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	<title>Comments on: Economic Black Hole: 20 Reasons Why The U.S. Economy Is Dying And Is Simply Not Going To Recover</title>
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		<title>By: peter b</title>
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		<dc:creator>peter b</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Jan 2012 17:55:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>There are 2 things at the heart of all this economic trouble. First, there is a conspiracy to institute world wide dictatorship. NAFTA, GAT and all this globalization BS was designed to take the US down. That&#039;s right, it was meant to destroy the country that supports freedom and democracy around the world. Second, the US is now a Fascist state. The constitution is all but dead! Corporations and wealthy individuals are writing the laws, staffing government regulatory agencies and just plain buying votes in congress. Both sides, Republican and Democrat, are working for the same people and it&#039;s not the American people. Our leaders are participating in traitorous activities and harming our country.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>There are 2 things at the heart of all this economic trouble. First, there is a conspiracy to institute world wide dictatorship. NAFTA, GAT and all this globalization BS was designed to take the US down. That&#8217;s right, it was meant to destroy the country that supports freedom and democracy around the world. Second, the US is now a Fascist state. The constitution is all but dead! Corporations and wealthy individuals are writing the laws, staffing government regulatory agencies and just plain buying votes in congress. Both sides, Republican and Democrat, are working for the same people and it&#8217;s not the American people. Our leaders are participating in traitorous activities and harming our country.</p>
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		<title>By: Ray Wegner</title>
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		<dc:creator>Ray Wegner</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Dec 2011 03:06:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Hi there. For the reasons and answers go to http://www.raydw.com/message.htm 
 

Sincerely Ray Wegner</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hi there. For the reasons and answers go to <a href="http://www.raydw.com/message.htm" rel="nofollow">http://www.raydw.com/message.htm</a> </p>
<p>Sincerely Ray Wegner</p>
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		<title>By: Death.</title>
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		<dc:creator>Death.</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Sep 2010 23:56:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Even Stephen Hawkins king of human scientists is inconclusive weather there is a God responsible for
the universe we live in. One on philosophical context cannot prove the existence of God nor can one prove there is none. Its a argument is spurious on both sides. When you think about it both the Godly and Atheists will suffer equally and your human masters can only put ridicule on your ideas- whatever the view.Peoples lives go on economic collapse or not.

USSR collapsed. Germany did after WWI. Iraq was in ruins and Afghanistan is a living hell. We are living
in the decline of a great empire yes but there can be a rebirth as well if you choose not to see the self destructive aspects. There is also a petroleum age is coming to a end due to problems in the Middle East and the consumerist society since WWII is coming
to a end. I don&#039;t like people who take advantage of crises either and use them to exploit sinister agendas.

When the Roman Armies left Gaul and Britain- the people continued to live under whatever army of\r King they were under. Replace King with leader-politician today.

This happens every so many thousand years from prosperity a decline- then a rebirth. Some countries
may flourish others may go into the abyss. Its up to
the people in every country for the choice- weather
to dig their bunker or to help on-another. I choose
the latter.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Even Stephen Hawkins king of human scientists is inconclusive weather there is a God responsible for<br />
the universe we live in. One on philosophical context cannot prove the existence of God nor can one prove there is none. Its a argument is spurious on both sides. When you think about it both the Godly and Atheists will suffer equally and your human masters can only put ridicule on your ideas- whatever the view.Peoples lives go on economic collapse or not.</p>
<p>USSR collapsed. Germany did after WWI. Iraq was in ruins and Afghanistan is a living hell. We are living<br />
in the decline of a great empire yes but there can be a rebirth as well if you choose not to see the self destructive aspects. There is also a petroleum age is coming to a end due to problems in the Middle East and the consumerist society since WWII is coming<br />
to a end. I don&#8217;t like people who take advantage of crises either and use them to exploit sinister agendas.</p>
<p>When the Roman Armies left Gaul and Britain- the people continued to live under whatever army of\r King they were under. Replace King with leader-politician today.</p>
<p>This happens every so many thousand years from prosperity a decline- then a rebirth. Some countries<br />
may flourish others may go into the abyss. Its up to<br />
the people in every country for the choice- weather<br />
to dig their bunker or to help on-another. I choose<br />
the latter.</p>
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		<title>By: Stasi</title>
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		<dc:creator>Stasi</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Aug 2010 22:53:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>To Jacob H and the rest of the Atheists:

A fifth grade science book confirms there is no God?  I don&#039;t know what fifth grade science book you&#039;re reading.  The ones that promote that embarrasing, unprovable evolution theory because certain people are so blinded and arrogant to see that there really is a God?  It is not a faith verses science issue.  Genuine faith and genuine science are not at odds with one another because the author is the same.  There is more scientific evidence to support creatism than evolution.  REAL science and faith are not contradictory.  The phony fake science that atheists promote because they are scared to admit there is a God is a lie.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>To Jacob H and the rest of the Atheists:</p>
<p>A fifth grade science book confirms there is no God?  I don&#8217;t know what fifth grade science book you&#8217;re reading.  The ones that promote that embarrasing, unprovable evolution theory because certain people are so blinded and arrogant to see that there really is a God?  It is not a faith verses science issue.  Genuine faith and genuine science are not at odds with one another because the author is the same.  There is more scientific evidence to support creatism than evolution.  REAL science and faith are not contradictory.  The phony fake science that atheists promote because they are scared to admit there is a God is a lie.</p>
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		<title>By: Karen Scribner</title>
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		<dc:creator>Karen Scribner</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Aug 2010 18:46:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Print some more money and protect the electric grid from the predicted electromagnetic pulse. (EMPs have already melted transformers in two other countries.)</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Print some more money and protect the electric grid from the predicted electromagnetic pulse. (EMPs have already melted transformers in two other countries.)</p>
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		<title>By: Michael McLendon</title>
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		<dc:creator>Michael McLendon</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Jul 2010 05:03:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>America is a country in decline due to social, political and economic corruption.  Corruption in itself denotes a rejection of morality and the concept of morality is based on faith and religion.  It is exactly the viewpoints of the atheists; i.e., truth is only how one perceives it, that has wrecked the nation.  Congrats on your exceptional accomplishment.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>America is a country in decline due to social, political and economic corruption.  Corruption in itself denotes a rejection of morality and the concept of morality is based on faith and religion.  It is exactly the viewpoints of the atheists; i.e., truth is only how one perceives it, that has wrecked the nation.  Congrats on your exceptional accomplishment.</p>
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		<title>By: No Country for Old Men</title>
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		<dc:creator>No Country for Old Men</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Jul 2010 11:51:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Degrees in law, business administration, accounting or women&#039;s studies are not evidence of educations. The only real educations are our sciences. The reason our economies are collapsing and the fabric of social cohesion unravelling is because no-one bothered to collect and objectively analyze data in compliance with the Scientific Method. The problems of our economy are easily understood in terms of basic mathematics and science. It&#039;s just that no-one bothered to do it. This kind of laziness and malignant narcissism has resulted in our present circumstances. Also, many of the problems with our economy and lack of analysis can be traced to feminism and women in the work place, voting and owning property. Big mistake when all the resources of the State are redirected from basic necessisties for survival to filling the bottomless well of a woman&#039;s emotions - better known as solipsism. There is no solution to our problems. I agree that what turned us around after the Great Depression was World War II and not any government policies. I believe that our current circumstances are God&#039;s wrath and God will forgive those who are contrite and ask for His forgiveness. I hope this is true.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Degrees in law, business administration, accounting or women&#8217;s studies are not evidence of educations. The only real educations are our sciences. The reason our economies are collapsing and the fabric of social cohesion unravelling is because no-one bothered to collect and objectively analyze data in compliance with the Scientific Method. The problems of our economy are easily understood in terms of basic mathematics and science. It&#8217;s just that no-one bothered to do it. This kind of laziness and malignant narcissism has resulted in our present circumstances. Also, many of the problems with our economy and lack of analysis can be traced to feminism and women in the work place, voting and owning property. Big mistake when all the resources of the State are redirected from basic necessisties for survival to filling the bottomless well of a woman&#8217;s emotions &#8211; better known as solipsism. There is no solution to our problems. I agree that what turned us around after the Great Depression was World War II and not any government policies. I believe that our current circumstances are God&#8217;s wrath and God will forgive those who are contrite and ask for His forgiveness. I hope this is true.</p>
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		<title>By: Cathy</title>
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		<dc:creator>Cathy</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 11 Jul 2010 17:02:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Matthew:  Your comment is an exaggeration. It is amazing that anyone could think a simple 5th grade science book proves God does not exists. If that is so, then why do people such as Steven Hawking, Einstein, Newton, Dr. Francis Collins, Antony Flew, and many other respected scientists agree that there must be something else, a “superior mind” as they refer to it that created our universe. 
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Hey Matthew...A letter in which Albert Einstein dismissed the idea of God as the product of human weakness and the Bible as &quot;pretty childish&quot; sold at auction for $404,000.  Einstein rejected organized faith but often spoke of a spiritual force at work in the universe.  EXACTLY how I feel.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Matthew:  Your comment is an exaggeration. It is amazing that anyone could think a simple 5th grade science book proves God does not exists. If that is so, then why do people such as Steven Hawking, Einstein, Newton, Dr. Francis Collins, Antony Flew, and many other respected scientists agree that there must be something else, a “superior mind” as they refer to it that created our universe.<br />
&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;-<br />
Hey Matthew&#8230;A letter in which Albert Einstein dismissed the idea of God as the product of human weakness and the Bible as &#8220;pretty childish&#8221; sold at auction for $404,000.  Einstein rejected organized faith but often spoke of a spiritual force at work in the universe.  EXACTLY how I feel.</p>
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		<title>By: Jose</title>
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		<dc:creator>Jose</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 04 Jul 2010 08:57:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>@Snopes
The importance of that debate is recognizing that there&#039;s no such thing as debt, only the abscence of money... -:)</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>@Snopes<br />
The importance of that debate is recognizing that there&#8217;s no such thing as debt, only the abscence of money&#8230; -:)</p>
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		<title>By: Snopes</title>
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		<dc:creator>Snopes</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Jul 2010 23:47:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>What Joseph Phillips posted about Einstein&#039;s supposed debate with an atheist professor is an urban legend.  See http://www.snopes.com/religion/einstein.asp for more info.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>What Joseph Phillips posted about Einstein&#8217;s supposed debate with an atheist professor is an urban legend.  See <a href="http://www.snopes.com/religion/einstein.asp" rel="nofollow">http://www.snopes.com/religion/einstein.asp</a> for more info.</p>
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		<title>By: Joh Reli</title>
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		<dc:creator>Joh Reli</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Jul 2010 10:53:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>American conducted by corrupt and evils corporate. They gain benefit for hundreds years. The American citizen will earn the darkness, but those corrupt corporate can establish their new empire else wehere.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>American conducted by corrupt and evils corporate. They gain benefit for hundreds years. The American citizen will earn the darkness, but those corrupt corporate can establish their new empire else wehere.</p>
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		<title>By: Cathy</title>
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		<dc:creator>Cathy</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Jun 2010 04:20:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Jonathan Campbell:  Social justice?  That&#039;s bull****.  Try survival of the fittest.  And FREEDOM, which we will NOT have with this &quot;social justice&quot; bull****.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Jonathan Campbell:  Social justice?  That&#8217;s bull****.  Try survival of the fittest.  And FREEDOM, which we will NOT have with this &#8220;social justice&#8221; bull****.</p>
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		<title>By: Barry</title>
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		<dc:creator>Barry</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Jun 2010 10:09:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>To hell with the American Dream...I lived in Vegas during the boom days in 2005 and 2006 at the height of the hosuing and employment boom.  It was easy to make &quot;Easy Money&quot; back then.  I made some money too.  Alot of people advised me to invest in real estate and at least have your own home.  Those were really rosy words to the ear.  But I resisted the temptation and stayed away.  I remained liquid.  And after 2006 everything went to hell.  Housing will never recover in Vegas...and now with the Gulf oil spill, Florida housing and real estate is drop dead.  So everything is collapsing pretty much around you.  So I never bought a house and now never will.  As long as I&#039;m in the good old USA say goodbye to the American Dream.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>To hell with the American Dream&#8230;I lived in Vegas during the boom days in 2005 and 2006 at the height of the hosuing and employment boom.  It was easy to make &#8220;Easy Money&#8221; back then.  I made some money too.  Alot of people advised me to invest in real estate and at least have your own home.  Those were really rosy words to the ear.  But I resisted the temptation and stayed away.  I remained liquid.  And after 2006 everything went to hell.  Housing will never recover in Vegas&#8230;and now with the Gulf oil spill, Florida housing and real estate is drop dead.  So everything is collapsing pretty much around you.  So I never bought a house and now never will.  As long as I&#8217;m in the good old USA say goodbye to the American Dream.</p>
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		<title>By: Joseph Phillips</title>
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		<dc:creator>Joseph Phillips</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Jun 2010 18:11:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&#039;God vs.Science&#039;

The problem science has with religion.


&#039;Let me explain the problem science has with religion.&#039;

The atheist professor of philosophy pauses before his class and then asks one of his new students to stand.
&#039;You&#039;re a Christian, aren&#039;t you, son?&#039;

&#039;Yes sir,&#039; the student says.

&#039;So you believe in God?&#039;

&#039;Absolutely. &#039;

&#039;Is God good?&#039;

&#039;Sure! God&#039;s good.&#039;

&#039;Is God all-powerful? Can God do anything?&#039;

&#039;Yes&#039;

&#039;Are you good or evil?&#039;

&#039;The Bible says I&#039;m evil.&#039;

The professor grins knowingly. &#039;Aha! The Bible! He considers for a moment. &#039;Here&#039;s one for you. Let&#039;s say there&#039;s a sick person over here and you can cure him. You can do it. Would you help him? Would you try?&#039;

&#039;Yes sir, I would.

&#039;So you&#039;re good...!&#039;

&#039;I wouldn&#039;t say that.&#039;

&#039;But why not say that? You&#039;d help a sick and maimed person if you could.
Most of us would if we could. But God doesn&#039;t.&#039;

The student does not answer, so the professor continues. &#039;He doesn&#039;t, does he? My brother was a Christian who died of cancer, even though he prayed to Jesus to heal him. How is this Jesus good? Can you answer that one?&#039;

The student remains silent. &#039;No, you can&#039;t, can you?&#039; the professor says. He takes a sip of water from a glass on his desk to give the student time to relax. &#039;Let&#039;s start again, young fella. Is God good?&#039;

&#039;Er..yes,&#039; the student says.

&#039;Is Satan good?&#039;

The student doesn&#039;t hesitate on this one. &#039;No.

&#039;Then where does Satan come from?&#039;

The student falters. &#039;From God&#039;

&#039;That&#039;s right. God made Satan, didn&#039;t he? Tell me, son. Is there evil in this world?&#039;

&#039;Yes, sir..&#039;

&#039;Evil&#039;s everywhere, isn&#039;t it? And God did make everything, correct?&#039;

&#039;Yes&#039;

&#039;So who created evil?&#039; The professor continued, &#039;If God created everything, then God created evil, since evil exists, and according to the principle that our works define who we are, then God is evil.&#039;

Again, the student has no answer. &#039;Is there sickness? Immorality?
Hatred? Ugliness? All these terrible things, do they exist in this world?&#039;

The student squirms on his feet. &#039;Yes.&#039;

&#039;So who created them?&#039;

The student does not answer again, so the professor repeats his question. &#039;Who created them?&#039; There is still no answer. Suddenly the lecturer breaks away to pace in front of the classroom. The class is mesmerized. &#039;Tell me,&#039; he continues onto another student. &#039;Do you believe in Jesus Christ, son?&#039;

The student&#039;s voice betrays him and cracks. &#039;Yes, professor, I do.&#039;

The old man stops pacing. &#039;Science says you have five senses you use to identify and observe the world around you. Have you ever seen Jesus?&#039;

&#039;No sir. I&#039;ve never seen Him.&#039;

&#039;Then tell us if you&#039;ve ever heard your Jesus?&#039;

&#039;No, sir, I have not..&#039;

&#039;Have you ever felt your Jesus, tasted your Jesus or smelt your Jesus?
Have you ever had any sensory perception of Jesus Christ, or God for that matter?&#039;

&#039;No, sir, I&#039;m afraid I haven&#039;t.&#039;

&#039;Yet you still believe in him?&#039;

&#039;Yes&#039;

&#039;According to the rules of empirical, testable, demonstrable protocol, science says your God doesn&#039;t exist... What do you say to that, son?&#039;

&#039;Nothing,&#039; the student replies.. &#039;I only have my faith.&#039;

&#039;Yes, faith,&#039; the professor repeats. &#039;And that is the problem science has with God. There is no evidence, only faith.&#039;

The student stands quietly for a moment, before asking a question of His own. &#039;Professor, is there such thing as heat? &#039;

&#039; Yes.

&#039;And is there such a thing as cold?&#039;
&#039;Yes, son, there&#039;s cold too.&#039;

&#039;No sir, there isn&#039;t.&#039;

The professor turns to face the student, obviously interested. The room suddenly become s very quiet. The student begins to explain. &#039;You can have lots of heat, even more heat, super-heat, mega-heat, unlimited heat, white heat, a little heat or no heat, but we don&#039;t have anything called &#039;cold&#039;. We can hit down to 458 degrees below zero, which is no heat, but we can&#039;t go any further after that. There is no such thing as cold; otherwise we would be able to go colder than the lowest -458 degrees. Everybody or object is susceptible to study when it has or transmits energy, and heat is what makes a body or matter have or transmit energy. Absolute zero (-458 F) is the total absence of heat.
You see, sir, cold is only a word we use to describe the absence of heat. We cannot measure cold. Heat we can measure in thermal units because heat is energy. Cold is not the opposite of heat, sir, just the absence of it.&#039;

Silence across the room. A pen drops somewhere in the classroom, sounding like a hammer.

&#039;What about darkness, professor. Is there such a thing as darkness?&#039;

&#039;Yes,&#039; the professor replies without hesitation.. &#039;What is night if it isn&#039;t darkness?&#039;

&#039;You&#039;re wrong again, sir. Darkness is not something; it is the absence of something. You can have low light, normal light, bright light, flashing light, but if you have no light constantly you have nothing and it&#039;s called darkness, isn&#039;t it? That&#039;s the meaning we use to define the word. In reality, darkness isn&#039;t. If it were, you would be able to make darkness darker, wouldn&#039;t you?&#039;

The professor begins to smile at the student in front of him. This will be a good semester. &#039;So what point are you making, young man?&#039;

&#039;Yes, professor. My point is, your philosophical premise is flawed to start with, and so your conclusion must also be flawed.&#039;

The professor&#039;s face cannot hide his surprise this time. &#039;Flawed? Can you explain how?&#039;

&#039;You are working on the premise of duality,&#039; the student explains..
&#039;You argue that there is life and then there&#039;s death; a good God and a bad God. You are viewing the concept of God as something finite, something we can measure. Sir, science can&#039;t even explain a thought.&#039;
&#039;It uses electricity and magnetism, but has never seen, much less fully understood either one. To view death as the opposite of life is to be ignorant of the fact that death cannot exist as a substantive thing.
Death is not the opposite of life, just the absence of it.&#039; &#039;Now tell me, professor.. Do you teach your students that they evolved from a monkey?&#039;

&#039;If you are referring to the natural evolutionary process, young man, yes, of course I do.&#039;

&#039;Have you ever observed evolution with your own eyes, sir?&#039;

The professor begins to shake his head, still smiling, as he realizes where the argument is going. A very good semester, indeed

&#039;Since no one has ever observed the process of evolution at work and cannot even prove that this process is an on-going endeavor, are you not teaching your opinion, sir? Are you now not a scientist, but a preacher?

The class is in uproar. The student remains silent until the commotion has subsided. &#039;To continue the point you were making earlier to the other student, let me give you an example of what I mean.&#039; The student looks around the room. &#039;Is there anyone in the class who has ever seen the professor&#039;s brain?&#039; The class breaks out into laughter. &#039;Is there anyone here who has ever heard the professor&#039;s brain, felt the professor&#039;s brain, touched or smelt the professor&#039;s brain? No one appears to have done so. So, according to the established rules of empirical, stable, demonstrable protocol, science says that you have no brain, with all due respect, sir.&#039; &#039;So if science says you have no brain, how can we trust your lectures, sir?&#039;

Now the room is silent. The professor just stares at the student, his face unreadable. Finally, after what seems an eternity, the old man answers. &#039;I Guess you&#039;ll have to take them on faith.&#039;

&#039;Now, you accept that there is faith, and, in fact, faith exists with life,&#039; the student continues. &#039;Now, sir, is there such a thing as evil?&#039;
Now uncertain, the professor responds, &#039;Of course, there is. We see it every day. It is in the daily example of man&#039;s inhumanity to man. It is in The multitude of crime and violence everywhere in the world.
These manifestations are nothing else but evil.&#039;

To this the student replied, &#039;Evil does not exist sir, or at least it does not exist unto itself. Evil is simply the absence of God. It is just like darkness and cold, a word that man has created to describe the absence of God. God did not create evil. Evil is the result of what happens when man does not have God&#039;s love present in his heart.
It&#039;s like the cold that comes when there is no heat or the darkness that comes when there is no light.

The professor sat down.


PS: the student was Albert Einstein

Albert Einstein wrote a book titled God vs. Science in 1921...</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8216;God vs.Science&#8217;</p>
<p>The problem science has with religion.</p>
<p>&#8216;Let me explain the problem science has with religion.&#8217;</p>
<p>The atheist professor of philosophy pauses before his class and then asks one of his new students to stand.<br />
&#8216;You&#8217;re a Christian, aren&#8217;t you, son?&#8217;</p>
<p>&#8216;Yes sir,&#8217; the student says.</p>
<p>&#8216;So you believe in God?&#8217;</p>
<p>&#8216;Absolutely. &#8216;</p>
<p>&#8216;Is God good?&#8217;</p>
<p>&#8216;Sure! God&#8217;s good.&#8217;</p>
<p>&#8216;Is God all-powerful? Can God do anything?&#8217;</p>
<p>&#8216;Yes&#8217;</p>
<p>&#8216;Are you good or evil?&#8217;</p>
<p>&#8216;The Bible says I&#8217;m evil.&#8217;</p>
<p>The professor grins knowingly. &#8216;Aha! The Bible! He considers for a moment. &#8216;Here&#8217;s one for you. Let&#8217;s say there&#8217;s a sick person over here and you can cure him. You can do it. Would you help him? Would you try?&#8217;</p>
<p>&#8216;Yes sir, I would.</p>
<p>&#8216;So you&#8217;re good&#8230;!&#8217;</p>
<p>&#8216;I wouldn&#8217;t say that.&#8217;</p>
<p>&#8216;But why not say that? You&#8217;d help a sick and maimed person if you could.<br />
Most of us would if we could. But God doesn&#8217;t.&#8217;</p>
<p>The student does not answer, so the professor continues. &#8216;He doesn&#8217;t, does he? My brother was a Christian who died of cancer, even though he prayed to Jesus to heal him. How is this Jesus good? Can you answer that one?&#8217;</p>
<p>The student remains silent. &#8216;No, you can&#8217;t, can you?&#8217; the professor says. He takes a sip of water from a glass on his desk to give the student time to relax. &#8216;Let&#8217;s start again, young fella. Is God good?&#8217;</p>
<p>&#8216;Er..yes,&#8217; the student says.</p>
<p>&#8216;Is Satan good?&#8217;</p>
<p>The student doesn&#8217;t hesitate on this one. &#8216;No.</p>
<p>&#8216;Then where does Satan come from?&#8217;</p>
<p>The student falters. &#8216;From God&#8217;</p>
<p>&#8216;That&#8217;s right. God made Satan, didn&#8217;t he? Tell me, son. Is there evil in this world?&#8217;</p>
<p>&#8216;Yes, sir..&#8217;</p>
<p>&#8216;Evil&#8217;s everywhere, isn&#8217;t it? And God did make everything, correct?&#8217;</p>
<p>&#8216;Yes&#8217;</p>
<p>&#8216;So who created evil?&#8217; The professor continued, &#8216;If God created everything, then God created evil, since evil exists, and according to the principle that our works define who we are, then God is evil.&#8217;</p>
<p>Again, the student has no answer. &#8216;Is there sickness? Immorality?<br />
Hatred? Ugliness? All these terrible things, do they exist in this world?&#8217;</p>
<p>The student squirms on his feet. &#8216;Yes.&#8217;</p>
<p>&#8216;So who created them?&#8217;</p>
<p>The student does not answer again, so the professor repeats his question. &#8216;Who created them?&#8217; There is still no answer. Suddenly the lecturer breaks away to pace in front of the classroom. The class is mesmerized. &#8216;Tell me,&#8217; he continues onto another student. &#8216;Do you believe in Jesus Christ, son?&#8217;</p>
<p>The student&#8217;s voice betrays him and cracks. &#8216;Yes, professor, I do.&#8217;</p>
<p>The old man stops pacing. &#8216;Science says you have five senses you use to identify and observe the world around you. Have you ever seen Jesus?&#8217;</p>
<p>&#8216;No sir. I&#8217;ve never seen Him.&#8217;</p>
<p>&#8216;Then tell us if you&#8217;ve ever heard your Jesus?&#8217;</p>
<p>&#8216;No, sir, I have not..&#8217;</p>
<p>&#8216;Have you ever felt your Jesus, tasted your Jesus or smelt your Jesus?<br />
Have you ever had any sensory perception of Jesus Christ, or God for that matter?&#8217;</p>
<p>&#8216;No, sir, I&#8217;m afraid I haven&#8217;t.&#8217;</p>
<p>&#8216;Yet you still believe in him?&#8217;</p>
<p>&#8216;Yes&#8217;</p>
<p>&#8216;According to the rules of empirical, testable, demonstrable protocol, science says your God doesn&#8217;t exist&#8230; What do you say to that, son?&#8217;</p>
<p>&#8216;Nothing,&#8217; the student replies.. &#8216;I only have my faith.&#8217;</p>
<p>&#8216;Yes, faith,&#8217; the professor repeats. &#8216;And that is the problem science has with God. There is no evidence, only faith.&#8217;</p>
<p>The student stands quietly for a moment, before asking a question of His own. &#8216;Professor, is there such thing as heat? &#8216;</p>
<p>&#8216; Yes.</p>
<p>&#8216;And is there such a thing as cold?&#8217;<br />
&#8216;Yes, son, there&#8217;s cold too.&#8217;</p>
<p>&#8216;No sir, there isn&#8217;t.&#8217;</p>
<p>The professor turns to face the student, obviously interested. The room suddenly become s very quiet. The student begins to explain. &#8216;You can have lots of heat, even more heat, super-heat, mega-heat, unlimited heat, white heat, a little heat or no heat, but we don&#8217;t have anything called &#8216;cold&#8217;. We can hit down to 458 degrees below zero, which is no heat, but we can&#8217;t go any further after that. There is no such thing as cold; otherwise we would be able to go colder than the lowest -458 degrees. Everybody or object is susceptible to study when it has or transmits energy, and heat is what makes a body or matter have or transmit energy. Absolute zero (-458 F) is the total absence of heat.<br />
You see, sir, cold is only a word we use to describe the absence of heat. We cannot measure cold. Heat we can measure in thermal units because heat is energy. Cold is not the opposite of heat, sir, just the absence of it.&#8217;</p>
<p>Silence across the room. A pen drops somewhere in the classroom, sounding like a hammer.</p>
<p>&#8216;What about darkness, professor. Is there such a thing as darkness?&#8217;</p>
<p>&#8216;Yes,&#8217; the professor replies without hesitation.. &#8216;What is night if it isn&#8217;t darkness?&#8217;</p>
<p>&#8216;You&#8217;re wrong again, sir. Darkness is not something; it is the absence of something. You can have low light, normal light, bright light, flashing light, but if you have no light constantly you have nothing and it&#8217;s called darkness, isn&#8217;t it? That&#8217;s the meaning we use to define the word. In reality, darkness isn&#8217;t. If it were, you would be able to make darkness darker, wouldn&#8217;t you?&#8217;</p>
<p>The professor begins to smile at the student in front of him. This will be a good semester. &#8216;So what point are you making, young man?&#8217;</p>
<p>&#8216;Yes, professor. My point is, your philosophical premise is flawed to start with, and so your conclusion must also be flawed.&#8217;</p>
<p>The professor&#8217;s face cannot hide his surprise this time. &#8216;Flawed? Can you explain how?&#8217;</p>
<p>&#8216;You are working on the premise of duality,&#8217; the student explains..<br />
&#8216;You argue that there is life and then there&#8217;s death; a good God and a bad God. You are viewing the concept of God as something finite, something we can measure. Sir, science can&#8217;t even explain a thought.&#8217;<br />
&#8216;It uses electricity and magnetism, but has never seen, much less fully understood either one. To view death as the opposite of life is to be ignorant of the fact that death cannot exist as a substantive thing.<br />
Death is not the opposite of life, just the absence of it.&#8217; &#8216;Now tell me, professor.. Do you teach your students that they evolved from a monkey?&#8217;</p>
<p>&#8216;If you are referring to the natural evolutionary process, young man, yes, of course I do.&#8217;</p>
<p>&#8216;Have you ever observed evolution with your own eyes, sir?&#8217;</p>
<p>The professor begins to shake his head, still smiling, as he realizes where the argument is going. A very good semester, indeed</p>
<p>&#8216;Since no one has ever observed the process of evolution at work and cannot even prove that this process is an on-going endeavor, are you not teaching your opinion, sir? Are you now not a scientist, but a preacher?</p>
<p>The class is in uproar. The student remains silent until the commotion has subsided. &#8216;To continue the point you were making earlier to the other student, let me give you an example of what I mean.&#8217; The student looks around the room. &#8216;Is there anyone in the class who has ever seen the professor&#8217;s brain?&#8217; The class breaks out into laughter. &#8216;Is there anyone here who has ever heard the professor&#8217;s brain, felt the professor&#8217;s brain, touched or smelt the professor&#8217;s brain? No one appears to have done so. So, according to the established rules of empirical, stable, demonstrable protocol, science says that you have no brain, with all due respect, sir.&#8217; &#8216;So if science says you have no brain, how can we trust your lectures, sir?&#8217;</p>
<p>Now the room is silent. The professor just stares at the student, his face unreadable. Finally, after what seems an eternity, the old man answers. &#8216;I Guess you&#8217;ll have to take them on faith.&#8217;</p>
<p>&#8216;Now, you accept that there is faith, and, in fact, faith exists with life,&#8217; the student continues. &#8216;Now, sir, is there such a thing as evil?&#8217;<br />
Now uncertain, the professor responds, &#8216;Of course, there is. We see it every day. It is in the daily example of man&#8217;s inhumanity to man. It is in The multitude of crime and violence everywhere in the world.<br />
These manifestations are nothing else but evil.&#8217;</p>
<p>To this the student replied, &#8216;Evil does not exist sir, or at least it does not exist unto itself. Evil is simply the absence of God. It is just like darkness and cold, a word that man has created to describe the absence of God. God did not create evil. Evil is the result of what happens when man does not have God&#8217;s love present in his heart.<br />
It&#8217;s like the cold that comes when there is no heat or the darkness that comes when there is no light.</p>
<p>The professor sat down.</p>
<p>PS: the student was Albert Einstein</p>
<p>Albert Einstein wrote a book titled God vs. Science in 1921&#8230;</p>
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		<title>By: Jonathan Campbell</title>
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		<dc:creator>Jonathan Campbell</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 13 Jun 2010 19:15:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>God (or, if you are a non-believer, no God) has nothing to do with our economic predicament. This was caused by greedy people. The description in the original article is 100% on target.

It is the nature of the system we live in, and the notion of &quot;free trade&quot; that has got us into this predicament.

The only way out is abandonment of free trade, ultimate collapse of the multinational corporations (actually very likely, and I will be cheering from the sidelines), self-help groups and organizations in our towns and cities to prevent mass impoverishment (which for some would actually mean starvation). Some are predicting 25% unemployment. I would put the figure more like 50%.

It will mean rebuilding local agriculture and, eventually, local small manufacturing again, using the used materials and hulks of the defunct multinationals, and using an alternative to the current money supply controlled by the bankers, wealthy investors, and multinational corporations who caused this mess in the first place.

If there were a way to tax the wealth of the wealthiest, then that might be a possibility, but they also control the government and the military, so that is unlikely to happen. In any case their wealth is mostly paper-based, having no meaning in a self-helping society that is free of the bondage of the current monetary system.

Jonathan Campbell
Health Consultant
Lifetime Activist and Advocate
For Social Justice</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>God (or, if you are a non-believer, no God) has nothing to do with our economic predicament. This was caused by greedy people. The description in the original article is 100% on target.</p>
<p>It is the nature of the system we live in, and the notion of &#8220;free trade&#8221; that has got us into this predicament.</p>
<p>The only way out is abandonment of free trade, ultimate collapse of the multinational corporations (actually very likely, and I will be cheering from the sidelines), self-help groups and organizations in our towns and cities to prevent mass impoverishment (which for some would actually mean starvation). Some are predicting 25% unemployment. I would put the figure more like 50%.</p>
<p>It will mean rebuilding local agriculture and, eventually, local small manufacturing again, using the used materials and hulks of the defunct multinationals, and using an alternative to the current money supply controlled by the bankers, wealthy investors, and multinational corporations who caused this mess in the first place.</p>
<p>If there were a way to tax the wealth of the wealthiest, then that might be a possibility, but they also control the government and the military, so that is unlikely to happen. In any case their wealth is mostly paper-based, having no meaning in a self-helping society that is free of the bondage of the current monetary system.</p>
<p>Jonathan Campbell<br />
Health Consultant<br />
Lifetime Activist and Advocate<br />
For Social Justice</p>
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		<title>By: nohomehere</title>
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		<dc:creator>nohomehere</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 06 Jun 2010 01:59:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I really liked , in my opinion the true scenario pictured by matt &quot; we have been brought to our knees ...after time suffering worsens ... beg for Gov. solution ...they want to change our form of Gov. ...there will be no recovery...and I think besides these things  our vote will be nullified by the electronic voting .No , this is a curse from on high for our sins ! and nothing can save you but living the faith and obedient lifestyle  to gods laws of love and mercy . Anyway you can&#039;t say you weren&#039;t  warned  by hollywood ! movies like running man with state controlled slander of anyone who speaks the truth about the way things really are and their game-show mass media hysteria does this mean that arnold is really ok?   wow! or a shortage of trebidium a basic need for human survival and the willingness of the leaders allow to die a hole group of people under the guise of a shortage and resultant rebellion ( marshall law and the brought it on them selves) cause they wouldn&#039;t behave . and the list goes on  soylent green ,andromeda strain,1984 ,Farenheit 451, Logans run , red dawn, the day after , cuba ! an what a thought , a bunch of cubies in america under russian , possible nato command ! Talk about God humbling pride . well!&quot; thats all i got to say about that&quot;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I really liked , in my opinion the true scenario pictured by matt &#8221; we have been brought to our knees &#8230;after time suffering worsens &#8230; beg for Gov. solution &#8230;they want to change our form of Gov. &#8230;there will be no recovery&#8230;and I think besides these things  our vote will be nullified by the electronic voting .No , this is a curse from on high for our sins ! and nothing can save you but living the faith and obedient lifestyle  to gods laws of love and mercy . Anyway you can&#8217;t say you weren&#8217;t  warned  by hollywood ! movies like running man with state controlled slander of anyone who speaks the truth about the way things really are and their game-show mass media hysteria does this mean that arnold is really ok?   wow! or a shortage of trebidium a basic need for human survival and the willingness of the leaders allow to die a hole group of people under the guise of a shortage and resultant rebellion ( marshall law and the brought it on them selves) cause they wouldn&#8217;t behave . and the list goes on  soylent green ,andromeda strain,1984 ,Farenheit 451, Logans run , red dawn, the day after , cuba ! an what a thought , a bunch of cubies in america under russian , possible nato command ! Talk about God humbling pride . well!&#8221; thats all i got to say about that&#8221;</p>
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		<title>By: Barry</title>
		<link>http://theeconomiccollapseblog.com/archives/economic-black-hole-20-reasons-why-the-u-s-economy-is-dying-and-is-simply-not-going-to-recover/comment-page-3#comment-4001</link>
		<dc:creator>Barry</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 31 May 2010 03:34:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Sometime in 2010 US is going to be hit by a Cat 5 economic depression of Biblical proportions.  This is going to come as a surprise and shock to all Americans rich and poor.  Remember Katrina..that will sound like a walk in the park.  Because this is going to be the real deal!
All macroeconomic indicators are buzzing now with warning signals, warning of an impending crash..but the captain is still oblivious and following his voodoo economics like all American economists and presidents have been doing in the past. Good luck America! 
By the end of 2010 Zombie Americans will be walking around dazed in the streets of big cities not knowing what has hit them or changed their lifestyles forever.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Sometime in 2010 US is going to be hit by a Cat 5 economic depression of Biblical proportions.  This is going to come as a surprise and shock to all Americans rich and poor.  Remember Katrina..that will sound like a walk in the park.  Because this is going to be the real deal!<br />
All macroeconomic indicators are buzzing now with warning signals, warning of an impending crash..but the captain is still oblivious and following his voodoo economics like all American economists and presidents have been doing in the past. Good luck America!<br />
By the end of 2010 Zombie Americans will be walking around dazed in the streets of big cities not knowing what has hit them or changed their lifestyles forever.</p>
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		<title>By: Jeremy Farley</title>
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		<dc:creator>Jeremy Farley</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 13 May 2010 08:14:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Jesus will be here in just a few more days and I along with all the other sinful souls who have humbled ourseleves before him and asked to be forgiven will be whisked away.

Sadly for the vast majority of the inhabitants of planet earth seven years of tribulation which culminates in the entire world at war against Israel followed by an eternity in hell is all they have to look forward to.

As you are reading this post there is a great and ongoing conspiracy world-wide both to destroy our present economic structure so that it can be replaced with a new system altogether and simultaneously strip citizens of the globe of their most basic human rights.  

All of this will be accomplished just in time for the seven most sorrowful and terrifying years the world has and will ever know.  All the while- the workers of such a grand and global conspiracy have no clue whatsoever that they are pawns of Satan himself, in their mind they are the masters, working tirelessly to secure their wealth:

&quot;For the love of money is the root of all evil: which while some coveted after, they have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows.&quot; -I Timothy 6.10

The Federal Government controls your healthcare now, the US Senate is working to outlaw home gardens and our economy is truthfully dead at this very moment (To be fair we can say that it is on life support).

All of this is preparing the way for The Anti-Christ...  The man preachers have been warning about for two thousand years now- he&#039;s undoubtedly here and walking upon the face of the globe today and immediately following the &#039;ultimate tragedy&#039; of every child on the planet as well as every believer worldwide vanishing into thin air, not to mention the economic catastrophe that will follow the stunned powers of the world will be more than ready to surrender their sovereignty over to this spawn of Satan.

&quot;And he causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads: And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name. Here is wisdom. Let him that hath understanding count the number of the beast: for it is the number of a man; and his number is Six hundred threescore and six.&quot; -Revelation 13.16-18

God will judge the wickedness of this world so harshly that men will resort to suicide as a means of escape, yet even that will fail them:

&quot;And in those days shall men seek death, and shall not find it; and shall desire to die, and death shall flee from them.&quot; -Revelation 9.6

The Bible tell us that the Anti-Christ who was once celebrated so greatly will begin to lose his popularity as disease, depression and pain ravish the planet.  He then will go forth conquering &quot;with the sword&quot; and will lead a million man army from the east towards the helpless nation of Israel.

In a perfectly climatic manner, just as the nation of Israel will be on the verge of total annihilation Jesus Christ himself will appear from heaven.  Instantly all the inhabitants of planet earth will see him for who he truly is- the conquering Lamb of God...  but by then it will be too late:

&quot;And I saw heaven opened, and behold a white horse; and he that sat upon him was called Faithful and True, and in righteousness he doth judge and make war. His eyes were as a flame of fire, and on his head were many crowns; and he had a name written, that no man knew, but he himself. And he was clothed with a vesture dipped in blood: and his name is called The Word of God. And the armies which were in heaven followed him upon white horses, clothed in fine linen, white and clean. And out of his mouth goeth a sharp sword, that with it he should smite the nations: and he shall rule them with a rod of iron: and he treadeth the winepress of the fierceness and wrath of Almighty God. And he hath on his vesture and on his thigh a name written, KING OF KINGS, AND LORD OF LORDS. And I saw an angel standing in the sun; and he cried with a loud voice, saying to all the fowls that fly in the midst of heaven, Come and gather yourselves together unto the supper of the great God; That ye may eat the flesh of kings, and the flesh of captains, and the flesh of mighty men, and the flesh of horses, and of them that sit on them, and the flesh of all men, both free and bond, both small and great. And I saw the beast, and the kings of the earth, and their armies, gathered together to make war against him that sat on the horse, and against his army. And the beast was taken, and with him the false prophet that wrought miracles before him, with which he deceived them that had received the mark of the beast, and them that worshipped his image. These both were cast alive into a lake of fire burning with brimstone. And the remnant were slain with the sword of him that sat upon the horse, which sword proceeded out of his mouth: and all the fowls were filled with their flesh.&quot; -Revelation 19.11-21


I know that by now I must sound to you like some sort of religious nut job and I suppose to some degree you may be right- The Bible does call Christians peculiar:

&quot;But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light;&quot; -I Peter 2.9

However, I feel deep in my soul a true longing to share this message with everyone I possibly can before it&#039;s too late.

For those of you who are holding onto the attitude, &quot;Well I&#039;ll just keep doing what I&#039;m doing and if what he says ends up coming true then I&#039;ll get right.&quot;  BEWARE:  God will be your enemy during the tribulation (I&#039;m not at all saying this as the wicked and false &quot;church&quot; Westboro Baptist says it, I&#039;m simply stating to you what the Bible says in a loving manner)- God will send the inhabitants of planet earth a strong delusion so that they will believe a lie rather than the truth... And when God is sending you a delusion there is no way at all you&#039;re going to get out of it.

&quot;And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie:&quot; -II Thess. 2.11

So what am I getting at by this incredibly long post?

&quot;Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear God, and keep his commandments: for this is the whole duty of man.&quot; -Ecc. 12.3

&quot;But what saith it? The word is nigh thee, even in thy mouth, and in thy heart: that is, the word of faith, which we preach; That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved. For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation. For the scripture saith, Whosoever believeth on him shall not be ashamed. For there is no difference between the Jew and the Greek: for the same Lord over all is rich unto all that call upon him. For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.&quot; -Romans 10.8-13</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Jesus will be here in just a few more days and I along with all the other sinful souls who have humbled ourseleves before him and asked to be forgiven will be whisked away.</p>
<p>Sadly for the vast majority of the inhabitants of planet earth seven years of tribulation which culminates in the entire world at war against Israel followed by an eternity in hell is all they have to look forward to.</p>
<p>As you are reading this post there is a great and ongoing conspiracy world-wide both to destroy our present economic structure so that it can be replaced with a new system altogether and simultaneously strip citizens of the globe of their most basic human rights.  </p>
<p>All of this will be accomplished just in time for the seven most sorrowful and terrifying years the world has and will ever know.  All the while- the workers of such a grand and global conspiracy have no clue whatsoever that they are pawns of Satan himself, in their mind they are the masters, working tirelessly to secure their wealth:</p>
<p>&#8220;For the love of money is the root of all evil: which while some coveted after, they have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows.&#8221; -I Timothy 6.10</p>
<p>The Federal Government controls your healthcare now, the US Senate is working to outlaw home gardens and our economy is truthfully dead at this very moment (To be fair we can say that it is on life support).</p>
<p>All of this is preparing the way for The Anti-Christ&#8230;  The man preachers have been warning about for two thousand years now- he&#8217;s undoubtedly here and walking upon the face of the globe today and immediately following the &#8216;ultimate tragedy&#8217; of every child on the planet as well as every believer worldwide vanishing into thin air, not to mention the economic catastrophe that will follow the stunned powers of the world will be more than ready to surrender their sovereignty over to this spawn of Satan.</p>
<p>&#8220;And he causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads: And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name. Here is wisdom. Let him that hath understanding count the number of the beast: for it is the number of a man; and his number is Six hundred threescore and six.&#8221; -Revelation 13.16-18</p>
<p>God will judge the wickedness of this world so harshly that men will resort to suicide as a means of escape, yet even that will fail them:</p>
<p>&#8220;And in those days shall men seek death, and shall not find it; and shall desire to die, and death shall flee from them.&#8221; -Revelation 9.6</p>
<p>The Bible tell us that the Anti-Christ who was once celebrated so greatly will begin to lose his popularity as disease, depression and pain ravish the planet.  He then will go forth conquering &#8220;with the sword&#8221; and will lead a million man army from the east towards the helpless nation of Israel.</p>
<p>In a perfectly climatic manner, just as the nation of Israel will be on the verge of total annihilation Jesus Christ himself will appear from heaven.  Instantly all the inhabitants of planet earth will see him for who he truly is- the conquering Lamb of God&#8230;  but by then it will be too late:</p>
<p>&#8220;And I saw heaven opened, and behold a white horse; and he that sat upon him was called Faithful and True, and in righteousness he doth judge and make war. His eyes were as a flame of fire, and on his head were many crowns; and he had a name written, that no man knew, but he himself. And he was clothed with a vesture dipped in blood: and his name is called The Word of God. And the armies which were in heaven followed him upon white horses, clothed in fine linen, white and clean. And out of his mouth goeth a sharp sword, that with it he should smite the nations: and he shall rule them with a rod of iron: and he treadeth the winepress of the fierceness and wrath of Almighty God. And he hath on his vesture and on his thigh a name written, KING OF KINGS, AND LORD OF LORDS. And I saw an angel standing in the sun; and he cried with a loud voice, saying to all the fowls that fly in the midst of heaven, Come and gather yourselves together unto the supper of the great God; That ye may eat the flesh of kings, and the flesh of captains, and the flesh of mighty men, and the flesh of horses, and of them that sit on them, and the flesh of all men, both free and bond, both small and great. And I saw the beast, and the kings of the earth, and their armies, gathered together to make war against him that sat on the horse, and against his army. And the beast was taken, and with him the false prophet that wrought miracles before him, with which he deceived them that had received the mark of the beast, and them that worshipped his image. These both were cast alive into a lake of fire burning with brimstone. And the remnant were slain with the sword of him that sat upon the horse, which sword proceeded out of his mouth: and all the fowls were filled with their flesh.&#8221; -Revelation 19.11-21</p>
<p>I know that by now I must sound to you like some sort of religious nut job and I suppose to some degree you may be right- The Bible does call Christians peculiar:</p>
<p>&#8220;But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light;&#8221; -I Peter 2.9</p>
<p>However, I feel deep in my soul a true longing to share this message with everyone I possibly can before it&#8217;s too late.</p>
<p>For those of you who are holding onto the attitude, &#8220;Well I&#8217;ll just keep doing what I&#8217;m doing and if what he says ends up coming true then I&#8217;ll get right.&#8221;  BEWARE:  God will be your enemy during the tribulation (I&#8217;m not at all saying this as the wicked and false &#8220;church&#8221; Westboro Baptist says it, I&#8217;m simply stating to you what the Bible says in a loving manner)- God will send the inhabitants of planet earth a strong delusion so that they will believe a lie rather than the truth&#8230; And when God is sending you a delusion there is no way at all you&#8217;re going to get out of it.</p>
<p>&#8220;And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie:&#8221; -II Thess. 2.11</p>
<p>So what am I getting at by this incredibly long post?</p>
<p>&#8220;Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear God, and keep his commandments: for this is the whole duty of man.&#8221; -Ecc. 12.3</p>
<p>&#8220;But what saith it? The word is nigh thee, even in thy mouth, and in thy heart: that is, the word of faith, which we preach; That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved. For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation. For the scripture saith, Whosoever believeth on him shall not be ashamed. For there is no difference between the Jew and the Greek: for the same Lord over all is rich unto all that call upon him. For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.&#8221; -Romans 10.8-13</p>
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		<title>By: James</title>
		<link>http://theeconomiccollapseblog.com/archives/economic-black-hole-20-reasons-why-the-u-s-economy-is-dying-and-is-simply-not-going-to-recover/comment-page-3#comment-2539</link>
		<dc:creator>James</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Apr 2010 13:25:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>The future is bleak.  But remember: &quot;If my people, who are dcalled by my name, will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then will I hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and will heal their land.&quot;--2 Chrinicles 7:14.

As we organize our peaceful revolution for next fall, don&#039;t forget to pray.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The future is bleak.  But remember: &#8220;If my people, who are dcalled by my name, will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then will I hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and will heal their land.&#8221;&#8211;2 Chrinicles 7:14.</p>
<p>As we organize our peaceful revolution for next fall, don&#8217;t forget to pray.</p>
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		<title>By: Alan</title>
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		<dc:creator>Alan</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Apr 2010 13:27:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Seems that the uber-corporations are loving this because they get all kinds of spineless, cheap labor. People are afraid to say anything to their bosses for fear of being fired and replaced by one of the thousands scratching at the door to take their job. That and they can do cut-and-runs: joining a company then leaving with a nice severance package.

Part of the issue, I think, is that the average worker isn&#039;t trying to flex their muscle to make the companies bend to their will. It&#039;s the people at the bottom of the mega-corporations who actually do the work, and if they start making demands as a whole, companies will be forced to start paying them better because any replacement they bring in will have the same attitude. Unfortunately so many of us give undeserved and unlimited homage to people at the top of the food chain that don&#039;t know what they&#039;re doing.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Seems that the uber-corporations are loving this because they get all kinds of spineless, cheap labor. People are afraid to say anything to their bosses for fear of being fired and replaced by one of the thousands scratching at the door to take their job. That and they can do cut-and-runs: joining a company then leaving with a nice severance package.</p>
<p>Part of the issue, I think, is that the average worker isn&#8217;t trying to flex their muscle to make the companies bend to their will. It&#8217;s the people at the bottom of the mega-corporations who actually do the work, and if they start making demands as a whole, companies will be forced to start paying them better because any replacement they bring in will have the same attitude. Unfortunately so many of us give undeserved and unlimited homage to people at the top of the food chain that don&#8217;t know what they&#8217;re doing.</p>
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