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Topic: Unmitigated Gaul. Great opinion piece.
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Kindgo's Tom Marsland says quote:
Frankly, I'd like to believe in man's goodness, but don't. As attractive as the idea appears, there is no evidence of it when history's record is accessed.
I respectfully disagree. In our daily lives, man does many good things, but man also does bad things. There are some men who try hard to be good, and some men who try hard to be bad. But in everyone there is some good and some bad.
God bless, ![[Cross]](graemlins/cross.gif) BORN AGAIN
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The LORD is not that interested in Rome. The Bible is mostly about Israel, and about the Gentile empires which have trampled on her land and about the future of Israel. Rome was just ONE of the Gentile empires, and is NOT being singled out for the cup of the wrath.
For if that were the case, then Assyria, Babylon, Medo-Persia, and Greece should also be singled out, because Rome was NOT more harmful to Israel than those other empires were. The Bible is about Israel, NOT about Rome.
God bless, BORN AGAIN
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Rome and everyone that is reigned over by Rome is in danger, because the cup is in the ***** 's hands but she is sharing that cup of wine with quite a few people, so when Rome's day comes the day of many places will come too. Jeremiah25.
The Roman worship revolves around a woman, a woman that God did exalt for a minute, but soon she'll be silenced permanently. The most High shares his glory with nobody. Towards the froward he shows himself unsavourly.
Many Saints will sing to mock Babylon when she falls ... ![[Big Clap]](graemlins/clap2.gif) ![[Smile]](graemlins/youpi.gif)
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"... Behold, the days come, saith the Lord, that I will raise unto David a righteous Branch, and a King shall reign and prosper, and shall execute Judgement and Justice in the Earth. In his days Judah shall be saved, and Israel shall dwell safely: and this is his name whereby he shall be called, THE LORD OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS. Therefore, behold, the days come, saith the Lord, that they shall no more say, The Lord lives, which brought up the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt; but, The Lord lives, which brought up and which led the seed of the house of Israel out of the North country, and from all countries where I had driven them; and they shall dwell in their own land ..." - Jeremiah 23 [Closeby : Rapture]
"And you, Solomon my son, know you the God of your father, and serve him with a perfect heart and with a willing mind: for the Lord searches all hearts, and understands all the imaginations of the thoughts: if you seek him, he will be found of you; but if you forsake him, he will cast you off forever." - King David, Chronicles 28:9
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http://newsmax.com/archives/article...10/135132.shtml
Unmitigated Gaul – Europe Dares to Question God's Value!
Tom Marsland
Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2003
European conservatives (apparently they exist, though perhaps in hiding) wanted the European Union’s first constitution to mention God by name and define European values as including "those who believe in God as the source of truth, justice, good and beauty."
They face overwhelming opposition, and further, it looks as if it's not going to happen. This is all the product of a 13-member panel's drafting of the charter's first six articles, dealing with Europe's fundamental values and powers.
Europe's past moral greatness is now a mere memory. It's hard to believe our continental cousins were once immortalized in these words by Anglo-French historian Hilaire Belloc: "Europe is the faith and the faith is Europe."
As if to punctuate this arduous loss, Jan Zahradil, a Czech parliamentarian, said mentioning God in any EU charter was "a stupid idea [that] will only provoke disagreements. There should be no direct link to religion at all."
Cross the big pond and you now discover a fully transitioned post-Christian, secular society. Just as it is here in virtually all of our government-funded institutions, European Christianity has been supplanted with the aforementioned leftist religion du jour, “secular humanism.”
'Secular' is an adjective meaning “concerning those not members of the clergy.” 'Humanism' is a noun meaning 'an outlook or philosophy that advocates human rather than religious values.' In essence, man has replaced God as the center of attention. The former elevation of a holy and just Creator has been exchanged for the praise and exoneration of enlightened man.
It is my contention that man is a lousy substitute for God. One has little need to adhere to the tenets of formal religion to see that 'man' is clearly guilty of a fallen nature. The 'essential goodness of man' to which humanists refer appears to be a cruel and sarcastic oxymoron foisted upon humanity by self-loathing 18th century, primarily French philosophers.
Honestly, I have no idea how you, the reader, view God. I embrace the traditional, as found in the Bible. The Bible's earliest text dates back nearly four millennia and is still the most widely accepted document postulating God's view of law.
Around 1300 B.C., Moses hiked off Mt. Sinai with ten commandments in hand, written in stone on two tablets. The law ascribed in those immortal words is the basis for all Western justice to this day.
The first and third commandments are daunting ... kind of a 'do it or else' quality in the writing. Paraphrased, they read (1) "Thou shalt have no other gods before me" and (3) "Don't you dare let anything replace me as God."
Yes, Europe now questions God's relevance. If I were Europe, I'd be far more concerned about God questioning my relevance.
Eighteenth century hellfire-and-brimstone preacher Jonathon Edwards preached his trademark sermon, “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God.” He stated that God is “just,” meaning that He can tolerate only so much sin, and turning away from Him before His perfection forces His hand in perfect judgment. This means little in the way of good news for man, given our fallen state.
That was not very 'enlightened' of Reverend John, was it? NO, and that's because he lived just prior to the era of 'French enlightenment.' Humanism from its roots has posited the notion of man's essential goodness. This is in direct contravention to our Judeo-Christian roots – roots that affirm man's fallen nature, that we're born into sin, not goodness.
Frankly, I'd like to believe in man's goodness, but don't. As attractive as the idea appears, there is no evidence of it when history's record is accessed.
The abbreviated list of secular humanist failures in the past century have included the former USSR, Communist China, Hitler's National Socialism, Castro's Cuba, Central American communism, Japanese imperialism and Mussolini's Italian fascism.
Europe begat the modern-day humanist movement at the very same time we were founding a nation on godly principles. That is why we are superior ... and yes, we are.
Europe is now first hog at the secular humanist trough, with little appetite for our Creator. If I lived in Europe, I believe I'd duck every time I heard thunder and lightning strike.
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Kindgo
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