Political Correctness - The Liberal Brand of Censorship

Political Correctness - The Liberal Brand of Censorship: "Being hard pressed to find a single appropriate definition of it, I will use that of Mr. Philip Atkinson put forth on the website ourcivilisation.com. Philip said “Political Correctness is the communal tyranny that erupted in the 1980s. It was a spontaneous declaration that particular ideas, expressions and behavior, which were then legal, should be forbidden by law, and people who transgressed should be punished. It started with a few voices but grew in popularity until it became unwritten and written law within the community. With those who were publicly declared as being not politically correct becoming the object of persecution by the mob, if not prosecution of the state.”" ... (Click on title link above to read entire article )...

The Gift Of Joy

The Gift Of Joy: "I am really a kid at heart. I love the sights and sounds of Christmas. In fact when I go home to visit my family in Richmond, one of the things we like to do as family is to load up in the car and go on the “tacky house tour”. You know those are the houses that have everything in the yard from E.T. to Superman to Santa Claus. What other time of the year can you see such amazing sights and have the whole world drive up and down your street, tie up traffic for hours, and your neighbors still speak to you! Amazing! Christmas does seem to bring out the best in all of us. It is a season of joy and goodwill." ... (Click on title link above to read entire article) ...

Why Do Bad Things Happen?

Why Do Bad Things Happen?: "Bad things happen, very simply, because we live in a fallen world. Our world has been invaded by sin, and the result of sin is decay and death, both physical and spiritual. Adam and Eve were, in a sense, the 'test case' for humanity. Could they live without going after the one thing in the Garden of Eden they were not supposed to have? They could not. They chose to disobey God and eat from the 'tree of knowledge of good and evil'. God promised that the day they ate from it, they would die. Adam and Eve had lived a perfect life in paradise until that point. They had known no sickness, no death, no hurt. In a real sense they enjoyed 'Heaven on Earth'. Then after yielding to temptation, they both ate the forbidden fruit. At this moment, Hell literally broke loose on earth. It came in the form of sickness, death, loss, tragedy, etc. " ... (Click on title link above to read entire article) ...

Beautiful Star of Bethlehem - It Will Shine Again

Beautiful Star of Bethlehem - It Will Shine Again: "Stars come in various sizes, shapes, ages and brilliance. It is their brightness that is the most noted of all their attributes. Astronomers still engage a system for measuring the brightness of a star that was developed by one of their own named Hipparchus at about 120 BC. The scale he developed rates the brilliance of stars from 1 to 6. One is the brightest and six the faintest. The brightest stars are said to be of the first magnitude. The brightest star in the skies today is Sirius and it is rated a 1.42. Hipparchus method of rating the luminescence of the stars is used to this very day." ...(Click on title link above to read entire article) ...

Sharing The Christmas Story With Children In 4 Easy Steps

Sharing The Christmas Story With Children In 4 Easy Steps: "At this time of year, children all over the world are making wish lists and hoping Santa Claus will stuff their stockings with the latest and greatest toys and gadgets. They think back to the joys of last Christmas when all them dreams came true and they’re waiting with anticipation for Christmas morning to arrive.

But how many children know the story of the first Christmas - the night Jesus was born?" ...(Click on title link above to read entire article) ...

Simplest Way To Be Healed By Faith

Simplest Way To Be Healed By Faith: "Of all the ways our blessed Lord has given us for healing by faith, the following is the easiest. It must be ministered by the elders of the church. James gave us the instructions for this way of healing in the following Scriptures."... (Click on title link above to read entire religion article) ...

The Origins of Spurious - The Un-Intelligent Design of Darwinism

The Origins of Spurious - The Un-Intelligent Design of Darwinism: "The basis for this article is connected to a well known Bible verse from 2 Thessalonians 2:11. It is important to keep this reference in context with the surrounding verses. The entire chapter is the best context here as it seems to be centered on this one single idea, namely that Christ will not return until the Anti-Christ appears and finishes his brief but horrific rule." ... (Click on title link above to read entire religion article) ...

How To Share Christ With A Nonbeliever

How To Share Christ With A Nonbeliever: "We're told by Jesus to go out into the whole world and tell others about the Good News?
But just how can we do that?

Here's my top ten suggestions on how to share Christ with a nonbeliever."... (Click on title link above to read entire religion article) ...

American Sleeping Giant Awakes – But is too Heavy to walk on Islamic Jihadist Eggshells

American Sleeping Giant Awakes – But is too Heavy to walk on Islamic Jihadist Eggshells: "One of America’s largest Christian broadcasters, Trinity Broadcasting Network has decided to drop one of its shows because it does not want to agitate Muslim Jihadist. Of course they say it is because they don’t want to offend Muslims in general and that because they are beginning to broadcast into Arab countries. Nevertheless the dye is cast and with a brand of political correctness of their own making they plan to bounce the long running show created by the late Zola Levitt. The last show is set to air on August 28, 2006. Zola Levitt’s ministry will be carried on by his son Mark on the internet according to the ministry’s newsletter." ...(Click on title link above to read entire religion article) ...

What went wrong with the Early Church

What went wrong with the Early Church: "What Went Wrong with the Early Church of Christ?

When we read and study the early church in the New Testament we get a social model of the first Christians and the community they strove to create around their faith and teachings of Christ. We learn the difficulties and persecutions of the early Christians not only by the Romans, but the Jewish establishment and temples alike. Needless to say that the disciples to whom Christ instructed, were constantly in fear of reprisal and condemnation of death for following Christ.

This atmosphere created a very close network of believers who met in secret to hear the story of Christ by his disciples who related the miracles and wonders they had seen while they walked with Christ. The Early Church wasn't brick and mortar, but blood and flesh, the individual followers of Christ." ... (Click on title link to read entire article) ...

What the Old Testament is About

What the Old Testament is About: "The Bible consists of two major divisions - the Old and the New Testaments, with the Old Testament making up about two thirds of it. The Old Testament is further divided up into 39 smaller books, with Psalms being the biggest book of the Bible.

The Time Period of Writing of The Old Testament

The first book of the Bible, Genesis (which was written by Moses), was penned around 1500 BC. The book of Job was written around this same time, possibly earlier. The last book written of the Old Testament was Malachi, and it was written as late as 400 BC

The Time Span Covered In The Old Testament" ... (Click on title link above to read entire article) ...

Putting on the Full Armor of God

Putting on the Full Armor of God: "Putting on the whole Armor of God

I believe like most people, we get up in the morning and get dressed. For some this is a daily routine instilled in us since we were old enough to dress ourselves. From the very first we are taught how to dress ourselves. First comes this, then that, then our shoes are last. The then that and this may vary among many as to what they start with first, pants, or shirts. But in the end we to get dressed, day in and day out for the rest of our lives.
Did you know that Christ has also taught us to dress ourselves as well. Christ explains that just as we dress ourselves daily, so shall we put on the "Whole Armor of God" as well.

And just as we do daily upon waking, we take various steps in dressing ourselves with the style of clothing we have chosen to represent us. So is it with our Christian lifestyle, we take very much the same steps in dressing our life with Christ, so we too represent that which we have chosen to wear in Christ's name." ... (Click on title link to read entire article) ...

Tongue is a Weapon of Hurt

Tongue is a Weapon of Hurt: "We inflict pain on each other in many ways, yet the greatest hurt that has come to the world it that which comes from our words. Your tongue is the dagger that you have to be careful of. This is obviously not the thing we have in mind when we speak. We talk because communication is the only way that we can survive. But it is not the talking that is destructive but the revenge that pours through the usage of our tongues.

It is so strange that we do not often think about the effects of what comes out of our mouth. Our words can cause wounds that might never heal. That is the poison that our tongues produce to the world. It is like the birth of pain. We might think that in time all wounds will heal, but those created by words are the ones that take the longest. It is a human flaw that can be corrected. You will be able to find the strength to right the wrong that your tongue has caused through God. It is in the giving of you that the understanding that as a human being we are not perfect. "... (Click on title link above to read entire article) ...

How To Reach Your Spiritual Goals With Laser Guided Precission

How To Reach Your Spiritual Goals With Laser Guided Precission: "In this text you can read a highly effective, systematic and structured process to achieve your goals. You will be shown how you can use a NLP technique to make your spiritual development effective. NLP studies the structure of how people think and how they experience the world. The models that were developed during this research resulted in a series of techniques that allow you to quickly change thoughts, behaviors and beliefsystems that hold you back.

S M A R T The first step in attaining your goal is to decide what your goal is and then follow the steps from the SMART- principle. SMART stands for Specific, Measurable, Attainable, Realistic, Timed. " ... (Click link above to read entire article) ...

Right to Life & 18 Reasons No One Needs an AK-47 to Kill Bambi

Right to Life & 18 Reasons No One Needs an AK-47 to Kill Bambi: "The concept exists due to sloppy, ill-defined language. Language written by folks in love with the written word. Folks who were creating propaganda for political purposes. The colonists in North America were upset with the government of King George III of England. King George's government was very efficient. His officials were quite willing to cut to the bottom line and get the job done, now. "Hang the bastard." No trial, just a sentence. The colonists simply wanted their day in court.

They were not thinking about abortion, or dying of old age, stem cell research, or living in a brain-dead, vegetative state with the help of machines. " ... (click on link above to read entire article)

Abortion & Red-necked, Bible-thumping, Illiterate Pin-heads

Abortion & Red-necked, Bible-thumping, Illiterate Pin-heads: "God gives us all free will. The key word is A-L-L. God does not discriminate against women. Women are the special, necessary, irreplaceable co-equal of man. Man without Woman is less of a man than he should be. Woman without Man is less of a woman than she should be.

Attempts to limit a woman's ability to exercise her free will to choose, especially something as intimate as her own body and reproductive choices, is not a part of God's Plan. Sin is that which interferes with God�s Plan.

If you do not like this, take it up with God, not some red-necked, Bible-thumping, illiterate, pin-headed members of a legislature, or even the U. S. Supreme Court. They must thump the Bible, as they cannot read it. Or, if they can read, they don't understand it. " (click on link above to read entire article)

Nine Ways Organized Religion Converts Success to Catastrophe

Nine Ways Organized Religion Converts Success to Catastrophe: "1. Faith is not the same as being religious, or belonging to an organized religion. It might help, but is not necessary, nor even demanded. Nothing about religion is simple. Some leaders of organized religions freely admit their own lack of faith, a periodic or permanent loss of faith. But they don�t give up the money or the perks of their positions.

2. Organized religion provides a comfortable man-made structure. It provides reason and purpose for both life and the universe we perceive around us. It provides soft, easy, comfortable answers. And why not? Leaders of organized religion have been practicing their craft for at least six thousand years, and perhaps twice that long. You would expect them to get it right with that much time devoted to skimming the cream. From this basis of comfortable answers we have a starting point from which we deal, measure, compare, and contrast for meaning with the universe.

A formalized, organized, hierarchal religion is usually dominated by some inner circle. This group can be compared to the Greenwich meridian which is a beginning place for measuring time. It is also a baseline meridian for surveyors to find the location of real property. The inner circle is important and useful. The current system costs too much." (click on link above to read entire article)

Communion

Communion: "Your participation in religious rites is your choice. I have suggested that you might want to think clearly about what and why you are doing it.

As to Communion specifically? It is your choice, your decision. The symbolism and mystery of the Transmutation, and the rite itself, if performed sincerely, are deeply moving and can be important to the individual. You can do it yourself, at the family dinner table. Use good whole wheat dinner rolls and a good red wine.

From a human observer level, I have to vote with the Aztecs of the 1500's. They reportedly asked, after becoming familiar with the Christian rite as practiced by their new Catholic masters, and I paraphrase: "Why are you upset by our religious feast rites serving up our enemies as food for a celebration for our Gods, when you turn around and eat a part of your God? " I think that was a particularly good question. "...(click on link above to read entire article)

Immaculate Conception

Immaculate Conception: "I don't believe in Immaculate Conception.

It was a needful selling point for organized religions for the times. Every claimant to Godliness, or God-hood, claimed the same thing: Conceived by a God. Alexander the Great, Caesar, Caligula, and John the Baptist are just four historical figures for whom the claim for Immaculate Conception was made. I have read that there were many, many more.

It was a requirement, like a rock singer's long hair. It was needed then. It is not neeeded now. It sounds like a selling point thought up a couple of centuries later when the gospels were being written."... (click on link above to read entire article)

Christianity and Circumcision

Christianity and Circumcision: "In Roman times, in the early Christian era, the new religion of Christianity was a really "tough sell". Roman culture worshipped the penis, the phallus, and sexual activity. The phallus, and the use of it, was central to their concept of civil order. Advertising of various commodities commonly featured an exaggerated phallus. Common household items were crafted in the shape of a penis. Sexual acts were imprinted on the coinage in common use.

The Christian religion was new, the underlying culture was still strong and vibrant, there was a low demand level for a change of religion, people were generally happy with the religion they then enjoyed. The Christians still considered themselves a part of the Jewish faith, and new recruits were expected to comply with dietary laws and the rite of circumcision. " (click on link above to read entire article)

Nine Good Reasons for Birth Control

Nine Good Reasons for Birth Control: "There was a time when being human was a high risk existence. This resulted a very high mortality rate. Rapid breeding was an answer for that problem. That added to one heck of a sex drive that constantly works at high speed provides for year round breeding. With multiple partners, and frequent copulation for purposes of child rearing, breeding was even more rapid.

When life for humans was simpler children could be on their own at an early as age. Medicine was poor and life expectancy was short. Rapid breedind was a clear survival plan. Without birth control women spent a lifetime being pregnant. Because of poor medicine, childbirth was as dangerous for women as war was for men. " ... (click on the link above to read the full article)

Twelve Reasons for a More Realistic Creationism

Twelve Reasons for a More Realistic Creationism: "A formula used to calculate the incidence of advanced technological civilizations in the Universe gives an answer of between 1,000 and one billion. Probability simply indicates that we humans are not alone.

The same questions still apply: We look about us at the complex web of the universe and wonder, �How did all of this come about? A common answer: "God" must have created it."

This is an a-priori assumption that the web of the universe could not have come about, arisen by chance from Chaos. I think Chance is a possibility. I think God is a possibility. I prefer God. " ... (click on link above to read full article)

Deliberately Confusing the Concepts of God

Deliberately Confusing the Concepts of God: "Exploring understanding the nature of God is usually done from the pulpit. Few questions are welcome at that time. Indeed, even then, almost always, church leaders choose the opposite track. God isn't enough? Just add Jesus. That isn�t enough? Add The Holy Spirit. That isn't enough? Anthropomorphize God. Add confusion, muddle details, and make exorbitant claims."...(click link above to read entire article)

What will God do for us?

What will God do for us?: "What will God do for us? Nothing. Why should He? What does He do for the other species? Why should you expect to get any better answer to your fears and prayers than does a deer fearing a wolf and praying that he isn't seen or smelled? "(click link above to read entire article)

Physics, Chemistry, Evolution, and God

Physics, Chemistry, Evolution, and God: "How does God make the Universe work? It is called physics and chemistry, and He created it. The smartest ones of us can be challenged and study it. Learn from it. To learn of God. To know God. Knowledge of God is not found by spending time on your knees. Knowledge of God is found by scientific study of God's Universe.

How does God make His created life on Earth work? It is called evolution and He created it so the smartest ones of us could be challenged and study it. Learn from it. To know ourselves. To learn of God. To know God. All of science is the search for knowledge of God. "(click on link above to read entire article)

Six Similarities of a Priesthood and Organized Crime

Six Similarities of a Priesthood and Organized Crime: "Six Similarities of a Priesthood and Organized Crime

1. Similarity of purpose 2. Similarity of plan. 3. Similarity of actions.
4. Similarity of behaviors. 5. Similarity of style. 6. Similarity of results.

How to recognize the "con game" of organized religion."... (click on link above to read entire article)

Understanding The Nature of God

Understanding The Nature of God: "Understanding The Nature of God

The most difficult part of understanding the nature of God is to come to terms with what God actually is, and is not. We will start with an assumption: God is. He exists.

These statements are good as far as they go, but at least we ought to be able to go beyond existence and say that God can not be human. He is timeless, unlimited, and eternal from our human viewpoint. More we ought to be able to say that a frail human body could not be a sufficient container for God. If this is true, then nothing living that we know of on Earth can be God. Yet, we are assured that God is a living God by many religions. "... (click on link above to read entire article)

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