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Friday, April 28, 2006
What a Day
I will always use my discernment. In these times, deception is rampant and we must use our own heads to figure out the truth. Well, I hope Cutting Edge and Retaking America plus Watch Unto Prayer can work things out. I will say that Barbara Aho is telling the truth that King James rejected Francis Bacon, but Aho denies that the 10 tribes existed in Israel during the Roman empire. The NT Bible mention many of the 10 tribes in the vicinity of Israel during the Roman empire. I've emailed a lot of people today. It's a day that's fast, yet powerful. Russia is commenting on the Iraq situation. Mos News from April 27, 2006 talked about how Russian politician Vladimir Zhirinovsky said that war with Iran will start this year. Time will tell if war in Iran occurs in 2006. What we do know is that American and European companies many years ago gave Iran nuclear technology and arms. Also, the CIA in the 1950's allowed a coup against an elected leader. Anger is still arising over the oil issue. Since Exxon is still recieving billions of dollars, boycotts against Exxon are going on. This has nothing to do with a free market or capitalism.
Why? The reason is that select corporation control the supply and demand. Plus, there is little competition by independent companies. Therefore, it's crony or cartel capitalism not real free market capitalism. The book called "None Dare Call it a Conspiracy" by Gary Allen talked about this issue. Daryl Bradford Smith still is showing cheapshots. I don't show cheapshots. I call people names out. Daryl, don't be mad that me, 2tuff, and others refuted you badly. I've email Daryl real links refuting his "only expose Zionism" boring mantra. For the record, I expose evil Zionists plenty of times. I exposed the Talmud, some (not all) Askhenazi presecuting Sephradic Jewish people, and the evils that the Mossad have done. What these people hate about me is that I also expose Muslim radical persecution in Nigeria, Sudan, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, and other places. I also expose the Muslim/Nazi connection and many evil Muslim leaders in the world. Me and other Patriots expose the Jesuits, Knights of Malta, Opus Dei, and Knight of Columbus. People like Daryl hate that, but that's tough. These occult orders originated from the Gentile Ancient Mystery Schools of Babylon and Egypt. It has nothing to do with all Jews. It has to do with evil people wanting globalization and wanting a new world order.
So, I'm not a hypocrite neither do I cover up information. Unlike some in the alternative media, I will respond to criticism. I will refute. I will defend my honor from attacks. I will call names of people out in the open. Like I said, if wants to bring it, I will refute him again and again. Now, more censorship threats are happening. EFF on April 28, 2006 talked about how the PERFORM Act not only restricting recording airwaves shows, but banning MP3. It's supported by gun grabber and pro-Patriot Act woman Diane Feinstein. It's also sent up by Graham of South Carolina, who is for Bush's amnnesty and a pro-Bush guy. Graham doesn't care that Bush wants unborn babies to die in rape, incest, and to save the life or mother or that Bush is in at least 2 occult groups of Skulls and Bones plus the Bohemian Grove. URI DOWBENKO wrote that Richard Armitage, Deputy Secretary of State under Colin Powell (2001 – 2005), was made a Knight Commander of the Order of St. Michael and St. George (KCMG). Now, Constitution experts know that this is illegal under U.S. law. The reason is that Article I, Section 9 forbids any title of Nobility to any American citizen.
By TruthSeeker24 (Timothy)
Another view on the United 93 movie.
From http://www.pnionline.com/dnblog/attytood/archives/003187.html
The questions that "United 93" can't answer
Once again, Attytood gives you tomorrow's news today. This is our story that will run on the front page of the Daily News, looking at a few of the unanswered questions that may get lost in the hoopla about the opening of the movie "United 93":
Virtually everything that is known about United Flight 93, the hijacked jetliner that crashed into a coal field in western Pennsylvania, has been put into the new Hollywood feature film about the doomed voyage.
Director Paul Greengrass not only relied on known transcripts and accounts of real conversations that took place during the Sept. 11, 2001, drama, but he even used some real pilots, crew and flight controllers in filming “United 93.”
“They also believed, as the families believed, that making this film an accurate account - not a conspiratorial effort - would help us,” Greengrass told the Boston Herald recently. “It gave the film a veracity, an authenticity.”
But while Greengrass tackled everything known about the flight — which the government believes was crashed on purpose by its four al-Qaeda hijackers because of the uprising by passenger who’d learned of the crashes at the World Trade Center — there were things the movie could not address.
Those are the unknowns of Flight 93.
Today, few but the most radical sceptics about 9/11 would question the events at the core of “United 93,” the struggle with heroic passengers that was captured on the cockpit voice recording played in a Virginia courtroom earlier this month.
But other questions remain -- most notably about the government’s response. Why was the hijacked jet not intercepted by the military jets that had been sent aloft after the Trade Center strikes? Did either President Bush or Vice President Dick Cheney order a shootdown as the plane neared Washington, and why didn’t it happen?
“Unfortunately, we have yet to have a serious and honest investigation into what happened on 9/11,” said Paul Thompson, the author of “The Terror Timeline : Year by Year, Day by Day, Minute by Minute.” Thompson believes that officials should still be held accountable for what he considers a flawed military response.
Here’s some of the unanswered questions:
Q. Why weren’t military fighters under the command of the North American Aerospace Defense Command, or NORAD, able to intercept the doomed Flight 93?
A. Ever since 9/11, Pentagon officials have insisted that NORAD was geared toward a foreign attack and not set up to deal with a domestic hijacking, but there is considerable evidence to contradict that. In fact, the 9/11 Commission found that NORAD had been planning for a June 2002 exercise called Amalgam Virgo 2 that involved a scenario with two simultaneously hijacked planes.
NORAD also told the 9/11 Commission that it hadn’t been informed of the Flight 93 hijacking until it was much too late to respond. However, NORAD Commander Larry Arnold told an author in 2004 that, “We watched the 93 track as it meandered around the Ohio-Pennsylvania area and started to turn south toward DC.” That was some 27 minutes, or more, before Flight 93 crashed in Shanksville, Pa.
In defending its actions, NORAD has said that it launched its remaining F-16 fighters from Langley Air Force Base in Virginia at approximately 9:30 a.m. — roughly 33 to 36 minutes before Flight 93 crashed — but after another hijacked jet had struck the Pentagon, the fighters were needed to defend the perimeter of Washington.
Q. Did high-ranking officials from the Bush administration order fighters to shoot down Flight 93, and did President Bush know about it?
A. The 9/11 Commission said that it was around 10 a.m. when Cheney — running the White House command center because Bush had been speaking at a Florida elementary school — was told that a hijacked plane was 80 miles away and was asked for military authority to shoot it down.
Joshua Bolten, the aide who is now White House chief of staff, testified he suggested that Cheney re-confirm that order with Bush, and the two top officials and other aides said such at call was made.
But according to a June 24, 2005, article in Newsweek, “some on the [9/11] commission staff were, in fact, highly skeptical of the vice president's account and made their views clearer in an earlier draft of their staff report. According to one knowledgeable source, some staffers ‘flat out didn't believe the call ever took place.’"
Some have even speculated this issue is why Bush and Cheney took the unusual step of testifying jointly to the 9/11 Commission.
Q. Who was flying the fast-moving, low-flying white jet that was seen by a dozen or more Shanksville residents just seconds after Flight 93 crashed?A. One of those dozen witnesses was Susan McElwain, who told Britain’s Daily Mirror in 2002: "It had two rear engines, a big fin on the back like a spoiler on the back of a car and with two upright fins at the side....It definitely wasn't one of those executive jets.” Several residents said the plane resembled the military’s A-10 Warthog.
After several different accounts, the government and a supporting 2005 article in Popular Mechanics said the mystery jet was a Dassault Falcon 20 business jet owned by the VF Corp., a North Carolina clothing firm. The magazine said the jet was descending into the Johnstown Airport and circled the crash site at the request of the Federal Aviation Administration.
Q. Did Flight 93 really crash at 10:03 a.m.?
A. The transcript from the cockpit voice recorder ends at 10:03:09, which is when the government says it crashed.
But in 2002, the world’s best known forensic seismologist, Terry Wallace, told the Daily News that the evidence was conclusive that the plane crashed nearly three minutes later, at 10:06:05. Wallace now works for the government’s Los Alamos National Laboratory, and efforts to reach him yesterday were not successful.
Q. What about the so-called “911 call”?
A. On Sept. 11, it was widely reported that one of the Flight 93 passengers, believed now to be Edward Felt, reached a 911 operator in Westmoreland County, Pa., and that, “He heard some sort of explosion and saw white smoke coming from the plane and we lost contact with him.”
Since then, that account has been disputed and the 911 operator has been barred from speaking to reporters.
Q. Why haven’t we heard cockpit recordings or seen the flight data recording from the other three flights?
A. Government agencies have insisted that the “black boxes” (actually orange) found at the Pentagon were too badly damaged while the four in New York were never recovered, which was a first.
However, the Daily News reported in 2004 that two Ground Zero rescue workers claimed they helped the FBI recover three of the four “black boxes” there. Last year, Philadelphia freelance writer Dave Lindorff reported a National Transportation Safety Board source told him: "Off the record, we had the boxes. You'd have to get the official word from the FBI as to where they are, but we worked on them here."
The questions that "United 93" can't answer
Once again, Attytood gives you tomorrow's news today. This is our story that will run on the front page of the Daily News, looking at a few of the unanswered questions that may get lost in the hoopla about the opening of the movie "United 93":
Virtually everything that is known about United Flight 93, the hijacked jetliner that crashed into a coal field in western Pennsylvania, has been put into the new Hollywood feature film about the doomed voyage.
Director Paul Greengrass not only relied on known transcripts and accounts of real conversations that took place during the Sept. 11, 2001, drama, but he even used some real pilots, crew and flight controllers in filming “United 93.”
“They also believed, as the families believed, that making this film an accurate account - not a conspiratorial effort - would help us,” Greengrass told the Boston Herald recently. “It gave the film a veracity, an authenticity.”
But while Greengrass tackled everything known about the flight — which the government believes was crashed on purpose by its four al-Qaeda hijackers because of the uprising by passenger who’d learned of the crashes at the World Trade Center — there were things the movie could not address.
Those are the unknowns of Flight 93.
Today, few but the most radical sceptics about 9/11 would question the events at the core of “United 93,” the struggle with heroic passengers that was captured on the cockpit voice recording played in a Virginia courtroom earlier this month.
But other questions remain -- most notably about the government’s response. Why was the hijacked jet not intercepted by the military jets that had been sent aloft after the Trade Center strikes? Did either President Bush or Vice President Dick Cheney order a shootdown as the plane neared Washington, and why didn’t it happen?
“Unfortunately, we have yet to have a serious and honest investigation into what happened on 9/11,” said Paul Thompson, the author of “The Terror Timeline : Year by Year, Day by Day, Minute by Minute.” Thompson believes that officials should still be held accountable for what he considers a flawed military response.
Here’s some of the unanswered questions:
Q. Why weren’t military fighters under the command of the North American Aerospace Defense Command, or NORAD, able to intercept the doomed Flight 93?
A. Ever since 9/11, Pentagon officials have insisted that NORAD was geared toward a foreign attack and not set up to deal with a domestic hijacking, but there is considerable evidence to contradict that. In fact, the 9/11 Commission found that NORAD had been planning for a June 2002 exercise called Amalgam Virgo 2 that involved a scenario with two simultaneously hijacked planes.
NORAD also told the 9/11 Commission that it hadn’t been informed of the Flight 93 hijacking until it was much too late to respond. However, NORAD Commander Larry Arnold told an author in 2004 that, “We watched the 93 track as it meandered around the Ohio-Pennsylvania area and started to turn south toward DC.” That was some 27 minutes, or more, before Flight 93 crashed in Shanksville, Pa.
In defending its actions, NORAD has said that it launched its remaining F-16 fighters from Langley Air Force Base in Virginia at approximately 9:30 a.m. — roughly 33 to 36 minutes before Flight 93 crashed — but after another hijacked jet had struck the Pentagon, the fighters were needed to defend the perimeter of Washington.
Q. Did high-ranking officials from the Bush administration order fighters to shoot down Flight 93, and did President Bush know about it?
A. The 9/11 Commission said that it was around 10 a.m. when Cheney — running the White House command center because Bush had been speaking at a Florida elementary school — was told that a hijacked plane was 80 miles away and was asked for military authority to shoot it down.
Joshua Bolten, the aide who is now White House chief of staff, testified he suggested that Cheney re-confirm that order with Bush, and the two top officials and other aides said such at call was made.
But according to a June 24, 2005, article in Newsweek, “some on the [9/11] commission staff were, in fact, highly skeptical of the vice president's account and made their views clearer in an earlier draft of their staff report. According to one knowledgeable source, some staffers ‘flat out didn't believe the call ever took place.’"
Some have even speculated this issue is why Bush and Cheney took the unusual step of testifying jointly to the 9/11 Commission.
Q. Who was flying the fast-moving, low-flying white jet that was seen by a dozen or more Shanksville residents just seconds after Flight 93 crashed?A. One of those dozen witnesses was Susan McElwain, who told Britain’s Daily Mirror in 2002: "It had two rear engines, a big fin on the back like a spoiler on the back of a car and with two upright fins at the side....It definitely wasn't one of those executive jets.” Several residents said the plane resembled the military’s A-10 Warthog.
After several different accounts, the government and a supporting 2005 article in Popular Mechanics said the mystery jet was a Dassault Falcon 20 business jet owned by the VF Corp., a North Carolina clothing firm. The magazine said the jet was descending into the Johnstown Airport and circled the crash site at the request of the Federal Aviation Administration.
Q. Did Flight 93 really crash at 10:03 a.m.?
A. The transcript from the cockpit voice recorder ends at 10:03:09, which is when the government says it crashed.
But in 2002, the world’s best known forensic seismologist, Terry Wallace, told the Daily News that the evidence was conclusive that the plane crashed nearly three minutes later, at 10:06:05. Wallace now works for the government’s Los Alamos National Laboratory, and efforts to reach him yesterday were not successful.
Q. What about the so-called “911 call”?
A. On Sept. 11, it was widely reported that one of the Flight 93 passengers, believed now to be Edward Felt, reached a 911 operator in Westmoreland County, Pa., and that, “He heard some sort of explosion and saw white smoke coming from the plane and we lost contact with him.”
Since then, that account has been disputed and the 911 operator has been barred from speaking to reporters.
Q. Why haven’t we heard cockpit recordings or seen the flight data recording from the other three flights?
A. Government agencies have insisted that the “black boxes” (actually orange) found at the Pentagon were too badly damaged while the four in New York were never recovered, which was a first.
However, the Daily News reported in 2004 that two Ground Zero rescue workers claimed they helped the FBI recover three of the four “black boxes” there. Last year, Philadelphia freelance writer Dave Lindorff reported a National Transportation Safety Board source told him: "Off the record, we had the boxes. You'd have to get the official word from the FBI as to where they are, but we worked on them here."
Hawaii is more pro-death and N.O.W. sicko's license plate.
From http://starbulletin.com/2006/04/27/news/story10.html
Hawaii's law on abortion eases
Gone are restrictions relating to hospitals and state residency
Associated Press
Gov. Linda Lingle has signed a bill modifying several rules under Hawaii's abortion laws.
The new law has drawn national attention on both sides of the issue, from proponents who say it is simply a much-needed update for state statutes, and opponents who say it is an unwelcome expansion.
Lingle, a Republican, announced her signing of the bill yesterday in a list of approved legislation, with a brief description of its provisions and no further comment.
The law removes the 90-day residential requirement for women seeking an abortion in Hawaii and a requirement that all abortions be performed only in a hospital.
Those changes are in keeping with U.S. Supreme Court rulings dating to the early 1970s and 1980s that found such rules to be unconstitutional, according to the Senate's committee reports on the legislation.
The measure also inserts into Hawaii law a paragraph clarifying a woman's right to abort a "nonviable" fetus or obtain the operation if it is necessary to save her life or health.
Six other states have adopted similar provisions, mostly during the 1990s, according to Elizabeth Nash, public policy associate for the Washington, D.C.-based, pro-choice think tank Guttmacher Institute.
Sen. Sam Slom (R, Diamond Head-Hawaii Kai) had previously called the bill that became law yesterday "an expansion and an enlargement of opportunities for abortion" in Hawaii.
Slom said that while abortions might have long been provided to nonresidents and outside hospitals in Hawaii, those abortions were not done with specific legal backing.
Kelly Rosati, spokeswoman of the Hawaii Catholic Conference, has said the conference was particularly concerned about the language removing the hospital requirement.
The Supreme Court ruling refers to allowing abortions in clinics and doctors offices only in the first trimester and the beginning of the second trimester -- but the new Hawaii bill does not include those limits, potentially endangering women's health, she said.
However, Annelle Amaral, spokeswoman for Planned Parenthood Hawaii, said beyond 15 weeks an abortion would generally require anesthesia and equipment clinics are not licensed to operate.
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http://www.prweb.com/releases/2006/4/prweb377305.htm
Hawaii's law on abortion eases
Gone are restrictions relating to hospitals and state residency
Associated Press
Gov. Linda Lingle has signed a bill modifying several rules under Hawaii's abortion laws.
The new law has drawn national attention on both sides of the issue, from proponents who say it is simply a much-needed update for state statutes, and opponents who say it is an unwelcome expansion.
Lingle, a Republican, announced her signing of the bill yesterday in a list of approved legislation, with a brief description of its provisions and no further comment.
The law removes the 90-day residential requirement for women seeking an abortion in Hawaii and a requirement that all abortions be performed only in a hospital.
Those changes are in keeping with U.S. Supreme Court rulings dating to the early 1970s and 1980s that found such rules to be unconstitutional, according to the Senate's committee reports on the legislation.
The measure also inserts into Hawaii law a paragraph clarifying a woman's right to abort a "nonviable" fetus or obtain the operation if it is necessary to save her life or health.
Six other states have adopted similar provisions, mostly during the 1990s, according to Elizabeth Nash, public policy associate for the Washington, D.C.-based, pro-choice think tank Guttmacher Institute.
Sen. Sam Slom (R, Diamond Head-Hawaii Kai) had previously called the bill that became law yesterday "an expansion and an enlargement of opportunities for abortion" in Hawaii.
Slom said that while abortions might have long been provided to nonresidents and outside hospitals in Hawaii, those abortions were not done with specific legal backing.
Kelly Rosati, spokeswoman of the Hawaii Catholic Conference, has said the conference was particularly concerned about the language removing the hospital requirement.
The Supreme Court ruling refers to allowing abortions in clinics and doctors offices only in the first trimester and the beginning of the second trimester -- but the new Hawaii bill does not include those limits, potentially endangering women's health, she said.
However, Annelle Amaral, spokeswoman for Planned Parenthood Hawaii, said beyond 15 weeks an abortion would generally require anesthesia and equipment clinics are not licensed to operate.
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http://www.prweb.com/releases/2006/4/prweb377305.htm
Low Pressure System Hovers Over America
From http://www.covenantnews.com/baldwin060428.htm
Low Pressure System Hovers Over America
By Chuck Baldwin
The Covenant News ~ April 28, 2006
An upcoming birthday reminds me that I have lived to pass the half-century mark. During those years, I have seen people at their best and at their worst. I believe I am also witnessing the impact that a vast cultural revolution is having on people.There is always an ebb and flow to people's lives and to the life of a nation, for that matter. However, if I were to report on the general state of people's lives today in meteorological terms, I would say a ubiquitous low pressure system envelops the entire country.By low pressure I mean the daily emotional, psychological, mental, and spiritual stress brought to bear upon people. In fact, it seems that the stress (low pressure) with which people are daily engulfed these days could be categorized as a hurricane of Category 5 proportions!
I've never seen anything like it!For the most part, family life is as turbulent as ocean waves in the midst of a storm. In fact, stormy would be a very descriptive word for most modern families.Pervasive divorce has alienated children from parents and parents from children. Children seldom have the luxury of growing up with biological parents, much less grandparents. Fathers are seldom the disciplinarians at home. Before the average American child is a teenager, he or she has become thoroughly spoiled, selfish, and sinful. Furthermore, the lust for material prosperity seems to burn far stronger in the average parent's heart than the desire to teach and train their own offspring!Add to family stress vocational and economic uncertainty.
How many people across our once great land clocked out on Friday evening only to return Monday morning to a job site with empty buildings and locked gates? How many have seen their pensions and insurance plans disappear overnight? How many have worked their whole lives for a company only to have the management abruptly say, "Sorry, we're moving to Mexico. You're on your own"?Then, of course, there is the heavy spiritual stress that people of faith, especially Christians, are currently subjected to as their country's institutions (at every level and at every turn) are progressively intolerant and hostile to their values. How many people have lost jobs or promotions because of a perceived "politically incorrect" (but Biblically sound) point of view?
How many Christian children in our public schools are ridiculed, scorned, and humiliated by teachers and professors because they will not submit their hearts and minds to godless evolution and other humanistic philosophies? How many churches are staggering under the burden of restrictive and punitive rules and regulations which serve only to choke the life out of spiritual service and commitment?However, Americans of every generation have faced, fought, and defeated these kinds of enemies for over 300 years. Yet, it seems to me that something much different is in the air today. The stress to which I allude is much deeper, much more sinister, and much more prevalent than anything this nation has ever faced before.It seems to me that people of faith in America are now at the same place that the Pilgrims were at back in Europe in the 1600's.
Those people were enduring such intolerable circumstances that they had to make drastic decisions: Do we stay and endure increasing hostility, resentment, and even persecution, or do we move to another land in search of peace and freedom?I was speaking to a missionary from Central America recently, and he told me, "Chuck, you would not believe how many Americans (especially Christians) are moving to Central America. They have had it." He further said, "And Chuck, you might be surprised to learn that for the most part, they are finding more peace and more freedom than they had in the States."Has it come to that? Has it come to the time in America when Christian people must again entertain the idea of becoming pilgrims? Perhaps it has.Remember that America was born in the spirit of Christian revival. The Protestant Reformation in Europe and the Great Awakenings in America gave birth to this land of liberty.
However, America rejected the faith of our fathers long ago. Multiculturalism is the new national religion in America. Wealth and power is our new god. We have lost our Christian culture and our national identity.Furthermore, America has lost its borders and is fast losing its language. Politicians from both parties are about as corrupt, contemptible, and criminal as they can possibly be. And the greed and corruption within big business staggers the imagination and strains the conscience. I tell you the truth, it's getting harder and harder to tell the difference between the good guys and the bad guys, and that includes our religious leaders!Remember, the reason the Pilgrims came to America was two-fold: to find a quiet and peaceful place in which to raise Christian children and to find a place where they could freely proclaim the Word of God.
Both opportunities are quickly disappearing in America! And, personally, the only light I see at the end of the tunnel is the light of an oncoming train!One thing is certain: God can (and will) accomplish His will in the world with or without the help of the United States. God doesn't need America; America needs God! And if God wants to disperse the Christians of America into a world more eager to receive the truth of His Word, He is certainly able to do it. After all, England was once a hot-bed of revival and evangelism, and now it is as dead as four o'clock in the morning, spiritually. The same thing could happen here.Yes, America has certainly changed during my fifty plus years of living, mostly for the worse. However, it is not up to us to judge these matters, is it? As John Quincy Adams put it, "Duty is ours; results are God's." Indeed. It is enough to simply know one's duty. For the Pilgrims, duty meant leaving Europe and coming to America. For the colonial patriots, duty meant fighting for independence. What will duty mean for us? We shall see.Chuck Baldwinchuck@chuckbaldwinlive.com
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Low Pressure System Hovers Over America
By Chuck Baldwin
The Covenant News ~ April 28, 2006
An upcoming birthday reminds me that I have lived to pass the half-century mark. During those years, I have seen people at their best and at their worst. I believe I am also witnessing the impact that a vast cultural revolution is having on people.There is always an ebb and flow to people's lives and to the life of a nation, for that matter. However, if I were to report on the general state of people's lives today in meteorological terms, I would say a ubiquitous low pressure system envelops the entire country.By low pressure I mean the daily emotional, psychological, mental, and spiritual stress brought to bear upon people. In fact, it seems that the stress (low pressure) with which people are daily engulfed these days could be categorized as a hurricane of Category 5 proportions!
I've never seen anything like it!For the most part, family life is as turbulent as ocean waves in the midst of a storm. In fact, stormy would be a very descriptive word for most modern families.Pervasive divorce has alienated children from parents and parents from children. Children seldom have the luxury of growing up with biological parents, much less grandparents. Fathers are seldom the disciplinarians at home. Before the average American child is a teenager, he or she has become thoroughly spoiled, selfish, and sinful. Furthermore, the lust for material prosperity seems to burn far stronger in the average parent's heart than the desire to teach and train their own offspring!Add to family stress vocational and economic uncertainty.
How many people across our once great land clocked out on Friday evening only to return Monday morning to a job site with empty buildings and locked gates? How many have seen their pensions and insurance plans disappear overnight? How many have worked their whole lives for a company only to have the management abruptly say, "Sorry, we're moving to Mexico. You're on your own"?Then, of course, there is the heavy spiritual stress that people of faith, especially Christians, are currently subjected to as their country's institutions (at every level and at every turn) are progressively intolerant and hostile to their values. How many people have lost jobs or promotions because of a perceived "politically incorrect" (but Biblically sound) point of view?
How many Christian children in our public schools are ridiculed, scorned, and humiliated by teachers and professors because they will not submit their hearts and minds to godless evolution and other humanistic philosophies? How many churches are staggering under the burden of restrictive and punitive rules and regulations which serve only to choke the life out of spiritual service and commitment?However, Americans of every generation have faced, fought, and defeated these kinds of enemies for over 300 years. Yet, it seems to me that something much different is in the air today. The stress to which I allude is much deeper, much more sinister, and much more prevalent than anything this nation has ever faced before.It seems to me that people of faith in America are now at the same place that the Pilgrims were at back in Europe in the 1600's.
Those people were enduring such intolerable circumstances that they had to make drastic decisions: Do we stay and endure increasing hostility, resentment, and even persecution, or do we move to another land in search of peace and freedom?I was speaking to a missionary from Central America recently, and he told me, "Chuck, you would not believe how many Americans (especially Christians) are moving to Central America. They have had it." He further said, "And Chuck, you might be surprised to learn that for the most part, they are finding more peace and more freedom than they had in the States."Has it come to that? Has it come to the time in America when Christian people must again entertain the idea of becoming pilgrims? Perhaps it has.Remember that America was born in the spirit of Christian revival. The Protestant Reformation in Europe and the Great Awakenings in America gave birth to this land of liberty.
However, America rejected the faith of our fathers long ago. Multiculturalism is the new national religion in America. Wealth and power is our new god. We have lost our Christian culture and our national identity.Furthermore, America has lost its borders and is fast losing its language. Politicians from both parties are about as corrupt, contemptible, and criminal as they can possibly be. And the greed and corruption within big business staggers the imagination and strains the conscience. I tell you the truth, it's getting harder and harder to tell the difference between the good guys and the bad guys, and that includes our religious leaders!Remember, the reason the Pilgrims came to America was two-fold: to find a quiet and peaceful place in which to raise Christian children and to find a place where they could freely proclaim the Word of God.
Both opportunities are quickly disappearing in America! And, personally, the only light I see at the end of the tunnel is the light of an oncoming train!One thing is certain: God can (and will) accomplish His will in the world with or without the help of the United States. God doesn't need America; America needs God! And if God wants to disperse the Christians of America into a world more eager to receive the truth of His Word, He is certainly able to do it. After all, England was once a hot-bed of revival and evangelism, and now it is as dead as four o'clock in the morning, spiritually. The same thing could happen here.Yes, America has certainly changed during my fifty plus years of living, mostly for the worse. However, it is not up to us to judge these matters, is it? As John Quincy Adams put it, "Duty is ours; results are God's." Indeed. It is enough to simply know one's duty. For the Pilgrims, duty meant leaving Europe and coming to America. For the colonial patriots, duty meant fighting for independence. What will duty mean for us? We shall see.Chuck Baldwinchuck@chuckbaldwinlive.com
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A strong response to Joan Stephend (who supports open borders)
Joan Stephend: Are you surprised that 95% of all warrants are for illegal aliens??? We know that "American Justice" is a contradiction in terms. Sure, sure, blame those aliens, they can't defend themselves. Handy scapegoats, whot????
Those illegals live in garages and worse because all those righteous "legals" are exploiting them just like the big corporations. Making them legal will eliminate a lot of greedy christian perks. Is that what is behind this "hot" issue and the opposition??
Response: First, many people who oppose illegal immigrant aren't blaming illegal aliens primarily. We're blaming the corrupt corporations, elites, and the country of Mexico who are aggrevating the problem. Illegal Immigration is illegal and immoral. Just because people are sincere, doesn't mean that people are sincerely right. You are Blaming Christians. I love it. Funny, why you don't blame those atheist communists butchering people in China and other locations. Funny that you don't equally blame Muslim radicals oppressing people of the Muslim and Christian faiths in Nigeria, Sudan, Saudi Arabia, etc. Real Christians follow the law as long as it's bounded by the Word of God. Without Christians, the civil rights movement, women rights, prison reform, a lot of scientific discoveries and inventions, etc. wouldn't exist. Whether you like it or not, the Elite promote illegal immigration to form a Pan American Union and eliminate borders. The CFR admitted to this as they are trying to do this in 2010 if necessary.
Whether you like it or not, a solution must be met to end illegal immigration. Whether you like it or not, illegal aliens cause many problems in America. It's isn't just this problem, but abortion is an evil problem in America as well. I would make all illegal aliens have an oppurtunity to become legal if they return to their land of origin within a 6 to 11 year period. That isn't too much to ask. This issue is hot, not because of greed. It's hot, because sovereignty is important to perserve, freedom must be protected, and tresspassing unto another's land without permission is immoral. Don't use that bigot stuff on me, since you've recently assigned stereotypes unto the black community. THe real bigots are some folks in La Mecha and La Raza calling white people the "g" word, wanting whites to die, and calling blacks slurs. Real bigots are in the NOI, KKK, Aryan Nation, etc.
By TruthSeeker24 (Timothy)
Real Spin by Bill O'Reilly
From http://www.theresistancemanifesto.com/modules.php?name=Content&pa=showpage&pid=56
John Conner's Talking Points Memo
Hi, I'm John Conner, thanks for reading this right now.
Bill O’Reilly Spinns Away from Bohemian Grove Questions
Call the Radio Factor and ask about the elite Presidential resort, get hung up on, and insulted. That's the subject of this evening's ‘Talking Points Memo.’The ‘No Spin Zone’ host, Bill O’Reilly is following suit with other mainstream media mockingbirds like Hannity & Colmes, and refusing to address the Bohemian Grove in a serious manor and the satanic rituals which are performed each July with elite attendees such as George W. Bush and other presidents and powerful political figures. “How do you feel about the private presidential resort the Bohemian Grove [Bill interrupts] I don’t know what you’re talking about, and I don’t care” AUDIO (17 sec)
This was on a Friday when Bill was having an ‘all skate’ in which he takes call after call on any topic….or so he says. I could understand getting hung up on if my call was out of the blue, or off topic, but this was his ‘World Famous All Skate’ where O’Reilly says “you can ask me whatever you want.”[Bill] “Let’s go to John in San Diego, what’s going on John?” [Me] Can you address the Bohemian Grove club private presidential…[hung up on by Bill] “You know these guy in San Diego they‘re just…the weather’s just too nice there…here’s what happens…not everybody…you go out to the beach…and some kind of substance gets in your mind. And John just demonstrated it.” AUDIO (28 sec) Bill…you’re getting paid tens of millions of dollars, and you’re a so called expert of politics and pop culture and you don’t know about the Bohemian Grove in 2006? Forgive me for educating you Bill, and culture jamming your show and posting the audio on my website.
Spin that Bill. Just think of how many listeners type into Google ‘bohemian grove’ and guess what they find? What the Illuminati and Skull and Bones elite have been doing for over 100 years. Having a sacrifice in effigy to Lucifer in the Bohemian Grove. They find out, what the Bohemian Grove is, and what happens there. Get the picture? Remember, they are the PUBLIC airwaves…and you have a call in radio show, so it’s not like I’m bothering you at home or on your cell phone like a stalker. I’m calling 1 877 9 NO SPIN, but all I’m getting is spin, and all you’re doing is being a gatekeeper. This isn’t news worthy? C’mon. The video isn’t some Fox alien autopsy hoax, Alex Jones got the video in 2000 (Dark Secrets: Inside Bohemian Grove), the Bohemian Grove Action Network has been protesting the grove since the 1980’s, David Gergen said in a video interview it was, “none of your damn business” if he had been to the grove for the cremation of care ritual... I have photos from the estate of a dead bohemian member of the ritual, several copies of official annals of the Bohemian Grove have been made public containing photos of George W. Bush and his father in the grove, Philip Weiss of Spy Magazine successfully infiltrated the Grove in 1989 and published a piece describing what he had seen.
And let’s not forget the New York Post reported Gay Porn Star Serves Moguls on July 22, 2004 in a report by Richard Johnson exposing a homosexual film star was working at the Bohemian Grove doing who knows what; and even employees have obtained guest lists and even video of Molech during the daytime as well as other aspects of the club! So it’s not like we don’t have the evidence! This is why I’ve been obsessed with exposing the Bohemian Grove to the world, because it’s not a ’theory’ or some UFO or sketchy Bigfoot video, it’s because most of the ’allegations’ are true! What about the San Francisco Chronicle reporting on the rituals? And the National Georgraphic publishing a photo of the cremation of care?
Or the Time Magazine reporter in 1982 who infiltrated the club only to have the story killed?And, don’t think you’re too clever when mainstream media mockingbird talk shows go to a new caller ID based computer system which logs each name and number, easily allowing for numbers to be blocked, while rejecting callers who have their caller ID blocked. They might also go to a 60 delay to ensure no caller makes it on air unless its permitted by the gatekeers. By the time my calls cause that system to be implemented, I will have inspired countless others who will continue where I left off. Culture Jamming the Mainstream Media with the Truth. And that’s ‘The Memo.’
John Conner's Talking Points Memo
Hi, I'm John Conner, thanks for reading this right now.
Bill O’Reilly Spinns Away from Bohemian Grove Questions
Call the Radio Factor and ask about the elite Presidential resort, get hung up on, and insulted. That's the subject of this evening's ‘Talking Points Memo.’The ‘No Spin Zone’ host, Bill O’Reilly is following suit with other mainstream media mockingbirds like Hannity & Colmes, and refusing to address the Bohemian Grove in a serious manor and the satanic rituals which are performed each July with elite attendees such as George W. Bush and other presidents and powerful political figures. “How do you feel about the private presidential resort the Bohemian Grove [Bill interrupts] I don’t know what you’re talking about, and I don’t care” AUDIO (17 sec)
This was on a Friday when Bill was having an ‘all skate’ in which he takes call after call on any topic….or so he says. I could understand getting hung up on if my call was out of the blue, or off topic, but this was his ‘World Famous All Skate’ where O’Reilly says “you can ask me whatever you want.”[Bill] “Let’s go to John in San Diego, what’s going on John?” [Me] Can you address the Bohemian Grove club private presidential…[hung up on by Bill] “You know these guy in San Diego they‘re just…the weather’s just too nice there…here’s what happens…not everybody…you go out to the beach…and some kind of substance gets in your mind. And John just demonstrated it.” AUDIO (28 sec) Bill…you’re getting paid tens of millions of dollars, and you’re a so called expert of politics and pop culture and you don’t know about the Bohemian Grove in 2006? Forgive me for educating you Bill, and culture jamming your show and posting the audio on my website.
Spin that Bill. Just think of how many listeners type into Google ‘bohemian grove’ and guess what they find? What the Illuminati and Skull and Bones elite have been doing for over 100 years. Having a sacrifice in effigy to Lucifer in the Bohemian Grove. They find out, what the Bohemian Grove is, and what happens there. Get the picture? Remember, they are the PUBLIC airwaves…and you have a call in radio show, so it’s not like I’m bothering you at home or on your cell phone like a stalker. I’m calling 1 877 9 NO SPIN, but all I’m getting is spin, and all you’re doing is being a gatekeeper. This isn’t news worthy? C’mon. The video isn’t some Fox alien autopsy hoax, Alex Jones got the video in 2000 (Dark Secrets: Inside Bohemian Grove), the Bohemian Grove Action Network has been protesting the grove since the 1980’s, David Gergen said in a video interview it was, “none of your damn business” if he had been to the grove for the cremation of care ritual... I have photos from the estate of a dead bohemian member of the ritual, several copies of official annals of the Bohemian Grove have been made public containing photos of George W. Bush and his father in the grove, Philip Weiss of Spy Magazine successfully infiltrated the Grove in 1989 and published a piece describing what he had seen.
And let’s not forget the New York Post reported Gay Porn Star Serves Moguls on July 22, 2004 in a report by Richard Johnson exposing a homosexual film star was working at the Bohemian Grove doing who knows what; and even employees have obtained guest lists and even video of Molech during the daytime as well as other aspects of the club! So it’s not like we don’t have the evidence! This is why I’ve been obsessed with exposing the Bohemian Grove to the world, because it’s not a ’theory’ or some UFO or sketchy Bigfoot video, it’s because most of the ’allegations’ are true! What about the San Francisco Chronicle reporting on the rituals? And the National Georgraphic publishing a photo of the cremation of care?
Or the Time Magazine reporter in 1982 who infiltrated the club only to have the story killed?And, don’t think you’re too clever when mainstream media mockingbird talk shows go to a new caller ID based computer system which logs each name and number, easily allowing for numbers to be blocked, while rejecting callers who have their caller ID blocked. They might also go to a 60 delay to ensure no caller makes it on air unless its permitted by the gatekeers. By the time my calls cause that system to be implemented, I will have inspired countless others who will continue where I left off. Culture Jamming the Mainstream Media with the Truth. And that’s ‘The Memo.’
Proof that Francis Bacon didn't translate the KJV
From http://www.retakingamerica.com/
"Did Francis Bacon Translate the King James Bible?"
We have been doing programs on this topic-
"Did Francis Bacon Translate the King James Bible?"
Our guest Barbara Aho with www.watch-unto-prayer.org
has shared great information on this subject!
Also we have done programs on how this subject is related to the
David Bay with Cutting Edge - DVD - "Secret Mysteries of America's Beginnings"
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Pt 3 Apr. 20 - Day 1 Discussion concerning the above topic and David Bay and the DVD - "Secret Mysteries of America's Beginnings"
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CD 3 Broadcast - Apr 20
"Did Francis Bacon Translate the King James Bible"?
"Did Francis Bacon Translate the King James Bible?"
We have been doing programs on this topic-
"Did Francis Bacon Translate the King James Bible?"
Our guest Barbara Aho with www.watch-unto-prayer.org
has shared great information on this subject!
Also we have done programs on how this subject is related to the
David Bay with Cutting Edge - DVD - "Secret Mysteries of America's Beginnings"
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Did Francis Bacon Translate the King James Bible?
With Guest Barbara Aho with www.watch-unto-prayer.org
Pt 1 Mar. 29 - "Did Francis Bacon Translate the King James Bible"?
Pt 2 Mar. 30 - "Did Francis Bacon Translate the King James Bible"?
Pt 3 Apr. 20 - Day 1 Discussion concerning the above topic and David Bay and the DVD - "Secret Mysteries of America's Beginnings"
Pt 4 Apr. 21 - Day 2 Discussion concerning the above topic and David Bay and the DVD - "Secret Mysteries of America's Beginnings"
Pt 5 Apr. 24 - Recapping Past Few Programs
Topic: Did Francis Bacon Translate the King James Bible?
And the DVD - "Secret Mysteries of America's Beginnings"
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3 CDs of Broadcast with Barbara Aho
NOW Available
CD 1 Broadcast - Mar. 30 & Reairing Apr. 17
"Did Francis Bacon Translate the King James Bible"?
CD 2 Broadcast - Apr. 06 & Reairing Apr 18
The True History of English Bible Revision:
The Unauthorized Version
~ THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO ROTHSCHILD ~
CD 3 Broadcast - Apr 20
"Did Francis Bacon Translate the King James Bible"?
The truth on Dr. Martin Luther King.
From http://www.fullquivermission.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=1580&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=0
Watchman: Now, before anybody starts heaping ignorant scorn upon my hoary head, allow me to post a lengthy quote from a man whose name and titles were lies, who was a notorious womanizer, according to his closest ally and friend in the movement, and had intimate ties with the Communist Party in America, and who according to his own biographer, David J. Garrow, decribed himself as a Marxist. As to his name, it was Michael King. While he was indeed ordained, he denied the inerrancy of Scripture, aside from his life of fornication and adultery. While he indeed received a Doctorate, he plagiarized much of his doctoral thesis from a man named Jack Boozer in HIS doctroal thesis, but was never held to account for it (according to the Wall Street Journal). Check these links for corroboration of the above facts:
Communist involvement
Names and Facts concerning the above claims.
Facts concerning King's Plagiarism
All these things are bad enough, but the coup de grace is Mike King's alliance with Planned Parenthood and Margaret Sanger, while she was in the midst of the Negro Project to wipe out the "mud races"!
Margaret Sanger wrote:
While it may be tempting to think that Mike King was just "duped" as one of Sanger's "useful Negro preachers", his own glowing words about Sanger and Planned Parenthood would tend to belie that wishful thought. King was a recipient of the Margaret Sanger Award by PP, it's very first year, and they have posted The speech in its entirety. Here is an excerpt that should dispel any doubt that King was a rabid proabort, besides all his other fine, Christian qualities.
Michael King in 1966 wrote:
Any questions?
__________________
My Response:
Years ago, we all thought that King was a hero. It was until I've learned about his plagarism, adulteries, and other negative behavior that he had. As we know, he recieved a Margaret Sanger award in 1966. http://www.jesus-is-savior.com/Wolves/mlk_jr-exposed.htm
is another link talking about him. It's a shame that he concerned himself primarily with a social gospel. It's legitimate to grant citizens of all colors the same rights protected under the Bill Of Rights. It's quite another to not discuss too much about the Gospel of Jesus Christ to save people. His college works have him denying the resurrection of Jesus, his Diety, and other concepts of Christianity. MLK talked about Jesus, but didn't adequately use his message to try to massively save people of all colors from their sins. If he'd done that along in a legitimate campaign, his impact might of been more effective to reach across people. It's time to focus on other black Patriots and Christians that made contributions to this nation.
By TruthSeeker24 (Timothy)
_____________________________
Watchman: Welcome to the Board, Timothy. Yes, Michael King received the Mragaret Sanger Award in 1966. In fact in that year, Ted Kennedy was still more pro-life than King. Here is Ted Kennedy's speech from 1971:
And now, here is Michael King's speech accepting the Margaret Sanger Award from Planned Parenthood:
Notice King's appeal to "higher law", which in his mind states that we should NOT allow God to decide how many children we should have, but rather, take aggressive steps on our own to prevent pregnancy and kill the unwanted unborn. In King's NewSpeak we "enrich humanity" by killing human beings. Contrast that which Ted Kennedy's speech from 1971, where he once actually understood the truth,
Watchman: Now, before anybody starts heaping ignorant scorn upon my hoary head, allow me to post a lengthy quote from a man whose name and titles were lies, who was a notorious womanizer, according to his closest ally and friend in the movement, and had intimate ties with the Communist Party in America, and who according to his own biographer, David J. Garrow, decribed himself as a Marxist. As to his name, it was Michael King. While he was indeed ordained, he denied the inerrancy of Scripture, aside from his life of fornication and adultery. While he indeed received a Doctorate, he plagiarized much of his doctoral thesis from a man named Jack Boozer in HIS doctroal thesis, but was never held to account for it (according to the Wall Street Journal). Check these links for corroboration of the above facts:
Communist involvement
Names and Facts concerning the above claims.
Facts concerning King's Plagiarism
All these things are bad enough, but the coup de grace is Mike King's alliance with Planned Parenthood and Margaret Sanger, while she was in the midst of the Negro Project to wipe out the "mud races"!
Margaret Sanger wrote:
“The Masses of Negroes... particularly from the south, still breed carelessly
and disastrously, with the result that the increase among Negroes, even more
than among whites is from that portion of the population least intelligent and
fit.” “The most successful educational approach to the Negro is through
Religious appeal. We do not want word to get out that we want to exterminate the
Negro population, and the minister is the man who can straighten out the idea if
it ever occurs to any of their more rebellious members.”- Margaret Sanger- The
Negro Project
While it may be tempting to think that Mike King was just "duped" as one of Sanger's "useful Negro preachers", his own glowing words about Sanger and Planned Parenthood would tend to belie that wishful thought. King was a recipient of the Margaret Sanger Award by PP, it's very first year, and they have posted The speech in its entirety. Here is an excerpt that should dispel any doubt that King was a rabid proabort, besides all his other fine, Christian qualities.
Michael King in 1966 wrote:
There is a striking kinship between our movement and Margaret Sanger's early
efforts. She, like we, saw the horrifying conditions of ghetto life. Like we,
she knew that all of society is poisoned by cancerous slums. Like we, she was a
direct actionist — a nonviolent resister. She was willing to accept scorn and
abuse until the truth she saw was revealed to the millions. At the turn of the
century she went into the slums and set up a birth control clinic, and for this
deed she went to jail because she was violating an unjust law.Yet the years have justified her actions. She launched a movement which is obeying a higher law to preserve human life under humane conditions. Margaret Sanger had to
commit what was then called a crime in order to enrich humanity, and today we
honor her courage and vision; for without them there would have been no
beginning. Our sure beginning in the struggle for equality by nonviolent direct
action may not have been so resolute without the tradition established by
Margaret Sanger and people like her.Negroes have no mere academic nor ordinary
interest in family planning. They have a special and urgent concern. . . . The
Negro constitutes half the poor of the nation. Like all poor, Negro and white,
they have many unwanted children. This is a cruel evil they urgently need to
control. There is scarcely anything more tragic in human life than a child who
is not wanted. That which should be a blessing becomes a curse for parent and
child.
Any questions?
__________________
My Response:
Years ago, we all thought that King was a hero. It was until I've learned about his plagarism, adulteries, and other negative behavior that he had. As we know, he recieved a Margaret Sanger award in 1966. http://www.jesus-is-savior.com/Wolves/mlk_jr-exposed.htm
is another link talking about him. It's a shame that he concerned himself primarily with a social gospel. It's legitimate to grant citizens of all colors the same rights protected under the Bill Of Rights. It's quite another to not discuss too much about the Gospel of Jesus Christ to save people. His college works have him denying the resurrection of Jesus, his Diety, and other concepts of Christianity. MLK talked about Jesus, but didn't adequately use his message to try to massively save people of all colors from their sins. If he'd done that along in a legitimate campaign, his impact might of been more effective to reach across people. It's time to focus on other black Patriots and Christians that made contributions to this nation.
By TruthSeeker24 (Timothy)
_____________________________
Watchman: Welcome to the Board, Timothy. Yes, Michael King received the Mragaret Sanger Award in 1966. In fact in that year, Ted Kennedy was still more pro-life than King. Here is Ted Kennedy's speech from 1971:
"While the deep concern of a woman bearing an unwanted child merits
consideration and sympathy, it is my personal feeling that the legalization of
abortion on demand is not in accordance with the value which our civilization
places on human life. Wanted or unwanted, I believe that human life, even at its
earliest stages, has certain rights which must be recognized – the right to be
born, the right to love, the right to grow old. "
On the question of the individual's freedom of choice there are easily
available birth-control methods and information which women may employ to
prevent or postpone pregnancy. But once life has begun, no matter at what stage
of growth, it is my belief that termination should not be decided merely by
desire. ...
"When history looks back to this era it should recognize this generation as
one which cared about human beings enough to halt the practice of war, to
provide a decent living for every family, and to fulfill its responsibility to
its children from the very moment of conception."
And now, here is Michael King's speech accepting the Margaret Sanger Award from Planned Parenthood:
There is a striking kinship between our movement and Margaret Sanger's early
efforts. She, like we, saw the horrifying conditions of ghetto life. Like we,
she knew that all of society is poisoned by cancerous slums. Like we, she was a
direct actionist — a nonviolent resister. She was willing to accept scorn and
abuse until the truth she saw was revealed to the millions. At the turn of the
century she went into the slums and set up a birth control clinic, and for this
deed she went to jail because she was violating an unjust law. Yet the years
have justified her actions. She launched a movement which is obeying a higher
law to preserve human life under humane conditions.Margaret Sanger had to
commit what was then called a crime in order to enrich humanity, and today we
honor her courage and vision; for without them there would have been no
beginning. Our sure beginning in the struggle for equality by nonviolent direct
action may not have been so resolute without the tradition established by
Margaret Sanger and people like her. Negroes have no mere academic nor ordinary
interest in family planning. They have a special and urgent concern. . . . The
Negro constitutes half the poor of the nation. Like all poor, Negro and white,
they have many unwanted children. This is a cruel evil they urgently need to
control. There is scarcely anything more tragic in human life than a child who
is not wanted. That which should be a blessing becomes a curse for parent and
child.
Notice King's appeal to "higher law", which in his mind states that we should NOT allow God to decide how many children we should have, but rather, take aggressive steps on our own to prevent pregnancy and kill the unwanted unborn. In King's NewSpeak we "enrich humanity" by killing human beings. Contrast that which Ted Kennedy's speech from 1971, where he once actually understood the truth,
Wanted or unwanted, I believe that human life, even at its earliest stages, has
certain rights which must be recognized – the right to be born, the right to
love, the right to grow old.
My Personal opinion on this controversy.
This is something new. Like I said, I don't agree with Calvinism. Calvin was a man who created his theocracy in Geneva where religious dissinters were persecuted. Now, as for the KJV, I believe it's an accurate translation of the Bible. I don't believe that the KJV is superior to the original translations of the NT or OT, but an accurate translation. Now, I don't agree with Francis Bacon. History proves that King James resisted Francis Bacon and later made Bacon to leave his post in the British government. So, James disagreed strongly with Bacon.
As for David Bay, I have nothing but respect for the man. I disagree with his Pre-trib views (The Pre-trib rapture was invented by the Jesuits. The early church uniformly was Post-trib) , which the Bible is blatantly Post-trib as said by Jesus in Matthew 24. I've read David Bay's response and he is sincere about his views. He disagreed with Pastor Ron Riffe's unfair bashing of the KJV. Also, Barbara Aho is an interesting character. For the past 2 or 3 years, she's been on an assault on Jewish people. She may say that she is anti-Semitic, but the truth remains that she denies that all tribes existed in Israel after the Babylonian Captivity. Barbara only believes that the tribe of Judah only remained in Israel even after the Second Temple was built, which was long after the Babylonian Captivity. She's totally wrong for the NT clearly mention some of the Lost Tribes living in Israel during the time of the Roman Empire. For example, Luke 2:36 mentions Asher (one of the supposed Lost Tribes) in the Lord. Jesus is called a Jew in John 4:9 plus Peter in Acts 10:28.
In John 4:19-26, Jesus said that salvation is from the Jews. Therefore, By the time of Christ, the terms "Jew" and "Israel" are 100% interchangeable. Jesus Christ is the King of the Jews (Mt. 27:37) and the King of Israel (the twelve tribes) in Mt. 27:42 and John 12:9-13). Barbara Aho readily exposes evil Jewish people (which I have no problem with), but rarely expose the Jesuits, Opus Dei, Knight of Columbus, and other groups with a majority Gentile membership. All of these groups existed from the Ancient Mysteries from Babylon and Egypt, which were Gentiles. Aho's biggest deception is trying to equate Romanism with Judaism. Aho wrote about this deception in his work "MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT CATHOLIC OR JEWISH?"
The truth is that Romanism itself has its influences from Babylonian. True Torah Judaism was supported by God, Moses, and others. All of the rituals during that time were praised of God. Now, many of the ceremonies were oboselete since God doesn't require us to follow all of the old Jewish traditions from the OT, but the chi-rho symbol, confessionals, wafers in mass, Goddess worship, etc. existed not from Jewish people, but from the Gentile Ancient Mysteries. That is a fact. She has never refuted the fact that God's covenant to Abraham in Genesis 12 wasn't replaced. God said it was for Abraham's seed for an everlasting land and for an everlasting covenant. Watch Unto Prayers accepts replacement theology and denies any land covenant to the Jewish people.
They assign Secret societies to Jews like Freemasons, yet 2 Gentiles invented Modern Freemasonry. Watch Unto Prayer uses a lot of truth, but mixes it with anti-Jewish sentiment. They assign any support of Israel or God's covenant with shilling with pro-Kabbalist, evil Zionists, which isn't the case at all. You can still support the good people in Israel and be anti-Kabbala, anti-dual loyality, and anti-apostacy. That's my view. Barbara Aho and Retaking America is right that Cutting Edge should of put a more strong disclaimer that the pro-Bacon guy is 100% wrong on his views on Christianity. Aho is wrong into denying the eternal land covenant given by God to Abraham and his seed. Genesis 12 was never banned or eliminated since the covenant was eternal. The truth is that Romanism itself has its influences from Babylonian. Aho doesn't want people to know that even Paul said that he's a Jew, from the tribe of Benjamin, and God hasn't forsaken his people Israel which he foreknew. Replacement theology is not only praised today by apostate Protestants, British Israelists, and anti-Semites. It's also supported by Roman Catholics.
By TruthSeeker24 (Timothy)
Cutting Edge's response to Aho and others.
From http://www.cuttingedge.org/defendingKJV.html
DEFENDING THE KJV
THIS SECTION IS UNDER DEVELOPMENT
Cutting Edge Knowledge of the Historical Truth of the Original 1611 KJV -- Authorized Version Listen to our position on the KJV in our Statement of Faith:"At this End of the Age, we recognize that many confusing and liberal Bible translations are being marketed. We believe that the King James Version is still the best translation and should be used by all Christians.
On this site, we quote from a Parallel Bible, with the KJV on the left and the Amplified Bible Commentary on the right. We do this only to bring understanding to those many passages where the usage of words has changed significantly since 1611, so we can turn to the Amplified to gain a better understanding. But, if you have any doctrinal issues, the KJV is on the left to guide you.
"Here are the historic facts which we uncovered in mid-1997. During the time of Queen Elizabeth I and Sir Francis Bacon, Rosicrucians and Freemasons mounted an inside grievous attack on the KJV, symbols of which are clearly seen in our very expensive original copy of the 1611 KJV. However, once this assault ran its course, the text proved to be wonderfully accurate! The Holy Spirit came to the defense of the KJV and prevented these occultists from ruining the text!! We have uncovered this historic truth: Jesus protected the text of the KJV!
Jesus also said, "And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free." (John 8:32)You and I can trust our eternal soul to the Gospel in the KJV for the right reason: the Holy Spirit protected this great Bible version!! If the Holy Spirit loved it enough to protect it for almost 100 years after the occult assault began, then we can trust it for our eternal salvation. We can trust the KJV for the right reasons, i.e., Jesus loved it enough to protect it. What better validation can you get for a Bible?We now know Jesus was right, and had the the Omnipotent power to carry His promise out, when He promised: "the scripture cannot be broken" (John 10:35)We have been sitting on this information for very long time -- since mid- 1997 -- because we did not want our brethren weak in the faith to be damaged by this revelation. For the record, we never planned for this information to be part of "Secret Mysteries".
Pastor Ron Riffe knew we were still debating on what we wanted to do, so his statements are truly uncalled for and most unfortunate. My spirit never felt free to come public with this information, because I was afraid of hurting the faith of weak brothers and sisters. But, I knew that if I ever did come public with this, I was going to write it exactly as I said, above -- recounting the historic evidence that Jesus protected the KJV text!!Now, some radical KJV-only people have forced our hand, charging me with sexual innuendo, creating lies about what I said, and insinuating that I was going to "discredit the KJV". Far from discrediting it, I am going to give you all the reasons you can trust it!! If you love the KJV, if you believe with all your heart that it contains God's Words of eternal life, you can relax, for nothing I am about to reveal to you will shake that faith.
If you are depending upon the KJV to get you through the "Shadow of the Valley of Death", you can relax, for our faith has always been in the Jesus as revealed faithfully in the King James Version text, and now your faith can be even greater and stronger because you know the full truth -- these Satanists were not allowed to change the text, as the Holy Spirit expressly refused to allow it.In coming months, we shall be writing articles which show exactly the occult symbols which covered the original KJV over -- you will be amazed, shocked and sickened. But, always remember, these Satanists could not change the text! Once all these symbols, headpieces, and tailpieces were removed, the text of the KJV remained completely reliable. I write these articles in defense of the text of the KJV. Jesus loved it enough to defend it, so we all can depend upon it with our whole heart and soul.Praise the Lord!
May Jesus Richly Bless You,
David BayDirector, Cutting Edge Ministries
100 Old Cherokee Rd,
Suite F-1Lexington, SC 29072
DEFENDING THE KJV
THIS SECTION IS UNDER DEVELOPMENT
Cutting Edge Knowledge of the Historical Truth of the Original 1611 KJV -- Authorized Version Listen to our position on the KJV in our Statement of Faith:"At this End of the Age, we recognize that many confusing and liberal Bible translations are being marketed. We believe that the King James Version is still the best translation and should be used by all Christians.
On this site, we quote from a Parallel Bible, with the KJV on the left and the Amplified Bible Commentary on the right. We do this only to bring understanding to those many passages where the usage of words has changed significantly since 1611, so we can turn to the Amplified to gain a better understanding. But, if you have any doctrinal issues, the KJV is on the left to guide you.
"Here are the historic facts which we uncovered in mid-1997. During the time of Queen Elizabeth I and Sir Francis Bacon, Rosicrucians and Freemasons mounted an inside grievous attack on the KJV, symbols of which are clearly seen in our very expensive original copy of the 1611 KJV. However, once this assault ran its course, the text proved to be wonderfully accurate! The Holy Spirit came to the defense of the KJV and prevented these occultists from ruining the text!! We have uncovered this historic truth: Jesus protected the text of the KJV!
Jesus also said, "And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free." (John 8:32)You and I can trust our eternal soul to the Gospel in the KJV for the right reason: the Holy Spirit protected this great Bible version!! If the Holy Spirit loved it enough to protect it for almost 100 years after the occult assault began, then we can trust it for our eternal salvation. We can trust the KJV for the right reasons, i.e., Jesus loved it enough to protect it. What better validation can you get for a Bible?We now know Jesus was right, and had the the Omnipotent power to carry His promise out, when He promised: "the scripture cannot be broken" (John 10:35)We have been sitting on this information for very long time -- since mid- 1997 -- because we did not want our brethren weak in the faith to be damaged by this revelation. For the record, we never planned for this information to be part of "Secret Mysteries".
Pastor Ron Riffe knew we were still debating on what we wanted to do, so his statements are truly uncalled for and most unfortunate. My spirit never felt free to come public with this information, because I was afraid of hurting the faith of weak brothers and sisters. But, I knew that if I ever did come public with this, I was going to write it exactly as I said, above -- recounting the historic evidence that Jesus protected the KJV text!!Now, some radical KJV-only people have forced our hand, charging me with sexual innuendo, creating lies about what I said, and insinuating that I was going to "discredit the KJV". Far from discrediting it, I am going to give you all the reasons you can trust it!! If you love the KJV, if you believe with all your heart that it contains God's Words of eternal life, you can relax, for nothing I am about to reveal to you will shake that faith.
If you are depending upon the KJV to get you through the "Shadow of the Valley of Death", you can relax, for our faith has always been in the Jesus as revealed faithfully in the King James Version text, and now your faith can be even greater and stronger because you know the full truth -- these Satanists were not allowed to change the text, as the Holy Spirit expressly refused to allow it.In coming months, we shall be writing articles which show exactly the occult symbols which covered the original KJV over -- you will be amazed, shocked and sickened. But, always remember, these Satanists could not change the text! Once all these symbols, headpieces, and tailpieces were removed, the text of the KJV remained completely reliable. I write these articles in defense of the text of the KJV. Jesus loved it enough to defend it, so we all can depend upon it with our whole heart and soul.Praise the Lord!
May Jesus Richly Bless You,
David BayDirector, Cutting Edge Ministries
100 Old Cherokee Rd,
Suite F-1Lexington, SC 29072
Barbara Aho claims that Cutting Edge is trying to bash KJV Bible.
From http://www.watch.pair.com/
But the end of all things is at hand: be ye therefore sober, and watch unto prayer.
~ I Peter 4:7
EXPOSE OF CUTTING EDGE ministries “secret MYSTERIES“ VIDEO
~ A series of presentations on the Berean Chronicles radio program ~
Part 1 ~ the LIFE AND TIMES OF KING JAMES VI & I
Part 2 ~ THE WRITTEN WORKS OF KING JAMES VI & I
Part 3 ~ HIGH LEVEL ROSICRUCIANS IN "SECRET MYSTERIES"
Part 4 ~ "SECRET MYSTERIES" A SET-UP TO DISCREDIT THE KJV
Part 5 ~ DAVID BAY REFUSES TO ADDRESS THE REAL ISSUES
As the occult societies begin their final assault on the Word of God, those whose sacred duty should be to defend it have been found to be collaborating with the enemy. David Bay has assembled a company of high level occultists cloaked as Baconian experts and Christian leaders to dispense boatloads of disinformation on the conspiracy at the same time they prepare to pull the rug from under the King James Version.
_____________________
From http://www.retakingamerica.com/
SHOCKING PROOF OF DAVID BAY'S
PLOT TO DESTROY THE KING JAMES BIBLE!
READ Now..........
The Email Correspondence
(You need to read every word of this email correspondence)
"The "New Age Bible" accusation is without basis in fact. And what is so ironic about this issue dividing the Body of Christ is that the "pot is calling the kettle black"! The "real Bible" to which you refer is the 1611 King James Version--a Rosicrucian/Freemason masterpiece and, Lord willing, Cutting Edge is going to expose that fact with a DVD/book. Have you ever even seen a 1611 edition, much less studied it in depth? I have an expensive computer-scanned copy on my desk and the artwork in it is occult to the core. It also has their numeric "sigil" fingerprints all over it. So be careful what you believe, because Satan is the master of deception." quoted by Pastor Ron Riffe, Cutting Edge Ministries
"Our intent is to put an end to such harsh and un-Christlike responses from the "King James-only" crowd by proving beyond a reasonable doubt that the 1611 King James Version was edited by the Rosicrucian/Freemason Francis Bacon and his band of intellectuals known as the "Order of the Helmet." This group also collaborated to write the works attributed to Shakespeare and that is why the prose of the KJV has often been compared to that of Shakespeare. It should--because the same man edited both of them. " quoted by Pastor Riffe, Cutting Edge Ministries
WARNING WARNING..VIDEO
"SECRET MYSTERIES OF AMERICA'S BEGINNINGS"
FROM CUTTING EDGE USES HIGH LEVEL ILLUMINATE AS EXPERTS
AND LAYS THE GROUND WORK TO DISCREDIT THE KING JAMES BIBLE!!!
Listen to past shows below on this issue!
6 Questions that we need answered from David Bay before we restore fellowship:
1.) Why are you working with high level Rosicrucian illuminati as experts?
2.) Why did you not disclose that information warning us that these men are part of the illuminati?
3.) Why are high level illuminati working with you?
4.) What is your secret book about that will have such a profound effect on Christians?
5.) Do you believe King James was a sodomite?
6.) Is there or is there not an agenda to discredit King James and The King James Bible and what is your stand on the attacks against the King James Bible?
Dear Saints and Good Bereans:
I must repent for promoting and selling this video that presents an expose' from high level illuminati without disclosing that fact to the viewer. I myself was deceived by not knowing who these men were being interviewed on the video. More importantly this video lays the ground work for the continued onslaught of persecution on the King James Bible. I have done 6 hours of shows on this issue which can be heard on my web page archives.
David Bay of Cutting Edge is not a King James only, he uses the Amplified Version and here is his reasons:
"AMPLIFYING" SO AS TO RESTORE GOD'S ORIGINAL FULL MEANING AND POWER AT THIS "END OF THE AGE"
Recently we are seeing much secular documentaries on Queen Elizabeth discrediting King James. There have been many on Francis Bacon behind the King James Bible. Many mainline preachers will not use it because they say that Shakespeare was involved with it so it cannot be trusted. Well, supposedly Francis Bacon was Shakespeare and for sure a Satanist. All this info is being used as an ongoing effort to discredit the only reliable Word of God we have. Check out the HBO special on Queen Elizabeth. The attacks on King James himself are relentless. Also check out this story about Queen Elizabeth being the mother of Shakespeare.
HBO's Elizabeth I is well staged and acted, but less than regal: South Florida Sun-Sentinel
Was Shakespeare the love child of Queen Elizabeth?
Lately we are seeing many documentaries about Freemasonry, Knights Templar, etc., due to the soon to be released movie Di Vinci Code. The illuminati are masters of deception and they are putting mountains of DISINFORMATION about all the secret societies.
Just going to "Books a Million" there so many books on the Secret Codes and Templars, movies, and documentaries, I see an agenda to get much disinformation to the masses. Many reasons, one: part of their ritualistic worship is to tell us what they are doing. Hiding their agenda in plain view for all to see. Second, disinformation so those who searches for truth get side tracked.
We have asked David Bay to come on our show to answer these questions. He refuses to answer them, instead he is using smoke and mirrors, ad hominem attacks and prepherial issues to make everyone not keep their mind focused on the unanswered questions.
We here at the Berean Chronicles will continue to search for truth and will do our best to expose error.
Cutting Edge response to Kelly McGinley and Barbara Aho
(At This Time)
Above Link To David Bay's Site Is No Longer Working!
http://www.aiff.com.au%20-%20home/
--Australian International Film Festival---When opening check out the EYE!
Contending for the Word, Kelly
Quotes From - Cutting Edge Ministries
"The "New Age Bible" accusation is without basis in fact. And what is so ironic about this issue dividing the Body of Christ is that the "pot is calling the kettle black"! The "real Bible" to which you refer is the 1611 King James Version--a Rosicrucian/Freemason masterpiece and, Lord willing, Cutting Edge is going to expose that fact with a DVD/book. Have you ever even seen a 1611 edition, much less studied it in depth? I have an expensive computer-scanned copy on my desk and the artwork in it is occult to the core. It also has their numeric "sigil" fingerprints all over it. So be careful what you believe, because Satan is the master of deception." quoted by Pastor Ron Riffe, Cutting Edge Ministries
"Our intent is to put an end to such harsh and un-Christlike responses from the "King James-only" crowd by proving beyond a reasonable doubt that the 1611 King James Version was edited by the Rosicrucian/Freemason Francis Bacon and his band of intellectuals known as the "Order of the Helmet." This group also collaborated to write the works attributed to Shakespeare and that is why the prose of the KJV has often been compared to that of Shakespeare. It should--because the same man edited both of them. " quoted by Pastor Riffe, Cutting Edge Ministries
More Quotes---------
Quoted by PETER DAWKINS, high level Rosicrucian used by David Bay in his video!
But the end of all things is at hand: be ye therefore sober, and watch unto prayer.
~ I Peter 4:7
EXPOSE OF CUTTING EDGE ministries “secret MYSTERIES“ VIDEO
~ A series of presentations on the Berean Chronicles radio program ~
Part 1 ~ the LIFE AND TIMES OF KING JAMES VI & I
Part 2 ~ THE WRITTEN WORKS OF KING JAMES VI & I
Part 3 ~ HIGH LEVEL ROSICRUCIANS IN "SECRET MYSTERIES"
Part 4 ~ "SECRET MYSTERIES" A SET-UP TO DISCREDIT THE KJV
Part 5 ~ DAVID BAY REFUSES TO ADDRESS THE REAL ISSUES
As the occult societies begin their final assault on the Word of God, those whose sacred duty should be to defend it have been found to be collaborating with the enemy. David Bay has assembled a company of high level occultists cloaked as Baconian experts and Christian leaders to dispense boatloads of disinformation on the conspiracy at the same time they prepare to pull the rug from under the King James Version.
_____________________
From http://www.retakingamerica.com/
SHOCKING PROOF OF DAVID BAY'S
PLOT TO DESTROY THE KING JAMES BIBLE!
READ Now..........
The Email Correspondence
(You need to read every word of this email correspondence)
"The "New Age Bible" accusation is without basis in fact. And what is so ironic about this issue dividing the Body of Christ is that the "pot is calling the kettle black"! The "real Bible" to which you refer is the 1611 King James Version--a Rosicrucian/Freemason masterpiece and, Lord willing, Cutting Edge is going to expose that fact with a DVD/book. Have you ever even seen a 1611 edition, much less studied it in depth? I have an expensive computer-scanned copy on my desk and the artwork in it is occult to the core. It also has their numeric "sigil" fingerprints all over it. So be careful what you believe, because Satan is the master of deception." quoted by Pastor Ron Riffe, Cutting Edge Ministries
"Our intent is to put an end to such harsh and un-Christlike responses from the "King James-only" crowd by proving beyond a reasonable doubt that the 1611 King James Version was edited by the Rosicrucian/Freemason Francis Bacon and his band of intellectuals known as the "Order of the Helmet." This group also collaborated to write the works attributed to Shakespeare and that is why the prose of the KJV has often been compared to that of Shakespeare. It should--because the same man edited both of them. " quoted by Pastor Riffe, Cutting Edge Ministries
WARNING WARNING..VIDEO
"SECRET MYSTERIES OF AMERICA'S BEGINNINGS"
FROM CUTTING EDGE USES HIGH LEVEL ILLUMINATE AS EXPERTS
AND LAYS THE GROUND WORK TO DISCREDIT THE KING JAMES BIBLE!!!
Listen to past shows below on this issue!
6 Questions that we need answered from David Bay before we restore fellowship:
1.) Why are you working with high level Rosicrucian illuminati as experts?
2.) Why did you not disclose that information warning us that these men are part of the illuminati?
3.) Why are high level illuminati working with you?
4.) What is your secret book about that will have such a profound effect on Christians?
5.) Do you believe King James was a sodomite?
6.) Is there or is there not an agenda to discredit King James and The King James Bible and what is your stand on the attacks against the King James Bible?
Dear Saints and Good Bereans:
I must repent for promoting and selling this video that presents an expose' from high level illuminati without disclosing that fact to the viewer. I myself was deceived by not knowing who these men were being interviewed on the video. More importantly this video lays the ground work for the continued onslaught of persecution on the King James Bible. I have done 6 hours of shows on this issue which can be heard on my web page archives.
David Bay of Cutting Edge is not a King James only, he uses the Amplified Version and here is his reasons:
"AMPLIFYING" SO AS TO RESTORE GOD'S ORIGINAL FULL MEANING AND POWER AT THIS "END OF THE AGE"
Recently we are seeing much secular documentaries on Queen Elizabeth discrediting King James. There have been many on Francis Bacon behind the King James Bible. Many mainline preachers will not use it because they say that Shakespeare was involved with it so it cannot be trusted. Well, supposedly Francis Bacon was Shakespeare and for sure a Satanist. All this info is being used as an ongoing effort to discredit the only reliable Word of God we have. Check out the HBO special on Queen Elizabeth. The attacks on King James himself are relentless. Also check out this story about Queen Elizabeth being the mother of Shakespeare.
HBO's Elizabeth I is well staged and acted, but less than regal: South Florida Sun-Sentinel
Was Shakespeare the love child of Queen Elizabeth?
Lately we are seeing many documentaries about Freemasonry, Knights Templar, etc., due to the soon to be released movie Di Vinci Code. The illuminati are masters of deception and they are putting mountains of DISINFORMATION about all the secret societies.
Just going to "Books a Million" there so many books on the Secret Codes and Templars, movies, and documentaries, I see an agenda to get much disinformation to the masses. Many reasons, one: part of their ritualistic worship is to tell us what they are doing. Hiding their agenda in plain view for all to see. Second, disinformation so those who searches for truth get side tracked.
We have asked David Bay to come on our show to answer these questions. He refuses to answer them, instead he is using smoke and mirrors, ad hominem attacks and prepherial issues to make everyone not keep their mind focused on the unanswered questions.
We here at the Berean Chronicles will continue to search for truth and will do our best to expose error.
Cutting Edge response to Kelly McGinley and Barbara Aho
(At This Time)
Above Link To David Bay's Site Is No Longer Working!
http://www.aiff.com.au%20-%20home/
--Australian International Film Festival---When opening check out the EYE!
Contending for the Word, Kelly
Quotes From - Cutting Edge Ministries
"The "New Age Bible" accusation is without basis in fact. And what is so ironic about this issue dividing the Body of Christ is that the "pot is calling the kettle black"! The "real Bible" to which you refer is the 1611 King James Version--a Rosicrucian/Freemason masterpiece and, Lord willing, Cutting Edge is going to expose that fact with a DVD/book. Have you ever even seen a 1611 edition, much less studied it in depth? I have an expensive computer-scanned copy on my desk and the artwork in it is occult to the core. It also has their numeric "sigil" fingerprints all over it. So be careful what you believe, because Satan is the master of deception." quoted by Pastor Ron Riffe, Cutting Edge Ministries
"Our intent is to put an end to such harsh and un-Christlike responses from the "King James-only" crowd by proving beyond a reasonable doubt that the 1611 King James Version was edited by the Rosicrucian/Freemason Francis Bacon and his band of intellectuals known as the "Order of the Helmet." This group also collaborated to write the works attributed to Shakespeare and that is why the prose of the KJV has often been compared to that of Shakespeare. It should--because the same man edited both of them. " quoted by Pastor Riffe, Cutting Edge Ministries
More Quotes---------
Quoted by PETER DAWKINS, high level Rosicrucian used by David Bay in his video!
Thursday, April 27, 2006
Other info.
From http://www.geocities.com/ultraknown/7.html
HOW OIL COMPANIES KEEP A MONOPOLY ALIVE
Did you know that:1. 76 years ago the President of General Motors predicted 80-mpg by 1939;2. 69 years ago Ford Motor Co. tested a 170-mpg Pogue carburetor;3. 32 years ago Shell Oil Co demonstrated a 376-mpg automobile;4. 28 years ago a 100-mpg Ford V-8 was demonstrated;5. 22 years ago Peugeot advertised a 72-mpg @ 56-mph Diesel.6. 3 years ago an English newspaper article announced a 104-mpg Toyota Diesel and 94-mpg VW/Audi Diesels.7. Commercial fuel cell vehicles have been available in Europe for years. 8. Many U.S. Patents exist for devices that separate the elements of water for use as fuel, one patent #1,380,183 was granted 84 years ago.
Car runs on water: By John Oxley
A South African inventor claims to have developed a device that allows an ordinary car or truck engine to run on water - with no air pollution. And it's relatively cheap!
What's more it cuts servicing costs because the car's oil is not as easily contaminated as it is on a petrol-engined car. Developed by Nelspruit research and development company Ku-Shan Technologies, the device uses electricity from the car's battery to turn water into a gas known as hydroxy, or Brown's Gas. This gas is then re-aligned using Ku-Shan's process - patents have been applied for - to make it suitable for use in an ordinary petrol engine. "It's not that the technology is new - it's how it's done," Ku-Shan CEO Danie de Beer told me.
"There are other people working on this at the moment. Sasol (the South African oil-from-coal giant) has been trying for four years to get it right. But it all depends on the way you are thinking. "We think outside the box, and we have come up with the solution in 2 1/2 months." De Beer said the main problems to date had been that it took more energy to produce the gas than could be got out of it. "In the beginning we had the same problem," he said. "Then we got to where we are now, where we get a lot more out than we put in. "The amount of electricity consumed is no more than required to run one of the car's headlamps, but we can run a big Pontiac V8 fitted into a Volkswagen Kombi.
"With this conversion the engine runs cooler and you have about a 5% performance increase. "The oil stays cleaner for longer and there are no more harmful emissions, the only thing coming out of the exhaust is steam and oxygen." He said he came up with the idea from a movie about a man who invented a hydrogen engine that could run on water. "I did my homework on the unit used in the space shuttle - it's not high volume, but it's efficient", he said. Apart from its low cost - De Beer expects his 22x12x12 cm device to cost between R5 000 and R7 000 - the device is much safer than current hydrogen-car technology, which requires large amounts of explosive hydrogen gas to be carried inside the vehicle, as well as a network of hydrogen filling stations. "We are generating the gas as we are using it, so there's only about a litre of gas in the system at any time, not enough to do any damage if it explodes," he said.
He said there was only one drawback at the moment, but this could be easily addressed. When hydroxy is held under compression, without being ignited, it reverts back into water - and this small amount of water can cause rust inside the engine if it stands for a long period. "The car needs to be in daily use because of the water aspect," he said. However, special coatings, similar to those used on dragster cars adapted to run on nitrous oxide, could be applied to the engine to prevent rust build-up. "It's not a serious problem," he said. De Beer said he was currently looking for investors to take the device to market.
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From http://www.geocities.com/ultraknown/6.html
KILLING US GENTLY
By James L. Secor, www.dissidentvoice.org
The American Beverage Association (ABA) sells some of the most popular non-alcoholic beverages in the world. Carbonated soft drinks make up 73% of that total. Americans spend roughly $93 billion annually on refreshment beverages (about $357/person). The ABA believes that all beverages are part of a healthy, balanced lifestyle and helps this along by producing various sized beverages so as to incorporate different, that is larger, serving portions into diets.
This is what the ABA says about itself. Let us stop here for a moment. $93 billion in refreshment beverages. $93 billion -- why? What has Americans hooked? Caffeine, yes, but the ABA sells 7-Up and Sprite, which contain no caffeine, if we believe the PR and product labeling (which the ABA is fighting to get rid of). But even more disturbing is the contention that soft drinks are part of a healthy diet. Which healthy diet? Whose -- Atkins'?
Other than the ABA, who else makes the same claim? But it sounds good, so people believe it. After all, the ABA is an authority. In reality, this claim about soft drinks being part of a healthy diet is specious. What are these profits? With approximately 122.5 billion servings/year (or 471 soft drinks/person/year), the soft drink industry rakes in about $93 billion. Of course, no mention is made of the fact that 43% of those profits are from government subsidies, what is colloquially called "corporate welfare." Fifty-seven percent of $93 billion is about $53 billion. How does a $53 billion/year business rate a subsidy when so many Americans are in dire straits? How is it that the corporate sector can receive welfare when such subsidies are shameful for the individual and considered a wasteful expense?
One of the answers lies in bought friends in the government: our Senators and Representatives. In 2005, however, things became even more secure: the ABA hired, as Senior Vice President for Communications, Kevin Keane who was Assistant Secretary of Public Affairs at Health and Human Services (HHS). He was an advisor to Tommy Thompson. He was hired to direct the strategic communications program, read propaganda. That is, the ABA managed to acquire an inside touch. Mr. Keane can help science along in support of the ABA, as Mr. Bush helps science support his rapacious programs. Another answer lies in corn subsidies and sugar tariffs. What this means is that Coke and Pepsi's profit margins are supported by government taxes, thanks to corn grower subsidies. A subsidy is used to help the farmer make up the loss between cost to produce and higher marketing costs.
That is, if a farmer spends $1 to produce one bushel of corn but market value is 80 cents, the government makes up the other 20 cents -- plus a little more so the farmer can make a profit. Thus, there is complicity with the Department of Agriculture. Archer Daniels Midland (ADM) is the biggest player in this market and the most prominent recipient of corporate welfare, which costs the government billions but people tens of billions (in higher prices and higher taxes). While $1 of corn sweetener profits costs you, the consumer, $10, the government paid $49 billion in corn subsidies from 1995-2004. ADM buys 12% of the nation's corn and turns it into High Fructose Corn Syrup.
We are bilked because part of the money to pay these subsidies comes from our taxes. We are, in effect, paying twice to drink a Coke or Pepsi. This means that buying corn and making High Fructose Corn Syrup -- not a naturally occurring substance -- is far cheaper than using sugar. Why? Sugar tariffs. A tariff is a tax placed on some substance or other that is imported. Sugar. Sugar tariffs give us $2.25/lb of sugar; without the tariff that would perhaps be $1/lb. Thus, by way of putting a ceiling on homegrown sugar production, the tariffs inflate the cost of sugar and deflate the cost of corn, which means importing more sugar. So, ADM prefers to buy excessive corn at excessively low prices. This equals not only great savings but indecent profits. In order for ADM and the ABA to wreak obscene profits, we must pay more. How does this corn subsidy-sugar tariff affect the soft drink behemoths?
A six cent increase in sweetener amounts to $6.1 billion; a one cent increase to, $1.2 billion; a 1/10 of a cent increase, $122.5 million. Fructose is about 75% sweeter than cane sugar (sucrose), so Coke and Pepsi don't have to use very much fructose to attain an equal sweetness. But the cola goliaths found a way to concentrate -- make stronger -- fructose. To create sucrose's sweetness an even smaller amount of High Fructose Corn Syrup is needed. Although fructose is naturally occurring, High Fructose Corn Syrup is not. Creating more of a conundrum is the fact that most all of the corn used to make High Fructose Corn Syrup is genetically modified, seedlings that ADM sold and then buys back as ripe corn to make into High Fructose Corn Syrup. And herein lies a problem: the ABA claims that High Fructose Corn Syrup is natural. This "naturally occurring" sugar substance -- High Fructose Corn Syrup -- is the ABA's attack on science and public concern over the ill effects of High
Fructose Corn Syrup:
Obesity and diabetes are serious health problems in the U.S. that deserve meaningful and effective interventions, not the shallow gestures advocated today. Current Nutrition Facts Panels and labels on soft drinks already provide consumers with key information they need to make the beverage choices that are right for them, including information on calories, sugar, caffeine, sodium, and other contents. To ask the FDA for warnings labels on soft drinks, or any food products that contain caloric sweeteners, patronizes consumers and lacks common sense. Where would such a food “hit list” stop? Even skim milk and thousands of other food products could potentially fit into a CSPI labeling scheme because of the sugars contained in those products. (Press release of 13 July 2005) Warnings about possible dangers to our health are "patronizing"? It lacks "common sense"? Skim milk "and thousands of other food products" (many of them sweetened with High Fructose Corn Syrup) could potentially fit into a CSPI "labeling scheme"? Why no mention of High Fructose Corn Syrup?
I can't answer these ridiculous questions but I can answer the ABA's question about where "such a food 'hit list'" would stop: at the healthy foods--which means all foods not manufactured by the ABA, ADM, Cargill, Monsanto and Atria. Why would the ABA feel constrained to make such erroneous assertions if there was nothing harmful about High Fructose Corn Syrup? In 2004, the ABA released nine articles discrediting scientific evidence of the problems with High Fructose Corn Syrup. Why is the ABA so defensive if High Fructose Corn Syrup is "safe and natural"? (Cf. press release of 2 August 2005)
The scientific evidence, the medical evidence, is that High Fructose Corn Syrup causes obesity and leads to type 2 diabetes. This trend in obesity in America correlates to the ABA's beginning of sweetening their drinks with High Fructose Corn Syrup in 1995. Such reports can be found in The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, Medical Study News, The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism and The Journal of the American Medical Association.
But for the ABA, the problem is lifestyle. In the ABA's sophistry, they quote from The European Journal of Epidemiology (2003:18): "Contrary to popular belief, data do not suggest a higher proportion of sucrose in the diet increases risk for type 2 diabetes independent of body fatness." Excuse me, Kathleen Dezio (ABA spokeswoman who penned this press release of 24 August 2004), but the medical profession isn't faulting sucrose: the problem is High Fructose Corn Syrup. Here, too, is another addictive substance: sugars. If sugars are addictive, a highly concentrated sugar would be more addictive, as big tobacco found with nicotine. Not an untoward parallel, for Phillip Morris is a major player in the food racket -- under the name of Atria. (Cf. www.navdanya.org) As may be remembered, Phillip Morris was the corporation that knowingly peddled addictive substances in the form of cigarettes, including to children. Aren't the ethics here a little slim? Phillip Morris is also the largest producer of foods that stock the shelves of supermarkets, foods high in High Fructose Corn Syrup. This corn syrup has spread throughout the food supply in the U.S. Here again, we have an ethics breach: In the mid-1990's, ADM was the object of an FBI probe into price fixing.
Research shows that High Fructose Corn Syrup raises triglyceride levels, which increases the risk of heart disease (triglycerides are fats in the blood). Another study found that fructose-rich diets have other deleterious effects, including glucose intolerance, insulin resistance and liver dysfunction. (Richard Wasnich and Jon Ruckle, Radiunt Research). The increase in diabetes, particularly early onset diabetes, is certainly related to this new additive in the American diet. (Cf. "Report of the International Obesity Task Force of the World Health Organization," New York Times, 31 Oct 2003) Indeed, further research showed an 80% increase in risk of type 2 diabetes when people consumed High Fructose Corn Syrup -- and not in huge doses.
All it took was one soft drink or fruit drink per day. Walter C. Willett of the Harvard School of Public Health says, "Anyone who cares about their health or the health of their family would not consume these beverages." There are even doctors from Yale University Center backing such reports. (Cf. Vandana Shiva, Stolen Harvest) In "Consumption of high-fructose corn syrup in beverages may play a role in the epidemic of obesity" by George A. Bray, Samara Joy Nielsen and Barry M. Popkins, the authors found that the consumption of High Fructose Corn Syrup increased 1000% between 1970 and 1990. In 2000, High Fructose Corn Syrup represented 42% of all sweeteners. Although HFCS-42 was initially the only High Fructose Corn Syrup component, by the early 1980's, HFCS-55 had become the major source, constituting 61% of all High Fructose Corn Syrup in use in 2000. (HFCS-42 is 1.16 times -- 116% -- as sweet as sucrose; HFCS-55 is 1.28 times as sweet.) Bray, et al., also found that the increased use of High Fructose Corn Syrup in the U.S. mirrors the rapid increase in obesity.
However, from the public health perspective, the question of whether there are other agents that could trigger the present obesity epidemic must be looked into. These are such things as reduced levels of physical activity, a decrease in smoking, increased portion sizes, eating out (and at fast food restaurants) and changes in the kinds of foods eaten. Nevertheless, the introduction of High Fructose Corn Syrup and the increased drinking of soft drinks and other sweetened beverages has led to increases in total caloric consumption. Unlike glucose -- the sugar that sucrose turns into during digestion -- fructose does not stimulate insulin secretion because it bypasses the pancreas. Insulin acts in the regulation of food intake and body weight. As glucose enters cells by a transport mechanism that is insulin-dependent in most tissues, glucose can be metabolized in any cell. In contrast, fructose enters cells via a transport system that does not depend on insulin.
This transport system is absent from the pancreas and the brain, which indicates limited entry of fructose into those tissues. Thus, while glucose provides satiety signals to the brain, as it were, fructose cannot provide this because it is not transported into the brain. Thus, insulin appetite control, the sense of being full, is non-existent with fructose -- or High Fructose Corn Syrup -- use. This suggests that sweetened beverages enhance overeating, for a higher insulin concentration inhibits food intake. Thus, the lower insulin concentrations induced by High Fructose Corn Syrup enhance eating. Another concern is that High Fructose Corn Syrup is metabolized in the liver where it is converted into the chemical backbone of triglycerides (see above). That is, Havel also attests to High Fructose Corn Syrup bypassing the pancreas and the sugar-insulin controlled equation.
In the U.S., High Fructose Corn Syrup is found in almost all foods, including soft drinks, fruit drinks, candied fruits, canned fruits, dairy desserts, flavored yogurts, most baked goods, cereals and jellies. Over 60% of the calories in apple juice comes from fructose. High Fructose Corn Syrup is ubiquitous. Lists of foods containing High Fructose Corn Syrup can be obtained from organizations concerned with related allergies; that is, High Fructose Corn Syrup causes allergies. Yet another unwelcome side effect. (See also www.foodfacts.info/blog) And to think... Americans consume about 63 lbs. of High Fructose Corn Syrup annually. In the face of all of this scientific and medical proof of the ill effects of High Fructose Corn Syrup, the ABA has only misleading, specious press releases... and government compliance. That is, not only does the ABA not care whether U.S. citizens sicken and die, neither does the government.
HOW OIL COMPANIES KEEP A MONOPOLY ALIVE
Did you know that:1. 76 years ago the President of General Motors predicted 80-mpg by 1939;2. 69 years ago Ford Motor Co. tested a 170-mpg Pogue carburetor;3. 32 years ago Shell Oil Co demonstrated a 376-mpg automobile;4. 28 years ago a 100-mpg Ford V-8 was demonstrated;5. 22 years ago Peugeot advertised a 72-mpg @ 56-mph Diesel.6. 3 years ago an English newspaper article announced a 104-mpg Toyota Diesel and 94-mpg VW/Audi Diesels.7. Commercial fuel cell vehicles have been available in Europe for years. 8. Many U.S. Patents exist for devices that separate the elements of water for use as fuel, one patent #1,380,183 was granted 84 years ago.
Car runs on water: By John Oxley
A South African inventor claims to have developed a device that allows an ordinary car or truck engine to run on water - with no air pollution. And it's relatively cheap!
What's more it cuts servicing costs because the car's oil is not as easily contaminated as it is on a petrol-engined car. Developed by Nelspruit research and development company Ku-Shan Technologies, the device uses electricity from the car's battery to turn water into a gas known as hydroxy, or Brown's Gas. This gas is then re-aligned using Ku-Shan's process - patents have been applied for - to make it suitable for use in an ordinary petrol engine. "It's not that the technology is new - it's how it's done," Ku-Shan CEO Danie de Beer told me.
"There are other people working on this at the moment. Sasol (the South African oil-from-coal giant) has been trying for four years to get it right. But it all depends on the way you are thinking. "We think outside the box, and we have come up with the solution in 2 1/2 months." De Beer said the main problems to date had been that it took more energy to produce the gas than could be got out of it. "In the beginning we had the same problem," he said. "Then we got to where we are now, where we get a lot more out than we put in. "The amount of electricity consumed is no more than required to run one of the car's headlamps, but we can run a big Pontiac V8 fitted into a Volkswagen Kombi.
"With this conversion the engine runs cooler and you have about a 5% performance increase. "The oil stays cleaner for longer and there are no more harmful emissions, the only thing coming out of the exhaust is steam and oxygen." He said he came up with the idea from a movie about a man who invented a hydrogen engine that could run on water. "I did my homework on the unit used in the space shuttle - it's not high volume, but it's efficient", he said. Apart from its low cost - De Beer expects his 22x12x12 cm device to cost between R5 000 and R7 000 - the device is much safer than current hydrogen-car technology, which requires large amounts of explosive hydrogen gas to be carried inside the vehicle, as well as a network of hydrogen filling stations. "We are generating the gas as we are using it, so there's only about a litre of gas in the system at any time, not enough to do any damage if it explodes," he said.
He said there was only one drawback at the moment, but this could be easily addressed. When hydroxy is held under compression, without being ignited, it reverts back into water - and this small amount of water can cause rust inside the engine if it stands for a long period. "The car needs to be in daily use because of the water aspect," he said. However, special coatings, similar to those used on dragster cars adapted to run on nitrous oxide, could be applied to the engine to prevent rust build-up. "It's not a serious problem," he said. De Beer said he was currently looking for investors to take the device to market.
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From http://www.geocities.com/ultraknown/6.html
KILLING US GENTLY
By James L. Secor, www.dissidentvoice.org
The American Beverage Association (ABA) sells some of the most popular non-alcoholic beverages in the world. Carbonated soft drinks make up 73% of that total. Americans spend roughly $93 billion annually on refreshment beverages (about $357/person). The ABA believes that all beverages are part of a healthy, balanced lifestyle and helps this along by producing various sized beverages so as to incorporate different, that is larger, serving portions into diets.
This is what the ABA says about itself. Let us stop here for a moment. $93 billion in refreshment beverages. $93 billion -- why? What has Americans hooked? Caffeine, yes, but the ABA sells 7-Up and Sprite, which contain no caffeine, if we believe the PR and product labeling (which the ABA is fighting to get rid of). But even more disturbing is the contention that soft drinks are part of a healthy diet. Which healthy diet? Whose -- Atkins'?
Other than the ABA, who else makes the same claim? But it sounds good, so people believe it. After all, the ABA is an authority. In reality, this claim about soft drinks being part of a healthy diet is specious. What are these profits? With approximately 122.5 billion servings/year (or 471 soft drinks/person/year), the soft drink industry rakes in about $93 billion. Of course, no mention is made of the fact that 43% of those profits are from government subsidies, what is colloquially called "corporate welfare." Fifty-seven percent of $93 billion is about $53 billion. How does a $53 billion/year business rate a subsidy when so many Americans are in dire straits? How is it that the corporate sector can receive welfare when such subsidies are shameful for the individual and considered a wasteful expense?
One of the answers lies in bought friends in the government: our Senators and Representatives. In 2005, however, things became even more secure: the ABA hired, as Senior Vice President for Communications, Kevin Keane who was Assistant Secretary of Public Affairs at Health and Human Services (HHS). He was an advisor to Tommy Thompson. He was hired to direct the strategic communications program, read propaganda. That is, the ABA managed to acquire an inside touch. Mr. Keane can help science along in support of the ABA, as Mr. Bush helps science support his rapacious programs. Another answer lies in corn subsidies and sugar tariffs. What this means is that Coke and Pepsi's profit margins are supported by government taxes, thanks to corn grower subsidies. A subsidy is used to help the farmer make up the loss between cost to produce and higher marketing costs.
That is, if a farmer spends $1 to produce one bushel of corn but market value is 80 cents, the government makes up the other 20 cents -- plus a little more so the farmer can make a profit. Thus, there is complicity with the Department of Agriculture. Archer Daniels Midland (ADM) is the biggest player in this market and the most prominent recipient of corporate welfare, which costs the government billions but people tens of billions (in higher prices and higher taxes). While $1 of corn sweetener profits costs you, the consumer, $10, the government paid $49 billion in corn subsidies from 1995-2004. ADM buys 12% of the nation's corn and turns it into High Fructose Corn Syrup.
We are bilked because part of the money to pay these subsidies comes from our taxes. We are, in effect, paying twice to drink a Coke or Pepsi. This means that buying corn and making High Fructose Corn Syrup -- not a naturally occurring substance -- is far cheaper than using sugar. Why? Sugar tariffs. A tariff is a tax placed on some substance or other that is imported. Sugar. Sugar tariffs give us $2.25/lb of sugar; without the tariff that would perhaps be $1/lb. Thus, by way of putting a ceiling on homegrown sugar production, the tariffs inflate the cost of sugar and deflate the cost of corn, which means importing more sugar. So, ADM prefers to buy excessive corn at excessively low prices. This equals not only great savings but indecent profits. In order for ADM and the ABA to wreak obscene profits, we must pay more. How does this corn subsidy-sugar tariff affect the soft drink behemoths?
A six cent increase in sweetener amounts to $6.1 billion; a one cent increase to, $1.2 billion; a 1/10 of a cent increase, $122.5 million. Fructose is about 75% sweeter than cane sugar (sucrose), so Coke and Pepsi don't have to use very much fructose to attain an equal sweetness. But the cola goliaths found a way to concentrate -- make stronger -- fructose. To create sucrose's sweetness an even smaller amount of High Fructose Corn Syrup is needed. Although fructose is naturally occurring, High Fructose Corn Syrup is not. Creating more of a conundrum is the fact that most all of the corn used to make High Fructose Corn Syrup is genetically modified, seedlings that ADM sold and then buys back as ripe corn to make into High Fructose Corn Syrup. And herein lies a problem: the ABA claims that High Fructose Corn Syrup is natural. This "naturally occurring" sugar substance -- High Fructose Corn Syrup -- is the ABA's attack on science and public concern over the ill effects of High
Fructose Corn Syrup:
Obesity and diabetes are serious health problems in the U.S. that deserve meaningful and effective interventions, not the shallow gestures advocated today. Current Nutrition Facts Panels and labels on soft drinks already provide consumers with key information they need to make the beverage choices that are right for them, including information on calories, sugar, caffeine, sodium, and other contents. To ask the FDA for warnings labels on soft drinks, or any food products that contain caloric sweeteners, patronizes consumers and lacks common sense. Where would such a food “hit list” stop? Even skim milk and thousands of other food products could potentially fit into a CSPI labeling scheme because of the sugars contained in those products. (Press release of 13 July 2005) Warnings about possible dangers to our health are "patronizing"? It lacks "common sense"? Skim milk "and thousands of other food products" (many of them sweetened with High Fructose Corn Syrup) could potentially fit into a CSPI "labeling scheme"? Why no mention of High Fructose Corn Syrup?
I can't answer these ridiculous questions but I can answer the ABA's question about where "such a food 'hit list'" would stop: at the healthy foods--which means all foods not manufactured by the ABA, ADM, Cargill, Monsanto and Atria. Why would the ABA feel constrained to make such erroneous assertions if there was nothing harmful about High Fructose Corn Syrup? In 2004, the ABA released nine articles discrediting scientific evidence of the problems with High Fructose Corn Syrup. Why is the ABA so defensive if High Fructose Corn Syrup is "safe and natural"? (Cf. press release of 2 August 2005)
The scientific evidence, the medical evidence, is that High Fructose Corn Syrup causes obesity and leads to type 2 diabetes. This trend in obesity in America correlates to the ABA's beginning of sweetening their drinks with High Fructose Corn Syrup in 1995. Such reports can be found in The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, Medical Study News, The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism and The Journal of the American Medical Association.
But for the ABA, the problem is lifestyle. In the ABA's sophistry, they quote from The European Journal of Epidemiology (2003:18): "Contrary to popular belief, data do not suggest a higher proportion of sucrose in the diet increases risk for type 2 diabetes independent of body fatness." Excuse me, Kathleen Dezio (ABA spokeswoman who penned this press release of 24 August 2004), but the medical profession isn't faulting sucrose: the problem is High Fructose Corn Syrup. Here, too, is another addictive substance: sugars. If sugars are addictive, a highly concentrated sugar would be more addictive, as big tobacco found with nicotine. Not an untoward parallel, for Phillip Morris is a major player in the food racket -- under the name of Atria. (Cf. www.navdanya.org) As may be remembered, Phillip Morris was the corporation that knowingly peddled addictive substances in the form of cigarettes, including to children. Aren't the ethics here a little slim? Phillip Morris is also the largest producer of foods that stock the shelves of supermarkets, foods high in High Fructose Corn Syrup. This corn syrup has spread throughout the food supply in the U.S. Here again, we have an ethics breach: In the mid-1990's, ADM was the object of an FBI probe into price fixing.
Research shows that High Fructose Corn Syrup raises triglyceride levels, which increases the risk of heart disease (triglycerides are fats in the blood). Another study found that fructose-rich diets have other deleterious effects, including glucose intolerance, insulin resistance and liver dysfunction. (Richard Wasnich and Jon Ruckle, Radiunt Research). The increase in diabetes, particularly early onset diabetes, is certainly related to this new additive in the American diet. (Cf. "Report of the International Obesity Task Force of the World Health Organization," New York Times, 31 Oct 2003) Indeed, further research showed an 80% increase in risk of type 2 diabetes when people consumed High Fructose Corn Syrup -- and not in huge doses.
All it took was one soft drink or fruit drink per day. Walter C. Willett of the Harvard School of Public Health says, "Anyone who cares about their health or the health of their family would not consume these beverages." There are even doctors from Yale University Center backing such reports. (Cf. Vandana Shiva, Stolen Harvest) In "Consumption of high-fructose corn syrup in beverages may play a role in the epidemic of obesity" by George A. Bray, Samara Joy Nielsen and Barry M. Popkins, the authors found that the consumption of High Fructose Corn Syrup increased 1000% between 1970 and 1990. In 2000, High Fructose Corn Syrup represented 42% of all sweeteners. Although HFCS-42 was initially the only High Fructose Corn Syrup component, by the early 1980's, HFCS-55 had become the major source, constituting 61% of all High Fructose Corn Syrup in use in 2000. (HFCS-42 is 1.16 times -- 116% -- as sweet as sucrose; HFCS-55 is 1.28 times as sweet.) Bray, et al., also found that the increased use of High Fructose Corn Syrup in the U.S. mirrors the rapid increase in obesity.
However, from the public health perspective, the question of whether there are other agents that could trigger the present obesity epidemic must be looked into. These are such things as reduced levels of physical activity, a decrease in smoking, increased portion sizes, eating out (and at fast food restaurants) and changes in the kinds of foods eaten. Nevertheless, the introduction of High Fructose Corn Syrup and the increased drinking of soft drinks and other sweetened beverages has led to increases in total caloric consumption. Unlike glucose -- the sugar that sucrose turns into during digestion -- fructose does not stimulate insulin secretion because it bypasses the pancreas. Insulin acts in the regulation of food intake and body weight. As glucose enters cells by a transport mechanism that is insulin-dependent in most tissues, glucose can be metabolized in any cell. In contrast, fructose enters cells via a transport system that does not depend on insulin.
This transport system is absent from the pancreas and the brain, which indicates limited entry of fructose into those tissues. Thus, while glucose provides satiety signals to the brain, as it were, fructose cannot provide this because it is not transported into the brain. Thus, insulin appetite control, the sense of being full, is non-existent with fructose -- or High Fructose Corn Syrup -- use. This suggests that sweetened beverages enhance overeating, for a higher insulin concentration inhibits food intake. Thus, the lower insulin concentrations induced by High Fructose Corn Syrup enhance eating. Another concern is that High Fructose Corn Syrup is metabolized in the liver where it is converted into the chemical backbone of triglycerides (see above). That is, Havel also attests to High Fructose Corn Syrup bypassing the pancreas and the sugar-insulin controlled equation.
In the U.S., High Fructose Corn Syrup is found in almost all foods, including soft drinks, fruit drinks, candied fruits, canned fruits, dairy desserts, flavored yogurts, most baked goods, cereals and jellies. Over 60% of the calories in apple juice comes from fructose. High Fructose Corn Syrup is ubiquitous. Lists of foods containing High Fructose Corn Syrup can be obtained from organizations concerned with related allergies; that is, High Fructose Corn Syrup causes allergies. Yet another unwelcome side effect. (See also www.foodfacts.info/blog) And to think... Americans consume about 63 lbs. of High Fructose Corn Syrup annually. In the face of all of this scientific and medical proof of the ill effects of High Fructose Corn Syrup, the ABA has only misleading, specious press releases... and government compliance. That is, not only does the ABA not care whether U.S. citizens sicken and die, neither does the government.
Christian Identity refuted by Carmen.
From http://www.therefinersfire.org/christian_identity.htm
NOTE FROM THE REFINER'S FIRE
The Refiner's Fire wants to know: How can anyone who deliberately goes against everything the Christian Bible stands for, possibly identify with Christians? Where in the Bible does it say to hate the Jews - or that the Jews have in any way been replaced by another people?
Where in the Bible does it say to be anti-Semitic, racist, anti-government, or conspiratorial? Where in the Bible does it say that the "white people of European descent are the descendants of the 'Lost Tribes' of ancient Israel" - when God made it clear that, although He was scattering the Jews throughout the world because of their disobedience, they would always be His, and told them they would one day become a nation again -which happened in 1948 (Deuteronomy 7:6; Gen. 13:15; Isaiah 43:10-12)?
Do the "white people of European descent" realize that the God they claim to follow was a tallit-wearing, synagogue-attending, Sabbath- and feast-keeping, kosher Jew who loved ALL peoples of all races and colors? Do these "white people" adhere to Torah, attend synagogues, or keep the true seventh day Sabbath and the Biblical feasts? From what is evidenced in Europe today, most "white people" are either Catholic, lukewarm toward God, or don't care about God one way or another. They're not even bothering to stem the tide of Islam in Europe!
REAL Jews have NEVER lost their identities, no matter where in the world they are located - even those who are lukewarm to God or don't know much about their own heritage. They are a people who has been set apart by God, and they always will be. No one has replaced them. The entire Bible is about Israel and the Jews; the Gentiles are blessed to be "grafted in" to the Olive Tree. Gentiles have not become the Olive Tree - they are "grafted in". It is because of the God of the Jews - the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob - that Gentiles of all races and nationalities will get a chance at eternal life, through His Son, the Messiah Yeshua!
The bottom line is: if something cannot be verified in the Bible, then it isn't of God. Nothing that the Christian Identity followers believe can be verified in the Bible. Therefore, they are not people of God. Please read the following article about Christian Identity, and decide for yourself.
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NOTE FROM THE REFINER'S FIRE
A reminder to followers of "Christian Identity": The Bible tells us that Christians are to be a light to their Jewish brethren - not a group that spreads hate, lies, and deception:
1. According to Genesis 12:3 believers are to bless the seed of Abraham as one means of receiving the blessings of God in their own lives, and thus avoiding the curse.
2. Psalm 122:6-9 commands believers to pray for the peace of Jerusalem and carries with it a promise that those who love her (Jerusalem) will prosper. Believers need to pray, not based on what news reports may say, but based on what God says. The "city of peace" will have no lasting peace until the "Prince of Peace" returns. We must always pray that Yeshua will be revealed to all.
3. In light of the command to bless and not curse, the Church has the responsibility to oppose every form of anti-Semitism and anti-Zionism by speaking the truth concerning Israel and the Jewish people. A detailed study of the ninth, tenth and eleventh chapters of the Book of Romans makes this eminently clear.
4. In obedience to Isaiah 40:1-2, believers are called to comfort, support and encourage the people that God calls His chosen. Why? No people on earth has suffered such extreme rejection, persecution, and degradation from so many nations and people groups as the Jews. The Holocaust of the 20th Century is but one example of repeated attempts throughout history to destroy the Jewish nation and remove them from the face of the earth. Comfort and encouragement are certainly in order. Sincere and genuine expressions of support and love are necessary and vital if Christians ever hope to communicate effectively with their Jewish friends regarding their Messiah.
5. Isaiah also outlines in the 60th and 61st chapters of his book that believers are to support the nation of Israel and the re-gathering of the Jewish people to their land. There are numerous ways to express this support. Certainly prayer is of the utmost importance. Secondly, financial gifts to ministries who are aiding and facilitating the return of Jews to the land is money well given into a cause that is dear to the heart of God. Thirdly, numbers of Christians have found tremendous joy and fulfillment in volunteering for short and/or long-term service with ministries serving the nation of Israel. Pray about your part and allow Him to lead you.
NOTE FROM THE REFINER'S FIRE
The Refiner's Fire wants to know: How can anyone who deliberately goes against everything the Christian Bible stands for, possibly identify with Christians? Where in the Bible does it say to hate the Jews - or that the Jews have in any way been replaced by another people?
Where in the Bible does it say to be anti-Semitic, racist, anti-government, or conspiratorial? Where in the Bible does it say that the "white people of European descent are the descendants of the 'Lost Tribes' of ancient Israel" - when God made it clear that, although He was scattering the Jews throughout the world because of their disobedience, they would always be His, and told them they would one day become a nation again -which happened in 1948 (Deuteronomy 7:6; Gen. 13:15; Isaiah 43:10-12)?
Do the "white people of European descent" realize that the God they claim to follow was a tallit-wearing, synagogue-attending, Sabbath- and feast-keeping, kosher Jew who loved ALL peoples of all races and colors? Do these "white people" adhere to Torah, attend synagogues, or keep the true seventh day Sabbath and the Biblical feasts? From what is evidenced in Europe today, most "white people" are either Catholic, lukewarm toward God, or don't care about God one way or another. They're not even bothering to stem the tide of Islam in Europe!
REAL Jews have NEVER lost their identities, no matter where in the world they are located - even those who are lukewarm to God or don't know much about their own heritage. They are a people who has been set apart by God, and they always will be. No one has replaced them. The entire Bible is about Israel and the Jews; the Gentiles are blessed to be "grafted in" to the Olive Tree. Gentiles have not become the Olive Tree - they are "grafted in". It is because of the God of the Jews - the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob - that Gentiles of all races and nationalities will get a chance at eternal life, through His Son, the Messiah Yeshua!
The bottom line is: if something cannot be verified in the Bible, then it isn't of God. Nothing that the Christian Identity followers believe can be verified in the Bible. Therefore, they are not people of God. Please read the following article about Christian Identity, and decide for yourself.
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NOTE FROM THE REFINER'S FIRE
A reminder to followers of "Christian Identity": The Bible tells us that Christians are to be a light to their Jewish brethren - not a group that spreads hate, lies, and deception:
1. According to Genesis 12:3 believers are to bless the seed of Abraham as one means of receiving the blessings of God in their own lives, and thus avoiding the curse.
2. Psalm 122:6-9 commands believers to pray for the peace of Jerusalem and carries with it a promise that those who love her (Jerusalem) will prosper. Believers need to pray, not based on what news reports may say, but based on what God says. The "city of peace" will have no lasting peace until the "Prince of Peace" returns. We must always pray that Yeshua will be revealed to all.
3. In light of the command to bless and not curse, the Church has the responsibility to oppose every form of anti-Semitism and anti-Zionism by speaking the truth concerning Israel and the Jewish people. A detailed study of the ninth, tenth and eleventh chapters of the Book of Romans makes this eminently clear.
4. In obedience to Isaiah 40:1-2, believers are called to comfort, support and encourage the people that God calls His chosen. Why? No people on earth has suffered such extreme rejection, persecution, and degradation from so many nations and people groups as the Jews. The Holocaust of the 20th Century is but one example of repeated attempts throughout history to destroy the Jewish nation and remove them from the face of the earth. Comfort and encouragement are certainly in order. Sincere and genuine expressions of support and love are necessary and vital if Christians ever hope to communicate effectively with their Jewish friends regarding their Messiah.
5. Isaiah also outlines in the 60th and 61st chapters of his book that believers are to support the nation of Israel and the re-gathering of the Jewish people to their land. There are numerous ways to express this support. Certainly prayer is of the utmost importance. Secondly, financial gifts to ministries who are aiding and facilitating the return of Jews to the land is money well given into a cause that is dear to the heart of God. Thirdly, numbers of Christians have found tremendous joy and fulfillment in volunteering for short and/or long-term service with ministries serving the nation of Israel. Pray about your part and allow Him to lead you.
A Scanner Darkly Launches *an amazing* Website and Trailer
From http://www.infowars.com/articles/media/scanner_darkly_website_launched.htm
A Scanner Darkly Launches *an amazing* Website and Trailer
Warner Brother's A Scanner Darkly
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Warner Brothers' A Scanner Darkly Website
A Scanner Darkly Film Trailer
A Scanner Darkly reveals the near future police state
A Scanner Darkly is a powerful dystopic film set in the terrifying near future-- a world controlled by high-tech surveillance and ruled by a liberty-destroying police state. Director Richard Linklater picks up where he left off with his ground-breaking Waking Life-- its rotoscoped look has now advanced exponentially into a startling visual element which only supports the themes of this new film. A Scanner Darkly is a heavily researched, amazingly conceived blend of Phillip K. Dick's acclaimed novel and the frightening real technology emerging in our threatened world.
A Scanner Darkly stars Keanu Reaves, Robert Downy, Jr., Woody Harrelson, Winona Ryder and features Alex Jones himself-- still bullhorning the truth in the future nightmare world. The Warner Brothers film is currently slated for release on July 7, 2006.
If the quality of both the trailer and the website are any indication, this film is likely to blow open previous movie conventions and deliver a powerful warning of a not-so-distant world that we can only hope will not solidify into a permanent prison planet.
United 93: Propaganda & Lies by Victor Thorn
From http://www.wingtv.net/thorn2006/united93.html
United 93: Propaganda & Lies by Victor Thorn
Even movie reviewers aren’t buying into the government-Hollywood deception surrounding United 93 – a film so obvious in its fabrications that film critic Cole Smithery called it a “propaganda docudrama.”He also brought-up the following points in his critique, Pandora’s Press Release:
1) Military Stand-Down: “United 93 punctures all suspension-of-disbelief because of the intrinsic absurdness that the mightiest military power on earth couldn’t scramble a dozen squads of F-16 fighter pilots to intercept the airliners which were supposedly hijacked on the morning of September 11, 2001.”
2) The Shanksville Crater: As Phantom Flight 93 shows in great detail, it was physically impossible for a Boeing 757 to completely “liquefy” into a ten-foot by ten-foot crater. Plus, as Smithey adds, “The now famous ‘crash site’ produced not one human corpse or even a single drop of blood.”
3) Culture of Deceit: We’ve reached a point where it’s not a stretch to declare that virtually every single element of the “official” story regarding 9-11 has been a lie; and this trend carries forward to the Iraqi war, anthrax scares, WMD’s, etc. Smithey summarizes it as, “Rampant government and corporate corruption that permeates every dust particle left behind in the wake of 9/11.”
4) Phony Cell Phone Calls: According to Smithey, “The cell phone/air phone calls are an area of tacit fiction that the auteur fudges with discreet but significant treatment. The actual recorded calls from the ‘passengers’ of United 93 are suspiciously vague and calculated. The calls were never more than a couple of sentences long and share a symmetrical brand of abstract logic that rings false in the context of a hijacked aircraft.”The reviewer also brings up the lack of panic in the passengers voices, and how the movie conveniently glosses over how one of the 'victims' introduced himself to his own mother:
“Hi Mom, this is Mark Bingham.”A number of other anomalies are discussed in this excellent movie review, and in the end Smithey encapsulates the movie’s purpose to what, in my opinion, has also been that of the mainstream media: “United 93 is a regurgitation of suspicious media-fueled speculation … that does more to discourage raising questions about what really happened to Flight 93 than it does to encourage debate over the bastion of lies that have been fed to the American people.”Open your eyes; see the lies right in front of you.
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From http://www.wingtv.net/flight93.html
Sisyphus Press -- P.O. Box 10495 State College, Pa. 16805-0495
Phantom Flight 93:The Shanksville - Flight 93 Hoaxby Victor Thorn, Lisa Guliani, and Vyzygoth
$7.99 plus (includes S&H)For Orders in U.S. ONLY
$12.99 (includes S&H)For Canadian + International Orders (Please, no foreign checks, money orders, or currency - only U.S.)
Flight 93 Hoax: SOLVEDPhantom Flight 93:
The Shanksville-Flight 93 Hoax puts forth an extremely convincing argument that Flight 93 did not meet its demise in Shanksville, Pa. on the morning of September 11, 2001, but was instead shot down by U.S. military forces and subsequently crash landed in the rural hamlet of New Baltimore, Pa., 6-8 miles away from where the government alleges this event took place. Furthermore, to create a massive diversionary site to draw attention away from the actual wreckage in New Baltimore, a missile was fired into an abandoned strip mine in Shanksville, Pa.
– the result of this ordnance blast being a 200-foot mushroom cloud and an 8-10 foot deep crater, but absolutely no airplane wreckage whatsoever. In other words, while the media’s attention was focused on Shanksville, the actual debris from Flight 93 was clandestinely being scuttled away from New Baltimore, Pa., which had been immediately cordoned-off by the FBI and local State Police.Also included in Phantom Flight 93:- First-hand eyewitness testimony of a missile being launched into Shanksville, which resulted in a massive hoax and cover-up being perpetrated on the American people.- Claims that emergency rooms in Shanksville were originally notified to be prepared for victims from TWO separate airplane crash sites.
- The emergence of three (or more) wreckage
-debris sites in Southwest Pennsylvania, not simply one as the government alleges.
- Irrefutable evidence that there was NO plane at Shanksville, but instead Flight 93 (or something purporting to be Flight 93) actually crash landed in New Baltimore, Pa.
- Admissions by the Department of Defense based on seismographic data that the government blatantly lied about its Flight 93 timeline.
- 9-11 Deconstructed: What Went Wrong
– how the real devils behind 9-11 blew it
– a list of six major tactical blunders that allowed researchers to expose the lies of this horrific event, along with a brief history of other failed examples of state-sponsored terrorism, including OKC, the USS Liberty, and WTC ’93.
- The Evil 13: 9-11 Master-Minds named by name, along with their nefarious dossiers!- 9-11 Passenger List oddities, including the mystery of Todd and Lisa Beamer
- Plus gag orders, faked cell phone calls, human remains found at Indian Lake marina, a confession that the U.S. military shot down a plane on the morning of 9-11, and much more.
Phantom Flight 93: The Shanksville-Flight 93 Hoax completely shreds the government’s ‘official’ version of events, and reveals that something far more sinister occurred near Shanksville, Pa. on the morning of 9-11 than was ever revealed to the American public
United 93: Propaganda & Lies by Victor Thorn
Even movie reviewers aren’t buying into the government-Hollywood deception surrounding United 93 – a film so obvious in its fabrications that film critic Cole Smithery called it a “propaganda docudrama.”He also brought-up the following points in his critique, Pandora’s Press Release:
1) Military Stand-Down: “United 93 punctures all suspension-of-disbelief because of the intrinsic absurdness that the mightiest military power on earth couldn’t scramble a dozen squads of F-16 fighter pilots to intercept the airliners which were supposedly hijacked on the morning of September 11, 2001.”
2) The Shanksville Crater: As Phantom Flight 93 shows in great detail, it was physically impossible for a Boeing 757 to completely “liquefy” into a ten-foot by ten-foot crater. Plus, as Smithey adds, “The now famous ‘crash site’ produced not one human corpse or even a single drop of blood.”
3) Culture of Deceit: We’ve reached a point where it’s not a stretch to declare that virtually every single element of the “official” story regarding 9-11 has been a lie; and this trend carries forward to the Iraqi war, anthrax scares, WMD’s, etc. Smithey summarizes it as, “Rampant government and corporate corruption that permeates every dust particle left behind in the wake of 9/11.”
4) Phony Cell Phone Calls: According to Smithey, “The cell phone/air phone calls are an area of tacit fiction that the auteur fudges with discreet but significant treatment. The actual recorded calls from the ‘passengers’ of United 93 are suspiciously vague and calculated. The calls were never more than a couple of sentences long and share a symmetrical brand of abstract logic that rings false in the context of a hijacked aircraft.”The reviewer also brings up the lack of panic in the passengers voices, and how the movie conveniently glosses over how one of the 'victims' introduced himself to his own mother:
“Hi Mom, this is Mark Bingham.”A number of other anomalies are discussed in this excellent movie review, and in the end Smithey encapsulates the movie’s purpose to what, in my opinion, has also been that of the mainstream media: “United 93 is a regurgitation of suspicious media-fueled speculation … that does more to discourage raising questions about what really happened to Flight 93 than it does to encourage debate over the bastion of lies that have been fed to the American people.”Open your eyes; see the lies right in front of you.
____________
From http://www.wingtv.net/flight93.html
Sisyphus Press -- P.O. Box 10495 State College, Pa. 16805-0495
Phantom Flight 93:The Shanksville - Flight 93 Hoaxby Victor Thorn, Lisa Guliani, and Vyzygoth
$7.99 plus (includes S&H)For Orders in U.S. ONLY
$12.99 (includes S&H)For Canadian + International Orders (Please, no foreign checks, money orders, or currency - only U.S.)
Flight 93 Hoax: SOLVEDPhantom Flight 93:
The Shanksville-Flight 93 Hoax puts forth an extremely convincing argument that Flight 93 did not meet its demise in Shanksville, Pa. on the morning of September 11, 2001, but was instead shot down by U.S. military forces and subsequently crash landed in the rural hamlet of New Baltimore, Pa., 6-8 miles away from where the government alleges this event took place. Furthermore, to create a massive diversionary site to draw attention away from the actual wreckage in New Baltimore, a missile was fired into an abandoned strip mine in Shanksville, Pa.
– the result of this ordnance blast being a 200-foot mushroom cloud and an 8-10 foot deep crater, but absolutely no airplane wreckage whatsoever. In other words, while the media’s attention was focused on Shanksville, the actual debris from Flight 93 was clandestinely being scuttled away from New Baltimore, Pa., which had been immediately cordoned-off by the FBI and local State Police.Also included in Phantom Flight 93:- First-hand eyewitness testimony of a missile being launched into Shanksville, which resulted in a massive hoax and cover-up being perpetrated on the American people.- Claims that emergency rooms in Shanksville were originally notified to be prepared for victims from TWO separate airplane crash sites.
- The emergence of three (or more) wreckage
-debris sites in Southwest Pennsylvania, not simply one as the government alleges.
- Irrefutable evidence that there was NO plane at Shanksville, but instead Flight 93 (or something purporting to be Flight 93) actually crash landed in New Baltimore, Pa.
- Admissions by the Department of Defense based on seismographic data that the government blatantly lied about its Flight 93 timeline.
- 9-11 Deconstructed: What Went Wrong
– how the real devils behind 9-11 blew it
– a list of six major tactical blunders that allowed researchers to expose the lies of this horrific event, along with a brief history of other failed examples of state-sponsored terrorism, including OKC, the USS Liberty, and WTC ’93.
- The Evil 13: 9-11 Master-Minds named by name, along with their nefarious dossiers!- 9-11 Passenger List oddities, including the mystery of Todd and Lisa Beamer
- Plus gag orders, faked cell phone calls, human remains found at Indian Lake marina, a confession that the U.S. military shot down a plane on the morning of 9-11, and much more.
Phantom Flight 93: The Shanksville-Flight 93 Hoax completely shreds the government’s ‘official’ version of events, and reveals that something far more sinister occurred near Shanksville, Pa. on the morning of 9-11 than was ever revealed to the American public
Crosses and Crucifixes.
From http://www.blessedquietness.com/journal/homemake/cross-crucifix.htm
1. Should Christians wear crosses or crucifix as jewelry?
First of all, the problem with a crucifix is that it portrays Jesus as dead. He is not dead. Revelation 1:18 I am he that liveth, and was dead; and, behold, I am alive for evermore, Amen; and have the keys of hell and of death. The world doesn't mind a Jesus in the manger as a baby or dead on the cross, because that is not so threatening; but they don't want Him alive and seated at the right hand of God. Hebrews 10:12 But this man, after he had offered one sacrifice for sins for ever, sat down on the right hand of God;
To think on His death and what He suffered for us is one thing. However, there really isn't much difference between the crucifix and someone portraying Christ as still in the grave, if you stop to think about it. He isn't in either place. I'm reminded of the verse from the resurrection account that says, ...Why seek ye the living among the dead? Luke 24:5 He is no longer in the place of death.
The second problem with the crucifix is that it is associated with the Roman Catholic Church. Perhaps it is used by the Orthodox church too, and some Protestants even use it. At any rate, it is most often Roman Catholics that are seen wearing and displaying crucifixes in most of the world. Since we don't want to be associated with the errors of Rome, we don't use them.
Now, as regards a plain cross, the New Testament says nothing specifically about them - either to wear them or decorate with them. The main thing to keep in mind is that many, many people wear them who do not identify with Christ Jesus in any way - whores, punks, gang members, movie stars, rock singers, etc.; so the meaning has been blurred if not completely lost in most people's minds.
Secondly, it has been pointed out that wearing a cross in the early church time would have been about the same as wearing an electric chair today. Some feel if you wouldn't wear an image of an electric chair or hang one on the wall, why wear a cross? The cross actually was worse than the electric chair, since it was not only an instrument of capital punishment, but also a method of great torture.
Paul writes through the Spirit in, Galatians 6:14 But God forbid that I should glory, save in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom the world is crucified unto me, and I unto the world. So, for the children of God, the cross has a spiritual (not physical) context because it represents not only our salvation, but our death through Christ unto the world and its ungodly ways. Thus, it is a symbol of deliverance and death for us in that sense, though we are not told to actually make them and/or wear them.
Another verse on our spiritual cross is Luke 9:23, And he said to them all, If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross daily, and follow me. There is nothing that makes us any better or any worse from wearing a cross. We are made better or worse based on whether we have believed on Christ or rejected Him, and whether we take up our daily cross and follow Jesus if we believe.
Just one thought....if you decide to wear a cross you might want to look for something that really looks like a cross. Many are shiny and smooth. The cross Jesus Christ died on would have been rough wood. Much foolish art has been made of the cross, but in reality it was not an attractive item nor symbol. Had the Son of God not died in the flesh upon one, it would mean nothing today. So, it is ultimately an admittance that He did die and that He is God when even the most vile, unbelieving people wear it and/or attempt to defile it still. For saints, it is our Lord Jesus Christ that makes the cross important. Philippians 1:21 For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain.
Mary Van Nattan
1. Should Christians wear crosses or crucifix as jewelry?
First of all, the problem with a crucifix is that it portrays Jesus as dead. He is not dead. Revelation 1:18 I am he that liveth, and was dead; and, behold, I am alive for evermore, Amen; and have the keys of hell and of death. The world doesn't mind a Jesus in the manger as a baby or dead on the cross, because that is not so threatening; but they don't want Him alive and seated at the right hand of God. Hebrews 10:12 But this man, after he had offered one sacrifice for sins for ever, sat down on the right hand of God;
To think on His death and what He suffered for us is one thing. However, there really isn't much difference between the crucifix and someone portraying Christ as still in the grave, if you stop to think about it. He isn't in either place. I'm reminded of the verse from the resurrection account that says, ...Why seek ye the living among the dead? Luke 24:5 He is no longer in the place of death.
The second problem with the crucifix is that it is associated with the Roman Catholic Church. Perhaps it is used by the Orthodox church too, and some Protestants even use it. At any rate, it is most often Roman Catholics that are seen wearing and displaying crucifixes in most of the world. Since we don't want to be associated with the errors of Rome, we don't use them.
Now, as regards a plain cross, the New Testament says nothing specifically about them - either to wear them or decorate with them. The main thing to keep in mind is that many, many people wear them who do not identify with Christ Jesus in any way - whores, punks, gang members, movie stars, rock singers, etc.; so the meaning has been blurred if not completely lost in most people's minds.
Secondly, it has been pointed out that wearing a cross in the early church time would have been about the same as wearing an electric chair today. Some feel if you wouldn't wear an image of an electric chair or hang one on the wall, why wear a cross? The cross actually was worse than the electric chair, since it was not only an instrument of capital punishment, but also a method of great torture.
Paul writes through the Spirit in, Galatians 6:14 But God forbid that I should glory, save in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom the world is crucified unto me, and I unto the world. So, for the children of God, the cross has a spiritual (not physical) context because it represents not only our salvation, but our death through Christ unto the world and its ungodly ways. Thus, it is a symbol of deliverance and death for us in that sense, though we are not told to actually make them and/or wear them.
Another verse on our spiritual cross is Luke 9:23, And he said to them all, If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross daily, and follow me. There is nothing that makes us any better or any worse from wearing a cross. We are made better or worse based on whether we have believed on Christ or rejected Him, and whether we take up our daily cross and follow Jesus if we believe.
Just one thought....if you decide to wear a cross you might want to look for something that really looks like a cross. Many are shiny and smooth. The cross Jesus Christ died on would have been rough wood. Much foolish art has been made of the cross, but in reality it was not an attractive item nor symbol. Had the Son of God not died in the flesh upon one, it would mean nothing today. So, it is ultimately an admittance that He did die and that He is God when even the most vile, unbelieving people wear it and/or attempt to defile it still. For saints, it is our Lord Jesus Christ that makes the cross important. Philippians 1:21 For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain.
Mary Van Nattan
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