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Atheists operate on the 'faith' that there is no God. This is an a priori assumption which can neither be proved, nor disproved. Theists have faith there is a God, whether poly- or mono-. Atheists, a-theos, exist in opposition to God. They are defined by their prejudice and often, it is not intellectual, but sensual. Consider Aldous Huxley and the restraints Christianity would place on his sexual desires. Faith is not bad. The point is that everyone operates on faith. Except perhaps agnostics, who say they are...
Common moral knowledge.
1) There is a general law of reaping what you sow: lawlessness (sin) gives rise to judgment and expulsion / land spews you out. 2) Punishment comes when the cup of iniquity is filled. There is an understanding that when fullness is met, than something springs into action: Then a white robe was given to each of them. And they were told to rest a little longer until the full number of their brothers and sisters--their fellow servants of Jesus who were to be martyred--had joined them. (Rev 6:11) The earth also was...
25-year-old woman in consensual incest case placed on probation, Xinmsn news 30 Jan 2012 http://news.xin.msn.com/en/singapore/article.aspx?cp-documentid=5821398 A 25-year-old woman has been placed on probation of one year for having sex with her own father, in what is believed to be Singapore's first consensual incest case. The woman, who's now living with her maternal aunt, has also been ordered to undergo therapy sessions with a psychiatrist. For the same offence, her father, who was a plumber, was...
A statue of Cleopatra VII, the last pharaoh of ancient Egypt, who married two of her brothers Do we need a law against incest? Guardian, 15 April 2012 The European court of human rights is no stranger to controversy. Last Thursday, however, Strasbourg played it safe and did the expected. The court ruled it was all right to have a law against incest. The man who brought the case was Patrick Stübing – a young German, who was separated from his family as a little child. When he...
April 12, 2012 - European Convention of Human Rights Judges reject German incest human rights complaint Judges have rejected a complaint against a criminal conviction in Germany brought by a man who fathered four children with his sister. In today’s Chamber judgment in the case Stübing v. Germany (application no. 43547/08), which is not final, the European Court of Human Rights held, unanimously, that there had been: No violation of Article 8 (right to respect for private and family life) of the European Convention...
Its not about a homosexual agenda. There is a bigger picture. There is an agenda which seeks to subvert through very effect PR methods. Francis Schaeffer in the 1970s pointed out that if you get fixated on the particulars, you miss the big picture, the wood for the trees. In a 1982 sermon entitled A Christian Manifesto, after his book, he said: I want to say to you, those of you who are Christians or even if you are not a Christian and you are troubled about the direction that our society is...
1. The Wise and the Fool a) Fools despite wisdom and instruction 1:7 Psalm 14:1 The fool says in his heart, “There is no God.” They are corrupt, they do abominable deeds, there is none who does good. A-Theos: Without God - Vile Deed (Belief translates into Conduct) Proverbs 29: 18 Where there is no revelation, the people cast off restraint; but blessed is he who keeps the law. (cherishes the Torah) Revelation = the process by which the nature and character of God is made known to us. God's word not mere recommendations...
1. The peoples of the earth are steeped in rebellion and want to be free of God, His divine and creation order, to assert a new regime for themselves. In this they rage and fret in spiteful opposition.They reject God because of the restraints and obligations of faith and they would be free of the cords or bonds of Conscience and Covenant, Commandment. In so doing, they follow in the footsteps of satan and proclaim allegiance to the fallen being. What they do is a "vain thing", it has no resonance nor staying power...