AND THE THIRD ANGEL FOLLOWED THEM, SAYING WITH A LOUD VOICE, IF ANY MAN WORSHIP THE BEAST AND HIS IMAGE, AND RECEIVE HIS MARK IN HIS FOREHEAD, OR IN HIS HAND. *** REVELATION 14:9
Saturday, August 29, 2009
Our country shall repudiate every principle of its Constitution as a Protestant and republican government
Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil...

1Now will I sing to my wellbeloved a song of my beloved touching his vineyard. My wellbeloved hath a vineyard in a very fruitful hill:
2And he fenced it, and gathered out the stones thereof, and planted it with the choicest vine, and built a tower in the midst of it, and also made a winepress therein: and he looked that it should bring forth grapes, and it brought forth wild grapes.
3And now, O inhabitants of Jerusalem, and men of Judah, judge, I pray you, betwixt me and my vineyard.
4What could have been done more to my vineyard, that I have not done in it? wherefore, when I looked that it should bring forth grapes, brought it forth wild grapes?
5And now go to; I will tell you what I will do to my vineyard: I will take away the hedge thereof, and it shall be eaten up; and break down the wall thereof, and it shall be trodden down:
6And I will lay it waste: it shall not be pruned, nor digged; but there shall come up briers and thorns: I will also command the clouds that they rain no rain upon it.
7For the vineyard of the LORD of hosts is the house of Israel, and the men of Judah his pleasant plant: and he looked for judgment, but behold oppression; for righteousness, but behold a cry.
8Woe unto them that join house to house, that lay field to field, till there be no place, that they may be placed alone in the midst of the earth!
9In mine ears said the LORD of hosts, Of a truth many houses shall be desolate, even great and fair, without inhabitant.
10Yea, ten acres of vineyard shall yield one bath, and the seed of an homer shall yield an ephah.
11Woe unto them that rise up early in the morning, that they may follow strong drink; that continue until night, till wine inflame them!
12And the harp, and the viol, the tabret, and pipe, and wine, are in their feasts: but they regard not the work of the LORD, neither consider the operation of his hands.
13Therefore my people are gone into captivity, because they have no knowledge: and their honourable men are famished, and their multitude dried up with thirst.
14Therefore hell hath enlarged herself, and opened her mouth without measure: and their glory, and their multitude, and their pomp, and he that rejoiceth, shall descend into it.
15And the mean man shall be brought down, and the mighty man shall be humbled, and the eyes of the lofty shall be humbled:
16But the LORD of hosts shall be exalted in judgment, and God that is holy shall be sanctified in righteousness.
17Then shall the lambs feed after their manner, and the waste places of the fat ones shall strangers eat.
18Woe unto them that draw iniquity with cords of vanity, and sin as it were with a cart rope:
19That say, Let him make speed, and hasten his work, that we may see it: and let the counsel of the Holy One of Israel draw nigh and come, that we may know it!
20Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light, and light for darkness; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter!
21Woe unto them that are wise in their own eyes, and prudent in their own sight!
22Woe unto them that are mighty to drink wine, and men of strength to mingle strong drink:
23Which justify the wicked for reward, and take away the righteousness of the righteous from him!
24Therefore as the fire devoureth the stubble, and the flame consumeth the chaff, so their root shall be as rottenness, and their blossom shall go up as dust: because they have cast away the law of the LORD of hosts, and despised the word of the Holy One of Israel.
25Therefore is the anger of the LORD kindled against his people, and he hath stretched forth his hand against them, and hath smitten them: and the hills did tremble, and their carcases were torn in the midst of the streets. For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still.
26And he will lift up an ensign to the nations from far, and will hiss unto them from the end of the earth: and, behold, they shall come with speed swiftly:
27None shall be weary nor stumble among them; none shall slumber nor sleep; neither shall the girdle of their loins be loosed, nor the latchet of their shoes be broken:
28Whose arrows are sharp, and all their bows bent, their horses' hoofs shall be counted like flint, and their wheels like a whirlwind:
29Their roaring shall be like a lion, they shall roar like young lions: yea, they shall roar, and lay hold of the prey, and shall carry it away safe, and none shall deliver it.
30And in that day they shall roar against them like the roaring of the sea: and if one look unto the land, behold darkness and sorrow, and the light is darkened in the heavens thereof.
Spike Lee Celebrates Michael Jackson's Birthday
Saturday would have been Michael Jackson's 51st birthday. After weeks spent mourning the loss of the King of Pop, it's time to celebrate his life. If you're in New York, you should head to Prospect Park where filmmaker Spike Lee is throwing his childhood idol a birthday party — Brooklyn style. Host Scott Simon talks with the filmmaker about his birthday bash for the pop star.
Friday, August 28, 2009
Faceoff! Cops versus preachers on public sidewalk
Faceoff! Cops versus preachers on public sidewalk
Christians arrested 7 times for signs declaring homosexuality a sin
Posted: August 27, 200912:15 am Eastern
By Chelsea Schilling© 2009 WorldNetDaily
A street preacher is accusing police of violating his constitutional rights after officers arrested him for not having a parade permit while he spoke out against homosexuality on a public sidewalk in Manchester, Ga.
Chris Pettigrew and Pastor Billy Ball and of Faith Baptist Church in Primrose, Ga., were arrested multiple times Aug 24 after they held signs on a public street corner telling people to repent and declaring homosexuality a sin.
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He continued, "We did not have a parade permit, and we informed them that we had no plans for obtaining a parade permit because we weren't in a parade."
Pettigrew said officers from the Manchester Police Department were initially cordial when they told him he must have a permit to stand on the sidewalk with his sign.
"We simply said, 'We can't do that. It's our constitutional right to free speech. We're not impeding any kind of traffic. We're peaceably assembled, so we're going to do what we came to do,'" he said.
At that moment, another officer arrived, joined the others and told the men they must obtain a permit to remain on the sidewalk.
Displeased with their answer, Pettigrew said, "they handcuffed us and took us to the city jail in Manchester."
Later, while Pettigrew and his comrades remained in jail, Pastor Ball and another man arrived at the street corner to share his message.
So, police arrested Ball.
"So we went back to the corner because it's America, and there was no sense in arresting us the first time," Pettigrew said. "We weren't going to let them bully us into going home."
He continued, "By the end of the day, I had been arrested three times, and my pastor was arrested four times – simply because we wouldn't go away."
"By that time they had ceased arresting us, with the exception of my pastor, who was arrested late in the evening," Pettigrew said.
"We had some people who came down simply because we were being arrested."
With a tone of frustration, Pettigrew said, "We're sick and tired of people telling us what we can and can't do. It's not constitutional."
When WND contacted Manchester police and asked why Pettigrew had been arrested, a lieutenant who would not provide his name replied, "I can't make any comments on that over the phone."
Pettigrew said one young man who was arrested with his group was contacted by the police department and told charges would be dropped if he brought the citation back.
He maintains that his group always obeys the law "as long as it doesn't interfere with constitutional rights." However, he believes authorities detained his small group based on its message against homosexuality.
"If I were holding a sign that said, 'Two large pizzas for $5,' I don't think I would have gotten a second look from police. I firmly and adamantly believe we were singled out and arrested because of the content of our speech," Pettigrew said.
"If they arrest us for proclaiming the word of God, what will they arrest us for next?" he asked. "We need to get the word out that the rights of the American people are quickly being taken away, and nobody even knows it."
Country Living Seminars & Gardening Workshops
Oct. 14 - 17 * Leoni Meadows Camp * Grizzly Flats, CA
How would you fare if, for whatever reason, the grocery store shelves were bare?
if your local water system was not functioning?
if the electricity was off?
Would you be able to provide for life’s most basic necessities as our forefathers did?
Would you like to learn common-sense skills of yester-year and start preparing to be a blessing to others in times of need rather than depending on someone else to provide for you?
Beautiful Leoni Meadows Camp in Northern California is the setting for 4 days of practical Country Living Seminars & hands-on Gardening Workshops from October 14-17! Lynn and Elizabeth Hoag will be teaming up with Mountain Media Ministries for this event, which will combine all of the practical Country Living Seminars that MMM presents PLUS Master Gardener Lynn Hoag will conduct hands-on Gardening & Tree Planting Workshops! Lynn was the presenter in the DVD Planting by the Blueprint.
These workshops/seminars focus on training you to be able to provide the basic NECESSITIES OF LIFE--water, food and heat/shelter--for not only your own family but also to be able to continue doing God's final work even when the systems of this world collapse or when we cannot buy or sell! On Friday evening and on Sabbath we will have spiritual meetings on the times we are living in, the spiritual aspects of country living, and on preparing.
Providing for Life’s Basic Necessities - Craig Meissner
Gardening Workshop: - Lynn Hoag
Soil Preparation: Testing the soil - adding amendments to balance
Forming rows / double digging / fertilizers
Methods of gardening: Mittleider, Ocean Water, High Brix, and Ellen White
What to Look For in Land or a Country Home - Craig Meissner
Simultaneous Seminars:
Canning & Breadmaking - Nancy Meissner
Independent Water Systems & Heating With Wood - Craig & Nick Meissner
Gardening Workshop - Lynn Hoag
Fencing, Watering Systems and Planting
Deer and Gopher Fencing / Trellises for pole plants
Plant a winter garden
Equipping for the Mountains - Craig Meissner
Alternative Energy Systems - Nick Meissner
Gardening Workshop - Lynn Hoag
Ellen White Tree Planting Method
Plant an apple tree the Ellen White Method & the Standard Nursery Method
How to grow food all year round
Silently, Stealthily, & Unsuspectedly - Craig Meissner
Sabbath School - Lynn & Elizabeth Hoag
Preparation or Presumption? - Nick Meissner
More Good Reports - short video interviews with those who have already made the move
Question & Answer Time
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Warburg, Alberta
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Langdon, Alberta
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September 11, 2009
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September 18, 2009
Montalba, TX
September 26, 2009
Warragul, Australia
October 3, 2009
Box Hill, Australia
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Another Sabbath Ceremony In Washington D.C. (This August)

Kennedy will be buried near his assassinated brothers - former President
Kennedy and former Sen. Robert F. Kennedy - at Arlington National Cemetery
in northern Virginia. The burial fulfills Ted Kennedy's final wishes
he made with his wife. Those that knew him said the senator spent a
lot of time at Arlington National Cemetery, visiting fallen soldiers and his
two brothers.
Rep. John Lewis of Georgia, a longtime civil rights leader, praised Kennedy for his massive contributions to the cause of equal rights. "He's one man that changed America forever," Lewis said. "He made America a better place. ... Sen. Kennedy was our champion. He was our leader. He was our shepherd. Without him, we must regroup."
"The last year of his life was almost a gift, because he knew that he didn't have much time, but he was able to kind of take a victory lap," says Robert Kennedy Jr. "He was able to accept a lot of the tributes that were offered to him in the last year, and that was really touching to him."
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=112326476&ps=cprs
Homage to a Mentor: Obama to Give Kennedy Eulogy
NBC Washington - Aug 27, 2009
President Obama will repay the man who welcomed him to the Senate as a political neophyte, then helped put him over the top in his historic bid for the ...
Why do they always wait for a person to pass away to say so many good things about them?
We also remember that another Kennedy passed away just a few weeks ago. Mrs. Eunice Kennedy Shriver died August 11, 2009, at age 88. Two weeks later, her brother Edward Kennedy, passed away on August 25, 2009 at age 77.
Please, no more Camelot allusions! We have no royalty in the Western Hemisphere.*
Again, back to the Sabbath Burial Services scheduled to span the whole day beginning in Boston, where they will have a Mass at a Basilica, then transport the remains of Senator Edward M. Kennedy to Washington D.C. for a full-fledged military burial at sunset.
My condolences to the loved ones. My sympathies in your loss.
And, to the faithful remnant a Blessed Happy Sabbath!
Arsenio.
At UN, James Standish Returns to Church Representation
At UN, James Standish Returns to Church Representation
By Alexander Carpenter
in
religious liberty
ANN reports that James Standish is returning to denominational employ as the Seventh-day Adventist Church's liaison to the United Nations.
Elizabeth Lechleitner writes:
James D. Standish, Esq., formerly longtime director of Legislative Affairs
for the Adventist Church, spent the past year as executive director of the
United States Commission on International Religious Freedom, an independent
non-partisan federal agency advising the White House and Congress.
Working with the Commission gave him a broader understanding of the
"inner workings" of government and what can be accomplished through cooperation
and a candid exchange of ideas, Standish said.
"It's a real privilege to come back to work for the Adventist Church,"
he said. "I think that the church has so much to offer, from its understanding
of religious freedom to its emphasis on education and health care and its
thorough understanding of the gospel. Being part of that effort again from the
inside is something that I really look forward to."
This move comes at a time of ferment in the Adventist religious liberty world. Barry W. Bussey took over as Executive Director of NARLA. Church/State Council of the Pacific Union Conference, among others, is sponsoring a conference on gay marriage in October and the independent religiousliberty.tv increasingly provides the best up-to-date religious liberty news and commentary in the denomination and beyond.
According to un.adventist.org (which needs an update), "[t]he Seventh-day Adventist Church's Liaison Office to the United Nations is based at the Church's world headquarters in Silver Spring, Maryland, USA. It serves to both communicate and represent the Church at the UN and also to inform the Church of UN activities of importance and interest."
The UN Liaison Office participates in a wide-range of UN summits, conferences, and committees, advising national representatives and non-government organizations of the Church's global program of education, health and spiritual development from the perspective of religious freedom and human rights, moral and ethical principles, and a commitment to an improved quality of life based on Christian beliefs.
Given the July news about possible cooperation between the church's health leadership and the UN's World Health Organization as well as lingering eschatologically-inflected, Bircher-esque fear of the UN, it will be interesting to see how Adventism navigates the UN's legendary inefficiencies and the pressures of globalization. But beyond the harsh realities of world politics and social change there is reason for Adventist eschatolotically-informed hope. The church leadership and laity face some serious choices about how best to protect our Sabbatarian rights and expand our witness to freedom of conscience for all. As we approach the second decade of the 21st century, let's embrace that hope by remembering Jesus' promise: "it is on this rock that I will build my congregation, and the powers of hell will not conquer it" (Matt 16).
Here's part one of Spectrum's podcast interviews with James Standish from May 2008. And podcast number two, from June 2008.
Source: http://www.spectrummagazine.org/blog/2009/08/27/un_james_standish_returns_church_representation
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Commentary: Prosecuting CIA a foolish move
Ruben Navarrette: Obama said he wanted to look forward, not back
He says polls show most Americans don't want investigation of CIA interrogations
He says Justice Department probe will demoralize agents who fight terror
August 28, 2009 -- Updated 1043 GMT
updated 2 hours, 57 minutes ago
By Ruben Navarrette Jr.
Special to CNN
Editor's note: Ruben Navarrette Jr., a nationally syndicated columnist and a regular contributor to CNN.com, is the author of "A Darker Shade of Crimson: Odyssey of a Harvard Chicano." Read his column here.
Ruben Navarrette Jr. says the administration's probe of CIA interrogations will demoralize agents who fight terror.
SAN DIEGO, California (CNN) -- The Obama administration actually has me feeling sorry for the Central Intelligence Agency. This week, the administration hit the CIA with both barrels.
First, it announced that the intelligence agency would no longer be responsible for interrogating suspects in terrorism cases. This task will now be conducted by a new group of interrogators overseen by the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
There's hope and change for you. Those who applaud the change probably hope it means no more headlines like the one this week about how CIA interrogators threatened al Qaeda prisoner Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri with a gun and an electric drill to get information.
Al-Nashiri is accused of plotting the 2000 attack on the USS Cole, which left 17 U.S. sailors dead. Details of his alleged treatment came to light after a federal judge in New York ordered a redacted version of a CIA inspector-general's report released as part of a lawsuit.
The second blast came when U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder named a special prosecutor to investigate allegations of CIA prisoner abuse cases after the Justice Department's Office of Personal Responsibility -- the department's watchdog -- recommended considering prosecution of CIA employees or contractors for rough interrogations in Iraq and Afghanistan that allegedly went beyond approved limits. Career federal prosecutor John Durham will lead the investigation.
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It's not every day that you see an administration devour itself. But that's pretty much what happens when you have the Justice Department investigating the CIA. This will poison the relationship between the entities, which still have to work together to keep America safe in the war on terror.
And we're expected to believe that Holder is acting on his own, without approval from the president. Obama has said he wants to "look forward, not back" and called this "a time for reflection, not retribution." Yet, this week, the White House said that decisions "about whether someone broke the law are made independently by the attorney general."
This is not a good look -- not for Holder, not for Obama and not for the administration.
Just ask the American people. In May, a CNN/Opinion Research Corp. survey found that 57 percent of those questioned didn't want Congress to investigate Bush officials who authorized harsh interrogation procedures. Forty-two percent supported an inquiry. Fifty-five percent of people also didn't want an investigation by an independent panel. At the time, no one asked how respondents would feel about a special prosecutor conducting his own investigation, but it's a good bet that this will also be unpopular.
What do Americans know that the Obama Justice Department doesn't? Maybe this: If you wanted to demoralize and destroy the country's intelligence agencies, and thus put its people at risk, you'd be hard-pressed to find a more effective way of doing it than by prosecuting CIA agents who did the nation's dirty work and acted in good faith, oftentimes after consulting with lawyers about the legality of their methods.
By the way, where did those lawyers work? This is the poetic part. In the case of Steven Bradbury, Jay Bybee, and John Yoo -- the authors of the so-called "torture memos" that were the subject of so much reporting a few months ago -- they worked in the Office of Legal Counsel at the Justice Department.
That would be the same Justice Department that is now investigating CIA officers for, in some cases, doing what the department's lawyers told them was legally permissible to do.
Just how far down the rabbit hole does this administration intend to go? The White House would have more credibility on the interrogation issue if it had not decided to continue the Bush administration's practice of rendition, which is basically the exporting of terrorism suspects to third-party countries for detention and interrogation.
The administration promises that the State Department will closely monitor the program to ensure that prisoners are not tortured. And, administration officials insist, the host countries have offered "diplomatic assurances" that they'll be on their best behavior.
This policy is a farce. The whole reason an administration uses rendition is because foreign countries have more latitude in questioning suspects and they can push boundaries to get information. If we try to take that away, then why continue the program? Why not just question suspects in the United States?
It points to the disingenuousness of this whole exercise. We want the intelligence, and we know that the lives of countless Americans might hinge on whether or not we get it. So we're not picky about what these host countries have to do to get terror suspects to spill the beans. We just like to play dumb about how the foreign authorities went about extracting it.
It's no wonder that human rights groups condemned the administration's decision, insisting that the rendition policy allows the transfer of prisoners to countries with a history of torture. They also pointed out that the Bush administration also got "diplomatic assurances" and that they were meaningless.
Those assurances are meaningless -- and pointless. Just like using the criminal justice system to settle scores and portray one administration as morally superior to another.
The opinions expressed in this commentary are solely those of Ruben Navarrette Jr.
Source: http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/08/28/navarrette.cia/index.html?eref=igoogle_cnn
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Health-care workers steer clear of swine flu vaccine
A/H1N1 has already infected some 182,166 individuals and has claimed the lives of at least 1,799 people across the globe.
Recent guidelines released by the World Health Organization have placed health-care workers among the first people to be inoculated against swine flu, not only to protect them against the virus but to protect their patients.
Many of them, however, have made it obvious that they are unwilling to be vaccinated.
According to a study published in British Medical Journal, more than half of health-care workers around the world are worried about the side effects of the new vaccine.
Doubts about the effectiveness of the vaccine are also reported as another main reason for them declining the vaccine.
"Like the lay population, they assume they won't need the shot because they don't think they will get the flu," said George Annas.
Vaccination is considered as one of the potentially effective measures to tackle the spread of the virus and its complications. Its effectiveness, however, depends on the individual's uptake rate.
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Pure Religion
23For if any be a hearer of the word, and not a doer, he is like unto a man beholding his natural face in a glass:
24For he beholdeth himself, and goeth his way, and straightway forgetteth what manner of man he was.
25But whoso looketh into the perfect law of liberty, and continueth therein, he being not a forgetful hearer, but a doer of the work, this man shall be blessed in his deed.
26If any man among you seem to be religious, and bridleth not his tongue, but deceiveth his own heart, this man's religion is vain.
Thursday, August 27, 2009
Jesuits Fabricated the Rapture
The following is a response to a post from GuessN that claims that RAPTURE is a lie invented by Catholics and clandestinely fed to Protestants as their own, thus reducing their teachings to utter disrepute. Andrew's reaction is minimal since Catholicism does not make a big deal about the notion.
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GuessN writes:
The Catholic church INVENTED the Rapture (7 year) lie
Rooted in Catholicism
The foundation of the rapture theory was laid over 400 years ago upon the specific orders of the Catholic Church. Every Christian needs to understand how this fabrication of error was designed to neutralize the great Protestant Reformation.
If the facts of history were known by Protestants today who defend with such great emotion the rapture theory and the futurist antichrist doctrine, they would be horrified.Luther and his fellow reformers boldly identified the pope as the "man of sin," and labeled the Catholic Church as the antichrist of prophecy. In response to those charges, the hierarchy assigned two Jesuit priests to develop counter-interpretations which would turn the onus away from the Catholic Church.
In spite of the fact that the two men founded opposing schools of interpretation, their theories have survived to form the basis of most modern Protestant theology today. Not only did they effectively blunt Luther's assessment of the papacy as the antichrist, but they cleverly divided and diluted the "protest" of all the churches which grew out of the Reformation movement.
The Catholic faith has had a line of her own would-be prophets speaking about the Last Days. Regardless whether or not their testimonies are absolutely true, much of it remains speculation and private revelation. No one is obliged to believe even those supplementary elements that are in keeping with the deposit of faith.
The fact that certain Protestant groups borrowed from Catholic eschatology does not constitute a conspiracy on her part. Further, Luther's impassioned invective against the papacy can in no way be construed as serious theological deputation. It was rhetoric, pure and simple, from a reformer who often used foul and abusive language to win his arguments.
What blunted Luther's assessment of the papacy were the more sober men with peaceful spirits that followed and interpreted him. They would restore the New Testament canon after Luther's egotistical abrogation of important sections and seek civilized ways of living in Europe with their Catholic brethren. War and violence still took place, but the voice of sanity had not been utterly silenced.
Modern religious observers were astounded in January, 1984, when men like Billy Graham and Jerry Falwell meekly accepted and defended the establishment of United States political ties with the Vatican.
Why could those famous Protestant spokesmen see no danger in being allied with the Church of Rome? Because they are deceived, along with millions of others, by the Catholic-contrived theories of those two priests which have almost eclipsed the historic, biblical position of the Reformers.
If the spiritual descendants of Luther and Wesley now had the same doctrine which they taught, not a single Lutheran or Methodist would favor any kind of alliance with the papacy today.
Now let's take a look at these two Spanish priests who flooded the sixteenth century with their counter-Reformation propaganda. Alcazar of Seville applied all the beast prophecies to Antiochus Epiphanes, who lived long before the popes began to rule in Rome. His system of interpretation came to be known as the Preterist School of prophecy.On the other hand, Jesuit Francisco Ribera invented a system known as the Futurist School of interpretation.
He taught that the antichrist was to be some future superman who would appear near the end of time and continue in power for three and a half years. It is his clever, unscriptural theory which has been resurrected by modern evangelical Protestant Christians. And today millions of Baptists, Methodists, Pentecostals, etc., hold this anti-Protestant concoction of the Jesuits as some kind of infallible doctrine.
Yet, those same denominations claim to be faithful supporters of Protestant theology. Luther and other stalwart protestors against Catholic errors would be astounded if they were suddenly resurrected to hear what is being taught in the name of Protestantism.
In the early 1800s the futurist view of Jesuit Ribera passed through certain refinements and additions, including the seven-year tribulation and the snatching away of the saints. For the first time, it was espoused by Protestant teachers who were seeking ways of reconciliation with Rome. Through the influence and writings of John Nelson Darby of the Plymouth Brethren Church in England, the new doctrine spread to the United States. During the middle and latter nineteenth century, it received its biggest boost from Cyrus Scofield, who incorporated it into the notes of his Scofield Reference Bible published in 1909.
It is interesting that rapture is made the scapegoat for what the critic sees as unwarranted compromise with the Church of Rome. The Protestant view of rapture is not even officially espoused by Catholicism. It does not matter, because his starting point is not really rapture or the bible itself, rather it is a deep-seated hatred of the Catholic Church. Everything-- bible interpretation, religious speculation, and political alliances-- everything has to be judged in the light of this abiding prejudice.
It would not surprise me to learn that the critic is a former Catholic, such people often were ignorant of the faith initially and allow their pride and passions to pollute clear reasoning and charity. It should be said that some anti-Catholics if not most still accept the misbegotten theory of rapture. They would suggest that the identity of the anti-Christ is no secret, and that it is the Pope.
This is all very unfortunate because if the bishop of Rome is actually the visible head of the Church and Vicar of Christ, then THEY are the ones in league with the anti-Christ in human history. Just as the Roman emperors persecuted the Catholic Christian Church, they perpetuate the slander against and the martyrdom of the saints.
Why FDIC's Shrinking Cushion Is Bigger Than It Looks
The headlines look scary: The fund insuring U.S. bank deposits has shrunk to $10.4 billion from $17 billion in December and $52 billion in late 2007. The number of banks on the government’s problem list jumped to 416 from 305 last year. Forty-five banks have failed so far this year, more than in the last six years combined.
The banking industry is hurting, make no mistake. But before you stash your savings in your mattress, take a closer look at the numbers out today from the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.
They’re not rosy, but they might not be quite as scary as they seem, even if they signal more pain for the banks themselves.
Let's start with that $10.4 billion, a low-water mark not seen in the FDIC's deposit insurance fund since about 1993.
You get it by taking the FDIC's assets -- $21.6 billion in cash or equivalents and another $43.2 billion in other assets, largely accumulated by taking over failed banks -- and subtracting $22.4 billion in liabilities and another $32 billion for a "contingent loss reserve for expected failures." That leaves $10.4 billion left over.
But here's the good news: That contingent loss reserve is what the FDIC expects to shell out (over time) for bank failures going forward, taking into account worsening conditions. In other words, even after projecting the pain from the financial crisis, the FDIC still expects the deposit-insurance fund to be $10.4 billion in the black.
Granted, the FDIC's projections could be wrong, and $10.4 billion doesn't look like much measured against the more than $4.8 billion in deposits guaranteed by the agency. But even if the FDIC were off by 50%, and bank failures ultimately cost it $48 billion instead of $36 billion, the deposit fund would be only $1.6 billion in the hole.
That deficit wouldn't materialize all at once, but even if it did, the FDIC could meet close the deficit by drawing on a $100 billion line of credit from the Treasury for just this purpose -- and could even tap into another $400 billion with the approval of the Treasury and Federal Reserve.
The loan would come from the government, but not out of taxpayers pockets. Instead, the FDIC would assess fees on surviving banks. Granted, tose fees would largely be passed on to you and me, but only indirectly, in the form of lower interest on our deposits. It's probably still more than you'll get from your mattress.
From a bank's perspective, and from a bank investor's, the picture is a little bleaker, of course. Generally the FDIC tries to keep its fund at 1.25% of insured deposits, and while it has proposed jiggering the formula to put more of the burden on bigger banks, getting back to that level from less than 0.25% will take some cash. Once again, that cash comes from surviving banks -- even if the FDIC doesn't blow through its remaining cushion.
To get back to normal, analysts suggest the FDIC's assessment could rise to 30 or 40 basis points (0.3% to 0.4%) of deposits. It doesn't sound like much, but it's high historically. For many banks it could amount to maybe 10% of revenues from deposits, or a quarter to a third of their margins. They can only cut the interest rates they pay us so much to absorb that (you're lucky to get close to 1.5% on savings these days), meaning investors could take a hit.
Then again, the surviving banks would also divvy up our banking business going forward, so it wouldn't be a complete loss.
Supreme Court denies diocese's appeal to keep court documents sealed
Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg
Washington D.C., Aug 27, 2009 / 04:45 am (CNA).- The U.S. Supreme Court has denied an appeal by the Diocese of Bridgeport to keep the personnel files of some of its employees sealed off from several major newspapers investigating the diocese’s handling of sexual abuse accusations. The diocese contends that the papers already had access to the files and that re-opening them would reveal private information not related to the abuse cases.
Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg notified attorneys in the case of her decision on late Tuesday, the Hartford Courant reports.
The material includes 12,600 pages of depositions, exhibits and legal arguments involving 23 lawsuits against seven priests from the Diocese of Bridgeport. Most of the lawsuits were filed in the mid-1990s and were settled in 2001 for an undisclosed amount with the agreement that the settlements and the documents would remain sealed forever.
In a Tuesday statement the Diocese of Bridgeport said it was “disappointed” that Justice Ginsberg declined to issue a stay in the case, named as “Rosado v. Bridgeport Roman Catholic Diocesan Corp. et al.”
“The Diocese intends to proceed with its announced determination to ask the full U.S. Supreme Court to review the important constitutional issues that this case presents,” the statement continued.
Several newspapers, including the Hartford Courant and the New York Times, have sought access to the personnel files to determine how the recently retired Archbishop of New York, Cardinal Edward Egan, handled sexual abuse cases while he was Bishop of Bridgeport.
In 2002 the Courant published stories reportedly based on the sealed court documents charging that Cardinal Eagan and other diocese officials ignored accusations of abuse or protected abusive priests.
The diocese has maintained that access to the files should not be granted because doing so would reveal personal information that is not relevant to the sex abuse cases.
Additionally, diocesan officials have said that the files related to sex abuse allegations were available prior to the 2001 settlement, after which the files were sealed by the deciding court.
In a July statement the diocese said that some of the material involves “long settled” cases dating back to the 1960s and 1970s, and that the attorneys and victims had access to the sealed documents in question previously. It also said that the names of accused priests were made public in 2002 by present bishop William E. Lori.
The Diocese of Bridgeport has also argued that First Amendment rights are at issue, claiming the freedom from state intervention in church matters is at risk.
The Connecticut Supreme Court has twice ruled against the diocese. An appeal to the full U.S. Supreme Court, which hears only a small number of petitions each year, is the diocese’s last resort.
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Cardinal Levada is guest speaker at Bishop’s Dinner
IC photo by Christine Young
said Msgr. Joseph M. Mayo, pastor of the Cathedral of the Madeleine at the Bishop’s Dinner held at the Grand Hotel Aug. 15.
“The faith and service of the cathedral has been something that has been most commendable to all of us, from past generations who have gone before us, and given us so much heritage to embrace this evening,” said Msgr. Mayo.
“It is my pleasure on this most unique evening to welcome His Eminence William Joseph Cardinal Levada, Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith from Rome, who has graced us with his presence,” said Msgr. Mayo. “I would also like to welcome the two predecessors to The Most Rev. John C. Wester, Bishop of the Diocese of Salt Lake City: The Most Rev. George Niederauer, Archbishop of San Francisco and The Most Rev. William K. Weigand, Bishop Emeritus of Sacramento.”
Msgr. Mayo also welcomed the many archbishops, bishops, clergy, and religious who were present. He welcomed the Honorable Senator Orin Hatch, Utah Governor and Mrs. Gary Herbert, Mayor and Mrs. Peter Corroon, guests from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and the most honorary chairwoman Ms. Irene Sweeney, parishioner of the cathedral.
“In 1912, Bishop Lawrence Scanlan, the first bishop, started a dinner for the benefit of the cathedral,” said Msgr. Mayo. “At that time, the fourth Archbishop of New York, Bishop John Murphy Farley, who later became John Murphy Cardinal Farley was also in attendance. So we have tried to continue in that tradition for these past many years, upholding the greatness and uniqueness of the Cathedral of the Madeleine, especially during this centennial year. It is our pleasure to welcome this great turn of the century and to celebrate with all of you, our guests and visitors.”
In his introduction of Cardinal Levada, Msgr. Mayo said, “We have known Cardinal Levada as our metropolitan archbishop and long-time friend of our cathedral.
“Your Eminence we are most honored to welcome you here tonight. The presence you have representing the United States of America and all of us here in this diocese does not go unnoticed,” said Msgr. Mayo.
“It is a great joy to be here at the Bishop’s Dinner,” said Cardinal Levada. “In April of last year, I had the pleasure and privilege of accompanying our Holy Father, Pope Benedict XVI on his pastoral visit to the United States and United Nations. I think all of us were edified, perhaps even surprised by the joy and humility he radiated, by the clear and often profound message he came to share with us. The pope addressed America with obvious affection.
“At a podium in the White House Rose Garden he said, ‘I come as a friend, a preacher of the Gospel, and mourn with great respect for this vast pluralistic society.’
“The principal point the pope made was America’s quest for freedom has been guided by the conviction that the principles governing political and social life are intimately linked to a moral order based on the dominion of God the creator,” said Levada. “As the nation faces the increasingly complex, political, and ethical issues of our time, the pope is confident that the American people will find in their religious beliefs a precious source of insight and an inspiration to pursue reasonable, responsible, and respectful dialogue in the effort to build a more human and free society.”
Cardinal Levada said the central theme of the pope’s talk was freedom addressed in its American context in brief, but moving words. Pope Benedict said, “The preservation of freedom calls for the cultivation of virtue, self-discipline, sacrifice for the common good, and a sense of responsibility for the less fortunate. Freedom is a challenge held out to each generation and it must constantly be won over for the cause of good.
“For 100 years, the Cathedral of the Madeleine has been the symbol of the contribution of the Catholic Church in Utah in teaching and persuading her sons and daughters to be good citizens of this country,” said Cardinal Levada. “May the contribution of these 100 years be honored today as a solid foundation upon which future generations of Catholics may build the future of our country as the land of the free using our freedom faithfully in accord with the plan of our gracious and loving God.”
Bishop Wester said how grateful he was for Cardinal Levada’s time with us during the Centennial and for his remarks.
“Cardinal Levada, we want you to know again of our love, prayers, and our support,” said Bishop Wester. “I also want to thank each and everyone of you here tonight for your generosity and support of our cathedral. I also want to thank Elder M. Russell Ballard of the LDS Church, and Mayor Peter Corroon for being here.”
Bishop Wester said you cannot separate the building of the cathedral from the people of the cathedral. As such we are people of faith. We are people of gratitude for the grace of God, a God who loves us so much.
“We also are a people of hope,” said Bishop Wester. “We have a future. So tonight’s celebration is a time to give thanks to God as a people of faith for all that we have received, and a time to look to the future to the next 100 years and to say with firm conviction, enthusiasm, and passion, ‘yes, Lord, we will go where ever you want us to go.’”
Fiji Water: Spin the Bottle
—By Anna Lenzer
THE INTERNET CAFÉ in the Fijian capital, Suva, was usually open all night long. Dimly lit, with rows of sleek, modern terminals, the place was packed at all hours with teenage boys playing boisterous rounds of video games. But one day soon after I arrived, the staff told me they now had to shut down by 5 p.m. Police orders, they shrugged: The country's military junta had declared martial law a few days before, and things were a bit tense.
I sat down and sent out a few emails—filling friends in on my visit to the Fiji Water bottling plant, forwarding a story about foreign journalists being kicked off the island. Then my connection died. "It will just be a few minutes," one of the clerks said.
Moments later, a pair of police officers walked in. They headed for a woman at another terminal; I turned to my screen to compose a note about how cops were even showing up in the Internet cafés. Then I saw them coming toward me. "We're going to take you in for questioning about the emails you've been writing," they said.
What followed, in a windowless room at the main police station, felt like a bad cop movie. "Who are you really?" the bespectacled inspector wearing a khaki uniform and a smug grin asked me over and over, as if my passport, press credentials, and stacks of notes about Fiji Water weren't sufficient clues to my identity. (My iPod, he surmised tensely, was "good for transmitting information.") I asked him to call my editors, even a UN official who could vouch for me. "Shut up!" he snapped. He rifled through my bags, read my notebooks and emails. "I'd hate to see a young lady like you go into a jail full of men," he averred, smiling grimly. "You know what happened to women during the 2000 coup, don't you?"
Eventually, it dawned on me that his concern wasn't just with my potentially seditious emails; he was worried that my reporting would taint the Fiji Water brand. "Who do you work for, another water company? It would be good to come here and try to take away Fiji Water's business, wouldn't it?" Then he switched tacks and offered to protect me—from other Fijian officials, who he said would soon be after me—by letting me go so I could leave the country. I walked out into the muggy morning, hid in a stairwell, and called a Fijian friend. Within minutes, a US Embassy van was speeding toward me on the seawall.
Until that day, I hadn't fully appreciated the paranoia of Fiji's military regime. The junta had been declared unconstitutional the previous week by the country's second highest court; in response it had abolished the judiciary, banned unauthorized public gatherings, delayed elections until 2014, and clamped down on the media. (Only the "journalism of hope" is now permitted.) The prime minister, Commodore Frank Bainimarama, promised to root out corruption and bring democracy to a country that has seen four coups in the past 25 years; the government said it will start working on a new constitution in 2012.
The slogan on Fiji Water's website—"And remember this—we saved you a trip to Fiji"—suddenly felt like a dark joke. Every day, more soldiers showed up on the streets. When I called the courthouse, not a single official would give me his name. Even tour guides were running scared—one told me that one of his colleagues had been picked up and beaten for talking politics with tourists. When I later asked Fiji Water spokesman Rob Six what the company thought of all this, he said the policy was not to comment on the government "unless something really affects us."
That's by design. Ever since a Canadian mining and real estate mogul named David Gilmour launched Fiji Water in 1995, the company has positioned itself squarely at the nexus of pop-culture glamour and progressive politics. Fiji Water's chief marketing whiz and co-owner (with her husband, Stewart) is Lynda Resnick, a well-known liberal donor who casually name-drops her friends Arianna Huffington and Laurie David. ("Of course I know everyone in the world," Resnick told the UK's Observer in 2005, "every mogul, every movie star.") Manhattan's trendy Carlyle hotel pours only Fiji Water in its dog bowls, and this year's SXSW music festival featured a Fiji Water Detox Spa. "Each piece of lobster sashimi," celebrity chef Nobu Matsuhisa declared in 2007, "should be dipped into Fiji Water seven to ten times."
Nowhere in Fiji Water's glossy marketing materials will you find reference to the typhoid outbreaks that plague Fijians because of the island's faulty water supplies; the corporate entities that Fiji Water has—despite the owners' talk of financial transparency—set up in tax havens like the Cayman Islands and Luxembourg; or the fact that its signature bottle is made from Chinese plastic in a diesel-fueled plant and hauled thousands of miles to its ecoconscious consumers. And, of course, you won't find mention of the military junta for which Fiji Water is a major source of global recognition and legitimacy. (Gilmour has described the square bottles as "little ambassadors" for the poverty-stricken nation.)
"We are Fiji," declare Fiji Water posters across the island, and the slogan is almost eerily accurate: The reality of Fiji, the country, has been eclipsed by the glistening brand of Fiji, the water.
ON THE MAP, Fiji looks as if someone dropped a fistful of confetti on the ocean. The country is made up of more than 300 islands (100 inhabited) that have provided the setting for everything from The Blue Lagoon to Survivor to Cast Away. Suva is a bustling multicultural hub with a mix of shopping centers, colonial buildings, and curry houses; some 40 percent of the population is of Indian ancestry, descendants of indentured sugarcane workers brought in by the British in the mid-19th century. (The Indian-descended and native communities have been wrangling for power ever since.) The primary industries are tourism and sugar. Fiji Water says its operations make up about 20 percent of exports and 3 percent of GDP, which stands at $3,900 per capita.
Getting to the Fiji Water factory requires a bone-jarring four-hour trek into the volcanic foothills of the Yaqara Valley. My bus' speakers blasted an earsplitting soundtrack of Fijian reggae, Bob Marley, Tupac, and Big Daddy Kane as we swerved up unpaved mountain roads linked by rickety wooden bridges. Cow pastures ringed by palm trees gave way to villages of corrugated-metal shacks and wooden homes painted in Technicolor hues. Chickens scurried past stands selling cell phone minutes. Sugarcane stalks burning in the fields sent a sweet smoke curling into the air.
Our last rest stop, half an hour from the bottling plant, was Rakiraki, a small town with a square of dusty shops and a marketplace advertising "Coffin Box for Sale—Cheapest in Town." My Lonely Planet guide warned that Rakiraki water "has been deemed unfit for human consumption," and groceries were stocked with Fiji Water going for 90 cents a pint—almost as much as it costs in the US.
Rakiraki has experienced the full range of Fiji's water problems—crumbling pipes, a lack of adequate wells, dysfunctional or flooded water treatment plants, and droughts that are expected to get worse with climate change. Half the country has at times relied on emergency water supplies, with rations as low as four gallons a week per family; dirty water has led to outbreaks of typhoid and parasitic infections. Patients have reportedly had to cart their own water to hospitals, and schoolchildren complain about their pipes spewing shells, leaves, and frogs. Some Fijians have taken to smashing open fire hydrants and bribing water truck drivers for a regular supply.
Next Page: "Learning from the lessons of products, we must brand ourselves," Fiji's ambassador in Washington told a news site for diplomats in 2006.
Pastors Warned After 'Horrific' Slaying
Pastors Warned After 'Horrific' Slaying
By SEAN MURPHY,
AP
posted: 18 HOURS 5 MINUTES AGO
ANADARKO, Okla. (Aug. 26) - Authorities warned pastors in a town where a preacher was brutally killed inside her own church that they should take precautions at their buildings, even as police refused to say exactly what happened.
District Attorney Bret Burns, who described the killing as "horrific," held a closed-door session with about two dozen pastors, along with members of law enforcement. Several pastors who were there said authorities did not discuss any facts of the case.
"We talked about security issues within their churches and their congregations," Burns said. "We asked them to remain vigilant and be aware of their surroundings and their church locations."
He did not say why the meeting was held just with pastors rather than the community at large, or what kind of a threat the clergy might face.
The body of 61-year-old Carol Daniels was found Sunday in the Christ Holy Sanctified Church in Anadarko. A preliminary autopsy found she died of "multiple sharp force injuries," but law enforcement declined to elaborate and have been tight-lipped about details of the crime or a possible motive.
Burns did not rule out the possibility that the killer specifically targeted a pastor or a church.
"There are a lot of things we're not prepared to rule out," he said. "I'm concerned about the nature of this crime. I'm concerned about the community."
No arrests have been made, and the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation has offered a $10,000 reward for information leading to an arrest and conviction.
Tracy Schumpert, pastor of the town's First United Methodist Church where the meeting was held, met afterward with a worker from an alarm company.
"I think we'll take precautions," she said. "But I don't feel overly fearful.
"You want your church to be accessible, but you also are aware of what the world is like and you're aware of the people you minister to and take precautions."
Ben Sullivan, executive director of the Christian Center of Anadarko, which runs a soup kitchen and food pantry, said he's not fearful of another attack but plans to tighten security at his facility a few blocks away from where the killing happened. He said the center will probably close before dark and volunteers will work in pairs.
"We're always keeping our eyes open because of the work we do. We deal with people that aren't in the best of situations," he said.
Daniels, who lived in Oklahoma City, made the 60-mile drive to Anadarko every week, even though the small, weather-beaten church had no regular congregation.
On Wednesday, a makeshift memorial of stuffed animals, flowers and a candle stood at the front door of the church, where a sign with Daniels' name read: "God Loves You!"
Randalyn Holder, whose mother lives nearby, rode by the church on her bicycle and stopped to prop a small, wooden cross against the door.
"I never knew her or met her, but I think about the faith she had to come down here every week," she said.
Holder, who works at a local grocery store, said the killing has rattled residents of the town.
"You never hear about anything like that happening here," she said. "I'm not going to hide out or anything, but I'm going to make sure my door is locked at night."
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Wednesday, August 26, 2009
SARAH AND JASON'S WEDDING
SARAH AND JASON'S WEDDING
March, 2009 in Takoma Park
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Ceremony: Sligo Seventh-day Adventist Church
Reception: Dinner & Dance
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Ceremony: Sligo Seventh-day Adventist Church
Hotel: Crowne Plaza
Reception: Dinner & Dance
Restaurant: Rehearsal Dinner
Ceremony:
Sligo Seventh-day Adventist Church
7700 Carroll Ave
Takoma Park, MD 20912
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Dinner & Dance
4935 Cordell Ave
Bethesda, MD 20814
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Crowne Plaza
8777 Georgia Ave
Silver Spring, MD, United States
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Rehearsal Dinner
8739 Flower Ave
Silver Spring, MD 20901
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NORTON SEARCH DOCUMENTARY FILM PROJECT
NORTON SEARCH DOCUMENTARY FILM PROJECT
Prepared: August 6, 2009
On February 16, 2009 at approximately 7:45 AM my close friend Captain Robert “Bob” Norton, his wife and 5 others went missing in the jungles of Venezuela. Bob has been serving there as a missionary pilot to the Indigenous Indians for the past 8 years and was on a emergency medical flight from Karum to Betel in his plane.
The Venezuelan Civil Protection and the Indigenous Indians immediately began searching for them in the dense jungle.. As they began their physical search there, we pulled together a team consisting of engineers, pilots, medical professionals, search experts and computer analysts here in the U.S. We contacted GeoEYE and Digital Globe to get current satellite images of the areas where we believed the plane went down. We also began working with an organization that specializes in finding missing aircraft called Missing Aircraft Search Team (M.A.S.T.). Together we developed a search plan with a prioritized, zone by zone, analysis of where the plane might have gone down. It has been more than 5 months and we continue to work together to try to find the missing plane and it’s occupants. We have also sent down pieces of technology (i.e. GPS Transponder, GPS Tracker, and a digital camera) for the Venezuelan ground search team to assist with the search effort.
At this point in the search, we have decided to produce a documentary about the search effort and about the work that Captain Norton was doing. We are doing this to raise awareness about the search and to help keep the search efforts going. We are looking for sponsors for this documentary. I plan to return to Venezuela in September to film the work being done by the Indians and to film and interview members of the Civil Protection to show the incredible work that has been done there. I will also be filming some of those who have been helped by Captain Norton through the past 8 years. We currently have a little over $2500 in the search account at OCI, which is enough to send the ground search team back into the jungle for a month. We need to raise additional funds for the camera equipment and other gear needed for the trip down in September. If you are interested in helping in anyway please contact me directly or send your tax deductible donations marked “Bob Norton Search” to:
Outpost Centers International
5340 Layton Lane
Apison, TN 37302
Tel: 423.236.5600
Thank you so much for your support in this challenging search effort. Proceeds from the documentary will be used to continue the search effort.
Also, if you want to see pictures and updates from the search effort go to the discussion board “Finding Bob Norton” on Facebook or tag me as a friend on Facebook.
Bob Edwards
206 Lind St., McMinnville, TN 37110
Cell 423.280.8217 / Home 931.474.2477