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When The Messiah Speaks, The Youth Will Hear

Sat, 11 Oct 2008 02:51:43 GMT

clipped by: merrie
clipper's remarks: “Not sure the Obama team will be thrilled about yet another crazy association,” added another commenter on the NewsBusters forums page. Previous reports have documented Obama’s links to Kenyan opposition leader Raila Odinga, onetime Weatherman bombing suspect Bill Ayers and Rev. Jeremiah Wright, who proclaimed a black liberation theology for 20 years while Obama was a member of his church, demanding that God “d***” America.

“How much more have to come out on Obama before the O-Bots put down the kool-aid and say ENOUGH!” added a third.

“Barack Obama was a community organizer like Jesus,” Cohen said during a one-minute speech on the floor of the U.S. House yesterday. “Pontius Pilate was a governor.”

Democrats, including party strategist Donna Brazile and Rep. Steve Cohen, D-Tenn., made nearly identical biblical comparisons of the characters in this presidential election

Is Barack Obama the Messiah?

http://obamamessiah.blogspot.com/

Clip Source: www.worldnetdaily.com

"You are the instruments that God is going to use to bring about universal change, and that is why Barack has captured the youth. And he has involved young people in a political process that they didn't care anything about. That's a sign. When the Messiah speaks, the youth will hear, and the Messiah is absolutely speaking."

[Video]

Clip Source: blackchristiannews.wordpress.com

Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan, another powerful Chicago-based political figure associated with the Rev. Jeremiah Wright and other long-time associates of Democratic Party presidential candidate Barack Obama, is leaving no doubt about what he thinks of the leader in the campaign for the White House.

On the YouTube website, several people participating in a dialogue dismissed any spiritual hype and pinpointed their concerns.

… I think he should at least clear up that lawsuit about where he was actually born before election day,” wrote one, citing persistent Internet suspicions that his reported Hawaii birthplace isn’t accurate.

I am not one of his sheep

Tags: farrakhan, "universal change", "captured the youth, "

Eschatology

Thu, 09 Oct 2008 02:40:41 GMT

clipped by: eskeip
clipper's remarks: In reference to: "Day of Atonement"

Clip Source: en.wikipedia.org

Eschatology (from the Greek ἔσχατος, Eschatos meaning "last" and -logy meaning "the study of") is a part of theology and philosophy concerned with the final events in the history of the world, or the ultimate destiny of humanity, commonly referred to as the end of the world. While in mysticism the phrase refers metaphorically to the end of ordinary reality and reunion with the Divine, in many traditional religions it is taught as an actual future event prophesied in sacred texts or folklore. More broadly, eschatology may encompass related concepts such as the Messiah or Messianic Age, the end time, and the end of days.

Tags: eschatology

The Audacity of Socialism

Tue, 07 Oct 2008 18:23:54 GMT

clipped by: strider72
clipper's remarks: These are only some in the series -- more at the original site.

Clip Source: www.ibdeditorials.com

Barack Obama has styled himself a centrist, but does his record support that claim?

If Bailout Plan Is Too Socialistic, Just Wait For Obama Leviathan

Have Americans been so lulled by Barack Obama's smooth talk that they don't realize his plans would expand government into a massive socialist behemoth?

Obama's Radical Roots And Rules

Most Americans revile socialism, yet Barack Obama's poll numbers remain competitive. One explanation: He's a longtime disciple of a man whose mission was to teach radicals to disguise their ideology.

Reparations By Another Name

Barack Obama says Washington shouldn't just offer apologies for slavery, but also "deeds." Don't worry, he says, he's not talking about direct reparations. Relieved? Don't be.

Obama Wants You

Barack Obama calls it "Universal Voluntary Public Service." We call it a plan for national involuntary servitude. Kennedy asked us what we could do for our country. Obama has ways to make us volunteer.

Obama's Global Tax

It follows Marxist theology

Tags: barack obama, socailism, marxism, slavery reparations

And So It Starts...McCain's Campaign Goes Dirty

Sun, 05 Oct 2008 18:33:30 GMT

clipped by: lifecyce1898

Clip Source: www.crooksandliars.com

These smears have been floating around in email chain letters, but even still, this really shows just how low and how desperate the McCain campaign is. Not Larry Sabato:

The LA Times scoops the Virginia media with this column from the McCain campaign's official Buchanan County representative. You need to read this column to believe it. In "humor" he accuses Obama of wanting to paint the White House black, supporting reparations, changing the national anthem to the "black national anthem", teaching "black liberation theology in all churches", and replacing the flag with a "star and crescent logo".

Meanwhile, Sarah Palin brings up Bill Ayers at a campaign stop in Carson, California:

Superholographic Model of the Universe

Sat, 04 Oct 2008 23:56:46 GMT

clipped by: jimbo1000
clipper's remarks: An extraordinary article. The idea seems to hark back to Leibniz's monads which always seemed very strange but has followers in the philosophy world. The discoveries of science seem to be getting more counter-intuitive as time goes by

Clip Source: www.opednews.com

Superholographic Model of the Universe

Superholographic Model of the Universe Bridges the Worlds of Quantum Physics, the Electric Universe Model, ESP, and Religion.

Perhaps the most exciting model of the basic nature of the universe is the superholographic model. This is an astonishing theory which holds that the entire universe, including everything even the smallest subatomic particle, is like a hologram.

This interconnection of all, at the subatomic level with all things being infinitely interconnected , is a radical new way of viewing the universe. It does however, solve a number of problems in such diverse fields as quantum physics, the Electric Universe model, extra sensory perception (ESP), and offers a scientific basis to many theology based beliefs.

Religion is not separate from science, ESP and quantum physics are not mutually exclusive,

Tags: science, theology, philosophy

Obama and Ayers: A Radical Pentagon Bomber NYTimes

Sat, 04 Oct 2008 13:42:26 GMT

clipped by: merrie
clipper's remarks: Since earning a doctorate in education at Columbia in 1987, Mr. Ayers has been a professor of education at the University of Illinois at Chicago, the author or editor of 15 books, and an advocate of school reform.

Steve Chapman, a columnist for The Chicago Tribune, defended Mr. Obama’s relationship with the Rev. Jeremiah A. Wright Jr., his longtime pastor, whose black liberation theology and “God damn America” sermon became notorious last spring. But he denounced Mr. Obama for associating with Mr. Ayers, whom he said the University of Illinois should never have hired.

“I don’t think there’s a statute of limitations on terrorist bombings,” Mr. Chapman said in an interview.

The Schools Project

The Ayers-Obama connection first came to public attention last spring, when both Senator Hilary Rodham Clinton, Mr. Obama’s Democratic primary rival, and Mr. McCain brought it up. the archives of the Chicago Annenberg Challenge at the University of Illinois were opened to rese

Clip Source: www.nytimes.com

CHICAGO — At a tumultuous meeting of anti-Vietnam War militants at the Chicago Coliseum in 1969, Bill Ayers helped found the radical Weathermen, launching a campaign of bombings that would target the Pentagon and United States Capitol.

Bill Ayers is now an education professor at the University of Illinois at Chicago. His wife, Bernardine Dohrn, teaches at Northwestern University.

Todd Buchanan for The New York Times, 2001

In the stark presentation of a 30-second advertisement or a television clip, Mr. Obama’s connections with a man who once bombed buildings and who is unapologetic about it may seem puzzling.

Federal riot and bombing conspiracy charges against him were dropped in 1974 because of illegal wiretaps and other prosecutorial misconduct, and he was welcomed back after years in hiding by his large and prominent family. His father, Thomas G. Ayers, had served as chief executive of Commonwealth Edison, the local power company.

Tags: obama, william ayers, bombed pentagon and us capitol, university of illinois at chicago, chicago annenberg challenge

Using religion to win votes subverts the Constitution

Thu, 02 Oct 2008 23:49:46 GMT

clipped by: wiccantexan

Clip Source: www.firstamendmentcenter.org

What began in January with Mike Huckabee’s “Christian Leader” ads in Iowa and subterranean attacks on Mitt Romney’s Mormon faith has further degenerated into false rumors about Barack Obama’s faith and ugly stories about a “witch-hunting” pastor who once blessed Sarah Palin.

In the long history of religion in presidential campaigns, the 2008 race may well be remembered as the sleaziest and most disturbing example of misusing religion to win votes and demonize the opposition.

But in Campaign 2008, the debate about who is and isn’t an authentic Christian has sunk to new lows.

In this theology-saturated climate, both Obama and McCain have felt compelled to emphasize their Christian bona fides in the race for the White House — as though the nation is electing a Christian in chief rather than a commander in chief.

But there is a critical difference between faith as motivation and faith as manipulation.

Tags: religion, government, faith, politics, christian

Misusing religion in the presidential campaign

Wed, 01 Oct 2008 23:48:39 GMT

clipped by: tommy2balmy
clipper's remarks: Apparently, this false vision of America sells. According to the State of the First Amendment survey released by the First Amendment Center last week, an astounding 55% of the American people agree that the U.S. Constitution establishes a Christian nation.

Of course, the text of the Constitution does no such thing: It nowhere mentions God or Christ; it bars any religious test for public office; and it prohibits any law “respecting an establishment of religion.”

Clip Source: www.firstamendmentcenter.org

McCain has sought to reassure evangelicals in the Republican base that he’s on their side. His selection of Sarah Palin is widely seen as having done just that. But now the blogosphere is ablaze with ridicule and disparagement of Palin as a “religious freak.”

Meanwhile, Obama’s campaign continues to be plagued by the lie that Obama is a Muslim. Apparently, the only time a religion other than Christianity gets mentioned in presidential politics is when it’s used as a slur.

The Constitution, after all, starts off “We the People” — not “We the Christians.”

Tags: religion and politics, religion, politics, christianity, us constitution

pre-test Q1

Mon, 29 Sep 2008 19:09:35 GMT

clipped by: frankhebe

Clip Source: cvg.cengagenow.com

Psychology's intellectual roots were in the disciplines of

philosophy and mathematics

sociology and physiology

theology and physics

philosophy and physiology

Seven Cardinal & Contrary Virtues

Mon, 29 Sep 2008 19:07:46 GMT

clipped by: Jorjor
clipper's remarks: Most people are aware of the seven deadly (or cardinal) sins, but few are aware that there are two sets of seven virtues as well, one set standing in direct contrast to the sins.

I find it interesting that a page devoted to atheism had a concise and easily found description of these attributes, but the religious sites I visited required wading through reams of theology much too extensive to clip.

There is a clip on the Seven Cardinal Sins posted at http://clipmarks.com/clipmark/B17AB9AE-948C-4C29-8867-F0FC3434B26B/ by Sheroug.

Clip Source: atheism.about.com

In addition to the four "cardinal virtues" of prudence, fortitude, justice and temperance some Christian theologians promoted the idea of three "theological" virtues, faith hope and love.

The first four can be traced back to Greek philosophers and Christian theologians readily adopted them, arguing that they were applicable to all humans, Christian or otherwise. The final three developed

from the writings of Paul in the New Testament. They were not applied to all humans because theologians thought that they were not naturally a part of human character due to the Fall into sin. Instead, they came directly from God after one is baptized.

There are also seven "contrary" virtues: humility, kindness, abstinence, chastity, patience, generosity, and diligence

: humility is opposed to pride, kindness is opposed to envy, abstinence is opposed to gluttony, chastity is opposed to lust, patience is opposed to anger, generosity is opposed to greed, and diligence is opposed to sloth.

The Goldilocks Enigma and a self engineered universe

Sun, 28 Sep 2008 09:55:16 GMT

clipped by: jimbo1000
clipper's remarks: This guy is something else. This paragraph sits in the middle of an erudite blog and the fact that it ends in an exclamation mark is out of character with the rest, he doesn't normally get excited. Don't ask me what panexperientialism means. I like Davies' book.

Clip Source: panexperientialism.blogspot.com

Davies proposes that the universe may contain a 'life principle' that constrains the universe to evolve towards life and mind. This , of course, invokes a teleological aspect to cosmic evolution. Davies introduces this teleological element without abandoning naturalistic explanation by invoking quantum theory and backwards in time causation. By extending the delayed choice experiment from the scale of photons to the scale of the universe, Davies proposes that if the entire universe could evolve until it is permeated by mind and life, then it could engineer its own creation and evolution through backwards in time calibration of its initial conditions. This has the added bonus of forming a self-explanatory loop explaining the issue of why the universe exists at all!

Tags: science, theology, philosophy

Process theology lambasted by orthodox Christian

Tue, 23 Sep 2008 10:06:32 GMT

clipped by: jimbo1000
clipper's remarks: I don't support his argument but it clarifies what you are getting with orthodoxy.
Jimmy Carter is a hero for me.

Clip Source: frontpagemagazine.com

Religious Liberals used to be chronic optimists who assumed that Providence at any moment was about to establish the Millennium.

That confidence in Providence is now almost gone among the hardcore Religious Left.

For them, Process Theology has largely won the day, denying that God is omnipotent, and asserting that God is an evolving relational force.

As with ancient Manichaeism, Process Theology supposes that good and evil will go on struggling for eternity. At odds with orthodox Christianity and Judaism, Process Theology offers no hope of a final triumph for goodness.

counsel from the Apostle of Malaise, Jimmy Carter: “My country will never again torture a prisoner. We will never again attack another country unless our security is directly threatened. Human rights will be the foundation of our foreign policy.

Very inspiring! Carter’s bitter musings are what passes for hopefulness to Winkler.

More orthodox believers,

can have faith that an omnipotent Providence still rules the nations

Palin Sought to Ban Gay Book

Thu, 18 Sep 2008 22:57:37 GMT

clipped by: revtj
clipper's remarks: Falwell with a pretty face????

Clip Source: fiatblog.blogspot.com

I've also recently learned that, while Mayor, Sarah Palin wanted a book written by a Baptist minister from the neighboring town of Palmer to be banned from the public library in Wasilla. The book is Pastor, I Am Gay by Howard Bess. Palin now denies trying to have the book banned, but Bess says "This is a small town, we all know each other. People in city government have confirmed to me what Sarah was trying to do." Bess, now a retired American Baptist minister, also says of Palin "She scares me. She's Jerry Falwell with a pretty face" and "At this point, people in this country don't grasp what this person is all about. The key to understanding Sarah Palin is understanding her radical theology."

A bio-friendly self-made universe

Wed, 17 Sep 2008 15:32:52 GMT

clipped by: jimbo1000
clipper's remarks: Paul Davies is an excellent populariser of science. The 'self-made universe' is a new concept to me. I must buy the book.

Clip Source: www.dailygalaxy.com

Science vs. Religion seems to be a running theme for the 21st century. Yet, the two sides of the debate have much in common. Not being willing to consider other's perspective is a common occurrence in both worlds.

Why does the universe seem so fine-tuned for the emergence of life, including intelligent life capable of asking that "why" question?

Davies

argues that the cosmos has made itself the way it is, stretching backward in time to the very beginning to focus in on a biological universe of what he calls "bio-friendliness."

When he turned 50, Einstein granted an interview in which he was asked point-blank, whether he believed in God.

"I am not an atheist," he began. "The problem involved is too vast for our limited minds.

We are in the position of a little child entering a huge library filled with books in many languages.

We see the universe marvelously arranged and obeying certain laws but only dimly understand these laws."

Tags: science, religion, cosmology, theology

A rabbi on finding God

Mon, 15 Sep 2008 23:25:28 GMT

clipped by: jimbo1000
clipper's remarks: A talk that really challenges long held beliefs. Don't be put off by the beginning, he does believe in God. An expert and engaging speaker.

Clip Source: www.thepagelessbook.com

Sunday Video: Rabbi David Aaron on Finding God

Theology Add comments

God is an alcoholic substance made of fermented grains and hops… No! Seriously! Just watch the video!

Tags: theology, god, rabbi