Now this is scary...

 

 

Think back about 1979......then about 1999 (20 yrs) then 2019 (20 yrs) and how the violent events  and world terrorism has escalated then review this "moving" scale of different religions of the world.

The Muslim religion is the fastest growing religion per capita in the U. S., especially in the minority races

Not the Catholics, not the Mormons. Last month I attended my annual training session that's required for maintaining my state prison security clearance. During the training session there was a presentation by 3 speakers representing the Roman Catholic, Protestant & Muslim faiths, who each explained their beliefs.

I was particularly interested in what the Islamic Imam had to say. The Muslim gave a great presentation of the basics of Islam, complete with a video.

After the presentations, time was provided for questions & answers. When it was my turn, I directed my question to the Muslim & asked: 'Please, correct me if I'm wrong, but I understand that most Imams & clerics of Islam have declared a holy jihad [Holy war] against the infidels of the world &, that by killing an infidel, (which is a command to all Muslims) they are assured of a place in heaven. If that's the case, can you give me the definition of an infidel?'

There was no disagreement with my statements &   without hesitation, he replied, " Nonbelievers."

I responded, 'So, let me make sure I have this straight. All followers of Allah have been commanded to kill everyone who is not of your faith so they can have a place in heaven. Is that correct?'

The expression on his face changed from one of authority & command to that of a little boy who had just been caught with his hand in the cookie jar.'

He sheepishly ..... "Yes!"

I then stated, 'Well, sir, I have a real problem trying to imagine The Pope commanding all Catholics to kill those of your faith or Dr. Stanley ordering all Protestants to do the same in order to guarantee them a place in heaven!'

The Muslim was speechless.

I continued, 'I also have a problem with being your friend when you & your brother clerics are telling your followers to kill me! Let me ask you another a question:

Would you rather have your Allah, who tells you to kill me in order for you to go to heaven, or my Jesus who tells me to love you because I am going to heaven & He wants you to be there with me?'

You could have heard a pin drop. Needless to say, the organizers & promoters of the 'Diversification' training seminar were not happy with my way of dealing with the Islamic Imam & exposing the truth about the Muslims' beliefs.

In 20 years there will be enough Muslim voters in the U.S. to elect the President.

I think everyone in the U.S. should be required to read this, but with the ACLU, there is no way this will be widely publicized, unless each of us sends it on! This is your chance to make a difference.

AMEN !

Inheritance of freedom is rooted in the Reformation

Robert Fain

The beginning is always a good place to start, and our republic begins on July 4, 1776, with those familiar words, “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable rights, that among these are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.” 

Thomas Jefferson was tasked by the Continental Congress with the work of setting out the grievances against the king of Great Britain that had made it necessary to dissolve the political bonds that had, until that moment, connected the American colonies to England. In drafting the Declaration of Independence, Jefferson drew heavily from the work of John Locke, whose book, Two Treatises of Government (1689), could not have been written without the Reformation, which had started less than two centuries earlier in 1517.

Locke’s First Treatise attacks the understanding that civil society is founded on a beneficent patriarchalism justified by an appeal to the divine right of kings to rule. His Second Treatise articulated a theory of civil society that is based instead on the equality of persons and on the mutual rights and obligations implied in a contract between the ruler and subjects to protect their lives, liberties and property. These foundational ideas of the equality of persons and of government by leaders whose authority is derived from the free consent of those governed are direct consequences of the religious convictions that inspired and sustained the Reformation.

The Reformation began with concerns about how the Church was managing its life and relationship with the faithful and with the state. When Martin Luther nailed his 95 Theses to the church door for discussion, the internet of his day, he had no idea how far-reaching his actions and those of his fellow reformers would be, for they were not only addressing issues of teaching and doctrine, but setting into motion revolutionary ideas about person-hood and society.

When Luther challenged the abuses in the church’s life and practice he did so from the position that flawed humanity can only be made right with God and with each other through God’s own reconciling initiative that we call grace. The reformers believed that every individual had equal access to the liberating freedom from sin and death and to the life of love and service that Christ offered to all, because every person was created by and could be redeemed by God.

Every person then, was deemed competent to engage these important truths without mediation by king, bishop or priest. The Church was a gathered community of free persons choosing to associate on the basis of shared beliefs and commitments, creating a priesthood not of individuals but of all believers.

Luther’s personal courage in the face of great pressure to abandon his challenge to the church’s status quo centralized the sanctity and liberty of individual conscience, as he famously said “I cannot and will not recant anything, for to go against conscience is neither right nor safe. Here I stand, I can do no other, so help me God.”

The understanding of the individual as the primary building block of civil society and moral community, and of freedom as a component of the religious, political and social identity of human beings would create the social and political structures that over time would become the foundation of the modern democratic traditions on which the free societies of Europe and North America would rest.

(Robert Fain is pastor of the Church of the Good Shepherd in Augusta.)

Subject: Fw: Catholics vs. Muslims

This is interesting!

 

Charity Hospital run by the Sisters  of Charity in New Orleans, along with

the Upjohn company developed the plasma system in the 1930’s that saved so

many lives in WWII, Korea, Vietnam and in  the middle east now.

 

During the Civil War most of the nurses were nuns.

 

EVEN IF YOU ARE NOT CATHOLIC, THIS IS EYE OPENING.

 

When the Catholic Church was founded, there were no hospitals. Today,

one out of five people in this country receive their medical care at a

Catholic hospital.

 

When the Catholic Church was founded, there were no schools. Today, the

Catholic Church teaches 3 million students  a day, in its more than 250

Catholic Colleges and Universities, in its  more than 1200 Catholic High

Schools and its  more than 5000 Catholic grade schools.

 

Every day, the Catholic Church feeds, clothes, shelters and educates more

people than any other organization in the  world.

 

The new Obama Health Mandate could  end all this and the tax payers would

have to make up the loss.

 

Also, all Catholic adoption services would come to an end; a human

disaster.

 

There are more than 77 million Catholics in this country. It takes an

estimated 50 million Catholic votes to  elect a president.

 

I am asking all of you to go to the polls in 2014 and be united in

replacing all Senators and Reps with someone  who will respect the Catholic

Church, all Christians, and all Religions with  perhaps the exception of

Islam.

 

Mr. President, you said, "The USA is not a Christian Nation". You are

wrong - we are a Christian Nation founded on Judeo-Christian values

allowing all religions in America to Worship & Practice Freely. Something

Islam will never do.

 

Oh, by the way, on MUSLIM HERITAGE IN  America .....

 

Have you ever been to a Muslim hospital,

 

Heard a Muslim orchestra, seen a Muslim band march in a parade, know of a

Muslim charity,

 

Ever seen Muslims shaking hands with a Muslim Girl Scout, or ever seen a

Muslim Candy Striper volunteering in a hospital?

 

Have you ever seen a Muslim do much of anything that contributes

positively to the American way of life?

 

DON'T KEEP THIS - please SEND IT OUT  TO YOUR LIST!

 

Let’s circulate this to as many as possible. And remember the elections

coming up in 2014 and 2016!

Subject: Oh me God, It's Father O'Malley again!


Father O'Malley rose from his bed. It was a fine spring day in his new Washington DC parish.
He walked to the window of his bedroom to get a deep breath of air and to see the beautiful day outside.

He then noticed there was a jackass lying dead in the middle of his front lawn.
He promptly called the US House of Representatives for assistance.
The conversation went like this: "Good morning. This is Speaker Pelosi.How might I help you?"
"And the best of the day te yerself. This is Father O'Malley at St.Brigid's.

There's a jackass lying dead in me front lawn.

Would ye be so kind as to send a couple o' yer lads to take care of the matter?"
Speaker Pelosi, considering herself to be quite a wit, replied with a smirk, "Well now father,
it was always my impression that you people took care of last rites!"

There was dead silence on the line for a long moment. Father O'Malley then replied:

"Aye, that's certainly true, but we are also obliged to first notify the next of kin."

Excerpts of an article written by non-Catholic Sam Miller - a prominent Cleveland Jewish businessman:

 "Why would newspapers carry on a vendetta on one of the most 
 important institutions that we have today in the United States, namely the Catholic Church?

Do you know - the Catholic Church educates 2.6 million students everyday at the cost to that Church of
  10 billion dollars, and a savings on the other hand to the American 
  taxpayer of 18 billion dollars. The graduates go on to graduate studies at the rate of 92%.
  The Church has 230 colleges and universities in the U.S. with an enrollment of 700,000 students.

The Catholic Church has a non-profit hospital system of 637 hospitals, 
 which account for hospital treatment of 1 out of every 5 people - not just Catholics - in the United States today. 

But the press is vindictive and trying to totally denigrate in every way the Catholic Church in this country. 
 They have blamed the disease of pedophilia on the Catholic Church, which is as irresponsible as blaming 
  adultery on the institution of marriage.

Let me give you some figures that Catholics should know and  remember. For example, 12% of the 300 Protestant 
 clergy surveyed admitted to sexual intercourse with a parishioner; 38% acknowledged other inappropriate sexual 
 contact in a study by the United Methodist Church, 41.8% of clergy  women reported unwanted sexual behavior; 
 17% of laywomen have been sexually harassed.  Not to mention coaches, teachers and Boy Scout leaders.  Even our 
 own Jewish rabbis.  Meanwhile, 1.7% of the Catholic clergy has been found guilty of pedophilia. 10% of the 
 Protestant ministers have been found guilty of pedophilia. This is not a Catholic Problem.

A study of American priests showed that most are happy in the  priesthood and find it even better than they had 
 expected, and that most, if given the choice, would choose to be priests again in face of all this obnoxious PR the 
 church has been receiving.  The Church. You have been hurt by a small number of wayward priests that have  probably 
 been totally weeded out by now.

Walk with your shoulders high and you head higher. Be a proud member of the most important non-governmental 
 agency in the United States . Then remember what Jeremiah said: 'Stand by the roads, and look and ask for the ancient 
 paths, where the good way is and walk in it, and find rest for your  souls'.  Be proud to speak up for your faith with pride 
 and reverence and learn what your Church does for all other religions.

Be proud that you're a Catholic."

God bless you and keep you and your family safe today.
father kelly

 Father Brian F. Kelly, Ph.D.
Chaplain
Cathedral Catholic High School
San Diego, CA 92130
Cell Phone: 858-353-7325
Office Phone: 858-523-4000x1106
Fax: 858-523-4087

"Hello, got this from my right wing mom..." -Wayne


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