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and your daughters shall prophesy, and your young men shall see
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and vapour of smoke: The sun shall be turned into darkness,
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 TODAY'S 'HOLY SCRIPTURES' STUDY:
THE ASSAULTS ON DOCTRINE
Once false brothers have engendered doubts about the inhillibility
of the Bible itself, it takes only a relatively modest—and
therefore inconspicuous—amount of corruption to raise doubts
about the central doctrines of the Christian faith and to allow
false teachers to neuter the gospel. Let’s see the different
methods the enemy uses to achieve this.
- 2 Or 3 Witnesses
People often argue that, if a particular point is made somewhere
in Scripture, it doesn’t really matter if any additional
occurrences of that same point have been lost. They claim we
should tolerate the many problems with Bibles relying on family
B(*) because “you can always locate an alternative passage
to support any given truth.” In some people’s eyes,
as long as a teaching is given Some where in the Bible then any
additional mentions of the same teaching are apparently unimportant,
if not completely redundant.
The first observation to make is that we are talking about the
very Word of God, not just a letter to the Times. No part of
God’s Word is superfluous. A given statement in the Bible
may need to be repeated for a variety of reasons.We noted several
of these in the section entitled “Every Doctrine is Still
Supportable.” A further reason is that God has apparently
ordained the principle that each doctrine can be established
only if it has a minimum of two scriptural witnesses.
Let’s see some evidence for this. There is a rule in the
Bible that, “In the mouth of two or three wirnesses shall
every word be established” (2 Corinthians 13: 1). During
His time on earth, the Lord Jesus stated, “the testimony
of two men is true” (John 8:1 7b). He also said “in
the mouth of two or three witnesses every word may be established”
(Matthew 18: 16b). Joseph explained that God gave Pharaoh his
dream in two different forms “because the thing is estahlished
by God” (Genesis 41:32). For more evidence of this principle,
see Acts 10:13-16; Revelation 11:3; or Matthew 26:42-45.
- What this means is that we cannot definitively teach a given
doctrine if our Bible doesn’t contain at least two
witnesses to it (i.e., two passages clearly
making the point in question). I should clarify this. I am not
talking about every last statement in the Bible. Not every fact
is repeated in Holy Writ. But for every doctrinal point
made in the Bible, there will always be at least one other passage
having the same spiritual significance. (For two examples of
that very truth in action, see Luke 13:1-5 and Acts 5:36.37.)
D.A. Carson is one advocate of Codex B (**) who endorses this
principle. He writes, [E] stablished doctrines are never
hascd on just one verse....[D]octrine is not based on
just one verse” (25) Therefore,
if witnesses are removed from the Bible text such that only one
remains, the doctrine will indeed still be supportable, but it
won’t he estahlishable, and its significance becomes
debatable rather than something we know we must obey. (Why would
God create such a rule? For a start it obviously makes life harder
for false brothers and “false witnesses” (Deuteronomy
19:15-16) who would like to quietly insert lies into, or remove
truths from, God’s Word. However, I suggest it was also
an elegant way of alerting those early assemblies which didn’t
possess the full canon of Scripture, or whose copy had accidentally
lost a page, to their lack, I plan to mention a third advantage
in a later article.)
- The principle that we need at least two scriptures
witnessing to a given matter in order to establish that matter
is one of the main reasons why no Christian can afford to use
Bibles based on family B (*) else he will regularly find the
necessary second witness missing. For pages and pages of examples,
see the book, A Concordance of the Destruction of the Two and
Three Witnesses in the Bible by Les Garrett. (Not every entry
in Garrett is present in Codex B, but many are, and every entry
can certainly be found in modern English versions in use today.)
Here is a cross-section of examples to start us off and to illustrate
the sort of things I am talking about:
- l) Did Jesus “call ... sinners to repentance”?
The emboldened section
- • is clearly important but has been removed from both
Matthew 9: 13 and Mark 2:17 in Codex B, so there is
- ...........only one direct witness
left.
• The phrase “gospel of peace” occurs only twice
in the whole Bible, but just once in B (it is omitted from
Romans 10:19).
• Christ suffered, hut did He actually suffer “for
us”? This question has implications, but one of the only
two
passages specifically saying He suffered for us has lost this
crucial qualifier in Codex B (*) (see 1 Peter 4:1).
• Did Jesus really ask the rhetorical question about every
father, “if his son ask [for] bread will he give him a
stone?” This passage appears twice in the Bible, but B (*)
removes it from one of those places (Luke 11:11)
leaving only a solitary witness.
• Some people might reasonably suppose that the content
of the Lord’s prayer is of more than a little
significance. The wording is given only twice in the Bible (Matthew
6:9-13 and Luke 11:2-4). Just take a
look at the dilfererices in Luke’s version as given in Codex
B (*). No longer does it mention God’s will being
done, and no longer does it include the request to “deliver
us from evil.” In fact, more than twenty words
have been cut.
- Someone who has been brought up under sound teaching, or
raised with a sound Bible, may be able to compensate for some
or all of these gaps, but what about those souls who do not have
such a background?
Notes:
- 25 Carson,
op. cit., p. 65. [Page 20 - Winter 2006 - Media Spotlight Vol
29 No 4]
* Family A / Family B: ("[Manuscript] B stands quite
alone, its reading must never be lightly rejected," according
to Penton J.A. Hort. Manuscripts (also called scrolls) are divided
up into two families: A and B. They can differ from each other
up to 10,000 words and all sorts of other respects also. According
to A.J. Dager, Media Spotlight, Family A is where the true text
resides, and family B is the product of individuals opposed
to God's truth." . If a believer is presented with many
differences on a single topic, will this not lead to confusion
at best?
- ** Codex A
/ Codex: B Codex is simply another word for Manuscrips. The diference
between A and B read (*) above.
- Taken from Media Spotlight * Vol 29 - No
4 Winter 2006 page 20
- [To be continued in the April Newsletter]
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- THE PRE-TRIBULATION RAPTURE
- By David Cloud - The word “rapture” does not appear
in the Bible, but it is the term used by many Christians to describe
the catching away of the saints described in 1 Th. 4:13-18. The
term “caught up” in 1 Th. 4:17 is also translated “pluck”
(Jn. 10:28), “take by force” (Acts 23:10), and “pulling
[out of the fire]” (Jude 23). It refers to a forceful seizing
and a snatching away. It is used of the devil snatching the word
of God from the heart of the foolish (Mt. 13:19) and of the Spirit
of God snatching away Philip after the conversion of the Ethiopian
eunuch (Acts 8:39). This is exactly what Christ will do to the
New Testament believers before the onslaught of the Great Tribulation.
- Notes on 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18:
- 1. The Rapture is (1) a resurrection of the dead in Christ
(v. 14-16), (2) a catching up and translation of the living New
Testament saints (v. 17).
- 2. The dead in Christ are with Him in heaven (v. 14).
- 3. The Rapture is the believer’s hope (v. 13). It is
what we are looking forward to.
- 4. The Rapture is certain. (a) It is as sure as Christ’s
resurrection (v. 14). (b) It is the word of the Lord (v. 15).
- 5. The Rapture is a comfort (v. 18). If this translation
did not occur until the end of the torments of the Great Tribulation,
it certainly would not produce solace for the Christian standing
on this side of the Tribulation.
- 6. The Rapture is before the day of the Lord’s wrath
(5:1-5, 9).
- This event is also described in 1 Corinthians 15:51-58.
- 1. The Rapture is a mystery that was not revealed in the
Old Testament (v. 51). The Old Testament prophets taught about
the resurrection, but they did not teach that some would be caught
up without dying. The translation of the New Testament saints
will involve an instantaneous change from morality to immortality.
Those believers living at that hour will never see death.
- 2. The translation of the church-age saints is said to be
a source of comfort and encouragement (1 Co. 15:58). Again, if
this translation did not occur until the end of the torments
of the Great Tribulation, it would not be a comfort.
- Whole article: http://www.wayoflife.org/fbns/pretribulation-rapture.html
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- [Ednote: IF YOU ARE A BELIEVER, LISTEN TO THIS MP3 OF STAN
MONTEITH AND BARRY CHAMISH. IT IS THE MOST REVEALING I HAVE WITNESSED
ABOUT ISRAEL. THE POPE WANTS MOUNT ZION AND HENRY KISSINGER HAS
BECOME HIS CLOSE ADVISOR]
- STAN MONTEITH OF LIBERTY RADIO INTERVIEWED BARRY CHAMISH
12.15.2006 WE MAY HAVE CELEBRATED THE LAST HANUKKAH
IN 2006
- Stan Monteith Radio Liberty
- Interview
with Barry Chamish 12.16.2006 He tells how close we are!
- Barry's Books at a2z Book Depot http://www.a2zbookdepot.com/israel_bookx.html
- Barry's Books at LuLu http://www.lulu.com/
- Barry's Website: http://www.thebarrychamishwebsite.com/
- More programs by Stan Monteith: http://www.soundwaves2000.com/radio%5Fliberty/
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- DOGS OF WAR
- subjects on this website: REVELATION MIDDLE EAST WORLD CHURCH
Enjoy a visit yp this website: http://www.the-unconquerable-spirit.net/
- [Ednote: This doesn't mean we agree with the New
KJV. We use the authorized KJV AMG Bible]
"But in accordance with your hardness and your impenitent
heart you are
- treasuring up for yourself wrath in the day of wrath and
revelation of the
- righteous judgment of God, who "will render to each
one according to his deeds."
Romans 2 : 5-6. New King James Version.
"For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten
Son,that whosoever believes in Him should not perish but have
everlasting life."
John 3 : 16. New King James Version.
"JESUS DIED THAT WE MIGHT HAVE ETERNAL LIFE!
DO NOT STONE HIM! LOVE & PRAISE JESUS CHRIST!
3. And he said:"I tell you the truth, unless you change
and become like little children, you will never enter the kingdom
of heaven. 5. And whoever welcomes a little child like this in
my name welcomes me. 6. But if anyone causes one of these little
ones who believe in me to sin, it would be better for him to
have a large millstone hung around his neck and to be drowned
in the depths of the sea.7. Woe to the world because of the things
that cause people to sin! Such things must come, but woe to the
man through whom they come! 10. See that you do not look down
on one of these little ones. For I tell you that angles in heaven
always see the face of my Father in heaven. 14. In the same way
your Father in heaven is not willing that any of these little
ones should be lost."
Matthew. 18. VS. 5.6.10.14. Inc.
GOD SAID. "LET MY PEOPLE GO." JERUSALEM THE
HOLY CITY, JERUSALEM MEANS JESUS / PEACE.
UPON THIS ROCK WORLD WAR 111 WILL COMMENCE!
- THE BEGINNING & THE END! THE ALFA & THE OMEGA!
- http://www.the-unconquerable-spirit.net/
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- POPE IS WARNED OF A GREEN ANTICHRIST
The Times, UK - March 2, 2007 - Richard Owen in Rome - http://www.timesonline.co.uk
An arch-conservative cardinal chosen by the Pope to deliver this
year’s Lenten meditations to the Vatican hierarchy has caused
consternation by giving warning of an Antichrist who is “a
pacifist, ecologist and ecumenist”.
- Cardinal Giacomo Biffi, 78, who retired as Archbishop of
Bologna three years ago, quoted Vladimir Solovyov (1853-1900),
the Russian philosopher and mystic, as predicting that the Antichrist
“will convoke an ecumenical council and seek the consensus
of all the Christian confessions”.
- The “masses” would follow the Antichrist, “with
the exception of small groups of Catholics, Orthodox and Protestants”
who would fight to prevent the watering down and ultimate destruction
of the faith, he said.
- The Pope traditionally withdraws from public view during
the first week of Lent, conducting “spiritual exercises”
in retreat with close advisers.
- The choice of Cardinal Biffi raised eyebrows in the Vatican,
given his sometimes eccentric views. The cardinal gave a warning
of the coming of the Antichrist during his two decades as the
Archbishop of Bologna, and said that an “invasion”
of Muslim immigrants was undermining Europe’s Christian
values.
- Cardinal Biffi said that the Antichrist was not necessarily
a person but “the reduction of Christianity to an ideology
. . . The teaching that the great Russian philosopher left us
is that Christianity cannot be reduced to a set of values. At
the heart of being a Christian is the personal encounter with
Jesus Christ.” But he quoted with approval from Solovyov’s
Three Dialogues on War, Progress and the End of History, which
suggests that the Antichrist is a real figure.Cardinal Biffi
said that Christianity stood for “absolute values, such
as goodness, truth, beauty”. If “relative values”
such as “solidarity, love of peace and respect for nature”
became absolute, they would encourage “idolatry” and
“put obstacles in the way of salvation”.
- When he was still Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, Pope Benedict
sternly defended core Roman Catholic doctrines and opposed calls
for an ecumenical Third Vatican Council advanced by Cardinal
Carlo Maria Martini, the liberal former Archbishop of Milan...
• Martin Luther and other reformers saw the Pope as the
Antichrist
- • In 1888 the philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche denounced
Christianity in The Antichrist
- • When the Pope addressed the European Parliament in
1988 the Rev Ian Paisley interrupted him, shouting, “I renounce
you as the Antichrist!” http://www.religionnewsblog.com/17609/pope-is-warned-of-a-green-antichrist
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- FROM AN EMAIL: TELLING LOGO CHANGES BY GOP
- "SCS" xxx@san.rr.com - March 08, 2007 to :r421@rita-williams.com
- I was intrigued by your comment (in your website) about how
the American flag has changed since the year 2000 – a year
that I think marked a permanent watershed in American history
(for the much worse, spiritually speaking). Did you also know
that in the year 2000 the GOP logo was also changed to include
a satanic symbol? The stars in the logo, which used to be in
correct position (one point at the top, and two at the bottom)
were inverted to be positioned as pentagramic, satanic stars.
Did you know, further, that on the official GOP website there
are now two screen savers that may be downloaded for free: one
with the logo and its pentagramic stars, and the other showing
the occultic, masonic symbol we call the Washington Monument?
Do you seriously believe that these things are a matter of coincidence
or serendipity?
- Just thought you might like to know so you can put it all
together. The lying, secrecy, titanic-scale money thefts, chaos,
bloodshed, spying, threats, and indifference that we are now
seeing on a grand scale are all part of the effort to assuage
the demonic gods that are now empowering this masquerading-as-an-angel-of-light
party that now has the Christian faithful (and most others within
the party) either oblivious or wholly duped. The one-world government
is coming very soon and our country, unfortunately, will play
a huge role in it.
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- JERUSALEM AND THE LAST CRUSADE
- By Mark Jenkins May 2006 - The world waits to see whether
Jews or Arabs will control the Holy Land. But is anyone watching
the Vatican? - If any place has a history of blood, it is the
'city of peace.' Jerusalem is famous because it contains the
holiest sites on the planet, sites that have ignited the most
protracted wars ever. Some might even say the war for Jerusalem
has never ended since the time of the Crusades. Observers mostly
focus on the Arab Palestinians and the nation of Israel and understandably
so. Right now, with a newly elected Hamas running the Palestinian
government, and a new Israeli administration bent on forcing
the situation to a solution by 2010, the battle for Jerusalem
is about to become active again. But what about the instigator
of the original Crusades, the religious behemoth that fought
for hundreds of years for Jerusalem? Has that power simply given
up on reclaiming the Holy Land? Will it stand idly by while Jerusalem
is fractured between Arab and Jew? Quite the contrary. In fact,
the Vatican believes it still holds claim to Jerusalem even to
this very day.
- Glorifying the Crusades - During the year 2000 millennial
celebrations, Pope John Paul ii asked the world for "pardon"
for the Crusades. He also apologized for past "errors of
the church": the Inquisition and anti-Semitism. This effort
to rehabilitate Muslim-Christian relations irritated many Vatican
conservatives, including, according to some, then-Cardinal Joseph
Ratzinger. Continued: http://www.cephas-library.com/catholic_jerusalem_and_the_last_crusade.html
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- SHAKE LAWSUIT OPENS RARE WINDOW ON PAT ROBERTSON MEDIA EMPIRE
- The Virginian-Pilot, USA - March 18, 2007 - Bill Sizemore
- content.hamptonroads.com
NORFOLK - A lawsuit nearing trial has opened a rare window into
the inner workings of Pat Robertson‘ s Virginia Beach-based
media empire. At the heart of the case is an issue that has bedeviled
Robertson repeatedly over the years: the fuzzy line between his
tax-exempt operations and his profit-making ventures.
- The lawsuit accuses Robertson of abusing his tax-exempt status
by using the resources of his nonprofit TV ministry to promote
a commercial product - a high-protein diet shake. Nonsense, the
televangelist has responded: The shake was a totally separate
venture, not related in any way to his Christian Broadcasting
Network.
- Now a trail of e-mails and other internal correspondence,
dating back more than a year before the lawsuit, indicates that
Robertson and other CBN executives were closely involved in the
development of the shake venture. In one letter addressed to
nutrition-store managers, the broadcaster referred to the “built-in
demand” he had generated for the shake and pledged to keep
hawking it on his daily TV show, “The 700 Club.”
- Other documents show that CBN produced a TV commercial for
the shake. There was even talk of taking the product into the
China market. John Colombo, an expert on tax-exempt organizations
at the University of Illinois College of Law, said the case raises
questions about tax-law compliance. Continued:
- http://www.religionnewsblog.com/17762/pat-robertson-shake-suit
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- JUDGE POSTPONES WARREN JEFFS TRIAL
AP, via AZCentral.com, USA - March 19, 2007 - www.azcentral.com
ST. GEORGE, Utah - A judge Monday postponed the April 23 trial
involving the leader of a polygamous sect who is charged with
crimes tied to the spiritual marriage of a minor and an older
man. Fifth District Judge James Shumate instead will hear arguments
that day on motions to suppress evidence. He didn’t elaborate
in the two-sentence order, saying only that his decision was
“due to recent information” in the case. A new trial
date was not set.
- Warren Jeffs, leader of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus
Christ of Latter Day Saints, is charged with rape as an accomplice
for his alleged role in uniting a 14-year-old girl and her 19-year-old
cousin in 2001.
- His attorneys want the case moved out of southern Utah’s
Washington County and relocated 270 miles north in Salt Lake
County. They also want Shumate to throw out evidence seized from
a Cadillac Escalade when Jeffs was arrested in August in Nevada.
http://www.religionnewsblog.com/17767/warren-jeffs-trial-postponed
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- NEW EDITION OF THE BIBLE SAYS EVOLUTION IS TRUE
- February 28, 2007 - NEW YORK, NY -- (MARKET WIRE) -- 02/27/07
-- If you believe that we evolved from apes, that Genesis is
great poetry, and that the Universe is billions of years old,
can you still enjoy reading the Bible?
Bronx school teacher and book artist Ruth Rimm thinks she has
an answer. Her latest book series, the "Lost Spiritual World,"
is a lavishly illustrated, "postmodern" edition of
the Bible for skeptics, seekers, and people of different faiths.
- "There may be a profound message behind the miracle
stories, but the big bang and evolution implore us not to read
things literally," Rimm says. "Most Americans would
rather discover the spiritual truths behind the religious metaphors,
especially given how fundamentalism is impacting public life
with a narrow view of religion." ... Full story:
- http://www.sys-con.com
- http://www.sermonaudio.com/new_details.asp?ID=23259
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- POPE IGNORES PROTECTS TO RESTORE LATIN MASS
- The Sunday Times - March 12, 2007 - POPE Benedict XVI plans
to bring back the celebration of mass in Latin, overriding a
rare show of protest from senior cardinals. With a papal decree
said to be imminent, Catholic publishers in Rome are preparing
new editions of the Latin missal. They have sent proofs to Vatican
authorities for approval, the Rome newspaper La Repubblica has
reported. Vatican sources said Benedict, who is fluent in Latin,
is considering the publication of a papal motu proprio (literally,
on his own initiative), which does not require the approval of
church bodies.
- This would enable Benedict to ignore opposition from several
cardinals.
- The decree would declare the Latin, or Tridentine, mass an
"extraordinary universal rite", and the vernacular
mass, with which most Catholics are familiar, an "ordinary
universal rite". The late French archbishop Marcel Lefebvre
was excommunicated for opposing changes in the church agreed
by the Second Vatican Council in the early 1960s, including the
replacement of the Tridentine mass with updated liturgy in local
languages. The Pope's proposal will be cheered by Lefebvre's
traditionalist followers.
- A special Vatican commission, appointed to examine the demands
of traditionalists, met in December to help draft the decree.
Today, celebration of the Tridentine rite is limited. Bishops
can allow it, but only on the condition that the celebration
is deemed a sign of "affection for the ancient tradition"
and not a criticism of the reforms.
- Benedict wrote in his memoirs, My Life: Memories 1927-1977,
published when he was still a cardinal: "I was stunned by
the ban on the ancient missal." http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,20867,21364512-2702,00.html
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- 'GAY' MEGA CHURCH JOINS UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST
- October 31, 2006 - Dallas' Cathedral of Hope, regarded as
the world's largest predominantly LGBT church, was voted Saturday
into the mainstream United Church of Christ in a historic milestone
for gay and lesbian people of faith.
The Protestant denomination's North Texas Association voted by
an overwhelming majority to grant Cathedral of Hope congregational
standing .http://news.yahoo.com/s/po/20061031/co_po/gaymegachurchjoinsunitedchurchofchrist
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- AN OPEN LETTER TO TIM WILDMON
- 9/30/06 - Paul Proctor, columnist for NewsWithViews.com,
asks the President of the American Family Association serious
questions concerning AFA's online bookstore
DEAR MR. WILDMON... AN OPEN LETTER
- By Paul Proctor - September 30, 2006 - NewsWithViews.com
- Let me begin by expressing my sincere appreciation for you
seeing to it that Peter Singer’s books were removed from
your American Family Resource Center after I mentioned his work
being for sale there in a recent NewsWithViews.com article entitled:
Beware Of ‘Christian Bookstores'! It was very thoughtful
of Innovative Inc.’s Larry Haege to email me, and a few
others, with a confirmation of that removal. But I’m still
a little confused about something and am hoping you can clear
it up for me and a few of my concerned friends. Please forgive
my writing to you in this manner; but since ending your last
email to me with: “I have nothing else to say to you”
going public seems to be the only way of getting answers.
- Regarding your organization’s recently retracted
review of the Contemplative Spirituality book, Sacred Listening,
on Agape Press, you might recall me asking you in that email
exchange, the following two questions: Continued:
- http://www.newswithviews.com/PaulProctor/proctor101.htm
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- GERMANY HOMESCHOOL FAMILY TOLD TO GIVE UP 5 OTHER KIDS
February 25, 2007 - German authorities who sent 15 uniformed
police officers to take custody of a 15-year-old girl who committed
the crime of being homeschooled now have suggested a solution
that, in their minds, would "resolve" the situation:
the parents should give up custody of their other five children.
The situation involving Melissa Busekros has been in the headlines
ever since the beginning of this month, when the officers arrived
at her parents' home with a court order allowing them to take
her into custody, "if necessary by force."
- She had fallen behind in math and Latin, and was being tutored
at home. When school officials in Germany, where homeschooling
has been illegal since Adolph Hitler decided he wanted to control
the educating of all children, discovered that fact, she was
expelled. School officials then took her to court, obtaining
a court order requiring she be committed to a ... Full story:
http://www.wnd.com - http://www.sermonaudio.com/new_details.asp?ID=23243
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- JUDGE ORDERS 'GAY' AGENDA TAUGHT TO CHRISTIAN CHILDREN
February 24, 2007 - A federal judge in Massachusetts has ordered
the "gay" agenda taught to Christians who attend a
public school in Massachusetts, finding that they need the teachings
to be "engaged and productive citizens."
U.S. District Judge Mark L. Wolf yesterday dismissed a civil
rights lawsuit brought by David Parker, ordering that it is reasonable,
indeed there is an obligation, for public schools to teach young
children to accept and endorse homosexuality. If they disagree,
"the Parkers and Wirthlins may send their children to a
private school …[or] may also educate their children at
home," the judge said. ... full story: http://www.wnd.com
http://www.sermonaudio.com/new_details.asp?ID=23239
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- CHRISTIAN RIGHT LABORS TO FIND '08 CANDIDATE
Washington, February 24, 2007 - A group of influential Christian
conservatives and their allies emerged from a private meeting
at a Florida resort this month dissatisfied with the Republican
presidential field and uncertain where to turn. The event was
a meeting of the Council for National Policy, a secretive club
whose few hundred members include Dr. James C. Dobson of Focus
on the Family, the Rev. Jerry Falwell of Liberty University and
Grover Norquist of Americans for Tax Reform. Although little
known outside the conservative movement, the council has become
a pivotal stop for Republican presidential primary hopefuls,
including George W. Bush on the eve of his 1999 primary campaign.
But in a stark shift from the group’s influence under President
Bush, the group risks relegation to the margins. Many of the
conservatives who attended the event, held at the beginning of
the month at the ... full article
www.nytimes.com - http://www.sermonaudio.com/new_details.asp?ID=23246
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- WORLD WATCHES 1ST TOTAL LUNAR EXLIPSE IN 3 YEARS
- Europe, Africa and Middle East get best view of rare red spectacle FREE
VIDEO view Eclipse from India
The moon darkened, reddened, and turned shades of gray
and orange during the Saturday night event as the Earth's shadow
took over six hours to crawl across the moon's surface, turning
it into a crescent shape before engulfing it completely in a
spectacle at least partly visible on every continent.
March 4, 2007 - LONDON - The moon darkened, reddened, and turned
shades of gray and orange Saturday night during the first total
lunar eclipse in nearly three years, thrilling stargazers and
astronomers around the world.
- The Earth’s shadow took over six hours to crawl across
the moon’s surface, eating it into a crescent shape before
engulfing it completely in a spectacle at least partly visible
on every continent.
- About a dozen amateur astronomers braved the cold and mud
outside the Croydon Observatory in southeast London to watch
the start of the eclipse. NBC News Web Extra - Get a look at
a glorious nebula, a wide-angle spacewalking scene and other
highlights from February 2007. Scrolls Down to Slideshow and
see "God's eye?": http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/17420184/
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- ANOTHER DECEPTION ABOUT JESUS AND MARY MAGDALENE
- Friday Church News Notes, March 2, 2007: The fictional Da
Vince Code popularized the myth that Jesus was married to Mary
Magdalene and had a child. Now a documentary to be aired on the
Discovery Channel is trying to give archaeological substance
to the myth. "The Lost Tomb of Jesus" purports that
six stone burial boxes discovered in 1980 originally contained
the remains of Jesus and "his family." Not only does
this fly in the face of the Bible and history, even secular archaeologists
decry it as a cheap shot. William Dever, who is considered the
dean of biblical archaeology among U.S. scholars, said: "I
just think it's a shame the way this story is being hyped and
manipulated. I've known about these ossuaries for many years
and so have many other archaeologists, and none of us thought
it was much of a story, because these are rather common Jewish
names from that period. It's a publicity stunt, and it will make
these guys very rich, and it will upset millions of innocent
people because they don't know enough to separate fact from fiction"
("Lost Tomb of Jesus Claim Called a Stunt," The Washington
Post, Feb. 28, 2007). Amos Kloner, the Jewish scholar who originally
excavated the tomb, called the documentary "nonsense."
Joe Zias, former curator of archaeology at the Israeli Antiquities
Authority, said the documentary is "intellectually and scientifically
dishonest." Jodi Magness, an archaeologist at the University
of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, said, "... the vast majority
of scholars who specialize in archaeology of this period have
flatly rejected this," and, "This whole case is flawed
from beginning to end." http://www.wayoflife.org
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- RETREATANTS HEAR OF GUISES OF THE ANTICHRIST
ZENIT - The World Seen From Rome - 2007-02-28 - "... Quoting
the work "Three Dialogues on War, Progress and the End of
History," Cardinal Biffi told his listeners that "the
Antichrist presents himself as pacifist, ecologist and ecumenist."
"He will convoke an ecumenical council and will seek the
consensus of all the Christian confessions, granting something
to each one. The masses will follow him, with the exception of
small groups of Catholics, Orthodox and Protestants," he
said. The cardinal added that Solovyov says in that work: "Days
will come in Christianity in which they will try to reduce the
salvific event to a mere series of values."
- No cross
- In his "Tale of the Antichrist" Solovyov foresees
that a small group of Catholics, Orthodox and Protestants will
resist and will say to the Antichrist: "You give us everything,
except what interests us, Jesus Christ."
- For Cardinal Biffi, this narrative is a warning: "Today,
in fact, we run the risk of having a Christianity which puts
aside Jesus with his cross and resurrection." ...Cardinal
Biffi affirmed that "if Christianity -- on opening itself
to the world and dialoguing with all -- dilutes the salvific
event, it closes itself to a personal relationship with Jesus
and places itself on the side of the Antichrist." Full story:
http://www.zenit.org/english/visualizza.phtml?sid=103757
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- JET FLIGHT RECORDS SPUR KENNETH COPELAND MINISTRY QUESTIONS
- WFAA TV, USA - February 28, 2007 - Brett Shipp, News 8 Investigates
- Some may say a way televangelists can measure their success
is that they have the ability to fly their own corporate jet
to spread the gospel. For the past several months, Kenneth and
Gloria Copeland of Fort Worth have been traveling the globe in
a new $20 million jet. They pledged that the aircraft
would be used for the purpose of serving their ministry. Are
the Copelands practicing what they preach?
- The Copelands are regarded by many as the most successful
televangelists in the world, and they certainly look the part
these days—jetting about in their new Cessna Citation, operated,
they say, in exact accordance with federal tax law and used solely
for ministry purposes. But flight records News 8 obtained raise
questions. Kenneth and Gloria Copeland’s Believers’
Voice of Victory ministry is broadcast around the world. The
couple preaches not only the gospel of prosperity, but the promise
of healing through faith.
- It was the prospect of wellness that for years lured Bonnie
Parker of Winnsboro, La. to the Copelands’ broadcast every
Sunday morning, said Parker’s family. Believer after believer,
much like Parker, lined up to be healed by the Copelands. For
many, they believed all it took was faith. And according to Parker’s
husband Alvin and their daughter, it also took something else
- money. “We know it was a lot, a whole lot,” said
Kristy Beach, Parker’s daughter, talking about the amount
of money Bonnie Parker donated. She said the total reached into
the the tens of thousands, and possibly even hundreds of thousands
of dollars. Continued: http://www.religionnewsblog.com/17633/kenneth-copeland-jet
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- THE SECRET "A NEW ERA FOR HUMANKIND"
Last year's film release, 'The
Secret,' makes no secret about it's intentions: to let the
world know that humanity is on the brink of a new era. This new
era will open up to humanity unleashed power, riches, creativity
and all that we ever dreamed of. A "secret" that has
been locked away for centuries is now available to all. The film,
available only on DVD or online, is promoted by celebrities like
Oprah and Larry King, and in just a few days (Feb. 8th), Oprah
will air a special about the film. Such promotion has helped
to make the film an incredibly popular one, as can be seen by
Amazon ranking, which puts the DVD in the #1 position for DVDs.
According to a News & Observer article, "'Secret'
Spreads Around the World," 700,000 copies of the DVD
have sold since its release last March. News & Observer explains
just how this "Secret" works: In the film, viewers
learn to ask for what they want. And, if they believe it, they
will receive it. It sounds simple enough, but here's the catch:
If you're cynical, sad, depressed and resigned that nothing will
change, nothing will. Thoughts are so powerful, the teachers
insist, that you attract what you think about, even if you don't
want it. Get it? (1)
It's these "teachers," both ones from the past and
present day ones, that The Secret uses to reveal this hidden
knowledge. Present day teachers include Jack Canfield (Chicken
Soup for the Soul), John Gray (Men Are From Mars, Women Are From
Venus), and an assortment of philosophers, writers, and visionaries
who share their insights on the "Secret": "We
have a magnificent inner calling, vision, mission, power inside
us that we are not honoring and harnessing," says philosopher
and "Secret" teacher John Demartini in a recent telephone
interview. "This movie brings it to the forefront that we
can [harness that power]." (2)
Larry King calls the DVD the "most profound information
he has run across in 40 years." Full story:
- http://www.cephas-library.com/new_age_secret.html
- http://www.crossroad.to/articles2/007/stuter/secret-new-age.htm
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- THE SECRET IS CAUSING A NEW AGE EXPLOSION
February 21, 2007 -  Your
faith is being challenged. Attached is this months article for
various Christian newspapers that is causing quite a stir. I
sincerely hope you appreciate the message and reflect on the
changing spiritual landscape that is shaping our world. It is
not at all in favor of Christianity and has moved to an unprecedented
New Age amplitude with the airing of "The Secret" on
Ophrah Winfrey and Larry King.
Just a thought to help people understand. The truth of today's
metaphysical trend of the New Age is like placing a fish in a
cooler full of ice. When you open the cooler, you immediately
see the fish not taking real notice of the ice. The fish is the
truth they use and is the focal point, however the ice is the
cold lies that is packed tightly around but not given any real
notice. Please take notice. Jesus asked, “...when the Son
of man cometh, shall he find faith on the earth?” "Let
no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not come
except there come a Falling Away first." II Thessalonians
2:3 Many who profess to be Christians will give “heed to
seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils.” 1 Timothy 4:1.
In His Service,
S. E. Ray
- http://www.eternalpath.com
- Another lengthy article recently posted you must read: http://www.crossroad.to/articles2/007/stuter/secret-new-age.htm
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- WHEN GRANDMAS GO TO JAIL FOR WITNESSING
February 7, 2007 - By Janet Folger - Arrested for sharing the
Gospel? An expected outcome in North Korea, China or any Muslim
country on the globe. But in Pennsylvania? Yep. Arlene Elshinnawy,
a 75-year-old grandmother of three, and Lynda Beckman, a 70-year-old
grandmother of 10 (along with nine others), were arrested for
sharing their faith on the public sidewalk in Philadelphia, Pa.,
USA. They faced 47 years (the rest of their lives) in jail for
spreading the Gospel because of a Pennsylvania "hate crimes"
law that is nearly identical to H.R. 254 – the "hate
crimes" bill reintroduced in Congress and said to be on
the "fast track" in the House Judiciary Committee.
This is the same bill that previously passed both the House and
Senate and was killed only because of Republican leadership opposition
in conference – something we no longer have. http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=54125
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- Rita,
- I am sending you the link to this podcast because I read
your open letter to Texe Marrs and I can see that you are concerned
about the direction of his ministry.
- Warning: Texe Marrs and Uncleanness
- This podcast is about 24 minutes.
- http://www.libertytothecaptivespodcast.net/texemarrs_uncleanness.html
- Lisa Ruby
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- SUPPRESSION OF THE JESUITS
- Society of Jesus - History of the Jesuits - The Suppression
of the Jesuits refers to a series of political struggles between
various monarchs, particularly France and Portugal, beginning
with disputes over territory in 1750 and culminating with executions
and suspension of diplomatic relations and dissolution of the
Society by the Pope over most of Europe. There would in the late
1760's be a gradual easing of tensions between Rome and Portugal.
In all Portugal, France, the Two Sicilies, Parma and the Spanish
Empire were involved to one degree or another.
- The modern view is that the suppression was the result of
a series of political and economic conflicts rather than a theological
controversy and the assertion of nation-state independence against
the Catholic Church. The expulsion of the Society of Jesus from
the Roman Catholic nations of Europe and their colonial empires
is also seen as the first triumph of the secularist notions of
the Enlightenment, which were said to contribute to the anti-clericism
of the French Revolution. The suppression was also seen as being
an attempt by monarchs to gain control of revenues and trade
that were previously dominated by the Society of Jesus. Catholic
historians often point to a personal conflict between Clement
XIII (1758-1769) and his supporters within the church and the
crown cardinals backed by France.
- [Ednote: Today they are part of the Catholic Church led by
the Black Pope]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suppression_of_the_Jesuits
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- WAL-MART SPONSORED DIVERSITY WEEK, INCLUDES; HOW TO DEFEAT
A CONSTIUTIONAL BAN ON HOMOSEXUAL MARRIAGE
- Wal-Mart has given its full endorsement to the homosexual
agenda and homosexual marriage. Boise State University in Boise,
Idaho, will observe LGBT Diversity Week October 9–13. One
of the sponsors for the Diversity Week is Wal-Mart. http://webmail.pas.earthlink.net/wam/msg.jsp?msgid=25956&folder=INBOX&x=-1952641801
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- ANTICHRIST - ISLAM'S AWAITED MESSIAH
 A fascinating study and comparison
of the end-time beliefs of the World's two largest religions.
Through this groundbreaking examination of both Islamic and biblical
prophecy, a frightening picture of a very possible future emerges.
Discover the startling similarities between the biblical Antichrist
and Islam's Messiah figure known as Imam al-Mahdi.. A must read
for anyone who wishes to better understand Islam, Bible prophecy
or the spiritual factors and the underlying forces driving the
present early stages of what may indeed be the final clash of
ideologies and civilizations.
- Antichrist:
Islam's Awaited Messiah by Joel Richardson - Paperback:
284 pages - Publisher: Pleasant Word-A Division of WinePress
Publishing (April 13, 2006) ISBN-10: 1414104405
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- BRADENTON CHURCH OWNER INVESTIGATED
Bradenton Herald, Florida, USA - March 7, 2007 - Duane Marsteller
- http://www.bradenton.com
BRADENTON - A Canadian televangelist with Bradenton connections
is under scrutiny for living an “extravagant lifestyle”
while his church, whose congregation of working-class minorities
faithfully tithe, spends relatively little on charitable work.
The Prayer Palace church in Toronto, whose services are broadcast
on Canada’s Miracle Network, raised more than $3 million
from its 3,000 members in 2005. But it reported spending just
$9,443 on “benevolent and charity” activities that
year, the Toronto Star newspaper reported Sunday.
- Yet founder Paul Melnichuk and his family, the newspaper
reported, lead “lavish lives” in contrast to the mainly
working-class families that make up the bulk of the church by
driving expensive vehicles and owning several luxurious homes.
Among them is an almost 6,300-square-foot riverfront house in
Bradenton’s Point Pleasant neighborhood - the second house
the family has owned in Manatee County, public records show.
And Melnichuk, through a Florida company, also owns a small church
on Seventh Avenue East in Bradenton. Continued:
- http://www.religionnewsblog.com/17658/prayer-palace-3
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- GERMANY'S HIGH COURT ORDERS RECONSIDERATION OF BAN ON CHURCH
LEADER MOON
- AP, via the International Herald Tribune, USA - November
9, 2006 - KARLSRUHE, Germany: Germany’s supreme court on
Thursday ordered a lower court to re-examine an order banning
the founder of the Unification Church from entering the country.
German officials denied visas to Rev. Sun Myung Moon and his
wife when the Korean-born couple wanted to visit followers in
1995 because Berlin views his organization as a dangerous sect.
A state court upheld the ban in 2002. But the Constitutional
Court, ruling Thursday in Moon’s favor, said the lower court
decision violated the right to religious freedom. It said the
state had no right to impose its values on a religious grouping.
It also said the lower court failed to show that a visit would
threaten public safety in Germany. A Cult of Christianity
Theologically, the Unification Church is, at best, a cult of
Christianity. It does not represent historical, biblical Christianity
in any way. Leader Sun Myung Moon’s theology can only be
described as insane. Given the fact that the Unification Church
rejects the essential doctrines of the Christian faith, teaches
heresy, and engages in unbiblical practices, Christian churches
can not have unity and/or any form of cooperation with the Unification
Church or its front groups. U.S. politicians love the deep-pocketed
cult leader, and have made fools of themselves at, for instance,
his ‘coronation’ as ‘Messiah’
The U.S. government has criticized German efforts to counter
Moon’s organization, calling it a restriction of
religious freedom. http://www.iht.com
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- FROM THE DESK OF GRASSY KNOLL'S 'VYZ'
- We are not going to take our country back and here Is
Why!
- http://www.cephas-live-media.com/id26_l.htm
- http://www.cephas-live-media.com/vyz.html
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- KENT HOVIND - DR. DINO - SENTENCED TO 10 YEARS IN PRISON
Pensacola News Journal, USA - January 19, 2007 - Michael Stewart
- http://www.pensacolanewsjournal.com
- Pensacola evangelist Kent Hovind was sentenced Friday afternoon
to 10 years in prison on charges of tax fraud.
- After a lengthy sentencing hearing that last 5 1/2 hours,
U.S. District Judge Casey Rodgers ordered Hovind also:
- – Pay $640,000 in restitution to the Internal Revenue
Service.
- – Pay the prosecution’s court costs of $7,078.
- – Serve three years parole once he is released from
prison.
- Hovind’s wife, Jo Hovind, also was scheduled to be sentenced.
Rodgers postponed her sentencing until March 1 to allow her defense
attorney an opportunity to argue possible discrepancies in sentencing
guidelines.
- The Hovinds were charged with a total of 58 counts of tax
evasion. Counts one through 12 include Kent Hovind’s alleged
failure to collect nearly $470,000 in employee taxes. Counts
13 through 57 include both Kent and Jo Hovind. They are charged
with structuring cash transactions of $430,500 to avoid reporting
requirements. Count 58 includes the following charges against
Kent Hovind: Filing a frivolous lawsuit against the IRS, demanding
damages for criminal trespass. Filing an injunction against an
IRS agent. Making threats against investigators and those cooperating
with the investigation. Filing false complaints against the IRS
for false arrest, excessive use of force and theft. Prior to
his sentencing, a tearful Kent Hovind, also known as “Dr.
Dino” asked for the court’s leniency.
- “If it’s just money the IRS wants, there are thousands
of people out there who will help pay the money they want so
I can go back out there and preach,” Hovind said. Hovind,
founder of Creation Science Evangelism and Dinosaur Adventure
Land in Pensacola, was found guilty in November of 58 federal
counts, including failure to pay $845,000 in employee-related
taxes. He faced a maximum of 288 years in prison. Jo Hovind was
charged and convicted in 44 of the counts involving evading bank-reporting
requirements and faces a maximum of 225 years in prison.
- Kent Hovind, who is incarcerated in the Escambia County Jail,
will be assigned to a prison by the Bureau of Prisons. Rodgers
recommended Kent Hovind be sent to the prison at Saufley Field
in Pensacola so he will be close to his family. It will be up
to the Bureau of Prisons, however, to make that determination.
- In November, a jury found Creation Science Evangelism founder
Kent Hovind guilty on 58 federal counts, including failing to
pay $845,00 in employee-related taxes. Hovind’s wife, Jo
Hovind, also was convicted in 44 of the counts involving bank-reporting
requirements. A federal clerk said Thursday U.S. District Judge
Casey Rodgers will sentence the Hovinds at 9 a.m. today. Kent
Hovind, who has remained in custody at an undisclosed location
since his conviction, faces a maximum of 288 years in prison.
Jo Hovind could be sentenced to up to 225 years in prison. She
has remained free pending sentencing.
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- JONESTOWN REVISITED
- The Toronto Star, Canada - March 7, 2007 - Rob Salem - http://www.thestar.com
Two new docs examine the night Rev. Jim Jones’s followers
committed mass suicide, writes Rob Salem It’s been 29 years,
but the archival images of those hundreds of corpses, lying just
as they fell, scattered across an eerily silent Jonestown compound,
are no less shocking or horrific. The tragic saga of Rev. Jim
Jones and his followers still has something relevant to say about
abused power, unconditional influence and extremist faith.
- Particularly this week, when – quite coincidentally,
it seems – not one but two TV-bound Jonestown documentaries
are being screened at Toronto movie theatres. The first, Jonestown:
Paradise Lost, was presented Monday night as part of the Hot
Docs Festival. Having already aired on the History Channel in
the U.S., it will make its Canadian broadcast debut on VisionTV
Tuesday at 9 p.m. The other film, Jonestown, The Life and Death
of Peoples Temple screens tonight at the Bloor Cinema and will
then be broadcast Monday, April 9, as part of the PBS series
American Experience. Continued with video as well: http://www.religionnewsblog.com/17657/jonestown-revisited
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- [Ednote: I received an email from New Zealand iron_clay@clear.net.nz
This news was March 2007 news:
- their impression of MYSTERY BABYLON]
- TURN OFF THE LIFE SUPPORT AMERICA IS DEAD
- Turn off the life support. Disconnect the IVs. Bring in the
priest for last rites. The US of A is brain dead with no chance
for revival ... the writer goes on to say refering to Bush "an
evil man whose lust for power surpasses Nixon"
- Isn't that interesting ... not only has someone else seen
what I saw years ago but also sees a man whom was said to be
a good Christian peace maker just 4 years ago and now he's evil
personified. Funny how "Anti-christ" is spoken of in
the same way by Zionists isn't it?
- I've proved I believe that "anti-christ" is in
fact not one man but every American president, ... according
to The
Apotheosis of Washington in the eye of the Rotunda of the U.S.
Capitol which was painted by Constantino Brumidi in 1865, depicts
George Washington rising to the heavens in glory, flanked by
female figures representing Liberty and Victory and Fame.
The word "apotheosis" in the title means literally
the raising of a person to the rank of a god, or the glorification
of a person as an ideal; George Washington was honored as a national
icon or "image" in the nineteenth century.
- Antichrist means to oppose OR take the place of God.
- We've seen how the god of America as evidenced by their lust
for Liberty is a woman who stands at the gateway of America and
her real name is: Our Dear Lady ... 'The Black Virgin' ... 'The
Illuminatrix' ... 'The Scarlet Woman' ... 'The Weeping Virgin'
... 'The Celestial Virgin' ... 'The Lady of the Lake' (The British
Crown is based on this woman also) ... 'The Queen of Heaven'
... 'The Queen of the Sea' ... 'The Mother of prostitutes' ...
'The Queen of the World'. 'The Queen of the Underworld' ... 'Mystery
Babylon' ... 'Mother of Harlots' ... Goddess of Libertyand Freedom,
Goddess of Love, Goddess of War.
- Her spiritual or demon name is Ishtar ... yes that is your
gods name and she is not The Christ. The Statue of Liberty designed
by Frederic Bartholdi, a Freemason, who sculpted the statue to
be his artistic interpretation of the Roman Goddess Libertas.
The early Roman version of the Babylonian chief goddess Ishtar.
She was also the goddess of slaves and they were known to pray
to her for liberation. There are many statues of Ishtar holding
a torch and I have seen an embossed stone relief found a decade
ago in Iraq that pictured her with the spikes or spears coming
from her head.
- So the first 3.5 years was "Peace and Safety" or
in modern terms "Anti-Terrorist, Digital ID all Citizens,
lock the doors and stop any travel of anyone who refused the
Mark of The Beast". The second 3.5 years is said to the
begining of the "wake-up" where very slowly those entrapped
by the system, those claiming to be Christians will slowly see,
what myself and some of you saw 8 years and more ago ... and
whereas we moved out they became entrapped.
This is where those that find themselves entrapped turn bitter
and hatred thwards those who didn't sleep but kept their eye's
open. The ending of that 7 years (I'm picking to break out very
shortly or at least by the end of this year) is the almost total
destruction of man kind and the total destruction of life as
we know it today by FIRE.
- Here's Mystery Babylon The Great, Mother of Harlots, and
Abomination of The Earth ... in ALL her glory ...
- take a look at yourself America, this is what you wish to
preserve
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- Take a good long look America for this is what you are. The
American Way Of Life.
- http://www.iron-clay.com/icnews_index.html#icnews_index.html
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- CHRISTIAN, MUSLIM, SIKH AND JEWISH MULTI-FAITH CORONATION
FOR CHARLES
 September 24, 2006 "The coronation
of the Prince of Wales will be a "multi-faith" event.
Prayers and readings from other denominations and religions,
including from the Muslim, Sikh and Jewish faiths, are expected
to be included in the ceremonies marking Prince Charles's accession
to the throne. Canon John Hall, the Dean-elect of Westminster
Abbey, said that the traditional Church of England coronation
service must be revised to reflect society's changes since the
Queen's coronation in 1953. . . "We need to recognise the
reality of religion at the heart of our national life. Rather
than hold it possessively, it has become possible to help to
create space for other religions within our national life. It
is leading to inclusion and cohesion." The proposed changes
follow comments made by Prince Charles, who has said that he
wants to be "Defender of Faith," not "Defender
of the Faith," when he succeeds to the throne. . . Full
story: telegraph.co.uk http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2006/09/24/ncharles24.xml
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- FOX "24" -- DESENSITIZING AMERICANS FOR CONCENTRATION
CAMPS
- FOX 24 TERROR - TODAY'S HIGH ALERT - January 18, 2007 - Constitution
Party of Oregon suzanne@runtherace.org - Steve Watson at Infowars.net
has reported that a new season of the Fox hit show "24"
will feature "concentration camps, detention centers and
the rounding up of people in times of crisis." In an article
entitled "New 24 Season Showcases Mass Terror," Watson
writes the following:
- "The new season of 24, that is to air this coming weekend,
is to prepare the American people for the idea of concentration
camps, detention centers and the rounding up of people in times
of crisis. The opener depicts an America besieged by mass terrorist
attacks and public paranoia, with 11 cities, including New York,
Atlanta, San Antonio and L.A., having been attacked in the space
of a few weeks. ... At a time when legislation such as The Military
Commissions Act is setting the precedent for the detention of
American citizens, 24 serves as the perfect dose of fear-mongering
propaganda to get the people to accept such attacks upon the
fabric of freedom and to "just get used to it". ...
Thus when real attacks are carried out some will not be alarmed
to see detention camps being used because they have already witnessed
the scenario played out before their very eyes."
- http://www.infowars.net/articles/january2007/090107TwentyFour.htm
Watson also points out: "Following the news first
given wide attention by this website, that Halliburton subsidiary
Kellogg, Brown and Root had been awarded a $385 million dollar
contract by Homeland Security to construct the very detention
and processing facilities referred to in this episode of 24,
the Alternet website put together an alarming report that collated
all the latest information on plans to initiate internment of
political subversives and Muslims after the next major terror
attack in the U.S. ...
- Yesterday we reported one such detention camp in Taylor Texas
that currently holds hundreds of rebuffed asylum seekers who
legally entered the country, half of which are children swept
up in midnight raids. These things are all over the country and
are prime locations for the enforced transfer of American citizens
during a time of national emergency. Furthermore, one of the
last acts of Congress before Christmas was to send President
Bush a bill that establishes a $38 million program of National
Park Service grants to preserve Japanese POW internment camps
in Hawaii, California, Arizona, Arkansas, Colorado, Wyoming,
Utah and Idaho." http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sTgI4r0DWGw&eurl=
One does not have to believe that this is the reality
that awaits America, to be disgusted with this sort of programming.
Even Stephen King, featured by Fox on its 24 home site, is somewhat
uncomfortable with the program's unspoken message, as follows:
"There's also a queasily gleeful subtext to 24 that suggests,
'If things are this bad, why, I guess we can torture anybody
we want! In fact, we have an obligation to torture in order to
protect the country! Hooray!' Yet Jack Bauer's face "increasingly
lined, increasingly haggard suggests that extreme measures eventually
catch up with the human soul." http://www.fox.com/24/images/24_stephen_king.pdf
- It is equally interesting, if discouraging to note that the
same sort of phenomenon is taking place over at National Geographic
which breathlessly runs programs such as Explorer: "Surviving
Maximum Security." Here's the description from the website:
- "As you first enter the endless series of metal gates
and security checks at California State Prison, Sacramento (SAC),
there are a few rules. You do not wear blue, that's for inmates.
You do not carry a cell phone, that's a security risk. And if
you are taken hostage your freedom will not be negotiated if
it means releasing a prisoner. This was our introduction to SAC,
a level 4, maximum-security men's prison near Sacramento, California.
The facility houses close to 3,500 men, locked up for the most
heinous crimes, murder, rape, child molestation, assault...the
list goes on. Inside this fortress, and others like it, exist
the most extreme of environments, a place where society's rules
don't apply and where everything is all about respect. Inmates
live by a code of silence imposed on them by other inmates. It's
a dangerous and secretive world to which even prison officials
aren't privy."
- The National Geographic programs used to be about finding
peaceable tribes in the Amazon. Now the Society discovers the
dangerous corners of America's most miserable jails and explores
them in great detail. This sort of programming has taken hold
on other channels as well, and again the question arises as to
whether this is merely an economic form of programming or whether
there are other agendas involved.
- http://blogs.nationalgeographic.com/channel/blog/2005/03/explorer_maximum.html
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- ECONOMIC ANALYSIS
- The business cycle: War is indeed the health of the state,
and the aggrandizement of war on U.S. television certainly helps
familiarize and desensitize viewers at the same time. Given that
the U.S. has been almost perpetually at war for the last 100
years, some desensitization is probably necessary from a power-elite
standpoint - even though once war starts to bite at home it does
not take long for people to figure out the difference between
programming and reality. More importantly, from an economic standpoint,
the desensitization allows the media, especially the business
media, to treat war as an everyday occurrence and the human cost
as one of efficiency, not mutilation. That's a positive from
an investment standpoint.
- Dominant social theme: War is necessary and, in the 21st
century, wars will continue almost endlessly. It cannot be said
too many times that the current "war on terror" is
most suspect. From the business relationships of the Bushes with
the Bin Ladens, to the funding of the Afghan rebels who morphed
into Al Qaeda-like units, to the chaos inflicted first in Afghanistan
and then in Iraq - and which now threatens to over-run the Middle
East - it is clear that much of what has supposedly been intended
to fight "terror" is responsible for creating more
of it. This sort of analysis could be applied to other wars and
other times, but the current hostilities, played out under the
harsh lights of the Internet, have been especially questionable.
Nonetheless, the trick, if there is one, would be to keep the
thing going until enough "hostiles" have been created
to set the conflicts off and running on their own. Those who
bet on war-oriented companies early have done extremely well.
But to bet on a profitable continuance may be stretching it.
- Free-market analysis: One word will suffice here, Viet Nam.
The whole rationale of fighting in Viet Nam was to retard the
growth of Communism. Yet the 1970s and the 1980s did not see
the end of the West as we know it. On the contrary, the very
things that Western citizens were taught to fear, nationalization
or socialization of major aspects of life is occurring now in
the West as a result of the War on Terror. One usually has more
to fear from one's own government, unfortunately, than those
in opposition to it.
- Conclusion: It may well be that shows about terror and prison
are desensitizing Americans to its forthcoming possibilities.
But can it be proven that these shows are accurate predictors
of what is to come? Not so easy. One can be prudent however and
use whatever paranoia is generated in genuinely creative ways.
Start by arming oneself, and then add precious metals to your
portfolio - and take delivery. Stock some dried food and find
a vacation spot elsewhere than the country in which you live.
Surviving - or controlling - one's paranoia just as important
as any preparations one makes for the worst. In fact, paranoia
and the inciting of it may be the point of some of this programming.
Or maybe we are just giving the makets too much credit. - AnthonyWile
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- TOM CRUISE IS THE NEW "CHRIST" OF SCIENTOLOGY
- Tom Cruise is the new “Christ” of Scientology,
according to leaders of the cult-like religion. The Mission:
Impossible star has been told he has been “chosen”
to spread the word of his faith throughout the world. And leader
David Miscavige believes that in future, Cruise, 44, will be
worshipped like Jesus for his work to raise awareness of the
religion. A source close to the actor, who has risen to one of
the church’s top levels, said: “Tom has been told he
is Scientology’s Christ-like figure. “Like Christ,
he’s been criticised for his views. But future generations
will realise he was right.” Cruise joined the Church of
Scientology in the ’80s. Leader L Ron Hubbard claimed humans
bear traces of an ancient alien civilisation. http://www.religionnewsblog.com/17267/cruise-is-christ-of-scientology
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- WHAT IS WRONG WITH "SOFT ROCK"?
- January 11, 2007 (first published September 9, 2001) by David
Cloud. One of the reasons why Contemporary Christian Music has
gained such rapid influence in churches is that this generation
is so completely addicted to rock music. Over the past 50 years,
rock music has permeated society in practically every part of
the world. It is on the radio and television, in commercials,
in stores, at sporting events. Even the mildest form of rock
music was shocking to people in the 1950s, but that which was
shocking then is old hat today. As rock has gotten ever more
violent and vicious, we have become desensitized to the milder
forms of it. Many people don't even recognize soft rock as rock
music. When they think of rock, they think of heavy metal or
punk or rap or some other kind of very hard rock.
- The average church member is so accustomed to and even addicted
to rock music in his daily life, he craves for it even in church.
Thus, practically every pastor today is faced with an ongoing
battle if he attempts to hold the line in the area of music.
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