Declaration of Rights & Responsibilities

 

Thus, we the people do hereby declare not only our rights, but do now establish this bill of responsibilities.

1. Because I have the right to choose, I recognize that I am accountable to God and have the responsibility to keep the 10 commandments in my own life.

2. Because I have the right to worship as I choose, I have the responsibility to honor the right of others to worship as they see fit.

3. Because I have freedom of speech, I have the responsibility to defend the speech of others, even if I strongly disagree with what they’re saying.

4. Because I have the right to pursue happiness, I have the responsibility to show humility and express gratitude for all the blessings I enjoy and the rights I’ve been given.

5. Because I have the right to honest and good government I will seek out honest and just representatives when possible. If I cannot find one then I accept the responsibility to take that place.

6. Because I have the God given right to liberty, I have the personal responsibility to have the courage to defend others to be secure in their persons, lives and property.

7. Because I have the right to equal justice, I will stand for those who are wrongly accused or unjustly blamed.

8. Because I have the right to knowledge, I will be accountable for myself and my children’s education…to live our lives in such a way that insures the continuation of truth.

9. Because I have the right to pursue my dreams and keep the fruits of my labor, I have the responsibility to feed, protect and shelter my family, the less fortunate, the fatherless, the old and infirm.

10. Because I have a right to the truth, I will not bear false witness nor will I stand idly by as others do.

Unconditionally, while maintaining my responsibility to compassionately yet fiercely stand against those things that decay the natural rights of all men. And for the support of this declaration, and with a firm reliance on the protection of Divine Providence we mutually pledge to each other our lives, fortunes and sacred honor.

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President Obama's Unprecedented Agenda

Many of these actions are literally unprecedented – this is the first
time they have happened in four centuries of American history. The
hostility of President Obama toward Biblical faith and values is
without equal from any previous American president.

April 2008 – Obama speaks disrespectfully of Christians, saying they
“cling to guns or religion” and have an “antipathy to people who
aren't like them.”

February 2009 – Obama announces plans to revoke conscience protection
for health workers who refuse to participate in medical activities
that go against their beliefs, and fully implements the plan in
February 2011.

April 2009 – When speaking at Georgetown University, Obama orders that
a monogram symbolizing Jesus' name be covered when he is making his
speech.

May 2009 – Obama declines to host services for the National Prayer Day
(a day established by federal law) at the White House.

April 2009 – In a deliberate act of disrespect, Obama nominated three
pro-abortion ambassadors to the Vatican; of course, the pro-life
Vatican rejected all three.

October 19, 2010 – Obama begins deliberately omitting the phrase about
“the Creator” when quoting the Declaration of Independence – an
omission he has made on no less than seven occasions.

November 2010 – Obama misquotes the National Motto, saying it is “E
pluribus unum” rather than “In God We Trust” as established by federal
law.

January 2011 – After a federal law was passed to transfer a WWI
Memorial in the Mojave Desert to private ownership, the U. S. Supreme
Court ruled that the cross in the memorial could continue to stand,
but the Obama administration refused to allow the land to be
transferred as required by law, and refused to allow the cross to be
re-erected as ordered by the Court.

February 2011 – Although he filled posts in the State Department, for
more than two years Obama did not fill the post of religious freedom
ambassador, an official that works against religious persecution
across the world; he filled it only after heavy pressure from the
public and from Congress.

April 2011 – For the first time in American history, Obama urges
passage of a non-discrimination law that does not contain hiring
protections for religious groups, forcing religious organizations to
hire according to federal mandates without regard to the dictates of
their own faith, thus eliminating conscience protection in hiring.

August 2011 – The Obama administration releases its new health care
rules that override religious conscience protections for medical
workers in the areas of abortion and contraception.

November 2011 – Obama opposes inclusion of President Franklin
Roosevelt’s famous D-Day Prayer in the WWII Memorial.

November 2011 – Unlike previous presidents, Obama studiously avoids
any religious references in his Thanksgiving speech.

December 2011 – The Obama administration denigrates other countries'
religious beliefs as an obstacle to radical homosexual rights.

January 2012 – The Obama administration argues that the First
Amendment provides no protection for churches and synagogues in hiring
their pastors and rabbis.

February 2012 – The Obama administration forgives student loans in
exchange for public service, but announces it will no longer forgive
student loans if the public service is related to religion.

2. Acts of hostility from the Obama-led military toward people of
Biblical faith:

June 2011 – The Department of Veterans Affairs forbids references to
God and Jesus during burial ceremonies at Houston National Cemetery.

August 2011 – The Air Force stops teaching the Just War theory to
officers in California because the course is taught by chaplains and
is based on a philosophy introduced by St. Augustine in the third
century AD – a theory long taught by civilized nations across the
world (except America).

September 2011 – Air Force Chief of Staff prohibits commanders from
notifying airmen of programs and services available to them from
chaplains.

September 2011 – The Army issues guidelines for Walter Reed Medical
Center stipulating that “No religious items (i.e. Bibles, reading
materials and/or facts) are allowed to be given away or used during a
visit.”

November 24, 2011 – Obama leaves out “God” at his Thanksgiving address from the White House.

November 2011 – The Air Force Academy rescinds support for Operation
Christmas Child, a program to send holiday gifts to impoverished
children across the world, because the program is run by a Christian
charity.

November 2011 – The Air Force Academy pays $80,000 to add a
Stonehenge-like worship center for pagans, druids, witches and
Wiccans.

February 2012 – The U. S. Military Academy at West Point disinvites
three star Army general and decorated war hero Lieutenant General
William G. (“Jerry”) Boykin (retired) from speaking at an event
because he is an outspoken Christian.

February 2012 – The Air Force removes “God” from the patch of Rapid
Capabilities Office (the word on the patch was in Latin: Dei).

February 2012 – The Army orders Catholic chaplains not to read a
letter to parishioners that their archbishop asked them to read.

3. Acts of hostility toward Biblical values:

January 2009 – Obama lifts restrictions on U.S. government funding for
groups that provide abortion services or counseling abroad, forcing
taxpayers to fund pro-abortion groups that either promote or perform
abortions in other nations.

January 2009 – President Obama’s nominee for deputy secretary of state
asserts that American taxpayers are required to pay for abortions and
that limits on abortion funding are unconstitutional.

March 2009 – The Obama administration shut out pro-life groups from
attending a White House-sponsored health care summit.

March 2009 – Obama orders taxpayer funding of embryonic stem cell research.

March 2009 – Obama gave $50 million for the UNFPA, the UN population
agency that promotes abortion and works closely with Chinese
population control officials who use forced abortions and involuntary
sterilizations.

May 2009 – The White House budget eliminates all funding for
abstinence-only education and replaces it with “comprehensive” sexual
education, repeatedly proven to increase teen pregnancies and
abortions. 31 He continues the deletion in subsequent budgets.

May 2009 – Obama officials assemble a terrorism dictionary calling
pro-life advocates violent and charging that they use racism in their
“criminal” activities.

July 2009 – The Obama administration illegally extends federal
benefits to same-sex partners of Foreign Service and Executive Branch
employees, in direction violation of the federal Defense of Marriage
Act.

September 16, 2009 – The Obama administration appoints as EEOC
Commissioner Chai Feldblum, who asserts that society should “not
tolerate” any “private beliefs,” including religious beliefs, if they
may negatively affect homosexual “equality.”

July 2010 – The Obama administration uses federal funds in violation
of federal law to get Kenya to change its constitution to include
abortion.

August 2010 – The Obama administration Cuts funding for 176 abstinence
education programs.

September 2010 – The Obama administration tells researchers to ignore
a judge’s decision striking down federal funding for embryonic stem
cell research.

February 2011 – Obama directs the Justice Department to stop defending
the federal Defense of Marriage Act.

March 2011 – The Obama administration refuses to investigate videos
showing Planned Parenthood helping alleged sex traffickers get
abortions for victimized underage girls.

July 2011 – Obama allows homosexuals to serve openly in the military,
reversing a policy originally instituted by George Washington in March
1778.

September 2011 – The Pentagon directs that military chaplains may
perform same-sex marriages at military facilities in violation of the
federal Defense of Marriage Act.

October 2011 – The Obama administration eliminates federal grants to
the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops for their extensive programs
that aid victims of human trafficking because the Catholic Church is
anti-abortion.

4. Acts of preferentialism for Islam:

May 2009 – While Obama does not host any National Day of Prayer event
at the White House, he does host White House Iftar dinners in honor of
Ramadan.

April 2010 – Christian leader Franklin Graham is disinvited from the
Pentagon’s National Day of Prayer Event because of complaints from the
Muslim community.

April 2010 – The Obama administration requires rewriting of government
documents and a change in administration vocabulary to remove terms
that are deemed offensive to Muslims, including jihad, jihadists,
terrorists, radical Islamic, etc.

August 2010 – Obama speaks with great praise of Islam and
condescendingly of Christianity.

August 2010 – Obama went to great lengths to speak out on multiple
occasions on behalf of building an Islamic mosque at Ground Zero,
while at the same time he was silent about a Christian church being
denied permission to rebuild at that location.

2010 – While every White House traditionally issues hundreds of
official proclamations and statements on numerous occasions, this
White House avoids traditional Biblical holidays and events but
regularly recognizes major Muslim holidays, as evidenced by its 2010
statements on Ramadan, Eid-ul-Fitr, Hajj, and Eid-ul-Adha.

October 2011 – Obama’s Muslim advisers block Middle Eastern
Christians’ access to the White House.

February 2012 – The Obama administration makes effulgent apologies for
Korans being burned by the U. S. military, 51 but when Bibles were
burned by the military, numerous reasons were offered why it was the
right thing to do.

What is the National Right to Work Committe?

It was founded in 1955, it is a nonprofit, non partisan, single-purpose citizens' organization dedicated to the princile that all Americans must have the right to join a union if they choose to, but none should ever be forced to affiliate with a union in order to get or keep a job.

So what has happened and who has caused it? Is this the way it should be?

1.  Exemption from prosecution for union violence.
2.  Exemption from anti-monopoly laws.
3.  Power to force employees to accept unwanted union representation.
4.  Power to collect forced union dues.
5.  Unlimited, undisclosed electioneering.
6.  Ability to strong-arm employers into negotiations.
7.  Right to trespass on an employer's private property.
8.  Ability of strikers to keep jobs despite refusing to work.
9.  Union-only cartels on construction projects.
10. Government funding of forced unionism.

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How can I say this in a Godly way?

12/22/11

After thinking how I would approach this I have decided that there is no diplomatic way to say the things I am about to say. I do know that no one should cast the first stone, because we all sin, and fall short of the glory of God. I also believe that we are living in the end days as the Bible so clearly tells us. Of course, no one person, not even Jesus when he walked the earth, knows the hour of His return, but the Bible tells us to watch the fig tree, and we can know when the season is near. The Bible tells us “This generation will not pass away” until all these things Jesus spoke of will come to pass. Well they are coming to pass more quickly than we realize. In the day of the internet with information so readily available, time is but a millisecond away.

When I was growing up people had the good sense not to discuss politics, religion, or things of a sexual nature. People had the good taste of keeping their dirty laundry within the confine of their own home. No one hung out their dirty laundry. Today, the more open people are about their bad habits, their personal feelings, or their secrets, are open for everybody to witness. In my humble estimation that is why our society is so accepting of everything and anything. It actually makes one cool to air their dysfunctional lives.

Most people have a secret they we would not want known, but Christians confess it to God, and repent, because they are convicted of sin. Our society today just makes excuses for it. This is why our country will never move forward. We are living in the days of Sodom and Gomorra and there is no Noah to build us an ark.

O.K…let’s take sex. Our society now accepts, open marital relationships, soft pornography, (they still sort of frown at hard porn), people living together (we used to think of it as “shacking up”), but now it is quite acceptable. We embrace homosexuals having all the benefits of marriage that God created for man and woman. Homosexuals have been around as long as the bible, this is not something new. Of course we never want to repeat the past and condemn anyone for their life style. Man was given free choice and a free will to do whatever our laws today allow. Sin is sin, and there is no sin that is better or worse than another. However, God is a holy God, and only one man walked the earth without sin and that was Jesus. No one, but Him, is without sin. However, as a society we accept whatever feels good and is politically correct, and that is a new standard.

Now let’s, take religion. Today our society is very conscious of not offending most religions. I say that because it doesn’t seem that Christians are considered worthy of not being offended. Between the three major religions, Jews, Christians, and Muslims, they have all suffered from persecution, but I am speaking of today, not the past. Today Christians are held in contempt. It is obvious they offend atheists, and far left liberals. Otherwise why would they fight so hard to remove God from every part of secular society, by using such a lame excuse as mixing government and religion? They don’t even understand what that means. It was written in defense for freedom of religion, so government could never dictate religion, not the other way around. The quote will be at the end of this article.

Now for politics, and that seems more harmful and threatening than sex, and religion. This is a subject that you will lose more friends than disagreeing on religion, or talking about sex. I really am amazed at how hateful people can become with their political views. The odd part is that most people know very little except what they hear on the news, and many of them only listen to one side…either conservative or liberal news stations. For all practical purposes newspapers are extinct, the only thing good in them are the sales. So to be really up on political news, you must listen to both sides of an issue, before you make your mind up on what you believe to be true. In this respect I am speaking to everyone. However, it is impossible not to mix sex, and religion with politics, because our politics dictate who we are and what we believe as an individual for society.

The rest of this article speaks to the 80% of the population in America who claim to be Christian. I realize that Christians are no better or worse than anyone else, but I do have an issue that I am so confused over and it shakes me to the core. There is no easy approach...but why did 80% of our Christian population give their vote for late term abortion, open borders, and redefine marriage between a man and a woman? How does anyone justify all this and claim they are a Christian? Do all these folks really want a socialist society, and have our choices taken away? Do they want the government to take care of them? Do they realize that their anger is for 1% of the population that are rich? Do they resent rich people so much to go against God’s laws? He is the only one who decides to take life? The Bible says there is a time to be born and a time to die, so if we make a choice to take a life we need to be sure it is justified, and only self defense is justified. Do they know how many children are put to death everyday in our country alone? Do they not realize that 1% of the rich are the same people who start up big factories and business that give them their jobs? Most of these people are self-made millionaires. Do they not see that taking “loop-holes” away from the rich is far easier than unfairly taxing them just because they are rich? God only asks us to give 10% to go the warehouse, so there is plenty left over to take care of the poor and the hungry. Do these Christians give God their 10%? Do they feed the hungry, or give to the poor? Or do they want the rich to do it all?

It is a fact, that rich folks and middle class conservatives give far more money to charities than the far left liberals. Why do we allow the minority far left wing to rule our nation? What happened in the last 10 years to divide our nation so drastically? It is more than just greed. Greed has always been around, democrats and republicans have always been around. The rich, the middle class, and the poor, have always been around. Immigration has always been around, atheists and agnostics have always been around, and extremists have always been around. So what has changed?

Sin has changed, and man has turned his back on his creator for the last time. We are living in the end days, where sin will increase at a remarkable rate, and the book of Matthew will come to pass. If you are not a bible believer, I tell you true, it is the most remarkable and truthful book you will ever read. So when you vote next year, vote your conscience, and not politics. If we want to make the right choice as Christians we have to choose God’s Word every time. Politics has no conscience. For believers, it’s God’s way or the highway. We can not vote race, color or creed. Never allow politics to override God’s principles.

By Estelle P. Shrum

www.Heistheword.com

SCIENCE AND GOD

How can men trust in science but in God they will not believe?    (1)
How can they see the sun, moon, and stars, but in God they can not perceive?

How can men acknowledge the universe having no beginning or end, but not see that God is infinite?

How can they comprehend the vastness of space, and not grasp that man is but a vapor and finite?

How can men watch the metamorphosis of a caterpillar as it turns into a Butterfly?

Seeing something that once crawled suddenly fly, but still in God they deny?

How can men witness as a chameleon changes color to adapt to the environment, but in God they will not rely?

How can they be so accepting that life exists so tiny it’s invisible, but in God they must see with their own eye?

How can men accept the science behind the forces of the universe, but not see the continuity of an intelligent God who is just?

How can they experience the beauty of nature, or the flawless design of the human body and still in God they refuse to trust? 

How can men readily seek the mystery of a black hole?

Then so easily dismiss the teaching of what the Prophets foretold?

How can men not fear where the forces of evil came from, and the origin of love and hate?
But stubbornly they question the majesty of a God of love who wants to save them from their fate?

By  Estelle P. Shrum

1. (Ps. 14:1), (Ps. 25:2), (Ps. 34:22), (Pro. 3:5-6)

‘IT IS BETTER TO TRUST IN THE LORD THAN TO PUT CONFIDENCE IN MAN.  IT IS BETTER TO TRUST IN THE LORD THAN TO PUT CONFIDENCE IN PRINCES.”  Psalm 118:8-9

Our Government Has Been Invaded By Martians…

There is no other way to explain what is happening in our government!
By Estelle P. Shrum, www.Heistheword.com

“We worked night and day, laboring and toiling so that we would not be a burden to any of you. We did this, not because we did not have the right to such help, but in order to make ourselves a model for you to follow. For even when we were with you, we gave you this rule: ‘If a man will not work, he shall not eat.’” 2 Thessalonians 3:8b-10

Ineptocracy (in-ep-toc’-ra-cy) - a system of government where the least capable to lead are elected by the least capable of producing, and where the members of society least likely to sustain themselves or succeed, are rewarded with goods and services paid for by the confiscated wealth of a diminishing number of producers.

"The per person Medicare insurance premium in the US will increase from the present monthly fee of $96.40, rising to $104.20 in 2012; $120.20 in 2013; and $247.00 in 2014. These are provisions incorporated in the Obama Care legislation, purposely delayed so as not to 'confuse' the 2012 re-election campaigns. So…who is being thrown under the bus?

PLEASE HEED THE WISE WORDS OF OUR FOREFATHERS AND PRESIDENTS.

"One of the traditional methods of imposing statism or socialism on a people has been by way of medicine. It's very easy to disguise a medical program as a humanitarian project..  Now, the American people, if you put it to them about socialized medicine and gave them a chance to choose, would unhesitatingly vote against it."
-- Ronald Reagan   — President Ronald Reagan, Sept. 28, 1981 

"Socialism only works in two places: Heaven where they don't need it and hell where they already have it".  -- Ronald Reagan 

"Freedom prospers when religion is vibrant and the rule of law under God is acknowledged".       -- Ronald Reagan   

“The United States is unique because we are an empire of ideals.” 

--Ronald Reagan  

"Government is not the solution, it's the problem".    --Ronald Reagan 

"America is a Nation with a mission - and that mission comes from our most basic beliefs. We have no desire to dominate, no ambitions of empire. Our aim is a democratic peace - a peace founded upon the dignity and rights of every man and woman.”  -- George W. Bush

“Each time someone stands up for an ideal, or acts to improve the lot of others, or strikes out against injustice, they send forth a tiny ripple of hope, and crossing each other from a million different centers of energy and daring, those ripples build a current which can sweep down the mightiest walls of oppression and resistance.”

--Robert F. Kennedy    Capetown, June 6th 1966  

"Fear not the path of truth for the lack of people walking on it."   

 --Robert F Kennedy

"Yesterday is not ours to recover, but tomorrow is ours to win or lose." 

-- Lyndon B. Johnson 

"We must adjust to changing times and still hold to unchanging principles." 

-- Jimmy Carter

“It is the duty of all nations to acknowledge the providence of Almighty God, to obey His will, to be grateful for His benefits, and humbly to implore His protection and favor."  — George Washington

"The liberty enjoyed by the people of these states of worshiping Almighty God agreeably to their conscience, is not only among the choicest of their blessings, but also of their rights." — George Washington, to the Annual meeting of Quakers, September 1789.

“It is impossible to rightly govern the world without God and the Bible.”

 --George Washington 

"The basis of our political systems is the right of the people to make and to alter their constitutions of government."        -- George Washington 

"We have no government armed with power capable of contending with human passions unbridled by morality and religion. Avarice, ambition, revenge or gallantry would break the strongest cords of our Constitution as a whale goes through a net. Our Constitution is designed only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate for any other."  --John Adams

"It is the duty of all men in society, publicly, and at stated seasons, to worship the SUPREME BEING, the great Creator and Preserver of the universe. And no subject shall be hurt, molested, or restrained, in his person, liberty, or estate, for worshipping God in the manner most agreeable to the dictates of his own conscience; or for his religious profession or sentiments; provided he doth not disturb the public peace, or obstruct others in their religious worship."       — John Adams: Thoughts on Government, 1776

 "All of us who were engaged in the struggle must have observed frequent instances of superintending providence in our favor. To that kind providence we owe this happy opportunity of consulting in peace on the means of establishing our future national felicity. And have we now forgotten that powerful friend? Or do we imagine that we no longer need his assistance? I have lived, Sir, a long time, and the longer I live, the more convincing proofs I see of this truth — that God governs in the affairs of men. And if a sparrow cannot fall to the Ground without his Notice, is it probable that an Empire can rise without his Aid?"  — Benjamin Franklin, To Colleagues at the Constitutional Convention.

"Democracy is two wolves and a lamb deciding what to have for dinner.  Liberty is a well-armed lamb."      --Benjamin Franklin

“The Bible is worth all other books which have ever been printed.” 

--Patrick Henry 

"Socialism, in general, has a record of failure so blatant that only an intellectual could ignore or evade it."    --Thomas Sowell

"Fathom the hypocrisy of a Government that requires every citizen to prove they are insured...but not everyone must prove they are a citizen"  

--Author Unknown.

"Culture of intellect, without religion in the heart, is only civilized barbarism and disguised animalism." -- Christian Karl von Bunsen

"The natural motivations of all human beings are mixtures of good and evil – with evil consistently spoiling the good. Hardness of the heart is its consequences."  --Author Unknown.

"WHAT YOU PERMIT, YOU PROMOTE’ -- Author Unknown

An Independent Wants To Know

I wrote this when Obama was running for President - nothing has changed...

Democrats and Republicans have always stood on the opposite side of the fence, however:

1.  Why would I support amnesty for illegal immigrants?  Is it fair to the people who have waited for years and paid thousands of dollars to enter our country legally?

2. Why would I want my tax dollars to pay for abortions?  If it is a personal choice, shouldn’t they pay for it?

3.  Why would I be against English as being the official language in the United States?  This is America!

4.  Why would I want retroactive Social Security to illegal immigrants who gain U.S. citizenship through amnesty?

5.  Why would I want expanded welfare benefits and unlimited eligibility?

6.  Why would I want a national health care insurance plan that would be orchestrated by Washington, D.C.?  Who would they answer to?

7.  Why would I expect bureaucrats to be able to monitor health care when Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security are broke?

8.  Why doesn't everyone object to our government voting on their own personal agendas, i.e., raises, health care plan, or vacations? 

9.  Why am I sensitive to the fact that President Obama scraped the Missile Defense Shield that would protect Poland on the anniversary of the Soviet Union invasion of Poland in 1939? A bit insensitive, isn’t it?

10. Why I am upset that there are people in this country who want to turn over information that would put our soldiers in harms way?

11. Why isn’t everyone in Congress upset over the Acorn deceit and misappropriation of tax dollars? Child Prostitute! Can it get any worse? 

12. Why can’t we have a bi-partisan health care plan?

13. Why does our nation hate entrepreneurs, big business, and rich people? They sure like their cell phones, Iphones, Ipads?  Who do they think made them...not rich people, but they became rich.

14. Why is our country so divided, so selfish, so against God? And why did this happen?

--Estelle P. Shrum

www.Heistheword.com

The Muslim Brotherhood – verified by Wikipedia

WHY WE NEED TO WORRY...
The Muslim Brotherhood was founded by Hassan al-Banna in 1928 after the collapse of Turkey and returned to the precepts of the Qur’an. This is the official slogan of the Muslim Brotherhood:

THE MUSLIM BROTHERWOOD - WHY WE NEED TO WORRY...
The Muslim Brotherhood was founded by Hassan al-Banna in 1928 after the collapse of Turkey and returned to the precepts of the Qur’an. This is the official slogan of the Muslim Brotherhood: 
"Allah is our objective.
The Prophet is our leader.
Qur'an is our law.
Jihad is our way.
Dying in the way of Allah is our highest hope.”
The most famous slogan, used worldwide, is "Islam is the solution."
 
The Muslim Brotherhood's goal, as stated by Brotherhood founder Hassan al-Banna was to reclaim Islam's manifest destiny, an empire, stretching from Spain to Indonesia. It preaches that Islam enjoins man to strive for social justice, the eradication of poverty and corruption, and political freedom to the extent allowed by the laws of Islam. The Brotherhood strongly opposes Western colonialism, and helped overthrow the pro-western monarchies in Egypt and other Muslim countries during the early 20th century.

In October 2007, the Muslim Brotherhood issued a detailed political platform. Amongst other things it called for a board of Muslim clerics to oversee the government, and limiting the office of the presidency to Muslim men. It declared that a woman was not suited to be president because the post's religious and military duties ’conflict with her nature, social and other humanitarian roles.`

Arab Nations Involved with The Muslim Brotherhood:

Bahrain - It has strongly opposed the government's accession to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights on the grounds that this would give Muslim citizens the right to change religion, when in the party's view they should be "beheaded".

Syria - Membership in the Syrian Brotherhood became a capital offence in Syria in 1980, (but the headquarters of the MB-linked Palestinian group, Hamas, is located in the Syria's capital Damascus, where it is given Syrian government support. This is seen by some as an example of the lack of international centralization or even coordination of the MB.

Jordan - The Hamas's Damascus-based leader, Khaled Meshaal, said: "Egypt's unrest will spread across the Mideast and Arabs will topple leaders allied with the United States." However, he did not specifically name Jordanian King Abdullah II. The Muslim brotherhood is rightfully or wrongfully feared by several commentators in the west; however it is not known how many seats in a democratic government the brotherhood will gain in any of the aforementioned countries.

Iran - Although Iran is a predominately Shia Muslim country and the Muslim Brotherhood is Sunni in doctrine, Olga Davidson and Mohammad Mahallati claim the Brotherhood has had influence among Shia in Iran.

Iraq - After the fall of the Saddam Hussein regime in 2003, the Islamic Party has reemerged as one of the main advocates of the country's Sunni community. Also, in the north of Iraq there are several Islamic movements inspired by or part of the Muslim Brotherhood network.

Palestine -The Islamic Resistance Movement, or Hamas, founded in 1987 in Gaza, is a wing of the Brotherhood, formed out of Brotherhood-affiliated charities and social institutions that had gained a strong foothold among the local population.

Saudi Arabia - The Brotherhood has been tolerated by the Saudi government, and maintains a presence in the country

Kuwait - The Muslim Brotherhood in Kuwait is represented in the Kuwaiti parliament by Hadas.

Yemen - The Muslim Brotherhood is the political arm of the Yemeni Congregation for Reform, commonly known as Islah.

Oman - The Muslim Brotherhood obtained support from the uneducated people.

Algeria - When a multi-party system was introduced in Algeria in the early 1990s, the Muslim Brotherhood formed the Movement for the Society of Peace (MSP), previously known as Hamas.

Sudan - Sudan has a long and deep history with the Muslim Brotherhood compared to many other countries. By April 1949, the first branch of the Sudanese Muslim Brotherhood organization emerged. The Muslim Brotherhood/NIF's (National Islamic Front) main objective in Sudan was to Islamize the society "from above" and to institutionalize the Islamic law throughout the country where they succeeded.

Somalia - Somalia's wing of the Muslim Brotherhood is known by the name Harakat Al-Islah or "Reform Movement". Nonetheless, the Brotherhood, as mentioned earlier, has inspired many Islamist organizations in Somalia.

Tunisia - Like their counterparts elsewhere in the Islamic world in general, the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood has influenced the Tunisia's Islamists.

The United State of America - The Holy Land Foundation trial has led to the release, as evidence, of several documents on the Muslim Brotherhood. One of these documents, dated in 1991, explains that the goal of the Muslim Brotherhood in the U.S. is "settlement," defined by the brotherhood as a form of jihad aimed at destroying Western civilization from within and allowing for the victory of Islam over other religions. In another one of these documents, "Ikhwan in America", the author alleges that the activities of the Muslim Brotherhood in the US include going to camps to do weapons training (referred to as Special work by the Muslim Brotherhood), as well as engaging in counter-espionage against US government agencies such as the FBI and CIA (referred to as Securing the Group).

The United Kingdom - The Muslim Brotherhood has formally been active in the U.K since 1996 and now holds a significant but widely unknown presence within the U.K's Muslim population.

(FrontPage Magazine)
"The Muslim Brotherhood is a group that worries us not because it deals with philosophical or ideological ideas but because it defends the use of violence against civilians."

(Editor of The Al Qaeda Reade)
Muhammad himself described war as "deceit" and those Muslim Brotherhood disciples, past and present, merely duplicate the "everlasting words of Allah", as iterated in the Qur'an.

Former U.S. Middle East peace envoy Dennis Ross, who told Asharq Alawsat newspaper that the Muslim Brotherhood is a global, not a local organization, governed by a Shura Council, which rejects cessation of violence in Israel, and supports violence to achieve its political objectives elsewhere too.

The Interior Minister of Saudi Arabia, Prince Naif Ibn Abdul Aziz has stated ‘The Muslim Brotherhood” has links to groups across the Arab world, including Jordan's main parliamentary opposition, the 'Islamic Action Front,' and the 'Palestinian resistance movement, 'Hamas." The Interior Minister's outburst against the Brotherhood came amid mounting criticism in the United States of Saudi Arabia's longstanding support for Islamist groups around the world.

The Financial Times reported financial links between 74-year-old Swiss Muslim convert, and businessman Ahmed Huber, and members of the Muslim Brotherhood, notably Youssef Nada, Ali Ghaleb Himmat. According to the U.S. government, Al Taqwa "has long acted as financial advisers to al-Qaeda." He is reported to have "confirmed" having "had contact with associates of Osama bin Laden at an Islamic conference in Beirut", whom he called "very discreet, well-educated, very intelligent people”.

Foreign Relations
The involvement of the Muslim Brotherhood in the failed assignation of former President Nasser and President Assad and numerous other officials makes it doubtful that they will support a democratic system where non-Muslim or secular voices have a chance. There are rumors that the Muslim Brotherhood wants to use the democratic system to hijack the government and to make Egypt into a Sunni version of Iran utilizing Sharia law as the main guiding principle of government. Coptic Christians have already been attacked by Muslim Brotherhood thugs so it is clear that the Muslim Brotherhood has no intent to protect Coptic Christians in Egypt.

Helmi el-Gazzar, member of the Freedom and Justice Party (FJP), stated that the party decided to abandon the slogan “Islam is the solution” used by the Muslim Brotherhood for decades in favor of the new slogan “Freedom is the Solution and Justice is the Application” during the next parliamentary elections.

I believe history speaks for itself.
-- Estelle P. Shrum
www.Heistheword.com

“Allah is our objective.
The Prophet is our leader.
Qur'an is our law.
Jihad is our way.
Dying in the way of Allah is our highest hope.”

The Muslim Brotherhood's goal, as stated by Brotherhood founder Hassan al-Banna was to reclaim Islam's manifest destiny, an empire, stretching from Spain to Indonesia. It preaches that Islam enjoins man to strive for social justice, the eradication of poverty and corruption, and political freedom to the extent allowed by the laws of Islam. The Brotherhood strongly opposes Western colonialism, and helped overthrow the pro-western monarchies in Egypt and other Muslim countries during the early 20th century.

In October 2007, the Muslim Brotherhood issued a detailed political platform. Amongst other things it called for a board of Muslim clerics to oversee the government, and limiting the office of the presidency to Muslim men. It declared that a woman was not suited to be president because the post's religious and military duties ’conflict with her nature, social and other humanitarian roles.`

Arab Nations Involved with The Muslim Brotherhood:

Bahrain - It has strongly opposed the government's accession to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights on the grounds that this would give Muslim citizens the right to change religion, when in the party's view they should be "beheaded".

Syria - Membership in the Syrian Brotherhood became a capital offence in Syria in 1980, (but the headquarters of the MB-linked Palestinian group, Hamas, is located in the Syria's capital Damascus, where it is given Syrian government support. This is seen by some as an example of the lack of international centralization or even coordination of the MB.

Jordan - The Hamas's Damascus-based leader, Khaled Meshaal, said: "Egypt's unrest will spread across the Mideast and Arabs will topple leaders allied with the United States." However, he did not specifically name Jordanian King Abdullah II. The Muslim brotherhood is rightfully or wrongfully feared by several commentators in the west; however it is not known how many seats in a democratic government the brotherhood will gain in any of the aforementioned countries.

Iran - Although Iran is a predominately Shia Muslim country and the Muslim Brotherhood is Sunni in doctrine, Olga Davidson and Mohammad Mahallati claim the Brotherhood has had influence among Shia in Iran.

Iraq - After the fall of the Saddam Hussein regime in 2003, the Islamic Party has reemerged as one of the main advocates of the country's Sunni community. Also, in the north of Iraq there are several Islamic movements inspired by or part of the Muslim Brotherhood network.

Palestine -The Islamic Resistance Movement, or Hamas, founded in 1987 in Gaza, is a wing of the Brotherhood, formed out of Brotherhood-affiliated charities and social institutions that had gained a strong foothold among the local population.

Saudi Arabia - The Brotherhood has been tolerated by the Saudi government, and maintains a presence in the country

Kuwait - The Muslim Brotherhood in Kuwait is represented in the Kuwaiti parliament by Hadas.

Yemen - The Muslim Brotherhood is the political arm of the Yemeni Congregation for Reform, commonly known as Islah.

Oman - The Muslim Brotherhood obtained support from the uneducated people.

Algeria - When a multi-party system was introduced in Algeria in the early 1990s, the Muslim Brotherhood formed the Movement for the Society of Peace (MSP), previously known as Hamas.

Sudan - Sudan has a long and deep history with the Muslim Brotherhood compared to many other countries. By April 1949, the first branch of the Sudanese Muslim Brotherhood organization emerged. The Muslim Brotherhood/NIF's (National Islamic Front) main objective in Sudan was to Islamize the society "from above" and to institutionalize the Islamic law throughout the country where they succeeded.

Somalia - Somalia's wing of the Muslim Brotherhood is known by the name Harakat Al-Islah or "Reform Movement". Nonetheless, the Brotherhood, as mentioned earlier, has inspired many Islamist organizations in Somalia.

Tunisia - Like their counterparts elsewhere in the Islamic world in general, the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood has influenced the Tunisia's Islamists.

The United State of America - The Holy Land Foundation trial has led to the release, as evidence, of several documents on the Muslim Brotherhood. One of these documents, dated in 1991, explains that the goal of the Muslim Brotherhood in the U.S. is "settlement," defined by the brotherhood as a form of jihad aimed at destroying Western civilization from within and allowing for the victory of Islam over other religions. In another one of these documents, "Ikhwan in America", the author alleges that the activities of the Muslim Brotherhood in the US include going to camps to do weapons training (referred to as Special work by the Muslim Brotherhood), as well as engaging in counter-espionage against US government agencies such as the FBI and CIA (referred to as Securing the Group).

The United Kingdom - The Muslim Brotherhood has formally been active in the U.K since 1996 and now holds a significant but widely unknown presence within the U.K's Muslim population.

 (FrontPage Magazine)

"The Muslim Brotherhood is a group that worries us not because it deals with philosophical or ideological ideas but because it defends the use of violence against civilians."

(Editor of The Al Qaeda Reade)

Muhammad himself described war as "deceit" and those Muslim Brotherhood disciples, past and present, merely duplicate the "everlasting words of Allah", as iterated in the Qur'an.

Former U.S. Middle East peace envoy Dennis Ross, who told Asharq Alawsat newspaper that the Muslim Brotherhood is a global, not a local organization, governed by a Shura Council, which rejects cessation of violence in Israel, and supports violence to achieve its political objectives elsewhere too.

The Interior Minister of Saudi Arabia, Prince Naif Ibn Abdul Aziz has stated ‘The Muslim Brotherhood” has links to groups across the Arab world, including Jordan's main parliamentary opposition, the 'Islamic Action Front,' and the 'Palestinian resistance movement, 'Hamas." The Interior Minister's outburst against the Brotherhood came amid mounting criticism in the United States of Saudi Arabia's longstanding support for Islamist groups around the world.

The Financial Times reported financial links between 74-year-old Swiss Muslim convert, and businessman Ahmed Huber, and members of the Muslim Brotherhood, notably Youssef Nada, Ali Ghaleb Himmat. According to the U.S. government, Al Taqwa "has long acted as financial advisers to al-Qaeda." He is reported to have "confirmed" having "had contact with associates of Osama bin Laden at an Islamic conference in Beirut", whom he called "very discreet, well-educated, very intelligent people”.

Foreign Relations

The involvement of the Muslim Brotherhood in the failed assignation of former President Nasser and President Assad and numerous other officials makes it doubtful that they will support a democratic system where non-Muslim or secular voices have a chance. There are rumors that the Muslim Brotherhood wants to use the democratic system to hijack the government and to make Egypt into a Sunni version of Iran utilizing Sharia law as the main guiding principle of government. Coptic Christians have already been attacked by Muslim Brotherhood thugs so it is clear that the Muslim Brotherhood has no intent to protect Coptic Christians in Egypt.

Helmi el-Gazzar, member of the Freedom and Justice Party (FJP), stated that the party decided to abandon the slogan “Islam is the solution” used by the Muslim Brotherhood for decades in favor of the new slogan “Freedom is the Solution and Justice is the Application” during the next parliamentary elections

I believe history speaks for itself.

--  Estelle P. Shrum
www.Heistheword.com

This Is Not About Race or Politics...It's about Facts

I wrote this four years ago and it seems it seems like nothing has changed!

ASK YOURSELF THESE QUESTIONS WITHOUT RACISM OR POLITICS…

Isn’t it true that no one was called a racist when Bush was loathed and called every name under the sun?

Isn’t it true that Bush gave more money to help the people in Africa than any other President?

Isn’t it true that many white people voted for Obama and helped him to become President?

Isn’t it true that President Obama was the first person to use the race card?
Isn’t it true that racists have always been around, and not just with this
election, or this President?

Isn’t it true that President Kennedy met with much prejudice because he was Catholic?

Isn’t it true that Jimmy Carter’s politics is racist against the Jews, but he claims racism against Obama?

Isn’t it true that the American people love our country and are proud of it?

Isn’t it true that American’s give more money to charities than any other country in the world?

Isn’t it true that American people are frightened of a $23.1 trillion deficit over the next 10 years, and don’t want to leave a debt like this to their descendants?

Isn’t it a legitimate fear of the bail out money that went to the banks, insurance companies, and auto industry with so little accountability?

Isn’t it true that many people fear where this country is headed and think the changes may be for the worse?

Isn’t it true that conservatives disagree with liberals, and liberals disagree with conservatives, and it has nothing to do with race, color or creed?

Isn’t it true we are all immigrants to America? Most of our great-grandparents came from another country, with exception to the American Indian who had their land stolen from us.

Isn’t it true that separation of church and state means that government cannot dictate or forbid religion? But it doesn’t mean that government is not allowed to have faith in God?

Isn’t it true that Islamic extremists in many parts of the world tortured and chopped heads off of our U.S. soldiers and citizens? Can that compare to water boarding three killers?

Isn’t it true that President Obama announced to the world that America is NOT a Judeo/Christian nation?

Isn’t it true that President Obama ignored Nation Prayer Day? What message is he sending?

Isn’t it true that President Obama gave pause and recognized Gay and Lesbian Day? What message is he sending?

Isn’t it true that President Obama Bowed to the King of Saudi Arabia, and did not kiss the Pope’s ring? What message is he sending?

IF YOU ARE A CHRISTIAN AND LOVE THE LORD ASK YOURSELF THIS?

DO I HAVE HATE IN MY HEART FOR PRESIDENT OBAMA, OR ANYONE ELSE? I HOPE THE ANSWER IS NO BECAUSE IT IS A SCIENTIFIC FACT THAT TWO ELEMENTS CANNOT OCCUPY THE SAME SPACE. WE CANNOT HATE ANYONE AND LOVE CHRIST…

WHAT DOES YOUR HEART TELL YOU? PRAY FOR OUR NATION AND PRESIDENT OBAMA FOR I FEAR THE CHANGES HE IS GOING TO MAKE WILL DESTORY OUR COUNTRY.
   --- Estelle P. Shrum
www.Heistheword.com

How can I say this in a Godly way?

After thinking how I would approach this I have decided that there is no diplomatic way to say the things I am about to say. I do know that no one can cast the first stone, because we all sin, and fall short of the glory of God. I also believe that we are living in the end days as the Bible so clearly tells us. Of course, no one person, not even Jesus, when He walked the earth, knows the hour of His return, but the Bible tells us to watch the fig tree, and we can know when the season is near. The Bible tells us “This generation will not pass away” until all these things Jesus spoke of will come to pass. Well they are coming to pass more quickly than we realize. In the day of the internet with information so readily available, time is but a millisecond away.

When I was growing up people had the good sense not to discuss politics, religion, or sex. People had the good taste to keep their dirty laundry within the confines of their own home. No one hung out their dirty laundry. Today, the more people that are open about their bad habits, their personal feelings, or their secrets, are there for the world to witness. In my humble opinion that is why our society is so accepting of everything and anything. It actually makes one cool to air their dysfunctional lives.

Most people have a secret they we would not want known, but Christians confess it to God, and repent, because they are convicted of sin. Today our society just makes excuses for it. This is why our country will never move forward. We are living in the days of Sodom and Gomorra and there is no Noah to build us an ark.

O.K….let’s take sex, for example. Our society now accepts, open marital relationships, soft pornography, (at the moment most still frown at hard porn), people living together (we used to think of it as “shacking up”), but now it is quite acceptable. We embrace that homosexuals have all the benefits of marriage that God created for man and woman. Homosexuals have been around as long as the bible, this is not something new. Of course we never want to repeat the past and condemn anyone for their life style. Man was given free choice and a free will to do whatever our laws today allow. Christians believe sin is sin, and there is no sin that is better or worse than another. However, God is a holy God, and only one man walked the earth without sin and that was Jesus. No one, but Him, is without sin. However, as a society we accept whatever feels good and is politically correct, and that is a new standard.

Now let’s, take religion, another taboo topic. Today our society is very conscious of not offending most religions. I say most religions because it doesn’t seem that society cares about offending Christians. Between the three major religions, Jews, Christians, and Muslims, they have all suffered from persecution, but I am speaking of today, not the past. Today Christians are held in contempt. It is obvious they offend atheists, and far left liberals. Otherwise why would they fight so hard to remove God from every part of secular society by using a lame excuse as not mixing government and religion? They don’t care or understand what Thomas Jefferson wrote. It was written to defend freedom of religion, so government could never dictate religion, not the other way around. His quote will be at the end of this article.

Now, for another taboo subject…politics. This topic is more harmful and threatening than sex, and religion. It can cause you to lose more friends than disagreeing on either sex or religion. I am really amazed at how hateful people can become on their political views. The odd part is that most people know very little about politics, only what they hear on the news, and the people that are involved only listen to one side…either conservative or liberal news stations. For all practical purposes newspapers are extinct, the only good thing in them are the sales. So to be really up on political news, you must listen and read up on both sides of an issue; before you make your mind up on what you believe to be true. However, it is impossible not to mix sex, and religion with politics, because it’s our politics that dictate who we are and how our society should be ruled.

The rest of this article speaks to the 75% of the population in America who claim to be a Christian. I realize that Christians are no better or worse than anyone else, but I do have an issue that confuses me and shakes me to the core. There is no easy way to approach it…but why did 75% of the Christian population give their vote for legal abortions, especially allowing late term abortions. These babies are viable and can live outside the mother’s womb? How can anyone justify that? The Bible says there is a time to be born and a time to die, so if we make a choice to take a life we need to be sure it is justified, and only self defense is justified. Do they know that seven thousand babies are killed every year in Jacksonville, FL?

When I was a young girl I was raised Catholic and didn’t believe in abortion, but as I grew older my beliefs changed and although I still believed that I would never have an abortion, I still didn’t feel I had the right to make that choice for anyone else. I believed they would have to answer to God for what they did. Well, when I became a born again Christian, I realized that if I don’t speak out and say it is wrong, what I am actually saying is that’s it’s OK. It’s never OK to break God’s Commandments. It’s never OK to be silent when society goes against breaking the "Ten Commandments". I can tell you from experience of counseling women from all ages who had abortions that they never get over the pain and remorse of making that decision. They feel the lost of their child the rest of their lives.

Also, why do Christians in our society not care that marriage has been redefined by our society to appease the minority. Marriage was a gift from God for man and woman to be united as one. Homosexuals have been married by civil law for years, so how do Christians justify these broken commandments that God gave to the Jews and Christians?

Another issue that grieves me is that so many people seem to want a socialist society. Do they really want their freedom to choose taken away? Do they want the government to take care of them? Why is their anger targeted at only the 1% of the population who are rich? Do they not realize the 1% of rich people are the people who start up big factories and business that create their jobs? Most of these "rich" people are self-made millionaires. It would be far easier to take away their “loop-holes” than unfairly taxing them just because they’re rich? God only asks Christians to give 10% for the warehouse, so there should be plenty left over to take care of the poor and the hungry. Do these Christians give God their 10%? Do they feed the hungry, or give to the poor. Or do they want the rich to do it all? It is a fact that middle class conservatives give more money to charities than the far left liberals.

So why do we allow the minority far left wing to rule our nation? What has happened in the last ten years to divide our nation so drastically? It is more than just greed. Greed has always been around, democrats and republicans have always been around. The rich, the middle class, and the poor, have always been around. Immigration has always been around, atheists and agnostics have always been around, and extremists have always been around. So what has changed?

It is man’s heart that has changed, and he has turned his back on his creator for the last time. We are living in the end days, where sin will increase at a remarkable rate, and the book of Matthew will come to pass. History has already witnessed hundreds of prophecies come true. If you are not a Bible believer, I tell you true, it is the most remarkable, truthful, and inspiring book you will ever read. It has been with us from Genesis 1145 B.C. to Revelation early 90 A.D. It is the spirit of the living God and through his Saints He gave witness of His love for mankind.

So when you vote next year, vote your conscience, and not politics. If we want to make the right choice as Christians we have to choose God’s Word every time. Politics has no conscience. For believers, it’s God’s way or the highway. We can not vote race, color or creed. Never allow politics to override God’s principles.

CHURCH AND STATE

Ancient history

Ancient history is replete with examples of the mixing and melding of Church and state. Typically a successful ruler or king would assume various "priestly" titles, in addition to the "temporal" titles that such a position tended to confer. Some examples of this certain Church-state mixing and melding are: the execution of Socrates, whereby Socrates was sentenced to death by the Athenian state for among other things, "his disrespect for the Gods", the claim of many of the ancient Judean kings to rule with a mandate from Heaven, or the Edict of Thessalonica, whereby Christianity was officially made the state religion of the Roman Empire.

Reformation

At the beginning of the Protestant Reformation, Martin Luther articulated a doctrine of the two kingdoms. According to James Madison, perhaps one of the most important modern proponents of the separation of church and state, Luther's doctrine of the two kingdoms marked the beginning of the modern conception of separation of church and state.

In the 1530s Henry VIII, angered by the Catholic Church's refusal to annul his marriage with his wife Catherine of Aragon, decided to break with the Church and set himself as ruler of the new Church of England, the Anglican Church, ending the separation that had existed^[ between Church and State in England. Main article: Separation of church and state in the United States

In the United States, the term is an offshoot of the phrase, "wall of separation between church and state," as written in Thomas Jefferson's letter to the Danbury Baptist Association in 1802. The original text reads: "... I contemplate with sovereign reverence that act of the whole American people which declared that their legislature should 'make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof,' thus building a wall of separation between Church & State." Jefferson reflected his frequent speaking theme that the government is not to interfere with religion. The phrase was quoted by the United States Supreme Court first in 1878, and then in a series of cases starting in 1947. The phrase "separation of church and state" itself does not appear in the United States Constitution. The First Amendment states that "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof." The Supreme Court did not consider the question of how this applied to the states until 1947; when they did, in Everson v. Board of Education, all nine justices agreed that there was a wall of separation between church and state, but a majority held that the present case (a local authority paying to transport parochial students to school), the benefits to the children outweighed the Constitutional objection.

 

By Estelle P. Shrum

www.Heistheword.com

Author of:  He Is The Word