September 11. 2011.
On this day, many of us are remembering a clear, crisp, late summer day in 2001. A day that saw the innocence of many taken away. A day that saw the lives of many taken away. We mourn and we remember.
Into the somberness of this occasion, Paul Krugman, a writer for the New York Times, decides to inject some small thoughts from his small mind.
His blog does not touch upon the shamefulness of the moments when Islamic terrorists attacked our nation...no, he feels the real shame occurred after those events. In, fact, he doesn't even mention the Twin Towers, the Pentagon or the field in Shanksville, PA. He would have us believe that George Bush, Rudy Giuliani and Bernie Kerik used 9/11 to gain fame and political favors. Paul Krugman brands them "fake heroes." By this convoluted logic, FDR was a "fake hero" who used Pearl Harbor for personal gain. Winston Churchill was just waiting for Hitler to come along and make his day. And what about George Washington and Valley Forge? I guess to Paul's way of thinking, history is full of "fake heroes."
You seem to have your politicians mixed-up, Paul. It was another liberal, Rahm Emanuel, who said, "You never want a serious crisis to go to waste, and what I mean by that is an opportunity to do things that you didn’t think you could do before." Now you identify yourself as a liberal so shouldn't you be aware of the unofficial slogan of your party? Really, is that too much to ask?
You start your blog with a question, "Are the 9/11 commemorations oddly subdued?'.
Allow me to answer.
What is it you expected to happen on such a somber event? Did you want to see people rioting in the streets? Looting and pillaging? Marching on Mecca?
Don't hold your breath. That's not the style of the American people. You know, the ones whose hearts you claim to know.
We are remembering in quiet, respectful ways. Church services, candlelight vigils, quiet reflections on the uncertainty of life and the need to live life to the fullest. Today is not about the terrorists. It's not about the politicians. It is about the everyday people who were quietly going about their work, living their lives, when evil reached out and touched them in, what was then, an unimaginable way.
I'm sorry you can't understand this, Paul. You labeled your blog, "The Conscience of a Liberal." I'm going to submit that you have no concience, just a need to twist facts to reflect your own warped view of the world.
Surprisingly, Paul is not allowing comments on his post. "For obvious reasons," he states. Guess he can't stand the heat.
Well, you opened your blog with a question, Paul and I'm going to close mine with one.
How do hacks like you get access to the public? Next time, do us all a favor and keep your thoughts to yourself.
http://krugman.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/09/11/the-years-of-shame/?smid=tw-NytimesKrugman&seid=auto
Dee
Sunday, September 11, 2011
Monday, May 23, 2011
False Prophet or False God?
Harold Camping won't give up! He is now on the radio claiming that Christ did come and put the world under judgement on May 21. It was a spiritual (invisible) coming. (Someone owes me $5.00 because I called it!) He is presenting himself as a humble teacher, nothing more. There will be no more advertising, no more tracts given out, the world has been told and the end of the world is still scheduled for October 21, 2011. The world is now under an invisible judgement. All dates were correct, all proofs were correct. Family Radio's task is done.
Someone give me some bread to put this bologna on.
I started listening to Family Radio last year because I liked the music. Then, one day, I heard Mr. Camping talk about the date of the rapture. I admit, I couldn't make heads or tails out of his mathematical contortions, but he kept hammering away at it. May 21st - the Bible guarantees it. I continued to listen to this man. I wanted to know what he was saying. Sort of a "know your enemy" approach.
Anyone that called into his Open Forum would be told that if they didn't believe in the May 21st rapture/rolling earthquake/beginning of Judgement Day then God had not opened their spiritual eyes. Oh....and it meant they were not saved. This would be a recurring theme for Harold Camping. He would say no one could know if they had been saved or not, yet Mr. Camping seemed to know. Let's see, if you belonged to a church, you were not saved...if you didn't agree with his interpretation of the Bible, you were not saved...if you ate oysters in a month with "R" in it, you were not saved...quite a nice package, Mr. Camping...all lies, of course.
Despite many statements, by none other than Jesus himself, that belief in Him was the way to secure salvation, Camping insisted this was not true. He interpreted scriptures to support his version of salvation, ignoring or disparaging scripture verses that did not fit with his skewed theology.
Camping openly mocked Bible scholars, saying they spent too much time studying things like Hebrew or Greek and helping people do things like care for their children or move. He sarcastically insinuated that their time should be better used to study the Bible. And, by the way, if you haven't read every single word in the Bible, you haven't read the Bible.
He spent months telling people that no one could know if they had been saved yet in mid-April he announced that he knew he had been saved. I'm not sure how he knew this since his position was that God had not revealed anything to man since John finished the Book of Revelations.
While it's true he did not openly encourage people to sell their homes, quit their jobs and drain their savings to finance his apocalyptic vision, he also did nothing to discourage them. People would call and ask him if they should quit their job or quit sending their child to school. There were a few that wondered if they should kill themselves if they were still here on May 22. No discouragement, just a suggestion that they pray about it.
Mr. Camping and Family Radio must accept responsibility for a great deal of damage that their deliberate deceptions have caused:
"Anyone who runs ahead and does not continue in the teaching of Christ does not have God; whoever continues in the teaching has both the Father and the Son. If anyone comes to you and does not bring this teaching, do not take him into your house or welcome him. Anyone who welcomes him shares in his wicked work."
(2 Jn. 9-11)
Some of Mr. Camping's followers insist we are still being tested by God. God is sifting through Camping's followers to see who will fall away because the prophecy was (seemingly) wrong.
I think it may well be a test. Only the tester is Satan, gauging how many gullible pigeons are out there, eager to accept false interpretations of scripture.
So, what's the answer?
Pray.
Read the bible. It is nowhere near as complex as Harold Camping would have you believe.
Join a Bible-based, faith and fellowship church. Mr. Camping wanted you out of the church because it would soon become clear that Harold was talking through his hat.
God is not vindictive, He is not deceptive. These are both words used by Campng to describe God. He did not inspire the Bible to be a trap to keep us out of heaven.
In Romans, Paul asks, "Who shall separate us from the love of Christ?"
Mr.Camping would have you believe that the answer is God the Father. He would have you believe that God is toying with us, like we are rats in a maze, setting us up for one failure after another.
Not true, not true, not true.
God desires for us to spend eternity with Him. If His intent was to trick us into losing any chance at spending eternity with Him, why bother to send His Son? Why set up a plan for salvation if He didn't really intend for us to be saved? Why bother to create us at all?
Mr. Camping is a self-proclaimed Bible scholar that knows very little about the Bible. The New Testament message of love and forgiveness and salvation do not fit in with his delusional interpretation of God's word.
False prophet - for sure.
At the point he proclaimed that if you did not believe his interpretation of Biblical events you were not saved - he crossed the line from false prophet to false god.
In my opinion.
You will have much to answer for when Judgement Day does arrive, Mr. Camping. You set yourself up as the sole authority on the word of God. Only you had the truth and woe to those who would not follow you. You were always quick to interrupt people that called to challenge you with an "Excuse me". No can do, Harold. What you have done is inexcusable. Your broadcast tonight was full of the ramblings of an arrogant, prideful man.
See you in November.
Dee
Someone give me some bread to put this bologna on.
I started listening to Family Radio last year because I liked the music. Then, one day, I heard Mr. Camping talk about the date of the rapture. I admit, I couldn't make heads or tails out of his mathematical contortions, but he kept hammering away at it. May 21st - the Bible guarantees it. I continued to listen to this man. I wanted to know what he was saying. Sort of a "know your enemy" approach.
Anyone that called into his Open Forum would be told that if they didn't believe in the May 21st rapture/rolling earthquake/beginning of Judgement Day then God had not opened their spiritual eyes. Oh....and it meant they were not saved. This would be a recurring theme for Harold Camping. He would say no one could know if they had been saved or not, yet Mr. Camping seemed to know. Let's see, if you belonged to a church, you were not saved...if you didn't agree with his interpretation of the Bible, you were not saved...if you ate oysters in a month with "R" in it, you were not saved...quite a nice package, Mr. Camping...all lies, of course.
Despite many statements, by none other than Jesus himself, that belief in Him was the way to secure salvation, Camping insisted this was not true. He interpreted scriptures to support his version of salvation, ignoring or disparaging scripture verses that did not fit with his skewed theology.
Camping openly mocked Bible scholars, saying they spent too much time studying things like Hebrew or Greek and helping people do things like care for their children or move. He sarcastically insinuated that their time should be better used to study the Bible. And, by the way, if you haven't read every single word in the Bible, you haven't read the Bible.
He spent months telling people that no one could know if they had been saved yet in mid-April he announced that he knew he had been saved. I'm not sure how he knew this since his position was that God had not revealed anything to man since John finished the Book of Revelations.
While it's true he did not openly encourage people to sell their homes, quit their jobs and drain their savings to finance his apocalyptic vision, he also did nothing to discourage them. People would call and ask him if they should quit their job or quit sending their child to school. There were a few that wondered if they should kill themselves if they were still here on May 22. No discouragement, just a suggestion that they pray about it.
Mr. Camping and Family Radio must accept responsibility for a great deal of damage that their deliberate deceptions have caused:
"Anyone who runs ahead and does not continue in the teaching of Christ does not have God; whoever continues in the teaching has both the Father and the Son. If anyone comes to you and does not bring this teaching, do not take him into your house or welcome him. Anyone who welcomes him shares in his wicked work."
(2 Jn. 9-11)
Some of Mr. Camping's followers insist we are still being tested by God. God is sifting through Camping's followers to see who will fall away because the prophecy was (seemingly) wrong.
I think it may well be a test. Only the tester is Satan, gauging how many gullible pigeons are out there, eager to accept false interpretations of scripture.
So, what's the answer?
Pray.
Read the bible. It is nowhere near as complex as Harold Camping would have you believe.
Join a Bible-based, faith and fellowship church. Mr. Camping wanted you out of the church because it would soon become clear that Harold was talking through his hat.
God is not vindictive, He is not deceptive. These are both words used by Campng to describe God. He did not inspire the Bible to be a trap to keep us out of heaven.
In Romans, Paul asks, "Who shall separate us from the love of Christ?"
Mr.Camping would have you believe that the answer is God the Father. He would have you believe that God is toying with us, like we are rats in a maze, setting us up for one failure after another.
Not true, not true, not true.
God desires for us to spend eternity with Him. If His intent was to trick us into losing any chance at spending eternity with Him, why bother to send His Son? Why set up a plan for salvation if He didn't really intend for us to be saved? Why bother to create us at all?
Mr. Camping is a self-proclaimed Bible scholar that knows very little about the Bible. The New Testament message of love and forgiveness and salvation do not fit in with his delusional interpretation of God's word.
False prophet - for sure.
At the point he proclaimed that if you did not believe his interpretation of Biblical events you were not saved - he crossed the line from false prophet to false god.
In my opinion.
You will have much to answer for when Judgement Day does arrive, Mr. Camping. You set yourself up as the sole authority on the word of God. Only you had the truth and woe to those who would not follow you. You were always quick to interrupt people that called to challenge you with an "Excuse me". No can do, Harold. What you have done is inexcusable. Your broadcast tonight was full of the ramblings of an arrogant, prideful man.
See you in November.
Dee
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