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		<title>Fourth Commandment: REMEMBER the Sabbath Day</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Religions have been leading Christians astray for centuries. I encourage those who love God and Jesus to read their Bibles and determine when exactly the Sabbath is and also what day Jesus was crucified on and on what day he arose. Many will be extremely surprised. Have you ever wondered why the commandment is to [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=bytheirfruits.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4843348&amp;post=130&amp;subd=bytheirfruits&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Religions have been leading Christians astray for centuries. I encourage those who love God and Jesus to read their Bibles and determine when exactly the Sabbath is and also what day Jesus was crucified on and on what day he arose. Many will be extremely surprised.</p>
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<p style="text-align:center;"><strong>Have you ever wondered why the commandment<br />
is to REMEMBER the Sabbath Day to Keep it Holy? </strong></p>
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<div id="attachment_133" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 310px"><a href="http://www.rapturechrist.com/did_christ_die_on_friday.htm"><img class="size-medium wp-image-133 " title="christ supper" src="http://bytheirfruits.files.wordpress.com/2011/07/christ_supper.jpg?w=300&#038;h=177" alt="Last Supper of Christ" width="300" height="177" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Click this Image for an excellent Timeline</p></div>
<p>I offer these links for your assistance in locating the appropriate verses:</p>
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<li>Restored Church of God videos: <a title="28 minute video on the true Sabbath and why churches worship on Sunday" href="http://www.worldtocome.org/player.html#!Item=558743,1">The Sabbath</a> and <a title="Second part about the true Sabbath" href="http://www.worldtocome.org/player.html#!Subject=72">The Sabbath Command</a></li>
<li><a title="Excellent timeline here" href="http://www.rapturechrist.com/did_christ_die_on_friday.htm">Did Christ Die on Friday?</a></li>
<li>Tomorrow&#8217;s World: <a title="&quot;And IN VAIN they worship Me, teaching as doctrines the commandments of men'&quot; (Mark 7:6-7). &quot;" href="http://www.tomorrowsworld.org/booklets/which-day-is-the-christian-sabbath">Which Day is the Christian Sabbath</a></li>
<li>The Sin of Breaking the <a title="Extensive study about the Sabbath Day" href="http://www.logosapostolic.org/bible_study/RP208-SabbathDayCommandment.htm?gclid=CKCk-4mVqqoCFaWG5godIDSOWQ">Sabbath Day Commandment</a> - See in particular the section on the <a title="References Bible passages indicating which feast days were involved and what day of the week they fell on" href="http://www.logosapostolic.org/bible_study/RP208-2DeathBurialResurrection.htm">Death, Burial and Resurrection of Jesus</a></li>
<li><a title="The Bible Sabbath Frequently Asked Questions about the Sabbath" href="http://www.the-bible-sabbath.com/sabbath-questions-answered.html">Sabbath Questions Answered</a></li>
<li><a title="Entire site about the Sabbath" href="http://www.whatdayisthesabbath.net/index.htm">What Day is the Sabbath?</a></li>
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		<title>Science Trying to Play God is Destroying Us</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Incredibly ignorant people have already done so much damage to the earth, our health, and the delicate balance of nature that IMHO it is already too late for mankind to do anything to correct what we have done. Foolish folk believe science can genetically modify foods and alter weather and not destroy us all. Silly notion. Their [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=bytheirfruits.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4843348&amp;post=111&amp;subd=bytheirfruits&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Incredibly ignorant people have already done so much damage to the earth, our health, and the delicate balance of nature that <a title="IMHO means In My Humble Opinion" href="http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/IMHO">IMHO</a> it is already too late for mankind to do anything to correct what we have done.</p>
<p>Foolish folk believe science can <a title="Click to watch this video about the dangers of genetically modified food" href="http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=4147551008386395793">genetically modify foods</a> and <a title="Click this link to read How the US military has developed advanced capabilities that enable it selectively to alter weather patterns." href="http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&amp;aid=7561">alter weather</a> and not destroy us all. Silly notion. Their egos lead them to believe they are God and can do anything HE can do in spite of the fact that they have never created anything out of pure energy. That they can grow life from life that already exists proves nothing.</p>
<p>They believe they can alter nature, kill most of us off through intentional <a title="One of many videos explaining the plans of the New World Order (NWO), World Health Organization (WHO) and others" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XGT_Iy1ow-U&amp;feature=related">depopulation</a>, and then restore the health of the planet.</p>
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<p style="text-align:center;"><strong>THEY ARE WRONG!!!</strong></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><strong>Get right with God. </strong><br />
<strong>Focus on developing your<br />
personal relationship with Jesus. </strong><br />
<strong>Time is short.</strong></p>
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<p style="text-align:left;">Monsanto, the company that developed <a title="History of Monsanto" href="http://unclesamscloset.blogspot.com/2011/04/history-of-monsanto-major-profiteer-of.html">Agent Orange</a> &#8211; a chemical that left a legacy of miscarriages, deformed children and devastating health issues &#8211; is one of numerous corporations that are genetically altering our foods by intentionally adding toxins into the food which we then eat. Apparently that seems like a good idea to them.</p>
<p style="text-align:left;">Many are actively objecting and trying to force companies that package food to label food these Genetically Modified Organisms (GMO) so that they can avoid them. Some are calling these <a title="Read more on both sides of this issue" href="http://www.frankenfoods.org/">Frankenfoods</a>.</p>
<p style="text-align:left;">Even worse, they have created a <a title="More on the Terminator Gene" href="http://farmwars.info/?p=845">Terminator Gene</a> that keeps plants from reproducing. The purpose of this gene is to prevent farmers from saving seeds to plant in subsequent years. The danger is that this trait could cross over to other plant species &#8211; basically sterilizing the plants so that after the current year there can be no more plants grown from seeds for that type of plant. How many plant species can we afford to lose before mass starvation ensues?</p>
<p style="text-align:left;">Farmers who do NOT buy or plant GMO seed are being <a title="Farmers have been ordered to pay Monsanto because their fields were contaminated! " href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Goliath_and_David:_Monsanto%27s_Legal_Battles_against_Farmers">sued by Monsanto</a> because their crops are being contaminated. There is no way they can prevent the natural spread by the wind or birds from the fields of other farmers, yet they are being held responsible by the courts and ordered to actually pay Monsanto for damage done to themselves. Now organic <a title="Info about Organic Farmers suing Monsanto " href="http://www.foodmatters.tv/_webapp_448803/Organic_Farmers_Sue_Monsanto_Over_GMO_Seed">farmers are suing Monsanto</a> hoping to survive what they call &#8220;Monsanto&#8217;s predatory practices&#8221;.</p>
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<p style="text-align:center;"><span style="color:#ff0000;"><strong>WE ALL NEED TO KNOW ABOUT THE <a title="    Have you seen anything on social media about how this     Food Safety Law can be used to make gardening illegal?      Today it is clear to me how effectively what we see – and     more importantly – DO NOT SEE – is already being controlled. " href="http://www.growmap.com/food-rights/">FOOD RIGHTS</a> ISSUES!</strong></span></p>
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<p style="text-align:left;">Most people trust government, churches who are not living by Biblical principles (or even contradict them), big brands and major corporations in spite of overwhelming evidence of their wrongdoing. Pray to determine what God wishes you to do. If you do not have a personal relationship with Jesus make that your highest priority. Nothing else you can do is likely to make a big difference in the eventual outcome.</p>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have met many exceptionally gifted musicians who perform at New Thought churches affiliated with The Church of Religious Science aka Science of Mind based upon the writings of Ernest Holmes. Those churches attract thinkers and musicians; however, the New Thought philosophies attempt to leave out the importance of Jesus and often replaces references to [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=bytheirfruits.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4843348&amp;post=87&amp;subd=bytheirfruits&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I have met many exceptionally gifted musicians who perform at New Thought churches affiliated with The Church of Religious Science aka Science of Mind based upon the writings of Ernest Holmes.</p>
<p>Those churches attract thinkers and musicians; however, the <strong>New Thought philosophies attempt to leave out the importance of Jesus</strong> and often replaces references to God with the word love instead.</p>
<p>At least one of their most influential leaders knows Jesus and attracts people seeking Truth to her church. The New Thought philosophies are another in a long line of paths that <strong>get us ALMOST to God but leave out what is most important</strong>.<span id="more-87"></span></p>
<p>That they try to avoid Jesus became obvious to me because I knew a member who knew and loved Jesus and wrote and performed music dedicated to Him. He was asked not to include His name when performing and he shared with me as he sat down after performing a composition he wrote for God that in his passion he had allowed sweet Jesus to slip from his lips.</p>
<p>That man is one of the most pure of heart I have ever met yet he does not realize it.<strong> I believe that God uses all paths &#8211; incorrect or not &#8211; to call us to Him. </strong>Following every incorrect philosophy are those who hear Him and will move beyond the false teachings.</p>
<p><strong>Other paths designed to mislead us contain mostly Biblical truths in disguise &#8211; omitting the most important part &#8211; so that they seem to be true.</strong> I did not come to know Jesus by being born into a family that knew Him or raised in a church or by being pure of heart.</p>
<p>I came to know Him by continually seeking wisdom down each path until it became obvious it did not work. Eventually I realized that <strong>there is only one way to know the real Truth</strong> because the evil one has had all had this time to create the most convincing disinformation and propaganda to keep us from God.</p>
<p><strong>There is no human way to discern precisely what is true and what is lies.</strong> Only by our personal relationship with Jesus can we know what to do and when to do it. He is the only one worthy of our worship and the only way to the Father.</p>
<p>Once I would have argued that The Holy Bible &#8211; being translations of translations done by man &#8211; could not be accurate as I had studied German until I was fluent and I knew how misleading direct translations are (made even more obvious now with machine translations widely available online).</p>
<p>Now I know that those <strong>human translators of the Bible were divinely guided</strong> and <strong>when we know Jesus our interpretations are too</strong> &#8211; provided we are careful to listen and confirm what we think it says and not be mislead by our own inaccurate beliefs and what society has conditioned us to believe.</p>
<p>The Bible contains all we need to know about life, what has happened in the past and what will be. <strong>We can converse with Jesus directly, ask and be answered &#8211; after we have completely and voluntarily by free choice surrendered our will to God</strong> and accepted that He always sees what we can not.</p>
<p>I know that even if what is happening around us and what He asks may not make sense to me in the moment, that it is always part of His plan. <strong>Everything in my life has lead me to what He has called on me to do.</strong></p>
<p>I know that even <strong>many whose hearts belong to God who share His Word have not thought to question their conditioning and therefore perpetuate incorrect human ideas</strong> but that does not matter because what the <strong>purpose of this life is to decide one thing:</strong></p>
<blockquote><p>Will we surrender our will freely by choice to God, know Him through a personal relationship with Jesus &#8211; accepting the Holy Spirit as our Guide and be with Him forever or will we choose selfishness instead with all the consequences of that choice.</p></blockquote>
<p><strong>We are either God&#8217;s or we are not. It is purely our choice</strong> to make as He gave us free will and offered to forgive us and allow us to be with Him forever.</p>
<p>It is through intellect (in trying to come up with a way to live in a perfect community in this life) that I realized that <strong>heaven could not be heaven if it were not based on two things:</strong></p>
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<li><strong>free will</strong> (as we instinctively rebel at being controlled by others)</li>
<li><strong>selflessness</strong> (because only one selfish person would destroy the peace in any community).</li>
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<p><strong>The solution is beautiful: surrender our free will to our perfect Creator whose will we (or at least some of us) do not have any desire to rebel against and allow Him to lead us.</strong></p>
<p>That made all else clear including why He must judge how we will be judged and bring only those who are selfless into heaven.</p>
<p><strong>The selfish &#8211; which the majority still are even though they may profess to be Christians &#8211; belong to the original rebel and always will. </strong>They can never be trusted. They have made their choices and locked in their consequences.</p>
<p>You may be interested in the thoughts I record in this free blog here where I occassionally record my thoughts. There is some good information there I was inspired to share and most likely some ideas that will surprise even those who do already know God.</p>
<p><strong>I work for God and He pays me through people. </strong>Since I have freely and completely surrendered my free will to Him I have peace. While insanity reigns all around me and I clearly see Facism marching over the United States I trust that whatever may happen in my life is in His hands because I gave him my life.</p>
<p><strong>If for any reason someone who does not believe in God or who considers themselves an atheist or agnostic has read this far, I leave you with this one question: </strong>Explain how Israel could have possibly survived <a title="Attacked by superior forces from 6 Arab countries and won" href="http://www.mfa.gov.il/MFA/History/Modern+History/Israel+wars/Israels+War+of+Independence+-+1947+-+1949.htm">Israel&#8217;s War of Independence</a> (1947-1949) to <a title="Recognized as a country and admitted to the U.N." href="http://www.palestinefacts.org/pf_independence_recognition_who.php">establish the State of Israel</a>?</p>
<p>The only logical explanation is that <a title="Examples of only some of the miracles that occurred during that war" href="http://armageddonapocalypse.wordpress.com/2010/04/14/israel-protected-miraculously-by-god-to-fulfill-end-times-prophecy/">Israel was Protected Miraculously by God</a>.</p>
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		<description><![CDATA[Even though many teach evolution as fact, there is insufficient proof that evolutionists are correct. In fact, in his book, Darwin provides a specific test that his THEORY of evolution had to meet. If it fails that test in his own words he said, &#8220;my theory would absolutely break down.&#8221; The November edition of National [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=bytheirfruits.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4843348&amp;post=68&amp;subd=bytheirfruits&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Even though many teach <a title="Why it isn't" href="http://darwins-god.blogspot.com/2010/03/why-evolutionists-say-evolution-is-fact.html">evolution as fact</a>, there is insufficient proof that evolutionists are correct. In fact, in his book, Darwin provides a specific test that his <em><strong>THEORY</strong></em> of evolution had to meet. If it fails that test in his own words <strong>he said, &#8220;my theory would absolutely break down.&#8221;</strong></p>
<p>The November edition of National Geographic magazine (NG) posed the question &#8220;Was Darwin Wrong?&#8221; on its front cover. I highly recommend this post in reply to their article explaining in depth why <a title="Excellent article quoting Darwin's writings and new scientific information" href="http://www.harunyahya.com/articles/70national_geographic.php">Darwin was wrong</a> about evolution using his own writings to prove it.<span id="more-68"></span></p>
<p>Here is the most applicable excerpt (and I recommend reading the entire article):</p>
<blockquote><p>&#8220;There can be no doubt that in order to provide a realistic response to the question &#8220;<strong>Was Darwin Wrong</strong>?&#8221; one needs to look at what Darwin actually said and to compare this to modern scientific facts. In his book The Origin of Species, in which he unveiled his theory of evolution, Darwin provided a very important criterion by which to test his theory. So concrete is that criterion that in Darwin&#8217;s own words it could &#8220;absolutely break down&#8221; the theory. Darwin wrote:</p>
<p>&#8220;<strong>If it could be demonstrated that any complex organ existed, which could not possibly have been formed by numerous, successive, slight modifications, my theory would absolutely break down.</strong>&#8221; 2</p>
<p>Darwin maintained that organs evolved during a gradual process. Thinking of this imaginary process in reverse, it appears that Darwin assumed that these organs possessed reducibility. However, advances made in the field of biochemistry, especially over the last 40 years, have revealed that the cell possesses a superior complexity, the details of which were unknown in Darwin&#8217;s time, for which reason it was equated to a &#8220;black box,&#8221; and that certain structures within the cell actually possess the feature of &#8220;irreducible complexity.&#8221;</p></blockquote>
<p>Beyond that, it is simply illogical to believe that the complexities of every living mammal and especially humans could ever have &#8220;evolved&#8221; and in fact there is now scientific proof that it didn&#8217;t.</p>
<p>Evolutionists argue that <a title="How we have all been mislead" href="http://www.benzeneandaml.com/bicycle-accident-law/have-you-been-cheated-by-theory-of-evolution-too">life spontaneously emerged</a> from random bits.</p>
<p>No one has ever shown that it is possible to create anything complex by blowing it up or crashing it and IMHO they never will because it is just simple logic that no matter how many times you reproduce an explosion it will never &#8220;create&#8221; anything complex like a car or a television or a computer much less something infinitely more advanced as a human.</p>
<p><a title="Excellent article on why creationism is more logical than evolution" href="http://jessicatrainofthought.blogspot.com/2010/03/posted-by-my-husband-edwin-buchanan.html">Logic dictates the existance of a creator</a> (this is an EXCELLENT link).</p>
<p>Many have pondered <a title="Intelligent design makes more sense" href="http://www.answersbygod.com/2009/02/evolution-or-intelligent-design-god-vs.html">evolution versus creationism</a> or  <a title="Argues whether God or Evolution makes more sense" href="http://www.christistheway.com/2003/a03a07ba.html">God or Evolution</a> and each of us must reach our own conclusion. In the video below, Dr. Hugh Ross PhD. Lectures on &#8220;Creation as Science&#8221;:</p>
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<p>Many who believe in God (by any of the names given to the ONE true God) and many who call themselves Christians have not clearly made a decision. Either scientists are correct about the age of the earth or the Bible is but not both.</p>
<p>Here is an interesting but incorrect theory that attempts to reconcile the two very different ideas about the <a title="Based on defining &quot;day&quot; differently" href="http://www.cosmicfingerprints.com/blog/genesis1">age of the earth</a>.</p>
<p>This better post points out that we can either trust the <a title="See that actual Bible timeline" href="http://www.answersingenesis.org/home/area/feedback/2006/0630.asp">Biblical timeline</a> or man&#8217;s. We can&#8217;t have it both ways.</p>
<p>How do scientists prove that carbon dating is accurate? It is based on <em><strong>ASSUMPTIONS</strong></em> about when specific events occurred. If the assumptions are inaccurate the dating will be too. Many argue that <a title="Argues that radiometric dating supports Bible dates" href="http://www.answersingenesis.org/articles/nab/does-c14-disprove-the-bible">science proves the Biblical timeline</a> and that <a title="Similar post with additional details" href="http://watchmanforjesus.blogspot.com/2010/02/how-carbon-dating-actually-prove.html">carbon dating supports a young earth</a>.</p>
<p>Human &#8220;knowledge&#8221; is based on what others before us wrote or said. Few question what is widely accepted or published in a book or magazine and that is a major source of inaccurate information.</p>
<p>Many of us will look at a book that cites three sources for the same facts from three different periods of time and think, that must be true &#8211; three different authors included it in their book. What non-authors don&#8217;t realize is that the second author quoted the first author and third author quoted them both. There are NOT three independent sources for that &#8220;fact&#8221; &#8211; there is only one person&#8217;s opinion.</p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><strong>What if the first author was wrong?</strong></p>
<p>Archaeology and science are both proving the Bible is factual. There are television channels where I live that have excellent series on what has been discovered and <a title="Best REAL history of the U.S. I've seen" href="http://www.hermes-press.com/completing.htm">the actual history of the founders of the U.S.</a> and their views on Christianity (and it is FAR from the current propaganda would have us believe).</p>
<p>Many are confusing societal beliefs, religious beliefs, government laws and the influences exerted by the media (and all major media is controlled by the same few elite) with the TRUTH. They are NOT the truth.</p>
<p>The video below is of an excellent lecture that Dr. Gerald Schroeder gave in Jerusalem on &#8220;The Science of God&#8221;:</p>
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<p>For me, I know God. In fact, I work for God and he provides for me through clients. I live in total peace in spite of seeing where the world is going. If I read anything years ago that would reveal to me what I now know to be Truth I must not have been ready to understand it. I would be happy to discuss this with anyone who truly wants to know more and especially with you, John.</p>
<p>Every time I think of one particular blogger friend I am reminded of the movie based on Stephen King&#8217;s book <a title="Different kind of book than his usual" href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0108941/">The Stand</a> which for reasons I can not imagine is not available at Netflix. In it a young man is one of many called to an elderly woman. He says to her &#8220;I don&#8217;t believe in God&#8221; and she laughs and replies, &#8220;He believes in you&#8221;.</p>
<p>If you are a selfless person who sees more than most and struggle with how hopeless it all seems listen very carefully. God is calling you. If you want to know more about how to hear Him (or Her &#8211; God is not really either) reach out to me. There is much I can share with you that I choose not to publish yet.</p>
<h4>Creationism versus Evolution</h4>
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<li><a title="Detailed information with attributions" href="http://emporium.turnpike.net/C/cs/top.htm">Top Evidence for Creation and Against Evolution</a> ~ Excellent information here</li>
<li><a title="One site's belief that God created everything - like He said dispelling evolutionism" href="http://bibleprobe.com/creationism.htm">The Case for Creationism</a></li>
<li><a title="Very interesting stats regarding what we believe at the bottom of this page" href="http://www.eternalpath.com/creationism.html">Evolution verses Creationism</a> &#8211; What Are The Facts?</li>
<li>Reasons.org <a title="Entire site devoted to reasons creation is true and evolution is not" href="http://www.reasons.org/about-us/faq">Reasons to Believe in Creation</a></li>
<li>Dr. Hugh Ross PhD. Lectures on &#8220;<a title="Testable Creation Model" href="http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-1680357583183645446#">Creation as Science</a>&#8221; (Video)</li>
<li>Testimony Share: <a title="What happened when he said, &quot;God, if you are so powerful that you made the universe by speaking, then show me evidence you exist.&quot; " href="http://www.testimonyshare.com/god-is-supernatural/" target="_blank">God is Supernatural</a> (one man&#8217;s experience)</li>
<li>Great scientists from past and present plus the great musical composers speak about God and evolution in Musicians and <a title="What 600 scientists and composers had to say about God" href="http://changinglives.au.com/item-by-category/articles/item/600-scientists-composers-on-god-and-evolution.html" target="_blank">Scientists who Believe in God</a></li>
<li><a title="More evidence here" href="http://changinglives.au.com/item-by-category/articles/item/593-scientific-evidence-against-evolution.html" target="_blank">Scientific Evidence Against Evolution</a></li>
<li>There is <del>No</del> a God (How the world’s most notorious atheist changed his mind) &#8211; book review of <a title="More about the book here" href="http://changinglives.au.com/item-by-category/books/item/360-there-is-a-god.html" target="_blank">There Is a God</a></li>
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		<description><![CDATA[I wish to share one of my favorite sites regarding the Tsalagi &#8211; the people we know as Cherokee. I have always cherished this site and being able to listen to it now makes it even better. The site of which I speak is Religion According to Chief Jahtlohi Rogers; A People in Exodus by [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=bytheirfruits.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4843348&amp;post=64&amp;subd=bytheirfruits&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I wish to share one of my favorite sites regarding the <a title="History of the Cherokee " href="http://hubpages.com/hub/History-of-the-Cherokee-Indians">Tsalagi</a> &#8211; the people we know as Cherokee. I have always cherished this site and being able to listen to it now makes it even better. The site of which I speak is Religion According to Chief Jahtlohi Rogers; A People in Exodus by Chief Charles Jahtlohi Rogers, M.D., Cherokee Nation of Mexico.</p>
<p>He explains how the <a title="How the Cherokee knew Jesus but not that name" href="http://www.cherokeediscovery.com/religion.html">Cherokee knew Jesus</a> by the names used for Him in the Old Testament and that knowledge came directly from Unayklanahi, the one Creator of all things. I noticed the similarity between words in Sanskrit and Cherokee and this history mentions that as well.</p>
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		<description><![CDATA[Free WordPress blog hosting is extremely slow. Installing WordPress on paid hosting using your own domain is far more effective. This is temporary until the Lord calls me to blog somewhere else. <img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=bytheirfruits.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4843348&amp;post=60&amp;subd=bytheirfruits&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I do not regularly post in this blog because Our Lord has other priorities for me at this time. Eventually I do hope to install it on a hosted WordPress blog so that I may reach more readers and post more efficiently. Using free WP hosting is incredibly slow compared to installing WordPress on your own domain.</p>
<p>I am certain the Lord will provide a better solution when the time is right. In the meantime I will share here when I am moved to do so.</p>
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		<title>Prayer For Maggie, Ashley and All Those Who Have Challenges</title>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Reading about <a title="Maggie's daughter paralyzed in auto accident" href="http://okayfinedammit.com/?p=2774">Maggie&#8217;s daughter</a> Ashley&#8217;s accident prompted me to add this post. Maggie asks that we visit the <a title="Ashley's story and photo" href="http://www.caringbridge.org/visit/ashleyschutz">CaringBridge</a> site and pray for her daughter. Ashley and Maggie and many others can be helped by our prayers. I offer this prayer and dedicate it to them:</p>
<p>Blessed Art Thou, O Lord, Our God<br />
King of the Universe, Creator of All That Is</p>
<p>We surrender to Thy will and ask for Your guidance.<br />
Grant us our prayers &#8211; and if they are not granted<br />
Help us to see Your greater purpose</p>
<p>In Jesus&#8217; name. Amen</p>
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		<title>The United States of America &#8211; Land of Lukewarm Christianity</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Is the United States truly a Christian Nation? Are you truly saved? Or are we - or you - lukewarm Christians, going through the "right" motions without really having a personal relationship with Jesus? <img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=bytheirfruits.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4843348&amp;post=52&amp;subd=bytheirfruits&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>We claim to be a Christian nation. Are we? Most Americans claim they believe in God. Do they live as though they do? Is God first in their lives? First before work? Before money? Before things? What about in your life. If God is not first &#8211; the first thanks you give when you awake and the last praise on your lips as you relax into slumber &#8211; do you truly believe you are saved?</p>
<p>We are warned in <a title="14" href="http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Revelation%203:14-22;&amp;version=45;">Revelation 3:14-19</a> that lukewarm Christians are NOT saved:</p>
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<li><span style="font-family:Arial;"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">And unto the angel of the church of the Laodiceans write; These things saith the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the beginning of the creation of God; I know thy works, that thou art <strong>neither cold nor hot</strong>: I would thou wert cold or hot. So then <strong>because thou art lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will spue thee out of my mouth.</strong> Because thou sayest, I am rich, and increased with goods, and have need of nothing; and knowest not that thou art wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked: I counsel thee to buy of me gold tried in the fire, that thou mayest be rich; and white raiment, that thou mayest be clothed, and [that] the shame of thy nakedness do not appear; and anoint thine eyes with eyesalve, that thou mayest see. As many as I love, <strong>I rebuke and chasten</strong>: be zealous therefore, and <strong>repent</strong>. </span><span style="font-family:Arial;"><strong>Revelation 3:14-19 (KJV)</strong></span></span></li>
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<p>Only those whose eyes and heart are full of the Holy Spirit will notice that you can not be a true Christian by going through the motions without making Jesus, God and the Holy Spirit absolutely first in your life. That means before your job, before your concerns over money, before your family, before your possessions, before entertainment &#8211; <em><strong>FIRST BEFORE EVERYTHING &#8211; <span style="text-decoration:underline;">WITHOUT EXCEPTION</span>! </strong></em></p>
<p>I am not alone in asking &#8220;<a title="Are Christian Churches Lukewarm?" href="http://www.city-data.com/forum/christianity/180398-chiristian-churches-lukewarm.html">Are Christian Churches Lukewarm</a>?&#8221; Brother Mike provided this excellent definition of a Lukewarm Christian: &#8220;Being lukewarm is a <a title="Lip Service Christians" href="http://www.talkjesus.com/bible-study-hall/23670-lukewarm-christians.html">lip service Christian</a>. They go to church, may even give money, but God is not first in their life. They conduct their life as if there is not God.&#8221;</p>
<p>Another writer even has a new name for it: <a title="Lukewarm Goldilocks Christianity" href="http://www.goldilockschristianity.com/">Goldilocks Christianity</a>. Here is your challenge as a reader: be able to read all opinions, finding the truth and leaving behind the errors of interpretation. Many otherwise excellent writers and preachers have never questioned the non-Biblical beliefs they&#8217;ve been raised in so they mingle those with the Biblical truths.</p>
<p>I believe this is why Jesus said, &#8220;I am the Way, <em><strong>the Truth</strong></em>, and the Life.&#8221; Without Jesus we can never know the Truth. Even with him, we must be aware enough to ASK HIM. Few question the beliefs they&#8217;ve been taught so many believe untruths even though they have Jesus.</p>
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<li><strong>To benefit from their insights yet not be misled we must learn to listen and read with <a title="Developing Spiritual Discernment" href="http://www.crossroad.to/Bible_studies/sermons/mcarthur/discernment.htm">Spiritual Discernment</a>. </strong></li>
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<p>I will be linking to other sites when they provide great insight even though, in many cases, these same sites will be writing many things that are not Biblical and are not true. Often they are very passionate about their beliefs &#8211; both the true and the misleading. Only those who place Jesus first in their lives will know &#8211; and only if they question their assumptions.</p>
<p>Remember that &#8220;normal&#8221; is however you&#8217;ve been raised or whatever you&#8217;ve been taught by schools, the media, and society. Being widely accepted does NOT make something true. Specific interpretations of the Bible are not necessarily correct simply because they are widely accepted.  Churches and individuals who use the Bible to argue secular beliefs would benefit us all by sticking to what is most important.</p>
<p>And what is that? <strong>Why are we here? </strong></p>
<p>God created the physical world to experience, learn, and grow. He created us &#8211; with free choice &#8211; to do the same. I believe the purpose of life is to realize that the very best use of that free choice is to surrender to God totally and completely.</p>
<p><em><strong>We can either surrender to God or continue to &#8220;play God&#8221; &#8211; and look at the mess we have made of our lives and environment by thinking we know enough to &#8220;play God&#8221;. </strong></em></p>
<p>God is not &#8220;in control&#8221; of this World. He told us this. He is not waging war, or starving us, or forcing us to submit to the evils all around us. Once we surrender out lives, thoughts, and actions to Him we will be guided in our path. We will be provided for physically. We may be protected or it <em><strong>may</strong></em> be our calling to endure for His sake.</p>
<p><strong>One thing we will have is peace in our hearts and of our minds regardless of what is going on all around us. </strong>And most important of all, we will have eternity with Him in a far better world where life is worth living; unlike this end game we are experiencing now.</p>
<p><strong>RELATED POSTS ELSEWHERE:</strong></p>
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<li><a title="How Not to Be a Lukewarm Christian" href="http://edwincrozier.wordpress.com/2008/11/10/how-not-to-be-a-lukewarm-christian/">How Not to Be a Lukewarm Christian</a> (Nov. 10, 2008) &#8211; (Note that Our Lord inspires many to write on the same subject on the same day. I woke up with this post in my mind yesterday and today and only after typing it found this other post.)</li>
<li><a title="Christian Confusion" href="http://averyheavystone.blogspot.com/2008/11/confusion-message.html">Confusion Message</a> (Nov 09, 2008) &#8211; While this post has insights &#8211; and note the date &#8211; was divinely inspired, it focuses on politics while I do not believe Jesus would advise we do that. The few who are true believers are not going to be able to change the world through activism any more than Jesus tried to do so in his time. How much time did he spend trying to change the system? How many doors did he knock on? Where did he spend his time?</li>
<li><a title="Bible Study Lukewarm Christians Revelation" href="http://www.talkjesus.com/bible-study-hall/11119-guard-your-affection-christ.html">Guard Your Affection for Christ</a> &#8211; Bible Study covering the warnings given to Lukewarm Christians in Revelation and describing deep, enduring love for Jesus</li>
<li>Inconsistencies of Mainstream Christianity: <a title="What is Christianity?" href="http://cgg.org/index.cfm/fuseaction/Audio.details/ID/1132/Does-Doctrine-Really-Matter-Part-1.htm">Does Doctrine Really Matter</a> &#8211; This site has an exceptional depth of information</li>
<li><a title="Inspired poem" href="http://wassupblog.com/the-child-of-god/">The Child of God</a></li>
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<p><strong>BIBLE REFERENCES:</strong></p>
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<li><a title="14 Bible Verse" href="http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Revelation%203:14-22;&amp;version=45;">Read Revelation 3:14</a> or any other Bible verse in multiple English translations plus many other languages at <a title="Bible Gateway Look Up Bible Verses" href="http://www.biblegateway.com/">Bible Gateway</a></li>
<li><a title="14" href="http://bibletools.org/index.cfm/fuseaction/Bible.show/sVerseID/30761/eVerseID/30761">Bible Commentary on Revelation 3:14</a></li>
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		<description><![CDATA[There have been many theories on exactly what Bob Dylan meant when he wrote his best selling song Blowin&#8217; in the Wind. Inspired music always has many meanings. It is historical; it is now; it is prophetic. Take this stanza: How many deaths will it take till he knows That too many people have died [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=bytheirfruits.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4843348&amp;post=33&amp;subd=bytheirfruits&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>There have been many theories on exactly what Bob Dylan meant when he wrote his best selling song Blowin&#8217; in the Wind. Inspired music always has many meanings. It is historical; it is now; it is prophetic. Take this stanza:</p>
<blockquote><p><span style="font-size:11pt;" lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family:times;"><span style="font-size:small;">How many deaths will it take till he knows<br />
That<strong> too many people have died </strong><br />
The answer, my friend, is blowing in the wind<br />
The answer is blowing in the wind </span></span></span></p></blockquote>
<p>While the most likely meaning of these lyrics related to the civil rights movement, it is equally true about the increasing death toll in the &#8220;War on Drugs&#8221;. How long will we keep our heads in the sand while innocent people are murdered in their homes by those who &#8211; theoretically at least &#8211; are supposed to be &#8220;protecting&#8221; us? Please read on so that you may at least understand.<span id="more-33"></span></p>
<p>Dennis McBride, a casualty in this drug war himself, has accumulated true life horror stories of people who would be flippantly dismissed as &#8220;<a title="Innocent victims killed or injured" href="http://www.stephenbainbridge.com/punditry/comments/collateral_damage_and_the_war_on_drugs_reflections_on_the_calvo_case/">collateral damage</a>&#8220;.  I sincerely hope that every person reading this will take the time to read at least a few of the tragic tales told at <a title="True Life Stories of the Innocent People Killed by DEA " href="http://drugflaws.blogspot.com/2004/11/drug-flaws-murder.html">The Drug fLaws: Murder</a>.</p>
<p>Here is just one quote from Dennis&#8217; enormous files:</p>
<blockquote><p><strong><span style="color:#ff0000;"><strong><span style="color:#ff0000;"><strong><span style="color:#ff0000;">&#8220;The list of drug war victims goes on and on. I am talking about kids, old ladies, <span style="text-decoration:underline;">completely innocent people</span>, shot and killed not by gangs, not by robbers or drug dealers, not by schoolyard shooters or kids playing with guns, but by those sworn to protect our lives.&#8221;~ Sheriff Bill Masters<br />
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<p>We as a society have allowed these travesties to become increasingly common. Many <strong><em>encourag</em>e</strong> such behavior because they have been convinced that there are only two kinds of people: the good and the bad. As soon as someone else does anything society has decided to label as &#8220;bad&#8221; many believe they deserve whatever they get.</p>
<p>There are myriad problems with this. Let&#8217;s start with the most obvious, though. <strong>Many of the people being <em>murdered</em></strong><strong> by law enforcement are <em>NOT </em></strong><strong>the &#8220;bad&#8221; people. They were totally and completely innocent!<br />
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<p>If you think this is rare visit this page of <a title="Innocent Victims of the War on Drugs" href="http://blogs.salon.com/0002762/stories/2003/08/17/drugWarVictims.html">Drug War Victims</a>. Among them are an 8 year old girl, a Baptist Missionary and her 7 month old daughter, an 84 yo bedridden women sick with pneumonia, and countless individuals who were shot in their homes when <strong>police raided the wrong address!</strong></p>
<p>Not enough yet? Do a search for the phrase &#8220;murdered by law enforcement&#8221; (with the quotes around it). A search tonight on Google returns 402 results that contain that specific phrase in them. While some of those murdered may not be innocent many were. And even those that were guilty might have done something minor. Death should not be their sentence.</p>
<p>Amnesty International says <a title="Police Brutality in the US" href="http://revcom.us/a/v20/970-79/978/amnesty.htm">Police Brutality in the U.S.</a> is &#8220;Systematic and Widespread&#8221;. In their 1998 report Rights for All they said:</p>
<blockquote><p><em>&#8220;There is a widespread and persistent problem of police brutality across the USA. Thousands of individual complaints about police abuse are reported each year and local authorities pay out millions of dollars to victims in damages after lawsuits. Police officers have beaten and shot unresisting suspects; they have misused batons, chemical sprays and electro-shock weapons; they have injured or killed people by placing them in dangerous restraint holds.&#8221;</em></p></blockquote>
<p>Ten years later and this abuse is more widespread and escalating. Searching YouTube for +&#8221;police&#8221; +&#8221;excessive force&#8221; turns up 238 videos. People&#8217;s doors are being broken down by armed, masked adrenaline-fed authorities who abuse and <a title="no drugs found but sons arrested anyway and never charged" href="http://www.rense.com/general20/nodrugs.htm">arrest innocent people</a> who are often not charged. If you think YOUR door can&#8217;t be next you didn&#8217;t read the stories at <a title="True Life Stories of the Innocent People Killed by DEA " href="http://drugflaws.blogspot.com/2004/11/drug-flaws-murder.html">The Drug fLaws: Murder</a>.</p>
<p>This has been happening for years &#8211; actually decades. Even though we&#8217;ve seen it all on television our entire lives we have done nothing to stop it so it is getting worse and worse. If you think these incidents embarrass the authorities you&#8217;re not paying attention. They brag about what is happening on television shows all the time. Watch the news, or any Cops show, or many movies and you&#8217;ll see examples like these:</p>
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<li>A woman tazed even though she pulled over promptly and complied with every order. Her &#8220;crime&#8221;? Her drivers&#8217; license had expired. She had NO criminal history &#8211; NONE! And they put this on television so they obviously want us to know about it.</li>
<li>Cooperative citizens being handled roughly or even violently</li>
<li>Cars being stopped and searched without cause</li>
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<p>Sometimes the comments on articles and blogs make the best reading. Consider this quote deep in the comments on the <a title="Andrew Meyer Tazed" href="http://thelede.blogs.nytimes.com/2007/09/18/instant-political-martyrdom-via-youtube/">tazing incident during John Kerry&#8217;s speech</a> at the University of Florida: &#8220;The most striking thing was that the police officers responded to our righteous indignation by asserting that they “are not operating under the constitution” anymore, rather “under <a title="Homeland Security Targets Us" href="http://www.vdare.com/francis/homeland.htm">Homeland Security</a>.”</p>
<p>The point of this post is that we simply must realize that although we never really had freedom, the average American has a lot less liberty now than any but slaves have ever had in the history of the United States of America. We have always only had the <a title="Wisdom from Chief Joseph" href="http://www.snowwowl.com/voices/voicesnewillusion.html">Illusion of Freedom</a> and even that is slipping away.</p>
<p>As Chief Joseph said, &#8220;this country, this government, was born and founded on violence.&#8221; The main difference today is that white &#8220;middle class&#8221; America is now being treated by Law Enforcement the same way that minorities have always been treated &#8211; <a title="The tragic NEW American Way" href="http://www.rense.com/general32/newway.htm">guilty until proven innocent</a>.</p>
<p><strong>ADDITIONAL READING on CIVIL RIGHTS</strong>:</p>
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<li><a title="Lenghtly speech by Ron Paul on America being a Police State" href="http://www.house.gov/paul/congrec/congrec2002/cr062702.htm">Congressman Ron Paul: Is America Already a Police State?</a></li>
<li><a title="The United States is ALREADY a Police State" href="http://www.hermes-press.com/police_state.htm">Police State USA</a> &#8211; defines what a police state is &#8211; recognition is the first step to stopping it</li>
<li><a title="Synopsis of News on the erosion of Freedom and Civil Rights " href="http://www.rutherford.org/ErodingFreedom/2005_03_01_erodingfreedom_archive.html">Operation Eroding Freedom</a></li>
<li><a title="Media Controls What Many BELIEVE is Happening" href="http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2007/10/30/4907/">War Protests &#8211; Why No Media Coverage?</a> &#8211; NOTE: Our major media is all owned and controlled by a small minority. Whatever they wish us not to know will not appear there.</li>
<li><a title="History of College Protests" href="http://grassrootspeace.org/campus_antiwar_network/">Campus Antiwar Network</a> &#8211; Do students still protest? It would be hard to tell based on lack of mainstream coverage</li>
<li><a title="Alabama Pardons Civil Rights Activists" href="http://articles.latimes.com/2006/mar/31/nation/na-briefs31.6">Rosa Parks Act of Alabama</a> &#8211; House OKs Bill Giving Pardons to Activists</li>
<li><a title="Satire on eroding civil liberties" href="http://www.slate.com/id/2115254/">Important Changes to Your Citizenship Agreement</a> &#8211; Might be funny if some of it weren&#8217;t so true</li>
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<p><strong>ADDITIONAL READING on The War On Drugs:</strong></p>
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<li><a title="Innocent Americans Framed by Law Enforcement with Fake Drugs" href="http://hightimes.com/news/ht_admin/218">Dallas Fake Drug Scandal Continues to Unravel</a></li>
<li><a title="Tulia's 38 Innocent Victims of Corrupt Drug War" href="http://www.strike-the-root.com/3/powers/powers3.html">Tyranny and the Tulia 38</a> &#8211; Small Texas Town Devastated by Corrupt Drug Agent</li>
<li><a title="Same drug - 100 times tougher sentencing" href="http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2006/11/16/EDG6ELJ3QN1.DTL">Fundamental Fairness Takes a Powder</a> &#8211; Tougher sentencing unfairly targets minorities</li>
<li><a title="Corruption in the War on Drugs" href="http://www.csdp.org/news/news/corruption.htm">The Other Casualty in the War on Drugs: Faith in Law Enforcement</a></li>
<li><a title="The Truth about the Drug War" href="http://www.websitetoolbox.com/tool/post/whosarat/vpost?id=164609">Whosarat.com &#8211; Detailed information provided by a Former Federal Agent</a></li>
<li><a title="Huge variations in sentencing of minor players" href="http://www.counterpunch.org/papa07292006.html">The Law Should Target the KingPins</a></li>
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<p><strong>FAMOUS INCIDENTS OF LAW ENFORCEMENT VIOLENCE:</strong></p>
<ul>
<li><a title="Kent State Shootings" href="http://www.ohiohistorycentral.org/entry.php?rec=1595">May 1970 &#8211; The Kent State Massacre</a></li>
<li><a title="Southern Freedom Movement" href="http://www.crmvet.org/tim/timhome.htm">History &amp; Timeline of the Southern Freedom Movement</a> (Civil Rights) &#8211; Includes many incidents of peaceful protestors being attacked by law enforcement. The United States has a history of arresting, harassing, beating, and framing those who attempt to assert they have Constitutional Rights.</li>
<li><a title="Branch Dividian Disaster near Waco, TX" href="http://www.fff.org/freedom/1199b.asp">Waco: Lies, Deaths, and Cover-ups</a></li>
<li><a title="Ruby Ridge " href="http://www.davekopel.com/Waco/Arts/rrprosec.htm">Ruby Ridge Prosecutions</a>; <a title="Ruby Ridge Justice Report" href="http://www.stormfront.org/ruby.htm">Massacre at Ruby Ridge</a></li>
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<p><strong>FAMOUS LAW BREAKERS</strong> &#8211; They were arrested so they <em><strong>MUST</strong></em> be &#8220;<em><strong>bad</strong></em>&#8220;, right? They wanted the liberty we supposedly have in the United States. Many were killed for asking.</p>
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<li><a title="Gandhi Freed an entire country using non-violent protest" href="http://www.myhero.com/myhero/hero.asp?hero=gandhi_fredericksburg_05_ul">Mahatma Gandhi</a> &#8211; Nominated five times for the Nobel Peace Prize, Gandhi was repeatedly jailed. More on <a title="Gandhi's Fame" href="http://www.kevo.com/profile/mohandasgandhi">Gandhi</a>.</li>
<li><a title="Freedom Hero Nelson Mandela " href="http://www.myhero.com/myhero/hero.asp?hero=nelsonMandela">Nelson Mandella</a> &#8211; America is asleep to our own trials. Read the first paragraph and if you don&#8217;t see America in it you are in denial of the truth. That is <em><strong>EXACTLY</strong></em> how it was in the American south and although it is no longer &#8220;legal&#8221; some of it persists to this day.</li>
<li><a title="Dr Martin Luther King bio" href="http://www.myhero.com/myhero/hero.asp?hero=Lewis_King_bk06">Dr. Martin Luther King</a> &#8211; The United States government has mandated MLK Boulevards and MLK Holiday for this man who had the courage to live &#8211; and die &#8211; for the liberty he had to protest to obtain.</li>
<li><a title="Joan Baez chronology" href="http://www.joanbaez.com/chronology.html">Joan Baez</a> &#8211; Folk singer repeatedly arrested for taking part in peaceful protests</li>
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<p><strong>ADDITIONAL RESOURCES about BOB DYLAN:<br />
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<ul>
<li><a title="Video Performances of Blowin in the Wind" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kmfbn-KALeA">Videos of Performances of Bob Dylan&#8217;s Blowin&#8217; in the Wind</a></li>
<li><a title="Bob Dylan online bio" href="http://www.radiohazak.com/Dylan.html">Bob Dylan Online Biography </a>- an exceptional collection of all things Dylan</li>
<li><a title="Meaning of Blowin in the Wind" href="http://www.songmeanings.net/lyric.php?lid=1093">Song Meanings: Dylan&#8217;s Blowin in the Wind</a></li>
<li><a title="Notes on Great Musical Periods" href="http://harlemrenaissanceharrison.blogspot.com/2008/05/harlem-renaissance-harrison.html">Harlem Renaissance</a></li>
<li><a title="Discuss your favorite songs" href="http://artists.letssingit.com/bob-dylan/blowin-in-the-wind/r3lr9zn/reviews/">Let&#8217;s Sing It Music Community Blowin&#8217; in the Wind Reviews</a></li>
<li><a title="Bob Dylan protest songs" href="http://even-shu.blogcn.com/diary,3696484.shtml">Political in Music: Bob Dylan&#8217;s Protest Songs</a> &#8211; English translation</li>
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		<title>Where in the Word of God Does It Say Thou Shalt Not Do That? Show Me?</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Someone one described sin as "self inflicted nonsense". What if they were right? What is a sin as defined by the Word of God and what is a sin as labeled by society, government, churches, and others who would control us?<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=bytheirfruits.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4843348&amp;post=15&amp;subd=bytheirfruits&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>What if what we think is failure to mature as Christians has nothing to do with sin? How much of what we simply accept to be <strong>WRONG</strong> would be revealed to us <strong>BY GOD</strong> to <em><strong>NOT be sin </strong></em>- <strong>IF</strong> we ever thought to ask Him?</p>
<p>How many things are we taught make us awful that are NOT Biblically based? What if much of what we believe to be sin is simply self-inflicted nonsense? <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms,arial,helvetica;">&#8220;<em>I know, and am persuaded by the Lord Jesus, that there is nothing unclean of itself: but to him that esteemeth any thing to be unclean, to him it is unclean</em>.&#8221;</span></p>
<blockquote><p>Our personal walk with Jesus can reveal that what Lucifer wants us to believe <em><strong>proves we are bad</strong></em> is not even a failing in the first place.</p></blockquote>
<p>Before we judge others or ourselves, perhaps we should ask what the Bible has to say on the subject. If it is silent THAT would be a good thing to ask Jesus about.</p>
<ul>
<li><strong>Show me where it says Thou Shalt Not</strong><span id="more-15"></span> <strong>Enjoy Dancing? </strong>Perhaps you are dancing in Joy to the Lord.</li>
<li>Show me where it says Thou Shalt Not Lose Productivity by Stopping to Help Thy Neighbor &#8211; Wait a minute. Wasn&#8217;t there something about &#8220;<a title="The most awesome words I've read maybe ever!" href="http://rightbrainedlefty.blogspot.com/2007/11/apocalypse-of-judas.html">helping the least of Mine</a>&#8221; and <a title="Are You a Good Samaritan or a Good Christian?" href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/ian-welsh/standing-with-the-good-sa_b_126223.html">being a Good Samaritan</a>?</li>
<li>Show me where it says <a title="Why the Drug War is REALLY Dangerous" href="http://www.libertyforall.net/?p=1312">Thou Shalt Not Use Plants God created</a> because someone who wishes to control you says so but using dangerous chemicals is perfectly fine because Big Pharma makes lots of money off of them?</li>
<li>Show me where it says <a title="What Would Jesus Eat?" href="http://blog.wired.com/wiredscience/2007/08/what-would-jesu.html">Thou Shalt Consume Poisonous Food</a> because everyone else does. You wouldn&#8217;t want to actually follow our Lord&#8217;s teachings instead of what we&#8217;ve been taught by those who worship money, would you?</li>
<li>Show me where it says <a title="You are Betting Your Life Every Time You Listen to Big Pharma" href="http://barnesworld.blogs.com/barnes_world/2006/10/draft_when_big_.html">Thou Shalt Bet Your Life</a> trusting in Big Pharma instead of God.</li>
<li>Show me where it says <a title="How Can You Tell When They're Telling the Truth?" href="http://keynet.blogs.com/networks/2004/02/information_kno.html">Thou Shalt Trust in Politicians</a> Claiming to be Christians when <strong>by their fruits it is obvious that they are not! </strong></li>
<li>Show me where it says <a title="HPV Vaccine dangers" href="http://www.truthnews.us/?p=1444">Thou Shalt Endanger Thy Daughters&#8217; Health</a> because Big Brother says it is best for them and they&#8217;ll get you if you don&#8217;t comply!</li>
<li>Show me where it says Thou Shalt Close Thy Eyes and Trust in a Government that would <a title="No Maryland Law Supported This Child Abuse" href="http://www.soultravel.se/2007/1125-vaccination/vaccination.shtml">Vaccinate Your Children at Gunpoint against their will</a> &#8211; without even the farce of passing a law first.</li>
<li>I know where it says Thou Shalt Not Kill and I also know there were many wars in the Bible; however, I just can not see Jesus condoning the <a title="War is ALWAYS about MONEY" href="http://www.strike-the-root.com/51/young-an/young-an5.html">Myth of the &#8220;Just&#8221; War</a>.</li>
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<p>What if God&#8217;s will for me is different than it is for you is different than it is for our neighbor? If you have any exposure to Bible stories at all surely you realize God has commanded His disciples to do things that were considered &#8220;wrong&#8221; or &#8220;illegal&#8221; in their time. Many of them willingly DIED choosing what God led them to do INSTEAD of what human law decreed!</p>
<p>Shouldn&#8217;t we be listening to God on these subjects instead of <a title="Just What Should We Render Unto Caesar?" href="http://www.stmarkspresbyterian.org/stmarks/sermons/16oct05.htm">Caesar</a>?</p>
<p style="text-align:left;"><strong>ADDITIONAL READING:</strong></p>
<ul>
<li><a title="Judas' Words Found in the Temple Mount" href="http://rightbrainedlefty.blogspot.com/2007/11/apocalypse-of-judas.html">The Apocalypse of Judas</a> &#8211; Said to have been found buried in the Temple Mount, these words are believed to be a fragment written by Judas just before his death. Probably the most moving words I have ever read.  If these don&#8217;t change your life it is likely that nothing ever will.</li>
<li><a title="Are You a Good Samaritan or a Good Christian?" href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/ian-welsh/standing-with-the-good-sa_b_126223.html">Standing with the Good Samaritan Against So Many Christians</a> &#8211; If you are living by Jesus&#8217; example you must have asked Jesus into your heart and be filled with the Holy Spirit <em><strong>even if you don&#8217;t remember. </strong></em>Many gave their lives to Jesus as children yet have no memory of it. Jesus IS the Way, the Truth, and the Life. Those who have accepted his offer have received the Holy Spirit and the Spirit <em><strong>acting through them</strong></em> is why they give to others. It is <em><strong>not us</strong></em> that does the works &#8211; the Holy Spirit <em><strong>through us</strong></em> does them.  If a person is <em><strong>EVER</strong></em> selfish or hateful that is <em><strong>proof positive</strong></em> that they are <em><strong>not </strong></em>saved. If this is you open your eyes and get right with God. Time <em><strong>IS</strong></em> running out.</li>
<li><a title="On Walking with Jesus" href="http://www.growingcloser.org/index/daily_devotions/Entries/2008/10/2_SEPTEMBER_28__::__THE_%22GO%22_OF_UNCONDITIONAL_IDENTIFICATION.html">Unconditional Identification with Jesus</a></li>
<li><a title="Which Shepherd are YOU Following?" href="http://freestudents.blogspot.com/2008/08/herd-mentality-lives-and-destroys.html">The Herd Mentality Lives and Destroys</a></li>
<li><a title="Blind Obedience to God or Country?" href="http://www.strike-the-root.com/4/newman/newman6.html">Should Christians Always Obey Their Government?</a></li>
<li><a title="Do We Even Have to Ask? Think People!" href="http://novakeo.com/?p=1423">Should Christians Obey the Antichrist?</a></li>
<li><a title="Radical Islam is No Threat - The Hoax of Terrorism" href="http://novakeo.com/?p=1457">I am Not Afraid of Radical Islam</a></li>
<li><a title="What did Paul mean about clean and unclean meat?" href="http://kenbaker.wordpress.com/2008/01/11/romans-14-and-the-gospel-of-vegetarianism/">Romans 14 and the Gospel of Vegetarianism</a></li>
<li><a title="Romans 14 Unclean or Clean Animals" href="http://www.gnmagazine.org/issues/gn11/meatdistinctions_unclean.htm">Understanding Unclean in Romans 14</a></li>
<li><a title="Meaning of Romans 14" href="http://www.bible.ca/ef/expository-romans-14.htm">What is Romans 14 About?</a></li>
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<p><strong>ADDITIONAL RESOURCES on Gardasil HPV Vaccine:</strong></p>
<ul>
<li><a title="Adverse Reactions to HPV Vaccines" href="http://yedies.blogspot.com/2007/06/hpv-vaccine-causes-adverse-reactions.html">HPV Vaccine Causes Adverse Reactions; Mandatory Vaccination Attempts Fall By the Wayside</a></li>
<li><a title="Outcry Prevents Mandatory HPV Vaccines in Texas " href="http://womensspace.wordpress.com/2007/02/05/the-hpv-vaccine-not-really-compulsory-even-in-texas-not-really-safe/">HPV Vaccine Not Really Mandatory Even in Texas Not Really Safe</a> &#8211; huge public outcry keeps it from being made mandatory</li>
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<p><strong>ADDITIONAL READING ON BIG PHARMA:</strong></p>
<ul>
<li><a title="Alaska Supreme Court Strikes Down Forced Drugging" href="http://www.counterpunch.org/pringle10032006.html">Big Pharma Takes a Hit: Alaska Supreme Court Strikes Down Forced Psychiatric Drugging</a></li>
<li><a title="Big Pharma Working to Eliminate Access " href="http://www.newmediaexplorer.org/chris/2005/06/23/its_time_to_take_action_to_stop_the_advancement_of_codex_.htm">Codex Alimentaris</a> Trying to Eliminate Access to Vitamins, Herbs and Minerals in the U.S.</li>
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