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"This world is enemy-occupied territory, into which the rightful King has landed, inviting us to a grand campaign of sabotage"
(as stated eloquently by CS Lewis).
"Test and prove what pleases the Lord. Have nothing to do with the fruitless deeds of darkness, but rather expose them. For it is shameful even to mention what the disobedient do in secret.."
Ephesians 5: 11
For rulers are not a terror to good conduct, but to bad. Do you want to be unafraid of the one in authority? Then do what is right, and you will have his approval. For he is God’s servant for your good. But if you do wrong, be afraid, for he does not carry the sword in vain. He is God’s servant, an agent of retribution to the wrongdoer. Therefore it is necessary to submit to authority, not only to avoid punishment, but also as a matter of conscience.…
Romans 13: 3-5
ETA: Again, don't have time to ready through everything right now, but your comment about joining with the "freedom movement" is thought provoking. I'd say that even here we (the catholic [small "c" catholic, not Roman] church should be discerning and thoughtful of joining with any secular movement so as not to taint our witness to the Truth and Light of the Gospel. Not saying that we should not, just that discernment, thought and sometimes even a wee bit of distance might be in order.
ETA2: Actuallly, as I think about it, I think that the church should be its own Freedom Movement, based on on "our rights," but on obeying God and not man. That'd put our resistance on a totally different level. It could could run on the same track (to use an analogy) as the secular freedom movement, but have it's own source of locomotion. The problem is that most pastors and church leaders wouldn't have the balls to do it.
originally posted by: FlyInTheOintment
a reply to: chr0naut
It's really not surprising to me that you stepped forward to criticise the positive thought which is being expressed in this thread. Your cyniscism & blatant misdirection, the bait & switch, is all laughable when you consider your impact in the realm of the spirit. You are contemptible, you are corrupt in your thinking, you are double-minded, you are plainly a misinformation strategist - I see your posts all over this site & don't feel you are worthy of a considered response. I'm sure the other thread participants & readership will come to the same conclusion without me wasting a lot of time & energy exchanging with you, when I know already that I am perfectly correct in everything I have said in this thread, because I have considered it all in the light of the Truth of God, not in accordance with the standards of men, a perversion of which you are clinging to.
What I will say is that the Freedom Movement is clearly not perfect, because it is composed of imperfect human beings. That does not equate with your contemptible comments suggesting that it is all worthless & pointless because x, y, z. I could waste a lot of time pointing out why you are so horribly wrong about everything you say - but I can't be bothered - your reputation preceeds you, and everyone knows the way you roll. Bye.
originally posted by: Wookiep
a reply to: chr0naut
You're a wolf in sheep's clothing. You seemingly get your rocks off virtue signalling for all things wrong/backwards, and evil in this world. The devil knows God's word well.
"And no wonder, for Satan himself masquerades as an angel of light"
2 Corinthians 11:14
I am convinced that we MUST join with the existing Freedom Movement which has developed here in the UK & elsewhere,
originally posted by: FlyInTheOintment
Hi ATS,
Firstly allow me to state that I write specifically from a British perspective, and I know that in the USA there's a much greater correlation between Christianity & the Freedom Movement more generally - more Christian parents, for example, homeschool their kids & are members of citizen resistance groups; here in the UK there's a massive disconnect between the Christian culture more broadly & the Freedom Movement, by which I refer specifically to the movement which sprang up in response to the COVID scamdemic, which incorporates opposition to the government's & corporations' propaganda & agenda for radical control of the populace,
taking their cues from supra-national organisations which are despotically corrupt, such as the World Economic Forum & the World Health Organisation.
Christians in this country, and possibly throughout the West more generally, are not as clued into the cooperation between organisations such as the WEF & WHO & the tyrannical, despotic actions of their governments, and the risks that are posed longer term as a result of these supra-national organisations' ascendance in the political-economic sphere. They are not even remotely aware of the insidious nature of the World Economic Forum, with all the very, very many hideous things said by its leader, Klaus Schwab (eat ze bugs)
& significant contributors such as Yuval Noah Harari (who claims that transhumanism will perfect the mistakes made by God),
or equally insidious supra-national organising by the World Health Organisation, the leader of which (Tedros Ghebreyesus) once stated (caught on a hidden video recording made by a whistle blower - the video has since disappeared) that for those killed by the international 'vaccine' depopulation effort
there would be "the peace of the grave" as their solace, never mind the fact that YOU KILLED THEM & they lost everything they had ever worked towards in their lives to that point.
originally posted by: twistedpuppy
a reply to: chr0naut
The funny thing is that the OP worries about the World Economic Forum, WHO, vaccines etc but doesn't worry about the decreased church attendance. At least, in my country, it has dropped by 1/3. Many of my acquaintances figured out that they don't have to go to church at all. It's enough they pray at home like in good Covid times.
It's partly the government's fault but, on the other hand, the draconian anti-Covid measures lasted less than two months. Later on, throughout the pandemic, people could participate in masses. The government was pro-Catholic so it left churches open even when cinemas, theaters, museums and galleries were closed. Still many people didn't go because they were freaking out.
Now, something about vaccine mandates... I once read an article about three Swiss guards who didn't want to risk getting vaccinated and left the corps. And this is hilarious because they vowed to protect the pope and take the bullet for him if there's a need for that!
Bring the next pandemic/plandemic/scamdemic and that will be the end of Christianity.