George Offerman
If this past year is any indication of things to come, 2011 is going to be a wild ride in many different aspects. Over the past few days, there have been reviews of 2010 and the major events as the MSM sees them. It is many of the events that seem important in the larger context that seemed to have been given the short end of coverage, but this is not unexpected, given the nature of things as they stand now. Given that it seems we have not learned much in the past year concerning preparation and understanding the nature of these times, I fully expect an escalation of both graces by God, as well as curses by the evil one. Battle lines will continue to be drawn, and it seems like we will be tested in areas we may not like or be prepared for.
Pro lifers saw the passage of the most vile legislation in the hell care bill (law) which will not only result in taxpayer funded abortion, but will bring about rationing of care, and yes, the dreaded death panels that the Demovamps vehemently denied during the debate. We will start to see the exodus of the top health care providers as they are run out of business due to reduced payouts, overburdening requirements and other unintended consequences of this law, or just decide to get out for sanity’s sake. We also saw another Supreme Court justice sworn to the bench who is no friend of the pro lifers in Kagan, and there was barely a fight from our side. We saw the significant change in the Legislative branch in the past November elections, but this tidal wave of change was primarily instigated by the Tea party, which focused on financial responsibility, smaller government, and saving the Republic and not the ‘social issues’ the pro lifers would like to believe.
We witnessed some of the largest financial meltdowns in the history of the world, and coverage was minimized and downplayed. We witnessed one of the most devastating environmental disasters and few in the MSM pressed Obama on his lack of response for the first 50 + days of this. Deadly chemicals were used in ‘containing’ this mess and the news of many of the clean up crews getting sick and dying made no headlines and was nominally covered in the few stories that did make it out. We saw many of our rights taken away in the name of ‘national security’ and there is now talk of doing similar searches and impositions by government on subways trains and busses in the near future. With little resistance given in these measures, it will be very likely this intrusive and freedom hating government will continue to stomp on the Constitution and Bill of Rights over the next year.
What could be in store for 2011? Ultimately, the answer resides in our response to these matters listed above. If we continue to hold to our fractured and liberal beliefs about our faith, and do little to nothing, it will be way worse. If the Church continues on in its muzzled silence, evil will continue to progress at a stunning rate. If there are enough true warriors out there, willing to be inconvenienced and persecuted, we may have a great revival in our time and send the dark powers back to hell where they belong. It seems we truly are at a crossroads in historical terms, seeing events that have never occurred in world history, and at magnitudes not imagined just a generation ago. Whichever way we go, huge changes are coming next year.
If we continue on in the current pattern of inertia, we will see a huge earthquake in the financial world. The U.S. Treasury bubble is getting close to explosion, and if this occurs, the outcome could not even be made into a movie that anyone would believe at this time. It will set off a chain reaction of disasters that will effectively end the way of life as we know it in these good ol ‘Untied States’. All that we have come to depend on, and all the things that have clouded our relationship with God will be wiped away, and we will have to contend with our maker, and relearn dependency on him for survival. I will not get more specific than that in this posting, but I will give one specific concern/fear/warning I have for people. There is talk of the Government taking over all 401 k and other retirement plans, and substituting them for ‘guaranteed annuities’ backed by U.S. Treasury bonds. This is the last bastion of wealth this spendthrift group of thugs can land to sustain this ponzi scheme they have unleashed, and the door may be closing quickly for one to withdrawal these funds and get into commodities (especially silver).
If we do pull it together and go before the Lord with humble and contrite hearts, we may see a massive defeat of the money powers, as well as getting our Republic back. With the money powers defeated, along with their hellish gospel of scarcity (which includes legalized child killing) we will truly see a renaissance here, with a much more prosperous, healthy and God fearing nation than what we may have known in our lives. This requires action, guts and a plan that spells out total victory versus the cursed incrementalism that is embraced at this time. It can be done, because God says it is so, when men are willing to act in his will and act in faith, not by sight. Do we have what it takes to make it happen? The next 12 months will give us that answer.
BUY SILVER, LOTS OF IT.
Friday, December 31, 2010
Tuesday, December 28, 2010
COMPARTMENTALIZATION
George Offerman
First off, a heartfelt thank you for those who have been wondering why there has been an inconsistency in the postings over the past month or so. Many things have occurred which needed my attention plus I also wanted a mental break from all of this. This is much more time consuming than one might think, and it takes a significant amount of preparation time to put this together. The good news is, since this is a free site, there are not a lot of ticked off subscribers and so forth, but I still want to be consistent in the postings in the future. It has been enjoyable writing these postings, and the hope is that it has helped some out there.
If incrementalism is the pro life movement’s sin, then compartmentalization is the average Christian’s sin. This has been apparent for too long and compartmentalization has bled into all areas and aspects of the modern man’s life, which also includes Christianity. It never ceases to amaze me when people of good moral character, don’t want to look at the larger picture, or want to deny the very real manifestations of evil in this world. It especially frustrates me when those that do acknowledge the evil, do not take it to its conclusion and believe somehow that we are exempt from judgment or wrath of God.
I have always had a teleological approach to life and want to know where we are going. I want to know how my actions today are going to affect my tomorrows, my next year, and the rest of my life. On a larger scale, I want to know where we are going as a people, nation, and world, and how we go about making the decisions we do. So when I come across people (which is nearly everyone) who want to ‘debunk’ things like judgment, so called conspiracies, economic rumblings and likely collapse, I cannot understand how they can see what is in front of them, and not get the underlying causes, or what the end results of this will be. Too many people respond in a Polly Anna sort of fashion by believing ‘things will get better’ in some magical way, and without effort on their part. They in effect, compartmentalize themselves, and believe life is made up of small, unrelated pieces that can be put together in any fashion of their choosing.
I’ve experienced much of this from pro lifers who have been bothered by my writing about prophecy, the money powers and their institutions, the silver markets and such. I have attempted to make the case they are all intimately related, and to take one without the other pieces is like trying to see the tree by looking at each individual leaf one at a time. The problem is that many of the pro lifers, once they finish their pro life activity, go back to their ‘normal’ lives thinking things will continue on in the same fashion no matter what. There is not that connectedness with the other aspects of their lives and existence and in many cases, not even a curiosity in wanting to know about the forces that exist around them. If there is a Just God, and legalized child killing is truly the gravest of sins, then there does necessarily, have to be an effect upon the rest of our existence and we need to be aware of it, and act on this knowledge.
These children that are being slaughtered have as much right to exist as we do. Because we are knowingly and willingly allowing this slaughter of the innocent to continue, God is not simply sitting back and playing the ‘victim’ by doing nothing. God is very active in this war, and He is attempting to get our attention by sending warnings first then judgments that will become larger until He has our full and undivided attention. If one understands and accepts this premise, then it is rather easy to see what will ‘go’ as sin progresses. We worship money, fame, wealth, consumerism, status, comfort and convenience. These things will be taken away from us if we do not become contrite and humble, and ask for forgiveness and change the laws and end this holocaust.
God wants these children to be born, and to complete their missions as God has deemed. When we deliberately interfere with His Divine will by indiscriminately murdering these innocent ones, it is at our peril and there will be consequences that are commensurate with the crime. This is not a matter of opinion; this is a matter of sowing and reaping and the full cup principle, and there are no exceptions to it. We may have been socialized into believing life is made up of unrelated parts that are independent of each other, but reality spells out something very different. We cannot live in a nation that endorses the wholesale slaughter of the most innocent and be blessed by God. All of these things we chase and see as important will be gone, and most likely sooner than later. We are in deep trouble as a nation and this next year will pose many great challenges that we may find out we are not ready for.
So, I will continue writing about these very relevant topics and can only hope that readers begin to understand their relevance in the larger scheme of things. Denial of these problems will not stop these problems from manifesting themselves and we need to be clear with ourselves and those we love that warnings and/or judgments are on their way. Most likely we can expect economic earthquakes in the next 12 months, as this will get most people’s attention. From there, it could be anything from food and water riots to breakdown in social structure. We can hope this will not happen, but by the virtue there is little urgency in attending to these matters, the likelihood of catastrophe becomes greater as complacency rolls on.
First off, a heartfelt thank you for those who have been wondering why there has been an inconsistency in the postings over the past month or so. Many things have occurred which needed my attention plus I also wanted a mental break from all of this. This is much more time consuming than one might think, and it takes a significant amount of preparation time to put this together. The good news is, since this is a free site, there are not a lot of ticked off subscribers and so forth, but I still want to be consistent in the postings in the future. It has been enjoyable writing these postings, and the hope is that it has helped some out there.
If incrementalism is the pro life movement’s sin, then compartmentalization is the average Christian’s sin. This has been apparent for too long and compartmentalization has bled into all areas and aspects of the modern man’s life, which also includes Christianity. It never ceases to amaze me when people of good moral character, don’t want to look at the larger picture, or want to deny the very real manifestations of evil in this world. It especially frustrates me when those that do acknowledge the evil, do not take it to its conclusion and believe somehow that we are exempt from judgment or wrath of God.
I have always had a teleological approach to life and want to know where we are going. I want to know how my actions today are going to affect my tomorrows, my next year, and the rest of my life. On a larger scale, I want to know where we are going as a people, nation, and world, and how we go about making the decisions we do. So when I come across people (which is nearly everyone) who want to ‘debunk’ things like judgment, so called conspiracies, economic rumblings and likely collapse, I cannot understand how they can see what is in front of them, and not get the underlying causes, or what the end results of this will be. Too many people respond in a Polly Anna sort of fashion by believing ‘things will get better’ in some magical way, and without effort on their part. They in effect, compartmentalize themselves, and believe life is made up of small, unrelated pieces that can be put together in any fashion of their choosing.
I’ve experienced much of this from pro lifers who have been bothered by my writing about prophecy, the money powers and their institutions, the silver markets and such. I have attempted to make the case they are all intimately related, and to take one without the other pieces is like trying to see the tree by looking at each individual leaf one at a time. The problem is that many of the pro lifers, once they finish their pro life activity, go back to their ‘normal’ lives thinking things will continue on in the same fashion no matter what. There is not that connectedness with the other aspects of their lives and existence and in many cases, not even a curiosity in wanting to know about the forces that exist around them. If there is a Just God, and legalized child killing is truly the gravest of sins, then there does necessarily, have to be an effect upon the rest of our existence and we need to be aware of it, and act on this knowledge.
These children that are being slaughtered have as much right to exist as we do. Because we are knowingly and willingly allowing this slaughter of the innocent to continue, God is not simply sitting back and playing the ‘victim’ by doing nothing. God is very active in this war, and He is attempting to get our attention by sending warnings first then judgments that will become larger until He has our full and undivided attention. If one understands and accepts this premise, then it is rather easy to see what will ‘go’ as sin progresses. We worship money, fame, wealth, consumerism, status, comfort and convenience. These things will be taken away from us if we do not become contrite and humble, and ask for forgiveness and change the laws and end this holocaust.
God wants these children to be born, and to complete their missions as God has deemed. When we deliberately interfere with His Divine will by indiscriminately murdering these innocent ones, it is at our peril and there will be consequences that are commensurate with the crime. This is not a matter of opinion; this is a matter of sowing and reaping and the full cup principle, and there are no exceptions to it. We may have been socialized into believing life is made up of unrelated parts that are independent of each other, but reality spells out something very different. We cannot live in a nation that endorses the wholesale slaughter of the most innocent and be blessed by God. All of these things we chase and see as important will be gone, and most likely sooner than later. We are in deep trouble as a nation and this next year will pose many great challenges that we may find out we are not ready for.
So, I will continue writing about these very relevant topics and can only hope that readers begin to understand their relevance in the larger scheme of things. Denial of these problems will not stop these problems from manifesting themselves and we need to be clear with ourselves and those we love that warnings and/or judgments are on their way. Most likely we can expect economic earthquakes in the next 12 months, as this will get most people’s attention. From there, it could be anything from food and water riots to breakdown in social structure. We can hope this will not happen, but by the virtue there is little urgency in attending to these matters, the likelihood of catastrophe becomes greater as complacency rolls on.
Friday, December 24, 2010
CHRISTMAS 2010
George Offerman
This is the time of the year that one gets a chance to contemplate their relationships with the Lord, if they understand the nature of this time. Unfortunately, there are too many distractions and concerns getting in the way of remembering that God, through His infinite love, manifested Himself in human form for the sake of our salvation. This message is so lost in our times and it seems it is only remembered when one goes to Church on Christmas Eve or Christmas morning. What a sad testimony towards our faith and our creator.
As Christians first and Americans second, what do we want to accomplish in the upcoming year? Will we be too focused on the economy and our pocketbooks, or will it focus more on the fundamentals of our faith, such as guaranteeing life for all, bringing the Word of God to a lost world, or simply just being loving and caring towards our fellow man? Unfortunately, this season tends to bring out good will, only to end when the tree is put away, and the Visa bills come in, because the true meaning of Christmas is misunderstood and cast aside like some used electronic gizmo that has outlived its usefulness.
Without question, this past year has brought many challenges to our country and way of life. How many have thought that it was brought on by our way of life? Many want to complain about what has happened, but want to do little about it, and will even do less when considering we all have a part to play in this. We have such a sense of entitlement in this country, and are very quick to blame others when things don’t go the way we want them to. This is the antithesis of Christmas, in which the Son of God took the form of a human, and ultimately died a brutal death for sins he did not commit in order to save those who don’t deserve it.
The sense of giving and charity should not revolve around a certain part of the year when people dress up in red suits ringing bells, and nice music is played on the radio, and all sorts of things are advertised for half price. What if God gave to us in the same fashion that we show giving and charity? We would only have a few weeks at the most each year that we could count on blessings, and it would be during the times of the rest of the year we would find out how helpless we really are. We would find that God’s protection and blessings are not a part time endeavor, and we would be really upset if we ended up with less than a full time God.
I am grateful there is a God out there who can deliver much more than I can ever imagine, and that it is not dependent upon my efforts to make it happen. We just have to be willing to accept this free gift and then carry it to the world. It definitely requires us to be open to discomfort and inconvenience, but this is such a small price to pay when considering eternity and what awaits us there. That is what the real message of Christmas is. Without the birth of the God man, all would be lost, and the amount of agony and suffering would be magnitudes higher than what we see today. This is the lesson we need to take from this Christmas. And no matter what happens next year concerning our country and world, we have a God that loves us to the point of death and will not abandon us in our hour of need.
This is the time of the year that one gets a chance to contemplate their relationships with the Lord, if they understand the nature of this time. Unfortunately, there are too many distractions and concerns getting in the way of remembering that God, through His infinite love, manifested Himself in human form for the sake of our salvation. This message is so lost in our times and it seems it is only remembered when one goes to Church on Christmas Eve or Christmas morning. What a sad testimony towards our faith and our creator.
As Christians first and Americans second, what do we want to accomplish in the upcoming year? Will we be too focused on the economy and our pocketbooks, or will it focus more on the fundamentals of our faith, such as guaranteeing life for all, bringing the Word of God to a lost world, or simply just being loving and caring towards our fellow man? Unfortunately, this season tends to bring out good will, only to end when the tree is put away, and the Visa bills come in, because the true meaning of Christmas is misunderstood and cast aside like some used electronic gizmo that has outlived its usefulness.
Without question, this past year has brought many challenges to our country and way of life. How many have thought that it was brought on by our way of life? Many want to complain about what has happened, but want to do little about it, and will even do less when considering we all have a part to play in this. We have such a sense of entitlement in this country, and are very quick to blame others when things don’t go the way we want them to. This is the antithesis of Christmas, in which the Son of God took the form of a human, and ultimately died a brutal death for sins he did not commit in order to save those who don’t deserve it.
The sense of giving and charity should not revolve around a certain part of the year when people dress up in red suits ringing bells, and nice music is played on the radio, and all sorts of things are advertised for half price. What if God gave to us in the same fashion that we show giving and charity? We would only have a few weeks at the most each year that we could count on blessings, and it would be during the times of the rest of the year we would find out how helpless we really are. We would find that God’s protection and blessings are not a part time endeavor, and we would be really upset if we ended up with less than a full time God.
I am grateful there is a God out there who can deliver much more than I can ever imagine, and that it is not dependent upon my efforts to make it happen. We just have to be willing to accept this free gift and then carry it to the world. It definitely requires us to be open to discomfort and inconvenience, but this is such a small price to pay when considering eternity and what awaits us there. That is what the real message of Christmas is. Without the birth of the God man, all would be lost, and the amount of agony and suffering would be magnitudes higher than what we see today. This is the lesson we need to take from this Christmas. And no matter what happens next year concerning our country and world, we have a God that loves us to the point of death and will not abandon us in our hour of need.
Monday, December 13, 2010
IT'S THE ECONOMY, STUPID
George Offerman
The above phrase ushered Bill Clinton into office in 1992, as it resonated with the general public. No matter what one thinks about Bill Clinton, he definitely is a master at reading the ‘tea leaves’ and exploiting the situation to his advantage. Bill Clinton is also the master at ‘redefining reality’ or in terms of antiquity, lying. But the only way to consistently lie and sell this to most people, is to first understand the truth of the reality one is in, and twist it enough, to sound credible. Unfortunately, too many of the pro life organizations have lost the ability to see the truth of the current reality, and are thus ‘fooled’ by this group that was elected, and who supposedly made promises to them pertaining to pro life issues.
This point has been brought up in many previous postings on this site, as well as by others, but it has largely fallen on deaf ears. The mainstream pro life movement, lead by many of the 501 c 3 organizations, has sold many on the idea that it was actually them, and not the tea party, that swung the elections the way that they went. If this were true, the pro life issue would be front and center, instead of something that is being cast aside without much thought or fanfare by the ‘new’ congress and its leaders. What is front and center is the economy. For anyone to argue against this would look very foolish and would be outside of the current reality by miles.
That is why it is so disheartening to see many of these organizations now ‘whining’ about many of the politicians making bold statements about keeping the ‘social issues’ in the background, and focusing on the economic realities. I truly have to wonder if these organizations witnessed what I saw, and what seemed to be so obvious to the average American. The tea party arose from the out of control nature of the government spending way too much money, running up debt that has no chance in hell of ever being repaid, taking over too much of the economy, and taking away too many rights, while giving many of the criminals in white collars and nice suits, free passes on our dime.
This is what was on the average American’s mind during the run up and subsequent election. Many in the pro life movement have been too busy hob knobbing with the enemy, and playing by their rules to have had much effect in stirring up the much needed passion to make legalized child killing front and center. Those who did have the courage to ‘stir the pot’ such as Missy Smith, were labeled ‘extremists’ and disregarded by the majority of the pro life groups. The problem is, legalized child killing is out of sight of the average American and as such, is normally a non issue when it is time to cast a ballot. The economy was, and still is, front and center, and affects the common man deeply. The common man will respond to what is in front of him, and truth be told, outside of Missy Smith and a few others, legalized child killing as an issue was MIA in this election cycle. No amount of revision of recent history by many of these pro life organizations will change this reality.
So, while these various pro life organizations continue to peddle the idea that they were the ones responsible for the outcomes of the elections, the reality surrounding these claims will continue to fall apart. Of course, these organizations will be the first to gripe, or worse yet be ‘surprised’ when those in office ignore the ‘social’ issues these groups claimed to have elected them for. The truth of the matter is that the politicians will stay true to those who got them in, and it is those whose pocket books were hurt the most. It is the poor economic conditions of this country that ‘pissed’ people off and motivated them into action.
The recklessness of the Demovamps and the Republicants has hit home, and has affected the average American personally. So, they mobilized into the tea party movement and basically cleaned house. The pro life issue was nowhere to be seen and as such, played little into this election. Because the pro lifers were stifled enough by the muzzle of the IRS, this issue was nearly invisible and did not get the attention of the average American. The vilification of the tea party movement by the mainstream press and the establishment proved they were a threat and a force to be reckoned with. The pro life movement, outside of Missy Smith, made no such waves and was not seen as any threat by the MSM or the establishment. So the fruits are being borne as we watch, and we are seeing how barren the front is.
Yet, too many of the pro life organizations are trying to paint a different picture than this. They are trying to convince the pro life community that they were something they were not, and will have to find some incredible explanations for themselves when failure occurs legislatively, as it must for the pro life agenda. As sad as it is, the law of sowing and reaping is in effect. We sanitized our message for the sake of ‘getting along’ and now those elected will ‘sanitize’ their efforts in the pro life arena. We ‘toned down’ the rhetoric in order to get many elected, now they are ‘scaling back’ the social issues in order to deal with the economic issues. We got what we deserved in these candidates.
So, regardless of what the various pro life organizations want to claim, they need to take a good hard look at the reality of the situation and admit that they did not come with their ‘A’ game. Mediocre efforts never result in spectacular outcomes, and this most recent election is no exception to this rule. For those of you who still do not get it, Bill Clinton has the answer for you: it’s the economy, stupid.
The above phrase ushered Bill Clinton into office in 1992, as it resonated with the general public. No matter what one thinks about Bill Clinton, he definitely is a master at reading the ‘tea leaves’ and exploiting the situation to his advantage. Bill Clinton is also the master at ‘redefining reality’ or in terms of antiquity, lying. But the only way to consistently lie and sell this to most people, is to first understand the truth of the reality one is in, and twist it enough, to sound credible. Unfortunately, too many of the pro life organizations have lost the ability to see the truth of the current reality, and are thus ‘fooled’ by this group that was elected, and who supposedly made promises to them pertaining to pro life issues.
This point has been brought up in many previous postings on this site, as well as by others, but it has largely fallen on deaf ears. The mainstream pro life movement, lead by many of the 501 c 3 organizations, has sold many on the idea that it was actually them, and not the tea party, that swung the elections the way that they went. If this were true, the pro life issue would be front and center, instead of something that is being cast aside without much thought or fanfare by the ‘new’ congress and its leaders. What is front and center is the economy. For anyone to argue against this would look very foolish and would be outside of the current reality by miles.
That is why it is so disheartening to see many of these organizations now ‘whining’ about many of the politicians making bold statements about keeping the ‘social issues’ in the background, and focusing on the economic realities. I truly have to wonder if these organizations witnessed what I saw, and what seemed to be so obvious to the average American. The tea party arose from the out of control nature of the government spending way too much money, running up debt that has no chance in hell of ever being repaid, taking over too much of the economy, and taking away too many rights, while giving many of the criminals in white collars and nice suits, free passes on our dime.
This is what was on the average American’s mind during the run up and subsequent election. Many in the pro life movement have been too busy hob knobbing with the enemy, and playing by their rules to have had much effect in stirring up the much needed passion to make legalized child killing front and center. Those who did have the courage to ‘stir the pot’ such as Missy Smith, were labeled ‘extremists’ and disregarded by the majority of the pro life groups. The problem is, legalized child killing is out of sight of the average American and as such, is normally a non issue when it is time to cast a ballot. The economy was, and still is, front and center, and affects the common man deeply. The common man will respond to what is in front of him, and truth be told, outside of Missy Smith and a few others, legalized child killing as an issue was MIA in this election cycle. No amount of revision of recent history by many of these pro life organizations will change this reality.
So, while these various pro life organizations continue to peddle the idea that they were the ones responsible for the outcomes of the elections, the reality surrounding these claims will continue to fall apart. Of course, these organizations will be the first to gripe, or worse yet be ‘surprised’ when those in office ignore the ‘social’ issues these groups claimed to have elected them for. The truth of the matter is that the politicians will stay true to those who got them in, and it is those whose pocket books were hurt the most. It is the poor economic conditions of this country that ‘pissed’ people off and motivated them into action.
The recklessness of the Demovamps and the Republicants has hit home, and has affected the average American personally. So, they mobilized into the tea party movement and basically cleaned house. The pro life issue was nowhere to be seen and as such, played little into this election. Because the pro lifers were stifled enough by the muzzle of the IRS, this issue was nearly invisible and did not get the attention of the average American. The vilification of the tea party movement by the mainstream press and the establishment proved they were a threat and a force to be reckoned with. The pro life movement, outside of Missy Smith, made no such waves and was not seen as any threat by the MSM or the establishment. So the fruits are being borne as we watch, and we are seeing how barren the front is.
Yet, too many of the pro life organizations are trying to paint a different picture than this. They are trying to convince the pro life community that they were something they were not, and will have to find some incredible explanations for themselves when failure occurs legislatively, as it must for the pro life agenda. As sad as it is, the law of sowing and reaping is in effect. We sanitized our message for the sake of ‘getting along’ and now those elected will ‘sanitize’ their efforts in the pro life arena. We ‘toned down’ the rhetoric in order to get many elected, now they are ‘scaling back’ the social issues in order to deal with the economic issues. We got what we deserved in these candidates.
So, regardless of what the various pro life organizations want to claim, they need to take a good hard look at the reality of the situation and admit that they did not come with their ‘A’ game. Mediocre efforts never result in spectacular outcomes, and this most recent election is no exception to this rule. For those of you who still do not get it, Bill Clinton has the answer for you: it’s the economy, stupid.
Thursday, December 9, 2010
HERMENEUTICS 101: DOES GOD CHANGE OR MODIFY PROPHECY?
George Offerman
There seems to be a major increase in people claiming to have visions, locutions or various revelations by God, Jesus, Mary, various saints and angels that pertains to the future. While there is no doubt that God can do what He pleases, and can reveal information as He chooses, are there boundaries that even God Himself will not cross? This question is very relevant in today’s world, as there are multiple numbers of people, along with several ‘apparition’ sites that have popped up, and messages about the future abound. If there is not a methodological way in which to assess these happenings, it can cultivate a crisis of faith and cause doubts about what is real versus illusion.
As covered in the previous hermeneutics posting, the answer and backdrop must be Scripture. Since God is unchanging the messages He passes on must fit into the substance of his being and will for us as revealed through Scriptures. If this was not the case, confusion would reign, and His word would be in doubt. Now, there are those who have argued that God, in fact, has changed or modified prophecy in the Bible. While on the surface, this could be seen as truth in the few occasions in which this point is brought up. But if one does a diligent study of these passages, this assertion is proved to be untrue.
Case Study: Jonah and Nineveh
Many have attempted to use the story of Jonah and Nineveh as an example of God changing, or modifying prophecy. In the book of Jonah, the main proponent, Jonah, is commissioned by God to preach to Nineveh that total destruction of Nineveh will occur in 40 days. Upon the people’s repentance, God “changed his mind’ and called off the imminent judgment on Nineveh. On the surface, this seems to be a clear cut case of God changing or modifying prophecy and this has spurred on others to take it upon themselves to look for exceptions to Biblical principles. When this is done, it then places the expositor in a position of having ‘special knowledge’ and he becomes the sole arbiter of what is taught or what message is conveyed by God to the masses. The Bible does not covey or teach this.
The story of Jonah and Nineveh has two significant lessons. The first being Jonah’s reluctance and distain for the people of Nineveh, and by extension, his mission given by God. The second piece of this story, which is much more important, is the role of forgiveness and repentance, and the power it has. When taken in its full context, the book of Jonah paints a very complete picture of the nature of God, and how He views fallen man, and how we are given every opportunity and benefit of the doubt when it comes to the finality of Judgment.
Jonah was commanded by God to preach to the Ninevites that Nineveh and its inhabitants were to be destroyed in 40 days. Because the Ninevites were hostile to the Jews, and were a sinful lot, Jonah wanted to see them destroyed. Jonah as a Jew was not following the percepts of Judaism in presenting salvation to the gentiles. He was too busy condemning them, and not looking at his own behavior which was just as despicable in the eyes of God. Jonah took a human, not a divine look at the Ninevites, and it was not the message God wanted to convey to these people. This is why God was so harsh on Jonah, as he did everything humanly possible to disobey God’s command and not bring God’s message to Nineveh.
After spending time in the belly of the fish, Jonah ‘got it’ and followed through with his mission. What Jonah did not expect was the people in Nineveh, from the king on down, to put on ashes and sackcloth and repent of their evil. From this perspective, it looked like God ‘changed his mind’ when postponing judgment, and making Jonah look like a ‘liar’ However, had Jonah been more in touch with his own faith and understood the message of salvation, he would have rejoiced in seeing the Mercy of God being exercised on these sinful people. Instead Jonah could not get past his very human hatred of these people, and asked God for death, despite just experiencing the greatest evangelization ever recorded in the Bible.
Because Jonah was not plugged in to the Divine will of God, he was very confused and angry at God for not following through on his judgment of destroying Nineveh. What Jonah failed to realize is, that God was actually very consistent in keeping his word, that those who have a contrite heart will be renewed and forgiven. That is how God reacts to those who call on him for forgiveness. This judgment was not ‘changed, nor modified: it was postponed. The sad truth is Nineveh was destroyed as God prophesized about a century later due to the Ninevites falling back into the same pattern of sin.
So, it is God who stays consistent, and keeps perfect accountability with his words and actions. Being a prophet is a great privilege; but also carries great responsibility in that the one bringing the message must be working within the context of God’s will. But within this context also lies the premise that God is unchangeable and would not deceive the elect with contradictory statements or messages. Discernment is necessary and even Jesus taught that we are to test the spirits. And one way to know whether the message is from God is the consistency it has with the Word. There cannot be contradictions, and there are always accompanying signs that go along with prophecy.
It is possible for God to postpone judgment if man repents and is contrite. So when people have asked me whether I believe Revelation can be stopped, it is only on these grounds, that we repent and are contrite. But if we get to the point of filling our cup of iniquity, the great clock of Revelation will start, and we will go through all of the 14 events prophesized and in the order written. Revelation will not be modified nor changed as proven in the Bible, but can be postponed.
So, for those who have made claims that “God told me’ that parts of Revelation have been cancelled, or that certain events are trumpets outside of the revealed order, you are making false claims and need to cease and desist in your error. There are those who make these claims, and some have also claimed it came to them in a supernatural fashion, by spirit beings, dreams or locutions. Despite the supernatural means, which is very powerful and convincing, it still contradicts Scripture, and sows doubts about the Nature and integrity of God. These are the tools of the enemy, and when the enemy utilizes them, he causes chaos and confusion among the faithful. We’ve been warned that in the end times, delusions will be sent that would even deceive the elect if that were possible. Be on guard against these prophecies and teachings, test them, and do not be afraid to either challenge those making these claims, or just simply outright reject them. However, those that pass the Scripture test ought to be weighed with great gravity and acted upon.
There seems to be a major increase in people claiming to have visions, locutions or various revelations by God, Jesus, Mary, various saints and angels that pertains to the future. While there is no doubt that God can do what He pleases, and can reveal information as He chooses, are there boundaries that even God Himself will not cross? This question is very relevant in today’s world, as there are multiple numbers of people, along with several ‘apparition’ sites that have popped up, and messages about the future abound. If there is not a methodological way in which to assess these happenings, it can cultivate a crisis of faith and cause doubts about what is real versus illusion.
As covered in the previous hermeneutics posting, the answer and backdrop must be Scripture. Since God is unchanging the messages He passes on must fit into the substance of his being and will for us as revealed through Scriptures. If this was not the case, confusion would reign, and His word would be in doubt. Now, there are those who have argued that God, in fact, has changed or modified prophecy in the Bible. While on the surface, this could be seen as truth in the few occasions in which this point is brought up. But if one does a diligent study of these passages, this assertion is proved to be untrue.
Case Study: Jonah and Nineveh
Many have attempted to use the story of Jonah and Nineveh as an example of God changing, or modifying prophecy. In the book of Jonah, the main proponent, Jonah, is commissioned by God to preach to Nineveh that total destruction of Nineveh will occur in 40 days. Upon the people’s repentance, God “changed his mind’ and called off the imminent judgment on Nineveh. On the surface, this seems to be a clear cut case of God changing or modifying prophecy and this has spurred on others to take it upon themselves to look for exceptions to Biblical principles. When this is done, it then places the expositor in a position of having ‘special knowledge’ and he becomes the sole arbiter of what is taught or what message is conveyed by God to the masses. The Bible does not covey or teach this.
The story of Jonah and Nineveh has two significant lessons. The first being Jonah’s reluctance and distain for the people of Nineveh, and by extension, his mission given by God. The second piece of this story, which is much more important, is the role of forgiveness and repentance, and the power it has. When taken in its full context, the book of Jonah paints a very complete picture of the nature of God, and how He views fallen man, and how we are given every opportunity and benefit of the doubt when it comes to the finality of Judgment.
Jonah was commanded by God to preach to the Ninevites that Nineveh and its inhabitants were to be destroyed in 40 days. Because the Ninevites were hostile to the Jews, and were a sinful lot, Jonah wanted to see them destroyed. Jonah as a Jew was not following the percepts of Judaism in presenting salvation to the gentiles. He was too busy condemning them, and not looking at his own behavior which was just as despicable in the eyes of God. Jonah took a human, not a divine look at the Ninevites, and it was not the message God wanted to convey to these people. This is why God was so harsh on Jonah, as he did everything humanly possible to disobey God’s command and not bring God’s message to Nineveh.
After spending time in the belly of the fish, Jonah ‘got it’ and followed through with his mission. What Jonah did not expect was the people in Nineveh, from the king on down, to put on ashes and sackcloth and repent of their evil. From this perspective, it looked like God ‘changed his mind’ when postponing judgment, and making Jonah look like a ‘liar’ However, had Jonah been more in touch with his own faith and understood the message of salvation, he would have rejoiced in seeing the Mercy of God being exercised on these sinful people. Instead Jonah could not get past his very human hatred of these people, and asked God for death, despite just experiencing the greatest evangelization ever recorded in the Bible.
Because Jonah was not plugged in to the Divine will of God, he was very confused and angry at God for not following through on his judgment of destroying Nineveh. What Jonah failed to realize is, that God was actually very consistent in keeping his word, that those who have a contrite heart will be renewed and forgiven. That is how God reacts to those who call on him for forgiveness. This judgment was not ‘changed, nor modified: it was postponed. The sad truth is Nineveh was destroyed as God prophesized about a century later due to the Ninevites falling back into the same pattern of sin.
So, it is God who stays consistent, and keeps perfect accountability with his words and actions. Being a prophet is a great privilege; but also carries great responsibility in that the one bringing the message must be working within the context of God’s will. But within this context also lies the premise that God is unchangeable and would not deceive the elect with contradictory statements or messages. Discernment is necessary and even Jesus taught that we are to test the spirits. And one way to know whether the message is from God is the consistency it has with the Word. There cannot be contradictions, and there are always accompanying signs that go along with prophecy.
It is possible for God to postpone judgment if man repents and is contrite. So when people have asked me whether I believe Revelation can be stopped, it is only on these grounds, that we repent and are contrite. But if we get to the point of filling our cup of iniquity, the great clock of Revelation will start, and we will go through all of the 14 events prophesized and in the order written. Revelation will not be modified nor changed as proven in the Bible, but can be postponed.
So, for those who have made claims that “God told me’ that parts of Revelation have been cancelled, or that certain events are trumpets outside of the revealed order, you are making false claims and need to cease and desist in your error. There are those who make these claims, and some have also claimed it came to them in a supernatural fashion, by spirit beings, dreams or locutions. Despite the supernatural means, which is very powerful and convincing, it still contradicts Scripture, and sows doubts about the Nature and integrity of God. These are the tools of the enemy, and when the enemy utilizes them, he causes chaos and confusion among the faithful. We’ve been warned that in the end times, delusions will be sent that would even deceive the elect if that were possible. Be on guard against these prophecies and teachings, test them, and do not be afraid to either challenge those making these claims, or just simply outright reject them. However, those that pass the Scripture test ought to be weighed with great gravity and acted upon.
Monday, December 6, 2010
THE FUND RAISING NERVE
George Offerman
It seems now that the elections are a ‘distant memory’ (meaning heavy revision of what actually happened) many of the 501 c 3 organizations are in high gear in their fund raising efforts, and making very trumped up claims that they swung the elections for the pro life side. It seems now that the challenge has been thrown out to these groups, some are rather ‘miffed’ they have been called out on this, and in their “Christian Charity’ are being uncharitable and unchristian in their response. It seems that calling these people out and showing how their 501 c 3 status disallowed them to name names has hit a nerve, as it clearly points out their contradictory claims they were very influential in the outcome of the election.
I want to be clear that I have never condemned fund raising for any organization in general, as long as the money is used for the intended purposes of the nature of the organization as well as following through on the mission of the organization. However, when an organization is ‘hamstrung’ by the ‘law’ and thus, is unable to complete said mission, it seems to be fraudulent when it makes claims it is going to ‘change and influence’ the outcome of events such as the recently concluded elections. As stated before, we have clearly documented those organizations that did not want to participate in Missy Smith’s campaign, but we also have in this documentation their resistance in going outside of the letter of the law that the IRS uses as a muzzle.
Most of these organization, if one simply looks at the rhetoric used during the campaign and even in the current fundraising letters, does not even use the word abortion, child killing, holocaust or any such allusion to what they supposedly exist for. It seems very apparent the IRS and ‘political correctness’ have taken over any sensibilities in the very real need to bring out the truth of legalized child killing. These organizations have gone along with the liberal, socialists agenda to sanitize their language, and in effect, make themselves ineffective. Unfortunately, it seems too many of those who contribute to these organizations also see this as viable, and continue to give blindly.
It seems many have either lost their ability to conduct critical thinking exercises, or maybe they have never been able to in the first place. It seems shocking to me that many simply accept any claims made by many of these organizations, and do not take a critical look, or think about what they just saw. Already, many of the ‘newly elected’ are backpedaling on many of these issues, and they haven’t even been seated or sworn in to office! How is it that this information is in plain view, but not seen nor interpreted by many out there? These organizations are not effective in they are not allowed to name names, and do peripheral activities, yet sell this as effective and ‘issue changing’ work. It is very mystifying and frustrating to watch this.
We have a limited window of opportunity to overturn this horrific holocaust, and it is already being squandered. I wonder how Christ centered these organizations really can be when they are muzzled by an evil human organization with contradictory laws, along with raising funds in a minimally shaded way by making claims they cannot back up with documented efforts. God is not going to wait forever, as these mediocre efforts that result in little fruit continue to propagate the massive daily slaughter of God’s most innocent beings. Our cup is getting close to being full, and we better have our eyes on the prize or we will eventually have our eyes on the judgments to come and will have great regrets we didn’t do more when we had the opportunity.
It seems now that the elections are a ‘distant memory’ (meaning heavy revision of what actually happened) many of the 501 c 3 organizations are in high gear in their fund raising efforts, and making very trumped up claims that they swung the elections for the pro life side. It seems now that the challenge has been thrown out to these groups, some are rather ‘miffed’ they have been called out on this, and in their “Christian Charity’ are being uncharitable and unchristian in their response. It seems that calling these people out and showing how their 501 c 3 status disallowed them to name names has hit a nerve, as it clearly points out their contradictory claims they were very influential in the outcome of the election.
I want to be clear that I have never condemned fund raising for any organization in general, as long as the money is used for the intended purposes of the nature of the organization as well as following through on the mission of the organization. However, when an organization is ‘hamstrung’ by the ‘law’ and thus, is unable to complete said mission, it seems to be fraudulent when it makes claims it is going to ‘change and influence’ the outcome of events such as the recently concluded elections. As stated before, we have clearly documented those organizations that did not want to participate in Missy Smith’s campaign, but we also have in this documentation their resistance in going outside of the letter of the law that the IRS uses as a muzzle.
Most of these organization, if one simply looks at the rhetoric used during the campaign and even in the current fundraising letters, does not even use the word abortion, child killing, holocaust or any such allusion to what they supposedly exist for. It seems very apparent the IRS and ‘political correctness’ have taken over any sensibilities in the very real need to bring out the truth of legalized child killing. These organizations have gone along with the liberal, socialists agenda to sanitize their language, and in effect, make themselves ineffective. Unfortunately, it seems too many of those who contribute to these organizations also see this as viable, and continue to give blindly.
It seems many have either lost their ability to conduct critical thinking exercises, or maybe they have never been able to in the first place. It seems shocking to me that many simply accept any claims made by many of these organizations, and do not take a critical look, or think about what they just saw. Already, many of the ‘newly elected’ are backpedaling on many of these issues, and they haven’t even been seated or sworn in to office! How is it that this information is in plain view, but not seen nor interpreted by many out there? These organizations are not effective in they are not allowed to name names, and do peripheral activities, yet sell this as effective and ‘issue changing’ work. It is very mystifying and frustrating to watch this.
We have a limited window of opportunity to overturn this horrific holocaust, and it is already being squandered. I wonder how Christ centered these organizations really can be when they are muzzled by an evil human organization with contradictory laws, along with raising funds in a minimally shaded way by making claims they cannot back up with documented efforts. God is not going to wait forever, as these mediocre efforts that result in little fruit continue to propagate the massive daily slaughter of God’s most innocent beings. Our cup is getting close to being full, and we better have our eyes on the prize or we will eventually have our eyes on the judgments to come and will have great regrets we didn’t do more when we had the opportunity.
Wednesday, December 1, 2010
HERMENEUTICS 101: TELEOLOGY
George Offerman
Teleology is one of those weird terms one will hear if they study enough philosophy and/or Theology. Teleology refers to what would be considered a ‘final cause’ or an end result. Teleology is utilized in explaining why we act versus not acting, and it presupposes for the most part that we act for our own good, or the good of others. Since the vast majority of actions are not done in a vacuum, they have some purpose or meaning to the actor, which then motivates him to do what he does, with the idea that the action will cultivate in a predetermined outcome of his liking. Teleology presupposes an order in nature and natural law that can be manipulated and predicted so that an outcome occurs given the right amount of effort and direction of activity.
Teleology can be broken down into two final causes, that of intrinsic finality and extrinsic finality. Extrinsic finality refers to the end result of actions that lies outside of the individual. For instance, a farmer will go through a great deal of hardship to plow, plant and cultivate a crop for the end purpose of eating, and thus, sustaining his life. Without a perceived reward for the effort instilled, the farmer would not bother himself to begin such an endeavor, thus determining for himself the effort is not worth the outcome, or end of the process. Understanding the need to eat is essential for continued existence; the farmer will put in the efforts, regardless of the real or perceived level of resistance, which is seen to be less than the cost of staying alive. In this, there is a cost/benefit ratio worth the effort, and despite the work being of great output, is done without much deliberation.
Intrinsic finality refers to the end result of action that lies within the individual. This would be evident in many parents wanting their children to ‘be happy’, and thus, giving themselves satisfaction, or happiness. Intrinsic finality can also relate to a cause, such as honesty, integrity, truth telling, ect. It is in the pursuit of these matters of ‘higher good’ that motivates the individual to action, regardless of the negative consequences or outcomes. It is more important for that individual to keep the integrity of his internal well being intact than for whatever outcome may occur and it is highly motivational for him to follow through on this.
It is in this, that one most likely finds or has a ‘God experience’. In order for the individual to act on such strong conviction, this person must have a certain level of knowledge through experience that he is able to act on ‘faith’ and not sight that his actions will ultimately culminate in his obtaining his goal. In simple terms, it is similar to an individual getting into their car and fully expecting to reach their destiny without mishap. There is absolutely no guarantee a positive outcome, but it is in the action of doing that ultimately results in a completion of the action. If there was significant doubt about the outcome of the action being anything other than the intended outcome, one would not act, and nothing would become of the intention.
It is in this, that many lack ‘faith’ in acting on their beliefs, due to the fact they are not sure there will be a positive outcome. So there is hesitation, procrastination, or simply no effort put into an activity that may result in a negative outcome. This is why many Christians make statements such as: “I know what I should do, but it seems to never work out, or it will not work out for me”. Since the end result is in question, or the individual attempting to do the action is too unsure, it will result in inertia, and the status quo will remain intact. This is why Jesus is so emphatic that we “Walk by faith, and not by sight”. We cannot possibly know the outcome of events, given we are finite human beings, and we do not know the beginning from the end.
In this world of science and empiricism, if we cannot measure or predict with accuracy any event, we no longer want to engage in an activity. God requires faith, which is the opposite of science and empiricism, and it goes totally against what our modern society practices and preaches. This is why many that claim to be of great faith, do not demonstrate their faith, as they are too busy anticipating the outcome, which is truly unknowable to the mortal man. This is the arrogance of doing the opposite of what God instructs us to do, by ‘walking by sight and not by faith”.
Teleology requires we do the opposite of what the world is telling us to do. When we live by faith, we truly are in the realm of discovery and possibility, as the outcome cannot be predicted, but God does assure us that if we are in his will, that the efforts put forth will not be in vain. Simply look around at many of modern man’s efforts, and see for yourself whether most are in vain or not. Given how poorly we are doing, the answer seems self-evident.
Teleology is one of those weird terms one will hear if they study enough philosophy and/or Theology. Teleology refers to what would be considered a ‘final cause’ or an end result. Teleology is utilized in explaining why we act versus not acting, and it presupposes for the most part that we act for our own good, or the good of others. Since the vast majority of actions are not done in a vacuum, they have some purpose or meaning to the actor, which then motivates him to do what he does, with the idea that the action will cultivate in a predetermined outcome of his liking. Teleology presupposes an order in nature and natural law that can be manipulated and predicted so that an outcome occurs given the right amount of effort and direction of activity.
Teleology can be broken down into two final causes, that of intrinsic finality and extrinsic finality. Extrinsic finality refers to the end result of actions that lies outside of the individual. For instance, a farmer will go through a great deal of hardship to plow, plant and cultivate a crop for the end purpose of eating, and thus, sustaining his life. Without a perceived reward for the effort instilled, the farmer would not bother himself to begin such an endeavor, thus determining for himself the effort is not worth the outcome, or end of the process. Understanding the need to eat is essential for continued existence; the farmer will put in the efforts, regardless of the real or perceived level of resistance, which is seen to be less than the cost of staying alive. In this, there is a cost/benefit ratio worth the effort, and despite the work being of great output, is done without much deliberation.
Intrinsic finality refers to the end result of action that lies within the individual. This would be evident in many parents wanting their children to ‘be happy’, and thus, giving themselves satisfaction, or happiness. Intrinsic finality can also relate to a cause, such as honesty, integrity, truth telling, ect. It is in the pursuit of these matters of ‘higher good’ that motivates the individual to action, regardless of the negative consequences or outcomes. It is more important for that individual to keep the integrity of his internal well being intact than for whatever outcome may occur and it is highly motivational for him to follow through on this.
It is in this, that one most likely finds or has a ‘God experience’. In order for the individual to act on such strong conviction, this person must have a certain level of knowledge through experience that he is able to act on ‘faith’ and not sight that his actions will ultimately culminate in his obtaining his goal. In simple terms, it is similar to an individual getting into their car and fully expecting to reach their destiny without mishap. There is absolutely no guarantee a positive outcome, but it is in the action of doing that ultimately results in a completion of the action. If there was significant doubt about the outcome of the action being anything other than the intended outcome, one would not act, and nothing would become of the intention.
It is in this, that many lack ‘faith’ in acting on their beliefs, due to the fact they are not sure there will be a positive outcome. So there is hesitation, procrastination, or simply no effort put into an activity that may result in a negative outcome. This is why many Christians make statements such as: “I know what I should do, but it seems to never work out, or it will not work out for me”. Since the end result is in question, or the individual attempting to do the action is too unsure, it will result in inertia, and the status quo will remain intact. This is why Jesus is so emphatic that we “Walk by faith, and not by sight”. We cannot possibly know the outcome of events, given we are finite human beings, and we do not know the beginning from the end.
In this world of science and empiricism, if we cannot measure or predict with accuracy any event, we no longer want to engage in an activity. God requires faith, which is the opposite of science and empiricism, and it goes totally against what our modern society practices and preaches. This is why many that claim to be of great faith, do not demonstrate their faith, as they are too busy anticipating the outcome, which is truly unknowable to the mortal man. This is the arrogance of doing the opposite of what God instructs us to do, by ‘walking by sight and not by faith”.
Teleology requires we do the opposite of what the world is telling us to do. When we live by faith, we truly are in the realm of discovery and possibility, as the outcome cannot be predicted, but God does assure us that if we are in his will, that the efforts put forth will not be in vain. Simply look around at many of modern man’s efforts, and see for yourself whether most are in vain or not. Given how poorly we are doing, the answer seems self-evident.
Monday, November 29, 2010
RANDALL TERRY FOR PRESIDENT
George Offerman
We are supposedly a nation of law and order, as well as a Christian nation, one that protects the most vulnerable of our citizens against tyranny and harm. For much of our history, this was truly the case. Then something happened. It started much before that fateful day in 1973 that has altered the course of this great nation, but it culminated on that day nonetheless. The events I refer to were all of those ‘rulings’, mainly by the judicial branch of our government, that began the elimination of any references of God from public life. This resulted in the separation of God from morality and the rule of law, which ultimately set up the lethal judgment on January 22, 1973.
Ever since 1973, the rule of law and the idea of morality and ethics have continued to erode to the point that even most Christians take on a relativistic view of the world. So when a person steps up and confronts this reality, the majority views this as ‘extreme’ and wants to distance themselves from such an individual and his views. What makes this so paradoxical is the fact that this same majority is clamoring for ‘change’ but they don’t recognize the force of change even when it is in front of them. This is why mediocrity and Incrementalism reigns supreme, and why legalized child killing is in no danger of being overturned while the current methodology is in place and utilized.
My wife and I spent several hours with Randall Terry yesterday discussing his possible run for president against Obama in 2012. Despite the fact that many in the pro life movement will see this as a ‘stunt’, attention seeking or a massive fund raising effort, this effort will bring about MINIMALLY a real conversation and exposure to the true nature of legalized child killing that neither the Church nor the ‘mainstream’ pro life movement has ever done before. For those of you in the D.C metro area, you are well aware of the impact Missy Smith’s ad’s had on the last election cycle, Imagine this at the national level! This country has NEVER SEEN THIS, and it will do more to bring about the necessary dialogue than anything tried before.
Now, for those of you ‘naysayers’ and critics out there, exposure of legalized child killing to such a large swath of the population will result in Mr. Terry receiving things such as: death threats, every conceivable form of public verbal thrashings, dirty laundry from supposed friends and former supporters, condemnation both on a theological level, as well as social levels, and ostracisation from much of the mainstream Society. Now, the above sentence refers to the pro lifers. I haven’t even mentioned what the pro death side would do, but magnify this by 10, and you may then have an idea of what Mr. Terry is willing to put up with to get this issue out in the open.
This is truly taking the issue of legalized child killing to a level in which the average American must make a personal decision about and then act on this. It comes at a time in history in which the average American wants to be left alone and is more interested in his own well being than that of others. It will take him outside of his own comfort zone, and expose him to a universal truth that has been too inconvenient to deal with previously and it will burn itself into his psyche in ways he cannot even begin to imagine. It will also cause rage at the one who ‘exposed’ this inconvenient truth to him and this person will be the butt of this personal rage. It takes a great deal of faith and guts to knowingly expose oneself to such forces, but Mr. Terry has decided to do this. So, for those ‘pro lifers’ who will condemn this action as ‘self promotion and egotistical feeding’, step forth yourselves, and show this kind of courage. Step outside of your own comfort zones and away from your kitchens and computers and do something.
This is a war for the soul of this nation, and by extension, our own souls. Christianity is not a passive belief system; it requires actions and words that are commensurate with whatever challenge presents itself. Legalized child killing is the greatest abomination on the face of the earth, and it is high time we understand this, and then act like it is the holocaust it is. Truly, anyone who would consider themselves ‘presidential material’ ought to demonstrate guts and conviction to the point of being an imitator of the greatest Servant/leader who ever walked this earth. Jesus sees this as the most outrageous crime of our time, and so ought the one who sits at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. and takes the Oath of office to “uphold the Constitution of the United States” while placing his hands upon a Bible.
We are supposedly a nation of law and order, as well as a Christian nation, one that protects the most vulnerable of our citizens against tyranny and harm. For much of our history, this was truly the case. Then something happened. It started much before that fateful day in 1973 that has altered the course of this great nation, but it culminated on that day nonetheless. The events I refer to were all of those ‘rulings’, mainly by the judicial branch of our government, that began the elimination of any references of God from public life. This resulted in the separation of God from morality and the rule of law, which ultimately set up the lethal judgment on January 22, 1973.
Ever since 1973, the rule of law and the idea of morality and ethics have continued to erode to the point that even most Christians take on a relativistic view of the world. So when a person steps up and confronts this reality, the majority views this as ‘extreme’ and wants to distance themselves from such an individual and his views. What makes this so paradoxical is the fact that this same majority is clamoring for ‘change’ but they don’t recognize the force of change even when it is in front of them. This is why mediocrity and Incrementalism reigns supreme, and why legalized child killing is in no danger of being overturned while the current methodology is in place and utilized.
My wife and I spent several hours with Randall Terry yesterday discussing his possible run for president against Obama in 2012. Despite the fact that many in the pro life movement will see this as a ‘stunt’, attention seeking or a massive fund raising effort, this effort will bring about MINIMALLY a real conversation and exposure to the true nature of legalized child killing that neither the Church nor the ‘mainstream’ pro life movement has ever done before. For those of you in the D.C metro area, you are well aware of the impact Missy Smith’s ad’s had on the last election cycle, Imagine this at the national level! This country has NEVER SEEN THIS, and it will do more to bring about the necessary dialogue than anything tried before.
Now, for those of you ‘naysayers’ and critics out there, exposure of legalized child killing to such a large swath of the population will result in Mr. Terry receiving things such as: death threats, every conceivable form of public verbal thrashings, dirty laundry from supposed friends and former supporters, condemnation both on a theological level, as well as social levels, and ostracisation from much of the mainstream Society. Now, the above sentence refers to the pro lifers. I haven’t even mentioned what the pro death side would do, but magnify this by 10, and you may then have an idea of what Mr. Terry is willing to put up with to get this issue out in the open.
This is truly taking the issue of legalized child killing to a level in which the average American must make a personal decision about and then act on this. It comes at a time in history in which the average American wants to be left alone and is more interested in his own well being than that of others. It will take him outside of his own comfort zone, and expose him to a universal truth that has been too inconvenient to deal with previously and it will burn itself into his psyche in ways he cannot even begin to imagine. It will also cause rage at the one who ‘exposed’ this inconvenient truth to him and this person will be the butt of this personal rage. It takes a great deal of faith and guts to knowingly expose oneself to such forces, but Mr. Terry has decided to do this. So, for those ‘pro lifers’ who will condemn this action as ‘self promotion and egotistical feeding’, step forth yourselves, and show this kind of courage. Step outside of your own comfort zones and away from your kitchens and computers and do something.
This is a war for the soul of this nation, and by extension, our own souls. Christianity is not a passive belief system; it requires actions and words that are commensurate with whatever challenge presents itself. Legalized child killing is the greatest abomination on the face of the earth, and it is high time we understand this, and then act like it is the holocaust it is. Truly, anyone who would consider themselves ‘presidential material’ ought to demonstrate guts and conviction to the point of being an imitator of the greatest Servant/leader who ever walked this earth. Jesus sees this as the most outrageous crime of our time, and so ought the one who sits at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. and takes the Oath of office to “uphold the Constitution of the United States” while placing his hands upon a Bible.
Tuesday, November 23, 2010
THE INSANITY CONTINUES
George Offerman
There is a debate going on now concerning whether to use ‘scarce pro life resources’ to pass the personhood amendment in places like Colorado, when it seems there is not much of a chance it will pass. (The personhood amendment lost something like 74-26%) One of the arguments utilized by the side that is against passage of the personhood amendment at this time, Steven Ertelt of life news, believes the way to do it is through the electoral process and the courts. This side also used the classic ‘insanity’ argument, which states the definition of insanity is ‘doing the same things but expecting different results’. Well, then by judging from history and results, those opposed to the personhood amendment, those who embrace incrementalism and the likes of Steven Ertelt qualify as insane.
Incrementalism has been the deadly sin of the pro-life movement ever since compromise was introduced as the ‘winning strategy’ about 30 years ago. If anyone wants to debate this as a ‘winning’ strategy, they truly pass the insanity test as we have had two new young justices placed on the Supreme Court in the past 18 months, and have elected the most pro death president ever. These same groups were nowhere to be found in this fight, as their 501 c 3 statuses disallowed them to name names, and hence, muzzled them from the real battle. Those who have been elected under the ‘pro life’ banner, have time and time again, thrown us under the bus, yet the same insane pro life organizations continue to encourage their re elections in the hope these wayward officials will ‘see the light’.
The people and organizations that embrace incrementalism and the idea we need to ‘retake’ the government via Republicant ‘pro lifers’ are those who are truly insane. They have not learned from the recent past when the Bush II regime had 6 years of the legislative branch to get this done, and they did little but pass some peripheral legislation that was overturned by appellate courts. So those who do not study history, or learn from what they live through are advocating for ‘more of the same’ and will end up killing more babies than admitting they have been misguided and have embraced a cursed route that will end up in, no pun intended, a dead end. These people and organizations are too filled with pride to admit they don’t know the way, nor is their way going to result in victory.
There is not even enough integrity to admit it was the tea party that turned the elections in this cycle, and the tea party is now advocating their candidates now let go of the ‘social issues’ and focuses on the economic issues. This was actively discussed and pushed this last election cycle, yet the pro-life organizations have claimed since then that they were the ones who influenced the massive changes in the numbers of new republicans in the House. The fact of the matter is, the pro-life movement had a negligible effect, if any at all in this past election cycle. To sit there and openly deceive themselves, and those who fund them is the height of insanity, the pro life organizations and individuals who fight against the personhood amendment are showing how truly inane they are if they believe their own hype, or as some have said in the 1960’s “They are smoking their own dope”.
Sadly, the reality is the majority of the ‘newly elected’ are going to vote on economic issues, and basically blow off the pro-life issue. This prediction is easy to make, given that those who are the supposed leaders pay little attention to reality, and want to sell their snake oil as real efforts. All this will accomplish is to demoralize those on the front line who have been sold this garbage as real efforts and actually believed these leaders who made bogus complaints. Then the insanity will continue when some incremental change occurs, and the fund raising and bogus claims of victory will once again, fool many of those into funding them. It is in this way the insanity is perpetuated and legalized child killing continues on unabated in its killing fields.
There is a debate going on now concerning whether to use ‘scarce pro life resources’ to pass the personhood amendment in places like Colorado, when it seems there is not much of a chance it will pass. (The personhood amendment lost something like 74-26%) One of the arguments utilized by the side that is against passage of the personhood amendment at this time, Steven Ertelt of life news, believes the way to do it is through the electoral process and the courts. This side also used the classic ‘insanity’ argument, which states the definition of insanity is ‘doing the same things but expecting different results’. Well, then by judging from history and results, those opposed to the personhood amendment, those who embrace incrementalism and the likes of Steven Ertelt qualify as insane.
Incrementalism has been the deadly sin of the pro-life movement ever since compromise was introduced as the ‘winning strategy’ about 30 years ago. If anyone wants to debate this as a ‘winning’ strategy, they truly pass the insanity test as we have had two new young justices placed on the Supreme Court in the past 18 months, and have elected the most pro death president ever. These same groups were nowhere to be found in this fight, as their 501 c 3 statuses disallowed them to name names, and hence, muzzled them from the real battle. Those who have been elected under the ‘pro life’ banner, have time and time again, thrown us under the bus, yet the same insane pro life organizations continue to encourage their re elections in the hope these wayward officials will ‘see the light’.
The people and organizations that embrace incrementalism and the idea we need to ‘retake’ the government via Republicant ‘pro lifers’ are those who are truly insane. They have not learned from the recent past when the Bush II regime had 6 years of the legislative branch to get this done, and they did little but pass some peripheral legislation that was overturned by appellate courts. So those who do not study history, or learn from what they live through are advocating for ‘more of the same’ and will end up killing more babies than admitting they have been misguided and have embraced a cursed route that will end up in, no pun intended, a dead end. These people and organizations are too filled with pride to admit they don’t know the way, nor is their way going to result in victory.
There is not even enough integrity to admit it was the tea party that turned the elections in this cycle, and the tea party is now advocating their candidates now let go of the ‘social issues’ and focuses on the economic issues. This was actively discussed and pushed this last election cycle, yet the pro-life organizations have claimed since then that they were the ones who influenced the massive changes in the numbers of new republicans in the House. The fact of the matter is, the pro-life movement had a negligible effect, if any at all in this past election cycle. To sit there and openly deceive themselves, and those who fund them is the height of insanity, the pro life organizations and individuals who fight against the personhood amendment are showing how truly inane they are if they believe their own hype, or as some have said in the 1960’s “They are smoking their own dope”.
Sadly, the reality is the majority of the ‘newly elected’ are going to vote on economic issues, and basically blow off the pro-life issue. This prediction is easy to make, given that those who are the supposed leaders pay little attention to reality, and want to sell their snake oil as real efforts. All this will accomplish is to demoralize those on the front line who have been sold this garbage as real efforts and actually believed these leaders who made bogus complaints. Then the insanity will continue when some incremental change occurs, and the fund raising and bogus claims of victory will once again, fool many of those into funding them. It is in this way the insanity is perpetuated and legalized child killing continues on unabated in its killing fields.
Monday, November 22, 2010
THE ROE DEFENSE
George Offerman
This upcoming holiday poses a quandary for all the people who will use the airlines to travel to their holiday destinations. You see, in the name of ‘security’ and ‘government benevolence’ these people, or fanatics, have legalized the ability of one agency to take away all rights to one’s body in the name of the ‘greater good’. All of the lefties, Demovamps, socialists, Marxists, elitists, and the willfully ignorant all seem to agree with Big Brother in this matter with statements such as: ‘Suck it up” ‘it’s not molestation, it’s security’ ‘if you don’t like it, don’t fly’ ‘Greyhound and Amtrak are ready when you are’. It again, reflects the death of common sense, along with what is right and wrong, and that ‘government knows best’.
Well, here’s the problem. We have the government telling us we don’t have rights over our bodies in this farce they call security, yet these same people claim that ‘choice’ is a constitutionally guaranteed right, and supplants all other rights. For all of you who don’t want to use your brain: you can’t have it both ways. We either have rights over our own bodies or we don’t. But as usual, the lefties and the rest that do our thinking for us have come up with convoluted and asinine ‘explanations’ for the blatant violation of personal rights. Do you really believe a 3 year old understands being ‘touched in private places’ is ok in the name of supposed national security? Does it change the fact a man is forced to watch his wife being touched in ways that are Biblically reserved only for him, and by ‘law’ cannot do anything about it? This is absolutely sick, and if we don’t wake up and do something about it, very bad things will happen because we didn’t stand up for ourselves.
It seems appropriate for the women in these lines to use the Roe defense. What is the Roe defense, you may ask? The Roe defense is simply the ability to tell these people ‘paws off my body’. Or another way of putting it could be: “you may personally think I’m a terrorist, but that is your personal opinion, and don’t inflict your beliefs onto me”. After all, the Roe defense is ‘guaranteed’ by the constitution, and is considered ‘the law of the land, that trumps all other laws’. In fact, maybe the women in line all ought to say they are flying to procure an abortion, and these searches and ‘pat downs’ are the pro lifers attempt to scare them off from obtaining what is ‘legally their right to have’. After all, how does one really know if the TSA agents are not really those cantankerous pro lifers in disguise? Who knows, with that excuse, maybe the women will be put in the front, and given first class seats.
It’s interesting that the justification used to violate the personal rights of innocent Americans in the name of safety and security is the same as violating the intrinsic right to life of pre born babies for the sake of convenience. In both cases, we are lead to believe that legalizing some behaviors automatically makes them safer, and that those individuals who are in charge of administering said services are of the highest caliber and morality when considering their motives in being in this line of work to begin with. We are finding out that both the abortion industry and the TSA primarily sees their ‘victims’ as cattle, and show a great deal of contempt for those who dare question what they are doing, and the means in which they supposedly do their jobs. As the saying goes “Birds of a feather flock together’. Immoral orders bequeath immoral behaviors.
We all need to think long and hard about the country that is emerging from the continual paranoia garbage thrown our way. How soon will it be that we give all our freedoms away, in the name of security or fear? The death of common sense has lead to the death of passion, and the death of knowing right from wrong. 81% of Americans believe the TSA is correct in their ‘searches’ despite the fact that if this were done in ANY OTHER VENUE the people doing the groping would be charged with felonies. Somehow, are people really going to shut off their sensibilities, and yes, strong intuitions and feelings that this is wrong, because it is ‘national security’? Sounds the same as “it’s not life; it’s only a blob of tissue, no big deal” Oh, why didn’t you say that earlier? For that matter, take my children away, because it’s really about them learning how to properly enter society. Take away my retirement, because I’m too stupid to do it myself. Tell me what to eat, because I’ll get fat and die from too poor of a diet and no exercise.
We need to wake up fast and soon. Enough is enough, and if we don’t speak up soon, we may find we no longer have the ability to speak for ourselves at all. After all, the most innocent of us are already executed en masse, and it seems fewer are willing to do much for them as the time goes by. The insanity needs to end, but it requires sanity to recognize the insanity, and then one needs to have the guts to do something about the insanity, and the majority who accepts the insanity as sanity.
This upcoming holiday poses a quandary for all the people who will use the airlines to travel to their holiday destinations. You see, in the name of ‘security’ and ‘government benevolence’ these people, or fanatics, have legalized the ability of one agency to take away all rights to one’s body in the name of the ‘greater good’. All of the lefties, Demovamps, socialists, Marxists, elitists, and the willfully ignorant all seem to agree with Big Brother in this matter with statements such as: ‘Suck it up” ‘it’s not molestation, it’s security’ ‘if you don’t like it, don’t fly’ ‘Greyhound and Amtrak are ready when you are’. It again, reflects the death of common sense, along with what is right and wrong, and that ‘government knows best’.
Well, here’s the problem. We have the government telling us we don’t have rights over our bodies in this farce they call security, yet these same people claim that ‘choice’ is a constitutionally guaranteed right, and supplants all other rights. For all of you who don’t want to use your brain: you can’t have it both ways. We either have rights over our own bodies or we don’t. But as usual, the lefties and the rest that do our thinking for us have come up with convoluted and asinine ‘explanations’ for the blatant violation of personal rights. Do you really believe a 3 year old understands being ‘touched in private places’ is ok in the name of supposed national security? Does it change the fact a man is forced to watch his wife being touched in ways that are Biblically reserved only for him, and by ‘law’ cannot do anything about it? This is absolutely sick, and if we don’t wake up and do something about it, very bad things will happen because we didn’t stand up for ourselves.
It seems appropriate for the women in these lines to use the Roe defense. What is the Roe defense, you may ask? The Roe defense is simply the ability to tell these people ‘paws off my body’. Or another way of putting it could be: “you may personally think I’m a terrorist, but that is your personal opinion, and don’t inflict your beliefs onto me”. After all, the Roe defense is ‘guaranteed’ by the constitution, and is considered ‘the law of the land, that trumps all other laws’. In fact, maybe the women in line all ought to say they are flying to procure an abortion, and these searches and ‘pat downs’ are the pro lifers attempt to scare them off from obtaining what is ‘legally their right to have’. After all, how does one really know if the TSA agents are not really those cantankerous pro lifers in disguise? Who knows, with that excuse, maybe the women will be put in the front, and given first class seats.
It’s interesting that the justification used to violate the personal rights of innocent Americans in the name of safety and security is the same as violating the intrinsic right to life of pre born babies for the sake of convenience. In both cases, we are lead to believe that legalizing some behaviors automatically makes them safer, and that those individuals who are in charge of administering said services are of the highest caliber and morality when considering their motives in being in this line of work to begin with. We are finding out that both the abortion industry and the TSA primarily sees their ‘victims’ as cattle, and show a great deal of contempt for those who dare question what they are doing, and the means in which they supposedly do their jobs. As the saying goes “Birds of a feather flock together’. Immoral orders bequeath immoral behaviors.
We all need to think long and hard about the country that is emerging from the continual paranoia garbage thrown our way. How soon will it be that we give all our freedoms away, in the name of security or fear? The death of common sense has lead to the death of passion, and the death of knowing right from wrong. 81% of Americans believe the TSA is correct in their ‘searches’ despite the fact that if this were done in ANY OTHER VENUE the people doing the groping would be charged with felonies. Somehow, are people really going to shut off their sensibilities, and yes, strong intuitions and feelings that this is wrong, because it is ‘national security’? Sounds the same as “it’s not life; it’s only a blob of tissue, no big deal” Oh, why didn’t you say that earlier? For that matter, take my children away, because it’s really about them learning how to properly enter society. Take away my retirement, because I’m too stupid to do it myself. Tell me what to eat, because I’ll get fat and die from too poor of a diet and no exercise.
We need to wake up fast and soon. Enough is enough, and if we don’t speak up soon, we may find we no longer have the ability to speak for ourselves at all. After all, the most innocent of us are already executed en masse, and it seems fewer are willing to do much for them as the time goes by. The insanity needs to end, but it requires sanity to recognize the insanity, and then one needs to have the guts to do something about the insanity, and the majority who accepts the insanity as sanity.
Thursday, November 18, 2010
THE DEATH OF COMMON SENSE
George Offerman
The signs are everywhere that common sense, the troubadour of truth and honesty is dead in this country. It can be seen from the simple ‘you need three picture id’s’ to access the most mundane personal information, to the now very questionable ‘pat down’ of toddlers that is essentially legalized child molesting, to a growing minority of Americans that believe Marriage is irrelevant, to ultimately, those believing legalized child killing is ok because it’s ‘legal, and the law of the land’. Through simple observation, it can be verified that we have become a nation of idiots, lead by even bigger idiots that we are too stupid to throw out of power.
It seems with the death of common sense runs the theme of not being able to recognize what is right in front of us. All hell is really on the loose in this country (to get much worse) and many in this country, lead by the talking heads, are claiming ‘we are coming out of our problems at least economically’. We have the helicopter man announcing the QE2 and the rest of the world, who seems to get it about common sense, is furious with us. They understand the highly inflationary nature of this policy, and this is coming from an organization that just recently, was selling the fears of too much inflation, now they are saying ‘we need some, it is good for us’. It doesn’t matter that we have the largest number of Americans EVER on food stamps, what’s a ‘little’ price increase on things going to hurt?
We are surrounded by liars and villains, and do not seem to understand this, or don’t care, or we may simply see that all things are relative, and a liar today can be a truth teller tomorrow. We now have some in the tea party attempting to get the new Republican majority to focus on the economic issues, and leaving the social issues on the sidelines (read abortion). This definitely flies in the face of all the pro-life organizations that claimed they lead this revolt, that this referendum is about the life issues, and they will hold these newly elected official’s ‘feet to the fire’. Well, we now get a glimpse of the real agenda, and affirmation that it was the tea party that created this revolt, and it is about economics, not the life issue.
Unfortunately, too many people will believe this lie, and they will continue to fund these organizations that are not doing what they claim, and in fact, are continuing to claim they did things that should be very obvious they had little to do with. If those in the pro-life movement want to continue with this charade, I guess it is ultimately up to them, but simply choosing to ignore what is plainly in front of one’s face does not make it the reality of the situation. Like the rest of society that wants to ignore the fact our society is in major trouble, the pro life movement is in it’s own cardiac arrest and on life support. The evidence shows over the past few years, we have lost more ground than at any other point in the 38 years of this holocaust, but it is being sold as great victory.
When one loses his ability to use common sense and see what is there, the fight is over. Too many in the pro life organizations that are selling their snake oil are finding too many willing recipients to accept this. This goes on as our nation falls more into the hellish existence of the culture of death, with its accompanying economic and moral problems following close behind. Pretending this is not going on is the worst form of denial and for some, could literally lead to death. Without understanding the fight, and attempting a fight without properly trained warriors is recipe for disaster. Are you ready for the coming trials and tribulations we brought on ourselves?
The signs are everywhere that common sense, the troubadour of truth and honesty is dead in this country. It can be seen from the simple ‘you need three picture id’s’ to access the most mundane personal information, to the now very questionable ‘pat down’ of toddlers that is essentially legalized child molesting, to a growing minority of Americans that believe Marriage is irrelevant, to ultimately, those believing legalized child killing is ok because it’s ‘legal, and the law of the land’. Through simple observation, it can be verified that we have become a nation of idiots, lead by even bigger idiots that we are too stupid to throw out of power.
It seems with the death of common sense runs the theme of not being able to recognize what is right in front of us. All hell is really on the loose in this country (to get much worse) and many in this country, lead by the talking heads, are claiming ‘we are coming out of our problems at least economically’. We have the helicopter man announcing the QE2 and the rest of the world, who seems to get it about common sense, is furious with us. They understand the highly inflationary nature of this policy, and this is coming from an organization that just recently, was selling the fears of too much inflation, now they are saying ‘we need some, it is good for us’. It doesn’t matter that we have the largest number of Americans EVER on food stamps, what’s a ‘little’ price increase on things going to hurt?
We are surrounded by liars and villains, and do not seem to understand this, or don’t care, or we may simply see that all things are relative, and a liar today can be a truth teller tomorrow. We now have some in the tea party attempting to get the new Republican majority to focus on the economic issues, and leaving the social issues on the sidelines (read abortion). This definitely flies in the face of all the pro-life organizations that claimed they lead this revolt, that this referendum is about the life issues, and they will hold these newly elected official’s ‘feet to the fire’. Well, we now get a glimpse of the real agenda, and affirmation that it was the tea party that created this revolt, and it is about economics, not the life issue.
Unfortunately, too many people will believe this lie, and they will continue to fund these organizations that are not doing what they claim, and in fact, are continuing to claim they did things that should be very obvious they had little to do with. If those in the pro-life movement want to continue with this charade, I guess it is ultimately up to them, but simply choosing to ignore what is plainly in front of one’s face does not make it the reality of the situation. Like the rest of society that wants to ignore the fact our society is in major trouble, the pro life movement is in it’s own cardiac arrest and on life support. The evidence shows over the past few years, we have lost more ground than at any other point in the 38 years of this holocaust, but it is being sold as great victory.
When one loses his ability to use common sense and see what is there, the fight is over. Too many in the pro life organizations that are selling their snake oil are finding too many willing recipients to accept this. This goes on as our nation falls more into the hellish existence of the culture of death, with its accompanying economic and moral problems following close behind. Pretending this is not going on is the worst form of denial and for some, could literally lead to death. Without understanding the fight, and attempting a fight without properly trained warriors is recipe for disaster. Are you ready for the coming trials and tribulations we brought on ourselves?
Tuesday, November 16, 2010
MISSING THE NUANCES OF THE FIGHT
George Offerman
I had some people point out how it seems I am doing the same behaviors I am accusing many of the other pro life organizations of, and that is attacking and being hypercritical of ‘our own’. I believe I have covered this point in several postings in the past, but because I do not want this to be a stumbling block for some, I will address this the best way that I can.
The first point has to be: understanding the difference between constructive criticism and personal attacks. I have always attempted to practice issue driven postings that make their point on their own merits. I don’t think anyone can look at any of the postings and find personal attacks in them, in which I drag in perceived ‘weaknesses’ or trash family members, or bring out old sins and hang them out to dry. I have posted and called people out on their unchristian behaviors and cited what their behaviors were, but this is not a personal attack. It is addressing the merits of the issues, and not directed at the individual’s character, faith, family or other ad hominen attacks that many of my so called critics have engaged in.
Then there is the issue of what the pro life movement is about. It seems the majority in the pro life movement would describe the pro life movement as existing to: change hearts, educate the masses, conversion of many to the faith, and to the culture of life, and to end abortion. (The reason I put ending abortion last, is many in their own mission statements will discuss education and changing hearts as the main goal). The true nature of the pro life agenda (not movement) is: to end legalized child killing from conception to birth. Based upon 38 years of experience, education and changing hearts has not worked and babies continue to die, unabated 3,500 per day. To call out those who embrace this strategy that has not worked is not hate speech, nor is it a personal attack; it is issue driven. Just because the majority may not agree with this, does not make it wrong, nor does it disallow me to openly speak about it.
When I have attempted to engage many of the ‘leaders’ in dialogue, and ask the tough questions, it has generally been them who then use belittling language, or want to call me out on my ‘status’ in this movement, and then will go onto question my beliefs and faith. What is generally not covered during this process is an open and honest look at the issues brought forth, and communication is effectively cut off with some snippety comment like “You are not Christian”, “Babies will die now”, “you have an anger issue”, “and your mother wears combat boots ”, “ you, you, you….” There is no looking at the behaviors or attitudes called on, but a sense of “I’m on a mission from God, and don’t you DARE SAY ANYTHING to me that I may not like”. These people then make themselves sole arbiters of right and wrong, a position only God Almighty Himself can claim.
A case in point was a recent email exchange between Randall Terry and Steven Ertelt of life news. In this exchange was an opportunity to look at the pro life strategy and analyze whether it is working or not. Mr. Eltert took the position that the new media is the new way to get things done, while Mr. Terry advocated good old fashioned protests, and having eyeball to eyeball contact instead of depending on warfare from a distance. The disturbing part of what Mr. Ertelt embraced in his retorts to Mr. Terry are unfortunately too mainstreamed in the common consciousness of the pro life movement, and that is not needing to get ones hands dirty, and forgetting or neglecting the victories of old, all throughout history. Mr. Ertelt seemed to be belittling the historical aspects of war and conquest, and it is actually his loss for it. There is no such thing as a clean war, or an unbloody war. It will NEVER be won from a computer keyboard, living room or Church. It will be won in the battlefield by soldiers properly trained in combat, and there will be a price to be paid and there will be casualties. Anyone or any organization that states otherwise is delusional.
So, while many of these groups want to cry ‘foul’ and want to wimp out when in comes to criticism, seem to have no problem ‘heaping it onto their critics’. Seems very hypocritical, doesn’t it? We grow when our weaknesses and mistakes are pointed out. We grow when we have the humility and grace to hear things that are unpleasant, and sometimes hurt. But without this information, ultimately we will die, and most likely take others with us. Jesus warned us that his way is taking up the cross daily. Jesus never said to get on a party boat, or that once becoming a Christian, things will go your way all of the time. We have to be willing to give and take constructive criticism, and we need to be able to grow by obtaining feedback from those in the fight regardless of how it feels.
I had some people point out how it seems I am doing the same behaviors I am accusing many of the other pro life organizations of, and that is attacking and being hypercritical of ‘our own’. I believe I have covered this point in several postings in the past, but because I do not want this to be a stumbling block for some, I will address this the best way that I can.
The first point has to be: understanding the difference between constructive criticism and personal attacks. I have always attempted to practice issue driven postings that make their point on their own merits. I don’t think anyone can look at any of the postings and find personal attacks in them, in which I drag in perceived ‘weaknesses’ or trash family members, or bring out old sins and hang them out to dry. I have posted and called people out on their unchristian behaviors and cited what their behaviors were, but this is not a personal attack. It is addressing the merits of the issues, and not directed at the individual’s character, faith, family or other ad hominen attacks that many of my so called critics have engaged in.
Then there is the issue of what the pro life movement is about. It seems the majority in the pro life movement would describe the pro life movement as existing to: change hearts, educate the masses, conversion of many to the faith, and to the culture of life, and to end abortion. (The reason I put ending abortion last, is many in their own mission statements will discuss education and changing hearts as the main goal). The true nature of the pro life agenda (not movement) is: to end legalized child killing from conception to birth. Based upon 38 years of experience, education and changing hearts has not worked and babies continue to die, unabated 3,500 per day. To call out those who embrace this strategy that has not worked is not hate speech, nor is it a personal attack; it is issue driven. Just because the majority may not agree with this, does not make it wrong, nor does it disallow me to openly speak about it.
When I have attempted to engage many of the ‘leaders’ in dialogue, and ask the tough questions, it has generally been them who then use belittling language, or want to call me out on my ‘status’ in this movement, and then will go onto question my beliefs and faith. What is generally not covered during this process is an open and honest look at the issues brought forth, and communication is effectively cut off with some snippety comment like “You are not Christian”, “Babies will die now”, “you have an anger issue”, “and your mother wears combat boots ”, “ you, you, you….” There is no looking at the behaviors or attitudes called on, but a sense of “I’m on a mission from God, and don’t you DARE SAY ANYTHING to me that I may not like”. These people then make themselves sole arbiters of right and wrong, a position only God Almighty Himself can claim.
A case in point was a recent email exchange between Randall Terry and Steven Ertelt of life news. In this exchange was an opportunity to look at the pro life strategy and analyze whether it is working or not. Mr. Eltert took the position that the new media is the new way to get things done, while Mr. Terry advocated good old fashioned protests, and having eyeball to eyeball contact instead of depending on warfare from a distance. The disturbing part of what Mr. Ertelt embraced in his retorts to Mr. Terry are unfortunately too mainstreamed in the common consciousness of the pro life movement, and that is not needing to get ones hands dirty, and forgetting or neglecting the victories of old, all throughout history. Mr. Ertelt seemed to be belittling the historical aspects of war and conquest, and it is actually his loss for it. There is no such thing as a clean war, or an unbloody war. It will NEVER be won from a computer keyboard, living room or Church. It will be won in the battlefield by soldiers properly trained in combat, and there will be a price to be paid and there will be casualties. Anyone or any organization that states otherwise is delusional.
So, while many of these groups want to cry ‘foul’ and want to wimp out when in comes to criticism, seem to have no problem ‘heaping it onto their critics’. Seems very hypocritical, doesn’t it? We grow when our weaknesses and mistakes are pointed out. We grow when we have the humility and grace to hear things that are unpleasant, and sometimes hurt. But without this information, ultimately we will die, and most likely take others with us. Jesus warned us that his way is taking up the cross daily. Jesus never said to get on a party boat, or that once becoming a Christian, things will go your way all of the time. We have to be willing to give and take constructive criticism, and we need to be able to grow by obtaining feedback from those in the fight regardless of how it feels.
Monday, November 15, 2010
IT'S THAT SIMPLE
George Offerman
As always, when a topic is handled in the way that it should be, it has a tendency to separate those who seem to understand the nature of battle, versus those who want to get along with everyone, in order to ‘feel good’. This past election demonstrated the nature of the battle for the lives of the children, and like it or not, and believe it or not, we have a very good idea of who is who in this war. It may make many uncomfortable, but this is nothing compared to the grisly manner in which these children are brutally murdered 3,500 per day, so it is time to get over this ‘need to feel good’ while we are at war.
The pro life organizations I mentioned in the past few postings are the ones that promote the need to: show abortion to America, spread the word about Abortion, and most often complain about being ‘iced out’ by the MSM in this matter. Like it or not, and believe it or not, Missy Smith’s campaign got the unvarnished truth of legalized child killing front and center during this election cycle. No other group attained national attention, yet international attention on this issue as Missy Smith did, and any Google search of the newswires will prove this true. Yet, it was the ‘foot soldier’ who donated and did the most in getting the word out, not the organizations that fundraise millions and claim they are the ‘voice of the people’.
For some, it seems that reporting the facts and reporting on who did what seems to be ‘stomping’ on these groups. Well, it does no good to get caught up in delusions of grandeur, when these groups are taking credit for work done by the tea party. This is so verifiable and provable that I won’t even debate this with people. The issues front and center were economic. Too much government, too intrusive of a government, too much money printing, too much spending, too much lying to the people, too much controlling of the people by an elite group, too high of a tax rate, and an unaccountable leadership that seems to be more interested in helping Wall street than Main street. The only place, other than Missy Smith and her campaign, legalized child killing was discussed what the pro life media and some local races. It did not make national headlines, nor did any group, except Insurrecta Nex, make any headlines. Again, do a Google search of this.
The vast majority of the pro life organizations did not make headlines, and sure did not drive the national debate on issues, nor persuade many people through ‘changed hearts and education’ to vote differently. Remember, 54% of the Catholics voted for Obama, the most pro death president to ever live at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. Were hearts changed then? As ‘crass’ as this may be, and as many may not like it, the pro life movement and the vast majority of the organizations made little to no impact on this election. Why? Because their message was muted and sanitized at best, and non existent at worst. The 501 c 3 status made sure of that, and it has been well documented how little was done. Now that the score is being tallied, the excuses and reasons for not supporting Missy Smith’s efforts, or getting the true message out are piling up as high as the money the Federal Reserve is printing. This holocaust is no closer to ending than it was last week, last month, last year, or the last 38 years. In fact, if anything, it is getting more remote it will end as these groups become more established and entrenched in this ‘war’.
Without following the lead of real movements like the tea party, that names those who are turncoats, and uses rhetoric proportional to the issues at hand, the pro life movement is condemning itself to mediocrity and will never result in changing the laws in favor of the babies. It will take heroic efforts, and a fair number of people willing to do whatever it takes to make and keep this issue front and center in the psyche of this nation until this holocaust is thrown on the ash heap of history. Until we have the numbers of people willing to do this, coupled with a REAL PLAN, this movement will get nothing but an occasional crumb thrown its way to pacify those who believe a crumb is a whole meal. The revisionists cannot change the facts of this past election, regardless of how smooth they present their cases. This election was totally influenced by the tea party, and was about economics, not the life issue, as evidenced by the fact the life issue was not debated on the national level, and nearly non existent on the local level.
As always, when a topic is handled in the way that it should be, it has a tendency to separate those who seem to understand the nature of battle, versus those who want to get along with everyone, in order to ‘feel good’. This past election demonstrated the nature of the battle for the lives of the children, and like it or not, and believe it or not, we have a very good idea of who is who in this war. It may make many uncomfortable, but this is nothing compared to the grisly manner in which these children are brutally murdered 3,500 per day, so it is time to get over this ‘need to feel good’ while we are at war.
The pro life organizations I mentioned in the past few postings are the ones that promote the need to: show abortion to America, spread the word about Abortion, and most often complain about being ‘iced out’ by the MSM in this matter. Like it or not, and believe it or not, Missy Smith’s campaign got the unvarnished truth of legalized child killing front and center during this election cycle. No other group attained national attention, yet international attention on this issue as Missy Smith did, and any Google search of the newswires will prove this true. Yet, it was the ‘foot soldier’ who donated and did the most in getting the word out, not the organizations that fundraise millions and claim they are the ‘voice of the people’.
For some, it seems that reporting the facts and reporting on who did what seems to be ‘stomping’ on these groups. Well, it does no good to get caught up in delusions of grandeur, when these groups are taking credit for work done by the tea party. This is so verifiable and provable that I won’t even debate this with people. The issues front and center were economic. Too much government, too intrusive of a government, too much money printing, too much spending, too much lying to the people, too much controlling of the people by an elite group, too high of a tax rate, and an unaccountable leadership that seems to be more interested in helping Wall street than Main street. The only place, other than Missy Smith and her campaign, legalized child killing was discussed what the pro life media and some local races. It did not make national headlines, nor did any group, except Insurrecta Nex, make any headlines. Again, do a Google search of this.
The vast majority of the pro life organizations did not make headlines, and sure did not drive the national debate on issues, nor persuade many people through ‘changed hearts and education’ to vote differently. Remember, 54% of the Catholics voted for Obama, the most pro death president to ever live at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. Were hearts changed then? As ‘crass’ as this may be, and as many may not like it, the pro life movement and the vast majority of the organizations made little to no impact on this election. Why? Because their message was muted and sanitized at best, and non existent at worst. The 501 c 3 status made sure of that, and it has been well documented how little was done. Now that the score is being tallied, the excuses and reasons for not supporting Missy Smith’s efforts, or getting the true message out are piling up as high as the money the Federal Reserve is printing. This holocaust is no closer to ending than it was last week, last month, last year, or the last 38 years. In fact, if anything, it is getting more remote it will end as these groups become more established and entrenched in this ‘war’.
Without following the lead of real movements like the tea party, that names those who are turncoats, and uses rhetoric proportional to the issues at hand, the pro life movement is condemning itself to mediocrity and will never result in changing the laws in favor of the babies. It will take heroic efforts, and a fair number of people willing to do whatever it takes to make and keep this issue front and center in the psyche of this nation until this holocaust is thrown on the ash heap of history. Until we have the numbers of people willing to do this, coupled with a REAL PLAN, this movement will get nothing but an occasional crumb thrown its way to pacify those who believe a crumb is a whole meal. The revisionists cannot change the facts of this past election, regardless of how smooth they present their cases. This election was totally influenced by the tea party, and was about economics, not the life issue, as evidenced by the fact the life issue was not debated on the national level, and nearly non existent on the local level.
Thursday, November 11, 2010
SCANDALOUS!
George Offerman
Someone forwarded to me a ‘fund raising’ letter from Priests for Life, which is the embodiment of scandal. Now, before someone wants to get on me about picking on Fr. Frank or Priests for Life, I want to be clear, that first off, I predicted this prior to the election and it has now come to fruition, and this fund raising’ letter is a symptom of a larger problem and it happens to be the Priests for Life 501 c 3 organization that was brought to my attention. This is symptomatic of all the 501 c 3 organizations, that are held in check by the god called the IRS. You, see, we have it very well documented that most of theses organizations were held in ‘check’ by man’s laws, and in fact, had to sanitize language used and could only indirectly support those who took the life position.
Also as predicted, these organizations are taking credit for the work of the tea party. Sorry, Fr. Frank and all the others, the pro life issue was not front and center in this election. As much as I hate to give bill Clinton any credit, I have to use his words that cost the first Bush his second term “IT’S THE ECONOMY, STUPID”. It was the tea party that stirred this election cycle, and it was TOTALLY ABOUT THE ECONOMY. Now, I can understand people revising history that may be older than the audience which is targeted, but this election just occurred 9 days ago, and even the most severely attention deficit disordered individual would not believe this load of crap. The pro life issue made news because of what Missy Smith did. Not billboards in Ohio, not the internet ‘ghetto’ press, and surely not any of the 501 c 3 organizations that never used the words legalized child killing, murder or any of the potent language that will get the attention of people. No, these organizations were too busy complying with the laws of man and not ‘offending’ the pro deathers, or running ‘moderate’ themes as to not be seen as ‘extreme’.
It’s interesting that the tea party used harsh language on those who are attempting to turn our nation into a socialist regime. The tea party used harsh language concerning the rampant money printing by the Federal Reserve, and the out of control spending by the Obamination regime. The tea party threatened to ‘fire’ those who did not tow the line on these matters, and we had the largest swing in party control in 70 years. And the tea party is not a 501c 3 organization, nor did they do fundraising, nor are they sending out fund raising letters asking for huge amounts of money nor are they being braggadocios about the outcome of this election. No, the tea party people are very focused on getting what they want, and are motivated by their passions to see this current situation end with as little destruction to this country as possible. These pro life organizations practiced their typical ‘lukewarm’ stance by wanting to tone down the message and get their people elected. Well, many fiscally conservative people also happen to be social conservatives, and if it were not for the economic issues, the Demovamps most likely would have held the House. The pro life movement ought to be ashamed of itself, and they are now out there acting like they were at the front of the line in making this happen. This is humorous, given the fact they could do little without being able to name names, yet somehow believe in their own efficacy in having these candidates elected.
How effective can an organization be if they are not allowed by ‘law’ to openly endorse a candidate who supposedly embraces the cause for which the organization exists to begin with? This seems to be fraudulent from the get go, and I am left wondering, what is their REAL PURPOSE in being in this fight? If I am giving money to a cause, and this cause identifies a ‘perpetrator’ you better be ‘damned straight’ that I expect the organization to name them. If not, then I want neither my money, nor my time wasted by such an organization. Fr. Frank mentioned in his fund raising letter that it is now time ‘to hold their feet to the fire” and follow through with their promises. And how, pray tell, will you do that come election time, when YOU CANNOT NAME THEM BY NAME if they fail? Or if you cannot endorse them? So are these wayward politicians really afraid of organizations that have no teeth, and are bound by an organization, the IRS who will hound them into following the stupid and godless election muzzle? One only need look at the results. For 6 years during Bush II, the executive and legislative branches were held by the Republicants, and little was accomplished. These people have no fear of the pro life movement, but they do the tea party people. Why? BECAUSE THE TEA PARTY PEOPLE NAME NAMES AND USE HARSH BUT ACCURATE RHETORIC. And they will follow through with their promises to ‘throw the bums out’.
What I learned in my sociology of organizations class in college is proving to be true. The professor stated that the ‘prime directive’ of all organizations is survival first. This definitely has been proven true in this election, as organizations that played no prime role, take credit for history making moves and then go on to fundraise millions to do what? Continue their existence, that’s what! Only a lemming wouldn’t understand an organization’s contradictory nature by claiming to raise money to ‘influence’ elections and then not naming who the enemies are, and speaking in ‘code’ to those who fund them concerning what to do next. That is why as long as the 501 c 3 status exists, legalized child killing will continue to exist, and thrive next to these organizations. It’s time to end this charade. Defund all of these organizations.
Someone forwarded to me a ‘fund raising’ letter from Priests for Life, which is the embodiment of scandal. Now, before someone wants to get on me about picking on Fr. Frank or Priests for Life, I want to be clear, that first off, I predicted this prior to the election and it has now come to fruition, and this fund raising’ letter is a symptom of a larger problem and it happens to be the Priests for Life 501 c 3 organization that was brought to my attention. This is symptomatic of all the 501 c 3 organizations, that are held in check by the god called the IRS. You, see, we have it very well documented that most of theses organizations were held in ‘check’ by man’s laws, and in fact, had to sanitize language used and could only indirectly support those who took the life position.
Also as predicted, these organizations are taking credit for the work of the tea party. Sorry, Fr. Frank and all the others, the pro life issue was not front and center in this election. As much as I hate to give bill Clinton any credit, I have to use his words that cost the first Bush his second term “IT’S THE ECONOMY, STUPID”. It was the tea party that stirred this election cycle, and it was TOTALLY ABOUT THE ECONOMY. Now, I can understand people revising history that may be older than the audience which is targeted, but this election just occurred 9 days ago, and even the most severely attention deficit disordered individual would not believe this load of crap. The pro life issue made news because of what Missy Smith did. Not billboards in Ohio, not the internet ‘ghetto’ press, and surely not any of the 501 c 3 organizations that never used the words legalized child killing, murder or any of the potent language that will get the attention of people. No, these organizations were too busy complying with the laws of man and not ‘offending’ the pro deathers, or running ‘moderate’ themes as to not be seen as ‘extreme’.
It’s interesting that the tea party used harsh language on those who are attempting to turn our nation into a socialist regime. The tea party used harsh language concerning the rampant money printing by the Federal Reserve, and the out of control spending by the Obamination regime. The tea party threatened to ‘fire’ those who did not tow the line on these matters, and we had the largest swing in party control in 70 years. And the tea party is not a 501c 3 organization, nor did they do fundraising, nor are they sending out fund raising letters asking for huge amounts of money nor are they being braggadocios about the outcome of this election. No, the tea party people are very focused on getting what they want, and are motivated by their passions to see this current situation end with as little destruction to this country as possible. These pro life organizations practiced their typical ‘lukewarm’ stance by wanting to tone down the message and get their people elected. Well, many fiscally conservative people also happen to be social conservatives, and if it were not for the economic issues, the Demovamps most likely would have held the House. The pro life movement ought to be ashamed of itself, and they are now out there acting like they were at the front of the line in making this happen. This is humorous, given the fact they could do little without being able to name names, yet somehow believe in their own efficacy in having these candidates elected.
How effective can an organization be if they are not allowed by ‘law’ to openly endorse a candidate who supposedly embraces the cause for which the organization exists to begin with? This seems to be fraudulent from the get go, and I am left wondering, what is their REAL PURPOSE in being in this fight? If I am giving money to a cause, and this cause identifies a ‘perpetrator’ you better be ‘damned straight’ that I expect the organization to name them. If not, then I want neither my money, nor my time wasted by such an organization. Fr. Frank mentioned in his fund raising letter that it is now time ‘to hold their feet to the fire” and follow through with their promises. And how, pray tell, will you do that come election time, when YOU CANNOT NAME THEM BY NAME if they fail? Or if you cannot endorse them? So are these wayward politicians really afraid of organizations that have no teeth, and are bound by an organization, the IRS who will hound them into following the stupid and godless election muzzle? One only need look at the results. For 6 years during Bush II, the executive and legislative branches were held by the Republicants, and little was accomplished. These people have no fear of the pro life movement, but they do the tea party people. Why? BECAUSE THE TEA PARTY PEOPLE NAME NAMES AND USE HARSH BUT ACCURATE RHETORIC. And they will follow through with their promises to ‘throw the bums out’.
What I learned in my sociology of organizations class in college is proving to be true. The professor stated that the ‘prime directive’ of all organizations is survival first. This definitely has been proven true in this election, as organizations that played no prime role, take credit for history making moves and then go on to fundraise millions to do what? Continue their existence, that’s what! Only a lemming wouldn’t understand an organization’s contradictory nature by claiming to raise money to ‘influence’ elections and then not naming who the enemies are, and speaking in ‘code’ to those who fund them concerning what to do next. That is why as long as the 501 c 3 status exists, legalized child killing will continue to exist, and thrive next to these organizations. It’s time to end this charade. Defund all of these organizations.
Wednesday, November 10, 2010
HERMENEUTICS 101: ESCHATOLOGY AND PROPHECY
George Offerman
Over the course of the last several postings, we have looked at many of the formative people and events that have set the stage for where we are in the current scheme of things. We are beginning to get a larger perspective of the global aspects of eschatology and prophecy, but if it is not ultimately applied to the individual in real time, this knowledge is as useless as a migraine headache. The REAL story of the Bible is the PERSONAL relationship with the revealed God that is mandatory in order for one to attain paradise. There will not be a ‘collective’ salvation offered, but an individual, which means the individual is responsible for his own decisions, and ultimately will stand alone in front of the judgment seat of God.
Since we all know there will be an end point to this form of existence, eschatology holds great importance to all of us. Ascertaining where we are concerning the prophetic time line is very important, but of even greater importance is the personal preparation that must go along with this. In our current times, we have been too indoctrinated into the collectivist mentality: someone else will take care of me; someone else will do the heavy lifting for me. Likewise, with the church, there are many who ‘defer’ their responsibilities to the pastor, committees, prayer groups, letter writers or donating to various causes. Personal involvement in many facets of our faith is becoming scarce to non-existent, yet we are being taught we ‘are making a difference’. This is not what the Bible teaches, and we are required to be active participants in this real war.
Without knowledge of eschatology, there is not much purpose in standing out, or taking a strong stance on any issue. If one does not understand or grasp the end results of this life, and that judgment will follow death, and there will be a possibility of eternal damnation, mediocrity will be the order of the day. If one takes a look at the current times, mediocrity rules, or if we want to use the modern colloquialism “politically correct’. Either term used demonstrates a lack of concern over what God has commanded and what Jesus preached. The fact there is perfect accountability for every thought and deed and that this will determine the eternal destiny of the individual is lost in today’s world. Without proper understanding of eschatology, the ides of prophecy will be doubly lost.
Prophecy is history written in advance for the benefit of those alive, in order to know the will and actions of God. If one already believes he will be going to heaven no matter how he lives his life, most, if not all of prophecy will not make sense to him, nor will it affect the way he lives his life. This individual will not be able to grasp, yet believe a God of ‘love’ could possibly send judgments and kill people. So, the lessons of the Bible are constantly in question and generally minimized. Those attempting to teach what the Bible says about man and his condition are ostracized, persecuted, mocked and distained by the ‘sophisticated, enlightened modern man’. When this is done, those believing in the ‘new ways’ are truly lost, and living in a very dangerous delusion. Once captured in this strong delusion, it will only take an ‘act of God’ to wake one out of this stupor. That is why the 14 events of Revelation are so harsh and overwhelming. It takes that much suffering and destruction to overcome these delusions, and it is God’s will to save the most as possible.
The Bible is all about our condition, and the consistency of prophecy proves this aspect of reality. Prophecy is always accurate and exact, when originating from God, and the most accurate and sure prophecies are found in scripture. Yes, there are those who have visions and locutions, but these are considered ‘private’ revelations, and this refers to the fact these prophecies have occurred outside of the cannon of Scripture. Private revelations do not have to be believed, and must be consistent with Scripture, not contradict Scripture to even have a shot at being from God. Many people unfortunately believe private revelation over the Cannon of Scripture, and this is truly a dangerous condition. It generally embraces sensationalism over the purity of the Word, and is contingent upon the ‘seer’ and not what is scripturally sound.
On top of that is the moral relativism embraced in society as a whole, and within the church in part. It is rare for anyone in the church to preach a straight up ’Thus says the Lord’ and be straight up with what God expects. In this way, an individual with the courage to preach the truth really could be considered a prophet in the sense they have a very accurate picture of the future if behaviors don’t change, and true seers and locutionists will verify this. So it is the private revelations that will be supplemental to Scriptural prophecies.
If one considers the above-mentioned criteria, it will soon be clear that both eschatology and prophecy are fairly dead in our time. Not many want to know the real score; they want to believe the way they do their lives is acceptable to God, and don’t want to know or hear they are in error and need to repent. Without a good sense of God and what he wants, all the eschatology and prophecy will not help those already closed off due to their pride in believing they ‘know how things really are”. Eschatology and Prophecy exist for our benefit, but we must know that we are sinful creatures who need instruction by a being that knows the beginning from the end, unlike us.
Over the course of the last several postings, we have looked at many of the formative people and events that have set the stage for where we are in the current scheme of things. We are beginning to get a larger perspective of the global aspects of eschatology and prophecy, but if it is not ultimately applied to the individual in real time, this knowledge is as useless as a migraine headache. The REAL story of the Bible is the PERSONAL relationship with the revealed God that is mandatory in order for one to attain paradise. There will not be a ‘collective’ salvation offered, but an individual, which means the individual is responsible for his own decisions, and ultimately will stand alone in front of the judgment seat of God.
Since we all know there will be an end point to this form of existence, eschatology holds great importance to all of us. Ascertaining where we are concerning the prophetic time line is very important, but of even greater importance is the personal preparation that must go along with this. In our current times, we have been too indoctrinated into the collectivist mentality: someone else will take care of me; someone else will do the heavy lifting for me. Likewise, with the church, there are many who ‘defer’ their responsibilities to the pastor, committees, prayer groups, letter writers or donating to various causes. Personal involvement in many facets of our faith is becoming scarce to non-existent, yet we are being taught we ‘are making a difference’. This is not what the Bible teaches, and we are required to be active participants in this real war.
Without knowledge of eschatology, there is not much purpose in standing out, or taking a strong stance on any issue. If one does not understand or grasp the end results of this life, and that judgment will follow death, and there will be a possibility of eternal damnation, mediocrity will be the order of the day. If one takes a look at the current times, mediocrity rules, or if we want to use the modern colloquialism “politically correct’. Either term used demonstrates a lack of concern over what God has commanded and what Jesus preached. The fact there is perfect accountability for every thought and deed and that this will determine the eternal destiny of the individual is lost in today’s world. Without proper understanding of eschatology, the ides of prophecy will be doubly lost.
Prophecy is history written in advance for the benefit of those alive, in order to know the will and actions of God. If one already believes he will be going to heaven no matter how he lives his life, most, if not all of prophecy will not make sense to him, nor will it affect the way he lives his life. This individual will not be able to grasp, yet believe a God of ‘love’ could possibly send judgments and kill people. So, the lessons of the Bible are constantly in question and generally minimized. Those attempting to teach what the Bible says about man and his condition are ostracized, persecuted, mocked and distained by the ‘sophisticated, enlightened modern man’. When this is done, those believing in the ‘new ways’ are truly lost, and living in a very dangerous delusion. Once captured in this strong delusion, it will only take an ‘act of God’ to wake one out of this stupor. That is why the 14 events of Revelation are so harsh and overwhelming. It takes that much suffering and destruction to overcome these delusions, and it is God’s will to save the most as possible.
The Bible is all about our condition, and the consistency of prophecy proves this aspect of reality. Prophecy is always accurate and exact, when originating from God, and the most accurate and sure prophecies are found in scripture. Yes, there are those who have visions and locutions, but these are considered ‘private’ revelations, and this refers to the fact these prophecies have occurred outside of the cannon of Scripture. Private revelations do not have to be believed, and must be consistent with Scripture, not contradict Scripture to even have a shot at being from God. Many people unfortunately believe private revelation over the Cannon of Scripture, and this is truly a dangerous condition. It generally embraces sensationalism over the purity of the Word, and is contingent upon the ‘seer’ and not what is scripturally sound.
On top of that is the moral relativism embraced in society as a whole, and within the church in part. It is rare for anyone in the church to preach a straight up ’Thus says the Lord’ and be straight up with what God expects. In this way, an individual with the courage to preach the truth really could be considered a prophet in the sense they have a very accurate picture of the future if behaviors don’t change, and true seers and locutionists will verify this. So it is the private revelations that will be supplemental to Scriptural prophecies.
If one considers the above-mentioned criteria, it will soon be clear that both eschatology and prophecy are fairly dead in our time. Not many want to know the real score; they want to believe the way they do their lives is acceptable to God, and don’t want to know or hear they are in error and need to repent. Without a good sense of God and what he wants, all the eschatology and prophecy will not help those already closed off due to their pride in believing they ‘know how things really are”. Eschatology and Prophecy exist for our benefit, but we must know that we are sinful creatures who need instruction by a being that knows the beginning from the end, unlike us.
Monday, November 8, 2010
THE SCORE CARD
George Offerman
As promised, the tally of what the pro-life organizations did concerning Missy Smiths candidacy and subsequent run, in showing graphic images, uncensored on the airwaves of Washington, D.C. This was an unprecedented opportunity, and something that has always been claimed by ‘our side’ as a strategy to get the word out. Well, here is the tally of those who stepped up to the plate and maximized this opportunity, versus those who are talk and ran from this. We will be producing this in spread sheet form within the next few days, but I wanted to publish this list because I understand that many of these organizations that did nothing, in the name of ‘not violating our 501c3 clause” are claiming victory and sending out fund raising letters stating such.
It is disingenuous at least, and fraudulent at its worst, that these organizations claim to have influenced the election, when nearly all of them claimed “We cannot name names, by either endorsing particular candidates, or naming those that should not be elected”. Then why in the world did they, or can they claim to ‘influence’ the outcomes of the election? Does this not seem hypocritical? They have no business making this claim if they cannot name names, and as such, they are obeying man’s laws over God’s. As Christians, we do have the right AND the obligation to correct wayward brothers and sisters, and do have the right to say this in public. We at Insurrecta Nex want the front line pro lifer, who wants to see this holocaust end, to see how these groups behaved during this unprecedented opportunity.
This is how to read the following information. These organizations and individuals were contacted, either by telephone, or email, or both and there was a minimum of two communications made to each. They were asked to do three things: 1) Personally endorse Missy Smith for congress, 2) personally donate to Missy’s campaign, and 3) either link Missy’s site or send out Missy’s site information to their distribution list. Along with this were instructions on how to comply with 501c3 laws, and not at any time was anyone asked to violate any laws in complying. This request was made straight to the organizations and individuals who have cried “foul’ in the past concerning the “censored’ nature of legalized child killing, and this campaign and ads told the unbridled truth in uncensored fashion about legalized child killing.
I will start by listing those who complied with all three, then two, then one, then finally, those who did nothing and/or chose to ignore this campaign. Unfortunately, it is this last group that is the largest, and frankly, they should be ashamed they call themselves pro lifers.
Those that met all three requests: Jill Stanek, blogger, Defend Life, Jack Ames, National Black Pro Life Union, and Dr. Alan Keyes. Thank you for your support and true dedication to the pro-life cause. You are truly in this battle to end legalized child killing and God Bless you.
Those who met two of the three requests: Operation Save American, Rev. Flip Benham, Pro Life Action League, Joe and Ann Scheidler, and Priests for Life, Fr. Frank Pavone. Again, thank you to this group, but there are lingering questions, such as, what stopped you from sending out the site information to your distribution lists?
Those who met one of three requests are broken down into two groups, the first are those who endorsed only, and the second are those who contributed. The endorsers only were: Human Life International, Rachael’s Vineyard, CPLS, Dr. Monica Miller, California Human Rights Amendment, Rev. Walter Hoye, Black Americans for Life, and Ken and Brenda Battle Jordan.
Contributors were: Nebraska RTL, and the Justice Foundation.
Likewise, those who did none of the above can be broken down into two groups. The first group consists of those who did minimal work, such as posting an article, or had someone in their organization do something personally for the campaign. Those who did not complete any of the requests, but did at least mention Missy Smiths campaign were: The Vortex, Michael Voris, Spirit Daily, Michael Brown, Life site News, John Henry, Life News, Steven Ertelt and Pro Life Unity all ran at least one story covering the campaign, and Jonathan Darnel, National coordinator for Pro Life Unity Personally donated a substantial amount towards the ads.
Now, for those who did nothing, and either responded with excuses concerning their ‘inability’ to do anything, due to the 501c3 status, or did not even bother to respond: National Right To Life, March For Life, Nellie Gray, Silent No More, Heritage Foundation, Catholic Online, American Life League, Judi Brown, Live Action, Lila Rose, Bell Rescue, Expectant Mother Care, Stand True, Operation Rescue (west) Wichita, Troy Newman, Jeff White, 40 Days for Life, Americans United for Life, Susan B. Anthony List, and Operation Outcry.
So, here you have it. Now, when the fundraising letters arrive by the dozens, and these groups want to ‘boast’ about their ‘accomplishments’ you can use this as a guide to decide whether these groups actually represent your interests in this war to end legalized child killing. This information is accurate, and all of theses organizations and individuals were given ample time and opportunity to respond. This is the scorecard.
As promised, the tally of what the pro-life organizations did concerning Missy Smiths candidacy and subsequent run, in showing graphic images, uncensored on the airwaves of Washington, D.C. This was an unprecedented opportunity, and something that has always been claimed by ‘our side’ as a strategy to get the word out. Well, here is the tally of those who stepped up to the plate and maximized this opportunity, versus those who are talk and ran from this. We will be producing this in spread sheet form within the next few days, but I wanted to publish this list because I understand that many of these organizations that did nothing, in the name of ‘not violating our 501c3 clause” are claiming victory and sending out fund raising letters stating such.
It is disingenuous at least, and fraudulent at its worst, that these organizations claim to have influenced the election, when nearly all of them claimed “We cannot name names, by either endorsing particular candidates, or naming those that should not be elected”. Then why in the world did they, or can they claim to ‘influence’ the outcomes of the election? Does this not seem hypocritical? They have no business making this claim if they cannot name names, and as such, they are obeying man’s laws over God’s. As Christians, we do have the right AND the obligation to correct wayward brothers and sisters, and do have the right to say this in public. We at Insurrecta Nex want the front line pro lifer, who wants to see this holocaust end, to see how these groups behaved during this unprecedented opportunity.
This is how to read the following information. These organizations and individuals were contacted, either by telephone, or email, or both and there was a minimum of two communications made to each. They were asked to do three things: 1) Personally endorse Missy Smith for congress, 2) personally donate to Missy’s campaign, and 3) either link Missy’s site or send out Missy’s site information to their distribution list. Along with this were instructions on how to comply with 501c3 laws, and not at any time was anyone asked to violate any laws in complying. This request was made straight to the organizations and individuals who have cried “foul’ in the past concerning the “censored’ nature of legalized child killing, and this campaign and ads told the unbridled truth in uncensored fashion about legalized child killing.
I will start by listing those who complied with all three, then two, then one, then finally, those who did nothing and/or chose to ignore this campaign. Unfortunately, it is this last group that is the largest, and frankly, they should be ashamed they call themselves pro lifers.
Those that met all three requests: Jill Stanek, blogger, Defend Life, Jack Ames, National Black Pro Life Union, and Dr. Alan Keyes. Thank you for your support and true dedication to the pro-life cause. You are truly in this battle to end legalized child killing and God Bless you.
Those who met two of the three requests: Operation Save American, Rev. Flip Benham, Pro Life Action League, Joe and Ann Scheidler, and Priests for Life, Fr. Frank Pavone. Again, thank you to this group, but there are lingering questions, such as, what stopped you from sending out the site information to your distribution lists?
Those who met one of three requests are broken down into two groups, the first are those who endorsed only, and the second are those who contributed. The endorsers only were: Human Life International, Rachael’s Vineyard, CPLS, Dr. Monica Miller, California Human Rights Amendment, Rev. Walter Hoye, Black Americans for Life, and Ken and Brenda Battle Jordan.
Contributors were: Nebraska RTL, and the Justice Foundation.
Likewise, those who did none of the above can be broken down into two groups. The first group consists of those who did minimal work, such as posting an article, or had someone in their organization do something personally for the campaign. Those who did not complete any of the requests, but did at least mention Missy Smiths campaign were: The Vortex, Michael Voris, Spirit Daily, Michael Brown, Life site News, John Henry, Life News, Steven Ertelt and Pro Life Unity all ran at least one story covering the campaign, and Jonathan Darnel, National coordinator for Pro Life Unity Personally donated a substantial amount towards the ads.
Now, for those who did nothing, and either responded with excuses concerning their ‘inability’ to do anything, due to the 501c3 status, or did not even bother to respond: National Right To Life, March For Life, Nellie Gray, Silent No More, Heritage Foundation, Catholic Online, American Life League, Judi Brown, Live Action, Lila Rose, Bell Rescue, Expectant Mother Care, Stand True, Operation Rescue (west) Wichita, Troy Newman, Jeff White, 40 Days for Life, Americans United for Life, Susan B. Anthony List, and Operation Outcry.
So, here you have it. Now, when the fundraising letters arrive by the dozens, and these groups want to ‘boast’ about their ‘accomplishments’ you can use this as a guide to decide whether these groups actually represent your interests in this war to end legalized child killing. This information is accurate, and all of theses organizations and individuals were given ample time and opportunity to respond. This is the scorecard.
Friday, November 5, 2010
THE DEMI$E OF THE DOLLAR
George Offerman
For those who believe this is unrelated, or very unrelated to legalized child killing, I want you to consider a few things first. If a country can be that jaded that it kills its most innocent without abandon, and with only a ‘show’ of a fight by the forces of good, this country is just as jaded when it comes to the prospects of using fake money in lieu of real money. Make no mistake, our paper money is fraudulent, and has been since the day it was implemented. It will soon go to its intrinsic value: $0. For those who doubt this, do a little research on the history of money, and you will soon discover that paper money has a 100% track record of failure. It is the antithesis of God’s money, which cannot be printed at will, and is limited for many reasons. Just because one does not understand this principle, or if they outright reject it, does not invalidate God’s very clear mandates on what money is and how it is to be used. If one does not want to know, then they deserve whatever comes their way as a result of this willful ignorance.
Bernanke and the FED decided to meet a day after the elections in order to facilitate their next fiasco, dubbed QE2, for quantitative easing, second edition. The rest of the world no longer has blinders on, and they are very aware that this will doom their long-term investments in our debt through U.S. Treasury notes. It has become clear to the rest of the world that we are no longer able to pay our debts, and these investments will be lost. Our creditors, lead by China are going about re writing financial systems without our input, and we will soon be left in the cold concerning our ability to purchase even the most mundane of products, no longer manufactured in our country. The pursuit of the ‘good life’ via borrowing over the past 20 + years will be coming to a very abrupt ending in the next few months to two years, and there is NOTHING anyone can do about it.
Bill Gross of PIMCO, the “Michael Jordan’ of bonds, has declared the 30 year Treasury note ‘dead’. This is a very large deal, due to the fact Mr. Gross is the most successful bond trader on the planet, and he is very in tune with the movements of large amounts of money. The reason for such a dire proclamation is due to the need to have higher interest rates for long term bonds, in order to lure money into them, coupled with the larger fact of the bond holder believing they will get their money back after the term of the bond expires. The world clearly understand they will get neither a good interest rate, and nearly all now believe they will never see their money again. The ability to fund our deficits are over, and it will be the FED purchasing bonds, to create an artificial market for this junk. But the more money they print and spend on bonds, the lower in value the current bonds become, and the less purchasing power the bondholders now have when (if) their money is returned.
This most likely will result in our over bloated numbers of dollars in print being repatriated, and say hello to hyperinflation. At that point, the only currency the world will accept from us will be God’s money: gold and silver. If one understands how little of these metals exist, they will begin to understand what prices they will attain once God’s money once again takes front and center. It has been stated that for every trillion added to the world economy, that adds another thousand dollars per ounce to the price of gold. Well, the amount that has been batted around concerning the QE2 has been anywhere from .6-3 trillion over the next several months. So minimally, this guarantees gold at $3,000 per ounce and silver at $200 per ounce, as a FLOOR. Even Jim Cramer, the maestro of paper products has been talking $2,000 gold, and mentioned on his show earlier in the week that “No one I know has gold in their portfolio, but they need to get some”.
No one with any sense can argue with the massive increase in the prices of both gold and silver in the past several weeks. These metals will continue their increase over the next several years, and attain prices that cannot even be imagined at this time. I like to tell the skeptics that mining is fairly constant in the amount of production. 2010 numbers are 82.5 million oz. gold and 704 million oz. silver worldwide. Compare that to a declaration by a banker that they will ‘create’ between .6-3 trillion DOLLARS by fiat, or declaration. Now, what is behind this ‘new’ money that gives it value? Nothing. However, if gold and silver were to ‘monetize’ these created dollars, we would be adding many zeros behind the current prices of both metals, and that is just considering the U.S. debt. But because this post is covering the dollar, we will stay focused on U.S. debt. The dollar will soon be rejected as the ‘reserve currency’ of the world. And when that happens, we will be very much like Greece, and have to have assets in which to purchase all of our foreign goods. The metals will be the only thing most of these countries will be interested in, so their prices will have to do a ‘moon shot’ in order to continue obtaining any type of goods we have grown accustomed to having.
So, here we are. We are now at the endgame of this monopoly money experiment, and the losers are the common folk. We are the ones who are going to pay the price of this folly, but we also contributed to this mess by playing the game, and buying into the scheme that we can borrow our way to prosperity. This bill is now due, and those who threw the party are attempting to sneak out the back entrance, leaving us the bill. Well, the bill needs to be paid, and paid it will be. We better prepare.
For those who believe this is unrelated, or very unrelated to legalized child killing, I want you to consider a few things first. If a country can be that jaded that it kills its most innocent without abandon, and with only a ‘show’ of a fight by the forces of good, this country is just as jaded when it comes to the prospects of using fake money in lieu of real money. Make no mistake, our paper money is fraudulent, and has been since the day it was implemented. It will soon go to its intrinsic value: $0. For those who doubt this, do a little research on the history of money, and you will soon discover that paper money has a 100% track record of failure. It is the antithesis of God’s money, which cannot be printed at will, and is limited for many reasons. Just because one does not understand this principle, or if they outright reject it, does not invalidate God’s very clear mandates on what money is and how it is to be used. If one does not want to know, then they deserve whatever comes their way as a result of this willful ignorance.
Bernanke and the FED decided to meet a day after the elections in order to facilitate their next fiasco, dubbed QE2, for quantitative easing, second edition. The rest of the world no longer has blinders on, and they are very aware that this will doom their long-term investments in our debt through U.S. Treasury notes. It has become clear to the rest of the world that we are no longer able to pay our debts, and these investments will be lost. Our creditors, lead by China are going about re writing financial systems without our input, and we will soon be left in the cold concerning our ability to purchase even the most mundane of products, no longer manufactured in our country. The pursuit of the ‘good life’ via borrowing over the past 20 + years will be coming to a very abrupt ending in the next few months to two years, and there is NOTHING anyone can do about it.
Bill Gross of PIMCO, the “Michael Jordan’ of bonds, has declared the 30 year Treasury note ‘dead’. This is a very large deal, due to the fact Mr. Gross is the most successful bond trader on the planet, and he is very in tune with the movements of large amounts of money. The reason for such a dire proclamation is due to the need to have higher interest rates for long term bonds, in order to lure money into them, coupled with the larger fact of the bond holder believing they will get their money back after the term of the bond expires. The world clearly understand they will get neither a good interest rate, and nearly all now believe they will never see their money again. The ability to fund our deficits are over, and it will be the FED purchasing bonds, to create an artificial market for this junk. But the more money they print and spend on bonds, the lower in value the current bonds become, and the less purchasing power the bondholders now have when (if) their money is returned.
This most likely will result in our over bloated numbers of dollars in print being repatriated, and say hello to hyperinflation. At that point, the only currency the world will accept from us will be God’s money: gold and silver. If one understands how little of these metals exist, they will begin to understand what prices they will attain once God’s money once again takes front and center. It has been stated that for every trillion added to the world economy, that adds another thousand dollars per ounce to the price of gold. Well, the amount that has been batted around concerning the QE2 has been anywhere from .6-3 trillion over the next several months. So minimally, this guarantees gold at $3,000 per ounce and silver at $200 per ounce, as a FLOOR. Even Jim Cramer, the maestro of paper products has been talking $2,000 gold, and mentioned on his show earlier in the week that “No one I know has gold in their portfolio, but they need to get some”.
No one with any sense can argue with the massive increase in the prices of both gold and silver in the past several weeks. These metals will continue their increase over the next several years, and attain prices that cannot even be imagined at this time. I like to tell the skeptics that mining is fairly constant in the amount of production. 2010 numbers are 82.5 million oz. gold and 704 million oz. silver worldwide. Compare that to a declaration by a banker that they will ‘create’ between .6-3 trillion DOLLARS by fiat, or declaration. Now, what is behind this ‘new’ money that gives it value? Nothing. However, if gold and silver were to ‘monetize’ these created dollars, we would be adding many zeros behind the current prices of both metals, and that is just considering the U.S. debt. But because this post is covering the dollar, we will stay focused on U.S. debt. The dollar will soon be rejected as the ‘reserve currency’ of the world. And when that happens, we will be very much like Greece, and have to have assets in which to purchase all of our foreign goods. The metals will be the only thing most of these countries will be interested in, so their prices will have to do a ‘moon shot’ in order to continue obtaining any type of goods we have grown accustomed to having.
So, here we are. We are now at the endgame of this monopoly money experiment, and the losers are the common folk. We are the ones who are going to pay the price of this folly, but we also contributed to this mess by playing the game, and buying into the scheme that we can borrow our way to prosperity. This bill is now due, and those who threw the party are attempting to sneak out the back entrance, leaving us the bill. Well, the bill needs to be paid, and paid it will be. We better prepare.
Wednesday, November 3, 2010
NOW WE LOOK AT THE SCORE
George Offerman
The elections are over and it is time to assess what went well, and what did not. There will be many of the pro life organizations that will take credit for this outcome, as I have already witnessed in some of the ‘press releases’ by a few of the pro life media outlets. These same organizations will revel in the incremental and snail paced changes they believe they caused, and most likely they will not bother to mention the little fact of the tea party in this outcome. Truth be told, the pro-life movement was non-existent in this election and all the rhetoric and BS they will come up with will not change that fact.
This is easily verifiable by looking at the importance of the issues, and who is driving the debate. It is very apparent the number one issue by far, is getting the out of control spending and entitlement goodie basket back in line. Next is creating jobs, then accountability and transparency in government dealings. This vote was a referendum on stopping the rapid takeover of this country by socialistic/fascist elements that believes government knows better than the individual, and thus should have a prominent role and say so in the day to day life of the ‘incompetent’ American. Nowhere, and I mean nowhere, did the life issue come up at all.
However, the capital area was abuzz with the 225 ads that Missy Smith was able to run, and it has created controversy in this metro area of nearly 4 million people. This basically occurred in less than 3 weeks, mainly WITHOUT THE HELP OF ANY PRO LIFE ORGANIZATIONS other than the Insurecta Nex team, and advanced more discussion and true education on the issue of legalized child killing than the rest of the multi million dollar funded, 501c3 organizations combined. For the first time ever, the Washington, D.C area got to see firsthand, the bloody and gory reality of legalized child killing and for the first time since the cursed Roe decision, the forces of death had to confront and defend the reality of their creation, and all they could come up with was derision and hate. It showed their true nature, and many people, who on the surface look moderate, were shaken to their core, and now have many of these images ‘burned in their memories’. That is how real change takes place, not this mamby pamby BS that is sold as real activism by these impotent organizations.
A challenge was put out by Missy Smith’s campaign to the major players and ‘leaders’ in the pro-life movement. There were three simple requests, and all three could have been met without any threat to non-profit status or violation of the 501c3 status. These three requests were 1) endorse Missy Smith personally, 2) donate to Missy’s campaign personally and 3) send out or link Missy’s site to the distribution lists. Do you know how many organizations or leaders did these three items? Ambassador Alan Keyes of The Conservative Majority PAC, Jack Ames of Defend Life, and blogger Jill Stanek. That’s it!!! There were a few who completed one or two of the requests, but most requests were ignored. And this is after all the ‘hoopla’ over how the MSM continually ‘hoses’ the pro-life movement, and after all of the fuss over how candidates run for office, yet sells out the movement once in office. Missy Smith represented both of these facets 100%, and she received the best coverage from the likes of the Washington Post, CNN and the other ‘hated’ MSM outlets that supposedly never tell the true story of legalized child killing. Well, who got caught with their pants down now?
What should be obvious by now to the front line pro lifer is that the vast majority of these supposed pro life organizations are nothing more than organizations that are more concerned over their continued existence and funding than truly ending legalized child killing. We have documented the letters and phone calls to these leaders and organizations, and will be putting out a ‘report card’ on them. It is only fair that their donors know what these organizations and leaders are up to with their money, and the donors should be given an option to fund those organizations that truly are about ending this holocaust. These donors should know how their money has been absconded and wasted in the name of ‘saving babies’ when in fact, it is for the proliferation of the organizations themselves.
Think about it. If an organization has a 501c3 status, and they claim they cannot call out any candidates by name that are pro death, and likewise, cannot by name, endorse a pro-life candidate, why do they fund raise for elections? Is this not a scam in the first degree? But that’s exactly what these organizations claimed, and they will now take credit for the ‘landslide’ in the Republican victories that the tea party actually created. Does this not boil the blood of the front line pro lifer who truly wants to see this bloody holocaust end? Why do these organizations claim to be faith based, when the IRS is their god, and they bow to man’s laws instead of God Almighty? They have their priorities, and the laws of God backwards.
So, over the next several weeks to months, we will be spotlighting these leaders and organizations and ‘calling them out’. We will be naming names and informing those who butter the bread of these organizations that their butter is ending up on moldy bread. For legalized child killing to truly end, we must use graphic images, and confront, face to face, the forces of death. That means getting rid of the shackles of the cursed 501c3 status, and facing the fact we are going to royally piss off the forces of evil. That is the way, and the path is narrow, and lightly traveled.
The elections are over and it is time to assess what went well, and what did not. There will be many of the pro life organizations that will take credit for this outcome, as I have already witnessed in some of the ‘press releases’ by a few of the pro life media outlets. These same organizations will revel in the incremental and snail paced changes they believe they caused, and most likely they will not bother to mention the little fact of the tea party in this outcome. Truth be told, the pro-life movement was non-existent in this election and all the rhetoric and BS they will come up with will not change that fact.
This is easily verifiable by looking at the importance of the issues, and who is driving the debate. It is very apparent the number one issue by far, is getting the out of control spending and entitlement goodie basket back in line. Next is creating jobs, then accountability and transparency in government dealings. This vote was a referendum on stopping the rapid takeover of this country by socialistic/fascist elements that believes government knows better than the individual, and thus should have a prominent role and say so in the day to day life of the ‘incompetent’ American. Nowhere, and I mean nowhere, did the life issue come up at all.
However, the capital area was abuzz with the 225 ads that Missy Smith was able to run, and it has created controversy in this metro area of nearly 4 million people. This basically occurred in less than 3 weeks, mainly WITHOUT THE HELP OF ANY PRO LIFE ORGANIZATIONS other than the Insurecta Nex team, and advanced more discussion and true education on the issue of legalized child killing than the rest of the multi million dollar funded, 501c3 organizations combined. For the first time ever, the Washington, D.C area got to see firsthand, the bloody and gory reality of legalized child killing and for the first time since the cursed Roe decision, the forces of death had to confront and defend the reality of their creation, and all they could come up with was derision and hate. It showed their true nature, and many people, who on the surface look moderate, were shaken to their core, and now have many of these images ‘burned in their memories’. That is how real change takes place, not this mamby pamby BS that is sold as real activism by these impotent organizations.
A challenge was put out by Missy Smith’s campaign to the major players and ‘leaders’ in the pro-life movement. There were three simple requests, and all three could have been met without any threat to non-profit status or violation of the 501c3 status. These three requests were 1) endorse Missy Smith personally, 2) donate to Missy’s campaign personally and 3) send out or link Missy’s site to the distribution lists. Do you know how many organizations or leaders did these three items? Ambassador Alan Keyes of The Conservative Majority PAC, Jack Ames of Defend Life, and blogger Jill Stanek. That’s it!!! There were a few who completed one or two of the requests, but most requests were ignored. And this is after all the ‘hoopla’ over how the MSM continually ‘hoses’ the pro-life movement, and after all of the fuss over how candidates run for office, yet sells out the movement once in office. Missy Smith represented both of these facets 100%, and she received the best coverage from the likes of the Washington Post, CNN and the other ‘hated’ MSM outlets that supposedly never tell the true story of legalized child killing. Well, who got caught with their pants down now?
What should be obvious by now to the front line pro lifer is that the vast majority of these supposed pro life organizations are nothing more than organizations that are more concerned over their continued existence and funding than truly ending legalized child killing. We have documented the letters and phone calls to these leaders and organizations, and will be putting out a ‘report card’ on them. It is only fair that their donors know what these organizations and leaders are up to with their money, and the donors should be given an option to fund those organizations that truly are about ending this holocaust. These donors should know how their money has been absconded and wasted in the name of ‘saving babies’ when in fact, it is for the proliferation of the organizations themselves.
Think about it. If an organization has a 501c3 status, and they claim they cannot call out any candidates by name that are pro death, and likewise, cannot by name, endorse a pro-life candidate, why do they fund raise for elections? Is this not a scam in the first degree? But that’s exactly what these organizations claimed, and they will now take credit for the ‘landslide’ in the Republican victories that the tea party actually created. Does this not boil the blood of the front line pro lifer who truly wants to see this bloody holocaust end? Why do these organizations claim to be faith based, when the IRS is their god, and they bow to man’s laws instead of God Almighty? They have their priorities, and the laws of God backwards.
So, over the next several weeks to months, we will be spotlighting these leaders and organizations and ‘calling them out’. We will be naming names and informing those who butter the bread of these organizations that their butter is ending up on moldy bread. For legalized child killing to truly end, we must use graphic images, and confront, face to face, the forces of death. That means getting rid of the shackles of the cursed 501c3 status, and facing the fact we are going to royally piss off the forces of evil. That is the way, and the path is narrow, and lightly traveled.
Tuesday, November 2, 2010
TODAY IS THE DAY
George Offerman
This day has finally arrived, and we will soon see if we did the moral and ethical thing by voting for people who are committed to being statesmen and making the tough decisions, or whether we merely elected jelly fish under another party symbol. There is so much at stake for this nation (if it can still be considered a nation anymore) and time is running out. We definitely had some candidates who have shaken up the status quo, and many of these candidates have been mercilessly attacked by the MSM, and have not been defended by our side.
There has been much talk, and many excuses as to why particular candidates have not been supported by many on the ‘Christian’ side of this war. Either way, the truth will be known soon enough and the score will be tallied. There will be no one to blame if/when the next group sworn in to ‘uphold the Constitution of the United States’ sells us and our cause down the river. Very little, other than lip service was required of these people, and many in the Christian circles fell over each other to endorse, and financially support them, but the few willing to ‘raise hell’ were fro the most part vilified by the so called ‘leadership’ in Christianity and pro life circles.
Today is the day that very well may mark many beginnings. It definitely will mark the beginning of the end of the Obamination that has taken place over the past two years. It may also be the beginning of the end to the economic quandary we are in. It could also possibly mark the beginning of the end of legalized child killing (I doubt it) or the beginning of another new group of sell outs that will dupe the majority of pro lifers for the next several election cycles (more probable). But for sure, it will mark the beginning of weeding out the contenders from pretenders and faithful versus frauds in the arena of legalized child killing.
We will soon learn if legalized child killing is front and center with the ‘new’ Congress. We will soon find out whether we elected more weenies and liars and have to start another tea party movement. We will also soon learn whether we have what it takes to keep these people accountable, and whether we actually have the faith we claim to have. Many questions will be answered by the end of the day that will determine the course we steer this country into. We need to stay this course and hold those who have great responsibility accountable for their actions.
We ourselves then need to fast and pray for the strength to carry on this long fight. We need to take back ground we conceded to the enemy over the past generation, and we need to take a more humble approach to our faith, and begin to act like the Christians we are claiming to be. A tall order, but it starts by first taking out the garbage, and making sure the garbage stays in the dump where it belongs. Let us hope the garbage is actually thrown out tonight. If not, we only have ourselves to blame.
This day has finally arrived, and we will soon see if we did the moral and ethical thing by voting for people who are committed to being statesmen and making the tough decisions, or whether we merely elected jelly fish under another party symbol. There is so much at stake for this nation (if it can still be considered a nation anymore) and time is running out. We definitely had some candidates who have shaken up the status quo, and many of these candidates have been mercilessly attacked by the MSM, and have not been defended by our side.
There has been much talk, and many excuses as to why particular candidates have not been supported by many on the ‘Christian’ side of this war. Either way, the truth will be known soon enough and the score will be tallied. There will be no one to blame if/when the next group sworn in to ‘uphold the Constitution of the United States’ sells us and our cause down the river. Very little, other than lip service was required of these people, and many in the Christian circles fell over each other to endorse, and financially support them, but the few willing to ‘raise hell’ were fro the most part vilified by the so called ‘leadership’ in Christianity and pro life circles.
Today is the day that very well may mark many beginnings. It definitely will mark the beginning of the end of the Obamination that has taken place over the past two years. It may also be the beginning of the end to the economic quandary we are in. It could also possibly mark the beginning of the end of legalized child killing (I doubt it) or the beginning of another new group of sell outs that will dupe the majority of pro lifers for the next several election cycles (more probable). But for sure, it will mark the beginning of weeding out the contenders from pretenders and faithful versus frauds in the arena of legalized child killing.
We will soon learn if legalized child killing is front and center with the ‘new’ Congress. We will soon find out whether we elected more weenies and liars and have to start another tea party movement. We will also soon learn whether we have what it takes to keep these people accountable, and whether we actually have the faith we claim to have. Many questions will be answered by the end of the day that will determine the course we steer this country into. We need to stay this course and hold those who have great responsibility accountable for their actions.
We ourselves then need to fast and pray for the strength to carry on this long fight. We need to take back ground we conceded to the enemy over the past generation, and we need to take a more humble approach to our faith, and begin to act like the Christians we are claiming to be. A tall order, but it starts by first taking out the garbage, and making sure the garbage stays in the dump where it belongs. Let us hope the garbage is actually thrown out tonight. If not, we only have ourselves to blame.
Monday, November 1, 2010
CATHOLICS CANNOT VOTE FOR PRO-ABORTION CANDIDATES
George Offerman
If one goes back and looks at the old catechism of the Catholic Church, it becomes very apparent that the defense of life is the paramount battle, for without life there are no other battles. In this election, there is more attention being paid to the economic issues than that of life, and it is unfortunate that many cannot see the linkage between the economic issues and the life issues. It is in this light, that many Catholics will vote the pocketbook issue over the life issue, and will go for the ‘goodie bag’ over what is moral and ethical.
We have the most recent statement from Cardinal Elect Raymond Burke who could not be clearer on the fact that Catholics of good conscious cannot vote for a politician who is pro death. This issue must take precedent over any economic or vocational issue, regardless of how much pain one is feeling over his own situation. It is in this sense that one has to be of a sacrificial mindset, and willing to take on some personal discomfort in order to give to those who are defenseless and unable to speak for themselves. That is where Christian charity really begins.
We can take Cardinal Elect Burke’s words even further: we need to hold those so-called pro-life politicians accountable to their words. Too many of them have been nothing but lip service and they continue to get re elected despite being rather phony in their alleged stance on the life issue. It is also in this form that we need to keep to our Christian duty and vote for and elect true pro lifers. One may ask then, if one claims to be pro life, but does not advocate fro life on a consistent basis, is he really pro life? Too many of these ‘pro life’ candidates and office holders throw crumbs at the pro lifers around election time to guarantee a return trip to Washington, D.C, and they then continue to vote in any which manner they please.
As Catholics, and Christians, we need to be accountable for our vote, we need to make sure those we vote for those who will consistently hold to a pro-life platform, and we need to let them know they will be out of a job if they violate this position. These conditions will fulfill the precept that we vote pro life. Otherwise, we might as well advertise we are pro death, and really don’t care who gets in, and whether we fulfill any of our faith based requirements as Christians. There needs to be a certain amount of soul searching when going to the ballot box, and this should not be simply an exercise of the name we recognize, or those who are going to give us the most ‘goodies’ in this election cycle.
When we go to the polls tomorrow, we need to keep the gravity of the times in mind. This is not the time to vote for the pocketbook, but a time to vote for the most vulnerable of our society, and to show we are a people of faith that lives this faith, not just talk about it on Sunday mornings. It seem clear that these times hold some prophetic meaning to them, and that it may be us that are on trial. We need to keep to our faith and beliefs, and not let the dark powers have victory in this time of darkness. May God give us the courage and insight to do the right thing tomorrow.
If one goes back and looks at the old catechism of the Catholic Church, it becomes very apparent that the defense of life is the paramount battle, for without life there are no other battles. In this election, there is more attention being paid to the economic issues than that of life, and it is unfortunate that many cannot see the linkage between the economic issues and the life issues. It is in this light, that many Catholics will vote the pocketbook issue over the life issue, and will go for the ‘goodie bag’ over what is moral and ethical.
We have the most recent statement from Cardinal Elect Raymond Burke who could not be clearer on the fact that Catholics of good conscious cannot vote for a politician who is pro death. This issue must take precedent over any economic or vocational issue, regardless of how much pain one is feeling over his own situation. It is in this sense that one has to be of a sacrificial mindset, and willing to take on some personal discomfort in order to give to those who are defenseless and unable to speak for themselves. That is where Christian charity really begins.
We can take Cardinal Elect Burke’s words even further: we need to hold those so-called pro-life politicians accountable to their words. Too many of them have been nothing but lip service and they continue to get re elected despite being rather phony in their alleged stance on the life issue. It is also in this form that we need to keep to our Christian duty and vote for and elect true pro lifers. One may ask then, if one claims to be pro life, but does not advocate fro life on a consistent basis, is he really pro life? Too many of these ‘pro life’ candidates and office holders throw crumbs at the pro lifers around election time to guarantee a return trip to Washington, D.C, and they then continue to vote in any which manner they please.
As Catholics, and Christians, we need to be accountable for our vote, we need to make sure those we vote for those who will consistently hold to a pro-life platform, and we need to let them know they will be out of a job if they violate this position. These conditions will fulfill the precept that we vote pro life. Otherwise, we might as well advertise we are pro death, and really don’t care who gets in, and whether we fulfill any of our faith based requirements as Christians. There needs to be a certain amount of soul searching when going to the ballot box, and this should not be simply an exercise of the name we recognize, or those who are going to give us the most ‘goodies’ in this election cycle.
When we go to the polls tomorrow, we need to keep the gravity of the times in mind. This is not the time to vote for the pocketbook, but a time to vote for the most vulnerable of our society, and to show we are a people of faith that lives this faith, not just talk about it on Sunday mornings. It seem clear that these times hold some prophetic meaning to them, and that it may be us that are on trial. We need to keep to our faith and beliefs, and not let the dark powers have victory in this time of darkness. May God give us the courage and insight to do the right thing tomorrow.
Friday, October 29, 2010
WHERE IS THE URGENCY?
George Offerman
In looking at the pro life landscape, there is not much going on that is outside of the ‘status quo’ for the pro life movement. It is the tea party that has shaped this election, and what remains of the pro-life movement is piggy backing up on their efforts. You see, the tea party is demonstrating passion and urgency in their message of smaller government and fiscal responsibility, as demonstrated by ALL of the candidates regardless of party. It is rather comical to see the spendthrift Demovamps now try to peddle themselves as savers and budget cutters. It just proves these slime balls are willing to say whatever they need to in order to get reelected, and nearly 50% of the electorate is stupid enough to oblige these liars.
What is interesting is how many in the pro-life movement are taking credit for the passion and urgency in this election. This can be reality tested in a very simple manner: what are the candidates actually talking about? Smaller government and fiscal conservatism. Did I mention pro life in that? No, because the pro-life movement shows neither passion nor urgency, and the candidates are not reflecting nor paying attention to NON ISSUES in this election cycle. The reason legalized child killing is a NON ISSUE in this election cycle, is because the pro-life movement is MIA. Yet there are those in the pro-life movement who will take credit once the elections are over for work done by others. And it will be reflected in the fact that no pro-life legislation will occur during this time, and there will be little outcry from these organizations.
However, the fund raising frenzy will kick into overdrive and these groups will be attempting to sell the same old and tired garbage that has been demonstrated to be sterile and faulty. This is where we are going to demonstrate, through documentation, that the majority of these organizations are shills, and not worthy of a dime of any of the faithfuls money. These organizations have no urgency or passion, and it is reflected in the lack of a plan for complete victory in ending legalized child killing. These organizations, nearly without exception, are incrementalistic in nature, and see peripheral law changes as something to break out the Champaign for. So it will be another year, and another opportunity to fundraise, and ‘boast’ about their accomplishments, while 1.5 million more babies die.
If one doubts these words, simply open your eyes and look around you. Without the tea party, there would be little going on except for Missy Smith and her ‘extremist’ commercials (which is getting way more press than all of the other organizations combined) and it would be one more dismal outcome for our side. Most of the pro-life organizations have become masters in selling mediocrity as heroic, and since most of the faithful have not seen the likes of what Missy Smith is doing, they are very conditioned into believing these inept organizations are on the cutting edge of social change and will eventually lead to the overturning of Roe. The facts just don’t corroborate this fictitious version of reality.
So, as we wind down these last few days before the elections, we will have some time afterwards to look at the scorecard and do a core assessment of what happened. It is then we will do a scorecard of those who were active in doing an activity in which legalized child killing was challenged the most, versus those who embraced the peripheral, and chose to go the ‘convenient and comfortable’ route. The countdown winds down.
to contribute to Missy Smith's campaign go to www.missysmith2010.com
In looking at the pro life landscape, there is not much going on that is outside of the ‘status quo’ for the pro life movement. It is the tea party that has shaped this election, and what remains of the pro-life movement is piggy backing up on their efforts. You see, the tea party is demonstrating passion and urgency in their message of smaller government and fiscal responsibility, as demonstrated by ALL of the candidates regardless of party. It is rather comical to see the spendthrift Demovamps now try to peddle themselves as savers and budget cutters. It just proves these slime balls are willing to say whatever they need to in order to get reelected, and nearly 50% of the electorate is stupid enough to oblige these liars.
What is interesting is how many in the pro-life movement are taking credit for the passion and urgency in this election. This can be reality tested in a very simple manner: what are the candidates actually talking about? Smaller government and fiscal conservatism. Did I mention pro life in that? No, because the pro-life movement shows neither passion nor urgency, and the candidates are not reflecting nor paying attention to NON ISSUES in this election cycle. The reason legalized child killing is a NON ISSUE in this election cycle, is because the pro-life movement is MIA. Yet there are those in the pro-life movement who will take credit once the elections are over for work done by others. And it will be reflected in the fact that no pro-life legislation will occur during this time, and there will be little outcry from these organizations.
However, the fund raising frenzy will kick into overdrive and these groups will be attempting to sell the same old and tired garbage that has been demonstrated to be sterile and faulty. This is where we are going to demonstrate, through documentation, that the majority of these organizations are shills, and not worthy of a dime of any of the faithfuls money. These organizations have no urgency or passion, and it is reflected in the lack of a plan for complete victory in ending legalized child killing. These organizations, nearly without exception, are incrementalistic in nature, and see peripheral law changes as something to break out the Champaign for. So it will be another year, and another opportunity to fundraise, and ‘boast’ about their accomplishments, while 1.5 million more babies die.
If one doubts these words, simply open your eyes and look around you. Without the tea party, there would be little going on except for Missy Smith and her ‘extremist’ commercials (which is getting way more press than all of the other organizations combined) and it would be one more dismal outcome for our side. Most of the pro-life organizations have become masters in selling mediocrity as heroic, and since most of the faithful have not seen the likes of what Missy Smith is doing, they are very conditioned into believing these inept organizations are on the cutting edge of social change and will eventually lead to the overturning of Roe. The facts just don’t corroborate this fictitious version of reality.
So, as we wind down these last few days before the elections, we will have some time afterwards to look at the scorecard and do a core assessment of what happened. It is then we will do a scorecard of those who were active in doing an activity in which legalized child killing was challenged the most, versus those who embraced the peripheral, and chose to go the ‘convenient and comfortable’ route. The countdown winds down.
to contribute to Missy Smith's campaign go to www.missysmith2010.com
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