Monday, November 23, 2009

Opinion

Blog Buzz: North Korea, Guns, and the Christian Conservative Vote

Posted June 26, 2008

Knocked off Its Axis

The lifting of sanctions on North Korea brings Bush praise from right and left. Implications for November? Andrew Sullivan on The Atlantic's Daily Dish notes that on North Korea, McCain is more of a neocon than Bush. And The Washington Note's Steve Clemons thinks Obama's inclination toward engagement with problematic leaders around the world is now bolstered.

Arms Activism?

The Supreme Court overturned the D.C. handgun ban this morning, and The Atlantic's Matthew Yglesias doubts that conservatives will be too upset by the "judicial activism" involved in the court's first major verdict on gun rights in U.S. history. Meanwhile, Mark Ambinder, another Atlantic blogger, wonders if guns are the keys to the kingdom for McCain. But Politco's Ben Smith notes that while the gun ruling put Obama on slightly uncomfortable turf, a stronger Second Amendment might move the gun issue off the table. Get ready for a lot of discussion about judicial nominations in the coming days.

Christian Conservatives and McCain

Mark Halperin on Time's The Page notes the importance of Christian conservatives, who helped W win re-election in Ohio and other swing states, to McCain. But Francis Wilkinson on the New York Times's Campaign Stops doesn't think the Republican candidates' views on religion will sit well with the Christian right.

Veepstakes

Florida Gov. Charlie Crist looks for a middle course between pro-alternative energy and conservation, and Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal calls the Supreme Court's child rape ruling an "affront to the people of Louisiana."

—Johannah Cornblatt

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Reader Comments

What is the beast in the forehead?

People ask me who the beast in the Bible represents? Here is my answer! People who seek to destroy Palin's reputation. This is an example of the Beast within Bible prophecy of which I speak. The effort to destroy Sarah because of her daughters pregnancy by deliberately creating negative headlines to put Sarah down in the public eye. That is the monster of th ID hidden within these peoples minds. This monster is unleashed within the minds of many human beasts who use their evil destructive power to the destroy some one else. The people in the media who set traps for good people like Sarah Palin within gotcha interviews. Such were also motivated by a Satanic spirit to stop a good person from gaining power above their imagined authority. Sarah was too close to the presidency. Satan builds his evil anti christ image directly into the minds of conspiring men and women like Katie on CBS news, then he uses them to destroy the power of Godly people like Sarah Palin, or Mitt Romney, or even George Bush. People personally accept this beastly power which sets up a home in their mind and executes such evil intentions through hidden masked motives. The mark of the beast is inside the forehead, as John states, or, in the human intellect, or mind. I am trying to expose this monster to all christians because they do not yet see it. They think it is a computer implant.

Please help me expose this monster to the whole world through my published book now available to the world on Amazon. com.

Why? Because this beast is doing everything it can to prevent me from getting this information out to the world. If I could expose this hidden monster to the world perhaps Sarah could be president in 4 years. Perhaps this information needs to reach the light of day before people will hear anything we try to teach them. Watch the you tube movies on my sight.

Paul www. eternaltruth. net

Rature theories are hurting christian political unity

The enemy within the christian conservative movement may be doing far more damage than the liberal media to our cause. We have learned that several million Christians failed to vote in this last election. I have also learned that the end times doomsday theology has a great influence into the mindset of many Christians today. A christian church having nearly a million members is claiming that December 14th will be the beginning of the tribulation period, and the trump will sound. I tried hard to influence a such people to vote this year! Why would they not want to vote? It was a contradiction to their religious convictions when according to them, America has already been judged by God. Why not vote?

What was their hang up? Why vote if Christian’s are caught up in a rapture to heaven, and when the anti Christ will dominate the world anyway according to prophecy? The most frightening thing coming is the popular 2012 date set for the rapture spreading anticipation like wild fire! It may draw many more Christians into a doomsday mentality, potentially hurting the next election much more so.

The conservative balance of power may be determined by such critical voters who may yet determine America's future. We need all christians to stay loyal to America, not the Rapture! What is wrong with this anti-christ beast theory? Look at Waco Texas, and David Koresh, and Jim Jones, and others. What happens when normal human beings are drawn into abnormal behavior by strong religious convictions coming from a doomsday theology! This hidden enemy exists within our conservative center, and it may already be doing far more harm than the liberal media has done to conservative causes.

Revelation 15:2 clearly states that the mark of the beast is something Christians must personally overcome to gain the victory through the blood of the lamb? This description and obvious wording in the Bible seem to identify mans fallen nature, not some computer implant which many wrongly speculate. Did Christ die for our sins, or did he die for computer implants? Is this not a ridiculous theology which millions of Christians have fallen for?.Lets list some rational truth's concerning this subject taken directly from the Bible.

The mark originated with Cain, in the Old Testament. Cain killed his brother Abel and sought to cover his sin by hiding his murderous crime. God asked Cain,where is thy brother? Cain said, I know not, am I my brothers keeper? Cain was marked after becoming the the example of satanic behavior God detests.

God then cursed the works of Cain’s hand’s, the ground he tilled no longer brought forth her strength. In other word’s, a bad economy then followed the mark. Can we not identify this mark as Gods curse upon Cain’s right handed works? Why? Cain had yielded himself to Satan’s power by failing to bring forth good fruits, breaking Gods commandments.

It was Satan who was symbolized in the Bible as being the cursed beast (the Serpent) in the Garden of Eden. A type

MAN PREDICTS ECONOMIC PROBLEMS IN A BIBLE PROPHECY

Author Paul Gregersen wrote his book in 2006 and he predicted a prophetic economic event 7 years after 9/11. September 11th 2008 marked exactly 7 years after the following day when the 12th American bank in 2008 failed. This means exactly eleven banks had failed by September 11th on that very day before September 12th. It was September 12th that marked the exact day that the 12th bank failed. This event was predicted in Isaiah chapter thirty where economic heavy burdens would place a bridle in the peoples jaws 7 times after the towers fell."Isaiah 25-28." All the seven world trade centers either had fallen or were so damaged that they had to be taken down after 9/11. An 8th building accross the street was destroyed which was not a world trade center structure! That structure was a large American bank. Was 9/11 a prophetic countdown for the literal destruction of left wing Babylon? The very people who have destroyed our economy and banking system? Is God about to destroy their shadow left wing government and purify America? Every one needs to get this book and its prophetic information ammediately.

A letter written to Sarah Palins church in Wasilla Alaska on 9/11/O8...........

I am a published christian author who has a plan to help your assembly of God church and help thwart this

media storm now coming at you.

As you know the liberal news media is planning an even greater attack on your

church because of Sarah Palin. They are contacting every willing enemy who wants national publicity they can

find in your area.

This political effort will unfairly focus on the false premise that your church

has long practiced extreme doctrines in spite of any evidence you may testify to the

contrary.

They obviously consider such an attack on your church to be their best chance of

discouraging other christians and non christians to view Sarah Palin as a serious contender for the whitehouse but a religious nut.

These critics well know that most American christians follow specific Biblical doctrines

and hold such doctrines above their own political interests.

The plan is to cast both your church and Sara Palin as being outsiders from traditional

biblical christianity. They hope to create the appearance of an agenda driven theology seeking power.

The vulnerabilities they are targeting are to be created to widely exploit the idea

that ...

1. The Iraq war was Gods plan making it appear that Sarah has a prophetic call by direct revelation from God to support Iraq.

2. Spread the notion that Sara is motivated by a revelation from God to fulfill

a prophecy that Alaska has a mission from God to save America and the world.

3. To make a direct connection to your church as being the source of this political

doctrine which cannot be supported by the Bible and therefore becomes something

which offends biblical christianity and American voters.

4. Playi

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