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Bishops Issue Statement on Religious Liberty - 'An unjust law cannot be obeyed,' they state, in face of growing threats to freedom. - by JOAN FRAWLEY DESMOND - Marking a new era of intense church-state friction, the U.S. Catholic bishops issued a hard-hitting statement today that defends the free exercise of religious institutions in the United States and abroad.

In doing so, they oppose any “accommodation” with “unjust” laws and outline plans for prayer and catechetical initiatives designed to strengthen an embattled constitutional right.  -  Link to Web Site

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    -The partridge in a pear tree was Jesus Christ.
    -Two turtle doves were the Old and New Testaments.
    -Three French hens stood for faith, hope and love.-
    -The four calling birds were the four gospels of Matthew, Mark, Luke & John.
    -The five golden rings recalled the Torah or Law, the first five books of the Old Testament.
    -The six geese a-laying stood for the six days of creation.
    -Seven swans a-swimming represented the sevenfold gifts of the Holy Spirit–
        Prophesy, Serving, Teaching, Exhortation, Contribution, Leadership, and Mercy.
    -The eight maids a-milking were the eight beatitudes.
    -Nine ladies dancing were the nine fruits of the Holy Spirit–
        Love, Joy, Peace, Patience, Kindness, Goodness, Faithfulness, Gentleness, and Self Control.
    -The ten lords a-leaping were the ten commandments.
    -The eleven pipers piping stood for the eleven faithful disciples.
    -The twelve drummers drumming symbolized the twelve points of belief in the Apostles’ Creed.

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Miracle boy' now age 73, recalls visit to paradise - … He was dubbed the "Miracle Boy" in local news reports for his miraculous overnight recovery from one of the era's most lethal illnesses, he said. At that time, more than 99 percent of bacterial meningitis patents died within 12 hours. … 

Chauncey recounts that the angels fought with the demons before eventually delivering him to paradise. There, he writes, he was met by his brother Ralph, who had died as an infant. He also met a boy and girl in white robes, referred to as the "no-name twins," who Ralph introduced as his two other siblings who died as babies. ... 

He even glimpsed Jesus, he said, and to this day has a clear memory of his physical features that do not match the delicate face often depicted in paintings. As his visit unfolded, Chauncey was given a vision of his future wife and daughter. He also believes he saw highlights of a coming world war foretold in the New Testament book of Revelation, a war he now believes will happen within the next generation. -  Link to Web Site

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Ancient document sheds new light on Magi story -  Link to Web Site

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Old Testament prophecy fulfilled before our eyes? Americans scrambling to Bible to see previously untold parallels with today - by Joe Kovacs - What do sycamore and cedar trees have to do with biblical prophecy, the tragic events of 9/11 and the imminent future of the United States? -  Link to Web Site

The Harbinger: The Ancient Mystery That Holds the Secret of America's Future – Must watch Videos - Link to Web Site

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Supreme Court Rules No Nativity Scene in D.C. 

The Supreme Court has ruled that there cannot be a Nativity Scene in the United States' Capital this Christmas season.

This isn't for any religious reason. They simply have not been able to find Three Wise Men in the Nation's Capitol.

The search for a Virgin continues.

There was no problem, however, finding enough asses to fill the stable.

— (Anonymous)

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Poll: Little love for big gov - By MJ Lee - … a new Gallup poll Monday shows. An overwhelming 64 percent of people surveyed said big government was the biggest threat to the country, compared to just 26 percent who said big business is their gravest concern and 8 percent who picked big labor. -  Link to Web Site

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The Evil that is Democratic Thought – … One of the consistent symptoms of self-delusion in the postmodern global society is the denial that evil is not real. The very term evil offends sophisticates that revel in God is Dead mindset. Friedrich Nietzsche’s proposition that the idea of God is dead now rules much of the planet. The end result is that eternal standards of ethics and morality are rejected ...  -  Link to Web Site

It is impossible to calculate the moral mischief, if I may so express it, that mental lying has produced in society. When a man has so far corrupted and prostituted the chastity of his mind, as to subscribe his professional belief to things he does not believe, he has prepared himself for the commission of every other crime.”
— Thomas Paine (1736-1809) Patriot, Author & Pamphleteer

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Atheists can not be trusted: Religious people rank non-believers alongside rapists - By Sarah Boesveld - Many religious people don’t like atheists, and in fact would apparently rate them alongside rapists on levels of trust … studies that found a deep level of distrust toward those who don’t believe in God, deeming them to be among the least trusted people in the world … -  Link to Web Site

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Catholic seminary enrollment up, but numbers seen as only part of story - By Nancy Frazier O'Brien - In his first months as rector of Theological College in Washington, Father Phillip J. Brown has been confronting a problem that the national diocesan seminary for the U.S. Catholic Church "has not had for a long time" -- it is bursting at the seams.

Enrollment is maxed out for the 2011-12 academic year at 90 seminarians. …  -  Link to Web Site

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Surprising Revival for Men in Religious Life Overall numbers are down, but new communities continue to emerge. - By Trent Beattie - Father Fabian Rosetti had a dream. The Cuba-born Carmelite wanted to build a hermitage on land that would provide monks with the necessary isolation they needed. …“When God wants something to get done, it gets done, and he uses whomever he pleases to get it done,” the priest surmised. “St. Thérèse of Lisieux said that her invincible arms were prayer and sacrifice, and that continues to be true for Carmelites today.  -  Link to Web Site

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Obama Leaves God Out of Thanksgiving Address (2011) -  President Obama did not include any reference to God during his weekly address titled, “On Thanksgiving, Grateful for the Men and Women Who Defend Our Country.”

His remarks were void of any religious references although Thanksgiving is a holiday traditionally steeped in giving thanks and praise to God. -  Link to Web Site

George Washington’s Thanksgiving Proclamation, October 3, 1789. 

By the President of the United States of America, a Proclamation:

Whereas it is the duty of all nations to acknowledge the providence of Almighty God, to obey his will, to be grateful for his benefits, and humbly to implore his protection and favor—and whereas both Houses of Congress have by their joint committee requested me “to recommend to the people of the United States a day of public thanksgiving and prayer to be observed by acknowledging with grateful hearts the many signal favors of Almighty God especially by affording them an opportunity peaceably to establish a form of government for their safety and happiness.”

Now therefore I do recommend and assign Thursday the 26th day of November next to be devoted by the people of these states to the service of that great and glorious Being, who is the beneficent Author of all the good that was, that is, or that will be—That we may then all unite in rendering unto him our sincere and humble thanks—for his kind care and protection of the people of this country previous to their becoming a nation—for the signal and manifold mercies, and the favorable interpositions of his Providence which we experienced in the course and conclusion of the late war—for the great degree of tranquillity, union, and plenty, which we have since enjoyed—for the peaceable and rational manner, in which we have been enabled to establish constitutions of government for our safety and happiness, and particularly the national one now lately instituted—for the civil and religious liberty with which we are blessed; and the means we have of acquiring and diffusing useful knowledge; and in general for all the great and various favors which he hath been pleased to confer upon us.

And also that we may then unite in most humbly offering our prayers and supplications to the great Lord and Ruler of nations and beseech him to pardon our national and other transgressions—to enable us all, whether in public or private stations, to perform our several and relative duties properly and punctually—to render our national government a blessing to all the people, by constantly being a government of wise, just, and constitutional laws, discreetly and faithfully executed and obeyed—to protect and guide all sovereigns and nations (especially such as have shewn kindness onto us) and to bless them with good government, peace, and concord—To promote the knowledge and practice of true religion and virtue, and the increase of science among them and us—and generally to grant unto all mankind such a degree of temporal prosperity as he alone knows to be best.

Given under my hand at the City of New-York the third day of October in the year of our Lord 1789.

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Pro-family citizens stand firm and confront loud “Occupy” demonstration. Attempting to harass & intimidate Pastor Scott Lively’s inner-city Christian ministry in Springfield, Mass. Religious believers to left-wing activists: We’re not taking it anymore! … The demonstration brings to the forefront what many have observed since the beginning of the “Occupy” movement: That along with its socialist and anarchist economic philosophy, at its core it is anti-American, pro-Muslim, and particularly hostile to Christianity and traditional values. -  Link to Web Site

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Mark Biltz; Blood Moons And Solar Eclipses Part 1 -  Link to Web Site

Blood Moons And Solar Eclipses Part 2 - Link to Web Site

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Gallup Poll: Conservatives 42%, Liberals 21% - By Terence P. Jeffrey - Self-professed conservatives now outnumber self-professed liberals in the United States, 42 percent to 21 percent, according to a Gallup poll … Americans describing themselves as conservative has gradually increased, rising from 36 percent who said they were conservative in 1992 -  Link to Web Site

"God cannot sustain this free and blessed country, which we love and pray for, unless the Church will take right ground. Politics are a part of a religion in such a country as this, and Christians [& citizens] must do their duty to the country as a part of their duty to God. It seems sometimes as if the foundations of the nation are becoming rotten, and Christians seem to act as if they think God does not see what they do in politics. But I tell you He does see it, and He will bless or curse this nation, according to the course they take."
— Reverend Charles G. Finney (1792-1792) Minister in the Second Great Awakening.

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Warning: Obama Ed aims at U.S. takeover All schools – even parents at home – may be forced to teach gov't agenda – By Bob Unruh – An organization that monitors the U.S. government's influence on education, and specifically on parents who choose to school their own children, is warning of a pending move in Washington that would result in "de facto education standards."

The measure could not only require parents who homeschool their children to teach certain government agenda issues but also effectively remove much of the decision-making authority of local school boards and districts … -  Link to Web Site

“There is no God and there is no soul. Hence, there are no needs for the props of traditional religion. With dogma and creed excluded, then immutable truth is also dead and buried. There is no room for fixed, natural law or moral absolutes.”

“You can’t make socialists out of individualists. Children who know how to think for themselves spoil the harmony of the collective society, which is coming, where everyone is interdependent.”
— John Dewey (1859-1952) Father of Progressive Education

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Fewer Democrats in Church? Majority 'Seldom or Never' Attend – By Paul Stanley - A Gallup poll released Monday highlights the religious spilt between Democrats and Republicans, showing that 52 percent of Democrats seldom or never attend church. … Democrats by and large, are moving further to the left in their political views. … Interestingly, this move leftward occurred during the same time that Republicans were winning more seats in Congress and in state houses around the country, thus deepening the divide between the two major parties. -  Link to Web Site

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Beck Tells Texas Audience: ‘The Third Great Awakening Is Here’ ... He said Sunday night that the time for a “Third Great Awakening” had arrived and that God is preparing a “surprise party for Satan.” -  Link to Web Site

     The impressions however grew stronger till at length I could not pursue my studies without frequent interruptions. My mind was suddenly arrested, without any previous circumstance of the time to draw it to this subject and as it were fastened to the awakening and upon my own conduct. I closed my books, yielded to the influence, which could not be resisted or mistaken and was led by a spontaneous impulse to repentance, prayer and entire submission and surrender of myself to my maker and redeemer. My submission appeared to be cheerful and was soon followed by that peace of mind which the world can neither give nor take away. …

     I could no longer question or have a doubt respecting … Christian doctrines of regeneration, of free grace and of the sovereignty of God. I now began to understand and relish many parts of the scriptures, which before appeared mysterious and unintelligible, or repugnant to my natural pride."
— Noah Webster (1758-1843)  Father of the Dictionary & American Patriot (In 1808, during the Second Great Awakening 1800-1850)

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What Has America Become - by Ken Huber of Tawas City -  Link to Web Site

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Obama Has Now Increased Debt More than All Presidents from George Washington Through George H.W. Bush Combined – By Terence P. Jeffery - The Obama administration passed another fiscal milestone this week, according to new data released by the Treasury Department. … That means that in the less-than-three-years Obama has been in office, the federal debt has increased by $4.212 trillion--more than the total national debt of about $4.1672 trillion accumulated by all 41 U.S. presidents from George Washington through George H.W. Bush combined. … during Obama’s term the federal government has already borrowed about an additional $35,835 for every American household--or $44,980 for every full-time private-sector worker. -  Link to Web Site

"The power to tax involves the power to destroy." 
— John Marshall (1755-1835) House Member, Secretary of State  and Chief Justice of the Supreme Court

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Our sad time: Economy has violated basic tenets of Catholicism and toys with ruin -  Link to Web Site

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Religious Broadcasters' Study: Social Networks 'Actively Censoring Christian Viewpoints' - By Matthew Philbin - If we post this story on Facebook, will the company remove it? According to a new study from the National Religious Broadcasters (NRB) and the American Center for Law and Justice, there's a good chance it will.

NRB conducted a study of "the practices of Apple and its iTunes App Store, Google, Facebook, MySpace, and Twitter, as well as Internet service providers AT&T, Comcast and Verizon." Its conclusion: with the notable exception of Twitter, "social media websites are actively censoring Christian viewpoints. … -  Link to Web Site

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Baylor Religion Survey reveals many see God steering economy - By Cathy Lynn Grossman - The way you see God tells a lot about how you see the U.S. economy, a new national survey finds. About one in five Americans combine a view of God as actively engaged in daily workings of the world with an economic conservative view that opposes government regulation and champions the free market as a matter of faith.

"They say the invisible hand of the free market is really God at work" … -  Link to Web Site

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Purported to been have written by a fifteen year old. It is a great poem.

"New Pledge of Allegiance"

Now I sit me down in school
Where praying is against the rule
For this great nation under God
Finds mention of Him very odd.   

If scripture now the class recites,
It violates the Bill of Rights. 
And anytime my head I bow
Becomes a Federal matter now.

Our hair can be purple, orange or green,
That's no offense; it's a freedom scene.
The law is specific, the law is precise.
Prayers spoken aloud are a serious vice.   

For praying in a public hall
Might offend someone with no faith at all.
In silence alone we must meditate,
God's name is prohibited by the state.   

We're allowed to cuss and dress like freaks,
And pierce our noses, tongues and cheeks.
They've outlawed guns, but FIRST the Bible.
To quote the Good Book makes me liable.

We can elect a pregnant Senior Queen,
And the 'unwed daddy,' our Senior King.
It's 'inappropriate' to teach right from wrong,
We're taught that such 'judgments' do not belong.

We can get our condoms and birth controls, 
Study witchcraft, vampires and totem poles.
But the Ten Commandments are not allowed, 
No word of God must reach this crowd.   

It's scary here I must confess,
When chaos reigns the school's a mess.
So, Lord, this silent plea I make:
Should I be shot; My soul please take!

Amen

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Indiana College Bans "Too Violent" National Anthem First it banned the words, now the whole song – By Greg Wilson  -  Link to Web Site

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Florida High School removes teacher for criticizing gay ‘marriage’ on Facebook - By John Westen -   Mount Dora High School has removed a veteran social-studies teacher Gerald (Jerry) Buell from his classroom for Facebook comments critical of homosexual ‘marriage’. … On his personal Facebook account, outside of school time, Buell posted a reaction to New York’s passage of homosexual ‘marriage’ saying he “almost threw up.” He also referred to homosexual unions as sinful and referred to it as part of a “cesspool” of behaviors in remarks quoted by the Sentinel. (Government schools can NOT BE REFORMED)  - Link to Web Site

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A Constitution - By Nancy Salvato  Comparison between Deuteronomic Constitution to the United States Constitution)  - Link to Web Site

"Let it [the Constitution] be taught in schools, seminaries and in colleges; let it be written in primers, in spelling books and in almanacs; let it be preached from the pulpit, proclaimed in legislative halls, enforced in courts of justice. In short, let it become the political religion of the nation."
— Abraham Lincoln (1809–1865) Sixteenth President of the United States

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National Day of Prayer, August 6, 2011 …  - Link to Web Site

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Ten Ways Progressive Policies Harm Society's Moral Character – Dennis Prager - Link to Web Site

“Atheism is a disease of the soul before it becomes an error of understanding.”
— Plato (427BC-347BC) Classical Greek philosopher, mathematician and writer

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Why Do Blacks Still Let Obama Off the Hook? – By Star Parker - … Is this a racial thing? Whites will jump off the ship run by a black captain in a minute while blacks will ride it out until it hits the iceberg?

No, I don’t think so. I think it’s both a liberal information thing and a moral thing.The liberal information thing is that blacks overwhelmingly get their information from liberal sources.

Blacks watch CNN and MSNBC, not Fox. They listen to urban black radio. … It is sad that this is true despite the fact that blacks go to church more often, pray more often, and say religion plays a central part in their life more than any other ethnic group in the nation.

Why does a people so inclined to turn to God so readily violate the Tenth Commandment’s prohibition on covetousness and measure themselves in terms of what others have? And then use this sin to justify violating the Eighth Commandment and give government license to steal what others have in order to redistribute?

Perhaps most fundamentally, how can a church going people buy into the materialism of socialism? - Link to Web Site

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We the Proletariat - Malcolm A. Kline - A widely-used textbook urges students not to worry their pretty little heads about the facts of American history.

“The primary purpose of this textbook is not to fill your heads with a lot of facts about American history and government,” promises We the People: The Citizen and the Constitution. “Knowledge of facts is important but only in so far as it deepens your understanding of the American constitutional system and its development.” …  - Link to Web Site

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Justice Department: Traditional Marriage is Unconstitutional – Michael Medved - In a stunning assault on traditional values, the Obama administration filed a legal brief claiming that the federal law defining marriage as between one man and one woman was motivated by unconstitutional bigotry. - Link to Web Site

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Former drug company scientist Helen Ratajczak recently created a firestorm of debate from all sides of the vaccine-autism issue when she published her comprehensive review of autism research. … "An additional increased spike in incidence of autism occurred in 1995 when the chicken pox vaccine was grown in human fetal tissue."

If you are struggling to recall how you could have missed this important fact when signing your vaccine consent form, it wasn't your error—because it wasn't disclosed on any consent form. Most people are unaware that human cell cultures derived from aborted human fetuses have been used extensively in vaccine production for decades.  - Link to Web Site

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Scientists find first superbug strain of gonorrhea – Kate Kelland - Scientists have found a "superbug" strain of gonorrhea in Japan that is resistant to all recommended antibiotics and say it could transform a once easily treatable infection into a global public health threat. … The World Health Organization estimates there are at least 340 million new cases of curable sexually transmitted infections -- including syphilis, gonorrhea, chlamydia and trichomoniasis -- every year among people aged 15 to 49. - Link to Web Site

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California passes bill mandating pro-gay teaching in schools, no parent opt-out – by Thaddeus Bakinski - A bill requiring public schools to teach the “historical contributions” of homosexual Americans was approved by the California legislature on Tuesday, July 5. The bill also prohibits any school material or instruction that reflects adversely on homosexuality, bisexuality or transgenderism, and prohibits parents from removing children from classes over offensive material.

Bill SB 48 was sponsored by openly homosexual state senator Mark Leno (D-San Francisco) and passed in the Democrat-controlled Assembly by 49-25, with all Democrats voting for the bill and Republicans opposing it. The legislation passed the state Senate in April.

If signed into law by Gov. Jerry Brown, schools would have to introduce the homosexual curriculum after the bill becomes law in January.

“This bill will require California schools to present a more accurate and nuanced view of American history in our social science curriculum by recognizing the accomplishments of groups that are not often recognized,” said Assembly Speaker John Perez, the first openly homosexual speaker of the California Assembly. .- Link to Web Site

“My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge; because you have rejected knowledge, I reject you from being a priest to me. And since you have forgotten the law of your God, I also will forget your children. The more they increased, the more they sinned against me; I will change their glory into shame.”
— Hosea 4:6-7 RSV

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Constitutional Nonsense on Debt - What the 14th Amendment really says about the debt ceiling and debt default - John Berlau - Lo and behold! As we celebrated this Fourth of July amid the debt-ceiling fight, the netroots and progressive pundits suddenly discovered the Constitution’s relevance in fiscal matters. It doesn’t seem like that long ago — because it wasn’t that long ago — that they ridiculed the very idea of constitutional limits on Congress in economic policymaking, and even mocked the GOP’s public reading of the Constitution at the beginning of the current session.

Of the new House rule requiring a statement of the constitutional authority for bills, Ian Millhiser wrote at ThinkProgress that “the constitutional lunatics are now in charge of the GOP’s asylum.” .- Link to Web Site

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Federal officials ban ‘God’, ‘Jesus’ at funeral services, claim outraged veteran - By Kathleen Gilbert -  Three veterans’ organizations have claimed that officials with the Obama administration are forcing them not to mention God or Jesus during funeral services at a national cemetery in Texas. … “We were told we could no longer say ‘God bless you’ and ‘God bless your family’,” Marilyn Koepp, a volunteer with the National Memorial Ladies, told MyFoxHouston.com. Another participant, Nobleton Jones, said that he felt humiliated when barred from saying “God” during part of a gun salute ceremony.- Link to Web Site

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New York archbishop: ‘believers will soon be hauled into court’ for questioning gay ‘marriage’ - By Kathleen Gilbert -  American Christians may one day find themselves facing legal penalties simply for believing marriage can only exist between a man and a woman, a fate already suffered by believers in other countries, said the leader of America’s most influential Catholic pulpit this week.

Archbishop Timothy Dolan of New York reflected on his blog Thursday on the recent legalization of gay “marriage” in New York, and what repercussions true marriage supporters can expect in the future.

He called it “haunting” that the marriage bill became law on the day Catholics celebrate the feast of the Birth of John the Baptist, “whom King Herod would behead because the saint dared to defend the God-given truth about marriage.” - Link to Web Site

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Homosexual Ideology, Satanic Pride - By Luiz Sérgio Solimeo - June 11, 2011 saw one more parade to glorify the vice of homosexuality. Dubbed, Europride or Eurogaypride, it was held in Rome, once known as the Eternal City, the center of Catholicism. The expression, “homosexual pride” summarizes the essence of the homosexual ideology. Let us see how.

Pride and revolt against God Sin is a revolt against the order established by God and, therefore, a revolt against the Creator Himself. The more this revolt becomes manifest, the greater is the sin. …Pride, the sin of Lucifer …

Hatred of the Catholic Church Let us return to Rome’s “Europride.” Italian newspapers and Internet blogs published hundreds of photos from the march. What stands out most—even more than the wild display of lust and the semi-naked bodies and obscene postures and gestures—is the hatred shown against the Catholic Church. A homosexual sacrilegiously presented himself posing as Our Lord Jesus Christ in dark glasses. ...  - Link to Web Site 

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Gasp: 1 in 4 Americans Don’t Know Which Country America Declared its Independence - By Billy Hallowell - Americans, on the whole, should probably spend a little more time educating themselves about their homeland and a little less time barbecuing this weekend. According to a new poll released earlier today by Marist, a substantial portion of the nation appears confused about the most basic details of America’s founding. … Younger Americans are the least likely to know the correct answer. Only 31% of adults younger than 30 say that 1776 is the year in which the United States broke away from Great Britain. …- Link to Web Site 

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Dealing with the dark side: exorcism's link to faith decline - By Anthony Barich - Recent years have seen a rise in the number of people approaching Catholic authorities seeking the healing ministry of exorcism in Australia. Clergy involved in this ministry attribute the pehnomenon, in part, to the decline of Christian faith. ... Australian clergy involved in carrying out exorcism, an ancient ministry in the Church regarded as overwhelmingly about liberation and healing, take extremely seriously the words of St Paul to combat Satan, who has “been given a particular foothold” in the country due to a decline of faith. “Satan is a defeated enemy, but he is still able to conduct guerilla warfare on humanity”, said Sydney Auxiliary Bishop Julian Porteous, who received national attention for his efforts to highlight the importance of the Rite of Exorcism that was once part of priests’ basic training.- Link to Web Site 

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Sacred White Buffalo Holds End-Times Prophecy?- Link to Web Site 

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U.S. Dept. of Education Hosts LGBT Youth Summit  (The government schools can NOT BE REFORMED- Link to Web Site 

“It is in the interest of tyrants to reduce the people to ignorance and vice. For they cannot live in any country where virtue and knowledge prevail. The religion and public liberty of a people are intimately connected; their interests are interwoven, they cannot subsist separately; and therefore they rise and fall together. For this reason, it is always observable, that those who are combin'd to destroy the people's liberties, practice every art to poison their morals.”
— Samuel Adams (1722–1803) Father of the American Revolution, Patriot and Statesman

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The program commenced with children standing in a classroom setting, as they recited the "abbreviated" version of the Pledge, saying: "I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America, and to the republic for which it stands, one nation, with liberty and justice for all." The real version of the pledge has the phrase "under God, indivisible" following "one nation."

NBC's version of the Pledge got even more abbreviated moments later during the same opening, as the children stated, "I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America, and to the republic for which it stands, with liberty and justice for all." The omission did not go unnoticed by viewers. - Link to Web Site 

Report: American students don't know much about US history - Washington, D.C. -- U.S. students don’t know much about American history … “We need to make sure other subjects like history, science and the arts are not forgotten in our pursuit of the basic skills,” said Diane Ravitch, a research professor at New York University and former U.S. assistant education secretary. Of the seven subjects on the national test, students performed the worst in U.S. history. … The scores on the history test did not vary remarkably from years past; in 1994, for example, 19 percent of fourth-grade students scored proficient or better in U.S. history. (The public education systems can NOT BE REFORMED) - Link to Web Site 

"It is the duty of every good citizen to use all the opportunities which occur to him, for preserving documents relating to the history of our country."
— Thomas Jefferson, Author of the Declaration of Independence

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The transgender agenda in elementary school - Fox News Video "Gender coach" indoctrinating fourth grade students on transgenderism. (The public education systems can NOT BE REFORMED) - Link to Web Site 

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No more national anthem at pacifist Indiana college - Goshen - A small northern Indiana college has decided to stop playing "The Star-Spangled Banner" at sporting events after starting to do so for the first time last year. …  - Link to Web Site 

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Jesus in the Rice Fields: China's Countryside Revival – By George Thomas - Christianity is thriving in China. Even though sharing the gospel is illegal in the communist country, that hasn't stopped Christians from boldly proclaiming their faith.  

Chinese government data and international surveys now report millions of Chinese people are flocking to religions like Christianity, Buddhism, Taoism, and Islam. But it's Christianity that's experiencing the most dramatic growth. … "If the current trend of growth keeps the current pace, I think it is likely in the next 30 or 40 years China's number of Christians could reach really a high number similar perhaps to the U.S. or Brazil," ... Huilai said the preaching of the word of God in the countryside is usually followed by miracles and healings.  - Link to Web Site 

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Texas' Perry urges other governors to join him at prayer event - By Jim Forsyth- Saying "there is hope for America, and we will find it on our knees," Texas Governor Rick Perry has invited other governors to join him in a "solemn gathering of prayer and fasting" in August in Houston, according to the event's website. … "Right now, America is in crisis," Perry says in a message on the site. "We have been besieged by financial debt, terrorism, and a multitude of natural disasters. As a nation, we must come together, and call upon Jesus to guide us..."  - Link to Web Site 

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Heaven Is for Real A Little Boy's Astounding Story of His Trip to Heaven and Back … Near-death experience led to heaven's door - By Joanne Thibault -  WHILE on a family road trip in 2003, a small-town Nebraska boy just shy of four years old survived a brush with death made all the more maddening by how preventable it was. … In conversation, Colton starts to drop the names of some remarkable religious figures, saying that he had met them in heaven during the moments he was nearest to taking his last breath.  - Link to Web Site 

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Flag at the Fed reignites gay-rights debate – By Olympia Meola - The Richmond Federal Reserve Bank's attempt to show inclusiveness in the workplace by flying the rainbow flag outside its building has reignited a divisive gay-rights debate. … In a letter to Richmond Fed President Jeffrey M. Lacker, Marshall says the homosexual behavior "celebrated" by the bank "undermines the American economy."  - Link to Web Site 

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Federal Judge Prohibits Prayer at Texas Graduation Ceremony - By Todd Starnes - A federal judge has ordered a Texas school district to prohibit public prayer at a high school graduation ceremony. … The judge declared that the Schultz family and their son would “suffer irreparable harm” if anyone prayed at the ceremony. … - Link to Web Site

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On the pagan holiday of May Dayat  a rally in Los Angeles, American unions back Godless communist and socialist ideologies.   - Link to Web Site

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Man arrested for reading Bible in public! Freedom of speech violation - Link to Web Site

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Stoplight: Redefining Gravity - Link to Web Site

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Scholar: China Notices Link Between Christianity, U.S. Economic Success – By Michael A. Vu – The officially atheist Chinese government is surprisingly open to Christianity, at least partially, because it sees a link between the faith and economic success, said a sought after scholar who has relations with governments in Asia. China believes that Christianity is responsible for much of the historic success of Western Europe and the United States, said Dr. William Jeynes, senior fellow of The Witherspoon Institute in Princeton, N.J., during a presentation at the Family Research Council on Tuesday… “So they want Christianity for the benefits but they want to control it … - Link to Web Site

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Jesus on moon sparks doomsday fears in Mumbai - By Manoj R Nair - Reports of sightings of the image of Mother Mary and infant Jesus on the moon on Thursday and Friday in Mumbai, Goa and Bihar has fuelled fears about an impending apocalypse. While priests asked people not to take the issue seriously, the news set off stories about the end of the world. Many saw the images as a message to prepare for doomsday. Those who saw the image said it was surprisingly clear for a smog-saturated winter evening …  - Link to Web Site

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Navy plan to allow same-sex marriage on bases draws opposition - By Charley Keyes - A preliminary U.S. Navy plan to allow its chaplains to perform same-sex marriages in military chapels after the end of "don't ask, don't tell"… - Link to Web Site

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The Incorruptibles: Non-Decomposing Catholic Saints. (To be added)

Part 1 - Link to Video

Part 2 - Link to Video

Part 3 - Link to Video

Part 4 - Link to Video

Part 5 - Link to Video

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I DON'T WANT TO SCARE YOU �SO PLEASE READ TO THE END! – by Charles Carrin - In answering the question let me begin with these observations: In the past ten years some 37,000 American churches closed their doors.  Churches in the U.S. lose about 2,765,000 members each year as drop-outs.For various reasons, 18,000 pastors leave the ministry annually.  Only 2.2% of churches in the United States are growing by conversion-increase. At the same time the church is losing ground, the Muslim population in North America increased by 91%.  That was a growth from 1.8 million to 3.5 million. … Here is what I predict will happen: The Holy Spirit is going to bring believers back to a Jesus-identity as opposed to their present Baptist-identity, Pentecostal -identity, Lutheran-identity, Catholic-identity, etc, etc.  - Link to Web Site

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Glenn Beck warns: 'The perfect storm' is beginning 'These are not enemies of man. These are enemies of God' - By Joe Kovacs – Media giant Glenn Beck is warning that a "perfect storm" of problems in America and the world has begun, and he's urging people to turn to God to deal with it. … Beck, who often invokes God in his commentary, continued, "It is an overwhelming force and it is global in nature and it is evil in nature. You must be as good and as light as the evil is evil, bad and dark. These are not enemies of man. These are enemies of God, and He will sort things out. You must stand in righteousness." - Link to Web Site

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The monster’s tentacles on America - by Louis Even - International Finance has no country. It covers all, is from everywhere, stretches out its tentacles all over where there is plunder to take, scatters innumerable ruins, and does not hold itself responsible for anything. … So, the Americans did take good care to expressly declare in their Constitution (Article 1, Section 8, Paragraph 5): "Congress shall have the power to coin money and to regulate the value thereof."

The Americans won the war. Their Constitution remains. But it is not the Congress that issues money, not the Congress that regulates the volume of it, therefore, it is not the Congress that determines the value of it. The Congress remains powerless in front of the lack of money that reduces millions of Americans to misery in a plentifully rich country.  - Link to Web Site

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Mosques Flourish in America; Churches Perish in Muslim World - Raymond Ibrahim - As Muslims prepare to erect a mega-mosque near the site of the 9/11 atrocities, it is well to reflect that the sort of tolerance, or indifference, that allows them to do so, is far from reciprocated to churches in the Muslim world. I speak not of Islamist attacks against churches—such as the New Year attack in Egypt that killed 21 Christians; or when jihadists stormed a church in Iraq, butchering over 50 Christians; or Christmas Eve attacks on churches in Nigeria and the Philippines. Nor am I referring to state-sanctioned hostility by avowedly Islamist regimes, such as Iran's recent "round up" of Christians.  - Link to Web Site

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Truth About IB - All you need to know about the International Baccalaureate Programme (but were afraid to ask) –

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Airport chapels help fliers keep the faith, or just relax - By Barbara De Lollis, USA TODAY - At many big airports in the USA, fliers seeking spiritual solace this religious season don't have to go it alone. … Chapels have mostly been organized by Catholics and Protestants but welcome people of all faiths. New York John F. Kennedy has the country's only airport synagogue.  - Link to Web Site

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Foundations of Evil: Foundations, Depopulation & the Taxpayer - By Cassandra Anderson - Many “philanthropic” foundations have been used in America as a tax dodge to protect family fortunes, to polish tarnished images of robber barons and worst of all, to make the public fund depopulation and other detrimental policies that benefit the controlling elite.  Some tax-funded …

The formula for coercing the public to pick up the bill for destructive programs begins with foundations creating a constituency, buying off politicians, and convincing Congress that an issue should be regulated by the government.  Once the issue is government controlled, it becomes taxpayer funded.  - Link to Web Site

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This is what is actually going on in more and more elementary schools across America. Watching this will really affect you! You will not believe what you are seeing.  - Link to Web Site

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Comprehensive sex education is “the only way to combat heterosexism and gender conformity,” Schneider proclaimed, “and we must make these issues a part of every middle and high-school student’s agenda.”  “Gender identity expression and sexual orientation are a spectrum,” she explained, and said that those opposed to homosexuality “are stuck in a binary box that religion and family create.”  - Link to Web Site

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ANALYSIS OF SAMPLE FROM 'MIRACULOUS' STAIRS IN SANTA FE FOUND UNKNOWN SPECIES OF WOOD - You perhaps have heard of it, the staircase at Loretto Chapel in Santa Fe, New Mexico, where -- according to the literature -- nuns who operated a convent there began a novena to Saint Joseph, patron of carpenters and builders, when they needed a way to easily traverse up to the choir loft, which previously had been accessed by ladder. Their dilemma was that there was no room for a stairway as normal stairways go. A flurry of carpenters they consulted had said so.

According to accounts, on the last day of the novena, a gray-haired man came to the convent with a donkey and a tool chest -- basically, a saw, a hammer, and a square. He also needed tubs to soak wood. They gave him the job, and he set about the work on July 25, 1873, taking what is now estimated as six to eight months to complete it. Only wood pegs (no nails) were used. And the result was exquisite. - Link to Web Site

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The movie Waiting for Superman is an award winning documentary on the failure of the American system and what can be done to fix it.   - Link to Web Site

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Angle: Tea Party movement is here to stay - By Garry Rayno New Hampshire Union Leader Staf -Tea Party favorite Sharron Angle, who challenged U.S. Majority Leader Harry Reid last November, believes the movement will propel politics in this country for generations.

Speaking to reporters to promote the Christian movie "The Genesis Code," Angle said the Tea Party is not a third-party movement or one built around someone's personality, but one based on principal.

"We've read the Constitution, and we know we need to get back to government of the people, by the people and for the people," Angle said. "It's Main Street and mainstream with ordinary people who have become energized."

She called the Tea Party a movement that tries to cleanse the two-party system. … "The Founding Fathers envisioned a citizen government and a rough and tumble arena where you challenge in the public square the other's opinions," Angle said. "It's the freest and best form of government."  - Link to Web Site

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God and Gettysburg – By Robert P. George - Nothing is sacred, as it were – not even the facts of American history, not even the words spoken by Abraham Lincoln at the most solemn ceremony of our nation's history … But the Great Emancipator's characterization of the United States as a nation under God appears to undermine the strict separationism that the American Constitution Society wishes to promote. What to do?

The answer they hit on was simply to make Lincoln's inconvenient words (under God ) disappear. Now you are thinking: How did they imagine they could get away with it? The Gettysburg Address is the opposite of an obscure document. Millions of Americans can recite it by heart. ...  - Link to Web Site

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Educating Our Children: Catholic Schools Doing More With Less - By Anne Marie Riha - … in the second annual "Race to the Top” educational success program for the chance to have him give the commencement address at their graduation. Not included in the contest, though, are the more than 2 million students in America’s Catholic schools.

If they could participate, the nation’s parochial schools would be fearsome competitors.
A 2009 comparison between public and Catholic school SAT scores show that public school students had an overall average of 496 points on the critical reading portion of the test while Catholic school students scored 533 points on the same portion. Catholic school students outscored their public school counterparts by an average of 23 points.

What makes the numbers more impressive is that Catholic high schools spend more than $2,000 less per pupil than public schools.  - Link to Web Site

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Berwick Sets Up Death Panels By Fiat –  By Jeffrey Lord … Sarah Palin was right. John Boehner -- make that Speaker-elect of the House John Boehner -- was right. While Americans were busy celebrating with family and friends and presumably not paying attention to the news …

In other words, the 2009 charge leveled by former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin and the then-House Minority Leader Boehner that Obama fully intended to set up what Palin termed government "death panels" -- panels that Boehner said would set the government on the road to euthanasia -- is no longer a charge.  - Link to Web Site 

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Massachusetts School Issues Permission Slips for Pledge of Allegiance - By Todd Starnes - The principal of a public school in Brookline, Mass., is asking parents to fill out permission slips before their children can participate in a weekly recitation of the Pledge of Allegiance. Gerardo Martinez, the principal of The Devotion School, informed parents that the school would begin reciting the pledge in January over the public address system. … - Link to Web Site 

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“To a man of liberal education, the study of history is not only useful, and important, but altogether indispensable, and with regard to the history contained in the Bible, the observation which Cicero makes respecting that of his own country is much more emphatically applicable, that ‘it is not so much praiseworthy to be acquainted with as it is shameful to be ignorant of it.’”
— John Quincy Adams, (1767-1848)  6th President of the United States

"Every child in America should be acquainted with his own country. He should read books that furnish him with ideas that will be useful to him in life and practice. As soon as he opens his lips, he should rehearse the history of his own country."
— Noah Webster (1758-1843)  Father of the Dictionary & American Patriot

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"It is a misfortune incident to republican government, though in a less degree than to other governments, that those who administer it, may forget their obligations to their constituents, and prove unfaithful to their important trust." 
— James Madison (1751-1836) Father of the Constitution, 4th President of the United States

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