Pope Francis promises redemption for ‘good atheists’ - National Humanist | Examiner.com

Sorry Francis, but YOU cannot make any promises like this:

http://www.examiner.com/article/pope-francis-promises-redemption-for-good-atheists

Not only that but "good Catholics" fall into the same category, as well as "good" people, in general.  There is NO REDEMPTION for anyone who disavows or turns his back on Jesus Christ. "The fool has said in his heart 'there is no God...'"  And if you go around telling your followers something other than that, then YOU will have much to pay for, as you will have led your flock to an eternity in hell!

Animals.

Animals and barbarians. They show us by their very actions:  http://tinyurl.com/nc5p2sy

MODERN DAY WITCH HUNT

Think there's no such thing as "persecution" in this day and age?  Read on.

The IRS has actually acknowledged that they have been deliberately (and many say flagrantly) holding up various processes of, or ignoring the requests of, groups and organizations that tend to lean conservatively, or of a "right wing" political nature. 

These groups include tax-exempt or nonprofit groups, various church or religious groups; organizations that referenced words such as Tea Party, Patriot, or "9/12 Project" (e.g., Glenn Beck); challenges to (out of control) government spending, debt, or taxes; those advocating or lobbying to "make America a better place to live," following the Constitution and the Bill of Rights; those who criticize how the country is being run overall by President Obama, and those who challenge the Affordable Care Act, known by many as "Obamacare." 

And the more that's being dug up, the uglier and messier it has become:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2013_IRS_scandal

http://tinyurl.com/oaalrt7

http://tinyurl.com/bbv6cm2

A supposed old Chinese curse once said: "May you live in interesting times." 

If you are of a Conservative nature, either socially, religiously, or politically, you know very well that those times are NOW. 

Who...ME???

Yes, YOU.  And your neighbor.  And your cars, your houses, boats, kids, pets...and Facial Recognition.  Scary stuff. 

Facial recognition is a not-so-new technology that's fast becoming de rigueur in anything relating to "safety" and "security" (both terms used loosely).

Once thought to be fairly inexact and inaccurate, this technology has taken giant leaps forward in its ability to accurately pinpoint you, me, or anyone, in any public location. This means everywhere, from airports, to walking down the street, to being in your car at a stoplight. Google Earth and satellite imagery, from hundreds of miles above the planet, can now pinpoint an area less than a square foot in size (look up "satellite surveillance," or "keyhole satellite").

And don't think your fancy cell phone is exempt.  An Android app called "Faces" demonstrates how this technology--even watered down for a simple app--really isn't so simple at all.  Take a look at the graphic (these are from my own Android phone - I've blocked out the numerous faces that the app pulled up...even I was a little freaked out about how far reaching it is!). 

Big Brother's reach is getting bigger by the day. 



 

Yahoo...you will be assimilated

Resistance is futile.

technology, like utility companies and airlines, keeps morphing, and altering, and transmuting, and combining, and absorbing one another...

Yahoo has now purchased Tumblr, and here is the initial fallout from that merger:  http://tinyurl.com/mmymw4p

Yahoo's sordid history (sorry about the gross picture):  http://tinyurl.com/mvwvc7p

*For those of you who are unfamiliar with "assimilated" please see "the Borg":  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Borg_%28Star_Trek%29

we can't keep up...

when the cost of our education is SO high.  CRAZY.

http://tinyurl.com/kbwatl5

It's hard to keep up with changing technology!

but I keep trying.  :)

http://www.tgdaily.com/hardware-brief/71758-wi-fi-speeds-get-turbo-boost

Google Google everywhere - but now you can say goodbye

Get ready - this is one of my "rantier" posts.

With our on line lives becoming completely enmeshed and intertwined with our real lives, you can BET that Google will have--if they aren't already--a big part of the whole 'end times/last days' scenario, as far as  technology on the web. Have you seen this (growing) list?   http://www.google.com/about/products/

While we love the ease and features of Google, their ubiquitous nature is downright creepy.  Personally, I have an Android phone (Galaxy Note II), and while generally I love it, it's run and operated by none other than Google. When I first signed into my slick new phone I immediately had to sign into Google in order to get "all the great features" that Google insists we must have. 

I also have a Google+ account that I opened awhile back because I grew tired of another "seems to be everywhere" web ruler, Facebook, and what they were doing to--and with--their customers' information. So I was rather surprised when, after several months, I logged into Google+ and saw that the photos I had taken with my Android phone had all been automatically uploaded to my Google+ account!  Eek.  Nothing naughty, mind you, but I was very perturbed, so immediately I checked the privacy settings to be sure that they weren't "out there for all to see" (they weren't).  Still...it's a little too much. At least for me.

I'm at the age where I'm kind of on the "cusp"of technology: I work with it, I know about it to some degree, I can understand it to a degree, I "get it"...to a point.  I'm not like my parents genteration who are downright fearful of technology (rightfully so it would seem) and always think they're going to break something when using computers; and I'm not like the generation behind me who have literally grown up with a mouse in their hands (remember the joke about getting a 10 year old to fix the flashing "12:00" on your VCR?).  Being in this middle ground makes me very cognizent of the EFFECTS that technology is having on our virtual lives, and how it AFFECTS us IRL in general (that's "in real life" -- a little web code for you).

On a whim I did a search (ironically, using Google--they're nothing if not good at what they do) for "how to get Google out of your on line life." I got a couple of interesting results that I've shared below.  If you happen to read this Blog, and are also concerned about your on line life and Big Google, be sure to check out these websites for tips on how to "de-google-ize" yourself.  After all, as one of these links mentions: 

"When Google began organizing the web, you were a more than a decade younger. Your youthful indiscretions may have faded into your memory but Google doesn't forget."

http://www.leavegooglebehind.com/  <== very good site with lots of great info

http://safeandsavvy.f-secure.com/2010/08/16/get-google-out-of-your-life/

http://howto.wired.com/wiki/Un-Google_Yourself  <== by Wired, one of the first modern tech mags ever

Body Heat

Unlike the movie, this is a bit more frightening in a privacy sort of way

http://tinyurl.com/cdqwct3

Obama to College Students: ‘Reject These Voices’ That Warn of Big Government & Tyranny | Video | TheBlaze.com

LIES LIES AND MORE LIES:

http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2013/05/05/obama-to-college-students-reject-these-voices-that-warn-of-big-government-tyranny/

 
Did anyone stand up and walk out on this?  Of course not.

THOUGHTCRIME!

Orwell was right. The crime of thought is now on the table as a Federal offence! 

Turn in your neighbors if you hear talk that they hate the government!

http://www.nowtheendbegins.com/blog/?p=13884

http://tinyurl.com/bmulcxv

Give it time and what starts out small will grow like a cancer.

It won't be oil...

I have said this for as many years as I can remember, even back before I became a Christian and started to understand more about the end times and what the world will be like before before/during the Tribulation:  the next great global fight won't be over oil, but WATER, and the power to control and distribute it at will.

Not only is water necessary to keep our economy going (name it--water is probably involved in the process in some form or fashion); but as one of the most essential building blocks of life itself--what keeps us alive--I fear that its price will soon become "far above rubies" and other precious metals or gems, and will become wanted, coveted, hoarded, and fought over. 

After all, one can't eat a bar of gold, or snack on a handful of gems, but one needs water to live.

Worldly ways

"DO NOT BE OF THE WORLD." 

Sadly too many professing Christians are not only in and of the world but they fully embrace it with open arms. 

http://tinyurl.com/cz33j4k

1 John 2:15 

Do not love the world nor the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him.

All is Vanity

Vanity...thy name is HUMAN. 

Ego...thy name is HUMAN.

Wretched...thy name is HUMAN.

This pretty much sums them all up:  http://tinyurl.com/c3usemz  

Linking everything together

One more link in the chain.  One more brick in the wall.  One step closer to being able to control everything everywhere with a click. 

Linking everything together "for ease of use" and "for the benefit of mankind."

Yeah, right.

http://tinyurl.com/cpg9fnr   

FDA: Morning-after pill OK for ages 15 and up

horrible horrible medical news.  This only means that yet even more abortions (meaning: ANY life after conception) will occur...and now for girls barely old enough to make their own decisions, let alone be having sex. 

http://news.yahoo.com/fda-morning-pill-ok-ages-15-232957915.html

The slippery slope is fast becoming a veritable ski slalom...

 

IF YOU LOVE THIS COUNTRY

IF YOU DO NOTHING ELSE TODAY...WATCH THIS VIDEO.  FREE FOR A SHORT TIME:  http://vimeo.com/63749370

All you need to know in one place. "We can't fight it if we don't know what 'it' is."

Because of this total undermining of our Culture, we've denied the greatness of the USA (gift from GOD) and are very close to losing everything: our freedoms; our culture; and our lives.

Corrupting Scripture

Because that's what the enemy does. 

Borrowing some commentary from various articles about the recent bombings in Boston. This first one is something I've pondered MANY times:

 

It's interesting, the concept behind the Hijabs. They believe that they need to cover up their women so that it does not cause a man to look upon her and sin in his heart. So, you punish the woman by covering her up. It's not her fault that she is beautiful, its the man who has the problem with lust and sin in his eyes and heart!

 

Again, this is a distorted version of Biblical scripture:  Matthew 5:28  - But I say to you that everyone who looks at a woman with lustful intent has already committed adultery with her in his heart.

 

America can have plenty of room for Muslim Hijabs, Wiccan Pentagrams, and Sufi Turbans…when Christians can again wear their crosses, pray in schools, fly their flags, and keep their ten commandment monuments and nativity scenes without fear of repercussions.

 

Tolerance, in today's society, and in today's post-modern meaning was never taught in the Bible.  In fact, Christ said that we should bring to light those things that are a hindrance in one's relationship with God, and with His guidance, work to overcome them.  http://tinyurl.com/cw8v2yp  In fact, it's even made more clear that we are not even to associate with those who call themselves Christians, but live a very carnal lifestyle:  1 Corinthians 5:11 "But now I am writing to you not to associate with anyone who bears the name of brother if he is guilty of sexual immorality or greed, or is an idolater, reviler, drunkard, or swindler—not even to eat with such a one."

 

Pretty "intolerant," right? But remember this is for Christians, or those who profess to be. This is not to say that we should accept and consent to every possible type of debauchery, dysfunction, and hedonism.  We are, however, to give non-believers  a much wider berth to because as non-believers, they can't help themselves—they are simply acting like who they are—sinful humans without Christ, and because they live outside of Christ, their eyes have not been opened to His saving grace (1 Corinthians 2:14 and 2 Corinthians 4:4). 

DON'T BELIEVE THE HYPE

Nope nope nope.  I ain't buyin' it.

Just because you say radical Islam is being held up as a scapegoat for all the other Muslims, doesn't mean that this is only a small minority.  Terrorism like this - jihad - is part and parcel of Islamic teachings.  As is deception - called Taquiyya - which involves lying, deceiving, and illusion for the good/glory of Islam. 

Does that sound familiar? It should. John 8:44:  "You belong to your father, the devil, and you want to carry out your father's desires. He was a murderer from the beginning, not holding to the truth, for there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks his native language, for he is a liar and the father of lies."

Read this article, and then be SURE to read the comments at the bottom. That's where you can really learn something. 

http://tinyurl.com/chdcnv3

And to all of those who, upon hearing about the bombing, kept chanting/wishing: "Please don't be a Muslim, please don't be a Muslim..." 

TOO LATE. And sadly, all too wrong.

Sounds good in theory, BUT

if you don't think more of these types of evens are coming, you're fooling yourself.

http://tinyurl.com/dya67cu

"Exhale."  Yeahhhhh...until the next one.  I don't mean to be a Debbie Downer, but I'm a realist, and anyone who pays attention to this type of thing (hello?! blog here) knows it will happen eventually.

Things are going to get WORSE, not better. 

Gird those loins, people. 

Incredible Thermal Imaging Video of Dzhokhar Tsarnaev in Hiding

Don't think that this fascinating bit of technology won't be used on the general populace someday (in some places it already is). 

http://gizmodo.com/5995160/incredible-thermal-imaging-video-of-dzhokhar-tsarnaev-in-hiding

Just another thing to look forward to from your friends at Big Brother, Inc.

Chechnya by way of Islam

It seems that everything Islam touches--no matter what form or fashion, or where it occurs-- becomes ruined, overturned, injured or destroyed. This is not just my personal opinion (although it is).  This goes back thousands of years to the Bible itself, where God said (paraphrasing): "I have chosen Israel and its people as my chosen ones; if you hate Israel (Jews), there's a price to pay for that hate."

Why is it that so many middle eastern countries are considered "backward" in their thought processes, societal norms and lifestyles? It's because...well, they are.  Back to "Mohammed" apparently. They don't get ahead because they hate Israel and its people. God laid them to waste centuries ago. 

I often wonder what the world would be like if Islam was indeed allowed to take over and rule the world like it has in many countries around the world.  Completely patriarchal, women would have no rights whatsoever, would have to be covered from head to toe, there would be no love, no humor, little laughter, no music, no dancing, no JOY.  What a horrible life!  The life of a God-loving Christian should be one of JOY, not despair!

Naturally, the enemy thinks mayhem this is a good thing, since he wants to take over the world and destroy it.  Why?  Because God made this world, made it glorious and rich with air, food, water, seasons, animals, natural beauty--everything we need for our lives--all things that the enemy wants to destroy. And He made human beings to love, and to be loved back...but he didn't force us to do it (interesting, no?).

This is some of what these young men were subjected to, so rather than coming to the U.S. and assimilating, they instead said "I don't understand them," and so sought to blow up the citizenry.  And it's extremely hard to reason with a mindset like that...because you CAN'T.

http://tinyurl.com/czjnhh5

Child rapes and gang rapes

http://apnews.myway.com/article/20130420/DA5PBKE02.html


http://tinyurl.com/dxtpc9n


the sickness of a Christ-less world.

Fw: but wait, there's more

More earthquakes that is.  More earthly 'birth pangs.' 

China, again.

http://apnews.myway.com//article/20130420/DA5PC7V82.html

And Pakistan.  Again.

http://apnews.myway.com/article/20130418/DA5O3E7G2.html

Boston bombings

done by a couple of MUSLIM kids who didn't understand Americans. 

Shocker. 

NOT.

http://apnews.myway.com//article/20130420/DA5PDTTO0.html

Your tax dollars at work

or perhaps, overworked.  Re: the Boston bombing suspects.

http://imgur.com/a/Asgdb?gallery#0

No Miranda rights.  Will this start a trend?

I REMEMBER

do you?

http://imgur.com/gallery/KHiMoiU

Boston...and then some

I can't believe I'm quoting 4chan (shudder) but apparently that is where this particular post was started.  Very very interesting in light of the Boston bombings.  And as an aside, this particular posting link is now: 404/Not found.  Hm.



This comment on another site, also interesting

Anonymous 04/19/13(Fri)17:33 

This is all a test.

A test to see how Americans will react once this kind of thing becomes common (martial law, and the stripping away of rights).

Everyone is cooperating, and letting these police in without any qualms. Well done, you've played right into their plan. You are docile. You are compliant. Thank you Boston. The nation is next...

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the comments on this page are the most interesting:  http://tinyurl.com/cal5yvv

The END result

Pun somewhat intended.

When society delves into unnatural and deviant behaviors, this is some of what it gets:

http://tinyurl.com/bmk4xj3

Just more of the "pornification" of America, folks. 

 

Is ‘electrosmog’ harming our health?

We all know that sitting in front of a computer all day, or talking on a cell phone can be dangerous...but THIS dangerous?  Wow.

http://www.nbcnews.com/id/34509513/ns/health-cancer/t/electrosmog-harming-our-health/

What if Your Boss Tracked Your Sleep, Diet, and Exercise?

Stupidity, thy name is human.

http://www.wired.com/wiredenterprise/2013/04/quantified-work-citizen/

 

FROM THE WORLD OF BIG BRUVVAH

5 of a series:

http://tinyurl.com/blbvtog

• Square Launches at Starbucks — You Think You Won't Use It, But You Will
• Starbucks Gets Square Next Month – Will You Change the Way You Pay?
• Starbucks Signs Up With Square to Process Credit, Debit Payments
• Twitter Creator Launches 'Square' — Like Smartphone Paypal for Credit Cards

 

UFOs taking a break?

I for one have always believed that UFOs are of a demonic nature, literally hell-bent on deceiving us in whatever way they can (and they have). 

Gizmodo seems to think there's a lull of sorts going on.

http://gizmodo.com/5994014/why-have-we-stopped-seeing-ufos-in-the-skies

Have the demons become bored? are they thinking up new schemes? Could this mean that something else?  something other? Something worse? is coming next? 

Policing the State

and it's only going to get worse as the govt gets more and more out of control, with no one to keep them in check:

http://www.wnd.com/2013/04/the-growing-militarization-of-u-s-police/

the future of our money?

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/bitcoin-cyprus-sparks-scramble-digital-164900785.html

everything electronic - no carrying cash, or credit cards or check books.

more End Times fun

happy happy.

joy joy.


http://tinyurl.com/btkc2p4

http://tinyurl.com/cosp5er

http://tinyurl.com/bbazwsp

http://tinyurl.com/c5ejn4q

Beginning of the end

how did i miss this? 

THIS. IS. MAJOR.

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887323751104578149193307234514.html

No longer harmonious!

I completely believe this to be true, and actually I knew it was only a matter of time before eHarmony would implode because they were legally FORCED to start allowing same-sex couples.  It's completely unbiblical, and goes against the very word of God. 

http://firsttoknow.com/eharmony-founder-believes-marriage-equality-ruined-the-company/?utm_source=ca_fo&utm_campaign=eharmony-founder-believe-22938

Just because something is made legal or illegal DOESN'T make it right! It's like a jury that has no other choice than to say someone is not guilty, because there wasn't enough evidence to bring a guilty verdict. They may KNOW the person is guilty, many times it's painfully obvious (*cough*OJ*cough*), but because they can only go by what is legally allowed in court, not on their feelings or hunches, they are forced to conclude "not guilty."

Very very sad. The end of a once great company doing wonderful things, bringing together so many men and women of faith; now gone because the "progressives" keep chip chip chipping away at our beliefs through the legal system...

very important move by the U.K.

one that could spread and affect other countries and/or the freedom of speech in the U.S.

http://tinyurl.com/czt7yr9

Water water....nowhere

and consumption will grow ever more and more people populate the planet...and finding CLEAN sources of water will become harder and harder.  I truly believe that the next big battle (if not war) will not be fought over oil, but over food and water, and who had the rights to it.

http://tinyurl.com/c5gvbn5

Even you, Hugo

Famous last words indeed:  http://tinyurl.com/dysgagj

Unfortunately, I don't think he was saying that because he loved his country.  No...I think he was close enough to death to see what was waiting for him on the other side.  And i wasn't the pearly gates of Heaven. 

Presidents, Kings and Emperors will all bow down to the true King, Jesus Christ!

Oh, North Korea...

You guys are so silly.

Don't you know we'd wipe your little Communist ***es off the planet if you tried this???

http://news.yahoo.com/furious-over-sanctions-nkorea-vows-nuke-us-092213643.html

http://news.yahoo.com/north-korea-says-exercise-preemptive-nuclear-attack-against-092109134.html

you can't have it both ways - you can't shut yourself off, treat your people inhumanely, "flip off" the rest of the world, and then get pissed  when we have sanctions against you! You should be happy that you even have things that we can hold sanctions against in the first place! 

was Mama T not so saintly?

Yea, verily.  She was human after all! 

http://tinyurl.com/b7uv3h4

The issue of "suffering" in Catholicism is a way of taking a Biblical concept and stretching it to its very limits (flogging, walking on knees up stairs, being nailed to a cross, starving, living life completely "poor").  However, this tradition is something that was not promulgated by Christ, nor is it written about in the Bible*. 

Over the centuries, Catholicism has been known for taking bits and pieces of the Bible and using them to their own ends, even to the point of rewriting the 10 Commandments, and telling their adherents that they don't need to (or should NOT) read the Bible because that's what priests are for. Not reading your Bible (Revelation), and changing the Bible ("jots & tittles") are two things with dire consequences. 

Mother Theresa may have been a very good woman, a "saintly" woman in the eyes of many, but unless she had a personal, saving relationship with the Living God, she was just another human being full of faults and sins, who lived a helpful, but dour life. And without this relationship, no matter how good of a life she lived, this path would not lead her to a life with Christ in paradise.  Same for the Pope.  Same for anyone, no matter what their rank in life, period. Being worshiped by mankind is no guarantee of a pleasant afterlife!

*self-punishment is not what is implied in the Bible.  If one suffers for Christ, it means that one is willing to take a stand, no matter what the circumstance, for one's belief in Christ: that He is Lord and Savior, Creator, God and Messiah over any and all; it does NOT mean self-inflicted suffering because one feels they are a "bad person," and thereby they need to purge themselves of this sin by self-inflicting some type of punishment. By His birth and resurrection, Christ did away with all of the legalism that was running rampant with religion overall (Jewish and otherwise). 

Resistant strains of diseases

http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Government/2013/03/05/CDC-Worried-About-Outbreak-of-Antibiotic-Resistant-Bacteria

*snicker*

Read it and weep:  http://tinyurl.com/afz5nlb

or giggle, if you're so inclined.



:)

ONE STEP CLOSER

http://tinyurl.com/aa76xzk

Illnesses on the rise

They're more prolific, more contagious, more unusual, and more deadly than ever. 

http://www.foxnews.com/health/2013/02/27/reports-rare-superbugs-increasing-in-us/

http://news.msn.com/science-technology/deadly-coronavirus-demands-swift-detective-work-from-scientists

http://www.foxnews.com/health/2013/02/27/late-stage-breast-cancer-on-rise-in-younger-women/ (no doubt from all of the the crap in our food...and the sins of the mother with DDT!)

but wait...there's more

ALWAYS more to come!

http://www.cnn.com/2013/02/27/tech/mobile-world-congress-pocket-lint/index.html?hpt=hp_c3

Big Brother...closer than you think

in more ways than one:

http://www.foxnews.com/tech/2013/02/27/special-report-surveillance-and-censorship-america/

We can't mold God to fit our human expectations

http://ac360.blogs.cnn.com/2013/02/26/a-daughters-coming-out-a-fathers-faith-shaken/?iid=article_sidebar

Mom and Dad, I'm so sorry that your child was subject to bullying because of who she is. I'm sorry that your church let you down.  I'm sorry that your faith was shaken so badly.

 

However, just because we humans view different types of sin on different levels (stealing, rape, murder), or the fact that you have stopped believing that there's a hell because of what your child has been through, is completely irrelevant.  God is still in His heaven. God is fair.  And God looks at ALL sin equally.  Sin is sin.  Period, end of story. Hell still exists. And it's still UP TO YOUR CHILD to make the decision to accept Christ as their Lord and Savior…or not. 

 

However, not accepting Christ is the "unforgivable sin" talked about in the Bible (willful rejection*), and it still has a consequence, and that consequence is hell.  Whether or not you believe in it makes no difference. 

 

We're not put here on earth to have fun, be happy, or live without trials and tribulations.  Life is hard. Life is difficult. Just living life makes life unbearable for some.  But God "never promised you a rose garden" here on earth. We are here for His glory, not ours; and He will be by our side, helping us walk through our darkest days, if we allow Him into our lives! (He doesn't force us)

*http://www.biblegateway.com/blog/2012/10/what-is-the-unforgivable-sin/