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<title><![CDATA[Your Time of Gloating is Coming to an End  (A Prophetic Message for the United States of America)]]></title>
<link>http://propheticwarnings.wordpress.com/?p=32</link>
<pubDate>Sat, 11 Oct 2008 14:10:12 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>keenekarl</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[“The Sovereign LORD never does anything without revealing his plan to His servants, the prophets. ]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p style="text-align:left;">“The Sovereign LORD never does anything without revealing his plan to His servants, the prophets. When a lion roars, who can keep from being afraid? When the Sovereign LORD speaks, who can keep from proclaiming His message?  The prophet who has a dream should tell others about it. And he who has God’s message should speak God’s message faithfully.  God’s message burns in my heart and bones, and I cannot keep silent.  I have so much to say, that I can't keep quiet.  I am so full that I will burst if I don't speak out!</p>
<p>“Woe to you who have been complacent because of your wealth and your exalted position.  Your time for gloating is coming to an end!</p>
<p>“The love of money has caused all kinds of trouble. Some people have wanted money so much that they have surrendered their values of right and wrong, causing themselves and others much pain.</p>
<p>“You rich people should cry and weep! Terrible things are going to happen to you, and it has only just begun! Your savings will be eaten up, and your losses will be evidence that you have done wrong.  You have thought only of filling your own stomachs and having a good time. But now you will lose it all.</p>
<p>“In the same way that you have exalted yourselves and lived luxuriously, in the same way you will know torment and sorrow.</p>
<p>“You have gained riches for yourselves, gathering gold and silver into your treasuries.  By your great wisdom in trade you have increased your riches, causing you to be prideful and arrogant.  Therefore I will bring you down; your pride will be humbled.</p>
<p>“Your riches and possessions will not be able to save you on the day that I show My anger, says the Lord.</p>
<p>“The day is near when buying and selling will have no more meaning. No business-person will live long enough to get back what they have lost.</p>
<p>“Your love of riches is what led you into great sin, so now your net worth will not even be enough to buy the food you need.</p>
<p>“I will give foreigners everything you own, in order to punish you for your sins.</p>
<p>“Without warning, those you owe will demand payment. Then you will become a frightened victim. You have plundered and taken advantage of nations everywhere on earth, even going to war against some and murdering their people. Now those who survived will be as cruel to you.</p>
<p>The people of your nation will be trembling with fright. They will say, "This crisis is like a fire burning out of control! Can any of us survive?"</p>
<p>“You can only survive if you say and do what is right. Stop using your power to cheat the poor and stop accepting bribes. Stop joining with those who are planning wars or do other evil things. Then you will be safe. You will be as secure as if in a strong fortress. You will have food to eat and water to drink.</p>
<p>“Because of the oppression of the poor, because of the sighing of the needy, I am now rising up to take action, says the LORD; I will give them the freedom and safety they long for. I will punish their oppressors!</p>
<p>“Your only hope is this:  You must see that justice is done, and you must show kindness and mercy to one another. You must stop oppressing widows, orphans, foreigners who live among you, or anyone else in need; and you must stop planning ways of harming or taking advantage of one another.</p>
<p>“I know how terrible your sins are and how many crimes you have committed. You persecute good people, take bribes, and prevent the poor from getting justice in the courts. Make it your aim to do what is right, not what is evil. Hate what is evil, love what is right, and see that justice prevails in the courts. Perhaps the LORD will be merciful to the people of this nation.</p>
<p>“The LORD says: It isn't too late. You can still return to Me with all your heart. Start showing that you really are sorry for your wrong behavior. Turn back to me with broken hearts. I am merciful, kind, and caring. I don't easily lose My temper, and I don't like to punish. Perhaps I will change My mind and treat you with mercy.</p>
<p>“I'll tell you what it really means to worship the LORD. Release those you have unjustly imprisoned! Free those who you have abused and tortured without cause! Stop your military occupations and oppression of people in other nations! Stop oppressing the poor people in your own nation! Share your food with everyone who is hungry; share your homes with the poor and homeless. Give clothing to those in need, and stop turning your eyes away from the needs of your fellow human beings.</p>
<p>"A truly good person is righteous and honest. He doesn't charge interest when lending money. He refuses to do anything evil; he is fair to everyone. He doesn't cheat or rob anyone. He returns what a borrower gives him as security; and he feeds the hungry and gives clothing to the naked.</p>
<p>"Listen to this, you lovers of riches and materialism: You have thought you were safe and secure. You thought that you would never suffer the loss of your riches and property. But in a moment, in a single day, you will lose your riches and property. You felt sure of yourself in your evil; you thought that no one could see you. Your wisdom and knowledge led you astray, and you said to yourself, there is no one else quite like me. But now disaster will come upon you, and none of your financial magic can stop it. Ruin will come on you suddenly--- ruin you never dreamed of! You will be powerless, in spite of the advice you get. Your advisers will leave you and go their own way, and no one will be left to save you.</p>
<p>“The LORD says,  I will humble everyone who is proud and punish everyone who is arrogant and cruel.</p>
<p>“These are the things that the Lord has spoken. He will bring it to pass.  He has purposed; He will also do it.”</p>
<p style="text-align:center;">___________</p>
<p>Karl Steven Keene; October 10, 2008; Moorhead, MN</p>
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<title><![CDATA[UK Government 'ignored Iceland warning'/ Charities may lose]]></title>
<link>http://rainbowwarrior2005.wordpress.com/?p=354</link>
<pubDate>Sat, 11 Oct 2008 05:51:55 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Rainbow Warrior</dc:creator>
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Charities&#8217; fear over failed banks 
UK charities say they fear they have lost up to £120 mill]]></description>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/7663136.stm">Charities' fear over failed banks </a></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">UK charities say they fear they have lost up to £120 million of funds invested in collapsed Icelandic banks.</p>
<p class="first"><strong>UK</strong><strong> charities fear they may have lost up to £120m of funds invested in failed Icelandic banks.</strong></p>
<p>The National Council for Voluntary Organisations says at least 60 members have reported funds may be at risk.</p>
<p>The NCVO has met ministers, who are promising to do all they can to protect an estimated £1bn held by charities, UK councils and other bodies in Iceland.</p>
<p>A Treasury delegation is in Reykjavik and the UK and Iceland say they will now work together for a solution.</p>
<p>The group includes officials from the Bank of England and the Financial Services Authority.</p>
<p><strong>'Disconcerting remarks'</strong></p>
<p>The crisis sparked a war of words between London and Reykjavik on Thursday, with Gordon Brown criticising the Icelandic authorities for failing to guarantee UK depositors would get their money back.</p>
<p>Under Iceland's financial regulations, the government is supposed to pay up to £16,000 compensation per account at a total cost of £2.2bn.</p>
<p>A spokesman for Mr Brown said the UK now hoped to work "constructively and co-operatively" with the Icelandic authorities.</p>
<p>Icelandic Prime Minister Geir Haarde had accused the UK of being responsible for the collapse of the country's third largest bank, Kaupthing, after<strong> anti-terrorism laws</strong> were used to freeze assets in the UK.  <em><strong>(Like Iceland is a terrorist.)</strong></em></p>
<p class="caption">Iceland's Prime Minister Geir Haarde said he had received a letter from Gordon Brown</p>
<p>On Friday, Mr Haarde confirmed both countries were working together but said Mr Brown's comments had been "disconcerting" and "not very helpful".</p>
<p>Meanwhile, the UK government has denied claims of "complacency" after it apparently ignored warnings in July about Icelandic banks facing collapse.</p>
<p>Lib Dem peer Lord Oakeshott and Tory MP Michael Fallon both raised the issue with ministers on separate occasions.</p>
<p>They were reassured savers would be protected by law.</p>
<p>A Treasury spokesman said: "As the minister made clear at the time, the Icelandic authorities have a legal obligation to pay out depositors under their existing compensation scheme and we expect them to honour this commitment."</p>
<p>He added it was not the role of the UK government to advise UK residents and citizens of financial institutions around the world, and few people had anticipated the current situation.</p>
<p>Chancellor Alistair Darling, who is in Washington for meetings with other G7 finance ministers and the International Monetary Fund, told the BBC that simply "talking" would not lead to a solution.</p>
<p><strong>'Uncertain position'</strong></p>
<p>Meanwhile, as details of charity deposits emerged, a cancer hospital in Manchester has announced it was the latest victim of the Icelandic bank collapse.</p>
<p>The Christie NHS Foundation Trust, based in Withington is facing losses of £7.5m after depositing the funds with Kaupthing Singer and Friedlander. Up to £6.5m was charity money.</p>
<p>The Cats Protection League said it also had £11.2m deposited in a UK bank owned by the collapsed Kaupthing.<br />
NCVO said City Minister Paul Myners had given no guarantees during their meeting that such assets would be secure, although he was "reassuring".</p>
<p>Chief executive Stuart Etherington said: "He was saying the government would do all it can to ensure the assets of these charities are reunited with them. He was very positive about that.</p>
<p>"What's important is the charities which have been affected by this come forward. If we're going to secure adequate compensation for them, with the strength of the UK government, it's important they come forward."</p>
<p>Some NCVO members which provide services for councils fear they will not be paid if town halls lose money in the crisis.</p>
<p>Most of the charities which have investments in troubled Icelandic banks have not yet been named, but they are thought to include major organisations.</p>
<p>Other charities known to be affected include Naomi House children's hospice in Sutton Scotney, near Winchester, which has £5.7m of deposits invested with KSF</p>
<p>The Physiological Society in London has £523,000 invested with the same bank, and Samaritans has links to KSF because it is the parent company of Investment Managers, which looks after the charity's investment portfolio.</p>
<p>Graham McGeown, of the Physiological Society, said: "This is a difficult time for our organisation. We have £523k tied up in KSF and are not entirely sure if we will get this money back.</p>
<p>"With NCVO we are calling on the government to help protect our money as well as other organisations who may also be involved in the banking crisis." Under the Financial Services Compensation Scheme, charities classified as small businesses are covered for the first £50,000 of any investments.</p>
<p>But it is not clear whether they would benefit from the wider guarantee given to individual savers by the chancellor that they would recover all of their money.</p>
<p>The NCVO's head of campaigns and communications, Louis High, said many of its members were also concerned about local authorities' ability to pay for services.</p>
<p>He said: "For many smaller organisations that rely on this money and have tight financial constraints, non-payment for their work could be disastrous or even spell their death knell."</p>
<p>The organisation has called a sector-wide summit to examine the potential impact of a recession and what can be done to protect charities from financial disaster.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/politics/7663596.stm">UK 'ignored Iceland warning' </a></strong></p>
<p class="first"><strong>The government has been accused of "complacency" after it apparently ignored warnings in July about Icelandic banks facing collapse.</strong></p>
<p>Lib Dem peer Lord Oakeshott and Tory MP Michael Fallon both raised the issue with ministers on separate occasions.</p>
<p>They were reassured savers would be protected by law.</p>
<p>The Treasury said it was not the government's role to advise savers and ministers had stressed Iceland had a legal obligation to pay compensation. <!-- E SF --></p>
<p>Lord Oakeshott said: "Alarm bells were ringing all over about the Icelandic banks and the Treasury must have been blind and deaf not to hear them."</p>
<p>But a Treasury spokesman said: "As the minister made clear at the time, the Icelandic authorities have a legal obligation to pay out depositors under their existing compensation scheme and we expect them to honour this commitment."</p>
<p>He said a government delegation was now in Iceland to find a solution to the current situation.</p>
<p>"This is part of the action the Treasury is taking action to ensure the interests of all retail depositors are safeguarded and that legal obligations to UK creditors are honoured."</p>
<p>Prime Minister Gordon Brown reacted with anger on Thursday after the Icelandic government refused to guarantee the deposits of UK citizens with money in three of its biggest banks, following their collapse.</p>
<p><strong>Crisis talks</strong></p>
<p>Under Iceland's financial regulations, the government is supposed to pay up to £16,000 compensation per account at a total cost of £2.2bn.</p>
<p>Mr Brown is angry as the UK has received no assurances from the Icelandic government that they will meet this commitment. Treasury officials have travelled to Iceland for crisis talks on repayment.</p>
<p>Lord Oakeshott, a pension fund manager and former director of Warburg Investment Management, raised the alarm about possible shortfalls in the compensation funds - and the danger of an Icelandic bank collapse - in written questions more than two months ago.</p>
<p>In the first question, he asked how much cash was in the Icelandic compensation fund and if Britain would be left to pick up the bill if there was a shortfall.</p>
<p>He was told by Treasury minister Lord Davies that the liabilities of the UK's Financial Services Compensation Scheme would be limited to "topping-up" funds provided by the country in which the bank is based.</p>
<p>In a second question, he asked: "What steps [have] the United Kingdom financial authorities taken to satisfy themselves, independently of the Icelandic financial authorities, of the solvency and stability of Icelandic banks taking deposits in the United Kingdom and of that of the Icelandic Deposit Guarantees and Investor-Compensation Scheme behind which the United Kingdom Financial Services Compensation Scheme stands as guarantor of last resort?"</p>
<p>Lord Davies, for the government, replied that there was no concern about the liquidity or capital base of Icelandic banks operating in the UK: "All UK-incorporated subsidiaries of Icelandic banks regulated by the Financial Services Authority continue to meet threshold conditions."</p>
<p>Some banks had been allowed to open branches in the UK through a process known as "passporting," which meant they were not regulated by the FSA, explained Lord Davies.</p>
<p>But he added: "The FSA has a regular dialogue with overseas regulators and firms where the firms passport into the UK, to share information about the firms and specifically their UK operations."</p>
<p><strong>'Sky high rates'</strong></p>
<p>He also assured UK citizens with money in Icelandic banks that they would be "protected against any losses in a similar way as if their savings were in a British bank".</p>
<p>On Monday, Lord Oakeshott again quizzed Lord Davies about how much money was in the Icelandic compensation fund and what would happen if it "cannot or will not pay out".</p>
<p>He told peers: "If my cash were in an Icelandic bank I would be very worried indeed: the currency has collapsed, interest rates are sky high and bank liabilities are hundreds of thousands of pounds for each Icelandic citizen. Would the minister be happy if his savings were in an Icelandic bank?"</p>
<p>In contrast to the lengthy and detailed reply he had given in July, Lord Davies said he had not been "fully briefed" on the situation in Iceland.</p>
<p>"It is not for me at the dispatch box to judge whether it is safe to invest in Icelandic banks," he told peers.</p>
<p>"However, the safeguarding of their position will depend on co-ordinated action in which this country must play a leading role."</p>
<p>Speaking earlier on Friday, Lord Oakeshott accused the government and the FSA of ignoring the growing warnings from the City about the position of Icelandic banks, one of which, Icesave, had deposits that were almost the equivalent of Iceland's entire GDP.</p>
<p>"I asked these various, very hard questions and I got a very complacent answer back from the treasury minister, he told the BBC News Channel, adding he had been alerted to problems in Iceland by credit rating agencies, which had downgraded the country's banks.</p>
<p>"The Financial Services Authority is responsible for the security of British savers' money. They should not have trusted the Icelandic banks to look after £5bn of their money," he added.</p>
<p><strong>Minister grilled</strong></p>
<p>The peer said that together with Lib Dem Treasury spokesman Vince Cable, he had put his concerns about the Icelandic banks to the new head of the FSA, Lord Turner, in an hour long meeting on Tuesday, adding Lord Turner had been "very receptive".</p>
<p>Concerns were also raised in July by the Conservative deputy chairman of the Treasury Select Committee, Michael Fallon, who asked junior Treasury minister Kitty Ussher how much money was in the compensation fund, after press reports there was a shortfall.</p>
<p>Ms Ussher told him: "I do not have figures for the Icelandic compensation scheme."</p>
<p>Mr Fallon then asked if she was satisfied that British investors in Icelandic banks are fully guaranteed in the event of a bank collapse.</p>
<p>Ms Ussher replied: "I am satisfied that the law exists to guarantee them, yes."</p>
<p>Mr Fallon: "You are satisfied that the law exists to guarantee them?"</p>
<p>Ms Ussher: "Yes, under a combination of European and British law."</p>
<p>Mr Fallon: "So they will get all their money back?"</p>
<p>Ms Ussher: "That is the legal situation."</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/7663247.stm">Darling calls for action from G7 </a></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/politics/7662827.stm">Britain v Iceland </a></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/7662644.stm">Iceland's banks dominate papers </a></p>
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<title><![CDATA[Do not publicize sins...]]></title>
<link>http://islamandme.wordpress.com/?p=117</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 10 Oct 2008 22:06:50 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Umm_Omar</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[Bismillah Hir Rahmaan Nir Raheem
Assalaamu alaykum wa rahmatuallahi wa barakatuhu

The Book Pertaini]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p style="text-align:center;"><span style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;color:#660000;">Bismillah Hir Rahmaan Nir Raheem<br />
Assalaamu alaykum wa rahmatuallahi wa barakatuhu<br />
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<p style="text-align:justify;"><span style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;color:#660000;">The Book Pertaining to Piety and Softening of Hearts (Kitab Al-Zuhd wa Al-Raqa'iq)<br />
Muslim :: Book 42 : Hadith 7124<br />
Abu Huraira[may Allah be pleased with him] reported <strong><span style="color:#333333;">Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) as saying: All the people of my Ummah would get pardon for their sins except those who publicise them</span></strong>. And (it means) that a servant should do a deed during the night and tell the people in the morning that he has done so and so, whereas Allah has concealed it. And he does a deed during the day and when it is night he tells the people, whereas Allah has concealed it. Zuhair has used the word hijar for publicising. </span></p>
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<span style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;color:#660000;">The Book Pertaining to Repentance and Exhortation to Repentance (Kitab Al-Tauba)<br />
Muslim :: Book 37 : Hadith 6620<br />
Abu Sirma [may Allah be pleased with him] reported that when the time of the death of Abu Ayyub Ansari drew near, he said: I used to conceal from you a thing which I heard from Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) and <span style="color:#333333;"><strong>I heard Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) as sayirig: Had you not committed sins, Allah would have brought into existence a creation that would have committed sin (and Allah) would have forgiven them.</strong></span></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;color:#660000;">The Book of Purification (Kitab Al-Taharah)<br />
Muslim :: Book 2 : Hadith 441<br />
'Amr b Sa'id b al-As [may Allah be pleased with him] reported: I was, with Uthman that he called for ablution water and said: I heard Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) say: When the time for a prescribed prayer comes, if any Muslim perform ablution well and offers his prayer) with humility and bowing, <strong><span style="color:#333333;">it will be an expiation for his past sins, so long as he has not committed a major sin; and this applies to for all times.</span></strong></span></p>
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<title><![CDATA[Avertisment de la BNR]]></title>
<link>http://forevergreen.wordpress.com/?p=1366</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 10 Oct 2008 12:43:40 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>forevergreen</dc:creator>
<guid>http://forever-green.org/2008/10/10/avertisment-de-la-bnr/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[http://www.9am.ro/stiri-revista-presei/Business/106197/Bancile-dau-in-judecata-bloggerii-care-dau-in]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Parcel Layers]]></title>
<link>http://1punisher.wordpress.com/2008/10/09/parcel-layers/</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 09 Oct 2008 21:38:29 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>1punisher</dc:creator>
<guid>http://1punisher.tl.wordpress.com/2008/10/09/parcel-layers/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[This post is specifically for Parcels Entities, however many of the same principals apply to other o]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p style="margin:0 0 0 5.35pt;"><span style="font-family:&#34;"><span style="font-size:small;">This post is specifically for Parcels Entities, however many of the same principals apply to other objects as well.  I will cut this post down in favor of another that deals with Object / Display layers for all civil entities as a whole.</span></span></p>
<p style="margin:0 0 0 5.35pt;"> </p>
<p style="margin:0 0 0 5.35pt;"><span style="font-size:small;">These layers may be way off standard for you, so customize it the way you want.<span>  </span></span></p>
<p style="margin:0 0 0 5.35pt;"> </p>
<p style="margin:0 0 0 5.35pt;"><span style="font-size:small;">Parcel Entities have both an <em>Object layer</em> and a <em>Display Layer</em>.  </span></p>
<p style="margin:0 0 0 5.35pt;"> </p>
<p style="margin:0 0 0 5.35pt;"><span style="font-size:small;">One suggestion is as follows:</span></p>
<p style="margin:0 0 0 5.35pt;"><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><span style="font-size:small;">Object layers structured for what the Object conveys.  Display layers for whom the Object is conveyed TO.</span></span></p>
<p style="margin:0 0 0 5.35pt;"> <!--more--></p>
<p style="margin:0 0 0 5.35pt;"><span style="font-family:&#34;"><span style="font-size:small;">Object Layer Examples:  PARCELS-OVERALL<span>  </span>PARCELS-PR-STORM-ESMT</span></span></p>
<p style="margin:0 0 0 5.35pt;"><span style="font-family:&#34;"><span style="font-size:small;">PARCELS-EX-ESMT  P</span></span><span style="font-family:&#34;"><span style="font-size:small;">ARCELS-PR-ACCESS-ESMT  PARCELS-PR-UT-ESMT  PARCELS-PR-TEMP-CONST-ESMT</span></span></p>
<p style="margin:0 0 0 5.35pt;"> </p>
<p style="margin:0 0 0 5.35pt;"><span style="font-family:&#34;"><span style="font-size:small;">Display Layer Examples:   Pcl-Ex-Esmt  Pcl-Pr-Esmt-Public  Pcl-Pr-Esmt-Private</span></span></p>
<p style="margin:0 0 0 5.35pt;"><span style="font-size:small;">The public version might have a hatch pattern that stands out.  I might also apply the same hatch pattern across all Proposed Public Parcels.</span></p>
<p style="margin:0 0 0 5.35pt;"><span style="font-family:&#34;"><span style="font-size:small;"> </span></span></p>
<p style="margin:0 0 0 5.35pt;"><span style="font-size:small;">It is just too easy to change this easement to a private style when the County doesn't want to take posession of a utility anymore.  The Object, however, stays on the exact same layer it was on.</span></p>
<p style="margin:0 0 0 5.35pt;"> </p>
<p style="margin:0 0 0 5.35pt;"><span style="font-family:&#34;"><span style="font-size:small;">Never use the same layer for both.<span>  </span></span></span></p>
<p style="margin:0 0 0 5.35pt;"><span style="font-family:&#34;"></span> </p>
<p style="margin:0 0 0 5.35pt;"><span style="font-family:&#34;"><span style="font-size:small;">Why not?<span>     </span></span></span><span style="font-family:&#34;"><span style="font-size:small;"><span>If y</span>ou want it gone, just freeze the layer, and poof it's gone. No problem.</span></span></p>
<p style="margin:0 0 0 5.35pt;"> </p>
<p style="margin:0 0 0 5.35pt;"><span style="font-size:small;">Well, not exactly.  The other parcels that share that <em>Display Style</em> will also suffer the same fate.  Invisible.</span></p>
<p style="margin:0 0 0 5.35pt;"><span style="font-family:&#34;"><span style="font-size:small;"> </span></span></p>
<p style="margin:0 0 0 5.35pt;"><em><span style="font-family:&#34;"><span style="font-size:small;">Consider that Civil is all about changes.<span>  </span>Dynamics.</span></span><span style="font-family:&#34;"><span style="font-size:small;"> </span></span></em></p>
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<p style="margin:0 0 0 5.35pt;"><span style="font-family:&#34;"><span style="font-size:small;">If I (which I just did) were to get into a legacy drawing (that had separate Object and Display layers), and want to turn off the legacy objects I would rename the Legacy Object layers to something like:</span></span></p>
<p style="margin:0 0 0 32.35pt;"><span style="color:#0000ff;font-family:&#34;"><span style="font-size:small;">PARCELS-*<span>  </span>to be renamed to PARCELS-ADJ-*</span></span></p>
<p style="margin:0 0 0 5.35pt;"><span style="font-family:&#34;"><span style="font-size:small;">Then as you add parcels, you would use the standard (PARCELS-) layer format. The display styles stay the same, since the uses don't really change.  Well discuss SITES later.</span></span><span style="font-family:&#34;"><span style="font-size:small;"> </span></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0 0 0 5.35pt;"><span style="font-family:&#34;"><span style="font-size:small;">If you just don’t want both Display and Object layers to deal with, then use the default layer 0, and color BYLAYER for your styles display layers.</span></span></p>
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<link>http://islamandme.wordpress.com/?p=113</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 09 Oct 2008 21:29:05 +0000</pubDate>
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Wondering who they are and why these photos are in a Blog whose focus is on Islam? Hmm]]></description>
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<p style="text-align:justify;">Wondering who they are and why these photos are in a Blog whose focus is on Islam? Hmm...Jus to remind everyone about scandalmongering / spreading Gossips / Malicious talks. All of them shown in photos committed suicide because of the gossips and rumors that spread around them. 4 suicides in four weeks. All koreans.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">Now, I am not advocating their life / their profession / the suicide. I am not concerned  about the cause or the nature of death. What shook me to the core was the fact that simple rumors, words with no meaning,  undefined origin and infinte end...phrases which will not have any life in them as such were able to rip off four lives from this earth. Have we ever thought of how difficult is to bear a child? To bring up a child? To guide them towards life? But jus by useless talks, imaginations and cretative speech...all these lives were shattered.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">Sisters and Brothers, through this post I jus wanted to share how big result a gossip, a rumor can cost. A life! Can we borrow? Can we create? Can we share at the least or donate? NO. Think about this case islamically. If only they were muslims, brothers and sisters, and had taken the wrong decision of ending their lives? WHO IS TO BLAME?</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">Allah Says in Qur'an</p>
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<p style="text-align:center;"><span style="color:#800080;">104:1 	Woe to every backbiter, derider</span></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><span style="color:#800080;">104:2 	who accumulates wealth and counts it.</span></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><span style="color:#800080;">104:3 	He thinks that his wealth has made him eternal.</span></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><span style="color:#800080;">104:4 	Never! He will certainly be thrown into the Crushing Fire.</span></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><span style="color:#800080;">104:5 	And what may let you know what the Crushing Fire is?</span></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><span style="color:#800080;">104:6 	It is Allah‘s kindled fire</span></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><span style="color:#800080;">104:7 	that will peep into the hearts.</span></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><span style="color:#800080;">104:8 	It will be closed on them,</span></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><span style="color:#800080;">104:9 	in outstretched columns.</span></p>
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<p>There is a beautiful explanation by Prophet Muhammad Sallallahu Alaihi wasallam, reg Gheebah - backbiting:</p>
<blockquote><p><span style="color:#800080;">Abu Huraira (r.a.) narrated that the Prophet (s.a.w.s) said, “Do you know what is backbiting?” They (the companions) said: “Allah and His Messenger know best. Thereupon he (the Prophet) said: “Backbiting implies your talking about your brother in a manner which he does not like.” It was said to him: “What if what I say about my brother is true?” He said: “If what you said about him is true then you would have backbitten him, and if it is not true, then he is slandered (buhtaan)" </span></p>
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<p>[Reported in Saheeh Muslim: hadeeth 1183, Sahih Muslim: Book 31, Number 6265, Abu Dawud, Ahmad, Tirmidhi, others...]</p>
<p>How an easy explanation. But it is a lot easier to backbite than to even remember this hadith. Every time you want to talk about anyone remember the Surah Humazah and this hadith, and ask yourself, " Is it going to benefit you or the person being talked about..or is it a stepping stone to Jahannam?"</p>
<blockquote><p>O you who believe, abstain from many of the suspicions. Some suspicions are sins. And do not be curious (to find out faults of others), and do not backbite one another. Does one of you like that he eats the flesh of his dead brother? You would abhor it. And fear Allah. Surely Allah is Most-Relenting, Very-Merciful. (The Noble Qur'an 49:12)</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Dangerous Contact With The Galactic Federation of Light]]></title>
<link>http://gfop.wordpress.com/?p=72</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 09 Oct 2008 18:52:39 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>gfop</dc:creator>
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<p><strong>Greetings, we have had MANY requests for instructions about how to contact the Galactic Federation via our channeling frequencies.  We transmit via the Galacticom Space Network at 1254.34 Mhz.  This message will provide you with specific and detailed instructions for you to follow should you deem to communicate with our vessel.</strong></p>
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<title><![CDATA[methylparabens in hair care products.]]></title>
<link>http://hrudu.wordpress.com/?p=703</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 09 Oct 2008 06:20:31 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[According to Cheftonio&#8217;s blog:
One type of paraben - methylparaben - has also been linked to t]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>According to <a href="http://cheftonio.blogspot.com/2008/10/be-aware-of-products-you-use-milk-clear.html">Cheftonio's blog:</a></p>
<p style="padding-left:30px;">One type of paraben - methylparaben - <span>has also been linked to the premature aging of skin</span>. A study undertaken in Japan indicated that certain cosmetic products may cause skin to age excessively when exposed to ultra-violet rays. <span>Ironically</span>, this compound can be commonly found in products designed to fight the effects of aging.</p>
<p>Clear's been my shampoo for a month now, and it seems like <a href="http://cheftonio.blogspot.com/2008/10/be-aware-of-products-you-use-milk-clear.html">it has methylparaben</a>, which causes premature aging, so...</p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><a href="http://hrudu.files.wordpress.com/2008/10/dsc00303.jpg"><img class="size-medium wp-image-705 aligncenter" title="hrudu head" src="http://hrudu.wordpress.com/files/2008/10/dsc00303.jpg?w=300" alt="" width="300" height="225" /></a></p>
<p>... is it the reason that I have premature whites?!  LOL</p>
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<title><![CDATA[LATTER DAYS LAUNCHED! By SwanSong]]></title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 09 Oct 2008 05:32:54 +0000</pubDate>
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Here we are, Eight years into the New Millennium.
 
Words come to me…
 
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<p align="center"><em><strong><span style="color:#e36f1b;"><span style="font-size:large;font-family:Times New Roman, Times, Serif;"><strong><em>Here we are, Eight years into the New Millennium.<br />
 <br />
Words come to me…<br />
 <br />
The Geneva SuperCollider…<br />
The Acceleration Of Developing Technology…<br />
Dangerous Scientific Experiments…<br />
Alarmingly Dangerous Time_Travel Experiments…<br />
Blatant Tampering With “DNA”…<br />
Computer Chips Imbeded In Humans…<br />
World_Wide Abortions…<br />
Weapons Of Mass Destruction…<br />
 <br />
Mutating &#38; Rampant Diseases…<br />
Increasingly Incessant &#38; Destructive Storms…<br />
Fires, Consuming Great Land Masses…<br />
Massive Earthquakes…<br />
New Volcanos Erupting…<br />
Super_Volcanos…<br />
Threats Of Asteroids &#38; Comets…<br />
Increasing Sun_Spots…<br />
Increase Of Wild Animal Attacks…<br />
World_Wide Food Shortages…<br />
 <br />
Crashing World Money Markets…!!<br />
 <br />
World_Wide New Age “Harmonic Convergences”<br />
{The Gathering Of “Energies” Which Are Occultic,<br />
Supposedly, To Help Humankind}…<br />
The Advance Of “Chaos Magick”<br />
{A Dangerous Form Of Progressive Witchcraft}…<br />
The World_Wide Chanting of “AUM”<br />
{Meaning “I Am God”}…<br />
The “All_Seeing_Eye”<br />
{A Primary Occultic Symbol Of Secret Societies}<br />
 <br />
An Anciently_Planned Culmination…<br />
Of Secret Plans Of Secret Societies…<br />
Final Plans Formed From Days Of Antiquity…<br />
The New Atlantis…<br />
Of A Brave New World…<br />
The Latter_Day Launching Of…<br />
The New World Order!!!<br />
 <br />
The Urgent Pressing For A Palestinian State…<br />
The Insistent Moving Forward Of A Peace Treaty…<br />
A Seven_Year Peace Treaty???<br />
 <br />
The Signs Are All There…<br />
Our World Is Changing, Fast…<br />
 <br />
Mark 13:19<br />
For in those days shall be affliction,<br />
such as was not from the beginning of the creation<br />
which God created unto this time,<br />
neither shall be.<br />
 <br />
Mark 13:20<br />
And except that the Lord had shortened those days,<br />
no flesh should be saved:<br />
but for the elect’s sake, whom he hath chosen,<br />
he hath shortened the days.<br />
 <br />
What Are We To Do???<br />
 <br />
WATCH and PRAY!<br />
 <br />
Matthew 26:41<br />
WATCH and PRAY, that ye enter not into temptation:<br />
the spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.<br />
 <br />
Mark 14:38<br />
WATCH ye and PRAY, lest ye enter into temptation.<br />
The spirit truly is ready, but the flesh is weak.<br />
 <br />
Mark 13:33<br />
Take ye heed, WATCH and PRAY:<br />
for ye know not when the time is.<br />
 <br />
Luke 21:36<br />
WATCH ye therefore, and PRAY always,<br />
that ye may be accounted worthy to escape<br />
all these things that shall come to pass,<br />
and to stand before the Son of man.<br />
 <br />
Ephesians 6:18<br />
PRAYING always with all PRAYER and SUPPLICATION<br />
in the Spirit, and WATCHING  thereunto<br />
with all perseverance and SUPPLICATION<br />
for all saints;<br />
 <br />
Colossians 4:2<br />
Continue in PRAYER,<br />
and WATCH in the same with thanksgiving;<br />
 <br />
1 Peter 4:7<br />
But the end of all things is at hand:<br />
be ye therefore sober, and WATCH unto PRAYER.<br />
 <br />
BE STRONG &#38; STAND!<br />
 <br />
Ephesians 6:10<br />
Finally, my brethren, BE STRONG in the Lord,<br />
and in the power of his might.<br />
Ephesians 6:11<br />
Put on the whole armour of God,<br />
that ye may be able to STAND against<br />
the wiles of the devil.<br />
Ephesians 6:12<br />
For we wrestle not against flesh and blood,<br />
but against principalities, against powers,<br />
against the rulers of the darkness of this world,<br />
against spiritual wickedness in high places.<br />
Ephesians 6:13<br />
Wherefore take unto you the whole armour of God,<br />
that ye may be able to WITHSTAND in the evil day,<br />
and having done all, to STAND.<br />
 <br />
SPEAK BOLDLY, TEACH &#38; PREACH!<br />
 <br />
Ephesians 6:19<br />
And for me, that utterance may be given unto me,<br />
that I may OPEN MY MOUTH BOLDLY,<br />
to MAKE KNOWN the mystery of the GOSPEL,<br />
Ephesians 6:20<br />
For which I am an ambassador in bonds:<br />
that therein I may SPEAK BOLDLY, as I OUGHT TO SPEAK.<br />
 <br />
Matthew 28:17<br />
And when they saw him, they worshiped him:<br />
but some doubted.<br />
Matthew 28:18<br />
And Jesus came and spake unto them, saying,<br />
All power is given unto me in heaven and in earth.<br />
Matthew 28:19<br />
GO ye therefore, and TEACH all nations,<br />
baptizing them in the name of<br />
the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost:<br />
Matthew 28:20<br />
TEACHING them to observe all things<br />
whatsoever I have commanded you:<br />
and, lo, I am with you always,<br />
even unto the end of the world. Amen.<br />
 <br />
Mark 16:15<br />
And he said unto them, GO ye into all the world,<br />
and PREACH the GOSPEL to EVERY creature.<br />
Mark 16:16<br />
He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved;<br />
but he that believeth not shall be damned.<br />
Mark 16:17<br />
And these signs shall follow them that believe;<br />
In my name shall they cast out devils;<br />
they shall speak with new tongues;<br />
Mark 16:18<br />
They shall take up serpents;<br />
and if they drink any deadly thing, it shall not hurt them;<br />
they shall lay hands on the sick, and they shall recover.<br />
Mark 16:19<br />
So then after the Lord had spoken unto them,<br />
he was received up into heaven,<br />
and sat on the right hand of God.<br />
Mark 16:20<br />
And they went forth, and PREACHED every where,<br />
the Lord working with them,<br />
and confirming the word with signs following. Amen.<br />
 <br />
Acts1:8<br />
But ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost<br />
is come upon you: and ye shall be WITNESSES unto me<br />
both in Jerusalem, and in all Judaea, and in Samaria,<br />
and unto the uttermost part of the earth.<br />
 <br />
Ephesians 6:15<br />
And your feet shod with<br />
the preparation of the GOSPEL of peace;<br />
 <br />
OVERCOME!<br />
 <br />
Revelation 12:10<br />
And I heard a loud voice saying in heaven,<br />
Now is come salvation, and strength,<br />
and the kingdom of our God, and the power of his Christ:<br />
for the accuser of our brethren is cast down,<br />
which accused them before our God day and night.<br />
Revelation 12:11<br />
And they OVERCAME him by the blood of the Lamb,<br />
and by the word of their testimony;<br />
and they loved not their lives unto the death.<br />
 <br />
What Are We To Do???<br />
 <br />
WATCH!<br />
PRAY!<br />
STAND!<br />
BE STRONG!<br />
SPEAK BOLDLY!<br />
TEACH!<br />
PREACH!<br />
OVERCOME!<br />
 <br />
I know that sometimes in out lives,<br />
when we are so yearning to serve the Lord,<br />
&#38; serve the Lord well,<br />
that it seems as if<br />
things are going so slow,<br />
&#38; progressing at a very slow pace.<br />
We wonder so often if our lives are really counting,<br />
&#38; if we are really doing any good,<br />
&#38; being the Godly influence that we should be.<br />
 <br />
Well, here is the good news!<br />
A New Day Is Coming!<br />
May we look forward to this, &#38; prepare wisely!<br />
 <br />
GOOD NEWS!<br />
 <br />
Amos 9:13<br />
Behold, the days come, saith the LORD,<br />
that the plowman shall OVERTAKE the reaper,<br />
and the treader of grapes him that soweth seed;<br />
and the mountains shall drop sweet wine,<br />
and all the hills shall melt.<br />
 <br />
Zechariah 8:23<br />
Thus saith the LORD of hosts;<br />
In those days it shall come to pass,<br />
that TEN MEN shall take hold out of<br />
all languages of the nations,<br />
even SHALL TAKE HOLD OF<br />
the skirt of him that is a Jew,<br />
saying, We will go with you:<br />
for we have heard that God is with you.<br />
 <br />
{And we, as Gentiles, are considered<br />
“grafted-in” Jews&#62;Verses follow below}<br />
 <br />
1 Peter 3:15<br />
But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts:<br />
and BE READY ALWAYS to give an answer to<br />
EVERY man that asketh you<br />
a reason of the hope that is in you<br />
with meekness and fear:<br />
 <br />
GRAFTED JEWS!<br />
 <br />
Romans 2:28<br />
For he is not a Jew, which is one outwardly;<br />
neither is that circumcision,<br />
which is outward in the flesh:<br />
Romans 2:29<br />
But he is a Jew, which is one inwardly;<br />
and circumcision is that of the heart, in the spirit,<br />
and not in the letter;<br />
whose praise is not of men, but of God.<br />
Romans 11:17<br />
And if some of the branches be broken off,<br />
and thou, being a wild olive tree,<br />
wert grafted in among them,<br />
and with them partakest of<br />
the root and fatness of the olive tree;<br />
Ephesians 2:12<br />
That at that time ye were without Christ,<br />
being aliens from the commonwealth of Israel,<br />
and strangers from the covenants of promise,<br />
having no hope, and without God in the world:<br />
Ephesians 2:13<br />
But now in Christ Jesus ye who sometimes were far off<br />
are made nigh by the blood of Christ.<br />
 <br />
And remember, ABOVE ALL, to do this:<br />
 <br />
Ephesians 6:16<br />
Above all, taking the SHIELD OF FAITH,<br />
wherewith ye shall be able to quench<br />
ALL the fiery darts of the wicked.<br />
 <br />
I pray that this synopsis of<br />
the current events of The End Times,<br />
&#38; The Latter Days Battle,<br />
which we all shall face, &#38; already are, in a measure,<br />
were an Encouragement &#38; a Blessing to you all!!</em></strong></span></span></strong></em></p>
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<p align="center"><strong><em>Please feel free to make any comments<br />
which you so feel led to do.<br />
All are comments are highly encouraged<br />
&#38; most definitely welcomed!<br />
 <br />
©2008~Writings by Amber~<br />
{~Swan Song~}<br />
 <br />
Blessings To All My Friends!<br />
In Jesus Name<br />
~Swan Song11~</em></strong></p>
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<link>http://callcenterguy.wordpress.com/?p=500</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 09 Oct 2008 05:01:57 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Callcenterguy</dc:creator>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p style="text-align:justify;">Last September 25, 2008 our maid/yaya/washer woman/cook ask if she can go home to visit her family in Gapan, Nueva Ecija.  Since she's the best maid we ever had  :D .  My wife and I decided to let her go.  Now, when I say she's the best;  I mean she's really the best.  When I get home in the afternoon, the house is so clean, my son looks and smells clean, everything was just great ever since she started working for us about a month ago.  Since it's the 25th of the month I haven't gotten my salary yet, so she said she'll go ahead and go home, then we can send the money to her.  We agreed to deduct the cost of sending the money to her.  So with promises that she'll return on the morning of the 28th-my birthday!  So we have no maid since Thursday and it was ok because Thursdays and Fridays are my rest day at the office.  Sunday morning came....no <em>yaya Clarita</em> (That's what we call her. ;) ) Sunday afternoon.....no <em>yaya Clarita</em>.  Sunday evening...still no @#$@ <em>yaya Clarita</em>!</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">My wife started to panic.  Both of us have to report for work on Monday!  We can't just make our son, a become a "latchkey kid" in an instant and besides he's three years old.  My mom can't come because she has to look after my dad and elder brother, my mother-in-law can't come because she's ....well...dead for a couple of years now.  There's just no one else to go to.   I was tempted to call my manager and ask (I was actually planning to beg....) if it's Ok to skip work that day.  Thinking that the maid just had a grand time visiting her family and decided to return on Monday morning.  Then my son cough his lungs out!  A really nasty cough full of pleghm.  Right then and there my wife decided that she will skip work and I go.  Monday came and went still the maid of our dreams never returned. :(  That's goes to show that you just can't trust people anymore. :(</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">Let's admit it.  Maids, are one of the most important people that you will ever get to live with.  Well ..... not as important as your wife and children of course.  But!  They are the people that you will depend on, to keep house and to look after your children when your away at work.  Specially in our case when both my wife and I work to make ends meet.  Gone are the days when a family can live on a single paycheck.  Now even if both parents are working, money can still be tight.  Agree?</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">My only wish is to find a trust worthy maid, that won't abandon you, won't abuse your kindness and most specially won't hurt my son when my wife and I are at work. :)</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">It's really causing me a headache why she left.  We were very good employers (modesty aside) .  We treat her right. We pay her a large salary. (Well large by my standards, anyway)  I wonder what's wrong with us?  :(</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">Wherever she is...................</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">I hope................</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">She's happy at what she's done to my family. <strong></strong></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">And to you<strong> </strong><em>yaya Clarita</em><strong>...... @#$@$# You! </strong></p>
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<p style="text-align:justify;">So beware!  If you will be taking in a maid from Gapan, Nueva Ecija and her name is Clarita.  Then what happened to us, could happen to you.  :(</p>
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<pubDate>Wed, 08 Oct 2008 20:20:21 +0000</pubDate>
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<p style="text-align:center;"><em><a href="http://swansongsdiscerningdeception.wordpress.com/2008/10/08/2008/07/12/the-all-seeing-eyewarning/"><span style="font-size:small;color:#f07400;font-family:Georgia;"><strong>~The “All-Seeing Eye”~Warning!~</strong></span></a></em></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><em><strong><span style="font-size:small;font-family:Georgia;">*The Post Above Explains The Dangers &#38; Deception*</span></strong></em></p>
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<title><![CDATA[SODOMY CAN SERIOUSLY DAMAGE YOUR HEALTH: Anglican Priest’s Blog]]></title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 08 Oct 2008 07:53:22 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Particular Kev</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[According to news reports, a Church of England priest has been ordered by his superiors to remove a ]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;margin:0 0 10pt;"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:&#34;">According to news reports, a Church of England priest has been ordered by his superiors to remove a Blog posting in which he called for homosexual men to have their rear ends tattooed with a warning about their homosexual practices. <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Mullen">Peter Mullen</a> posted that it should be obligatory for homosexuals to have ‘Sodomy can Seriously Damage Your Health’ on their backsides and ‘Fellatio Kills’ on their chins.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;margin:0 0 10pt;"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:&#34;">According to the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diocese_of_London">Diocese of London</a> the posting was highly offensive and did not reflect its views, therefore the priest was ordered to remove the post.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;margin:0 0 10pt;"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:&#34;">According to the priest his views were meant to be ‘light-hearted jokes’ and were also meant to be ‘satirical.</span></p>
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<pubDate>Wed, 08 Oct 2008 03:16:58 +0000</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Warning the Working Class Hero]]></title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 07 Oct 2008 23:55:52 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>piermorg</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[da sempre, uno dei miei gruppi preferiti sono i green day.. grazie a loro ho imparato a suonare coi ]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>da sempre, uno dei miei gruppi preferiti sono i green day.. grazie a loro ho imparato a suonare coi power chords, ho imparato l'inglese, ho imparato ad apprezzare un pò di rock e un pò di punk.. sicuramente ho imparato a distinguere la buona musica dal resto..</p>
<p>con working class hero i green day si sono un pò evoluti.. sono cresciuti.. sono diventati un pò più politici, più seri.. con questa canzone/cover (scritta da john lennon anni prima) hanno deciso di mandare un messaggio..</p>
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<p><em>As soon as you’re born they make you feel small<br />
By giving you no time instead of it all<br />
Till the pain is so big you feel nothing at all<br />
A working class hero is something to be<br />
A working class hero is something to be</em></p>
<p><em>They hurt you at home and they hit you at school<br />
They hate you if you’re clever and they despise a fool<br />
Till you’re so  crazy you can’t follow their rules<br />
A working class hero is something to be<br />
A working class hero is something to be</em></p>
<p><em>When they’ve tortured and scared you for twenty odd years<br />
Then they expect you to pick a career<br />
When you can’t really function you’re so full of fear<br />
A working class hero is something to be<br />
A working class hero is something to be</em></p>
<p><em>Keep you doped with religion and sex and TV<br />
And you think you’re so clever and classless and free<br />
But you’re still  peasants as far as I can see<br />
A working class hero is something to be<br />
A working class hero is something to be</em></p>
<p><em>There’s room at the top they are telling you still<br />
But first you must learn how to smile as you kill<br />
If you want to be like all the folks on the hill<br />
A working class hero is something to be<br />
A working class hero is something to be<br />
A working class hero is something to be</em></p>
<p><em>If you want to be a hero well just follow me<br />
If you want to be a hero well just follow me</em></p>
<p>e anche il testo in <a href="http://www.airdave.it/green-day-working-class-hero-video-testilirycs-65/">italiano</a>..</p>
<p>sicuramente noterete la differenza che c'è con un'altra canzone meno recente e più frivola, ma non per questo meno significativa.. ho provato a contare le "cavolate" che il protagonista fa durante il video, ma ho perso il conto.. voi ci siete riusciti??</p>
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<p><em>This is a public service anouncement, this is only a test<br />
Emergency evacuation process<br />
May Impair your ability to operate machinery<br />
Can't quite tell just what it means to me<br />
Keep out of reach of children, don't you talk to strangers<br />
Get your philoshophy from a bumper sticker</em></p>
<p><em>Warning. Live without warning<br />
Say warning. Live without warning<br />
Without. Alright.</em></p>
<p><em>Mental homes and safety self communities.<br />
Did you remember to the pay the utility?<br />
Gosh Darn Police Line You Better Not Cross!<br />
Is it the cop, or am I the one thats really dangerous?<br />
Sanitation, expiration date, question everything.<br />
Oh shut up and be a victim of authority</em></p>
<p><em>Warning. Live without warning<br />
Say warning. Live without warning<br />
Say warning. Live without warning<br />
Say warning. Live without warning<br />
Without. Alright.</em></p>
<p><em>Mental homes and saftey shelf communities.<br />
Did you remember to pay the pay the utility?<br />
Gosh Darn Police Line You Better Not Cross!<br />
Is it the cop, or am I the one that's really dangerous<br />
Sanitation, expiration date, question everything.<br />
Oh shut up and be a victim of authority</em></p>
<p><em>Warning. Live without warning<br />
Say warning. Live without warning<br />
Say warning. Live without warning<br />
Say warning. Live without warning<br />
This is a public service anouncement, this is only a test </em></p>
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<link>http://whatatragiccomedy.wordpress.com/?p=325</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 07 Oct 2008 23:42:07 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>whatatragiccomedy</dc:creator>
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<p>I'm kind of at odds with my figure. I'm 5'5 and I can't believe I'd admitting my weight on my blog but somewhere between 135 and 140 pounds. Scales and I don't run in the same circles. Or any circles at all for that matter. I think I'm pretty proportioned for my height and weight. I know I'm not overweight by any means. But let's face it. Everybody has some issue with their body. I've always had small boobs and a nonexistent butt. Back when I was 120 (the heavenly weight I would do evil things to go back to - and yet of course I still thought I was fat then)...wait, where was I going with that? There's my short term memory thing again. I think I'm going to call it my Dory complex from now on. And if you don't know where that comes from, you need to sit down - scratch that - you need to go rent Finding Nemo, sit down, and devote two hours of your day to its humor.</p>
<p>But my current weight which I hope is closer to 135 than 140 but I kind of doubt it. Some days I look in the mirror and I see this belly and omg are those love handles and then my god, those thighs! Other days I look in the mirror and while still small, my boobs are bigger. Can't complain about that. And turn around....HEY! What is that thing attached to the top of my legs?! Who knew the back of pants could actually fit properly? And the stomach doesn't look bad some days. Some days it does this really tricky thing where it looks flat and almost ab-ish. These are the days that I convince myself I don't need to diet. Those are also the days I don't look at my thighs. Because good day or bad day, I will always hate my thighs. Which is odd because before a year ago, I never understood womens issues with their thighs. I barely knew mine existed beyond the fact of having to shave them. Then one day I looked into that tricky mirror and OMG! What are those mammoth things on top of my calves?! And they've been that way ever since.</p>
<p>But moving on. I know what they are going to put on my tombstone when I die. Because it will without fail be the cause. I imagine it will look something like this - but prettier.</p>
<p><a href="http://whatatragiccomedy.files.wordpress.com/2008/10/tombstone.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-330" title="tombstone" src="http://whatatragiccomedy.wordpress.com/files/2008/10/tombstone.jpg" alt="" width="500" height="300" /></a></p>
<p>We humans don't abide warnings. We look at warnings such as "MASSIVE SPOILERS AHEAD" "DISTURBING MATERIAL" and "DON'T LOOK BEHIND YOU!" as open invitations to do just that. This little tingly feeling in our brains that whisper "Oooh, but I do wonder what they mean by that." And then another one of your multiple personalities says quite reasonably, "You'll never know if you don't look." Very true. So you don't abide the warnings and bad things happen. Like you die. Or your retinas burn out from the horrible imagery. Case in point. See below.</p>
<p>I AM WARNING YOU: DISTURBING CARTOON BELOW! DON'T WATCH IT!</p>
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<p>I saw this on Lady Banana's blog and she had the warning "Very very strange" to guide me. That little tingling in my brain started and the voice whispered, "But why is it strange?" If she would have told me that the Pearce Sisters were fish butchers that found people out at sea and then roasted their bodies so that they could have tea parties with them then the tingling would have completely disappeared and I would have merrily went on my little way without ever seeing the video.  But nooooo. And now I've seen it. It makes me think of all the horror movies I've seen that are the least bit similar to this and the terrifying realization that there are people like this in the world today. If there weren't, this video would just be weird and slightly disturbing. But because there are people like that, somewhere that I really hope I never meet, it's very very very disturbing. Shudder.</p>
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<pubDate>Tue, 07 Oct 2008 20:48:29 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Reviresco</dc:creator>
<guid>http://hulkhatetimetravel.tl.wordpress.com/2008/10/07/hip-hop-honors/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[The Hip-Hop Honors aired last night (10/6/08) and on a scale of 1-10 we gave it about a 7.  Honoree]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The Hip-Hop Honors aired last night (10/6/08) and on a scale of 1-10 we gave it about a 7.  Honorees included Cypress Hill, Too Short, Slick Rick, Naughty By Nature, Isaac Hayes and De La Soul. </p>
<p><a href="http://www.jambands.com/PhotoRepository/image_2007_10_03.04.jpg"><img class="alignnone" src="http://www.jambands.com/PhotoRepository/image_2007_10_03.04.jpg" alt="" width="504" height="386" /></a></p>
<p>Slick Rick's segment was off the hook, MC Lyte did over the "Ruler's Back" Ghostface and Biz Markie connected for "La di Da Di"  Spliff Star and Busta Rhymes rocking an eye patch covered "The Show"  Dana Dane and Fabolous performed "Hey Young World."  The Ruler even found time to perform his classic "Children's Story" equipped with back up dancers toting pajama's and even a bed.  (Ya'll tucked in?)</p>
<p><a href="http://vinylz.pl/sklep/images/fotowyk/delasoul.jpg"><img class="alignnone" src="http://vinylz.pl/sklep/images/fotowyk/delasoul.jpg" alt="" width="397" height="269" /></a></p>
<p>De La Soul's ceremony was equally dope, the introduction was provided by actors Joy Bryant and Michael Rappaport who even admitted that he named his son after Maceo.  Q-tip set it off performing his verse on "Roller Skating Jam Saturday," and Estelle singing the hook, next up was Cee-Lo with his rendition of "Potholes on My Lawn" followed by the Mighty Mos Def and Chuck D of Public Enemy with "Stakes Is High."  Prince Paul kept it moving behind the wheels,  while EPMD finished up the dedication with "Ego Trip" and then to cap it off De La performed "Me, Myself, and I" and "Buddy" with another appearence from Q-tip to recite his verse on Buddy.</p>
<p><a href="http://blog.mlive.com/entertainment_impact/2008/08/large_080810-isaac-hayes.jpg"><img class="alignnone" src="http://blog.mlive.com/entertainment_impact/2008/08/large_080810-isaac-hayes.jpg" alt="" width="453" height="303" /></a></p>
<p>Isaac Hayes was honored by Scarface performing the Geto Boys Classic "Minds Playing Tricks on Me" which borrowed from "Hung Up on My Baby"  Estelle singing Mary J. Blige "I Love You" which samples "Ikes Mood" then Cee-lo sang Isaac's own "Look of Love" and Mos Def performed "Warning" by Notorious B.I.G. which samples "Walk on by" off of Hot Buttered Soul.</p>
<p><a href="http://image.listen.com/img/356x237/4/6/6/0/750664_356x237.jpg"><img class="alignnone" src="http://image.listen.com/img/356x237/4/6/6/0/750664_356x237.jpg" alt="" width="356" height="237" /></a></p>
<p>Too Short's dedication began with Luke Campbell proclaiming how good Short Dawg said the word bitch, Beeyaatch!  Lil' John, Kid Rock and Bun B went over a few Too Short Tracks, then Scarface came out and performed "The Ghetto"  The Pimp himself came out to the beat of "Gettin It" and with Face they finished Too Shorts dedication off right.</p>
<p><a href="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B000000HIG.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg"><img class="alignnone" src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B000000HIG.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg" alt="" width="455" height="455" /></a></p>
<p>Naughty By Nature was the Final dedication of the evening.  Eve and Tracy Morgan did their Introduction with New Jersey's own Queen Latifah on the help out.  Wyclef began it by playing "No Woman no cry" by Bob Marley which transitioned nicely into "Ghetto Bastard" here Juelz Santana got twisted up in Treach's tricky wordplay and couldn't keep up with the flow but still did his thing no doubt.  "Arm me with Harmony" was uttered by Big Boi from Outkast then it was on, Sir Luscious Leftfoot recovered Naughty's dedication nicely and capped it off with a nice lil' freestyle with Fatha Clef on the Geetar at the end.  Naughty By Nature shut it down coming out to "Uptown Anthem" and "Hip-Hop Hooray" to close the show off nicely and leave me wanting a naughty by nature T-shirt</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Soliciting Heaven]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 06 Oct 2008 21:18:50 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>ieatfireworks</dc:creator>
<guid>http://ieatfireworks.tl.wordpress.com/2008/10/06/soliciting-heaven/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[I want to add the pretext here that I am a Catholic, I was raised in churches and I hope that as lon]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I want to add the pretext here that I am a Catholic, I was raised in churches and I hope that as long as I live a good life I will end up being rewarded for it in the end. I believe in God, heaven, hell, jesus, etc. I could go on, but for lack of time I will state I taught sunday school for several years. It kind of got itself worked in before that, but I had to actually memorize stuff then. The short version is, what I am saying is based off of my own beliefs after spending countless hours in church. This is how I believe things are and you may or may not agree, that is your choice.</p>
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<p>Around the campus today (and several times each semester) there are older men, ranging from about 55 - 75, literally soliciting for Jesus. The run down is this, as you walk the side walks of the campus you will find at every place the pavement crosses and every turn an old man. Some of them standing within only feet of one another. As you walk past each of these men they will try to give you a little green book of psalms. Now as they attempt to give it to you, you have two choices. Choice A, you take the book and say thank you regardless of whether you want it or not. Choice B, you say no thank you and then they say something like "Well, god bless you." or "I'll be praying for you." Religious lines meant for one thing only, to try to give a bit of guilt to someone who did not recieve the bible they were presented with.</p>
<p>They are trying to guilt people into Christianity!</p>
<p>That is ludacris! I don't think I've ever been more outraged then by these men concerning any facet of my faith. I love God and all that the bible stands for, but when I try to nicely reject them they spring that stuff on me. It makes me feel like an ass for telling them to keep their bible because I am secure in my faith and that they should try to give it to someone that either can't afford one, or truly needs the enlightenment. I don't like having this dislike in me, it makes me feel like they are questioning everything about my faith, which I've had to deal with countless times since I moved to Texas. Apparently it isn't ok to be Catholic anymore. I guess I missed something in between the 5 years I was gone from the state.</p>
<p>I don't enjoy hate speech and I am not an atheist, though I don't condemn them either, but this is rediculous in my opinion. Why can't we simply do as we have done for years and allow everyone to choose to believe or not and pray for the ones that don't without having to chastise the faithful. I could go on, but I don't want this to turn into a blog about how much I hate being the customer for someone selling Jesus. I think that sort of cheapens the whole meaning of faith.</p>
<p>That will be my last words on the matter.</p>
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<p>On an up note I have finally gotten the Sunday night game in order, I have made friends with my downstairs neighbor, and I have almost finished work on the revised Game Group Rules. They should be finished from editing in a few days and I should have a prototype up on <a title="The Gamer Boards" href="http://www.thegamerboards.com" target="_blank">The Gamer Boards</a> by Friday hopefully. That means I may be able to get a poster made and framed by game on Sunday. Sounds like a plan to me. ;)</p>
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<p>A new crop of energy and nutrition bars is vying for your attention at the grocery store. The $3 billion industry is growing, becoming more innovative, and serving up tastier bars. Many of these new selections are promising better nutrition tailored for women who are either on the go or need extra nutrients for working out or pregnancy. But are these new bars all they’re cracked up to be? We looked past the slick wrappers and put the new generation of bars to the test.</p>
<p><strong>Craving an on-the-job snack</strong><br />
It’s 3 p.m. You’re at work—and starving. What should you reach for? Well, if answering e-mails or typing a memo has been your most strenuous activity that day, avoid high-calorie bars, advises ADA spokesperson Suzanne Farrell, MS, RD. That means choosing one containing between 150 to 250 calories.</p>
<p>The PowerBar Pria Complete Nutrition bar ($1.49; at most grocery stores) is a good option. With 170 calories and 11 grams of protein, you can get a healthy energy boost that’ll tide you over till dinner. But beware: These bars aren’t substitutes for real food, so they can’t fly solo as a meal.</p>
<p>Best flavor: Top points go to Clif’s Mojo fruit nut crunch bar ($1.29; at REI, Wild Oats, and select natural-foods stores). (Calories 200, Fiber 3g, Protein 10g, Sugars 11g, Sat fat 1g)</p>
<p><strong>Going for more fruit</strong><br />
Made from raw, natural ingredients, the tastiest new finds in the energy-bar aisle are those that taste like, well, real food. The all-organic Nectar bar from Clif ($1.79; at most grocery stores), gives you two servings of fruit, based on the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Guide Pyramid. The LaraBar ($1.69; at Whole Foods Market, Trader Joe’s, and Kroger stores) offers 1.5 servings of fruit in each of its eight flavors, including its newest, Pecan Pie. And the Alpsnack bar ($2.75; at alpsnack.com), also made with whole foods, has a generous dose of heart-healthy omega-3 fatty acids from hemp nuts. These bars are delicious but aren’t perfect, with 14 to 17 grams of sugar in many of them.</p>
<p>Best flavor: Clif’s Nectar bar in lemon, vanilla, and cashew should come with a warning—Caution: This is so good you’re going to want to eat more than one. (Calories 160, Fiber 6g, Protein 4g, Sugars 17g, Sat fat 1g)<br />
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If you’re after sustained energy, a low-glycemic-index (GI) bar may be a good choice, says Steve Hertzler, RD, PhD, an assistant professor at The Ohio State University’s Department of Human Nutrition who has done two studies on energy bars. Because a low-GI bar keeps your blood sugar stable over time, you avoid the sugar high and low you might get from sugary bars. After all, who wants an energy crash 45 minutes into a 10-mile hike or intense workout?</p>
<p>Try a Solo bar ($1.99; at Whole Foods Market and GNC stores), any Balance Gold Bar ($1.39; at grocery stores), or one of PowerBar’s new Nut Naturals bars ($1.49; at grocery stores). All three bars are labeled “low-glycemic index,” because they balance protein, carbohydrates, and fat in a way that gives you a sustained energy release. Anything with a good balance of fat and fiber is going to lower the glycemic-index response, Dorfman explains. In other words, trail mix will work just as well as a fancy bar to give you extended energy.</p>
<p>If you love trail mix but still want the convenience of a bar, try the hefty ProBar ($3; at Whole Foods Market, Wild Oats and REI stores); it packs 15 whole foods, or unprocessed ingredients like fruits and nuts, into its compact 3-ounce package. But nibble the ProBar slowly—with 380 calories, it’s a bona fide meal in itself.</p>
<p>For shorter workouts of 30 to 45 minutes, experts say you should eat for quick energy instead of the slow-release energy that low-GI bars provide; any other good energy bar should do the trick.</p>
<p>Best flavor: Our pick is the ProBar, hands-down. We love the yummy dried blueberries and strawberries, nuts, and carob in the Whole Berry Blast flavor. The sugar is on the high side, but you have a little more leeway if you’re working out hard to burn it off. Keep your saturated fat in check, though—more than 3 grams in any bar (including this one) means you should balance out how much sat fat you’re getting at mealtime. (Calories 380, Fiber 6g, Protein 8g, Sugars 20g, Sat fat 4.5g)</p>
<p><strong>Expecting a baby</strong><br />
Seventy-five percent of pregnant women indulge in food cravings, but only 8 percent reach for something healthy, according to a national survey by Kelton Research. With expectant women in mind, bar makers are introducing products designed to satisfy hunger and offer nutrients that pickles and ice cream simply can’t.</p>
<p>Dorfman recommends the Oh Mama! bar (about $1.50; ohmamabar.com) if you’re looking for an occasional fortified snack. It’s tasty (try the Chocolate Peanut Butter), and the amounts of vitamins and minerals aren’t over the top. That’s important because over-fortification can be a concern for pregnant women who take daily prenatal vitamins; their vitamin A shouldn’t exceed 100 percent of the recommended daily allowance, for example.</p>
<p>Other pregnancy bars such as Mommy Munchies (at Motherhood Maternity and Babies R Us), Bellybar (at grocery stores), and Ensure Healthy Mom (at major grocery stores) give you generous helpings of folic acid and other good-for-your-baby nutrients. Oh Mama!, for instance, has more than 100 milligrams of DHA, an ingredient touted for its contribution to babies’ brain development.</p>
<p>Best flavor: Mommy Munchies’ Cinnamon Bun tastes close enough to the real thing. (Calories 180, Fiber 5g, Protein 12g, Sugars 15g, Sat fat 2.5g)<br />
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Bar exam: Does your bar pass the test?</strong><br />
No matter what your needs, there are a few things to keep in mind when choosing an energy bar. Many are highly fortified, so you could end up with too much of some nutrients like iron and vitamin A. Look for bars with no more than 100 percent of your recommended daily allowance. Whole foods (raw ingredients like fruits and nuts that aren’t processed and have no added sugar) are best, of course. But if you don’t have time to make a peanut butter sandwich, and you want convenience or a boost of protein and vitamins, here’s what to look for—ideally—in any bar:</p>
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<li>High fiber: At least 3 grams</li>
<li>Low saturated fat: Less than 3 grams</li>
<li>Moderate sugar: About 18 grams or less</li>
<li>No trans fats and hydrogenated oils</li>
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<li>I am the deceased spouse and NONE of the above information is correct.<cite>Comment by <a rel="external nofollow" href="http://itshappening.com/">Cherie</a> — October 1, 2008 @ <a href="../2008/10/01/regis-aka-jon-messner-of-itshappeningcom-committed-suicide-by-hanging-walkndude-drove-him-to-suicide-he-was-warned/#comment-1088">1:39 pm</a></cite> &#124; <a title="Edit comment" href="comment.php?action=editcomment&#38;c=1088">Edit This</a></li>
<li> <img class="avatar avatar-walkndude avatar-32" src="http://a.wordpress.com/avatar/walkndude-32.jpg" alt="" width="32" height="32" />First, you are a whore.<br />
Second, You KNOW it’s true.<br />
Third, Where is the ‘old’ site? traitor whore.<br />
Forth, I warned you bit*^.</p>
<p>WalKnDude<br />
*nofear*</p>
<p><cite>Comment by <a rel="external nofollow" href="http://planetnetopia.com/">walkndude</a> — October 1, 2008 @ <a href="../2008/10/01/regis-aka-jon-messner-of-itshappeningcom-committed-suicide-by-hanging-walkndude-drove-him-to-suicide-he-was-warned/#comment-1092">3:43 pm</a></cite> &#124; <a title="Edit comment" href="comment.php?action=editcomment&#38;c=1092">Edit This</a></li>
<li> <img class="avatar avatar-32" src="http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/?s=32&#38;d=monsterid" alt="" width="32" height="32" />walkn DUDEGet a grip.Use your mad Google skillz to find it.<br />
People were advised of the url change for the old board a long time ago.</p>
<p>Casey</p>
<p>And, it’s “No Fe@r”</p>
<p><cite>Comment by Casey — October 4, 2008 @ <a href="../2008/10/01/regis-aka-jon-messner-of-itshappeningcom-committed-suicide-by-hanging-walkndude-drove-him-to-suicide-he-was-warned/#comment-1154">7:23 pm</a></cite> &#124; <a title="Edit comment" href="comment.php?action=editcomment&#38;c=1154">Edit This</a></li>
<li> <img class="avatar avatar-walkndude avatar-32" src="http://a.wordpress.com/avatar/walkndude-32.jpg" alt="" width="32" height="32" />Now that would not help me put you in the grave, now would it.Casey.ya, i know you.<br />
well.</p>
<p>bitch boy.</p>
<p>WalKnDude<br />
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<p>Regis AKA Jon Messner of ItsHappening.com committed suicide by hanging WalKnDude Drove him to suicide He was warned</p>
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<p><!-- start content --><strong>Jon David Messner</strong> (<a title="1957" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1957">1957</a> - <a title="April 8" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/April_8">April 8</a>, <a title="2005" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2005">2005</a>) was an American <a title="Internet pornography" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_pornography">internet pornography</a> entrepreneur who began his own site for amateur wives, <em>The Wetlands</em>, by convincing his wife, Cherie Monroe, to pose nude.</p>
<p>He is known for hijacking the radical <a title="Islamism" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islamism">Islamist</a> news site <a title="Alneda" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alneda">Alneda</a>, which was one of many sites used by <a title="Al-Qaeda" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al-Qaeda">Al-Qaeda</a> to spread its message. As a result of this, Messner was a guest speaker at the <a title="National Defense University" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Defense_University">National Defense University</a> in April 2003.</p>
<p>Messner committed suicide by hanging after battling <a title="Cancer" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cancer">cancer</a> for three years.<sup class="noprint Template-Fact"><span style="white-space:nowrap;" title="This claim needs references to reliable sources since April 2008">[<em><a title="Citation needed" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed">citation needed</a></em>]</span></sup></p>
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<h3><span style="color:#ff0000;"><span class="style41">Here are the real MONSTERS OF THIS HALLOWEEN 2008</span></span></h3>
<h3><span style="color:#ff0000;"><span class="style41">Warns that a panic atmosphere is intentionally being nurtured to get bill passed </span></span></h3>
<p align="left"><strong><a href="http://infowars.net/articles/october2008/031008Sherman.htm">Steve Watson<br />
</a></strong><strong><a href="http://infowars.net/articles/october2008/031008Sherman.htm">October 3, 2008</a></strong></p>
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<p align="left">A Democratic Congressman has warned that a panic atmosphere is being intentionally created in order to get the financial bailout billed passed, further stating that several members of Congress were told before Monday’s vote that martial law will be instigated in America if the legislation fails.</p>
<p align="left">Congressman Brad Sherman of California’s 27th congressional district told the House in a speech yesterday evening that he personally knew of several Congressional representatives who have said they were threatened with the prospect of all out martial law should they vote in opposition to the $700 billion bailout.</p>
<p align="left">Sherman essentially intimated that powerful forces who want the bill passed have attempted to blackmail elected representatives.</p>
<p align="left">"The only way they can pass this bill is by creating and sustaining a panic atmosphere. That atmosphere is not justified." Sherman stated.</p>
<p align="left">"Many of us were told in private conversations that if we voted against this bill on Monday that the sky would fall, the market would drop two or three thousand points the first day, another couple of thousand the second day, and <span style="color:#ff0000;"><strong>a few members were even told that there would be martial law in America if we voted no</strong>.</span>" The Congressman continued.</p>
<p align="left">"That’s what I call fear mongering. Unjustified. Proven wrong. We’ve got a week, we’ve got two weeks to write a good bill. The only way to pass a bad bill is to keep the panic pressure on." Sherman urged.</p>
<p align="left">Watch Rep. Sherman speaking in the House yesterday:<br />
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<p align="left">Watch Rep. Sherman’s full speech at <a href="http://www.c-spanarchives.org/flash/player-time.html?start=2008-10-02%2020:06:57&#38;stop=2008-10-02%2020:18:45&#38;net=1"><strong>CSPAN</strong></a>.</p>
<p align="left">Sherman has been a member of the House of Representatives since 1997 and also serves on the Committee on Financial Services along with Texas Congressman Ron Paul.</p>
<p align="left">On the Eve of a second Congressional vote on the legislation, these revelations show that freedom in America is under direct attack. The Congress should instigate an immediate investigation into these serious allegations to uncover which private individuals and administration officials, if any, are involved with directly threatening a military takeover of the workings of the U.S. government.</p>
<p align="left">Sherman’s comments follow those of Rep. Michael Burgess (R-TX), who <a href="http://www.prisonplanet.com/congresswoman-criminal-insiders-behind-bailout-bill.html"><strong>warned Monday</strong></a> that the only information he had received about the bailout was what talking points to use on the American people and that he had been thrown out of meetings for not blindly supporting the bill.</p>
<p align="left">Ominously, Burgess also commented, “Mr. Speaker I understand we are under Martial Law as declared by the speaker last night.”</p>
<p align="left">Rep. Burgess appeared on the Alex Jones show earlier this week to discuss his comments. Subscribers, listen <a href="http://prisonplanet.tv/members/livetv/LiveTV_Archive2.php?id=20080929_Mon_Alex"><strong>here</strong></a>.</p>
<p align="left">However, it must be stressed that the definition of martial law that Congressman Sherman is referring to is the full blown military suspension of the normal administration of justice, while rep. Burgess was referring to the temporary suspension of the rules and procedures of Congress by its leaders so that a bill can be passed quickly.</p>
<p align="left">Sherman’s allegations of threats against elected representatives have also been echoed by outspoken political activist <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O59bKQ35vJc&#38;eurl=http://www.wariscrime.com/2008/10/03/news/rep-michael-burgess-martial-law-false-alarm-yet/"><strong>Lyndon LaRouche</strong></a> who told an audience "There are those in high positions who know that if they don’t allow this bill to pass, that there are people behind the Bush Administration who will force them to pass it or kill them…". LaRouche stated that well placed sources had told him that the use of armed troops to enforce the passage of the bill is "reality".</p>
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<p align="left">So get ready Inflation will rise astronomically!! jobs will dissappear, no money available, no credit available.  What do you think these Evil has done?  They created this willingfully and illegally and idiot Bush passed it by the end of a gun!  BANG!</p>
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<p>I don't want to "again"                  post the Executive Orders that were created                  by John F. Kennedy, and passed into law by our other Catholic                  president, <a href="http://www.remnantofgod.org/images/clintoncommunion.jpg" target="_blank">William J. Clinton</a>. But for a quick run down this                  is what they entail. (If you want to see them, <a href="http://www.remnantofgod.org/archives/week05-08.htm#3" target="_blank">click                  here</a>) These executive orders declare that the United States                  Government can, and will seize all communications media, electric                  power, fuels, minerals, food supplies, farmland, farm equipment,                  personal cars, trucks, motorcycles, boats, highways, seaports,                  water ways, health services, educational services, welfare services,                  postal services, banks, housing, railroads, and storage facilities.                  They will also round up as many American citizens as they wish                  for unpaid work forces under federal supervision and even split up                  families if they please. These laws are on the books as we speak.</p>
<p>What do you suppose will grant them                  the legal right do such things? Read Executive Order # 11501 which                  was placed under the list of orders I just summarized above.                  (By the way. This is happening in all countries. I am only reporting                  on the USA agenda)</p>
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<p>This is why we see our economy                  failing. They need it to collapse so they can enforce the Executive                  Orders. Or in laymen's terms, enact martial law. Without it,                  the mark of Rome will remain forever out of reach. This is the exact same type                  of stranglehold Hitler had on his nation and the Jews before,                  what that Roman Catholic pawn termed,                  "a purifying of the races" began. This resulted in                   over                  six million dead.</p>
<p>These Executive Orders were put in place for a reason.                  When these laws were announced back in 1996 the economy was booming, and as sheeple                  usually do, they follow along with the herd thinking all is well. But in less then 12 years of passing these                  unjust  laws,                  we now see the economy going from good to worse right before                  our eyes. What's worse is those of us that research this know                  all of it could have been avoided by simply blowing the whistle                  on the men that caused it all. This is not something that happened                  by chance. This was purposely planned.                  But then that would mean we would be able to stop the prophecied                  end result now wouldn't it? I am pleased to say, that won't happen! Our God is                  very capable of exposing such an agenda with crystal clarity                  long before that day arrives. This is "one" of the                  reasons the enemy of souls is so focused on ridding the earth                  of real Christians as Revelation prophecies.</p>
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<p>Not only do we expose Satan's                  lies by keeping <a href="http://www.remnantofgod.org/The-Law.htm" target="_blank">the                  Law of God</a> as prophecy said in the last book of the bible                  true Christians will be doing right before the end. But it also                  declares we have the "testimony of Jesus Christ."                  What is that you ask?</p>
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<p>The true Christians understand                  prophecy with uncanny ability because we have drawn nigh to                  Christ by worship, study, and obedience. We know today,                  what the Vatican is planning tomorrow, and that get's their                  blood up. Usually we are just tagged "a cult" but                  the truth is, the REAL cult is the Roman Catholic church. <a href="http://www.remnantofgod.org/6SIGNS.htm" target="_blank">Every                  sign attributed to a cult has been documented in  this                  church</a> yet most with                  power ignore this because of her political prowess. Since most                  people don't read or trust Bibles, thanks mostly to the <a href="http://www.remnantofgod.org/B-BIBLES.HTM" target="_blank">Vatican's                  attack on the Word of God</a>,                  they are none the wiser. So the Vatican plays the moral card                  and they all believe it.</p>
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<li>Revelation 13:3-4, "... <span style="text-decoration:underline;">all the world  wondered after the beast. ...<span style="text-decoration:underline;">Who is like  unto the beast? <span style="text-decoration:underline;">who is able to make war with him?" ."</span></span></span></li>
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<p>So yes, they will do as they plan                  because it is prophecied to occur. These laws will help in forcing most                  of the world to follow Satan over Christ. Most of what                  the Executive Orders speak of won't be long lived in that they                  will try to make society appear as if it's moving along as normal. A                  false sense of security works wonders on large scales like this.                  Truth is, the bulk of the unjust laws will be focused on God's people                  anyway. The wicked                  won't realize much of what we see because of their prophecied                  blindness, as well as their willingness to accept the mark of                  the Roman beast. They will literally be "walking dead." Without                  drawing nigh to Christ by studying His Word each day, they will                  be very easy prey.</p>
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<li>Amos 8:11, "Behold, the days come, saith the Lord                      GOD, that <span style="text-decoration:underline;">I will send a famine in the land, not a famine                      of bread, nor a thirst for water, but of hearing the words                      of the LORD:"</span></li>
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<p>Only those that understand prophecy will be wise to                  all that's happening. The rest will be pawns in the hands of Satan,                  who will convince them to do all they can against us to ensure their livelihood                  is kept intact. Nice thing about being a Christian is that                  we can handle such trials with smiles. We have been trained                  by the Master. Jesus has already overcome                  the world and educated us on that fact. Our duty is to recruit as many for Heaven as we can.                  So even as Rome was unable to stop the forward flow of the Gospel                  in her first prophecied hellish reign by killing hundreds of                  millions, they will still be unsuccessful in their final reign                  thanks to <a href="http://www.remnantofgod.org/latter-rain.htm" target="_blank">the                  Latter Rain</a> falling more                  abundantly.</p>
<p>Many false preachers are proclaiming <a href="http://www.remnantofgod.org/7yr-trib.htm" target="_blank">a seven year tribulation</a>,                  or <a href="http://www.remnantofgod.org/1000yr.htm" target="_blank">1000 years</a> of peace for their flocks. They will easily                  be deceived                  into a false sense of security by clamoring to the preachers                  that tickle their ears. But the Loud Cry we proclaim                  that brings their sins to the forefront, which in turn causes                  us to become a threat to Rome's agenda, will <span style="text-decoration:underline;">still cut some hearts for Christ. Yes, some of us Christians will have                  a hard row to hoe, but it's so worth it. And again, the wicked                  may not even be aware how bad it is, because Jesus plainly said...</span></p>
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<li>Matthew 24:37-39, "But as the days of Noe were,                      so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.  For                      as in the days that were before the flood <span style="text-decoration:underline;">they were eating                      and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the                      day that Noe entered into the ark,  And knew not until                      the flood came, and took them all away; so shall also the                      coming of the Son of man be."</span></li>
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<p>Life won't change much for them. In Noah's                  day before the floods came they were doing as they did                  every other day of their lives without a care in the world.                  But like back then, today when the wicked proclaim, "...Peace and safety; then sudden                  destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child;                  and they shall not escape." <em>-1 Thessalonians 5:3</em></p>
<p>Until the <a href="http://www.remnantofgod.org/7plagues.htm" target="_blank">seventh plague</a> comes, most of the wicked won't                  be aware of the prophetic changes all around them. Scientists and false preachers                  have already been making up bogus scientific excuses for climatic                  changes and strange disasters already. And yes, the majority                  are falling for their lies as if they are Gospel truth. So no, they won't realize the changes                  in their day to day lives. However, our lives will change for                  the better  that great and dreadful day...</p>
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<li>1 Corinthians 15:51-58, "Behold, I shew you a mystery;                      We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed,  In                      a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump:                      for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised                      incorruptible, and we shall be changed.  For this corruptible                      must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality.                       So when this corruptible shall have put on incorruption,                      and this mortal shall have put on immortality, then shall                      be brought to pass the saying that is written, Death is                      swallowed up in victory.  O death, where is thy sting?                      O grave, where is thy victory?  The sting of death                      is sin; and the strength of sin is the law.  But thanks                      be to God, which giveth us the victory through our Lord                      Jesus Christ.  Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye                      stedfast, unmoveable, always abounding in the work of the                      Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labour is not in vain                      in the Lord."</li>
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<p>Its NOT God that causes BAD things to happen - but humans themselves.</p>
<p>America has turned away from God.<br />
America was once a great nation - with many blessings.<br />
America kicked God out of its school<br />
Americans murdered their own babies<br />
Agreed to every evil that is an abomination to God.</p>
<p>WHO ABANDONED  WHO ?<br />
Look around you, what do you see - GREED - CORRUPTION - FILTH - and every fowl thing.<br />
See what is causing this plus how we really are from our creators eyes.</p>
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<h3><span style="font-size:xx-small;"><a title="17" name="17"></a>5:17</span><span style="color:#990000;">Ye shall not think,<sub>{Think not}</sub> that I am come to disannul<sub>{destroy}</sub> the law, other the prophets: no I am not come to disannul<sub>{destroy}</sub> them, but to fulfil them.</span><span style="font-size:xx-small;"><a title="18" name="18"></a>5:18</span><span style="color:#990000;">For truly I say unto you, till heaven and earth perish, one jot, or one tittle of the law shall not scape, till all be fulfilled.</span><span style="font-size:xx-small;"><a title="19" name="19"></a>5:19</span><span style="color:#990000;">Whosoever breaketh one of these least commandments, and teacheth men so, he shall be called the least in the kingdom of heaven. But whosoever shall observe<sub>{observeth}</sub> and teach them,<sub>{teacheth}</sub> that person<sub>{the same}</sub> shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven.</span><span style="font-size:xx-small;"><a title="20" name="20"></a>5:20</span><span style="color:#990000;">For I say unto you except your righteousness exceed the righteousness of the scribes and pharisees, ye cannot enter into the kingdom of heaven.</span></h3>
<p><em><strong>I</strong></em><em><strong>f any nation comes to accept the ten commandments as the unchanging moral standard regulating the moral conduct of all men, what an awesome change will happen in that nation.</strong></em> If you ignore these standards of God your on a road of self destruction. God will judge those who violate these laws, and those who degrade them or demeaning their value in anyway. You will be judged by all mighty God who is just.<br />
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</span></strong><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial;color:black;"> “The Club [of Rome] had its beginnings in April of 1968, when leaders from ten different countries gathered in Rome…<strong>The organization claims to have the solutions for world peace and prosperity.</strong>..The Club of Rome has been charged with the task of overseeing the regionalizaton and <strong>unification of the entire world</strong>… </span>
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<p class="date">Reposted on 10-3-2008 by Scott Bailey</p>
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<hr /><strong><span style="font-size:medium;color:#800040;">A</span></strong><span style="font-size:small;">s a young minister, I once made the “mistake” of closing a Wednesday evening service without extending a public invitation.</span><span style="font-size:xx-small;color:#000000;"><sup>1</sup></span><span style="font-size:small;"> Early the next morning, an irate husband came to my office. For the first time in years, his unsaved wife had come with him to church. “If you had only given an invitation,” he angrily explained, “she would have gone down the aisle.”</span><span style="font-size:small;">I explained that if the seed of God’s Word had been planted in her, then she would come to faith. Then she could “go down the aisle” on Sunday and share what God had done. My explanation fell on deaf ears. I had missed the opportune time, and if she never came to Christ, I would have to bear her damnation on my conscience for eternity, he retorted. </p>
<p>In the ensuing months, God granted me many opportunities to speak personally with this lady about her spiritual condition. Not only was it obvious that she was not under conviction of sin; but she had little real understanding of the gospel. Through our conversations, she came to see her sin and real conviction made her life miserable. One morning she called and said, “I’ve finally come to Jesus. Now I understand what you’ve been talking about.”</p>
<p><font size="3">This experience, and many similar that followed, led me to reexamine my views of the invitation system that I had always assumed were as much a part of the gospel as the death and resurrection of Jesus. My involvement with a Christian college ministry, attendance at a number of schools of evangelism, and my denominational traditions had led me to see the public invitation as vital to evangelism. Studying the Scriptures and the history of preaching and revivals began to lead me to a different conclusion. But the process of laying aside something that was so “normal” to me was a great emotional struggle. I needed to know that the dangers of such a system outweighed the benefits that everyone claimed.</p>
<p></font></span><span style="font-size:xx-small;color:#000000;"><sup>2</sup></span><span style="font-size:small;"> I needed to know that I could still be evangelistic without extending a public altar call. I needed to see a better way.</span><span style="font-size:small;">It is my hope that this article will help you in these areas. To do a thorough analysis of the system and its history is far beyond the scope of this undertaking. But perhaps as we examine this issue, we can see the dangers inherent in this system and chart a course for a better way.As we begin, one thing must be made thoroughly clear. I am not advocating that we not invite people to come to Christ. The invitation to come to Christ is one that we are called to make. Should we shrink back from such a call, we would be rightly accused of being “ashamed of the gospel of Christ.” Thus we should do everything possible to be more proficient in extending God’s great invitation to come to Christ.</p>
<p>However, God’s invitation that must be extended to all is not synonymous with man’s invitation system. Only since the 1800s has this system been employed to bring men to Christ.<span style="font-size:xx-small;color:#000000;"><sup>3</sup></span><span style="font-size:small;"> Since that time, this system has been refined and employed to such an extent that many today equate “coming to faith” with “coming down the aisle.” Such an equation is not only inaccurate; it is dangerous because it deceives many into resting their faith on a “profession” rather than on Christ, who alone is “able to save to the uttermost” (cf. Heb. 7:25).</span></p>
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<p></font></span></strong><span style="font-size:small;">Evangelists often seek biblical support for this practice in a number of passages. One evangelist says, “Christ always called people publicly, and this statement is confirmed by texts such as ‘Follow Me,’ or ‘Whosoever shall confess Me before men, him will I confess before My Father which is in heaven.’”<sup>4</sup> But to conclude that Jesus gave altar calls on the basis of those passages is to fail to be honest with the text. No doubt Jesus called men to Himself. But do we see any example where He (or the apostles, for that matter) appealed for people to “come forward” as either a testimony to their decision or as an act of accepting Him?</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:small;">Furthermore, what is Jesus calling these to? Is it merely to make a “one time” decision about Him, or to follow Him all their lives? The invitation system gives the impression that the former is Jesus’ intent. And what about “confessing Him before men”? Is Jesus saying that by a single act of confession one becomes a believer? Or is He teaching that one mark of true faith is a life that continually confesses Him? Again, the invitation system leads many to trust their eternal destination to confidence in a “confession,” though they openly live in rebellion to Him throughout their lives.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:small;">In summary, many passages show that Jesus and the apostles called men to repentance and faith. But no passage indicates that either used any form of “invitation system” in bringing them to faith or in confirming their faith.<sup>5</sup></span></p>
<p><strong><em><span style="font-size:small;">2)</span><em><span style="font-size:small;"> <strong><span style="text-decoration:underline;">The danger of eliciting an emotional response based upon the personality of the speaker or the persuasion of the appeal</span></strong></span></em></em></strong><span style="font-size:small;">In Mark 4, Jesus portrays four types of hearers of God’s Word by using the parable of the soils. In the second soil, Jesus describes those who, “when they hear the word, immediately receive it with gladness.” But, Jesus cautions, “they have no root in themselves, and so endure only for a time.” Jesus knew the reality of being heard by crowds who had no desire to truly follow Him.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:small;">While this psychological element ought to be reason for concern and caution in using the invitation system, proponents actually argue that this element is all the more reason to extend an appeal for a public decision. Billy Graham teaches that the pressure brought upon the human soul is so great that an emotional outlet must be given. He argues:</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:small;">Evangelist George Sweazey agrees: “To stir people religiously without giving them anything they can do about it leaves them far worse off than they were before.”<sup>7</sup>In reality, most psychologists would agree with Graham’s assessment of the psychological pressure of the appeal, but would conclude that the response to his call is largely the result of this psychological pressure. One psychologist, George Target, gives such an assessment:</p>
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<blockquote><p><span style="font-size:small;">All present are told to pray, instructed to close their eyes and bow the head, and the form of the words is the auto-suggestive one that hundreds of others are already going forward, finding happiness, peace, love, God. … The counselors planted all over the audience make the first few moves, create the sense that the statement is true even when it very often is not. … It might all be true, there might be some nameless peace down there with all the others. The tension screws to the breaking point and beyond. The wonder is that so few actually obey.<sup>8</sup>In his book, <span style="text-decoration:underline;">Preaching and Preachers.</span> D. Martyn Lloyd-Jones cites an example in which the invitation appeal given by an evangelist was, by program necessity, separated from the message by a half-hour of hymn singing. In explanation of the disappointingly small response to his appeal, the evangelist stated that the effect of his appeal was diminished by the half-hour of hymn singing. Lloyd-Jones observes that the evangelist’s “admitting that half an hour of hymn singing can do away with the effect of a sermon… is a striking illustration of the fact that direct pressure on the will can produce ‘results.’”<sup>9</sup></p>
<p>Lewis Sperry Chafer, a well-known evangelist and one of the founders of Dallas Theological Seminary, used the invitation system until he saw the inherent dangers:</p>
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<blockquote><p><span style="font-size:small;">Because of satanic blindness to the gospel of grace (2 Cor. 4:34), unregenerate man cannot comprehend the true basis of salvation, and is therefore ever prone to do the best he knows. This is to attempt to work out his own standing before God by his own efforts. It is this natural tendency to do something of merit that prompts many to respond to the evangelist’s appeal. … A leader with a commanding personality (and every successful evangelist must possess that characteristic in the extreme) may secure the public action of many, when the issue is made one of religious merit through some public act.<sup>10</sup><font size="3"> </p>
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<p><span style="font-size:small;">To make matters worse, many go away from the “altar,” told that they are now Christians, knowing that they are not changed one bit. As a result, their unbelief may harden into skepticism toward anything Christian. R. L. Dabney notes:</p>
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<blockquote><p>They feel that a cruel trick has been played upon their inexperience by the ministers and friends of Christianity in thus thrusting them, in the hour of their confusion, into false positions…. How natural to conclude that those [experiences of conversion] of all others are delusions also? They say: “The only difference between myself and these earnest Christians is that they have not yet detected the cheat as I have.”<sup>11</sup> The extension of an appeal for public decision may result in a purely psychological response that provides a catharsis for the emotional pressure of the sermon. Such persons falsely assume that their action has made them right with God. In others, it may drive them further into skepticism and doubt about the reality of the conversion of anyone. Such dangers ought to alarm every person sincerely concerned about the salvation of lost souls.</p></blockquote>
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<p><strong><em>3) <span style="text-decoration:underline;">The danger of confusing the “coming forward” with salvation</span></em></strong><strong><em> </p>
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<p><span style="font-size:small;">But examination of the invitation used by Graham shows just how confusing the system is. Keep in mind that Graham has already noted that the coming forward is a “testimony of an inward experience that you have had with Christ.” When is the person converted? Why are they coming?<font size="3"> </p>
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<blockquote><p><span style="font-size:small;">I’m going to ask you to come forward. Up there - down there - I want you to come. You come right now - quickly. If you are here with friend