tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12507451.post7796257914277037854..comments2024-03-25T04:46:46.000-04:00Comments on Casting Pearls Before Swine: Obama And The Establishment ClauseMarkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15633208787250567256noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12507451.post-30024860130797501922008-11-23T14:12:00.000-05:002008-11-23T14:12:00.000-05:00Part of the heading of this blog is an extract fro...Part of the heading of this blog is an extract from the <B>'Declaration of Arbroath'</B> there is however another, probably more significant, which precedes it in that document -<BR/><BR/><B><I>'...But after all, if this prince shall leave these principles he hath so nobly pursued, and consent that we or our kingdom be subjected to the king or people of England, we will immediately endeavour to expel him as our enemy and as the subverter both of his own and our rights and we will make another king, who will defend our liberties...'</I></B>.<BR/><BR/>Could I suggest that any future research you do into the Constitution of the United States starts with the opening words of that document - <B><I>'We The People'</I></B>. The phrase <B><I>'We The People'</I></B> was first penned by James Wilson, one of the Pennsylvania delegates in 1787, and then suggested to Thomas Jefferson. Both Thomas Jefferson and James Madison understood exactly what those words meant.<BR/><BR/>The term <B>"Atheistic Marxism"</B> is not a term I have heard before apart from the use of it by Adolf Hitler in a 1929 article in the newspaper of the Nazi Party (NSDAP - National Socialist German Workers Party). I have heard of the term <B>"scientific atheism"</B> which was used by Lenin to describe Marxism-Leninism in an industrialized society.<BR/><BR/>The 'Sanitization' of Scottish History - http://follonblogs.blogspot.com/Michael Follonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09240836734238072216noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12507451.post-74823131766669155872008-11-21T07:33:00.000-05:002008-11-21T07:33:00.000-05:00Art, Gays already have rights. They have the same ...Art, Gays already have rights. They have the same rights that everyone else have. The ones guaranteed them by the Constitution. They need no others. <BR/><BR/>What they want is special rights created for them only.<BR/><BR/>Gay marriage? Who cares? If they want to marry, let them marry and keep their mouths shut about it. Whatever floats their boat. I'm all about freedon here.<BR/><BR/> The only thing I ask is they do it quietly and without drawing any attention to themselves. Let them marry in the closet and let them live their disgusting perverse little lives in the closet, too.Markhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15633208787250567256noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12507451.post-39608766215410433862008-11-21T00:13:00.000-05:002008-11-21T00:13:00.000-05:00Good post, Mark. It remains to be seen just how c...Good post, Mark. It remains to be seen just how closely Barry's presidential actions match his campaign words, just like with any other before him. I think he's put himself in some very tricky positions, such as with his tax plans, so let's pull up a chair and enjoy.<BR/><BR/>As you know, I've been involved in a few discussions about what constitutes a "real" Christian, and it makes for a blustery event. Barry O falls into that very questionable category IMHO, and I don't mind saying so. As to how it impacts his perception of the Constitution, we'll have to see where he goes with homosex rights. If "rights" are granted to this sadly misled group, the clashing between their rights and the rights of the faithful to preach their religion will be a mighty noise and tough to reconcile.Marshal Arthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01054268632726520871noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12507451.post-46792135600416711322008-11-20T13:19:00.000-05:002008-11-20T13:19:00.000-05:00Thanks Mark you are very helpful! I knew he had sa...Thanks Mark you are very helpful! I knew he had said it! Sad to be right though.Watchman Stephhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00506849379700489079noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12507451.post-83293871302855404512008-11-20T11:26:00.000-05:002008-11-20T11:26:00.000-05:00Steph, I found it, here: http://www.boston.com/new...Steph, I found it, here: http://www.boston.com/news/local/articles_of_faith/2008/11/obama_on_christ.htmlMarkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15633208787250567256noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12507451.post-62537924920820954682008-11-20T10:16:00.000-05:002008-11-20T10:16:00.000-05:00Mark can you let me know where you came across tha...Mark can you let me know where you came across that last interview? I know I heard Obama say somewhere during this campaign cycle that Jesus wasn't the only way but I haven't been able to track it down. To top it off I was in an argument through email with some guy blasting me for attacking a fellow Christian last week and I knew Obama can't be because we're to test the spirits and if the spirit doesn't believe Jesus is the way then at the least it's the spirit of antichrist. I'd love to have the article to back myself up.Watchman Stephhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00506849379700489079noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12507451.post-75620552495633883172008-11-18T22:27:00.000-05:002008-11-18T22:27:00.000-05:00Arthur, Father Gregori is not only ordained. but a...Arthur, Father Gregori is not only ordained. but a full Bishop. I don't know why that would matter to you, since you are obviously an atheist. I will not allow you to cast aspersions on my commenters. <BR/><BR/>In fact, since you so rarely say anything that isn't completely stupid, I might just ban you completely from commenting.Markhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15633208787250567256noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12507451.post-73959148294892931312008-11-18T22:24:00.000-05:002008-11-18T22:24:00.000-05:00Give me time, Father. I'm just getting started on ...Give me time, Father. I'm just getting started on how Obama means to change the Constitution.Markhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15633208787250567256noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12507451.post-78698335968945562772008-11-18T14:15:00.000-05:002008-11-18T14:15:00.000-05:00I hope you are right, Mark, and Obama does keep hi...I hope you are right, Mark, and Obama does keep his hands off the establishment clause. I would like to think that he will leave the Constitution alone, but I'm not going to be betting any money on it! If he believes our Constitution to be "fundamentally flawed" then won't he feel it his duty to fix it? <BR/><BR/>It's true that the intention of the first Amendment was not to keep religion out of Government but to keep Government from establishing a National Church, and I don't see how it came to be twisted to mean that religion must be kept out of government!Gaylehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02540710405153666843noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12507451.post-55784956254220654932008-11-18T06:47:00.000-05:002008-11-18T06:47:00.000-05:00mark: Right on...especially your last paragraph of...mark: Right on...especially your last paragraph of your comment on you post.<BR/><BR/>My question to those who ask about "those who have never heard" is "Why on earth haven't they heard? Jesus told you to tell them. Why haven't YOU told them? We certainly have the technology to tell them. We have the human resources to tell them. So, if Jesus says, "tell them," for His sake, let's tell them!"Joehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09693381971064363612noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12507451.post-34405558076630671062008-11-17T23:52:00.000-05:002008-11-17T23:52:00.000-05:00God doesn't send "little kids" below the age of ac...God doesn't send "little kids" below the age of accountability to hell either. To paraphrase something I heard Obama say on a video not long ago. "Somebody hasn't been reading their Bible".<BR/><BR/>I wrote on <A HREF="http://noblather.blogspot.com/2008/10/racism-and-black-liberation-theology.html" REL="nofollow">Black Liberation Theology</A> last month that sort of compliments what you've said here.<BR/><BR/>Hope you don't mind the plug.Ms.Greenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15183086089026772805noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12507451.post-85525456181798927372008-11-17T22:34:00.000-05:002008-11-17T22:34:00.000-05:00"God doesn't send anyone to Hell. They send themse..."God doesn't send anyone to Hell. They send themselves by their refusal to acknowledge God as the only way to heaven." How true.<BR/><BR/>But the federal government has already messed with the First Amendment, limiting what preachers, ministers, priests, etc., can say. This was done through the establishment of the 501 c3 tax exemption which made an end run around the Constitution. Now they are trying to gain even more control over what can or cannot be preached in churches through the "Hate Crimes" legislation, primarily "hate speech", if pushed to its nth degree, it would make it a Federal Hate Crime to preach against homosexuality or whatever other immoral act the government chooses to protect.<BR/><BR/>But isn't it interesting that a pastor, priest, minister, etc., is not allowed to promote a particular candidate or party, but ALL of the Democrat candidates seem to have no problem with campaigning in a church.<BR/><BR/>I believe that if Obama had his way, he would either get rid of, or at least strongly limit the Second Amendment. Oh sure, late in the campaign, he claimed that he supports the Second Amendment, but early on, he stated just the opposite and wanted to ban hand guns and raise the tax on guns and ammo by 500%Most Rev. Gregorihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07540256252670065874noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12507451.post-82454175967077388682008-11-17T19:18:00.000-05:002008-11-17T19:18:00.000-05:00Unaccustomed as I am to commenting on my own posts...Unaccustomed as I am to commenting on my own posts, I nevertheless found one more article (it just doesn't seem to fit into the overall point of the post)that features a revealing insight into Obama's peculiar brand of Christianity. One that is in direct justaposition to the fundamental Biblical precept of God's perfect Judgment: <BR/><BR/>Here is what it says verbatim:<BR/><BR/>OBAMA: This is something that I'm sure I'd have serious debates with my fellow Christians about. I think that the difficult thing about any religion, including Christianity, is that at some level there is a call to evangelize and proselytize. There's the belief, certainly in some quarters, that people haven't embraced Jesus Christ as their personal savior that they're going to hell.<BR/> <BR/>FALSANI: You don't believe that?<BR/><BR/>OBAMA: I find it hard to believe that my God would consign four-fifths of the world to hell. I can't imagine that my God would allow some little Hindu kid in India who never interacts with the Christian faith to somehow burn for all eternity. That's just not part of my religious makeup.<BR/><BR/>Somehow, It seems Obama missed the Sunday School lesson that teaches God doesn't send anyone to Hell. They send themselves by their refusal to aknowledge God as the only way to heaven.Markhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15633208787250567256noreply@blogger.com