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Originally posted by Xcouncil=wisdom
reply to post by smallpeeps
I think I see your point that there is a lack of real faith and as such most religions are effectively dead?
I also think that there are a about 14 million jews a couple billion christians and a 1 and a half billion muslims almost a billion hindu's and buddhists and even half a million wiccans who would probably dissagree with your assertion. (the vision of the harlot...babylon the great is supposed to represent the world empire of false religion...so I'm gonna put all of these in that basket)
www.religioustolerance.org... I don't know how accurate this source is, but for the purpose of the argument...I'd say its good enough.
But I am interested in the concept that the UN could legally ban religion and how can that be possible.
'Militant secularisation' taking hold of British society, says Lady Warsi
The Tory party chairman will lead an official visit to the pope by calling for Christianity to be given a central role in public life
Patrick Wintour, political editor guardian.co.uk, Monday 13 February 2012 23.02 GMT
‘Militant secularisation’ taking hold of British society, says Lady Warsi Lady Warsi will say that 'militant secularisation' demonstrates 'similar traits to totalitarian regimes'. Lady Warsi is to warn of what she calls the "militant secularisation" of society and propose Christianity is given a central role in public life when she leads a high-level government delegation on an official visit to the pope. In a speech on Tuesday she will say: "My fear is that, today, militant secularisation is taking hold of our societies. We see it in a number of things: when signs of religion cannot be displayed or worn in government buildings, and where religion is sidelined and downgraded in the public sphere. "For me one of the most worrying aspects about this militant secularisation is that at its core and in its instincts it is deeply intolerant. It demonstrates similar traits to totalitarian regimes – denying people the right to a religious identity because they were frightened of the concept of multiple identities."
During the visit, held to celebrate the 30-year anniversary of the establishment of full diplomatic relations between the UK and the papacy, she will stress she is not calling for a theocracy but a more explicit role for religion in public life. Some of the recent attempts by Christians to become involved in contemporary politics have been uneasy, including the near implosion of the administration of St Paul's Cathedral over the presence of the Occupy movement on its doorstep. There has also been sharp disagreements with the Church of England over secular issues such as bonuses and the role of banks. Implicitly rejecting multiculturalism, Warsi, the first female Muslim to serve as a minister, will say that the best way to encourage social harmony is to put Christianity at the centre of public life. She is taking six ministers to Rome, including Jeremy Hunt, the culture secretary, and Michael Moore, the Scottish secretary. She will speak to the Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy, the school for the next generation of papal diplomats, at which she will argue Europe needs to be more confident in its Christianity. "Too often there is suspicion of faith in our continent hinging on a basic misconception – that to create equality and space for minorities we need to erase our religious heritage," she will say. She will argue "people need to feel stronger in their religious identities, more confident in their beliefs". While individuals should not dilute their nations, nor should nations deny their religious heritages. She will say that, "You cannot and should not extract these Christian foundations from the evolution of our nations any more than you should or could erase the spires from our landscapes". She will deride the way in which across Europe and in the UK, "spirituality is suppressed divinity downgraded and where in the words of the Archbishop of Canterbury faith is looked down upon as the hobby of oddities, foreigners and minorities". And she will say politicians "need to give faith a seat at the table in public life", saying "intolerant secularisation has to be held back by reaffirming the religious foundations on which our societies are built" . The delegation is being lodged at the Vatican City State.
....uprecedented in American history
Put simply: There is simply no time in American history we can recall where nearly the entire body of American Catholic bishops and priests have united to speak against a sitting president by name, and promised civil disobedience.
Vatican told to pay taxes as Italy tackles budget crisis
End of controversial property tax breaks leaves the Pope facing €600m-a-year bill
After several years of scandal in which the Catholic Church has faced allegations of financial impropriety, paedophile priests and rumours of plots to kill the Pope, the Vatican is now facing a new €600m-a-year tax bill as Rome seeks to head off European Commission censure over controversial property tax breaks enjoyed by the Church.
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Since 2005 church-run organisations have not been considered ordinary commercial structures and have been exempt. According to Corriere della Sera newspaper, tax authorities will judge how much of a property is used purely for religious purposes and tax it accordingly. Thus a church will remain exempt. But a hostel with a chapel would have to make contributions. In addition, Mr Monti said in his letter that by changing the law, and removing some of the church's exemption from Ici, he expected the EC to relent on demands that tax payments be backdated.
"We think the Church should have to pay the arrears," said Mr Staderini. "It should make the payment back to 2005. Given how much the Vatican stood to pay with arrears, I think they will not be that unhappy with the result."
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Meanwhile, as the Vatican financial authorities do their sums and continue to lobby, the Holy See has announced an official investigation into a series of embarrassing leaks. After the child abuse and financial scandals of recent years, the prospects for another annus horribilis were underlined last week when a document emerged suggesting there was a plot to kill Pope Benedict XVI this year.
"It's now complete war inside the Vatican," said Robert Mickens, The Tablet's Rome correspondent, who has20 years' experience of reporting on the Vatican. "Things are falling apart."
Originally posted by edmc^2
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But there's only one group that's wide awake to these world shattering events taking place - sounding the alarm for a while now.
The watchmen of the night upon the Watchtower - saying Awake for the time has come for the harlot to pay the wages of her sins!
en.wikipedia.org...
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[I hate these crap NewYorkTimez links but maybe this one will work...]
www.nytimes.com...
"Ordinary citizens can’t do much at this point. Jefferson County has even canceled municipal elections scheduled for this August. It seems that there’s no money for voting booths, either.
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Many muni experts called Ms. Whitney an alarmist, but she clearly touched a nerve. States, counties, cities and towns issue many billions of dollars worth of new munis every year, and those bonds pay for all sorts of things. Government bodies nationwide can borrow those billions at a low cost because munis are traditionally considered among the most conservative of investments. Without quick and easy access to this market, local government as we know it would fall apart.
www.bushstole04.com...
During Dov Zakheim’s tenure as Pentagon controller from May 4, 2001, to March 10, 2004, over $3 trillion dollars were unaccounted for.
Additionally, military Information was jeopardized and military contractors billed the US for Israeli items: $50 million dollar fighter jets were rated as surplus and the list rolls on. As the scandal of the missing trillion dollars surfaced and Dov resigned, Israel was handed the finest fighter jets in the US inventory while 15 percent of US jets were grounded for lack of parts. In whose best interest was this?
But Dov is not alone. He is one of an elite group of Jewish Americans/Israelis who inter-marry and enter government. They and their Christian counterparts are called neocons and their sole purpose is directing US policy. Most of them are dual citizens and few serve in the US military. Think of Paul Wolfowitz, Elliot Abrams, Richard Perle, Doug Feith, Michael Chertoff, David Wurmser to mention a few. Whether their motivation is anger at the Muslim world, seen as a religious and territorial enemy, or a deep-rooted reaction to the Holocaust,... ... the culmination of European anti-Semitism, their reactionary militarism becomes a world-threatening force unto itself. Hence our concern.
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Originally posted by Xcouncil=wisdom
I can't see what you have contributed to the subject of the UN outlawing religion?
Thanks
www.eurasianet.org...
Russia Thwarts U.S. Central Asian Counterdrug Program
February 18, 2012
by Joshua Kucera
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Take a step back here. Recall that Russia has for years been angry that the U.S. isn't doing more to combat drugs in Afghanistan, but the U.S. doesn't want to get more heavily involved there because it would alienate the populations whose hearts and minds the U.S. and NATO troops are trying to win. And now Russia is blocking a U.S. effort to counter drug trafficking in Central Asia. So, the U.S. wants to fight trafficking in Central Asia but not Afghanistan, and Russia wants to fight it in Afghanistan but not in Central Asia. Both countries are relegating the fight against opium trafficking to a secondary priority: for the U.S., outweighed by the desire to win in Afghanistan; for Russia, by the desire to keep the U.S. out of Central Asia. Is it any wonder, then, that the drug trade continues to flourish?
Originally posted by smallpeeps
wiki/Michele_Sindona
en.wikipedia.org...
Originally posted by Xcouncil=wisdom
I believe your comments would be better placed in another thread on another subject.
I can't see what you have contributed to the subject of the UN outlawing religion?
Thanks
“When the debate is lost, slander becomes the tool of the loser.” ― Socrates
Originally posted by JB1234
As for people posting bile...
“When the debate is lost, slander becomes the tool of the loser.” ― Socrates
― Socrates
The last real knockout blow to the old mindset, was when the IP network met the HTML inline text with images concept. Around 1993 to 1995, things went ballistic. Since then, IP network has grown, and yes, the admins would like it killed. The Watchtower wants it killed, they loathe it. The UN also hates it, and wants to float SOPA and CRAPDA and all kinda "legislative acts" onto it's back so as to fracture it.
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Originally posted by edmc^2
smallpeps - too many words not enough substance and a lot of assumptions - I guess this is your conspiracy theory of "truthflow".
The Watchtower wants to kill the internet/HTML/HTM? Why would they do that since it's one of the best way to inform people of prophetic events and information on various subjects worldwide in addition to their door to door preaching?
Notice the website:
www.watchtower.org...
Notice the number of languages the Watchtower website is available in?
So what in the world are you talking about?
Any facts to support this assumption?
Fact #1: JW are forbidden to use the Internet, it is frowned upon. It is Satan's domain, according to their own indoctrination. If you go to a meeting, you will hear 10x that Satan controls the Internet, but you will never hear the words "Yes friends, use the Internet!" ...You will NEVER hear that.
Fact #1: JW are forbidden to use the Internet, it is frowned upon.
It is Satan's domain, according to their own indoctrination.
If you go to a meeting, you will hear 10x that Satan controls the Internet, but you will never hear the words "Yes friends, use the Internet!" ...You will NEVER hear that.
-- What you should know.
If you are not careful, your profile information, photos, status updates (short messages to everyone on your list of friends), and comments (your replies to others’ status updates) could reveal too much. For example, they might reveal such things as where you live, when you are (and are not) at home, where you work, or where you go to school.Your address along with a brief post such as, “We leave for vacation tomorrow!” is enough to tell a thief where and when to strike.
Other details—for instance, your e-mail address, your date of birth, or your phone number—could leave you open to harassment, bullying, or identity theft.Yet,many people readily divulge such information on their social networking page. People tend to forget that once they post something online, it is in the public domain. Even if they specify that their status updates are to be shared with “Friends Only,” they have no control over what those friends might do with the information. Really, anything posted on a social network should be viewed as public or as material that can easily
be made public.
-- What you can do.
Be thoroughly familiar with the privacy settings on your social network, and use them. Restrict access to your status updates and photos to people you know and trust.
Even then, realize that what you post can be made more public than you intend.
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Awake! neither endorses nor condemns any particular social networking site. Christians should be sure that their use of the Internet does not violate Bible principles.—1 Timothy 1: 5, 19.