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America - At the Point of No Return!


Volume XXVIII Issue XI November 2009
Last Trumpet Ministries, PO Box 806, Beaver Dam, WI 53916
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America - At the Point of No Return!



"Because I have called, and ye refused; I have stretched out my hand, and no man regarded; But ye have set at naught all my counel, and would none of my reproof; I also will laugh at your calamity; I will mock when your fear cometh; When your fear cometh as desolation, and your destruction cometh as a whirlwind; when distress and anguish cometh upon you. Then shall they call upon me, but I will not answer; they shall seek me early, but they shall not find me: For that they hated knowledge, and did not choose the fear of the Lord: They would none of my counsel: they despised all my reproof. Therefore shall they eat of the fruit of their own way, and be filled with their own devices."

Proverbs 1:24-31

"While ye have light, believe in the light, that ye may be the children of light. These things spake Jesus, and departed, and did hide himself from them. But though he had done so many miracles before them, yet they believed not on him: That the saying of E-sa'-ias the prophet might be fulfilled, which he spake, Lord who hath believed our report? And to whom hath the arm of the Lord been revealed? Therefore they could not believe, because that E-sa'ias said again, He hath blinded their eyes, and hardened their heart; that they should not see with their eyes, nor understand with their heart, and be converted, and I should heal them."

John 12:36-40


"Behold, your house is left unto you desolate. For I say unto you, Ye shall not see me henceforth, till ye shall say, Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord."

Matthew 23:38-30


In this issue of the Last Trumpet Newsletter, we will consider a very sobering subject of the utmost urgency. We have watched for years how our government, educational systems, churches, financial institutions, and nearly every other endeavor of man has increasingly entertained the agenda of Satan in its many faceted forms and guises. The conspiratorial forces of antichrist have been working for so long now that the original purposes of these institutions are hardly recognizable, and their causes are long ago forgotten. What will happen next?

We know that the time line that we are moving through is measured by Bible prophecy. There really are no surprises as we have been warned by the Bible of the dangers of sin and its consequences. Everything foretold in prophecy is now coming to pass and right on schedule. The question that is so often asked is where are we right now? It is a fact that we live in a time that is unique in all of history. It is an electronic world connected by the internet, satellites, microchips, and spy devices. Along with all of this is the rising of a one-world Marxist-socialist government, disguised as democracy. It is a sad fact that the vast majority of people are in the depth of ignorance, and others are pickled in the brine of apathy. It is sad to watch the "common herd" of humanity being driven, corralled, and branded by the beast system. It is hard to live among a society that is so demonized that they accept homosexuality, immorality, and filth of every kind. When people are in this condition, they are easily managed because they have no character. Are we at the point of no return? There is such a point, and if we are not at it, we are most assuredly not far from it.

A book was once written by the late Ayn Rand, a mistress to the erstwhile Illuminati hierarch, Phillipe Rothschild. The book is titled Atlas Shrugged, and it is a comprehensive plan and blueprint for world takeover in the last days. Rand wrote of this takeover in somewhat cryptic form for her master, Rothschild, at his behest. On page 413 she wrote the following words: "When you see that trading is done, not by consent, but by compulsion - when you see that in order to produce, you need to obtain permission from men who produce nothing - when you see money flowing to those who deal, not in goods, but in favors - when you see that men get richer by graft and pull than by work, and your laws don't protect you against them, but protect them against you - when you see corruption being rewarded and honesty becoming self-sacrifice - you may know that your society is doomed."

Yes, there is a point of no return, and the Bible teaches us that only Divine intervention stops the evil that has been unleashed in the world. The return of the Lord Jesus Christ is just ahead, and Judgment Day will bring all things to light. Eternity will follow and we will all spend it somewhere. If you have not yet surrendered your heart, soul, and mind to the Lord Jesus, you must do so now, before you reach the point of no return. There is still time, but not much of it. The Saviour will accept you if you answer his call!

Dark Shadows in the White House!

On October 9th, 2009, in his ninth month in office, President Barack Obama was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. (1) In occult numerology, three 9's indicates finality. Three 9's are also an inverted 666. The world was in shock that a man who has really done nothing was given such an honor and high award. The question heard around the world that day was, "What did he do to deserve this award?" Why did he receive it? The answer is a spiritual one. This man who is literally worshipped by many of his subjects is now known as the "man of peace." The Scripture tells us that a man of "peace" would rise up in the last days and destroy many. In Daniel 8:25 we read as follows: "And through his policy also he shall cause craft to prosper in his hand; and he shall magnify himself in his heart, and by peace shall destroy many: he shall also stand up against the Prince of princes; but he shall be broken without hand." In Jeremiah 6:14, we also read the following: "They have healed also the hurt of the daughter of my people slightly, saying Peace, peace; when there is no peace." We must also take note of I Thessalonians 5:3 as follows: "For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape." Here let it be noted that the Almighty gave us a definite sign to watch for regarding the coming of the man of false peace. He described the coming of this man with his destructive peace as a woman in travail and giving birth. The human gestation period is nine months, and Obama received the "peace prize" during his ninth month in office. It was also stated that Obama received the prize not for what he has done, but for what he is going to do. Obama is now being referred to by the news media as the "Seed of peace." (2) Obama has also been called by the news media, "the one who supplanted the bluster and obstinacy on the world stage." We know that the name Jacob means supplanter, and the final days of tribulation are known as Jacob's trouble. Jeremiah 30:6-7 ties this all together as follows: "Ask ye now, and see whether a man doth travail with child? Wherefore do I see every man with his hands on his loins, as a woman in travail, and all faces are turned into paleness? Alas! For that day is great, so that none is like it: it is even the time of Jacob's trouble; but he shall be saved out of it."

One more point that must be made regarding this is that Obama received the Nobel Peace Prize exactly thirteen weeks after his self-proclaimed "day of rest" on July 11th, 2009. In a previous issue of this newsletter, I referred to this regarding Obama's second one hundred days in office, which he said he would complete early-- by July 10th. Of the 11th day of July, he said, "I will rest." This Nobel Peace Prize awarded to Obama was planned well in advance. We also know that according to the worldwide news service, AFP, that three members of the committee of five in Norway were definitely opposed to giving the prize to Obama, but somehow, the decision emerged as unanimous. (3)

What strange and shadowy force is driving Obama and his adoring subjects? Why are children in public schools being taught to worship him as a god? Burlington Township, New Jersey, is one of many places where schools are teaching Obama praise songs to the children and have drawn protestors because of it. (4) In some schools, the religious hymn "Jesus Loves the Little Children" has been changed to the following words: "Obama loves the little children; all the children of the world. Red and yellow, black and white, all are equal in his sight Barack Obama loves the children of the world" If that song were sung the original way using the name Jesus, it would be a Federal crime! These are the days of antichrist!

Why is Barack Obama finding such a favored status to the extent that the U.S. House of Representatives has laid down the following rules, according to House Rules Committee Chairwoman Louise Slaughter: No member of Congress may call the President a liar or a hypocrite. They may not refer to his veto of a bill as cowardly. It is also illegal to refer to Obama as being intellectually dishonest, as giving aid and comfort to the enemy, or to allege sexual misconduct on the President's part. (5) I must say that it would be difficult to be accurate regarding Obama if we were forbidden to use these words. Obama and his team, however, are not very careful about how they speak. In a recent article that appeared in Politico by Kenneth P. Vogel, it was reported that an unusual amount of profanity has been emanating from the White House. (6) Terrible language is being used by Obama, Biden, and even Christina Romer, the economic advisor, that has shocked the members of the press and media. The notorious and repulsive "F" word is often heard, and reporters have wondered why there is such a profuse amount of profanity. The answer is simple. Wherever there is a concentration of demons and demonic activity, you will find profanity. In Psalm 139:20 we read of this as follows: "For they speak against thee wickedly, and thine enemies take thy name in vain."

Some people are beginning to wake up, and I believe more will rise up as conditions continue to worsen. Near Blue Springs, Missouri, there is a large billboard on Interstate 70 which says, "How do you like your change now? Obama Nation. They are coming for you! The Taxpayer, First and Second Amendments are in jeopardy. Live free or die." There is also a hammer and sickle on the billboard. (7) Another example of protest is coming from a small American clothing manufacturer that markets its clothing products in France. I am looking at the collar tag on the inside of the shirt, which contains laundering instructions and a brief message in the French language. The English translation of the collar tags reads as follows: "Wash with warm water, use mild soap, dry flat, do not bleach, do not dry in the dryer, do not iron. We are sorry that our President is an idiot. We did not vote for him." (8)

There are many questions that need to be answered regarding Obama and his administration. Why does First Lady Michelle Obama have twenty-six personal staff members and attendants? She is a figurehead only and has no assigned duties; however, she has twenty-six attendants being paid a total of $1,256,770.00 per year. This includes her Chief of Staff, Susan Sher, whose salary is $172,200.00. She also has a makeup artist, Ingrid Miles, and a hairstylist, Johnny Wright. All of this was reported recently in the Canadian Free Press. (9) Apparently, the multimillionaire Obamas, who are supposed to be for the poor and downtrodden, sure know how to live high and waste money!

Federal Management of the Human Body!

At this very moment, we are at a point of no return regarding health care in the United States. The Obama health care scheme does not have health care in mind at all. It is a clever system of control and micro-management of every human body in America. Here let it be noted that Mat Staver, Dean of the Liberty University School of Law, recently compiled a comprehensive list that explains what the new Obama health care system will really do to oppress the American people. There are over one thousand pages in this health care bill so I can only print some of the provisions in this newsletter. Consider the following: Page 22- All self-insured employers will have their books audited. Page 29- Your health care will be rationed. Page 30- A Government committee decides what treatment and benefits you will receive. Page 50- Health care will be provided to all non-U.S. citizens, illegal or otherwise. Page 58- A National ID Health Care Card will be issued, and the Government will have access to individual's finances. Page 126- Employers must pay for health care for part-time employees and their families. Page 427- The Government mandates a program for orders for end of life; the Government has a say in how your life ends. Page 429- "Advanced care consultation" may include an order for end of life plans, an order from the Government. Page 429- The Government will specify which doctors can write an end of life order. (10) There are so many other oppressive mandates that would make the United States worse than Soviet Russia and Red China ever were. Only God can help us; we are at the point of no return!

Another outrageous fact about the new health care bill, is that it would require everyone to buy into it or be fined up to $3800. (11) Conspiracy and treason is manifesting everywhere in Washington, D.C., and the reports of nefarious activity are constant. On September 23rd, 2009, Republicans tried to bring forth an amendment that would force the Senate Finance Committee to wait seventy-two hours before voting on the Health Care Reform Bill. The three days were needed to read and review the proposal, but this request for seventy-two hours was blocked by Obama's Democrat stooges. (12) On October 1st, 2009, the Republicans tried to introduce restrictions on abortion in Obama's Health Care Bill, which allows for full payment for abortions with no restrictions. The Republican effort was quickly defeated, and in response to this effort, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid put the Senate on notice that they "must move quickly to pass this bill." (13) On September 30th, 2009, Republican Senator Chuck Grassley stated the following: "The current law and the Health Care Bill under consideration are too lax and leave the door open to illegal immigrants defrauding the government using false or stolen identities to obtain benefits." The effort to block illegal immigrants from health care was also defeated, and the new law eliminates any requirement for ID if you are illegally residing in the United States. (14)

These are strange times when everything seems backwards and upside down. I must also mention at this point that the homosexual and other immoral lifestyles in America have done more to drive up the cost of health care than anything else. Immorality, pornography, homosexuality, lesbianism, and so much other unmentionable filth has infected the United States of America to epidemic proportions. In early October, nearly 200,000 sodomites marched on Washington, D.C., demanding equal rights and recognition. What a sad day in our history when these militant perverts, of the very type that God rained fire upon, would gather in such large numbers at the nation's Capital. The sodomite leaders clearly stated that they were no longer willing to wait for acceptance. (15)

Immorality and the sexual revolution are a conspiracy in and of themselves. The internet, Hollywood, television, and other media are all flaunting immoral activity as a primary project. Satan and his antichrist forces have been working for a long time to bring forth a one-world government. To accomplish this, he must bring all humanity under his infernal control. It is not enough to have a one-world money system, a one-world church, and a one-world government. Satan would also need to weld all of humanity together spiritually until they are one flesh. This is accomplished through forbidden sexual unions. In I Corinthians 6:16 we read the following shocking words: "What? Know ye not that he which is joined to an harlot is one body? For two, saith he, shall be one flesh." Thus, Satan knows that when a person fornicates with another, they become one flesh. But they also become one flesh with every other person their partner was with. If a man has been with a harlot and she had been with ten other men and those men had been with ten other harlots and so on, it is possible that nearly all humanity could be networked and combined as one flesh. Here let it be noted that a recent study conducted by Lloyd's Pharmacy chain in Britain revealed some amazing results. The pharmacy used an online calculator to determine the risks of sexually transmitted diseases and found that the average British man has had nine sexual partners and the average British woman has had six. Computers were used to calculate all of the interactions submitted by volunteer participants and found that the average person had 2.8 million sex partners by extension. (16) This is not a misprint! The story was featured by the international news service AFP on September 23rd, 2009. Satan has found many willing participants to make his system work. If you are a true Christian, your past is removed, and you are washed by the saving grace of Jesus Christ.

In conjunction with the new Obama Health Care Plan, as if timed perfectly, is the H1N1 flu virus, sometimes called swine flu. I have covered this subject before, and there is more than enough evidence that this flu virus was intentionally manufactured in laboratories for the purpose of population control through fear. The flu vaccine is now out in both nasal mist live virus form or by injection. The Government claims that the vaccine is perfectly safe, but many people are not accepting that. In the state of New York, where it is mandatory for health workers to receive the immunization, there has been a massive revolt by the health workers. They are flatly refusing to accept the vaccine! Mass rallies and protests by the health care workers broke out in Albany. (17) Do they know something a lot of people don't know? On September 25th, 2009, the Los Angeles Times reported that a recent study revealed that most parents in the United States are refusing to have their children immunized for H1N1 because they are concerned about the risks. Only forty percent said they would allow their children to be vaccinated. (18) Here let it be noted that an increasing number of people are becoming aware of the dangerous substances, such as mercury and rancid protein, that are found in vaccines. In two recent studies by the Government, it was found that autism among children has increased from 1 in 160 to 1 in every 100 children. (19) There is strong evidence that the many vaccines being given to children are causing this!

On September 21st, 2009, a press release revealed that the Verichip Corporation and its affiliates have been awarded two new patents. Patent numbers 7,504,364 and 7,469,076 are for a microchip system that can detect viruses by type in the human body, including the H1N1 virus. (20) The question that should be asked is how can a chip be programmed to detect viruses by name and type unless the plan for the virus already exists? In the future, people may well be getting calls from their health providers telling them that the detection and ID chip that was implanted in them has detected a virus, and they should report for treatment. It is later than you think!

Mismanagement and the Root of all Evil!

The Scripture tells us in I Timothy 6:10, "For the love of money is the root of all evil: which while some coveted after, they have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows." At a glance, we can see that the economy of the United States is a complete wreck, and the rise in stock market averages does nothing for the countless unemployed people. Everything is global and international now. The national debt continues to rise to astronomical levels, and the U.S. Senate is now being forced to raise the national debt ceiling above twelve trillion dollars ($12,000,000,000,000). (21) We know that light travels at approximately 186,000 miles per second, and at that fantastic rate of speed, light would travel a linear distance of six trillion miles, the measure of a light year. Our national debt is twice that number in dollars. Our economy has reached a point of no return, and Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Shalom Bernanke knows this is true. The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, which is already strapped because of the many bank failures, is reporting that additional bank failures could cost 100 billion dollars. (22) Remember, these dollars do not evaporate; someone gets them, and it is always those at the top of corporate conspiracy that come out ahead. The middle class is rapidly disappearing in America, and Obama is getting ready to finish it off. The current situation was caused by bank failures and crashes over the housing market. Next will come a major crash regarding commercial properties and businesses; then will come the big crash of banks over unpaid credit card debt. There are three great fiscal woes, and two are yet to come.

On October 3rd, 2009, Federal regulators closed down several more banks in Michigan, Colorado, and Minnesota; bringing the number so far this year to ninety-eight. (23) The signs of financial ruin are everywhere, and the people who are walking the desolate streets of America are near to the point of open revolt. When the G-20 Summit convened in Pittsburgh in late September 2009, they found massive numbers of angry people and mobs of revolutionaries worked up into a fever pitch. They were trying to make their voice known to the convention of crooks that are running the governments of twenty nations, including the United States. (24) Then, something happened that had never happened before on American soil. American forces used aggressive acoustic weapons on American people. These weapons had previously been used only in Iraq and other foreign war zones. These weapons delivered an ear-piercing sound exceeding 150 decibels, which is louder than a jet engine. It is accompanied by stern voice commands that penetrate the mind. (25) Very soon, what I have been saying for years will be proven true; that is, the greatest enemy of any people is its own government! History has verified this repeatedly!

On October 8th, 2009, the Associated Press featured a story about police officers randomly stopping and frisking people on the streets of our American cities. They call the program "stop and frisk" and have stopped more than one million people in various cities for absolutely no reason! (26) It could happen to you anytime the police get a notion to frisk you!

On October 6th, 2009, various OPEC nations announced that they were going to ditch the U.S. dollar. Immediately, the price of gold jumped to $1,038.65 per ounce, which was a record high. (27) On October 12th, 2009, Bloomberg News Service published a story stating that the U.S. dollar had reached a breaking point because central banks were snubbing the dollar and replacing it with euros and yen. (28) What is happening in the erstwhile great nation of America? Why has so much wealth flowed from America and into Red China? Economically, the Red Chinese have already taken over our country. Is it any wonder that the Red Chinese flag was raised over Washington, D.C., in September 2009? This was done in our nation's Capital to commemorate the anniversary of the communist takeover of China by Chairman Mao sixty years ago. What gives Secretary of State Hillary Clinton the right to offer the Red Chinese your property and mine as collateral against the debt owed by America to China? Here let it also be noted that on September 30th, 2009, the massive Empire State Building in New York City was lighted for three nights in the colors of red and yellow in honor of the communist Chinese revolution! (29) Do these Chinese Reds deserve any honor at all? In an article printed over a year ago in the St Petersburg Times, the nation of Red China is facing an unusual dilemma. For many years they murdered so many baby girls in favor of a stronger male population that now the ratio is 30 men for every one woman. The article goes on to say that the Red Chinese male work force is full of lustful men because of the shortage. (30) Now their eyes are on America!

Will the U.S. dollar collapse? On October 6th, 2009, the United Nations called for a new reserve currency to replace the dollar. (31) The Obama Administration has printed so much more money that the existing supply is worth continually less. It is a weak, thinned out, and watered down economy. Furthermore, existing goods and services will quickly absorb the excess money supply and inflation will rise to record levels. It is quite obvious that all of this is being done intentionally to bring forth new one-world electronic money. This will be the Beast system as mentioned in Revelation, chapter 13. According to the London Daily Telegraph on October 2nd, 2009, the World Bank will run out of money within twelve months. (32) We are that close to the end.

The signs of the times are everywhere. Many people have noticed that stores of every kind have been greatly cutting back on inventory because they just don't have the money to buy much. A prime example of the severity of the problem is the large fleet of empty cargo ships anchored just east of Singapore. It is called the Ghost Fleet, as reported with a full series of photgraphs by the London Daily Mail on September 28th, 2009. "It is the biggest and most secretive gathering of ships in maritime history. It is larger than the British and U.S. navies combined but have no crew, no cargo, and no destination." (33) I have no doubt that our U.S. money is cursed in many ways. It is interesting to note that a recent test conducted by a group of scientists involving U.S. currency from thirty American cities found that ninety percent of all bills contain traces of cocaine. (34)

Final Signs and Warnings!

At the very end of September through the beginning of October, just after the G-20 Economic Summit, disasters began to happen all over the world. In Sydney, Australia, a severe dust storm filled the sky and blanketed the city with an ominous red dust, described as deadly red by the London Daily Mail. (35) In California, massive wildfires broke out and turned the sky bright orange and red. The San Gabriel Mountains were on fire, charring 3,500 acres. (36) Then the earthquakes began to shake the earth. According to the U.S. Geological Survey, there have been 454 significant earthquakes of magnitude 4 and above within the past 30 days as of October 14th, 2009. Many of these were strong quakes. (37) I have been watching the earthquake maps and statistics for twenty-eight years, and I have never seen this many before in such a short time. On October 1st, 2009, Indonesia was hit with a magnitude 7.6 quake, which caused widespread devastation and left thousands of people dead or missing. (38) At that same time, two more powerful quakes of magnitudes 7.6 and 6.6 struck near Samoa, sending a tsunami across the region, which left widespread destruction and thousands dead or missing. (39) The very creation is crying out against sinful man.

In early October, a strange, unique, and unexplainable halo appeared over Moscow, Russia. It glimmered with bright light and was captured on video. Nothing like it had ever been seen before. It was massive and appeared to be some sort of doorway or portal filled with brilliant brightness. (40) We must remember that the Lord Jesus told us to watch for the many signs that would appear just before His return to bring Judgment Day upon this wicked world. We must all watch and pray, for the time is at hand!

In closing, I want to thank all of you who pray for and support this end time prophetic ministry. We are always delighted to pray for you, and your requests always receive individual attention by our intercessors. Grace and peace be unto you in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ.

David J. Meyer

Acknowledgements
01. Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Oct. 10, 2009, Milwaukee, WI.
02. Ibid.
03. AFP News Service, Oct. 15, 2009, Oslo, Norway.
04. Associated Press, Oct. 13, 2009, Burlington Township, NJ.
05. Politico, Sep. 16, 2009, by Glenn Thrush, Washington, D.C.
06. Politico, Oct. 12, 2009, by Kenneth P. Vogel, Washington, D.C.
07. KCTV5 News, Oct. 1, 2009, Blue Springs, MO.
08. Official clothing label, received Oct. 7, 2009.
09. Canadian Free Press, Oct. 5, 2009. http://canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/12652.
10. Report by Mat Staver, Liberty University School of Law.
11. Associated Press, Sep. 8, 2009, by Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar, Washington, D.C.
12. Washington Times, Sep. 23, 2009, by Jennifer Haberkorn & Kent Rowland, Washington, D.C. 13. Wall Street Journal, Oct. 1, 2009, Washington, D.C.
14. The Hill, Sep. 30, 2009, by Jeffrey Young, Washington, D.C.
15. Associated Press, Oct. 10, 2009, by Andrew Miga, Washington, D.C.
16. AFP News Service, Sep. 23, 2009, London, England, U.K.
17. WCBSTV, Sep. 30, 2009, Albany, NY.
18. Los Angeles Times, Sep. 25, 2009, by Melissa Healy, Los Angeles, CA.
19. Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Oct. 5, 2009, by Carla K. Johnson, Chicago, IL.
20. Yahoo Finance News Release, Oct. 5, 2009.
21. The Hill, Nov. 7, 2009, by Walter Alarkon, Washington, D.C.
22. Associated Press, Sep. 30, 2009, Washington, D.C.
23. Associated Press, Oct. 3, 2009, by Tim Paradis & Marcy Gordon.
24. Associated Press, Sep. 25, 2009, Pittsburgh, PA.
25. Associated Press, Oct. 1, 2009, by Joe Mandak, Pittsburgh, PA.
26. Associated Press, Oct. 8, 2009, by Colleen Long, New York, NY.
27. AFP News Service, Oct. 6, 2009, London, England, U.K.
28. Bloomberg News Service, Oct. 12, 2009, by Ye Xie & Anchalee Worrachate, New York, NY.
29. Associated Press, Sep. 30, 2009, by Marcus Franklin, New York, NY.
30. St. Petersburg Times, Mar. 2, 2008, by Kris Hundley, St. Petersburg, FL.
31. AFP News Service, Oct. 6, 2009, New York, NY.
32. Daily Telegraph, Oct. 2, 2009, by Edmund Conway, London, England, U.K.
33. Daily Mail, Sep. 28, 2009, by Simon Parry, London, England, U.K.
34. MSNBC News, Aug. 17, 2009, Live Science Report.
35. Daily Mail, Sep. 23, 2009, by Mail Foreign Service, Sydney, Australia.
36. Milwaukee Journal Sentinel,Oct. 5, 2009, Wrightwood, CA.
37. US Geological Survey, Oct. 14, 2009, Iris seismic monitor.
38. Reuters News Service, Oct. 1, 2009, by John Nedy & Sunanda Creagh, Padang, Indonesia.
39. Daily Mail, Oct 1, 2009, by Mail Foreign Service, Indonesia.
40. Daily Sun, Oct. 11, 2009, by Vince Soodin, London, England, U.K.

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Saturday, October 31, 2009

Time change: Fall back as daylight saving time ends


By Nick Hernandez, OregonLive.com
October 31, 2009, 8:45AM

Steve McKinstry/The Oregonian

Who's ready to fall back and get that extra hour of sleep tonight? After Halloween festivities this evening, we may need it.

Daylight saving time ends Sunday, November 1 at 2:00 a.m., so remember to set your clocks back one hour before you go to bed.

If you're feeling a bit confused about the time, you can check the official U.S. time online.

And since we all have a few extra minutes tonight, check out this earlier post about DST's history, proper pronunciation (not "savings") and energy-saving abilities, or lack thereof.

Perhaps more important, The Oregonian's John Snell reminds us not to change the batteries in our smoke detectors, but why it's time to buy a new smoke detector.


Source: http://www.oregonlive.com/idahosportugal/index.ssf/2009/10/time_change_fall_back_as_dayli.html
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The Inward Adorning of the Heart


The Inward Adorning of the Heart

"The inward adorning of a meek and quiet spirit is priceless. In the life of the true Christian the outward adorning is always in harmony with the inward peace and holiness. "If any man will come after Me," Christ said, "let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow Me." Matthew 16:24. Self-denial and sacrifice will mark the Christian's life. Evidence that the taste is converted will be seen in the dress of all who walk in the path cast up for the ransomed of the Lord." A A 523

"We are living in an age represented as being like that before the Flood. All who now plead for souls should in their dress and deportment carry the modesty and marks of the Lord Jesus. They must wait, watch, and pray for the Holy Spirit to be abundantly bestowed. We must take in the idea of Christianity; in conversation and in dress we must represent the truth. A decided guard must be placed upon the human agents in regard to the impressions they are making upon others in deportment and in dress. The Bible is our guide; study its teachings with a purpose to obey, and you need make no mistakes." DG 158

"Our dress should be in strict accordance with the character of our holy faith. [1 Timothy 2:9, 10; 1 Peter 3:3-5 quoted.] There is need of putting more of the Bible precept into the dress, as well as the inward adorning into the character." DG 158
“The work of sanctification is the work of a lifetime…” Many misunderstand these inspired words, because they have not comprehended the rest of the sentence. They assume that God will put up with their stubborn rebellion and failure to overcome year after year, because, after all, they have their entire lifetime to work on getting rid of their sins. Listen to the rest of the statement: “The work of sanctification is the work of a lifetime; it must go on continually; but this work cannot go on in the heart while the light on any part of the truth is rejected or neglected. The sanctified soul will not be content to remain in ignorance, but will desire to walk in the light and to seek for greater light.” 1 SM 317.

In other words, if we are cherishing sins and resisting the Holy Spirit's convictions, we are not even on the narrow path. “God requires the entire surrender of the heart, before justification can take place; and in order for man to retain justification, there must be continual obedience, through active, living faith that works by love and purifies the soul.” FW 100

There is no process of sanctification going on before we have made an entire surrender of our hearts to God. Going through life as a cultural Seventh-day Adventist without the conversion experience is not the lifetime work of sanctification referred to above.

The Modesty Movement addresses an issue that speaks only to the converted. It is part of the sanctification process. It can only be entered into by a converted, surrendered person, because it is a Spirit-led experience. Certainly unconverted ladies can dress modestly. But it is disastrous to endeavor to dress with Remnant Raiment if your heart is not surrendered to God. The reason is, outward modesty without God's inward adorning leads to hypocritical Phariseeism, making oneself and all those around miserable. Please don't do it! Our first work, dear sisters, is to make sure we yield the rulership of our hearts to God, making sure we are crucified with Christ. Only then will we allow God to lay our glory in the dust. Only then will we be willing to walk in the light.

The song of the surrendered soul is, “All to Jesus I surrender, All to Him I freely give!” When we turn the management of our lives over to Jesus, then the process of sanctification becomes a joyful willing surrender, an exciting faith adventure. We can earnestly say, “Lord, what do you want me to do today?” That also includes, “Lord, what would you have me wear today?”

The blessed Lord leads us on step by step, as fast as we are able to keep up. It is not for any human to dictate and schedule the rate of sanctification for another. God works with us individually. For example, some may be able to make the transition from unclean meat to a largely raw vegan diet in short order. Others may take years to grow in understanding and practice. The point is, we are not to manage the lives of others. We have enough to do in making our own decisions.

As we cling to Jesus, He gives us the ability to turn from love of the world, so that love for God motivates every decision. As we choose to surrender, the Spirit speaks to our hearts about this item of clothing, or this practice of adornment. The Holy Spirit is a faithful friend and guide. He won't just strip us of all that makes us feel beautiful as women and leave us feeling ugly and ashamed of our appearance. Oh, no! He will be busy adorning us with inward beauty and building up our confidence in Christ. We will come to know how loved and cherished we are by Jesus. Our self-worth will be based on the value He places on us. He is the lovely One; we are nothing without Him.

With our new heavenly value system, we no longer try to build our worldly self-esteem, which is based on worldly principles of appearance, achievement, possession and status in life. We no longer judge ourselves by the world's standards. We can now appear before the world without the phony props of fashionable clothing, deceitful make-up and degrading decorations, because our confidence is in Christ. We have His promise that His glory is shining through us, so that we may be a blessing to those around us. We are no longer anxious about how we look. We are now focused on Him, and intent on revealing to the world how He looks. We reflect His glory. What a grand and lofty calling God has placed on us as His precious daughters.

Instead of hours standing before our mirrors, primping and preening, we now spend those hours on our knees and in the Word, gazing into the beautiful mirror of His character. As we do this, He is lovingly writing it upon our hearts. Instead of our glory, we now seek His glory until our soul is all aglow. God makes us glow inwardly so we can shine outwardly.

So we become beautiful in God's eyes. The world will notice. It may not approve. It may even despise us. That doesn't matter. The Holy Spirit will never lead us to be unclean or unkempt. We are not to try to look strange or unattractive. Our clothing should clearly declare that we love Jesus, that we are willing to put Him first, and that self is not pampered or exalted in our lives.

Regarding the movement toward modesty, how long will it take the Holy Spirit to remove the outward trappings of the world from you? That is your decision alone. May the Lord help us to respond to His Spirit. So, how fast will the Holy Spirit be able to move you in the modesty movement? Just listen to Him. He knows what is best. Let Him set the schedule.

One thing is sure. The Father has promised to clothe you with physical clothing. He knows what you need. You don't need to become consumed with what you should wear. He will provide. He has ways and means that you know not of. He will make a way when there seems to be no way. Just be obedient to what He tells you today. By faith, trust Him. Lay aside that immodest garment, trusting that He will clothe you. It is a blessed walk of faith.

While you can encourage other like-minded sisters, for those sisters who are not yet open, please leave them alone! Don't say a word. Just be a sweet, radiant example, showing them your joy in Jesus. Let His beauty shine out, and that will speak to their hearts.

The Modesty Movement must be Spirit led. The Spirit is calling, Come, and He is preparing the Bride of Christ for that day: “ And to her was granted that she should be arrayed in fine linen, clean and white: for the fine linen is the righteousness of saints .” Revelation 19:8

Israel have been asleep to the pride, and fashion, and worldliness in the very midst of them. It is these things that separate God from his people, that shut the ark away from them. When the truth affects their hearts, it will cause a death to the world. They will then lay aside the outward adorning, and if they are dead they will not be moved by the laugh, jeer, and scorn of unbelievers. They will feel an anxious desire to be separate from the world, like their Master. They will not imitate its pride, fashions, or customs. The noble object will be ever before them, to glorify God, and gain the immortal inheritance. This prospect will swallow up all beside of an earthly nature. God will have a people separate and distinct from the world. And as soon as any indulge a desire to imitate the fashions of the world, just so soon God ceases to acknowledge them as his children. They show that they are strangers to grace, strangers to the meek and lowly Jesus. If they had acquainted themselves with him, they would walk worthy of him. RH, December 12, 1882


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Are Populations Being Primed For Nano-Microchips Inside Vaccines?

Thursday, 29. October 2009, 19:30:39

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It's almost surreal, like something out of a sci-fi flick, but nano-microchips invisible to the naked eye are a reality that are already being hosted in wide-range of applications. The question is, how long will it take governments and big pharma to immerse nano-microchips inside of vaccines to tag and surveil global populations?

Nanotechnology deals with structures smaller than one micrometer (less than 1/30th the width of a human hair), and involves developing materials or devices within that size. To put the size of a nanometer in perspective, it is 100,000 times smaller than the width of a human hair.

More than ten years ago, simple low-cost techniques improved the design and manufacture of nano-microchips. That unlocked a multitude of methodologies for their manufacture in a wide-range of applications including optical, biological, and electronic devices.

The joint use of nanoelectronics, photolithography, and new biomaterials, have enabled the required manufacturing technology towards nanorobots for common medical applications, such as surgical instrumentation, diagnosis and drug delivery.

Japan's Hitachi says it has developed the world's smallest and thinnest microchip, that can be embedded in paper to track down parcels or prove the authenticity of a document. The integrated circuit (IC) chip is as minute as a speck of dust.

Nanoelectrodes implanted in the brain are increasingly being used to manage neurological disorders. Mohammad Reza Abidian, a post-doctoral researcher at the U-M Department of Biomedical Engineering said that polymers in nanotubes "are biocompatible and have both electronic and ionic conductivity." He further stated "therefore, these materials are good candidates for biomedical applications such as neural interfaces, biosensors and drug delivery systems."

Depending on the objectives of such studies, research could theoretically pave the way for smart recording electrodes that can deliver drugs to positively or negatively affect the immune response.

Through nanotechnology, researchers have also been able to create artificial pores able to transmit nanoscale materials through membranes.

A UC biomedical engineering study appearing in the journal Nature Nanotechnology, Sept. 27, 2009, successfully inserted the modified core of a nanomotor, a microscopic biological machine, into a lipid membrane. The resulting channel enabled them to move both single- and double-stranded DNA through the membrane.

Professor Peixuan Guo who led the study said past work with biological channels has been focused on channels large enough to move only single-stranded genetic material.

"Since the genomic DNA of human, animals, plants, fungus and bacteria are double stranded, the development of single pore system that can sequence double-stranded DNA is very important," he says.

Such engineered channels could have applications in nano-sensing, DNA sequencing, drug loading, including innovative techniques to implement DNA packaging mechanisms of viral nanomotors and vaccine delivery.

"The idea that a DNA molecule travels through the nanopore, advancing nucleotide by nucleotide, could lead to the development of a single pore DNA sequencing apparatus, an area of strong national interest," Guo said.

Scientists working at Queen Mary, University of London, have developed micrometer-sized capsules to safely deliver drugs inside living cells. These "micro shuttles" could hypothetically be loaded with a specific microchip controlling the dose of medication to be opened remotely, releasing their contents. Besides monitoring the dosage, the same microchip could be used to surveil the patient in conjunction with various tracking systems.

Scientists in the United Kingdom have recently reported advances towards overcoming key challenges in nanotechnology. They demonstrated how nanoparticles could move quickly in a desired direction without help from outside forces. Their achievement has broad implications, the scientists say, raising the possibility of coaxing cells to move and grow in specific directions.

Doug Dorst, a microbiologist and vaccine critic in South Wales, says these advances have an immense appeal to vaccine makers. "Biotech companies and their researchers have quickly moved most funding initiatives towards nanotechnology to increase the potency of their vaccines," he said. If microorganisms inside of vaccines can be coaxed into targeting or invading specific cells, they could achieve their goal at an accelerated rate over conventional vaccines. "Depending on which side of the vaccine debate you're on, whether pro or con, nanobots inside vaccine preparations could advance their effectiveness exponentially by either dramatically improving or destroying immunity depending on their design," he added.

Dorst claims that present day nanobot technology could just as easily be used to advance biological weapons as they can to advance human health. "For every fear that biotech propaganda proliferates about deadly diseases and how vaccines prevent them, it is one more lie to incrementally convince the masses that vaccines are effective."

The worry for Dorst is that one day vaccines "will do what they've always been intended for...control of the global populace."

Nanoemulsion platforms are already capable of developing vaccines from very diverse materials. Mixtures of soybean oil, alcohol, water and detergents can be emulsified into ultra-small particles smaller than 400 nanometers wide (about 1/200th the width of a human hair). These could be combined with any number of nano-microchips with all or part of disease-causing microbes to trigger the body's immune system.

In 2007 researchers at the Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) announced in an article in the journal, Nature Biotechnology, that they had developed a “nanoparticle that can deliver vaccines more effectively, with fewer side effects, and at a fraction of the cost of current vaccine technologies.” The article went on to describe the effects of their breakthrough: “At a mere 25 nanometers, these particles are so tiny that once injected, they flow through the skin’s extracellular matrix, making a beeline to the lymph nodes. Within minutes, they’ve reached a concentration of DCs thousands of times greater than in the skin."

Russia has recently announced a new manufacturing plant that will strictly produce nano-vaccines. Project plans include development of two vaccines for human flu and bird flu and three biopharmaceuticals for boosting the immune system and increasing the efficiency of antibacterial and antiviral drugs, among other initiatives.

The human body is very resistant to nanoparticles that attempt to invade human cells. Scientists are intensely investigating methods to disrupt human enzymes that may degrade nanoparticles. Experts at the University of Liverpool found a way around this obstacle that could mean more efficient, topical drugs in the future, which could act a whole lot faster than the ones currently in use.

All these nanotechnological advances raise many issues and concerns about the toxicity and environmental impact of nanomaterials, and their potential effects on medicine, global economics, as well as speculation about government surveillance. These concerns have led to a debate among advocacy groups and governments on whether special regulation of nanotechnology is warranted.

The Environmental Protection Agency issued a news release last week saying that it had “today outlined a new research strategy to better understand how manufactured nanomaterials may harm human health and the environment.” Interesting as that strategy document is, it was hardly hot off the presses.

Indeed, many companies advertise their use of such billionth-of-a-meter-scale constituents as a measure of a product's state-of-the-art status, implying that ultra-small ingredients are an inherently good thing. They aren’t. Nor does size necessarily make these materials worse than others. At this point it's just maddeningly unpredictable what nano things will do.

Proponents of nanotechnology are very critical of regulatory measures that may impeed its progression. Many of these critics have staunchly dismissed concerns as being fear-hyped conspiracy theories based on science fiction.

In the popular video game series Metal Gear Solid, many characters and soldiers in general, have "nanomachines" in their bloodstream, and are used to block pain, allow members of fire teams/patrols to share sensory information, heal bodily damage, as well as manipulating viruses central to video game's plot line.

Through the use of special effects and computer-generated imagery, several blockbusters starring Keanu Reeves including The Matrix Trilogy and The Day the Earth Stood Still, have dramatized how nanobots could effectively take control of their organic and inorganic targets.

Star Trek episodes and their theatrical releases such as Star Trek: First Contact have also depicted how nanoprobes (nanites) could infect an individual's bloodstream through a pair of tubules.

Regardless of the recurring themes of nanobots in video games, sci-fi shows and movies, nanotechnology is a reality, and nano-microchips are well on their way to being utilized in ways which may be detrimental to human health and freedom on a global scale.

The development of nano-microchips are a major thrust of governments and pharmaceutical industries who want the ultimate power and leverage over global populations for more profit and more control.

In December 2000, Former Chief Medical Officer of Finland, Rauni-Leena Luukanen-Kilde, MD stated that it is technically possible for every newborn to be injected with a microchip, which could then function to identify the person for the rest of his or her life. Such plans are secretly being discussed in the U.S. without any public airing of the privacy issues involved.

Today's microchips operate by means of low-frequency radio waves that target them. With the help of satellites, the implanted person can be tracked anywhere on the globe. Such a technique was among a number tested in the Iraq war, according to Dr. Carl Sanders, who invented the intelligence-manned interface (IMI) biotic, which is injected into people. (Earlier during the Vietnam War, soldiers were injected with the Rambo chip, designed to increase adrenaline flow into the bloodstream.) The 20-billion-bit/second supercomputers at the U.S. National Security Agency (NSA) could now "see and hear" what soldiers experience in the battlefield with a remote monitoring system (RMS).

When a 5-micromillimeter microchip (the diameter of a strand of hair is 50 micromillimeters) is placed into optical nerve of the eye, it draws neuroimpulses from the brain that embody the experiences, smells, sights, and voice of the implanted person. Once transferred and stored in a computer, these neuroimpulses can be projected back to the person’s brain via the microchip to be reexperienced. Using a RMS, a land-based computer operator can send electromagnetic messages (encoded as signals) to the nervous system, affecting the target's performance. With RMS, healthy persons can be induced to see hallucinations and to hear voices in their heads.

Every thought, reaction, hearing, and visual observation causes a certain neurological potential, spikes, and patterns in the brain and its electromagnetic fields, which can now be decoded into thoughts, pictures, and voices. Electromagnetic stimulation can therefore change a person's brainwaves and affect muscular activity, causing painful muscular cramps experienced as torture.

The NSA's electronic surveillance system can simultaneously follow and handle millions of people. Each of us has a unique bioelectrical resonance frequency in the brain, just as we have unique fingerprints. With electromagnetic frequency (EMF) brain stimulation fully coded, pulsating electromagnetic signals can be sent to the brain, causing the desired voice and visual effects to be experienced by the target. This is a form of electronic warfare. U.S. astronauts were implanted before they were sent into space so their thoughts could be followed and all their emotions could be registered 24 hours a day.

The mass media has not reported that an implanted person's privacy vanishes for the rest of his or her life. S/he can be manipulated in many ways. Using different frequencies, the secret controller of this equipment can even change a person's emotional life. S/he can be made aggressive or lethargic. Sexuality can be artificially influenced. Thought signals and subconscious thinking can be read, dreams affected and even induced, all without the knowledge or consent of the implanted person.

This secret technology has been used by military forces in certain NATO countries since the 1980s without civilian and academic populations having heard anything about it. Thus, little information about such invasive mind-control systems is available in professional and academic journals.

The NSA's Signals Intelligence group can remotely monitor information from human brains by decoding the evoked potentials (3.50HZ, 5 milliwatt) emitted by the brain. Prisoner experimentees in both Gothenburg, Sweden and Vienna, Austria have been found to have evident brain lesions. Diminished blood circulation and lack of oxygen in the right temporal frontal lobes result where brain implants are usually operative. A Finnish experimentee experienced brain atrophy and intermittent attacks of unconsciousness due to lack of oxygen.

Targeting people’s brain functions with electromagnetic fields and beams (from helicopters and airplanes, satellites, from parked vans, neighboring houses, telephone poles, electrical appliances, mobile phones, TV, radio, etc.) is part of the radiation problem that should be addressed by democratically elected governments. However, there is currently no interest by any national government to seriously address this issue.

The timeline for integrating nano-microchips inside of vaccines is speculative. It could be just a few years, months or perhaps it is here and we already unaware of their integration within pharmaceuticals. Regardless, due to the many military and political advantages, their implementation is inevitable.

However fraudulent, it was an imperative for world powers and pharmaceutical cartels to promote the effectiveness of vaccinations and enact national pandemic preparedness policies which mandate vaccinations.

In 2005 the World Health Organization (WHO) developed international health regulations that would bind all 194 member countries to pandemic emergency guidelines which could enforce such a mandate. Without these procedures of public health (and propagandized vaccine campaigns) in place, there would be little or no voluntary cooperation from the public to roll up their sleeves and accept the inoculations. Public participation is an essential tool that will soon allow big pharma to inject the most effective surveillence tool ever designed into billions of people.

Although nanotechnology manufacturing is currently available on a global scale, before biotech companies are able to initiate mass production and testing of nano-microchips inside of vaccines, they will likely sell the idea to the public. Through various "health enhancement scenarios" they will encourage participation and publicly announce regulatory approval from the same policies and regulatory agencies they helped create.

By mid-summer of 2009, the WHO and the Center of Disease Control (CDC) effectively hyped a false flu pandemic and convinced the world to submit to H1N1 vaccines. Additional doses of propaganda and possibly a biological event, may equally convince populations to knowingly accept microchips inside of vaccines under the guise of a "greater good" for humanity.

When our brain functions are already connected to supercomputers by means of radio implants and microchips, it will be too late for protest. This threat can be defeated only by educating the public, using available literature on biotelemetry, nanorobotics and information exchanged at international congresses.

The time to act is now!
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Source:http://my.opera.com/SavedNotFried/blog/show.dml/4468547
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Bus Carrying College Band Overturns in Georgia

Saturday, October 31, 2009




Fox News Channel
Oct. 31: Charter bus carrying 42 members of the Morehouse College marching band tipped over after it skidded off Interstate 75.

ATLANTA — Police say a charter bus carrying 42 members of the Morehouse College marching band tipped over after it skidded off Interstate 75, injuring several students on their way to a football game.

Henry County police Capt. Jason Bolton says the bus landed on its side in a ditch around 10 a.m. Saturday. Bolton said the driver lost control while trying to avoid another vehicle that was moving into his lane.

Bolton says 13 band members were taken to area hospitals in ambulances with non-life-threatening injuries. The other 29 were also taken to hospitals as a precaution.

The bus was one of three chartered by Morehouse to go to Albany State University for a football game.

Roads were wet from rainy conditions, and Bolton says weather was likely a contributing factor in the accident.
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Roger Williams erects a wall between church and state

During the first half of the 17th century, when most of Europe was convulsed by religious wars, Roger Williams brought a powerful new idea into the world and even put it into practice: a wall between church and state. He set up a society in the American woods, the Colony of Rhode Island, where church and state were separated and no one faced persecution. The wall protected "God's garden" (the church) from the impure world and, at the same time, gave religious freedom to all.


Roger Williams was one of those remarkable people who are ready to give to others the freedom that they themselves have been denied. Like the other Puritans in the colony of Massachusetts he had been forced to leave Britain because he opposed the Church of England. But unlike them he refused to turn around and do the same to others. The Puritans of Massachussetts were quite prepared to force their own religious practices on everyone in their colony, including compelling them to attend church. Anyone who thought otherwise got thrown out.

The English Puritans brought this idea of a state church to their colony of Massachussetts. Although they rejected the monopoly of the Catholic Church, the Reformers simply tried to substitute a different state religion. They still accepted the traditional Church doctrine that "error has no rights". Not until the Enlightenment was this replaced by the notion that religious freedom was a human right.

Roger Williams' amazing accomplishment

Roger Williams fled England to avoid coming under the Anglican Church, but he soon separated himself from the Puritan church of his new home in the colonies, as well. He found himself at odds with the government of Massachusetts when he asserted that the Colony had no right to steal Indian lands, deny the vote to the unsaved, or to prosecute civil crimes under religious statutes. In fact, said Williams, "The civil magistrate's power extends only to the bodies and goods, and outward state of men..." Roger Williams was the first to speak of the "wall of separation" between church and state. [1]

In 1635 he was accused of holding "dangerous opinions against the authority of magistrates" and formally banished from Massachusetts. Once more Williams was told: "My way or the highway", and he was determined never to do this to others. The next year he purchased land from the Narragansett tribe to found a haven for dissenters. His Colony of Rhode Island welcomed those who faced persecution elsewhere, such as Jews, Quakers and Deists.

Yet although he had created a haven in the American woods where church and state were separated and no one faced persecution, Roger Williams still tried to give secularism an otherworldy justification. The wall of separation, he maintained, would help to protect the true religion, whichever it might turn out to be.

Williams felt that government is the natural way provided by God to cope with the corrupt nature of man. But since government could not be trusted to know which religion is true, he considered the best hope for true religion the protection of the freedom of all religion, along with nonreligion, from the state. [2]

Like other Reformers of the 17th century, he felt that humans were owned by God and only had duties to their Creator. The concept of rights, which was needed to underpin his secularism, didn't yet exist. It wasn't until the Enlightenment in the next century that the idea of religious freedom was shifted from heaven to earth. Religious freedom came to be seen as a human right.

How did he do it?

Roger Williams had an unusual background which gave him special insight and led him to conclusions that were far ahead of his time. His life taught him three things and when he drew the consequences, a powerful new idea was born: that there should be a wall between church and state.


● He was born about 1603, the year that Queen Elizabeth I died, and grew up in London on the northwest fringes of the city. The Williams family lived beside the open area called Smithfield, near the sheep-pen section on its western edge. This large field was where markets were held (even two centuries later the picture shows the sheep pens) and also where fairs took place and other festivities as well, such as the burning of religious heretics.

Roger Williams was about eight years old when the last person ever burned in London for his religious opinions met his death at Smithfield. This man, Bartholomew Legate, was a preacher in a liberal religious group called the "Seekers". They sought for religious truth on their own and did not feel compelled to accept any dogma simply because any church said it was true.

This was a dangerous position to take. The Church of England court tried Bartholomew Legate on charges of heresy and then handed him over to the state to carry out the death sentence. (Churchmen, of course, never stained their hands with blood.) On the orders of the new king, James I, this Seeker was burned to death at Smithfield, right in front of the Williams home. This must have made a strong impression on the gifted little boy: church and state had colluded in order to deliver a brave man to a horrible death. As Roger Williams wrote later, from that time onwards, he too adopted the position of the Seekers who refused to bow to the state church and insisted on trying to find their own way. [3] His goal became "a Libertie of searching after Gods most holy mind and pleasure." [4]

● Another strand in the thought of Roger Williams was what was known as "Separatism". This was a logical extension of the Protestant Reformation. Like other Protestants, the Anglicans of the English Church had broken away from the Catholic Church which they felt had become corrupted and no longer represented the "pure" form of the early church. Soon the Puritans, in turn, broke away from the Church of England, to purify it, as well.


However, tampering with a state church was a highly political thing to attempt. It was safer to conduct this religious experiment overseas, and a group of Puritans managed to get a charter from King Charles I to found the Colony of Massachusetts a good safe distance away. This allowed them to separate from the English Church in all but name. In the New World they were under no bishop and each congregation ran its own affairs. They had to be quiet about it, of course, since the Church of England was increasingly hostile to Puritanism and what King Charles had given, he could also take away. [5] The last thing the Colony of Massachusetts needed was an open separatist like Roger Williams who advocated a break with the Church of England in public.

Soon the Massachusetts authorities encountered further problems with the young Puritan preacher. Not content to challenge the legitimacy of the English Church, he began to question the purity of the Puritan one, and finally decided he must separate from that, as well.

The impulse of separation was a natural extension of the perception of spiritual stain and impurity, and Puritans saw stain everywhere. Central to Puritan ecclesiology was the line of demarcation between the godly and ungodly, the holy and the profane. [6]

In the 17th century this drive to avoid spiritual impurity led to a series of further separations, as new churches separated from the churches which had themselves separated from Rome.
However, one of the remarkable things about Roger Williams is that unlike others, he did not set himself up as the leader of some new and purer church — even though his status as the founder of a new colony might have let him easily assume that role. Instead, he remained true to his Seeker beliefs, unwilling to impose some new orthodoxy on others, even in the name of spiritual purity. Thus he didn't separate in order to found a new church, but in order to keep any church from impeding the earnest search to learn God's will.

● However, without a third crucial experience, Williams could never have made the bold leap and founded a colony where everyone enjoyed complete religious freedom. In the 17th century it was assumed that a common religion was necessary to ensure social peace. This was the lesson that Europe had drawn from that century's devastating religious wars. Furthermore, to ensure the authority of the state, this common religion should be a state church, in other words, all subjects must follow the religion of their rulers. Otherwise, it was feared, they might try to topple the king and install one of their own faith. This had indeed been attempted when Roger Williams was a baby: the Gunpowder Plot was an attempt to bring back a Catholic king. This plot, though foiled, inspired religious oppression of Catholics and created a vicious circle of suspicion and disaffection that was only ended by the Catholic Emancipation Act in 1829.

However, Roger Williams knew that this tragic cycle of exclusion was totally unnecessary.
People didn't need a common church — or even any church at all — to live in harmony with their neighbours. He had experienced something that his contemporaries believed to be impossible, for he had lived among the Indians of Rhode Island, the Narrangasett, and even written a book about their language. He knew firsthand that people could tell the truth without swearing on the Bible, could help their fellows without any religious duty to do so and could keep the peace without oaths of allegiance to a divinely-appointed ruler.

Roger Williams had gone among the Indians to teach them Christianity but, true to his Seeker beliefs, he had remained open-minded. He let the Indians teach him a lesson that he could learn nowhere else: that church and state could be separated.

When Roger Williams was exiled from Massachusetts in 1636 he and a few companions founded a little settlement. There church and state were completely separate and they underlined their religious motives for doing this by naming it Providence. Overlooking the river they built their timber-framed cottages, the wattle-and-daub walls protected from the rain by the deep eaves of thatched roofs. Behind the cottages, in a field which rose to the foot of the bluffs, they planted their multicoloured Indian corn.

Life in the new settlement proved a struggle. In fact, the next year, when the Governor of Massachusetts paid a visit to the impetuous young preacher, he was so touched by their poverty that he pressed a gold piece into Mrs. Williams' hand. The hamlet was small, mosquito-infested, pig-ridden, dirt-laned, isolated, insecure and poor. Yet at that time it was perhaps the freest place on earth. [7]




Notes
For a selection of Roger Williams' writing online see http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Roger_Williams


1. Ronald Bruce Meyer, "Roger Williams Banished (1635): Separation of Church and State".
2. Cyclone Covey, The Gentle Radical: Roger Williams. New York: The MaCmillian Co., 1966, cover leaf. Cited at: http://users.erols.com/igoddard/roger.htm


3. Ibid., p. 3.
4. Ibid., p. xi.
5. Timothy L. Hall, Separating Church and State: Roger Williams and religious liberty, (University of Illinois Press, 1997), p. 24.
6. Ibid., p. 23.
7. Covey, p. 134.

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Rome and Canterbury

Rome and Canterbury

James Martin, S.J., offers three questions to consider in response to the Vatican's surprise decision to reach out to disaffected Anglicans.

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Note: This video is from America "the" Jesuit on line Magazine, a Catholic perspective:

http://www.americamagazine.org/content/video/video-index.cfm?series_id=1125

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My country ’tis of thee


My country, ’tis of thee,
Sweet land of liberty,
Of thee I sing;
Land where my fathers died,
Land of the pilgrims’ pride,
From every mountainside,
Let freedom ring!

My native country, thee,
Land of the noble free,
Thy name I love;
I love thy rocks and rills,
Thy woods and templed hills;
My heart with rapture thrills,
Like that above.

Let music swell the breeze,
And ring from all the trees,
Sweet freedom’s song;
Let mortal tongues awake;
Let all that breathe partake;
Let rocks their silence break,
The sound prolong.

Our fathers’ God, to Thee,
Author of liberty,
To Thee we sing;
Long may our land be bright
With freedom’s holy light;
Protect us by Thy might,
Great God, our King.



Words:
Sam­u­el F. Smith, 1832.
Music: America, The­saur­us Mu­sic­us, 1744

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P.S. These shores were a haven for those early settlers seeking religious liberty; Those persecuted brethren fleeing the religious bigotry of Europe; namely the Church of England and the Church or Rome. These same powers, their Kings, popes and princes are united today in many forms; Again, they are intent on returning this freedom loving land to their tyrannical designs. The gunpowder plot was not a myth, friends, but a fact; and a new Guy Fawkes has come to our shores.
Many here now point to the U.K. and to Rome as being more enlightened than our own land. How ridiculous and short sighted. Those that came here fled those same powers that are now seen by some as providing a (the greater good) more equitable solution to the world's ills.
No my brethren, don't allow yourself to be fooled by those over there dictating (to us) their ideals as gospel; Such as Caritas In Veritate, or other papal bulls; Do not be deceived by the socialist medical system of the U.K. Neither of these are based on our principles of each person deciding for themselves what is best for them. Freedom of choice is one of our Protestant Principles; Never mind those out-moded Old Worlde ideas.
Tyranny is their ultimate goal. No choice, just their voice!
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Nope, please join me and sing: We need no pope or King (or Queen).
Yes, Great God, Our King!
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Let freedom ring!
Great God, our King!

Friday, October 30, 2009

ANOTHER SIX DAYS’ WORK IS DONE


Another six days’ work is done
Another Sabbath is begun;
Return, my soul, enjoy thy rest,
Improve the day that God hath blest.

Come, praise the Lord, whose love assigns
So sweet a rest to weary minds;
Provides an antepast of Heaven
And gives this day the food of seven.

O that our thoughts and thanks may rise
As grateful incense to the skies!
And draw from Heaven that sweet repose
Which none but he who feels it knows.

A heavenly calm pervades the breast
Is the dear pledge of glorious rest,
Which for the Church of God remains,
The end of cares, the end of pains.

With joy, great God, Thy works we view,
In various scenes, both old and new;
With praise we think on mercies past,
With hope we future pleasure taste.

In holy duties let the day,
In holy comforts pass away;
The Sabbath thus we love to spend,
In hope of one which ne’er shall end.


Words:
Jo­seph Sten­nett, from the 14-stan­za po­em “On the Sab­bath” in his Works, 1732. The se­cond stan­za be­low is anon­y­mous, and was add­ed in Col­lect­ion of Hymns Adapt­ed to Pub­lic Wor­ship, by John Ash and Ca­leb Ev­ans (Bris­tol, Eng­land: 1769).
Music: Re­treat,
Thom­as Hast­ings, 1842






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Wal-Mart starts selling coffins

Page last updated at 03:29 GMT, Friday, 30 October 2009


The world's largest retailer, Wal-Mart, now plans to hold on to customers even after they die - by selling coffins.

Prices range from a "Mom" or "Dad Remembered" steel coffin for $895 (£540), to a bronze model at $2,899.

The retailer is allowing customers to plan ahead by paying for the caskets over 12 months for no interest. They can be dispatched within 48 hours.

Catering for cradle-to-grave needs, Wal-Mart already sells everything from baby wear to engagement rings.

A spokesman for the supermarket giant, Ravi Jariwala, said the new coffin range was "a limited beta test to understand customer response".

The retailer is offering caskets at prices that undercut many funeral homes, say correspondents.

But an industry spokesman said it was not unduly concerned about Wal-Mart's move, because he said the firm could not offer bereaved families the human touch.

Pat Lynch, of the National Funeral Home Directors Association, told AP news agency: "There's no question in my mind as a funeral director for nearly 40 years that the most critical element is the human contact."



Source: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/8333198.stm


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John Carroll & Georgetown part 1

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3RvSxVLhEA0http://



lushlady2001December 19, 2008
Depiction of the life of John Carrol, Bishop of Baltimore and founder of Georgetown University.

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NEW WORLD ORDER.THE DEVIL IN THE VATICAN!! pt13 The Black Pope

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d7BYKAT9Fxshttp://

Vatican's Ecumenical Movement for a One World Religion

AnonymousTrutherMarch 18, 2009

We have noted that the ecumenical movement plays a key role in forming the Antichrist's world religion, which will be a paganized Christianity such as was developed under Constantine and became Roman Catholicism. It is therefore not surprising that behind the scenes, the Catholic Church has been pushing ecumenism for years. It is not only drawing the "separated brethren" of Protestantism back into the fold, but uniting all religions under Rome, as Revelation 17 indicates.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rrz55xh7cXIhttp://

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