This page will be updated regularly…

This page will be updated regularly…

Even the devil cannot push you forcibly into Hell. He can only entice you to go there of your own will.

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Today is tomorrow’s yesterday, so try to leave a nice memory in it.

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Where is Plato now in 2021 .. when we badly need one?

“The Lord lifts up the meek: he casts the wicked downto the ground.” Psalm 147:6

It has become evident that president Trump has become our American Socrates, immortal, brutally honest and larger than life, proclaiming the truth and representing the principles of authentic Americana. As it stands now, we must be waiting for Plato and Aristotle to come forth.  Mind you, Plato will not need to write a “new Republic”, because ours will be the resurgent and revitalized Republic, reemerging, as it was intended and established by the founders, our forefathers, and redefined and introduced to the modern world by Donald Trump. The current titans of the media and big tech may think themselves to be rewriting history to suite their ambitions, but just like the titans of old, they will turn into footnotes in the books and their empires will go down the way of all the villains of the past. Nobody remembers the people who condemned Socrates, yet he remains the father of all intellectuals of all generations. Yes, history is written by those who appear to have won, but the truth has a record of emerging from the ashes brighter and stronger than all the fabricated ‘FAKE NEWS” … case and point, in word.. Socrates. Now, where is Plato?

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Elijah had to run away and hide from Ahab and Jezebel for three and half years…  The baby Jesus had to escape to Egypt from Herod, and Athanasius went into Exile five times and had to hide from his persecutors for six years…  from generation to generation, the children of God were persecuted and forced to run and hide in order to keep the faith.. even unto this twentieth first century.. nothing changed… we pray each time to stop the injustice… when God says NO, it is because HE had a better plan … NOW… where are all the persecutors of all generations ? they are footnotes in history… and the children of God prevailed after all.. So. we may have to hide from the modern Ahab and Jezebel.. but we all know, what God had planned before, and How HE must have better plans for us NOW. 

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facebook has just notified me that posting the pictured of the Christians martyrs in Libya was against their policy… now they are anti Christian too. protecting the terrorists..

The world of 2020

The Chinese signed a resolution in the UN to stop trade with north Korea, and at the same time, continued to provide the same rogue country with all contraband. They extended friendship to Egypt and simultaneously funded the building of a controversial dam in Ethiopia conflicting with the interests of Egypt. Those same Chinese worked hard to sign a trade treaty with the USA and at the same time secretly hid the facts about the spread of a deadly epidemic which they knew would devastate the economy of their trade “partner” and the rest of the world.

These are examples of the highest degree of duplicity the world had ever known.

On the other hand, inside the most advanced country in the world, the USA, millionaires of Hollywood and sports as well as media and technology tycoons, go on a ravenous campaign attacking their own country – which made them famous and rich – in favor of the Chinese communists. These bleeding hearts claiming to speak out in order to defend the poor and needy, are completely oblivious to the facts and to history. They ignore all the monumental achievements to improve the lot of the lower income citizens in the USA in the last fifty years, to the extent that before the Chinese epidemic hit the world, America had the lowest unemployment rate in history as well as the best economy in the world, benefiting all citizens without exception, and even elected the first black president, which was unthinkable fifty years ago. At the same time those Chinese communists are using barbaric heavy-handed methods to silence any opposition while spreading slave workshops and concentration camps – which they rebranded as reeducation camps – to gain full control of their captive population. When one member of the sports community tried to express an honest opinion about the Chinese oppression, he was immediately silenced by his own organization because the Chinese communists threatened to shut down the lucrative markets for sports in China. I wonder, do not these sports idiots and Hollywood dummies realize they are shooting themselves in the head by promoting the communist system? if such a system comes to America – God forbid – those same people will be the first to suffer… they shall be hunted, imprisoned, and shut down. They would have no place to escape to. Right now, they see it happen in Hong Kong, Cuba, Venezuela … and North Korea. As of now people fleeing oppression of the communists find a refuge in the USA. But if they have to flee a “socialist or communist USA” where can they go ? to china ? why don’t they go to live there now  and have a taste of their own medicine, which they are prescribing for all of us ? just imagine, the bleeding hearts of google, cnn, or basketball players leaving the USA now and going to live in China… how long do you think they can last outside of a concentration camp or in a best case scenario, house arrest if he or she dares to speak one word against the regime.. and how free these creatures would be to make money, innovate or travel…

China has broken every promise and violated every treaty – just think Hong Kong – and see if you can trust anything they say or do.. they treat their own population like slaves, how then do you think they would treat you?

NOW, think about this…

The epidemic devastating the whole world now in the year 2020, started in China. This is an undisputed fact. In various scenarios since October of 2019, the communists in China denied its existence, then claimed it was accidentally started in a wet market, and finally it was discovered to have started in a research lab … and to this day WE, assume it happened by accident. Only cynics and conspiracy theorists may say it was a deliberate act of espionage to the economies of other countries to give an advantage to the Chinese to corner the markets. However, consider for a moment.

why did the Chinese deny vehemently all the facts about this disease until it had spread so widely?

And why would the Chinese force the WHO to promote their lies for several months before admitting it was transmittable from one human to another?

Worse yet, why would the Chinese open all air travel to the outside world – thousands of daily plane loads arrive from China to the USA alone – while at the same time close all kinds of travel domestically, effectively quarantining the area of the infection source to avoid its spread inside China?

And finally, where are the “scientists” who worked on these “experiments” in the suspect lab where it all started? We already have proof some of them died and others disappeared.

Did you know that to this day China never released the complete genetic information of the virus needed to develop a viable vaccine – we got it anyway indirectly – while at the same time is desperately trying to steal all the research our companies are doing to develop that vaccine.

To any rational mind, this may as well be the beginning of a biological warfare… after all the traditional techniques of war have forever been altered by modern technology… there is no way any country can win, even a nuclear war… any such war would be devastating to everyone involved beyond repair. So, the alternatives may be biological or chemical .. and as it has been demonstrated, chemical war would be limited and easily exposed – ask Saddam Hussein – the more logical alternative to try is the biological one. So far it seems to work, and it is very hard to pin down the aggressors. What the Chinese could not anticipate correctly, is the ingenuity, resourcefulness and immense power of the Capitalist system. What I would like to contemplate, is what would be the image, if a powerful USA, decided to retaliate, in the same manner… it would completely devastate the communist system… the only restraint holding America back, is that it is a HUMANE, moral and religious society… and strangely enough, some people in America do not believe this to their own determent putting themselves and their whole country at great risk and disadvantage….

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Question    :I caught a very close person …doing something very inappropriate … but they don’t know that I know and I don’t want to confront them but I don’t want them still doing it. What should I do?

Answer     : A few things come to mind as I read your question. E.g. the words “caught” and “very close.” The first word implies catching, as in trying to ensnare a prey. I know you did not mean it that way. But many times we behave in a manner which contradicts our conscious controlled inclinations because we are driven by subconscious desire to inflict punishment on others or justify ourselves. On the other hand, the fact that the person you caught sinning was “very close to you” frightens me as to what would happen if that person was NOT close to you? My dear friend, remember the woman caught in the act of adultery, when they brought her to the Lord Jesus and expected Him to order her being stoned to death. In order to know exactly what to do in this situation as well as any other similar one, you need to remind yourself of two things constantly. First, you yourself are NOT without sin, “the one of you without sin will cast the first stone.” Second, the Lord said, “I did not come for the righteous but rather for the sinner.” So my question to you, how would you like to be treated if someone else “caught” you doing something inappropriate. Here are some suggestions. Discuss this with your father of confession. He will be able to evaluate your ability to handle the situation and whether your interference will bring benefit or harm to both of you. If you have to interfere, then you must do this in a loving and gentle way as indirectly as possible (e.g. talking to that person about a third imaginary person supposing him or her had fallen in a similar but not the same sin), remembering all the time that your intervention is due to love and love alone towards your “close person.” The most important step you should immediately do is to pray very hard and unceasingly for that person, for yourself and also for me. God bless you in your zeal for your beloved ones.   

THIS WAS FOLLOWED UP BY THE NEXT PERSISTENT QUESTION 

I just read the answer to the “Caught someone sinning” question. I understand that we are all sinners and that we are not to judge others. What I don’t think was answered in this question is how to deal with the person. Are we to condone the actions and accept them no matter what in the spirit of not being judgmental; or do we have to tell the right way?

Hello again Dear friend. Which of the following points mentioned in the original answer is not clear. Where does it say to condone the wrong behavior? There are many wrong things done around us every day, and we cannot appoint ourselves as the custodians of the righteous. Even if the “close friend” is a brother or a sister, older or younger, this does not automatically qualifies you to reprimand or instruct them. Yes, I shall give a qualified approval of the good zeal you show towards that person. But many of us when we intend to do right, we end up doing much harm, either because we are not experienced or because of a multitude of many other reasons which may disqualify us for dealing with a certain situation. E.g. a highly experienced physician may not be able to treat his own son because he may get too emotional. I do not know to whom I am talking here, so I cannot give you a specific course of action and follow up your progress if you make a mistake. I have to charter a course fit for every person out there. If you listen to the advice given in the 4 simple steps below you are certain to reach a good conclusion. The problem seems to be, like always, some of us ask a question and expect a certain answer which we have already formulated in our own minds. If we find the answer different from what we wanted, we tend to say. “I don’t understand”

• How would you like to be treated if someone else “caught” you doing something inappropriate?
• Discuss this with your father of confession. He will be able to evaluate your ability to handle the situation and whether your interference will bring benefit or harm to both of you.
• If you have to interfere, then you must do this in a loving and gentle way as indirectly as possible (e.g. talking to that person about a third imaginary person supposing him or her had fallen in a similar but not the same sin), remembering all the time that your intervention is due to love and love alone towards your “close person.”
• The most important step you should immediately do is to pray very hard and unceasingly for that person, for yourself and also for me. God bless you in your zeal for your beloved ones.

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Humanity lost its way to God.. God cleansed the world by the flood..

People again went rogue, God wiped them out by fire and brimstone..

God’s people rebelled… He sent them snakes in the wilderness..

Again and again.. plague after plague.. different forms of plagues.. ice, famine.. cholera or bubonic plague.. humanity never seemed to learn… now

In the age when humanity found itself a new baal i.e. .. “science worship” … God seems to use the smallest creation known to mankind, in an attempt to awaken humanity from its agnostic stupor ..

Expectedly, like previous plagues, only those with the blood of the lamb at their door posts, will be saved.. faith is the only way out of hell .. the three youth who were thrust into the furnace by Nebuchadnezzar was not just a simple event in history.. let those who have eyes .. see.

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I was asked this very important question

How can you prove that evolution did not happen and that we didn’t evolve from monkeys??

The question is not formatted correctly. No one is trying to prove “evolution did not happen” the opposite is true, as many people are trying to prove, “evolution did happen” and try to tell us, and teach it at schools, that that is a fact, not merely a weak theory with holes discovered in its fragile fabric every day.

You have to understand that Evolution is A THEORY. Like every theory, the burden is on the originator of the theory to prove its validity. In Scientific circles, they like to brag about what they call “the scientific methodology” which simply means that, to accept any theory scientifically, you have to be able to provide the evidence from research and from lab experiments as well as every possible physical process to show in Re-Producible manner that such theory is valid. Unfortunately, throughout the last 100 years, believers in evolution have gradually abandoned these principles, as this theory had become more like a religion for those who want to wipe out all religions from society. The Funny thing is, they like to accuse any one who opposes them, of being ignorant and unscientific, even though these same evolutionists have become rather fanatical about their newly found route to escape all boundaries of morality, ethics or religious decorum. Therefore if you have to discuss this theory with any of them you need to do the following:

• You have to educate yourself about their ideas and their arguments. You cannot dispute an idea; you yourself are not familiar with and understand very well.
• You have to be able to speak their language i.e. you have to debate them in scientific terms. As they say fight fire with fire.
• Use all the resources available to you. There is a vast collection of books and videos as well as web sites which are dedicated to combating that pernicious theory. All of these are authored and edited by great and reputable scientists in their own disciplines. Scientists like Alan Hayward and Michael Behe and many others have written many books and other authors like Lee Strobel have also done a lot of research in this field.  In addition, you can use any search engine to find plenty more.
• Scientists who oppose this theory are collectively called Creationists, and they believe in the creation of the world by a creator. However, creationists have some differences between themselves regarding the timing of creations (new creationists and old creationists) and whether evolution had any degree of involvement in the creation.
• You can also ask your servants to arrange work shops and presentations on this topic as this will require lengthy and detailed explanations of all the arguments of the evolutionists and the answers to them.

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Who … is the most important accessory i

n your life?

Are you the most important accessory in someone’s life?

How does it feel…

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Christianity civilized the world …

Now, the civilized world is abandoning Christianity..

See,

In the old days, the golden calf people worshipped was called baal..

In modern societies now, the same golden calf is called darwin… same principles, different approach.

The new pagans will riotously disagree… they shall say it is not darwin, it is science..

Forgive my ignorance and prejudice.. baal worshippers were so sophisticated that modern “scientists” still do not know how they achieved all their glorious accomplishments and even try to claim that alien beings helped them do it.. at the end of the day, it is the same golden calf, just more sophisticated.. try to take off your blinders, and look at it, you may be able to see … the light.  

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I was asked once by a person about to fall down the cliff of atheism … why did God create such an immense universe just for a tiny insignificant creature like human beings.. ?

Well, I believe there are several points to consider..

For starters, even a wealthy human being when he begets a young baby, he may build a great mansion with hundreds of rooms for different functions, as a celebration for the wonderful occasion.. the immensity of the mansion will only be measured by the wealth of the builder .. what is even more important here, is that the baby being honored, himself, does not comprehend what is being done in his honor…

But this is not all…

If you examine a basic unit, tiny and microscopic.. like the cell.. you find that it requires a huge number of complicated systems – even more tiny than itself – in order to function properly.. and the same thing applies for a larger scale system.. like a city, or a country.. or even a whole planet.. for life to exist anywhere, fundamental requirements are essential though it might not be immediately discernible to the casual observers.. or even the stickler who does not have access to the original scheme of the system in question..

Besides we should not forget that God promised to have room for all his children in heaven.. and we don’t know what kind of room and how shall we fit into that realm prepared for us.. we have – after thousands of years and unimaginable advances in science – just realized that the observable universe is only part of the complete universe God created, as we discovered the existence of dark matter and dark energy. Just keep in mind the number of human being who shall fit into this universe when you consider the numbers from Adam till the end of time….

Human beings are more like that baby, who as soon as he learned to speak a few words, started to argue with his father about the logarithms of intergalactic machinations..

Time and again, what seems to be inconceivable to the human brain, proves to be enormously fascinating and beautiful in the hands of the creator.   

Note: this is not intended to be a thesis on the topic of course. it is just something to think about and reflect on your own.. 

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               “What brought you here now?” I asked rather dismayed.

               “Just wanted to see if you have checked the news today.” He said.

               I answered, “No, I do not follow the news any more, it is rather depressing”

               He said, “does not mean you are going to live inside a cocoon. You live in a society, which means you are affected by everything that happens around you and.. you also affect everything that goes on around you.”

               I said, “not if I keep low profile and mind my own business.”

               He said, “ well, here is a piece of news for you … and tell me if you can keep low and mind your own business.. they just caught a drunken man .. his car hit another car carrying a family of five.. all of them died.. right across the street from where you work.”

               I shrugged it off, “so what? It has nothing to do with me?”

               He gazed at my face, and after a short silence he said, “it was the family of your employer… and they found a large cache of weapons in the drunken man’s car… “

               I was shaken for a while, then I slowly regained my self control and said, “that is a bummer … shall they close the office?”

               He got angry and snapped, “a whole family is dead.. a plan to commit serious terrorist actions was inadvertently discovered.. and all you care for is whether you shall be able to go back to work? What kind of a callous person are you.”

               I stammered a little and managed to answer, “the kind who wants to live and let live.”

He said, “you may want to live and let live, but the criminal who purchased that arsenal had different ideas.. he wanted to live and let everybody else die… you can close your eyes as if you don’t see it, until someday, someone pulls a trigger and …”

               “what do you want from me.. it is not my responsibility to go chasing criminals and terrorists,” I yelled nervously.

               He was quick to respond, “But it is your responsibility and mine, to be vigilant about everything happening around us.. it is a basic law of self preservation.. being passive, is tantamount to becoming a victim.. … Do you have a gun – virtual or physical – to  defend yourself and your loved ones? The criminals do.. we have to be vocal and active in defense of our rights and above all be able to discern what is true and what is false after all evil is very clever to shroud itself in a cloak of virtue.” 

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when you are in a war with a malicious cheating adversary, battle plans need to be adjusted … the end goal is to win the war not just a single battle.

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There is nothing wrong with being a charity case…

Usually what may start as a charity case, gradually turns into a friend… it is a natural step up…

However, when a friend somehow turns into a charity case… it is tragic… degrading and sad… A revealing situation…

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Apology is not the same as repentance, just like gold plated is nothing like “made of pure gold”

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Even if you can fly, sometimes you shall need to walk..

And though you can run, you always run after hope, or away from pain and fear..

So, it is certainly prudent to stop, relax and contemplate for a while..

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They killed John the Baptist, do you know why?  how do YOU relate to this small fact? is it your head on the block? or is it your hand holding the knife?

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KJ21 (Luke 15:4)

“What man of you, having a hundred sheep, if he lose one of them, doth not leave the ninety and nine in the wilderness, and go after that which is lost until he find it?

KJV (Luke 15:4)

What man of you, having a hundred sheep, if he lose one of them, doth not leave the ninety and nine in the wilderness, and go after that which is lost until he find it?

 Consider the word “until”

Replacing it with the word “IF” as in the arabic translation. The meaning completely changes!

In over 50 English translations the word ”until” is used. It clearly means that the shepherd will not give up and will most likely find the lost sheep and return it to the fold. But the word “if” implies the possibility of finding the lost sheep is at best uncertain. To me, when more than 50 translations agree on a certain word, I would consider it more likely to be accurate. The implications are enormous. Since the majority of people do not know the original Greek. This to me, means two things… first, I must read the scriptures in depth rather than a superficial passing glance and then jump to conclusions… and second when there is the slightest ambiguity about ANY term, realizing that all the copies available to me are translations, then I should refer to the original Greek if I can, or see how the various translations agree collectively to deliver the meaning to me. This is probably why our Lord Jesus had already told us, the road to heaven is tight, and “A FEW PEOPLE” will find it

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Time has a painful way of changing everything and every one.. it changes grapes into raisins and changes coals into diamonds.. Time does the same thing to people, it can change a vibrant and happy heart into a cold and indifferent lump of sorrow, though in other cases it wipes away the tears of a lonely broken heart and teaches it to fly happily to the top of the world… well, nothing stays the same… so be mindful of time…

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I sat down and cried when I thought about all my problems, then I remembered that there are thousands of others who dream to have my very same problems.. strange isn’t it? It turns out with all my troubles I am still much better off than all these people..

When I was young I was told never to compare myself to others.. now that I am much older, I thought about that famous parable of the stewards who received different talents..

You probably never thought about this parable in this way !!

One time God gave a certain person five talents and gave another two talents… yes you know that story ..

What would happen if the guy with the two talents got so jealous of the other guy because he got more? This happens every day .. more often than we like to believe ..

That person would get himself – and everyone else – in a lot of trouble, notwithstanding that he was given what he could handle safely without much ado.

If you are a wealthy man and suddenly you are introduced to a wealthier man, you might get into a tizzy of anger and envy and work yourself into striving to beat the same to the higher ranges of wealth and in the process, you end up breaking all moral and even legal boundaries..

on the other hand, if you are poor and constantly, bitterly, compare yourself to others who have a better living .. you shall inevitably land yourself into a world of pain, misery and maybe crime.. instead of motivating yourself to do better and focus on what you already have, which may be a lot better than what the rich person got.. you may be healthy while he is sick.. you may have a smart child while he may have a delinquent one.. you never know what burdens other people have..

the same argument can be made about any other talent.. beauty, intelligence, resourcefulness, etc.

the worst thing you can do in life is comparing yourself to others .. it is far better to work with the talents you are given to make it work for you to achieve the best possible results without envying those who have more, or looking down at others who might have lesser talents, for they may end up doing the right thing and reach higher success while you waste your time and squander your talents ending up much worse off than those you despised. By the way, this is one of the most important lessons you have to teach your children in order to put them on the right path to success, instead of comparing your child to his friend or his cousin, which usually ends up with resentment, and a hidden build-up of hatred and misery for all concerned.  

Hit: there are some people – with twisted logic – who like to compare themselves to the ascetics and saints, and say to themselves that they can never attain that kind of perfection, therefore they languish in the swamps of licentious indulgences convinced that they might as well “enjoy” a carefree life as long as they shall end up in hell anyway !!

Are you one of those? Remember that St. Paul had already asserted that in heaven “various stars are different in the level of their glory”

Matthew 25:14-30 / 1 Corinthians 15:41

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Jonah and the Whale (oil on board)
Aris, Fred (b.1934) (Contemporary Artist)

Jonah was inside the belly of the whale yet he had faith

Job was sitting in the dust covered with ashes, yet he kept the faith

And David was hounded by Saul, yet he never wavered in his faith

“whoever says to this mountain, ‘Be removed and be cast into the sea,’ and does not doubt in his heart, but believes that those things he says will be done, he will have whatever he says.” Mark 11:23

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Most people – if not all – struggle between the tangible and the abstract. Everyone is looking for things to touch, feel, or see, i.e. something tangible… when the need is for faith, which is completely foreign to the human senses.. even a measure of faith the size of a mustard seed is far more powerful than a great load of tangible power.

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Kicking the can down the road only means that the day of reckoning shall be much harder. Beside, dealing with a problem may be hard and painful, yet having to deal with the consequences of an unresolved problem is certainly much harder and far more complicated.

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Diversify 

Diversify your resources. Use all the various sources of information and help available to you, like amazon and facebook etc, but do not let them use – and abuse – you. If you have more than one source of the same service, you can drop each abusive company when you find they have contradicted your interests as long as you availed yourself to an alternative. E.g. if you use amazon, continue to use it, only for those occasions when you cannot find the same item at alternative places. Right now, even local stores offer delivery, if this is the one thing keeping you tied to amazon, when you find them going against your principles or interests. Do not trade your dignity and your ethics for convenience. The same thing can be said about google, facebook and every other entity that has become so big and unruly to the extent that they do not seem to care about the interests of their customers, who made them big in the first place. There are alternatives for all these services and you should do your best effort to find those alternatives and support them if you are smart enough. The illiterate and lazy crowd will always be easily lead and controlled by the fascists in every society. Eventually, you should realize that sacrificing a little time and effort now, is better than sacrificing your freedom, your rights and your very quality of life when it is too late to do anything about it.

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Notice how those who eat meat, never try to force anybody else to eat meat..

Meanwhile, vegans and vegetarians never stop trying to ‘force’ everybody else to stop eating meat!!

Seems like stopping to eat meat has some profound negative effect on the functionality of the human brain.. !!

Proof?

Most of the second group – not all – are liberal. Pretty much like islamist extremists, they belong to the category we can call “terrorist” .. they break store windows, bang on cars and burn property .. some even destroy research facilities which produce medicines for all humanity, including themselves. …..Go figure..

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Question posted by a young man in his own words, “Why does God will allow horrible things to happen to innocent people, like a child getting cancer?”

“There is no one righteous, not even one; there is no one who understands, no one who seeks God. All have turned away; they have together become worthless; there is no one who does good, not even one. Their throats are open graves; their tongues practice deceit. The poison of vipers is on their lips. Their mouths are full of cursing and bitterness. Their feet are swift to shed blood; ruin and misery mark their ways, and the way of peace they do not know. There is no fear of God before their eyes” (Romans 3:10-18).

“But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us” (Romans 5:8)

“I reckon that the sufferings of this present time are not to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us” (Romans 8:18).

The question of pain and suffering for the children of God had been at the center of many vexing arguments by scholars and theologians for millennia. The facts are clear from the verses mentioned above. To capture the closest possible response in the shortest possible way let us consider the following:

1. God created every thing good and beautiful. The sin of mankind is what opened the door for all kinds of plagues and afflictions to all the creation.
2. Many times what humans perceive as a bad and evil event is nothing but a precursor to something wonderful e.g. what happened to Joseph the son of Jacob. Or what happened to Tobit the father of Tobias. Even the great calamity which befallen the righteous Job was never understood by Job himself nor by his friends at the time, until God revealed his wisdom to Job and to everyone at the end. Sometimes we see the reasons staring us in the face and we choose to ignore them and claim ignorance and choose to clamor and blame God as in the case of a drug addict mother who gives birth to a baby with aids or a couple deciding to get married even though the medical tests before marriage indicate that their children will have high risk of certain degenerative or fatal disease. Sometimes we have the reasons and we should be able to understand. In other times the wisdom of God is completely beyond our comprehension, but if we surrender our will to the Lord and accept his will in our lives, his wisdom will certainly be revealed to us in due time. This happens on individual basis and only for those who are wise enough to realize that the ways of God are far wiser and kinder that we can even imagine.
3. Who is more innocent or pure than our Lord himself? Yet, he allowed himself to be humiliated, insulted and persecuted by evil doers. He left his throne of glory all the way down to a manger in a barn, suffered hunger and thirst only to end up being whipped and tortured like a slave and shamefully crucified and mocked unto death. To this day some people cannot understand this and their inability to comprehend the wisdom of God is even standing in the way of their ability to believe and enjoy that enormous salvation afforded to humanity freely by the Grace and love of God whose wisdom is certainly beyond human intellect.                                                                                                ________________________________________

consider this,

After a long walk, I arrived at the party.. one stranger came to me saying, “Your shoes say everything about you.!” I answered, “I wonder then what would be the function of your brain?”

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In the Book of Job

Could the righteous Job do ANYTHING to speed up his salvation?

Also…. During his long horrible tribulations, he did no know that he would be eventually rewarded the way he was … YET he persevered to whatever the end might be… and THAT, is why he was rewarded.. !!!

and don’t forget that Job was a very rich man.. and we know how it is ALMOST impossible for a rich man to enter Heaven… !!

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Last night I had dinner in a restaurant …

They refused to give me a plastic straw with my drink…to save the environment…

Yet… they served the complete dinner in paper plates.. !!!

It seems they wanted to save the dolphins, but it was OK to kill the trees… ?!

And then the same people complain about CO2 level and green house gases…

Go figure …..

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I was asked:

As the bible says, a man who lusts after a woman in his heart has already committed adultery with her. Does this mean that the woman has also sinned, just because the man had sinful thoughts?

Here is my response…

If the woman is unaware of the sinful looks of the man, she cannot be guilty of anything However; you must also understand that if the woman had deliberately provoked these lustful looks of this man and others, whether by her behavior, her words and /or her indecent clothing. Then she will be just as sinful as the man. It is important to understand the deep meaning of the commandment and not just the letter of it. Therefore we need to realize from this

• God will not be deceived by appearances. If a person looks and lusts in his heart, he is chargeable of the sin because the only reason he did not commit the sin, is the lack of opportunity or means to accomplish it.
• This commandment also works as a warning, to every one as it teaches us that most of our mistakes and sins start at the level of mere looking….then lusting ….and that opens the door to trying to device a mischievous method by which we can accomplish that sin. This applies to adultery as well as coveting or any other passion where we desire something which does not belong to us. Therefore, controlling our eyes, will be a great first step towards keeping ourselves from falling into much worse transgressions

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