BECAUSE THEY REQUIRE CERTAIN BELIEFS, RULES, AND FALSE DOCTRINES.
WONDER WHATEVER HAPPENED TO THE SIMPLE ANSWER WHEN ONE ASKED JESUS
"WHAT MUST I DO TO HAVE ETERNAL LIFE?"
THE TOTAL, SIMPLE ANSWER JESUS GAVE WAS
"LOVE GOD WITH YOUR WHOLE BEING AND YOUR NEIGHBOR AS YOURSELF."
I wish I had preached more of that and less of church doctrines and rules. -editor
RESPONSE:
When religion is not kept simple, it becomes a very destructive force.....In Ireland, the Christian Catholics and Christian Protestants were warring for years.......Islamic Shiites and Islamic Sunnis are now tearing apart Iraq.....In America, Christian fundamentalists have recently supported dangerous politicians willing to promote a conservative religious agenda at the expense of our Constitution......If religion had been kept simple, none of this would have happened.......It all stems from man's arrogant attempt to strictly define God.....to selfishly personalize God.........to box Him in......and then discriminate against (or kill) those who refuse to go along for the ride.
Ron
Monday, January 29, 2007
WHY ARE SO MANY REJECTING/DROPPING OUT OF TRADITION CHURCHES?
Sunday, January 28, 2007
Greetings:
There will be huge changes in Iraq this year. 2007 is truly "the year" for Iraq, for various reasons, including the upcoming elections in the United States. Barring an asteroid strike on some major city, the war in Iraq will be the most important topic in 2007. It will also be one of the most under-reported.
There are two types of media sources covering this war: the ones who are here, and those who are not. The media is Missing In Action, and reporting from afar. Yesterday, for instance, major media reported on an attack in a small village north of Mosul. None of those sources actually visited the village. I did.
I'll bring home frontline information all year, or until something sends me home. Please support these dispatches by spreading the links.
The latest dispatch, Desolate Roads Part 2 of 2, is now online.
Respectfully,
Michael YonMichael YonP O Box 416Westport Pt MA 02791
TRENDS OF AMERICAN WARS
January 28, 2007
I Don't Want This To Be a Political Blog, But...This was too good to pass up
A Historical Curiosity
For your consideration and debate:
US Civil War: first time there is a Republican President - very large, Democratic anti-war movement.
Spanish/American War: Republican President - very large, Democratic anti-war movement.
World War One: Democratic President - no anti-war movement.
World War Two: Democratic President - no anti-war movement.
Korean War: Democratic President - no anti-war movement.
Vietnam War: As soon as a Republican took over the botched war from the Democrats - very large, Democratic anti-war movement.
For the rest of the article click on: http://poorfrank.blogspot.com/
WHAT IS AN ATHEIST?
An atheist is a man who watches a Notre Dame - Southern Methodist University game and doesn't care who wins.
Dwight D. Eisenhower
THEY SAY HISTORY REPEATS ITSELF; UNLESS ENOUGH PEOPLE KNOW HISTORY AND TRY TO AVOID REPEATING EVIL EVENTS (mackie).
Hubert Van Es, in the NYT (4-29-05):
THIRTY years ago I was fortunate enough to take a photograph that has become perhaps the most recognizable image of the fall of Saigon - you know it, the one that is always described as showing an American helicopter evacuating people from the roof of the United States Embassy. Well, like so many things about the Vietnam War, it's not exactly what it seems. In fact, the photo is not of the embassy at all; the helicopter was actually on the roof of an apartment building in downtown Saigon where senior Central Intelligence Agency employees were housed.
For the rest of the story click on: http://www.hnn.us/roundup/archives/11/2005/4/#11607
Turning Failure Into Triumph
Posted by David Romanelli
on Sat, Jan 27, 2007, 9:37 am PST
Here are some famous examples of turning failure into triumph:Michael Jordan -- The greatest basketball player of all time was actually cut from his high school basketball team as a 10th grader.
Sly Stallone -- As a kid, Sylvester Stallone was teased because of his Looney Tunes associated name, and his crooked eye, drooping lower lip and slurred speech. Of course all those characteristics helped him create one of the most inspirational characters in movie history: ROCKY!"Conflict is the primary engine of growth and creativity." Ronald Heifetz
Abraham Lincoln -- Lincoln failed as a businessman, failed as a farmer, failed in his first campaign to go to Congress, failed in his first campaign for Senate...yet he went on to become one of the great Americans of all time."...it's better to lose some of the battles in the struggles for your dreams than to be defeated without ever knowing what you're fighting for." - Paulo Coelho
For the rest of the article click on:
http://health.yahoo.com/experts/yeahdave/7262/turning-failure-into-triumph
The War in Iraq Costs (1/27/07:2pm)
$361,673,848,501
For the latest total click on: http://costofwar.com/