Points
to Ponder About
June 2009
PURPOSE (*):
The purpose of Points to Ponder About
is to stimulate thinking that would draw the disoriented Faithful back
to God (**) and
away from the hypocritical duplicity of some religious institutions
which are destroying the little faith left on earth.
You may access all other editions of "Points to Ponder
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CONTENTS in this
edition:
Published on
June 29th, 2009 [Feast of St. Peter (1) and St.
Paul]
The influenza A (H1N1) (aka "Swine
Flu") and mandatory vaccinations
Do you still wonder.... why
such a great effort has been placed into carefully cultivating a low
level, but sustained, world wide panic about the influenza
A (H1N1) (aka "swine flu") ?
A lengthy article by Global Research (2) will give you the
proverbial "half of the story". We will soon publish the second
half.
(1) True
Petrine Ministry
(2)
Article - "Readying Americans for Dangerous,
Mandatory Vaccinations"
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Published on
June 24th, 2009
[Traditional celebration of the birth of John the Baptist]
How can Christians protect themselves
without engaging in a war
Do you ever wonder.... given
the fact that do not approve of war or any kind of violence, how we
propose that true Christians should protect themselves and their
property?
The answer is, of course, Jesus' answer: First we do all that is in our
hands to remedy or prevent the impending situation without violating
Divine Law, then, we
should do what saved Constantinople in the
year 911 A.D.
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Published on
June 21st, 2009
The current crisis in Iran -
Falsification and Reality
Do you ever wonder...
how the falsification of reality - in the political or religious arena
-
could deceive you?
We tend to think that "we will be able to spot it a thousand miles
away". Of course, this is a spiritually deadly assumption when
the world faces the falsification of the Second Coming of Christ.
To enable the Faithful to see in concrete terms how well a reality can
be falsified we will use the current crisis in Iran.
1. There
is a country which has a system of government chosen by their people
since the
overthrown of the Shah of Iran. A mixture of a democracy and
dictatorship. We could best describe it in simple terms thus: A
dictatorship in which the people have the opportunity to vote to elect
the managing-dictator from several candidates.
2. Iran just had an election in which the
current president - whose views are hated by the West - is re-elected
by a margin of eleven million votes. Far from the sham which elected
Bush to his first term.
3. The West is unhappy as it usually is
when their favorite is not elected.
4. With the West's encouragement or not -
it is not for us to pass
judgment on that - peaceful demonstrations start
calling the election a fraud and demanding a recount.
5. The legitimate authorities do not
approve of the peaceful demonstrations but allows them with a minimum
of interference.
6. Since the peaceful demonstration do
not incite the legitimate authorities, they become more "peaceful" and
"forceful" - we call that "pushing the envelope".
7. Now, the opposition is not interested
in a recount. They demand a new election - peacefully, of course. The
rhetoric heats up - peacefully, of course.
8. The level of violence is kept at a
minimum. When compared with the violence and atrocities committed by
and in the West, we are certainly not talking of a Tianemen Square
level violence.
9. The claims of fraud reach the
appropriate tribunal as well as their supreme leader.
10. The supreme leader promises to review
the case and give his verdict.
11. On Friday 19th the supreme leader
speaks: (a) The election outcome is legitimate; however (b) A recount
in 10% of randomly selected districts will be conducted under the watch
of the claimants (1);
but (c) Order must be restored, legitimate long
standing (not overnight made) laws
must be obeyed and any bloodshed will be upon the head of the alleged
peaceful
demonstrators.
12. The Press is forced out of the
country and the internet mostly blocked.
This gives a picture of a repressive regime abusing unarmed and a very
peaceful demonstrators. But.... what is the real picture?
Anarchy! (2) -
which is defined by Merriam-Webster as:
1 a:
absence of government b: a state of lawlessness
or political disorder due to the absence of governmental authority c: a
utopian society of individuals who enjoy complete freedom without
government
2 a: absence or denial of any
authority or established order b: absence
of order : disorder
3: anarchism
Can anyone imagine if the same type of "envelope would have been
pushed" at the fraudulent election of George Bush? If the opposition
would have told the US Supreme Court to "go and fly a kite" and
demanded a new election? If massive
non approved demonstrations would take place day after day in Paris or
Berlin? If,
when the lie used to invade and demolish Iraq, came to light the armed
forces had just "gone on strike"?
But the press? Why the blackout? Quite simple: We ask you - If you gave
a party and
most of your guests just came to find fault with everything you have
prepared and then go and tell all your, and their neighbors your faults
- out of context.... Wouldn't you ask them to leave?
No, we are not
pro-Ahmadinejad, nor
promoting
their current regime, nor
justifying or approving the use of brute force. To us there no
"just brute force" just as there is not a "just war". If there were
such a thing as a "just war", Jesus Christ would have organized one
against the invading power - Imperial Rome - and would have had every
single able non Roman body at His disposal to wage a war against the
Romans... yet, He did not.
We are only showing how the truth can be
falsified and its falsification then becomes "the accepted truth".
Now, apply the above logic and you will better understand how the
Second Coming will be falsified (3)
and why most of the Christians will fall for it.
(1) From a
scientific point
of view - such recount, considering the enormous margin, would be more
that adequate to confirm the results.
(2) No
to Anarchy
- anywhere!
(3) The
Falsification of the
Second Coming of Christ
(4) The
Jerusalem Post
quotes President Obama on the real difference between both candidates
(page no longer available in 2022)
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Published on
June 18th, 2009
The technique of using professional
sports to "drug" the masses
Do you wonder... what
is probably the worse of the Fatima announced errors that Russia was to
spread?
Simple:
The importance that professional sports have attained in the world
today.
The Soviets used that mind numbing technique to "drug" the masses so
that they would forget the miserable state of their lives.... and, by
the way, the word from the ordinary citizens of the former soviet block
is that things really do not go better with Coke... most claim that it
went better for them as it was before.
We are sure that you will not see that on the New York Times or the
Wall Street Journal.
Please Note:
Do not
make the mistake to think that we do not like, nor approve of
our (US) system. For the record: We
have yet to find a better one.
What we find difficult to intellectually
tolerate is the insistence by unqualified
politicians (almost a redundancy) to impose a system developed by and
for one
culture, upon another without eventually having a backlash.
Solution: If we find and intellectually
isolate the true essence of
what has caused our system to reach the zenith it did, and then, apply
that essence in the development of a new system for another culture
intertwining their core values, it would be a roaring success.
We will give you a very basic example
using Islamic basic modesty (not
"a la Taliban") in women's
dress.
How to
achieve a fashionable and
modern look without offending the culture and tradition?
To most of the outfits worn by Bea Arthur
in Maude and The Golden Girls,
add a head scarf
and .... Presto!
Local customs are like local viruses....
when taken to a foreign land,
where the locals of the new land do not have immunity for the incoming
virus, disaster strikes.
As we said - just one example.
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Published on
June 15th, 2009
The relative importance of things -
Missing Air France flight vs. millions of children in slave labor
Do you wonder... why
such a fuss is made over the missing Air France flight while the over
200 + million children entrapped in slave labor in the world -
including sex - are hardly noticed and much less relieved from?
This is just one example of our hypocritical Christianity or Humanism -
depending on one's personal view.
Therefore we should not be surprised to know that, paraphrasing a
popular Christmas rhyme: "God is
making
His list, and checking it twice...."
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Published on
June 12th, 2009
What to do if a 'vaccine', potential
'mark', is mandated on population
Do you ever wonder... what you would do if you were faced with the
following situation brought to our attention by one of our long time
reader?
Thank
you for sending the article about the increased level of alert due to
the swine flu and your commentary (1), as guided by God.
I wish to ask a very pertinent
question about the (ahem!) 'pandemic'.... and the 'vaccine'.
If it is the potential 'mark', then, what is the average person to do
about it?
If one is sick, one treats the
illness as best as you can - seeking professional medical help when it
is obviously beyond your ability to handle and/or is obviously life
threatening.
If one is NOT sick, present laws
state that a patient has a right
to refuse any/all medications or treatment. But..... laws can be changed, or
overridden in an (staged) 'emergency'.
There are many like myself who are on
Medicaid (or programs funded by it via local states) due to low income
level. At present, such laws apply to us ; that is, I may refuse any
meds and treatment I wish. Now comes the proverbial $64,000 question:
What do we do if such meds or treatment
become mandatory? Or if refusal causes the loss of Medicaid coverage
and/or Social Security/SSI/Disability benefits - on which persons like
myself survive?
This is the potential 'sword of
Damacles' hanging over many people's heads, as we are already 'in the
system' (known, tracked & subject to review, etc.).... and usually
by circumstance, not choice! The implications are
obvious.....!
So, on behalf of the many in this
situation, if this becomes reality: What are we to do?
For myself, I know one thing: My
trust is in Jesus - whatever His Will be for me.
God Bless you!
The writer answered the question he posed himself when he stated: My trust is in Jesus - whatever His Will
be for me.
Many may find him/herself in the same shoes miguel de Portugal found
himself in 1991 when God said to him: Leave
all behind and follow me.... and he did.
Let us Pray so that they may be ready when the time comes....
Most Holy Trinity,
as an act of my free will, I totally abandon myself into Your Hands; do
with me what You Will. Whatever You may do, I thank you; I
am ready for all; I accept all that You Will be done in me and in
all Your creatures - I wish no more than this, O Lord, other than you
sustain me throughout whatever I may have to go through.
(1) The
mailing
Peace!
Now that "they" have the capacity to produce 5 billion doses per
year of the vaccine...
...it's time to raise the level to the highest!
WHO raises swine flu pandemic alert
to six,
the highest level, according to the Swedish government
http://www.france24.com/en/
[visited in 2009]
Right on schedule!
(For some odd reason this reminds us of the "mark of the beast" of
Apocalypse 13....)
May God have Mercy on His Elect so that they open their eyes and
ears before the "volume of the megaphone" is increased.
The M+G+R Foundation
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Published on
June 10th, 2009
Why some individuals are more prone to
be captured by sects and/or cults than others
Do you ever
wonder... why some individuals are more prone to be captured by sects
and/or cults than others?
Besides the fact that some individuals are born with the tendency to
fit in the standard modus operandi of a sect or cult (1), there are
others who, through improper upbringing
have been "programmed" to seek that kind of environment.
To better understand the concept, let us use just one common example:
The daughter of an alcoholic or physically abusive father tends to
marry an alcoholic and/or abusive man.
When we further understand that most psychological dysfunction are, in
reality, spiritual disorders (2)
all else falls into place. A sect or cult is the work of
satan; when an individual is spiritually weak or ill, just as it
happens with a physical disease, he/she is more prone to an infection -
in this case, a spiritual infection.
Let us not forget that a spiritual infection is far, far worse than a
physical infection, but, do not take our word for it; take Jesus
Word: And fear ye not them that kill
the body, and are not
able to kill the soul: but
rather fear him that can destroy both soul and body in hell. [Matthew
10:28]
(1) A
typical
cult/sect profile
(2) Most
psychological
dysfunction is in reality a spiritual dysfunction
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Published on June
6th, 2009 [First
Saturday of the
Month and Trinity Sunday Eve]
The mechanism in "When the unclean spirit is gone out of a
man, it will return..." [Luke 11:24]
Do you ever wonder... what Jesus meant when He said...
When
the unclean spirit is gone out of a man, he walketh through places
without water, seeking rest; and not finding, he saith: I will return
into my house whence I came out. And when he is come, he findeth it
swept and garnished. Then he goeth and taketh with him seven other
spirits more wicked than himself, and entering in they dwell there. And
the last state of that man becomes worse than the first. [Luke 11: 24-26]
?
Allow us to explain.... Upon one's conversion, one's soul is well
"...swept and garnished". Then
the tendency is to lower one's "spiritual guard" because one feels
secure... "I'm saved; I have nothing
to worry about now" one will think without realizing that the
moment a soul "changes side" it becomes a prime target for satan.
We now combine a lowering of the "spiritual guard" with becoming a
prime target for satan and... what do we have? "...the last state of
that man becomes worse than the first."
Having encountered Jesus could be explained in
human terms with.... having encountered "the love of your life". Just
as one must nurture and work at the relationship with one's human "love of your life", we must nurture and work at our
relationship with God - 24/7. As we do that, our soul becomes a
fortress the access to which now is restricted to the Holy Spirit of
God. The Psalmist said it best:
Let
God arise, and let his enemies be scattered: and let them that hate him
flee from before his face. As smoke vanisheth, so let them vanish away:
as wax
melteth before the fire, so let the wicked perish at the presence of
God. [Psalm 67: 2-3]
Let us continue to humbly pray and
serve God so that our relationship with Him becomes stronger
every day.
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Published on June
3rd, 2009
A question about the flight recorder
black boxes
Do you ever wonder... why
doesn't the airline industry replace
those "very expensive to find
flight recorder black boxes" after an airplane crash with a continuous
stream of real
time information
from the plane - via satellite - and continuously
record it at its home base?
In this age on instant communications, of zigabytes files being
stored in the proverbial head of a pin, it is ridiculous to continue
playing the Find the "black box"
game.
This is such an elemental solution that one really has to wonder what
someone is up to by keeping the old system in place.
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Published on
May 31st, 2009 [Feast of the Pentecost and Visitation of the Blessed Virgin
Mary]
What Dalai Lama really demands
politically?
Do you ever wonder... what is
the Dalai Lama really up to?
Let us take a look at a summary of what he has just clearly stated as
he demands autonomy from the PRC: (1)
The
autonomy that he is seeking was enshrined in the Chinese Constitution,
which guarantees the right of regional self-rule for ethnic minorities.
Based on that, he said, the large area of western China that is
predominantly Tibetan — including Tibet, but also parts of the
provinces of Qinghai, Sichuan, Gansu and Yunnan — should be united
under a single Tibetan authority. Chinese officials have balked at the
demand, saying it would mean turning over one-quarter of China to
Tibetan governance.
and
“Tibet
materially is very, very backward,” he said. “And every Tibetan wants
to modernize Tibet. So for that reason, remaining within the People's
Republic of China is in our own interest as far as economic development
is concerned, provided we have full guarantee to preserve our own
culture, our own language, our own spirituality and full protection of
environment.”
As an associate commented about the real plans
of the Dalai Lama - who just everyone loves (2):
Rephrasing
what the Dalai Lama wants:
Give us your western provinces, and help us develop. We'll take your
help, and run our lands our own way.
This aspect of the Tibetan autonomy
movement is not widely reported. So
"autonomy" would give the Dalai Lama and his confederates the rule of
much of western China, not just the province of Tibet.
Let us not forget that the Dalai Lama
wrote a laudatory introduction to the book
"Spiritual Politics," a modern-day popularization of the teachings of
Alice Bailey (3).
Among liberals, the Dalai Lama is
revered as a man of peace and as a
leader of a politically correct (i.e., non-Abrahamic) religion. Among
conservatives, he is honored as an innocent victim of Communist
(PRC) aggression. But the preceding items show a far more
complex, and
darker, reality.
(1)
Report
- "Autonomy Is Solution for Tibet,
Dalai Lama Says" | Archived in our domain
(2) "Oh, but we know his face,
don't we?" Even the French "Emperor" Sarkozy just loves him.
(3) This is the Alice
Bailey of the New
Age
Movement
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NOTES
(*) PURPOSE: The Purpose
of this Page may be found at
the beginning of any of the past issues, such as in Points
to
Ponder (January 2005)
(**) "Because
it has been given to you
to know
the mysteries of the kingdom of
heaven, but to them it has not been given. ..... Therefore I speak to
them in parables, because seeing they do not see, and hearing they do
not hear, nor do they understand.... Lest they should see with their
eyes and hear with their ears, lest they should understand with their
hearts and be converted so that I should heal them." [Matthew
13:11, 13, 15]
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