HE RECEIVES CONGRESSIONAL GOLD MEDAL
FOX NEWS October 17, 2007 - WASHINGTON — President Bush and the leaders of Congress put aside their differences Wednesday to bestow the nation's highest civilian honor upon the Dalai Lama, calling the exiled Tibetan religious leader a "warrior for peace."
The Dalai Lama' said he was "deeply touched" by his receipt of the Congressional Gold Medal, which he received in an ornate ceremony under the U.S. Capitol dome — but not before having a hearty laugh over his inability to speak perfect English.
"It is a great honor for me to receive the Congressional Gold Medal. This ... will bring tremendous joy and encouragement to the Tibetan people, for whom I have a special responsibility," the Dalai Lama said, reading from his prepared remarks. The Dalai Lama was surrounded by top congressional leaders and President Bush Wednesday as he prepared to receive the nation's top civilian honor. As Tibet's top Buddhist leader, he has been fighting for Tibetan autonomy from the Chinese government. His warm reception this week in Washington, which also included a private Oval Office meeting, has riled Chinese officials.
"I believe that this ... also sends a powerful message to those many individuals who are dedicated toward promoting peace, understanding and harmony," the exiled Buddhist leader told the crowd gathered in the Capitol Rotunda, continuing his call for Tibetan autonomy in China. Continued: http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,302744,00.html

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EXORXIST BOB LARSON VISITS POPE
Download file: http://www.cephas-library.com/BobLarsonThePapist.pdf
EXORCIST BOB LARSON EXPOSED
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=75TsvDIzIZc

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VATICAN REWARDS BIBLE BELT FOR BUSHES PERFORMANCE
Gradually most Baptists in the bible belt down in Texas will be absorbed into the "Catholic Church". Rome is leading and navigating. So far they have been very successful in infiltrating America with the charismatic TBN network by Papist appointments there. As a result you can see why men like Benny Hinn and Word Of Faith and Pentacostolism has spread the way it has in America and the rest of the world, in the last 3 decades.
Pentacostalism is the number one growing religion in professing Christendom., professing not possessing. The TBN network is a very important adjunct arm of the Vatican and the Papal parade and continues with these new apointments. Download http://www.cephas-library.com/VaticanitesRewardBushesTexas.pdf

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WHAT WAS CONGRESS THINKING?
[Ednote: This subject has me upset as well. My husband worked 47 years, I worked 20 years in the private sector. Guess how much Social Security I receive as a widow at a fully qualified age: $89 a month. They stripped everything away because I have a state pension even though we both paid social security insurance payments for 67 years. It is a travesty what is going on. President Reagan is responsible for this abomination.] There is a petition circullating right now which will fall on deaf ears because they are broke in Washington.Endofnote]
Retiree - $791. Senior Immigrant - $2,470.
The author's name and special circumstance of his/her mother isn't included, but this riles, just the same:
What Was Congress Thinking?
Immigrants over 65 can apply for SSI and Medicaid and get more than my mom gets for Social Security, and she worked from 1944 till 2004, only getting $791 per month because she was born in 1924 and there is a "catch 22".
It is interesting that the federal government provides a single refugee with a monthly allowance of $1,890.00 and each can also obtain an additional $580.00 in social assistance for a total of $2,470.00 per month.
This compares very well to a single pensioner who -- after contributing to the growth and development of America for 40 to 50 years -- can only receive a monthly maximum of $1,012.00 in old age pension and Guaranteed Income
Supplement.
Maybe our pensioners should apply as refugees!
Consider sending this to all your American friends, so we can all be ticked off and maybe get the refugees cut back to $1,012.00 and the pensioners up to $2,470.00 and enjoy some of the money we were forced to submit to the
Government over the last 40 or 50 or 60 years.
Please forward to every American to expose what our elected politicians (Nancy P. included) have been doing over the past 11 years to our over-taxed workers. 1/2007 2:02 PM [Email]

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CALLING ALL NORTH AMERICAN UNION APOLOGISTS
North American Union Archives Digest
This is a summary of each post only. The numbers in parenthesis after each entry are the number of comments and number of trackbacks. For the full archive (large file), Scroll down to see 2 click here.
Please see this: In a promotional tour for his new book, "Revolution of Hope," Fox told NPR's "Talk of the Nation" audience: "That's part of my Americas dream, that we can build our future together. We are partners with United States and Canada through NAFTA. There are other blocs in Latin America, but at the very end a continental trade agreement and union on the long term would be a way to develop ourselves and to be able to have the standards and level of living that we all need." http://lonewacko.com/blog/archives/nau-digest.html

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BILDERBERG PUSHES AMERICAN SUPERSTATE
August 25th, 2007 · American Free Press - by James P. Tucker Jr. - Leaders of Bilderberg have gathered the appropriate flunkies at the Fairmont Le Chateau Montebello, about 50 miles outside Quebec, to accomplish a North American Union without congressional action. Bilderberg met at the same site in 1983. The Aug. 20-21 session of the unknown Security and Prosperity Partnership (SPP) is struggling to define its goal of a borderless union of the United States, Mexico and Canada as something Americans will welcome, after it has been accomplished.
On the agenda is a report by the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), which is being translated into Spanish and French so all three governments can celebrate it together. The report explains how “hemispheric integration” will be a blessing for all and not a surrender of sovereignty. It is to be presented to the three governments in September.
The trustees of CSIS who are attending this closed meeting include Henry Kissinger, Bilderberg and Trilateral; Zbigniew Brzezinski, Trilateral; and Harold Brown, former defense secretary and Trilateral. Also participating is Richard Armitage, Bilderberg. Other Bilderberg-Trilateralists may be attending but have not been identified.
The “North American Future 2025 Project” report stresses “economic integration” and “labor mobility.” It calls for the “international migration of labor” and “international movement not only of goods and capital, but also of people.” It stresses the “free flow of people across national borders.” It calls for action to “integrate governments.” The three nations are to work on “harmonizing legislation” and regulations.
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LAW PF TJE SEA TREATY RATICATION
10 October 2007 - By Cliff Kincaid - Accuracy In Media - The Executive Branch of the U.S. government [ie, BUSH & CO.] is trying to railroad Senate ratification of the Law of the Sea Treaty. A Senate vote is being pushed for by the end of October. This is an issue far bigger than illegal immigration and threatens to deal a fatal blow to U.S. sovereignty. Your urgent attention and action is needed right now!
SENATOR VITTER LEADS ASSAULTS ON UN's SEA TREATY
http://www.augustreview.com/index2.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=77&pop=1&page=0&Itemid=5
The media have been pummeling conservative Republican Senator David Vitter of Louisiana for apologizing for sexual indiscretions. But America should be grateful he stayed in the Senate and did not resign in the wake of the media assault. The senator demonstrated recently, during a hearing into the U.N.¹s Law of the Sea Treaty, that he is going to continue to do the job he was elected to do. Vitter¹s performance was so effective that he left State and Defense Department officials either speechless or caught up in embarrassing contradictions about the impact of this international agreement on America¹s security and Sovereignty. It should now be perfectly obvious that Bush Administration officials, in collusion with liberal Senators, are trying to bamboozle the Senate into quickly ratifying a very dangerous pact.
One area of concern is how other nations and international lawyers could use the treaty against the U.S. in a back-door effort to implement the (unratified) global warming treaty, with the result being higher gas prices for the American people and perhaps even energy rationing. The Law of the Sea treaty creates a tribunal and various bodies, including dispute resolution or arbitral panels, to resolve conflicts which may arise. Major parts of the treaty mandate international regulation of U.S. economic and industrial activities on land. Greenhouse gases, for example, could be viewed under the terms of the treaty as contributing to pollution of the oceans.
Deputy Secretary of State John Negroponte told the Senate committee that the U.N. body established by the treaty has ³no jurisdiction over marine pollution disputes involving land-based sources.² He said, ³that¹s just not covered by the treaty.² Negroponte¹s sidekick, State Department Legal Adviser John B. Bellinger III, said, ³It clearly does not allow regulation over land-based pollution sources. That would stop at the water¹s edge.² But Vitter shot back, ³Šwhy is there a section entitled pollution from land-based sources?² Not only is there a section by that name, Vitter pointed out, but there is a section on enforcement. The section is Article 207, ³Pollution from land-based sources.² Anybody can look it up. But apparently our top officials and lawyers have not. Either that or they are trying to mislead the people about the ramifications of this treaty. In either case, we are sunk if this treaty goes through. More http://www.augustreview.com/news_commentary/treaties/senator_vitter_leads_assault_on_un%92s_sea_treaty_2007101077/
Please let as many people know about this potential disaster as soon as you can and don't forget to "digg it" as well!
Regards, Patrick Wood, Editor - The August Review - Phone: (208) 712-0170 - Email: editor@augustreview.com
The August Review | P.O. Box 1309 | Rathdrum | ID | 83858\

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WALL STREET JOURNAL LIES ABOUT SEA TREATY
www.NewsWithViews.com - by Cliff Kincaid - August 23, 2007 - The American people need to catch on fast to what's going on. The Wall Street Journal has become a mouthpiece for the special interests pushing the treaty. There isn't much time left for the American people to register their opinions on this matter Continued: http://www.newswithviews.com/Kincaid/cliff169.htm

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SENATOR VETTER LEADS ASSAULT ON UN'S SEA TREATY
www.NewsWithViews.com - by Cliff Kincaid - September 30, 2007
The media have been pummeling conservative Republican Senator David Vitter of Louisiana for apologizing for sexual indiscretions. But America should be grateful he stayed in the Senate and did not resign in the wake of the media assault. The senator demonstrated on Thursday, during a hearing into the U.N.'s Law of the Sea Treaty, that he is going to continue to do the job he was elected to do. Vitter's performance was so effective that he left State and Defense Department officials either speechless or caught up in embarrassing contradictions about the impact of this
international agreement on America's security and sovereignty. It should now be perfectly obvious that Bush Administration officials, in collusion with liberal Senators, are trying to bamboozle the Senate... Continued:
http://www.newswithviews.com/Kincaid/cliff175.htm

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UN PUSHES GLOBAL TAXES; US CITIZENS TARGETED FOR TRILLIONS BY INTERNATIONALS AND INSIDER-TRADER GEORGE SOROS
http://www.usasurvival.org/docs/smkgun.pdf

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3COM TECHNOLOGY THAT SHOULDN'T BE LEAVING THE US
3Com Draws Buyout Interest - by Dana Cimilluca - July 17, 2007 - The consolidation wave that is sweeping the telecom-equipment sector may wash over 3Com. Deal Journal has learned that the company has in the past couple months been approached by possible buyers, including private-equity firms Silver Lake Partners and Bain Capital. 3Com and its bankers at Goldman Sachs Group don’t appear to be rushing to do a deal, and it is unclear what price the buyout group was willing to offer. Another company that may be interested in 3Com is Nortel Networks, people familiar with the matter said. ... Whether or not a buyout of 3Com is on the horizon, the Marlborough, Mass., company is definitely in deal-making mode. Late last year, 3Com agreed to buy Huawei Technologies out of their Chinese joint venture for $882 million. 3Com announced last month that it would sell shares in its Tipping Point unit, which provides network security gear, to the public.
A buyout of 3Com — at the right price — would likely be music to the ears of investors including Citadel Investment Group, which has taken a stake of nearly 10% stake in 3Com and has agitated for change. The story of 3Com in the past 10 years is one of missed opportunities, as this story from Barron’s in May points out. The stock trades at $4.29, a far cry from the high of $80 reached in 2000, though it is up 4.6% for the year. 3Com, which once had promise similar to Cisco’s but made some ill-conceived bets on consumer electronics, has a market value of $1.7 billion. Cisco’s market value now stands at $180 billion. A 3Com spokesman declined to comment, as did representatives for the buyout firms, Goldman and Nortel. –With Dennis K. Berman
http://blogs.wsj.com/deals/2007/07/17/3com-draws-buyout-interest/

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3COM SUES 3COM OVER 3COM BUYOUT
By Austin Modine - 10 Oct 2007 - Cheapskateboard - The $2.2bn sale of networking gear vendor 3Com has already hit litigious waters, courtesy its own shareholders. In a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission, 3Com disclosed that several class action lawsuits have been filed since September to block the sale to private equity firm Bain capital Partners and Huawei Technologies (pronounced Hua-h...hwwo - ah, skip it). The shareholders contend the $2.2bn buyout price is "insufficient," that directors "breached their fiduciary duties" by agreeing to the figure, and Bain Capital and Huawei aided and abetted the alleged breaches. 3Com's proposed buyout was announced late last month, and offers shareholders a 44 per cent premium on the company's $3.68 share price before the news hit. Such lawsuits are not altogether uncommon for corporate buyouts, used as a tool to grab more cash out of the deal - although the historical success of the tactic is somewhat questionable. 3Com was unavailable for comment as of this publication, but promises to "vigorously defend these suits" in its SEC filing. Continued: http://www.channelregister.co.uk/2007/10/10/3com_shareholders_want_to_block_buyout/


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AMERICANS COULD FACE INTERNET TAX
WSTM - Katrina Smith - October 16, 2007 - Congressman Jim Walsh today called on Congress to act immediately to permanently extend the current Internet tax moratorium set to expire on November 1, 2007. "The Internet is growing in importance as a resource for businesses and consumers today," said Walsh. "In the last twenty years, it has revolutionized the way we communicate, the way our children learn, and the way we conduct business. Taxing Internet access will have a detrimental impact upon our economy and our quality of life, and Congressional leadership should quickly put forward a bill that permanently bans this detrimental tax."
According to a February-March 2007 survey by the Pew Internet & American Life Project, an initiative of the Pew Research Center, 71% of American adults regularly use the Internet, and usage by adults between the ages of 18 and 29 is as high as 87%. .. If Congress allows the tax moratorium to expire on November 1st, Americans could face taxes of up to 20% for simply accessing the Internet. On Wednesday, the House Judiciary Committee passed a temporary short-term extension of the moratorium, refusing to consider legislation with bipartisan support that would enact a permanent ban. Walsh is a co-sponsor of H.R. 743, the Permanent Internet Tax Freedom Act, which amends the Internet Tax Freedom Act to make permanent the ban on State taxation of Internet access and on multiple or discriminatory taxes on electronic commerce. The measure has 237 co-sponsors, suggesting the bill would have little trouble passing the full House if called for a vote. Whole story: http://www.wstm.com/Global/story.asp?S=7215242&nav=2aKD

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FOLLOW GEORGIA'S LEAD TO DRIVE ILLEGALS OUT OF US
By Frosty Wooldridge - Do you remember Americana? Do you remember Norman Rockwell on Saturday Evening Post or Ben Franklin five and dime stores? How about Rexall