Thursday, May 29, 2008

Judge Judy, I Mean Hillary: Dateline May 10 1998

It was ten years ago this month (back in May of 1998) that Hillary caused a furor by being the first "administration figure" to call for a Palestinian State. Judge Judy was, at the time, just a "TV Judge". Hillary Rodham Clinton was, back then, just "the wife" of the President. Here's a news analysis published at the time. Friday May 15, 1998 News Analysis: What motivated Hillary's call for Palestinian state? MATTHEW DORF Jewish Telegraphic Agency WASHINGTON -- Did Hillary Rodham Clinton send a message of support for a Palestinian state on purpose? Speaking during a satellite hookup with teenagers in Switzerland last week, she said "Palestine" or "state" at least seven times. The White House contends she did not mean to signal a shift in U.S. policy when, in response to a question, the First Lady said, "I think it will be in the long-term interests of the Middle East for Palestine to be a state." But many Israeli officials and Jewish groups remain unconvinced. So the statement has set off a fury in Israel and among many American Jews who saw the comment as another way to pressure Israel to make concessions in the peace talks. ...Clinton's statement, if followed through by her husband's administration, would represent a major shift in U.S. policy, which for decades opposed the creation of a Palestinian state. Only after Israel and the Palestinians signed the Oslo Accords earlier this decade did the United States say that statehood is a matter for negotiations between the parties. The question is whether that shift was intentional -- even with the White House insisting that she was not speaking for the United States." -more -Dry Bones- Israel's Political Comic Strip Since 1973

Spiritism, Espiritismo, Alan Kardec and more!

Spiritism

A brief look at this belief system
By John of AllFaith © 5.29.08

A Brazilian questioner living in the US asked a question about the teachings of Alan Kardec and the "espiritismo" or Spiritist movement at my AllExperts site. As a Catholic the questioner was concerned about Catholic attitudes towards this movement and also wanted links to Spiritist groups in the US. The poster requested anonymity. The following is my reply:

Hi,

I am somewhat familiar with Monsieur Hippolyte Léon Denizard Rivail, who came to be known as Alan Kardec, yes. His contributions to spiritism or espiritismo are legendary.

As I wrote my reply to you I realized that I was going somewhat afield of what you asked. My reason for this was to show how broad and far reaching basic espiritismo is in the United States and elsewhere. Indeed, one of the main areas where its rising acceptance can be seen is within the Secular Humanist Movement. This religion (ie Secular Humanism) has a largely spiritist foundation. Like Alan Kardec, most Secular Humanists do not consider their movement to be a "religion." Unlike Monsieur Kardec's philosophy of spiritism however, it clearly is.

What espiritismo does not have is an established priesthood, creed, ritual requirements etc. When these are added spiritism becomes something "more" than a philosophy; it becomes a religion. The absence of such religious underpinnings makes the understandings and practices of spiritism malleable to many different belief systems and religions, including Secular Humanism.

There are many groups in the US that hold to views similar to and/or based on those of Alan Kardec. Here's a few links that might help you connect with like minded people:

Spiritualist Churches in The United States

National Spiritualist Association of Churches

The Spiritist Group of New York

The Spiritist Society of San Diego

United States Spiritist Council

Through these links you should have no difficulty connecting with Spiritist organizations in the US.

The Roman Catholic Church officially opposes spiritism but since its inception many Catholics have delved deeply into experiential spiritualism in one form or another with or without the sanction of the Vatican. There is indeed a thin line between the spiritualism of many Catholic Saints such as Meister Eckhart, Jullian of Norwich, Saint John of the Cross, etc. and the Spiritism of people like Alan Kardec. What is "bad" or "good" is often in the eyes of the beholder. When it comes to spiritism, its practitioners are known by the fruit they produce. The power tapped by spiritism is like electricity, of itself it is neither good or bad.

As I mentioned above, spiritism is not a religion per se, it is a philosophy that is found within many different religious systems. As Alan Kardec wrote:

"Spiritism is the new science which has come to reveal to mankind, by means of irrefutable proofs, the existence and nature of the spiritual world and its relationship with the physical world." ("Spiritism" - The Gospel According to Spiritism - Ch. I, at pg. 25. HPC Publisher, 1987).

As a movement it has adherents in many countries throughout the world, including Spain, the United States, Japan, Germany, France, England, Argentina, Portugal, etc., but there is no essential espiritismo "church" where adherents are found. Indeed many practitioners are opposed to the word "church" being used to describe spiritist assemblies. Brazil has the largest percentage of practitioners and the greatest number of followers according to many surveys but I dare say one would be hard pressed to find any country where the basic philosophy is not found.

Among the heterogeneous groups in the US that hold/held to a basic spiritist belief system are groups like Swedenborgism and the ecstatic ritualism of religions like Santeria and Voodoo (and the West African Voodun traditions). Spiritism is a primarily philosophical underpinning of countless religions including much of the New Age Movement and is seen in the works of Edgar Cayce, Nostradamus, the Fox Sisters, Matthew Fox, Madame Blavatsky, the Oneida Community, Phineas P. Quimby, Franz Anton Mesmer, the Unity School of Christianity, Christian Science, the Mind Science Movement, and many other teachers and movements. Of course such groups vary greatly as to doctrine and beliefs, but in all of them the principles of spiritism are clearly present.

The devotion to spiritual questioning and awakening that was a key element of the Great Awakenings that took place in the later half of 1800's defined essential spiritism, but as a philosophy it is timeless. Much of our present spiritual eclecticism is based on the movements that were born during this period, including the inspirations of Alan Kardec.

There are five main points of belief among spiritists, but these are not held as doctrines per se and are worded in different ways:

1. There is a God, generally vaguely defined as "The Supreme Intelligence," the "Primary Cause of everything," or the "Greater Power";
2. There are innumerable spirit beings, all of whom are created as simple creatures with the ability to gradually evolve and perfect themselves over the eons;
3. The natural method of this perfection process is transmigration (reincarnation), through which the spirits, like us, face diverse situations, problems and obstacles, and gradually learn how to deal with them. These spirits are neither "angels" nor "demons" as traditionally conceived by the Church;
4. As part of Nature, these spirits can naturally communicate with humans as well as interfere in our lives, this interference can be for good or ill hence mediumship (like séance etc.) are viewed as natural abilities;
5. Many planets/realms in the universe are inhabited and directly influence our earth in various ways including by sending spirit beings here to both help and guide as well as to hinder us.

I hope this helps, ~John of AllFaith

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Sunday, May 25, 2008

Did Hillary Threaten Obama's life?

Did Hillary threaten Obama's life?

Not directly.

She was asked why she is not dropping out of the race despite the fact that she has already lost (unless she pulls off the Super Delegate scam). Her response to this question is the issue:

"My husband did not wrap up the nomination in 1992 until he won the California primary somewhere in the middle of June, right? We all remember Bobby Kennedy was assassinated in June in California. I don't understand it," [ie why people are saying she should drop out].

But consider the source. It is commonly believed that the Clinton's have ordered the execution of many people, not to mention the Branch Davidian Adventist Christians of Waco.

If I was Obama, I would take this as a death threat to drop out.

Following is a partial list of Clinton connected people who have died under "mysterious circumstances."

James McDougal Clinton's convicted Whitewater partner died of an apparent heart attack, while in solitary confinement. He was a key witness in Ken Starr's investigation.

Mary Mahoney - A former White House intern was murdered July 1997 at a Starbucks Coffee Shop in Georgetown. The murder happened just after she was to go public with her story of sexual harassment in the White House.


-Vince Foster Former White House councilor, and colleague of Hillary Clinton at Little Rock's Rose law firm. Died of a gunshot wound to the head, ruled a suicide.


-Ron Brown Secretary of Commerce and former DNC Chairman. Reported to have died by impact in a plane crash. A pathologist close to the investigation reported that there was a hole in the top of Brown's skull resembling a gunshot wound. At the time of his death Brown was being investigated, and spoke publicly of his willingness to cut a deal with prosecutors.


-C. Victor Raiser II - & - Montgomery Raiser Major players in the Clinton fund raising organization died in a private plane crash in July 1992.


-Paul Tulley Democratic National Committee Political Director found dead in a hotel room in Little Rock, September 1992. Described by Clinton as a "Dear friend and trusted adviser".


-Ed Willey Clinton fund raiser, found dead November 1993 deep in the woods in Virginia of a gunshot wound to the head. Ruled a suicide. Ed Willey died on the same day his wife Kathleen Willey claimed Bill Clinton groped her in the oval office in the White House. Ed Willey was involved in several Clinton fund raising events.


-Jerry Parks Head of Clinton's gubernatorial security team in Little Rock. Gunned down in his car at a deserted intersection outside Little Rock. Park's son said his father was building a dossier on Clinton. He allegedly threatened to reveal this information. After he died the files were mysteriously removed from his house.


-James Bunch Died from a gunshot suicide. It was reported that he had a "Black Book" of people containing names of influential people who visited prostitutes in Texas and Arkansas.


-James Wilson Was found dead in May 1993 from an apparent hanging suicide. He was reported to have ties to Whitewater.


-Kathy Ferguson Ex-wife of Arkansas Trooper Danny Ferguson died in May 1994 was found dead in her living room with a gunshot to her head. It was ruled a suicide even though there were several packed suitcases, as if she was going somewhere. Danny Ferguson was a co-defendant along with Bill Clinton in the Paula Jones lawsuit. Kathy Ferguson was a possible corroborating witness for Paula Jones.


-Bill Shelton Arkansas State Trooper and fiancee of Kathy Ferguson. Critical of the suicide ruling of his fiancee, he was found dead in June, 1994 of a gunshot wound also ruled a suicide at the grave site of his fiancee.


-Gandy Baugh Attorney for Clinton friend Dan Lassater died by jumping out a window of a tall building January, 1994. His client was a convicted drug distributor.


-Florence Martin Accountant sub-contractor for the CIA related to the Barry Seal Mena Airport drug smuggling case. Died of three gunshot wounds.


-Suzanne Coleman Reportedly had an affair with Clinton when he was Arkansas Attorney General. Died of a gunshot wound to the back of the head, ruled a suicide. Was pregnant at the time of her death.


-Paula Grober Clinton's speech interpreter for the deaf from 1978 until her death December 9, 1992. She died in a one car accident.


-Danny Casolaro Investigative reporter. Investigating Mena Airport and Arkansas Development Finance Authority. He slit his wrists, apparent suicide in the middle of his investigation.


-Paul Wilcher Attorney investigating corruption at Mena Airport with Casolaro and the 1980 "October Surprise" was found dead on a toilet June 22, 1993 in his Washington DC apartment. Had delivered a report to Janet Reno 3 weeks before his death.


-Jon Parnell Walker Whitewater investigator for Resolution Trust Corp. Jumped to his death from his Arlington, Virginia apartment balcony August 15, 1993 Was investigating Morgan Guarantee scandal.


-Barbara Wise Commerce Department staffer. Worked closely with Ron Brown and John Huang. Cause of death unknown. Died November 29, 1996. Her bruised nude body was found locked in her office at the Department of Commerce.


-Charles Meissner Assistant Secretary of Commerce who gave John Huang special security clearance, died shortly thereafter in a small plane crash.


-Dr. Stanley Heard Chairman of the National Chiropractic Health Care Advisory Committee died with his attorney Steve Dickson in a small plane crash. Dr. Heard, in addition to serving on Clinton's advisory council personally treated Clinton's mother, stepfather and brother.


-Barry Seal Drug running pilot out of Mena Arkansas, Death was no accident.


-Johnny Lawhorn Jr. Mechanic, found a check made out to Clinton in the trunk of a car left in his repair shop. Died when his car hit a utility pole.


-Stanley Huggins Suicide. Investigated Madison Guarantee. His report was never released.


-Hershell Friday Attorney and Clinton fund raiser died March 1, 1994 when his plane exploded.


-Kevin Ives & Don Henry Known as "The boys on the track" case. Reports say the boys may have stumbled upon the Mena Arkansas airport drug operation. Controversial case where initial report of death was due to falling asleep on railroad track. Later reports claim the 2 boys had been slain before being placed on the tracks. Many linked to the case died before their testimony could come before a Grand Jury.

THE FOLLOWING SIX PERSONS HAD INFORMATION ON THE IVES/HENRY CASE:
6 more reasons
- Keith Coney Died when his motorcycle slammed into the back of a truck July, 1988.

- Keith McMaskle Died, stabbed 113 times, Nov, 1988


- Gregory Collins Died from a gunshot wound January 1989.


-Jeff Rhodes He was shot, mutilated and found burned in a trash dump in April 1989.


-James Milan Found decapitated. Coroner ruled death due to natural causes. ( this one is priceless,I'd like to know where this coroner was schooled)


-Jordan Kettleson Was found shot to death in the front seat of his pickup truck in June 1990.


-Richard Winters Was a suspect in the Ives / Henry deaths. Was killed in a set-up robbery July 1989



THE FOLLOWING CLINTON BODYGUARDS ARE DEAD: 12 more reasons
Major William S. Barkley Jr.
Captain Scott J. Reynolds
Sgt. Brian Hanley
Sgt. Tim Sabel
Major General William Robertson
Col. William Densberger
Col. Robert Kelly
Spec. Gary Rhodes
Steve Willis
Robert Williams
Conway LeBleu
Todd McKeehan

http://members.tripod.com/~rcjustice/pres.html

I have made it a practice to check things on snopes.com.But as of late I am beginning to doubt their intention. http://www.snopes.com/politics/clintons/bodycount.asp
They defend the Clintons, and even go so far as to ask the reader how many people they know have died in the past ten years that could be considered "mysterious" I answered....NONE!
47 friends or associates dying in such a short time strikes me as very odd!

I think it is perfectly reasonable to take this as a threat on Obama's life.

Friday, May 23, 2008

The Division of Jerusalem and the "Shelf Plan" Must Be Stopped!

Hi friends,
As I sometimes do, I am posting a letter from Mike Evans (the Christian group Jerusalem Prayer Team) and encouraging you to support his movement in defense of Israel. The graphics are added by me. It sheds light on what the New World Order Bush/Clinton dynastic junta is trying to do to the Holy City by the end of this year and is giving us one of the few channels we have to directly oppose this evil against Israel, the Jewish people and the Will of God. Its well worth a read whether you are a supporter of Israel or not:















Dear Partner and Friend of Israel,

I have just finished my second visit to Israel in the last 5 weeks
because of the urgent crisis in the nation. President Shimon Peres has
invited me to join a special meeting he has put together with Mikhail
Gorbachev






, Tony Blair, President Bush and other world leaders. I could not
refuse his invitation. This is the most crucial moment in the 60 year
modern history of Israel.

I am shocked, outraged, and horrified at the plot to divide Jerusalem.
President Bush has refused to go to the Western Wall or visit Mt.
Calvary or the other Christian holy sites--because he has taken the position
that they are "disputed territory!" If this plan is passed, East
Jerusalem will be under Islamic rule of law... To anyone who knows and believes the
Bible, they know these places are not up for dispute!

I was horrified to learn that when President Bush came to Israel for
its 60th Anniversary, he had made the decision to mobilize Arab nations
to come together for a summit. It is extremely humiliating to think this
would be America's way of honoring Israel's 60th year of prophetic
rebirth. Within 48 hours of celebrating the birth of the baby, President
Bush






met in Egypt with King Hussein and other leaders to carve the baby.

God promised this land to Israel...and He will curse any one and any
nation that tries to take it away. President Bush is committed to his
plan to divide Jerusalem and force Israel to evacuate and abandon a vast
portion of the West Bank before he leaves office next January. He is
bringing incredible pressure to bear on Israel using our financial aid,
the European Union, the United Nations, the Arab League, and everyone
else he can find to force them to give in. A secret agreement called the
"Shelf Plan" has been approved so that if he's not able to succeed by
November of this year the next President will have the legal right finish
the task.

The only hope Israel has is if millions of Christians pray, unite
together, and speak up, and God turns the hearts of the rulers away from
their plans against the Jews. This is a spiritual battle, and it can only
be won with spiritual weapons. We must also send a strong signal to
President Bush--and to the person who will replace him as well--that
Bible-believing Christians will not sit by idly while Israel is destroyed!

I must have your help today. Please rush the largest gift you have ever
made--the battle is raging, and we need the resources to win it in the
media! Ours is the age of communication...and we must be able to rally
believers to pray and get the word out about what is behind the
so-called Road Map to Peace.

This is a battle I have been fighting for decades. I boldly faced down
Secretary of State James Baker in front of the world media at the
Madrid Peace Conference...as I did with the National Security Advisor Robert
McFarlin...and went toe-to-toe with the murderous terrorist Yasser
Arafat






at the 43rd General Assembly in Geneva.

As you well know I have appeared on virtually every media outlet in
America, standing in the gap for the Jewish people and mobilizing millions
of God-fearing Americans. Only the truth can set us free.

I will do this as your Ambassador if you say yes.

My articles have appeared in the Wall Street Journal, Washington Times,
and USA Today. I have appeared on most of the networks such at FOX,
NBC, CBS, ABC, and CNN. Together we need to launch a national media blitz
utilizing radio, television, and the printed page, along with the
internet to urgently to unite millions.

I cannot do this without your financial support. You are heaven's
sponsor.

https://www.donation-net.net/CTBF/donate.cfm?dn=1032&commID=81661375&ID=211981

I am not afraid to stand up to terrorists and to speak up on behalf of
my people. I know how to fight, I'm ready to fight, and I know that if
you stand with me in this crucial hour...we will be victorious!

Please rush your gift today.

https://www.donation-net.net/CTBF/donate.cfm?dn=1032&commID=81661375&ID=211981

Your Ambassador to Jerusalem,

Mike Evans


Your Jerusalem World News: www.myjwn.com

Your Save Jerusalem Site: www.savejerusalem.org






Just Say NO!
NO! To the Division of Jerusalem!
NO! To US intervention around the globe!
NO! To the New World Order Elites who are securing their Novus Ordo Seclorum!
NO! To Democratic AND Republican Appointed Governments at home and abroad!
NO! To Hillary!
NO! To the Bush Clinton Dynastic Junta!
NO! To the soon coming Rex Mundi!

If We The People Don't Stand Soon
It will be too late.
















Wednesday, May 21, 2008

Obama Wins! Hillary Looses! But... The Fat Lady Still Isn't Singing!

Obama Has Now Won The Clear Majority Of Delegates!







Remember back when GW Bush STOLE the first (and second) election? The Domocrats were up in arms (or pretended to be at least)! "Whoever gets the most votes should win!" THEY SAID!

IF Hilary and the Democratic Party really support Democracy it is (past!) time for her to step aside! but will she?

Don't hold your breath!

The Democratic Party is even now preparing to appoint the next "president" in direct opposition to the votes of the "We The People" or in this case "We the Democrats!" (I haven't left the party yet, I waiting for now but plan to do so after the election).

Read this letter from Obama:































John --

The polls are closed in Kentucky and votes are being counted in Oregon, and it's clear that tonight we have reached a major milestone on this journey.

We have won an absolute majority of all the delegates chosen by the people in this Democratic primary process.

From the beginning, this journey wasn't about me or the other candidates. It was about a simple choice -- will we continue down the same road with the same leadership that has failed us for so long, or will we take a different path?

Too many of us have been disappointed by politics and politicians more times than you can count. We've seen promises broken and good ideas drowned in a sea of influence, point-scoring, and petty bickering that has consumed Washington.

Yet, in spite of all the doubt and disappointment -- or perhaps because of it -- people have stood for change.

Unfortunately, our opponents in the other party continue to embrace yesterday's policies and they will continue to employ yesterday's tactics -- they will try to change the subject, and they will play on fears and divisions to distract us from what matters to you and your future.

But those tactics will not work in this election.

They won't work because you won't let them.

Not this time. Not this year.

We still have work to do to in the remaining states, where we will compete for every delegate available.

But tonight, I want to thank you for everything you have done to take us this far -- farther than anyone predicted, expected, or even believed possible.

And I want to remind you that you will make all the difference in the epic challenge ahead.

Thank you,

Barack Obama













Tuesday, May 20, 2008

Our Dogs and Your Prayers

Thanks for your prayers everyone,
The dogs are recuperating :-) and the vet is $1,500 richer ;-(

One is a pure blood Rottweiler, the other two are lab mixes, one of which left it alone apparently. Only the lab needed anti-venom though they both needed other treatments apparently. We live in a fairly rural area with lots of wild life (near the Plumas National Forest in Northern California). We find a half dozen or so rattlers on our property every year, usually later in the year, but never one this big and never have they attacked anything to our knowledge. Judging by his remains he was a bit over three feet long and pretty fat.

John of AllFaith

Monday, May 19, 2008

Rattlesnake bite, Please pray!

Hi friends,
In the early hours of the day 2 of our 3 dogs found a very big rattle snake in their pen and killed it. Before dying however the snake bit them both. They are showing classic symptoms of rattlesnake bite and are, even now, on their way to the vet for anti-venom injections. One them looks pretty bad. His muzzle is swollen huge, his throat is tightening up, etc. The other dog has the same symptoms to a lesser degree. The 3rd shows no signs and is the least likely to get into such an event so we don't think he was bit.

Please pray for these dogs to have a speedy recovery.

Thanks,
Pastor John

Sunday, May 18, 2008

The Bush/Clinton Wars Against Islam: Shooting the Qur'an for Practice!

US Military: Soldier Shot at Quran for Practice

We often hear Americans say that the US wars against the people of the world are intended to liberate them, even as our own freedoms are being flushed down the toilet, that the US respects their religions and cultures and that the US/NWO ruling junta only wants to free them from themselves. When Herr Bush declared his war against the Muslim world is a "crusade" his handlers quickly tried to backstep. He wasn't supposed to admit it! "He didn't mean a crusade (ie a jihad), he meant a police action... you know, like 'Nam and Korea" ... and decimation of the Native Americans!

The truth is however this US jihad against Islam is a crusade, but Islam is only one front. The ongoing war against Christianity is another important front. Another is the intentional lowering of American standards in all areas to put us on par with other countries (except we get no health care etc.).

We are in midst of a global Novus Ordo Seclorum (New Secular Age) crusade that is, step by step, taking over the world and destroying faith in God.

The proof is in the pudding as they say. What follows is just one of those stories that leaks out from time to time and quickly passes, but it is noteworthy.


US military: soldier shot at Quran for practice

By KIM GAMEL, Associated Press Writer1 hour, 27 minutes ago

An American soldier used a Quran, the Islamic holy book, for target practice in a predominantly Sunni area west of Baghdad, prompting an apology from the U.S. military, a spokesman said Sunday.

Separately, mortar shells slammed into a residential area north of the Iraqi capital, killing at least four people and wounding 30, most children playing outside, officials said Sunday.

The shelling occurred as clashes broke out in Shiite areas late Saturday despite a truce reached last week by Shiite politicians and followers of anti-U.S. cleric Muqtada al-Sadr.

Iraqi police found the bullet-riddled Quran with graffiti inside the cover on a small-arms range near a police station in Radwaniyah, a former insurgent stronghold west of Baghdad, U.S. military spokesman Col. Bill Buckner said in an e-mailed response to a query.

American commanders then launched an inquiry that led to disciplinary action against the soldier, who has been removed from Iraq, Buckner said.

The shooting, which occurred May 9 and was discovered two days later, threatened to further strain relations between the Americans and Sunni allies who have joined forces with them against al-Qaida in Iraq in Radwaniyah and other areas.

The incident was first reported by CNN, which broadcast a ceremony at which the top American commander in Baghdad apologized to tribal leaders in Radwaniyah.

"I come before you here seeking your forgiveness," Maj. Gen. Jeffery Hammond was quoted as saying by the network. "In the most humble manner I look in your eyes today and I say please forgive me and my soldiers."

The commander also read a letter of apology by the shooter, and another military official kissed a Quran and presented it to the tribal leaders, according to CNN.

The military statement called the incident "serious and deeply troubling" but stressed it was the result of one soldier's actions and "not representative of the professionalism of our soldiers or the respect they have for all faiths."

The Sunni alliances have been key to a steep decline in violence over the past year, along with a U.S. troop buildup and a longer term cease-fire by al-Sadr's Mahdi Army militia.

Bandaged girls and boys with bloodstained clothes cried as they were packed two to a bed at a hospital in Sadr City, a Shiite stronghold where most of the recent fighting has occurred.

At least three mortar rounds struck a house, an open area and a street where boys were playing soccer in the Maamil neighborhood on Baghdad's northeastern outskirts, witnesses said.

Those killed included a man and three children, according to police and hospital officials who also said at least 30 people were wounded.

Associated Press photos showed men holding two dead babies bundled in blankets. Relatives identified them as 1-year-old Zahra Kadhim and 2-year-old Abbas Nadim.

Sporadic gunbattles also occurred in some areas of Sadr City, but no casualties were reported, police said.

Fighting between Shiite militiamen and U.S.-Iraqi forces has ebbed but occasional clashes continue to break out, casting doubt on the durability of the peace deal reached last Monday.

The U.S. military said separately that Iraqi soldiers captured a "special groups" cell leader blamed for coordinating roadside bombings and rocket attacks against U.S. and Iraqi forces, in an operation in Husseiniyah, about 20 miles north of Baghdad.

The term "special groups" refers to Shiite militia fighters who are ignoring al-Sadr's cease-fire order.

American soldiers killed two other such militants after coming under attack by a roadside bomb and small-arms fire in the northern Shiite neighborhood of Kazimiyah, the military said in a separate statement.

The skirmishes in Baghdad came as the Iraqi government has shifted its attention to an offensive aimed at clearing Sunni insurgents from the northern city of Mosul.

The military said 15 suspects had been detained in raids targeting al-Qaida in Iraq Saturday and Sunday, including eight in Mosul. Six of the Mosul detainees were linked to a militant leader in the city and two were apprehended during an operation to disrupt a planned suicide car bombing.

Iraqi officials say around 1,000 people have been detained in the sweep since May 10.

U.S. airstrikes also killed six militants and destroyed a weapons cache after troops were attacked by rocket-propelled grenades and small-arms fire near Khan Bani Saad, north of Baghdad, according to a military statement.

In violence Sunday, a parked car bomb struck an Iraqi army patrol in eastern Baghdad, killing two soldiers and wounding six other people, police said.

U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, meanwhile, said she "made clear that the war must be brought to an end" as she met with top Iraqi and U.S. officials Saturday during a visit to Baghdad.

"It has already taken far too many American and Iraqi lives, it has cost far too much in money and the reputation of the United States, and it has drained far too much from the capability of our military," she said in a statement.

The California Democrat led a bipartisan delegation to Iraq, where they met with Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, parliamentary speaker Mahmoud al-Mashhadani, U.S. Ambassador Ryan Crocker and Gen. David Petraeus, the top American commander in Iraq.

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Associated Press writer Bushra Juhi contributed to this report.



Friday, May 16, 2008

Soft Porn Church Earns Hard Bucks!


A Truly Alien Sacrifice!

Penthouse Magazine has passed Larry Flynn (Hustler Magazine) as unexpected Christian Entrepreneurs.

It seems the Laodecean Church is alive at well as BigChurch.com! A fully owned Penthouse enterprise! First the Secular Humanists took the Bible (with their Humanist NIV, the New International Version, aka the New Infernal Version), now they're taking over the dating scene of Christian singles! Seems strangely appropriate for the emerging Lady Jezebel.

PMGI CEO Marc Bell tells WebProNews, in an exclusive interview (see below) that it's just business.

Isn't that what much of the modern Church has become? More and more often "God" is becoming "just business" these days. Supplant the Bible with copyrightable inferior texts, its just business. Christian dating services? Its just good business. Condemn 10-15% of the people to Hell for being LGBT? Its just good PR and it provides a needed "other" to vilify. "Fast food Mega Churches"? VERY good business! They make a LOT of tax exempt money! Remember the "Rice Christians?" Now that was very good business!...

Of course, if true Christians stand up for the Bible or the God of Israel, if they show true faith in God in meaningful ways, then they have to be put down like rabid dogs! Too many have already forgotten how Hillary and Bill murdered the Christians of Waco in cold blood for daring to stand for their religious and Constitutional rights! But of course, the Democratic (and Republican) Party is good business too...

Well did the Master foretell the beliefs and nature of the Church of the Last Days:

Rev. 3:15 I know thy works, that thou art neither cold nor hot: I would thou wert cold or hot.
16 So then because thou art lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will spue thee out of my mouth.
17 Because thou sayest, I am rich, and increased with goods, and have need of nothing; and knowest not that thou art wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked:
18 I counsel thee to buy of me gold tried in the fire, that thou mayest be rich; and white raiment, that thou mayest be clothed, and that the shame of thy nakedness do not appear; and anoint thine eyes with eyesalve, that thou mayest see.
19 As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent.

The Money Changers in the Temple, take two (or ten or...)

So I'm off the subject, sorry, about this Penthouse owned Christian dating service. Here's the Webpronews interview.

What are your thoughts? Let's talk about this in the comments section below!

This interview is included here for informational purposes only in harmony with the accepted Fair Use agreements:

BigChurch Means Big Money For Penthouse
Thursday, May 15, 2008

We're not the first to notice and double-take. Penthouse Media Group Inc.'s ownership of a Christian dating website called BigChurch.com has been mentioned by a few publications, but usually as an ironic side note. Understandable. It's kind of a heavy (yes, quite loaded) subject. However, PMGI CEO Marc Bell tells WebProNews, in an exclusive interview, it's just business.


Editor's Note: Politics and now business make strange bedfellows, so to speak. From Penthouse's perspective, business is business and they shouldn't exclude based on personal value systems. The other side of that is less, well, amoral in its approach. What do you think? Is this exploiting the faithful or just business as usual? Let us know in the comments.

Newsweek brought some more attention to the, putting it mildly, counterintuitive pairing earlier this week with the eye-grabbing and head-scratching headline "Penthouse Gets Pious." Author Jennifer Ordonez followed up with a somewhat deferential take on how Penthouse was broadening its horizons following its $500 million acquisition of Various, Inc., the company that brings the Internet various ways to find likeminded friends.

You may be more familiar with FriendFinder, which will replace the name Penthouse on the corporate letterhead soon, or with the main reason Penthouse picked up Various—Adult FriendFinder. The 18 to 34 year-old male demographic, everybody in the advertising business knows, is the sweet spot. Along with Adult FriendFinder came 600,000 affiliates promoting memberships to 260 million sets of eyeballs at websites like Bondage.com, GayFriendFinder, JewishFriendFinder, LesbianPersonals.com, and LikeMyGayPhoto.com, and 1.2 million paying subscribers to sites like BigChurch.com.

BigChurch offers dating services, Bible search and commentary in four different languages, and boasts half a million Christian members worldwide, though a job posting on the site, the high-salaried requirements for which presume a certain comfort level with adult content, boasts 8 million active members. A footnote at the bottom disclaims any expectations of real-time numeric accuracy, though.

For as little as $5.55 per month (interesting sequence of numbers, but three sixes perhaps would have set off alarms) you can connect romantically with others "compatible with your Christian values," as promised on the About page, complete with daily horoscopes.

Compatibility issues are left at the signup page, it would seem, for if you'd rather be an affiliate of BigChurch.com, then FriendFinder and PMGI claim you can make up $30,000 per month and even earn "a whirlwind weekend in Sin City with gorgeous Penthouse Pets at your side," echoing what many know already: God is big business.

It's been said before that the horizon beyond the all-inclusive social network like MySpace holds more exclusive, niche networks, neatly dividing up the audience along demographic lines. Targeting becomes that much more pinpoint, and a boon to networks offering direct access to individual markets. In 2005, the US market for religious publishing and products reached $7.3 billion.

If you've made it this far into the article—if you made it past the first paragraph—the idea that the self-titled "largest global adult company" owns and operates a Christian dating site may seem a bit incongruent. But CEO Marc Bell doesn't seem to think so. Bell told WebProNews the company, in advance of an IPO, will be changing its name to FriendFinder Networks. These days they are a social network company, of which Penthouse is just one brand making up a mere 10 percent of its business.

"[Penthouse] doesn't represent what we do," said Bell, who equated the soon-to-be FriendFinder Network with MySpace or Facebook. As for BigChurch and Penthouse under the same roof, Bell was pragmatic, saying it was just like owning two separate businesses. Under the FriendFinder Network umbrella, BigChurch and Penthouse are independent from one another.

When pressed, Bell dismissed suggestions BigChurch membership would take issue with the site's ownership, noting both that many Penthouse subscribers hailed from the Bible Belt (indeed, this year's Pet of the Year is from Mississippi), and that his business partner, Dan Staton is a devout Catholic.

Though Bell seemed to think the idea of a fundamental conflict existing was rather foreign considering BigChurch and Penthouse are separate businesses, we presented the simple fact that Penthouse owned a Christian dating site to a number of area Christians* to get their reaction.

Four people from four separate denominations had similar reactions, ranging from "wow" to initial silence as they wrapped their heads around it.

» But wait, there's more!
The Christian community responds in the second half of this investigative WebProNews exclusive.
Click here to keep reading.

About the Author:
Jason Lee Miller is a WebProNews editor and writer covering business and technology.

Monday, May 12, 2008

Understanding Atman: The Nature of Self

Understanding Atman: The Nature of Self

Another Q & A with Jagannatha Prakasa (John of AllFaith) © 5.12.08

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Questioner: ananth
Private: no
Subject: about attma
Question: hi
If attma is undestroyable and remembers all will my attma will remember all my parents friends etc in my all previous birth... eg. assume this is my 600000th birth will it remember my 10th birth friends and parents, will it remember my 145th birth wife, will it remember my 1000th birth kid.... (All numbers are just numbers i chose in random)

My reply:

There is jiva atman, atman and para atman.

Jiva atman is the embodied living entity, the "you" you are familiar with, and has awareness of what is needed for the present incarnation. Jiva atman will sometimes hold limited remembrance of past lives when that is needful or desired by the Self, but generally not. Normally what is remembered is the instinctual wisdom thus far attained and relevant for the current incarnation and marga (destined path for this life).

Atman is the "higher Self," the "real you." Atman is consciously aware of all experiences ever had by the living entity, be they in saguna (material) or nirguna (spiritual) brahman (existence). It is Atman, in harmony with the laws of Karma, Dharma and Marga, that determines future incarnations and the greater progression of the Self. Atman exists beyond human comprehension and is the goal sought in Self Enlightenment: the realization of Self.

Para Atman is Ek Devata, the One God. How Para Atman is concieved of course varies with ones religious and philosophic understanding. For Personalists this is "God": Sri Visnu/Narayana, Mahadev Siva, God the Father, etc. while for Impersonalists (Mayavadins) this is the "Supersoul" or Totality of All Existence, the Oneness of all that is.

Hope this clarifies things,

    ~ Jagannatha Prakasa
    ~ John of AllFaith


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Sunday, May 11, 2008

Enroll in the School of God Today

The School of Ek Devata

Considering that the Bible has been altered in certain respects, how can we know the truth?

Consider I John 2:26 These things have I written unto you concerning them that seduce you [spiritually].
27 But the anointing which ye have received of him abideth in you, and ye need not that any man teach you: but as the same anointing teacheth you of all things, and is truth, and is no lie, and even as it hath taught you, ye shall abide in him.

The "anointing of God" is Ek Devata's spirit that dwells within us. In our hearts we know what is true and as we seek to become ever closer with the Holy One this inward "knowing" leads us on.

The "religion of Christianity" (ie the official dogmas), like all other religions of men, seek to control us and to define what we are to believe and do. In many cases this is done with the best of intentions. Humans need to be instructed, to be helped. And yet the Word of Master Y'shua, like the teachings of all the Masters, is freeing and so we have no need that any one should teach us.

Of course, Paul also tells us that many are called to be teachers...

In this seeming contradiction we can understand a great truth. The Bible is not our master, it is a source of information. Teachers are not our masters, they are (hopefully) people who are farther along the Path than we are and who can therefore advise us in wisdom. The Scriptures should never be understood as a series of "proof texts," but taken as a whole and the words of teachers should never be taken as "Gospel Truth," but as the shared wisdom of more experienced fellow travelers on the Way.

Ek Devata sends us the scriptures, teachers and ministers who can point us along our Way Home, but it is up to each of us, harmonious with the indwelling spirit of God, to determine our Path. This is known as "the Doctrine of the Priesthood of All Believers." We will each "stand before God" as individuals and "give an account" of what we have done with what we have been granted. No teacher, no priest, no rabbi, no scripture etc. can answer for us and none can "show us the Truth."

Think of this life as "the School of God." In kindergarten we are lost. We don't know what to do, which direction to go, and so we are told, "go here" and "believe this." Then as we advance in spiritual understanding we begin to question, "Why should I go there and believe that? Doesn't the Scripture say... Doesn't the indwelling presence of God tell me...

This is the teaching of God:

I Cor 13: 11 When I was a child, I spake as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child: but when I became a man, I put away childish things.
12 For now we see through a glass, darkly; but then face to face: now I know in part; but then shall I know even as also I am known.
13 And now abideth faith, hope, [love], these three; but the greatest of these is [love].

This "glass" is a mirror. When we begin to look into it as ego-laden 'children' we see only our own reflection and we think, "God is like me! What I like, God likes, what I dislike, God dislikes! I believe this is true and so does God! I know I should not do that, and look, God agrees with me! I don't like those people, and neither does God! There's even a verse that says..."

But we are merely beholding our own "reflections" as though in a mirror. God is more!

Many Believers never get beyond this point.

But those who are spiritually wise will gaze with ever more intensity and devotion into the divine mirror and as we do we begin to glimpse what truly resides beyond, beyond our distorted images of Truth, beyond our personal assumptions and prejudices, and we gradually come into deeper appreciation for the things of God. We gradually begin to get just the slightest taste of how utterly "Great" God truly is!

We also often discover that our growing realizations increasingly put us at odds with the beliefs of our former co-religionists and others. Many Believers, at this point, stop gazing into the mirror, which is fine. There is a cost to continuing... there is a cost for not. God grants us this liberty.

For those who continue to gaze ever more deeply however, the spiritual sojourn never ends because we can never come into full knowledge of the One God. What is "beyond" is unutterable and utterly transcendent. If we try and describe it we find we can not. There are no suitable words and applying words to the Truth only cheapens it, denies it, alters it into non-truth or partial truth. And so we hold the Truth we have thus far received in our hearts. We show love to all and judge no one, understanding full well that we have but skimmed the surface of the Ocean God's Gory. God is more! Always more! Seek and you will find!

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Friday, May 09, 2008

A Follow-up Question on the Holy Trinity Doctrine

---------- FOLLOW-UP to a previous question about Christian doctrine----------

QUESTION: most christians claimed that the bible mentioned about the holy trinity and almost everyone believe in the doctrine, except the mormon church. why is that? has the bible been tampered with? so does this mean the mormon church is right about everythin?

My reply:
Hi Kate,

Your very important questions here would require a lot of explanation to fully answer and I'm not sure how much you want to read. If you want more by all means write back. This will be a basic summary.

Following is an excerpt from a piece I wrote on the redefining of Christianity, and the adoption of the Trinity doctrine in the 3rd and 4th centuries.

First however, the Mormons are only one of several Christian groups and heterodoxies that don't accept the Trinity Doctrine. Neither do the Jehovah's Witnesses, Christian Scientists, Armstrongism, Christadelphians, Swedenborgianism, the United Pentecostal Church of God -- aka Oneness Pentecostals -- (they believe Jesus was God but reject the Trinity Doctrine), Unification Church, Unity School of Christianity, etc. Indeed, since the very beginning of the Church this doctrine has been rejected by segments of the Christian community, sometimes by most, sometimes by a minority. Today, as you say, most Christians accept it. The rejection of this doctrine is known as Arianism

The Mormons have a very unbiblical belief concerning God's nature. Their teaching is, "As man now is God once was, as God now is man will become." By any stretch of biblical interpretation this is absolute heresy. The biblical teaching is that God is One, eternally the same and eternally King of kings and Lord of lords. None are or will ever be equal to nor independent from Him:

Deut 6:4 Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God is one LORD ["O Israel: HaShem our Elohim is echad - one- HaShem]:
5 And thou shalt love the LORD thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might.

God (HaShem: The Name: the Tetragrammaton: YHVH) is indivisibly One. this is THE essential definition revealed to Abraham and Moses and taught by Y'shua:

John 14:28 Ye have heard how I [Y'shua] said unto you, I go away, and come again unto you. If ye loved me, ye would rejoice, because I said, I go unto the Father: for my Father is greater than I.

I believe, as taught by most Arians, that Y'shua ben Miriam (Jesus, son of Mary) was a human being like any other. What distinguishes him was his utter devotion to the God of Israel (HaShem) and to his religion (Judaism). Master Y'shua was a holy prophet and teacher like Moses, Elijah, etc. The Scriptures are clear that HaShem will not share His glory with another.

Isa 42:8 I am the LORD [HaShem: Tetragrammaton]: that is my name: and my glory will I not give to another...

So what changed? Not HaShem!

Emperor Constantine decided to establish an official Roman religion that would unite all the diverse religions of his empire. He called this new religion Universalism (or "Catholicism"). During the third and fourth centuries the majority of Nazarenes [ie followers of Master Y'shua] were Noahides [ie Gentiles] but originally they were all Jewish. Their attempts to restore/preserve the Jewish-based teachings of Master Y'shua were condemned as "Judaizing" by the rising Roman Papacy. The true Nazarene Way was viewed as a threat to Catholic authority and dogma. Those who opposed the doctrine of the Trinity, the deity of Master Y'shua, the absence of eternal torment in a hellfire, conditional salvation, and so on were persecuted by the Church of Rome as heretics. Anti-Semitism became official Church doctrine and "Passion Plays" condemning Jews as "Christ killers" become popular forms of entertainment and indoctrination. Such portrayals are still popular as was seen recently in Mel Gibson's scripturally inaccurate anti-Semitic snuff film, the Passion of the Christ.

The term "Paganizer" is not one I have seen elsewhere, however when using the term "Judaizer" as I do here to refer to those who sought to return the Church to its Jewish roots, the term "Paganizer" seems appropriate to describe those who sought to do the opposite. This faction won most of these second to fourth century debates and established the essential doctrines still accepted by most branches of Christendom. This group brought countless Pagan holidays, beliefs and traditions into the Church. These include holidays such as Christmas [the Christ Mass] and Easter [sacred to Goddess Eostar], the dress worn by Catholic clergy persons [significant to the worshipers of Sol Invictus], the near deification of Catholic saints [popular with various Pagans] and Mary as the Theotokos [or Mother of God, popular with Goddess worshipers], hellfire and purgatory [powerful tools for controlling the masses and without scriptural support], heaven for humans [popular to various Pagan sects, especially those who worshiped solar deities], the common belief that some humans become angels upon death [popular with those who worshiped nature spirits], the deification of Master Y'shua [popular with many Pagan religions and strictly condemned by the Hebrew Scriptures], the Trinity doctrine [found in countless religions other than Judaism], the doctrine of original sin [established by Augustine to secure the authority of the Church of Rome], the rosary [popular in Hinduism, among the Dervish, and many other religions but without any biblical basis], the church mandated disregard of Shabbat (an observance clearly defined in the Ten Commandments and elsewhere), the embrace of Sunday as the holy day [ie the day of worship for Sol Invictus the Sun God, the God worshiped by Constantine until the day he died] and so much more.

During these debates many people of the Nazarene Way [those who sought to maintain the teachings or Way of Master Y'shua] sought to officially preserve the teachings of Master Y'shua. One of the fiercest battlegrounds concerned the nature of Master Y'shua. The Nazarenes believed that the Master, while truly a great tzaddik or holy man, was in all ways human. They held that only HaShem is God and that He is eternally one and absolute unique, as taught in the Shema:

Deuteronomy 6:4:

Sh'ma Yisrael Adonai Elohaynu Adonai Echad:
"Hear, Israel, the Lord is our God, the Lord is One."

This central Jewish, Noahide and Nazarene truth came to be known as Arianism in the Church, after Arius, one of its principle proponents during the Pagan usurpation of what became the Christian religion. Arius' admirable attempts to preserve portions of the Nazarene faith were not successful however, and the Paganizers managed to deify Master Y'shua after the matter of the Roman Sun God Sol Invictus. Emperor Constantine, who was mentioned above and who was largely responsible for the creation of modern Christianity, remained a loyal worshipper of Sol Invictus all of his life, despite claims that he had converted to the Nazarene Way via his new religion.

Sol Invictus was worshipped on the day of the sun god, unlike the Jews, Noahides and Noahide Nazarenes who honored Shabbat and maintained a lunar calendar as used in the Torah. Pagan Constantine however issued the following order replacing Shabbat with the day of his god, and for the most part Christians still worship on that day.

We learn the following from wikipedia.com:

"On the venerable day of the Sun let the magistrates and people residing in cities rest, and let all workshops be closed...."

Shabbat rejecting Christians can debate Paul's teachings that one day is as good as another, and so on, yet here is the origin of Sunday as the Lord's Day and the rejection of Shabbat.

As for Constantine's alleged conversion to Christianity:

"Before his baptism on his deathbed, Emperor Constantine portrayed Sol Invictus on his official coinage, with the legend SOLI INVICTO COMITI, thus claiming the Unconquered Sun as a companion to the Emperor. Constantine decreed (March 7, 321) dies Solis — day of the sun, from which "sunday" — as the Roman day of rest [CJ3.12.2]..."

"Christianity adopted some of the attributes of the Sol Invictus religion, as apparent in the first examples of Christian iconography, depicting Christ with solar attributes such as the radiated crown or, in a few instances, a solar chariot."

"Sol Invictus had been adopted by the Church of Rome as evidenced by Christ as Apollo-Helios in a mausoleum discovered under St. Peter's Basilica and dated to 250, and, from the beginning of the third century, "Sun of Justice" was used as a title of Christ."

"Arianism" refers to the teachings of the Catholic theologian Arius (c. 250-336 CE). Arius lived and taught in Alexandria, Egypt in the early 4th century and sought to maintain/defeat the original Jewish form of the Way as the Vatican was finalizing the establishment of their new religion and determining what would be accepted as cannon (official). One of the points he focused on was the then newly developing doctrine of the trinity.

As for the New Testament, the Bible we have today is that declared Canonical by the Roman Hierarchy. We know that countless writings were removed and added and edited during this process. The New Testament still is a holy book and important source of spiritual and historic information, however it no longer exists in its original form.

Compounding this destruction of New Testament doctrine and texts, most Christians today have, usually unknowingly being deceived by slick marketing and direct lies by Agnostic scholars, rejected the source materials upon which Christianity was established (ie the Textus Receptus: the source material translated as the Authorized King James Version), in favor of a mismash of contradictory source materials of questionable historic origins in the new paraphrases such as the New International Version (NIV) and other new books. These New Age books have deleted scores of verses and added much without any textual support that alters the meaning and doctrines held by Christians. The result is now becoming obvious. As Master Y'shua predicted through hs disciple John:

Rev. 3:14 And unto the angel of the church of the Laodiceans [the last of seven periods through which the Church would pass) write; These things saith the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the beginning of the creation of God;
15 I know thy works, that thou art neither cold nor hot: I would thou wert cold or hot.
16 So then because thou art lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will spue thee out of my mouth.
17 Because thou sayest, I am rich, and increased with goods, and have need of nothing; and knowest not that thou art wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked:
18 I counsel thee to buy of me gold tried in the fire, that thou mayest be rich; and white raiment, that thou mayest be clothed, and that the shame of thy nakedness do not appear; and anoint thine eyes with eyesalve, that thou mayest see.
19 As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent.

But the Church shows no signs of repenting.

Again, this is a summary. If you have further questions feel free to write back.

~John of AllFaith

Sri Vrndavana Dham

Here's a question about my favorite Indian village along with a few photos taken by and/or of me in and around Sri Vrndavana Dham:

A photo of me, a resident of the holy dham, and a Hanuman monkey


Questioner:
Sanj
Private: no
Subject: Vrindavana
Question:
I forgot the webpage, but the author/swami said something like 'how can I describe the glories of the spiritual world fully in a few paragraphs on this site, even the opulences of millions and millions of vaikuntha planets combined would not equal even a single ray of light of the pastimes in Vrindavana.
I thought this was intriguing, please help me locate it!

Me and one of Vrndavana's many holy sadhus. I was his disciple in my last life.
My Reply:

Hi Sanj,

Vrndavana is wonderful!

Its not too far from Agra and Mathura. Maps often list it as Brindavan or Brindaban. I usually land in New Delhi and catch a cab to get there.

Here's a piece about the Holy Village from http://www.agraindia.org.uk/excursions/vrindavan/index.html:

Vrindavan:



Vrindavan/Vrindavana within the jurisdiction of district Mathura is intimately connected with Krishna just like all its surrounding regions. Devotees believe that Lord Krishna never leaves Vrindavana and engage in his pastimes for eternity. It is believed to be one of the transcendental abodes of the Lord as mentioned in 'Srimad Bhagavatam', the religious holy book of Hindus. Mathura and Vrindavan have as many as sixty billion sacred places! The presiding deity of the once forest of Vrindavan was Vrinda Devi, who was believed to be the expansion of Radharani, the beloved of Lord Krishna.

It is said that at the time of Krishna, Vrindavan was a forest and Tulsi plants grew here abundantly. Since the other name of Tulsi is Vrinda, it was known as Vrindavan or Forest of Tulsi. The forest was a large one and stretched from the present town of Vrindavan across to Nandagaon and Barsana on one side and Govardhana on the other side. It is said to be the twelfth forest and the favorite forest of Lord Krishna, which he often visited with cowherd boys to graze his cows. There was a Radha Kunda within the forest.

It was here that Krishna played the enchanting tunes with his flute every evening and would beckon 'gopis' or maids of Braj [of Vraja] to play and dance 'raas' [or rasa]. There these beautiful village belles and Krishna would dance in the ecstasy of pure and spiritual love. Since, then 'Raas lila' [or rasa lila] has been re-enacted several times in Vrindavan. It is said that despite their numbers, all gopis got a chance to dance with their favorite Krishna and exchange intimate loving glances and embrace him. The site where the dance is believed to have been performed is semicircular in shape, is known as 'rasa mandala' and has a parameter of 16 km. It is situated on the banks of River Yamuna.
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As this article says, Sri Vrndavana dham is heaven on earth.

Also, the most supreme abode of the spirit world is named Goloka Vrndavan ('heavenly Vrndavana') and often the two are viewed as one.

Hope this helps.

~Jagannatha dasa
~John of AllFaith



All of India is wonderful, but Sri Vrndavana is exceptionally so. When one is there one is almost transported from the material world into the spiritual. God's presence is EVERWHERE in temples (mandirs), meditation huts and storefronts (kutirs), in sacred groves and in the person of thousands of enlightened sadhus (holy people) who live there.

Tuesday, May 06, 2008

666 and Preparing For The Coming Months And Years

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Questioner:
Private: no
Subject: "666"
Question:
Hello,in the last days people will have to choose to have the mark of the beast or not.if people choose not to take the mark of the beast.how can they live,if they can not buy or sell?
thank you

My ANSWER:
Hi Greg,

This topic is debated by many people. I will share my opinion.

The New World Order now being established by the US, the EU and a cadre of the world's most powerful people (known as the Bilderberg Group etc.), are creating economic unions (the EU or European Union, the NAU or North American Union, signed into law by Bush already, etc.). In time these unions will be united into a one world government that will be ruled over by the Rex Mundi (the Antichrist/Dijal/etc).

I believe the most likely scenario is that this global government will require ID cards (like the REAL ID the US is preparing to make mandatory) and then, claiming a continuing problem with identity theft and forgery, they will require everyone to receive an implanted RFID chip. This technology of course already exists and is being used in animals and in some human volunteers.

To accept this implant and possibly the id cards that will come first, one will have to pledge allegiance to the government and its leader(s)in some form. Once the Rex Mundi, the global ruler known as Antichrist, Dijal, etc. is in office, taking this loyalty oath will be the taking of the Mark of the Beast. The implant is the Mark, the vow will be the acceptance of it. There will probably also be a required salute such as Hitler required so while the taking of the Mark will be a one time mistake, it will be required to frequently confirm ones loyalty to the Rex Mundi and his New World Order (Novus Ordo Seclorum).

Exactly how far one can go before actually being guilty of accepting the Mark of the Beast is debatable. In my opinion, until the Rex Mundi (the Beast) is actually in office the Mark will not be present to take or reject. Nonetheless, like thousands of other people, I plan to reject the Real ID when it is issued, thus becoming "non-compliant" and barred from driving, from public transportation, and from all government buildings (other than jails and torture camps of course).
It is a personal decision when too much is too much and when one will stand. This Real ID program, depending on exactly how it is worded and whether it contains the RFID chip of not, is where I will probably make my Stand.

Now for your question, how will those who refuse the Mark survive.

Some will survive by using the Black Market systems, some of these are already being set up in preparation by certain people who understand what's coming down.

Some will survive by maintaining gardens on concealed public lands -- national forests etc -- (without the Mark one will not be able to pay property taxes and so owning land for this will not be an option. Also, because of the new "suicide seeds" it will not be possible to plant the next years crop from the current seeds and without the Mark one will be unable to legally purchase seeds. For this reason some people are hording real seeds.

Some will "head for the hills" and live off the land.

Some will survive by living out of dumpsters etc. We throw away huge amounts of perfectly good food.

According to the prophecies however, about 75-80% of the earth's population will die during these coming seven years (mainly in the second half) whether they accept the Mark of not. Some from starvation, some from war, some from diseases, some earth changes, etc.

Also, the people who are establishing the New World Order have publicly stated their intention to cull the human population by millions of people, so even many of those who receive the Mark will fare no better than those who refuse it unless they have something to offer the System. Those on disability, welfare, those at or below the poverty line, those deemed racially inferior by the new gene testing systems, etc. will be among those slated for deleted early on. It is assumed that the Mark, Real ID, etc will first be required of those who receive government benefits of various kinds.

Spiritually of course it is vital to reject both the Mark and the New World Order that is bringing it about for those who love God whether one lives or dies.

The truth is, difficult days are ahead and "except those days should be shortened, there should no flesh be saved: but for the elect's sake [ie the Jews] those days shall be shortened" (Matt 24:22).

We can somewhat prepare. We can learn what plants are eatable and which are not, learn how to skin and cure animals, how to live off the land, how to fish without store bought rods and reels and bait, how to purify water, etc. We can get/stay in good shape physically and spiritually. Stop/don't smoke etc. and mentally prepare to be a martyr if that is what is required... it may well be for those of us who refuse the Mark. Its better to decide what we will do now then when it is in our face.

To understand what's coming, watch this video, Freedom to Fascism: http://johnofallfaith.multiply.com/journal/item/672/Here_Is_The_Truth (or see it on YouTube). -- if this link doesn't work, the film is in my video section. Multiply directly links often mess up for some reason.

Among the groups that are preparing is FreedomtoFascism.com and Alex Jones' Infowars.com and radio show. I don't agree with them on everything of course, but they provide a gateway to those who are preparing for what lies ahead.

'Having done all you can to stand,
Stand!'

Hope this helps,
~John of AllFaith

---------- FOLLOW-UP ----------

QUESTION:

wow i was impress with your answer and it does make sense.just have a few questions.
1)in tha last days and if i did not take the mark of the beast,if i was sick,would going to the hospital be a bad idea?
2)just say,if i was married and my wife took the mark of the beast without me knowing,saying good bye to her and go on my own,and have no part of her,would that be the right answer?
thank you.this stuff is very interesting and thank you for your time.may god bless you and your family.
greg

My reply:

Hi Greg,
Thanks. I ponder these things from time to time and study the Scriptures looking for clues.

1)in tha last days and if i did not take the mark of the beast,if i was sick,would going to the hospital be a bad idea?

It appears that one will have to take the Mark voluntarily so the hospital would not (I assume) "mark" you while you were unconscious or whatever, however... you would have no way to pay for your stay and would therefore be guilty of a crime against the state (assuming this occurred under the current US system where we don't provide health care for our own people like most civilized countries do). Depending on exactly when this occurred, you might be jailed as a non-compliant, you might be given the option to accept the Mark when you woke up and, if you still refused, be put to death or sent to a labor camp etc. Once the Rex Mundi is in power it would be a very bad thing to fall into his hands for any reason. Another of those things to do to get ready is learn basic medical care.

2)just say,if i was married and my wife took the mark of the beast without me knowing,saying good bye to her and go on my own,and have no part of her,would that be the right answer?

In my opinion yes. AT THAT POINT in time, those who take the Mark will be as good as demon possessed and as good as dead: like developing zombies. They could no longer be trusted and there would be no possibility of their coming back from that decision, no repentance (despite what is shown in the biblically inaccurate Left Behind series). If my wife or sons accept the Mark, God forbid!!!, I will cut them off immediately as dearly as I love them. To do otherwise would be both suicidal and to take a stand with Lucifer. This is partly why it is so important to consider these things now and prepare to Stand.

Shalom,
John of AllFaith

Friday, May 02, 2008

Never Again! Speech by the IDF Chief of the General Staff for the ‘March of the Living’

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Speech by the IDF Chief of the General Staff for the ‘March of the Living’

I am honored to be here today and to share this significant experience with you. I will begin in Hebrew and will say a few words in English later on in my address.

Here, on this cursed land, saturated with the blood of our brothers and sisters, descendants of the Jewish nation;

Here, in the Auschwitz-Birkenau Death Camp, the most evil place on the face of the planet, where our people, whose only crime was being Jewish, were tortured and murdered in gas chambers and crematoria;

Here, in the place where the Nazi oppressor reduced our humanity to serial numbers - no more names, no more faces, no identity - all that remained was a number branded on the forearm;

Here in this most dreadful place, I stand on Holocaust Martyrs and Heroes Remembrance Day, as the commander of the Israel Defense Forces.

With hundreds of Witnesses in Uniform by my side - joining the thousands of representatives of the IDF who come here every year, commanders of the ground forces, the Air Force and the Navy - the defending force of the Jewish people, reborn in its land - with tight lips, a coarse voice and tears in my eyes, yet still standing tall - I salute to the ashes of our people and vow: ‘Never Again.’

We, soldiers of the IDF, emissaries of a country and of a nation, stand here today wearing the IDF uniform and carrying the flag of the State of Israel with pride in the name of the tens of thousands of the IDF warriors and commanders. We consider ourselves the executor of the last will and testament, the dream and the silent prayer of our six million Jewish brothers and sisters whose existence was brutally expunged by the Nazi oppressor.

Major B’naya Rein, may his memory be blessed, who was killed in the Second Lebanon War, made the following journal entry during his visit to Poland in July of the year 2000:

‘I’ve arrived home, to the cemetery of the Jewish people; the cemetery of my grandfather’s family and the cemetery of my grandmother’s family. Throughout my entire journey in Poland, death has followed me. However, I know that this death has produced lives and these lives include me, you, all of us.

‘It is these lives which have provided me with the opportunity to be a solider in the State of Israel. It is these lives which have granted me the privilege to, as an Israeli solider from the State of Israel, represent all of those who have lived and are now gone’.

From here, on the soil of Auschwitz, next to thousands of representatives of the Jewish Diaspora, we join the commemoration of the legacy of the millions who perished, calling to the nations of the world and their governments:
‘Learn the lesson of this most terrible horror, and let not its seeds sprout anew. Fight Anti-Semitism and racism of any kind wherever they are, and do all that is necessary to prevent the propagation of the violence in all its forms.

Sixty-three years have passed since the end of the most horrible war humankind has ever known. Sixty-three years after the atrocity. The Star of David is no longer a mark of disgrace, but a symbol and a sign of the resurrection of the Jewish people. As the commander of the Israel Defense Forces, the fighting force of the mighty Jewish State, I stand here with pride and honor and pledge: ‘Never Again!’ Never again shall we stand helpless, crying for the mercy of others. Never again shall we beg to be defended. Never again shall we allow our sons and daughters, our parents and our grandparents to be erased from the face of the earth. Never again shall the frightened eyes of Jewish children look with ghastly dread through the
barbed-wire fences of concentration camps. Never!

We who have had the privilege of seeing the establishment and the blossoming of the State of Israel; we, who have been entrusted with the country’s fate, know that if we had had our country then, in those somber days, the Holocaust of the Jewish people would not have taken place. We remember, and will never forget, that from the killing and the destruction, from the ashes and the despair, we have risen to establish not only the Jewish State, but the military force that will forever provide security for the Jewish people, protecting it from any future attempts of persecution, torture and destruction.

These days, after sixty years of independence, the existence of an independent Jewish state is not a fact that should be taken for granted. Even today, in our region of the world, voices are heard calling for the destruction of the State of Israel. Even today, we have to continue the
struggle for our right to maintain a national home and safe haven for the Jewish people in their land.

We have learned our lesson. We take threats of leaders calling for the destruction of Israel very seriously.

From this sense of deep responsibility for our continued existence as a people in our land and for the continuity of our heritage, we have no choice but to continue the struggle. Since we are fighting for our very existence, we cannot afford to grow weary or be deterred in our struggle.

In the words of Mordechai Anielewicz, commander of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising in his last letter on May 8th, 1943, sixty-five years ago this week: ‘It is impossible to put into words what we have been through. One thing is clear, what happened exceeded our boldest dreams. The Germans ran twice from the ghetto. One of our companies held out for 40 minutes, and
another for more than six hours. The mine set in the ‘brushmakers’ area exploded. Self-defense in the ghetto will be a reality.I have been a witness to the magnificent, heroic fighting of Jewish men in battle’.

Two days ago, I laid a wreath and saluted at the doorstep of the bunker where he commanded the uprising at Mila 18 in Warsaw. Now, I would like to dedicate some words to our colleagues from around the world who stand here with us:

I stand here today, in this heartbreaking spot, as the commander of the army of the Jewish Nation. In the name of the Israel Defense Forces I salute the six million Jews who were annihilated by the Nazis and their collaborators. I vow to uphold the responsibility of the Israel Defense Forces - never again to allow Jewish blood to be spilled in vain. May the memory of those who perished in the Holocaust be forever blessed and remembered.

A people which does not know or honor its past, shrouds its future in uncertainty. Therefore, it is crucial that new generations of IDF soldiers and officers make this sacred march in honor and remembrance of our persecuted ancestors.

Standing here, on this cursed land that has witnessed the most terrible of horrors in human history, I call upon all nations’ leaders to remove human hatred from the face of the earth; to act determinedly to erase anti-Semitism around the world, preventing it from ever gaining force. Above all, each and every one of us must do their utmost to ensure that never again will we walk alone.

Here on this cursed ground, from which still cry the voices of our slain brothers, and as commander of the Israel Defense Forces of the state of the Jewish people, I salute our six million brothers and sisters, who have been persecuted, deported, tortured and cruelly murdered, and swear that ‘Jewish blood shall never again be spilled in vain!’

Blessed be the memory of those who perished in the Holocaust!



Ted Belman

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