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The Quick Scan by Mike Ramey
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2023-06-18T02:31:44.000Z
2023-06-18T02:31:44.000Z
Mike Ramey
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<div><p> </p><p><span style="font-size:12pt;"><u>THE BLESSINGS OF CANCEL CULTURE</u></span></p><p><span style="font-size:12pt;"> </span><span style="font-size:12pt;"> A few years back, a Pastor whom I knew had made a statement—which has since become a favorite of mine—attributed to him. His statement? “Sometimes, you have to let folk DIE!” In other words, you can warn people, advise people, and hold the hands of people to keep them from doing low down and dirty things. However, people will make their own choices—often against the wisdom of others around them. No matter how much it may hurt you, we must allow people to make their OWN decisions—no matter how destructive the outcome may be.</span></p><p><span style="font-size:12pt;"> </span><span style="font-size:12pt;"> Even IF that outcome results in their death.</span></p><p><span style="font-size:12pt;"> </span><span style="font-size:12pt;"> We have all heard about cancel culture. Many of us who stand on the side of righteousness and hold up the blood-stained banner of Jesus Christ have been canceled by the those who want to be left to their own devices of wickedness. I recently heard of an instance whereby a Pastor made some supportive comments on social media for something that a woman found objectionable. This woman stirred up such a fuss with the local powers that be that the Pastor and his church were kicked out of public ministry where he was helping the poor, and others in his city. All those resources and opportunities to witness, share Christ, and care for those in need were literally gone, overnight, because someone ‘cancelled’ him and the ministry of his church.</span></p><p><span style="font-size:12pt;"> </span><span style="font-size:12pt;"> Pastor John Hagee also made a statement years ago that I have not forgotten: “You can’t be blessed with a better job until you LOSE the one you have.” The long and short of this statement is that sometimes one gets complacent and must be ‘moved’ by God’s timetable onward to the next assignment He has in store for us. Of course, many of us prefer the ‘comfortable’ to the ‘unknown’. Change is painful…but necessary for us to be all that we can be.</span></p><p><span style="font-size:12pt;"> </span><span style="font-size:12pt;"> Yes, it hurts to be cancelled. However, the Christian shall not die if people don’t ‘like’ us, nor ‘like’ our service to others in our sin-sick society. Those who get their kicks from attempting to eliminate others from their sight will—one day—regret their actions…NOT to mention the fact that they will have to explain to those whom WE have helped how THEY are going to have to spend their OWN time, talent, and treasure to REPLACE what we have contributed to the betterment of society.</span></p><p><span style="font-size:12pt;"> </span><span style="font-size:12pt;"> Let me provide my own example. Before I retired, I ran a nationally known anti-gang ministry that dealt with the spiritual roots of gang life as well as the social symptoms. There were a lot of worldly—and even Christian Churches and Ministries—that ‘cancelled’ my ministry because of my stand of putting Christ first as THE solution to get to the root of gang life rather than ‘relying’ on millions of dollars of available grant money to keep many young people IN the problem, rather than the Christian solution.</span></p><p><span style="font-size:12pt;"> </span><span style="font-size:12pt;"> Baby, I know what it’s like to be a Christian and/or have a Christian Ministry and be cancelled—even by my own family AND some in my race. Those who stand for the Lord MUST realize this will happen, and not be shocked when it does. Nevertheless, with each door slam, the Lord not only opened another door—He BUILT a new opportunity that I never would have realized had I not been ‘rejected’ by some of the wicked—and some of the righteous. Of course, those who rejected or ‘cancelled’ me were stuck with the problem and needless spending of resources.</span></p><p><span style="font-size:12pt;"> </span><span style="font-size:12pt;"> The ‘true’ name for cancel culture is rejection. Jesus was rejected and look how He turned out. Amen! Many of the New Testament Apostles were rejected! They shook the dust off their feet against those who ‘cancelled’ them and moved on to another ministry opportunity—to those who were WILLING to hear the Good News and live in the commands of and obedience to the Scriptures.</span></p><p><span style="font-size:12pt;"> </span><span style="font-size:12pt;"> Thanks to Pastor David Jeremiah’s series: “<em>Where Do We Go From Here?</em>”, plus some other observations—and living of life--I have come up with at least three blessings that the Christian—and Christian ministries—can experience from Cancel Culture:</span></p><p><span style="font-size:12pt;"> </span></p><ul><li><span style="font-size:12pt;">Being Cancelled Means Christian Ministries Can Redistribute Their Resources & Service. Think about this: IF your church is kicked out of working with the poor and needy in a particular venue; Guess What? You can move on to other areas and have your ministry bless others! The Christian is to be a pilgrim, stranger, and soldier. Christian Ministry should be MOBILE—meaning able to ‘bug out’ and move to another opportunity. Sometimes, being kicked out—or cancelled—by the wicked is akin to an Eaglet being kicked out of a comfortable nest. You must learn to fly for the Lord by flying—not just by talking! He alone is the one to sustain your efforts. Sure, it’s gonna sting for a while…but in the long run, you will be able to bless others.</span></li></ul><p> </p><ul><li><span style="font-size:12pt;"> </span><span style="font-size:12pt;">Being Cancelled Means—as a Christian—You Can Move On To New People. If one group of people don’t want you around, pick yourself up, dust yourself off and head off to meet new people who, a) need to hear the Gospel, and; b) need to see what a REAL Christian looks like in thought, action and deed. As to old saying goes: “Many never read the Bible nor go to Church—but they can read Christians!” Talk about NEW evangelism and service opportunities!</span></li></ul><p><span style="font-size:12pt;"> </span></p><ul><li><span style="font-size:12pt;">Lastly, Being Cancelled Means That Christians Can Watch The Floorshow Of Destruction After They Are Shown The Door. The grim reality is that once you put the lights out, there is nothing but darkness. If you are familiar with Bible Prophecy (which I do write about and teach on occasion) there is nothing sadder—but confirming—when people whom you have served—and have cancelled or rejected you—get humbled by their OWN decision to push you out of the way. When husbands were kicked out of the home by hard-headed ‘liberated’ women, the divorce rates went up and the fertility rates went down. When prayer and Christian organizations and Christian teachers were pushed out of the public schools, the ‘Alphabet Mafia’ swept in to fill the vacuum. You get my point.</span></li></ul><p><span style="font-size:12pt;"> </span><span style="font-size:12pt;"> Take heart my friends. Rejection is not forever. Cancel Culture never lasts long. They may knock on the door of your life from time to time, but this comes with living life. Ezekiel 33 (KJV) spells out that believers have a duty to warn those about their need for God, and their need to turn away from unrighteousness. IF they reject what you are bringing them; IF you are cancelled, you have done your job and move on! Shake the dust off your feet, pick up your next assignment at the window from the Lord, and move on to those who have a desire for what you have to offer. Folks, you can’t ‘force’ people to like your service or your ministry. Walk in the blessing—not in the shadow that the enemy wants to cast upon you!</span></p><p><span style="font-size:12pt;"> </span><span style="font-size:12pt;"> <em>Mike Ramey is a Retired Minister, KJV Bible Teacher, syndicated columnist and Bible Prophecy Specialist who lives in Indianapolis, Indiana. “The Quick Scan” is one of a variety of his columns appearing and abounding in print and cyberspace, written from a biblical, business, and common-sense perspective since 1996. To drop him a line—or a whine—the address is still the same: </em><a href="mailto:mgmikeramey@yahoo.com"><em>mgmikeramey@yahoo.com</em></a><em>. ©2023 Barnstorm Communications International.</em></span></p></div>
The Manhood Line: The Gold Files By Mike Ramey
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2021-05-05T05:42:15.000Z
2021-05-05T05:42:15.000Z
Mike Ramey
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<div><p><span style="font-size:12pt;">WOMAN, TEACH THY SISTER!</span></p><p><span style="font-size:12pt;">For many a year, the feminists and their allies in the feminized mainstream coven have been eagerly browbeating men; telling us what ‘we need to do’ with our young men. Brothers, it took us a while to get the message, but we have done the job. The numbers have been trending positive and our young men have been on the grow.</span></p><p><span style="font-size:12pt;"> </span><span style="font-size:12pt;"> Well, let me be the first to put the shoe on the other foot, and go public with my words: “It’s high time that women get their younger sisters under control! In short, it’s time for women to roll up their sleeves, pull down the hemlines, cover up the over-exposure of flesh, and get back to teaching young women how to become women of quality, rather than someone’s rap video plaything or the head of a criminal enterprise.”</span></p><p><span style="font-size:12pt;"> </span><span style="font-size:12pt;"> Woman…TEACH thy SISTER!</span></p><p><span style="font-size:12pt;"> </span></p><p><span style="font-size:12pt;"><strong><u>ONLY SO MUCH MEN CAN DO:</u></strong></span></p><p><span style="font-size:12pt;"> Brothers, just as it takes a man to teach a boy how to become a man, it takes a woman to teach a girl how to become a woman. An upright woman does not ‘happen’ by osmosis…Amen? The problem in our modern day is that there are far too many women who are more interested in competing with their daughters for the available men that are out in society, rather than being content with the husband that they have.</span></p><p><span style="font-size:12pt;"> Can I get an AMEN from the husbands in the house?</span></p><p><span style="font-size:12pt;"> Without proper training from Godly women, young women are heading down a slippery slope from which many may not recover. Before the pandemic, there were many male teachers--young and old--who were been propositioned by girls as young as ten or eleven years old! The favorite question of these young ‘wannabe’ temptresses in many a classroom was not; ‘What’s tonight’s homework assignment,’ but rather; ‘Are you married?’</span></p><p><span style="font-size:12pt;"> I’ve heard through the ‘underground grapevine’ that, if a teenage boy ‘rejects’ or ‘won’t talk to’ a teenage girl who is interested in him--thanks to our PC society and school environment--the teenage girl will run to the Dean of Students and ACCUSE HIM OF SEXUAL HARRASSMENT! You may think that I am pulling your leg on this. Trust me--I have already seen it happen in my home city. It may be coming to a city near you--and YOUR son may be the target. </span></p><p><span style="font-size:12pt;"> Mothers, even if you get the culprit to ‘fess up’, your son’s academic record may be in ruins...unless you have the bank to get a lawyer to clean up such a mess. Plus, if it’s happening in the high schools, you can bet that it WILL be showing up on the college and university campuses.</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size:12pt;"><strong><u>ESTROGEN AND EXCUSES:</u></strong></span></p><p><span style="font-size:12pt;"> It is truly sad to see young women progressing everywhere—but IN the home. The funny thing? The home is the place where a woman—a mother--can make their mark for generations to come. Take a good look at the wives of some of the famous men in American history and you will see that they kept their class, ditched the sass, and made the sacrifices where they needed to for their husbands to become all that God intended them to be. Further, there are other successful men who got that way because their mothers poured into them…rather than themselves.</span></p><p><span style="font-size:12pt;"> That is an achievement of which many men and women should be proud.</span></p><p><span style="font-size:12pt;"> Today is a different story. The untrained woman of today masters in misery, drugs and mayhem. Even IN the church you have a growing number of untrained Christian women who are ignorant of their biblical roles and wise in the ways of the world. The Bible DOES NOT support women preachers nor women ‘shacking’ with other women. Yet, you see whole denominations that have thrown out centuries of sound biblical doctrine and the destruction that followed.</span></p><p><span style="font-size:12pt;"> All for the sake of building friendships with the world, and unsaved wayward women.</span></p><p><span style="font-size:12pt;"> </span></p><p><span style="font-size:12pt;"><strong><u>‘HOT’ GRANDMAS AND ‘COLD’ COMMON-SENSE:</u></strong></span></p><p><span style="font-size:12pt;"> With the weather turning warmer, the skirts getting shorter, and modesty becoming non-existent, OLDER women--who have come from families that should have taught them better--Grandmas are out there trying to ‘get their roll on’, just like their daughters--and in some cases, granddaughters!</span></p><p><span style="font-size:12pt;"> Say what, Mike?</span></p><p><span style="font-size:12pt;"> Remember when Grandmas used to be in their sixties? Well, I have noticed that there are women in their late thirties who are laying claim to this honor! Further, May/December romances are not a thing of the past anymore. Just turn on any TV show, and you can see the host or hostess giving their ‘tips’ on how Granny can ‘shake them hips’ like her granddaughter.</span></p><p><span style="font-size:12pt;"> You know what USED to exist in many of our urban churches? A tight knit group of women known as “The Mother’s Board”. Comprised mainly of REAL saintly, upright older Christian women, The Mother’s Board had a single job: To make sure the younger women in the church were upright in all areas of their Christian living. Younger women in the church had to either shape up--or get shipped out.</span></p><p><span style="font-size:12pt;"> Members of The Mother’s Board knew their side of the street and were proud to stay on their side of it! IF a young sister did not know the ‘womanly arts’ of cooking, cleaning and sewing, an older sister would take them under their wing and TEACH them. The church Mothers were no one to be trifled with, as many of them were the wives of men who were leaders in the church.</span></p><p><span style="font-size:12pt;"> Like I said brothers, getting women under control in our society and in the church is not a man problem. This is a woman problem. And, for you sisters who read my column on a regular basis (and show it to your man), this one is for YOU. Woman--teach thy sister! The lives of your family and marriage may depend upon it, when your sistahfriend—or her daughter--arrive on your doorstep and tries to ruin YOUR home.</span></p><p><span style="font-size:12pt;"> You can’t watch another’s house burn, without some hot ashes heading your way.</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size:12pt;"><strong><u>WHY WOMEN NEED TO TRAIN WOMEN:</u></strong></span></p><p><span style="font-size:12pt;"> God does NOT bless a nation with wayward, mouthy, out-of-control sisters at the helm. What REALLY steams my coffee? How ‘allegedly’ Christian women have allowed these disciples of Jezebel, Delilah, etc. to come to power without challenge is a mystery to me. </span></p><p><span style="font-size:12pt;"> Further, there are some Christian women who are ‘rooting’ the wayward women on!</span></p><p><span style="font-size:12pt;"> Woman, Teach thy sister!</span></p><p><span style="font-size:12pt;"> The biblical mandate is clear. As I have mentioned, it is up to older men to train younger men, and the older women to train younger women. The reason for such an order-setting pattern is simple: there are just some topics which are meant to be shared between women, and some topics meant to be shared between men. In other words: men have been ordained to provide for and lead the home, yet women have been ordained to make a home worthy of provision.</span></p><p><span style="font-size:12pt;"> The New Testament instruction section is The Book of Titus, Chapter 2. However, let us venture back to the Old Testament to observe the principle behind the Scripture.</span></p><p><span style="font-size:12pt;"> In the Book of Ruth, Naomi--the older woman--takes the time to educate, or ‘hip’ Ruth--the younger woman--in the ways of upright womanhood. Naomi, while disappointed with the initial outcome of her life (because of circumstances, reversals, and downturns) still found the time to put away her crying towel to do what she was created to do; help an unsure, awkward, outsider to become a mature woman who would be a blessing to society, rather than a curse.</span></p><p><span style="font-size:12pt;"> In my humble opinion, there are far too many older women in the ‘blaming’ game, rather than getting involved in the ‘training’ game. Our streets are full of young women who know more about Wall Street than how to cook, clean and sew or help the family down her street. As one businessman once told me: “We have an abundance of educated fools; men who are smart and won’t provide; women who are smart and won’t receive.”</span></p><p><span style="font-size:12pt;"> Eventually, Naomi trained Ruth to such a point that Ruth went solo, and landed the man of her dreams, Boaz--a mighty man of wealth. Naomi trained Ruth to know the difference between the ‘punks, skunks, and drunks’, and the little foreign girl who was hated by the insiders, wound up married to the wealthiest man in town! As a bonus, Ruth and Boaz were firmly imbedded into the bloodline of Jesus Christ--all because Naomi stopped thinking about her past and reached forward to a better future by helping a young woman in need (Philippians 3:13-14)!</span></p><p><span style="font-size:12pt;"><strong><u>WOMEN OF OLD WHO WERE BOLD:</u></strong></span></p><p><span style="font-size:12pt;"> When an older woman helps to shape the life of a younger woman, she could impact the destiny of an entire nation of people! Harriet Tubman, Phyllis Wheatley, Sojourner Truth, and other sisters from our past were raised on God and the Church and a host of unknown and unnamed women! Their courage inspired dozens, if not hundreds of women, and supported untold dozens of men. When we look at THEIR exploits in history, there is not a modern woman who can hold a candle to them! What modern innovation compares to the Underground Railroad?</span></p><p><span style="font-size:12pt;"> Yes, these were real, flesh and blood women. However, when the going got rough, they didn’t ‘opt out’ for a seminar on self-esteem. They remembered how they were ‘raised’ by other women, and faced the day at hand, working as a team with the men around them! </span></p><p><span style="font-size:12pt;"> If only many of the modern women of today had such courage! </span></p><p><span style="font-size:12pt;"> Brothers, we need to encourage our women to get back to their basics. We need to pry them loose from the young men on OUR side of the street and refer them to our ‘younger sisters’ on THEIR side of the street. The need exists. Quality women--just like Upright men--don’t just happen. Someone has taken the time to get involved with them and helped them see that they don’t have to be a statistic, but they can be an inspiration!</span></p><p><span style="font-size:12pt;"><em> Mike Ramey is a Minister, Syndicated Columnist and Modern Street Gangs Specialist and Consultant from Indianapolis, Indiana. Ramey is the author of THE MANHOOD LINE: THE GOLD FILES. Bringing back some of the classic THE MANHOOD LINE columns for a new generation of men. THE MANHOOD LINE was and is a syndicated, monthly column, written from a biblical, business, and common-sense perspective for men. Email welcome to <u>manhoodline@yahoo.com</u>. ©2001, 2021 Mike Ramey/Barnstorm Communications International (5).</em></span></p></div>
The Ramey Commentaries (TM) By Mike Ramey
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2021-04-09T00:34:55.000Z
2021-04-09T00:34:55.000Z
Mike Ramey
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<div><p> </p><p><span style="font-size:12pt;"><u>MODERN LIBERALS: A CHRISTIAN OBSERVATION—PART 3</u></span></p><p><span style="font-size:12pt;"> </span><span style="font-size:12pt;"><em>“But evil men shall wax worse and worse, deceiving and being deceived.”</em></span></p><p><span style="font-size:12pt;"><em>--II Timothy 3:13 KJV</em></span></p><p><span style="font-size:12pt;"><em> </em></span></p><p><span style="font-size:12pt;"><em>“Give Advice: If People Don’t Listen, Let Adversity Teach Them.”</em></span></p><p><span style="font-size:12pt;"><em>--African Proverb</em></span></p><p><span style="font-size:12pt;"> </span><span style="font-size:12pt;"> A few years back, I was the guest on a local radio talk show. The conversation started out concerning one of my areas of expertise: Modern Street Gangs. My segment had finished, and the host asked me to stay over into the next segment, which dealt with another of my areas of expertise: Politics. The incoming guest was a local Black, female Democrat who was soon going to be up for re-election for her second term on the City-County Council. Her district covered a portion of the eastern part of Indianapolis/Marion County, of which I was familiar. </span></p><p><span style="font-size:12pt;"> </span><span style="font-size:12pt;"> As a Republican who had been involved in local media and politics for a while, we started to chat on the air. The guest’s ‘assumption’ was that all in the room were Democrats and were quite ignorant about how things ‘worked’ in local politics. Keep in mind that yours truly is Black, the Democrat was Black, and the Host was Black and an experienced, well-known member of the local media scene.</span></p><p><span style="font-size:12pt;"> </span><span style="font-size:12pt;"> After the pleasantries, we got down to business. The guest had no idea who I was, nor did she care to find out. Soon, however, the differences between the Republican and Democrat parties started to come out in our conversation--especially when it came to an informed electorate. In her view, it wasn’t her responsibility to ‘make sure’ that those who voted for her were informed and educated in the ways of local politics, or the difference between both political parties. In my view, it WAS the duty of elected officials to ‘teach’ the citizenry as to how the political process functioned—and—their responsibility to participate.</span></p><p><span style="font-size:12pt;"> </span><span style="font-size:12pt;"> We disagreed on economic development and crime. In the Democrat view, which she represented, our Black liberal heroine did not see the need to bring in a police district station to ‘clean out’ the crime in the area, making it—and the citizens—safe and prosperous enough to ‘lure’ interested businesses to the area. In the Republican view—which I represented—I explained that IF the residents were able to have the crime muscled out of the area by a police presence, they, in turn, would be safe to not only shop in their home area—but even see more business—small businesses--created by the residents OF that area.</span></p><p><span style="font-size:12pt;"> </span><span style="font-size:12pt;"> By the time the interview was over, she was not a happy camper. Of course, she won re-election (as the Republican party was in disarray for that local election cycle). Nevertheless, there was an effort made to place before the public a ‘clear’ definition of the two parties…which is all that anyone can accomplish. Bottom line? It is up to the electorate to search out the facts.</span></p><p><span style="font-size:12pt;"> </span><span style="font-size:12pt;"> That’s the way the founding fathers of this country intended it to be.</span></p><p><span style="font-size:12pt;"> </span><span style="font-size:12pt;"><u>THE LATEST “ISM” INFECTING MODERN LIBERALS:</u></span></p><p><span style="font-size:12pt;"> America was founded as a Christian nation. It has been shown throughout our history time and time again that a vast majority of the Founding Fathers were Christians. The founding documents (Declaration of Independence, Bill of Rights, U. S. Constitution) by choice—not by accident—have a keen focus upon the God of the Bible, more power resting in the electorate (rather than the elected). Interesting historical note. The US Supreme Court—at one time in our history—spent more than ten years examining our founding documents and writings to see IF they were based on Christian beliefs and the God of the Bible. The conclusion? YES!</span></p><p><span style="font-size:12pt;"> </span><span style="font-size:12pt;"> Over the years though, we’ve seen modern liberals edging away from God while attempting to maintain a ‘form of godliness’. The signs have been quietly sneaking up on society for a number of years. The ‘clean break’ took place around 2012 when the Democrat party officially removed God, or belief in God, from their national platform. Thus, the modern liberal--which is traditionally associated with the modern progressive movement (which has found a home in the modern Democrat party with an estimated 15% share) have firmly wrapped themselves in an “ism” which is to their own deception—and possible eternal destruction if they don’t repent: Atheism.</span></p><p><span style="font-size:12pt;"> </span><span style="font-size:12pt;"> The long and short of this matter is the following: Those who have a determined hatred of God and the people of God are NOT going to be too bright when it comes to the spiritual side of the street. You can’t expect ungodly leaning people to care about spiritual problems or the church--except to see them destroyed.</span></p><p><span style="font-size:12pt;"> </span><span style="font-size:12pt;"> Atheism—according to Webster’s Dictionary--simply means the denial of or disbelief in the existence of God. There are many, many Democrats who think that they are loyal to the God of the Bible when they support such causes as abortion on demand, rioting in the streets, and socialism. They aren’t! They err for they know NOT the Scriptures. </span></p><p><span style="font-size:12pt;"> </span><span style="font-size:12pt;"> God is serious about obedience and holiness. You can’t be with Jesus Christ in the daylight, and dancing with the Devil in the dark. As Elijah stated back in the Old Testament, one must choose whom they will serve. There are many a Pastor who have ‘lost’ their power to preach the truth, because they have become ‘mired’ in Atheism--some of which may be traced to modern liberal political involvement. They ‘go through the motions’ on Sunday morning, and are at the latest ‘downtown protest’ Sunday night.</span></p><p><span style="font-size:12pt;"> </span><span style="font-size:12pt;"> Eventually, these same Pastors lose their congregations and churches because they decided to stake their fortunes with the world, and not with Jesus Christ. God does NOT bless mess, nor will He put up with those who care more for the world rather than righteousness. God truly is longsuffering; He allows every opportunity to repent. However…there is a point-of-no-return. Once a person crosses ‘the deadline’, there is no going back.</span></p><p><span style="font-size:12pt;"> </span><span style="font-size:12pt;"> But the self-deception of modern liberals goes much deeper. All of the ‘subgroups’ associated with today’s modern liberal—from Antifa on down the alphabet not only have a disbelief in the existence of God, they have a full bore hatred on those believers in American society—especially in the Black community. </span></p><p><span style="font-size:12pt;"> Doubt me? All one needs do is go to the individual websites of these groups and READ what they believe. You’ll be amazed at the outright hatred aimed at the Body of Christ in each of their mission statements and belief papers. Further, since we are in the last days—as proclaimed in II Timothy, Chapter 3 (which is where my main text resides) it should come as NO shock that modern liberals represent themselves as the ‘angels of light’ but are really in the devil’s back pocket.</span></p><p><span style="font-size:12pt;"> </span><span style="font-size:12pt;"><u>MEANWHILE:</u></span></p><p><span style="font-size:12pt;"> As one veteran sage from World War II noted…whom I will paraphrase: “Those who will burn the Bible will eventually burn people.” What did America see captured on video in one western city during the riots of 2020? Right! One of the alphabet groups put a stack of Bibles in the street—and burned them. This has gone from being a political battle…to a spiritual one. The lines are clearly drawn…and Black folks in particular are going to have to realize they MUST take a stand against modern liberals both inside and outside of our communities.</span></p><p><span style="font-size:12pt;"> </span><span style="font-size:12pt;"> We can’t afford to let the Devil ride right over us…any longer!</span></p><p><span style="font-size:12pt;"> </span><span style="font-size:12pt;"> There WAS a time when Black folk who had ‘made it’ to the mainstream wanted to put forth as clean a public image as possible in order to ‘uplift’ our race. Our grandparents, teachers and parents ‘drilled’ us on our behavior in the public square IN the family home. We not only represented our race—we represented our God and our family name. IF we ‘cut up’ in public, the standard M.O. was for ANYONE to punish us, let our parents know about it, and we got punished again. Say Amen, somebody! It wasn’t ‘abuse’; it was preparing us for future success both in the spiritual and natural.</span></p><p><span style="font-size:12pt;"> </span><span style="font-size:12pt;"> These days? It seems that this belief in self responsibility, racial pride and family honor has gone the way of the Do-Do bird. Many younger Blacks have forgotten where they have come from, have been conditioned to play the victim card AND have given ‘lip service’ to the struggles that it took for us to get where we are. This has been a source of joy for the modern liberal coven, and their Black stage props.</span></p><p><span style="font-size:12pt;"> </span><span style="font-size:12pt;"> Many younger Blacks—anxious to follow the ‘liberal dollar’, possible fame on social media and the god of materialism are anxious to sign up as ‘recycled stereotypes’ of the modern era. Briefcase or basketball? School book or rap lyrics? Pencil or pistol? The more arrogant and crime-worshipping one may be is the one who gets the ‘kudos’ from the ‘liberal coven’. If you doubt me, take a good look at what is airing in our ‘alleged’ Black media? Right! No new uplifting or inspiring shows--just the same ol’ rubbish that should have been tossed out years ago. No true ‘Investigative reporting’ in the Black press—only the latest on victimhood.</span></p><p><span style="font-size:12pt;"> </span><span style="font-size:12pt;"> Many Black modern liberals…so it seems…are attempting to play to our weaknesses much to the applause their modern liberal Caucasian handlers—even IN the church! Many Black modern liberals are content to—for the sake of being regarded as having ‘made it’—engage in many of the stereotypical and dangerously self-destructive activities that our foreparents would have taken us to the woodshed for appropriate disciplinary action.</span></p><p><span style="font-size:12pt;"> </span><span style="font-size:12pt;"> Black folks cannot go forward and backward at the same time—and be successful. No people can. It is up to the Black modern liberal to ‘study’ their associations and determine in which camp they belong. It is time for them to choose: Money motive or moral, godly standards.</span></p><p><span style="font-size:12pt;"> </span><span style="font-size:12pt;"><u>WRAPPING UP THE SERIES—“NIMBY” AND HYPOCRISY:</u></span></p><p><span style="font-size:12pt;"> If you aren’t familiar with the term, “NIMBY” it means “Not In My Back Yard”. This applies to modern liberals. It’s all right for them to ‘demand’ clean needles for the drug addict (instead of deliverance by the power of Jesus Christ); housing illegal aliens in sanctuary cities, allowing the homeless to ‘camp out’ wherever they may desire and—the latest innovation—having American schoolteachers provide education services for illegal alien children fresh off the US border…while American schools remain closed or on video learning for US schoolchildren.</span></p><p><span style="font-size:12pt;"> </span><span style="font-size:12pt;"> Of course, the American taxpayer—favorite piggy bank for modern liberal politicians and causes—gets to foot the bill. However, there ARE times when modern liberals show their ‘true’ colors when THEY run up against real life. Earlier in April 2021 “The New York Post” ran a piece on the plight of Hollywood star and modern liberal standard bearer Rosie O’ Donnell. You may recall that she got into trouble a few years ago when she came forth the modern liberal ‘mantra’ against guns and the people who use them…until it was revealed that SHE had armed security to protect her family and loved ones.</span></p><p><span style="font-size:12pt;"> </span><span style="font-size:12pt;"> Seems that O’Donnell—according to the Post account—had a house that she could NOT sell profitably in New Jersey. The house, a six-bedroom and nine-bathroom mansion, is located in the same upscale area as rapper Ja Rule and legendary singer Mary J. Blige. The mansion is scheduled to be torn down and the 5-acre land to be used to build affordable housing for the less fortunate. Of course, the upscale modern liberals in the well-to-do area—yes, even the BLACK ones--who have spent years preaching and telling regular folk how they should live, how they should think, and how they should spend their money (preferably on their causes) are screaming “NIMBY”! They don’t want the ‘affordable housing’ to ‘drag down’ their property values.</span></p><p><span style="font-size:12pt;"> </span><span style="font-size:12pt;"> Doubt me? Here’s the link to the article: <a href="https://nypost.com/2021/04/07/rosie-odonnells-nj-home-to-be-turned-into-affordable-housing/">Rosie O'Donnell's NJ home to be turned into affordable housing (nypost.com)</a> Get it while it is still possible TO get it. The irony? Of the reported 60 units to be built, 20% of them must be ‘set aside’ for the less fortunate. </span></p><p><span style="font-size:12pt;"> </span><span style="font-size:12pt;"> As the saying goes: “God don’t like ugly and ain’t too thrilled with pretty.” God also is the champion of the poor, the widow and the fatherless. Seems this crowd of modern liberals forgot about the God who sees all and knows all.</span></p><p><span style="font-size:12pt;"> </span><span style="font-size:12pt;"> There is also one other biblical principle that comes into play here. God stores up the riches of the haughty, high-minded, worldly and wicked FOR the just and righteous. In short: if one mocks God—even a modern liberal—there will be a price to pay. The first one is in this world. The second—in the eternal world to come.</span></p><p><span style="font-size:12pt;"> </span><span style="font-size:12pt;"> <em>Mike Ramey is a Minister, syndicated columnist and Modern Street Gangs Consultant who lives in Indianapolis, Indiana. “The Ramey Commentaries” is one of a variety of his written works appearing in cyberspace. To drop a line—or a whine—the address is still the same: </em><a href="mailto:manhoodline@yahoo.com"><em>manhoodline@yahoo.com</em></a><em>. ©2021 Barnstorm Communications International (3).</em></span></p></div>
The Manhood Line: The Gold Files By Mike Ramey
https://www.theblacklist.net/profiles/blogs/the-manhood-line-the-gold-files-by-mike-ramey-4
2021-03-29T02:33:10.000Z
2021-03-29T02:33:10.000Z
Mike Ramey
https://www.theblacklist.net/members/MikeRamey
<div><p> </p><p><span style="font-size:12pt;">WHEN WILL BLACK FATHERS BE ALLOWED PEACE?</span></p><p><span style="font-size:12pt;"> The African American father of today still carries a triple load. First, a firm MAJORITY of us are working to support, provide, and raise our OWN families. Second, a firm MAJORITY of us are helping to ‘mentor’ or ‘raise’ children from single parent and/or blended homes. Third, a firm MAJORITY of us are working IN and AROUND many of our local communities to help steer many of our young men AND young women into godly and upright living.</span></p><p><span style="font-size:12pt;"> </span><span style="font-size:12pt;"> Unfortunately, many—even in the Black community—cry for more from US rather than taking responsibility for themselves. They refuse to go to the well and draw their OWN water for living. Say Amen, somebody!</span></p><p><span style="font-size:12pt;"> </span><span style="font-size:12pt;"> You will not see many REAL fathers doing their thing in the feminized mainstream mess (FMS) as it is more important--in our view--to get the job done, rather than pose for the cameras, or appear on talk shows explaining why we do, what we do. But it SURE would be nice for many in our communities to take the time to remember that they have gotten where they are thanks to TWO people. A Black mother AND a Black father.</span></p><p><span style="font-size:12pt;"> </span><span style="font-size:12pt;"> Not only is this the truth, and not a ‘self-esteem’ lesson, but also this is REALITY.</span></p><p><span style="font-size:12pt;"> </span><span style="font-size:12pt;"> It SURE would be nice to find some peace among our people in many of our own communities. I’ll be happy to explain why, in just a few lines.</span></p><p><span style="font-size:12pt;"><strong><u> </u></strong></span></p><p><span style="font-size:12pt;"><strong><u>SELF-ESTEEM MORE IMPORTANT THAN TRUTH?</u></strong></span></p><p><span style="font-size:12pt;"> African American men in general--and African American fathers in particular-- have been poked, prodded, studied, examined, and re-examined over the last 30 years by a host of sociologists, psychologists, MSWs, counselors, “Think Tanks” (both Democrat and Republican), economists, feminists, multi-culturalists, diversity speakers and media pundits--of various races. We’ve been ‘chewed on’ by women (single and/or married), ‘gossiped about’ in various magazines and ‘disrespected’ by our youth (many of whom are the very ones WE are trying to keep from a premature death or a long stay behind bars).</span></p><p><span style="font-size:12pt;"> </span><span style="font-size:12pt;"> But then—some sunlight peeks through!</span></p><p><span style="font-size:12pt;"> </span><span style="font-size:12pt;"> But then--along comes Michael Jordan who honors his late father.</span></p><p><span style="font-size:12pt;"> </span><span style="font-size:12pt;"> But then--along comes Tiger Woods who honors his father.</span></p><p><span style="font-size:12pt;"> </span><span style="font-size:12pt;"> But then--along comes the Williams sisters who honor their father.</span></p><p><span style="font-size:12pt;"> </span><span style="font-size:12pt;"> And ALL the critics are at a loss for words. </span></p><p><span style="font-size:12pt;"> </span><span style="font-size:12pt;"> They are shocked—shocked—to find that the soft, fuzzy, feel good ‘self-esteem rhetoric’ which they have been spouting towards Black folk has been firmly replaced by a strong WORK ethic with VISIBLE results! The critics are amazed to find that there are SOME--if not MANY--Black fathers who still believe: “If you WANT something, you have to WORK for it--and self-esteem DOES NOT pay bills, win scholarships nor championships!” </span></p><p><span style="font-size:12pt;"> </span><span style="font-size:12pt;"> Perhaps, IF more Caucasian fathers took a page from the Black father training manual, THEIR children would not be dropouts, unwed mothers, transgender, LGBTQ, or blowing their brains out with drugs and bullets. (NarCan, Anyone?)</span></p><p><span style="font-size:12pt;"><strong><u> </u></strong></span></p><p><span style="font-size:12pt;"><strong><u>GOD IS ALWAYS STRANGE—TO THOSE WHO RUN FROM HIM</u></strong><u>:</u></span></p><p><span style="font-size:12pt;"> The truth? As long as Black fathers led—not followed—their families to church and lived out their Christianity and KJV Bible learning in front of their wives and children, all was well. When Black fathers had a firm relationship with God through Jesus Christ, we may not have had much in the way of monetary gains—but we had a firm grip on our homes and families. Our wives and children may cut up on occasion, but Black fathers—by and large--ruled their own castles. </span></p><p><span style="font-size:12pt;"> </span><span style="font-size:12pt;"> It still holds true today. If you doubt me, get out a copy of James Brown’s “Papa Don’t Take No Mess”. The LONG version on YT.</span></p><p><span style="font-size:12pt;"> </span><span style="font-size:12pt;"> Yes, the feminized mainstream entertainment coven may try to portray that ‘Father DON’T Know Best’ (what else is new), but the truth is right in front of them. Fathers are wise men; they have been through the battles of life and keep up the fight!</span></p><p><span style="font-size:12pt;"><strong><u> </u></strong></span></p><p><span style="font-size:12pt;"><strong><u>A GRIM REALITY—GOT TO LISTEN TO YOUR OWN FATHER:</u></strong></span></p><p><span style="font-size:12pt;"> If I may get biblical for a moment, one of the Ten Commandments holds that we are to honor BOTH our father and mother, so that our lives may be long upon this earth. It is the first commandment with promise. To make it short and sweet: we must honor BOTH! Not because it is ‘politically correct’, but because it is RIGHT!</span></p><p><span style="font-size:12pt;"> </span><span style="font-size:12pt;"> I might as well drop this one in here at this point. Mama is not a paragon of virtue either. Let us tell the truth. There are plenty of Mothers who have been AWOL in the parenting ranks. In a LOT of cases—if the truth be told—it all ain’t Papa’s fault. Nevertheless, Father AND Mother are to be honored by their children.</span></p><p><span style="font-size:12pt;"> </span><span style="font-size:12pt;"> Many of the problems of today can be traced to three things related to yesterday: Rebellion, Compromise, and a lack of listening to one’s father! Remember this, my young brothers: Your father may not ‘be’ as ‘cool’ as you would like him to be in comparison to the ‘hipsters’ in your favorite Rap/Hip Hop video. What you see on a video screen is NOT reality. It is merely a perception by the Rap/Hip Hop video artists and producer—and many of their perceptions are way off base! The entertainment industry pushes ignorance of a grim reality. God gets involved when one dismisses or makes light of their father. The results of those who rebel against God—and do not repent and humble themselves—are harsh, if not downright deadly and final.</span></p><p><span style="font-size:12pt;"> </span><span style="font-size:12pt;"> Another grim reality, my young brothers? There is something cool in a father who takes care of his home…whether he’s there in person or not. His influence is not that hard to miss. IF you are blessed, you’ll be a better husband and father IF you listen to the good advice of your own father and extend mercy to the bad. For some of you other brothers: IF you are blessed to know where you father is, and don’t talk with him? You are missing out on the good and the bad he has to share with you.</span></p><p><span style="font-size:12pt;"> </span><span style="font-size:12pt;"> He’s been…where you’ve got to go!</span></p><p><span style="font-size:12pt;"> </span><span style="font-size:12pt;"> During my days as a Probation Officer, I was amazed at the number of young men who committed crimes, in the hopes of going to jail or prison to spend time with their fathers in the joint. Mama wouldn’t keep in touch with Papa while he was locked up (sometimes out of spite; sometimes based upon what other members of her family or ‘sistahfriends’ said) and would keep the children from him. Sisters, I might as well make it plain to you. That child needs to keep in touch with their father…even if he is in the joint. Men behind prison walls CAN teach. They can also write letters…IF you would let your son or daughter receive them.</span></p><p><span style="font-size:12pt;"> </span><span style="font-size:12pt;"> Just because a man is behind prison walls does NOT mean that your wedding vows have been nullified, sisters, if you are his wife. Further, brothers, IF your wife is locked up; IF you are married to her, you need to continue to stand by her, and let your children visit her and communicate with her. Your children will thank your for it…down the road.</span></p><p><span style="font-size:12pt;"> </span><span style="font-size:12pt;"> Over the years, there seems to be an annual flurry of articles and commentaries about what fathers ‘should’ be doing, or are ‘not’ doing, or ‘can’t’ do. Well, unless one has walked a mile in a father’s shoes could it be that the critics don’t want to see? One great piece of wisdom: You won’t truly understand what YOUR father went through, until you become one yourself—the ring, the preacher and all!</span></p><p><span style="font-size:12pt;"> </span><span style="font-size:12pt;"> Many an ‘expert’ has an ax to grind about their own upbringing and try to paint ALL fathers with the same brush, just because they believe THEIR father was not perfect.</span></p><p><span style="font-size:12pt;"><strong><u> </u></strong></span></p><p><span style="font-size:12pt;"><strong><u>WOULDN’T TRADE A THING:</u></strong></span></p><p><span style="font-size:12pt;"> In truth, there are NO perfect earthly fathers. Frankly, until God gets ahold of a father (Psalm 119 KJV) or mother (Proverbs 31 KJV), they will NOT be able to fully to live up to the responsibilities of the parenting vocation. Amen?</span></p><p><span style="font-size:12pt;"> </span><span style="font-size:12pt;"> African American fathers are NOT the problem: under Christ, they are part of the solution! America has found out the hard way the famed saying of T. D. Jakes: “A nation of women cannot raise up a nation of men!” America is suffering from E.O.D.—an estrogen overdose—and until it gets over ‘feelings’ and gets back to ‘reason’ and ‘logic’, no one will truly progress.</span></p><p><span style="font-size:12pt;"> </span><span style="font-size:12pt;"> As a father myself, I’ve had my share of heartaches and headaches, but I wouldn’t trade any one of them to be a ‘wise’ critic of fatherhood. Distance nor divorce changes the fact that YOU are still the father of your kids, period. Even IF you have a payment book, they are still your kids. Sure, I’ve had my bumps along the road of life…but you learn from them, and pass on your experiences to your children—including your name.</span></p><p><span style="font-size:12pt;"> </span><span style="font-size:12pt;"> To those who like to criticize, but don’t have kids of their own, here’s a novel suggestion: Put aside your selfishness and ‘self-esteem’, get married, and have some! Put some of YOUR skin on the line! Then, perhaps, you will understand what your OWN father have tried to tell YOU! Then maybe you will give your father some peace…because you will hope to have some for yourself. Amen?</span></p><p><span style="font-size:12pt;"> </span><span style="font-size:12pt;"> Great excerpt from a favorite poem of mine that I received a long time ago. I don’t know who wrote it originally, but some of the more potent parts will resonate with the brotherhood:</span></p><p><span style="font-size:12pt;"> </span><span style="font-size:12pt;"><u>FATHER</u></span></p><p><span style="font-size:12pt;">4 Years Old: My Daddy Can Do Anything.</span></p><p><span style="font-size:12pt;">8 Years Old: My Father Doesn’t Quite Know Everything.</span></p><p><span style="font-size:12pt;">14 Years Old: Father? Hopelessly Old-Fashioned.</span></p><p><span style="font-size:12pt;">21 Years Old: Oh, That Man Is Out Of Date. What Did You Expect?</span></p><p><span style="font-size:12pt;">30 Years Old: Must Find Out What Dad Thinks About It?</span></p><p><span style="font-size:12pt;">50 Years Old: What Would Dad Have Thought About It?</span></p><p><span style="font-size:12pt;">65 Years Old: I Wish I Could Talk It Over With Dad, Once More.</span></p><p><span style="font-size:12pt;"> </span><span style="font-size:12pt;"><em> Mike Ramey is a Minister, Syndicated Columnist and Modern Street Gangs Specialist and Consultant from Indianapolis, Indiana. Ramey is the author of THE MANHOOD LINE: THE GOLD FILES. Bringing back some of the classic THE MANHOOD LINE columns for a new generation of men. THE MANHOOD LINE was and is a syndicated, monthly column, written from a biblical, business, and common-sense perspective FOR MEN. Email welcome to <u>manhoodline@yahoo.com</u>. ©2002, 2021 Mike Ramey/Barnstorm Communications International (4).</em></span></p><p> </p></div>
On Line Reviews by Mike Ramey
https://www.theblacklist.net/profiles/blogs/on-line-reviews-by-mike-ramey-4
2020-10-23T01:22:39.000Z
2020-10-23T01:22:39.000Z
Mike Ramey
https://www.theblacklist.net/members/MikeRamey
<div><p> </p><p><span style="font-size:12pt;"><em>“I’m convinced that millions of people today don’t know the Lord because of the long faced, poor, suffering little me, self-sacrificing, tell-everybody-all-their-troubles Christians who act like their second birth was just as painful to them as their first one was to their mothers.”</em></span></p><p><span style="font-size:12pt;"><em>--Zig Ziglar</em></span></p><p><span style="font-size:12pt;"><em>“Confessions of a Happy Christian”</em></span></p><p><span style="font-size:12pt;"> </span></p><p><span style="font-size:12pt;"> In going through a few clearance items at a local bookstore, I happened across a gem that was written by the late Zig Ziglar. Now, those who are familiar with Ziglar know his classic work “See You at the Top”. Ziglar was a master salesman, accomplished business owner and highly sought-after conference speaker. Ziglar was also a Christian. He used every possible public opportunity (as well as a variety of private opportunities) to share his faith in Jesus Christ.</span></p><p><span style="font-size:12pt;"> </span></p><p><span style="font-size:12pt;"> He admits that it took him a while to get to that point.</span></p><p><span style="font-size:12pt;"> </span></p><p><span style="font-size:12pt;"> In his book “Confessions of a Happy Christian” (1978, 200 pages, Pelican Publishing Company) Ziglar shares a variety of ups, downs, twists and turns on his way to learning how to share his faith with others—regardless of their station in life. Through 12 chapters, some of the stories Ziglar shares are amusing—even tear-jerking—but always with a touch of class, and an eye toward his Savior. This work, while it could be listed as hard-to-find is worth the search if one is serious about having the wisdom to tell others about Christ from one who became a front-line solider in the work.</span></p><p><span style="font-size:12pt;"> </span></p><p><span style="font-size:12pt;"><em>“Fortunately, I don’t give up anything by not drinking. On the contrary, I retain full control of my senses (in my case I need them all!)”</em></span></p><p><span style="font-size:12pt;"><em>--Zig Ziglar</em></span></p><p><span style="font-size:12pt;"> </span></p><p><span style="font-size:12pt;"> The chapters include: “Just A Coincidence”, “It’s “Good” for Them” and “But Lord I’ve Got A Car Payment Ant It’s Due Next Thursday”. The work tackles a variety of topics related to the Christian at home, on the job, and in the marketplace. Ziglar’s public and candid views involving his faith are encouraging, humbling, and uplifting. It is a welcome and forgotten work in the soul-winning field, with practical lessons that are much needed in our modern era.</span></p><p><span style="font-size:12pt;"> </span></p><p><span style="font-size:12pt;"> “Confessions of a Happy Christian” is one of those works that might best be found on line or at your favorite old book store. Once you find it, and finish it, pass it on. There are new Christian soldiers heading out onto the battlefield daily, who could use its wisdom and encouragement.</span></p><p><span style="font-size:12pt;"> </span></p><p><span style="font-size:12pt;"> <em>Mike Ramey is a Minister, syndicated columnist, book reviewer and consultant. “On Line Reviews” is one of a variety of regular column titles which Ramey has in cyberspace from Barnstorm Communications International. If you care to drop him a line, or a whine, feel free to reach him at </em><a href="mailto:mgmikeramey@yahoo.com"><em>mgmikeramey@yahoo.com</em></a><em>. ©2020 Barnstorm Communications International</em></span></p></div>
Ramey's Guide To Elective Office for Men, Part 4
https://www.theblacklist.net/profiles/blogs/ramey-s-guide-to-elective-office-for-men-part-4
2019-06-30T02:24:14.000Z
2019-06-30T02:24:14.000Z
Mike Ramey
https://www.theblacklist.net/members/MikeRamey
<div><p></p><p><span style="font-size:12pt;"> Before we get started with our next installment of this series, I wanted to drop in a few key books that will help men keep sharp during their venture into the political arena. The two books that I have on my radar involved Black conservatives, how politics impacted their lives, and how their families remained strong during their political careers and public visibility.</span></p><p> <span style="font-size:12pt;">One book is J. C. Watts’ “What Color is a Conservative”. The second is Sheriff David Clarke’s “Cop Under Fire”. Both are great political books for the brother of color who is considering a run for elective office, and will ‘fill you in’ on some harsh realities about politics…both on the opposing side AND your own.</span></p><p> <span style="font-size:12pt;">Of course I recommend reading books on the office you are seeking. You MUST be prepared in your public office pursuit. However, it helps to read books by those who have ‘been there’, and that their faith in God that has seen them through the political storms of their office.</span></p><p> <span style="font-size:12pt;">Furthermore, IF you are a Christian, DAILY KJV Bible reading is essential! God will feed your spiritual man, and give your natural man the wisdom and the eyes to sidestep the traps that your enemies have in store for you on the campaign trail.</span></p><p><span style="font-size:12pt;">LIKE IT OR NOT--FAMILY IS FOREVER:</span><br /><span style="font-size:12pt;"> Political campaigns and offices come and go, but family is forever. Family is also the ‘Achilles’ Heel’ of many an up-and-coming candidate. Thus it is crucial that the brother who is seriously considering enter politics MUST make sure that he has a strong marriage, and a strong home life. It also helps IF your wife has had experience in the political ranks, and has a clear standing of the politics of YOUR party. Lastly, you must have a wife that believes YOUR party is OUR party, and share much of the same political beliefs that you have. All one has to do is look at several high-profile marriages involving politicians over the past few years. The spouse that is in the public eye is of one party, and the other spouse is of the opposing party. The mainstream mess likes to cover the fireworks between the couple…and it makes for scandalous copy.</span></p><p> <span style="font-size:12pt;">If I may, godly, married men, with strong marriages and strong homes, are held to be in order when it comes to seeking the office of Pastor. This subject is covered in great detail in the books of I Timothy, II Timothy, and Titus in the KJV Bible. For a church to consider selecting a man who does not meet God’s standards for leadership of His church is a recipe for disaster.</span></p><p> <span style="font-size:12pt;">This is probably why many churches are NOT growing in our present age.</span></p><p><span style="font-size:12pt;"> It is much the same thing in politics.</span></p><p> <span style="font-size:12pt;">Show me a candidate who has a strong faith in God, a strong home life, a loving wife, and obedient children and I’ll show you one who is bound for political success…regardless of what the social media pundits may click on their keyboards.</span><br /> <span style="font-size:12pt;">Brothers, keyboards do NOT vote. Further, it has been proven that ONLY 10 percent of the ‘keyboard clickers’ generate some 80 percent of the content for social media. Like I said, keyboards do NOT vote…and neither does social media.</span></p><p> <span style="font-size:12pt;">But, they MAY cause some problems for a godly candidate.</span></p><p> <span style="font-size:12pt;">The impact of social media is not as big as one may think. Further, with more and more of the social media platforms declaring their allegiances to the Democrat party, and other liberal points of view, those who are on the godly side of the street may expect to have their content censored…if not downright blocked by those who are on the inside of the electronic landscape. Further, expect your on-line footprint to be thoroughly examined back to when computers were invented, JUST to track down any ‘dirt’ or ‘questionable’ internet posting activities.</span></p><p> <span style="font-size:12pt;">The GOOD news? People STILL want to vote for candidates that have good family qualities--even IF you have stumbled. Party workers want to work for and contribute their efforts toward electing Men of color with these attributes. Sure, you are NOT perfect…but you MUST be heading in the right direction.</span></p><p> <span style="font-size:12pt;">If one can manage their OWN home, he can be trusted--for the most part--with the keys to an elective office.</span><br /></p><p><span style="font-size:12pt;"> I not only had the support of my wife in my political efforts, but…should I decided ever to get into the ‘ring’ again, I know who is going to be watching the campaign contributions--and finances! She has my back, and God has both of us.</span></p><p> <span style="font-size:12pt;">One more thing brothers--WEAR your wedding band at ALL times! People want to ‘see’ what you believe. People WANT to be reminded that you ARE married!</span><br /> <span style="font-size:12pt;">Here’s another one for you. Younger voters are amazed with those who have been married fifteen years or more! I know, I know…this is small potatoes for those who have been married over twenty years or more. However, the millennial voter wants to meet those running for office who have set a distance, happiness and time benchmark in their marriages. It DOES make a difference!</span><br /> <span style="font-size:12pt;">Let me also share, in closing, the sage words of Pastor Tony Evans: “If you treat your wife like a thoroughbred, she won’t become a nag!”</span></p><p><span style="font-size:12pt;">THE OTHER SIDE OF THIS ‘MARRIAGE’ THING:</span><br /><span style="font-size:12pt;"> There was a Country Western song a few years back by the title of: “All My Exes Live In Texas”. Well, for those of us who have suffered through divorce, child custody, child visitation and child support, some of our exes live in the same town.</span><br /></p><p><span style="font-size:12pt;"> Make peace IF possible.</span></p><p> <span style="font-size:12pt;">A candidate will certainly get a lot of questions on his home life from the press and media. He will get even MORE questions on his home life IF he has a divorce or two in his past, and has NOT made the efforts to make peace OR keep your child support under control. Plus, you can be sure that some reporter that (hopefully) has done his or her job will make an effort to talk with your former spouse--just in case--there is some dirt that is hidden under the hallway carpet that is ready for public consumption.</span></p><p> <span style="font-size:12pt;">Let me put this down in front, brothers. Do NOT disrespect the mother of your children. It WILL have long term consequences BEYOND your current campaign. Do NOT do it, no matter how many ‘shots’ she may throw at you in private--or public. Further, IF you happen to be estranged from your children--even if they are grown and have been in the custody of the custodial spouse for a number of years, this might be another sticky area of contention.</span></p><p> <span style="font-size:12pt;">Brothers, we are not perfect. Each of us has flaws, shortcomings and failures. Even a Christian man has a closet with a few sets of skeletal bones. However, the advantage the Christian man seeking political office has is that IN Jesus Christ, he has help in rendering those bones ‘deceased’. This does NOT mean that some ‘exes’ will go quietly into that good night without taking a pot shot (or two) at you…especially IF you have a successful new marriage. Christ will stand by you in this matter when others are pointing fingers at you.</span></p><p> <span style="font-size:12pt;">This doesn’t mean, though, that you won’t get ‘dinged’.</span></p><p> <span style="font-size:12pt;">There are some exes out there that are just plain mean. Furthermore, some of them go to church every Sunday and keep sipping on the Bitteraide, while ‘pretending’ to be a Christian woman. Some may say that you can’t judge people. Oh? Read the Scriptures. IF There is no fruit of the Spirit (Galatians, chapter 5 KJV) in some exes, no matter what they say, they ARE not Christians. This is the biblical standard!</span></p><p> <span style="font-size:12pt;">Some exes will stay mad you continually. Others have poisoned your children against you. No matter what you do to better yourself and be civil ‘for the sake of your children’ that she has custody of, she ain’t buying it! You could be elected President of the United States, and she would be on Capitol Hill pushing for your impeachment! All the while saying--in public--“Who…ME?”</span></p><p> <span style="font-size:12pt;">In fact, President Trump made peace with his ex!</span></p><p> <span style="font-size:12pt;">Here’s a tip. Hopefully you’ve tried to make peace. However, if this doesn’t work, then you are going to have to make a choice…prayerfully ask for the Lord’s help in making peace, sacrifice your political office dream and aim yourself in helping others with better backgrounds to ‘make it’ to elective office, or, look the press in the eye and run anyway, warts and all!</span></p><p> <span style="font-size:12pt;">Every candidate and campaign needs a good ‘top kick’ to get things done along the political trail. You may be that person. However, a bad marriage, vengeful ex, and non-appreciative children won’t stop a bid for public office…but it could slow you down, even IF you have a solid marriage and family life in the present. Go WITH your faith in God! I’m not hating, I’m just stating; just pointing out the realities of the landscape, brothers. I’m not writing about what I don’t know, or haven’t experienced. Experience is a great teacher, but, sometimes is also a cruel master IF you don’t learn from the lessons brought before you.</span></p><p><span style="font-size:12pt;">WINNING THAT FIRST RACE…NOW WHAT?</span><br /><span style="font-size:12pt;"> Back in the day, when the polls closed, and the results came back, I won my first race my first time out for the office of Precinct Committeeman in the GOP. Of course, I got the formal attention of downtown, the local press, and my wife and family. It wasn’t a big office…but it was an important office. It put me on the map within my party, and got me ready for the hard work that lay ahead.</span></p><p> <span style="font-size:12pt;">But first, let me explain what the office I won signified in the political process.</span><br /></p><p><span style="font-size:12pt;"> Every city and municipality has a political party in charge (major party) and the other political party is in a lesser position (minor party). In Indianapolis, Indiana for a lot of years, the Republicans held sway. Only in the last five years or so, Democrats have captured City Hall and the top county positions. This wasn’t such a shock, considering the fact that Marion County (Indianapolis) has been majority Democrat for a lot of years.</span></p><p> <span style="font-size:12pt;">You see, among the things that those interested in politics need to understand is the lay of the local political landscape and why things are the way they are. Yes, Indianapolis has had more registered Democrats than Republicans--this has been true for a number of years. BUT the Democrats in the county--for the most part--voted for Republicans because Republicans knew how to campaign AND knew how to govern. When the Republicans did NOT govern properly, nor put forth decent candidates…guess what happened? Right! The political script was flipped.</span></p><p> <span style="font-size:12pt;">Let me drop this in here as well. People will NOT vote for a ‘carbon copy’ of one candidate over another. There is no such thing as ‘Democrat lite’, or ‘Republican easy’. IF you aren’t willing to line up with your party’s platform, DO NOT run for elective office. This doesn’t mean you can’t come up with stronger ideas on some of the issues than exist in the platform. However, you DO have an obligation to ‘dance with the one who brung ya!’ Stay loyal. Voters respect this…and so does your party. If you can NOT be loyal, then switch to another party WELL before you run!</span><br /> <span style="font-size:12pt;">To me, there is just something ‘cheap’ and ‘cowardly’ about a man who runs and wins under one party, but who secretly supports another party, and THEN decides--while in office--to switch parties.</span></p><p> <span style="font-size:12pt;">The Bible calls this person a ‘Traitor’.</span></p><p><span style="font-size:12pt;"> The party bosses won’t respect that man…and neither will the voters.</span></p><p> <span style="font-size:12pt;">While the Republicans are currently the minority party in my home county, the Democrats in positions of power KNOW that they have to govern LIKE Republicans (not getting rabidly crazy like the national Democrats) otherwise, they will be put OUT in the next election by what I would like to call ‘the little old lady’ army. If the little old ladies that work the polls are NOT happy, there will be a high body count for the party in power come primary and/or general election time.</span></p><p> <span style="font-size:12pt;">Precinct Committeemen are responsible for their assigned precinct. They are the first lieutenants in the field. They are responsible for being the conduit from the poll workers to downtown when elections take place. They are also responsible for making sure households and individuals are registered to vote, and have their voting rights protected. They are also the best representative face of the local political organization.</span></p><p> <span style="font-size:12pt;">Precinct Committeemen are the Ambassadors for their political party. These are ALSO the people whom you must impress and ‘court’ if you plan to get into the political arena. It helps--I say again, it HELPS--to have served in this position.</span><br /> <span style="font-size:12pt;">More to come, next month!</span></p><p> <span style="font-size:12pt;">Mike Ramey is a Minister, Modern Street Gangs Specialist, Political Consultant and Syndicated Columnist who lives in Indianapolis, Indiana. “Ramey‘s Guide To Elective Office For Men” is one of a variety of columns that Ramey has in cyberspace. His address is still the same: manhoodline@yahoo.com. ©2019 Barnstorm Communications.</span></p></div>
Ramey's Guide To Elective Office For Men Part 3 by Mike Ramey
https://www.theblacklist.net/profiles/blogs/ramey-s-guide-to-elective-office-for-men-part-3-by-mike-ramey
2019-05-22T18:02:46.000Z
2019-05-22T18:02:46.000Z
Mike Ramey
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<div><p></p><p><span style="font-size:12pt;">Brothers, allow me to slip in a few things about the media and politics, as we begin our time together this month.</span></p><p><span style="font-size:12pt;">*First, make neither one--media or politics--your god OR idol. Your risk of getting hurt or deceived will be GREATLY reduced. BOTH of them are a game; a pursuit to be understood, mastered and, if possible, overcome with a political victory.</span><br /></p><p><span style="font-size:12pt;">*Second, do NOT be afraid of either or them. Some media people and politicians rely on intimidation, bluff or bluster. God does NOT create a spirit of fear, but he gifts the Christian man with power, love and a sound mind. Do NOT cower in the light of the TV cameras, nor the press clippings of the politically connected.</span> <br /></p><p><span style="font-size:12pt;">*Third, whether you consume your news and information through traditional or social media, the younger set--the millennial-aged voter--for the most part, is still too lazy to turn out and vote. Colin Kaepernick is a perfect example of this fact. He talked a good game, but wasn’t registered NOR did he make it to the polls to vote, regardless of his social media rhetoric. End result: He quickly moved on from his political rants.</span></p><p><span style="font-size:12pt;">BUT WAIT…THERE IS MORE:</span><br /></p><p><span style="font-size:12pt;">*Fourth, polls DO NOT vote. There have been too many instances lately of polls--even exit polls--showing one candidate far out in front, only for the polls to be dead wrong when the ballots were counted. Take a tip from Bruce Lee, from the flick “Enter The Dragon”: “Boards don’t hit back”. Simply stated, conduct your campaign as if you are ten points behind in the polls, but don’t rely on them or worship them as an indicator of victory nor defeat. As a matter of fact, don’t even bother to PAY for polling.</span><br /></p><p><span style="font-size:12pt;">Just run, baby, run!</span><br /></p><p><span style="font-size:12pt;">Allow me to share one of my favorite illustrations. Years ago, I was out of work. I went to a resume writing workshop just to polish up my credentials for future employment. The instructor dropped a bombshell on the class, right from the beginning.</span><br /></p><p><span style="font-size:12pt;">“What’s the best resume?”</span><br /></p><p><span style="font-size:12pt;">A few timid answers came forth, which he quickly proved wrong.</span><br /></p><p><span style="font-size:12pt;">“The BEST resume,” said the instructor, “is the one that gets you the JOB!”</span><br /></p><p><span style="font-size:12pt;">In other words, advisors are nice. ‘Helpers’ from your political party are good, too. However, it is up to the candidate to do the prayer work, home work, and street work to make their name and views known.</span><br /></p><p><span style="font-size:12pt;">*Fifth, the candidate who has a firm grasp of the issues will likely win--and doesn’t resort to dirty politics--even IF dirty tricks are used on him--they will inspire their voting base AND attract other voters.</span> <br /></p><p><span style="font-size:12pt;">Voters want a REASON to vote for you OVER the other candidate. A clear understanding of the issues, and the ability to translate one or two of them into easy, bite-sized nuggets of political truth will attract voters EVERY time.</span></p><p><span style="font-size:12pt;">OLDER VS. YOUNGER VOTERS IN A SOCIAL MEDIA AGE:</span><br /></p><p><span style="font-size:12pt;">The older generation STILL makes the regular trek to the polls, regardless of all the toys and gadgets that are shouted about through social media, and how easy voting has become. The ‘twitter-verse’ is not as large, nor as influential as one may think…according to the latest studies. Further, while young people DO tend to head for the flashier social media platforms, they often ignore the insight and training from ‘gray heads’ such as parents, teachers, or other respected older adults.</span><br /></p><p><span style="font-size:12pt;">The young never seem to learn this lesson.</span><br /></p><p><span style="font-size:12pt;">This was true for those of us who came up through the ‘summer of love’ era.</span> <br /><span style="font-size:12pt;">We were in the streets. Our parents were at the polls. The end result? Lyndon Johnson and Richard Nixon. We are seeing history repeat itself. The result? Donald Trump. Likely, twice. If you don’t know your history, you won’t see it when it hits you upside the head for a second, third, or even fourth time.</span></p><p><span style="font-size:12pt;">THE ‘MAINSTREAM MESS’ OFTEN SPEAKS WITH FORKED TONGUE:</span><br /></p><p><span style="font-size:12pt;">While the mainstream media (MSM) talks about the ‘need’ to getting people to the polls on election day, it speaks with a forked tongue.</span> <br /> <span style="font-size:12pt;">Especially to Blacks.</span> <br /></p><p><span style="font-size:12pt;">The MSM usually ‘skew’ their reporting and coverage to ‘favor’ one type of political party (Democrat) over the other (Republican). That’s why…about a week or two before an election, IF the polling data shows stuff they don’t like (they read AND produce polls, too) they go about their business to influence people NOT to go to the polls via negative or doomsday-type reporting (media voter suppression).</span> <br /></p><p><span style="font-size:12pt;">The WORST thing that the mainstream media wants to see these days is full polling places with wide-awake and determined voters. Remember: today’s media is mostly liberal, anti-Christian, anti-family, and anti-conservative.</span><br /></p><p><span style="font-size:12pt;">A very wise political axiom: He who turns out their base, gets the votes…and the victory. IF a candidate fires up their base, the base will likely bring their friends to the polls on primary and general election days.</span><br /> <br /><span style="font-size:12pt;">POLITICAL SERVICE AREAS FOR THE SERIOUS:</span><br /></p><p><span style="font-size:12pt;">In general, there are five areas one may serve in their political party before they embark upon the climb to run for public office:</span><br /> <span style="font-size:12pt;">1. Raising money or positive public profile for the party.</span><br /> <span style="font-size:12pt;">2. Recruiting volunteers and/or candidates for the party.</span><br /> <span style="font-size:12pt;">3. Running/managing a candidate’s campaign.</span><br /> <span style="font-size:12pt;">4. Serving on staff among party leadership.</span><br /> <span style="font-size:12pt;">5. Voter registration efforts around your city/county for your party.</span><br /></p><p><span style="font-size:12pt;">Why am I mentioning service to one’s party? Rest assured…there are people who wanted to be doctors, and, once they got to their first biology class, couldn’t stand the sight of the guts of a frog. There are people who wanted to be lawyers, but discovered that they hated writing papers and studying the English language. Thus, one must determine IF they like the rough and tumble world of politics BEFORE making the commitment to enter the arena.</span> <br /></p><p><span style="font-size:12pt;">Volunteering is the best way to find out IF you like the process and want to take that next step up.</span><br /></p><p><span style="font-size:12pt;">Again, I must mention this. IF you are a Christian, don’t be fooled. Your faith WILL be tested IF you decide to make that trek into politics. You will have a variety of NEW enemies, simply because you dare to state in the marketplace that you believe in God, through Jesus Christ. More enemies will surface when you stand against sin!</span><br /> <span style="font-size:12pt;">Brothers, I’ll make it plain. You must be willing to count the cost of your actions. A political career--even as a volunteer--involves a lot of prayer, reading, attention to detail, filing out paperwork, long stretches of mundane, repetitious work, and keeping up-to-date with the election laws of your state and municipality. Making the decision to become a candidate for elective office involves more of the same AND brushing up on your leadership AND people skills. My GOP political mentor, the late Larry Wharton, put it this way: “It’s all about knowing how and when to shake hands and kiss babies.”</span></p><p><span style="font-size:12pt;">RECRUITING, HARD WORK, AND RECOMMENDATIONS:</span><br /></p><p><span style="font-size:12pt;">Wharton was not ashamed of being a Black man who was a member of the local Republican party. He had worked his way up into leadership, and, spent some of his time sharing his political knowledge with up-and-coming Black men and women who wanted to take part in the party and the political process. He was wise, friendly, and outgoing. He knew his role, the streets and his talents.</span> <br /></p><p><span style="font-size:12pt;">While Wharton never had the itch to become a candidate, he knew how to train those Blacks and whites to either become candidates OR party workers. He was a GREAT coach! He also let potential candidates know that they could win or lose based upon a LOT of factors. Victory for a candidate--even a new candidate--meant more work for them. The bigger the office sought, the earlier one had to reach out and work for votes and party support.</span><br /></p><p><span style="font-size:12pt;">A loss for a candidate may hurt, but was NOT the end of the world. Wharton made it clear that everything revolved around timing, hard work, and perseverance…but it also revolved around being classy in victory OR defeat.</span><br /></p><p><span style="font-size:12pt;">In order for more Black men to get into the political process for all three parties (Republican, Democrat or Independent) it takes the wisdom of those Men of color already involved with the process to recruit new talent AND ALSO for that new talent to seek out their respective political party and being ready to work.</span> <br /> <span style="font-size:12pt;">Of late, I have noticed that there is a laziness in BOTH of these areas.</span><br /> <span style="font-size:12pt;">When it was time for my first shot to run, I had paid my dues and the recommendation was submitted. I got the nod from downtown to run for Precinct Committeeman. I was about to graduate from being a background volunteer, to candidate.</span></p><p><span style="font-size:12pt;">BACKGROUND CHECKS AND FAMILY SUPPORT:</span><br /></p><p><span style="font-size:12pt;">Political parties don’t take public scandal or black eyes very well. Thus, anyone who enters a party from the low ranks to the leadership are subjected to continued background checks. These days, thanks to social media, one’s electronic footprint is included in the mix. IF you don’t like the idea of having someone poking around in your past, then you don’t belong in politics.</span><br /></p><p><span style="font-size:12pt;">Political parties ALSO are very keen on your voting record. That will be checked to see whether or not you have consistently voted in your city’s primary and general elections AND your party affiliation. Generally, each party determines whom they draft into its ranks based upon a lot of factors, many of which I can not list here. Rest assured: IF you have a dirty background, clean it up…right down to what you have posted on social media.</span> <br /></p><p><span style="font-size:12pt;">IF the party can find it, so can the media. Best to tell on yourself FIRST! However, do it in such a way that you are honest, have a sense of humor, and realize that everyone has the capacity to be young and dumb, at some points in their lives.</span><br /> <span style="font-size:12pt;">Voters admire who has learned from his mistakes, and not OWNED by them!</span></p><p><span style="font-size:12pt;">SEARCHING FOR THE DIRT ON YOU:</span> <br /></p><p><span style="font-size:12pt;">Many media organizations help their various parties in searching through archives for articles and video clips on potential candidates. Of course some of this is done ‘under the cover of darkness’, but it is still done. If your party knows about the dirt in your life…it more than likely got it from a newspaper, radio, or television reporter OR their station.</span><br /></p><p><span style="font-size:12pt;">What else is fair game for background searches of a potential candidate? Police records. Financial records. Church affiliation. Social clubs. Relatives who may be in politics in other states. Thanks to social media AND past FB and Twitter posts.</span> <br /> <span style="font-size:12pt;">And, family…of course…your family.</span><br /></p><p><span style="font-size:12pt;">Let me state this clearly, brothers. You and your wife MUST be going the same direction spiritually, biblically, and generally for a life in politics. If your family is not an asset, from your wife on down, it will become a liability with the going gets rough--and rough it can get in a very quick fashion.</span></p><p><span style="font-size:12pt;">MARRIAGE: GET THE RIGHT ONE BABY!</span><br /></p><p><span style="font-size:12pt;">Brothers, if you marry well, a lot of the drama can be eliminated. You will have a spouse of upright character, and a powerful supporter of your political ambitions. I have met many wise wives of the politically powerful. They manage not only their own households well, but a lot of the ‘behind the scenes’ stuff for their husband’s political campaigns. Being married to a Proverbs 31 woman, brothers, is truly a godsend, brothers. Of that I can testify. BUT you must also be a Psalm 119 man in order to complete the picture. IF you can’t serve at home sir, forget serving the city or state.</span><br /></p><p><span style="font-size:12pt;">A truly godly woman as your wife is a powerful woman who does not have to ‘brag’ about how powerful she is. Her character reflects her strength. The scriptures show that her children will call her blessed AND that her husband cherishes her and is a major leader in their home and in society…meaning that he is recognized as a political leader in his city.</span><br /></p><p><span style="font-size:12pt;">If the husband and the wife are in order, the children will likely be in order as well. Yes, there will be ‘bumps’ along the roadway of life. Children who are entering their teens are going to be a handful. However, brothers, IF you have started them out well, when those teens hit…the storms should not be long nor deadly. Remember, politics can be wonderful…but the stresses on a home, even a Christian home, must be considered.</span><br /></p><p><span style="font-size:12pt;">More to come next month.</span></p><p><span style="font-size:12pt;">Mike Ramey is a Minister, Modern Street Gangs Specialist, Political Consultant and Syndicated Columnist who lives in Indianapolis, Indiana. “Ramey‘s Guide To Elective Office For Men” is one of a variety of columns that Ramey has in cyberspace. His address is still the same: manhoodline@yahoo.com. ©2019 Barnstorm Communications.</span></p></div>
“Africa: The Glory, the Curse, the Remedy - A Biblical Perspective of the Africa Predicament” - Africa was once a great until it was cursed by God.
https://www.theblacklist.net/profiles/blogs/africa-the-glory-the-curse-the-remedy-a-biblical-perspective-of
2017-11-30T15:26:49.000Z
2017-11-30T15:26:49.000Z
Joyful Living Coaching
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<div><p class="responsiveNews"></p><blockquote><h1 class="article-title"><span style="color:#ff0000;"><strong><em><a href="{{#staticFileLink}}3828600200,original{{/staticFileLink}}"><img width="367" src="{{#staticFileLink}}3828600200,original{{/staticFileLink}}" class="align-center" alt="3828600200?profile=original" /></a>Anthony Agbo uses Bible to explore Africa’s history.</em></strong></span></h1><h2 class="article-intro-text quote-lines"><span style="color:#993300;"><strong><em>Author claims God cursed Africa, aims to prove theory in ‘Africa: The Glory, the Curse, the Remedy.</em></strong></span></h2></blockquote><p class="responsiveNews">As a career politician and <a href="http://www.christianpost.com/">Christian</a>, author Anthony Agbo – a senator in Southeastern Nigeria – often reflected on why Africa and Africans are so widely different from the rest of the world. This difference, he says, is a negative one.</p><p class="responsiveNews">In his new book, “<a href="https://www.amazon.com/Africa-Remedy-Biblical-Perspective-Predicament/dp/1458214710/">Africa: The Glory, the Curse, the Remedy: A Biblical Perspective of the Africa Predicament</a>” (published by Abbott Press), Agbo explores his theory that Africa was once a great nation until it was cursed by <a href="https://www.biblegateway.com/">God</a>.</p><p class="responsiveNews">Agbo says Africa once dominated the world and ancient civilization for thousands of years. This age of prosperity, he says, was set on a course to ruin when Nimrod the first world ruler and an Africa went into open confrontation with God, constructed the Tower of Babel as a symbol of defiance against God, and urged men to abandon God and worship him and went ahead to originate “gods of wood and stone”.</p><p class="responsiveNews">“In addition to this, succeeding African kings of the time; being the ancient Egyptian Pharaohs enslaved and persecuted the Jews, God’s chosen people, and instituted idolatry, originated by Nimrod, as a state religion, through which idolatry and apostacy spread to every part of the world.” Agbo says.</p><p class="responsiveNews">Agbo notes this as the moment Africans were led astray, unto the wrath of God.</p><p class="responsiveNews">The author, among other things, reveals the pages of the Bible where he says thousands of years ago, God had pronounced distinctly all the evils that will befall Africa and Africans that have happened.</p><p class="responsiveNews">“Africa: The Glory, the Curse, the Remedy,” draws from both the Bible and current and past events of Africa to reinforce Agbo’s theory. Agbo hopes his book will not only convince readers of his theory, but also show them the lasting effects an individual’s actions can have on future generations and nations.</p><p class="responsiveNews">“Africa: The Glory, the Curse, the Remedy” <br />By Anthony Agbo <br />Hardcover | 6 x 9 in | 258 pages | ISBN 9781458214737 <br />Softcover | 6 x 9 in | 258 pages | ISBN 9781458214713 <br />E-Book | 260 pages | ISBN 9781458214720 <br />Available at Amazon and Barnes & Noble</p><p class="responsiveNews">About the Author <br /><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthony_Agbo">Anthony Agbo</a> was a senator of the Federal Republic of Nigeria from 2007 to 2011. He holds a Master of Science in mathematics. He previously published a poetry collection, “Adoration of the King. Poems in honour of the Great God.”</p><p class="responsiveNews">Abbott Press is an Author Solutions, LLC, supported self-publishing imprint dedicated to helping writers bring their literary vision to print. For more information, or to begin publishing a book today, log on to abbottpress.com or call 866-697-5310.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p></div>
John Brown, the Secret Six, Freemasonry, the Illuminati and the Conspiracy That Precipitated the Civil War
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2017-09-30T04:30:00.000Z
2017-09-30T04:30:00.000Z
Nana Baakan Agyiriwah
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<div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align:left;"><div class="separator" style="clear:both;"><img src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-hr_HTJslgu4/Wc8GNvr9-3I/AAAAAAACsAQ/JTNSAe9BTE84DVd1ewlQmafxYQOjDYwXQCLcBGAs/s400/John%2BBrown%2Band%2Bthe%2BSecret%2BSix-2.png?width=320" width="320" class="align-left" style="font-family:cambria;" alt="John%2BBrown%2Band%2Bthe%2BSecret%2BSix-2.png?width=320" /></div><div style="font-family:cambria;margin:0in;"><h2 style="text-align:left;"><span style="font-size:large;"><b>John Brown, the Secret Six, Freemasonry, the Illuminati and the Conspiracy That Precipitated the Civil War</b></span></h2></div><div style="font-family:Cambria;font-size:14pt;margin:0in;">Now, this video will be a bit of a departure from my usual research in that it started off with a dream that I decided to research for its historical context and ended up in a very deep and interesting rabbit hole.</div><div style="font-family:Cambria;font-size:14pt;margin:0in;">To begin, I am a prolific dreamer. I dream stories. I would say that I time travel in my dreams, some may say I astral project and all of that, but I have had some dreams that have historical significance as you will see with this one.</div><div style="font-family:Cambria;font-size:14pt;margin:0in;"></div><div style="font-family:Cambria;font-size:14pt;margin:0in;">Without any foreknowledge of the event that occurs in my dream, I am motivated to research the names and situations that are revealed to me. I am always amazed and humbled when I find out that my dream is telling me something about a real event. However the amazing thing about this dream is that it revealed something that I knew nothing about as I was not taught it in school, even though I boast of my fine educational experience. But one thing I did learn from that experience is how to research."<br /><div style="text-align:center;"></div></div><div style="font-family:Cambria;font-size:14pt;margin:0in;"><div style="text-align:center;"></div><div style="text-align:center;"><iframe width="560" height="315" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/TMAx1P2rgbY?wmode=opaque"></iframe></div><div style="text-align:center;"></div></div><div style="font-family:Cambria;font-size:14pt;margin:0in;"><br /> <b>So let me begin with the dream.</b></div><div style="font-family:Cambria;font-size:14pt;margin:0in;"></div><div style="font-family:Cambria;font-size:14pt;margin:0in;">There was a vigilante abolitionist group of folks who called themselves "Rough Riders" (in my dream but actually they were called Missouri Border Ruffians).<br /> <br />They were a secret group of people who gone around "killing" slave owners under the cover of darkness. They also killed their family members and loved ones who entered the family. They were greatly feared and mostly white folks. The twist was that there was secret war going on between the abolitionists and the slave owners, so there was retaliation for the dead on both sides. It was such a well kept secret but extremely dangerous in that if a slave owner or member of his family was killed, an abolitionist or one of his family members was killed as well. In other words, folks were dying, mysteriously on both sides. But the mystery was only a mystery to those who did not know about the secret war.</div><br /><div style="font-family:Cambria;font-size:14pt;margin:0in;"></div><div style="font-family:Cambria;font-size:14pt;margin:0in;">In one scene a young man fell in love with a young woman. His father was part of the abolitionist movement but he was not fully invested and the activities that were going on were mostly hidden from him, though there were other deaths in his family, he did not connect the dots. One day he brought home a beautiful young girl, innocent and lovely. He wanted to marry her. The tension in the family escalated but he could not understand why. He later found out.</div><br /><div style="font-family:Cambria;font-size:14pt;margin:0in;"></div><div style="font-family:Cambria;font-size:14pt;margin:0in;">One night, the family gathered around the dinner table. He addressed her but she did not respond. He called her name again and she still did not respond. He got up and went around the table to speak to her directly, and upon gently touching her shoulder, she leaned forward, a long knife had been driven through her. She was dead. The long knife was a sign of the retaliation. The dream continues but I won't outline it here. These abolitionists called themselves "Rough Riders" way before Teddy Roosevelt had his own, heck they may have been the same folks..<br /> <br /><b>BUT CHECK THIS OUT!!!!</b></div><div style="font-family:Cambria;font-size:14pt;margin:0in;"></div><div style="font-family:Cambria;font-size:14pt;margin:0in;">Now, at first I thought it may have been the Nat Turner Rebellion but that happened prior to this event. In my dream, I believe I was transported to Kansas during a time when John Brown was running his campaign against the pro-slavery settlers in Kansas. His campaign was bloody and horrendous. There is so much information to share about this event so I will do my best to get it all together in one place so you can follow the story line.</div><br /><div style="font-family:Cambria;font-size:14pt;margin:0in;"></div><div style="font-family:Cambria;font-size:14pt;margin:0in;"><b>So let's start with John Brown….</b><br /> <b><br /></b></div><div style="font-family:Cambria;font-size:14pt;margin:0in;"><div class="separator" style="clear:both;text-align:center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-I4HAdJ_NaLY/Wc8GUTY8v4I/AAAAAAACsBU/CEANj1bJqEkm4rZ7KaknkTu8LfDT4BInwCEwYBhgL/s1600/John_Brown.png" target="_blank"><img src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-I4HAdJ_NaLY/Wc8GUTY8v4I/AAAAAAACsBU/CEANj1bJqEkm4rZ7KaknkTu8LfDT4BInwCEwYBhgL/s200/John_Brown.png?width=200" width="200" class="align-left" alt="John_Brown.png?width=200" /></a></div>John Brown Facts was born, May 9, 1800 in Torrington, Connecticut. After his failed attempt to capture Harper's Ferry in VA, he was hung and died, Dec. 2, 1859 in Charles Town VA. He was considered an activist and a famous participant in the Abolitionist movement.</div><div style="font-family:Cambria;font-size:14pt;margin:0in;"></div><div style="font-family:Cambria;font-size:14pt;margin:0in;"><br /> Interestingly enough, he was the son of a fervent abolitionist, Owen Brown who was also a known Freemason. It is reported that <span style="font-style:italic;font-weight:bold;">John Brown was a Grand Master Freemason from the Hudson Lodge No. 68; Hudson, Ohio; 1824. However, he later quit after speculation that he was involved in the disappearance of William Morgan. There were rumors that Freemasons had kidnapped and murdered Morgan, a brickmason who visited Masonic lodges. The speculation, which Freemasons denied, fueled talk that the group engaged in satanic rituals.</span></div><br /><div style="font-family:Cambria;font-size:14pt;margin:0in;"></div><div style="font-family:Cambria;font-size:14pt;margin:0in;">Now finding stuff out about John Brown who was called a vigilante, violent killer, terrorist(in fact, this is one of the earlier times this term was even used), a conspirator, murderer, charismatic, hero, abolitionist with messianic leanings, I wondered who helped him in particular, who funded him because of course he couldn't have done all that damage by himself. </div><br /><div style="font-family:Cambria;font-size:14pt;margin:0in;"></div><div style="font-family:Cambria;font-size:14pt;margin:0in;"> When it comes to Brown’s war against slavery, the question of his mental balance must nevertheless be addressed. By the time of the Harpers Ferry raid, some of his contemporaries had already begun to question his sanity. As they insisted, was not the raid itself evidence of an “unhinged” mind? Wasn’t Brown “crazy” to suppose he could overthrow American slavery by commencing a movement on so grand a scale with just 21 active fighters?</div><div style="font-family:Cambria;font-size:14pt;margin:0in;"></div><div style="font-family:Cambria;font-size:14pt;margin:0in;">Interestingly enough, I had this dream during the time when it was being exposed that the BLM was funded, indirectly by George Soros. So, upon searching about "vigilante abolitionist group" who were fomenting a secret war, my dream dropped me right down in the middle of an Era in American history that precipitated the American Civil War.</div><br /><div style="font-family:Cambria;font-size:14pt;margin:0in;"></div><div style="font-family:Cambria;font-size:14pt;margin:0in;">Before this time, my facts about the abolitionist movement were sketchy. You got the usual run down of how the abolitionist were anti-slavery they gave speeches, and traveled the country trying to convince others to support their cause. They were outspoken against the evils of slavery, yada, yada, yada, but we were never taught what their true leanings were and why they were so adamant about saving black folks from their southern masters. Researching this topic, gives you another perspective on their motives. Additionally, it shows how the abolitionist who abhorred slavery had begun to become violent against the slave owners to the point of wanting to bring about Civil War.</div><br /><div style="font-family:Cambria;font-size:14pt;margin:0in;"><div class="separator" style="clear:both;text-align:center;"><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-NsvbMgprYB4/Wc8HXD74RrI/AAAAAAACsEw/tG_n1Yczvh8A92J9pYOQarWPsT2mgUpsgCLcBGAs/s1600/The_Jewish_Conspiracy.png" target="_blank"><img src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-NsvbMgprYB4/Wc8HXD74RrI/AAAAAAACsEw/tG_n1Yczvh8A92J9pYOQarWPsT2mgUpsgCLcBGAs/s400/The_Jewish_Conspiracy.png?width=400" width="400" class="align-center" alt="The_Jewish_Conspiracy.png?width=400" /></a></div></div><br /><div style="font-family:Cambria;font-size:14pt;margin:0in;"></div><div style="font-family:Cambria;font-size:14pt;margin:0in;">The idea was based in their religious evangelistic perspective which some identified as Zionism, their connections with the Freemason/Illuminati, their wealth and therefore ability to fund the uprisings and their ability to propagandize through print media. Then we land on the group called "The Secret Six". They came into prominence during the late 1840's reached a peak with John Brown and is vigilantes and then later support Scofield in the rewriting of the "King James" Bible that has become preferred reading in most if not all Protestant Schools of divinity. Quiet as it's kept, Scofield was a known con artist, and criminal but he became their puppet for their agenda to continue their divide and conquer tactics way into the mid 1900's. Needless to say, the same cast of characters that supported John Brown changed faces in supporting but the agenda remained the same. In fact, through their previous experience they learned to send representatives, henchmen and patsies to do their bidding, while they hid in the background providing funds. Sound familiar?</div><div style="font-family:Cambria;font-size:14pt;margin:0in;"> So let's take a look at the "Secret Six". Who were they and where did they come from and how did they connect with John Brown?</div><div class="separator" style="clear:both;text-align:center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear:both;text-align:center;"></div><ul><li style="list-style-type:disc;margin-bottom:0;margin-top:0;vertical-align:middle;"><span style="font-family:cambria;font-size:14pt;"><b>Gerrit Smith:</b> Born into a wealthy family in upstate New York, Smith was a vigorous supporter of various reform causes, including the American </span><a href="https://www.thoughtco.com/important-historical-figures-4133355"><span style="font-family:cambria;font-size:14pt;">abolition movement</span></a><span style="font-family:cambria;font-size:14pt;">.</span></li><li style="list-style-type:disc;margin-bottom:0;margin-top:0;vertical-align:middle;"><span style="font-family:cambria;font-size:14pt;"><b>Thomas Wentworth Higginson:</b> A minister and author, Higginson would go on to serve in the Civil War, commanding a regiment of black troops, and would write a classic memoir based on the experience.</span></li><li style="list-style-type:disc;margin-bottom:0;margin-top:0;vertical-align:middle;"><span style="font-family:cambria;font-size:14pt;"><b>Theodore Parker:</b> A minister and prominent public speaker on reform topics, Parker had been educated at Harvard and was affiliated with the </span><a href="https://www.thoughtco.com/transcendentalist-basics-1773398"><span style="font-family:cambria;font-size:14pt;">Transcendentalist</span></a><span style="font-family:cambria;font-size:14pt;"> movement.</span></li><li style="list-style-type:disc;margin-bottom:0;margin-top:0;vertical-align:middle;"><span style="font-family:cambria;font-size:14pt;"><b>Samuel Gridley Howe:</b> A medical doctor and advocate for the blind, Howe was active in the abolition movement. His wife, Julia Ward Howe, would become famous for writing "The Battle Hymn of the Republic."</span></li><li style="list-style-type:disc;margin-bottom:0;margin-top:0;vertical-align:middle;"><span style="font-family:cambria;font-size:14pt;"><b>Franklin Benjamin Sanborn:</b> A Harvard graduate, Sanborn was connected to the Transcendentalist movement and became involved in anti-slavery politics in the 1850s.</span></li><li style="list-style-type:disc;margin-bottom:0;margin-top:0;vertical-align:middle;"><span style="font-family:cambria;font-size:14pt;"><b>George Luther Stearns:</b> A self-made businessman, Stearns was a manufacturer and was able to financially support various causes, including the abolitionist cause.</span></li></ul><br /><div style="font-family:Cambria;font-size:14pt;margin:0in;"></div><div style="font-family:Cambria;font-size:14pt;margin:0in;">Of course with any group especially secret, they had to have something in common, and what they had in common had to be secreted in order for them to acquire their goal. In the case of these men, their goal being influenced by their Unitarian and evangelical leanings was to take over the American Government, establish their ideology which bordered on socialistic communism and become even more rich and powerful than they already were. Initially by covert means through rebel rousing lectures, writings and treatises to actually supporting with money, land and arms, a violent upheaval that would shake America to its core. And my questions was why?</div><br /><div style="font-family:Cambria;font-size:14pt;margin:0in;"></div><div style="font-family:Cambria;font-size:14pt;margin:0in;">It turns out, they used the <b><i>"Abolitionist Movement"</i></b> as their front to cover their real intentions. Freeing the slaves and decrying the institution of slavery appeared noble on its face, as slavery was a diabolical institution. But as Rich Northerners the economic advantage of slavery did not appeal to them. In fact, northern whites, though some were pro slavery, were more given to the fear of the loss of jobs and income if the slaves were freed and able to travel north, so the idea was to actually split the country into two parts, pro-slavery and anti-slavery.</div><br /><div style="font-family:Cambria;font-size:14pt;margin:0in;"></div><div style="font-family:Cambria;font-size:14pt;margin:0in;">As tensions further developed between the north and south, to them a war would settle it all. The south could keep their slaves through cession from the union and the north could continue to prosper through their more industrial business ventures.</div><br /><div style="font-family:Cambria;font-size:14pt;margin:0in;">Remember, these were rich men, though some try to say they were not. But in those days, influence was equated with being rich. They were privileged radicals.</div><br /><div style="font-family:Cambria;font-size:14pt;margin:0in;"></div><div style="font-family:Cambria;font-size:14pt;margin:0in;"><table cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float:left;margin-right:1em;text-align:left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align:center;"><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-SYswYBWRyIU/Wc8Hb76n-tI/AAAAAAACsGA/PpB4SuuKgjUpV66hrFvr93G1PlMBzCzdgCLcBGAs/s1600/theodore%2Bparker.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-SYswYBWRyIU/Wc8Hb76n-tI/AAAAAAACsGA/PpB4SuuKgjUpV66hrFvr93G1PlMBzCzdgCLcBGAs/s200/theodore%2Bparker.jpg?width=150" width="150" class="align-left" alt="theodore%2Bparker.jpg?width=150" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align:center;">Theodore Parker</td></tr></tbody></table>For example, "<b><i>Theodore Parker</i></b>, a minister, was pretty edgy. He rejected all notions of miracles and expressed his certainty that the Bible was historically inaccurate. Transcendentalism moved him further from the New and Old Testament. He chose to break with standard theology. By the time the Civil War began he had a following of seven-thousand parishioners. He suggested to his practitioners that they worship God direct, pray to Him direct; much as the Quakers had in the 17th Century. Since the Quakers were either banished or hung by the Puritans, Parker’s position was bold."</div><div style="font-family:Cambria;font-size:14pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:bold;margin:0in;"></div><br /><div style="font-family:Cambria;font-size:14pt;margin:0in;"><table cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float:left;margin-right:1em;text-align:left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align:center;"><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-LhxSd-VyLTo/Wc8HZQWukHI/AAAAAAACsFg/QtS1XWk7ShQdCzZYlIoqyz6KKQpvuVtDgCLcBGAs/s1600/Thomas%2BWentworth%2BHigginson.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-LhxSd-VyLTo/Wc8HZQWukHI/AAAAAAACsFg/QtS1XWk7ShQdCzZYlIoqyz6KKQpvuVtDgCLcBGAs/s200/Thomas%2BWentworth%2BHigginson.jpg?width=155" width="155" class="align-left" alt="Thomas%2BWentworth%2BHigginson.jpg?width=155" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align:center;">Thomas Wentworth Higginson</td></tr></tbody></table>Another example of prominence was, <b><i>Thomas Wentworth Higginson: </i></b>A minister and author, Higginson would go on to serve in the Civil War, commanding a regiment of black troops, and would write a classic memoir based on the experience.</div><div style="font-family:Cambria;font-size:14pt;margin:0in;"></div><div style="font-family:Cambria;font-size:14pt;margin:0in;">Being an accomplished writer he lined up with the likes of Thoreau, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Lydia Maria Childs, the abolitionist author, John Quincy Adams, Amos A. Lawrence, Henry D. Thoreau, William Lloyd Garrison, Wendell Phillips, and many others.</div><div style="font-family:Cambria;font-size:14pt;margin:0in;"></div><div style="font-family:Cambria;font-size:14pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:bold;margin:0in;">I even saw Frederick Douglas in the line up.</div><div style="font-family:Cambria;font-size:14pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:bold;margin:0in;"></div><br /><div style="font-family:Cambria;font-size:14pt;margin:0in;">Traveling back to those days, imagine the impact that these minds and wealth had on the thinking of the masses. Things moved a lot slower, while the printing press was heavily utilized, the transport of information to cities and towns had to be arduous by today's standards, not to mention having a following of 7000 parishioners! So, I am inclined to think that they were quite wealthy by those standards, doctors, writers, ministers, Harvard graduate and accomplished business men would certainly have a heavy impact on the times.</div><br /><div style="font-family:Cambria;font-size:14pt;margin:0in;"></div><div style="font-family:Cambria;font-size:14pt;margin:0in;">What struck me as most interesting was their support of "violence". Case in point was</div><div style="font-family:Cambria;font-size:14pt;margin:0in;"></div><div style="font-family:Cambria;font-size:14pt;margin:0in;"><blockquote class="tr_bq"><b><i>Theodore Parker</i></b> (a minister) who during the “Bloody Kansas” period of 1854 he financed free Kansas militias, probably well aware that an undeclared civil war had already led to hundreds of deaths. </blockquote></div><br /><div style="font-family:Cambria;font-size:14pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:bold;margin:0in;"></div><div style="font-family:Cambria;font-size:14pt;margin:0in;">Now how do you put the ministry and violence in the pulpit at the same time??</div><div style="font-family:Cambria;font-size:14pt;margin:0in;"></div><div style="font-family:Cambria;font-size:14pt;margin:0in;"><div class="separator" style="clear:both;text-align:center;"></div><table cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float:left;margin-right:1em;text-align:left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align:center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-p6SFK9_gsKw/Wc8GH4Wx8wI/AAAAAAACr_U/HcWljmukfbAodf9Iei6dMkphTACUryFVACEwYBhgL/s1600/Gerrit%2BSmith.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-p6SFK9_gsKw/Wc8GH4Wx8wI/AAAAAAACr_U/HcWljmukfbAodf9Iei6dMkphTACUryFVACEwYBhgL/s200/Gerrit%2BSmith.jpg?width=170" width="170" class="align-left" alt="Gerrit%2BSmith.jpg?width=170" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align:center;">Gerrit Smith</td></tr></tbody></table><b><i>Gerrit Smith </i></b>(the only New Yorker of the Secret Six) enters the story of Harper's Ferry more than a decade before the raid, when he first made the acquaintance of John Brown. Their meeting led to a collaboration that included Smith's financial support for Brown's move to North Elba, NY, where he and his family established a farm with the intent of aiding black settlers who had moved to the Adirondack North Country after receiving grants of land from Smith. More than three thousand such gifts of land, averaging 40 acres a piece, had been made to poor black men. Smith sold Brown 244 acres of land ( for $1 per acre) on which he settled his family, the deed for which was transferred in November 1849.</div><div style="font-family:Cambria;font-size:14pt;margin:0in;"></div><br /><div style="font-family:Cambria;font-size:14pt;margin:0in;">Mr. Smith was a little more squeamish about what happened at Harper's Ferry so some claim he feigned insanity and was admitted to Utica Medical center where he remained for upwards of 6 months after the John Brown's failed attempt to conquer Harper's Ferry, however, others think he was really mentally ill had some mental illness in his family with a son who had been institutionalized previously, so that may be real, but with all the money he gave to John Brown, and his fugitive slaves, and the land he gave them as well, to lose that battle may have made him lose his mind as well. There's still speculation flowing around that aspect of his life. He certainly escaped being indicted for treason by being proclaimed as insane.</div><div style="font-family:Cambria;font-size:14pt;margin:0in;"></div><br /><div style="font-family:Cambria;font-size:14pt;margin:0in;"><div class="separator" style="clear:both;text-align:center;"><a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-QWPeKTLbbhE/Wc8FgSu2ZhI/AAAAAAACr80/UFxyfx4-w_EIb3yfAi-s6VWumjg150vNwCEwYBhgL/s1600/BLM%2Bmanufactured.PNG" target="_blank"><img src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-QWPeKTLbbhE/Wc8FgSu2ZhI/AAAAAAACr80/UFxyfx4-w_EIb3yfAi-s6VWumjg150vNwCEwYBhgL/s320/BLM%2Bmanufactured.PNG?width=320" width="320" class="align-left" alt="BLM%2Bmanufactured.PNG?width=320" /></a></div><br /><br />All to often, the "myth" of Philanthropy plays a big role as being the front for subversive, covert and sometimes violent agendas. And how true that is even today. We can see in our current world events, where many so-call charitable organizations are simply fronts for drug running, child trafficking, organ harvesting and regime change and subversion of democratically elected leaders. When you pull back the curtain, you can correlate this as well to Soros, who on its face is talking about "Free and Open Society" while in the background is funding organizations that end up being vigilantes and/or disrupting the very society they are supposedly bringing justice and peace to.</div><br /><div style="font-family:Cambria;font-size:14pt;margin:0in;"></div><div style="font-family:Cambria;font-size:14pt;margin:0in;"><table cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float:left;margin-right:1em;text-align:left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align:center;"><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-LhxSd-VyLTo/Wc8HZQWukHI/AAAAAAACsFg/QtS1XWk7ShQdCzZYlIoqyz6KKQpvuVtDgCLcBGAs/s1600/Thomas%2BWentworth%2BHigginson.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-LhxSd-VyLTo/Wc8HZQWukHI/AAAAAAACsFg/QtS1XWk7ShQdCzZYlIoqyz6KKQpvuVtDgCLcBGAs/s200/Thomas%2BWentworth%2BHigginson.jpg?width=155" width="155" class="align-left" alt="Thomas%2BWentworth%2BHigginson.jpg?width=155" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align:center;">Thomas Wentworth Higginson</td></tr></tbody></table>Then we have <span style="font-style:italic;font-weight:bold;">Thomas Wentworth Higginson,</span> who wrote several books that are still being referenced to to this day. <br />See list of writings <span style="font-size:14pt;">Selected list of works</span></div><ul style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:.375in;margin-top:0in;" type="circle"><li style="margin-bottom:0;margin-top:0;vertical-align:middle;"><span style="font-family:cambria;font-size:14pt;">Outdoor Papers (1863)</span></li><li style="margin-bottom:0;margin-top:0;vertical-align:middle;"><span style="font-family:cambria;font-size:14pt;">Malbone: an Oldport Romance (1869)</span></li><li style="margin-bottom:0;margin-top:0;vertical-align:middle;"><span style="font-family:cambria;font-size:14pt;">Army Life in a Black Regiment (1870)</span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Wentworth_Higginson#cite_note-Wilson119-3"><span style="font-family:cambria;font-size:14pt;vertical-align:super;">[3]</span></a></li><li style="margin-bottom:0;margin-top:0;vertical-align:middle;"><span style="font-family:cambria;font-size:14pt;">Atlantic Essays (1871)</span></li><li style="margin-bottom:0;margin-top:0;vertical-align:middle;"><span style="font-family:cambria;font-size:14pt;">Oldport Days (1873)</span></li><li style="margin-bottom:0;margin-top:0;vertical-align:middle;"><span style="font-family:cambria;font-size:14pt;">A Book of American Explorers (1877)</span></li><li style="margin-bottom:0;margin-top:0;vertical-align:middle;"><span style="font-family:cambria;font-size:14pt;">Common Sense About Women (1881)</span></li><li style="margin-bottom:0;margin-top:0;vertical-align:middle;"><span style="font-family:cambria;font-size:14pt;">Life of </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margaret_Fuller"><span style="font-family:cambria;font-size:14pt;">Margaret Fuller Ossoli</span></a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Wentworth_Higginson#cite_note-Wilson119-3"><span style="font-family:cambria;font-size:14pt;vertical-align:super;">[3]</span></a><span style="font-family:cambria;font-size:14pt;"> (in American Men of Letters series, 1884)</span></li><li style="margin-bottom:0;margin-top:0;vertical-align:middle;"><span style="font-family:cambria;font-size:14pt;">A Larger History of the United States of America to the Close of President Jackson's Administration (1885)</span></li><li style="margin-bottom:0;margin-top:0;vertical-align:middle;"><span style="font-family:cambria;font-size:14pt;">The Monarch of Dreams (1886)</span></li><li style="margin-bottom:0;margin-top:0;vertical-align:middle;"><span style="font-family:cambria;font-size:14pt;">Travelers and Outlaws (1889)</span></li><li style="margin-bottom:0;margin-top:0;vertical-align:middle;"><span style="font-family:cambria;font-size:14pt;">The Afternoon Landscape (1889), poems and translations</span></li><li style="margin-bottom:0;margin-top:0;vertical-align:middle;"><span style="font-family:cambria;font-size:14pt;">Life of </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Higginson"><span style="font-family:cambria;font-size:14pt;">Francis Higginson</span></a><span style="font-family:cambria;font-size:14pt;"> (in Makers of America, 1891)</span></li><li style="margin-bottom:0;margin-top:0;vertical-align:middle;"><span style="font-family:cambria;font-size:14pt;">Concerning All of Us (1892)</span></li><li style="margin-bottom:0;margin-top:0;vertical-align:middle;"><span style="font-family:cambria;font-size:14pt;">The Procession of the Flowers and Kindred Papers (1897)</span></li><li style="margin-bottom:0;margin-top:0;vertical-align:middle;"><a href="http://digitalcommons.unl.edu/etas/58/"><span style="font-family:cambria;font-size:14pt;">Tales of the Enchanted Islands of the Atlantic</span></a><span style="font-family:cambria;font-size:14pt;"> (1898)</span></li><li style="margin-bottom:0;margin-top:0;vertical-align:middle;"><span style="font-family:cambria;font-size:14pt;">Cheerful Yesterdays (1898)</span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Wentworth_Higginson#cite_note-Wilson119-3"><span style="font-family:cambria;font-size:14pt;vertical-align:super;">[3]</span></a></li><li style="margin-bottom:0;margin-top:0;vertical-align:middle;"><span style="font-family:cambria;font-size:14pt;">Old Cambridge (1899)</span></li><li style="margin-bottom:0;margin-top:0;vertical-align:middle;"><span style="font-family:cambria;font-size:14pt;">Contemporaries (1899)</span></li><li style="margin-bottom:0;margin-top:0;vertical-align:middle;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Wadsworth_Longfellow"><span style="font-family:cambria;font-size:14pt;">Henry Wadsworth Longfellow</span></a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Wentworth_Higginson#cite_note-Wilson119-3"><span style="font-family:cambria;font-size:14pt;vertical-align:super;">[3]</span></a><span style="font-family:cambria;font-size:14pt;"> (in American Men of Letters series, 1902)</span></li><li style="margin-bottom:0;margin-top:0;vertical-align:middle;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Greenleaf_Whittier"><span style="font-family:cambria;font-size:14pt;">John Greenleaf Whittier</span></a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Wentworth_Higginson#cite_note-Wilson119-3"><span style="font-family:cambria;font-size:14pt;vertical-align:super;">[3]</span></a><span style="font-family:cambria;font-size:14pt;"> (in "</span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_Men_of_Letters"><span style="font-family:cambria;font-size:14pt;">English Men of Letters</span></a><span style="font-family:cambria;font-size:14pt;">" series, 1902)</span></li><li style="margin-bottom:0;margin-top:0;vertical-align:middle;"><span style="font-family:cambria;font-size:14pt;">A Readers History of American Literature (1903), the Lowell Institute lectures for 1903, edited by Henry W Boynton</span></li><li style="margin-bottom:0;margin-top:0;vertical-align:middle;"><span style="font-family:cambria;font-size:14pt;">Part of a Man's Life (1905)</span></li><li style="margin-bottom:0;margin-top:0;vertical-align:middle;"><span style="font-family:cambria;font-size:14pt;">Life and Times of Stephen Higginson (1907)</span></li><li style="margin-bottom:0;margin-top:0;vertical-align:middle;"><span style="font-family:cambria;font-size:14pt;">Carlyle's Laugh and Other Surprises (1909)</span></li></ul><div style="font-family:Cambria;font-size:14pt;font-weight:bold;margin-left:.375in;margin:0in;"></div><br /><div style="font-family:Cambria;font-size:14pt;margin:0in;">Harmless you might say, a true Patriot, fighter for Women's Rights and the freedom of the African. And yet, he too condone and supported John Brown's violence and was an active member of the <em><span style="font-weight:bold;">"Secret Six."</span></em></div><div style="font-family:Cambria;font-size:14pt;margin:0in;"></div><div style="font-family:Cambria;font-size:14pt;margin:0in;">Additionally, he became a founding member of the Kansas Aid Committee in the summer <span style="font-size:14pt;">of 1856. During the guerrilla war in the Kansas Territory between pro-slavery and antislavery settlers, the committee worked to recruit abolitionist settlers, raised funds for them to migrate to Kansas, and equipped them with rifles to use against the “Border Ruffians.” </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Border_Ruffian#cite_note-5" style="font-size:14pt;">[5]</a></div><div style="font-family:Cambria;font-size:14pt;margin:0in;"></div><br /><div style="font-family:Cambria;font-size:14pt;margin:0in;"><table cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float:left;margin-right:1em;text-align:left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align:center;"><a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-D9lvZeZpJac/Wc8GdPtM6fI/AAAAAAACsC0/F8i1uHy2knsYP6xCFrIWJjD3AwG8Cl_2gCEwYBhgL/s1600/Samuel_Gridley_Howe.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-D9lvZeZpJac/Wc8GdPtM6fI/AAAAAAACsC0/F8i1uHy2knsYP6xCFrIWJjD3AwG8Cl_2gCEwYBhgL/s200/Samuel_Gridley_Howe.jpg?width=159" width="159" class="align-left" alt="Samuel_Gridley_Howe.jpg?width=159" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align:center;"><b style="text-align:left;"><i><span style="font-size:x-small;">Samuel Gridley Howe</span></i></b></td></tr></tbody></table>Moving on to the infamous <b><i>Samuel Gridley Howe:</i></b></div><div style="font-family:Cambria;font-size:14pt;margin:0in;">Samuel Gridley Howe</div><div style="font-family:Cambria;font-size:14pt;margin:0in;">(November 10, 1801-January 9, 1876), founding director of the Perkins School for the Blind, was a leading figure in the early history of special education in the United States. He was also a military hero in the Greek War of Independence, a campaigner for the abolition of slavery, and an advocate for prison reform. He worked for the mentally disabled with Dorothea Dix and for universal public education with Horace Mann.</div><div style="font-family:Cambria;font-size:14pt;margin:0in;">His work with Laura Bridgman, the first deaf-blind person to acquire the skill of</div><br /><div style="font-family:Cambria;font-size:14pt;margin:0in;">intelligent conversation, inspired Anne Sullivan, the teacher of Helen Keller.</div><br /><div style="font-family:Cambria;font-size:14pt;margin:0in;"></div><div style="font-family:Cambria;font-size:14pt;margin:0in;">Back in Boston in July of 1832, Howe began his work with the blind by tutoring a few students in a room at his father's house. He demonstrated enough progress that within a year the Massachusetts legislature approved $30,000 a year funding with the proviso that 20 students from poor families be given full scholarships.</div><div style="font-family:Cambria;font-size:14pt;margin:0in;">Then Colonel <a href="http://uudb.org/articles/thomasperkins.html">Thomas Handasyd Perkins</a>, a prominent Boston merchant, whose fortune had been partly acquired through trading in slaves and opium, donated his mansion and grounds on Pearl Street for the school's use. After that, the school was known as the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perkins_School_for_the_Blind">Perkins Institution</a> and Massachusetts Asylum (or, since 1877, School) for the Blind.</div><br /><div style="font-family:Cambria;font-size:14pt;margin:0in;"></div><div style="font-family:Cambria;font-size:14pt;margin:0in;">What an interesting combination of characters here. Is it not?</div><div style="font-family:Cambria;font-size:14pt;margin:0in;"></div><div style="font-family:Cambria;font-size:14pt;margin:0in;">Next we have……...</div><div style="font-family:Cambria;font-size:14pt;margin:0in;"></div><div style="font-family:Cambria;font-size:14pt;margin:0in;"><table cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float:left;margin-right:1em;text-align:left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align:center;"><a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-YiVlxVijNzM/Wc8GAx_TAXI/AAAAAAACr-s/5U9rZ7B8QQc6zvm1eQpVCaOutevKc3OzQCEwYBhgL/s1600/Franklin_Benjamin_Sanborn.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-YiVlxVijNzM/Wc8GAx_TAXI/AAAAAAACr-s/5U9rZ7B8QQc6zvm1eQpVCaOutevKc3OzQCEwYBhgL/s200/Franklin_Benjamin_Sanborn.jpg?width=154" width="154" class="align-left" alt="Franklin_Benjamin_Sanborn.jpg?width=154" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align:center;">Franklin Benjamin Sanborn</td></tr></tbody></table><b><i>Franklin Benjamin Sanborn</i></b></div><div style="font-family:Cambria;font-size:14pt;margin:0in;">He was buried at <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sleepy_Hollow_Cemetery,_Concord">Sleepy Hollow Cemetery</a> in Concord near the graves of his friends and mentors Ralph Waldo Emerson, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bronson_Alcott">Bronson Alcott</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Ellery_Channing">Ellery Channing</a>, and Henry Thoreau. Concord's flags were flown at half-mast for three days. At the end of the month, February, 1917, just prior to America's entering World War I, the Massachusetts House of Representatives recognized Sanborn’s dedication to the unfortunate, the diseased, and the despised, citing Sanborn's role as a confidential adviser to John Brown, "for whose sake he was arrested, mistreated, and nearly deported."<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franklin_Benjamin_Sanborn#cite_note-13">[13]</a></div><br /><div style="font-family:Cambria;font-size:14pt;margin:0in;vertical-align:super;"></div><div style="font-family:Cambria;font-size:14pt;margin:0in;">People loved and hated him. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walt_Whitman">Walt Whitman</a> described Sanborn as "a fighter, up in arms, a devotee, a revolutionary crusader, hot in the collar, quick on the trigger, noble, optimistic." Henry David Thoreau feared the passionate Concord schoolteacher was "only too steadfast and earnest", a type, as Thoreau put it, "that calmly, so calmly, ignites and then throws bomb after bomb."</div><br /><div style="font-family:Cambria;font-size:14pt;margin:0in;"></div><div style="font-family:Cambria;font-size:14pt;margin:0in;">With that energy of course he would certainly support someone like John Brown.</div><div style="font-family:Cambria;font-size:14pt;margin:0in;"></div><div style="font-family:cambria;font-size:14pt;margin:0in;"><div class="separator" style="clear:both;font-style:italic;font-weight:bold;text-align:center;"><a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Sy8EKP4Lf5Y/Wc8GHHfXmgI/AAAAAAACr_E/LdjnXPcorC8WDdIEhMXL7bgSdYVkZrwsACEwYBhgL/s1600/George%2BLuther%2BSterns.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Sy8EKP4Lf5Y/Wc8GHHfXmgI/AAAAAAACr_E/LdjnXPcorC8WDdIEhMXL7bgSdYVkZrwsACEwYBhgL/s200/George%2BLuther%2BSterns.jpg?width=140" width="140" class="align-left" alt="George%2BLuther%2BSterns.jpg?width=140" /></a></div><b><i>George Luther Stearns</i></b> played a major role financing John Brown’s raid on Harpers Ferry on October 17, 1859. He basically maintained the accounting and funded and wrote the checks to John Brown. The Sharps rifles<a href="http://www.walkbostonhistory.com/history-blog/-george-luther-stearns-of-the-secret-six-that-financed-john-browns-raid-on-harpers-ferry#_edn5">[ v]</a>, pistols, and pikes used by Brown’s little army were owned directly by George Stearns. He tried indecisively to control the movement and use of the weapons. Unfortunately, he let them into John Brown’s hands in Iowa, a safe haven to Kansas, and lost control of the weapons.</div><br /><div style="font-family:Cambria;font-size:14pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:bold;margin:0in;"><div class="separator" style="clear:both;text-align:center;"></div><table align="center" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto;text-align:center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align:center;"><a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Yb2KtMeNomk/Wc8GdV6ESzI/AAAAAAACsDE/YM56BR-OtDk19TImRwak5TaDBmYgKy1fQCEwYBhgL/s1600/Sharps%2BRifle.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Yb2KtMeNomk/Wc8GdV6ESzI/AAAAAAACsDE/YM56BR-OtDk19TImRwak5TaDBmYgKy1fQCEwYBhgL/s320/Sharps%2BRifle.jpg?width=320" width="320" class="align-center" alt="Sharps%2BRifle.jpg?width=320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align:center;">Sharps Riffle</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /></div><br /><div style="font-family:cambria;font-size:14pt;margin:0in;">George’s commercial life started successful enough. He borrowed money from a close neighbor to build a Boston oil-mill<a href="http://www.walkbostonhistory.com/history-blog/-george-luther-stearns-of-the-secret-six-that-financed-john-browns-raid-on-harpers-ferry#_edn6">[vi]</a> with his brother. They were so successful that the loan was paid back within two years. Unfortunately, in Boston’s Antebellum period, it is near impossible to avoid tragedies fostered by acts of nature. The natural enemies were <a href="http://www.walkbostonhistory.com/history-blog/the-hurricane-of-september-21-1938-what-about-the-hurricane-of-1635-and-1804">hurricanes</a>, winter storms or careless <a href="http://www.walkbostonhistory.com/history-blog/fire-fire-fire-january-30-1769-monday-398-days-before-the-boston-massacre">numerous fires</a>. Their mill burned down in 1847.</div><br /><div style="font-family:Cambria;font-size:14pt;margin:0in;"><table cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float:left;margin-right:1em;text-align:left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align:center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-lJm7EdA0j6Y/Wc8GbIm85CI/AAAAAAACsB4/9qrwLGORMWI8zwK4tdgJIzQmBNbbXNkPACEwYBhgL/s1600/John_Browns_Pikes2_t640.jpg" style="clear:left;margin-bottom:1em;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto;"><img border="0" height="166" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-lJm7EdA0j6Y/Wc8GbIm85CI/AAAAAAACsB4/9qrwLGORMWI8zwK4tdgJIzQmBNbbXNkPACEwYBhgL/s320/John_Browns_Pikes2_t640.jpg" width="320" alt="John_Browns_Pikes2_t640.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align:center;">John Brown's Pikes</td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-size:14pt;">This was the pivotal moment that drew George away from industry and to the cause of slavery. According to his son Frank Preston Stearns, the timing was perfect for his father. Abolitionism had moved through several philosophical stages beyond compassion to action. The decades of 1840 to 1850’s required pragmatic men to take over leadership of the movement. </span><a href="http://www.walkbostonhistory.com/history-blog/-george-luther-stearns-of-the-secret-six-that-financed-john-browns-raid-on-harpers-ferry#_edn7" style="font-size:14pt;">[vii]</a><span style="font-size:14pt;"> Here is a quote from his son that might help you judge the violent end result of his compassion.</span></div><div style="font-family:Cambria;font-size:14pt;margin:0in;"></div><div style="font-family:Cambria;font-size:14pt;margin:0in;"> George’s son, Franklin, had a first-hand view of the relationship between John Brown and his father. Each exhibited the same contrasting, idealistic yet practical personality not the least daunted by failures in their lives. Franklin defined the first meeting between his father and Brown: “they met like the iron and the magnet. Each recognized him at first sight, and knew him for what he was worth.” Here is a practical example; Stearns grew a patriarchal beard upon doctor’s orders to warm his chest that had been susceptible to bronchitis. This was copied by John Brown. </div><div style="font-family:Cambria;font-size:14pt;margin:0in;"></div><div style="font-family:Cambria;font-size:14pt;margin:0in;"><table cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float:left;margin-right:1em;text-align:left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align:center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ybKAKD4c9Co/Wc8Ge082cFI/AAAAAAACsD8/ThgjMjoWgPM_PQm65S2Rx2sCAGOb2ay1gCEwYBhgL/s1600/john%2Bbrown%2Bwith%2Bbeard.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ybKAKD4c9Co/Wc8Ge082cFI/AAAAAAACsD8/ThgjMjoWgPM_PQm65S2Rx2sCAGOb2ay1gCEwYBhgL/s1600/john%2Bbrown%2Bwith%2Bbeard.jpg" class="align-left" alt="john%2Bbrown%2Bwith%2Bbeard.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align:center;">John Brown</td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-size:14pt;">There will be a ton of links that cover this information, so I won't go over all of it here, but be prepared to get a shift in perspective on the motives and perspective of the so called "Secret Six" and how the agenda hasn't changed as it relates to divide and conquer but only the face of the players.</span></div><div style="font-family:Cambria;font-size:14pt;margin:0in;"></div><div style="font-family:Cambria;font-size:14pt;margin:0in;">So, let's take a look at the weapons that were bequeath to our very complex and illustrious warrior who is primarily responsible for fomenting the Civil War.</div><br /><div style="font-family:Cambria;font-size:14pt;margin:0in;"></div><div style="font-family:cambria;font-size:14pt;margin:0in;"><div style="font-style:italic;font-weight:bold;"></div><div style="font-style:italic;font-weight:bold;"></div><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-maHk-0FWqAA/Wc8FocNmtHI/AAAAAAACr9w/P54bFwMQUPcFYC-pMp05nwpcF1du3VpXACEwYBhgL/s1600/Border%2BRuffians%2BRough%2Band%2Bready%2Bpro-slavery-invading%2BKansas.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-maHk-0FWqAA/Wc8FocNmtHI/AAAAAAACr9w/P54bFwMQUPcFYC-pMp05nwpcF1du3VpXACEwYBhgL/s200/Border%2BRuffians%2BRough%2Band%2Bready%2Bpro-slavery-invading%2BKansas.jpg?width=200" width="200" class="align-right" alt="Border%2BRuffians%2BRough%2Band%2Bready%2Bpro-slavery-invading%2BKansas.jpg?width=200" /></a>As Missouri pro-slavery “Ruffians” flocked to Kansas, the New England abolitionists bankrolled “Free-Soilers” to move to the settlement of Lawrence, Kansas.<br /><div style="font-style:italic;font-weight:bold;"></div></div><br /><div style="font-family:Cambria;font-size:14pt;margin:0in;"></div><div style="font-family:Cambria;font-size:14pt;margin:0in;">The Abolitionist, Henry Ward raised money to purchase Sharp's rifles for use by antislavery forces in Kansas. Rifles, said Beecher, are “a greater moral agency than the Bible” in the fight against slavery.</div><div style="font-family:Cambria;font-size:14pt;margin:0in;"></div><div style="font-family:cambria;font-size:14pt;margin:0in;"><a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-vJL-teYvTFw/Wc8FkUnLcuI/AAAAAAACr9I/frz6zyqMmdccRy-mzjfGFBsoyBfQ40cYgCEwYBhgL/s1600/Beecher%2527s%2BBibbles-sharps%2Briffles.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-vJL-teYvTFw/Wc8FkUnLcuI/AAAAAAACr9I/frz6zyqMmdccRy-mzjfGFBsoyBfQ40cYgCEwYBhgL/s200/Beecher%2527s%2BBibbles-sharps%2Briffles.jpg?width=200" width="200" class="align-left" alt="Beecher%2527s%2BBibbles-sharps%2Briffles.jpg?width=200" /></a>The guns were packed in crates labeled "Bibles" so they would not arouse <span style="font-size:14pt;">suspicion. Soon the Sharps rifles sent to Kansas were referred to as “Beecher’s</span><br /> Bibles.” In 1856, after abolitionists were attacked in Lawrence, John Brown led a raid on scattered cabins along the Pottawatomie Creek, killing five people. Kansas would not become a state until 1861, after the Confederate states seceded. John Brown had another plan to bring about an end to slavery, a slave uprising. Brown contracted with Charles Blair, a forge master in Collinsville, Connecticut, to make 950 pikes for a dollar a piece. Brown would issue the pike to the slaves as they revolted. On 16 October 1859, Brown led his group to Harpers Ferry where he took over the arsenal and waited for the slaves to revolt. The revolt never came. Two days later Robert E. Lee and his troops overran the raiders and captured John Brown. Brown was found guilty of murder, treason, and of inciting slave insurrection and on 2 December 1859, he was hanged.</div><br /><div style="font-family:cambria;font-size:14pt;margin:0in;"><div class="separator" style="clear:both;font-style:italic;font-weight:bold;text-align:center;"></div><span style="font-size:14pt;">Now some say, that the weapons were primitive and basically useless however these weapons have been hailed as of high quality, auctioned off, those that were retrieved and are quite costly to own.</span></div><br /><div style="font-family:Cambria;font-size:14pt;margin:0in;"></div><div style="font-family:Cambria;font-size:14pt;margin:0in;">John Brown came to Harpers Ferry in part to capture firearms from the national arsenal that he hoped to eventually place in the hands of slaves.</div><div style="font-family:Cambria;font-size:14pt;margin:0in;"></div><div style="font-family:Cambria;font-size:14pt;margin:0in;">Not many people realize though that he and his men arrived at Harpers Ferry quite well armed already. For his attack, Brown would choose several weapons to arm his men, some of which were the most advanced of the day.</div><div style="font-family:Cambria;font-size:14pt;margin:0in;"></div><br /><div style="font-family:Cambria;font-size:14pt;margin:0in;">In 1857 Brown had been given 200 Sharps rifles by the Massachusetts Kansas Committee. These rifles were unlike the common muzzle loaders of this era and had become quite popular with the antislavery free-staters in the Kansas wars. Some of the Sharps were given the name "Beecher's Bibles" because a number of them had been sent out to the plains under the auspices of being boxed Bibles, and had been praised by the abolitionist preacher Henry Ward Beecher for their effectiveness in combating the pro-slavery Missouri forces. The 52 caliber breech loading Sharps rifles were invented by Christian Sharps, were produced in Hartford, Connecticut, and were one of the most accurate and fastest firing weapons available.</div><br /><div style="font-family:Cambria;font-size:14pt;margin:0in;"></div><div style="font-family:Cambria;font-size:14pt;margin:0in;">Brown's most well recognized weapons were pikes (pictured top). These fierce spears had ten inch double-edged blades attached to six foot long ash handles, and were manufactured by Connecticut blacksmith Charles Blair. Brown had contracted with Blair while on the same fund raising tour to the East in 1857 that had earned him the Sharps rifles. Brown thought these lance-like weapons would make intimidating tools for the free state settlers in Kansas to keep Missouri border ruffians at bay. Brown signed a contract with Blair to pay him $1 per pike for 1000 pikes. Brown was unable to pay the required full amount before returning to Kansas so they remained in Connecticut until 1859.</div><br /><div style="font-family:Cambria;font-size:14pt;margin:0in;"></div><div style="font-family:Cambria;font-size:14pt;margin:0in;"><table cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float:left;margin-right:1em;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align:center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-lJm7EdA0j6Y/Wc8GbIm85CI/AAAAAAACsB4/9qrwLGORMWI8zwK4tdgJIzQmBNbbXNkPACEwYBhgL/s1600/John_Browns_Pikes2_t640.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-lJm7EdA0j6Y/Wc8GbIm85CI/AAAAAAACsB4/9qrwLGORMWI8zwK4tdgJIzQmBNbbXNkPACEwYBhgL/s320/John_Browns_Pikes2_t640.jpg?width=320" width="320" class="align-left" alt="John_Browns_Pikes2_t640.jpg?width=320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size:12.8px;text-align:center;">John Brown's Pikes</td></tr></tbody></table> Few of the pikes were used in the Harpers Ferry raid, but the large shipment was discovered in the aftermath and were used for political capital by Southerners. Fiery Virginian Edmund Ruffin sent a pike to each of the governors of the Southern states with a note attached that said, "<span style="font-style:italic;">Sample of the favors designed for us by our Northern Brethren."</span><br /><span style="font-style:italic;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin:0in;"></div><div style="font-family:Cambria;font-size:14pt;margin:0in;"><div class="separator" style="clear:both;text-align:center;"><a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-3tEnjIyRGN8/Wc8FfLHubWI/AAAAAAACr8U/e-Hjh0aH61cM9H1iPFPn7Fi9zVaHVVgHQCEwYBhgL/s1600/31cal-maynard-belt-right.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-3tEnjIyRGN8/Wc8FfLHubWI/AAAAAAACr8U/e-Hjh0aH61cM9H1iPFPn7Fi9zVaHVVgHQCEwYBhgL/s200/31cal-maynard-belt-right.jpg?width=200" width="200" class="align-left" alt="31cal-maynard-belt-right.jpg?width=200" /></a></div>The other weapon Brown was supplied with was the 31 caliber Maynard pistol. These revolvers were produced by the Massachusetts Arms Company in Chicopee Falls and used a special tape-roll percussion cap that looked much like the cap rolls used by cap guns today. Unfortunately for Brown, the 200 Maynard pistols arrived at the Kennedy Farm without the proper percussion caps and were thus useless to him and his men.</div><br /><div style="font-family:Cambria;font-size:14pt;font-weight:bold;margin:0in;"></div><div style="font-family:Cambria;font-size:14pt;margin:0in;"><div style="text-align:left;"></div>Weapons that have provenance to John Brown's raid are some of the most sought after by serious collectors. Recently one of the John Brown pikes sold at auction for <b><i>$13,000</i></b>. Other pikes are in the museum collections at the Museum of the Confederacy, Harpers Ferry National Park, the Smithsonian, and the Kansas State Historical Society. The National Firearms Museum and the Smithsonian also have some of Brown's Sharps rifles as well.</div><br /><div style="font-family:Cambria;font-size:14pt;margin:0in;"></div><div style="font-family:Cambria;font-size:14pt;margin:0in;">So what we see happening here, is the arming of a band of terrorist who were willing to risk their lives to counter slavery during the mid 1900's. Or that is what it would appear to be without further investigation. However, when we look closely we can see that there certainly was an underlying agenda pack way deep into this event.</div><br /><div style="font-family:Cambria;font-size:14pt;margin:0in;"></div><div style="font-family:Cambria;font-size:14pt;margin:0in;">Of course, it goes without saying that the enslaved Africans wanted freedom. But an armed rebellion may not have been the caliber of exacting freedom that was most prominent in the minds of most Africans.</div><div style="font-family:Cambria;font-size:14pt;margin:0in;"></div><br /><div style="font-family:Cambria;font-size:14pt;margin:0in;">On the other hand, the pro-slavery contingent were facing the total annihilation of their economy, the loss of land, resources and particularly "free labor" that had given them quite a nice slice of America's apple pie. Surely their battle to preserve the institution of slavery was based in economics and not humanitarianism, in fact, neither was the Abolitionists who condoned and resorted to violence. Using slavery or the abolition thereof was just a smoke screen for a deeper and even more sinister plot. <b><i>The Cabal of the Secret Six</i></b> are so familiar to our modern day cabal it is cringe worthy.</div><br /><div style="font-family:Cambria;font-size:14pt;margin:0in;"></div><div style="font-family:Cambria;font-size:14pt;margin:0in;">Imagine the idea of "arming the rebels" being something that occurred over 160 years ago. Imagine it being done by rich philanthropists, teachers, doctors, ministers and other folks with interesting connections to people who participated in the Slave and opium trade.</div><br /><div style="font-family:Cambria;font-size:14pt;margin:0in;"></div><div style="font-family:Cambria;font-size:14pt;margin:0in;">Imagine the arrival of a haughty anxious and sometimes bellicose figure, who could rally the masses to commit suicide for a cause that even he himself had no idea of the real agenda behind it.</div><br /><div style="font-family:Cambria;font-size:14pt;margin:0in;"></div><div style="font-family:Cambria;font-size:14pt;margin:0in;">Imagine the atrocities committed on both sides as human beings battle for disparate causes all believing their cause was correct and the other's not but each of them standing on the foundation of fear and trepidation that if they failed, they would face annihilation.</div><br /><div style="font-family:Cambria;font-size:14pt;margin:0in;"></div><br /><div style="font-family:Cambria;font-size:14pt;margin:0in;">But take it a step further, that after the horrendous path of death and destruction paved by John Brown, the Secret six the Missouri Border Ruffians, we get monuments, honored grave cites, plaques, and honorary mention of these "terrorists" in the annals of history.</div><br /><br /><div style="font-family:Cambria;font-size:14pt;margin:0in;"><div class="separator" style="clear:both;text-align:center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ntCgG-brzsI/Wc8FnK-nHuI/AAAAAAACr9U/elS0iZKgtCoyu6cbS9VohKua7Xgnp7YxgCEwYBhgL/s1600/Bleeding%2BKansas%2BJB%2BPottawatomie%2BMassacre.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ntCgG-brzsI/Wc8FnK-nHuI/AAAAAAACr9U/elS0iZKgtCoyu6cbS9VohKua7Xgnp7YxgCEwYBhgL/s640/Bleeding%2BKansas%2BJB%2BPottawatomie%2BMassacre.jpg?width=640" width="640" class="align-center" alt="Bleeding%2BKansas%2BJB%2BPottawatomie%2BMassacre.jpg?width=640" /></a></div></div><br /><div style="font-family:Cambria;font-size:14pt;margin:0in;"><table cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float:left;margin-right:1em;text-align:left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align:center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-gL33dzXhnqQ/Wc8Gk9pzfCI/AAAAAAACsEI/X5GW48JUQoc-k-eAIc8T_JaI9Gu8koCCQCEwYBhgL/s1600/julia-ward-howe-9345293-1-402.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-gL33dzXhnqQ/Wc8Gk9pzfCI/AAAAAAACsEI/X5GW48JUQoc-k-eAIc8T_JaI9Gu8koCCQCEwYBhgL/s200/julia-ward-howe-9345293-1-402.jpg?width=200" width="200" class="align-left" alt="julia-ward-howe-9345293-1-402.jpg?width=200" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align:center;">Julia Ward Howe</td></tr></tbody></table>In fact, a song written to praise the death of John Brown and Samuel Gridley <br />Howe's wife, Julia Ward Howe, was commissioned to change the words of the song, which ultimately became the battle cry of the North and is still sung as one of the most Patriotic songs of the United States. And what song might that be you may ask? Drum roll, <b><i>The Battle Hymn of the Republic.</i></b></div><br /><div style="font-family:Cambria;font-size:14pt;margin:0in;"></div><div style="font-family:Cambria;font-size:14pt;margin:0in;">An we think that we live in ironic times!!!!</div><br /><div style="font-family:Cambria;font-size:14pt;margin:0in;"></div><div style="font-family:Cambria;font-size:14pt;margin:0in;">Needless to say, John Brown's attack on Harper's Ferry failed. He had delusions of grandeur and might that would leave him in utter shame being charged with treason. He took the brunt of the whole conspiracy until it was further revealed that he had wealthy backers, each of whom fled after Brown's defeat.</div><br /><div style="font-family:Cambria;font-size:14pt;margin:0in;"></div><div style="font-family:Cambria;font-size:14pt;margin:0in;"><div class="separator" style="clear:both;text-align:center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear:both;text-align:center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-wK1mlmwt_9U/Wc8GJCUIxrI/AAAAAAACr_4/0UYmFYfxqWUPjpDaGELGW4wkKbI_A0g8ACEwYBhgL/s1600/John%2BBrown%2BAscending%2Bthe%2BScaffold.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-wK1mlmwt_9U/Wc8GJCUIxrI/AAAAAAACr_4/0UYmFYfxqWUPjpDaGELGW4wkKbI_A0g8ACEwYBhgL/s320/John%2BBrown%2BAscending%2Bthe%2BScaffold.jpg?width=320" width="320" class="align-left" alt="John%2BBrown%2BAscending%2Bthe%2BScaffold.jpg?width=320" /></a></div>Brown was hanged on 2 December 1859, Howe and Stearns had fled the country, Parker was dying of consumption in Italy, Sanborn couldn't make up his mind whether or not he ought to flee, Smith was in an <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Secret-Six-True-Conspired-Brown/dp/1570031819">insane asylum</a>, and Higginson was planning a half-cocked (and never pulled off) plan to rescue Brown's still imprisoned companions in the crazy raid on Harpers Ferry.</div><br /><div style="font-family:Cambria;font-size:14pt;margin:0in;"></div><div style="font-family:Cambria;font-size:14pt;margin:0in;">Three and a half years later, on the evening of October 16, 1859, John Brown and 18 "soldiers" seized the U.S. arsenal at Harpers Ferry, Virginia. Brown's plans were fantastic—some would say insane. He would use the arms in the arsenal—as well as old-fashioned pikes he had had specially manufactured—to begin a guerrilla war against slavery. The core of his army would be the mostly white band of raiders who seized the arsenal. But soon, he hoped—he believed—he just knew—that hundreds or even thousands of slaves would join him in the fight against the "peculiar institution." He predicted that once word of his raid got out, slaves from throughout the region would appear at his side, as bees "swarm to the hive."</div><br /><div style="font-family:Cambria;font-size:14pt;margin:0in;"></div><div style="font-family:Cambria;font-size:14pt;margin:0in;">During his raid, Brown and his men had captured a number of slave owners in the area, including Lewis Washington, the great-grand-nephew of President George Washington. Brown did not kill any of these captured men, and he went out of his way to protect them and make sure they were not harmed.</div><br /><div style="font-family:Cambria;font-size:14pt;margin:0in;"></div><div style="font-family:Cambria;font-size:14pt;margin:0in;"><div class="separator" style="clear:both;text-align:center;"><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-_PZzDGADTdk/Wc8GIkDBK7I/AAAAAAACr_s/alp_vLt1MbAfBYsgKas4Zh3cxT1LtRxoACEwYBhgL/s1600/Harpers%2BFerry%2BRaid-John%2BBrown%2527s.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-_PZzDGADTdk/Wc8GIkDBK7I/AAAAAAACr_s/alp_vLt1MbAfBYsgKas4Zh3cxT1LtRxoACEwYBhgL/s200/Harpers%2BFerry%2BRaid-John%2BBrown%2527s.jpg?width=200" width="200" class="align-left" alt="Harpers%2BFerry%2BRaid-John%2BBrown%2527s.jpg?width=200" /></a></div>While in Harpers Ferry, the raiders killed a railroad baggage handler, who ironically was a free black, when he refused their orders to halt. In a firefight they killed a few townsmen, including the mayor. At one point Brown stopped a passenger train, held it for a while, and then released it. The train continued on to Washington, D.C., where the crew dutifully reported to officials that Brown had seized Harpers Ferry. The next day, October 18, U.S. marines, under the command of Army Brevet Col. Robert E. Lee, captured Brown in the engine house on the armory grounds. By this time, most of the raiders were either dead or wounded.</div><br /><div style="font-family:Cambria;font-size:14pt;margin:0in;"></div><div style="font-family:Cambria;font-size:14pt;margin:0in;">The story of these six avid enemies of slavery- writers, preachers, businessmen is not just an obscure tale about the would-be financiers of a revolution; it is also the story of pacifists turned radicals, of hope for slavery’s extinction being shattered by deep societal and economic currents, and of inspired citizens planning a stand against fundamental evil only to flee the country and deny their involvement after Brown’s failure.</div><br /><br /><div style="font-family:Cambria;font-size:14pt;margin:0in;"><div class="separator" style="clear:both;text-align:center;"><a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-W-HNA-Ztw98/Wc8HYM4Av8I/AAAAAAACsE4/44j7_d8tYnIGdqzRi2wOVu-K0tsKqwZOgCLcBGAs/s1600/The_Secret_Six.png" target="_blank"><img src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-W-HNA-Ztw98/Wc8HYM4Av8I/AAAAAAACsE4/44j7_d8tYnIGdqzRi2wOVu-K0tsKqwZOgCLcBGAs/s320/The_Secret_Six.png?width=318" width="318" class="align-center" alt="The_Secret_Six.png?width=318" /></a></div></div><br /><br /><div style="font-family:Cambria;font-size:14pt;margin:0in;"><b><i>The Secret Six</i></b> were not <a href="http://www.americanheritage.com/content/secret-six">hardscrabble</a> ruffians or ex-slaves but men of culture, education, and fortune, and, as such, an especial threat to the slave- holding plutocracy Five of the six were from Boston: Higginson a preacher and a writer; Sanborn a young writer, teacher, and protégé of Ralph Waldo Emerson; Howe a world- renowned physician who worked with the blind and deaf; Theodore Parker a well-known abolitionist and Unitarian preacher; and George L. Stearns a prosperous manufacturer. The sixth member, Gerrit Smith, was a rich upstate New York businessman and philanthropist.</div><br /><div style="font-family:Cambria;font-size:14pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:bold;margin:0in;"></div><div style="font-family:Cambria;font-size:14pt;margin:0in;">So there you have it folks. What a ride! And I do hope that you got another wrinkle in your brain.</div><div style="font-family:Cambria;font-size:14pt;margin:0in;"></div><div style="font-family:Cambria;font-size:14pt;margin:0in;"><div class="separator" style="clear:both;text-align:center;"><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-QDrYw_EF2kw/Wc8Gd53RkjI/AAAAAAACsDY/l76_uXI1h0Yl7UlRet_UhcX7S9uLW7hgQCEwYBhgL/s1600/The%2BSecret%2BSix-Edward%2BJ%2BRnehan%2BJr.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-QDrYw_EF2kw/Wc8Gd53RkjI/AAAAAAACsDY/l76_uXI1h0Yl7UlRet_UhcX7S9uLW7hgQCEwYBhgL/s320/The%2BSecret%2BSix-Edward%2BJ%2BRnehan%2BJr.jpg?width=207" width="207" class="align-center" alt="The%2BSecret%2BSix-Edward%2BJ%2BRnehan%2BJr.jpg?width=207" /></a></div></div><div style="font-family:Cambria;font-size:14pt;margin:0in;"></div></div></div>
The Hidden Hand Behind Mega Churches (VIDEOS)
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2017-07-29T19:16:28.000Z
2017-07-29T19:16:28.000Z
Nana Baakan Agyiriwah
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<div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align:left;"><a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-qQmVtQlQwvk/WWAlh7OUqhI/AAAAAAACpY8/nbgpDa4lR5UTEiDdnU5t5if-qw2cuHQGwCLcBGAs/s400/The%2BHidden%2BHand%2BBehind%2BMega%2BChurches.png?width=320" target="_blank"><img src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-qQmVtQlQwvk/WWAlh7OUqhI/AAAAAAACpY8/nbgpDa4lR5UTEiDdnU5t5if-qw2cuHQGwCLcBGAs/s400/The%2BHidden%2BHand%2BBehind%2BMega%2BChurches.png?width=320" width="320" class="align-left" alt="The%2BHidden%2BHand%2BBehind%2BMega%2BChurches.png?width=320" /></a><h2 style="font-family:Cambria;margin:0in;text-align:left;"><b><span style="font-size:large;">The Hidden Hand Behind Mega Churches</span></b></h2><h2 style="font-family:Cambria;margin:0in;text-align:left;">Greetings,</h2><div style="font-family:Cambria;font-size:14pt;margin:0in;">The title of this video/blog is "The Hidden Hand Behind Mega Churches."</div><div style="font-family:Cambria;font-size:14pt;margin:0in;">Mega churches for the most part are a huge money enterprise/ business. Founder of Scientology L. Ron Hubbard said in 1948 that “You don’t get rich writing sc<span style="font-size:14pt;">ience fiction. If you want to get rich, start a religion.”</span></div><div style="font-family:Cambria;font-size:14pt;margin:0in;">It certainly is a phenomenon and much more common today than in the past. Up until now, the Catholic Church with its many diocese and archdiocese around the globe seemed to have had captured the most fervent and committed followers. The "Church" as it is called was ruled by a Holy Papacy, a cardinal who would ascend to the throne of the Church i</div><div style="font-family:Cambria;font-size:14pt;margin:0in;">n succession of the one preceding it. This succession of "rulers" over the Church was solidified in 325AD at the Council of Nicea, the first ecumenical <span style="font-weight:bold;">council</span> of the Christian church, where many policies were established including the term "Catholic". Religious writings heretofore considered inspired by God were gathered together under the cloak of a seeming conspiracy that determined which were to be included in the Holy Bible and which ones were to be discarded. Pagan rituals and festivals were incorporated as well in order to induce and entice the so-called pagans into the fold.</div><div style="font-family:Cambria;font-size:14pt;margin:0in;">Emperor Constantine I, an unbaptized catechumen or neophyte presided over the opening session. <span style="font-weight:bold;">İznik, </span>historically <span style="font-weight:bold;">Nicaea</span>, town, northwestern <a href="https://www.britannica.com/place/Turkey">Turkey</a>. It lies on the eastern shore of Lake İznik.</div><div style="font-family:Cambria;font-size:14pt;margin:0in;"></div><div style="font-family:Cambria;font-size:14pt;margin:0in;"><div style="font-family:Cambria;font-size:14pt;margin:0in;text-align:center;"><a href="https://youtu.be/_O3C3O5NwUs">https://youtu.be/_O3C3O5NwUs</a></div></div><div style="font-family:Cambria;font-size:14pt;margin:0in;"><br /><div style="text-align:center;"><iframe width="560" height="315" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/_O3C3O5NwUs?wmode=opaque"></iframe></div></div><div style="font-family:Cambria;font-size:14pt;margin:0in;"></div><div style="font-family:Cambria;font-size:14pt;margin:0in;"></div><div style="font-family:Cambria;font-size:14pt;margin:0in;">From Britanica Encyclopedia we read</div><div style="font-family:Cambria;font-size:14pt;margin:0in;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-a1NmiYz1c4E/WWAlwibkU0I/AAAAAAACpZA/R6LbaWrH7HQBlUYF25BHLgteVXB18kuJgCLcBGAs/s1600/Constantine-Council_of_Nicea.png" style="clear:right;float:right;margin-bottom:1em;margin-left:1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-a1NmiYz1c4E/WWAlwibkU0I/AAAAAAACpZA/R6LbaWrH7HQBlUYF25BHLgteVXB18kuJgCLcBGAs/s320/Constantine-Council_of_Nicea.png" width="237" alt="Constantine-Council_of_Nicea.png" /></a>"Above all, Constantine’s achievement was perhaps greatest in social and cultural <a href="https://www.britannica.com/place/Roman-Empire">Roman Empire</a>. Emerging from it in the course of the 4th century were two developments that contributed fundamentally to the nature of <a href="https://www.britannica.com/place/Byzantine-Empire">Byzantine</a> and Western medieval culture: the growth of a specifically Christian, biblical culture that took its place beside the traditional Classical culture of the upper classes; and the extension of new forms of religious patronage between the secular governing classes and bishops, Christian <a href="https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/intellectuals">intellectuals</a> and holy men. Constantine left much for his successors to do, but it was his personal choice made in 312 that determined the emergence of the Roman Empire as a Christian state. It is not hard to see why <a href="https://www.britannica.com/biography/Eusebius-of-Caesarea">Eusebius</a> regarded Constantine’s reign as the fulfillment of divine <a href="https://www.britannica.com/topic/Providence-theology">providence</a>—nor to concede the force of Constantine’s assessment of his own role as that of the 13th <a href="https://www.britannica.com/topic/Apostle">Apostle</a>."</div>history. It was the development, after his example, of a Christianized imperial governing class that, together with his dynastic success, most firmly entrenched the privileged position of Christianity; and it was this movement of fashion, rather than the enforcement of any program of legislation, that was the basis of the Christianization of the</div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align:left;"></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align:left;"><br /><div style="font-family:Cambria;font-size:14pt;margin:0in;"></div><div style="font-family:Cambria;font-size:14pt;margin:0in;">We need only to see the status, rank and appeal of the Catholic Church today to grasp its impact on the global stage since 325 AD.</div><div style="font-family:Cambria;font-size:14pt;margin:0in;"></div><div style="font-family:Cambria;font-size:14pt;margin:0in;"></div><div style="font-family:Cambria;font-size:14pt;margin:0in;">Of course there were many schisms, wars and persecutions. Conflict between the Roman Christians and the European Christians came to a head during the Protestant Reformation of the 1500's, with several reformers like Martin Luther, John Calvin and Henry VIII rising out of the midst including King James, Calvin, Luther and others. People began to question the Papacy and its proclaimed infallible power over all aspects of life that had been wielded for at least 10 centuries. Corruption and ineptitude of the Papacy, the priests and clergy even among the believers became so rampant it was time for a change in fact time for a revolution. The wealth of the Church was unspeakable and came by thru some unscrupulous practices, however, to this day it still remains the wealthy religious entity in the world. Headquartered in Rome, it has consolidated the masses to the point where dignitaries and heads of state come from around the globe to pay their respects to the Pope and his mighty guard of soldiers, priests, cardinals and clergymen.</div><div style="font-family:Cambria;font-size:14pt;margin:0in;"></div><div style="font-family:Cambria;font-size:14pt;margin:0in;">But somewhere along the way, the schism between the Catholics and the Protestants took an even more interesting turn. </div><div style="font-family:Cambria;font-size:14pt;margin:0in;"></div><div style="font-family:Cambria;font-size:14pt;margin:0in;"></div><div style="font-family:Cambria;font-size:14pt;margin:0in;">"<a href="http://www.history.com/topics/reformation">The Protestant Reformation</a> was the 16th-century religious, political, intellectual and cultural upheaval that splintered Catholic Europe, setting in place the structures and beliefs that would define the continent in the modern era. In northern and central Europe, reformers like Martin Luther, John Calvin and Henry VIII challenged papal authority and questioned the Catholic Church’s ability to define Christian practice. They argued for a religious and political redistribution of power into the hands of Bible- and pamphlet-reading pastors and princes. The disruption triggered wars, persecutions and the so-called Counter-Reformation, the Catholic Church’s delayed but forceful response to the Protestants."</div><div style="font-family:Cambria;font-size:14pt;margin:0in;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear:both;text-align:center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-49Gk0h-sqz0/WWAl9IU9OoI/AAAAAAACpZE/ORPy23LK8cEHxSChLPZrG485LAw358CGgCLcBGAs/s1600/Protestant_Reformation.png" style="margin-left:1em;margin-right:1em;"><img border="0" height="352" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-49Gk0h-sqz0/WWAl9IU9OoI/AAAAAAACpZE/ORPy23LK8cEHxSChLPZrG485LAw358CGgCLcBGAs/s640/Protestant_Reformation.png" width="640" alt="Protestant_Reformation.png" /></a></div><div style="font-family:Cambria;font-size:14pt;margin:0in;"></div><div style="font-family:Cambria;font-size:14pt;margin:0in;">Around the world we see huge edifices of worship, some even having been subdued by the advance of Islam changing Cathedrals into mosques or leveling cathedrals and erecting mosques in their place. But slowly but surely, the Protestant arm of Christian believers has grown exponentially and has expressed itself through many forms. Today, their churches rival the Cathedrals and mosques and their congregations are expanding rapidly.</div><div style="font-family:Cambria;font-size:14pt;margin:0in;"></div><div style="font-family:Cambria;font-size:14pt;margin:0in;"></div><div style="font-family:Cambria;font-size:14pt;margin:0in;"></div><div style="font-family:Cambria;font-size:14pt;margin:0in;">Some world churches have sprung up from the ashes such as the Council of World Churches. <a href="https://www.oikoumene.org/en" style="font-size:14pt;"><span style="font-weight:bold;">The World Council of Churches</span></a> <span style="font-size:14pt;">is a Christian organization dedicated to the search for Christian unity. It is a voluntary fellowship (association) of churches which confess the Lord Jesus Christ as God and Saviour.</span></div><div style="font-family:Cambria;font-size:14pt;margin:0in;"></div><div style="font-family:Cambria;font-size:14pt;margin:0in;"></div><div style="font-family:Cambria;font-size:14pt;margin:0in;"></div><div style="font-family:Cambria;font-size:14pt;margin:0in;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unitarianism"><span style="font-weight:bold;">Unitarianism</span></a> is historically a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christian_theology">Christian theological</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sociological_classifications_of_religious_movements">movement</a> named for its belief that <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/God_in_Christianity">God</a> is one entity, as opposed to the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trinity">Trinity</a> which defines God as three <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypostasis_(philosophy)">persons</a> in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homoousian">one being</a>; the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/God_the_Father">Father</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/God_the_Son">Son</a>, and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holy_Spirit">Holy Spirit</a>.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unitarianism#cite_note-Knight-1">[1]</a> Unitarians believe that <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jesus">Jesus</a> was <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biblical_inspiration">inspired by God</a> in his moral teachings and is a savior<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unitarianism#cite_note-Miano_2003_15-2">[2]</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unitarianism#cite_note-3">[3]</a> but a human being rather than a deity. Unitarianism is also known for the rejection of several other <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Western_Christianity">Western Christian</a> doctrines,<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unitarianism#cite_note-4">[4]</a> including the doctrines of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Original_sin">original sin</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Predestination_in_Christianity">predestination</a>,<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unitarianism#cite_note-5">[5]</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unitarianism#cite_note-6">[6]</a> and the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biblical_inerrancy">infallibility of the Bible</a>.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unitarianism#cite_note-7">[7]</a> Unitarians in previous centuries accepted the doctrine of punishment in an eternal <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hell">hell</a>, but few do today.[<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed"><span style="font-style:italic;">citation needed</span></a>] Unitarianism might be considered a part of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protestantism">Protestantism</a> depending on one's stance or viewpoint; perhaps it being described a part of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nontrinitarianism">Nontrinitarianism</a>, or both, is more accurate.</div><div style="font-family:Cambria;font-size:14pt;margin:0in;"></div><div style="font-family:Cambria;font-size:14pt;margin:0in;"></div><div style="font-family:Cambria;font-size:14pt;margin:0in;"></div><div style="font-family:Cambria;font-size:14pt;margin:0in;"><a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/Apostolic-church.html"><span style="font-weight:bold;">Apostolic Church</span></a> "There are several groups which call themselves “Apostolic.” Generally speaking, these churches all seek to uphold or return to the teachings and practices of the first church. Some of these churches hold to Pentecostal doctrine, while some do not. The largest groups are probably the Apostolic Church (or Apostolic Faith Church), which was born out of the Welsh revival of 1904-1905; and the New Apostolic Church International, which is traced back to the British revivals of the 1830s.</div><div style="font-family:Cambria;font-size:14pt;margin:0in;"></div><div style="font-family:Cambria;font-size:14pt;margin:0in;"></div><div style="font-family:Cambria;font-size:14pt;margin:0in;"></div><div style="font-family:Cambria;font-size:14pt;margin:0in;"><span style="font-size:18.6667px;">The </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seventh-day_Adventist_Church" style="font-size:18.6667px;"><span style="font-weight:bold;">Seventh-day Adventist Church</span></a><span style="font-size:18.6667px;">a[›]</span><span style="font-size:18.6667px;"> </span><br /> <span style="font-size:18.6667px;">is </span><span style="font-size:14pt;"> a </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protestantism" style="font-size:14pt;">Protestant</a><span style="font-size:14pt;"> </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christianity" style="font-size:14pt;">Christian</a><span style="font-size:14pt;"> </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Religious_denomination" style="font-size:14pt;">denomination</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seventh-day_Adventist_Church#cite_note-3" style="font-size:14pt;">[3]</a><span style="font-size:14pt;"> distinguished by its observance of </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saturday" style="font-size:14pt;">Saturday</a><span style="font-size:14pt;">,</span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seventh-day_Adventist_Church#cite_note-4" style="font-size:14pt;">[4]</a><span style="font-size:14pt;"> the seventh </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Day_of_the_week" style="font-size:14pt;">day of the week</a><span style="font-size:14pt;"> in </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christian_calendar" style="font-size:14pt;">Christian</a><span style="font-size:14pt;"> and </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jewish_calendar" style="font-size:14pt;">Jewish calendars</a><span style="font-size:14pt;">, as </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sabbath_in_seventh-day_churches" style="font-size:14pt;">Sabbath</a><span style="font-size:14pt;">, and by its emphasis on the imminent </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Coming" style="font-size:14pt;">Second Coming</a><span style="font-size:14pt;"> (advent) of Jesus Christ. The denomination grew out of the </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Millerism" style="font-size:14pt;">Millerite movement</a><span style="font-size:14pt;"> in the United States during the mid-19th century and was formally established in 1863.</span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seventh-day_Adventist_Church#cite_note-webhistory-5" style="font-size:14pt;">[5]</a><span style="font-size:14pt;"> Among its founders was </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ellen_G._White" style="font-size:14pt;">Ellen G. White</a><span style="font-size:14pt;">, whose extensive writings are still held in high regard by the church.</span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seventh-day_Adventist_Church#cite_note-6" style="font-size:14pt;">[6]</a></div><div style="font-family:Cambria;font-size:14pt;margin:0in;">Much of the theology of the Seventh-day Adventist Church corresponds to common Protestant Christian teachings, such as the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trinity">Trinity</a> and the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biblical_infallibility">infallibility of Scripture</a>. Distinctive teachings include the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christian_mortalism">unconscious state of the dead</a> and the doctrine of an <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Investigative_judgment">investigative judgment</a>. The church is known for its emphasis on diet and health, its "holistic" understanding of the person,<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seventh-day_Adventist_Church#cite_note-7">[7]</a> promotion of religious liberty, and its conservative principles and lifestyle.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seventh-day_Adventist_Church#cite_note-8">[8]</a></div><div style="font-family:Cambria;font-size:14pt;margin:0in;">The world church is governed by a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=General_Conference_Corporation_of_Seventh-day_Adventists&action=edit&redlink=1">General Conference</a>, with smaller regions administered by divisions, union conferences, and local conferences. It currently has a worldwide baptized membership of over 20 million people, and 25 million adherents.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seventh-day_Adventist_Church#cite_note-9">[9]</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seventh-day_Adventist_Church#cite_note-10">[10]</a> As of May 2007, it was the twelfth-largest religious body in the world,<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seventh-day_Adventist_Church#cite_note-11">[11]</a> and the sixth-largest highly international religious body.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seventh-day_Adventist_Church#cite_note-12">[12]</a> It is ethnically and culturally diverse, and maintains a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Missionary">missionary</a> presence in over 200 countries and territories.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seventh-day_Adventist_Church#cite_note-WebStats-2">[2]</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seventh-day_Adventist_Church#cite_note-membership-13">[13]</a> </div><div style="font-family:Cambria;font-size:14pt;margin:0in;"></div><div style="font-family:Cambria;font-size:14pt;margin:0in;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-DXFs7j0RGj0/WWAtwW1s-gI/AAAAAAACpaI/EbFpmsbissQ-_4XB26bGsNKAtS9fPYJ2gCK4BGAYYCw/s1600/Kingdom%2BHall%2BReuni%25C3%25A3o_em_Sal%25C3%25A3o_do_Reino.jpg" style="clear:left;float:left;margin-bottom:1em;margin-right:1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-DXFs7j0RGj0/WWAtwW1s-gI/AAAAAAACpaI/EbFpmsbissQ-_4XB26bGsNKAtS9fPYJ2gCK4BGAYYCw/s320/Kingdom%2BHall%2BReuni%25C3%25A3o_em_Sal%25C3%25A3o_do_Reino.jpg" width="320" alt="Kingdom%2BHall%2BReuni%25C3%25A3o_em_Sal%25C3%25A3o_do_Reino.jpg" /></a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jehovah%27s_Witnesses"><span style="font-weight:bold;">Jehovah's Witnesses</span></a> is a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Millenarian">millenarian</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Restorationism">restorationist</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christian_denomination">Christian denomination</a> with <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nontrinitarianism">nontrinitarian</a> beliefs distinct from mainstream <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christianity">Christianity</a>.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jehovah%27s_Witnesses#cite_note-4">[4]</a> The group reports a worldwide membership of more than 8.3 million adherents involved in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evangelism">evangelism</a>. </div><div style="font-family:Cambria;font-size:14pt;margin:0in;"></div><div style="font-family:Cambria;font-size:14pt;margin:0in;">Jehovah's Witnesses are directed by the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Governing_Body_of_Jehovah%27s_Witnesses">Governing Body of Jehovah's Witnesses</a>, a group of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elder_(Christianity)#Jehovah.27s_Witnesses">elders</a> in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warwick,_New_York">Warwick</a>, New York, which establishes all doctrines<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jehovah%27s_Witnesses#cite_note-5">[5]</a> based on its interpretations of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bible">Bible</a>. The group emerged from the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bible_Student_movement">Bible Student movement</a>, founded in the late 1870s by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Taze_Russell">Charles Taze Russell</a> with the formation of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Watch_Tower_Bible_and_Tract_Society_of_Pennsylvania">Zion's Watch Tower Tract Society</a>,<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jehovah%27s_Witnesses#cite_note-Gale-2">[2]</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jehovah%27s_Witnesses#cite_note-10">[10]</a> with significant organizational and doctrinal changes under the leadership of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Franklin_Rutherford">Joseph Franklin Rutherford</a>.</div><div style="font-family:Cambria;font-size:14pt;margin:0in;"></div><div style="font-family:Cambria;font-size:14pt;margin:0in;"></div><div style="font-family:Cambria;font-size:14pt;margin:0in;"></div><div style="font-family:Cambria;font-size:14pt;margin:0in;">Lest we forget the <strong>Worldwide Evangelist Movement</strong> namely:</div><div style="font-family:Cambria;font-size:14pt;margin:0in;"></div><div style="font-family:Cambria;font-size:14pt;margin:0in;">The organizations represented by the websites below proclaim the good news of Jesus Christ, and encourage and facilitate evangelism in all walks of life, through events, media and publications.</div><div style="font-family:Cambria;font-size:14pt;font-weight:bold;margin:0in;"><div style="text-align:center;">BILLY GRAHAM EVANGELISTIC ASSOCIATION</div></div><div style="font-family:Cambria;font-size:14pt;margin:0in;"><div style="text-align:center;"><a href="http://www.billygraham.org/">http://www.billygraham.org/</a></div></div><div style="font-family:Cambria;font-size:14pt;font-weight:bold;margin:0in;"><div style="text-align:center;">HARVEST: GREG LAURIE</div></div><div style="font-family:Cambria;font-size:14pt;margin:0in;"><div style="text-align:center;"><a href="https://www.harvest.org/">https://www.harvest.org/</a></div></div><div style="font-family:Cambria;font-size:14pt;margin:0in;"><div style="text-align:center;">You were created to know God in a personal way—to have a relationship with Him, through His Son, Jesus Christ.</div></div><div style="font-family:Cambria;font-size:14pt;font-weight:bold;margin:0in;"><div style="text-align:center;">LUIS PALAU ASSOCIATION</div></div><div style="font-family:Cambria;font-size:14pt;margin:0in;"><div style="text-align:center;"><a href="http://palau.org/">http://palau.org/</a></div></div><div style="font-family:Cambria;font-size:14pt;font-weight:bold;margin:0in;"><div style="text-align:center;">MY HOPE AMERICA</div></div><div style="font-family:Cambria;font-size:14pt;margin:0in;"><div style="text-align:center;"><a href="http://myhopewithbillygraham.org/">http://myhopewithbillygraham.org/</a></div></div><div style="font-family:Cambria;font-size:14pt;font-weight:bold;margin:0in;"><div style="text-align:center;">NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF EVANGELICALS</div></div><div style="font-family:Cambria;font-size:14pt;margin:0in;"><div style="text-align:center;"><a href="http://nae.net/">http://nae.net/</a></div></div><div style="font-family:Cambria;font-size:14pt;font-weight:bold;margin:0in;"><div style="text-align:center;">NORM GEISLER INTERNATIONAL MINISTRIES</div></div><div style="font-family:Cambria;font-size:14pt;margin:0in;"><div style="text-align:center;"><a href="http://ngim.org/">http://ngim.org/</a></div></div><div style="font-family:Cambria;font-size:14pt;font-weight:bold;margin:0in;"><div style="text-align:center;">PROCLAIMING THE GOSPEL</div></div><div style="font-family:Cambria;font-size:14pt;margin:0in;"><div style="text-align:center;"><a href="http://proclaimingthegospel.org/">http://proclaimingthegospel.org/</a></div></div><div style="font-family:Cambria;font-size:14pt;font-weight:bold;margin:0in;"><div style="text-align:center;">THE GOSPEL COALITION</div></div><div style="font-family:Cambria;font-size:14pt;margin:0in;"><div style="text-align:center;"><a href="http://thegospelcoalition.org/">http://thegospelcoalition.org/</a></div></div><div style="font-family:Cambria;font-size:14pt;font-weight:bold;margin:0in;"><div style="text-align:center;">THE NAVIGATORS</div></div><div style="font-family:Cambria;font-size:14pt;margin:0in;"><div style="text-align:center;"><a href="http://www.navigators.org/">http://www.navigators.org/</a></div></div><div style="font-family:Cambria;font-size:14pt;font-weight:bold;margin:0in;"><div style="text-align:center;">TRUE LIFE</div></div><div style="font-family:Cambria;font-size:14pt;margin:0in;"><div style="text-align:center;"><a href="https://www.truelife.org/">https://www.truelife.org</a></div></div><div style="font-family:Cambria;font-size:14pt;margin:0in;"><div style="text-align:center;"></div></div><div style="font-family:Cambria;font-size:14pt;margin:0in;"><div style="text-align:center;"><a href="http://www.godshub.com/faith-hub/evangelism-organizations/">http://www.godshub.com/faith-hub/evangelism-organizations/</a></div><div style="text-align:center;"></div><div style="text-align:center;"></div></div><div style="font-family:Cambria;font-size:14pt;margin:0in;"></div><div style="font-family:Cambria;font-size:14pt;margin:0in;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scientology"><span style="font-weight:bold;">Scientology</span></a> is a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scientology_beliefs_and_practices">body of religious beliefs and practices</a> developed in 1954 by<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L._Ron_Hubbard">L. Ron Hubbard</a> (1911–86). Hubbard initially developed a program of ideas called <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dianetics">Dianetics</a>, which was distributed through the Dianetics Foundation. <br /><div class="separator" style="clear:both;text-align:center;"><a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Cxt9umbvpD8/WWAmvAtWyMI/AAAAAAACpZM/NaPzLRy3rhQaN8-ygOx1klDfKfQuDFwLACLcBGAs/s1600/Church_of_Scientology_building_in_Los_Angeles%252C_Fountain_Avenue.jpg" style="clear:right;float:right;margin-bottom:1em;margin-left:1em;"><img border="0" height="228" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Cxt9umbvpD8/WWAmvAtWyMI/AAAAAAACpZM/NaPzLRy3rhQaN8-ygOx1klDfKfQuDFwLACLcBGAs/s320/Church_of_Scientology_building_in_Los_Angeles%252C_Fountain_Avenue.jpg" width="320" alt="Church_of_Scientology_building_in_Los_Angeles%252C_Fountain_Avenue.jpg" /></a></div>American author </div><div style="font-family:Cambria;font-size:14pt;margin:0in;"></div><div style="font-family:Cambria;font-size:14pt;margin:0in;">The foundation soon entered bankruptcy and Hubbard lost the rights to his seminal publication <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dianetics:_The_Modern_Science_of_Mental_Health"><span style="font-style:italic;">Dianetics: The Modern Science of Mental Health</span></a>in 1952. He then recharacterized the subject as a religion and renamed it Scientology,<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scientology#cite_note-metro-4">[4]</a> retaining the terminology, doctrines, the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E-meter">E-meter</a>, and the practice of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Auditing_(Scientology)">auditing</a>.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scientology#cite_note-5">[5]</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scientology#cite_note-Melton28-6">[6]</a> Within a year, he regained the rights to Dianetics and retained both subjects under the umbrella of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Church_of_Scientology">Church of Scientology</a></div><div style="font-family:Cambria;font-size:14pt;margin:0in;"></div><div style="font-family:Cambria;font-size:14pt;margin:0in;"></div><div style="font-family:Cambria;font-size:14pt;margin:0in;"></div><div style="font-family:Cambria;font-size:14pt;margin:0in;">All in All, <span style="font-weight:bold;">the Catholic Church</span> still out rivals all the others with is 1.2 billion people worldwide according to Vatican figures. More than 40% of the world's Catholics live in Latin America - but Africa has seen the biggest growth in Catholic congregations in recent years.</div><div style="font-family:Cambria;font-size:14pt;margin:0in;"></div><div style="font-family:Cambria;font-size:14pt;margin:0in;">There are too many to list here. We will skip the "New Age" movement which also has tentacles stretching around the world and has its own way of soliciting funds from its believers, initiates, associates and cohorts. Otherwise we will never get to the hidden hand behind them all.</div><div style="font-family:Cambria;font-size:14pt;margin:0in;"></div><div style="font-family:Cambria;font-size:14pt;margin:0in;">So, let's go back a bit and focus on the topic of this video, the phenomenon called the Mega Church.</div><div style="font-family:Cambria;font-size:14pt;margin:0in;"></div><div style="font-family:Cambria;font-size:14pt;margin:0in;">It is quite an interesting phenomenon especially when you look at the amount of money that streams into them yearly. Since in the US in particular, churches are tax exempt, there is little oversight as to what a church can do, what a church is and what the congregation is responsible for. In the beginning the concept of Church was a small gathering of folks who came together to share a worship service, with others of like mind. Over time, these small gatherings would expand to larger ones and require a large "meeting hall". Meeting halls evolved to large buildings, then cathedrals and now massive stadium size buildings where worshipers visit, hearts in their hands and of course, money in their pockets.</div><div style="font-family:Cambria;font-size:14pt;margin:0in;"></div><div style="font-family:Cambria;font-size:14pt;margin:0in;">They gather around a charismatic "preacher", "reverend", "pastor" etc. and seek his auspices and sometimes intercession between them and "Glory". They willfully give up their earnings and savings for the promise. The advent of the Televangelists has taken this operation to a whole new level.</div><div style="font-family:Cambria;font-size:14pt;margin:0in;"></div><div style="font-family:Cambria;font-size:14pt;margin:0in;"><div class="separator" style="clear:both;text-align:center;"><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-fOWQm1-oWu4/WWAnT2c51VI/AAAAAAACpZQ/KXZibLDGb4Us4sEbdW2xqXBka1zcoRCDQCLcBGAs/s1600/prosperitypimps1.jpg" style="margin-left:1em;margin-right:1em;"><img border="0" height="100" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-fOWQm1-oWu4/WWAnT2c51VI/AAAAAAACpZQ/KXZibLDGb4Us4sEbdW2xqXBka1zcoRCDQCLcBGAs/s400/prosperitypimps1.jpg" width="400" alt="prosperitypimps1.jpg" /></a></div></div><div style="font-family:Cambria;font-size:14pt;margin:0in;"></div><div style="font-family:Cambria;font-size:14pt;margin:0in;">To quote a commenter by the name of Barbara Bush:</div><div style="font-family:Cambria;font-size:14pt;font-style:italic;margin:0in;"><blockquote class="tr_bq">"What I find ironic is how much the megachurches and their preachers borrowed from rock stars. The stadiums, the laser light shows, the big screen onstage, the audience participation (The ultra loud "Are you ready to rock and roll?" shouted from the stage has become "Are you ready to accept Jesus as your savior?" and the flicking of cigarette lighters has become the waving of arms). And the preachers get plenty of ass, just like the rock stars of the 60s and 70s. Fundamentalist preachers denounced rock and roll as the devil's music but rock really worked out quite well for them, didn't it?"</blockquote></div><div style="font-family:Cambria;font-size:14pt;font-style:italic;margin:0in;"></div><div style="font-family:Cambria;font-size:14pt;margin:0in;">Continuing my research in determining what exactly is the hidden hand behind this movement I found this declassified document entitled <span style="font-weight:bold;"><a href="https://www.cia.gov/library/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP97R00694R000600050001-9.pdf">"LIBERATION THEOLOGY: RELIGION, REFORM, AND REVOLUTION"</a></span></div><div style="font-family:Cambria;font-size:14pt;margin:0in;"></div><div style="font-family:Cambria;font-size:14pt;margin:0in;"></div><div style="font-family:Cambria;font-size:14pt;margin:0in;">In brief, this document outlines the impact of Liberation Theology particularly as it relates to countries in South America that are ruled by so-called dictators. It appears to be an extension or offshoot of the Catholic Church or in a sense a reformation of the commonly available Church system inculcating the need for liberation from poverty, dictatorial rule, inequality across the social structure of the communities. Some even incorporate a violent take over of the government. While the CIA was apprehensive of its radical implications that stated that the US and other western capitalists countries were a major threat to these 3rd world nations, it also can see the advantage of these take overs and the establishment of a more democratic society. Here it can be seen that the CIA can infiltrate and manipulate according to the interests of the US. Funding certain revolutions and regime change, funneling weapons and money into these radicalized New Church goers, and on the other hand subduing and or infiltrating to align these grassroots movements to be more in accord with core principals of western democracy in particular, capitalism. When the move towards liberation includes the nationalization of resources within the countries, then a full scale divestment, sanctions or even all out war is called for.</div><div style="font-family:Cambria;font-size:14pt;margin:0in;"></div><div style="font-family:Cambria;font-size:14pt;margin:0in;"></div><div style="font-family:Cambria;font-size:14pt;margin:0in;">Guerillas are created in these Churches that foster liberation theology, so again, the need for influencing both sides become even more apparent. Here we can reference the "Church Committee" and Oliver North and the impact that Oliver North had on the Sandinistas and the more successful Contras. While it may appear that this was all about religious liberation from the oppressive Catholic established church, it actually devolved into the destabilization of many countries in south America and the total ostracizing of Cuba as Castro was a strong proponent of the liberation theology. In addition it has become evident that the Papacy also participated in CIA operations especially in South America by receiving direct contributions/funding, ignoring the many atrocities perpetrated by the "liberation theology" militias or encouraging these militias. Consequently we see the CIA funding both sides of the conflict.</div><div style="font-family:Cambria;font-size:14pt;margin:0in;"></div><div style="font-family:Cambria;font-size:14pt;margin:0in;">So where does the CIA fit in the Christian Right Fundamentalist Prosperity Doctrine that has taken the world by storm?</div><div style="font-family:Cambria;font-size:14pt;margin:0in;"></div><div style="font-family:Cambria;font-size:14pt;margin:0in;"></div><div style="font-family:Cambria;font-size:14pt;margin:0in;"></div><div style="font-family:Cambria;font-size:14pt;margin:0in;">Further research reveals that the fundamentalist/evangelical movements in South America were a precursor to its advent and perpetuation in North America. The experiment included but is not all exclusive of mind control cointel psyops, drug trafficking, pedophilia and child molestations, homosexuality and ramped materialism particularly as these preachers amass huge sums of money for houses, cars, private jets, luxury vacations, etc. It is curious to note that the average member of these congregations did not/do not have access to the same wealth and is some instances have lost prized possessions in their effort to gain access to the "Holy Crown" of golden glory promised to them by these preachers.</div><div style="font-family:Cambria;font-size:14pt;margin:0in;"></div><div style="font-family:Cambria;font-size:14pt;margin:0in;"></div><div style="font-family:Cambria;font-size:14pt;margin:0in;"><div class="separator" style="clear:both;text-align:center;"><a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-CjmwOOkw_L0/WWAom2wR59I/AAAAAAACpZg/wGsgJfnOVMg2bZoHMO-d8QyqG6Vkb8ybwCLcBGAs/s1600/530_mega-church.jpg" style="clear:left;float:left;margin-bottom:1em;margin-right:1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-CjmwOOkw_L0/WWAom2wR59I/AAAAAAACpZg/wGsgJfnOVMg2bZoHMO-d8QyqG6Vkb8ybwCLcBGAs/s320/530_mega-church.jpg" width="320" alt="530_mega-church.jpg" /></a></div>Behind the scenes these preachers/evangelists/prosperity doctrine teachers are shrouded under various laws suits, tax evasion and other criminal activities mirroring in some instances the Mafia. They purport Zionist dispensationalism and often appear facist in their explosive sermons about who actually deserves the kingdom of heaven and who does not.</div><div style="font-family:Cambria;font-size:14pt;margin:0in;"></div><div style="font-family:Cambria;font-size:14pt;margin:0in;">Deep inside the coven of these doctrines is an exceptionalism that may be tempting and appealing to any of those who may be outside of the fold and in order to enter the fold you must pay your fair share of tythes and then some.</div><div style="font-family:Cambria;font-size:14pt;margin:0in;"></div><div style="font-family:Cambria;font-size:14pt;margin:0in;">These churches are hosted in huge stadium like facilties, with dancing, bands, loud music and lots of cheering while the preacher booms through his expensive sound equipment messages of prosperity and abundance that every one is supposedly entitled to. Though many of them if not most of them, seldom see the wealth that their preachers boast of having themselves. In fact, they are told if they don't have it, they must be doing something wrong.<br /> <br /><div class="separator" style="clear:both;text-align:center;"><a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ds1uMM1YEI8/WWAqS49KgoI/AAAAAAACpZs/0BnEQYuYk9IQUgZ2sPeVty4XfEVn09zUgCLcBGAs/s1600/Bishop%2BOyedepo%25E2%2580%2599s%2Bchurch%25E2%2580%2599s.gif" style="margin-left:1em;margin-right:1em;"><img border="0" height="282" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ds1uMM1YEI8/WWAqS49KgoI/AAAAAAACpZs/0BnEQYuYk9IQUgZ2sPeVty4XfEVn09zUgCLcBGAs/s400/Bishop%2BOyedepo%25E2%2580%2599s%2Bchurch%25E2%2580%2599s.gif" width="400" alt="Bishop%2BOyedepo%25E2%2580%2599s%2Bchurch%25E2%2580%2599s.gif" /></a></div></div><div style="font-family:Cambria;font-size:14pt;margin:0in;"></div><div style="font-family:Cambria;font-size:14pt;margin:0in;"></div><div style="font-family:Cambria;font-size:14pt;margin:0in;"><span style="font-size:14pt;">It is a well known fact that CIA operations are supposed to be done abroad, while the FBI, DHS and various other intelligence agencies work in the United States. However, the link between what started in South and Central America through Billy Graham, Falwell, AmeriCares, and a host of other evangelical/fundamentalist operations have stretched its tentacles into the United States as can be seen with the connection between these organizations on mainland USA and South and Central America. Some of these even harken back to Rev. Moon and even futher back to Billy Graham who has been purported to be not only a CIA asset but a freemason.</span></div><div style="font-family:Cambria;font-size:14pt;margin:0in;"></div><div style="font-family:Cambria;font-size:14pt;margin:0in;"></div><div style="font-family:Cambria;font-size:14pt;margin:0in;">This research open up a rabbit hole that I had never expected to go down. Through declassified CIA documents, to the destabilization of Central and South America with the "liberation theology" and full circle to the movement of Mega Churches here in the US.</div><div style="font-family:Cambria;font-size:14pt;margin:0in;"></div><div style="font-family:Cambria;font-size:14pt;margin:0in;"></div><div style="font-family:Cambria;font-size:14pt;margin:0in;">One of the most interesting discoveries was finding out who the riches pastors/preachers were in 2017, and on that list were 4 preachers from Nigeria. It seems that the concept of the Mega church has spread from the south to the north to the West and now Africans in Nigeria are rivaling the movement.</div><div style="font-family:Cambria;font-size:14pt;margin:0in;"></div><div style="font-family:Cambria;font-size:14pt;margin:0in;"></div><div style="font-family:Cambria;font-size:14pt;margin:0in;"></div><div style="font-family:Cambria;font-size:14pt;margin:0in;"><div class="separator" style="clear:both;text-align:center;"><a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-_63pA6QK4Pg/WWAno0zmDhI/AAAAAAACpZU/6B57dciAYj822jdxUjfbuwD5m-GR6lsRgCLcBGAs/s1600/Edir%2BMacedo-Brazil%2527s%2BBillionaire%2BBishop.jpg" style="clear:left;float:left;margin-bottom:1em;margin-right:1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-_63pA6QK4Pg/WWAno0zmDhI/AAAAAAACpZU/6B57dciAYj822jdxUjfbuwD5m-GR6lsRgCLcBGAs/s320/Edir%2BMacedo-Brazil%2527s%2BBillionaire%2BBishop.jpg" width="320" alt="Edir%2BMacedo-Brazil%2527s%2BBillionaire%2BBishop.jpg" /></a></div>One outstanding example of this phenomenon of the material wealth that these preachers acquire is that of Edir Macedo, who establish the Universal Church of the Kingdom of God, in Rio de Janeiro who is a billionaire from Brazil who has several businesses that include radios stations where he is broadcast as far as Australia. With all of that he has a militia of some 3 thousand men who are dedicated to the battle for the Lord. Several abuses have been related to his establishment that include, murder, child abuse and fraud, but he has been able to avoid an serious prosecution. It is believed to be CIA front with connections to the Mossad.</div><div style="font-family:Cambria;font-size:14pt;margin:0in;"></div><div style="font-family:Cambria;font-size:14pt;margin:0in;"><a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-p9mJ8Y0G-T0/WWAoDXhP0UI/AAAAAAACpZY/nH5oQtlz45Y_z5nRVUCl4a3ee9GmzI8nwCLcBGAs/s1600/Tax_Guide_for_Churches.png" style="clear:right;float:right;margin-bottom:1em;margin-left:1em;"><img border="0" height="209" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-p9mJ8Y0G-T0/WWAoDXhP0UI/AAAAAAACpZY/nH5oQtlz45Y_z5nRVUCl4a3ee9GmzI8nwCLcBGAs/s320/Tax_Guide_for_Churches.png" width="320" alt="Tax_Guide_for_Churches.png" /></a>The current Mega Church leaders use a mix of New Age philosophy while claiming <span style="font-size:14pt;">to be strong proponents of the Original bible text. They have become active in politics particularly the Republican party and were strong backers of the Donald Trump campaign. Springing out of the Bible belt with Billy Graham and stretching to South America it ricochet back and pulled those seeking Liberation from poverty, changed the slogans to Prosperity and fostered their evangelism through elaborate displays on television. Establishing the TBN these evangelists catered to physical as well as viewing audiences from around the country and around the globe. Seeking to have what they were manipulated to believe that Jesus did not want them to be poor, therefore, the Kingdom should be enjoyed here on Earth as well as in the Hereafter, although the hereafter became more and more an obscure goal as the riches promised in the present were displayed audaciously by these Televangelists.</span></div><div style="font-family:Cambria;font-size:14pt;margin:0in;"></div><div style="font-family:Cambria;font-size:14pt;margin:0in;"></div><div style="font-family:Cambria;font-size:14pt;margin:0in;"></div><div style="font-family:Cambria;font-size:14pt;margin:0in;"><div class="separator" style="clear:both;text-align:center;"><a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-IWqGgLqtimA/WWAqincNedI/AAAAAAACpZw/tuvpB3UJ05Akj90X4mid6P45RP1b6QbagCLcBGAs/s1600/benny_hinn-india.jpg" style="clear:left;float:left;margin-bottom:1em;margin-right:1em;"><img border="0" height="227" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-IWqGgLqtimA/WWAqincNedI/AAAAAAACpZw/tuvpB3UJ05Akj90X4mid6P45RP1b6QbagCLcBGAs/s320/benny_hinn-india.jpg" width="320" alt="benny_hinn-india.jpg" /></a></div>There is a plethora of YouTube videos demonstrating the audacious antics of these Televangelists. Benny Hinn is a prime example along with Creflo Dollar and TD Jakes, but for what its worth, their influence is amazing in its magnetic ability to draw tens of thousands to their assemblies. Additionally, the music in these assemblies changed dramatically to resemble more of a rock concert than that of the more somber predecessors. It's ironic to see them decry the debauchery of the fallen angels and their sinful ways, while they haughtily display the love of monetary abundance, success and notoriety.</div><div style="font-family:Cambria;font-size:14pt;margin:0in;"></div><div style="font-family:Cambria;font-size:14pt;margin:0in;">These folks have pr managers, brands, marketing strategies, billboards and campaigns that all resemble what any modern day corporation would engage in in order to "sell" their product. The difference being that these folks are able to skirt around many laws and tax levies as they claim to be a "religious" organization. It is quite a curious phenomenon to behold.</div><div style="font-family:Cambria;font-size:14pt;margin:0in;"></div><div style="font-family:Cambria;font-size:14pt;margin:0in;">It would seem that infiltration, manipulation and even leading some of these enclaves of riches would be the order of the day for any intelligence agency in the US. These institutions are a perfect cover for criminal activities as the leaders of these organizations have become so corrupted they have made themselves likely candidates for blackmail and subversion.</div><div style="font-family:Cambria;font-size:14pt;margin:0in;"></div><div style="font-family:Cambria;font-size:14pt;margin:0in;"></div><div style="font-family:Cambria;font-size:14pt;margin:0in;"></div><div style="font-family:Cambria;font-size:14pt;margin:0in;"><div style="text-align:center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-uDDyWEFqhwQ/WWAsYGRae4I/AAAAAAACpZ8/aBrEPWBepYwJ_XESpSkiVyY6iz4cagZxgCK4BGAYYCw/s1600/SK-Pastor_David_Yonggi_Cho-Embezzling.png"><img border="0" height="340" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-uDDyWEFqhwQ/WWAsYGRae4I/AAAAAAACpZ8/aBrEPWBepYwJ_XESpSkiVyY6iz4cagZxgCK4BGAYYCw/s640/SK-Pastor_David_Yonggi_Cho-Embezzling.png" width="640" alt="SK-Pastor_David_Yonggi_Cho-Embezzling.png" /></a></div></div><div style="font-family:Cambria;font-size:14pt;margin:0in;"></div><div style="font-family:Cambria;font-size:14pt;margin:0in;">We have seen some of these individuals face the "music" as claims of pedophilia, drug abuse, sexual harassment, tax evasion, dysfunctional families, HIV-AIDS and even murder in some cases.</div><div style="font-family:Cambria;font-size:14pt;margin:0in;"></div><div style="font-family:Cambria;font-size:14pt;margin:0in;">How are these individuals allowed to rise to such positions of power and influence over thousands and sometimes millions of people worldwide? How are they able to fly around in private jets, live in sprawling mansions, take expensive vacations, and even solicit prostitutes and father children out of wed lock and maintain their positions of preachers/pastors/healers, etc?</div><div style="font-family:Cambria;font-size:14pt;margin:0in;"></div><div style="font-family:Cambria;font-size:14pt;margin:0in;">My research indicates that they are covers or fronts for secretive operations. The secrecy of these operations make it hard to pinpoint succinctly what and how they are conducted, but it does become apparent when from time to time, one of these individuals is "outed" by the media, for whatever reason. One can only surmise that they are outed because at some point they went beyond the pale and stepped on the wrong toes. </div><div style="font-family:Cambria;font-size:14pt;margin:0in;"></div><div style="font-family:Cambria;font-size:14pt;margin:0in;"></div><div style="font-family:Cambria;font-size:14pt;margin:0in;"></div><div style="font-family:Cambria;font-size:14pt;margin:0in;"><div class="separator" style="clear:both;text-align:center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-IryNT3Nx_8E/WWAoXZeMFNI/AAAAAAACpZc/xl4nU35xZ_kom_6YnufOmlJeBmH4tS01ACLcBGAs/s1600/new-world-order-new%2Bhuman.jpg" style="margin-left:1em;margin-right:1em;"><img border="0" height="125" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-IryNT3Nx_8E/WWAoXZeMFNI/AAAAAAACpZc/xl4nU35xZ_kom_6YnufOmlJeBmH4tS01ACLcBGAs/s400/new-world-order-new%2Bhuman.jpg" width="400" alt="new-world-order-new%2Bhuman.jpg" /></a></div></div><div style="font-family:Cambria;font-size:14pt;margin:0in;"></div><div style="font-family:Cambria;font-size:14pt;margin:0in;">Clearly, there is a hidden hand behind these groups. This hand has many fingers that are manipulating many pies. From what I can surmise, the biggest and most powerful finger, is that of mind control experiment leading to a NWO type of homogeneous religious expression that crosses continents and connects people of all walks of life into this enormous fold of single minded, easily manipulated masses that will do the bidding of their leaders. These leaders are given marching orders and all must comply. Unbeknownst to the average stadium church going person, they are being drawn into a grand experiment that will render them into some type of symbiotic bondage. They will give up their own intuitive ability to discern and follow their leader to the slaughter as it were, like in the case of Jim Jones.</div><div style="font-family:Cambria;font-size:14pt;margin:0in;"></div><div style="font-family:Cambria;font-size:14pt;margin:0in;"></div><div style="font-family:Cambria;font-size:14pt;margin:0in;"></div><div style="font-family:Cambria;font-size:14pt;margin:0in;">These charismatic leaders are specifically selected for their ability to hone the masses into a trance like state where they can implant various messages and commands that these stadium going folks will follow without question. This is clearly seen as they offer these demigods there last dime for the advancements they are promised.</div><div style="font-family:Cambria;font-size:14pt;margin:0in;"></div><div style="font-family:Cambria;font-size:14pt;margin:0in;">So, apart from the crowd control that happens at the rock concerts and sports stadiums, here we have crowd control under the auspices of religion and receiving religious blessings and glory from the Rock Star, Super Hero Evangelist. In essence, the powers that be have covered all the basis of human experience enmasse and are steadily testing and retesting its impact on the human psyche for their ultimate agenda of total control. They are able to seed the minds of the masses around the globe through this religious infiltration. They are able to destabilize governments, uproot indigenous practices, forestall communist threat, install socialistic agendas, hide nefarious activities, traffic drugs and humans, set up dictators who are amenable to capitalism, remove those who resist their marching orders, launder money through front churches, and totally divest all participants of any sovereignty, traumatize others and acquire accolades and Peace Prizes in the process.</div><div style="font-family:Cambria;font-size:14pt;margin:0in;"></div><div style="font-family:Cambria;font-size:14pt;margin:0in;">In a book called "War In Heaven" it states…. By Kyle Griffith<br /> <br /><div class="separator" style="clear:both;text-align:center;"><a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-M3-rsKdXZNg/WWAo6a0qnAI/AAAAAAACpZk/f55GNWqx6pMzM0qWmox8iH1TiM1Tq40kACLcBGAs/s1600/War_in_Heaven_001.png" style="margin-left:1em;margin-right:1em;"><img border="0" height="440" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-M3-rsKdXZNg/WWAo6a0qnAI/AAAAAAACpZk/f55GNWqx6pMzM0qWmox8iH1TiM1Tq40kACLcBGAs/s640/War_in_Heaven_001.png" width="640" alt="War_in_Heaven_001.png" /></a></div></div><div style="font-family:Cambria;font-size:14pt;margin:0in;"></div><div style="font-family:Cambria;font-size:14pt;margin:0in;"><blockquote class="tr_bq"><i><b> "Religious mind control is practiced in many different places besides religious services. The Theocrats often practice it on the crowds:</b></i></blockquote></div><ul style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:.75in;margin-top:0in;" type="disc"><li style="margin-bottom:0;margin-top:0;vertical-align:middle;"><span style="font-family:cambria;font-size:14pt;"><i><b>attending sporting events</b></i></span></li><li style="margin-bottom:0;margin-top:0;vertical-align:middle;"><span style="font-family:cambria;font-size:14pt;"><i><b>in gambling casinos</b></i></span></li><li style="margin-bottom:0;margin-top:0;vertical-align:middle;"><span style="font-family:cambria;font-size:14pt;"><i><b>at political rallies</b></i></span></li><li style="margin-bottom:0;margin-top:0;vertical-align:middle;"><span style="font-family:cambria;font-size:14pt;"><i><b>during musical concerts of many types</b></i></span></li><li style="margin-bottom:0;margin-top:0;vertical-align:middle;"><span style="font-family:cambria;font-size:14pt;"><i><b>in a number of other places.</b></i></span></li></ul><div style="font-family:Cambria;font-size:14pt;margin:0in;"><blockquote class="tr_bq"><i><b>Whenever many people enter an intense emotional state at the same time and have their collective attention focused on a common objective, Theocratic spirits can use subconscious telepathic manipulation to put them into a religious trance and reprogram their minds with religious mind control."</b></i></blockquote></div><div style="font-family:Cambria;font-size:14pt;margin:0in;"></div><div style="font-family:Cambria;font-size:14pt;margin:0in;">Please understand, that at the risk of writing a doctoral thesis on this topic, there are several things that I just could not include in these videos. But suffice it to say, that I do hope that you were able to get some idea of what is happening and how the hidden hand works behind the scenes of this Mega Church Phenomenon.</div><div style="font-family:Cambria;font-size:14pt;margin:0in;"><span style="font-size:14pt;"> </span></div><div style="font-family:Cambria;font-size:14pt;margin:0in;"><div style="text-align:center;"><span style="font-size:14pt;"><b style="background-color:#f1c232;">CLICK HERE FOR LINKS FOR FURTHER RESEARCH </b></span></div></div></div></div>
That Church Life Book Review
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2017-03-09T21:42:29.000Z
2017-03-09T21:42:29.000Z
LeShelle, host of MinorityReport
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<div><p><span><span class="color_10">From beginning to end, </span><span><a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01GW5R69E/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&btkr=1" target="_blank"><span class="color_10"><span>That Church Life</span></span></a></span><span class="color_10"><span> </span></span></span><span class="color_10"><span>has you on the edge of your pew. </span><span class="align-right"><span></span></span><span>What made this book a page turner: </span><span>Three ladies on different spiritual paths that come to a head at the beginning of a major tragedy. </span><span>The book unfolds as Missy, the preachers kid and heir to the megachurch throne is broken, bloody and on the run in these Durham, North Carolina streets!</span></span></p><p><span class="color_10">Read more.... click the book cover!</span></p><p><span class="color_10"><a href="http://www.minorityreporttvshow.com/single-post/2017/03/09/Minority-Report-That-Church-Life-Book-Review" target="_blank"><img src="{{#staticFileLink}}3828593022,original{{/staticFileLink}}" width="426" class="align-center" alt="3828593022?profile=original" /></a></span></p></div>
It's Hamer Time
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2011-10-21T05:11:41.000Z
2011-10-21T05:11:41.000Z
Raynard Jackson
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<div><p><b>October 20, 2011</b></p><p><b> </b></p><p><b>Raynard Jackson</b></p><p><b> </b></p><p>Fannie Lou Hamer (pronounced hay-mer) was one of the unsung pillars of the civil rights movement in the U.S. She was a phenomenal woman—a woman of great determination and great purpose. She was not one to hold back her feelings, especially when fighting for equality.</p><p> </p><p>In 1964 she was elected Vice-Chair of the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party (MFDP). Their stated purpose was to challenge Mississippi’s all-white delegation to the Democratic National Convention (DNC) which was held in Atlantic City, New Jersey.</p><p> </p><p>Democratic President, Lyndon Johnson was furious that a group of Blacks would challenge the Democratic Party and interfere with his reelections plans. Johnson often referred to Hamer as “that illiterate woman.”</p><p> </p><p>Out of desperation, Johnson sent top Democratic Party officials to negotiate with the MFDP, most notably, Senator Hubert Humphrey from Minnesota (he was lobbying very hard for Johnson to choose him as his running mate for Vice President). </p><p> </p><p>Johnson offered to give the MFDP two non-voting seats at the upcoming convention in exchange for their silence and had secured the endorsement of Martin Luther King, Jr. and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC).</p><p> </p><p>Humphrey had indicated to the group that if the group didn’t agree to this deal, Johnson would not choose him as his running mate. Hamer was always considered the moral conscious of the group and here is her response to Humphrey: “<i>Do you mean to tell me that your position is more important than four hundred thousand black people's lives? Senator Humphrey, I know lots of people in Mississippi who have lost their jobs trying to register to vote. I had to leave the plantation where I worked in Sunflower County, Mississippi. Now if you lose this job of Vice-President because you do what is right, because you help the MFDP, everything will be all right. God will take care of you. But if you take [the nomination] this way, why, you will never be able to do any good for civil rights, for poor people, for peace, or any of those things you talk about. Senator Humphrey, I'm going to pray to Jesus for you."</i></p><p><i> </i></p><p>As a result of her principled stand, Hamer was excluded from future negotiations. Johnson was so afraid of Hamer that he pressured the MFDP to agree to allow the DNC to select the two delegates to be seated in order to prevent Hamer from being chosen. The MFDP ultimately rejected the proposed deal.</p><p> </p><p>But what does that say about the rest of the leadership of the MFDP—that they would allow their “moral conscious” from attending future meetings? </p><p> </p><p>Black leadership, those sanctioned by whites, have always been easy to silence because they have no conscious. They want to be liked. They want to seen in photographs.</p><p> </p><p>Of all of her many accomplishments, she was best known for what would eventually be the epitaph that would be written on the tombstone on her grave: “I am sick and tired of being sick and tired."</p><p> </p><p>Where are the Fannie Lou Hamers of today? I cannot imagine Hamer allowing Obama, Pelosi and Reid to get away with their total disregard of issues of concern to the Black community. I can’t imagine her “cutting a deal” just to get an invitation to the White House are to be seen standing next to someone in power. She never lost sight of the goal.</p><p> </p><p>Hamer had very little leverage, other than moral suasion, to use against Johnson and the Democrats; but yet forced the DNC to change their platform for the 1968 election. Today, Blacks have money, votes, and media; but lack the will to use moral suasion or any other means to affect change.</p><p> </p><p>The supposed Black leaders of today seem only to be concerned about being invited to the White House for a photo opportunity. Black Elected officials are too afraid of criticizing Obama. But what are they afraid of? Obama hasn’t given them anything that he could take away from them! Yet, in my private conversations with many of these people, they constantly complain about how Obama is ignoring them and their issues. </p><p> </p><p>Are they not “sick and tired of being sick and tired?”</p><p> </p><p>California representative Maxine Waters is one of the few elected officials to publically criticize Obama, but she also apologizes to him in the same sentence.</p><p> </p><p>So, to all my Black Democratic friends, I challenge you to get on the phone to your Black leaders and all the Democratic Party officials and let them know in no uncertain terms that “it’s Hamer time!”</p><p> </p><p><i>Raynard Jackson is president & CEO of Raynard Jackson & Associates, LLC., a D.C.-public relations/government affairs firm. He is also a contributing editor for ExcellStyle Magazine (</i><a href="http://www.excellstyle.com/"><i>www.excellstyle.com</i></a><i>), Freedom’s Journal Magazine (</i><a href="http://www.freedomsjournal.net/"><i>www.freedomsjournal.net</i></a><i>), and U.S. Africa Magazine (</i><a href="http://www.usafricaonline.com/"><i>www.usafricaonline.com</i></a><i>).</i></p></div>