Wednesday, October 31, 2012

In the News: Gay Marriage Breeds Confusion

An interesting article from http://www.ucg.org/ about gay marriage. This follows this post about Christian Saints. This follows this post about Hurricane Sandy.  This follows this post about a "ghost" scene in the Bible. For a free magazine subscription or to get this book for free click HERE! or call 1-888-886-8632.

In the News: Gay Marriage Breeds Confusion






article by James Capo





Do gay marriages really provide a stable home for children?



The Massachusetts Supreme Court ruled on Feb. 4 that full, equal marriage rights for gay couples (not just "civil unions," which are recognized in the state of Vermont), must be allowed according to their reading of the state constitution. The ruling paved the way for the first official same-sex marriages in the United States, beginning in mid-May, according to the Associated Press. (Canada, Belgium and the Netherlands already recognize same-sex marriages.) But on the very same day, a New York Times article reported that the Ohio State Legislature voted on Feb. 3 to ban same-sex unions. Ohio is the 38th state to officially prohibit same-sex unions.



The Associated Press, in a separate article the same day, reported on two women who were united in a "civil union" in Vermont in March 2002, but are now seeking a divorce in Iowa where they live. As of press time, the Iowa Supreme Court is trying to figure out if a divorce can be granted to a couple that, well, isn't married, according to Iowa law.



Iowa "recognizes only a man and a woman in a marriage, and that would also mean that a judge could not dissolve a marriage between a same-sex couple," said Neil Schuerer, a state senator.



All this confusion could be eliminated if we simply held with God's definition of marriage. In the beginning, He made man and woman to be united as "one flesh" in marriage (Genesis 2:24Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.



See All...). Those struggling to overcome same-sex attraction and live according to God's laws can request a free subscription to Anchor: A Publication of Hope for Christians Struggling With Homosexuality by visiting its Web site at www.anchorhelp.com  .

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Warning: List of reports of new political violence against conservatives

A very interesting post from www.Alipac.US about political violence. This follows this post about immigration enforcement efforts this Congress.  This follows this post about how to Report Illegal Immigrants! For more about what is happening in the nation now click here and you can read a very interesting book HERE.

Warning: List of reports of new political violence against conservatives


http://www.alipac.us/content/warning-list-reports-new-political-violence-against-conservatives-1071/
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ALIPAC


We must unfortunately report that there is a rapidly growing list of assaults, vandalism, arson, threats and intimidation, and threats of civil unrest coming mostly from Obama supporters towards conservatives.



ALIPAC has the most comprehensive list of these reports.



Please review our growing list and check this link daily for new reports. Do not let these thugs intimidate you or your civil rights in any way. Use this information to stay safe.



SPECIAL REQUEST: Please help our efforts by monitoring your local security conditions by volunteering for campaigns, talking with friends and neighbors and poll workers, monitoring local law enforcement with scanners, and monitoring your local news online to help us build this list. It is our hope to work with you to give ALIPAC activist the most comprehensive and earliest information on these security threats. You can post your reports at this link or email them in to WilliamG@alipac.us



Not included in these news reports yet, but we are receiving word of a heavy well organized ground presence of Obama supporters trying to intimidate some of our volunteers for Republican candidates at the polls. Many of these Obama thugs are carrying the Obama campaigns "Dashboard" application on their cel phones that tell them where Tea Party and core Republican voters live.



Now that Obama is falling behind we expect these attacks to increase in frequency and severity!





Compilation of News and Blog Reports of Political Violence in the 2012 Elections

http://www.alipac.us/f9/compilation-...ctions-265756/

(Last Updated Tuesday October 2



October 27, 2012

Obama Supporters Dump Large Volume of Nails In Parking Lot of Tea Party Rally

Obama Supporters Dump Large Volume of Nails In Parking Lot of Tea Party Rally



Oct 27, 2012

Republican Louisville resident has car vandalized for second time in two weeks

Republican Louisville resident has car vandalized for second time in two weeks





October 27, 2012

CA - Vandal Keys ‘Obama’ Into 2 Cars In Alta Loma

CA - Vandal Keys ‘Obama’ Into 2 Cars In Alta Loma



Oct. 23, 2008

Large Romney campaign signs stolen on camera!

Caught on Camera: Romney Signs Stolen



October 25, 2012

Wisconsin GOP campaign worker hospitalized after Assault

Wisconsin GOP campaign worker hospitalized after apparent gay-bashing assault



October 25, 2012

Lake County veteran's Mitt Romney signs, flags torched in yard

Lake County veteran's Mitt Romney signs, flags torched in yard



October 24, 2012

Romney sign burning in Leesburg considered arson

Romney sign burning in Leesburg considered arson





October 24, 2012

Hacker Claiming Association to Anonymous Posts Bomb Threat for November 5th

Hacker Claiming Association to Anonymous Posts Bomb Threat for November 5th





October 23, 2012

Obama Supporters Continue Threats To Riot, Assassinate Romney

Obama Supporters Continue Threats To Riot, Assassinate Romney



Oct 22, 2012

Obama Supporters Assault and Hospitalize Romney Supporter

Son of State Senator Neal Kedzie Attacked

http://www.alipac.us/f9/obama-supporters-assault-hospitalize-romney-supporter-265748/



October 18, 2012

Romney death threats, riot warnings worry Republicans

Romney death threats, riot warnings worry Republicans



October 16, 2012

Obama Supporters Destroy Halloween Display Critical of Barack Obama and Joe Biden

Obama Supporters Destroy Halloween Display Critical of Barack Obama and Joe Biden



October 15, 2012

More reports of riots if Obama loses. Do you all have what you need?

More reports of riots if Obama loses. Do you all have what you need?



October 13, 2012

Shot fired at Obama campaign field office in Denver

Heads Up! Shot fired at Obama campaign field office in Denver



October 10, 2012

Romney signs defaced with excrement in Virginia

Romney signs defaced with excrement in Virginia



October 9, 2012

Obama Supporters Threaten To Riot on Social Media if Romney Wins

Obama supporters threaten to riot if Romney wins



September 28, 2012

Couple Endures Death Threat, Vandalism Over Romney Sign http://www.alipac.us/f9/couple-endures-death-threat-vandalism-over-romney-sign-264656/

Saudi king calls for criminalization of criticism of Islam

A very interesting post from www.jihadwatch.org  about Saudi Arabia's speech codes. This follows this post about Muslim hate speech against Jews.This follows this article about American energy independence and preventing money from going to hostile countries such as Iran . For more about what is happening in the U.S. now click here and you can read a very interesting book HERE.

Saudi king calls for criminalization of criticism of Islam


More pressure against the freedom of speech. Watch for much, much more of this in the second Obama term, if there is one. "Saudi king urges UN action against religious insults," from AFP, October 27 (thanks to Block Ness):



AFP - Saudi King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz on Saturday demanded a UN resolution condemning insults on monotheistic religions after a low-budget film produced in the US sparked deadly protests last month.

"I demand a UN resolution that condemns any country or group that insults religions and prophets," he said during a meeting at his palace with religious figures and heads of hajj delegations in the Mina valley where pilgrims were performing final rituals of hajj.



"It is our duty and that of every Muslim to protect Islam and defend the prophets."...



Saudi Arabia had threatened to block YouTube in the kingdom if Google did not respond to a request to deny access to the video footage of the film. YouTube then extended its restrictions on the video to Saudi Arabia....



Posted by Robert

Tuesday, October 30, 2012

Did Roman Gods Morph Into "Christian" Saints?

An interesting article from http://www.ucg.org/ about Christian Saints. This follows this post about Hurricane Sandy.  This follows this post about a "ghost" scene in the Bible. For a free magazine subscription or to get this book for free click HERE! or call 1-888-886-8632.

Did Roman Gods Morph Into "Christian" Saints?






article by United News Editor





Why would people observe a day that honors pagan gods by associating it with Christian saints?



Why would people observe a day that honors pagan gods by associating it with Christian saints?



The ancient Romans worshipped gods and goddesses involved with every aspect of life. Jupiter, the chief of the gods, was the deity of rain and storms, while his wife, Juno, was the goddess of womanhood. Minerva was the goddess of handicrafts and wisdom; Venus, of sexual love and birth; Vesta, of the hearth and sacred fires; Ceres, of farming and harvests.



The Greeks considered Mercury to be the messenger of the gods, but the Romans worshipped him as the god of trade, and businessmen celebrated his feast day to increase profits. Others included Mars, god of war; Castor and Pollux, gods of sea travelers; Cronos, the guardian of time; and Cupid, god of love, whose magic arrows encouraged humans and immortals to fall in love. The list goes on and on.



Romans would generically call on "the gods," but each deity had its own cult, and worshippers would pray and conduct religious ceremonies to a specific god or goddess to ask for help. Christianity, with its emphasis on one God, was viewed by many Romans as a strange superstition or even a kind of atheism that denied the existence of the gods.



Members of the early Christian Church considered themselves "saints," meaning holy or separated to God. Paul greets the church at Philippi as "all the saints in Christ Jesus" (Philippians 1:1). However, it wasn't long before "saints," in the Roman tradition, began to take on the meaning of a special class of martyrs or performers of heroic virtue.



In the second and third centuries it became common for congregations to honor the death of a martyr by celebrating the anniversary of his or her demise. The local cult would offer prayers to the dead for intercession with God. A "saint" could eventually receive universal recognition by declaration of the bishop of Rome .



The Catholic Encyclopedia explains: "As was taught by St. Augustine ... Catholics, while giving to God alone adoration strictly so-called, honor the saints because of the Divine supernatural gifts which have earned them eternal life, and through which they reign with God in the heavenly fatherland as His chosen friends and faithful servants.



"In other words, Catholics honor God in His saints as the loving distributor of supernatural gifts. The worship of latria ...or strict adoration is given to God alone; the worship, or dulia ...or honor and humble reverence, is paid the saints; the worship of hyperdulia ...on account of her greater excellence, [is directed] to the Blessed Virgin Mary" (Vol. II, "Saints," 1907, Online Edition, 1999, Kevin Knight).



The evolution from the early Church's recognition of all members being saints to the veneration and worship of the dead is rooted in the early mixture of paganism with Christianity. The populace throughout the Roman Empire was accustomed not only to the worship of the Greek and Roman pantheon, but to cultic worship of local deities. It was an easy step for Christian congregations rooted in paganism to replace the customs of local cults with the worship of dead martyrs.



Over the centuries the Catholic Church canonized saints for many events, problems, illnesses and occupations, each celebrated with his or her own feast day. St. Stephen is the patron saint of stonemasons; doctors can pray to St. Luke, fishermen to St. Andrew and carpenters to St. Joseph. Patron saints are there for farmers, hunters, shoemakers and even comedians. The primary saint in Catholic theology is Mary, the mother of Jesus.

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Day of the Dead and Border Deaths

A very interesting post from www.vdare.com about some people attempting to place blame for migrant deaths on the United States. This follows this post about Mexican drug lords and anchor babies. This follows this post about Mexico and the U.S. Border Patrol. This follows this article about American energy independence and preventing money from going to hostile countries such as Iran . For more about what is happening in the nation now click here and you can read a very interesting book HERE.

Day of the Dead and Border Deaths


[Allan Wall]   November 2nd is Día de los Muertos (Day of the Dead), the Mexican form of All Souls’ Day.It’s also being taken advantage of by Mexican activists who blame U.S. immigration policy for border deaths.The Associated Press reported on Oct. 30th that Rights activists in the northern Mexican border city of Tijuana have hung 5,100 small white crosses on the fence straddling the U.S. frontier to commemorate migrants who have died trying to cross… The crosses represent the number of migrants estimated to have died in the 15 years since the United States toughened border security.

Mexican Activists Place 5,100 Crosses at Border Fence to Mark Migrant Deaths, Associated Press, Oct. 30th,2009

These activists have it backwards. If the U.S. were really serious about border control, interior immigration enforcement, and the elimination of benefits for illegal aliens, then thousands of Mexican lives would be saved. Probably most of those 5,100 people would be alive, in Mexico.But are these activists really concerned about saving lives, or about utilizing death to promote their agenda?So I say, Stop Death in the Desert - Build the Border Wall!





Marines, police prep for zombie invasion! (Seriously?)

A very interesting post from www.jihadwatch.org   about the DHS preparing to fight zombies, not jihadists. This follows this post about the sacrifice of Eid Mubarak. This follows this article about American energy independence and preventing money from going to hostile countries such as Iran . For more about what is happening in the nation now click here and you can read a very interesting book HERE.

Marines, police prep for zombie invasion


This is not a frivolous exercise. This is what political correctness and denial of the truth at the very top have driven counterterror authorities to do. They can't talk about the real threat of jihad, or prepare for it in any obvious way, so they have to play around with zombie invasions. Insane, yes; frivolous, no.



"Marines, police prep for mock zombie invasion," by Julie Watson for the Associated Press, October 27 (thanks to Maxwell):



SAN DIEGO (AP) - Move over vampires, goblins and haunted houses, this kind of Halloween terror aims to shake up even the toughest warriors: An untold number of so-called zombies are coming to a counterterrorism summit attended by hundreds of Marines, Navy special ops, soldiers, police, firefighters and others to prepare them for their worst nightmares.

"This is a very real exercise, this is not some type of big costume party," said Brad Barker, president of Halo Corp, a security firm hosting the Oct. 31 training demonstration during the summit at a 44-acre Paradise Point Resort island on a San Diego bay. "Everything that will be simulated at this event has already happened, it just hasn't happened all at once on the same night. But the training is very real, it just happens to be the bad guys we're having a little fun with."



Hundreds of military, law enforcement and medical personnel will observe the Hollywood-style production of a zombie attack as part of their emergency response training.



In the scenario, a VIP and his personal detail are trapped in a village, surrounded by zombies when a bomb explodes. The VIP is wounded and his team must move through the town while dodging bullets and shooting back at the invading zombies. At one point, some members of the team are bit by zombies and must be taken to a field medical facility for decontamination and treatment.



"No one knows what the zombies will do in our scenario, but quite frankly no one knows what a terrorist will do," Barker said. "If a law enforcement officer sees a zombie and says, `Freeze, get your hands in the air!' What's the zombie going to do? He's going to moan at you. If someone on PCP or some other psychotic drug is told that, the truth is he's not going to react to you."...



The keynote speaker beforehand will be a retired top spook _ former CIA Director Michael Hayden.



"No doubt when a zombie apocalypse occurs, it's going to be a federal incident, so we're making it happen," Barker said. Since word got out about the exercise, they've had calls from "every whack job in the world" about whether the U.S. government is really preparing for a zombie event.



Called "Zombie Apocalypse," the exercise follows the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's campaign launched last year that urged Americans to get ready for a zombie apocalypse, as part of a catchy, public health message about the importance of emergency preparedness.



The Homeland Security Department jumped on board last month, telling citizens if they're prepared for a zombie attack, they'll be ready for real-life disasters like a hurricane, pandemic, earthquake or terrorist attack. A few suggestions were similar to a few of the 33 rules for dealing with zombies popularized in the 2009 movie "Zombieland," which included "always carry a change of underwear" and "when in doubt, know your way out."



San Diego-based Halo Corp. founded by former military special ops and intelligence personnel has been hosting the annual counterterrorism summit since 2006.



The five-day Halo counterterrorism summit is an approved training event by the Homeland Security Grant Program and the Urban Areas Security Initiative, which provide funds to pay for the coursework on everything from the battleground tactics to combat wounds to cybersecurity. The summit has a $1,000 registration fee and runs Oct. 29-Nov 2.



Conferences attended by government officials have come under heightened scrutiny following an inspector general's report on waste and abuse at a lavish 2010 Las Vegas conference that led to the resignation of General Services Administrator Martha Johnson. The Las Vegas conference featured a clown, a mind-reader and a rap video by an employee who made fun of the spending.



Joe Newman, spokesman of the watchdog organization Project on Government Oversight, said he does not see the zombie exercise as frivolous.



"We obviously are concerned about any expenditure that might seem frivolous or a waste of money but if they tie things together, there is a lesson there," Newman said. "Obviously we're not expecting a zombie apocalypse in the near future, but the effects of what might happen in a zombie apocalypse are probably similar to the type of things that happen in natural disasters and manmade disasters. They're just having fun with it. We don't have any problems with it as a teaching point."



Defense analyst Loren Thompson agreed.



"The defining characteristics of zombies are that they're unpredictable and resilient. That may be a good way to prepare for what the Pentagon calls asymmetric warfare," Thompson said.



Organizers can also avoid the pitfalls of using a mock enemy who could be identified by nationality, race or culture _ something that could potentially be seen as offensive.



"I can think of a couple of countries where the local leaders are somewhat zombie-like," he joked. "But nobody is going to take this personally."





I hear that the Council on American-Zombie Relations is in an uproar, and is drafting an angry press release from a coalition of the offended undead.

Posted by Robert

Monday, October 29, 2012

Praying for Those in the Path of Hurricane Sandy

An interesting article from http://www.ucg.org/ about Hurricane Sandy. This follows this post about Wicca and Halloween.  This follows this post about a "ghost" scene in the Bible. For a free magazine subscription or to get this book for free click HERE! or call 1-888-886-8632.

Praying for Those in the Path of Hurricane Sandy

http://www.ucg.org/blog/praying-those-path-hurricane-sandy/
Submitted October 29, 2012





Hurricane Sandy Heads Toward the East Coast



Source: www.nasa.gov  Hurricane Sandy has already hit the Caribbean and is moving up the east coast of the United States. 58 are reported dead already from the storm.



Sandy is expected to continue up the east coast of the United States from Florida to New England. Many cities along the coast have already been evacuated in anticipation of the pending destruction.



When natural disasters loom and lives are lost it is important to remember the words that God inspired: "... The effective, fervent prayer of a righteous man avails much."' - James 5:16Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much.



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Please join us in praying for those that will be affected by Sandy. We will continue to update this page as we hear new developments.




Obama: Don’t Get Romnesia and Forget Mitt Opposes Abortion

An interesting story from http://www.lifenews.com/  about the president's word "Romnesia." This follows this post about Eva Longoria and Scarlett Johansson. This follows this post about Freedom of Speech in churches. For more that you can do to get involved click HERE and you can also get a very interesting book HERE!

Obama: Don’t Get Romnesia and Forget Mitt Opposes Abortion


President Barack Obama went after Mitt Romney in a Virginia speech today on the subject of abortion — telling them not to get “Romnesia” and forget Romney opposes abortion.



Obama spoke at George Mason University in northern Virginia, a key battleground in the election. He said Romney wants to take the country to policies more suited to the 1950s. http://www.lifenews.com/2012/10/19/obama-dont-get-romnesia-and-forget-mitt-opposes-abortion/



Wknd Box Office: The Other Son, Cloud Atlas, Chasing Mavericks, Fun Size, Liberal Arts, Pusher

Here is an interesting article from http://www.debbieschlussel.com/ reviewing some of the movies that came out over the past weekend. This follows this post about some of the movies from last weekand THIS POST about some movies that have been released over the past few years that you might have missed! This all follows this post about guidelines to chosing good movies to watch yourself!

Wknd Box Office: The Other Son, Cloud Atlas, Chasing Mavericks, Fun Size, Liberal Arts, Pusher


By Debbie Schlussel



Sorry I didn’t have my reviews up Friday, but with six movie reviews to post and other stuff, I ran short of time before the Jewish Sabbath. So many new movies at theaters this weekend, so few worth seeing (if any at all). And then there’s pro-Palestinian propaganda (made by–who else?–leftist Jews), parading as a movie.



* “The Other Son [Le Fils de L'Autre]“: You’d think French Jews–who are constantly under deadly attack from Muslims in their own neighborhoods (see Ilan Halimi) and at their own schools (see Toulouse Jewish school)–would have something better to do than to make pro-Palestinian propaganda and fantasy movies. But in the case of Lorraine Levy, the self-hating French Jew who wrote and directed this fictional BS, you would be wrong. Just as you would be wrong in the case of “Cohen Media Group,” the name of which kept flashing on my screener DVD of the movie (apparently, Cohen Media Group produced this). So, that means idiotic Jews, named Levy and Cohen, are the propagators of this crap. No surprise. This leftist Jewtopian, moral equivalency movie is, unfortunately, interesting and well made (if slow). But there’s nothing real about it. The filmmakers act as if Palestinian Muslims are not Islamic terrorists and Islamic terrorism supporters, but kindly loving people with so much in common with the Jews. It’s just baloney, albeit halal baloney. I breathe, eat, and sleep, just like Palestinian Muslims, but our similarities end there. They are Nazi savages, except in this movie. Oh, and did I mention that the Palestinians are the heroes of the movie, who save an innocent Israeli from certain death by stabbing?



An Israeli family (headed by an IDF Colonel) and a Palestinian family learn that their 17-year-old sons were accidentally switched at birth during the first Gulf war, when a scud missile hit near the hospital where they were born and the babies were quickly moved to a safe room at the hospital. The Israelis find out when their son takes his physical to serve in the IDF, as all Israeli Jews are required to do for two years. His blood type makes it impossible that he is the son of those who’ve been his parents for the last 17 years. It’s just not credible that a boy in Western, industrialized Israel–where they have some of the top doctors in the world and where many medial innovations are made–would not have his blood taken at any time from birth until age 17, which makes the entire movie a joke. But, as with all other things connected with reality, the filmmakers don’t let facts like this get in the way of their cinematic screed.



Soon, both families learn of the mistake, meet each other, and–miracle of miracles!–are both fluent in French with strong connections to that country. They have soooo much in common! YAY!



The nebbishly-looking Israeli son is a hippie who wants to become a musician. Upon learning he’s a Palestinian, goes to the rabbi to ask if he is Jewish. The rabbi says no and that he must go through a Jewish conversion. In contrast, he then goes to the West Bank to hang out with the Palestinians who gave birth to him, where they welcome him. He and they sing an Arab song and are all happy together. We are the world, we are the children. Blah, blah, blah, blah. The good-looking Palestinian son, who is really a Jew, has just returned from France, where he is in medical school. He gets a pass to go to Israel and meets up with his Israeli counterpart on the beach, where he is unsuccessful at selling ice cream. The Palestinian (really a Jew) asks if he can sell it, and he’s very, very successful. His Palestinian brother, at first, tells him he hates him because he is a Jew and not Muslim blood, but, then he joins his brother (who is really a Jew), on the beach of Israel and they save the Jewish son (who is really a Palestinian) from being stabbed to death on the beach. Oh, the humane Palestinian heroes who risk their lives to save the Jew! If only that actually happened in real life. Sadly, it doesn’t. Even more sad, they are usually rushing to rip apart and murder the Jews. Also, the Israeli soldiers at the checkpoint harass the Palestinian son (who is really a Jew), by looking into the car to see what he looks like and making rude comments. We also hear constant banter from the Palestinians about how bad the JOOOS are, how “they took our land,” and other bullcrap.



In fact, a better, more realistic movie on “switches” in the Arab Muslim and Jewish worlds would be a movie about a milion Jews who had homes and property in all of the Muslim nations, but their houses and property were stolen from them after they were kicked out by the Muslims. But don’t expect anyone named Levy or Cohen to be making any such movie anytime soon, when they can specialize in Jewish self-hatred instead and know they will have all the financing and distribution for such films.



Like I said, the movie is leftist Jewtopian fantasy that has nothing to do with real life. But the ghost of Yasser Arafat is laughing all the way to his next session with one of his 72 male virgins.



FOUR MARXES PLUS FOUR ARAFATS PLUS FOUR NOAM CHOMSKYS (for the Excessive Jewish Self-Hatred Involved in Making This Movie)


* “Cloud Atlas“: When I watched this horrible and horribly long movie, I kept thinking, “Help! I’ve been locked in the Church of Scientology movie studio, and I can’t get out!” No, it’s not made by Scientologists, but it might as well be. It has that science fiction, absurdist, New Age vibe throughout and makes no sense. It’s like something L. Ron Hubbard might have written. The movie is high on style–costumes/wardrobe, sets, and definitely make-up–but absolutely empty on plot. It’s six separate stories set in different times over a period of 500 years, and all six stories are diced and sliced and plopped together, cutting back and forth between them in no particular order. The same actors–stars Tom Hanks and Halle Berry–are in all six stories. And it’s just ridiculous. I laughed out loud, mostly at times that humor was clearly not intended by the filmmakers. It’s just that absurd. And none of the stories are interesting in the least. None of them are even really fully realized or resolved either.



Nearly three hours long, this is boring and silly to the max. Don’t waste your time and money on this overhyped, expensive piece of excrement. This movie is a joke. Sadly, the joke’s on you if you paid with money and time to see it.



FOUR MARXES PLUS FOUR CRYSTALS (For Excessive New Age Claptrap)


* “Chasing Mavericks“: I had mixed feelings about this movie It’s not violent, doesn’t have sex in it, and it’s fine to take your kids and whole family to see. Plus, the main character in the movie is a good kid who works hard and avoids drugs. On the other hand, it’s about a kid who sneaks out to learn to surf a dangerous, giant wave, and risks his life (and his alcoholic mother encourages him to do it, even though the chance of death is great). Plus, it’s based on a true story, and in real life (and in the movie), the kid dies later on, diving in other water, so I’m not sure what the point was. And, while I didn’t like that in this, as with typical Hollywood fare, the boy’s father abandoned him, there is another father figure in the form of the man (Gerard Butler) who teaches this kid how to surf and is a good disciplinarian. I did like that. The kid (Cooper Timberline) who plays the main character as a young kid (at age eight) was very, very cute and heroically saves the dog of the girl he likes. Plus, the surfing scenes were very cool.



The story: Jay Moriarity (Jonny Weston, who resembles ’80s star Christopher Atkins) is a young kid living in Santa Cruz. At age eight, he almost drowns trying to save the dog of the older girl on whom he has a crush. He is saved by a neighbor (Gerard Butler), who is a surfer and a contractor. Soon, the neighbor is teaching him how to surf, and, now, at age 15, he’s become a great surfer but wants more. One day, he follows his neighbor to a secluded beach miles away and sees his neighbor and a few others surfing giant waves that were then thought to be a myth. The waves are known as “Mavericks.” Moriarty convinces his neighbor to train him for this death defying feat. Meanwhile, Moriarty’s mother (Elisabeth Shue) is a neglectful alcoholic, who is always losing her job. So, Moriarty works at a pizza joint to make money and pay for surfing-related and other expenses. All the while he pines for the girl whose dog he saved, as they remain great friends. He is also trying to avoid the bad kids who do drugs.



The movie has some great messages about working hard and overcoming obstacles and bad circumstances. But, again, it also teaches kids to take dangerous risks.



The movie was a little slow, but it is somewhat uplifting.



ONE-AND-A-HALF REAGANS



* “Fun Size“: I found this movie long, boring, derivative, and appalling because it has blatant sexual themes, even though it is made by Nickelodeon and aimed at tweens and young teens. Plus it co-stars the absolutely annoying Chelsea Handler as the mom. Uggh.



A teen girl (Victoria Justice) gets invited to the Halloween party of a popular guy in school. But her immature mother, who is dating a man twenty years younger than the mother, insists on going to her boyfriend’s Halloween party and forcing her teen daughter to babysit her brother, the mother’s young son. The teen girl then loses her brother and spends the rest of the night with two nerds in their car, trying to find the lost brother. The movie is chock full of bad jokes, sexual humor, and obnoxious but not funny scenes, such as when a giant robotic chicken falls off the roof of a fast food joint and simulates having sex with the car it falls on. This is for kids? Sadly, that’s at whom it is aimed. I’ve seen a gazillion other, better babysitting movies from which this borrows heavily. The only funny part–and it wasn’t that funny–is when one of the nerdy kids takes everyone to his pretentious two (lesbian) moms’ house, and one of the moms discusses the other mom’s third Ph.D. in “pre-natal psychology.” That probably went over the heads of anyone seeing this crap. Anyone who is smart enough to get that shouldn’t be wasting his/her time and money at this movie. It ain’t aimed at them.



FOUR MARXES



* “Liberal Arts“: I had mixed feelings about this movie, too, though I mostly hated it. It’s long, slow, and boring. On the other hand, I liked the message, that if you are a 35-year-old trying to “date” (euphemism) 19-year-old college students, it’s time to grow up. Long past time. Didn’t need this movie or it’s long way of saying that short message, though.



Writer, director, and star Josh Radnor plays a 35-year-old Kenyon College grad living and working in New York City. He and his girlfriend (or wife–they don’t tell you) have just broken up, and he’s depressed. He returns to Kenyon for the retirement party of his favorite professor, a Marxist nutjob. There, he meets a 19-year-old, pretentious, beautiful daughter (Elizabeth Olsen) of the professor’s friends. She’s a freshman at Kenyon, and they begin dating. She tells him she’s a virgin and wants him to take her virginity, but he pulls back, knowing it’s not right. He also realizes that it’s time to grow up and settle down with someone his own age. That’s a rare thing from Hollywood, and I should applaud it. But still, I found the movie boring and a little annoying. Sorry.



HALF A REAGAN


* “Pusher“: As with many such movies from England, I needed a translator for some of the fast cockney dialogue in this. A lower-level London drug dealer owes a lot of money to a Russian mobster kingpin because of a drug deal gone bad. He needs a lot of cash fast to pay the kingpin back or he will be murdered. He has a lot of drug user loser friends from whom he’s desperately trying to collect the cash. A drug dealer’s life is rough. Gee, thanks for the tip. Nothing new here that you haven’t seen in a million other garbage movies on the same topic, even though lead actor Richard Coyle is very good. And I didn’t need to see the torture and blood. No thanks.



FOUR MARXES



Friday, October 26, 2012

Tariq Ramadan: "Eid Mubarak -- respect the sheep!"

A very interesting post from www.jihadwatch.org   about the sacrifice of Eid Mubarak. This follows this post about terrorists in Mali.  This follows this article about American energy independence and preventing money from going to hostile countries such as Iran . For more about what is happening in the nation now click here and you can read a very interesting book HERE.

Tariq Ramadan: "Eid Mubarak -- respect the sheep!"



On Eid al-Adha, Muslims sacrifice an animal in remembrance of Abraham's near-sacrifice of his son (Ishmael, in their view) in obedience to the deity. It is a three-day festival that begins today, and so deceptive Muslim pseudo-reformer Tariq Ramadan tweeted: "Eid Mubarak-Happy Feast.Beyond sadness and wounds,a day to feel good,to smile,to give,to love and to respect...even the sheep.Eid of dignity"



Respect the sheep while you're slitting its throat? Of course, Ramadan means that the person performing the sacrifice should do his work cleanly and without causing the sheep undue pain, but his use of "respect" in this way calls to mind how Islamic law oppresses women and non-Muslims and calls it "justice." Justice in Islamic law is not only compatible with but absolutely synonymous with beating disobedient women, forbidding non-Muslims to build new houses of worship or repair old ones, etc.



And of course Ramadan is an old hand at this manipulation of language. French journalist Caroline Fourest in Brother Tariq notes that Ramadan is "remaining scrupulously faithful to the strategy mapped out by his grandfather, a strategy of advance stage by stage" toward the imposition of Islamic law in the West. She explains that he invests words like "law" and "democracy" with subtle and carefully crafted new definitions, permitting him to engage in "an apparently inoffensive discourse while remaining faithful to an eminently Islamist message and without having to lie overtly -- at least not in his eyes."



And so remember: as you're slitting the sheep's throat, do it with respect! And extend the same respect to the Infidel as you're working to ensure his submission and humiliation!

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What a Former Witch Taught Me About the Darkside

An interesting article from http://www.ucg.org/  about Wicca and Halloween. This follows this post about marijuana and cigarrettes. This follows this post about same sex marriage. This follows this post about a "ghost" scene in the Bible. For a free magazine subscription or to get this book for free click HERE! or call 1-888-886-8632.

What a Former Witch Taught Me About the Darkside


Halloween is this weekend, in case you haven’t noticed. But it’s hard not to notice. Halloween has become the second-largest retail holiday in North America. It’s second only to Christmas in sales generated by the strong consumer desire to party with the dead and macabre elements. Imitating ghosts and demons may seem like harmless fun. It’s not. Playing with the darker elements of this world is inviting strong forces into your life. You do this at your own peril.



I recently interviewed a lady who spent 20 years as a practicing witch. Her story was the centerpiece of a Beyond Today program called “Dancing With the Dark Side.” The program aired last week on WGN America and drew considerable comment from viewers.



One viewer wrote asking for help counseling a child who wished to become a witch. Another wrote detailing the disastrous impact on his family from involvement with the dark, satanic world. As my interview with “Mary” (the pseudonym for the woman who was once a witch) shows, you do not want to go down that road. Here is part of that interview.



McNeely: What do you think you were looking for when you entered into that world?



Mary: Power. To be special, to be unique.



McNeely: You think that’s what other people are looking for, as well?



Mary: Oh yes. Yeah. I mean, you get into it seeking power to control your life, manifest or will things into your life, but the bad thing about it is after it progresses, it starts taking on a negative tone. I started out with Wicca. I started out with thinking I was just worshipping the earth because I wanted something tangible, something I could see, something I could adhere to. The equinox, the sabbaths in Wicca. It soon didn’t feel like enough.



I felt compelled to check out or read books about necromancy and voodoo, and like I said, I was in it for about 20 years and there toward the end, I felt like if I hadn’t had the car wreck, I would’ve been gone, because I would’ve opened myself up to channeling. I’d already started using my own blood in my own rituals, in my own spells. I’d already started making voodoo dolls and casting bad spells on people.



McNeely: Did you actually see those spells come to pass?



Mary: Mhm.



McNeely: You did?



Mary: Yes.



McNeely: Things happened?



Mary: Yes. Things always happened.



Mary went on to explain that people who dabble with the dark arts are looking for a power to control their lives and that of others. They end up being controlled by a darker power they do not understand. Fortunately for Mary, she escaped the hold of the dark side and is building a better life for herself. She finally is in control of her life, in a right way.



Why not watch the entire Beyond Today video, “Dancing With the Dark Side,” on our www.BeyondToday.tv Web site.



Satan offers a clever counterfeit path to power for those who venture into his dark world. But the tragedy is that his path is a dead-end street filled with wrecked and broken lives. Evil is a very real force in this modern world that scoffs at the existence of a spiritual dimension. This Halloween, instead of celebrating a holiday for the dead, why not educate yourself in the truth? Our booklet Is There Really a Devil? provides solid biblical teaching on the subject.



Though the media often trivializes it today, there is indeed a dark spiritual world, and it wants to deceive and destroy you. Don’t let it happen. Resist it, and cling to the incredible future God has prepared for you.







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Best immigration grades this Congress‏

A very interesting post from www.NumbersUSA.com about this Congress. This follows this post about fighting for immigration enforcement during this election cycle. This follows this post about the Border Patrol being cut.  This follows this post about how to Report Illegal Immigrants! For more about what is happening in the nation now click here and you can read a very interesting book HERE.


Best immigration grades this Congress‏


Take a look at who got an 'A' this Congress for protecting Americans from unfair immigration


Earlier, I sent you an email about the top Democrats in this Congress who fought for lower immigration and less unfair competition to unemployed Americans.



Today, I'm focusing on the Republicans in the Senate and House who earned an "A" for their steadfast support of jobless Americans through their thoughtful immigration actions over the last two years.



Unfortunately, we weren't able to award an "A" to a single Senator of either Party for this Congress.



However, in the U.S. House, 53% of all Republicans put American workers first in their immigration actions and merited a grade of "A." Click here to view the Republican list. (Just change the "Sort By" option on the page to view the names in alphabetical order.)



Lower in this email -- below the red box -- I list the 15 Members of Congress who were the best of the best on immigration.



Reinforce Good Behavior



NumbersUSA members are among the few who take time to thank and praise politicians when they do well. Here are easy ways to do it.





Click the red fax button to see faxes that are ready for you to send to your Republican and Democratic Members of Congress based on whether they were Grade-A on immigration or fell short over the last two years.



Fax your Rep & Senators



or click https://www.numbersusa.com/actionbuffet



You will see that we include suggested language in the faxes that reminds Republicans that the people they elected into leadership blocked all bills that would have reduced foreign labor competition from illegal and legal immigration. We want to start the pressure now for people running for congressional leadership to promise to stop blocking enforcement and reduction bills from votes.



Immigration-Reduction PAC



or click http://www.usimmigrationreformpac.org/endorsements/endorsements.html



Many people have asked us if we have a political action committee (PAC) that helps elect candidates who promise to fight illegal immigration and to reduce legal immigration -- and especially who have already proved it by actions in Congress that earn them "A" grades. The answer is that NumbersUSA doesn't have a PAC and doesn't endorse candidates.



For your information, though, I am providing you the link above to the U.S. Immigration Reform Political Action Committee website where you will find the list of Republican and Democratic candidates it is supporting with money donated by citizens for that purpose.



U.S. Immigration Reform PAC is an independent, nonpartisan, single-issue PAC that tends to assess candidates based on our Grade Cards and candidate surveys.













15 REPS WERE FIVE-FOR-FIVERS CO-SPONSORING ALL 5 GREAT IMMIGRATION SOLUTIONS



If one of these is your U.S. Representative, you will want to mention this great achievement when you modify your fax congratulating on the "A" grade.



And we congratulate YOU for the encouragement you gave these last two years to your Representative to co-sponsor legislation that (a) ends chain migration, (b) ends the visa lottery, (c) ends birthright citizenship, (d) mandates E-Verify and (e) helps local enforcement of immigration laws.



ALABAMA



Brook



CALIFORNIA



Bilbray



Miller



Royce



COLORADO



Coffman



Lamborn



FLORIDA



Mica



Nugent



Ross



MISSISSIPPI



Palazzo



NORTH CAROLINA



Jones



Myrick



TEXAS



Carter



Marchant



WEST VIRGINIA



McKinley



Dozens of other Representatives co-sponsored some of these bill but not all of them. You can view the whole list and look for your Rep at: https://www.numbersusa.com/content/learn/abandoned-pages/what-we-support/5-great-immigration-reduction-bills.htm l









University of Texas Hoax Crime Hysteria Aims At Racial Cleansing—No Pushback From Campus Republicans

A very interesting post from  www.VDare.com about a race hoax at U.T. Austin. This follows this post about free phones for welfare recipients. This follows this post about Emmit Till. This follows this post about the likelihood of urban warfare in the U.S. and this about violent Flash Mobs which can result in activities such as Knockout King. You can read a very interesting book HERE.

University of Texas Hoax Crime Hysteria Aims At Racial Cleansing—No Pushback From Campus Republicans




http://www.vdare.com/articles/university-of-texas-hoax-crime-hysteria-aims-at-racial-cleansing-no-pushback-from-campus-re

By Nicholas Stix
[Previously: University of Texas Hoax Crimes Intended to Save Affirmative Action?]



“End Islamaphobia?” October 2 UT march in support of hate crime hoaxes and because a terrorist who made multiple bomb threats was described as speaking with a “light Middle Eastern accent”.


At the University of Missouri/Columbia, where white students have been railroaded merely for mocking black racial privilege, black affirmative action students protest on October 12 in solidarity with UT/Austin hate crime hoaxers



At the University of Texas/Austin, racial socialist activists and their UT staff and Main Stream Media allies have launched a hysterical campaign to intimidate white students by claiming that they are guilty of “hate crimes.” The activists’ MO: constantly make up new stories of their victimization; re-define innocuous behavior by whites as “bias incidents” and “acts of racial violence”; stalk whites attending “fiesta” parties (isn’t this Texas?), and publish photographs of them. Unfortunately, there is no sign of white a.k.a. American opposition.

The activists’ apparent goals:



Influence the Supreme Court to continue its support of Affirmative Action in college admissions;

Take over a presently desirable off-campus neighborhood (West Campus) now populated by white and Asian students;

Get all majority-white “Greek” organizations (fraternities and sororities) banned, disbanded, or under the racial socialists’ control;

Ultimately, to purge UT of white students, save for a relatively small cadre of cultural Marxists.

Thus when a UT spokeswoman described a recent caller who said he was with Al Qaeda and had placed multiple bombs on campus as having a “light Middle Eastern accent,” it was denounced an instance of “racism and oppression” and a “recently reported incident[s] of bias.” A faculty ally, UT English professor Snehal Shingavi [Email him] said that “Arab or Muslim students would face bias or discrimination because of the University’s statement” and that he didn’t “see why the University needed to release information regarding the caller’s accent.” [Concerns raised over racial bias by Alexa Ura, The Daily Texan, September 17, 2012.]

Meet Taylor Raquel Carr.[Message her on Twitter]





Taylor Raquel Carr, R, at the October 2 hoax march



The anthropology major reportedly “identifies herself as black,” i.e., because she doesn’t look all that black, she has to instruct people to accept her politically-constructed identity.

Carr’s racially ambiguous appearance is significant. She keeps weaving new tales in which racially unidentified “racists” call her “racial slurs” and throw bleach-filled balloons at her from high apartment balconies—although she’s driving by at 2:30 a.m., and no one could racially identify her even if she were blue-black. [Students speak out against West Campus bias by David Maly, The Daily Texan, September 17, 2012.]

Carr also constantly co-founds new, overlapping “organizations” that exist only on paper, online, or not at all, containing the same few activists,: Texas Liberation Alliance, Social Justice Coalition, and Student Speak Out: Racism and Oppression.

But UT’s administration has been creating ever more very real “agencies” and divisions to provide the activists with power and paychecks, funded with millions of very real taxpayer dollars.

UT’s Division of Diversity and Community Engagement spun off a “Campus Climate Response Team” last March. It should have been named “Hate Crime Hoaxes ‘R Us.”



The university urges students to report ‘biased behavior’ to its new task force, the Campus Climate Response Team.”

[UT Austin students claim 'bleach bomb' attacks target minoritiesby Dana Guthrie, Houston Chronicle, October 4, 2012.]



Then there’s the Multicultural Engagement Center:



The Multicultural Engagement Center (MEC) mission is to transform lives by providing diverse educational opportunities and support services for students. As part of this mission, the MEC houses the following student agencies: Afrikan [sic] American Affairs, Asian/Desi/Pacific Islander American Collective, Latina/o Leadership Council, Longhorn American Indian Council, Queer People of Color and Allies, and Students for Equity and Diversity.



This racial taxpayer-subsidized politicking employs the hoaxers’ comrades and, in some cases, the hoaxers themselves.

Meet Joshua Tang.





Tang is another campus activist who has to order people how to see him. He looks Asian but “identifies himself as an African and Chinese American.” [Police looking into reports of racially motivated bleach attacks in West Campus, Statesman.com,September 28, 2012]

In addition to typical race-racket sinecures (“an advisor to UT's Vice President of Diversity and Community Engagement,” member of Students for Equity and Diversity) Tang claims to be the “campus coordinator” for Teach for America (registration required).

Like Carr, Tang also claims to have been repeatedly been the target of “hate crimes” by racially unidentified assailants on West Campus—someone called him the “n”-word, someone threw a balloon “bleach bomb” at him.



‘When you aren’t around people of color and people of color are the hyper-other, then it becomes acceptable to do racist things,’ said Tang, who is a student associate in the Division of Diversity and Community Engagement.”

[A Tale of Two Neighborhoods by Andrew Messamore, , The Daily Texan, September 14, 2012.]



“Hyper-other”? Austin is, with Berkeley, Madison, Ann Arbor and Cambridge, one of the most PC college towns in America. Tang expects us to believe that white students brainwashed since kindergarten never to talk about race, even in private, and who now live in this intensely anti-white environment, are openly calling people who don’t even look black the “n”-word, and throwing “bleach bombs” at them?

Tang claimed that he didn’t report the bleach-bomb “attack” to police, because the latter are hostile to “social justice [read: Marxist] activists,” meaning Tang.

Yeah.

Messamore’s Daily Texan article was part of Tang’s campaign for racial quota housing for “low-income” (= black and Hispanic) students in West Campus. It reported that, from 2000-2010, UT white undergraduate enrollment fell from 63.8 to 51.7 percent—but did not reveal that UT has done so via a campaign of continuous racial cleansing (aka “affirmative action”), admitting ever more unqualified Hispanic and black applicants, while rejecting qualified white applicants. In Fall 2011, the university shrunk the percentage of white undergrad admits to a mere 46.8 percent.

On October 10, the day that the Supreme Court heard oral arguments in the affirmative action case, Fisher v. University of Texas, the bloodstained black race hoaxer Al Sharpton spoke in support of continuing affirmative action, “Accompanied by University of Texas student Joshua Tang…” [Groups rally in front of the court by K.C. Wassman, The Michigan Daily, October 10, 2012.]

The MSM misrepresented the predominantly non-white October 2 campus protest march supporting the hate crime hoaxes as having been organized by “students.” But its organizer was black former student Chas Moore. [Students plan march for equality by David Maly, The Daily Texan, October 1, 2012, updated on October 2.] Moore threatened violence against whites, and one marcher used a megaphone to intimidate white onlookers, shouting, “Those are the people we need to fight!” [Bleach bomb incidents ignite anti-racist demonstrations by Cody Permenter, The Horn, October 3, 2012; updated October 4.]

I searched in vain for opposition forces at UT.

Although the majority-white “Greek” fraternities are under siege by racist Affirmative Action students, I could find no Greek organization that spoke out against them. The only person from the Greek world who spoke publicly was an Alpha Phi sorority member Mandy Stein. And, as reported by The Horn’s Permenter, she sucked up to the racial socialist activists (“Please don’t dismiss everybody because there are people out there who care and that want to help”).

Last week, I repeatedly contacted the UT College Republicans(CR). Finally, I reached Executive Vice President Jordan C. Nichols. He said: “College Republicans does not have any comment to give regarding those issues. I apologize we can’t give you anything. That’s not anything we’re involved with.”

President John Horton of the overlapping “nonpartisan” Young Conservatives of Texas (YCT), did not return a telephone message I left him.

The UT CRs are always apologizing to their enemies for one thing or another and resigning under leftwing fire. Last year the UT College Democrats’ leader referred to the CR president, then besieged with charges of “racism,” as “Someone who seems politically correct most of the time.” [Racist tweet lands Univ. of Texas College Republicans in hot water by Alexis Levinson, The Daily Caller, December 20, 2011.]

The sad truth: Students who run groups like CR/YCT aim at becoming Conservatism, Inc. apparatchiks. They are political animals who know the score.

But their careerism comes at the price of deceiving UT students—and alumni—into thinking that there is an organized campus opposition.

CR and YCT need to lead, follow—or get out of the way.

Of course, normal, decent young people do not go off to college looking to fight race wars.

Well, they may not be interested in race war. But race war is interested in them. And younger Texans fought—and died—in the last Civil War.

Regardless of whether UT students fight back, why should Texas’ still predominantly white taxpayers continue supporting an increasingly totalitarian institution that is dedicated to discriminating against, dispossessing, and disenfranchising their children and themselves?

Nicholas Stix [email him] is a New York City-based journalist and researcher, much of whose work focuses on the nexus of race, crime, and education. He spent much of the 1990s teaching college in New York and New Jersey. His work has appeared in Chronicles, The New York Post, Weekly Standard, Daily News, New York Newsday, American Renaissance, Academic Questions, Ideas on Liberty and many other publications. Stix was the project director and principal author of the NPI report, The State of White America-2007. He blogs at Nicholas Stix, Uncensored.



Thursday, October 25, 2012

Puff, Puff...Cough, Cough!

An interesting article from http://www.ucg.org/  about marijuana and cigarrettes. This follows this post about same sex marriage. This follows this post about a "ghost" scene in the Bible. For a free magazine subscription or to get this book for free click HERE! or call 1-888-886-8632.







article by Randy Stiver





"Smoke! Smoke! Smoke that cigarette. Puff! Puff! Puff—and if you smoke yourself to death, Tell St. Peter at the Golden Gate That you hate to make him wait, But you just gotta have another cigarette!" "Smoke, Smoke, Smoke That Cigarette," lyrics by Merle Travis for Tex Williams



So that's their excuse—they've got to have another cigarette, cigar, pipe, joint or whatever inhaled hot poison. Never mind that St. Peter isn't in heaven because people don't go to heaven when they die (request or download a free copy of Heaven and Hell: What Does the Bible Really Teach? for details).



In fact, "heaven" is coming to earth in the person of Jesus Christ—soon. Those who are forgiven and obedient will be resurrected to an incredible eternal life in the Kingdom of God like they've never dreamed of before. But there will be a rule there—no smoking allowed.



This rule may make the currently popular, politically correct, antismoking crowd happy, but they've likely got some issues they'll have to deal with too. So what is the deal about smoking, whether tobacco, marijuana or whatever? Is it a sin?



Not food, not drink



When God made man and woman, He gave them dominion over the earthly creation that He had actually made for them in the first place. Then He clearly told them which animals they should use for food and which they should consider unclean and, thus, not food (Leviticus 11).



He gave man all the plants on earth. Some were for animal food, some for human food and some for sheer beauty and other worthy uses. God also provided man liquids to drink like water, milk, teas, juices (the fermented variety only in careful moderation), etc.



Tobacco, however, is neither a human food nor drink. In fact it's poisonous. Only a senseless person would try to eat or drink it. And only a senseless person would try to inhale its smoke while it burns only inches in front of his or her nose! The whole idea of smoking is ludicrous. But ludicrous, crazy ideas have long been popular with a humanity that refuses to follow God's way of living.



I could tell you how bad smoking is for your health. Even King James I of England could tell you that. He called it "a custome lathsome to the eye, hateful to the nose, harmeful to the braine, dangerous to the lungs, and the black stinking fume thereof, nearest resembling the horrible Stigian smoke of the pit that is bottomlesse" ( Counterblaste to Tobacco , 1604).



I could tell you that smoking and smokeless tobacco cause cancer. But that's been done before. "A mid-eighteenth- century detractor who described tobacco as a narcotic akin to opium, warned that snuff-taking was liable to cause the loss of the sense of smell, addiction, nasal tumors and cancer" ("Tobacco," The Encyclopedia of Psychoactive Substances, 1998).



I could tell you all that, but I won't because you already know the scientific reasons why the weed is bad for you. Yet did you just notice how tobacco use causes the loss of smell—and must dull the sense of taste so closely linked with it? Ever wondered why so many smokers frequent restaurants not noted for excellent or even mediocre cuisine? They can't taste or smell well enough to tell the difference. Who wants to go through life with a tongue and nasal cavity that's been cured like a ham in a smokehouse?



Smoking is against God and neighbor



Jesus listed for us the two greatest commandments of all:



1. Love God with all your heart and being, and



2. Love your neighbor as yourself (Matthew 22:37-39 [37] Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind.

[38] This is the first and great commandment.

[39] And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.





See All...).



Does smoking show love toward God? No.



God considers your personal, human body as sacred. "Or do you not know that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit . . . and you are not your own?" (1 Corinthians 6:19What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own?



See All...). Smoking and chewing tobacco both damage the body. And there is no reason for using tobacco products in these ways except for the temporary gratification of self (and ruining of the self in the long run, which God does not want). That lack of respect and honor for what God calls the temple of His Spirit is itself a sin.



Furthermore, the slavish-addiction aspect of smoking elevates it above God in one's motivations, as explained below.



Does smoking show love toward neighbor? No.



Sitting there sucking hard on a cigarette, pipe or cigar is an action of fundamental selfishness (though it will ultimately hurt oneself). It harms your neighbor, while God says, "Love does no harm to a neighbor" (Romans 13:10Love worketh no ill to his neighbour: therefore love is the fulfilling of the law.



See All...). Smoking harms both by the unhealthy effects of secondhand smoke and causing discomfort by selfishly fouling the air for everyone in the vicinity.



Summary: Smoking is sinful because it is self-indulgent, slavishly self-destructive, neighbor-harming and, in all these respects, God-ignoring. "Therefore, to him who knows to do good [as in to not smoke] and does not do it, to him it is sin" (James 4:17Therefore to him that knoweth to do good, and doeth it not, to him it is sin.



See All...).



Smoking is a god



"But nicotine slaves are all the same,



"At a pettin' party or a poker game,



"Everything's gotta stop while they have another cigarette"



—Lyrics from "Smoke, Smoke, Smoke That Cigarette"



Needing new and never-ending supplies of nicotine slaves to maintain their profits, tobacco companies specifically target teens and young adults as start-up smokers. But aside from that, why does that age group start smoking?



"My friends smoke." "I just wanted to try it." "I thought it was cool." "My parents smoke." One of the biggest reasons teens start to smoke is peer influence. Over 70 percent of Canadian teens say that having friends who smoke and/or peer pressure is the number one reason for starting to smoke (www.lung.ca ).



Nicotine slaves feel guilty smoking alone; they want converts to make them feel comfortable. And wherever there is a smoking evangelist, there are the foolishly willing converts. But why do these peers smoke in the first place? And what can you do about it?



Tobacco, marijuana and about any smokable drug can cause body and brain addiction, as mentioned earlier. But becoming an addict (to anything) involves choosing, more and more, to become subservient, slavelike, worshipful and groveling to the thing. That means making the thing (in this case smoking) more important than God in your life.



Elevating any other motivating factor in life before the true God is bad news. It's called idolatry. It's called breaking the very first of the great and awesome Ten Commandments. Make no mistake, smoking breaks Commandment One. So, again, smoking is a sin. What you can do about that is never start smoking or, if you have been smoking, quit.



To learn more about the divine law, download or request your free copy of The Ten Commandments . For encouragement to help you stop smoking, read "Smoking and Health: The Often-Overlooked Key," Nov.-Dec. 2002, The Good News. This article is online at www.gnmagazine.org/issues/gn43/smoking.htm  .



A small defense of tobacco



Is there anything good about tobacco? Yes, indeed. There are some medicinal uses like poultices but the best thing about the weed is that it can defend other plants from insects. "A water/nicotine mixture has been used as an insecticide since 1746" (http://faculty.washington.edu  ).



Tobacco is a bug spray! Why in the world would people want to smoke, chew or snuff bug spray?



God knew what He was doing. He didn't make tobacco products for food or drink. Their use certainly violates the principle of God's perfect and divine law. Sin will not enter the eternal, fabulous Kingdom of God . It's frightening to think that awesome, incredible, human potential could be completely missed because someone stubbornly insisted on continuing to inhale bug spray. VT

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