“SILENCE” MOVIE PROMOTES CATHOLIC CONTEMPLATIVE SPIRITUALITY & SANCTIONS APOSTASY, BUT GETS BACKING BY “CHRISTIAN” GROUPS

 The message of the movie is
antithetical to true faith.
 Spiritual themes, perhaps, but Christian themes? Not by any stretch.
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“SILENCE” MOVIE PROMOTES CATHOLIC CONTEMPLATIVE SPIRITUALITY 
& SANCTIONS APOSTASY, BUT GETS BACKING 
BY “CHRISTIAN” GROUPS

BY CEDRIC .H. FISHER
SEE: http://www.truthkeepers.com/?p=1368;

republished below in full unedited for informational, educational, and research purposes:
 

“Silence” is the latest movie by Martin Scorsese, who also produced
“The Last Temptation of Christ.” I have read several reviews by
professing Christians who are recommending it without reservations.

Additionally, the Dove Foundation awarded the movie 4 out of 5 doves.
Charisma News asks, “Is Martin Scorsese’s ‘Silence’ Prophetic?” CBN also
presented a rave review. Christianity Today entitled its review,
“Scorsese’s ‘Silence’ Asks What It Really Costs to Follow Jesus.”

Another review in CT is entitled, “Silence Review: Hollywood’s Gift
To The Church That Might Just Save Your Faith.” And what is the message
of “Silence” that might save your life? The message of the movie is
antithetical to true faith.

The title of Lumindeo’s review of the movie is, “Silence—A Christian’s Contemplative Guide.” [1]
In the “About” section of the Lumindeo website it is described as “a
network created by and for passionate followers of Jesus Christ.” If
Lumindeo consists of passionate followers of Jesus Christ, why don’t
they know that Christianity never grew in apostasy, but always in
persecution and martyrdom?

Crosswalk likewise implies that it is a Christian-themed film with
the statement, “Theologians, look no further: this movie is jam-packed
with spiritual themes.” [2]
Spiritual themes, perhaps, but Christian themes? Not by any stretch.
Crosswalk reveals a misunderstanding of true Christianity in the
following statement.

“The Christians in the film are Jesuit Catholics…”

The truth is that “Silence” is not a Christian film. It was not
produced by a demonstrable Christian and has nothing to do with biblical
Christianity. National Catholic Reporter declares the movie as,
“Scorsese’s ‘Silence’ is his most Catholic film.”[3] I agree with that assessment. “Silence” is Roman Catholicism presented as true Christianity.

The major theme in “Silence” is about renouncing Christ when
threatened by martyrdom. In fact, the apostate Father Ferreira urges the
Jesuit Rodrigues to apostatize by insisting, “If Christ were here He
would have acted. Apostatized. For their sake. Christ would certainly
have done at least that to help men.”


In fact, Rodrigues is overtly presented as a “Christ” in the film and
the people worshipped him. When he apostatized, it was to the people as
if Christ had apostatized.

Furthermore, Ferreira’s statement is a heretical interpretation of
Christ’s mission.
Christ declared that He came to die for our sins. His
sacrifice was to deliver us from the penalty of sin, death, and to
provide for us eternal life. If we deny Him before men, He will deny us
before the Father. (Matthew 10:33)

Rodrigues hears a supernatural voice, presumably Christ, who tells
him to apostatize.
The voice says, “Come ahead now. It’s all right. Step
on Me. I understand your pain. I was born into this world to share
men’s pain. I carried this cross for your pain. Step.”

Rodrigues obeys the voice, steps on the fumie, and goes on to
denounce Christianity. That iniquitous deed was followed by an apparent
conversion to Buddhism. (Thomas Merton, the priest who introduced
Contemplative Spirituality, also called The Silence, into Roman
Catholicism, likewise became a Buddhist-sympathizing Catholic.)

The supernatural voice presented an extra-biblical revelation, which
is actually heresy.
God’s word declares that trampling on Christ is
egregious and punishable by God.

“Of how much worse punishment, do you suppose, will he be thought
worthy who has trampled the Son of God underfoot, counted the blood of
the covenant by which he was sanctified a common thing, and insulted the
Spirit of grace?” – Hebrews 10:29

Additionally, Christ did not come to “share men’s pain,” but to bear
our sin and pay the penalty for it. Trampling on Christ is despising His
sacrifice and rejecting His grace. Christ declared that no one can be
His disciple unless they take up their cross and follow Him. A cross is
to die on. “Silence” violates everything Christ taught about
discipleship.

“For whoever desires to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for My sake will find it.” – Matthew 16:25

In my opinion, the blood of the martyrs will cry out against Martin
Scorsese and everyone involved in this film on the Day of Judgment.

“Silence” is also a spiritually seductive lure into Contemplative
Spirituality.
Throughout the movie there are poignant references to
God’s silence. Rodrigues prays, but God does not answer. At one point he
declares, “Despair is the greatest sin, but in the mystery of Your
silence, it crowds my heart.”

In another scene Rodrigues ponders silently, “Lord, I feel the weight
of their fate. Those who have died. Those who will die. Like the weight
of Your silence.”

Makoto Fujimura, the cultural and special adviser to Scorsese during
the film, stated, “…the film is not about the silence of God, but God’s
voice in silence.”

Near the end of the movie the supernatural voice is heard again and declares, “I suffered beside you. I was never silent.”

Rodrigues, now a Buddhist, replies, “It was in the silence that I
heard your voice.” In my opinion it is an unadulterated suggestion that
as a Buddhist he heard Christ in The Silence.  
He never heard Christ as
a professing Christian until right before he stepped on the fumie.

Scorsese said at the screening of Silence, “My way into spirituality happens to be Roman Catholicism.”   Of
course, Roman Catholic spirituality is “the Silence” or contemplative
spirituality.
Consider Scorsese’s understanding of Christianity in his
response to the following question. “The Last Temptation of Christ’ and
‘Silence’ — in your art and mind where do these two films find each
other?”

“… But for myself, as a believer, unbeliever, doubter, have
faith, not have faith, go through life, making mistakes, I don’t know.

 “Because when [Fr. Rodrigues] does apostatize, he gives
up anything he’s proud of and he’s got nothing left except service,
except compassion. So, he gives up his religion, he gives up his faith
in order to gain his faith. Wow. How do you do that? That’s amazing.
Could you do that?” –
Martin Scorsese

I would answer Scorsese with an emphatic “No, you cannot give up
faith to gain faith.” However, he goes on and produces the movie with
the theme of abandoning faith to gain faith.
Scorsese portrays the
“service and compassion” of the apostate Jesuit as refined and elevated.
The clear message is that committing apostasy and converting to
Buddhism to avoid martyrdom is spiritually superior to
faithful-unto-death Christianity.
How does that compare to the martyrs
in Revelation?

“And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of
their testimony, and they did not love their lives to the death.” –
Revelation 12:11

In summation, “Silence” is nearly 3 hours of very powerful emotional
manipulation.
The movie presents such a horrendously evil view of the
Japanese Inquisitor that the Jesuit Rodrigues appears saintly by
comparison. However, the idea of authentic Christian Jesuits is as
oxymoronic as the concept of biblically validated Roman Catholicism. I
believe the only good value of the movie is that it reveals the complete
failure of Roman Catholicism when the religion masquerades as
Christianity.

The dangers of the movie are first its heterodoxy that one can
apostatize to avoid martyrdom and remain a child of God. An equal danger
is the obvious allure of Contemplative Spirituality. This diabolical
movie may prepare innumerable anemic professing Christians to compromise
their faith under the pressure of persecution. However, it may also be a
vehicle to carrying them into mystical experimentation with
Contemplative Spirituality.


The potential of “Silence” to deceive millions of weak professing
Christians is feasible. Could this be part of the “lying signs and
wonders show” that the Apostle Paul referred to in 2 Thessalonians?


The coming of the lawless one is according to the working of Satan, with all power, signs, and lying wonders, and
with all unrighteous deception among those who perish, because they did
not receive the love of the truth, that they might be saved.” – 2
Thessalonians 2:9-10

[1] http://www.lumindeo.org/uncategorized/silence-christians-contemplative-guide/

[2] http://www.crosswalk.com/culture/movies/silence-movie-review.html

[3] https://www.ncronline.org/blogs/ncr-today/scorseses-silence-his-most-catholic-film
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 Martin Scorsese discusses his faith, his struggles, 
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TESTIMONY ABOUT THE EFFECTS OF FREEMASON SUBVERSION IN CHURCHES

TESTIMONY ABOUT THE EFFECTS OF FREEMASON SUBVERSION IN CHURCHES
LETTER TO THE EDITOR OF LIGHTHOUSE TRAILS RESEARCH:
republished below in full unedited for informational, educational, and research purposes:
 

Dear Lighthouse Trails:

I have just read the excellent booklet that you generously provided in your recent newsletter by Carl Teichrib; FREEMASONRY: A Revealing Look at the Spiritual Side.

Back in the early 1990s, my family was able to relocate
to a small town in the beautiful mountains of North Carolina. We had
previously been members of an independent Bible church in Florida. Among
our first priorities after settling in was to find a similar church
that preached the Word and was focused on missions. We found a very
small Christian and Missionary Alliance Church that at the time had
only about 30 members with a very young pastor that had just graduated
from seminary. This was a wonderful answer to prayer. The church was
already starting to sponsor several missionaries, and the pastor and I
began a close friendship. Soon after the pastor asked me if I would
consider being an elder. I had been a deacon at the church in Florida,
and having been a Christian for only 5 years at this point, I really
thought I might not qualify to be an elder. After much prayer about
this, I humbly accepted the position. Part of my decision was based on
the certainty that the Lord had given me the gift of discernment soon
after I was born again . . . (but that is a whole other story).

The building we rented for our services was very small,
seating maybe 35-40. Soon we began to look for a larger building to suit
our growing congregation. We found a beautiful piece of land just on
the edge of town that had previously been occupied by a Jehovah’s
Witness group. After praying that the Lord would cleanse the building,
we started much needed work on the sanctuary and the small other
building that would be for a nursery.

At this time, a man suddenly started coming to our church
and put himself right away to the business of woodworking and painting.
He had skills in construction that none of us possessed so his help
was greatly appreciated. I soon found out that he was a Freemason. Of
the 5 elders in the congregation, only I and one other (that had left
masonry after becoming a Christian) knew the ramifications of this
man’s intention of becoming a member of the congregation. I looked at
our By-Laws and could not find anything prohibiting a member of a
secret society from becoming a member. So I got busy getting together
materials to discuss with the pastor and elders that dealt with
Freemasonry. At the time, I had a book by John Ankerberg that I used to
highlight all the reasons a Freemason could not be a true Christian
(or at the very least, would be a compromising one) being that he
would be serving two masters.

Since
this man had asked to be a member, we elders had a meeting with him
after the elders had educated themselves about the serious spiritual
ramifications of his joining the membership. We gently but firmly
talked to this man about the biblical reasons that this secret society
could not coexist with Christianity. He claimed he went to a
“Christian Lodge,” and he did not seem to understand what we were
talking about. The man and his wife met with the pastor and said he
was offended by what we were implying. It was his view that we were
saying he was not a Christian, which we had never said in the first
meeting. The next few weeks the man did not come to church. I had the
church vote on a by-law that would not allow a member of a secret
society to become a member of the church. Several weeks later the man
called the pastor and told him that he owned a parcel of land
adjoining our small plot of land. He said he would sell it to us if
only he could become a member of the church and that if the elders and
especially me would apologize to him and his wife based on Matthew
18:15 where a brother sins against another brother!

Much to my surprise (and horror), the pastor (and my
friend) wanted me to ignore the new by-law and personally apologize to
this man solely for the reason of obtaining this parcel of land from
him that he was offering at a great discount!

This was a very agonizing time for me and my wife. We
earnestly prayed about what to do. I could not in good faith apologize
to this man when I had only tried to show him the errors of his way
using Scripture and resources to back up what I was saying. I felt
betrayed by the pastor. Some of the elders (except for one) did not
even know what all the fuss was about! For these reasons, we
reluctantly left that church that we had so dearly come to love. My
wife had started a Pioneer Club for the children and I had taught adult
Sunday school there.

Soon afterwards, a CMA higher up came and discussed church growth, and the man in question sold the parcel to the church.

This is an example of how Satan ruins a good thing when discernment is nearly absent from a local congregation.

By the way, the other elder that was a mason before he
became saved also left that CMA church soon after I did based on his
convictions that very few of the elders and pastor had any discernment
and also because of the new blueprints that the CMA leader had come up
with for church growth. Basically, that plan was to be a
seeker-friendly church that added members that wanted to join whomever
they may be (saved or unsaved).

After we left the CMA church, we looked for a new church
and settled on the big First Baptist church in town (Southern Baptist).
My youngest son accepted Christ as his Savior there and was baptized,
and we were happy they had a nice youth group. About two years later,
the youth pastor left, and they replaced him with a Rick Warren fan.
Several of the parents wanted to have a meeting with him and the
deacons to discuss our concerns. It was not only the fact that all he
talked about was Rick Warren, but my son said that unlike with the
previous youth pastor, this young man was teaching them things that
had nothing to do about the Bible. My son showed me his notes: it was
all man’s wisdom and philosophies that he was espousing. The meeting was
very tense. The youth pastor again accused us of not coming to him in
private first and citing . . . you guessed it: Matthew 18 again! The deacons were all Masons, and they were not sympathetic to our concerns.

Before moving back to Florida, we started up a small
congregation of about 12 families; most of them the parents of the youth
group at the big Baptist church. About this same time, I was reading a
book by a former Mason-turned-Christian that mentioned that a tactic
that the local lodges used was infiltrating the local churches and
reporting back to their lodge on the church’s activities. That really
creeped me out.

Maranatha!

A believer in Florida

GENERAL MICHAEL T. FLYNN, BEST CHOICE FOR NSA CHIEF

GENERAL
MICHAEL T. FLYNN, 
BEST CHOICE FOR NSA CHIEF
republished below in full unedited for informational, educational, and research purposes:
 
By Kelleigh Nelson


February 13, 2017
NewsWithViews.com
Winning
against a determined enemy requires a willingness to clearly define the
threat and to work very hard to understand their passions, fears and beliefs.

—The Field of Fight Lt. General Michael T. Flynn
Michael
T. Flynn knows more about Islamic terrorism than anyone in Trump’s
cabinet. It is why we need him for our NSA Chief! The left knows it, and
it is why they will use every tactic they can to derail his nomination,
including the bogus claim that he promised a lifting of sanctions against
Russia when he spoke with Sergey Kislyak, the Russian Ambassador to the
U.S.
General
Flynn spent more than 33 years as an intelligence officer, and that will
serve us well. He served as the Director of the Defense Intelligence Agency
and the Senior Military Intelligence Officer in the Department of Defense.
Of all the military men in our President’s new administration, General
Flynn knows more about the cunning and ability-to-adapt of the Islamic
enemies of freedom than anyone else in Trump’s administration. His
book, The
Field of Fight
, should be read by every patriotic American. Get it,
and read it, only 180 high powered packed intel pages! It is why we desperately
need this man.
The
Bogus Attack Against Flynn
At issue
is whether or not Flynn discussed the lifting of sanctions against Russia
with Sergey Kislyak before Trump’s inauguration. U.S. intelligence
services routinely intercept and monitor diplomats. According to transcripts
of the conversation, they show that General Flynn did discuss sanctions
with the ambassador. What they don’t show is that the General made
any sort of promise to lift the sanctions once Mr. Trump took office.
Rather, they show Flynn making general comments about relations between
the two countries improving under President Trump.
Had
the General promised a lifting of sanctions, he would have violated a
law that prohibits private citizens from engaging in foreign policy, the
Logan
Act
. Flynn has stated that he really doesn’t remember the entire
conversation, but the transcripts actually show he made no sort of promise,
so reality is, the left is scared to death of Flynn and want him gone.
Personally,
I can’t remember what I said on the telephone yesterday, let alone
weeks or months ago, but the transcripts verify that Flynn did not break
the law. Nevertheless, you have Pelosi tweeting, “Gen. Flynn should
be suspended and have his intelligence clearance revoked.” Of course,
you have Lindsey Graham joining with leftist Sheldon Whitehouse, both
of whom lead the Senate Judiciary Committee’s subpanel on crime
and terrorism, launching an investigation of Russia’s efforts to
influence the U.S. election. Insanity reigns in our Congress.
We need
Flynn, he has amazing intelligence regarding radical Islam, and he is
probably the finest choice in Trump’s administration to carry out
the duties of NSA Chief.
CIA
Hatred of Trump Spills Over
CIA
Director Pompeo, recently rejected a request for an elite security clearance
for Senior Director for Africa, Robin Townley, required for service on
the National Security Council. Townley is a long-time associate of Gen.
Michael Flynn, and a former Marine intelligence officer who had long maintained
a top secret-level security clearance.
Apparently,
Flynn is justifiably angry over this rejection, and this escalates the
friction between Flynn and this agency, one I’ve considered rogue
for many decades. Townley had spent most of his adult life with high level
clearances, so it is difficult to take this as anything but the
war the CIA declared on Trump right after the election
. The CIA
actually had granted the same kind of clearance to Obama’s appointee,
Ben
Rhodes
, despite Rhodes having been declined the same kind of clearance
by the FBI because of his obsequious attachment to Iran.
Apparently,
Flynn and his allies believe it was motivated by Townley’s skepticism
of the intelligence community’s techniques — sentiments shared
by Flynn, and many knowledgeable Americans.
The
CIA and others in the intelligence community seem threatened by Flynn
and his allies. Why? Because this 33-year Army intelligence veteran knows
more about the dangers facing America than anyone. Marine Robin Townley
doesn’t believe the CIA runs the world, and his closeness to his
boss was probably what made him a target.
The
CIA needs a massive cleanout, but meanwhile, Pompeo apparently believes
his sandbagging of Townley is a small price to pay if it helps him avoid
the Porter Goss treatment
.
Flynn’s
Plan to Beat Radical Islam
General
Flynn not only wants to stop Islamic terrorists, but he wants to fight
their radical ideology. He wants to combat it more broadly, using informational
warfare. “We can’t possibly have an effective campaign against
Radical Islamic ideology without the cooperation of the likes of Google,
Facebook and Twitter.
“But
first,” he writes, “the government has to overcome the political
taboo of tying Islamic violence to the religion of Islam, including its
sacred texts, which he says the enemy is using as a manual of warfare.”
“It’s
long past time for us to denounce the many evils of Radical Islam,”
he writes, while highlighting the many defeats of ISIS and al Qaeda to
show potential recruits that “the Almighty has changed sides in
the holy war.”
Advance details of the plan can be gleaned from Flynn’s book. In
it, the Army veteran proposes discrediting the “evil (religious)
doctrines” motivating jihadists — namely the Islamic rewards
for martyrdom (or suicidal terrorism) and the totalitarian tenets of Sharia
law — using psy-ops and counter-propaganda, not just through federal
government channels but also through “our schools, media and social
networks.”
“If
we can’t tackle enemy doctrines that call for our domination or
extinction,” Flynn writes, “we aren’t going to destroy
their jihadis.”
Fired
by former President Barack Obama from the Defense Intelligence Agency
for taking such stands, Flynn vows to reverse the longstanding government
practice of whitewashing the violent nature of the enemy’s faith
through pleasant platitudes like, “The terrorists are hijacking
a religion of peace” and other apologia. He calls such policies
“Islamophilia,” and complains they border on appeasement,
which, in my estimation, they do.
Nazis
and Islamists
Donald
Trump has been compared to Adolf Hitler by the leftists in America, by
political adversaries who disagree with him vehemently and with vitriol.
Professors, political commentators, irate comedians, Hollywood entertainers,
and especially some of the leaders from our black communities have engaged
in the purposeful promotion of this comparison. Their political demonizing
is done for a purpose, but certainly not one that is helpful to America,
and if you’ll notice, it also extends to Trump’s nominees.
Marion
Ingeborg Andrews
, (Inge) was born in Dusseldorf, Germany, in 1940
during Hitler’s reign. She is infuriated that people compare President
Trump to Hitler and has said,
“What
is going on in this country is giving me chills. Trump is not like Hitler.
Just because a leader wants order doesn’t mean they’re like a dictator.
What reminds me more of Hitler than anything else isn’t Trump, it’s
the destruction of freedom of speech on the college campuses —
the agendas fueled by the professors. That’s how Hitler started, he
pulled in the youth to mis-educate them, to brainwash them, it’s happening
today.”
“It
saddens me that we are teaching garbage in the schools and in the college.
We don’t teach history anymore. History repeats itself over and over.
The kids out there today haven’t ever lived through a war like I did.
I remember sitting in a rock pile, cleaning rocks, to rebuild Germany.
I remember eating maple leaves and grass to survive.”
General
Flynn’s book echoes Inge’s fears when he states, “Religious
fanatics and secular tyrants work quite well together, transcending even
deep ideological
divides. The most dramatic example comes from the infamous case of the
grand mufti of Jerusalem in the 1930s and 1940s, Amin al-Husseini, and
his efforts to forge an operational relationship between Nazi Germany
and his own Muslim Brotherhood.” Chuck Morse’s book, The
Nazi Connection to Islamic Terrorism
spells it out clearly.

“Like the leaders of other fascist states, the mullahs who have
ruled the Islamic Republic have claimed universal authority in the name
of their doctrine, not of their country. And they say they are prepared
to die—along with their followers—to accomplish their mission.
As Khomeini put it shortly after the occupation of the American embassy
in Tehran in 1979: “We do not worship Iran, we worship Allah…For
patriotism is another name for paganism. I say let this land burn. I say
let this land go up in smoke, provided Islam emerges triumphant in the
rest of the world.” General Flynn – The Field of Fight.

The
General makes this clear on page 103 of his dynamic book when he states,
“Keep your eyes on that word, ‘totalitarian.” That is
the key concept.”
“This
also helps clarify the nature of the global alliance we face. The countries
and movements that are trying to destroy us have worldviews that may seem
to be in violent conflict with one another. But they are united by their
hatred of the democratic West and their conviction that dictatorship is
superior. So, while it may appear that, say, there is little in common
between Communist North Korea, and radical Shi’ite Iran, or between
the leaders of the radical Sunni Islamic State’s ‘caliphate’
and the Iranians, in fact it is no more difficult for them to cooperate
in the war against us than it was for Hitler and the grand mufti to cooperate
in the 1930s and 1940s.”
General
Flynn knows that Iran is the core of terrorism training, and this is another
reason that President Trump has said, “Iran’s nuclear deal
is inconceivable and a disaster for Israel.” [Link]
Our
President has stated many times, “Make America Safe Again.”
Our president knows that some of the refugees and illegal aliens are of
the criminal element, and his job as our President is to keep this sovereign
nation’s people protected.
Conclusion
Trump
and his nominees are real men, not men that have been feminized, and that’s
why they hate real men like Trump, General Flynn, advisor Stephen
Miller
, and his other nominees. [See Stephen
Miller on Fox News Sunday with Chris Wallace
] also [See Stephen
Miller shellac George Stephanopoulos on ABC
] and [See Stephen
Miller Destroy Chuck Todd on Meet The Press
]
What’s
good for the goose…So how about these leftists apply the same tactics
towards their Hollywood and sports figures like they’re applying
with the attacks on all of Trump’s nominees, but especially on General
Flynn?!
Remember
Dennis Rodman? The former NBA star and reality TV star gave a special
birthday gift to North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. A U.S. congressman calls
it “bizarre and grotesque” and, with North Korea’s repressive
regime in mind, compares it to “inviting Adolf Hitler to lunch.”
And when questioned by Chris Cuomo of CNN, he had this to say, “I
don’t give a rat’s ass what the hell you think.” [Link]
Sean
Penn is another one. In 2008, the actor flew to Cuba to interview Castro.
In what was a seven-hour conversation with Castro, Penn described the
hardliner as having the “agility of a young man” who “exercises
every day, his eyes are bright and his voice is strong.”
“Spielberg
went down there recently to Cuba, and said, ‘The best seven hours
I ever spent was actually with Fidel Castro,’” Duval said, “Now,
what I want to ask him [is],” Duval said of Spielberg, “‘Would
you consider building a little annex on the Holocaust museum, or at least
across the street, to honor the dead Cubans that Castro killed?’
That’s very presumptuous of him to go there.” 
 Add
to this fawning of the Communist Dictator, these other Hollywood actors,
Jack Nicholson, Ted Turner, Danny Glover, Kevin Costner, Chevy Chase,
and Harry Belafonte. Where is the Logan Act with them? Excuse me, why
weren’t their conversations recorded??? [Link]
And
what about George
Clooney’s visit to Angela Merkel
? Muslim migrants have now flooded
into a massive camp
next to George Clooney’s $10 million Italian
villa. So, how about it George…maybe you could take in about 50
of them and feed and house them?!
The
number of the White house comment line is (202) 456-1111, and the number
of the house switchboard (202)225-3121. Call the White House, and then
your senators and tell them we need General Michael T. Flynn as our National
Security Advisor. No one else will do, we need Flynn!

CHRISTIANITY AND RADICAL ISLAM: BREAKING THE SILENCE

CHRISTIANITY
AND RADICAL ISLAM: 
BREAKING THE SILENCE
republished below in full unedited for informational, educational, and research purposes:
 
By Amil Imani


February 14, 2017
NewsWithViews.com
The
American people must hear the truth about the nature of Islamic doctrine
continually until they are totally aware of its threat to their way of
life and the US Constitution. Sadly, our Churches and other religious
institutions dare not speak up for fear of being accused of intolerance
toward another religion. Our academia, the university teachers and professors,
left or right, dare not, because, most likely, they would be expelled
and lose their income. Our elected officials and politicians dare not
because they are mostly master practitioners of euphemism, hedging, doubletalk,
and outright deception, and they need your votes as well as your money.
Many media contributors and editors dare not because they could lose subscribers
and be shut down. Countless entrepreneurs and businessmen dare not because
they might lose customers and clientele. Even ordinary workers dare not
because they might be fired or called bigots and racists. So, I thought
I would tell you!
America
is faced with a formidable adversary. This adversary has a name: Islam,
not radical Islam or political Islam, just Islam. Muslims don’t
call it radical Islam, why should we? I think it is time to revisit the
First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution and see if Islam is qualified
as a religion. Is this an outlandishly absurd proposal? Not at all, serious
problems require equally serious solutions. The call for evaluation of
the First Amendment may be seen as an attempt to curb Islam or other militant
cults. The truth is: it is. It is truly a matter of survival of the United
States and the free world.
It is
long past time to take a stand and shift the debate to orthodox Islam.
There is no need to exhaustingly investigate every other religion on the
planet in order to compare them or offer an opinion about their relative
“goodness” in declaring that on the whole, Islam perpetuates
malevolence and violence. Let others devolve into religious disagreements.
But for the press and some commentators who would further question: “OK
great, so now what? You claim Islam is malevolent. How do we combat that?”
Your response is already clear: Through the spread of truth, not deceit.
Through voluntary social sanctions and laws in every civilized country
that forbid evil practices like Sharia, coercion and violence
against women, threats against those who disagree, honor killings, apostasy
and other hate crimes. Let the world know the truth and decide for itself.
Let Muslims who come to their senses, opt out.
Religion
and Islam
America,
with a long history of protecting religious freedom, still clings to the
“hands off” practice of leaving alone any doctrine or practice
billed as religion. A thorny problem is in deciding what constitutes a
religion and who is to make that call. The dictionary supplies a sociologically
useless definition for religion: “The expression of man’s
belief in and reverence for a superhuman power recognized as the Creator
and Governor of the universe.” Just about anyone or any group under
this definition can start a religion, and indeed they do—and some
do so at significant costs to others.
Muslims,
under the banner of religion, are infringing blatantly on the rights of
others, not only in Islamic countries, but also in much of the non-Muslim
world. By their acts of dogmatic barbarity, Muslims are slowly awakening
non-Muslim democracies to the imminent threat of Islamic terrorism keen
on destroying their free secular and free societies.
As more
and more Muslims arrive in America, as they reproduce with great fertility,
as they convert the disenchanted and minorities, and as petrodollar-flush
Muslims and Muslim treasuries supply generous funds, Muslims gather more
power and become a serious challenge to the American system of governance—representative
democracy. As for democracy, the rule of the people, Muslims have no use
for it whatsoever. Muslims believe that Allah’s rule must govern
the world in the form of a Caliphate. Making a mockery of democracy, subverting
its workings, and ignoring its provisions is a Muslim’s way of falsifying
what he already believes to be a sinful and false system of government,
invented by the infidels.

Quran
5:50 “Do they then seek the legislation of (the Days of) Ignorance?
And who is better in legislating than Allah for a people who have Faith.”
Quran
5:45 “And whoever rules not by what Allah has revealed, those are
the wrongdoers.”
Quran
12:40 “The rule is only for Allah.”
We must
begin to declare Islam evil, not from a sectarian perspective, but from
a universal, humanist one. Every encroachment of Islam as a religion must
be rejected, harassed and discouraged by all people everywhere. Any leftist
attempts to give aid and comfort to this religion of hate must be denounced
and frustrated at every turn.
Christianity
Unlike
some peaceful religions such as Baha’i, Buddhism, Hinduism, Zoroastrianism
and Christianity which advocate universally understood principles of good
within their Holy books, and perhaps other religious doctrines (with which
I am not personally familiar), Islam cannot be reformed. An example, when
the Roman Catholic church was reformed, it was the church that was found
to be in violation of Biblical teachings. It had in many ways become anti-Christian.
Reform
restored orthodoxy to the plain and well-understood concepts revealed
by Christ and the disciples (one of the reasons it took so long was the
church forbade lay-people from reading the bible or translating it from
the obsolete language of Latin…so Europeans were largely ignorant except
for what they were told…see the story of Martin Luther). Some evolutionary
ideas such as the abolition of slavery were not addressed in the Bible
(in part because Christ was after souls not bodies), but the other teachings
such as compassion, forgiveness, non-violence, and brotherly love are
and were always incompatible with slavery. Therefore, it should be no
surprise that eventually Christians in Europe and America led the abolitionist
movement (they were scripturally correct). If a Christian bombs an abortion
clinic, there is no scriptural commandment supporting this. It is unchristian
(however, it is not unchristian to denounce abortion and seek to make
it illegal and thus prevent abortionists from practicing their craft).
It is
sad when the counter-argument to this definition of Christianity is lame
references to Old Testament violence. Old Testament stories are taught
in Christianity as historical fact, not prescriptions based on Christian
ethics. If to a Christian, God is sanctioned a violent act, it is 100%
irrelevant to the New Covenant that is taught by Jesus. So, to say…yeah
but the Bible has violence in it too is insultingly banal, simplistic
and misleading.
If some
Christians abused their doctrine and hid behind the Cross to justify their
personal desire to kill, enslave, and conquer, then they are and always
were sinners and they are wrong; and this is why Christianity has taken
the natural form it has today…as a religion of peace and compassion
(even if many supposed Christians continue to sin). This is not to say
that Christians are unable to defend themselves, or intervene to stop
injustice. Christians are taught to hate the sin and love the sinner…period!
The decision to become aggressive is always a burden on the Christian
conscience.
In comparison,
Islam does not tolerate revisionism in its beliefs or practices over time.
Reform is not at play, because one cannot point to Jihadists or terrorists
and say Muhammad did not advocate it. He most certainly did, and delighted
in his evil thoughts. Islam is a literal religion, taking unabrogated
scripture as eternal and absolute. Moreover, there are no calls in Islam
for compassion, forgiveness, non-violence, and brotherly love. Instead
there are specific prescriptions to retain evil with evil, eternal warfare,
religious hegemony, slavery, killing Jews, taxing nonbelievers, stoning,
promulgating terror, establishing a caste social system, and perpetuating
discrimination against women. The only way to reform Islam is to discard
Sharia, but also to purge the Quran itself of its enormous Suras that
are not only patently false, but totally repugnant to a civilized humanity.
This line of thinking, to sanitize Islam is explicitly forbidden in the
Quran:
Quran
2:85: “Do you, then, believe in some parts of the divine writ and
deny the truth of other parts? What, then, could be the reward of those
among you who do such things but ignominy in the life of this world and,
on the Day of Resurrection; they will be consigned to most grievous suffering?
For God is not unmindful of what you do.”
Radical
Islam
There
is no such thing as “radical Islam.” I have refused to accept
several organizations that seek to combat or expose the antics of “radical”
or “extreme” Islam, because I know that it is not extremism
that is causing the violence…it’s mainstream, typical, normal,
traditional, specified, canonical Islam.
There
are those who with a wink and a nod understand this but continue to work
as revisionists because they are afraid of starting a religious war, even
as they feel compelled to do something. They tell me, “You can’t
openly accuse an entire religion of being evil! That would just incite
them and make them hate us even more.” My response: the war started
in the 7th century, and if in the 21st century we still refuse to accept
that reality, then there is perhaps no hope at all for civilization. Nothing
good can come from self-deception.
I argue
that any belief system that licenses murder in the name of Jihad and the
conquering and subduing of the world of the infidels by the Umma,
should be outlawed. The prophet Mohammad brewed up a militant, radical
and extremely irrational imperialistic cult that sought world dominance.
My fellow travelers, let us make one thing clear; Islam is no more a religion
deserving our respect or legal recognition than is cannibalism.
And
those who take a “liberal” view of Islam should be forced
to back up their nouveau interpretation with unabrogated scriptural
facts. Unless such “reformists” can denounce fascist Islam
with scripture, they are the true radicals, which is why we never see
them pointing to scriptural arguments against jihad…they cannot because
they are lying. Islamic terrorists are doing exactly what the prophet
Muhammad demanded. And his demands were not suggestions and were not ephemeral.
They were “perfect,” eternal ultimata. Islamic terrorists
are faithful and true to what is written in the book of Quran.
Islam
Enablers
A consortium
composed of pandering politicians, left and right, blinded by short-term
self-interest and egotism, attention and fund-seeking self-proclaimed
prima donna professors; and, bastions of useful idiots, are the
witting or unwitting promoters of Umma-ism.
Recall
how many times former President George W. Bush praised Islam? Recall President
George Bush’s love affairs with the Shaikh Abdullah of Saudi Arabia?
Didn’t
President Obama go around the Muslim heartland and sing the praises of
Islam at every stop? Didn’t he bow with great deference to the King
of Islam in Saudi Arabia? Didn’t he proudly proclaim Islam as the
faith of his near and dear kindred? Didn’t he, time and again, tell
us that Islam is indeed the religion of peace? Didn’t he with his
captivating oratory skills cite passages from the Quran to show how reverent
he was toward this religion? Didn’t he appoint a raft of “devoted”
Muslims to sensitive and high posts in government? Didn’t the Obama
administration pull back all training materials used for law enforcement
and national security communities, in order to eliminate all references
to Islam that some Muslim groups have claimed are offensive?
Here
are some statements from both Presidents Bush and Obama:
1.
“Ours is a war not against a religion, not against the Muslim
faith. But ours is a war against individuals who absolutely hate what
America stands for.” GWB
2. “They’re terrorists. And we are not
at war with Islam. We are at war with people who have perverted Islam.”
BHO
3. “Our war is not against Islam, or against
faith practiced by the Muslim people. Our war is a war against evil.”
GWB
4. “Our enemy doesn’t follow the great
traditions of Islam. They’ve hijacked a great religion.”
GWB
5. “The terrorists do not speak for over a billion
Muslims who reject their hateful ideology.” BHO
 6.
“There are thousands of Muslims who proudly call themselves Americans,
and they know what I know — that the Muslim faith is based upon
peace and love and compassion.” GWB
7. “This great religion in the hands of a few
extremists has been distorted to justify violence.” BHO
Conclusion
It is
long past time for Americans to call upon the lawmakers of the United
States of America to immediately create a safety board and commissioner
to study and examine the dangers of Islamic doctrine in our society. Islam
today is dysfunctional, to say the least. As a matter of fact, Islam went
astray from the very beginning and inflicted a great deal of suffering
on both its followers and those who resisted its advance.
In the
monumental task of dealing with Islam, every individual, group and government
must combine their resources and energies to prevail. The destiny of the
civilized world hangs in the balance. Shirking this responsibility is
an unpardonable act of every enlightened human being and organization
that values individual freedom, liberty and dignity.

MEDIA CAUGHT CENSORING TRUMP ALLY ROGER STONE

 Media Caught Censoring Trump Ally Roger Stone
 Media Matters Sabotages Pro-Trump Media 
 Published on Feb 13, 2017

In
a briefing book that David Brock, the father of “Fake News,” never
intended to make public, the strategy Media Matters designed to keep
conservative and libertarian websites, including Infowars.com, from
getting press credentials in Washington, D.C. is exposed.

The
briefing book entitled “Media Matters, The Top Watchdog Against Fake
News and Propaganda: Transforming the Media Landscape”, gave Brock a
platform to brag about his ability to keep from getting press
credentials any news media organization “accountable for even the
slightest normalization of Trump.”

SEE OUR PREVIOUS POST:
MEDIA CAUGHT CENSORING TRUMP ALLY 
ROGER STONE 
 Documented, organized institutional censorship threatens us all
BY JEROME R. CORSI
republished below in full unedited for informational, educational, and research purposes:
 

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Do you wonder why Roger Stone, the author of several bestselling books, including the current Making of the President 2016: How Donald Trump Orchestrated a Revolution, has been blocked from TV appearances, even at Fox News?
The
reason could well be that David Brock, the father of “Fake News,”
targeted Roger Stone to block his media appearances in a censorship
campaign organized and executed by his mother-ship company Media Matters
and its paid troll minions.
In a briefing book that Brock, the
father of “Fake News,” never intended to make public, Brock explains how
he used Media Matters to implement in conjunction with co-conspiracy
with Google and Facebook a strategy designed to keep conservative and
libertarian websites, including Infowars.com, from getting press
credentials in Washington, D.C.
In a special section of the
briefing book highlighted with a blue background, white type and a
yellow type bold headline, Brock explains how he “pushed Roger Stone’s
bigotry” off cable news.

 

“Media Matters succeeded in pressuring CNN, MSNBC, and even Fox News
to stop booking Roger Stone, a regular guest and longtime Trump ally,”
Brock wrote. “Stone has a decades-long history of employing political
dirty tricks and regularly spouting violent, racist, and sexist
rhetoric, and used his various platforms during the 2016 campaign to
advance fringe conspiracy theories and promote fake news.”
Brock’s attack on Roger Stone continued.

“In late 2015 and early 2016, we aggressively educated network
producers (who had been providing Stone an uncritical platform) about
Stone’s background,” Brock added. “In response to our pressure, CNN and
MSNBC confirmed that Stone will no longer appear on their airwaves
because of his bigotry, and Stone himself reported that he had been
blacklisted by Fox News.”
The briefing book
entitled “Media Matters, The Top Watchdog Against Fake News and
Propaganda: Transforming the Media Landscape” (published by Brock
confidentially for potential donors but obtained and published by the Free Beacon),
gave Brock a platform to brag about his ability to keep from getting
press credentials any news media organization “accountable for even the
slightest normalization of Trump.”
“When Breitbart applied for
Permanent Senate Gallery Press Credentials, Media Matters was quick to
act by advising the credentialing committee of the myriad ways that
Breitbart violated their requirements,” Brock boasts. “Additionally,
Media Matters did something that the committee was unable to do: A deep
dive study of Breitbart content, reviewing thousands of their stories to
demonstrate that they do not meet the credentialing requirement for
original reporting.”
Throughout the document, Brock repeatedly
explains the role he expects co-conspirators Google and Facebook to play
when he targets conservative and/or libertarian media analysts and news
organization he opposes ideologically, imploring Google and Facebook to
silence “toxic alt-right” social support for reporting generated by a
media group Brock has targeted for extinction, like Breitbart as noted
above.
Brock’s hatred of Breitbart’s former chief executive is
apparent when Brock writes in the confidential briefing book that
Breitbart “has received millions in funding from extremist billionaires
close to the Trump administration” providing “a nexus point for the
so-called alt-right (the newest branding for American white nationalism,
anti-Semitism, and misogyny)” to develop, print and/or broadcast
stories Brock finds ideologically repugnant.
“With a powerful ally
in thee White House (former chief executive Steve Bannon will be
Trump’s chief strategist), Breitbart plans to export its brand of
anti-establishment racism on a grand scale,” Brock continues.
In
another special section of the briefing book blocked off with a blue
background and white type, Brock crows about stopping Donald Trump
during the campaign from phoning in interviews to news organizations.
“Media
Matters was the first to call out national cable broadcast networks for
allowing Trump to phone in their shows instead of forcing him to appear
via satellite or in studio,” Brock bragged. “Because of this
unprecedented privilege, Trump could appear on more shows (he conducted
69 phone interviews in the first 69 days of 2016 alone), and he could
avoid being confronted by images and interviewers showing his lies for
what they are.”
Brock insists the intervention of Media Matters
was responsible for Trump losing this privilege with mainstream media
entities he named.
“As a result of our campaign urging major
networks to correct course, CBS News and NBC news publicly stated they’d
discontinue Trump’s phone privileges,” he explained. “Eventually
others followed suit and Trump’s ability to control the news cycle from
the comfort of his home was greatly reduced.”
After bragging about
stifling Trump’s ability to give telephone interviews to television
news groups like CBS and NBC news, Brock marked the section “Private
& Confidential.”
Brock makes clear in the briefing book that
Media Matters techniques include bullying news organizations into
black-balling conservative and libertarian talk-show hosts Brock opposes
ideologically.
In introducing Angelo Carusone, the president of
Media Matters, Brock boasts that in 2009, Carusone as a law student
founded the “Stop Beck” movement that “organized participants via social
media to successfully convince sponsors to cease advertising on [Glenn]
Beck’s show.”
Brock ends his briefing book with a boldly stated threat.
“Toxic
alt-right social media-fueled harassment campaigns that silence dissent
and poison our national discourse will be punished and halted,” he
proclaimed. “Hundreds of activists will join our campaigns to push back
on alt-right harassment.”
“Key alt-right figures will lose credibility and influence in response to our research and pressure.”

 

CNN CUTS OFF BERNIE SANDERS AFTER HE JOKINGLY CALLS THEM “FAKE NEWS”

CNN CUTS OFF BERNIE SANDERS 
AFTER HE JOKINGLY CALLS THEM “FAKE NEWS”
 Senator appears to lose earpiece audio 
during interview
BY ADAN SALAZAR
republished below in full unedited for informational, educational, and research purposes:
 
 Update: President Donald Trump addressed CNN’s “technical difficulties” in a tweet 
Sunday.

Original story continues below…
***
Former
Democrat presidential candidate Bernie Sanders was cut off Friday night
during an interview with CNN’s Erin Burnett immediately after he
jokingly called the network “fake news.”

The awkward
moment happened Friday when Burnett played a clip of President Donald
Trump denying knowledge of National Security Advisor Michael Flynn’s
alleged talks with a Russian ambassador.
“Well I don’t know. Maybe
he [Trump] was watching CNN fake news,” Bernie jests attempting to mock
Trump, before asking, “What do you think?”
“It was a joke!” the
senator explains to a somewhat bewildered Burnett, but it was too late –
the senator was cut off and he stopped receiving audio to his earpiece.

“Erin? Are we on?” Bernie asks.
“It looks like we’ve lost… connection with Senator Sanders,” Burnett attempts to recover.
The interview continued on the other side of a commercial break, but the flub was deleted from CNN’s “entire interview” upload.
In the past few weeks, the network has strongly objected to the term “fake news.”
Just
the other day CNN anchor Chris Cuomo equated the term, invented by the
left, to a racial denigration on par with the N-word.

But it seems President Donald Trump’s continual mocking of the “fake
news” outlet has worn them down to the point they can’t take a joke.
To me, that makes it ten times funnier.
Watch: The Truth about Fake News

522 “JOHNS”, 30 PIMPS ARRESTED IN SUPER BOWL SEX TRAFFICKING STING

 
522 “JOHNS”, 30 PIMPS ARRESTED 
IN SUPER BOWL SEX TRAFFICKING STING 
SEE: http://christiannews.net/2017/02/11/522-johns-30-pimps-arrested-in-super-bowl-sex-trafficking-sting/; AND http://nbc4i.com/2017/02/09/522-johns-30-pimps-arrested-in-super-bowl-sex-trafficking-sting/
republished below in full unedited for informational, educational, and research purposes:
 

COOK COUNTY, IL (WCMH) — A national sex trafficking sting ended in the arrests of 552 would-be sex buyers or sex traffickers.

The National Johns Suppression Initiative began three weeks ago,
ending on Super Bowl Sunday. 23 law enforcement agencies in 14 states
took part in the crackdown.

“Sex trafficking continues to destroy countless lives, and this broad
national movement should send a strong message to prospective johns
that their ‘hobby’ is much more than a ‘victimless’ crime,” said Cook
County, Illinois Sheriff Thomas J. Dart in a news release.
“It’s particularly meaningful that this sting culminated on the day of
the Super Bowl, which unfortunately has emerged as a prominent haven for
sex trafficking.”

In addition to the arrests, police rescued 73 adult victims from human trafficking and 3 juvenile victims.

In the Houston area alone, where this year’s Super Bowl took place,
law enforcement arrested 183 “johns” and 9 sex traffickers. Among those
arrested was a Houston city employee who pulled up in a city vehicle,
two firefighters, a retired police officer and a man who had his
4-year-old child in the car when he tried to buy sex.

“I’m exceedingly proud to lead the nation in targeting sex buyers and
traffickers during this annual initiative,” Harris County Sheriff Ed
Gonzalez said during a news conference.
“Houston was home to Super Bowl LI. As we welcomed the world to our
city, we made it clear that there is no place for victimization and
sexual exploitation.”

In Seattle, police arrested a john who recently escaped from jail.
They also arrested a registered sex offender who tried to convince the
undercover detective into working as a prostitute for him.

The participating agencies across the nation have arrested more than
6,500 sex buyers and traffickers since the operations began back in
2011.


 

MEDIA BLACKOUT: AMERICANS NATIONWIDE TAKE TO STREETS TO CALL FOR CONGRESSIONAL DEFUNDING OF PLANNED PARENTHOOD

 
MEDIA BLACKOUT: AMERICANS NATIONWIDE TAKE TO STREETS TO CALL FOR CONGRESSIONAL 
DEFUNDING OF PLANNED PARENTHOOD
BY HEATHER CLARK
 
republished below in full unedited for informational, educational, and research purposes:
 

Pro-life Americans nationwide took to the streets on
Saturday to call on Congress to defund the abortion and contraception
giant Planned Parenthood.

Demonstrations took place in a reported 45 states and at
over 200 Planned Parenthood locations, from California to Alabama, to
New York and Florida, with some gatherings drawing dozens and others
drawing hundreds.

In Albuquerque, New Mexico, an estimated 300 residents
participated in the event, 200 joined the protest in Fort Wayne,
Indiana, and in Peoria, Illinois approximately 70 people took to the
streets to speak out against the abortion giant.

The event was organized by three pro-life entities: Citizens
for a Pro-Life Society, Created Equal and the Pro-Life Action League.

“As long as they are going stay in the abortion business,
that is an organization that shouldn’t be getting one red cent of
federal tax money,” Monica Miller, director of Citizens for a Pro-Life
Society, told Reuters.

Participants gathered at their local Planned Parenthood and
held signs expressing their opposition to taxpayer money being
distributed to the controversial organization, such as “Defund Planned
Parenthood,” “Stop abortion now” and “Abortion is not health care.”

“Why should tax dollars be given to somewhere where they’re
doing killings of babies?” participant Marisol Pfaff of Missouri told
NPR.

“They do not have mammograms. They do not provide prenatal
care. They do not provide pediatric care, so it is not comprehensive
health care for women,” participant Delia Laux of Virginia also told
reporters. “Planned Parenthood will say, ‘We’re not using that money for
abortion. We’re using it for other services.’ The fact is money is
refundable.”

As previously reported,
according to Planned Parenthood’s annual report, during the 2014-2015
fiscal year, the organization received $553 million in taxpayer
funding/grants in 2014, up from $528 million the year prior, which
equated to 43 percent of its total income. $48 million of Planned
Parenthood’s income was used for sex education, and $39 million was used
for public policy, or to influence legislation, up from $33 million in
2013. Despite its expenditures, it still garnered a $61 million dollar
profit.

It aborted 323,999 babies nationwide during that fiscal
year, equating to approximately one-third of the more than 900,000
annual abortions in America.

Those who support Planned Parenthood staged counter-protests
at more than 100 of the 225 demonstration locations on Saturday,
holding signs such as “Women are more than wombs,” “Free abortion on
demand” and “I Stand with Planned Parenthood.” Some engaged in chants
about “body autonomy” and “women must decide their fate.”

“A fetus is not a baby, abortion is not murder, women are
not incubators!” California counter-protester Maya Malika proclaimed,
according to the San Francisco gate.

“If you ever, ever, ever really cared about people, you
would not want to have someone be murdered,” pro-lifer Arline Miyazaki
called out to the those who came to defend the organization. “I’ll pray
for you.”

As previously reported, Sens. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, and James Lankford, R-Okla., recently introduced the “Protect Funding for Women’s Health Care Act,” which
would redirect the more than $500 million in federal funding from
Planned Parenthood to women’s health care providers that do not perform
abortions.

The Act notes that community health centers, local health
departments, physicians’ offices and others provide a variety of women’s
services and pregnancy care—minus the killing. Reports state that there
are over 13,500 community health centers alone that assist with women’s
health.

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PERRY NOBLE’S ENDED PREACHING CAREER REVIVED AT STEVEN FURTICK’S ELEVATION CHURCH

 http://www.joy105.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/perry-noble-and-steven-furtick-feature.jpg
PERRY NOBLE’S ENDED PREACHING CAREER 
REVIVED AT STEVEN FURTICK’S ELEVATION CHURCH 
republished below in full unedited for informational, educational, and research purposes:
 Notable former pastor and founder of Newspring church in Anderson, SC  
gave his tacit approval of alcohol consumption in 2013. Three years later,  
he was fired by his church for “falling into sin” with alcoholism. The elders of his
 church made the decision to terminate him from the pastorate. Less than
 two months later, after a 30-day alcohol rehab program, he claimed to 
be cured of his disease and vowed to return to ministry.

I spent 30 days in a treatment facility in Arizona from
mid-July until mid-August. Being in that place allowed me to come face
to face with issues from my past as well as my current struggle, and
placed me in a place to successfully overcome my over medication via
alcohol.

Now, I’m not sure if what he said after that is a result of his years
of intoxication, or if he’s simply playing some kind of mind game
, but
he went on to say,

I can honestly say I am excited about the future God has for me and my family. The one thing I keep hearing from Him over and over again is that He is not finished with me.

Shortly after this, he started a new business.
“Churches are businesses,” he says, and offers a consulting service to
help churches gain tithing customers and increased revenue. This was his
strong point in his years of ministry. His experience of managing 425
employees with a 63 million dollar budget is his selling point.
Certainly not exegeting the Scriptures, shepherding a flock, setting an
example as a pastor being above reproach. No, it’s just a business.

Well, after all of this, it appears his preaching career is making a
comeback after all, and he’s holding true to his promise of returning to
ministry. In typical disgraced pastor fashion, he makes his triumphant
re-entry into ministry on the stage of a heretic.
Last night on Facebook he posts the following:

In July of 2016 I thought I would never preach again!
I allowed myself to be deceived by the enemy and depended on alcohol more than Jesus!
However…during this entire time Steven Furtick hasn’t been someone
who “had my back” but rather has stood by my side and been a source of
encouragement, friendship and has been willing to tell me what I needed
to hear.
Last night he allowed me the honor of returning to preaching on the
stage at Elevation – and what I thought was dead came to life again.
In
life the “who” that stands with you really does matter – and I am more
thankful for Steven and Holly than they could ever imagine…and I’m
looking so forward to being there again today.
Jesus brings dead things back to life – if you are doubting or
disbelieving I understand – I’ve been there; however, if you are bit
dead then God is not done – His plans for you are still greater than you
could have ever imagined!

Not that Perry was ever in the camp of sound biblical expositors–he
wasn’t. He was as false of a teacher as they get. But he wasn’t a Word
of Faith heretic. He was merely a seeker-sensitive preacher and a poor
exegete that gained a large following by applying his business skills
and managing 425 employees with a 63 million dollar budget. Not once has
he ever rightly divided the Scriptures.

But Steven Furtick, on the other hand, is far more than just seeker
sensitive, he’s Word of Faith–and it’s in his hands that Perry Noble has
placed his hope of returning to the stage.

For
an overseer, as God’s steward, must be above reproach. He must not be
arrogant or quick-tempered or a drunkard or violent or greedy for gain,
but hospitable, a lover of good, self-controlled, upright, holy, and disciplined. He
must hold firm to the trustworthy word as taught, so that he may be
able to give instruction in sound doctrine and also to rebuke those who
contradict it. –Titus 1:7-9
_____________________________________________________
 Is Jesus or Steven Furtick The One Whom the Prophets Longed to See?
 Perry Noble Exposed and Fired For Alcohol
The Blasphemous Gospel of Steven Furtick by Perry Noble (Fighting for the Faith Chris Rosebrough)

BASED ON ANGEL #209, N.A.R. PROPHETESS, JENNIFER EIVAZ, SEES CALIFORNIA TURNING RED, GOD’S BLESSINGS FLOODING IN

   How to Activate Angels MP3

“I Saw An Angel Named 209”

 I Saw An Angel Named 209

SEE: https://jennifereivazblog.com/; 

EXCERPT:  

“To My intercessors on behalf of America”:

“I was impressed by the Holy Spirit to write, “You have deeply prayed
for righteousness. You have vehemently prayed down lawlessness. You are
seeing the fruit of your prayers. Boundaries and borders are being
established in the nation as lawlessness is being firmly challenged.
Still, America will not lose her compassion. She is still a melting pot,
but I am remolding this melting pot to prevent a melt-down. Be flexible
and optimistic with change. In the midst of change, remember that I AM
still mercy. The scepter of mercy will continue in America. Therefore,
don’t be discouraged by the angry clamor. Turn off the clatter, don’t be
alarmed, and listen to Me. I am moving things into place. I am working
on behalf of this nation.” “Continue reading

ANGEL #209 HAD AN ANNOUNCEMENT:
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 OR, WHEN BLEACHED BLOND GETS STALE, AND THE GIVING DROPS OFF, GO BLACK:
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 EXCERPT:

“Jennifer Eivaz
is the author of The Intercessors Handbook & Seeing the
Supernatural (coming Fall 2017) and a featured writer for several online
publications including the Elijah List and Charisma Magazine. Jennifer
is a vibrant minister and conference speaker who carries the wisdom and
fire of the Holy Spirit. She presently serves as an Executive Pastor
with Harvest Christian Center in Turlock, California, and is focused on
raising up a passionate and effective prayer community that is tempered
with love and hears the voice of God accurately. Jennifer loves the
Presence of God and is a prophetic voice to her church and to others.
Her teaching style is authentic and aimed at the heart, having been
built on her personal testimony of God’s incredible goodness and
miraculous display in her life and in the life of her church. Jennifer
is married to HCC’s Senior Pastor Ron Eivaz, and they have two wonderful
children. She is a graduate of Oral Roberts University in Tulsa.”

N.A.R. PROPHETESS, JENNIFER EIVAZ, 
SEES CALIFORNIA TURNING RED, 
GOD’S BLESSINGS FLOODING IN 
republished below in full unedited for informational, educational, and research purposes:
 This camp is always talking about seeing a “new thing,” or some kind 
of “shift” in the movement of the Holy Spirit. Recently, New Apostolic 
Reformation (NAR) prophetess, Jennifer Eivaz wrote about a vision she 
had from an Angel by the name “209.” In the NAR world, angels are given 
numbers based on various aspects of their characteristics.

While my interns were prophesying during their training
class, I saw in the spiritual realm an angel named 209. The angel was a
little larger than a normal sized man. He was all white, including his
robe, and radiated with glory. His wings were fluttering rapidly as if
he was ready to go and do something glorious. I knew exactly why he had
come. This angel was a territorial angel assigned to the 209 region (209
is an area code) here in Central California.

As though God assigns angels to “territories” based on man-made telephone borders, I decided to look up this “Angel 209” and found the following:

Number 209 is a compilation of the energies of number 2,
the influences of number 0 and the vibrations of number 9. Number 2 adds
its energies of diplomacy and co-operation, consideration for others,
finding balance and harmony, duality, devotion and selflessness, faith
and trust and your life purpose and soul mission. Number 0 represents
the beginning of a spiritual journey and stands for potential and/or
choice, developing spiritual aspects, eternity and infinity, oneness and
wholeness, continuing cycles and flow, and the beginning point. Number 0
powerfully amplifies the energies of the numbers it appears with.
Number 9 resonates with leading by positive example, Lightworkers and
Lightworking, philanthropy and humanitarianism, problem solving,
generosity and benevolence, the Universal Spiritual Laws, Karma and the
Spiritual Law of Karma. Number 9 also relates to endings and
conclusions.

Now, if this sounds “new-agey,” it’s because it is. False prophets
and false teachers don’t rely on the Word of God to guide them to
completeness and equip them for every good work (2 Tim 3:16-17).
No, they receive extra-biblical revelations from sources not spoken of
in Scripture. They mix false religions with what appears to be true
Christianity giving themselves a form of godliness but denying its power
(2 Tim 3:5).

Jennifer Eivaz is no exception. She blatantly denies the sufficiency
of Scripture and has made a laundry list of spurious allegations against
the Holy Spirit she claims she received in this vision where she
supposedly saw this “Angel 209.” According to her recent blog post, she sees a major shift in the United States.

I was impressed by the Holy Spirit to write, “You have
deeply prayed for righteousness. You have vehemently prayed down
lawlessness. You are seeing the fruit of your prayers. Boundaries and
borders are being established in the nation as lawlessness is being
firmly challenged. Still, America will not lose her compassion. She is
still a melting pot, but I am remolding this melting pot to prevent a
melt-down. Be flexible and optimistic with change. In the midst of
change, remember that I AM still mercy. The scepter of mercy will
continue in America. Therefore, don’t be discouraged by the angry
clamor. Turn off the clatter, don’t be alarmed, and listen to Me. I am
moving things into place. I am working on behalf of this nation.”

In this vision, she saw what she calls “black lids” covering large
areas of the nation including entire cities. These lids, she writes,
were “in place to cover, silence, and muffle the gospel from being
preached in America. They were rules, regulations, court orders, and
penalties, etc.” She then supposedly sees these lids of “unreasonable
fees, penalties, fines, inflated pricing, excess charges, etc.” being
lifted in the coming days. She says it’s these “lids” that have
discouraged the church and “righteous people” from doing the work of
ministry in America.

Scripture, on the other hand, says that much of the church is worldly
and apathetic to the things of God–and this is why they don’t do the
work of ministry (Revelation 3:16).
The world has always been hostile to the gospel, yet this has never
hindered God’s purposes from being carried out. It is not government
fees and regulations that have hindered the gospel from being preached
in America. This is a ridiculous and exaggerated claim.

She continues, however, claiming that God “gave her a word that the
droughts were over” in California. The rains “came almost immediately”
after this, she says “the rains came pouring, and then flooding, into
the area the very next week.” Of course, the local television station
can also somewhat accurately predict rain a week in advance, so I’m not
really impressed with this so-called prophetic vision. Further, in
Scripture, floods are actually a sign of God’s wrath against an evil
society. However, she goes on to make a number of prophecies concerning
the state of California based off this vision. But the next thing she
says is what is really interesting. “I’ve seen blueprints from heaven
slowly descending upon the state. They are blueprints to change this
blue state to red,” she writes.

There is a challenge to corruption coming to California.
There is a scrutiny and a shaking coming our way. I’ve watched these
blueprints come down and then float back up, and then sometimes they
hover over the land right in mid-air. These blueprints are in the
balance as of now, but I heard it was a new breed of “red.”

The says that because the will of the people of California has been
overruled by the “powers of darkness” in California twice regarding
“traditional marriage,” that the people of California have planted a
“double seed” of righteousness and will “reap double for their trouble.”
How ridiculous! The people of California got exactly what they ask for.
The people of California have continued to vote in godless legislators
who pass unrighteous laws. The people of California have not willed
righteousness for their state and the people of California, as with the
rest of the nation, are under the judgment of God for their wicked
deeds.

But I digress. “I’m hearing the distinct sound of Jehu throughout the
state. It’s coming from the men! There is a new man uprising,” she
writes.

Concerning this new-age entity she refers to as “Angel 209,” she says the following:

In the recent past, there had even been a powerful
revival known as the “209 awakening.” This angel had come to wake up and
stir up the 209 area once again. Those in the 209 will continue to grow
in their core strengths of intercession, deliverance, worship, and
holiness. There will be more signs and wonders! Even more miracles and
salvations! To the 209, “You are powerful discerners and hate
compromise. You remain a challenger and contender to the occult powers.
You must now press in for business development like never before and
take your seats of authority in the state. You must firmly challenge and
overcome forces of poverty and get a stronger, more governmental
mindset.”

It’s rather peculiar that she would say “you remain a challenger and
contender to the occult powers.” Considering that the occult is exactly
what she is defiling herself with familiar spirits (Leviticus 19:31).
What Jennifer Eivaz is practicing epitomizes the occult. She seeks to
contact the spirit realm for knowledge not revealed to us in the Word of
God. The Scriptures say to pay no attention to these people, for doing
so will turn God’s wrath against you (Leviticus 20:6).
She is no different than the fortune teller in the shack down the
street, except that she blasphemes the Holy Spirit with her spurious
claims.

Of course, no false prophecy is complete without a prophetic vision of superficial “unity.” She goes on to write,

You will experience a new round of unity. There are new
sounds, new breeds, and different revival voices emerging from each of
these areas. Competition and striving is being set aside, while unity is
being made alive. One new man, one new church, and a beautiful harmony
up and down the state. There is a new sword coming to the word being
preached. There is a shout down of compromise. There is a violent prayer
rumble for holiness and revival.

This, however, is diametrically opposed to the Scriptures. There is
no such promise of a “new church,” or a “new man” anywhere in the Word
of God. The Church was founded on the Apostles and Prophets with Jesus
Christ himself as the chief cornerstone (Ephesians 2:20). “For no one can lay a foundation other than that which is laid, which is Jesus Christ,” says 1 Corinthians 3:11.
Christ founded His Church and that Church is not “new.” For in order to
build a new Church, a new foundation would have to be laid.

Jeff MaplesFolks, this woman is dangerous and needs to be exposed for
the worker of iniquity that she is. If you know anyone who follows this
woman, or any other false apostle or false prophet, please warn them to
flee from them. These people bring death and destruction. They appear
to be godly, desiring good, moral, and godly things, but they are wicked
and seek to destroy the true Church.

And
what I am doing I will continue to do, in order to undermine the claim
of those who would like to claim that in their boasted mission they work
on the same terms as we do.
 For such men are false apostles, deceitful workmen, disguising themselves as apostles of Christ. And no wonder, for even Satan disguises himself as an angel of light. So
it is no surprise if his servants, also, disguise themselves as
servants of righteousness. Their end will correspond to their deeds. — 2 Corinthians 11:12-15
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SEE: 
 Help! I Am A Prophet Who Has Failed
EIVAZ ANSWERS YOUR QUESTIONS ABOUT
“SEERS”
 Are there SEER PROPHETS and then Non-Seer PROPHETS?!?!?!
SEER INSTITUTE:

THE CHILD FRIENDLY CHARISMATIC N.A.R. VOO DOO “CHRISTIANITY” OF BETHEL CHURCH

 
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The Child-Friendly Voo-Doo “Christianity” 
of Bethel Church
BY BUD AHLHEIM
republished below in full unedited for informational, educational, and research purposes:
 
“Nothing short of the total
destruction of a believer will ever satisfy our adversary. Satan would
rend the believer in pieces, break his bones, and utterly destroy him if
he could. Do not, therefore, indulge the thought that the main purpose
of Satan is to make you miserable. Satan is pleased with that, but that
is not his ultimate end. Sometimes he may even make you happy, for he
has dainty poisons sweet to the taste that he administers to God’s
people. If he feels that our destruction can be more readily achieved by
sweets than by bitters, he certainly would prefer that which would best
effect his end.”  C.H. Spurgeon

Most believers who “abide in my word” (John 8:31) know that Bethel Church
is a hotbed of charlatanry.  It hurls a false gospel with a false
messiah through its multitude of on-staff false teachers and those
charlatans invited to the Bethel stage to ever keep its undiscerning
members swimming with hyped-up, ecstatic misdirection.
(When a “church” hosts perhaps the grand poobah of false teaching infamy, the grand huckster of healing Benny Hinn, their claim to being a legitimate church is as equally invalid as their claim to be “Christian.”)
So busy are they reveling in the supposed supernatural that legitimate
study of Scripture, in order to come to ‘knowledge and all discernment”
and be “able to approve what is excellent,” (Philippians 1:9-10) is intentionally precluded by staged theatrics.

Obviously, it’s an easy enough chore to build a “church” when
emotions management and manipulation are the underlying impetus, rather
than Gospel understanding and “rightly handling the word of truth.” (2 Timothy 2:15)
It’s easy to whip up a crowd into an ecstatic frenzy, but much harder
to do the diligent work of teaching the Word.  What’s temporally sexy
and easy to sell is manifestly more valuable than what is edifying and
eternally significant.

“Your boasting is not good.  Do you not know that a little leaven leavens the whole lump?”  1 Corinthians 5:6

While the church in Corinth had numerous issues that required at
least three letters of stern rebuke, explanatory guidance, and apostolic
encouragement from Paul (two of these three epistles are in the N.T.),
one could only guess at the gallons of ink the apostle would consume in
addressing the Scripturally-offensive teachings and practices of
Bethel.  But perhaps Paul might’ve penned a much pithier epistle were he
writing to Bethel.  Though it’s a different “Bethel,” one could imagine
a Pauline missive today that would not be unlike the “Thus saith the
Lord” warning of Amos.

“For thus says the LORD to the house of Israel:
“Seek me and live;
but do not seek Bethel”  Amos 5:4-5

A Bible-imbibing believer must always be Berean – in all things. 
Though unfortunate for those Gospel-void souls trapped in the voo-doo
“Christianity” of Bethel, authentic believers can look at it as a source
of what not to do, what not to believe, and what to avoid in the
Christian life and in a legitimate Christian “church.”  Bethel is what
you do not want to emulate.  Bethel is not what you want to seek.

One of the most saddening things hurled out of Bethel is a vigorous
“ministry” geared towards children.  The effort is couched sufficiently
in Christianese and slathered with enough of a “Jesus loves the little
children” veneer that makes the endeavors seem noble, authentic, and
upright.
  But the depth of false teaching behind the shiny, welcoming
veneer is toxic to the true Christian faith and reveals an effort to
indoctrinate children into the bootleg Bethel brand of unbiblical
supernatural religion.  As the apostle said, in a non-plussed sort of
remark about the false teachers of Corinth, “And no wonder, for even
Satan disguises himself as an angel of light.”   (2 Corinthians 11:14)  Paul would not be surprised to find the enemy at work in the church today, and perhaps no place more than Bethel.

One of the mechanisms of Bethel’s “ministry” to children is in the
K-8 private school it operates.   Bethel Christian School publishes its
monthly “Bethel Buzz” newsletter. An excerpt from February 2017’s issue
reflects something of the intentionally supernatural flavor of the
school:

“Ms. Brown had Eden open her arms in a
wide circle, prophetically declaring that she was ready to receive the
abundance of heaven. Meanwhile classmates held their hands in front of
them, palms together, their top hand flicking their bottom to symbolize
all the resources coming her way. During this brief time of prophetic
prayer, one student felt led to take some coins from his backpack and to
drop them through Eden’s circled arms.” (Source)

From Bethel’s online bookstore, under the “Children/Youth” category,
you’ll find a wide array of false charismaniacal teaching targeting
children.
 Of the over 150 children’s titles for sale, you’ll find the
book by “Mama G.” entitled God’s Li’l People and Miracles.  There’s “prophet” Shawn Bolz’ book, Growing Up With God: Everyday Adventures Of Hearing God’s Voice, 
in which kids are introduced to “automatic writing” by listening to the
presumed voice of God in their heads and then writing down the words.
 (Go HERE for more on this atrocity.)  And then there are the My Super Powers book series by Dan McCollam.

McCollam is, according to the author bio from Amazon, a “prophetic speaker and trainer” and “serves on the the teaching faculty of Bethel School of the Prophets.”  (This,
of course, begs the question – why does one need to be “trained” to use
a spiritual “gift” given by the Holy Spirit?  The apostles didn’t
establish a training school for spiritual gifts.  Paul didn’t graduate
from one, teach at one, or mention one.  Have the Holy Spirit’s imbuing
powers waned since the first century such that now we need Bethel to
teach what the Holy Spirit no longer can? Absurd.  It is charlatanry for
profit. See 2 Peter 2:1-3)

But McCollam has, in the My Super Powers
children books, answered an obvious question that parents who expose
their children to the doctrinal toxins and illicit spiritual behaviors
of Bethel must face: How do we explain this to the kids?

What do you tell your child about your ecstatic, abnormal, and
irreverent behavior during “worship?”  How do you answer your child who
asks about your drunken-like unintelligible speech?  How do you respond
to a youngster who has perhaps seen their older teenage sibling writhing
on the floor in a mosh pit of presumed mindless worship?  What
explanation is there if you have your child wait outside a Bethel “healing room” while you go in to get a cavity filled by a healer?  (There have, btw, been claims of people receiving gold fillings as a result of Bethel’s supernatural dental work.)

The answer McCollam’s series reveals is that you simply teach your
children to mimic the same illicit, irreverent behavior that you’re
exhibiting.  His My Super Powers series does just that.  The books include the following “Dear Parent” introduction:

“My Super Powers is a series of children’s books based on the nine gifts of the Holy Spirit mentioned in First Corinthians 12:8-9.  I believe that children can and should be activated in the gifts of the Spirit at an early age.”

Of course McCollam and Bethel believe in “early age activation.” 
It’s necessary for the continued growth of the “church” by continuing
the deception to the next generation. But “activation” is not a Biblical
endeavor for a believer of any age.

Given Spurgeon’s assessment, Satan’s nefarious ambition is not always
to make you miserable, but to sometimes make you happy.  Thus, Bethel’s
comic book appeal to children serves as a formidable tool of deception.
The child reared on My Super Powers
fodder will likely have no capacity for discernment when, as a teen,
the opportunity to roll around “drunk in the Spirit” at a Bethel
“worship” service comes around.  They’ll likely find “Bethel fire tunnels
a legitimate extension of super powers they’ve been taught since they
were a toddler.  From that, it’s just a leap and a jump to “grave sucking” with the grown-ups.

The My Super Powers series includes the following nine, comic-book style volumes:

Source: https://shop.ibethel.org/collections/children-youth/products?filters%5Bby_author_id%5D=117

Book One  My Super Powers: Words of Wisdom


Book Two  My Super Powers: Word of Knowledge


Book Three  My Super Powers: Gift of Faith


Book Four  My Super Powers: Gifts of Healing


Book Five  My Super Powers: Working of Miracles


Book Six  My Super Powers: Gift of Prophecy


Book Seven  My Super Powers: Discerning of Spirits


Book Eight  My Super Powers: Gift of Tongues


Book Nine  My Super Powers: Interpretation of Tongues

The series has apparently been so domestically popular that it has
been released in a three-volume set called the “Global Edition,” with
each book containing three of the nine “super powers.”  They sell for
about $16 on Amazon.

The description from one of the books gives a flavor of how the
volume is written to appeal to children.  For volume 8, the gift of
tongues, the summary says:

“Marco and Mia think their television is broken until Mom
explains that it’s just on a foreign language channel.  Hearing unknown
languages makes the children wish they could speak in another
language.  That’s when Mom uses stories from her special Book to help
them discover God’s amazing gift of speaking in unknown tongues.”

The problem is here is obvious.  While little Marco and Mia may be told that Scripture – denoted as “Mom’s special Book”-(implying, it seems, that children might not possess, need, or should be able to read their own copy)
 describes “tongues” as actual foreign languages, the evidence they
might see in Mom’s behavior at Bethel is decidedly different.  What’s
likely “all Greek to me” for the kids is equally “all Greek” to the rest
of us because ecstatic gibberish is not a language, and it is ecstatic
gibberish that is predominately profiled throughout charismania.

Before I knew it, tongues was rolling out of my mouth
like water. It was such a beautiful experience, and it elevated my
connection to God. I could easily pray for others by speaking in
tongues, and even though I didn’t know what I was saying, I could see
with my spirit that it was affecting great change on their behalf in the
spirit realm! I also have the gift of discerning spirits, so I can
sense demons and angels. Even the demons respond to speaking in tongues!
I most often pray for others in tongues, but it is so nice to have a
special language to speak to God with, when I just don’t know what words
to use.  (Source)

Disregarding the staggering heterodoxic problems within this quote,
it makes clear that the “experience” of tongues in the modern church is
explicitly not the tongues of Scripture. Yet, as is evidenced by this
randomly googled citation, it is the emotional benefit that fuzzy-wuzzy
linguistics offer that is the implicit appeal of the practice. Actual
understanding of God’s Word and rational comprehension of authentic,
Biblically-informed spiritual behavior are, if even present, distant
concerns.

“I would not put a thief in my mouth to steal my brains.”  William Shakespeare

Shakespeare’s line from Othello has been lost at Bethel and by most
participants in charismania.   By putting the false doctrines “in their
mouths” and the mouths of their children, rational apprehension of God’s
Truth, and obedient behavior in response to that Truth, has been
abandoned.  A thief has been introduced.  Their brains have been stolen.
 And their behavior is the evidence.

Bethel is comfortable indoctrinating their children in their toxic
teaching of supernatural “super powers,” but doing so is not Christian
and not Biblical. From way, way back in the Pentateuch, the Lord made
clear to His people that knowing and understanding His Word was
paramount for an obedient life of faithfulness, and that it was His Word
that was to be taught – diligently taught – to the children.

“Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God, the LORD is one. You
shall love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul
and with all your might. And these words that I command you today shall
be on your heart. You shall teach them diligently to your children, and
shall talk of them when you sit in your house, and when you walk by the
way, and when you lie down, and when you rise.  Deuteronomy 6:4-7

The Word of the Lord heard by Israel from its inception, and the Word
we hear today from His Scripture, are not ecstatic, unintelligible,
feel-good, fuzzy-wuzzies.   It is antithetical that God would “reveal”
Himself by unintelligible utterances.  Why then should our apprehension
of Him be reflected in behavior marked by mindless gibberish?  He spoke
so that we might understand, and understanding so that we might obey,
and in obeying we might know Him.

For the Lord gives wisdom;
    from his mouth come knowledge and understanding.  Proverbs 2:6

Presumed spiritual super powers are illicit but deceptively
attractive. And by teaching children to pursue and revel in unbiblical
“Super Powers” maneuvers, it’s clear Bethel cares little about doing as
the apostle proclaimed:

But far be it from me to boast except
in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by which the world has been
crucified to me, and I to the world.  Galatians 6:14

Indeed, for those trapped in the beguilement of Bethel – and their
children
– they could easily be hearkening to the words of Amos, “Come to Bethel, and transgress.”  (Amos 4:4).
 As Matthew Henry commented about the idolatrous Israelites of Amos’
day, so too does his commentary apply when considering the modern Bethel
Church:

“What is got by extortion is commonly used to provide for
the flesh, and to fulfill the lusts thereof. What is got by oppression
cannot be enjoyed with satisfaction. How miserable are those whose
confidence in unscriptural observances only prove that they believe a
lie! Let us see to it that our faith, hope, and worship, are warranted
by the Divine word.”  Matthew Henry

My Super Powers books are copyrighted by Dan McCollam and published by Sounds of the Nations of Vacaville, CA.

MONEY TALKS AMONG THE APOSTATE SOUTHERN BAPTISTS: IMB BACKS AWAY FROM SUPPORTING MOSQUES

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MONEY TALKS: SOUTHERN BAPTIST IMB BACKS AWAY FROM SUPPORTING MOSQUES
BY GIDEON KNOX
republished below in full unedited for informational, educational, and research purposes:
 

With Russell Moore’s ecumenism in full view (the former Democratic
staffer has led interfaith prayers with Sikhs and Muslims at the Becket
Fund’s Interfaith gathering), it was no surprise when the social
progressive leader of the Southern Baptist’s ERLC supported an amicus
brief (put together by the Becket Fund) asking the federal government
to force a New Jersey township to ignore their zoning laws and allow a
Mosque to be built. What surprised people is that David Platt, who has a
reputation for his robust biblicity, also signed the brief on behalf of
the SBC’s International Mission Board, for which he serves as
president.
Platt’s move left Baptists scratching their head, wondering
what on Earth local zoning regulations and Mosque-building had to do
with the purpose of Baptist foreign missions.
We wrote about the SBC’s ambition to see the New Jersey mosque built in Worshipping Religious Liberty: SBC Joins Mosque Building Effort.
While joining in the amicus brief gave the two Southern Baptist
entities reason to sing kumbayah around the syncretistic campfire and be
praised by the growing evangelical left (which is showing more and more
strength thanks to The Gospel Coalition’s burgeoning fixation with
social justice), the reality is that the New Jersey township rejected
the mosque’s building proposal due to very standard zoning law and not
Islamophobia. That didn’t stop America’s largest and supposed most
conservative denomination from jumping on to the ACLU-bought bandwagon
and the SBC’s elitist class from pinning roses on their chests for their
politically correct open-mindedness.
But then, something interesting happened. The SBC lost funding – and
potentially significant funding – over their dalliance with the
religious left. Not only did Robert Jeffress and other prominent SBC
pastors threaten to withhold funds, one IMB trustee actually acted on
it. The unlikely hero of prevailing common sense is Dean Haun, one of
many Southern Baptist pastors to get his church to put a moratorium on
Cooperative Program offerings. The only difference with Haun is that he
was an IMB trustee and happened to pastor a megachurch with what is no
doubt a sizable annual contribution to the Cooperative Program.
Not only
was Haun – as a trustee of the entity, no less – not informed about the
IMB joining the Mosque-building effort, he was incensed that the entity
he was supposed to be helping to govern was trying to get a house of
false worship built.
We wrote about that, by the way, in SBC Loses Funding Over Mosque-Building Effort.
The IMB defended their decision to interject themselves into New Jersey zoning law on their website. They wrote…

A public record by IMB of supporting
freedom of religion for all people in the United States—regardless of
their beliefs—gives IMB workers overseas a credible foundation from
which to advocate for freedom of religious exercise in countries that
are hostile to Christianity, penalize those who convert, or make it
difficult for a new church to own or rent property for worship. … IMB’s
call on the government of these other countries to support the religious
freedom of their citizens will ring hollow if, in the USA, we only
support freedom of religion for Christians.

Within weeks of Haun withholding funds and speaking out, the IMB had
begun to walk back their decision to side with Muslims and Russell
Moore.
David Platt has now told the press

“As a result of discussions among IMB
trustees and staff over recent months, we have revised our processes
for our legal department filing any future amicus briefs. IMB leaders
are committed in the days ahead to speak only into situations that are
directly tied to our mission.”

You don’t say. Why the change of heart, when previously the IMB
asserted that the amicus brief was directly tied to their mission? The
answer? It starts with an “m” and rhymes with “honey.” The fact is, for
the massive and staggeringly expensive Southern Baptist denominational
bureaucracy, money talks louder than common sense.
Russell Moore, on the other hand, remains defiant. He told the Southern Baptist Convention messengers, “Sometimes
we have really hard decisions to make. This isn’t one of those things.
What it means to be a Baptist is to support soul freedom for
everybody.” 

And yet, while Baptists believe that religious freedom applies to
all, the ERLC says that it exists to “assist churches,” and not mosques (link).

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UPDATE: FEBRUARY 16, 2017:
http://christiannews.net/2017/02/17/mission-board-president-david-platt-apologizes-for-distraction-division-caused-by-brief-supporting-mosque/ 

SOUTHERN BAPTISTS: ARE THE ERLC & TGC MERGING INTO ONE?

SOUTHERN BAPTISTS: 
ARE THE ERLC & TGC MERGING INTO ONE?
BY GIDEON KNOX
republished below in full unedited for informational, educational, and research purposes:
 

There are two primary engines driving the popularity of Social
Justice into the heart of quasi-conservative evangelicalism. Once
bulwarks for a solid Biblical worldview and stalwart defenders of the
Gospel, both organizations have experienced serious mission drift in
recent years. Both organizations have developed a penchant for
terminology from the social progressive lexicon, like “racial justice.”
Both use the term social justice in a positive, rather than
negative, way. The two organizations share board members. The two
organizations share regular contributors to their websites. While the
ERLC’s president, Russell Moore, was daily attacking Donald Trump, The
Gospel Coalition’s Thabiti Anyabwile was endorsing Hillary Clinton in a
brilliant and cooperative one-two punch. And now, they will share a
conference. It’s becoming increasingly apparent that the Southern
Baptist’s ERLC and the cool kids at The Gospel Coalition are becoming
nearly indistinguishable.
The ERLC is now hosting
The Gospel Coalition’s Pre-Conference on April 3. The theme of the
pre-conference is,”Relentless: Gospel Courage in a Complex Culture,” and
is right up the alley of trajectory for both organizations, which have
shirked their prospective missions (ethics and religious liberty for the
ERLC, promotion of the Gospel for TGC) to become cultural commentators.
Their theme is typical and predictable, because it’s the mantra they’ve
been repeating for years; courage (or boldness or a “prophetic voice,”
you get the point) in culture, which typically means having the courage
to repeatedly side with social progressives, race-baiters and Marxists
and to treat conservative evangelicals like the enemy of all that is
good and pure.

Russell Moore is the president of the ERLC, and serves on the board of directors for The Gospel Coalition.
Joe Carter, who is the editor for The Gospel Coalition, is the “Communications Specialist” for the ERLC.
Karen Swallow Prior, the gay-friendly animal rights activist, and
feminist is a research fellow for the ERLC and a contributor The Gospel
Coalition.

Samuel James, a nepotistic, sycophantic hire at the ERLC, is now a contributor at The Gospel Coalition.
Daniel Patterson, the “chief of staff” at the ERLC is a contributor for The Gospel Coalition.

There are many more examples…Are you seeing a theme, here? While The
Gospel Coalition is a parachurch ministry that’s not really accountable
to any local churches, the ERLC is accountable to local
churches (in theory, not in reality) because it is a Southern Baptist
entity. Do Southern Baptists care if their entity is quickly merging
with an organization that allowed an explicit endorsement for Hillary
Clinton on their website? Should Southern Baptists be concerned that a
parachurch ministry seemingly has so much influence and control over
their entity?

One wonders if Southern Baptists are giving 4 million dollars to the
ERLC annually so they can help a non-denominational parachurch ministry
throw a party.

HAMAS RELEASES MUSIC VIDEO VOWING TO MURDER ISRAELIS: “WE WILL EAT YOU, ZIONISTS, WITHOUT SALT”

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HAMAS RELEASES MUSIC VIDEO VOWING 
TO MURDER ISRAELIS: 
“WE WILL EAT YOU, ZIONISTS, WITHOUT SALT”
BY ROBERT SPENCER
republished below in full unedited for informational, educational, and research purposes:
 

This is nothing new. In 2012, Hamas released a music video declaring: “Killing Jews is worship that draws us close to Allah.”

Maybe the Melkite Greek Catholic Patriarch Gregory III Laham, who has said that “No one defends Islam like Arab Christians” and “Christ was born in Palestine,” and who has claimed
that jihad massacres of Christians in the Middle East were a Zionist
plot, will want to sign up this band for his next church festival. Maybe
he could hold it in the Melkite church in Raqqa — oh, wait…

“Hamas Releases Music Video Threatening to Destroy Israel,” TheTower.org, February 9, 2017:

Hamas released a Hebrew-language animated music video on
Tuesday night titled “Zionists, You Will Perish in Gaza,” which
threatens to destroy Israel.


The video features a barrage of rockets raining down on the Jewish
state, Hamas militants blowing themselves up near Israeli soldiers, and
Jews being shot in the head. The Jewish characters resemble crude
stereotypes common in anti-Semitic media.

The lyrics include threats such as “we will eat you, Zionists,
without salt” and “ooooh…Zionist, a rocket will get you where you live.”

This is far from the first time Palestinian groups have released videos intended to threaten or scare Israelis.

In the summer of 2014, during its war with Israel, Hamas released a
Hebrew-language music video claiming, “We prepare a generation of
warriors who cling to death like the enemy clings to life.” The Times of
Israel described the video as part of Hamas’ propaganda campaign to
damage Israeli morale and rally Palestinian support behind Hamas….

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 “Killing Jews is worship that draws us close to Allah” – Hamas music video 
Published on Nov 25, 2012
http://palwatch.org/main.aspx?fi=987&…

Music video by Hamas’ Al-Qassam Brigades:
“Bless [Hamas’] Al-Qassam men, guardians of Palestine
Oh pride of Salah Shahada, oh wisdom of Immad [Aqel] (Hamas leaders killed by Israel)
[Oh] the explosives of [Yahya] Ayyash, (Hamas bomb maker killed by Israel), Martyrdom,
[oh] lovers of the trigger:
Killing the occupiers is worship that Allah made into law.
(Arabic text: “Killing Jews is worship that draws us close to Allah”)
Arise, oh determined men.
The color of [the Martyr’s] blood protects the land.
Oh masked one wearing a keffiyeh (Arab head scarf), terrifying the Jews…
call out in Zionism’s face: ‘Muhammad’s army has begun to return.'”
[Al-Aqsa TV (Hamas), Nov. 18, 2012]

Note:
In response to Hamas’ ongoing rocket fire against Israel, Israel
launched Operation Pillar of Defense on Nov. 14, 2012, aimed at
crippling the terrorist infrastructure in Gaza. On Nov. 21, Israel and
Hamas agreed to a ceasefire. This video was one of many broadcast by
Hamas during the conflict, as part of their campaign to scare Israeli
soldiers and civilians.

 HAMAS TV TEACHES KIDS TO KILL JEWS
 
Hamas to kids: Shoot all the Jews

77% OF REFUGEES ALLOWED INTO U.S. SINCE COURT BLOCKED TRUMP BAN COME FROM THE 7 COUNTRIES ON TRUMP’S LIST

77% OF REFUGEES ALLOWED INTO U.S. 
SINCE COURT BLOCKED TRUMP BAN 
COME FROM THE 7 COUNTRIES ON TRUMP’S LIST
BY ROBERT SPENCER
 
republished below in full unedited for informational, educational, and research purposes:
 What could possibly go wrong? This.
 

“77% of refugees allowed into U.S. since travel reprieve hail from seven suspect countries,” by Stephen Dinan, Washington Times, February 9, 2017:

The State Department has more than doubled the rate of
refugees from Iraq, Syria and other suspect countries in the week since a
federal judge’s reprieve, in what analysts said appears to be a push to
admit as many people as possible before another court puts the program
back on ice.


A staggering 77 percent of the 1,100 refugees let in since Judge
James L. Robart’s Feb. 3 order have been from the seven suspect
countries. Nearly a third are from Syria alone — a country that
President Trump has ordered be banned altogether from the refugee
program. Another 21 percent are from Iraq. By contrast, in the two weeks
before Judge Robart’s order, just 9 percent of refugees were from Syria
and 6 percent were from Iraq.

“There’s no doubt in my mind they would be doing whatever they could
to get people in before something changes because, from their
perspective, their motivation is to resettle these folks. It would not
be the first time that State Department officials have prioritized
facilitating someone’s entry to the United States over security
concerns,” said Jessica Vaughan, policy studies director at the Center
for Immigration Studies.

Mr. Trump issued an executive order Jan. 27 putting in place the
early stages of his extreme vetting policy, including an immediate
90-day pause on admitting visitors from Iraq, Iran, Syria, Sudan,
Somalia, Libya and Yemen — all countries where the government says it
can’t be sure of its vetting procedures.

The executive order also called for an immediate 120-day halt to
admitting refugees from anywhere around the globe. Mr. Trump singled out
Syria in particular, saying refugees from there are halted
indefinitely.

Late last week Judge Robart ruled Mr. Trump had likely overstepped
legal boundaries and issued a temporary restraining order for most of
the policy. An appeals court ruled Thursday to uphold the “TRO,” as it’s
known in lawyer-speak.

Immediately after Judge Robart’s decision, the State Department and
Homeland Security agencies kicked back into gear, beginning to accept
both refugees and visitors from the suspect countries.


Numbers weren’t available on the effects of the broader travel ban,
but 1,110 refugees were admitted in the days since the program was
restarted — and of those, 849 were from the seven danger countries the
president singled out. A whopping 346 were from Syria alone, and another
232 were from Iraq.


The surge has also meant a major jump in the number of
self-identified Muslims admitted: 64 percent of the new batch of
refugees are from some sect of Islam, compared to just 31 percent in the
first weeks of the Trump administration.

“It would appear, based on the numbers, that there is an effort
within the refugee resettlement program to rush in as many of the
nationals of these seven countries as possible before a ruling is made
on the TRO,” said Rosemary Jenks, government relations manager at
NumbersUSA.

Mr. Trump himself seemed to be aware of the changes, posting an
oblique Twitter message on Wednesday asking the courts to issue a new
decision overturning Judge Robart and reinstating his extreme vetting
policy.

“Big increase in traffic into our country from certain areas, while
our people are far more vulnerable, as we wait for what should be EASY
D!” the president tweeted….

ALABAMA: HAMAS LINKED “CAIR” REP SAYS: “IT’S JUST HARD BEING A MUSLIM RIGHT NOW”???

 
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ALABAMA: HAMAS LINKED “CAIR” REP SAYS: 
“IT’S JUST HARD BEING A MUSLIM RIGHT NOW” 
BY ROBERT SPENCER
republished below in full unedited for informational, educational, and research purposes:
 

“We’ve seen a huge spike in anti-Muslim attacks in the last year,” claims Khaula Hadeed.

In reality, FBI hate crimes statistics show
that anti-Semitic hate crimes are two times more common than
anti-Muslim hate crimes. And then there all the anti-Muslim hate crimes
that turn out to have been faked by Muslims themselves.

Hadeed works for the Hamas-linked Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR). CAIR is an unindicted co-conspirator in a Hamas terror funding case — so named by the Justice Department. CAIR officials have repeatedly refused to denounce Hamas and Hizballah as terrorist groups. Several former CAIR officials have been convicted of various crimes related to jihad terror. CAIR’s cofounder and longtime Board chairman (Omar Ahmad), as well as its chief spokesman (Ibrahim Hooper), have made Islamic supremacist statements about how Islamic law should be imposed in the U.S. (Ahmad denies this, but the original reporter stands by her story.) A California chapter distributed a poster telling Muslims not to talk to the FBI, and a Florida chapter distributed pamphlets with the same message. CAIR has opposed virtually every anti-terror measure that has been proposed or implemented and has been declared a terror organization by the United Arab Emirates. A CAIR operative recently called for the overthrow of the U.S. government.

“It’s just hard being a Muslim right now,” Hadeed laments. Is that
so? In reality, it’s hard being an Infidel in Fort Hood, and Boston, and
Chattanooga, and Garland, and San Bernardino, and Orlando, and Paris,
and Brussels, and Nice, and Berlin, and Jerusalem. Muslims are killing
non-Muslims in jihad attacks around the world, not the other way around.
Yet the wily Hadeed plays Greg Garrison of AL.com like a fiddle, in
claiming for herself coveted victim status. It’s a cynical, deceptive
enterprise.

“Auburn, Samford grad runs Alabama Islamic group: ‘It’s just hard being a Muslim right now,’” by Greg Garrison, AL.com, February 10, 2017:

Khaula Hadeed came to the United States from Pakistan in
2002 to join her husband, who was training in internal medicine in New
York.

They moved to the South in 2004 so he could serve the indigent population in rural Alabama.

Dr. Talha Malik and another Muslim doctor were among three physicians
working in the emergency room at Bullock County Hospital. Malik worked
in Union Springs for four years before becoming a researcher at UAB,
where he is now a gastroenterologist.

While her husband treated needy patients, Hadeed graduated from
Auburn University with a bachelor’s degree in political science in 2008
and a master’s degree in international relations in 2009. She graduated
from Cumberland Law School at Samford University in Birmingham in 2014
and had the couple’s first child, a daughter, in 2015.

Hadeed, 32, now serves as executive director of the Alabama chapter
of CAIR, the Council on American-Islamic Relations, which incorporated
in 2015. She has been helping Alabama Muslims straighten out problems
with travel and visas. And there are a lot of problems these days.


“It’s just hard being a Muslim right now,” Hadeed said.

The CAIR group was formed as a response to anti-Sharia laws proposed
in the Alabama Legislature. Amendment One, an amendment to the state
constitution that prohibits foreign law being used to decide cases in
Alabama courts, passed easily in 2014 and was added to the Alabama
Constitution. “That’s the climate, a climate of fear,” Hadeed said.
“People are giving away their own rights out of fear.”

Her legal training has now been put to use in trying to help Muslims
and their families who are having problems traveling to the United
States.

In December, that happened to her mother-in-law, a Pakistani who
lives in Bahrain and had been to visit the Maliks in Alabama several
times. This time, her travel visa was denied. “They felt the attitude
change at the U.S. Embassy (in Bahrain, after the Nov. 8 election of
President Donald Trump). After pleas to government officials and a
reapplication, she was allowed to visit again.

Now Hadeed worries that her own mother, who has visited three times
in two years to see her grandchild, could have trouble visiting the next
time she tries to travel to America from Pakistan.

“In the name of national security we think there needs to be more checks,” Hadeed said. “There are already extreme checks.”

Hadeed and her husband applied for citizenship in 2015. She was
granted citizenship last year. Her daughter was born as a citizen. Her
husband is still waiting to hear back on his application. She’s not sure
why. “We’re here because of him,” Hadeed said.

“It was a grueling process to become a citizen,” she said.

Hadeed is assisting a UAB doctoral student from Syria who recently
brought his wife and daughter to the United States. He’s afraid to leave
the country because he might not be allowed back in. “This is the one
secure place he found himself,” she said.

The situation is bleak for other Syrians escaping civil war who want
to move to the United States. Birmingham has significant communities of
Syrians, Yemenis and Iranians who are all from countries included on a
seven-nation travel ban issued by Trump in an executive order that has
now been delayed by court challenges. Even with implementation of the
order delayed, citizens from those countries fear traveling to visit
sick or dying relatives, worried they may not be allowed to return.

“I am the reluctant activist,” Hadeed said. “We’re talking about things that affect people every day.”

The election of Trump and his efforts to curb the number of Muslims
traveling to the United States has thrown the Muslim community into
turmoil and uncertainty.

She has seen it before. She and Dr. Malik were married in December
2001, three months after the terrorist attacks on New York and
Washington, D.C., that left the nation in a panic. The backlash against
Muslims was harsh then, and it’s harsh now. “We’ve seen a huge spike in
anti-Muslim attacks in the last year,” she said….

U.C. BERKELEY: AMERICAN FASCISM

 
U.C. BERKELEY: AMERICAN FASCISM 
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Berkeley Unveils the New, Dangerous Logic of the Deranged Left:

If They Disagree With You, They have the Moral Right to KILL You Before You can Speak

Wednesday, February 8th, 2017
by: Mike Adams

(Natural News) Following the UC Berkeley violence aimed
at murdering gay conservative speaker Milo Yiannopoulos, the UC
Berkeley newspaper has published a series of columns that unveil the
dangerous new logic of the deranged Left: If they disagree with you, they are fully justified in KILLING you in order to prevent you from speaking.

In a series of essays titled “Violence as Self-Defense,” the obviously deranged Berkeley students argue that because speech they don’t like is a form of violence in their fragile snowflake minds,
they have the moral right — even the obligation — to murder people who
engage in that speech. (RELATED: Follow more news about liberal insanity at our new site Libtards.news)

This has now become the actual argument of the unhinged Left. Here’s the tortured process by which they justify all this:

Step 1) DEMONIZE political opponents as “Nazis” by
constantly lying about them until the lies are repeated sufficiently
enough to be accepted as “truth” by your peers.

Step 2) CHARACTERIZE speech from your political
opponents as “violence.” Claim that any speech you don’t like is a form
of violence itself. (Break down into tears at the sight of words you
don’t like, and convulse with self-induced paranoia to make your
victimhood seem convincing.)

Step 3) COMMIT ACTUAL VIOLENCE against your political opponents, insisting that because their speech is “violence” in your opinion, they deserve to be killed.

Step 4) JUSTIFY IT ALL by claiming you’re the victim
and had to kill the Nazis out of self-defense. Vote Democrat and
continue the cycle of insanity and violence while advocating genocide
against whites, conservatives, Jews or whatever group you don’t like at
the moment.

Then use federal funds to hire more insanely liberal college
professors to teach yet more students the same twisted logic. Rinse and
repeat, all while instantly labeling anyone who disagrees with you a
“racist” or “homophobe,” even if they’re gay.

“The first op-ed, written by UC Berkeley alumna Nisa Dang, lectured
critics of the riots to ‘check their privilege.’ Dang claimed that
Yiannopoulos’s views amount to “violence,” and that in turn legitimized
violence against them,” reports the Daily Caller.

Even daring to criticize the deranged logic of “pre-emptive violence”
by Leftists is also defined as an act of violence that would justify
them killing you first, according to Berkeley students.

“Criticisms of the riots are not just wrong, in her opinion, but also
constitute ‘violent acts’ against minority students,” writes the Daily
Caller. “She also implied in her piece that Milo and his supporters
should be killed.”

“UC Berkeley, a public campus once celebrated as the birthplace of
the Free Speech Movement of the 1960s, now apparently celebrates the use
of violence to suppress free speech and violate the civil right rights
of guest speakers and fellow students,” adds Breitbart.com, which also writes:

One essay, by Berkeley student Josh Hardman, celebrates the
“plurality of tactics,” including violence, that suppressed Milo’s
speech… He adds that violence in the service of shutting down violence
may not really deserve to be classified as “violence” at all.

Berkeley alumna Nisa Dang warns them to “check” their
“privilege.” She argues that “no protest is nonviolent.” Students were
“compelled” to protest violently, she says, because Milo’s words make
students feel unsafe, and therefore call for pre-emptive action: “If I
know that you are planning to attack me, I’ll do all I can to throw the
first punch.” Adding that “police are violent agents of the state,” she
claims that their very presence — limited as it was at the Milo event —
“creates an atmosphere that perpetuates violence on community members.”
She then mocks Milo for not facing whatever violence the rioters had in
store — “To Milo: I’m sorry that you were too scared to stand your
ground” — and hints that he ought to be murdered by those who survived
genocides by “killing Nazis and people just like them.”

Left-wing derangement crosses threshold into dangerous advocacy of actual genocide

What Berkeley’s violence-promoting Leftists don’t seem to realize is
that by arguing for this “violence as self-defense” twisted logic, they
have just invoked the same twisted reasoning of every genocidal regime in world history.

Stalin, Mao, Pol Pot and even Hitler all justified their violence as a
form of “self-defense” against aggressors who they depicted as
destroying their society. Adolf Hitler’s genocide against the Jews was
supported with the logic that their “views” were a threat to German
society and had to be silenced through the prolific use of concentration
camps and gas chambers — things the radical Berkeley Left would now
openly advocate against conservatives.

Mao’s communist revolution in China, which saw communists executing
academics in the streets, was also justified by claiming that academics
were a threat to the state and therefore had to be “pre-emptively
executed” for the good of society.

Berkeley students now spout the same logic as the world’s most
murderous tyrants, apparently having learned nothing about world history
since Berkeley doesn’t provide an actual education anymore. Instead,
the school is an indoctrination center for zombie Leftists who are being trained to think like communist revolutionaries rather than patriotic Americans.

Leftists push America ever closer to kinetic civil war

Where is all this headed? It looks headed for kinetic civil war. Now that the deranged Left has decided that mass violence is justified to silence all political enemies,
watch for the journo-terrorism left-wing media to keep pushing the
uprising and violence as aggressively as possible. They are quite
literally attempting to whip up the gullible youth into a mindless
“zombie rage” uprising to accomplish three things:

Goal #1) Bait President Trump into
cracking down on the violent riots, then claim Trump is anti-freedom
because all the violent rioters were just “peaceful protesters.” (Yeah,
right.)

Goal #2) Cause so much mayhem and chaos that the
United States becomes “ungovernable” by any President, then point to
Trump in four years and proclaim, “He didn’t accomplish ANYTHING!”

Goal #3) Build the uprising toward the possible goal
of actually staging a massive communist takeover of the country. This
effort will fail, of course, but the deranged Leftists don’t realize
that yet, so they might try it.

Left-wing media engaged in outright “journo-terrorism”

Keep in mind that the mainstream media is actively engaged in pushing these three outcome goals by broadcasting daily fake news propaganda to whip up even more hatred toward President Trump and his administration. That’s why I call them “journo-terrorists” —
they are engaged in a deliberate form of psychological terrorism that
now underpins the new “philosophy of violence” being openly espoused by
the deranged Left (as clearly demonstrated at Berkeley).

The left-wing media, in other words, is the FUEL behind the left-wing
violence that continues to escalate. Hatred is their ally, and they
keep pushing lies about Trump to maximize the hatred that leads to
violence and acts of terrorism against America.
This is also why I have thoughtfully argued that President Trump may
need to declare a national emergency and quite literally seize the most
radical left-wing media outlets (CNN,
WashPost, NYT) for a short period of time to halt the cycle of disinfo(rmation),
hatred and violence that’s being used by the Left to try to destroy
America from within.

The truly irresponsible “free speech” being practiced in America
today is not coming from Milo; it’s coming from the journo-terrorists at
CNN who are ginning up what can best be called an enraged, hate-filled zombie left-wing army of obedient soldiers to carry out their violence and terrorism against all patriotic Americans.

What can YOU do about all this? Stand up for free speech and keep your powder dry

I always aim to offer practical solutions in my analysis articles,
and the strategy for navigating all this is obvious: Keep supporting
real free speech (i.e. from Milo Yiannopoulos and everyone else who’s
outspoken) while making sure you are ready for the unleashing of kinetic civil war by the deranged left.

Because when the day comes that they say YOUR speech is a form of
violence that they must stop by killing you in advance, it is truly your
rightful, moral and ethical duty to defend your life using kinetic
force to stop any immediate threat of violence. In other words, if they
are coming at you with a spiked baseball bat, screaming something like,
“YOUR WORDS ARE VIOLENT!” then you may have to invoke the laws of
physics, momentum and kinetic energy to put them down.

Just make sure you have plenty of tools ready for your own defense
because history has shown that insanely deranged Leftists, just like
zombies, always travel in groups. When they come to kill you for your
political views, you don’t want to rely on just one tool (or one
magazine).

What the deranged Left is about to discover in a very disturbing way is that trying to stage a murderous uprising in a nation with the Second Amendment won’t work out very well.
While other communist uprisings and left-wing revolts have achieved
success throughout history, every single one of them was preceded by the
disarmament of the citizens (for all the obvious reasons).

It turns out that this new logic of the insane Left — “We can kill you because we don’t like your views” — is now the greatest argument ever made for supporting the Second Amendment. If you aren’t yet a gun rights supporter, you should be!

As long as We the People maintain our Second Amendment rights, we are
capable of defending ourselves against the deranged violence of the
zombie Left, who are now openly admitting their desire is to kill you before you can speak. Let all that sink in a bit, then go out and complete your concealed carry training.

Be safe. The zombie hoards have been unleashed at Berkeley. And they
already have the internal justification they need to murder you while
claiming they are the victims. Read CivilWar.news to stay informed, and check out Conservative.news for daily updates on all political matters.

http://www.naturalnews.com/2017-02-08-berkeley-unveils-the-new-dangerous-logic-of-the-deranged-left-if-they-disagree-with-you-they-have-right-to-kill-you.html

Also read this important story: Insightful columnist “nails it” with explanation of why the Left is so hateful, deranged and dangerous.

 

TRUMP OPENS BORDER FOR CHRISTIAN REFUGEES, BUT LEFT IGNORES

 Trump Opens Border For Christian Refugees, But Left Ignores
TRUMP OPENS BORDER FOR CHRISTIAN REFUGEES, BUT LEFT IGNORES 
 Trump allows refugees most persecuted 
over religious beliefs to enter US
BY CLIFFORD CUNNINHAM
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There is a “blind spot” in Western countries concerning
the persecution of Christians around the world, advocates said while
noting Christians are the most persecuting religious group on the
planet.

According to a report from Open Doors, a
nonprofit organization that aids Christians facing persecution around
the world, approximately 322 Christians are killed, 214 churches or
properties owned by Christians are destroyed, and 772 acts of violence
are carried out against Christians each month.
“No person or group
should live in fear of being killed, tortured or oppressed because of
their religious beliefs,” said Paul Coleman, deputy director of the
Alliance Defending Freedom International. “By all accounts Christians
are the most persecuted group on the planet.”

In addition to a genocidal campaign waged against them by ISIS in Syria and Iraq, Coptic Christians face regular discrimination and violent terrorist attacks in Egypt.
Andrew Doran, vice president of In Defense of Christians,
argued the backlash against the provision in President Donald Trump’s
executive order granting exceptions for refugees who belong to
persecuted religions minorities stemmed from a belief in the West that
Christians are oppressors unworthy of special consideration.
“Christians
in the West have been somehow identified as the oppressor class, and
that view seems to be extended to Christians in the Middle East,” he said. “But the fact is that couldn’t be further from the truth.”
“Whether
someone is Muslim, Yazidi, Jewish, Christian or atheist, they should be
given priority if they’re facing persecution, and certainly that would
be so where there’s a finding of genocide.”
A recent survey from Rasmussen demonstrated
more Democrats believe that Muslims face more discrimination in the
United States than Christians do in Muslim-majority countries.
“Fifty-six
percent (56%) of Democrats, however, believe most Muslims in this
country are mistreated, a view shared by only 22% of Republicans and 39%
of voters not affiliated with either major party. Fewer Democrats (47%)
think most Christians are mistreated in the Islamic world, compared to
76% of GOP voters and 64% of unaffiliated.”
Despite then-Secretary
of State John Kerry’s assertion that Christians in the Middle East were
facing genocide at the hands of ISIS, less than one-half of one percent
of the 19,000 Syrian refugees admitted during President Obama’s
administration were Christians.
“They’ve been horribly treated. Do
you know if you were a Christian in Syria, it was impossible, at least
very tough, to get into the United States,” said
President Trump during an interview with the Christian Broadcasting
Network last month. “If you were a Muslim, you could come in, but if you
were a Christian, it was almost impossible, and the reason that was so
unfair, everybody was persecuted in all fairness, but they were chopping
off the heads of everybody, but more so the Christians.”
“And I thought it was very, very unfair. So we are going to help them.”
Advocates
praised the provision of President Trump’s order granting special
admission status for those persecuted for their religious beliefs,
noting is was more than the Obama administration had done.
“I
think the case could be made that Donald Trump did more in one afternoon
than President Obama did over the last six years,” Dolan said.

 

STATE DEPARTMENT REVOLTS AGAINST TRUMP FOR SECURING BORDER

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 STATE DEPARTMENT REVOLTS AGAINST TRUMP 

FOR SECURING BORDER
 Clinton cronies at State DOUBLED the inflow 
of Muslim migrants after 9th Circuit ruling
BY JEROME R. CORSI
republished below in full unedited for informational, educational, and research purposes:
 

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The State Department is in open revolt
against the White House and Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, inviting
President Donald Trump to clean house.

For many
Americans, Trump, made famous for his “You’re Fired” approach to his
“Apprentice” reality TV show, has just been given a once-in-a-lifetime
repeat performance of that line now that he is president.
Those
federal employees feeling secure that civil service rules assure them
permanent State Department employment in DC despite their open
opposition to Trump’s foreign policies might be well advised to start
thinking twice about how well they could adapt to a presidential
reassignment to a remote outpost in Alaska, or at the southernmost tip
of the United States in Texas, along the Mexican border.

This week a State Department “dissent channel” memo surfaced,
objecting to President Trump’s Executive Order issued Jan. 27,
temporarily suspending travel for 90 days from Syria, Iraq, Iran, Libya,
Somalia, Sudan, and Yemen. By Friday over 1,000 State Department
employees had put their signatures to the resistance statement.

“A
policy which closes our doors to over 200 million legitimate travelers
in the hopes of preventing a small number of travelers who intend to
harm Americans from using the visa system to enter the US will not
achieve its aim of making our country safer,” the State Department dissent memo reads,
in language that clearly asserts the bureaucrats in the State
Department have a superior lock on foreign policy wisdom than does the
president.
Given Trump’s history as a highly successful
multi-billionaire CEO, dissenting State Department employees are making a
dangerous bet expressing their opinion that they know better than their
boss.
The New York Times reported
that the State Department currently has 7,600 Foreign Service officers
and 11,000 civil servants. This means some 5% (the 1,000 signing the
dissent memorandum) of current State Department employees are in open
revolt against the newly-inaugurated Chief Executive of the US.
The
State Department’s open revolt invites Secretary Tillerson to put under
scrutiny for discipline, reassignment, and/or outright dismissal the
1,000 employees signing the dissent memo.
This, plus the “mass exodus” of top State Department policy and management officials that resigned in response to Trump’s election
and his selection of Tillerson to be secretary of state, gives
President Trump and Secretary Tillerson an extraordinary opportunity to
“clean house” with a decision to fire for insubordination all State
Department policy officials that signed the dissent memorandum
expressing their open disdain for the border security objectives central
to Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign.
The depth of the State
Department revolt is not fully appreciated until we examine the extent
to which leftist State Department officials went to flood into the US a
disproportionately large number of refugees from the seven
terror-supporting countries specified in the Trump executive order –
acting almost as if it were the State Department’s job to get as many
refugees into the Untied States as possible from these seven
terror-supporting countries before the window closed.
The Washington Times has reported the State Dept. has more than doubled the refugee inflow
from the seven terror-prone nations since U.S. District Court Judge
James Robart in Seattle imposed a temporary restraining order on the
enforcement of President Trump’s executive order imposing the temporary
travel ban.
“A staggering 77 percent of the 1,100 refugees let in
since Judge James L. Robart’s Feb. 3 order have been from the seven
suspect countries. Nearly a third are from Syria alone — a country that
President Trump has ordered be banned altogether from the refugee
program,” the Washington Times noted. “Another 21 percent are from Iraq.
By contrast, in the two weeks before Judge Robart’s order, just 9
percent of refugees were from Syria and 6 percent were from Iraq.”
But the State Department open rebellion against President Trump does not stop there.
The ConservativeTreeHouse.com argued that a CNN report on Thursday claiming the Russians
were trying to influence the election in France so as to insure a win
for anti-globalist Marine Le Pen, president of the National Front – a
strong opponent of the European Union with a Trump-like “France First”
message.
“In essence, CNN -and by extension the progressive State
Department officials remaining within the shadow deep state
construct- is trying to influence the French Presidential Race,” the
ConservativeTreeHouse.com story stressed.  “Blaming the Russians in
advance is an attempt to weaken Marine Le Pen.”
The article went
on to comment only difference between November 2016 and today is that
this time CNN is attempting to get out ahead of an election rather than
inventing the back-story “the Russians did it” to explain why Hillary
Clinton lost an election her leftist supporters presumed she had won
from the moment she declared her candidacy for president.
Predictably,
Twitter on Friday morning in the aftermath of the Ninth Circuit’s Court
of Appeals decision to leave Judge Robart’s decision in place has
nothing about the issue trending, despite numerous tweets being posted
by Americans angry at the appellate court’s decision and demanding that
President Trump clean house at the State Department.

NEW KATY PERRY SONG ENCOURAGES ANTI TRUMP RIOTS

 New Katy Perry Song Encourages Anti-Trump Riots
 NEW KATY PERRY SONG ENCOURAGES 
ANTI TRUMP RIOTS
 Pop culture re-brands civil unrest 
to cash in on divided America
BY PAUL JOSEPH WATSON
republished below in full unedited for informational, educational, and research purposes:
 
The lyrics to a new Katy Perry
song timed to coincide with her re-branding as an anti-Trump “activist”
includes a line that openly encourages her fans to riot.
Released earlier today, the pop star’s Chained to the Rhythm
track features lyrics by reggae singer Skip Marley that include the
lines, “We’re stumbling, we’re crumbling, and we’re about to riot / They
woke up, they woke up the lions.”
Elsewhere, the lyrics make reference to “liars” and the “empire,” clearly placing it in a political context.
“Even
though Skip is the one who seems to slyly diss the President, many drew
attention to how it’s still Katy’s song, and how her lyrics could also
be related to the current political climate,” reports Hollywood Life.
Perry, who now considers herself an “activist” according to her Twitter bio
(no doubt a genuine lifestyle choice and not just an avaricious form of
virtue signaling to make more money), endorsed Hillary Clinton multiple
times and headlined a concert in her honor back in November.
Following Donald Trump’s victory, she took to Twitter to call for a “revolution,” asking people to “rise up”.
As part of her new role as the Che Guevara of pop music, Perry also attended last month’s anti-Trump “women’s march” in DC.
After releasing her new song, Perry proclaimed the new era of “purposeful pop”.
Fans reacted to Perry’s new song by thanking her for taking on Trump.
“The anthem for our revolution!” wrote one.
“Katy Perry’s #ChainedToTheRhythm is the 1st major pop release that feels influenced by Trump era,” added another.
It is rumored that Perry will perform the new song during an appearance at the Grammys this Sunday.
Other anti-Trump pop stars have also jumped on the bandwagon in recent weeks. During the “women’s march,” which was organized by a supporter of sharia law, Madonna gave a speech in which she said she had “thought an awful lot about blowing up the White House”.
While it’s unlikely that Perry’s fans
are likely to organize a mass riot any time soon, her new song
highlights how popular culture is re-branding civil unrest as a trendy
form of virtue signaling in order to cash in on the deep political
divisions that plague America.
There
have been numerous riots since Trump won the presidency, including
immediately after the election, at the inauguration, more violent unrest
in response to his travel ban policy, as well as the shocking scenes at
Berkeley last week when attendees of a Milo Yiannopoulos event were
pepper sprayed and beaten by Antifa thugs.

While the dominant
culture desperately tries to portray itself as the anti-establishment
counter-culture, the only real counter-culture is the new brand of
conservatism that helped sweep Trump to victory in the first place.

“SOLD HER SOUL TO THE DEVIL” PERRY CALLS HER FANS “ZOMBIES” AND LOVES IT

“CHAINED TO THE RHYTHM” SONG

 

THE ISLAMIC STATE CHOPS OFF CHILDREN’S HANDS FOR REFUSING TO EXECUTE PRISONERS

THE ISLAMIC STATE CHOPS OFF CHILDREN’S HANDS FOR REFUSING TO EXECUTE PRISONERS
BY CHRISTINE WILLIAMS
republished below in full unedited for informational, educational, and research purposes:
 

“The two boys, aged between 10 and 12, were ordered to
execute the captives in front of their families…lads refused and were
punished for failing to follow orders from the caliphate.”


Children do not escape the cruelty of Islamic State jihadists. Some horrific examples (which may be disturbing to some people):

  • A one-year-old Yazidi baby was beaten in front of his mother until she gave in to all of the Islamic State jihadi’s sex demands.
  • A baby was blown up as part of an Islamic State explosive training exercise.
  • 74 children were executed by the Islamic State for “crimes” that included refusal to fast.
  • Children are also being raped, tortured, beheaded, crucified and buried alive.

“ISIS sickos chop off kids’ HANDS for ‘refusing to execute prisoners’”, By Tom Rawle, Daily Star, February 3, 2017:

The two boys, aged between 10 and 12, were ordered to execute the captives in front of their families.

Yet the lads refused and were punished for failing to follow orders from the caliphate.

A source told Al-Sumaria news in Iraq: “The Islamic State’s leaders
issued orders to train a group of children on fighting in the group’s
camps in Nables neighborhood, in the western side of Nineveh.

“Meanwhile, members of the Islamic State terrorist group amputated
the hands of two children, for refusing to carry out the execution
sentence on two civilians in front of their families.”

Public amputations are common in ISIS-run settlements.

Sickening images and video have emerged in recent months showing hundreds gathering around to see such spectacles.

The horrifying news comes days after ISIS’ chief executioner was killed by mystery death squads in the city of Mosul.

Abu Sayyaf is said to have butchered more than 100 captives.

Yet security sources have now confirmed the brutal killer had been stabbed to death by the squad of assassins…..

QUEBEC IMAM PRAYS: “O ALLAH, DESTROY THE ACCURSED JEWS…O ALLAH, KILL THEM ONE BY ONE”

 
QUEBEC IMAM PRAYS: 
“O ALLAH, DESTROY THE ACCURSED JEWS…
O ALLAH, KILL THEM ONE BY ONE” 
BY CHRISTINE WILLIAMS
republished below in full unedited for informational, educational, and research purposes:
 

Those are among the regular prayers being recited at Al Andalous
Islamic Center in Montreal by Imam Sayed AlGhitawi. He also pleaded with
“Allah to support the mujahideen (Muslims who engage in jihad) in
Palestine and to inflict total destruction on the Jews.”


There are others like him who are being permitted in Canada to spread
messages of violence and conquest, while Canada is pushing through
another anti-Islamophobia motion in Parliament that takes aim at free
speech, specifically at any criticism of Islam.
ACT for Canada published
an important report on the motions, including our coverage at Jihad
Watch; see here.

AlGhitawi’s statements are not singular. In August, Mazin AbdulAdhim, a prominent imam of Iraqi descent in London, Ontario, “encouraged Muslims
to wake up from the illusion that the Western governments represent
them, to disavow democracy, to follow the true teachings of Islam, and
to work together for re-establishing the Islamic State – the Caliphate.”

Dr. Abdullah Hakim Quick, who “served as a special advisor to the Toronto Board of Education,” stated that “in Islam gays should be executed” and that “homosexuality goes with Zionism.”

Last February, the Alberta Islamic Welfare Association hosted Syrian
refugees and their families at a get-together with members of the
Edmonton Muslim community and Imam Shaban Sherif Mady of a Muslim
congregation in Edmonton. During prayer with the refugees, Imam Mady prayed

O Allah! Strengthen the mujahideen [jihad fighters in the
path of Allah] everywhere, make their hearts firm and strong, let them
hit their targets, give them victory over their enemies.

Some years ago, Toronto area Imam Said Rageah at the Abu Huraira Centre called on Allah to “destroy the enemies of Islam from within” and he called upon God to “damn the infidels.”

It has also been found that “Islamic schools, mosques in Canada are filled with extremist literature.”

“Quebec Imam prays for the annihilation of the Jews”, by Jonathan Halevi, CIJ News, February 8, 2017:

At the end of his sermons at Al Andalous Islamic Center
in Montreal, Quebec Imam Sayed AlGhitawi (سيد الغتاوي) recited
supplications to Allah to support the mujahideen (Muslims who engage in
jihad) in Palestine and to inflict total destruction on the Jews….

The following are excerpts from Sayed AlGhitawi’s supplications in 2014:

O Allah, give victory to our brothers who engage in Jihad for Your sake in everywhere, O Lord of the Worlds
O Allah, give victory to our brothers who engage in Jihad in Palestine
O Allah, connect to their hearts
O Allah, make their feet firm
O Allah, make their feet firm
O Allah, give them victory over their enemy
O Allah, destroy the accursed Jews
O Allah, show us the black day you inflict on them
O Allah, show us the wonders of your power and ability inflicted on them, O the most Merciful
O Allah, show us how you do to them what you did to [the peoples] of ʿĀd
and Thamud [ancient peoples that perished by Allah because they didn’t
heed the warnings of the prophets]
O Allah, show us how you do them what you did to [the people] of ʿĀd and Thamud
O Allah, rain down on them rain of stones made of Sigil stones, O Lord of the Worlds
O Allah, rain down on them rain of stones made of Sigil stones, O the most Merciful
O Allah, make their children orphans and their women widows…
O Allah, give victory to our brothers who engage in Jihad in Palestine, O Lord of the Worlds…
O Allah, destroy the accursed Jews
O Allah, show us the black day you inflict on them
O Allah, show us the wonders of your power and ability inflicted on them, O the most Merciful
Shook the ground beneath their feet
O Allah, kill them one by one
O Lord, don’t leave any of them [alive]

EU BOSS SAYS BREXIT & TRUMP ARE “POLITICS OF PARANOIA”, SHOULD SET ALARM BELLS RINGING ACROSS WEST

 
EU BOSS SAYS BREXIT & TRUMP ARE 
“POLITICS OF PARANOIA”, 
SHOULD SET ALARM BELLS RINGING ACROSS WEST 
BY CHRISTINE WILLIAMS
 
republished below in full unedited for informational, educational, and research purposes:
 

“Europe is on the road to war,” according to European Commission
first vice-president Frans Timmermans, who has declaraed that citizens
have to “fight against the ‘politics of paranoia’ and the ‘disruptive
forces of xenophobia, intolerance and illiberalism.’”


He goes on:

EUROPE must not repeat the mistakes of its violent and
bloody past by embracing populism and nationalism as a ‘breath of fresh
air.’

In other words, as he disregards the current global realities of
Islamic supremacism and jihad, Timmermans is accusing every European
victim of jihad attacks and the rampant sex attacks and surging crimes
committed by Muslim migrants of paranoia. He’s also indirectly accusing
the persecuted Church and infidels of other religious minorities, and
even the 11 million Muslims murdered by their coreligionists since 1948,
of paranoia. He grossly underestimates the global jihad threat, the
biggest threat to human rights and peace today. The nation of Israel is
also victimized by jihad terror, so perhaps it, too, can be accused by
Timmermans of “nationalism” and “paranoia.” Let’s not forget the victims
of 9/11 on the list of the paranoid, in Timmermans’ bizarre reasoning,
along with many others victims of jihad attack. Timmermans also
completely ignores Islamic history as he slams Brexit, Trump and
Europe’s own history.

The Timmermans of the world, and there are many, call on Europe and
the entire West to surrender to Islamic supremacists and jihadists so as
to avoid labels of paranoia, xenophobia and intolerance.

The only threat of destruction Europe faces is in living in its past,
seeing all nationalism through the prism of World War II’s malignant
nationalism, and forgetting the fine efforts of those (of every race and
religion) who fought for human rights and democratic rule. That
includes my own Chinese grandfather, who fought for the Brits in
Trinidad in World War I.

“‘Europe is on ROAD TO WAR’ EU boss in shocking attack on Brexit and rising nationalism”, by Simon Osborne, Express, February 10, 2017:

European Commission first vice-president Frans Timmermans
said citizens had to fight against the ‘politics of paranoia’ and the
‘disruptive forces of xenophobia, intolerance and illiberalism’.


And he said Brexit and the Donald Trump’s shock rise to power in the US should set alarm bells ringing across the West.

In a keynote speech to the Future Force Conference he said the
European Union was not just Brussels but an eco-system of many different
languages, cultures and traditions.

He said: “Europe is a union of unlikely allies. If you think
nationalism is a welcome breath of fresh air, think again: It is the
road to war.

“French and Germans, Dutch and Belgians, Danes and Swedes, French and
English, Hungarians and Romanians, Bulgarians and Greeks all fought
each other on the bloody timeline of European history.

“Three generations of French and German young men had slaughtered each other in three wars within living memory.

“But history can surprise us. Sometimes for the better. Twelve years
later, 60 years ago next month, these two countries signed the Treaty of
Rome, along with four other European nations. From arch enemies, to
best buddies. They founded the most successful peace project in human
history.”

Mr Timmermans warned recent political upheavals threatened to jeopardise the hard-earned peace across the block.

He said: “Right here, on our own doorstep, our fundamental values are under threat.

“In Europe, we see the return of the politics of paranoia. Fuelled by
alternative facts in Internet echo chambers, the disruptive forces of
xenophobia, intolerance, il-liberalism and nationalism and are on the
march.

“New parties are peddling old, dangerous ideas.

“Brexit, Turkey, Poland, Hungary and even in the Western Balkans we
see the return of fault lines in Europe. Not an iron curtain of machine
guns and minefields, but a barrier of the mind, between inclusion and
exclusion, between open and closed societies.”

Mr Timmermans accused Russia of trying to challenge the European order and feared President Vladimir Putin had too much power.

He told the conference: “We see hybrid warfare, now in Ukraine. Will
the Baltic states be next? We see the return of the menace of nuclear
war. Russia has less checks and balances than the Soviet Union had.
President Putin enjoys more unrestrained power, than Nikita Khrushchev
ever did…..

CIVIL ASSET FORFEITURE: RUINING LIVES, WHILE FAILING TO STOP CRIME

 
CIVIL ASSET FORFEITURE: 
RUINING LIVES, WHILE FAILING TO STOP CRIME
republished below in full unedited for informational, educational, and research purposes:
 

Yesterday, President Trump met with the National Sheriff’s
Association at the White House.  Like so many Trump comments, this one
took a strange turn when Trump (jokingly or not) threatened to “destroy the career” of a Texas state Senator:

During the meeting, Rockwall County, Texas, Sheriff Harold Eavenson
told President Trump about a piece of asset forfeiture legislation he
believes would aid Mexican drug cartels…here’s the full conversation:

Eavenson:  “There’s a state senator in Texas that was talking
about legislation to require conviction before we could receive that
forfeiture money.”

Trump:  “Do you believe that?”

Eavenson:  “And I told him that the cartel would build a monument to him in Mexico if he could get that legislation passed.”

Trump:  “Who is that state senator? I want to hear his name. We’ll destroy his career…”

Though the major point of conversation was about Trump’s threat to a state legislator, the bigger story should
be the implicit support Trump gave to civil asset forfeiture, whether
he realized it or not.  And if you are not aware what civil asset
forfeiture is, it is (surprisingly) something that is agreed by both
sides of the aisle to be unjust and unconstitutional, and rightfully so.

Civil asset forfeiture is defined by Wikipedia
as “a controversial legal process in which law enforcement officers
take assets from persons suspected of involvement with crime or illegal
activity without necessarily charging the owners with wrongdoing.”  The
practice is commonplace in the war on drugs, but it can be extended to
almost anything.

What it means is that the government can essentially seize any of
your assets it can find (be it in a bank account, or cash/gold/whatever
you have in a safe or under the mattress), label them a part of a
“criminal investigation,” and keep them indefinitely, without sufficient
due process for the citizen to challenge the seizures, and whether you
are ultimately charged with a crime or not.

Martin Armstrong of Armstrong Economics explains how police have every reason to seize assets, largely because these civil asset forfeitures are literally funding police departments:

Between 1989 and 2010, U.S. attorneys seized an estimated $12.6 billion in
asset forfeiture cases. The growth rate during that time averaged
+19.4% annually. In 2010 alone, the value of assets seized grew by
+52.8% from 2009 and was six times greater than the total for 1989. Then
by 2014, that number had ballooned to roughly $4.5 billion
for the year, making this 35% of the entire number of assets collected
from 1989 to 2010 in a single year. According to the FBI, the total
amount of goods stolen by criminals in 2014 burglary offenses suffered
an estimated $3.9 billion in property losses. This means that the police
are now taking more assets than the criminals.
The police have been violating the laws to confiscate assets all over the country. A scathing report on California warns of pervasive abuse by police to rob the people without proving that any crime occurred. Even Eric Holder came out in January suggesting reform because of the widespread abuse of the civil asset forfeiture laws by police.
Bloomberg News
has reported now that Stop-and-Seize authority is turning the Police
Into Self-Funding Gangs. They are simply confiscating money all under
the abuse of this civil asset forfeiture where they do not have to prove
you did anything.
Prosecutors are now instructing police on how to confiscate money within the grey area of the law.
A class action lawsuit was filed against Washington DC
where police were robbing people for as little as having $100 in their
pocket.  This is getting really out of hand and it has indeed converted
police into legal criminals or “gangs” as Bloomberg News calls them.
And Mike Krieger of Liberty Blitzkreig even cites the Huffington Post, of all places,
which detailed the case of two bakers who did not commit any crime, but
had their assets (and lives) ruined by the IRS, because they were able
to legally seize the business’s assets by just believing that they may have been engaging in criminal activity, with absolutely no evidence to support their claim:
But the IRS refused to believe Vocatura’s Bakery
was operating on the up and up. Agents said the business raised red
flags because of a series of cash deposits in sums under $10,000, the
amount at which banks are required to report transactions to the federal
government. They said this behavior was consistent with a crime known
as structuring, which the IRS defines as making calculated financial
transactions in order to skirt reporting requirements. The agents had no
evidence of other wrongdoing, but thanks to a controversial law
enforcement tool known as civil asset forfeiture, they didn’t need any
to seize every penny in the Vocaturas’ bank account: $68,382.22.

Under the practice of civil forfeiture, authorities can move to
permanently take property they suspect of being linked to criminal
activity, without obtaining a conviction — and, in cases like the
Vocaturas’, without even charging the owner with a crime.

For the past three years, the brothers have been fighting to
get their money back, maintaining they’d done nothing wrong. The IRS has
responded by subjecting David, 53, and his brother Larry, 69, to a
series of increasingly aggressive legal maneuvers — including threats of
significant prison time and additional fines — in an attempt to
strong-arm them into permanently forfeiting their assets.

Hours after the suit was filed, the IRS said it would finally give
the Vocaturas their money back. But the prosecutor didn’t drop the case.
Instead, he now plans to mount an expansive investigation into the
bakery’s finances, looking for a reason to bring criminal charges
against the brothers.

It was just the latest twist in a protracted legal battle that has
called into question some of the government’s favorite — and most
problematic —methods of taking people’s money.

The practice is just as bad as it sounds – with the original intent
being to stop big time drug dealers from recouping their assets, the
practice has devolved into police and agencies of all types funding
their departments by stealing the assets of civilians, whether they were
obtained criminally or not.  This is also not a partisan trend, and as
Michael Armstrong indicated above, the practice has been steadily
increasing, across all administrations, since it was first implemented
in the early 1980s.

All in the same, this makes Trump’s support of the policy quite disturbing.  Mother Jones, of all places, sums up what it all means, and whether or not Trump actually supports the policy (or even realized the significance of it):

My guess is that he has no idea what civil asset forfeiture is and
has no real opinion about it. If, say, Trump had been in a meeting with a
few senators, and Bob Goodlatte had remarked that “police can seize
your money even if you weren’t convicted of a crime,” Trump probably
would have reflexively answered, “Can you believe that?” Instead, a
sheriff said it was a bad thing related to Mexicans, so Trump
automatically agreed with him. That means it’s now official Trump administration policy.

Obviously, the Sheriffs who met with Trump support the policy – it
helps fund their departments.  Perhaps Trump was merely supporting
lawmen and trying to unify everyone behind his stated policy of “law and
order” by agreeing with them in words, and doing something different in
practice.  Surely, we would all like to believe that Trump is prepared
to concede that every citizen is innocent until proven guilty, and
should have recourse to challenge the legality of any seizure of
personal assets.

However, I’m not naive enough to think that is a certainty.  Trump
very well could have realized exactly what he was doing and the policy
he was supporting, and the ramifications behind his support.  He could
actually believe the practice helps stop crime, and be ready to
willingly disregard the rights of citizens to do so.  It is an extremely
dangerous position to take; one that the Trump administration should
clarify as soon as possible.

The average American citizen ends up being the big loser in the ongoing saga of oppressive conduct by the authorities,
as the practice is unlikely to end without intervention via legislation
and/or executive action.   So, while it would be nice if the media
would ask the Trump administration for some clarity on their policy
regarding civil asset forfeiture, they seem too preoccupied with asking
Trump if he really wants to end a state Senator’s career, in their
ongoing quest to boost their own ratings.

It would be funny, if it weren’t so sad.

 
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