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Antichrist (the movie)

I've been hearing a lot lately about this new film coming out called Antichrist. And of course when I heard the title I immediately assumed that this would be another horror movie, or a movie about antichrist the person who the bible warns us is coming in the last days. But when I read an article on Telegraph.co.uk which really was an interview with the star of the movie, William Dafoe, I was shocked to learn the true story of the film.

I've never seen the movie but basically it is about a psychiatrist (Dafoe), and his wife whose son dies after he falls out of a window while they are having wild sex (apparently throughout most of the movie) and not paying attention to him. He and the wife both fall into depression, her more deeply than him, but he recovers somewhat and feels like the treatment his wife is getting is not good enough. So he decides that he can treat better than the doctor she is already seeing. His therapy involves "hurting her" which according to his definition means more raunchy sex, and self mutilation. My description is far less detailed than the article, and Olga Craig, the journalist who wrote the piece, says that her description is way less graphic than what actually takes place on screen. Below is an excerpt from the article.

Olga craig -"Antichrist, which was previewed at the Cannes film festival amid a brouhaha of media moral outrage, whipped up a storm of indignation (most genuine, some affected) among critics who are aghast that the British Board of Film Classification has given the film – from the pen of Lars von Trier, the cult Danish film-maker – an 18 rating.

They are even more aghast at its unsimulated, nigh on pornographic scenes of uninhibited passion in which Dafoe and his co-star, Charlotte Gainsbourg, couple with feverish abandon before indulging in a frenzy of genital self-mutilation, mutual masturbation and an eye-watering quasi torture sequence. For those of you whose interests lean towards the prurient, I suggest you read a no-holds-barred description of the film on the internet. For those of a more delicate disposition, the following will suffice.

Dafoe and Gainsbourg – a psychiatrist and his wife – are grieving over the death of their only son who, in an artfully shot opening scene, falls from a window while they are engaged in the film’s first of many unflinching sex scenes. Gainsbourg suffers a breakdown. Dafoe rails at her therapy and medication and insists upon treating her himself. She protests that he is too close. Arrogant and overbearing, Dafoe insists.

They retreat to their secluded cabin. What ensues is a moving and thought-provoking journey through the dark and gritty themes of grief and guilt. There are moments of extreme tenderness interspersed with unfathomable fantasy: others of wanton sexual abandon that border on, then invade, the boundaries of what most would consider decency. Mediawatch-UK has denounced it as ‘shocking’ and critics denounced it as ‘an abomination’ and ‘sadistically violent’. "

WOW! After reading this article I can fully understand why they entitled this film Antichrist. It totally and undeniably made in the spirit of the antichrist. It opposes all that is of God and the teachings Jesus Christ which are found in the holy word of God. It shows the depth of the depravity of the human heart on many levels on and off camera. First off William Dafoe is a married man which means that he is committing adultery. Secondly his wife doesn't mind and even has watched while some of the sex scenes while they were being made, and she even made dinner for them all sometimes after the crew was done filming for the day. Thirdly, apparently some people have given this movie rave reviews as if genital mutilation and gross immorality are something to be raved about. Lastly the title itself is a direct affront to the Lord Himself. It shakes a defiant fist at God and unabashedly challenges His authority from the very moment the idea for this movie was conceived in the corrupt mind that it originated from. Everything about this movie promotes unholiness,ungodliness, unrighteousness and all things that are called good.

Who's side is Obama on?

During the uprising in Iran over the scam of an presidential election, in which many peaceful protesters were killed, president Obama went out of his way to keep silent about the whole situation. From the contested election results, to the murder of innocent iranian citizens who demanded to be heard by their government,Obama was conspicuously quiet about the injustices that were exacted upon the voters of that land. He said he didn't want to appear to be meddling in the affairs of another sovereign nation, however when it comes to Israel he has no problem with dictating to them what they should do within the borders of their own country.He told Israel that they should stop building settlements for jewish citizens on their on land It sure seems to me that he has no problem with meddling in Israeli affairs. He has broken his back to appease the muslim world, but clinched his teeth and talked very tough when comes to our closest ally in the middle east. I wonder if Israel needed America in a time of war would Obama respond favorably and decisively with Israel or choose not to "meddle" in our friend's business.

No Greater Love

What a mighty God we serve! How great is His grace towards them that fear Him and call upon His Holy name. He loves you! Jesus loves you, He loves you, He loves you! Look at the cross and see Gods love for you. Look at Jesus and see the Heart of God. His hatred of sin and rebellion, but the love, grace, and mercy towards the rebellious, towards those who turn to Him in repentance and humility of heart and mind.

Just being me: Obama to release trained jihadists on american soil

Andrew C. McCarthy

May 1, 2009

By email (to the Counterterrorism Division) and by regular mail:

The Honorable Eric H. Holder, Jr.
Attorney General of the United States
United States Department of Justice
950 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, D.C. 20530-0001

Dear Attorney General Holder:

This letter is respectfully submitted to inform you that I must decline the invitation to participate in the May 4 roundtable meeting the President’s Task Force on Detention Policy is convening with current and former prosecutors involved in international terrorism cases. An invitation was extended to me by trial lawyers from the Counterterrorism Section, who are members of the Task Force, which you are leading.

The invitation email (of April 14) indicates that the meeting is part of an ongoing effort to identify lawful policies on the detention and disposition of alien enemy combatants—or what the Department now calls “individuals captured or apprehended in connection with armed conflicts and counterterrorism operations.” I admire the lawyers of the Counterterrorism Division, and I do not question their good faith. Nevertheless, it is quite clear—most recently, from your provocative remarks on Wednesday in Germany—that the Obama administration has already settled on a policy of releasing trained jihadists (including releasing some of them into the United States). Whatever the good intentions of the organizers, the meeting will obviously be used by the administration to claim that its policy was arrived at in consultation with current and former government officials experienced in terrorism cases and national security issues. I deeply disagree with this policy, which I believe is a violation of federal law and a betrayal of the president’s first obligation to protect the American people. Under the circumstances, I think the better course is to register my dissent, rather than be used as a prop.

Moreover, in light of public statements by both you and the President, it is dismayingly clear that, under your leadership, the Justice Department takes the position that a lawyer who in good faith offers legal advice to government policy makers—like the government lawyers who offered good faith advice on interrogation policy—may be subject to investigation and prosecution for the content of that advice, in addition to empty but professionally damaging accusations of ethical misconduct. Given that stance, any prudent lawyer would have to hesitate before offering advice to the government.

Beyond that, as elucidated in my writing (including my proposal for a new national security court, which I understand the Task Force has perused), I believe alien enemy combatants should be detained at Guantanamo Bay (or a facility like it) until the conclusion of hostilities. This national defense measure is deeply rooted in the venerable laws of war and was reaffirmed by the Supreme Court in the 2004 Hamdi case. Yet, as recently as Wednesday, you asserted that, in your considered judgment, such notions violate America’s “commitment to the rule of law.” Indeed, you elaborated, “Nothing symbolizes our [adminstration’s] new course more than our decision to close the prison at Guantanamo Bay…. President Obama believes, and I strongly agree, that Guantanamo has come to represent a time and an approach that we want to put behind us: a disregard for our centuries-long respect for the rule of law[.]” (Emphasis added.)

Given your policy of conducting ruinous criminal and ethics investigations of lawyers over the advice they offer the government, and your specific position that the wartime detention I would endorse is tantamount to a violation of law, it makes little sense for me to attend the Task Force meeting. After all, my choice would be to remain silent or risk jeopardizing myself.
For what it may be worth, I will say this much. For eight years, we have had a robust debate in the United States about how to handle alien terrorists captured during a defensive war authorized by Congress after nearly 3000 of our fellow Americans were annihilated. Essentially, there have been two camps. One calls for prosecution in the civilian criminal justice system, the strategy used throughout the 1990s. The other calls for a military justice approach of combatant detention and war-crimes prosecutions by military commission. Because each theory has its downsides, many commentators, myself included, have proposed a third way: a hybrid system, designed for the realities of modern international terrorism—a new system that would address the needs to protect our classified defense secrets and to assure Americans, as well as our allies, that we are detaining the right people.

There are differences in these various proposals. But their proponents, and adherents to both the military and civilian justice approaches, have all agreed on at least one thing: Foreign terrorists trained to execute mass-murder attacks cannot simply be released while the war ensues and Americans are still being targeted. We have already released too many jihadists who, as night follows day, have resumed plotting to kill Americans. Indeed, according to recent reports, a released Guantanamo detainee is now leading Taliban combat operations in Afghanistan, where President Obama has just sent additional American forces.
The Obama campaign smeared Guantanamo Bay as a human rights blight. Consistent with that hyperbolic rhetoric, the President began his administration by promising to close the detention camp within a year. The President did this even though he and you (a) agree Gitmo is a top-flight prison facility, (b) acknowledge that our nation is still at war, and (c) concede that many Gitmo detainees are extremely dangerous terrorists who cannot be tried under civilian court rules. Patently, the commitment to close Guantanamo Bay within a year was made without a plan for what to do with these detainees who cannot be tried. Consequently, the Detention Policy Task Force is not an effort to arrive at the best policy. It is an effort to justify a bad policy that has already been adopted: to wit, the Obama administration policy to release trained terrorists outright if that’s what it takes to close Gitmo by January.

Obviously, I am powerless to stop the administration from releasing top al Qaeda operatives who planned mass-murder attacks against American cities—like Binyam Mohammed (the accomplice of “Dirty Bomber” Jose Padilla) whom the administration recently transferred to Britain, where he is now at liberty and living on public assistance. I am similarly powerless to stop the administration from admitting into the United States such alien jihadists as the 17 remaining Uighur detainees. According to National Intelligence Director Dennis Blair, the Uighurs will apparently live freely, on American taxpayer assistance, despite the facts that they are affiliated with a terrorist organization and have received terrorist paramilitary training. Under federal immigration law (the 2005 REAL ID Act), those facts render them excludable from the United States. The Uighurs’ impending release is thus a remarkable development given the Obama administration’s propensity to deride its predecessor’s purported insensitivity to the rule of law.

I am, in addition, powerless to stop the President, as he takes these reckless steps, from touting his Detention Policy Task Force as a demonstration of his national security seriousness. But I can decline to participate in the charade.

Finally, let me repeat that I respect and admire the dedication of Justice Department lawyers, whom I have tirelessly defended since I retired in 2003 as a chief assistant U.S. attorney in the Southern District of New York. It was a unique honor to serve for nearly twenty years as a federal prosecutor, under administrations of both parties. It was as proud a day as I have ever had when the trial team I led was awarded the Attorney General’s Exceptional Service Award in 1996, after we secured the convictions of Sheikh Omar Abdel Rahman and his underlings for waging a terrorist war against the United States. I particularly appreciated receiving the award from Attorney General Reno—as I recounted in Willful Blindness, my book about the case, without her steadfastness against opposition from short-sighted government officials who wanted to release him, the “blind sheikh” would never have been indicted, much less convicted and so deservedly sentenced to life-imprisonment. In any event, I’ve always believed defending our nation is a duty of citizenship, not ideology. Thus, my conservative political views aside, I’ve made myself available to liberal and conservative groups, to Democrats and Republicans, who’ve thought tapping my experience would be beneficial. It pains me to decline your invitation, but the attendant circumstances leave no other option.

Very truly yours,

/S/

Andrew C. McCarthy

cc: Sylvia T. Kaser and John DePue
National Security Division, Counterterrorism Section

Obama to release trained jihadists on american soil

The more I learn about Barack Hussein Obama, the more I am convinced that he is really destroying America on purpose. I don't think someone can be as incompotent as he is concerning human behavior and the difference between friend and foe. Nor could it be that he's drank to much of his own kool aid in thinking that if everyone just talks to each other that we can come to peaceful agreements no matter what the dispute. The Kim guy in North korea and the Ahck-blah guy in Iran has already shown that they don't want to talk, so why does he insist on trying to communicate with them.Plus, with all that he's said about this country lately to arab world, and now this article stating that the govt. plans to release trained jihadists, I sincerely believe that he is up to no good

Montana Conservative: Clinton or Obama, Do They Really Represent Your Views?

Montana Conservative: Clinton or Obama, Do They Really Represent Your Views?

(URGENT) Anti-Discrimination Laws (actually discriminating against Christians)

Right Wing Terrorists

Homeland Security on guard for 'right-wing extremists'
Returning U.S. military veterans singled out as particular threats

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Keith: Wow wait until you read this article, can you say persecution is coming. Whoa, you want to talk about flat our religious profiling. And it's in your face,a blatant declaration of the governments intent to keep tabs on those who have " radical christian views", such as" opposing abortion, and illegal immagration." What is going on here?" I'll tell you, we are entering a time when true christians will be persecuted for righteousness sake and for the gospel of Christ Jesus. You better get your mind right now and get closer to the Lord. He alone is our strength and our salvation. Prayer and meditation, prayer and fasting, prayer and supplication, watching and praying, praying in the spirit, effectual fervent prayers is the only way we will overcome. This great evil sweeping the land. Pray for me and I'll pray for you.

Posted: April 12, 2009
9:40 pm Eastern

© 2009 WorldNetDaily

WASHINGTON – A newly unclassified Department of Homeland Security reportwarns against the possibility of violence by unnamed "right-wing extremists" concerned about illegal immigration, increasing federal power, restrictions on firearms, abortion and the loss of U.S. sovereignty and singles out returning war veterans as particular threats.

The report, titled "Right-wing Extremism: Current Economic and Political Climate Fueling Resurgence in Radicalization and Recruitment," dated April 7, states that "threats from white supremacist and violent anti-government groups during 2009 have been largely rhetorical and have not indicated plans to carry out violent acts."

However, the document, first reported by talk-radio host and WND columnist Roger Hedgecock, goes on to suggest worsening economic woes, potential new legislative restrictions on firearms and "the return of military veterans facing significant challenges reintegrating into their communities could lead to the potential emergence of terrorist groups or lone wolf extremists capable of carrying out violent attacks."

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The report from DHS' Office of Intelligence and Analysis defines right-wing extremism in the U.S. as "divided into those groups, movements and adherents that are primarily hate-oriented (based on hatred of particular religious, racial or ethnic groups) and those that are mainly anti-government, rejecting federal authority in favor of state or local authority, or rejecting government authority entirely. It may include groups and individuals that are dedicated to a single issue, such as opposition to abortion or immigration."

"[T]he consequences of a prolonged economic downturn – including real estate foreclosures, unemployment and an inability to obtain credit – could create a fertile recruiting environment for right-wing extremists and even result in confrontations between such groups and government authorities similar to those in the past," the report says.

(Story continues below)

It adds that "growth in these groups subsided in reaction to increased government scrutiny as a result of the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing and disrupted plots, improvements in the economy and the continued U.S. standing as the pre-eminent world power."

"Proposed imposition of firearms restrictions and weapons bans likely would attract new members into the ranks of right-wing extremist groups as well as potentially spur some of them to begin planning and training for violence against the government," the report continues. "The high volume of purchases and stockpiling of weapons and ammunition by right-wing extremists in anticipation of restrictions and bans in some parts of the country continue to be a primary concern to law enforcement."

Most notable is the report's focus on the impact of returning war veterans.

"Returning veterans possess combat skills and experience that are attractive to right-wing extremists," it says. "DHS/I&A is concerned that right-wing extremists will attempt to recruit and radicalize veterans in order to boost their violent capacities."

The report cites the April 4 shooting deaths of three police officers in Pittsburgh as an example of what may be coming, claiming the alleged gunman holds a racist ideology and believes in anti-government conspiracy theories about gun confiscations, citizen detention camps and "a Jewish-controlled 'one-world government.'"

It also suggests the election of an African-American president and the prospect of his policy changes "are proving to be a driving force for right-wing extremist recruitment and radicalization."

The report also mentions "'end times' prophecies could motivate extremist individuals and groups to stockpile food, ammunition and weapons. These teachings also have been linked with the radicalization of domestic extremist individuals and groups in the past, such as the violent Christian Identity organizations and extremist members of the militia movement."

"DHS/I&A assesses that right-wing extremist groups' frustration over a perceived lack of government action on illegal immigration has the potential to incite individuals or small groups toward violence," the report continues.

The report states the DHS will be working with state and local partners over the next several months to determine the levels of right-wing extremist activity in the U.S.

Last month, the chief of the Missouri highway patrol blasted a report issued by the Missouri Information Analysis Center that linked conservative groups to domestic terrorism, assuring that such reports no longer will be issued. The report had been compiled with the assistance of DHS.

The report warned law enforcement agencies to watch for suspicious individuals who may have bumper stickers for third-party political candidates such as Ron Paul, Bob Barr and Chuck Baldwin.

It further warned law enforcement to watch out for individuals with "radical" ideologies based on Christian views, such as opposing illegal immigration, abortion and federal taxes.

Chief James Keathley of the Missouri State Patrol issued a statement that the release of the report, which outraged conservatives nationwide, prompted him to "take a hard look" at the procedures through which the report was released by the MIAC.

"My review of the procedures used by the MIAC in the three years since its inception indicates that the mechanism in place for oversight of reports needs improvement," he wrote. "Until two weeks ago, the process for release of reports from the MIAC to law enforcement officers around the state required no review by leaders of the Missouri State Highway Patrol or the Department of Public Safety."

"For that reason, I have ordered the MIAC to permanently cease distribution of the militia report," he said. "Further, I am creating a new process for oversight of reports drafted by the MIAC that will require leaders of the Missouri State Highway Patrol and the Department of Public Safety to review the content of these reports before they are shared with law enforcement. My office will also undertake a review of the origin of the report by MIAC."

Self control

Losing It: Why Self-Control Is Not Natural

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Meredith F. Small
LiveScience's Human Nature Columnist
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Keith: Wow I can't believe these all these so called bright people are just now figuring out that it's not in human nature to exercise self control. God tells us (christians) that he did not give us a spirit of fear but of power, love and a sound mind(self control) 2 Timothy 1:7 And all thought the bible God instruct us to exercise self sontrol. Why because evil desires will control us if we don't.

Columnist

After dinner last night, I lost my usual self-control and ate half a box of cookies. No wonder. My self-control had been under pressure all day. I righteously refused a muffin at breakfast, didn't scream at my kid to get out the door although we were late, made a conscious decision not to run over a pedestrian crossing against the light, kept my fist from pounding on the table during a faculty meeting, and resisted the urge to throw an annoying student out of my office.

But by 7 p.m., my self-control mechanism was worn out, and down those cookies went.

The empty box would have been no surprise to Yale University psychologist Joshua Ackerman and colleagues who have discovered that self-control not only wears us down, even thinking about other people's self-control is too much to handle.

In the latest issue of the journal Psychological Science, the researchers taunted subjects with the story of a waiter who was surrounded by gourmet food but not allowed a taste. Some of the subjects were encouraged to go beyond polite listening and actually imagine this poor waiter, to have real empathy with his situation. And then everybody was shown pictures of expensive stuff. Those who had put themselves in the shoes of the waiter, had suffered all that self-control as he had, wanted that stuff, no matter the price.

In other words, just the thought of someone, anyone, depriving himself eventually makes greedy beasts of all of us.

Apparently, it's human nature to be out of control. Imagine our early ancestors roaming the savannah looking for food. They might bring down a gazelle, but that meat was probably not enough for some of the group. As soon as they wiped their mouths, those lacking self-control were probably off again on the hunt because they could not deny themselves anything.

Such an attitude was probably adaptive. It kept the group on the take, always looking, always wanting, always getting, and those who wanted more surely lived longer and passed on more genes that those who sat around the first gazelle and said, "We'll, I'm satisfied," not imagining they would be hungry again soon.

The need for self-control must have come much later, and in other spheres than food. Group living, for example, takes great self-control; it takes a lot to live with people day after day and not kill them, and so those more reflective humans who could keep their anger in check probably did well once humans settled into communities.

But that kind of self-control has become so painful in the modern world because there is so much to want, so much to tempt our restraint. We live in busy, complex communities surrounded by desirable goods and fun ideas, and so all day, every day, we hold back. And we see that most everyone else is holding back too. We are hit hard by both our own weary self-control as well as the exhausting empathy we apparently have for everyone else's self-control.

It really is too much. It makes perfect sense that we sometimes lose it and eat half, or even a whole, box of cookies in one sitting.

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Meredith F. Small is an anthropologist at Cornell University. She is also the author of "Our Babies, Ourselves; How Biology and Culture Shape the Way We Parent" (link) and "The Culture of Our Discontent; Beyond the Medical Model of Mental Illness" (link). Her Human Nature column appears each Friday on LiveScience.

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Good friday

Today was beautiful because I got to spend good quality time with my brothers and sisters in the Lord. That was after the preaching of the word of God by Pastor Ricks, Minister Lee, Chaplin Morse, Pastor Clark, and Pastor Moss. I forgot the other sister's name but God really spoke through them today. They preached from the book of Matthew 27:32-54 Basically talking about all that Jesus endured for us, the beatings, mock trials, the humilation of being spat upon and ridiculed, the false accusations, desertion, and finally the crucifixtion itself. They drove home the point that he didn't say a word, and that he didn't give up in the face of extreme opposition and persecution. He endured to the end, accomplishing his Father's will, and fully fulfiilling the righteous requirements of the law all while fulfilling the prophecies made in the past concerning the coming Messiah.
It's an incredible feeling to know that I am loved by God that much that he would go through all that for me and give me eternal life with him and his people. And that's what made today beautiful for me, being in the midst of people who love God like I do and think like I do. Plus the Lord said, "where two or three are gathered together in my name I am in the midst of them. How awesome is that, to be in the presence of God with joy and thanksgiving! Yes today was truly lovely indeed and I owe it all to Jesus Christ.

Remembering Jesus

When in the frailty of my weakness my strength fails

and when in the anguish of my heart my soul wails

when life is as cold as wintry gails

I'll think of you Jesus and your hands pierced with nails

When the fowler spoils and the scoffer scorns

and my hopes for this life have been shredded and torn

I'll fall to the floor, and on my face I will mourn

and then I'll think of you Jesus, and your crown of thorns

When I'm all alone and no friend doth abide

and the furnace is set ablaze for me to be tried

and It reveals my impurities, the sinfulness of my pride

I'll think of the water, and the blood, that spilled from your side

When the world comes against me I'll kneel down and pray

And when my flesh rises up please don't let me go astray

And when the devil spreads his lies, I will tell the truth and say

Jesus Christ is Lord and he rose again the third day

And when you ascended into heaven it was with great victory

You took captive that thing which held me in captivity

Sin and death no longer reign, for your Spirit of Truth has set me free

And now you sit upon a throne of grace, forever,

clothed in majesty

In the absence of God

In the absence of God, there is an absence of all things good and virtuous, that are of any eternal significance. Many temporal deeds of

the most noble sort are manifested in the human experience daily. However, of what long lasting value are they, if not committed with the glory

of God in mind, and the advancement of the gospel of Jesus Christ. They only serve to add to the perpetrator a reenforcing psuedo sense of being

a good person. Without the indwelling of the Holy Spirit, we lack the proper understanding and power to exercise true goodness in it's purest form.

The heart that rejects the living God is a polluted wasteland that can neither do good(according to God) nor even ascertain what goodness

is. Jeremiah 17:9 says "The heart is deceitful above all things and desperately wicked: who can know it?" Pure goodness is done in the spirit of selfless-

ness, humilty,and love of God which leads to love of neighbor. It is devoid of pride or self adulation, and seeks not the praise of any man, but from

God alone and to God alone.

Why Abiogenesis Is Impossible

Why Abiogenesis Is Impossible

The Light, he is life

John 8:12
Then Jesus spake unto them saying" I am the light of the world; he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life."

1 John 1:6-7 If we say we have fellowship with him, and walk in darkness,we lie, and do not the truth. But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood Of Jesus Christ his Son cleanses us from all sin.

Are you walking in darkness today? If you think your going to heaven because your a good person then you are walking in darkness. If you say that you have Jesus in your heart but live a sinful lifestyle then you are in darkness.

John 1:5 And the light shines in the darkness and the darkness comprehended it not.

thankful to the Lord

With so many people losing their jobs and their homes it makes me all the more the thankful to Christ Jesus that he has blessed me with a job, clothes, food and water, and a warm place to stay for me and my family. Then I think about how these things are the temporary essentials for this life and how God has provided for me the essentials for the next life. The eternal things like the bread of life which is Jesus. The living water which is Jesus. And the eternal home in the heavens in my Holy Fathers house because of Jesus. I feel great because all my needs are provided for, are yours?

The Separation of God and State

The random house dictionary of the English language defines religion in this way; concern over what exists beyond the visible world, differentiated from philosophy in that it operates through faith or intuition rather than reason, generally including the idea of the existence of a single being or group of beings, or a transcendent spiritual entity that has created the world, and governs it. That controls its destinies or that occasionally intervenes in the natural course of its history. As well as the idea that ritual, prayer, and spiritual exercises, are expedient, due, or spiritually rewarding and arise naturally out of an inner need as a human response to a belief in such a being. The Word of God, which is the bible, in the book of James, Chapter 1 verse 27 says that “Pure and undefiled religion before God and the father is this: to visit orphans and widows in their troubles and to keep oneself unspotted from the world”.
Since we live in 21st century America and most Americans call themselves Christians, my primary focus will be on Christianity and how the battle between the Christian worldview and the secular worldview has shaped our society today. A quick look at the history of the United States reveals the birth of a nation founded by Christians based upon biblical principles given to man by God to cultivate a loving peace filled relationship between God and man. Let me be the first to say that while the founding fathers of this nation were indeed my brothers in Christ, they were, as I am, far from perfect in the holiness of our blessed creator to whom belongs glory, honor, and praise forever! Amen. The enslavement of people is a practice that began thousands of years ago and continues on today. The use of the bible by some, but not all, of these particular Christians to justify their sinful hate filled racist actions has left a stain on their testimony and has hindered but not halted the cause of Jesus Christ. Thomas Jefferson, a servant of the Lord, as author of the Declaration of Independence, mentions God in the very first paragraph and in the second paragraph wrote these words that should be etched in the hearts of every American “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal: that they are endowed by their creator with certain unalienable rights that among these are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. The U.S. Constitution, which is the document that is “supposed” to be the basis by which we make new laws and interpret existing ones, opens with this statement: “We, the people of the United States in order to form a more perfect union establish justice, insure domestic tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general welfare, and secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity, do ordain and establish this constitution for the United States of America. By the way, the separation of church and state is never mentioned in the constitution and I challenge anyone that says it does to show it to me. In those days all official government documents once completed were signed and dated and ended with the statement in the year of our Lord. Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, John Jay, Thomas Jefferson, and George Washington are just a handful of men, of the many, who recognized the importance of acknowledging God’s sovereignty and the need to seek his wisdom in the enormous task of governing a nation.
The founders of this country wanted the Lord to reign over this land in his proper place, as God, and they as his servants, thereby pleasing him and as they said securing the blessings of liberty. Liberty means: freedom or release from slavery, imprisonment, captivity or any other form of arbitrary control. The book of 2nd Corinthians, Chapter 3 verse 17 says, “Now the Lord is the Spirit; and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty.” There was a time in this nation when God was welcomed in all aspects of our public and private lives. Educational institutions of higher learning such as Harvard and Princeton and many other prestigious universities that still exist today were founded by Christians for the benefit of all. In the public school systems the bible was a required text of literature because it was commonly agreed upon by the people to be the best moral compass to guide children as they grew and progressed toward adulthood. The people of that time understood that education, in and of itself, was not enough to make a person a productive citizen in this society. As we have already seen in the past, government officials readily accepted the bible as their source of direction for handling governmental affairs and made it a practice to pray together before meetings to seek the wisdom of God. As a result America in a very short period of time grew and became one of, if not the most powerful nation on Earth. Collectively speaking in terms of monetary wealth, industrial mass production capability, military might, aid to the world and political influence of other countries, America is truly the lone superpower among the nations.
Subsequently, in another very short period of time, something very terrible has happened and the effects of these terrible causes are now evident in lives of individuals and this post modern society as a whole. What I’m talking about is the spiritual death that has diffused across the macro and micro levels of the American culture. When folks started to kick God out of government, with the imaginary constitutional clause of separation of church and state, liberal and so called progressive lawmakers, with the assistance of jelly back conservatives who were afraid to stand up for truth, began to pass laws that were contrary to the will of God. Article 18 of the Constitution made it illegal to manufacture, sell, transport, import or export intoxicating beverages within the boundaries of the United States. Article 21 repealed article 18 and the sin of drunkenness has been wreaking havoc across the land ever since. It is written that the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus. In the year 2003, 17,013 people died in alcohol related motor vehicle crashes representing 40% of all traffic related deaths. Drunk drivers kill someone every 31 minutes. Every single year these crashes cost about 51 billion dollars in healthcare, insurance, police man hours and many other costly expenses. Some alcohol producing businesses have the nerve to say drink responsibly in their advertisements. There is no such thing as responsible drinking because it destroys the body by corroding the liver and stomach lining, henceforth shortening a person’s life span. A person who drinks will adversely affect people they know and don’t know.
Switching subjects, in 1973 Roe vs. Wade made the heinous act of abortion legal and now we have an abortion industry, as if it were just another business like making cars, or selling newspapers. Since then in this country 43 million unborn babies have been murdered. There are laws on the books right now in most states that would put people in prison for up to 5 years for performing the exact same abortion procedures on animals. A lot of people say that what a woman does to her own body is her business. I whole heartedly agree. But when a woman is pregnant there are two people with bodies hers and the baby. But there is only one person who has a voice unless another steps in on behalf of that baby and speaks out against the termination of its life. Even criminals are given free legal representation before and after they are found guilty of the most horrible crimes and yet an unborn baby is considered to be less than an animal and a criminal. In the book of Jeremiah, Chapter 17 verse 9 the Lord says “The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked; who can know it?” The Lord goes on to say in verse 10 “I, the Lord search the heart, I test the mind, Even to give to every man according to his ways.” Children have little to no value in this land of convenience, where 1.37 million abortions occur every year and 96% of those abortions took place because of social reasons i.e. the child is unwanted or inconvenient. Because people don’t want God in their affairs anymore he has politely stepped back and withdrawn his hand of protection from this nation’s youth. When prayer in schools and the banning of the reading of the bible took place the crime rate on and around school grounds skyrocketed. Children are massacred at a place where they should be the safest. They are being gunned down left and right in droves because of the big lie that says that God has no place in schools. This has been done in the name of diversity and progress as not to offend anyone. Well I say pooh-pooh on your progress and your diversity if it means the lowering of standards for moral excellence that our God teaches us to strive for to appease some immigrants from a foreign land. I guarantee you that if you moved to Iran or Saudi Arabia or France they would not change their laws to suit your beliefs.
Furthermore, the more significant portion of this nation’s problems doesn’t lie with newly arrived immigrants. The problem lies with individuals who were born and raised here who refuse to accept the fact that there is the absolute truth of right and wrong and good and evil and the consequences that result from doing good and doing evil. The truth of what’s good and what’s evil is determined by the Lord himself and he makes these things known to man so that we can do that which is good in his sight and be blessed. But because people don’t want God telling them what to do, or not do, we have created a culture where almost any and everything goes. The average person feels like they should be able to say, and do, what ever they want and when ever they want. As a direct result of this relativist attitude and so called march for progressiveness and tolerance, the U.S. has the highest prison population of any nation in the world. As of the year 2002 there were 2.1 million prisoners locked up for one crime another committed against society. Of the total worlds prison population 22% is attributed to the United States. No one wants to take responsibility for their own actions anymore. The problem is always because of some past event that has traumatized a person or a gene defect in their DNA. Hogwash, people get drunk because they lust after alcohol. Men have sex with other men because they lust after other men. And women have sex with other women because they lust after other women. A lack of self control is the reason why people do all kinds sinful things. Along with the sexual revolution of the 1960’s came the sexually transmitted disease revolution. People called it the era of free love and along with free love, came free herpes. That era is now in full swing and even celebrated as we shift more towards a consumer oriented society rather than the traditional family based one. The slogan for this materialistic culture is simply sex sells.
Consequently, it seems as though with all the churches and synagogues and temples and mosques, from all these different religions around that everything would be honky-dory. But religion never saved anyone. A religious man who doesn’t love Jesus is like a pile of manure that someone has poured perfume over, or a wolf in sheep’s clothing. The outside might look good and smell good but the inside is rotten to the core. Today America is a very religious country. She welcomes all peoples, from all cultures and all types of religious backgrounds with open arms and a big smile. People are saying; see look at what we can accomplish if we just come together and be tolerant and compromise our beliefs so that no one will be offended or left out, except those who don’t tolerate our universal brotherhood of man view point. And because of this train of thought an all out war is being waged by ungodly people against anything that has the slightest hint of being good and decent Christian teachings in all American institutions. Now we are left with a morally bankrupt society that is on the brink of utter collapse and ruin. You don’t need to worry about foreign terrorists destroying this country from the outside it’s being destroyed from the terrorist from within.
God is steadily being pushed out the government and now because of greed and wasteful spending we have national debt and deficit in the trillions of dollars. God is being shoved out the workplace to the point that employers are trying to fight against workers having bibles on their own desks. Now corporate scandals are the norm. Money loving executives regularly loot workers pension funds and leave them without a dime. People work their whole lives for those pensions and get left with nothing. And now it seems like every other day I’m hearing about some workplace violence. God is even being kicked out of the pulpit for the almighty dollar. For the love of money, men and women who supposed to be religious leaders, but are not, who supposed to be a light in this dark world, but are not, are robbing people blind without a gun. And the only reason people are being deceived by these false teachers and preachers is because they just want something from the Lord instead wanting to get to know him personally. They just want the blessings and not the one who does the blessing. It has gotten so bad that churches that claim to be Christian are ordaining gay and lesbian bishops. I got news for them they don’t belong to the church of the living God, they belong to satan’s church.
In conclusion, I could go on talking about all woes that has come from our sins, which is disobedience to God. I could go into great detail about the extremely high divorce rates and crime rates and drug abuse and pornographic addictions and so many other seemingly hopeless
circumstances that plague every minute of each day. But instead I’ll close with a message of hope for everyone who hates this world we live in. A message of hope for everyone that hates the sin in their own lives. The message is a simple one, and it comes from the one who is the God of hope and comfort. The God of patience and love. The message is called the gospel, which means good news. The good news is that God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten Son that whosoever would believe in him would not perish but have eternal life. It is written that God did not send his son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world through him might be saved. He came to his own, but his own received him not, but to as many as receive him to them he gave the power to become the sons of God. He was delivered for our offenses and raised again for our justification. Without the shedding of blood there is no remission or forgiveness of sins. Jesus was beaten to a bloody pulp because of your sins and my sins. He was nailed to a cross to die for you and me. God raised him from the dead to give those who believe on the name of Jesus the hope of eternal life simply by trusting in Christ Jesus. An eternal life in heaven where there will be no more tears or pain or suffering. No more sin or death or destruction. It’s a promise from the one and only true living God our Heavenly father and the Lord Jesus Christ. You can’t get salvation any where else or from any one else. You can’t buy it or earn it or work for it, it is a gift from God and it’s only given through Jesus Christ.