UK Riots: Time to reclaim our Nation

The riots in the UK over the last few days emphasise the urgency of the need to reclaim our Nation in the name of the Lord. No sane person, considering the events that have unfolded, can find any excuse for them Sure, some politicians have tried to divert the tragedy of it all by claiming that it's caused by poverty, deprivation, unemployment or some such similar lame excuse, but the facts of the matter are that it is down to criminal behaviour by thugs who have been molly-coddled by our Society into believing that they can do anything they want without fear of retribution. 


They may have got away with their behaviour for the moment but they will all pay the price for it ultimately, if not in this life, then in the next. Unless these people, regardless of their age, change their behaviour drastically, they are destined to join the power that motivates them in the very pit of Hell itself. Then they will find that the infernos that have been witnessed over the past few days are as nothing when compared with the fires of Hell, and that's one place where they can only get a one-way ticket to. The only way is 'IN' and once there, there is no escape.


The true fault lies with the politicians who have constantly ignored the need to set a proper example for our children; who have handed, by virtue of an assortment of so-called 'Human Rights' laws, power over to children. When I was a youngster the power was in the hands of the parents and adults in general, no matter that it was often abused,  but now, thanks to a series of laws passed by zealously liberal politicians more intent on self-promotion than the interests of the people who voted them into power, it is the children who tend to rule over the parents and other adults who are involved in their upbringing.


All of this needs to change. There is no easy fix, and without doubt it would require very painful change if the situation is to be righted. 


There is a need for the whole Nation to repent of the ways in which God has been rejected in favour of people doing their own thing rather than living the way that God has dictated. The resultant Society is one in which we are beset by a whole assortment of sexual misbehaviour that are  rampant. Daily we hear of instances of child abuse, of gang warfare, of killings and a wide variety of criminal behaviour. Laws have been enacted that are diametrically opposed to God's laws, simply in order to allow people to behave as they want to rather than as they should. Children are born to single mothers, often several children to one woman from liaisons with different fathers. Homosexual practices are paraded as the acceptable norm, despite the fact that all fornication is an abomination to God. Increasingly, the referral of civil partnerships between same-sex couples as being a marriage, occurs in certain areas of the media, despite the fact that marriage is the union of a man and a woman, usually believed to  be for the procreation of children. 


We live in a Society in which a large part of it exists as a result of the 'Benefit Culture', seeing no need to work because they can exist on benefits paid out by the State. Today there are families which are third-generation 'Benefit Families', members of which refuse to work and offer a variety of excuses for there failure to integrate properly into the system. 


Despite much trumpeting about the Education System, the sad fact is that it is simply not good enough, and huge numbers of youngsters leave school ell-equipped as a result of poor teaching methods and an over-indulgent system. Large numbers of students leave school or University with a great deal of knowledge, yet do not have the ability to apply that knowledge in everyday living.


Some idiot in a past era suggested that criminal behaviour was the result of children having under-privileged backgrounds, and this has subsequently been latched onto as a convenient peg  on which to hang every misdemeanour that unfolds. The Far Left of the political circus have much to answer for.


The end result is that we now live in  a Society that is badly damaged. It's not yet beyond repair, but it's certainly rapidly heading to a state of mortification. The atrocious behaviour that has seen our streets become battlefields and blazing infernos, ruled over by feral yobs who have no regard for anything or anyone, and who have no respect for others because they have no respect for themselves, is the tip of the iceberg. It is time for the authorities to take charge and impose authority. It is time that politicians realised that reducing the power of the police force by cutting their budgets and thereby reducing their numbers is a policy that is not only unworkable but is also unacceptable.


More than anything, I believe that it is time for this Nation, from the Government down, publicly repents of all of the things that are wrong, seeks God's forgiveness, and earnestly prays for God's help to put things right, and that means living according to His Word and not letting people do as they please with no thought for others.

John Piper - Should a pastor marry non-believers?

     Arguments often rage in churches as to whether or not unbelievers have a right to be married by a member of the clergy in a church. So, what is the answer to this somewhat thorny question. Is a Minister, Pastor or Vicar right or wrong to officiate at a marriage ceremony for unbelievers, or should they politely refuse and direct the couple to the nearest Registry Office for a Civil Ceremony?  In this video, John Piper answers the question.
     John Piper is the Pastor for Preaching at Bethlehem Baptist Church in Minneapolis, Minnesota.  He grew up in Greenville, South Carolina, and studied at Wheaton College, where he first sensed God's call to enter the ministry. He went on to earn degrees from Fuller Theological Seminary and the University of Munich.  For six years he taught Biblical Studies at Bethel College in St. Paul, Minnesota, and in 1980 accepted the call to serve as pastor at Bethlehem.  John is the author of more than 30 books, and more than 25 years of his preaching and teaching is available free at desiringGod.org.  John and his wife, Noel, have four sons, one daughter, and an increasing number of grandchildren.

There's Comic Genius and there's Comedy Fraudsters

     Every now and then, although unfortunately all too rarely, a comedian enters the Entertainment scene who  ---  to put it bluntly --- is actually funny. For far too long characters posing as comedians have been promoted on our screens, particularly by Channel 4, who are comedy fraudsters. They are not remotely funny, not at least if you are the sort of person who fails to find humour in the gutters and sewers of the society in which we live. Characters like Frankie Boyle and Stewart Lee who believe themselves to be comedians because they are employed as such, and yet whose so-called humour is akin to the sort of product that helps to make rhubarb grow. These sort of characters rely on obscenities, blasphemy and vicious verbal cruelty in their attempts to solicit a snigger from the assembled audience, many of whom I suspect laugh out of embarrassment rather than because they hear any genuine humour. On the other hand, there bursts onto our TV screens the genuine comic genius of someone like Michael McIntyre, voted TV's funniest man and popular with millions of people for the clean-cut humour which he shares. No need for him to sink to the levels that the comedy fraudsters sink to! 

     Michael McIntyre is like an air-freshener being wafted across the stage to clear away the bad odours left by the fraudsters. He does not attempt to shock with obscenities or blasphemies, finds no need to swear or result to the humour found behind the toilet-block amongst pubescent schoolboys. He makes us laugh because he is funny. It's as simple as that. He deserves the title of Britain's funniest man because he undoubtedly is. A ray of light shining through the puerile filth that the comedy fraudsters such as Boyle and Lee leave in their wake. 

     No wonder the lefties and the fraudsters hate  and despise McIntyre! He stands for what they despise --- true comedy. 

How to train your kids to use foul language at an early age

Adam Mansbach had a problem one night when his two-year old daughter wouldn't go to sleep, and so he ended up losing his patience to the point that he wrote a  children's bedtime book with a mixture of cutesy pictures and foul-mouthed rhymes. The author, illustrator, publishers and distributors are as pleased as punch with the result, because the sales of this obscene publication have soared through the roof.

How sad! they have all allowed the lure of money to cloud their sensibilities completely. That this book was ever written in the first place shows that Mansbach is a man comfortable with foul language, and one assumes that it is commonplace in his household. That so many people want to purchase the book is a sign of the foul-mouthed age in which we live. The use of such language demonstrates an inability to express oneself without resorting to an opportunity to demonstrate a lack of knowledge of the fullness of the English language.

It is claimed that this is not a book for children, although it is, by its design format and illustrations, a book that any small child will readily pick up if they find it in the house. Just think ... the little darlings can learn a whole lot of new words so that they can converse more readily with their parents and in what the publisher coyly claims is the language of the real world.

How sad that the book has been written; how sad that it has been illustrated; how sad that it has been published; how sad that reputable booksellers are offering it for sale, and how sad that so many people are buying it in order to satisfy their curiosity about seeing the obscene language in print. More than that, how sad that nobody spared a thought for innocence of the little children.

Rio Ferdinand's interpretation of morality role models

      Rio Ferdinand loves any positive publicity which helps to maintain his image as a leading footballer, and thereby a great role model for his adoring fans. Whether he sets out to be a role model or not is largely irrelevant, because it has long been recognised that those whom small boys look upon as their heroes are the models on which those same young boys will seek to emulate. What personalities such as footballers need to recognise therefore, is the responsibility that they have to their fans in particular and society in general. For any of them, Rio Ferdinand or anyone else, to attempt to denounce this responsibility is to betray their fans to an unpardonable degree.
      The fact of the matter is that, as a prominent football personality, Rio Ferdinand is of interest to the public in news terms, whether that news is considered to be favourable or unfavourable. Once such a role model is in the eye of the public they have to accept to a large degree that they have a responsibility to maintain a wholesome image. Rio Ferdinand has engaged upon various liaisons outside of his marriage, and so the message that he sends out to those who consider him to be a role model is that it's perfectly okay to behave in a similar manner when they are married to someone. He implies by his behaviour that promises given during the marriage ceremony are worthless whenever you want them to be.
      The current court action is no more than an attempt on Ferdinand's behalf to get the courts to legitimise his philandering, claiming that the moral atmosphere is different in modern day times. The truth is that, whilst morality may have sunk to a low amongst many, particularly amongst those who, like many footballers, are paid vast sums of money for kicking a ball around a field, this does not alter the morality code that people should be living by.
      Ferdinand has gone to great lengths in the past to portray himself as a role model for the young, and as a faithful partner to his wife, devoted to maintaining a harmonious married life, but the truth is that he is a poor role model for those whom he seeks to inspire, and by virtue of his philandering, he has proven himself an unfaithful partner to his wife.
      He deserves to lose his privacy battle against the Sunday Mirror article, because his behaviour deems that he has no rights to keep such a matter out of the public arena simply because he wants to keep it secret. Most people who do wrong things would like to keep their misdemeanours away from the public's gaze, but unfortunately, when you court publicity for the good things then you have to accept that it will seek out the bad as well. 

A Question of Fairness: Old age pension vs. Allowances to Illegal Immigrants

This makes you wonder what will be left for our kids - NOT A LOT!

OH BRITAIN , where did we go wrong ?

 
We're "broke" and can't help our own Seniors, Veterans, Orphans, Homeless etc. Are you aware of the following?
 
The British Government provides the following financial assistance: -
 
BRITISH OLD AGED PENSIONER Weekly allowance £106
ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS / REFUGEES LIVING IN BRITAIN Weekly allowance £250
 
BRITISH OLD AGED PENSIONER Weekly Spouse allowance £25
ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS / REFUGEES LIVING IN BRITAIN Weekly Spouse allowance
£225
 
BRITISH OLD AGED PENSIONER Additional weekly hardship allowance £0.00
ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS / REFUGEES LIVING IN BRITAIN Additional weekly
hardship allowance £100
 
BRITISH OLD AGED PENSIONER TOTAL YEARLY BENEFIT £6,000
ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS / REFUGEES LIVING IN BRITAIN TOTAL YEARLY BENEFIT
£29,900
 

Please read all and then let all your contacts know, so that we can lobby for a decent state pension.

 

After all, the average pensioner has paid taxes and contributed to the 

growth of this country for the last 40 to 60 years.

 

Sad isn't it?

Noah's Ark teaches you all you ever need to know.

Noah's  Ark

Everything you need to know, you can learn from Noah's  Ark. 
1. Don't miss the boat. 
2.  Remember that we are all in the same boat! 
3. Plan ahead. It wasn't raining when Noah built the  Ark.  
4. Stay fit. When you're 60 years old, someone may ask you to do something really big. 
5. Don't listen to critics; just get on with the job that needs to be done. 
6. Build your future on high ground. 
7. For safety's sake, travel in pairs. 
8.  Speed isn't always an advantage. The snails were on board with the cheetahs. 
9. When you're stressed, float awhile. 
10. Remember, the  Ark  was built by amateurs; the Titanic by professionals. 
11. No matter the storm, when you are with God, there's always a rainbow waiting.

Most people walk in and out of your life.......

but FRIENDS leave footprints in your heart.

Is it Racist to Criticize Islam?

America’s rich heritage of free speech and public debate is one of the hallmarks of our country’s greatness.


But when it comes to the topic of Islam, rather than engaging in honest debate about such aspects as jihad, sharia law, treatment of “infidels,” or treatment of women, what we frequently see instead is a barrage of personal attacks intended to muzzle any and all debate.


One of the more vile is the false accusation of “racism.” “Citizen Warrior” has posted a powerful rebuttal of this accusation.

Is it Racist to Criticize Islam?

http://www.citizenwarrior.com/2010/09/is-it-racist-to-criticize-islam.html

Is Ayaan Hirsi Ali a racist? She was born in Somalia, from which she escaped to avoid an arranged marriage, and she eventually became a member of Parliament in the Netherlands.

She helped produce a film with Theo Van Gogh which criticized Islam's treatment of women. Van Gogh was shot to death by a Muslim in retaliation, and a note was pinned to his chest with a knife — a note that threatened Ayaan Hirsi Ali.

She made her way to the United States, and has since written two books critical of Islam: Infidel and Nomad: From Islam to America: A Personal Journey Through the Clash of Civilizations.



Is Wafa Sultan a racist? She was born and raised in Syria, and was trained as a psychiatrist.

On February 21, 2006, she took part in an Al Jazeera discussion program, arguing with the hosts about Samuel P. Huntington's Clash of Civilizations theory. A six-minute composite video of her response was widely circulated on blogs and through email. The New York Times estimated it was seen at least one million times. In the video she criticized Muslims for treating non-Muslims differently, and for not recognizing the accomplishments of Jews and other non-Muslims. The video was the most-discussed video of all time with over 260,000 comments on YouTube.


Is Brigitte Gabriel a racist? She's an Arab, born in Lebanon. Gabriel watched her country become an Islamic state. Lebanon was a Christian country and "the jewel of the Middle East" when she was young. But the Muslims in Lebanon, supported by Syria and Iran, slowly became more militant until they turned the country into a war zone. 

She made her way to America only to find, to her horror, the Muslim Brotherhood here in her newly adopted country, going down the same road. She decided to warn her fellow Americans about the dire results you can expect from appeasing orthodox Muslims, so she founded ACT! for America, a grassroots organization dedicated to educating the public about Islam's prime directive.

Gabriel is the author of two books, They Must Be Stopped: Why We Must Defeat Radical Islam and How We Can Do It, and Because They Hate: A Survivor of Islamic Terror Warns America.


Is Ibn Warraq a racist? Warraq was born in India to Muslim parents who migrated to Pakistan after the partitioning of British Indian Empire. 

Warraq founded the Institute for the Secularisation of Islamic Society. He is a senior research fellow at the Center for Inquiry, focusing on Quranic criticism.

Warraq is the author of seven books, including Why I Am Not a Muslim and Leaving Islam. He has spoken at the United Nations "Victims of Jihad" conference organized by the International Humanist and Ethical Union alongside speakers such as Bat Ye'or, Ayaan Hirsi Ali, and Simon Deng.



Is Tapan Ghosh a racist? The president of Hindu Samhati, he speaks all over India and the United States about the ongoing Islamic invasion of West Bengal.

In an article about him, a correspondent wrote, "A life of 25 years of relentless service has strengthened the resolve of Tapan Ghosh to unite Hindu masses to fight against injustice and the oppressive attitude of the authorities in the face of ever-increasing Islamist aggression."

Ghosh said, "As someone who has suffered enormously from the Islamist onslaught in eastern India, both after the partition of India as well as the partition of erstwhile Pakistan to form Bangladesh, Islamic terrorism has deeply affected my life and the life of millions in the Indian subcontinent. The horrific events of 1971 where nearly 3 million Bengalis, mostly Hindus were exterminated by the Pakistani military regime left an everlasting impression on me. Since then, I have worked relentlessly for the service and upliftment of people reeling under the scourge of radical Islam."



Is Seyran Ates a racist? Born in Turkey of Kurdish parents, and now working as a lawyer in Germany, Atest is highly critical of an immigrant Muslim society that is often more orthodox than its counterpart in Turkey, and her criticisms have put her at risk.

Her book, "Islam Needs a Sexual Revolution," was scheduled for publication in Germany in 2009. In an interview in January 2008 on National Public Radio, Ates stated that she was in hiding and would not be working on Muslim women's behalf publicly (including in court) due to the threats against her.

Ates is the author of the article, Human Rights Before Religion: Have we forgotten to protect women in our bid to accommodate practices carried out in the name of Islam?

(CONTINUE READING HERE FOR PROFILES OF FRANCIS BOK, NONIE DARWISH, MARK GABRIEL, WALID SHOEBAT, SIMON DENG, BABU SUSEELAN, WALID PHARES, ZEYNO BARAN, ZUHDI JASSER, MAGDI ALLAM, FARSHAD KHOLGHI, BASSAM TIBI, KHALED ABU TOAMEH, AND TAWFIK HAMID)  

The definition of atheism

I found this definition of atheism on the Urban Dictionary website: 
'The belief that there was nothing and nothing happened to nothing and then nothing magically exploded for no reason, creating everything then a bunch of everything magically rearranged for no reason what so ever into self-replicating tiny bits which then turned into dinosaurs!' 


That seems to be a fairly rational explanation. It certainly explains the theory that all life evolved following a Big Bang. This was an explosion of something which didn't exist before it exploded and which existed after the non-existent matter exploded. It was all the result of someone who didn't exist using the smoke and mirror technique, so we can understand that it was not magic but that it just appeared that way.


Oh dear! I seem to be digging a deeper and deeper hole, so perhaps I'd better stop!