Thursday, June 14, 2018

Paul Manafort, the Hapsburg Group, Javier Solana?

Breaking news.  Sleepless in Florida where I'm going to do an interview later today, I awoke to one of my news alerts on Javier Solana.  He was first named and his and other names were later redacted in court documents as part of a proposed "Hapsburg group" paid a handsome sum of money to lobby on behalf of a former Ukraine government on behalf of Paul Yanukovych.  Former European Commission head Romano Prodi was reportedly paid a handsome sum to organize a group of  prominent European politicians to lobby on behalf of the Ukraine government of Yanukovych.  The group of politicians was shorthanded as "The Hapsburg Group."  The group of five included Javier Solana.

It is reported that Special counsel "accidentally included the names of witnesses in a court exhibit filing" in the motion to revoke the bond of Paul Manafort.  The names "accidentally released" included "Javier Solana."  The exhibit was later revised and redacted.  I was able to find a copy, however, on line at this link, provided it is still there.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1YvNsO63gtOPi4A9glL-hFiBbfrsVtIZf/view

or https://tinyurl.com/y7n5ahps

This is breaking news.  I'm still not sure what the full significance is.  I do find it interesting that the names were draped out and then suddenly redacted.  I'm glad it made the news.  It is still not clear from the postings I have found that Solana did participate -- but it is clear that somebody was paid handsome sums of money to recruit him and other prominent European Union politicians.    $2.5 million dollars is a lot of money -- at least it is where I come from!

For what purpose?  Stay tuned!

Constance

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Craig said...

OK, I’m tired, and this may not be as coherent as I’d like it to be, but I want to get this in before I go to bed.

I follow the author’s argument here. Citing Lenski, he suggests that the masculine participle “cleansing” in the final clause of 7:19 refers to “the latrine” here. While he (and Lenski) succeeds in finding gender agreement, this absolutely fails the syntax. How can “the latrine” (ton aphedrōna) end up “cleansing” the food? That’s nonsense! “Cleansing” needs a subject, not just any old noun found in the sentence. For “cleansing” to modify ton aphedrōna ekporeuetai (the-latrine-goes) [the words just in front of “cleansing” here], it would have to be in the neuter, not masculine, because the implied subject to this clause is pan to exōthen eisporeuomenon (all-the-outside-goes in) from 7:18c, and “all the outside” in 7:18c is neuter. Thus, the masculine participle “cleansing” can only refer to legei (“He said”) from 7:18a. Hence, Jesus is the subject.

Stated another way, there are only two possible subjects in 7:18-19 for “cleansing” in 7:19: “all the outside” or “He” (as found in the verb legei). Since the former is neuter, the latter is the only possibility. Further evidence that this is correct is found in the Gospel writer’s repetition of this same verb for “said”, though in a different tense, in 7:20, so that the reader would understand that the writer’s editorial comment is finished and Jesus’ words have begun anew.

Anonymous said...

Well, frankly, it's not a very good idea to base doctrine on ONE scripture, ESPECIALLY a questionably translated one and much, MUCH more so when there are so many scriptures saying the OPPOSITE.

I HIGHLY recommend that VERY close attention be paid to Peter's response to the vision:

"In Acts 10, Peter is given a vision to help him understand God’s future plans for the growth of the Church. He was shown a group of unclean animals and told three times to eat. Each time he adamantly declined because he believed it was wrong (vv. 13–16).

"Now REMEMBER: THIS was the Peter WHO SUPPOSEDLY HEARD JESUS ABOLISH THE DIETARY LAWS IN MARK 7! (Notice v. 2) And who was trained by Christ for three-and-one-half years—and YET he was still under the CLEAR impression that eating unclean meats was WRONG!

"He puzzled over the meaning of the vision (Acts 10:17) until three Gentile men came knocking at his door with a request to hear the Gospel explained (vv. 21–27). Normally Peter would not have associated with these men who were outside of the covenant community, because the Jews considered the Gentiles to be 'unclean.'

"When Peter put the pieces of this little puzzle together he concluded: 'God has shown me that I should not call any MAN common or unclean' (v. 28).

"He perceived that God intended the Gospel to go also to the Gentiles and that they were to come into the Church on equal footing with anyone coming from a Jewish background. Peter does NOT conclude in this chapter, or anywhere else in the New Testament, that the dietary laws were to be abolished. The so-called evidence is simply not there!"
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http://www.lcg.org/cgi-bin/lcg/studytopics/lcg-st.cgi?category=Christianity1&item=1116549049

Craig said...

I hardly think the exegesis in my above comment—based on the work of the late Dr. Rodney J. Decker, a well-respected, former professor of NT and Greek at Baptist Bible Seminary Mark 1—8: A Handbook on the Greek Text (Waco, TX: Baylor University Press, 2014)—is “questionably translated”. Rather, I find the Walker/Lenski translation questionable, for where in the larger context do we find it possible to construe “the latrine” making the food clean, or, if we be a bit more generous, the process of digestion making the food clean? None of this works contextually or logically.

Moreover, Walker attempts to make some sort of distinction between the N/U text (Nestle-Aland and UBS5) and N/KJV, where there is nothing materially different in this verse. The essential difference is merely in the translation, to include punctuation (there’s no punctuation in the original Greek).

Since you insist on regurgitating the ideas put forth in Walker’s article, I point you back to some previous points I made (7:50PM, 10:39PM). I’ll reiterate some of my comment from 11:38PM.

Let me add more context to Jesus’ words in Mark 7. After chastising the Pharisees for their extra-Biblical “tradition”, Jesus makes a categorical statement that nothing that goes into a man makes him unclean, implying that not only ‘dirty’ hands while eating will not make a man ‘unclean’, but that absolutely nothing “unclean” entering a man makes him ‘unclean’. Rather, it is that which comes out of a man that makes him ‘unclean’, i.e. his words, which come out of his heart (7:14-16).

Later, the disciples asked for some clarification (7:17), but why would we think they didn’t understand the part about Jesus referring to the extra-Biblical “tradition”? He made that abundantly clear when he reiterated “tradition” (7:8-13). It would seem more likely they wanted to make sure they fully understood what He meant by “nothing”. In response, Jesus makes it quite clear that “nothing” meant just that (7:18), for what goes into a man’s mouth “does not go into his heart, but into his stomach, and is eliminated”, and the words of the Gospel writer “cleansing all foods” added further clarification. Absolutely nothing entering a man will make him unclean, and, further, there should no longer be food considered “unclean”. The best way to understand 7:18-19 is to see that He said… governs all that follows, such that the last clause should be construed He said to them, “Are you so dull? Do you not see….” [thus] cleansing all foods. In other words, just consider it as if “He said” (legei) were placed between Jesus’ words in 7:18-19 and the narrator’s clause at the end: “…nothing…,” He said, [thus] cleansing all foods..

With this clarified, we must read the account of Acts 10 such that it is not meant to limit the understanding to merely a figurative one in which it’s only Gentiles that were now “clean”. All the disciples were initially still obtuse, not understanding the full import of Jesus’ words in Mark 7—recall, again, that the parenthetical remark in 7:19 is clarification by the Gospel writer—which means it is quite possible that Peter yet still at that point didn’t get that Jesus had already made all foods unclean then and there. It would hardly be the first time that the disciples continued to remain clueless even after Jesus explained something (John 6, e.g.).

Anonymous said...

Thanks, Craig.

In the multitude of all the words of all the posts of 2:19 AM there lacketh not error.

Thanks for stating your point clearly and staying with the text and the context, that the Lord Jesus Himself stuck to, to make His point. Legalism generally needs lots of words to over-explain, in order to obscure first, then mincingly, but pointedly, take things their own direction in attempting to make converts to their own point of view. The Pharisees were masters at that, and we know what the Lord thought of their approach.

That's a no. As in no thanks. Jesus is plain enough.

Anonymous said...

Craig 8:46 AM

Yes, according to this theory, Jesus just decided out of the blue to suddenly make all things AOK to eat. Odd that He waited 'til then to do it. Why not do it from the very beginning? Why have "unclean" meats at all, ever? Rather than just accept the VERY CLEAR doctrine of clean and unclean meats let's continually try to find a way around it. Peter said "God has shown me that I should not call any MAN common or unclean". He did NOT say "God had shown me all MEATS are now clean". But let's keep quibbling over a single scripture's translation to forestall actually having to OBEY the God-given guidelines. Let's NOT do what the great preponderance of scriptures tell us to do. Let's do OTHERWISE! We'll call it "legalism" and say it's "done away". What could possibly go wrong?

"Here is the patience of the saints: here are they that KEEP THE COMMANDMENTS OF GOD, and the faith of Jesus."

Rev 14:12

“Not everyone who calls out to me, ‘Lord! Lord!’ will enter the Kingdom of Heaven. ONLY those who ACTUALLY do the will of my Father in heaven will enter. On judgment day many will say to me, ‘Lord! Lord! We prophesied in your name and cast out demons in your name and performed many miracles in your name.’ But I will reply, ‘I never knew you. Get away from me, YOU WHO BREAK GOD'S LAWS.’"

Matt 7:21-23

http://biblehub.com/kjv/revelation/14.htm

http://biblehub.com/nlt/matthew/7.htm

RayB said...


The quotes of Scripture used in Anon's 10:46 AM post are from the "New Living Translation," which is NOT Scripture itself, but rather, an INTERPRETATION of the text, whereby doctrinal prejudices determine what the "translation" is. It is not, by any means, an accurate TRANSLATION.

I run into this problem all the time when dealing with Jehovah Witnesses. The JW's use their "New World Bible," which is NOT a translation at all, but rather, an interpretation as well. The JW's use this "bible" to advance their own false doctrines. Most JW's are not aware that their "bible" is not a true translation of the Scriptures.

Here is just one illustration of how the JW's bible miss-translates in order to support their doctrines: Because JW's deny the deity of Jesus Christ (they believe him to be Michael the Archangel), they change John 1:1 from "In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God." by adding "a" falsely making it read "the Word was a God." Making Jesus Christ "a God" makes Him one of "many" gods and not the "I am that I am."

Anon quotes in his post above Matt. 7:23. The true rendition is "And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity." However, the New Living TRANSLATION changes "ye that work iniquity" to "YOU WHO BREAK GOD'S LAWS," which supports the false claim that justification is earned by keeping God's laws.

All false religious systems burden their followers with strict rules and laws, that they know, cannot be perfectly kept, precisely why they are able to maintain their grip upon the souls of their followers.

Craig said...

Actually, the word at the end of Matthew 7:23, anomia, is most literally “lawlessness”, though “iniquity” or “evil” are adequate substitutes. [The last part of this verse is an LXX quotation of Psalm 6:8a.] The word nomos means law, and the a in front negates the term. However, this is an issue more of context, as the previous two verses are about apparent false charismata, and purporting to do this ‘in His name’.

Unfortunately, we are not going to solve the differences in this (these?) proponent of the UCG and the rest of the Christians on this blog. This sort of thing is only going to round in circles. Perhaps I shouldn’t have jumped in—and I didn’t initially, but only did when another responded, and the UCG-adherent subsequently replied to that. My hope was to make my point and move on.

In any case, given the discussion centering on the Jerusalem Council (Acts 15), one must consider Peter’s meaning in 15:9-11:

9 “…and he made no distinction between us and them, having cleansed their hearts by faith. 10 Now, therefore, why are you putting God to the test by placing a yoke on the neck of the disciples that neither our fathers nor we have been able to bear? 11 But we believe that we will be saved through the grace of the Lord Jesus, just as they will.”

Food for thought: What is this “yoke” that neither the disciples nor their forefathers have been able to bear? And, with this in mind, in this context, why does Peter explicitly state that it’s through grace that one is saved?

Craig said...

What a bleedin’ disgrace:

SHOCK NEWS: Tommy Robinson court date CANCELLED

His July 10 hearing has been “cancelled” (hopefully, ‘merely’ postponed). TR is a political prisoner! Ezra Levant is ticked!

Oh, and YouTube has been censoring conservative for a while now, and even though I'm subscribed to Rebel Media's channel, I was never notified of this particular video, finding it almost by accident. Same thing was happening on Twitter regarding #WalkAway.

Craig said...

*Conservative content

Anonymous said...

RayB,

Just FYI:

Christian Standard Bible

Then I will announce to them, 'I never knew you. Depart from me, you lawbreakers! '


English Standard Version

And then will I declare to them, ‘I never knew you; depart from me, you workers of lawlessness.’


Berean Study Bible

Then I will tell them plainly, 'I never knew you; depart from Me, you workers of lawlessness.'


Berean Literal Bible

And then I will declare unto them, 'I never knew you; depart you from Me, those working lawlessness.'
 

Holman Christian Standard Bible

Then I will announce to them, I never knew you! Depart from Me, you lawbreakers!'  


NET Bible

Then I will declare to them, 'I never knew you. Go away from me, you lawbreakers!' 


New Heart English Bible

And then I will tell them, 'I never knew you. Depart from me, you who practice lawlessness.'

Darby Bible Translation

and then will I avow unto them, I never knew you. Depart from me, workers of lawlessness.


Young's Literal Translation

and then I will acknowledge to them, that -- I never knew you, depart from me ye who are working lawlessness 


New American Standard Bible 

"And then I will declare to them, 'I never knew you; DEPART FROM ME, YOU WHO PRACTICE LAWLESSNESS.'

Anonymous said...

◄ James 2:26 ►

New International Version
As the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without deeds is dead.

New Living Translation
Just as the body is dead without breath, so also faith is dead without good works.

English Standard Version
For as the body apart from the spirit is dead, so also faith apart from works is dead.

Berean Study Bible
As the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without deeds is dead.

Berean Literal Bible
For just as the body apart from spirit is dead, so also faith apart from works is dead.

New American Standard Bible
For just as the body without the spirit is dead, so also faith without works is dead.

King James Bible
For as the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without works is dead also.

Christian Standard Bible
For just as the body without the spirit is dead, so also faith without works is dead.

Contemporary English Version
Anyone who doesn't breathe is dead, and faith that doesn't do anything is just as dead!

Good News Translation
So then, as the body without the spirit is dead, also faith without actions is dead.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
For just as the body without the spirit is dead, so also faith without works is dead.

International Standard Version
For just as the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without actions is also dead.

NET Bible
For just as the body without the spirit is dead, so also faith without works is dead.

New Heart English Bible
For as the body apart from the spirit is dead, even so faith apart from works is dead.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
Just as the body without the spirit is dead, so also faith without works is dead.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
A body that doesn't breathe is dead. In the same way faith that does nothing is dead.

New American Standard 1977
For just as the body without the spirit is dead, so also faith without works is dead.

Jubilee Bible 2000
For as the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without works is dead also.

King James 2000 Bible
For as the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without works is dead also.

American King James Version
For as the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without works is dead also.

American Standard Version
For as the body apart from the spirit is dead, even so faith apart from works is dead.

Douay-Rheims Bible
For even as the body without the spirit is dead; so also faith without works is dead.

Darby Bible Translation
For as the body without a spirit is dead, so also faith without works is dead.

English Revised Version
For as the body apart from the spirit is dead, even so faith apart from works is dead.

Webster's Bible Translation
For as the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without works is dead also.

Weymouth New Testament
For just as a human body without a spirit is lifeless, so also faith is lifeless if it is unaccompanied by obedience.

World English Bible
For as the body apart from the spirit is dead, even so faith apart from works is dead.

Young's Literal Translation
for as the body apart from the spirit is dead, so also the faith apart from the works is dead.

http://biblehub.com/james/2-26.htm#

(Let us try to avoid being overly disputational but rather pray for each other that we may all grow in the grace and knowledge of the Lord Jesus Christ!)

Anonymous said...

BTW To hopefully clear up any confusion about this point:

"It is important to remember that our obedience to God’s law does NOT save us. It is GOD who saves us through CHRIST. The law CANNOT save us, but our striving to obey it is a condition of our salvation. If we ultimately refuse to obey God, He will not ultimately save us, as we will see shortly..."

https://www.ucg.org/the-good-news/what-is-salvation

Anonymous said...

http://www.politicalite.com/breaking-news/breaking-tommys-appeal-cancelled/
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http://www.politicalite.com/tommy-robinson/david-vance-media-crucifixion-tommy-robinson/
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http://www.politicalite.com/europe/merk-hell-removing-angela-merkel-just-first-step-freeing-europe/
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http://www.politicalite.com

Anonymous said...

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FREE to video owners. FREE to users.

Upload, share and embed your videos on an independent platform that protects freedom of expression. Pursue real comedy, independent journalism, independent science and much more. REAL.video is the new home for FREE SPEECH on the 'net.

Save your video files! Health Ranger to launch YouTube alternative that protects the free speech of real Americans!

As every informed person is well aware, Google / YouTube has been on a censorship rampage against conservative voices, not just demonetizing accounts but deleting them altogether. The radical Left’s “speech purge” is well under way, and their goal is the complete extermination of all pro-America, pro-Trump, pro-liberty voices.

In doing this, Google emerges as the single most evil entity in our modern world, and all those individuals who work for Google are complicit in these heinous crimes against liberty and the First Amendment. In pursuing this mass silencing of political speech they don’t like, however, Google has also opened up a huge opportunity for independent video sites to rise up and gain an enormous following of content creators.

That’s why I’m reminding all patriots across America to save your video files and get ready to upload them to our new video site that’s launching this year. This new video site — RealVideo — welcomes all those voices of liberty and reason that are being blacklisted by YouTube.
...
https://www.naturalnews.com/2018-02-27-health-ranger-to-launch-youtube-alternative-that-protects-free-speech.html

https://real.video/

Anonymous said...

http://govtslaves.com/2018-06-28-real-video-launch-update-from-founder-mike-adams-feature-set-affiliate-program-editorial-coverage-and-more.html

Anonymous said...

http://govtslaves.com/2018-07-01-experts-warn-that-your-phone-really-is-listening-to-you.html
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RayB said...


The blindfold on Lady Justice has been removed and the Deep State has their thumb on the scales of justice.

Imran Awan has agreed to a plea deal, whereby he pleads guilty to providing erroneous information on a loan application! They could have gone for broke and asked him to agree to plea on a parking ticket. All of his other crimes are dropped, none of the DNC hidden criminal activity will be exposed, and Debbie Wasserman Shultz and the Clintonistas are smiling again. In short, the Obama appointed "judge" who contributed to Obama's campaigns, has allowed criminal activity to go unexposed and unpunished. Job well done Your Honor.

Without an impartial judicial system, ordinary citizens are ground into dust for the most minute infractions while the well "connected" are almost never brought to justice. This is the kind of stuff that routinely happens in 3rd. world countries.

https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2018-07-03/imran-awan-gets-sweetheart-plea-deal-doj-wont-prosecute-alleged-spy-ring

Craig said...

Anon 4:44 PM,

You started your comment in way that I cannot agree: “A NEW YOUTUBE ALTERNATIVE LAUNCHES THIS MONTH, WELCOMING INSPIRING IDEAS AND FREE SPEECH THAT MATTERS!” It’s the last clause with which I take exception, as it’s an oxymoron. Free speech isn’t “free” if some “matters” while others do not. Nevertheless, yesterday I watched the video at the link you provided (though I don't find that same video currently). I closed it down once the speaker essentially elevated the 2nd Amendment over the 1st. The two are NOT mutually exclusive.

While I am angered that more “conservative”—and I use that term loosely—content is being stifled on YouTube, Google, etc., I can never back any platform that sets out explicitly to promote some speech while simultaneously limiting others with which it disagrees. Of course real.video, as a private company, can limit speech if it wishes. But, I personally think it wrong-headed, as all it will accomplish is to further polarize an already divided nation/globe. Moreover, by allowing ALL speech, a new platform will be better able to compete directly with YT.

Though I cannot say I’ve done any sort of research into this in order to provide real numbers, it seems that quite a few “conservative” vloggers are posting on YT and BitChute, and/or using BitChute for content YT is suppressing.

Anonymous said...

Craig,

I understand where you're coming from. That heading was pasted from one of his articles to give the 'flavor' of his endeavor and Mike's choice of heading words was interesting: Note that he DIDN'T say "FREE SPEECH", he said "FREE SPEECH THAT MATTERS". To clarify things further:

"No censorship of content unless it’s illegal (calling for killing someone, for example) or deemed grossly inappropriate according to our standards (which will ban porn, for example, or videos promoting communism or Antifa)."

"Content deemed dangerous to society will be banned. This includes pro-communism, gun confiscation, anti-liberty content and similar topics which are described in more detail in our upcoming community guidelines to be posted on REAL.video."

Anonymous said...

CORRECTION

Note that he DIDN'T say "FREE SPEECH", he said (as you pointed out) "FREE SPEECH THAT MATTERS".

Craig said...

Anon 10:19 AM,

Perhaps he should have used "SPEECH THAT MATTERS" without the qualifier "FREE". The "free" qualifier in front of "speech" is to denote ALL speech being free, regardless if it contains something I, you, or anyone else may find offensive. This is why "hate speech" is also an oxymoron--contrary to some new laws enacted in some non-US countries. Recently, thankfully (before Gorsuch was appointed, even), the Supreme Court upheld free speech in Matal V. Tam. See more: The Slants Win Supreme Court Battle Over Band's Name In Trademark Dispute:

Members of the Asian-American rock band The Slants have the right to call themselves by a disparaging name, the Supreme Court says, in a ruling that could have broad impact on how the First Amendment is applied in other trademark cases.

The Slants' frontman, Simon Tam, filed a lawsuit after the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office kept the band from registering its name and rejected its appeal, citing the Lanham Act, which prohibits any trademark that could "disparage ... or bring ... into contemp[t] or disrepute" any "persons, living or dead," as the court states.

After a federal court agreed with Tam and his band, the Patent and Trademark Office sued to avoid being compelled to register its name as a trademark. On Monday, the Supreme Court sided with The Slants.

"The disparagement clause violates the First Amendment's Free Speech Clause," Justice Samuel Alito wrote in his opinion for the court. Contrary to the Government's contention, trademarks are private, not government speech."

The band has said it wanted to reclaim what is often seen as a slur.

"We grew up and the notion of having slanted eyes was always considered a negative thing," Tam said in January. "Kids would pull their eyes back in a slant-eyed gesture to make fun of us. ... I wanted to change it to something that was powerful, something that was considered beautiful or a point of pride instead."


I applaud both the group and the Supreme Court's decision here!

Anonymous said...

P.S.

I suppose one could call it a more wholesome and family-friendly site than YouTube.

Anonymous said...

Craig,

EXCELLENT! "SPEECH THAT MATTERS" would've been the best way to phrase it. Well done!

10:19 AM

Craig said...

An interesting development in Europe:

Italy's Salvini wants 'League of Leagues' to unite EU govts aiming to 'defend their borders'

Italy's interior minister wants to turn next year's European Parliament elections into an immigration referendum. It comes with the EU still split on how to handle migrants after a summit on the topic produced a failed compromise.

Speaking to around 50,000 supporters at his party's annual gathering on Sunday, Lega Nord's Matteo Salvini said that he wants the 2019 election to be a "referendum between the elite, the banks, finance, immigration and job security, and the Europe of the peoples and of work."

He also said he wants to unite with political movements in other countries that want to "defend their people and their borders."

"I am thinking of a League of Leagues that will put together all the free, sovereign movements" in various countries, Salvini said at the event in Pontida, Italy, referring to the idea as an "international alliance of populists."

"I will tour capital cities, and not just European ones, to create an alternative to this Europe founded on exploitation... [and] mass immigration," Salvini said.

Addressing the crowd, Salvini asked if they would "swear, yes or no, to liberate the peoples from this Europe." They responded with a resounding "Yes!"

Salvini has made headlines since taking office as part of Italy's newly-formed coalition government, particularly for his crackdown on migrants entering the country, which included a vow to ban NGO rescue ships from docking in Italian ports.

He reiterated on Sunday that "the doors of Italy will be wide open for women and children who flee war," but "for the others, no."

Salvini's Sunday comments come as Europe is divided on immigration, and after a public row between Paris and Rome over French authorities pushing back migrants at the France-Italy border.

Craig said...

I’ve transcribed 5:40 to 6:48 of the following clip, in which Polish lawmaker Dominik Tarczyński is being interviewed by Cathy Newman on Britain’s Channel 4. Not a hint of “political correctness” in his words, unless one takes that term on its face to mean acting in accordance with the politics of the voting populace one is governing:

Polish Lawmaker Owns Cathy Newman

Cathy Newman: …How many refugees has Poland taken?

Dominik Tarczyński: Zero.

CN: And you’re proud of that?

DT: If you are asking me about Muslim illegal immigration: none. Not even one will come to Poland. Not even one, if it’s illegal. We took over 2 million Ukranians, who are working, who are peaceful in Poland; we will not receive even 1 Muslim, because this is what we promised. This quota system failed…

CN: But, I asked not about “illegal immigrants”, I asked about “refugees”; and Jean-Claude Junker, the Commission President, says that you’re racist. You sound proud of the fact that you haven’t taken any refugees.

DT: Of course, because this is what our people [is] expecting from our government. That’s number one. This is why our government was elected. But, this is why Poland is so safe. This is the reason we have had not even one terrorist attack. Look at the streets in Poland. And, we can be called “populists”, “nationalists”, “racists”, I don’t care. I care about my family and about my country.

AMEN! ‘Politically correct’, indeed!!

Anonymous said...

Yes, however by saying "This is the reason we have had not even one terrorist attack" he may be unintentionally waving a 'red flag' at the globalists.

BUT it NEEDED saying nevertheless, let the chips fall where they may and to HELL with the evil machinations of the totalitarian oppressors of mankind!

Anonymous said...

P.S.

'Red Flag' in mind, he should have said "This is A reason we have had not even one terrorist attack" (which would be more accurate also).

Anonymous said...

http://torahresource.com/pdf-articles/did-god-change-his-mind-about-food.pdf

Anonymous said...

A new Roe v Wade film dares to expose the lies and tell the truth!!!

One of the producers of this pro-life film is Alveda King (Dr. Martin Luther King's niece).

This film dares tell the truth... about how the abortion movement began with Margaret Sanger... how Norma McCorvey ('Jane Roe') was used as a pawn in the landmark Supreme Court decision that was built on a lie... to the little know fact that abortion is the #1 killer of African-Americans in the United States.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5915333/Cast-crew-quit-controversial-Roe-v-Wade-film-Stacey-Dash-pro-life-slant.html
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Woman behind Roe v Wade dedicated the rest of her life to overturning it...

http://www.lifenews.com/2013/01/22/woman-behind-roe-v-wade-im-dedicating-my-life-to-overturning-it/


Anonymous said...

Massive Harassment as 'Roe v. Wade' Film Starts Shooting in New Orleans [language warning]

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/secret-roe-v-wade-film-now-shooting-new-orleans-1124557

Craig said...

There is a new claim of Russian nerve gas poisoning in the UK. The vlogger below views it as “fake news”. I noted on this blog my skepticism regarding the first incident: if Russians want someone dead, why would they use a method that runs the risk of pointing it back to them? Moreover, I hardly think the Russians would fail at their objective—assuming it was to kill the intended victim, and not to scare. In any case, the timing—just two weeks prior to the Trump-Putin summit—seems suspicious:

Fake News Alert - UK Police Confirm Another Case Of Novichok Nerve Agent Poisoning

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I really like this lady! Janice Fiamengo, on faculty at the University of Ottawa, Department of English, an avowed anti-feminist, has her own (shared) YouTube channel. She advocates for men’s rights (read: true equality), and she is vocal against feminist and social justice warrior nonsense. All her videos are worth viewing.

The Empathy Gap - Fiamengo File Episode 4

She rightly points out the hypocrisy of the 2014 “Bring Back Our Girls” campaign and the simultaneous silence on the slaughter, kidnapping, etc. of the boys, for example. And most don’t know that suicides are 80% male vs. 20% female. Yet, the focus of every issue is on how it affects women and girls. As she rightly notes, feminism has capitalized on the centuries old practice of favoring women and girls while casting same in perpetual victimhood status at the hands of men.

Craig said...

Yet another woman gets off lightly with her false rape claim. Never mind that the man she accused—an ex-boyfriend who dumped her—went through who-knows-what for a couple years, including time behind bars for the typical guilty-until-proven-innocent stance taken in such cases. I’m getting really tired of this skubula. It’s time for harsher penalties and forced restitution to the real victim: the falsely accused man.

OK, five years is not a walk in the park, but had this man been found guilty—which is not unusual in this day and age of “believe her”, despite lack of evidence—he would have served much more than five years.

The Legal Devaluation Of Men's Lives - TFF Episode 81

But, listen to the case of Charles Farrar, in which his then teenaged step-daughter accused him of repeated sexual assault. Sentenced to 145 years (!) in 2002 with no evidence but the word of this false accuser, he remains behind bars, even though his step-daughter recanted her story shortly thereafter.

Anonymous said...

Taking a leaf out of your book, Craig...

Simple solution:

False accuser is automatically sentenced to what the FALSELY ACCUSED would have been sentenced to!

To streamline the process the accused would be sentenced to the AVERAGED amount of penalties, i.e. if a given accused's sentence would've been, say between 10-20 years then the FALSE ACCUSER would get 15 years. NO lengthy 2nd trial to determine what sentence should be given, no more time wasted, no further taxpayer bill for court costs, etc!

Anonymous said...

https://www.breitbart.com/london/2018/07/04/major-incident-two-in-critical-condition-after-unknown-substance-close-to-salisbury-skripal-attack/

Marko said...

Interesting show by Cliff Kincaid regarding the Vince Foster cover-up, and one of the people involved in that cover-up, Judge Brett Cavanaugh, who is on Trump's short list of Supreme Court nominees.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z3cDgq6tJsM

Cliff has his roots in investigative reporting through AIM (Accuracy in Media), working alongside Reed Irvine. They did great work then, and Cliff continues that tradition of working to expose the truth today.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z3cDgq6tJsM

Marko said...

Craig,

Regarding your two points about the poisoning by supposed Russian agents:

Q: Why risk evidence pointing back to them?

A: To send a message. This is obviously the case with the poisoning of Alexander Litvinenko with Polonium 210. He was trying to expose the criminality of the Putin regime, and paid for it.

Q: Would the Russians ever fail at their objective, assuming it was to kill?

A: I doubt even state agents with all kinds of resources at their disposal hit their mark 100% of the time. To say that would be to argue against the law of averages. (Especially with such a high number of victims that Russian "wetwork" would presumably involve.)

Viktor Yushchenko was poisoned by Dioxin during the Ukrainian elections in 2004, but survived. His face was severely pockmarked and disfigured from the poisoning. He was running on a platform that involved Ukraine joining NATO. Hmmmm... can anyone detect a motive by Russian agents in that? Naaahhhh.....

We must understand that Russian (and other non-Western actors) do NOT think like we do when it comes to strategy. Because our intelligence services fail to grasp this, we misinterpret events and motives, which causes us to miss the "big picture" regarding their strategy against us.

RayB said...


This is a very powerful short message by Dr. James Manning of Harlem, speaking the harsh truth to his black congregation. In short, quit blaming the white race for all our problems!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ZkE3xB8o8A

Anonymous said...

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LIBERAL LASHES OUT...

Teen Attacked For Wearing MAGA Hat, Assailant FIRED!

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2018-07-05/teen-assaulted-wearing-maga-hat
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Craig said...

Marko,

I will admit that you probably know more than me regarding political history, and you may be correct about the Novichok incidents. But, I remain unconvinced on the latter at present. Certainly, the Dioxin poisoning in the Ukraine had a clear motive; however, while I don’t know much about nerve agents, it seems that this particular agent is not exclusive to Russia. That is, while Russia had the motive, had this been Novichok instead, the evidence would have been even more conclusive.

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Anon 9:16 PM,

I agree with your sentiments, but I don’t know if it is a good idea to go that far. This will most likely dissuade false accusers from recanting for fear of severe penalty. For this reason, I prefer a stiff penalty for filing false police reports, some sort of penalty for the cost of wasting the court’s time/money, plus full restitution from accuser to falsely accused, to include all his court costs, lost wages, costs to expunge record, and some sort of payment for damaged reputation. If the accused is underage, then wait till she begins work and then garnish wages (a reasonable amount). If the family court system can garnish wages for child support to the point of near- or full-bankruptcy—even in cases in which the non-custodial parent has made good faith efforts—then, the courts should at least fairly garnish wages of the false accusers. I make this comparison to the family court system and child support, because there are times that these sorts of false allegations lead to the wife divorcing her falsely accused husband. In short, all the repercussions of the false accusation should be financially borne by the false accuser.

Anonymous said...

Craig,

I wasn't counting on hoping for recanting. Just the automatic penalty for PROVEN False. And consider: WOULD-BE false accusers WILL "THINK TWICE" TEN TIMES OVER AND THEN SOME before daring to chance a LONG PRISON SENTENCE! The penalties you propose instead will STILL dissuade any would-be recanters anyway. No, fear of harsh (but equal to what the falsely accused would've gotten) penalties for false accusations will cut the problem down the MOST. Come to think of it, your good ideas of "some sort of penalty for the cost of wasting the court’s time/money, plus full restitution from accuser to falsely accused, to include all his court costs, lost wages, costs to expunge record, and some sort of payment for damaged reputation" should be ADDED to the prison sentence! Whether your way or my way, SOMETHING needs to be done.

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Anonymous said...

Antichrist Trump's Israel Peace Covenant & The False Prophet..
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SDuNMtdk8xc
Antichrist Trump's Abomination of Desolation in the Holy Temple.. https://youtu.be/JC7zbguQZ3w
A Coming Pope Is The False Prophet: POPE SIXTUS VI.. https://youtu.be/WFkkcoyxjA8
Donald Trump Invites Occult Demon Goddess Into White House.. https://youtu.be/9fUOO8n3cPw
Antichrist Trump Says World Religions Must UNITE In Common.. https://youtu.be/_BHCTNl34dg
Trump Honors Ramadan, Islam & ALLAH: God of Forces - Dan 11:38.. https://youtu.be/P3tp_2w25hs
Antichrist Trump Descended From English Royalty & King of Jerusalem.. https://youtu.be/1ymD3qERQII
Antichrist Trump: Assyrian-Roman heritage (Micah 5:6 & Dan 9:26).. https://youtu.be/atcpFOR8HHE
Mystery Babylon, City of Power & Tower of Babel... https://youtu.be/3nAoGpGflj8

RayB said...


The Climate Change Pope is at it again. This time he warns the "colonialists and capitalists" that unless they change their ways, Mother Nature will turn the earth into one giant dessert and garbage dump.

Kind of funny that the Pope didn't mention a single word regarding the world's biggest contributor to "climate change," Communist China.

https://apnews.com/2dc33645a7e140ffa63e9f5f3b8d2504

PS: Climate Change is one gigantic hoax designed by the One World Government elitists to implement control via global taxes, which will eventually morph into their dream of OWG.

Anonymous said...

https://pjmedia.com/trending/how-facebook-is-fact-checking-conservative-sites-into-oblivion/
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https://www.breitbart.com/london/2018/07/06/italian-newspaper-elite-working-to-transform-europe-through-mass-migration/
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http://www.infowars.com/paris-is-a-mess-up-to-400000-illegal-immigrants-live-in-just-one-suburb/
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http://www.breitbart.com/london/2018/07/06/pope-immigrants-good-samaritan-did-not-ask-for-documents/
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http://conservativetribune.com/the-facts-48000-assaults-attributed-to-illegals-in-2017/
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http://thenationalsentinel.com/2018/07/05/unhinged-democrat-supporters-protest-ice-operation-to-break-up-child-sex-trafficking-ring/
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http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/07/05/donald-trump-rips-george-h-w-bushs-thousand-points-of-light-prefers-maga/
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http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2018-07-06/trump-offers-pocahontas-1-million-prove-native-american-heritage
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http://www.breitbart.com/video/2018/07/05/turley-barrett-is-probably-the-most-reliable-pro-life-nominee-on-the-shortlist/

Anonymous said...

UK Pub to Become 'The Trump Arms' in Honor of President's Visit!

BY STEPHEN KRUISER JULY 5, 2018

If one even casually perused the various social media feeds of American and British news outlets, one would see this story being repeatedly mentioned:

A giant 'Trump Baby' balloon is set to be flown close to the UK Parliament during President Trump's visit to London next week, after the Mayor of London gave it the go-ahead https://t.co/7nvfbxSS6Fpic.twitter.com/upAqSOubAH

— CNN (@CNN) July 5, 2018

Hilarious, no?

No.

London Mayor Sadiq Khan could have denied permission for the balloon to fly but didn't, which rather indicates that the wrong leader may be being mocked for being churlish and immature.

All is not protest and #resist mentality in England as they prepare for the leader of the free world to visit, however.

According to the Evening Standard, the Jameson pub in the Hammersmith area of London will be hosting a welcome party in honor of the president and will temporarily rename itself "The Trump Arms." They've got a temporary sign for the renaming that "will be hoisted onto the roof in time for Trump’s arrival and will remain there until he leaves."

The Jameson will be serving cheeseburgers -- a Trump favorite -- as well as "Trump-themed cocktails." All of this in the hope of creating the feel of a Trump rally.

The pub's landlord says that the two-day event is "a chance to show POTUS that he had a big fan club in London, despite threats of mass protests."

Early on Thursday, I tweeted something derisive about the baby balloon story and got this reply from a gentleman in England:

Mate, most Brits support the Donald and welcome him, we dont get a mention by the #FakeNews we will be out to welcome him. Ignore the daft mayor and his fellow yoghurt knitters.

— Patty (@gtpattison) July 5, 2018

I thanked him very much for letting me know that and he replied that the fake news over there is worse than it is here. That's debatable but I think we can all agree that it's a race to the bottom.

The Jameson landlord says that he doesn't really expect President Trump to drop into the pub but "will have a pint of stout ready for him in case.”

(Somebody should probably tell him that the president is a teetotaler!)

http://pjmedia.com/trending/u-k-pub-to-become-the-trump-arms-in-honor-of-presidents-visit/

Anonymous said...

http://pjmedia.com/rogerlsimon/why-maxine-waters-is-going-crazy/
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Trump Mocks 'Very Low IQ' Maxine Waters: 'Honestly, She's Somewhere In The Mid-60s'

Chris Menahan
InformationLiberation
Jul. 06, 2018

President Trump mocked Maxine Waters on Thursday during an epic rally in Montana for Republican US Senate candidate Matt Rosendale.

"I said it the other day, yes, she is a low IQ individual, Maxine Waters," Trump said. "I said it the other day."

"I mean, honestly, she's somewhere in the mid-60s, I believe that," he said to huge laughter.

https://youtu.be/rDSro1biYbI
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The whole rally was Trump at his finest: https://youtu.be/GIU6zEO-BAw

It's truly remarkable seeing a packed crowd cheering like crazy over what used to be relatively "boring" policy discussions!

http://www.informationliberation.com/?id=58655

Anonymous said...

Madeleine Albright: "Fascism: A Warning"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6LBfdJj7pIo

Anonymous said...

STOP PUTTING DOWN MAXINE WATERS!!!

A Fascist, observes Madeleine Albright, “is someone who claims to speak for a whole nation or group, is utterly unconcerned with the rights of others, and is willing to use violence and whatever other means are necessary to achieve the goals he or she might have.”

Anonymous said...

Lauren Southern and Stefan Molyneux are banned by Mayor of largest New Zealand City from having meeting.
Mayor Phil Goff a former Political Leader of the New Zealand Labour Party (the current leftest government) stopped the use of the contracted venue on the basis of hate speech.
Calls have also been made to New Zealands Immigration department to deny entry of Miss Southern to the country .
In what could be considered an Alt Left twist we see the infamous US Army document leaker activist Manning coming and holding meetings.
Auckland has been recent host to meetings of Barack Obama and followed by Hillary Clinton.
See article below for some details.
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=12084381

RayB said...


What a surprise! The Pope completely distorts the teaching of the parable of the Good Samaritan in order to support his policy of lawlessness, while encouraging more disobedience to the immigration laws of nations. "The Samaritan didn't ask for documents before helping the stranger, etc." The parable teaches how we as INDIVIDUALS should, without bias, treat those in need that we come in contact with. It is not a parable that teaches NATIONAL responsibilities. The Pope's application is expressing his support for the break down of the sovereign state structure of law and order. In short, he is advancing chaos on a national scale!

Furthermore, he points to the Old Testament and decries how some nations were "oppressed" back in those days! For the last week, I have been reading I & II Samuel, which documents in great detail as to how God ordered Saul and David to deal with various nations that wanted to destroy Judah & Israel. It was God Himself that ordered the "oppression," as in total annihilation, that the Pope seems to have a problem with. The Pope apparently would have argued to allow these enemies to occupy Judah & Israel!

False teachers, cults, etc. ALL distort the Scriptures. They systematically take verses and passages completely out of context in order to support their false teachings, counting on the FACT that most people are almost entirely ignorant as to what the Bible actually teaches. This Pope seems to be a master at playing this game!

https://www.breitbart.com/london/2018/07/06/pope-immigrants-good-samaritan-did-not-ask-for-documents/

Anonymous said...

RayB,

Not at all disagreeing with what you just said but..

Feeling as you obviously do...

Don't you think it's about time that you resigned from the College Of Cardinals?

Just sayin'...

Anonymous said...

The Bible You DON'T Know

https://youtu.be/DmLSy7EDAog

Related:

https://youtu.be/cKJlgxeq1AM

https://www.ucg.org/bible-study-tools

RayB said...

To Anon @ 9:08 PM ...

It has absolutely nothing to do with "feeling" regarding my attempts to expose the Papacy for what it is, i.e. the main usurper of the sovereign authority of Jesus Christ.

Furthermore, the Papacy operates in a very clever, subtle manner in which it effectually spreads its nefarious influence to literally hundreds of millions of people. The Papacy is a major player in Geo political, social and economics. It is THE major player on the global religious stage. In all of these areas, the Papacy consistently promotes the agenda of the New World Order. The Papacy's support of the NWO agenda certainly did not begin with Francis, but it has been taken to a new, aggressive level.

With that being the case, and the fact that virtually every single day reports of their activities along those lines surfaces on the net, I feel compelled to share those accounts whenever I see items of significance.



Anonymous said...

RayB,

Take a deep breath and relax. It was just a joke. Pure and simple.

GrantNZ said...

Christ came to forfill the righteous requirement of the Law.
He was without sin and died ONCE and FOR ALL.
Repentance and acceptance of the Lordship of Jesus Christ is the requirement now to be made right with God.
Arguments over food and drink etc is the vain of the inmature in Christ.
To suggest any act or work of man makes more righteous to God is total fallacy.
Only Christ's sacrifice makes us right.
Our works are as filthy rags to God.
The words translated to "filthy rags" in the Bible actually means "menstrual cloths".
Probably to graphic for the sensibilities of the King James audience but it loses the impact of what God's is saying.
Works don't make us righteous rather righteous leads to good works.
If you believe your sinning by partaking of certain foods etc then don't eat it.
Eg..Ex alcoholics stay away from drink but anyone can drink... The Bible instructs us not to get drunk but you have the right to abstain.
We respect the former alcoholic position as we don't want to have a brother tempted etc.

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Anonymous said...

"Now these, who were MORE NOBLE than those in Thessalonica, received the word with all readiness, on every day EXAMINING the Scriptures, whether these things were so."

http://biblehub.com/acts/17-11.htm

"For as the body without the spirit is dead, so FAITH WITHOUT WORKS IS DEAD also." James 2:26

http://biblehub.com/james/2-26.htm#

BTW To hopefully clear up any confusion about that point:

"It is important to remember that our obedience to God’s law does NOT save us. It is GOD who saves us through CHRIST. The law CANNOT save us, but our STRIVING to obey it IS a condition of our salvation. If WE ultimately REFUSE to obey God, He will NOT ultimately save us, as we will see shortly..."

https://www.ucg.org/the-good-news/what-is-salvation

"Why do you call Me 'Lord, Lord,' and don't do the things I say?"

http://biblehub.com/luke/6-46.htm

I encourage all to study the Bible even as the noble Bereans did and NOT let our own desires of the flesh (BLT's to clam chowder) prevent us from taking this position:

"As for me and my house, we will serve the LORD!”

http://biblehub.com/joshua/24-15.htm

https://www.ucg.org/the-good-news/the-surprise-sayings-of-jesus-christ-did-jesus-declare-all-meats-clean

http://torahresource.com/pdf-articles/did-god-change-his-mind-about-food.pdf

GrantNZ said...

Colossians 2:14-16 New King James Version (NKJV)
14 having wiped out the [a]handwriting of requirements that was against us, which was contrary to us. And He has taken it out of the way, having nailed it to the cross. 15 Having disarmed principalities and powers, He made a public spectacle of them, triumphing over them in it.

16 So let no one judge you in food or in drink, or regarding a [b]festival or a new moon or sabbaths,

Craig said...

I don’t know how I came across this video, but it sure has my ire!

SSN Stolen by Illegal Immigrant - How to Know If Yours is Stolen

description of vlog: “Credit checks don't usually tell you if someone is using your Social Security Number. The system is flawed. I will explain why that is, in this video. Several illegal immigrants have stolen my social security number.I will let you know how I found out who was using my ssn, their most recent use, when and where. One man, Manuel, he's been using it for close to two decades.”

Helpful comment by Paul Matsumuto: Thank you! Great vid! Very informative. Unfortunately, this occurs VERY frequently as illegal immigrants regularly make up social security numbers. Cases number in the millions and Federal agencies are very undermanned and have few protocols in place except to pass it on to other agencies. I've discovered a similar situation [ED: a mortgage fraudulently made with this man’s SSN, but in a different name] and I reported the mortgage's bank to the FDIC for a failure of it's due diligence. This got their attention! Banks HATE FDIC investigations as it leads to fines and penalties and even a threat to their existence. Same would be true with other companies and agencies who are unwilling to pursue the fraud...just report them to the agency ABOVE them. If all fails report to the State Attorney General's Office and the FBI with copies back to them.

Anonymous said...

https://www.ucg.org/bible-study-tools/booklets/the-new-covenant-does-it-abolish-gods-law/colossians-2-verses-16-17-are-gods-laws-obsolete

http://www.triumphpro.com/col-2.pdf

Anonymous said...

https://identity.utexas.edu/id-perspectives/the-top-five-signs-your-identity-has-been-stolen

Anonymous said...

http://www.sgtreport.com/2018/07/scotus-affirms-the-right-for-permanent-detention-with-no-due-process-and-you-thought-fema-camps-were-not-real/

Anonymous said...

http://www.dcclothesline.com/2018/07/08/media-silent-as-us-agrees-to-full-implementation-of-united-nations-gun-control-pact/

Anonymous said...

Churches and Nonprofits Must Pay a New Federal Tax -- And Many Don’t Even Know

https://www.thegospelcoalition.org/article/churches-and-nonprofits-must-pay-new-taxes/

Anonymous said...

School STRIP-SEARCHES 22 Sixth-Grade Girls Because a Cop Thought They Were Hiding $50 in Their Underwear!

http://www.thedailysheeple.com/school-strip-searches-22-sixth-grade-girls-because-a-cop-thought-they-were-hiding-50-in-their-underwear_072018
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Parents plan protest against primary school Pride parade, get BANNED from event!

http://lifesitenews.com/news/school-bans-parents-on-pride-day-for-children
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http://www.sgtreport.com/2018/07/the-deep-state-plan-to-sabotage-korean-peace/
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http://www.infowars.com/mueller-godfather-of-the-surveillance-state/
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r said...

GrantNZ is correct and obviously knows and understands God's saving grace through Christ alone.

In contrast to Grant, Anon posted below:

"It is important to remember that our obedience to God’s law does NOT save us. It is GOD who saves us through CHRIST. The law CANNOT save us, but our STRIVING to obey it IS a condition of our salvation. If WE ultimately REFUSE to obey God, He will NOT ultimately save us, as we will see shortly..."

This is a typical falsehood promoted by virtually all false religious systems. The RCC holds to the exact same position, that is, where one constantly morphs in and out of a state of grace. In RC, if one misses Mass intentionally and dies, he/she has committed a Mortal Sin and the punishment is eternal damnation. There are literally dozens of "Mortal Sins" that will sentence the "believer" to eternal damnation aside from missing Mass.

Under God's grace, it is the work of God that causes, aided by the Holy Spirit and His Word, one to obey by faith. If one is truly born of the Spirit, that person can never be lost. Although it is clear, that those that live a life of sin, the Scripture teaches that they were never born again in the first place. These passages are often confused by those that seek to please God via adherence to a set of religious practices that they believe will ultimately EARN them acceptance with God. Religious obedience cannot save anyone, it never has, and never will!

Those that seek to enter in by "any other door" other than the finished work of Christ, and Him alone, is a "thief and a robber."

RayB said...

That is my post above ... don't know what happened to the screen name.

Anonymous said...

"Faith Alone And Anything Else Is False Religion" types don't seem to like to mention things like the Book Of James and so clearly seem to be just as blinded by their own knee-jerk clinging to Luther's (etc) position as they claim others are by NOT accepting Luther's position, sorry to say.

Notice too the dishonest attempt to demean the idea of actually trying to OBEY God by the 'clever' insertion of the word "EARN" which has NO place WHATSOEVER in the context of the paragraph he JUST quoted.

Very sad.

Anonymous said...

P.S.

Notice too: "If one is truly born of the Spirit, that person can never be lost. Although it is clear, that those that live a life of sin, the Scripture teaches that they were never born again in the first place. These passages". What exact "passages" may I ask? He seems to have forgotten to mention them.

Anonymous said...

P.P.S.

"Eternal life is God's gift, NOT something any of us deserve or can in any way EARN." (Emphases mine.)

https://www.ucg.org/the-good-news/is-belief-all-thats-required-for-gods-gift-of-salvation

Anonymous said...

For Luther this was an open-and-shut case: Believe and you are justified. Once justified you are saved. Once you are saved, you remain saved without any influence of works—good or bad.

But Luther had a problem. The New Testament book of James teaches that more is needed for justification than mere belief. James, the half brother of Jesus Christ, wrote: “Thus also faith by itself, if it does not have works, is dead. But someone will say, ‘You have faith, and I have works.’ Show me your faith without your works, and I will show you my faith by my works. You believe that there is one God. You do well. Even the demons believe—and tremble! But do you want to know, O foolish man, that faith without works is dead?” (James 2:17-20).

In his Preface to the Epistles of St. James and St. Jude, Luther claimed that the writer of James’ letter is “in direct opposition to St. Paul, and all the rest of the Bible, it ascribes justification to works …” ( Martin Luther: Selections from His Writings,John Dillenberger, ed., 1962, p. 35).

And that’s not all James penned that bothered Luther. James wrote: “Was not Abraham our father justified by works when he offered Isaac his son on the altar? Do you see that faith was working together with his works, and by works faith was made perfect? And the Scripture was fulfilled which says, ‘Abraham believed God, and it was accounted to him for righteousness.’ And he was called the friend of God. You see then that a man is justified by works, and not by faith only” (James2:21-24).

Luther saw Paul and James as incompatible. “Scripture alone” was one of Luther’s guiding principles, but now he struggled with Scripture when it didn’t meet his understanding. He ultimately branded the epistle of James “an epistle of straw” that he felt like “throwing … into the stove” and wrote that he doubted that it truly belonged in the Bible at all ( Luther’s Works, E.T. Bachmann, ed., 1960, vol. 35, p. 362, and vol. 34, p. 317).
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https://www.ucg.org/beyond-today/beyond-today-magazine/martin-luther-the-unfinished-reformation

GrantNZ said...

Hi Ray B,

When you say "knows and understands God's grace" I think that's the real point.
Many struggle with receiveing full forgiveness.
Jesus from the cross said "Father forgive them they know not what they do".
I believe the doctrine of totall forgiveness in the atonement is at total odds with the religious controllers.
False religion/religion will always demand that a follower finds merit and favor by his own acts.
Only Christ was sinless.
To the contrary we are all sinners saved by the grace of God, cleansed and made righteous in Christ.
"Made fit for every good work" and
not the by the reverse "made fit by every good work".

Saved by grace through faith so that no man could boast.
"Look what I've done" gives way to "Look what He (Jesus) has done".
It is finished and it was

Anonymous said...

Are Paul and James incompatible?

Luther believed that Paul and James were promoting two different and incompatible ways to be justified.

But are they really?

The answer lies in the way both writers used the example of Abraham. Paul was writing to the church in Rome to explain how both Jews and gentiles can come into a relationship with God. Both are justified by God’s grace and faith in the work of Christ. Paul clearly teaches that no one can earn God’s favor because of their good works. Abraham was justified because he believed in God’s promises.

James, however, was dealing with a somewhat different problem. James was addressing the wrong idea that mere belief constitutes living faith. Remember, he wrote that Satan and the demons believe in God and fear His awesome power and glory. James made it clear that our faith must be much more than Satan’s belief! Faith involves completely trusting God, and trusting God is a motivation for obedience.

Think about James’ argument. Abraham believed God’s promise that his son Isaac would give him descendants. Then God commanded Abraham to sacrifice his son. God’s promise and command for obedience seemed inconsistent to say the least.

What if Abraham would have said to God: “I believe your promise to give me descendants through Isaac, and since that can’t happen if I sacrifice him, I have decided to disobey you. But I still believe in your promise!”

James argued that if Abraham had refused to obey God, his belief would not have been real faith. If a person truly trusts God, then his actions will be rooted in that trust.

We can’t erase our own sins or impress God enough to earn salvation. We must also not fall into the trap of thinking that belief is all God requires. Faith must submit to God’s working in us. In this submission, real living faith produces works. Paul is correct in teaching that human beings can’t earn justification but must have faith in Christ. James is also correct in teaching that faith without works is dead—useless and empty because it doesn’t really change the person.

Moreover, Paul himself said that “the doers of the law will be justified”. (Romans 2:13)—that is, made right before God. We must understand that we receive initial justification from God whenever we repent, apart from any deeds of obedience (Romans 3:28). But remaining justified before God is conditioned upon continuing to actively obey Him. There is no contradiction. 
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https://www.ucg.org/beyond-today/beyond-today-magazine/martin-luther-the-unfinished-reformation

RayB said...


GrantNZ ...

I agree 100%.

I'm reminded of a couple of verses that offer great comfort to those that trust in Christ alone ...

The Scriptures tells us that Christ is the "author and finisher of our faith."

"Being confident of this very thing, that he which hath begun a good work in you will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ:" Philippians 1:6

"Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to his mercy he saved us, by the washing of regeneration, and the renewing of the Holy Ghost: Which he shed on us abundantly through Jesus Christ our Saviour: That being justified by his grace, we should be made heirs according to the hope of eternal life." Titus 3:5-7

GrantNZ said...

Thanks RayB,

Constance Cumbey said...

To Ray B:

"What proof do I have" that New Agers said it wouldn't happen as long as JPII was Pope? Try, for example, Benjamin Creme in one of his later books -- that's what Creme said, saying the Pope had dismissed Creme and message that Maitreya was Christ as untrue nonsense. I'll have to dig out the quote, but you may be sure I read it and even remember where I was sitting back in the early 2000s when I read it.

Constance

Anonymous said...

Quoted from article below:

"It is a huge irony of U.S. special counsel Robert Mueller’s inquiry into alleged collusion between U.S. President Donald J. Trump’s 2016 election campaign and the Kremlin, that the biggest fish caught to date is charged with the doing the opposite of colluding with Russia: Paul Manafort, Trump’s former campaign manager, has pled guilty to charges of (undeclared) lobbying for Ukraine in 2012-2013 to sign a political and trade association agreement with the European Union that would rescue it once and for all from the Kremlin’s grasp.

Not that you would be aware of this from the media coverage around the trials of Manafort (he has already stood trial and been found guilty of tax fraud in Virginia in August). Among the huge amount of noise about Manafort, the basic facts about his activity in Ukraine 2010-2015 have been obscured.

There have been scores of media articles about Manafort – and 90 percent regurgitate the simplistic narrative of Manafort as a Kremlin trojan horse. This narrative was developed by Washington commercial intelligence firm Fusion GPS in 2016, as part of their now famous dossier on Trump, distributed widely among major media outlets.

As a contributor to the Fusion GPS research on Manafort, I share the blame. Because we got Manafort almost completely wrong.

What we got wrong about Manafort – and what Mueller has got partly right in his indictment – is that Manafort was nothing like a pro-Kremlin influence on the former Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych, as the dossier alleged. Instead, Manafort was one of the driving forces pushing Yanukovych towards signing the agreement with the EU. The Kremlin has every reason to hate him.

An army of armchair experts pronounces on Manafort’s ‘pro-Russian’ role in Ukraine – with a copy of the Fusion GPS report close to hand. None of them ask why the supposedly “pro-Russian: Yanukovych had taken Ukraine to the verge of signing a far-reaching agreement with the EU in November 2013 – an association agreement that would see Ukraine removed from the fateful Russian orbit for good?"

https://www.kyivpost.com/article/opinion/op-ed/graham-stack-everything-you-know-about-paul-manafort-is-wrong.html

KC

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