In this audio clip Mr. Thomas explains his point of view and why he called Islam a "slow spreading cancer" and the strategy of militiant Islam to subjugated the West:
http://www.brightcove.com/title.jsp?title=1080152255
Or just play the audio file by clicking on the video icon below:
Sunday, July 29, 2007
Monday, June 04, 2007
Web, reality TV help make porn pervasive
Freedom of speech deprived of truth, virtue and godly impetus turns into a destructive dissimination of immorality and perversion. Case in point -- the new freedom of expression through the democratization of media by technology. I've posted here the whole article with its copyright notice since the provider usually takes these articles off and just supplying a link to their web site would not lead you to the article itself in just a few days. I do not agree with the slant of the article in terms of the conclusions and sources offered. However, I find it informative and the reader can make their own conclusions of how prevasive the free expression of sinful human nature has become.
Web, reality TV help make porn pervasive By MARTHA IRVINE, AP National Writer -- Sun Jun 3, 5:12 PM ET
Porn used to be relegated to a video hidden in the bottom drawer, or a magazine under the mattress. Today, it's part of everyday life.
Hugh Hefner's girlfriends have become TV's "girls next door." Porn stars have MySpace pages and do voiceovers for video games. And while "porn on demand" is standard for hotel TVs and upgraded cable packages, it's even easier to find it with a few clicks on the computer.
In April, more than a third of the U.S. Internet audience visited sites that fit into the online "adult" category, according to comScore Media Metrix.
So the message is clear: In today's world, sex doesn't just sell. The pervasiveness of porn has made sexiness — from subtle to raunchy — a much-sought-after attribute online, at school and even at work.
Many agree that the trend has had a particularly strong influence on young women — in some cases, taking shape as an unapologetic embracing of sexuality and exhibitionism.
"I am one of those girls," says Holly Eglinton, a 31-year-old Canadian who recently won a talent search competition to appear as an unclothed newscaster on the Internet's "Naked News." She auditioned after meeting a producer for the show on a social networking site where she's posted provocative photos of herself — an increasingly common practice.
For Eglinton, taking off her clothes for an Internet audience was freeing, fun and a little rebellious.
"It's something that sort of suits my personality," she says. "I'm kind of an extrovert and a bit of a camera hog, a poser."
It's a prevalent sentiment in our look-at-me culture. But many wonder if it really is empowering, especially for younger women and girls who try to emulate what's already on the Web.
Too often, educators and health professionals say, the results are cases of "Girls Gone Wild" — gone wild.
Michael Simon, a therapist and high school counselor in the San Francisco Bay area, has seen an increasing number of girls and young women in his private practice after episodes in which they undressed or masturbated in front of a Web cam for people they met online.
"Instead of pornography or performative sexuality being one choice among many ways of being sexual, it's essentially become the standard of sexiness," says Simon. "It's also the standard by which a man or woman is a prude, depending on how much they embrace that kind of sexuality."
Yvonne K. Fulbright, a sexologist and author who co-hosts the "Sex Files" program on Sirius satellite radio, also has seen the shift in attitude.
She's posted messages on Craigslist looking for people who want to comment on various topics for the show — and, instead, often receives responses from young women who send descriptions of their breast and waist sizes.
"They're under the impression that they can be the next big thing," Fulbright says. "Unfortunately, for a lot of females that means taking off your clothes and being sexual.
"It's a really warped sense of what it means to be sexy."
Indeed, there was a time when dancing for the masses in barely there outfits was the realm of music video stars and strippers. Then the Internet and reality TV came along, providing new platforms for young women to flaunt it for a shot at fame.
In one hit prime-time series, for instance, eager young contestants perform soft-core porn dance routines in hopes of becoming the next member of The Pussycat Dolls singing group.
The fascination with being "hot" also has made its way into the workplace, where confidence is often conveyed in the way one looks and dresses.
"I would say that, in the world of Washington, D.C., power brokers, it's important to be sexy, but in a more sophisticated, muted way," says Charles Small, a 25-year-old young professional who works in the nation's capital. That's in contrast, he says, to cities such as Los Angeles and Miami, "where overt sexiness is more the status quo."
Some employers — taken aback by the trend — have responded by setting tougher dress codes. Many school administrators have done the same.
"As a high school teacher, I see 14-year-old girls dressing in a way that makes me shake my head. Where do they get that?" asks Dennis Brown, an educator and parent in Huntley, Ill., outside Chicago.
Recently, he says his own 5-year-old daughter proclaimed, "Daddy, I look fat."
"And I thought, 'Oh my gosh, here we go,'" he says. "Now I have to start deconstructing that mind-set."
It's a big topic of discussion among researchers. A 2007 report from the American Psychological Association compiled the findings of myriad studies, showing that the sexualization of young women and girls, in particular, can hurt them in many ways. Problems can include anything from low-self esteem and eating disorders to depression and anxiety.
Simon, the California therapist, has seen those symptoms in several of his young female patients.
While boys tend to seek out porn for their own sexual pleasure, he sees a sexual disconnect with girls who exhibit provocative behavior they're not ready for — from undressing online to performing oral sex on boys.
"It doesn't have anything to do with their sexual pleasure," says Simon. "It has to do with pleasing somebody else — the grasping for attention.
"As a parent, it makes me want to cry."
And while they tell him they feel empowered, too often, he says they end up getting pegged as "sluts."
Julie Albright, a sociologist at the University of Southern California, has noted that dynamic in her research. She's working on a book about "players," men who juggle more than one sex partner and earn a title of esteem for behavior that much of society still frowns upon for women.
"If you 'act like a man,' in that sense, you're trying to grab hold of that same kind of power, that same kind of lifestyle — and claim male privilege," Albright says.
"The problem is, you're still female and it's still a man's world."
Anna Stanley, a 25-year-old in Madison, Wis., knows all about that double standard. She also wonders if she and her peers place too much importance on the power of sexiness.
"It seems like it stems out of the 'Girl Power' thing of the '90s gone awry — men objectify us, so let's objectify ourselves and get something out of it. It's not really progress," she says. "But it's something I have mixed feelings about — because sometimes I do it, too.
"Sometimes you do dress up to get noticed and attention, and you do feel more confident when you do that."
She wishes there was more focus on helping women develop a healthy sense of their own sexuality.
Missy Suicide — founder of the "Suicide Girls" pinup Web site — couldn't agree more.
"I think that women shouldn't be afraid of their sexuality. It's a part of who we are. You shouldn't be embarrassed and ashamed of your body and yourself," says the 29-year-old entrepreneur, who lives in Los Angeles. But, she says, it shouldn't be the sole focus.
She and the women on her site are known for challenging the stereotypes of beauty, with their tattoos and piercings and varying body types.
"I get messages from girls all the time saying they never felt beautiful before because they never saw girls like themselves in magazines or on TV. Then they saw a girl like them on 'Suicide Girls,'" she says of the site, an online community that attracts a worldwide audience of both admirers and women who want to become nude pinups.
Victoria Sinclair, the lead anchor on "Naked News," also sees herself as a role model. She left a job in the corporate world to join the show as lead anchor in 1999 — and never looked back.
"Sometimes, there are moments when I think, 'Oh my goodness what am I doing?'" says Sinclair, who recently turned 40. "But I'm really OK with it."
She says it works for her because she has control over what she does on the show and has been allowed to age gracefully, without plastic surgery.
Still, many skeptics remain.
"To be sure, it can make you feel powerful to know that you are arousing strong feelings in other people, that you have their attention and admiration," says Eileen Zurbriggen, a psychologist at the University of California, Santa Cruz, who helped compile the APA report.
"This is the same sense of power experienced by charismatic rock stars and politicians. But politicians also wield other kinds of power. They can make actual changes to the legal, economic, and geopolitical landscapes — changes that have far-ranging impacts.
"Women," she says, "might be better off developing other sources of power."
___
On the Net:
APA report: http://www.apa.org/pi/wpo/sexualization.html
Martha Irvine is a national writer specializing in coverage of people in their 20s and younger. She can be reached at mirvine(at)ap.org and via http://myspace.com/irvineap
Copyright © 2007 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. The information contained in the AP News report may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed without the prior written authority of The Associated Press.
Web, reality TV help make porn pervasive By MARTHA IRVINE, AP National Writer -- Sun Jun 3, 5:12 PM ET
Porn used to be relegated to a video hidden in the bottom drawer, or a magazine under the mattress. Today, it's part of everyday life.
Hugh Hefner's girlfriends have become TV's "girls next door." Porn stars have MySpace pages and do voiceovers for video games. And while "porn on demand" is standard for hotel TVs and upgraded cable packages, it's even easier to find it with a few clicks on the computer.
In April, more than a third of the U.S. Internet audience visited sites that fit into the online "adult" category, according to comScore Media Metrix.
So the message is clear: In today's world, sex doesn't just sell. The pervasiveness of porn has made sexiness — from subtle to raunchy — a much-sought-after attribute online, at school and even at work.
Many agree that the trend has had a particularly strong influence on young women — in some cases, taking shape as an unapologetic embracing of sexuality and exhibitionism.
"I am one of those girls," says Holly Eglinton, a 31-year-old Canadian who recently won a talent search competition to appear as an unclothed newscaster on the Internet's "Naked News." She auditioned after meeting a producer for the show on a social networking site where she's posted provocative photos of herself — an increasingly common practice.
For Eglinton, taking off her clothes for an Internet audience was freeing, fun and a little rebellious.
"It's something that sort of suits my personality," she says. "I'm kind of an extrovert and a bit of a camera hog, a poser."
It's a prevalent sentiment in our look-at-me culture. But many wonder if it really is empowering, especially for younger women and girls who try to emulate what's already on the Web.
Too often, educators and health professionals say, the results are cases of "Girls Gone Wild" — gone wild.
Michael Simon, a therapist and high school counselor in the San Francisco Bay area, has seen an increasing number of girls and young women in his private practice after episodes in which they undressed or masturbated in front of a Web cam for people they met online.
"Instead of pornography or performative sexuality being one choice among many ways of being sexual, it's essentially become the standard of sexiness," says Simon. "It's also the standard by which a man or woman is a prude, depending on how much they embrace that kind of sexuality."
Yvonne K. Fulbright, a sexologist and author who co-hosts the "Sex Files" program on Sirius satellite radio, also has seen the shift in attitude.
She's posted messages on Craigslist looking for people who want to comment on various topics for the show — and, instead, often receives responses from young women who send descriptions of their breast and waist sizes.
"They're under the impression that they can be the next big thing," Fulbright says. "Unfortunately, for a lot of females that means taking off your clothes and being sexual.
"It's a really warped sense of what it means to be sexy."
Indeed, there was a time when dancing for the masses in barely there outfits was the realm of music video stars and strippers. Then the Internet and reality TV came along, providing new platforms for young women to flaunt it for a shot at fame.
In one hit prime-time series, for instance, eager young contestants perform soft-core porn dance routines in hopes of becoming the next member of The Pussycat Dolls singing group.
The fascination with being "hot" also has made its way into the workplace, where confidence is often conveyed in the way one looks and dresses.
"I would say that, in the world of Washington, D.C., power brokers, it's important to be sexy, but in a more sophisticated, muted way," says Charles Small, a 25-year-old young professional who works in the nation's capital. That's in contrast, he says, to cities such as Los Angeles and Miami, "where overt sexiness is more the status quo."
Some employers — taken aback by the trend — have responded by setting tougher dress codes. Many school administrators have done the same.
"As a high school teacher, I see 14-year-old girls dressing in a way that makes me shake my head. Where do they get that?" asks Dennis Brown, an educator and parent in Huntley, Ill., outside Chicago.
Recently, he says his own 5-year-old daughter proclaimed, "Daddy, I look fat."
"And I thought, 'Oh my gosh, here we go,'" he says. "Now I have to start deconstructing that mind-set."
It's a big topic of discussion among researchers. A 2007 report from the American Psychological Association compiled the findings of myriad studies, showing that the sexualization of young women and girls, in particular, can hurt them in many ways. Problems can include anything from low-self esteem and eating disorders to depression and anxiety.
Simon, the California therapist, has seen those symptoms in several of his young female patients.
While boys tend to seek out porn for their own sexual pleasure, he sees a sexual disconnect with girls who exhibit provocative behavior they're not ready for — from undressing online to performing oral sex on boys.
"It doesn't have anything to do with their sexual pleasure," says Simon. "It has to do with pleasing somebody else — the grasping for attention.
"As a parent, it makes me want to cry."
And while they tell him they feel empowered, too often, he says they end up getting pegged as "sluts."
Julie Albright, a sociologist at the University of Southern California, has noted that dynamic in her research. She's working on a book about "players," men who juggle more than one sex partner and earn a title of esteem for behavior that much of society still frowns upon for women.
"If you 'act like a man,' in that sense, you're trying to grab hold of that same kind of power, that same kind of lifestyle — and claim male privilege," Albright says.
"The problem is, you're still female and it's still a man's world."
Anna Stanley, a 25-year-old in Madison, Wis., knows all about that double standard. She also wonders if she and her peers place too much importance on the power of sexiness.
"It seems like it stems out of the 'Girl Power' thing of the '90s gone awry — men objectify us, so let's objectify ourselves and get something out of it. It's not really progress," she says. "But it's something I have mixed feelings about — because sometimes I do it, too.
"Sometimes you do dress up to get noticed and attention, and you do feel more confident when you do that."
She wishes there was more focus on helping women develop a healthy sense of their own sexuality.
Missy Suicide — founder of the "Suicide Girls" pinup Web site — couldn't agree more.
"I think that women shouldn't be afraid of their sexuality. It's a part of who we are. You shouldn't be embarrassed and ashamed of your body and yourself," says the 29-year-old entrepreneur, who lives in Los Angeles. But, she says, it shouldn't be the sole focus.
She and the women on her site are known for challenging the stereotypes of beauty, with their tattoos and piercings and varying body types.
"I get messages from girls all the time saying they never felt beautiful before because they never saw girls like themselves in magazines or on TV. Then they saw a girl like them on 'Suicide Girls,'" she says of the site, an online community that attracts a worldwide audience of both admirers and women who want to become nude pinups.
Victoria Sinclair, the lead anchor on "Naked News," also sees herself as a role model. She left a job in the corporate world to join the show as lead anchor in 1999 — and never looked back.
"Sometimes, there are moments when I think, 'Oh my goodness what am I doing?'" says Sinclair, who recently turned 40. "But I'm really OK with it."
She says it works for her because she has control over what she does on the show and has been allowed to age gracefully, without plastic surgery.
Still, many skeptics remain.
"To be sure, it can make you feel powerful to know that you are arousing strong feelings in other people, that you have their attention and admiration," says Eileen Zurbriggen, a psychologist at the University of California, Santa Cruz, who helped compile the APA report.
"This is the same sense of power experienced by charismatic rock stars and politicians. But politicians also wield other kinds of power. They can make actual changes to the legal, economic, and geopolitical landscapes — changes that have far-ranging impacts.
"Women," she says, "might be better off developing other sources of power."
___
On the Net:
APA report: http://www.apa.org/pi/wpo/sexualization.html
Martha Irvine is a national writer specializing in coverage of people in their 20s and younger. She can be reached at mirvine(at)ap.org and via http://myspace.com/irvineap
Copyright © 2007 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. The information contained in the AP News report may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed without the prior written authority of The Associated Press.
Friday, April 27, 2007
Wednesday, April 25, 2007
An Imam In America Calls for the Murder of A Dissenting Dutch Muslim Woman
This link will take you to the page which contains text and a short radio
interview with Ayaan Hirsi Ali, a former member of the Dutch parliament and
the target of the verbal threat for assassination:
http://hotair.com/archives/2007/04/25/audio-ayaan-hirsi-ali-defends-the-imam-who-says-she-must-be-killed/
interview with Ayaan Hirsi Ali, a former member of the Dutch parliament and
the target of the verbal threat for assassination:
http://hotair.com/archives/2007/04/25/audio-ayaan-hirsi-ali-defends-the-imam-who-says-she-must-be-killed/
Wednesday, April 11, 2007
All Non-Islamic Believers Are "Losers" According to African State Leader
Update: The link published in this post will no longer take you to the artilce. It is the publisher of the web site's responsibility what they do with their material. You will be asked to pay to see this article, now placed in their archives. My recommendation is that you don't waste your money.
Old post:
Follow this link to read an article reporting on the progressive views of Lybian leader Gaddaffi. Freedom of religion, or any free thought are doomed to extinction in the realm of secular and religous authority of this arrogant and ignorant man.
Added a new post, from July 25, 2007
Religious Liberty Prayer Bulletin No. 439 Wed 25 Jul 2007
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AFGHANISTAN: ISLAMIC FUNDAMENTALISTS CONTROL THROUGH TERROR -----------------------------------------------------------
One day Jesus was teaching and healing, and as he looked outover the crowds he felt great compassion for the harassed,helpless and directionless masses. So he instructed hisdisciples to ask the Lord to send out more workers/ servants(see Matthew 9:35-38).
Up to 17,000 Korean Christians serve the Lord abroad in this way,most in war-torn, volatile, hostile and 'restricted access'nations. There are around 100 South Korean Christians from adozen humanitarian organisations and churches presently engagedin voluntary work in war-torn Afghanistan. Since 2002, some 400-500 South Koreans have visited Afghanistan every year in responseto the Lord's sending. They do voluntary work in health,education, agriculture, information technology and other fieldsfor the benefit of the people.
In early August 2006, Korean Christian professionals with theInstitute of Asian Culture and Development (IACD <http://www/.iacd.or.kr>, a Seoul-based Christian humanitarian-aid group thathas run medical clinics in Afghanistan since January 2002) weresuddenly deported. The IACD had organised a three-day 'PeaceFestival' to celebrate five years of Korean aid work inAfghanistan. The festival was to include a medical conference,a round-table on reconstruction and two soccer games at Kabul'sOlympic Stadium between Afghanistan's national team and aKorean team. The group's director, Kang Sung Han, said the aimof the festival was to give ordinary Koreans and Afghanis theopportunity to interact and have fun. But when Muslim clericsprotested, the festival was cancelled and the Koreans weredeported, citing security concerns. According to Radio FreeEurope/ Radio Liberty, while the clerics complained that theKoreans were actively proselytising, a spokesman for the chiefof the Afghan National Police said there was absolutely noevidence to support that, adding that if there had been anyevidence then the police would have 'put them in jail accordingto the law'. In order to maintain their hold over the people,the clerics are depriving the people of a future.
On Thursday 19 July 2007, Taliban militants in Ghazni Provincekidnapped 23 South Korean Christians who were in Afghanistandoing medical and humanitarian volunteer work. The Koreans,most of whom are nurses, are members of the Presbyterian'Saemmul Church' in Bundang near Seoul. They were en route tovisit a kindergarten in Kandahar which serves some 100destitute children and war orphans when they were ambushed andkidnapped. The Taliban is threatening to kill the hostagesunless South Korea withdraws its forces (which are non-combatant,engaged only in reconstruction) and the Afghan governmentreleases the 23 Taliban prisoners held in Ghazni Province. Thisis the largest contingent the Taliban has ever captured.Because the group is so large the Taliban might drag thenegotiations along, releasing one hostage (bargaining chip) ata time. They might also feel that because there are so many,they can afford to kill a few to increase the pressure on thetwo governments. On 24 July, Afghani villagers in Ghaznidemonstrated peacefully in the streets for the release of theKorean hostages. Once again, Islamic fundamentalists arerobbing the people and exerting control through repression andterror.
South Korea has now banned its citizens from travelling toAfghanistan, one of the neediest places on earth.
PLEASE PRAY SPECIFICALLY FOR:
* God to give the Korean Christian hostages all the grace,strength, endurance, courage and wisdom they need to bringblessings to Afghanis and honour and glory to the Lord in theirnew circumstances, which are doubtless exceedingly unpleasant.
* God to protect all those who have left home and family, andsacrificed security and comfort to go into Afghanistan in orderto help and serve traumatised, needy Afghanis; and may the Lordin his mercy deliver the Korean believers to safety.
* the Holy Spirit of God to draw into humble dependent (or evenjust desperate) prayerfulness, all those who are in Afghanistanto further freedom and civilisation for the benefit of the people(God's creation). May they learn dependence, and rejoice in thefaithfulness of the Lord our deliverer. (Prayer - Psalm 140:6-8).
* the Taliban, al Qaeda, and all other enemies of civilisation inAfghanistan to be profoundly defeated. Pray that the 'sword ofGod will strike them'. (Isaiah 31:8 NLT)
~~~~
SUMMARY TO USE IN BULLETINS UNABLE TO RUN THE WHOLE ARTICLE -----------------------------------------------------------
AFGHANISTAN: ISLAMIC FUNDAMENTALISTS CONTROL THROUGH TERROR
Islamic fundamentalists exert control through threats and terror. If Afghanis are to have a future that includes health, education, progress, prosperity, liberty and joy, then these Islamic fundamentalists must be profoundly defeated. The Taliban are holding 23 Korean Christian volunteer workers as hostages in Ghazni Province, and are threatening to kill them if their demands are not met. Because they have so many 'bargaining chips', the Taliban might draw out the negotiations and release the hostages slowly; they also might kill a few to increase the pressure. The Koreans, who come from the Presbyterian 'Saemmul Church' in Bundang near Seoul, are in a desperate situation. May God have mercy on them, and may 'the sword of the Lord' deliver them, and Afghanistan, from the grip of Islamic fundamentalists.
----------------------------------------------------Previous RLPs may be viewed at
http://www.ea.org.au/rlc/
Old post:
Follow this link to read an article reporting on the progressive views of Lybian leader Gaddaffi. Freedom of religion, or any free thought are doomed to extinction in the realm of secular and religous authority of this arrogant and ignorant man.
Added a new post, from July 25, 2007
Religious Liberty Prayer Bulletin No. 439 Wed 25 Jul 2007
-----------------------------------------------------------
AFGHANISTAN: ISLAMIC FUNDAMENTALISTS CONTROL THROUGH TERROR -----------------------------------------------------------
One day Jesus was teaching and healing, and as he looked outover the crowds he felt great compassion for the harassed,helpless and directionless masses. So he instructed hisdisciples to ask the Lord to send out more workers/ servants(see Matthew 9:35-38).
Up to 17,000 Korean Christians serve the Lord abroad in this way,most in war-torn, volatile, hostile and 'restricted access'nations. There are around 100 South Korean Christians from adozen humanitarian organisations and churches presently engagedin voluntary work in war-torn Afghanistan. Since 2002, some 400-500 South Koreans have visited Afghanistan every year in responseto the Lord's sending. They do voluntary work in health,education, agriculture, information technology and other fieldsfor the benefit of the people.
In early August 2006, Korean Christian professionals with theInstitute of Asian Culture and Development (IACD <http://www/.iacd.or.kr>, a Seoul-based Christian humanitarian-aid group thathas run medical clinics in Afghanistan since January 2002) weresuddenly deported. The IACD had organised a three-day 'PeaceFestival' to celebrate five years of Korean aid work inAfghanistan. The festival was to include a medical conference,a round-table on reconstruction and two soccer games at Kabul'sOlympic Stadium between Afghanistan's national team and aKorean team. The group's director, Kang Sung Han, said the aimof the festival was to give ordinary Koreans and Afghanis theopportunity to interact and have fun. But when Muslim clericsprotested, the festival was cancelled and the Koreans weredeported, citing security concerns. According to Radio FreeEurope/ Radio Liberty, while the clerics complained that theKoreans were actively proselytising, a spokesman for the chiefof the Afghan National Police said there was absolutely noevidence to support that, adding that if there had been anyevidence then the police would have 'put them in jail accordingto the law'. In order to maintain their hold over the people,the clerics are depriving the people of a future.
On Thursday 19 July 2007, Taliban militants in Ghazni Provincekidnapped 23 South Korean Christians who were in Afghanistandoing medical and humanitarian volunteer work. The Koreans,most of whom are nurses, are members of the Presbyterian'Saemmul Church' in Bundang near Seoul. They were en route tovisit a kindergarten in Kandahar which serves some 100destitute children and war orphans when they were ambushed andkidnapped. The Taliban is threatening to kill the hostagesunless South Korea withdraws its forces (which are non-combatant,engaged only in reconstruction) and the Afghan governmentreleases the 23 Taliban prisoners held in Ghazni Province. Thisis the largest contingent the Taliban has ever captured.Because the group is so large the Taliban might drag thenegotiations along, releasing one hostage (bargaining chip) ata time. They might also feel that because there are so many,they can afford to kill a few to increase the pressure on thetwo governments. On 24 July, Afghani villagers in Ghaznidemonstrated peacefully in the streets for the release of theKorean hostages. Once again, Islamic fundamentalists arerobbing the people and exerting control through repression andterror.
South Korea has now banned its citizens from travelling toAfghanistan, one of the neediest places on earth.
PLEASE PRAY SPECIFICALLY FOR:
* God to give the Korean Christian hostages all the grace,strength, endurance, courage and wisdom they need to bringblessings to Afghanis and honour and glory to the Lord in theirnew circumstances, which are doubtless exceedingly unpleasant.
* God to protect all those who have left home and family, andsacrificed security and comfort to go into Afghanistan in orderto help and serve traumatised, needy Afghanis; and may the Lordin his mercy deliver the Korean believers to safety.
* the Holy Spirit of God to draw into humble dependent (or evenjust desperate) prayerfulness, all those who are in Afghanistanto further freedom and civilisation for the benefit of the people(God's creation). May they learn dependence, and rejoice in thefaithfulness of the Lord our deliverer. (Prayer - Psalm 140:6-8).
* the Taliban, al Qaeda, and all other enemies of civilisation inAfghanistan to be profoundly defeated. Pray that the 'sword ofGod will strike them'. (Isaiah 31:8 NLT)
~~~~
SUMMARY TO USE IN BULLETINS UNABLE TO RUN THE WHOLE ARTICLE -----------------------------------------------------------
AFGHANISTAN: ISLAMIC FUNDAMENTALISTS CONTROL THROUGH TERROR
Islamic fundamentalists exert control through threats and terror. If Afghanis are to have a future that includes health, education, progress, prosperity, liberty and joy, then these Islamic fundamentalists must be profoundly defeated. The Taliban are holding 23 Korean Christian volunteer workers as hostages in Ghazni Province, and are threatening to kill them if their demands are not met. Because they have so many 'bargaining chips', the Taliban might draw out the negotiations and release the hostages slowly; they also might kill a few to increase the pressure. The Koreans, who come from the Presbyterian 'Saemmul Church' in Bundang near Seoul, are in a desperate situation. May God have mercy on them, and may 'the sword of the Lord' deliver them, and Afghanistan, from the grip of Islamic fundamentalists.
----------------------------------------------------Previous RLPs may be viewed at
http://www.ea.org.au/rlc/
Thursday, March 22, 2007
Why Protect Dissimination of Perversion as Free Speech?
Update: July 31, 2007.
Yahoo! news have "killed" this link. The article is no longer available to the public at the likn pointed to in here. To find the article you can still use the link but it will take you to their "search" page, where you'll have to search their database to get to the piece. Good luck. BTW, I strongly disapprove of this policy but did not want to remove the post for those who might want to search for the article linked here.
Does the "freedom" to commit and show perverse acts upon children qualify as free speech? The ACLU and other so called "liberal" organizations will want you to think that. Freedom to be perverse in your own limited circle is one thing. However, to be involved in the "free speech" of dissimenating rape, incest, vile behavior on children is criminal by law, ciriminal by conscience. Shame on the ACLU and on the judge who upheld the right to be a child-molester and a pervert. Free speech is about freedom to live a decent, reasonable life. Freedom of speech has never been about condoning the low instincts of the human race. That's not freedom but the spread of tyranny. Irresponsible, despicable and criminal speech must not be protected but prosecuted.
Here is more details in the article
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070322/ap_on_hi_te/internet_blocking
Yahoo! news have "killed" this link. The article is no longer available to the public at the likn pointed to in here. To find the article you can still use the link but it will take you to their "search" page, where you'll have to search their database to get to the piece. Good luck. BTW, I strongly disapprove of this policy but did not want to remove the post for those who might want to search for the article linked here.
Does the "freedom" to commit and show perverse acts upon children qualify as free speech? The ACLU and other so called "liberal" organizations will want you to think that. Freedom to be perverse in your own limited circle is one thing. However, to be involved in the "free speech" of dissimenating rape, incest, vile behavior on children is criminal by law, ciriminal by conscience. Shame on the ACLU and on the judge who upheld the right to be a child-molester and a pervert. Free speech is about freedom to live a decent, reasonable life. Freedom of speech has never been about condoning the low instincts of the human race. That's not freedom but the spread of tyranny. Irresponsible, despicable and criminal speech must not be protected but prosecuted.
Here is more details in the article
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Thursday, March 01, 2007
ISLAMIC IMPERIALISM: SOMALIA, BOSNIA, KOSOVO
This article proves that totalitarian systems (Islam, Nazism, communism) do not only oppose each other to vie for power but also coopearte with each other in their oppressive purposes.
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February 5, 2007
4. RL TREND - ISLAMIC IMPERIALISM: SOMALIA, BOSNIA, KOSOVO
**World Evangleical Alliance Religious Liberty News & Analysis**
Principal Researcher and Writer, Elizabeth Kendal
The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language defines imperialism as: "The policy of extending a nation's authority by territorial acquisitionor by the establishment of economic and political hegemony over othernations."
Islam is an imperialistic political system that employs a religiouscomponent for political and imperialistic gain. It is natural therefore thatIslamic reformation and revival should result in renewed zeal for Islamicimperialism. While Muslims as human beings are extremely varied, holdingbeliefs ranging from irreligious to indifference to secular to moderate toextremist and from liberal to fundamentalist, the agenda of orthodox,Quranic Islam is absolutely radical and imperialistic.
Islamic imperialism is advanced in myriad ways: through jihad and pro-Sharia Islamist political movements; economically and culturally through theOrganisation of Islamic Conference (OIC), the Arab League, the IslamicDevelopment Bank (IsDB), and vast oil profits. These profits are used strategically to disseminate Islamic ideology and advance Islamic politicsand culture, as well as to transform free nations (such as numerous Christian-majority African nations) and institutions (such as numerous Western universities) into submissive debtors.
For this annual trends posting I will focus on two regions where Islamic imperialist zeal and rhetoric rose to dangerous levels through 2006: the Horn of Africa, and the Balkans.
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