Monday, March 31, 2014
Friday, March 28, 2014
Western Ignorance of the ‘Conditions of Omar’
A jihadi group occupying the Syrian town of Raqqa recently gave Christian minorities living there three choices: 1) convert to Islam; 2) remain Christian but pay tribute and accept third-class subject status; or 3) die by the sword.
According to the BBC, the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria issued a directive:
[The directive cites] the Islamic concept of “dhimma,” [which] requires Christians in the city to pay tax of around half an ounce (14g) of pure gold in exchange for their safety. It says Christians must not make renovations to churches, display crosses or other religious symbols outside churches, ring church bells or pray in public. Christians must not carry arms, and must follow other rules imposed by ISIS (also known as ISIL) on their daily lives. The statement said the group had met Christian representatives and offered them three choices — they could convert to Islam, accept ISIS’ conditions, or reject their control and risk being killed. “If they reject, they are subject to being legitimate targets, and nothing will remain between them and ISIS other than the sword,” the statement said.
Read more:
PJ Media » Western Ignorance of the ‘Conditions of Omar’
Future of man: mutants, human-machine symbiosis, 'feminized' males,
However, they can change themselves and can do that unassisted. The potential of genetic engineering is very high today, and the appearance of human cyborgs is a real perspective, Konstantin Frumkin says.
Future of man: mutants, human-machine symbiosis, 'feminized' males, 26 March 2014
Future of man: mutants, human-machine symbiosis, 'feminized' males, 26 March 2014
Thursday, March 27, 2014
Monday, March 24, 2014
Sea of Azov turned bloody red... - The Watchers
(July 2012 report: a harbinger of things to come?)
Scientists and citizens are baffled as the waters of the Azov Sea turned bloody red close to Berdyansk village in mid-July, according to article published online by EnglishRussia. Villagers immediately suspected the great pollution from nearby factories. And older locals warned that it might be a sign of the coming events. Scientist however point that the most probable reason for bloody red color of the sea is algal blooms that are not dangerous to humans.
The researchers explained that the bright red color of the sea is result of high temperatures, which led to the blossoming of brown algae. The south-west wind "drove" algal blooms closer to shore. Further flowering could lead to fish deaths of mass proportions.
Sea of Azov turned bloody red... - The Watchers
FDA considers approval of genetically modified babies
As mainstream society inches increasingly further away from the natural order of things, some scientists are busy hatching new methods of human reproduction that employ the same gene-altering techniques used by biotechnology companies like Monsanto. And according to new reports, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is fully on board with this brave new agenda, having recently met to discuss the future of what the mainstream media is now referring to as genetically modified (GM) human beings.
A chilling report by The New York Times (NYT) explains that a special FDA advisory committee recently met to discuss the approval of "radical biological procedures" that involve splicing and dicing the genetic blueprint of the human form. Referred to by the FDA as "mitochondrial manipulation technologies," this disturbing concept, which is already being pushed as a viable fertility option, involves reprogramming the natural process of fetal development to supposedly create healthier babies with lower disease risk.
FDA considers approval of genetically modified babies
Thursday, March 20, 2014
Luther’s Protest Is Over? Catholics and Charismatics Look To New Ecumenical Unity
The Pope has stirred things up in recent weeks by sending a video message to Pentecostal Word of Faith leader Kenneth Copeland, urging reconciliation between Catholics and Charismatics. Anglican Episcopal Bishop and friend of the Pontiff, Tony Palmer, stated in an introduction to the video before Copeland’s live audience, “The Catholic and Charismatic Renewal is the hope of the Church,” as ministry followers cheered him on.
He continued by telling the group that his words had come straight from the Vatican. “When my wife saw that she could be Catholic, and Charismatic, and Evangelical, and Pentecostal, and it was absolutely accepted in the Catholic Church, she said that she would like to reconnect her roots with the Catholic culture. So she did.”
“Brothers and sisters, Luther’s protest is over. Is yours?” came the bold proclamation from Palmer, followed by an enthusiastic reaction from Kenneth Copeland himself, who said, “Heaven is thrilled over this…You know what is so thrilling to me? When we went into the ministry 47 years ago, this was impossible.”
Luther’s Protest Is Over? Catholics and Charismatics Look To New Ecumenical Unity
He continued by telling the group that his words had come straight from the Vatican. “When my wife saw that she could be Catholic, and Charismatic, and Evangelical, and Pentecostal, and it was absolutely accepted in the Catholic Church, she said that she would like to reconnect her roots with the Catholic culture. So she did.”
“Brothers and sisters, Luther’s protest is over. Is yours?” came the bold proclamation from Palmer, followed by an enthusiastic reaction from Kenneth Copeland himself, who said, “Heaven is thrilled over this…You know what is so thrilling to me? When we went into the ministry 47 years ago, this was impossible.”
Luther’s Protest Is Over? Catholics and Charismatics Look To New Ecumenical Unity
Sunday, March 16, 2014
The Obama Peace Plan Includes Permanently Dividing The City Of Jerusalem
Barack Obama’s “two state” peace plan would not just permanently divide the land of Israel. It would also permanently divide the city of Jerusalem. It is anticipated that the “Kerry Plan”, which is expected to be revealed to the public soon, will call for a Palestinian capital in east Jerusalem without specifying the exact borders. According to some media reports, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry has approached Palestinian leadership with the idea of locating the Palestinian capital in the neighborhood of Beit Hanina. Of course the details of any peace agreement will change as negotiations progress, but one thing is becoming increasingly clear – the Palestinians will never accept an undivided Jerusalem and the U.S. government is going to pressure Israel to hand part of the holy city over to them. But if Israel gives in and accepts a “peace plan” that includes the permanent division of Jerusalem, it will end up being absolutely disastrous for Israel, for the Palestinians and for the United States.
Read more:
The Obama Peace Plan Includes Permanently Dividing The City Of Jerusalem
Friday, March 7, 2014
Britain: Mass Immigration Leaves Towns and Cities 'Unrecognizable'
Net immigration to the United Kingdom surged to 212,000 in the year ending September 2013, a significant increase from 154,000 in the previous year, according to the latest official statistics.
The new immigration data cast considerable doubt on a pledge by Prime Minister David Cameron to get net migration—the difference between the number of people entering Britain and those leaving—down to the "tens of thousands" before the general election in May 2015.
According to the latest Migration Statistics Quarterly Report (MSQR), published by the Office for National Statistics on February 27, some 532,000 people migrated to the UK in the year ending in September, up from the 497,000 people who arrived during the previous year, while 320,000 left the country, down from the 343,000 the previous year.
The number of EU citizens arriving in the UK rose to 209,000, up from 149,000 the previous year, while immigration of non-EU citizens was 244,000, down from 269,000 the previous year.
Most of the immigrants to the UK from the EU were from economically troubled countries, including Bulgaria, Italy, Poland, Portugal, Romania and Spain. Most of those arriving from non-EU countries were immigrants from Africa, Asia and the Middle East.
Britain: Mass Immigration Leaves Towns and Cities 'Unrecognizable'
Thursday, March 6, 2014
Alevis want back places of worship seized by Ataturk
This is rather interesting. I have never heard of this sect before. Apparently it has something to do with dervishes:
"A law passed on Dec. 13, 1925, seized dervish lodges, shrines and mausoleums, which are all worship institutions used by the Alevis until then."
Read entire article:
Alevis want back places of worship seized by Ataturk - Al-Monitor: the Pulse of the Middle East
Monday, March 3, 2014
Dreaming of World Government – One Hundred Years Ago | Forcing Change
The dream was straightforward. World peace would have to come via world government. To that end, a five-point document was presented to men of high political standing – men who shaped foreign policy, who wielded power in the top universities, who commanded industry, who represented the most influential organizations and the most enlightened social circles of the day. Men who personally knew presidents and prime ministers; indeed, for some the White House was their house.
The year was 1912. Calls for “world government” precede that date, but the fact that we find much discussion today regarding “global governance” and the need for an “international political authority” – one hundred years removed from 1912 – demonstrates the continuum of a “big idea.”
Now, this century-old five-point statement wasn’t lengthy. Rather, it laid out the skeletal structure for world administration in only a few paragraphs. Today, this text would probably be described as a visioning document. Even now these five points are considered fundamental to a new global order.
Click to read on and see the five points:
Dreaming of World Government – One Hundred Years Ago | Forcing ChangeChina train station attack risks driving ethnic wedge deeper | Reuters
(Islam behind this attack, read on)
The East Turkestan Islamic Movement - which claimed responsibility for the Tiananmen incident - is a major separatist force, the official Xinhua news agency said. The ETIM is listed by the U.N. Security Council as a terrorist group.
Before these two incidents, violence had largely been confined to Xinjiang, which borders former-Soviet Central Asia, Afghanistan, Pakistan and India, where more than 100 people have been killed in the past year.
China train station attack risks driving ethnic wedge deeper | Reuters
Report from AIPAC conference:Joel C. Rosenberg's Blog
Click to read quick overview of this historic meeting in Washington, D.C. over the weekend:
Report from AIPAC conference: “Bombshell” interview by Obama may create new strains in US-Israel relationship. Netanyahu, Kerry set to address 14,000 activists today. | Joel C. Rosenberg's Blog
Report from AIPAC conference: “Bombshell” interview by Obama may create new strains in US-Israel relationship. Netanyahu, Kerry set to address 14,000 activists today. | Joel C. Rosenberg's Blog
Sunday, March 2, 2014
Israel legally separates Christians from Muslim Arabs »
Israel’s Knesset on Monday signed into law a bill that legally distinguishes between local Christians and the bulk of the Arabic-speaking population, which is primarily Muslim. The stated goal of the law is to boost Christian employment rights by recognizing them as an independent minority, and thereby granting them separate representation on local councils and employment committees. Israeli Arab (mostly Muslim) members of Knesset blasted the new law, insisting it would undermine Arab identity in the Holy Land. But beyond the increased employment rights, that is precisely the point for many Arabic-speaking Christians in Israel.
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Israel legally separates Christians from Muslim Arabs »
Friday, February 28, 2014
Sermon Reading: "As He Is So Are We In this World"
Click to listen:
As He Is So Are We In This World by John G. Lake
Wednesday, February 26, 2014
Catholic Pope Francis charged, trial set, for trafficking orphans - Provo child abuse | Examiner.com
A year ago Catholic Pope Francis came to power over the global Catholic Church after Pope Benedictresigned from office. The unprecedented resignation of a Catholic pope happened within days of Pope Benedict being served an arrest warrant by the same international court that would try Pope Francis in March.
Catholic Pope Benedict's Feb. 2013 guilty verdict came after months of deliberation by 36 jury members and six international judges on 150 cases surrounding over 50,000 missing Canadian native children.
Catholic Pope Francis charged, trial set, for trafficking orphans - Provo child abuse | Examiner.com
Tuesday, February 18, 2014
What does it mean that a Christian is a new creation (2 Corinthians 5:17)?
To understand the new creation, first we must grasp that it is in fact a creation, something created by God. John 1:13 tells us that this new birth was brought about by the will of God. We did not inherit the new nature, nor did we decide to re-create ourselves anew, nor did God simply clean up our old nature; He created something entirely fresh and unique. The new creation is completely new, brought about from nothing, just as the whole universe was created by God ex nihilo, from nothing. Only the Creator could accomplish such a feat.
Second, “old things have passed away.” The “old” refers to everything that is part of our old nature—natural pride, love of sin, reliance on works, and our former opinions, habits and passions. Most significantly, what we loved has passed away, especially the supreme love of self and with it self-righteousness, self-promotion, and self-justification. The new creature looks outwardly toward Christ instead of inwardly toward self. The old things died, nailed to the cross with our sin nature.
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What does it mean that a Christian is a new creation (2 Corinthians 5:17)?
Monday, February 17, 2014
Ann Windsor Publications: "Is A Life Of Wellness Possible And How Do You Achieve it?"
Physical healing......possible? Yes.
Personally, I have lived a life of wellness.
I learned early in my Christian life that by Jesus stripes' healing for my body had been made available to me.
Not having been taught against it, I embraced this teaching. By faith in the Work of the Cross, I have been healed many times. The last healing, major, was from breast cancer.
I am offering to you the truths that I have learned and stood on for many years.
This is a large 8.5 x 11 workbook in larger printer. Read it. Write in it. Highlight it. Engraft it's truth into your heart. Put it on your tongue. Lay hands on yourself and practice what you read.
This is for 'feeding' and 'doing' not just reading.
Follow the link to my publications page to purchase:
Ann Windsor Publications: "Is A Life Of Wellness Possible And How Do You Achieve it?"
Ann Windsor Publications: "Eternal Life - What Is It?"
You will be glad you did! This is a small book, 6 x 9 inches, 46 pages, but the information in it will change your life. Eternal life isn't living forever....all human beings will live forever as we are spirits.
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Ann Windsor Publications: "Eternal Life - What Is It?"
Friday, February 14, 2014
Pentagon caves to Muslim groups as suspected jihadi-infiltrators on the rise | Allen B. West - AllenBWest.com
Author Raymond Ibrahim, an Associate Fellow at the Middle East Forum, writes, “Where loyalty to the U.S. is most needed, the Pentagon embraces those who show that their loyalty is elsewhere (among other things, the beard and hijab are meant to separate “pure believers” from “impure infidels”).”
Pentagon caves to Muslim groups as suspected jihadi-infiltrators on the rise | Allen B. West - AllenBWest.com
PA tells Kerry no to framework deal in current form
The officials claimed that the Obama administration’s current proposal, which is intended to serve as the basis for continued talks on a two-state solution, includes pretty much everything Israel demanded — almost down to the last detail — but does not address vital requirements from the Palestinian side. (Israeli officials have voiced numerous objections of their own to the reported terms, with Israel’s Defense Minister Moshe Ya’alon quoted as describing the security aspect of the document, for instance, as “not worth the paper it’s printed on.”)
Click to read further:
PA tells Kerry no to framework deal in current form | The Times of Israel
Facing the consequencs of dividing Israel
We know that Matthew 24 predicts natural calamities that are to take place as a sign of Jesus' return. I have included some news today about the natural calamities we have been having here in the U.S. This has been going on without a break since the 1st of January. Here where I live, we have about 6 inches of snow on the ground and it is snowing more this morning. We are expecting another 3 to 5 inches today. We are 37 days until spring!!!!
I want to bring to your attention a book written by William Koenig in 2004 and revised in 2008. Notice the sub title: "Facing The Consequences of Dividing Israel". Bill goes back to 1991 and shows statistically, that our nations various negotiations to get Israel to give away or divide their land, has resulted in a natural calamity of some short here in the U.S. Very interesting.
You might enjoy looking into this a little further. Also right now, Britain is suffering from flooding. They too are involved in the Middle East land-for-peace process.
You can get a used copy of Bill's book from various dealers or a new copy through Amazon. Here is the link:
http://www.amazon.com/dp/0971734704/?tag=googhydr-20&hvadid=37355220425&hvpos=1t1&hvexid=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=401072941547915211&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=b&hvdev=c&ref=pd_sl_7kgcycq6m8_b
I want to bring to your attention a book written by William Koenig in 2004 and revised in 2008. Notice the sub title: "Facing The Consequences of Dividing Israel". Bill goes back to 1991 and shows statistically, that our nations various negotiations to get Israel to give away or divide their land, has resulted in a natural calamity of some short here in the U.S. Very interesting.
You might enjoy looking into this a little further. Also right now, Britain is suffering from flooding. They too are involved in the Middle East land-for-peace process.
You can get a used copy of Bill's book from various dealers or a new copy through Amazon. Here is the link:
http://www.amazon.com/dp/0971734704/?tag=googhydr-20&hvadid=37355220425&hvpos=1t1&hvexid=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=401072941547915211&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=b&hvdev=c&ref=pd_sl_7kgcycq6m8_b
Israel Hayom | British PM nixes Israel trip due to flood crisis
British Prime Minister David Cameron: I send my apologies to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, but nothing is more important than dealing with these floods.
Israel Hayom | British PM nixes Israel trip due to flood crisis
Kerry meets with Jordan's King Abdullah to discuss peace process, Syria
| US Secretary of State John Kerry met with King Abdullah II of Jordan in order to discuss peace negotiations between Israel and the Palestinians, and the crisis in Syria, reported Jordan's official news agency Petra on Tuesday. According to the report, the king asserted Jordan's continued support for the peace efforts to establish an independent Palestinian state on the basis of the 1967 lines with east Jerusalem as its capital. |
Kerry meets with Jordan's King Abdullah to discuss peace process, Syria
Barack Obama and King Abdullah II to meet at Sunnylands
The Feb. 14 meeting, which the White House announced Wednesday, will focus on the ongoing Middle East peace talks and the civil war in Syria that has created a refugee crisis in neighboring Jordan.
Barack Obama and King Abdullah II to meet at Sunnylands | The Desert Sun | mydesert.com
Saturday, February 8, 2014
The Arab Descendants of Ishmael
Are The Arabs The Descendants of Ishmael?
By Dr. Robert A. MoreyIntroduction
The M idd le East w i ll never have peace until the above question is honest ly
answered accord ing to the h istor ica l facts. Myths and legends are fine as
stor ies for ch ildren but in the rea l world we must have facts and
documentat ion.
Part One
The Arab C la im
The Arabs ’ c laim to the land of Israel rest ent ire ly on three fa lse
assumpt ions:
1. All Arabs are the descendants of Abraham through Ishmael.
2. Ishmael and h is descendants were inc luded in the covenant God made
w ith Abraham.
3. Since the Abraham ic covenant
Rest of article:
www.journeytojesus.com/AreTheArabsDescendantsOfIshmael.pdf
Information on Robert Morey:
http://www.faithdefenders.com/about.html
Friday, February 7, 2014
Shema‘ Yisrael: Monotheistic Jewish Amulet Discovered Near Carnuntum – Biblical Archaeology Society
(This is an interesting read, some based in speculation I would think...come to your own conclusions about Israel not denying the existence of other gods. By the time of Paul, he said that the other 'gods' were no gods at all.)
The Shema‘ Yisrael from Deuteronomy 6:4 (“Hear O Israel, the Lord our God, the Lord is one”) is Judaism’s holiest confession. Today, we understand the passage as a monotheistic declaration. However, in the Second Temple period, the Shema‘ Yisrael text in Deuteronomy would have been read “Hear, O Israel! The Lord is our God, the Lordalone.” The Shema‘ Yisrael was originally a monolatric statement; it stated that Israel had an exclusive relationship with its God, but it did not deny the existence of other national deities for other peoples.
Read on:
Shema‘ Yisrael: Monotheistic Jewish Amulet Discovered Near Carnuntum – Biblical Archaeology Society
The Shema‘ Yisrael from Deuteronomy 6:4 (“Hear O Israel, the Lord our God, the Lord is one”) is Judaism’s holiest confession. Today, we understand the passage as a monotheistic declaration. However, in the Second Temple period, the Shema‘ Yisrael text in Deuteronomy would have been read “Hear, O Israel! The Lord is our God, the Lordalone.” The Shema‘ Yisrael was originally a monolatric statement; it stated that Israel had an exclusive relationship with its God, but it did not deny the existence of other national deities for other peoples.
Read on:
Shema‘ Yisrael: Monotheistic Jewish Amulet Discovered Near Carnuntum – Biblical Archaeology Society
Thursday, February 6, 2014
Jordanian MP quotes Muhammad: “Judgment Day will not come until the Muslims fight the Jews, and the Muslims will kill them” : Jihad Watch
(Those who follow end time prophecy, should do a fresh study on the place of Jordan in the E.T. scenario)
A few years ago, David Horowitz and I challenged the major Muslim organizations in the U.S. to repudiate this genocidal hadith. None would, and the few who commented at all offered nothing more than the usual propaganda about “taking it out of context,” implying that only greasy Islamophobes understood such passages as having an applicability to the present situation. Apparently Jordanian MP Zakaria al-Sheikh didn’t get the memo.
Meanwhile, MP Mousa Abu Sweilam says: “I would like to tell everybody that the Palestinian cause is an Islamic issue of the first degree.” This is the foremost point that John Kerry, Barack Obama and the entire Washington establishment refuses to grasp. Yet as long as people like Mousa Abu Sweilam and others believe that the existence of Israel is an insult to Islam that must be eradicated, no negotiated settlement will ever work. If Obama and Kerry force Israel to accept yet another one, it will fail almost immediately, with the concessions Israel is pushed into making becoming the basis for new jihad attacks.
Read on:
Jordanian MP quotes Muhammad: “Judgment Day will not come until the Muslims fight the Jews, and the Muslims will kill them” : Jihad WatchThe dangers of Muslim-Christian “interfaith dialogue”
“Has the Church in the U.S. Succumbed to the Charms of Islam?,” by William Kilpatrick in New Oxford Review, January 2014:
Read on:…New York’s Timothy Cardinal Dolan paid a visit last summer to the Albanian Islamic Cultural Center in Tompkinsville on Staten Island, where he met with a large group of Muslim leaders. As is often the case when Catholic prelates meet with Muslims, his theme was the common ground shared by the two faiths. Cardinal Dolan told his Islamic audience, “You love God, we love God, and he is the same God,” and he thanked them “for making me feel like a friend and a member of a family.” He went on to tell them how much they share in common with Catholics: “Your love of marriage and family, your love of children and babies, your love of freedom — religious freedom particularly — your defense of life, your desire for harmony and unity and your care for others, your care for God’s creation and your care for those who are in need.”Perhaps this is true of the Muslims of Tompkinsville, but unfortunately the cardinal’s words will be taken as an endorsement of Islam in general. I say “unfortunately” because what he says about the common values and beliefs of Muslims and Catholics is highly misleading.Two Fundamentally Distinct FaithsTake the assertion that Muslims and Catholics love the same God. Of course, Cardinal Dolan’s statement can be justified in the broad sense: There is, after all, only one God. Whether prayer and worship are being offered to our Father in Heaven or to Allah or to the Great Spirit, there is only one God who is paying attention. But in that sense, anyone who offers up prayers is praying to the same God to whom Catholics pray.Once we move from the general to the particular, the “same God” thesis begins to fall apart. In the New Testament, God presents Himself as a Trinity (Mt. 28:19); in the Koran, God explicitly denies being a Trinity (5:73). In the Gospels, God refers to Jesus as “my beloved Son” (Mt. 3:17); in the Koran, God curses Christians for calling Christ the Son of God (9:30). In the Christian account, God accepts His only Son’s sacrificial death on the cross; in the Muslim account, God declares reports of Christ’s crucifixion to be “a monstrous falsehood” (4:157). In light of these significant differences, it is difficult to see how the God of the Bible and the God of the Koran could be one and the same.
The dangers of Muslim-Christian “interfaith dialogue” : Jihad Watch
Wednesday, February 5, 2014
Jordan faces growing Salafist-jihadist threat - Al-Monitor: the Pulse of the Middle East
Jordan is in the eye of a storm as armed Salafist and jihadist brigades, as well as al-Qaeda militants, are pouring into the country from all sides. The dangers of the “Arab Afghans” that existed a quarter of a century ago — when Iraq was turned into a terrorism-export “factory” after it came under occupation — remain etched in the memory of the people and officials.
Read more: http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/security/2014/02/jordan-faces-salafist-jihadist-threat.html#ixzz2sSuXGCk7
US Working Group gives wrong advice on Egypt - Al-Monitor: the Pulse of the Middle East
by Wael Nawara
The letter, despite citing several facts and many a valid criticism of the interim Egyptian government, fails to see these things in the larger context.
Read article here:
US Working Group gives wrong advice on Egypt - Al-Monitor: the Pulse of the Middle East
Insight: Reclusive cleric's followers pose biggest threat to Turkey's Erdogan | Reuters
(Turkey's future will impact prophetic events in the Middle East)
Insight: Reclusive cleric's followers pose biggest threat to Turkey's Erdogan | Reuters
SodaStream is wrong target for Oxfam’s Israel boycott - Al-Monitor: the Pulse of the Middle East
(The world is threatening boycotts of Israeli products over the peace process. They don't know that this Isralie company employs 900 Palestinians. What is going to happen to THEIR jobs if this company closes due to a boycott?)
Read article here:
SodaStream is wrong target for Oxfam’s Israel boycott - Al-Monitor: the Pulse of the Middle East
Saturday, February 1, 2014
The Tel Dan Inscription: The First Historical Evidence of King David from the Bible – Biblical Archaeology Society
Few modern Biblical archaeology discoveries have caused as much excitement as the Tel Dan inscription—writing on a ninth-century B.C. stone slab (or stela) that furnished the first historical evidence of King David from the Bible.
The Tel Dan inscription, or “House of David” inscription, was discovered in 1993 at the site of Tel Dan in northern Israel in an excavation directed by Israeli archaeologist Avraham Biran.
The broken and fragmentary inscription commemorates the victory of an Aramean king over his two southern neighbors: the “king of Israel” and the “king of the House of David.” In the carefully incised text written in neat Aramaic characters, the Aramean king boasts that he, under the divine guidance of the god Hadad, vanquished several thousand Israelite and Judahite horsemen and charioteers before personally dispatching both of his royal opponents. Unfortunately, the recovered fragments of the “House of David” inscription do not preserve the names of the specific kings involved in this brutal encounter, but most scholars believe the stela recounts a campaign of Hazael of Damascus in which he defeated both Jehoram of Israel and Ahaziah of Judah.
To read rest of article:
The Tel Dan Inscription: The First Historical Evidence of King David from the Bible – Biblical Archaeology Society
Wednesday, January 29, 2014
Tuesday, January 28, 2014
Monday, January 27, 2014
Monsanto’s BT-Toxins Found to Kill Human Embryo Cells
(I read a book, "The 666's Are In The Seed". Mosanto is taking over world seed production. The seeds are hybrids and have to be purchased each year, rather than some of the harvest being kept for seeds. Who controls the seeds controls world food production. Who controls world food production can easily say, 'yes' or 'no' to those needing it.)
Monsanto’s BT-Toxins Found to Kill Human Embryo Cells
Saturday, January 25, 2014
The Skeleton Lake of Roopkund in India Is Horrifying
(This story reminds me of the hailstones in the Book of Revelation)
The Skeleton Lake of Roopkund in India Is Horrifying
Friday, January 24, 2014
Tuesday, January 21, 2014
Saudi husbands 'alerted by text' if their wives leave the country - Telegraph
(Mark of the Beast technology)
As of last week, Saudi women's male guardians began receiving text messages on their phones informing them when women under their custody leave the country, even if they are travelling together.
Saudi women's rights activist Manal al-Sherif, who last year urged women to defy a driving ban, said a man had contacted her to say he had received a text from the immigration authorities while at the airport with his wife.
"The authorities are using technology to monitor women," said Saudi author and journalist Badriya al-Bishr, who criticised the "state of slavery under which women are held" in the kingdom.
"This is technology used to serve backwardness in order to keep women imprisoned," she added.
Under laws influenced by the strict Wahabi interpretation of Islam, women are not allowed to leave Saudi Arabia without permission from their male guardian (a husband, father or brother), who must give consent by signing what is known as the "yellow sheet" at the airport or border.
Saudi husbands 'alerted by text' if their wives leave the country - Telegraph
Monday, January 20, 2014
China’s Treasury Holdings Climb to Record in Government Data - Bloomberg
China’s holdings of U.S. Treasuries increased $12.2 billion to a record $1.317 trillion in November, data released on the Treasury Department’s website showed.
China’s Treasury Holdings Climb to Record in Government Data - Bloomberg
Thursday, January 16, 2014
Chief Justice Silent in High Court Hearing on Abortion Clinic Buffer Zones
On a court that appeared evenly divided on the constitutionality of a Massachusetts law banning banning abortion protestors from entering a 35-foot buffer zone around entrances to an abortion clinic, Chief Justice John Roberts exercised his right to remain silent.
The chief justice’s silence during a January 15 hearing on a First Amendment challenge to the law was duly noted in news reports on the hearing and was even included in aNew York Times headline. While it is not unusual for a justice to refrain, as Clarence Thomas usually does, from taking an active part in the oral arguments, the Roberts silence was notable for two reasons: The chief justice usually engages freely in the rigorous verbal sparring that takes place between the judges and litigants in Supreme Court hearings; and Roberts will cast a crucial vote that could decide the case in a likely 5-4 rullng. Noting that Roberts asked no questions at the hearing Times reporter Adam Liptak, added: “His earlier opinions suggest, however, that he is likely to provide the fifth vote to strike down the law.”
Chief Justice Silent in High Court Hearing on Abortion Clinic Buffer Zones
Video: Robert Spencer and Imam Bashir Abdul Haqq debate on "Did Muhammad exist?" - Jihad Watch
This debate was held on the Aramaic Broadcasting Network on the evening of January 10.
Click to watch:
Video: Robert Spencer and Imam Bashir Abdul Haqq debate on "Did Muhammad exist?" - Jihad Watch
Friday, January 10, 2014
United Nations 'too' Christian, report claims
Research undertaken by Prof Jeremy Carrette, with colleagues from the University of Kent's department of religious studies, has revealed that more than 70% of religious non-government organisations (NGOs) at the UN are Christian, and that there is historical privilege in allowing the Vatican a special observer status, as both a state and a religion.
The report, called Religious NGOs and the United Nations, calls for greater awareness, transparency and equality in the way religious NGOs operate within the UN, and more emphasis on religious tolerance.
The report also asks for greater understanding of how religions enhance and constrain human rights. It provides evidence that funding limits other religious traditions from establishing NGO work at the UN.
Islam, is represented more significantly through a collective of states (the Organisation of Islamic Co-operation) rather than civil society NGOs, which are dominated by Catholic groups, according to the report.
Asian religions, such as Hinduism and Buddhism, are under-represented and funding is a major issue preventing their equal access, it said.http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jan/01/united-nations-too-christian-report
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