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Can’t Fix Stupid
A New Innovative Way to Take One’s Life? Did They Go to the Trouble to Use Suntan Lotion?
“2 teen girls sunbathing on Pa. road struck by car” - news.yahoo.com/
Moralmatters.org Comment:
Is it time for some politicians to submit [stupid] legislation to fund the taxpayers’ monies, erecting road signs throughout the country not to sunbath on public roads and highways? Or, should they pass [stupid] legislation to fund tax monies for warning signs, that stupid teens are on the loose?
Nathan M. Bickel
Stupid Christians – Why Christians are often foolish
“Stupid Christians – Why Christians are often foolish” - …….Recently there was (also) the news about the Christian mega-church leader, Joel Olsteen expressing his assertion that Obama is a Christian. His reason? Essentially, because Obama said so, – the same (lame brained) excuse reason that Joe the Plumber, offered. Didn’t these two Christian buffoons ever learn that Jesus Christ distinguished between cheap talk and actual (meaningful) actions? Matthew 7:1f………
…….Why are Christians often lacking in spiritual discernment? Why do Christians act so foolishly?
I’ve been known to say that every seminary and Bible school lacks a required course of time, spent, living on a sheep farm. Throughout the Scriptures, God’s divine revelation often refers to God’s children, as sheep. [Isaiah 53:6] That word is an excellent description, as sheep are unsuspecting creatures of habit and often prone to go astray. What saves sheep from being devoured by wild beasts is that they have a shepherd who loves and cares for their safety and ongoing preservation……… - thechristianmessage.org/
Pastor emeritus Nathan M. Bickel
US Fat Czar Scrutinized by the Media
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“Michelle Obama orders 1,700-calorie meal at Shake Shack” - “First lady Michelle Obama ordered a whopper of a meal at the newly opened Washington diner Shake Shack during lunch on Monday.
A Washington Post journalist on the scene confirmed the first lady, who’s made a cause out of child nutrition, ordered a ShackBurger, fries, chocolate shake and a Diet Coke while the street and sidewalk in front of the usually-packed Shake Shack were closed by security during her visit.
According to nutritional information on Shake Shack’s Web site, the meal amounted to 1,700 calories…..” - washingtonpost.com/
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Nathan M. Bickel
Animal Cruelty a Mark of Evil
Warning - Access the following link [below] if you care to read the parent news article with its horrific pics:
Moralmatters.org comments:
This inhumane treatment of God’s animal creation is a prime example of a decadent [Chinese] culture and government which forces human abortions - aka, abortion genocide.
Also, this sickening piece of news reminds me of the one Hebrew (Biblical) Old Testament Scripture which gives us a clear indication of genuine (good) moral character versus that of rank wickedness:
“A righteous man regards the life of his animal, but the tender mercies of the wicked are cruel.” – Proverbs 12:10
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Nathan M. Bickel
Political Extortion – The Theft of America
What is Political Extortion?
“Political Extortion” - ……Political extortion is by far the most subtle and sophisticated form of thievery. It is also the slimiest. And, its widespread political practice, (at least in this life) enjoys a type of “legalized” status. Politicians (unless appointed by their peers), are elected by the general public to serve the peoples’ bests interests. They, (the politicians) are generally (though less frequently) referred to, as “public ‘servants.’” As public servants, part of their elected office requires them to make monetary decisions. Decisions that are made, by these representative elected officials, require the dispensing of public (tax) monies to accomplish the various tasks (decisions) that have been made.
Having thus stated, – “political extortion” is the nefarious practice of handling hard earned taxpayer monies and utilizing them in such a manner, as to insult the givers of those monies who had entrusted those monies to those public servants, for their, (the publics’) best interests. Political extortion is to grab these public monies and run with them. “Run” with that money to feed the insatiable and greedy desires of various pet projects and special interest groups, (at the expense and need of the general taxpaying public). This type of (thuggish) thievery snatches tax monies from the supplying source and supplants it elsewhere, to the demise and detriment of those from whom it was lifted……
The whole aforementioned article can be found, here - conservativenewsandviews.com/ – or, thechristianmessage.org
Examples of Political Extortion – Related Articles - Small Sample of Obama’s political sins of extortion:
“The 2012 National Debt Road Trip” – politicalmathblog.com/
“Senate Dems Fail to Prepare Formal Budget for 2013″ – dailycaller.com/
“President Obama: We need to regulate the oil markets more!” – twitchy.com/
Obamacare Will Bankrupt States: Texas Gov. Perry – cnbc.com/
“Former CBO Director: Obamacare Will Bankrupt Us” – moneynews.com/
“Obama Excludes Muslims from Forced Health-care Bill” – conservativepapers.com/
New Report Says Treasury Will Lose $23.77 Billion on Bailouts of Chrysler, GM – wot.motortrend.com/
Something Is Rotten In The Auto Bankruptcy Deals – rense.com/
“Detroit’s Leaders Borrow a Page From Government Motors and Chrysler” – April 25, 2012 - ”Detroit Mayor Dave Bing has cooked up a true-and-tested scheme to rescue Detroit from its impending bankruptcy (which would have happened by now had the state not already given it a $137 million-loan on the state credit card). The scheme doesn’t involve implementing his promised layoffs of city workers to bring the city’s expenditures in line with its revenues. Nor a full-scale privatization of city services. Nor does it require persuading Detroit’s bellicose municipal unions to renegotiate retiree contracts to lighten the city’s legacy obligations that make up half of its accumulated $12 billion debt.
Bing’s scheme is clean, simple, and painless: Shaking down Uncle Sam for $1 billion in emergency bailout money, just like GM and Chrysler…… – reason.com/blog/
…….So if the feds decide to help Detroit – which is not entirely inconceivable given that this is an election year and Obama will be looking for union votes in Motown – expect a line of city and state leaders holding their tin cups forming from Washington D.C. to Sacramento.” - reason.com/blog/
Group: Michelle Obama’s Spain trip cost taxpayers $467k – news.yahoo.com/
Obama’s Solyndra Complex – spectator.org/
Who Will Bail Out America? – President Obama’s Grecian formula certainly won’t – spectator.org/
Extortion (theft) ad infinitum – etc. etc. etc. etc. etc. etc. etc. etc. etc. etc. etc.
Want to read more Obama extortion? Have at it:
“CBS News: Foreign Workers Taking Stimulus Jobs” - “This is the problem with government just handing out American tax dollars to companies – there’s no accountability. And thus some of that money is being used to fill American jobs with foreign workers: …..” - therightscoop.com/
“Obama Excludes Muslims from Forced Health-care Bill” – conservativepapers.com/
Extortion (theft) ad infinitum – etc. etc. etc. etc. etc. etc. etc. etc. etc. etc. etc.
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Nathan M. Bickel
Obama Not Christian – No More Than the Man in the Moon
Moralmatters.org comment (s):
After reading about “Joe the Plumber’s” take on Obama being a Chistian, I would have to conclude that the pipes he works on in his trade have more intelligence, than he. Mr. Samuel Wurzelbacher, apparently, is either a very ignorant Christian, and / or he is being beguiled by Obama’s snake charming talk. Or, yet, another possibility, Joe the Plumber is being paid off to say this off the wall stuff about Obama being a Christian. I suppose if Satan himself came to Joe the Plumber and claimed to be a Christian, Mr. Wurzelbacher would be as gullible to believe that, also!
The sad and pathetic reality is, that by and large the Christian world here in America believed Obama’s lies when he stated that he was a Christian. These same naive voters did not pay attention to the fact that Obama attended a pseudo Christian church for twenty years being exposed by the notorious Rev. Jeremiah Wright’s thumping and radical sermons. As I stated in this blog’s posted title – “Obama is no more Christian, than the man in the moon.” Here’s the reason Barack Hussein Obama, [despite his full name] is not a genuine Christian:
Christ taught His followers that they were to judge a tree by its fruit. A person’s actions and life are to mirror Christ. Does anyone in his right mind think that Obama’s actions, both personal and political, mirror Christ and the Gospel which He taught?
How can a president, who makes executive domestic and national policy decisions so contrary to the teachings of the Hebrew and Christian Scriptures, including Christ’s Gospel teachings, even honestly claim to be one of Christ’s disciples? After all, did not Jesus Christ, Himself, say: “Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven.” Gospel of Matthew, chapter 7 and especially verse, 7:21
Note: Joel Olsteen making the same mistake as Joe the Plumber:
Recently there was (also) the news about the Christian mega-church leader, Joel Olsteen expressing his assertion that Obama is a Christian. His reason? Essentially, because Obama said so, – the same (lame brained) excuse reason that Joe the Plumber, offered. Didn’t these two Christian buffoons ever learn that Jesus Christ distinguished between cheap talk and actual (meaningful) actions? Matthew 7:1f – christianpost.com/
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Following, are 3 topical Christian messages, referencing Obama’s dismal failure to evidence true Christian faith. He, empathically, doesn’t. As Detrick Bonhoeffer once observed about being a genuine Christian: “He who believes, obeys; and he who obeys, believes.” [Paraphrase] Obama, neither believes or obeys – else his life and actions would evidence even the weakest of Christian faith:
What did Senator Kennedy have in common with President Obama and the late Abortionist, George Tiller? - thechristianmessage.org
The Infanticide / Abortion Genocide US “President” Obama – thechristianmessage.org
Oh, yes – and, finally:
If there (still) is anyone who really believes that Obama is a genuine (practicing) Christian, you better think twice. His own words reveal his bogus (phony) Christian status:
“Obama Admits He Is A Muslim:” - youtube.com/
“7 Reasons Obama is NOT a Christian:” - squidoo.com/
Also, note:
America’s Most Biblically-Hostile U. S. President - wallbuilders.com/
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Nathan M. Bickel
Obama Molests American Right of Free Speech – HR 347
Must see, short youtube video! Note the clear implications of this attack on the First Amendment!
“Obama Makes Free Speech a Felony” – youtube.com
“This is a slow creeping destruction of some of our basic liberties, and the president signed it in secret.”
- Judge Andrew P. Napolitano - judgenap.com
Further Explanation:
“……Obama’s H.R. 347 bill would in all likelihood have made civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King a felon. The Occupy movement is not happy about H.R. 347. But neither should tea party members be happy, nor should any Americans be, regardless of their political affiliation, their race, color, or creed. A felony is dead-serious stuff — as Judge Andrew Naplitano explains…….” - frugal-cafe.com/
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Nathan M. Bickel
No Hate Crime to Question Romney / Mormonism – Not Bigotry!
“Examining Religious Errors and Foundations is Not Bigotry” – conservativenewsandviews.com/
Moralmatters.org comment:
There’s no bigotry involved, just because voters question a candidate’s religious persuasion. Voters have all types of questions, and telling them that a candidate’s religious views, are sub important, is not only ludicrous, but ridiculous as well.
It is plain dishonesty to label voters as bigots and hate-mongers simply because they don’t prefer this or that about a certain candidate. There’s no hate crime, involved. If I, as a grocery shopper do not prefer the certain highlighted sale of the day, does that make me a bigoted shopper and grocery store hate-monger?
I believe that the Republican establishment might be coming to the sad and pathetic realization that they opened a can of worms by insisting that Romney be the GOP candidate standard bearer.
Romney, certainly has an American right as any American, to seek political office. But, his Mormonism does not help him. And, the Republican Party, pushing for his candidacy, may very well be sorry and full of regrets, when all is said and done:
See also:
“Romney’s Albatross – Cult Stigma – Republican Establishment’s Big Mistake” - moralmatters.org/
Related Informational links:
Absolutes and Christ’s often misunderstood words of “Judge not…” – thechristianmessage.org
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Nathan M. Bickel
Romney’s Albatross – Cult Stigma – Republican Establishment’s Big Mistake
“Big Hate” – spectator.org/
Moralmatters.org comment to the “Big Hate” news piece:
Establishment Republicans should have known better. They can squeal all they want now, about the lib Dems hauling out their cult and hate cards, but, it will do no good. The Chris Christies of the GOP should have foreseen that the perception of the voting electorate is, as important, as the candidate they are pushing.
The Establishment Republicans will now have to live with their decision to select a nominee who isn’t really Christian, but who carries with him the white elephant stigma [tag] of “cult.” I hope that the Karl Roves and Ann Coulters of the GOP are happy with their presumptive Republican nominee. I think they swooned headlong into clamoring for Romney, not looking back at recent political history and noting that all the Republican presidents have been Christian, – at least in name only.
But, be that as it may, the Republican Party is going to garner all those Independent and moderate voters. [Or, so they think] Hence, they won’t need Conservative Christian votes like mine. The only way that I would seriously consider voting for Romney, is that he [big time] exposes Obama’s forgery identifications and Obama’s unconstitutional (non natural born citizen) White House occupancy “presidency.”
The Republican Party, if was wise, would bend to the wishes of birthers, Constitutionalists and Conservative Christians on the whole eligibility issue of Obama, and make it a huge campaign issue. [That, is, Obama's Achilles heel!] If the GOP and Romney would do that, they could (perhaps) spark a significant portion of the electorate to get out their vote. Then, the GOP would have a chance to beat this incumbent Barry Soetoro embarrassment of a fake president.
Finally, you Romney Republicans - please don’t attempt to convince yourselves and the voting electorate, that Mormonism is Christian. Christians believe that Jesus Christ is true God, the 2nd person of the Trinity. Mormons, don’t, as they don’t [can’t] subscribe to the historic Apostle’s and Nicene creeds.
Also, Christians don’t think that when they die they will be awarded some distant planet to ride hee haw on, in the hereafter, as Mormons, do. If you don’t believe me, check out “Mormonism” at carm.org
“No Hate Crime to Question Romney / Mormonism – Not Bigotry!” - moralmatters.org/
Choosing the lesser of the two evils: Romney or Obama – moralmatters.org/2012/08/24/
Nathan M. Bickel
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Blind sighted News Media – Incapable of Reporting [Christ’s] “Redemption”
“Family spokesman: Charles Colson, Watergate figure who turned to religion, has died at 80″ – dailycaller.com/ - Published: 7:21 PM 04/21/2012
Moralmatters.org comment:
Unless I missed it, in this one liberal AP – Associated Press news article printed on the Daily Caller website, I think it simply amazing how liberal media pieces like this, diminish and cast aspirations upon the Christian conversion experience and a life changed by the historical and everlasting Christ. They will use a “Christian death occasion” like this, to moralize – and, never at the same time, allow themselves to inspect their own self righteous (holier-than-thou) missions of sinful political propaganda activity.
The news piece [does] state half way through that:
“Before Colson went to prison he became a born-again Christian, but critics said his post-scandal redemption was a ploy to get his sentence reduced…..”
But, the blind sighted news media piece, at the beginning of the article, says of Colson:
“His proclamations following his release [from prison] that he was a new man, redeemed by his religious faith, were met with more than skepticism by those angered at the abuses he had perpetrated as one of Nixon’s hatchet men.”
However, many Christians remember Charles Colson, – that he was “redeemed” by faith in Christ, not by “his religious convictions,” as a person’s religious convinctions are a far cry from genuine faith in Christ, which (faith) is born from above – God, initiated and not an invention of human aspirations of sincerity and endeavors. [New Testament - John 3 ; John 1:11-13 ; Ephesians 2:1-10]
I will also venture to say that by and large the news media are heathen in nature. Those “reporting” the news are generally souls who are unregenerate. Hence they cannot appreciate and understand how the crucified and resurrected Christ can transform a person’s life as it was reflected in the life and altered activities of Charles Colson, some 30 years after his Watergate involvement.
Furthermore, (and not at all, to diminish Colson’s past criminal activity), Colson’s political criminal activity vis-à-vis the Watergate scandal, was, “child’s play” compared to all the abominations and corruptions of our present White House occupant, Obama, who is under investigation for identification forgery by a county Arizona Sheriff, – not to elaborate upon Obama’s usurpation of the US presidency because he has not met the requirement of possessing a “natural born citizenship” status.
Finally, I am not surprised that the lib media would use every occasion to ignore and smoke screen the present dishonest and corrupt activities of the Obama Administration, by its scrutinizing, of the [soft core] Watergate Scandal. Hypocrisy indeed, – as there is no mention of Obama’s [hard core] scandals perpetrated right in front of our American faces!
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“The Faith: What Christians Believe, Why They Believe It, and Why It Matters” -
Book Description - Publication Date: January 22, 2008:
“Rightly understood and rightly communicated, the Christian faith is one of great joy. It is an invitation to God’s kingdom, where tears are replaced by laughter and longing hearts find their purpose and their home. This is the heart of the gospel: God’s search to reclaim us and love us as his own. But have we truly grasped this? Those of us who have disdained Christianity as a religion of bigotry—have we repudiated the genuine article or merely demonstrated our own prejudice and ignorance? Those of us who are Christians—have we deeply apprehended the mission of Jesus, and do our ways and character faithfully reflect his beauty? From the nature of God, to the human condition, to the work of Jesus, to God’s coming kingdom, and all that lies between, how well do we understand the foundational truths of Christianity and their implications? The Faith is a book for our troubled times and for decades to come, for Christians and non-Christians alike. It is the most important book Chuck Colson and Harold Fickett have ever written: a thought-provoking, soul-searching, and powerful manifesto of the great, historical central truths of Christianity that have sustained believers through the centuries. Brought to immediacy with vivid, true stories, here is what Christianity is really about and why it is a religion of hope, redemption, and beauty.” - amazon.com/
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Nathan M. Bickel – pastor emeritus
