Politics

Gender-Bender: 5 California Laws (that God’s not cool with)

I wrote this piece as an exclusive for World Net Daily, so I’ll provide you with a portion and then link you from there.

When it comes to sex, the elected officials in my state of California seems to take pride in defying God. From same-sex marriage to acknowledging counterfeit gender, our progressive political leaders here relish in pushing the envelope of divine morality.

As a result, they see a time-honored verse, recorded by Moses, as a challenge worthy of their legislative wrecking ball:

“So God created humankind in his own image; in the image of God he created him: male and female he created them” (Genesis 1:27).

A bit about this succinct sentence, which beautifully describes the beginning of the human race.

The first thing we note in this verse is that God fashioned us, “in his own image.” In doing so, He set us apart from the animal world, provided us with the keen ability to distinguish good from evil and enabled us to commune with Him.

Secondly, God created two distinct genders: male and female.

This single line has provided countless generations with a foundation that supplies a clear anthropology, an understanding of humanity, and illustrates the hard-wired differences between men and women.

But California’s radicals have been systematically rewriting the truths found in Genesis 1:27.

Read the rest here…

What a concept! “In God We Trust,” in our schools?

What a concept.  Place our schools under the dependence of God.  Sounds like a great plan to me, but the pagans that run my state of California will never go for it.  Here’s an edited version of the the story by Moriah Balingit, of the Washington Post…

God “is the light. And our schools need light in them like never before,” the Jacksonville Democrat said Feb. 21. “It is not a secret that we have some gun issues that need to be addressed. But the real thing that needs to be addressed are issues of the heart.”

Her proposal? Ensuring every Florida public school student is educated in a building where “In God We Trust” – the national and Florida state motto – is prominently posted. The bill passed and was signed into law.

Florida is one of seven states this year that passed laws requiring or permitting schools and other public buildings to post “In God We Trust.” Arkansas passed a similar measure in 2017, and Arizona this year allowed schools to post in English the state’s motto, which appears in Latin on the state seal: “God Enriches.”

Arkansas state Rep. Jim Dotson, a Republican, said the national motto reflects a central part of what it means to be an American. He sponsored the 2017 bill requiring the posting of “In God We Trust” in classrooms and has since helped lawmakers in other states pass similar laws.

“Our history and our heritage is incredibly important, making sure that we as a nation remember our roots, remember where we came from,” Dotson said. “America is an exceptional nation. It’s the greatest nation in the history of this planet. Obviously, that success is attributed not just to individuals but probably some higher power than ourselves.”

Even though the laws often pass by substantial margins, some members of the public take deep offense at the posting of “In God We Trust,” saying it violates the Constitution and the nation’s legacy of keeping religion out of government.

Americans have long disagreed about the role religion should play in public life. Some argue the acknowledgment of God is central to the nation’s identity. Others point to the founders’ efforts to eschew state-sponsored religion.

Much of that battle has taken place in public schools. The Supreme Court in 1962 struck down school prayer and in another case ruled against a Pennsylvania school that required students to start the day with the Lord’s prayer and a Bible reading.

Charles Haynes, founding director of the Religious Freedom Center at the Newseum in Washington, said these tensions often flare when the nation is in tumult.

“We’ve had really from the beginning of our country, even in the Colonial period, we’ve had a tension or really an argument about what kind of country we are,” Haynes said. “When we have a period of great anxiety about our nation and who we are and we have a great upheaval . . . this comes backs to the surface.”

It happened after the Civil War, when religion advocates pushed to amend the Constitution to include references to God, and during the Cold War, when evangelical Christians successfully inserted “under God” into the Pledge of Allegiance and pushed to make “In God We Trust” the national motto.

Haynes said we may be in such a moment now, with growing polarization between Americans who have radically different values and perspectives on issues such as abortion and same-sex marriage and growing anxiety over how immigration is changing the face of the nation.

That’s why Rep. Daniels, of Florida, fought “to remind our children of the foundation of this country, which was founded on people who came for religious liberty,” she said in February.

Even though Daniels’ measure passed, some viewed it as an empty gesture and accused the lawmaker of capitalizing on a tragedy to advance her agenda of pushing religion in schools.

Greg Pittman teaches honors U.S. history at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High, the Florida school where 17 people died in the February shooting. Pittman said he is religious but resents the effort to bring religion into schools following tragedy.

“I do not see how placing the motto ‘In God We Trust’ is going to protect us from someone coming down the hallway and shooting students and teachers,” Pittman said.

Mei-Ling Ho-Shing, a 17-year-old survivor of the shooting and student activist, said she appreciated the initiative, saying the school could use more “positivity.”

“It’s powerful because it reassures people of faith,” Ho-Shing said.

Read the full story here…

 

 

Film Shows How Google & Facebook Can Undermine Free Speech

The Creepy Line is a new feature-length documentary that examines how Silicon Valley tech companies can use their vast influence to limit speech and undermine democracy. The film focuses specifically on Facebook and Google, and analyzes exactly what these companies do once they have unlimited access to user’s data. Using first-hand accounts, scientific experiments, and detailed analysis, the film explores the risks of allowing these two tech giants free reign over the personal information of millions of people.

The title of the documentary is taken directly from the words of former Google CEO Eric Schmidt when, during a 2010 interview, he explained Google’s code of conduct: “The Google policy on a lot of things is to get right up to the creepy line and not cross it.”

The Creepy Line explores the measurable impact the Silicon Valley elites have had on elections. Google, Facebook, and the other social media companies are continuing to subtly sway apply voters in support of their favored liberal candidates and progressive ideologies after failing in their efforts to see Hillary Clinton win the White House in 2016.

The Creepy Line documentary can be rented or purchased on iTunes and is also available through Amazon Prime.

Trump asks for prayer from Pastor freed from Turkey

WASHINGTON (AP) — Freed American pastor Andrew Brunson fell to one knee in the Oval Office and placed his hand on President Donald Trump’s shoulder in prayer on Saturday, asking God to provide the president “supernatural wisdom to accomplish all the plans you have for this country and for him.”

Trump welcomed Brunson to the White House to celebrate his release from nearly two years of confinement in Turkey, which had sparked a diplomatic row with a key ally and outcry from U.S. evangelical groups.

Brunson returned to the U.S. aboard a military jet shortly before meeting the president. He was detained in October 2016, formally arrested that December and placed under house arrest on July 25 for health reasons.

“From a Turkish prison to the White House in 24 hours, that’s not bad,” Trump said.

Brunson’s homecoming amounts to a diplomatic — and possibly political — win for Trump and his evangelical base. Coming on the heels of the confirmation of a conservative justice to the Supreme Court, Brunson’s return is likely to leave evangelical Christians feeling good about the president and motivated get to the polls in the Nov. 6 midterm elections.

Brunson appeared to be in good health and good spirits. When he asked Trump if he could pray for him, the president replied, “Well, I need it probably more than anyone ese in this room, so that would be very nice, thank you.”

Brunson left his chair beside Trump, kneeled and placed a hand on the president’s shoulder. As Trump bowed his head, Brunson asked God to “give him supernatural wisdom to accomplish all the plans you have for this country and for him. I ask that you give him wisdom in how to lead this country into righteousness.”

He continued: “I ask that you give him perseverance, and endurance and courage to stand for truth. I ask that you to protect him from slander from enemies, from those who would undermine. I ask that you make him a great blessing to this country. Fill him with your wisdom and strength and perseverance. And we bless him. May he be a great blessing to our country. In Jesus’ name, we bless you. Amen.”

Brunson, originally from Black Mountain, North Carolina, had lived in Turkey with his family for more than two decades and led a small congregation in the Izmir Resurrection Church. He was accused of committing crimes on behalf of Kurdish militants and to aid a Pennsylvania-based Muslim cleric, Fethullah Gulen, accused by Turkey of engineering the failed coup. He faced up to 35 years in jail if convicted of all the charges against him.

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Why Muslims are coming to America

Why are so many Muslims coming to America?  Wouldn’t they find life in one of the 57 Islamic countries more accommodating than the United States?  They wouldn’t have to worry about bacon, alcohol, practicing Christians and Jews, atheists, homosexuals, and bikinis at the beach.  The reason why they are immigrating here is because there is a special blessing in the Koran for those take up residency in the land of the infidel.  Barack Obama and many in Congress are assisting these faithful Muslims.  What is the end game for these faithful followers of Mohamed?  To eventually take over the U.S.A.

The following is an excerpt from Bill Wilson’s bog, The Daily Jot:

Muslims who migrate or “immigrate” may be fulfilling a Koranic command to conduct jihad under the Islamic tradition of Hijrah. The Koran’s Surah An-Nisa verse 100, says, “Whoso migrateth for the cause of Allah will find much refuge and abundance in the earth, and whoso forsaketh his home, a fugitive unto Allah and His messenger, and death overtaketh him, his reward is then incumbent on Allah.”  It then describes how to worship in such lands without abandoning weapons and then when worship is complete, verse 103 says to “Relent not in pursuit of the enemy (unbelievers in the land).”  The US “president’s” immigration policy may well be supporting immigration jihad as it is interpreted from the Koran…

The implication of Hijrah is to migrate and conquer as supported by both Muhammad’s example and in reading the context of the Koran’s Surah An-Nisa.  Certainly, the history of Islam also confirms the meaning of Hijrah.  The US “president” and the politically correct “leaders” in both political parties are allowing this migration with intent under the guise of religious freedom and the heartstrings of refugee tales.  This is not about religion, but about overthrow of America with America’s elected leaders as accomplices.  Jesus’s very first warning to his disciples about the end times is found in Matthew 24:4, “Take heed that no man deceive you.”  This deception by the “president” is deadly.  Pray, act, and stand.​

You may read the full article, here.