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October 3, 2007 at 13:21:45

Whatever Happened to Discernment?

by Anthony Wade     Page 2 of 2 page(s)

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3) "I'm thinking about killing Michael Moore, and I'm wondering if I could kill him myself, or if I would need to hire somebody to do it. No, I think I could. I think he could be looking me in the eye, you know, and I could just be choking the life out -- is this wrong?"

4) "[I]f I'm an interrogator, and they say, [imitates Arabic accent] 'I read in your papers that you cannot torture me,' I'll say, 'Yeah, you know, you saw another thing in the papers, you saw pictures of people being tortured. And I just want you to look around, little, uh, Habib, here, I want you to look around the room. Notice one thing is missing, and that's called a camera.' “(On supporting torture)

Pastor Lloyd; this is your source. A vile excuse of a bigoted man, whose job it is to lie to you. A man who spreads hate for a living and further victimizes victims. This is your source Pastor Lloyd. His guest works for the same government that has admitted to raising the terror alert for political reasons. You have become part of the problem and if you are not more careful, you will be relegated to Pat Robertson status.

Robertson is the genius who predicted massive hurricanes and storms would lash the United States in 2006 and possibly a tsunami for the northwest US. Of course Pat said God told him. The result? Not one hurricane reached the US. Not embarrassed enough, Robertson predicted at the start of this year that major terrorist attacks would affect millions in the United States, sometime after September. Once again, God told him this according to the man who blamed Ariel Sharon’s stroke on God and said we should assassinate the head of Venezuela.

Modern day snake oil salesmen and charlatans are no surprise. The bible says that many will come in His name. But the part that too many Christians keep forgetting is that we are to know them by their fruit. What does their life produce? When George Bush said that Christ was his favorite philosopher, most Christians went ga-ga without checking the receipt. The ensuing bill of goods sold to us has proven to be most unchristian. Never-ending war, the impoverishing of the nation, and death for hundreds of thousands. I am tired of hearing that if Christ were here He would be a conservative or a liberal. He wouldn’t be either. Render unto Caesar what is Caesar’s and render unto God what is God’s but for the love of everything that is Christian, stop mixing them.  

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Anthony Wade, a contributing writer to opednews.com, is dedicated to educating the populace to the lies and abuses of the government. He is a 40-year-old independent writer from New York with political commentary articles seen on multiple websites. A Christian progressive and professional Rehabilitation Counselor working with the poor and disabled, Mr. Wade believes that you can have faith and hold elected officials accountable for lies and excess.


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Eileen is the Reporter and Editor of wearewideawake.orgProducer of "30 Minutes with Vanunu" and "13 Minutes with Vanunu" Author of "Keep Hope Alive" and "Memoirs of a Nice Irish American 'Girl's' Life in Occupied Territory" She has been to Israel Palestine five times since June 2005.
She is currently working on "The Boom Boom Benny Story"

Eileen FlemingEileen is the Reporter and Editor of wearewideawake.orgProducer of "30 Minutes with Vanunu" and "13 Minutes with Vanunu" Author of "Keep Hope Alive" and "Memoirs of a Nice Irish American 'Girl's' Life in Occupied Territory" She has been to Israel Palestine five times since June 2005.
She is currently working on "The Boom Boom Benny Story"

Thanks Anthony

When candidate Bush claimed his favorite philosopher was Jesus; I believed him.

 THAT DAY we call 9/11 was the beginning of the end of my naivete, for President Bush doesn't know jack about JC's philosophy:

"The Peacemakers shall be called the children of God."-Jesus, Matthew 5:9

 

NOT those that bomb, torture or occupy others.

 

Jesus also said:

 

"FEAR NOT!" and 

 

"You shall know the truth and the truth will set you free."

 

Thanks for your truth telling Anthony for in solidarity "we have it in our power to begin the world again"-Tom Paine 

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by Eileen Fleming (140 articles, 49 quicklinks, 264 diaries, 584 comments) on Wednesday, October 3, 2007 at 3:48:59 PM
 


electronic technician, truth seeker
Bob Gormleyelectronic technician, truth seeker

Hello WAWA

Hi Eileen,

     I also was deceived temporarily by Bush.

I  learned my lesson!

     Look at people's fruits, their past way of living, etc. and you will see

the pattern. 

 

 

by Bob Gormley (1 articles, 0 quicklinks, 3 diaries, 913 comments) on Wednesday, October 3, 2007 at 7:31:41 PM
 


electronic technician, truth seeker
Bob Gormleyelectronic technician, truth seeker

Very Refreshing

Anthony,

     Your article was very refreshing. I can tell fom your words that we are very

much on the same page. It is indeed difficult to spread the message of Jesus

with all the counterfeit Christianity out there. Yes... we have been warned

about "wolves in sheep's clothing", and they are in great abundance.

    You are also correct how this "bowing down to fear" is also non-Biblical.

Too many lazy-minded, materialism addicted "Christians" out there. Christians need to act more like the Jedi in Star Wars instead of just a bunch

of bumbling sheep. Do I dare use the word "righteous living" on this forum?

That's what we need more "righteous living". Not in the "holier than thou sense", but in the sense of "raising the  bar" intellectually, physically, and

spiritually.

God Bless,
Bob

by Bob Gormley (1 articles, 0 quicklinks, 3 diaries, 913 comments) on Wednesday, October 3, 2007 at 7:27:26 PM
 


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Mark SashineA writer is a rogue goose. All other gees fly in a flock formation; every goose knows his place and time for honking. The rogue goose is undisciplined. He leaves the formation indiscriminately to have a look at it from aside. He roams back and forth, takes a peep at the leader, honks a little bit from behind, distracts everyone and writes on what he sees. Time passes and as he wants to return back to his place he discovers someone else there. Thus he either has to wait until they land for rest...

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OK, then why

 none of the real Churches has  Mr. Beck dressed as a Devil to put a picture on display? One such picture and  he will be ruined, right?

Why no  one protests when delusional Beck appears on the show EVERY DAY?

Folks, I love you all. But in the interest of the truth, admit, please, that 90% of your flock loves what he says, thinks that way and have neither hearts nor brains.  And Mr. Beck knows that. And Pastor Lloyd knows that too.

by Mark Sashine (47 articles, 19 quicklinks, 235 diaries, 3360 comments) on Thursday, October 4, 2007 at 9:09:20 AM
 


Eileen is the Reporter and Editor of wearewideawake.orgProducer of "30 Minutes with Vanunu" and "13 Minutes with Vanunu" Author of "Keep Hope Alive" and "Memoirs of a Nice Irish American 'Girl's' Life in Occupied Territory" She has been to Israel Palestine five times since June 2005.
She is currently working on "The Boom Boom Benny Story"

Eileen FlemingEileen is the Reporter and Editor of wearewideawake.orgProducer of "30 Minutes with Vanunu" and "13 Minutes with Vanunu" Author of "Keep Hope Alive" and "Memoirs of a Nice Irish American 'Girl's' Life in Occupied Territory" She has been to Israel Palestine five times since June 2005.
She is currently working on "The Boom Boom Benny Story"

NOT OK!

It is way past time for Jesus to be liberated from the right wing who have made him into their image!

 

 

Jesus was never a Christian; in fact that term was not even coined until the days of Paul. Although no Christian, Jesus was a social justice, radical revolutionary Palestinian devout Jewish Road Warrior who challenged the job security of the Temple Priests by teaching the people they did not need to pay the priests for ritual baths or sacrificing livestock to be OK with God-for God LOVED them just as they were; sinners, outcasts, diseased, cripples, poor, oppressed widows, orphans, refugees and prisoners all enduring under Roman Occupation.

 

What got Jesus crucified was disturbing the status quo of the ROF/Roman Occupying Forces by teaching such subversive concepts that Caesar only had power because God allowed it and that God was on the side of the sinners, outcasts, diseased, cripples, poor, oppressed widows, orphans, refugees and prisoners all enduring under Roman Occupation.

 

The early followers and lovers of Jesus were called members of THE WAY; being THE WAY he taught one must be to be his sister and brother; which is that one is to do the WILL of the Father. It was the Hebrew prophet Micah who reminded the people, "What does God require? He has told you o'man! Be just, be merciful, and walk humbly with your Lord." -Micah 6:8

 

2,000 years ago the cross had NO symbolic religious meaning. When Jesus said: "Pick up your cross and follow me" he was issuing a political statement. 2,000 years ago the main road to Jerusalem was filled with crucified rebels, dissidents, outlaws, outcasts and any other sinner, outcast, diseased, cripple, poor, oppressed person who disturbed the status quo of the elite ROF.

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by Eileen Fleming (140 articles, 49 quicklinks, 264 diaries, 584 comments) on Thursday, October 4, 2007 at 10:21:09 AM
 


electronic technician, truth seeker
Bob Gormleyelectronic technician, truth seeker

Admit

I really don't know these 2 pastors.

I have shied away from the churchy crowd.

You are probably right though.... most will blindly support their

pastor. Big difference between churchianity and spirituality. 

by Bob Gormley (1 articles, 0 quicklinks, 3 diaries, 913 comments) on Thursday, October 4, 2007 at 5:19:35 PM
 


36 year old Bid rose well above the ignorant environs of his family's upbringing and filled his mind with the extremes of subversive underground counterculture and illegal substances until he wound up sitting naked on the end of his bed in one of his empty rooms of this world, bleeding, and trying to braid a noose to hang himself with out of a trashbag that contained the last of his worldly belongings... Then he cut off all his hair and moved straight away to the wild unknown country where he c...

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C.Bid36 year old Bid rose well above the ignorant environs of his family's upbringing and filled his mind with the extremes of subversive underground counterculture and illegal substances until he wound up sitting naked on the end of his bed in one of his empty rooms of this world, bleeding, and trying to braid a noose to hang himself with out of a trashbag that contained the last of his worldly belongings... Then he cut off all his hair and moved straight away to the wild unknown country where he c...

to see more of bio, click on member name

Good article, Anthony!

Loved all the Beck quotes!

Bush never ever fooled me though...

Unfortunately, this won't be the last time the unsavory types hide behind religion or turn it into their own crooked device!  That goes across the board doesn't it? -any religion can be used contrary to the teachings of it and it's partial human nature to be somewhat hypocritical if you are living the unexamined life, isn't it?  Christ represents, to me, a notion of hope to his followers and not so much a figure who is permissive of fearmongering and using his name to spread intolerance or to even personally gain in this world.  Those who would abuse his name in that way I would call 'parasites'.

What was it Gandhi said?

"I like your Christ... not so much his followers"

Cheers,

Bid

by C.Bid (0 articles, 7 quicklinks, 7 diaries, 647 comments) on Thursday, October 4, 2007 at 1:14:22 PM
 


electronic technician, truth seeker
Bob Gormleyelectronic technician, truth seeker

Fooled

I was fooled because I became spiritually lazy.

It was a good wake-up call for me.

Never again.

by Bob Gormley (1 articles, 0 quicklinks, 3 diaries, 913 comments) on Thursday, October 4, 2007 at 5:24:34 PM
 


I'm a communication analyst .
jsI'm a communication analyst .

what if ?

Understand your scepticism , But maybe real terrorist threats were averted through prayer.

by js (0 articles, 0 quicklinks, 0 diaries, 3 comments) on Thursday, October 4, 2007 at 6:17:11 PM
 


I'm a communication analyst .
jsI'm a communication analyst .

where to post

Also Mr. Wade, have you posted this article in a Christian forum ?

by js (0 articles, 0 quicklinks, 0 diaries, 3 comments) on Thursday, October 4, 2007 at 6:18:30 PM
 

 

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