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PROPHETIC CURRENT EVENTS TIME CLOCK USA 2013 Mention of the campaign against abortion cannot be avoided at the beginning of another year. It continues aggressively as a manifestation of the influence, if not outright control, of the Roman Catholic Church over a Republican Party dominated by an unholy alliance of apostate Protestantism and Roman Catholicism (" . . . and causeth the earth and them which dwell therein to worship the first beast, whose deadly wound was healed," Rev. 13:12b.) Make no mistake about it; this involves worship ("Know ye not, that to whom ye yield yourselves servants to obey, his servants ye are to whom ye obey . . . ," Rom. 6:16a;) and the Mark of the Beast involves worship. Rome's current position (it has not been consistent) ignores both what is omitted and what is expressly countenanced in the Bible. Moreover, in the doctrinal positions of "ensoulment" and "limbo" are hidden the major dogmas of the "immortality of the soul," (the first and great lie of Satan,) and the Immaculate Conception. It is too easy to allow emotion to govern our thinking, rather than the facts of the Bible and history (Cf. Natural Law and Abortion; Overview: Evolution of Roman Catholic positions on abortion) - Early reports on legislation and statistics: Virginia Abortion, Contraception Bills Proposed In New Legislative Session About 40 abortion restrictions OKd in '12 Some important history. What will be the course of events in 2013?: From [D]@gmail.com: This Week in History: Israel, Holy See forge ties 2012 The fatal flaw in the following address by Jonathan Cahn is the claim of a parallel between Ancient Israel and America. The United States was not established as a theocracy by God or man - rather the contrary. The representation by prophecy is a separation of Church and State (a lamblike Beast with two horns, Rev. 13:11, first part;) but the character of the Beast changes - Rev. 13:11-17 (cf. The Image to the Beast; The Forming of the Image To the Beast Is It Now Accomplished?) Jonathan Cahn's is a voice of the Image to the Beast: From [s1] @bigpond.com, attention was directed to the following - Jonathan Cahn's Presidential Inaugural Prayer Breakfast Message Transcript (Annotated) Jonathan Cahn's Presidential Inaugural Prayer Breakfast Message Transcript (Web link to another transcription) "So closely will the counterfeit resemble the true that it will be impossible to distinguish between them except by the Holy Scriptures." Great Controversy, p. 593 And from the desk of Webmaster - President Obama correctly states, "Our goal should not be to declare our policies as biblical. It is God who is infallible, not us," but he is not exempt from criticism for his embrace of the language and trappings of religion in governance (union of Church and State/the Image of the Beast.) National Prayer Breakfast: President Obama’s speech transcript Discovered online on this date, February 9, 2013 - Adventist Review: Notes From a Papal Observer ("We have seen video images of three U.S. presidents—two past, one present—kneeling in apparent homage before the bier of Pope John Paul II. We have seen an emerging confederacy between politically active Catholic and Protestant forces in the United States. It seems not to have shaken many Adventists to read Chuck Colson’s comments in the national media: 'In truth the gulf between Catholics and Protestants, opened by the Reformation, has been bridged.'") (Cf. Bush in Rome: Extraordinary Scene; JPII on bier.) The hour is late, VERY LATE!! Apostate Protestantism adopted the spurious methods of interpreting Bible prophecy devised by Jesuits and blinded themselves to the identity of the Antichrist. Now they are in ever tighter embrace with the Church of Rome and are aptly identified in Bible prophecy as the False Prophet (Cf. Mark of the Beast): From [I]@yahoo.com - U.S. Roman Catholic Church And Protestant Denominations Agree To Recognize Each Other's Baptisms ("Currently, the Protestant churches recognize Roman Catholic baptisms, but the Catholic church does not always recognize theirs. The mutual agreement on baptisms, a key sacrament in the churches, has been discussed between denominational leadership for seven years and hinges in part on invoking trinity of the "Father, Son and Holy Spirit" during the baptism." "Father, Son and Holy Spirit" in Roman Catholic dogma contradicts the revelation of the Godhead in the Bible. Cf. Our Wonderful God.) The catch is that these religious institutions receive government funding in violation of the Constitution, and should not expect exemption from government policy: From [D]@gmail.com - Obama administration offers new 'compromise' on HHS mandate (Cf. The Right Way to Accommodate Religious Objections to the Contraception Coverage Mandate) From the desk of Webmaster: The following is predictive of a final dictatorship by an intolerant minority against both the majority and minority rights of Liberal Democracy (Cf. Majority Rule/Minority Rights: Essential Principles; A different view: God’s law, not majority rule, guarantees democracy and rights, says Pope): RNC's Priebus Proposes to Rig Electoral College so Losing Republicans Can 'Win' Playing Constitutional Hardball with the Electoral College Cf. Related actions of Republican Legislatures and activists From [D]@gmail.com: From the archive, 11 January 1984: Vatican and US to establish full diplomatic relations Cf. The following critically important history and analysis: One sentence began US-Vatican relations; Only Helms objected THE VATICAN IN WORLD POLITICS (This is an out of print book online. The entire book is profoundly informative; but for present purposes, search internally for the chapter on THE VATICAN AND THE UNITED STATES (Cf. Making America Catholic.) The following is a Roman Catholic perspective (legislative, judicial, and educational actions that the writer approvingly describes as "outstanding evidences of Church and State cooperation in the United States" have actually been violations of the constitutional separation of Church and State (Cf. The Two Republics, by A. T. Jones, Chapters XXIV-XXVII)): Co-operation of Church and State - Part I In American Legislation Mention of the campaign against abortion cannot be avoided at the beginning of another year. It continues aggressively as a manifestation of the influence, if not outright control, of the Roman Catholic Church over a Republican Party dominated by an unholy alliance of apostate Protestantism and Roman Catholicism (" . . . and causeth the earth and them which dwell therein to worship the first beast, whose deadly wound was healed," Rev. 13:12b.) Make no mistake about it; this involves worship ("Know ye not, that to whom ye yield yourselves servants to obey, his servants ye are to whom ye obey . . . ," Rom. 6:16a;) and the Mark of the Beast involves worship. Rome's current position (it has not been consistent) ignores both what is omitted and what is expressly countenanced in the Bible. Moreover, in the doctrinal positions of "ensoulment" and "limbo" are hidden the major dogmas of the "immortality of the soul," (the first and great lie of Satan,) and the Immaculate Conception. It is too easy to allow emotion to govern our thinking, rather than the facts of the Bible and history (Cf. Natural Law and Abortion; Overview: Evolution of Roman Catholic positions on abortion) - Early reports on legislation and statistics: Virginia Abortion, Contraception Bills Proposed In New Legislative Session About 40 abortion restrictions OKd in '12 From [D]@@gmail.com: One way in which Trade Unions could still play a role in the passage of Sunday legislation; but with this observation should be factored in the probability that the time for both the National Sunday Law and Trade Union participation in enforcement is past. Isaiah 2:3 predicts a worldwide law; E. G. White predicts an "oppressive" law (Cf. Let the Trumpet Give a Certain Sound, Para. 2) ► Vatican works to stop Sunday shopping in Italy If we watch intently, with minds enlightened by the prophetic Word, there will come a point of time at which the trend will become clear beyond a doubt. The words are not new; but the repetition should be a wake up call to Protestants (including SDAs) who have become comfortable in alliance with Rome: From [I]@yahoo.com ► Pope calls for world authority as 'moral force' From [D]@gmail.com ► Gospel is good news of freedom from sin, selfishness, death, pope says (Cf. UNITED STATES CONSECRATED TO IMMACULATE HEART OF MARY AT FATIMA - WWN6(92); The Roman Eucharist - WWN10(03)) Contributor [I]@yahoo.com comments, "Spiritualism is rampant in the highest levels of our government": Bill: Eleanor Roosevelt Passed Me a Message Through Hillary--This Week (Cf. Democratic Presidential Primary 2016, "On the Democratic side it continues to be no contest. Hillary Clinton leads the way at 61% . . .;" note the Roman Catholics in the rankings - 4 Democrats and at least 5 Republicans; how times have changed!; Presidents and the Paranormal: Clinton) Harboring doubt that the Roman Catholic Church has a stranglehold on the Republican Party?: U.S. Senate kills UN treaty that could have expanded abortion ("The U.S. Senate has voted down a treaty that opponents warned could widen acceptance of abortion, deny the parents of special needs children their rights, and compromise U.S. sovereignty. . . ."Today’s vote was a victory for human rights and for American sovereignty,” said Austin Ruse, president of the Catholic Family and Human Rights Institute, an organization that testified against the treaty." "Article 25 of the CRPD called on nations to furnish the disabled “free or affordable health care…including in the area of sexual and reproductive health and population-based public health programmes.” Pro-life leaders warned that language could be interpreted to include abortion, as it has in the case of other UN treaties.") Note how abortion is invariably invoked by the Religious Right as the reason for opposing public policy or legislation with which they disagree. Cf. The Abortion Controversy - Abortion Law in the Scriptures—Accidental and Induced "Inasmuch as most religious denominations take stands against abortion based on their understanding of the Holy Scriptures, it may come as a surprise that only two passages in the entire Bible deal with an induced miscarriage—one accidental, and the other planned. No other references deal with abortion, either in the Old Testament or the New Testament." Cf. The satanic dogma hidden in the "pro-life" movement Watching the debate on the "fiscal cliff" or any other budgetary issue in the United States, it is essential for anyone observing the unfolding of Revelation 13 to "look under the hood" and recognize that the arguments revolve around the Roman Catholic Social Doctrine (Subsidiarity and Solidarity,) and they are unresolved because the Roman Catholic advocates range from the extreme right to the left AND the USCCB seeks a balance of Solidarity against Subsidiarity (but it is ALL Roman Catholic ideology.) Where the Pope really stands is a mystery: Ryan, Weigel, and Subsidiarity: Politicizing the Social Magisterium From [D]@gmail.com: Ambassador says tensions did not prevent US-Vatican cooperation The menacing shadow of the Beast and his Image: Mike Huckabee ad: Vote for ‘eternity’ BGEA: Vote Biblical Values (On abortion and contraception, "Biblical Values" are pure Roman Catholic dogma, and a snare for the unwary who are moved by their emotions to embrace "the immortality of the soul" falsehood; cf. The satanic dogma hidden in the "pro-life" movement) Catholic vote is likely to tip the scale in the U.S. presidential election "HISTORIC STORM" - No surprise to serious Bible students who have not repudiated HISTORICISM in the interpretation of Bible prophecy - “. . .and upon the earth distress of nations, with perplexity; the sea and the waves roaring” Luke 21:25, "And now I have told you before it come to pass, that, when it is come to pass, ye might believe." John 14:29 (Words of Jesus;) and we can expect worse “Calamities, earthquakes, floods, disasters by land and by sea, will increase. . . ." - (R&H, December 11, 1900): An Historic Sandy Slams the Northeast with Signficant Impacts Superstorm Sandy's death toll climbs; millions without power across the East Archbishop Chaput: Catholic teaching trumps party loyalty on abortion ("We're Catholics before we're Democrats. We're Catholics before we're Republicans," he said. "We're even Catholics before we're Americans, because we know that God has a demand on us prior to any government demand on us. And this has been the story of the martyrs through the centuries.") Cf. Claims Made for the Pope ("We [the pope] hold upon this earth the place of God Almighty." {Pope Leo XIII, Encyclical Letter "The Reunion of Christendom," dated June 20, 1894, trans. in The Great Encyclical Letters of Pope Leo XIII, p. 304.}) Intense battle lines are drawn between those who are determined to impose a theocracy of extremely distorted Christianity on the nation against those who want to preserve separation of church and state and the religious neutrality of the State. This could not be clearer, and the Theocrats are inspired by Roman Catholic dogma (Cf. Rev. 13): Mourdock: Pregnancy from rape can be 'something God intended to happen' Pregnancy from rape is not ‘God’s will’ Is there a place for religion in public life or in the political arena? (Cf. The insight of A. T. Jones that needs to be kept in mind as Roman Catholic legislation proliferates throughout America - "The papacy is very impatient of any restraining bonds" more . . . The progressive fight against the encroachment of religion on our secular government (Roman Catholic Liberals have a problem of conflicting loyalties) Alternet Exposes Mitt Romney’s Role as Mormon Bishop. Shows his Extremist Religious Beliefs (The United States is close to the edge of the precipice in the current presidential election) The extremes to which Roman Catholic and Evangelical control has led the Republican party: House Republican Says Abortion Never Necessary to Save Lives (Rev. 13:12-18 in process of fulfillment) The satanic dogma hidden in the "pro-life" movement - the immortality of the soul (Gen. 3:4.) Roman Catholic vice-presidential candidates' views on abortion diverge widely with one exception - "life begins at conception": VP Debate: Biden, Ryan Talk Catholic Faith, Abortion, Religious Liberties (Cf. Ensoulment Occurs at Conception; Catholic Treasury; When Does Human Life Begin? Conception And Ensoulment; Where did the idea of an Immortal soul originate?) (Note that the concept of "ensoulment" corrupts Judaism and Christianity alike. The biblical Seventh-day Adventist concept of "conditional immortality" is unique in contemporary Christianity; cf. Jewish Attitudes Towards Abortion; Death and Resurrection) A question that arises out of the depths of APOSTASY! The light of prophecy has gone out in the Seventh-day Adventist Church - what an astonishing spectacle! (Cf. THE CHURCH OF ROME IN BIBLE PROPHECY): From [D]@gmail.com: Will Rome be the new world capital for religious freedom?The False Prophet (apostate Protestantism) in alliance with the Beast (Church of Rome) steadily and at times dramatically advancing fulfillment of Rev. 13:12-17 in the United States, while Rome continues her quiet negotiations with Israel towards fulfillment of Dan. 11:45, and accelerates her New Evangelization of the world towards fulfillment of Rev. 13:3 (last part) Israeli envoy hopes for quick accord with Vatican on diplomatic pact Announcing the Gospel today. The Church of the third millennium takes a look in the mirror Cardinal Wuerl: Synod strives to turn back 'tsunami of secularism' Rome has an agenda for the United States - and it is not separation of religion from the governance of the nation In contemporary American politics, God must not be left out (never mind separation of Church and State;) and Jerusalem cannot be ignored (after all, the Papacy and the god of this world have their sights set on the City (Cf. MAJOR ESCHATOLOGICAL PASSAGES OF SCRIPTURE.) Note that the language on Jerusalem is wholly consistent with the Vatican's drive to fulfill Dan. 11:45, "Jerusalem is and will remain the capital of Israel. The parties have agreed that Jerusalem is a matter for final status negotiations. It should remain an undivided city accessible to people of all faiths.": Democrats Put 'God' Back in Platform; Recognize Jerusalem as Israel's Capital - (N.B. Use of this CP Politics' report does not constitute endorsement of its theology and/or prophetic interpretations.) Unhappy Muslim delegates react to vote on Jerusalem at Democratic Convention With highlight by the Contributor N.B. Is there special prophetic significance in the nomination of a Mormon and a Roman Catholic as the Republican presidential candidates? Ellen G. White wrote "When Protestantism shall stretch her hand across the gulf to grasp the hand of the Roman power, when she shall reach over the abyss to clasp hands with spiritualism, when, under the influence of this threefold union, our country shall repudiate every principle of its Constitution as a Protestant and republican government and shall make provision for the propagation of papal falsehoods and delusions, then we may know that the time has come for the marvelous working of Satan and that the end is near." (5T, 451). Apostate Protestantism, Spiritism, and Roman Catholicism in a glaring alliance!: Romney-Ryan nomination official Romney ticket makes US religious history - First major party ticket with no Protestant Christian Forget the Mormon Moment; It's About Catholics Fully endorsed by apostate Protestantism: Republicans Tout Unity; Christians Say Romney's Mormon Faith Not an Issue NMX: Reed: Evangelicals Rallying Around Romney/Ryan in Most Important Election of Lifetime The Mormon Church was conceived in spiritism, which continues to be an essential part of its belief system: Spiritualism and Mormonism: Some Thoughts on Similarities and Differences (The similarities are conclusive of Mormonism's origin. Cf. the essay's Footnote 16) Mormonism and Visitations from the Dead The Conversion of Satan: “The Whole World Wondered After The Beast” – Apostate Christianity, Modern-day Spiritualism And The Alchemy Of The Poisonous Golden Chalice (The author confuses the woman with the dragon; but there are some cogent observations about contemporary Christianity - Excerpt) And that, knowing the time, that now it is high time to awake out of sleep: for now is our salvation nearer than when we believed. (Rom. 13:11) Are we fully prepared mentally and spiritually? From [D]@gmail.com: As an essential path to world domination, the center of activity is now in the United States: BREAKING: New Vatican Initiative for the New Evangelization in the United States From [D]@gmail.com: Marching orders! The Roman Catholic laity in the United States got the message a long time ago: 'Pope Benedict XVI encouraged lay people to take an active role in public life “in the light of the Church’s social magisterium,”' ► Pontiff encourages lay Catholic activism 'The laity's role is of fundamental importance, especially “in this phase of history”, the Pope stressed, to be interpreted “in the light of the Church’s social Magisterium”, and also to be, “increasingly, a laboratory of the globalization of solidarity and charity”, so as to grow, with the whole Church, in the co-responsibility of offering humanity a future of hope and with the courage to formulate demanding proposals”' (Emphasis added) ► Lay people co-responsible for the being and acting of the Church (Cf. NATURAL LAW; SUBSIDIARITY: THE PRINCIPLE AND ITS IMPLEMENTATION) Expanding access to the world - soon to be overwhelming: Holy alliance between Vatican and Apple The Beast and the Image in plain view: More 2012: Conservative takeover Sam Brownback, Catholic - Excerpts OPUS DEI IN THE USA ("What the Jesuit Order is for the left wing of the Roman Catholic Church, Opus Dei is for its right wing. (Hegelian politics at its finest, for the Roman Catholic Church cannot lose if it has strong ties with both ends of the political spectrum! Of course, to work it requires Protestants to be duped into political alliances with heretics.") Why Converts Choose Catholicism - ("Before many more decades pass by, those who fear Catholic power may find themselves pining for the days when all they had to worry about was a tunnel connecting the Vatican to the White House." {Emphasis added. Note that the author is a Roman Catholic Priest}) Cf. Excerpts From [D]@gmail.com: Former Crystal Cathedral May Become 'Most Significant' Catholic Center After the Vatican (Certainly not the "most significant" in the light of Dan. 11:45; but significant none the less for its location in the United States) The debate is not about whether it is appropriate to implement Roman Catholic Social Policy in the United States, but what it is and how it should be applied - a gross breach of the wall of separatiion between Church and State: The 2012 Presidential Election Landscape Tea Party buffoons and boors beginning to be overshadowed by polished intellectuals, probably lurking in the shadows all along: Tea Party Helps Ted Cruz 'Cruise' to Victory in Texas Senate Primary Senate candidate Ted Cruz aims to pick up mantle of Reagan - "'He’s a person of strong opinions,' said Robert P. George, a jurisprudence professor who was Cruz’s mentor at Princeton. 'But he’s a person who earns his right to his opinions by understanding the best arguments on the other side,' said George, a Roman Catholic described by The New York Times three years ago as the 'country’s most influential conservative Christian thinker.'” (Cf. THEOCRATIC DICTATORSHIP RESURGENT, and N.B. RELIGIOUS RIGHT ALLIES BUILDING THEIR POWER BASE) In lockstep with the Roman Catholic hierarchy on small government, abortion, contraception, etc. (SUBSIDIARITY; The central reason for Rome's anti-abortion program): ‘Teavangelicals’: How the Christian Right Came to Bless the Economic Agenda of the Tea Party The G.O.P.’s Abortion Problem (Cf. Republican Party has become the Roman Catholic Party; The Republican Party is the Catholic Party) Distributed with highlights via e-mail by an SDA independent called "Voice of the Reformer" (but it is too late for reform): the document linked below is just a part of the evidence that "seducing spirits and doctrines of devils" are prevailing "in the midst of the Church" (Ellen G. White Ms 61, 1906, p. 2.) The hour is late, and soon it will be impossible for those who tarry to escape from the clutches of the sophistry and delusions of Satan. The degree of the SDA Church apostasy is that frightening! The Roman Catholic Connection with Spiritual Formation & the Emerging Church Parts 2-5 received from "Voice of the Reformer" combined. (Recognizing the seducing spirits and doctrines of devils in the midst of the Church, we must heed a related prophecy of Ellen G. White "The first, second, and third angels' messages are to be repeated. The call is to be given to the church: . . ." More . . .) More on the gross lying in contemporary politics suggestive of fulfilling the prophecy of Rev. 16:13-14: The Republican Party's legislative actions against abortion and birth control are relentless and pervasive: The Fight over Contraceptive Coverage Resumes (Cf. Meeting the Need for Family Planning: Still a Long Way to Go) Michigan Anti-Abortion Bill, 'Most Extreme' In The Country, Barrels Through State House It bears repeating again and again that the Republican Party has become the Roman Catholic Party: Catholic Doctrine and Reproductive Health - WHY THE CHURCH CAN’T CHANGE ("The National Catholic Reporter predicted that the Bishops’ Pastoral Plan would lead to the creation of a new political party, an American Catholic Party. But instead, the Vatican simply chose to seize control of the Republican Party.") In the all-encompassing teachings of the Roman Catholic Social Doctrine, opposition to abortion (and by association, birth control,) is a central tenet: American nuns say questions not defiance ("After an investigation starting around 2008, the Vatican office concluded that the nuns’ group had failed to emphasize core teaching on abortion, while promoting “certain radical feminist themes’’ that undermine Catholic teaching on the all-male priesthood, marriage, and homosexuality.") The nuns are currently campaigning for social justice. What is this core teaching on abortion? Ensoulment Occurs at Conception - the "immortality of the soul." A sign of the times that cannot be ignored - brazen lies on an unprecedented scale in the political arena ("And I saw three unclean spirits like frogs come out of the mouth of the dragon, and out of the mouth of the beast, and out of the mouth of the false prophet. . . ." Rev. 16:13-14.) We must recognize the signs as they are manifested AND NOT BE DECEIVED: The possibility of a course correction diminishes as the end rushes in: Inside the GOP's Fact-Free Nation - A scholarly essay documenting the magnitude of contemporary political lies by comparison with the past Mendacious Mitt: Romney's bid to become liar-in-chief - this is the Republican standard-bearer ("Quite simply, the United States has never been witness to a presidential candidate, in modern American history, who lies as frequently, as flagrantly and as brazenly as Mitt Romney.") Welcome to the Republican Climate! - The views of a former Republican ("The Republican Party, under its current leadership, gets people to believe them by repeating the same lies over and over even after the lie has been exposed.") The point man for the Seventh-day Adventist Church in stretching across the abyss to clasp hands with the Mother of Harlots: "Ambassador for Liberty: Building Bridges of Faith, Friendship and Freedom" - HOPELESSLY DELUDED - A TRAVESTY OF THE TRUTH AS IT IS IN JESUS!! Ref. 2 Thess. 2:8-12: "The heavenly Teacher inquired: 'What stronger delusion can beguile the mind than the pretense that you are building on the right foundation and that God accepts your works, when in reality you are working out many things according to worldly policy and are sinning against Jehovah? more . . . Glenn Beck is not alone (see below.) Evangelicals trumpet their alliance with Rome, oblivious of their fulfillment of Bible prophecy as the "False Prophet": "These powers - the dragon, beast, and false prophet - are defined symbolically in chapters 12 and 13, and placed in a locality, 'heaven,' 'sea,' or 'earth.' In the 12th Chapter, 'heaven' is used either as the screen on which the drama is portrayed (vs. 1, 3) or heaven itself from which is heard 'a loud voice' (verse 10). Beginning with verse 12, the warfare is transferred to the earth and sea, a 'beast' rising up out of the sea (13:1);' and a second beast 'coming up out of the earth' (13:11). This second beast is designated as the false prophet. Compare Rev. 13:14 with 19:20." - From The Battle of the Great Day of God Almighty - It Is Pending! (WWN3(05): Culture Wars : Evangelicals respond to Catholic lawsuits: 'We are all Catholics now' Evangelicals Respond to Catholic Lawsuits: ‘We are All Catholic Now’ - “'America is a covenant Christian nation, where there is no king but King Jesus,' says a Pentecostal pastor." Tactics may change; but the Image to the Beast is here to stay. This portends the coming fulfillment of Rev. 13:15-17: Churches tread lightly on politics in 2012 election Catholic hierarchy's "Fortnight of Freedom" campaign - does the Roman Catholic concept of religious liberty ever leave room for the liberty of non-Catholics?: Catholic bishops issue rallying cry for ‘religious freedom’ BATTLE LINES DRAWN AGAINST SECULAR GOVERNANCE IN THE UNITED STATES - Blitzkrieg Against Contraception: Catholic Groups Sue To Stop Birth Control Coverage Rule Catholic institutions sue over contraceptive rule Notre Dame, other groups file new lawsuits against contraception rule Planned Parenthood: Contraception suit 'unbelievable' A balanced solution that the Evangelical-Roman Catholic alliance and the Republican Party would never accept: The Right Way to Accommodate Religious Objections to the Contraception Coverage Mandate (N.B. "Religious organizations have a religious liberty right to challenge government regulations that require them to use their own resources in violation of their religious commitments in order to further the state’s secular objectives. Religious organizations do not, however, have a religious liberty right to use the government’s resources in order to further the organizations’ religious commitments when doing so would undermines the state’s public policy goals." (Emphasis added.) The tension within the First Amendment Establishment of Religion Clause is real, and requires a restraint that the Church of Rome will never concede. (Cf. A. T. JONES ON THE PAPACY AND AMERICA.) "The meaning of separation of church and state in the First Amendment" (by J. Brent Walker,) introduces The meaning of separation of church and state in the First Amendment by Joseph M. Dawson; (Cf. Baptist Joint Committee: What ‘Secular’ Really Means.) "In his speech, Pope Benedict called for greater 'Catholic unity' to counter the 'forces of disaggregation within the church which increasingly represent a grave obstacle to her mission in the United States'" -- a demand for a united front. (Cf. "Making America Catholic" (Chapter 25 of Facts of Faith, by Christian Edwardson;) Division over Roman Catholic Social Teaching (below.)► From [D]@gmail.com: Pope tells US bishops to build church unity
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PARTY UNITED™, FOX News IS The CATHOLIC NEWS AGENCY From [D]@gmail.com: Pope wants US Catholics to lead worldwide church revival, nuncio says Division over Roman Catholic Social Teaching - Are the Bishops working feverishly to neutralize the backlash over the birth control controversy? The critical question: WHY should legislative policy be driven by the Roman Catholic Social Doctrine (a.k.a. "Natural Law")? Paul Ryan rebuts Catholic critics (Cf. HOW THE ROMAN CATHOLIC SOCIAL DOCTRINE IS ADVANCING IN AMERICA) The political "sheep's clothing" of the wolf (the fangs are bared on "limited government" Subsidiarity abortion, contraception etc.): Catholic bishops criticize Ryan budget cuts to food stamps; (Cf. WHY THE POPE CAN'T CHANGE THE CHURCH'S POSITION ON BIRTH CONTROL: IMPLICATIONS FOR AMERICANS; The Vatican Connection: How the Roman Catholic Church Influences the Republican Party; Catholic Doctrine and Reproductive Health - WHY THE CHURCH CAN’T CHANGE; for the underlying vital interest of the papacy as the reason why the fangs are bared (keep in mind that the writers are not looking at historical and current events from the perspective of Rev. 13.)) Clergy and Lay organizations work in concert: CACG Back Bishops on Ryan Budget (N.B. On the "Mission and Vision" of CACG: "Our work is inspired by Gospel values and the rich history of Catholic social teaching as they inform pressing moral issues of our time. We accomplish our goals through public policy analysis and advocacy, strategic media outreach . . . ;" From About Us (underscored emphasis added;) Cf. Natural Law) What a deception! The one religio-political organization in the world aggressively pursuing union of church and state in America and denial of individual freedom of worship, campaigns for "religious freedom," and the protestant world collaborates: After contraception controversy, Catholic Church announces 'religious freedom' campaign (Cf. The Divine Viewpoint in Meaningful Symbols) The crusade rages on. The "talking heads" on radio and TV express bewilderment at the apparent recklessness of Republicans' unpopular "culture wars," clearly not eager to recognize that Republicans are enacting Roman Catholic religious dogma. Is the Church of Rome over-reaching at this stage of the crusade, or has her time of ascendancy in America fully arrived? Campaign against birth control is religious fanaticism: "But by claiming that Catholic conscience supersedes the rule of law, Dolan and others are in effect imposing their beliefs on the non-Catholic workers, patients and students at hospitals and colleges affiliated with the Church, an outcome that church-state separation sought to prevent." The GOP war on women: "The health care of millions of women is needlessly at stake. Yet the Republicans' presidential nominee front-runners, Mitt Romney and Rick Santorum, have both pledged to deny funding for Title X and organization's like Planned Parenthood -- along with their promises to dismantle health care reform and the broad care it would provide to all." Romney, Santorum and archaic ideas on fertility. (Exception taken to 'as a point-by-point guidebook to modern domestic life it [the Bible is] nearly worthless.' Examples bearing on family planning: I Timothy 5:8 - implication, no more children than the breadwinner(s) can support; 1 Cor. 7:3-5 - not a prescription for procreation only): "And now, with their crusade against birth control, the Catholic bishops are helping to articulate and elevate that unspoken and archaic value in public. Fertility is a gift from God, they say." Out Of Favor In Washington, Blunt-Style Bills Catch Fire In The States A drastic turn-about in Church-State relations: Conservatives change camps on church-state separation A special contribution from [I}@yahoo.com: We Must Know When the Second Coming Is Near Vatican II was a snare, and the Protestant world walked into it: Bishops plan aggressive expansion of birth-control battle At the heart of the controversy - the immortality of the soul (SDAs beware!!): Ensoulment Occurs at Conception. (Cf. The Roman Catholic Church Continues Its Political Battles in its Fight Against Birth Control - "And what has the latest dust up told us about the Roman Catholic Church? That it accepts huge amounts of federal money without which their operations could not exist. That it maintains that it is above the law and does not need to follow the requirements of other institutions if its philosophies differ from that of the United States government.") "This isn't about religious liberty. This is about imposing one's faith on others": Greenier: Federal fight isn't about religious liberty The Republican Party is the Catholic Party: The Republican Primary Trifecta of Abortion, Contraception and Gay Marriage (N.B. Disapproval of gay marriage on biblical grounds should not lead to knee-jerk support of the Roman Catholic agenda - weigh the hazards!) “'The Vatican wants to extend its authority over civil law, not only in countries with Catholic majorities but in others with religiously diverse populations. The Catholic bishops have decided to try to impose papal authority in the United States through the abortion issue.' From: CHISTIAN ETHICS TODAY, APRIL 1997" - The Vatican Connection: How the Roman Catholic Church Influences the Republican Party (Cf. Revealing Documentation of the Papacy's Role in America.) Rev. 13:14(b) - : "saying to them that dwell on the earth [Rev. 13:11-12], that they should make an image to the beast, which had the wound by a sword, and did live": The Roman Catholic Bishops' Agenda - Roy Blunt’s Push to Overturn Obama’s Contraception Compromise Olympia Snowe Quit Senate to Protest GOP Agenda Blunt Amendment Debate Recalls Memories Of Walmart Contraception Case Fear!! - Romney clarifies his position on Blunt amendment There is nothing new about Catholic conservative intellectuals -- think John Neuhaus, William F. Buckley, Jr. What is new is the prominence that these Catholic thinkers and leaders have come to have within the domains of American politics that are dominated by evangelical Protestants. Catholic intellectuals have become to the American Right what Jewish intellectuals once were to the American Left. In the academy, on the Court, Catholic intellectuals provide the theoretical discourse that shapes conservative arguments across a whole range of issues. Often these arguments have identifiable Thomistic or Jesuitical sources, but most of the time they enter the mainstream of political dialogue as simply "conservative." The Catholicization of the American Right "This is not a political war at all. This is not a cultural war. This is a spiritual war. And the Father of Lies has his sights on what you would think the Father of Lies would have his sights on: a good, decent, powerful, influential country—the United States of America. If you were Satan, who would you attack in this day and age. There is no one else to go after other than the United States, and that has been the case now for almost two hundred years, once America's preeminence was sown by our great Founding Fathers." True!! But Santorum's delusion blinds him to the fact that he is a part of the satanic plot: Does Santorum Believe Obama Is Part of a Satanic Plot? Santorum's reversal of Rev. 13, "Largely missing in the discussion of Santorum’s subscription to a supernatural cosmology is the fact that he views American history as essentially a struggle between “true Christians” like himself on the one hand, and Beelzebub on the other, in which the latter has already conquered academia and mainline Protestantism, and is by inference exercising his infernal control via the policies of that noted former academic and mainline Protestant, the President of the United States. Much of what Santorum has to say about current events is heavily colored by this “worldview,” most notably the belief that the president and his devilish supporters are laboring to wipe out “true” Christianity by forcing its staunch defenders, from the U.S. Conference of Bishops to innocent job-creators, to become complicit in such idolatrous practices as the slaughter of zygotes and the worship of the false idols of reproductive rights and the Environmental Earth-Goddess.": Get Thee Behind Me!; Catholic Doctrine and Reproductive Health - WHY THE CHURCH CAN’T CHANGE Separation is not a principle that just protected the faithless as the letter of the Danbury Baptists demonstrates. It protects all of us whether religious or nonreligious. Indeed, government entanglement with faith tends to reduce moral precepts to political sound bites and bring religion down to the level of a pushpoll: The Third Party Interest: Religion on the Campaign Trail; (Cf. God On The Campaign Trail) “'The separation of church and state means that the government will not force one religious view or doctrine upon the people,' Lynn’s testimony observes. 'Expansion of the Obama compromise, however, would allow one particular religious doctrine to govern our public health policies at the expense of the health, safety, and religious conscience rights of the women they employ'": ". . . they’ve settled upon a partisan power play to subvert the First Amendment rights they claim. Look, nobody’s forced to use contraceptives; it’s an individual’s choice, nobody else’s. Religious organizations have the right to believe anything they like, but not to impose those beliefs upon others. By essentially demanding a Catholic veto, the bishops and their GOP allies would impose their theological views upon millions of American women as a condition of employment. That’s not 'liberty,' it’s liberty’s opposite; and precisely what the First Amendment was written to prevent.": Catholic hypocrisy at its worst (Cf. The deep roots of the war on contraception; The Bishops Exposed: Wolves in Sheep's Clothing) Under the direction of the US Conference of Catholic Bishops and as predicted by A. T. Jones, under the Free Exercise Clause of the Constitution, "the papacy [is being] pushed upon this country in every possible way and by every possible means and . . . congress is prohibited from ever legislating in any way to stop it." Indeed, congress is now enabling the papacy's push upon the United States in fulfillment of Rev. 13:14: Obama's revised HHS mandate won't solve problems, USCCB president says AP Interview: US bishop pledges court fight against Obama contraception compromise Blunt leading opponents of White House contraception 'compromise' A very good analysis by a Roman Catholic - Catholic Bishops Join the Culture War on Obama: Margaret Carlson Catholics and Protestants united - “If the insurance plan of a Catholic institution must cover services it deems immoral, then such a healthcare plan is offensive, plain and simple,” he [Bill Donohue, president of the Catholic League for Religious and Civil Rights] said. Tony Perkins, president of Family Research Council, agreed, saying that the new policy “does nothing to change the fundamentally anti-religious, anti-conscience and anti-life contraceptive mandate.”: Critics denounce Obama's 'false' compromise on contraception mandate THE ISSUE IS THE RELIGIOUS LIBERTY OF THOSE WHO DISSENT FROM ROMAN CATHOLIC DOGMA: AN INSPIRED WRITER FAR AHEAD OF HER TIME► 1999 Seventh-day Adventist Statement► Birth Control: A Seventh-day Adventist Statement of Consensus WHY THE CONTROVERSY MAY SUBSIDE FOR AWHILE, BUT WILL DEFY RESOLUTION UNDER THE CONSTITUTION - "Leo has made the discovery that the papacy can be pushed upon this country in every possible way and by every possible means and that congress is prohibited from ever legislating in any way to stop it" (A. T. Jones' sermon "The Papacy," Third Angel's Message No. 2, 1895 GC Session.)► Obama changes contraception rules in face of religious backlash Boehner: Obama birth-control decision an 'attack on religious freedom' (Boehner is a devout Roman Catholic.) Abortion, birth control grab political spotlight Contraception (Roman Catholic Dogma) The Pope and the Pill (Papal Infallibility) (Cf. Dissent Within Romanism, and consider all of the implications for so-called "unity in diversity" in the ecumenical world as pointed out in the article; Also Americanism Laid to Rest Within the Roman Catholic Church► NOTES - POPE LEO XIII AND "AMERICANISM" {Rome has not changed.}) "The papacy is very impatient of any restraining bonds; in fact, it wants none at all. And the one grand discovery Leo XIII has made, which no pope before him ever made, is that turn which is taken now all the time by Leo and from him by those who are managing affairs in this country--the turn that is taken upon the clause of the Constitution of the United States: 'Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion or prohibiting the free exercise thereof.' Leo has made the discovery that the papacy can be pushed upon this country in every possible way and by every possible means and that congress is prohibited from ever legislating in any way to stop it" (The papacy, A Sermon by A. T. Jones .): Pope Benedict, President Obama and religious freedom Outcome of 2012 presidential election could turn on the Roman Catholic hierarchy's opposition to contraception! Mark Shields on the PBS NewsHour stated that the contraception mandate is having a "cataclysmic" effect on the White House and Obama's re-election prospects. The Church of Rome is claiming "religious liberty" to impose its will on ALL women. Who could have predicted that battle lines would be drawn in 2012, NOT OVER ABORTION BUT CONTRACEPTIVE BIRTH CONTROL. Husbands and wives who believe in individual liberty and the right to privacy, are you aroused as yet to the reality of where we are in the march of prophetic events?: Contraception mandate outrages religious groups. Obama and the Bishops: Is the White House Caving on Birth Control Coverage? White House Openly Considers Caving to Bishops on Birth Control Coverage President Obama, do not bow to the bishops on the birth control mandate "We can't force Inspiration to speak to issues which happen to be emotionally dear to us. What men and women consider to be a 'great issue' is not necessarily considered so by God. The Lord says, 'My thoughts are not your thoughts' (Isaiah 55:8). God is the One to set the church's moral agenda, not us." (Per SDA Pastor Kevin D. Paulson; cf. SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTISTS AND THE ABORTION QUESTION: WHERE SHOULD WE STAND?) Let's clear the air on the central reason for Rome's anti-abortion program:- The Truth About the Papacy's War Against Abortion and Family Planning - A Revealing and Heavily Documented History: WHY THE POPE CAN'T CHANGE THE CHURCH'S POSITION ON BIRTH CONTROL: IMPLICATIONS FOR AMERICANS. (The author thinks that Rome is self-destructing; Bible prophecy predicts the opposite - until Almighty God intervenes.) Framing the Debate: Pro-Life vs. Pro-Choice ("What politicians on both sides of the debate generally fail to acknowledge is the religious nature of the conflict.") Rome's broad-based attack on Family Planning: Komen pulls funds from Planned Parenthood for breast screening Komen’s Planned Parenthood decision all about politics (more appropriately religio-politics.) The Destruction of Texas Health Care Rome's Antagonism Against Family Planning: Planned Parenthood at a Glance ("Planned Parenthood health centers focus on prevention: 76 percent of our clients receive services to prevent unintended pregnancy. . . Three percent of all Planned Parenthood health services are abortion services.") A defeat for Rome this time: Planned Parenthood gets image boost on Komen win The Roman Catholic Church is thriving on the self-induced ignorance of Bible prophecy in the Protestant world: The Christian right, alive and powerful (N.B. The redefining of "religous liberty" originated with Pope Leo XIII; and this website does not endorse LGBT activism) 'The Vatican called for a global authority with “universal jurisdiction” over financial policy, including a “central world bank” with functions similar to those of national ones. Such sweeping changes would have to be “gradual,” according to the document.':- Cardinal Backs Wall Street Protests as Vatican blasts ‘idolatry’ of global markets From [I]@Yahoo.com: The US Is No Longer the Land of the Free A reminder from "Down under," of Seventh-day Adventist organizational harlotry; note the ARDRA involvement AND the betrayal of the Sacred Trust through interfaith relations:- From [P_1844]@msn.com: Churches working together to improve PNG from the ground up PRESENTATION ON ECUMENICAL AND INTERFAITH RELATIONS IN NSW (P.4 Para. 1)
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