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BENAI ELOHIM
Well, they've done it again. The Roman Catholic Church, playing the role of compromiser with false science, has yet again managed to get itself on the wrong side of a scientific argument. This time they have managed to do it before the scientific discovery in question has even been made! In doing so, they are inadvertently delivering the one billion Catholics worldwide right into the hands of the devil. Perhaps the Pontiff of the world's largest Christian church is inevitably destined to play the role of the infamous "second beast" in the forthcoming "end-times."
"The questions of life's origins and of whether life exists elsewhere in the universe are very suitable and deserve serious consideration," said the Rev. Jose Gabriel Funes, an astronomer and director of the Vatican Observatory. Funes, a Jesuit priest, presented the results Tuesday of a five-day conference that gathered astronomers, physicists, biologists and other experts to discuss the budding field of astrobiology — the study of the origin of life and its existence elsewhere in the cosmos. Funes said the possibility of alien life raises "many philosophical and theological implications" but added that the gathering was mainly focused on the scientific perspective and how different disciplines can be used to explore the issue.
Chris Impey, an astronomy professor at the University of Arizona, said it was appropriate that the Vatican would host such a meeting. "Both science and religion posit life as a special outcome of a vast and mostly inhospitable universe," he told a news conference Tuesday. "There is a rich middle ground for dialogue between the practitioners of astrobiology and those who seek to understand the meaning of our existence in a biological universe." Thirty scientists, including non-Catholics, from the U.S., France, Britain, Switzerland, Italy and Chile attended the conference, called to explore among other issues "whether sentient life forms exist on other worlds." -Associated Press
It's bad enough that most of our juvenile society is excited over the prospect of extra-terrestrial life, after all, we have been conditioned through movies, television, and other assorted science fiction media to accept this as an almost certainty...but shouldn't the Christian Church know better? Should it not recognize that the discovery, and subsequent acceptance, of the existence of intelligent life on other planets would represent an existential threat not just to Judeo-Christianity but to our civilization as a whole? In fact, if we are to consult the Bible for information about such a prospect, we would realize that not only is such a discovery likely, it is almost a certainty. However, it is the interpretation of that realization that will become a matter of life and death.
As Christians we should KNOW that there is extra-terrestrial life and, just as has been postulated by Erich Von Daniken in his famous work "Chariots of the Gods," we likewise KNOW that these extra-terrestrials have been to earth before and have left behind evidence of their mingling with the affairs of mankind. Where we differ, slightly, is in the interpretation of the evidence. Those in Von Daniken's camp postulate that the extra-terrestrials originated on some planet elsewhere in the galaxy. We KNOW better.
It is one of the most damning eras in earth's history, and the Bible has much to say about it...including the extreme likelihood that we will physically see these creatures again.
GENESIS: 6:1-4: And it came to pass, when men began to multiply on the face of the earth, and daughters were born unto them, That the sons of God saw the daughters of men that they were fair; and they took them wives of all which they chose. And the LORD said, My spirit shall not always strive with man, for that he also is flesh: yet his days shall be an hundred and twenty years. There were giants in the earth in those days; and also after that, when the sons of God came in unto the daughters of men, and they bare children to them, the same became mighty men which were of old, men of renown.
Ahh yes...the infamous sons of God (also known by their Hebrew name Benai Elohim). Apparently they liked our women and decided to come and take them for themselves. It is this mixing of "extra-terrestrial" flesh with human flesh that created the situation that was so unacceptable to God that he had to put a stop to it:
GENESIS 6:12-13: And God looked upon the earth, and, behold, it was corrupt; for all flesh had corrupted his way upon the earth. And God said unto Noah, The end of all flesh is come before me; for the earth is filled with violence through them; and, behold, I will destroy them with the earth.
If we were to take the Bible literally, and there is no reason to do otherwise, it would appear that the Benai Elohim were,in fact, introducing unacceptable DNA into the human gene pool. This would explain why Noah was considered to be particularly eligible to be selected as the one to be spared from the coming annihilation.
GENESIS 6:8-9: But Noah found grace in the eyes of the LORD. These are the generations of Noah: Noah was a just man and perfect in his generations, and Noah walked with God.
Noah was said to be "perfect in his generations." That the writer of Genesis went out of his way to make this statement would seem to verify that none in Noah's family lineage had participated in the forbidden couplings that produced the genetically unacceptable offspring.
This, of course, begs the obvious question: Who and what were these "Benai Elohim?" For the secular conspiratorialist, these would be a race of extra-terrestrials likely from a planet in the Orion star system. Zechariah Sitchin fans may want to claim they arrived from the infamous planet X, also called "Niburu." For those from the Judeo-Christian philosophy, the answer is simple and given:
JUDE 1:6-8: And the angels which kept not their first estate, but left their own habitation, he hath reserved in everlasting chains under darkness unto the judgment of the great day. Even as Sodom and Gomorrha, and the cities about them in like manner, giving themselves over to fornication, and going after strange flesh, are set forth for an example, suffering the vengeance of eternal fire. Likewise also these filthy dreamers defile the flesh, despise dominion, and speak evil of dignities.
That's right. They were simply angels who violated the estate of Heaven to corrupt the earth. Not only do we know who and what they were, we know that their actions were considered such an offense to God that he would destroy ALL of their offspring, completely re-engineer the earth and lock away the offending angels. That should be considered a strong warning to anyone who should encounter such "visitors" in the future. Certainly, the fact that they made "breeding" with humans a major element of their criminal enterprise hints of a peculiarly nefarious intent. Were they attempting to destroy the human race by genetically altering it? If humanity were wiped out in favor of a new race of angelic humans would not this defeat the plan of God to redeem us all through the blood of Jesus Christ.?
GENESIS 3:14-15: And the LORD God said unto the serpent, Because thou hast done this, thou art cursed above all cattle, and above every beast of the field; upon thy belly shalt thou go, and dust shalt thou eat all the days of thy life: And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel.
In God's plan of salvation, there is the promise that sin would ultimately be overcome by one of Eve's descendants. It would appear that the rebellious Benai Elohim intended to thwart that redemption, even before it began. These are not things to take lightly when considering the ramifications of initiating contact with extra-terrestrials a third time...did I say a third time? Then perhaps you are wondering what happened in the second biblically revealed instance of contact with extra-terrestrials.
GENESIS 6:4: There were giants in the earth in those days; and also after that, when the sons of God came in unto the daughters of men, and they bare children to them, the same became mighty men which were of old, men of renown.
There was a second instance of contact. The giants (also known as Nephilim) spoken of as being the result of the offspring of these forbidden encounters also show up when Moses and the Israelites prepare to take the land assigned to them by God. Moses sent twelve spies to observe the land before their invasion. Their report was astonishing:
NUMBERS 13:32-33: And they brought up an evil report of the land which they had searched unto the children of Israel, saying, The land, through which we have gone to search it, is a land that eateth up the inhabitants thereof; and all the people that we saw in it are men of a great stature. And there we saw the giants, the sons of Anak, which come of the giants: and we were in our own sight as grasshoppers, and so we were in their sight.
As I am sure most of you are aware, the fear that all but two of Israel's spies possessed offended God. He had, after all, delivered Israel from the Pharaoh's bondage in Egypt and had repeatedly delivered these people from further dangers. The spies searched the land for forty days and as a reward for their lack of faith, God sentenced them to forty years of wandering aimlessly in the desert. One year of wandering for each day the spies spent in the land of Canaan. Everyone over the age of twenty was to die off before Israel would be led back to make its entrance into the promised land. There were two exceptions to this punishment. Because they alone did not act in fear but tried to encourage the others to invade the land, both Caleb and Joshua would be allowed to live and participate in the actual invasion.
This invasion would, in fact, be commanded by Joshua. He would take over leadership of Israel after the death of Moses. The invasion would be conducted according to the law of Cherem, which was the practice of consecration by total annihilation. This was issued by the command of God and carried out against the people who inhabited the land and had also followed after the angelic beings just as was done in Noah's time. There was to be no looting nor mercy. Everyone was to be killed and everything was to be destroyed. This is the price of worshiping angels and bearing their offspring. Gold could be kept but only after it had been melted into a non-offending form.
The totality of the destruction of this land and its' inhabitants is consistent with the judgement first administered to the earth in Noah's time. The Cherem carried out by Joshua is likewise to be seen as a judgement against the inhabitants of the land for following after false gods...in particular the Benai Elohim. The annihilation of the land and its inhabitants consecrated it for its new purpose. It would now and forever be known as the Holy Land. It is clear from a Biblical perspective that mingling with angelic extra-terrestrials does not lead to good fortune. However, the Bible indicates that there may yet be more angelic interference to come.
In the previous incidents of contact with the Benai Elohim, the angels were more than willing to present themselves as gods and demand the worship and tribute afforded such status. In the ancient texts known as the Dead Sea Scrolls the book of Enoch sits alongside the oldest known manuscripts of the Old Testament in such a way as to indicate that those who lived at the time of Jesus paid considerable attention to its' tale of angelic temptation. The book of Enoch goes into considerably more detail as to the behavior of these rogue angels and in doing so suggests that most of the mythology about amorous, disagreeable, violent and arrogant gods that permeates ancient cultures did, in fact, happen. It is clear that the original caretakers of the Dead Sea Scrolls, and the society that spawned them, were well aware of these beings...and their true nature.
Unfortunately, we are smarter than they were...or so we have led ourselves to believe. We are not susceptible to "gods" in our modern age of reason. Or as captain James T. Kirk would say: "we don't bow to every creature who happens to have a bag of tricks." So if the Benai Elohim were to make yet another appearance in the flesh, they would have to modify their plan. And they do have a plan...they must! For you see, unlike the educated godless intellectuals who dominate our intelligentsia, they KNOW the truth about God and his word. They read the Bible. Therefore they know very well what destiny awaits them...
REVELATION 12: 7-9: And there was war in heaven: Michael and his angels fought against the dragon; and the dragon fought and his angels, And prevailed not; neither was their place found any more in heaven. And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world: he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him.
Hmm...Whatcha reckon that would look like to us?
It should occur to any reasonable person that an angel of Lucifer's calibre is not going to enter into his combat with Michael unprepared. He has been aware that he will lose the engagement and be cast out of the heavens for over 2000 years. It would seem reasonable to assume that he might have cultivated and nurtured the earth in such a way as to guarantee himself and his fallen compadres a warm reception upon their forced arrival...and so he has.
The plethora of science fiction and pseudo-scientific entertainment that postulates the existence of intelligent extra-terrestrial life on other planets is no accident. You are being conditioned for the arrival of just such creatures. The modern world has no appetite for the worshiping of "gods," but a crew of aliens on a spaceship will be happily greeted by all! The cat and mouse game of seeing UFO's only to have them disappear, along with the allusions to government "cover-ups," has kept the thought of extra-terrestrial visitation in our imaginations for over half a century. Unfortunately, when we are at last openly contacted, these "extra-terrestrials" will have an agenda that has been knowable for 2000 years...and yet most people will not know it. They will prefer to believe the stories told by the angels.
Of course the Benai Elohim will initially claim they are here to help us. They will also claim to have been watching over us all along, which of course is true. They will tell us they came from someplace that will have plenty of religious significance to the ancient mystery religions from cultures like Egypt and Babylon. Almost certainly it will be from the star system of Sirius. They likewise will claim to have been, or been in contact with, every major religious figure of every religion since the beginning of time. In many instances they will not be lying. You can be certain that Joseph Smith, Muhammad and so many more HAVE been "instructed" by them over the centuries. Their sorcery, designed to look like a technology far beyond our capability, will appear impressive. It will, however, be an illusion. The "spaceships" and the appearance of technology is a deception presented entirely for our benefit.
Naturally the world will follow after these extra-terrestrials and believe every word they say. So impressive will be their illusion that even those who should KNOW better will beleive it as well...
MATTHEW 24:24: For there shall arise false Christs, and false prophets, and shall shew great signs and wonders; insomuch that, if it were possible, they shall deceive the very elect.
How many of you are prepared to resist the entire world when it tells you God is an extra-terrestrial and the spaceships are there for all to see? Did you really think this "Immaculate Deception" would simply be some bearded guy in a toga claiming to be Jesus? Now you will learn what it was like for Noah to stand against the whole world...or will you?
We need not be the victims of these false spirits, for we have been given a weapon that can unmask their fraud if we are prepared to use it...
1 JOHN 4:1-3: Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world. Hereby know ye the Spirit of God: Every spirit that confesseth that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is of God: And every spirit that confesseth not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is not of God: and this is that spirit of antichrist, whereof ye have heard that it should come; and even now already is it in the world.
Yes, that's right. We can, and must, test these spirits. For if the Bible is true enough that this great deception comes upon us, likewise we can use it to point out to the people of the earth that these creatures and their impressive spaceships are, in fact, earth bound. They can't go anywhere off the planet. If you will recall from REVELATION 12, the angels have been cast out of the heavens and they are not to be found in the heavens anymore. We are already armed with the method of proving that the alien's claims are lies. Of course, pointing this out can get a lot of us killed but this is the fight that awaits us.
I write this knowing full well that many Christians among you believe in such trojan horse doctrines as a pre-tribulation rapture that would, if true, relieve a good portion of you of the burden of living through these events. Such a topic is in itself a large debate too great to enter into here. Suffice it to say that I believe such ideas have been planted into the churches to make them more susceptible to the deception. Christians who believe they will not be here for these events will react to them weakly...if at all.
Whether actual contact with the Benai Elohim will be as visible and theatrical as I have described it here cannot be known yet. I present this merely as a possibility...a warning. The truth is that the technology now exists to manufacture the illusion of an extra-terrestrial invasion without ever having to have any real extra-terrestrials. What better way to encourage the collapse of international boundaries and cause the whole world to willingly pursue international co-operation? Of course, international co-operation of this magnitude will require an international government. It has been suggested before:
"If only extraterrestrials were about to invade, then our two countries could unite against the common enemy." -Ronald Reagan to Soviet General Secretary Gorbachev.
Don't dare think that message went unheard.
Fallen angels have always been with us. The physical manifestation and open manipulation is what has been unique to certain Biblical times. Always remember...
LUKE 17: 26 And as it was in the days of Noah, so shall it be also in the days of the Son of man.
Since the active participation of the Benai Elohim was a major factor in the corruption of the earth in the days of Noah, you can reasonably expect them to be around in the days leading up to Jesus' return. You could even look upon the passage of REVELATION 12:7-9 as their official invitation.
I will leave you with these words of warning from the well known physicist Stephen Hawking. This is a man with no love for Christianity or the word of God. Yet even he knows nothing good will come from an encounter with extra-terrestrials:
“We only have to look at ourselves to see how intelligent life might develop into something we wouldn’t want to meet. I imagine they might exist in massive ships, having used up all the resources from their home planet. Such advanced aliens would perhaps become nomads, looking to conquer and colonise whatever planets they can reach. If aliens ever visit us, I think the outcome would be much as when Christopher Columbus first landed in America, which didn’t turn out very well for the Native Americans.” - Stephen Hawking
It's much worse than that Mr. Hawking. Worse than even someone with your impressive intellect could ever conceive. Whether the extra-terrestrials are the real Benai Elohim or a manufactured hoax, you can rest assured they are not going to be who they claim to be.
Be afraid...be very afraid.
A REFLECTION OF GOD?
In the world of shocking headlines this one comes as a real snoozer:
POLL: 1 in 5 thinks Obama is a Muslim
These results were derived from a Pew Research survey that was taken BEFORE the President stepped into the controversy over the Ground Zero Mosque in New York City. One can only assume that it would have been a lot higher had the survey been conducted after Obama unsurprisingly affirmed his support for the project.
A growing number of Americans now believe that Barack Obama is a Muslim while the number of people who believe he is a Christian is declining. Perhaps more impressively, a size-able segment of the public is unwilling to commit Obama's religious conscience to any particular religion...at all!.
A new national survey by the Pew Research Center finds that nearly one-in-five Americans (18%) now say Obama is a Muslim, up from 11% in March 2009. Only about one-third of adults (34%) say Obama is a Christian, down sharply from 48% in 2009. Fully 43% say they do not know what Obama's religion is. The survey was completed in early August, before Obama's recent comments about the proposed construction of a mosque near the site of the former World Trade Center. -Pew Research Center
"While the president has been diligent and personally committed to his own Christian faith, there's certainly folks who are intent on spreading falsehoods about the president and his values and beliefs." -Joshua Dubois
Dubois went on to claim that the president's Christian faith plays an important part in his daily life. He referred to six speeches that the president has given in which he talks about those beliefs. However true it may be that the president has made references to some alleged allegiance to Christianity, the fact is that he has no one to blame but himself for the public's refusal to perceive him as a Christian.
When Barack Obama became president, he promised to try and change the relationship between Islam and the West. He said his goal was to build bridges, lessen hostility, create trust, and generally reduce the volume level in the conversation between the two cultures. Shortly after becoming President he gave his first formal interview to to Al Arabiya. That was followed by the now infamous speech he gave to the Muslim world in Cairo. Obama’s speech was laced with references to the Qur'an and his own "Muslim roots.”
And just what are these "Muslim roots?" Obama's grandfather was a Muslim. His father was raised a Muslim before becoming, by Obama’s account, “a confirmed atheist.” Obama’s stepfather was a Muslim. His half-sister Maya told the New York Times that her “whole family was Muslim.” Obama spent two years in a Muslim school in Indonesia and later, in a conversation with the New York Times, described the Arabic call to prayer “one of the prettiest sounds on Earth at sunset.” Given all that, it is entirely accurate and fair to describe Obama as having Muslim roots.
But it doesn't end there. Since becoming president his policies have turned decidedly against Israel. His administration came out against Benjamin Netanyahu's government after it announced a new expansion of a Jewish settlement in East Jerusalem. He likewise insists on dithering with the Iranians almost as though he WANTS to provide them the time necessary to develop an atomic weapon and, perhaps strangest of all, he instructed NASA chief, Charles Bolden, that NASA’s “foremost” mission is Muslim outreach. With all of this public affection being demonstrated toward the Islamic world, and yet again affirmed by his coming out in support of the controversial Ground Zero Mosque, is it any wonder that someone with his acknowledged "Muslim roots" might be perceived to be, in fact, a Muslim?
Strangely, some evangelicals have come out in defense of President Obama. Television pastor T.D. Jakes and Kirbyjon Caldwell, a spiritual adviser to George W. Bush, have released a letter condemning "misrepresentations" of President Obama's faith.
"We are deeply troubled by the recent questioning of President Obama's faith. We understand that these are contentious times, but the personal faith of our leaders should not be up for public debate. Obama has been unwavering in confessing Christ as Lord and has spoken often about the importance of his Christian faith. Many of the signees on this letter have prayed and worshipped with this President. We believe that questioning, and especially misrepresenting, the faith of a confessing believer goes too far."
Too far? Absolutely NOT! The fact that the president claims to be a Christian means absolutely nothing. No politician would dare to claim otherwise if he holds any serious ambition to be elected to high office. This letter, signed by more than 70 pastors and other Christian leaders, calls on the media and other public officials to offer "no further airtime" or attention to those who suggest Obama is a Muslim, not a Christian. That's right, when in doubt shout down the opposition and tell them to shut up. Did you really expect this from supposedly Christian pastors? Now you can see, in the open, what I was referring to on the Babylon Mystery Orchestra record "The Great Apostasy: A Conspiracy Of Satanic Christianity." Not every church with a cross hanging on it is a tool of God. These pastors have come to the defense of their Lord.
It amazes me how quickly some people will turn to a god when they can find his influence useful, likewise, this president's religious convictions are merely a matter of political expediency. He joined Reverend Jeremiah Wright's Trinity United Church not out of any appreciation for Christian ideology but for its political philosophy known as Black Liberation Theology." This brand of "Satanic" Christianity teaches the lie of "collective" salvation among others. People like Obama who appreciate the redistributionist ideology of Marxism turn to such churches to get their ears "tickled." Whereas true Christianity convicts the heart of sin, Liberation Theology justifies revenge for those who comfort themselves by claiming oppression. Does that sound like the Jesus of your Bible?
The most impressive information revealed in Pew Survey, however, is not the rising number of people who suspect the president is a Muslim. It is the number of people who say they do not know what religion claims the president's true allegiance. These people, in their confusion, have actually arrived at the correct conclusion..."none of the above." Apparently the American people can see that the president's religious views are as flexible as any given situation requires of them.
This president is not a mystery. He often reveals his true religious convictions in such statements as this one made to a group of Rabbis in August of 2009:
"We are God's partners in matters of life and death." - President Barack Obama
Absolutely NO Christian could, would or should describe their relationship with God as a partnership. The president was, once again, trying to utilize religion as a tool to further his own agenda. In this case it was the monstrosity he called Health Care Reform. This is the kind of language used by someone with an ambition that knows no limits...and we have heard it before...
ISAIAH 14: 13-14 For thou hast said in thine heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God: I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north: I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like the most High.
Even as our president shows his impatience and contempt for the people who foolishly elected him, he has his sights set on something greater. He has already established a "partnership" with God. Obviously he perceives the presidency as a job that is undeserving of his unique talents. The penultimate narcissist has made it clear that he will not be bound by constitution or country.
"We are the ones we have been waiting for." -Senator Barack H. Obama
Well what did we expect? He was at least honest with us. There is no need to waste time concerning ourselves with President Obama's religious affiliations. People who are capable of saying "we are the ones we have been waiting for" find their gods in their mirrors.
THE LAND OF MISFIT LOINS
It is becoming increasingly clear that a certain, extremely vocal, portion of the public defines freedom and equality entirely on how much "tolerance" they can extort from the general public for their lascivious desire to promote the unrestricted exhibition and exploitation of their's, and other's, loins in and out of the public sphere. It is the classic example of mistaking immorality for freedom, and in their belligerent ignorance they see modesty, piety and bigotry as essentially the same. Our failure to endorse their increasingly ludicrous demands for approval of their "lifestyles" often leads to a display of some of the most pathetic adolescent behavior imaginable. In fact such behavior was unimaginable just a generation ago. When it comes to boorish behavior, nobody, and I mean NOBODY, tops the advocates for the homosexual agenda in this country.
When most of us were children we were given a simple test to determine our basic cognitive skills. It was a simple one that I am sure most of you remember. It almost qualified as a toy. You had several pegs of varying shapes and a board with holes in it that likewise consisted of the same varying shapes. You simply had to match the pegs to their appropriate holes. For most of us putting the square peg in the square hole was not a monumental accomplishment. There were, of course, many of our fellow children who could not accomplish this feat however, and they insisted on trying to mismatch the pegs and the holes. Although trying to put a square peg into a round hole was not something that should stigmatize a child for life, we reasonably expect that an attempt should be made to correct the child. Perhaps we would even dare to "teach" the child to recognize the shapes and to look carefully to match them. How many of you remember your teachers telling you it was equally correct to mismatch a square peg into a round hole as to match a round peg into a round hole? It didn't happen, and for good reason. It would be foolish. Well, we've got there now. Not only are we being forced accept this kind of foolishness, we are told it is a noble cause to promote such nonsense. In fact if we don't support it we are bigots.
The successful passage of the Proposition 8 amendment banning homosexual marriages in California has awakened the "enfant terrible" in a wide range of people who assure us that they are the "enlightened" ones that know what is best for all of us. Unable to accept that, yet again, one of the most liberal states in the country has failed to endorse square peg to round hole marriages, homosexuals have taken to the streets protesting and attacking people and businesses who supported the amendment and, in their most ill-mannered demonstrations, they have even trespassed into churches to deliver vulgar rants against those who fail to acknowledge the nobility of their demands. This proves once and for all that tolerance really is a one way street. And guess which way its going...(insert obvious AC/DC song here).
Apparently when it comes to the issue of homosexual marriage, the issue is already decided, at least according to the advocates of this preposterousness. The vote was just supposed to be a formality as, of course, there was always only ONE right answer. Six thousand years of human history be damned, these people have figured out that everyone who came before them was mistaken and there is absolutely nothing wrong with these mismatched unions. In fact, they tell us we are depriving them of their RIGHT to be married. Where did this "right" materialize from? Well, one argument stems from the Civil Rights movement of the 1950's-60's.
While attempting to equate their struggle with that of the African-American people may have seemed like a good idea, they have in fact offended the black community. One's sexual identity isn't so identifiable as one's race. Black people, once enslaved and declared less than human, were still being deprived of basic human dignities such as access to education and other services as well as fair treatment in almost every area of society. It was not something they could have avoided or hidden, even if they had wished to. Homosexuals have never been enslaved or declared less than human, nor are they being being legally discriminated against for their particular sexual preferences. Even if such things were to occur, they have legal remedies available to them. The lack of those legal remedies were at the heart of the Civil Rights struggle all along. The African-American community is rightfully offended that homosexuals would dare equate the quest for same sex marriage with their struggle for Civil Rights. Is it any wonder that 7 out of 10 African-Americans voted against homosexual marriage? They have every right to be offended! It is no surprise that this backfired on on the supporters of homosexual marriage.
Opponents of Proposition 8 like to bring up the court case of Loving v. Virginia. This was a 1967 decision finding that marriage was a basic human right and that there was no legitimate state interest in banning interracial marriage. Let us also remember this is still a square peg to square hole relationship, the colors do not alter the fact that all the working parts fit together naturally as they were intended by God or nature. Take your pick. Therefore the arguments for interracial marriages CANNOT be applied to homosexual marriages because you are still dealing with a man and a woman marriage. This is the basic relationship that results in traditionally accepted families that produce children. It is the tried and true foundation of every successful society. Certainly our society has an interest in the upbringing of children, as this process produces new citizens, and guides them to maturity. Therefore our society can, and has, decided that the traditional family is the proven successful model for raising a family. The foundation of that family being a marriage between a man and a woman. It is for that reason that we have chosen to honor these traditional marriages with special status.
In the aftermath of the successful win for Proposition 8, California Attorney General Jerry Brown said he would fight to uphold the initiative, even though he personally voted against it. This, of course, was before the adolescent tantrums of Proposition 8 opponents went into high gear in an attempt to extort their will, over that of California's voters, through intimidation. We have all seen the pictures of protesters attacking churches, demonstrating outside the homes, and even attempting to destroy the businesses of those known to have supported Proposition 8. They seem to have taken particular interest in both Rick Warren's Saddleback Church as well as the Mormon Church. Protest is a healthy thing for the democratic process, but this has long since crossed the line into violent intimidation. Trespassing onto the property, and into the services, of these churches is unacceptable behavior reminiscent of Nazi brown-shirts. The Nazi's laid a fine blueprint for a minority group wishing to impose it's will on others.
To be sure, the churches have handled these situations with remarkable grace and tolerance given the fact that these attacks represent a textbook example of intolerance on the part of homosexuals. In their eyes, there was only one right way to view this issue, and the voters of California failed to get it right. They therefore see it as their right to extract a certain amount of revenge against Christians for opposing them. As always, opponents of homosexual marriage are portrayed as bigots that are totally undeserving of respect. Their point of view is constantly and falsely being equated with racism. The media, as always, seems willingly pliable to promote wishes of the homosexual agenda.
The tantrums of the advocates for homosexual marriage may not be particularly effective against Christians and other adults, but they have apparently worked on the California Attorney General. After initially insisting he would enforce the will of the people, he has apparently had a change of heart:
"Proposition 8 must be invalidated because the amendment process cannot be used to extinguish fundamental constitutional rights without compelling justification. The courts have previously said the right of a person to marry is protected as one of those inalienable rights. The question at the center of the gay marriage cases is whether rights secured under the state Constitution's safeguard of liberty as an 'inalienable' right may intentionally be withdrawn from a class of persons by an initiative amendment."
"Although voters are allowed to amend other parts of the Constitution by majority vote, to use the ballot box to take away an "inalienable" right would establish a "tyranny of the majority," which the Constitution was designed, in part, to prevent, he wrote. "For we are talking, necessarily, about rights of individuals or groups against the larger community, and against the majority, even an overwhelming majority, of the society as a whole." - California Attorney General Jerry Brown
Of course, opponents of Proposition 8 are elated at the Attorney General's chameleon-like ability to adapt to the environment of hostility that they have created, and have taken to calling the Attorney General "a leader of courage and conviction." In truth he is neither courageous nor a man of conviction. He is a man betraying his duty to his office. It is the Attorney General's job to uphold the law, not to advocate for its change. Now he is attempting to use his office and the courts, yet again, to make homosexual marriages legal.
Does a man have an "inalienable right" to marry another man? Of course not, for if he did it would have long since been customary for such unions to be accepted. There is no "right" to marry. It is licensed by the state. Rights are not, nor do they need to be licensed! And here is the interesting fly in the ointment: homosexuals haven't been banned from getting married. Any homosexual person can marry somebody of the opposite sex. They often do. What they are demanding are special rights to marry within the same sex. This is not in any way an acceptable definition of an "inalienable right." If the Attorney General were truly worried about tyranny, he would recognize it as coming from a minority group forcibly imposing its unnatural perversions onto the rest of us. We are repeatedly told we have absolutely no right to reject this perverse behavior. It is us and our world-view that they are demanding be changed. This is the tyranny of political correctness. So who is the real tyrant here?
In 1973, The American Psychiatric Association (APA) removed homosexuality as a mental disorder from the APA's Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-II). This decision was a significant victory for homosexual activists and they have continued to claim that the APA based their decision on new scientific discoveries that proved that homosexual behavior is normal and should be affirmed in our culture. This is a fine example of scientific and academic arrogance. For all of human history homosexual behavior has been considered "deviant" and abnormal but now these fine fellows have decided that not only is it normal, but that we must embrace and endorse this behavior based entirely on their "scholarly" recommendation? Give me a break. So everyone else throughout history, every culture, creed, religion and science was in error and these "enlightened" fellows have "discovered" the real truth? Sorry, but no sale.
If we were to accept that people are born homosexual and that they are powerless to resist their sexual urges we would set history BACKWARDS a thousand years. Yes, I said BACKWARDS. Endorsing this line of thought is not progressive at all. We like to think that we can be anything we want to be. We believe in neither "birthrights" or penalizing someone because of who or what condition they were born into. We judge people by what they are, not what they came from. Yet the homosexual agenda claims the homosexual is born that way and can be nothing else. They likewise perceive sexual preference as their all-encompassing identity and as such it essentially becomes a self-imposed penalty. That's as intolerable as it is un-American. You are what you make of yourself. You are not born locked into a homosexual lifestyle. I reject that. If you cannot choose, you cannot be free. Be very careful what you claim you want. It is the helpless that are the first victims of an abuse of power, and how often have homosexuals been persecuted for just that perceived helplessness? If someone wishes to live as, and be, a homosexual, by all means let them. But let them do it as a free citizen making a free choice. That choice is their right and neither I nor anyone else should dispute it. However if someone insists that they have no choice, and homosexuality was forced upon them by genetics or some other pseudo-scientific mythology, then they are just pathetic fools. I have no respect for that. Whining and making excuses deserves, and gets, nothing.
Which brings me around to the brouhaha following the president-elect's invitation to Pastor Rick Warren to give the invocation at his inauguration ceremony. Homosexuals are in a rage over this in spite of the fact that President-Elect Obama has stated repeatedly that he does not support gay marriage. He holds exactly the same position on the issue that Rick Warren holds. John Cloud, an openly homosexual writer for Time Magazine even went as far as to call the future President a...you guessed it...bigot.
"Gays and lesbians are angry that Barack Obama has honored Warren, but they shouldn't be surprised. Obama has proved himself repeatedly to be a very tolerant, very rational-sounding sort of bigot." - John Cloud
What was Rick Warren's great crime, other than obviously opposing homosexual marriage? He infuriated homosexual rights activists with a comment made in a TV interview. He compared two homosexuals getting married to a brother marrying a sister or an adult marrying a child. Warren even went as far as to say "Certain body parts are meant to fit together." Kinda makes you think about square pegs belonging in square holes doesn't it? He rightfully pointed out that once you accept one of these taboo relationships as a "marriage" you are conceding that "alternative" definitions of marriage are acceptable. Once you make that concession you will be on that infamous slippery slope that will lead to further concessions for polygamy, polyandry, or even incest. After all, what logical argument can you hold against those practices that would not apply to homosexuality? It is advantageous for society to encourage the restraint of sexual activity and keep it within boundaries that prevent us from destroying one another. Failure to encourage such restraint will result in a society that tolerates everything. We have a name for such a society. It's called the Animal Kingdom, a place where the strong are predators that consume the weak and no creature has any rights except those enforced by tooth and claw. The quality of a society is not determined by what it tolerates but by what it does NOT tolerate. Remember that!
Lets make one thing nice and sparkling clear for our homosexual friends. Rick Warren, and all of us who consider ourselves Christians do not have to spend any time writhing in thought over this issue. For us it is pretty simple:
"Thou shalt not lie with mankind, as with womankind: it is abomination." Leviticus 18:22
If we truly are Christians, then we do not have the authority to tolerate, accept or condone homosexual behavior or homosexual marriage. We belong to the Kingdom of God. We have humbled ourself before him and accept his wisdom and his way. Our approval is NOT our property to give. Lashing out at Christians will not gain homosexuals favor with us. They should never expect us to endorse the homosexual lifestyle as an "equal" to the traditional family. It isn't going to happen, not even by force!
It is one thing to tolerate the private choices made by free individuals. No one is out to suppress the behavior of consenting adults in the privacy of their own lives and no one should. Homosexuals argue that their "unions" are loving and committed relationships. Whoop de doo da day. I'm happy for them. This misses the point entirely. Marriage is a manifestation of not only the acceptance of the traditional family ideal, but also our desire to encourage it and create the conditions that will make it flourish. This is done for the betterment of the society as a whole, not because we are impressed with the fact that a couple loves each other. Society doesn't care about that. Endorsing and encouraging homosexual marriages will benefit no one but homosexuals.
There are many reasons to oppose homosexual marriages. The square peg will never belong in the round hole. There is no new found wisdom or understanding about it. Homosexuals who insist on continuing to try to ram these "square peg to round hole" unions down our throats are acting out of pure SELFISHNESS, and nothing more. Championing homosexual marriage is not a noble pursuit and no-one needs flatter themselves into thinking they are more "enlightened" than the rest of us just because they are willing to tolerate or accept it.
Like it or not, the Bible does have the best warning for those who insist that homosexual marriage is just another choice of equal value to traditional marriage:
"Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light, and light for darkness; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter! Woe unto them that are wise in their own eyes, and prudent in their own sight! Woe unto them that are mighty to drink wine, and men of strength to mingle strong drink: Which justify the wicked for reward, and take away the righteousness of the righteous from him!"
"Therefore as the fire devoureth the stubble, and the flame consumeth the chaff, so their root shall be as rottenness, and their blossom shall go up as dust: because they have cast away the law of the LORD of hosts, and despised the word of the Holy One of Israel." - Isaiah 5:20-24
No my arrogant friends, if you support the folly of homosexual marriage, you are not wise, educated, enlightened or tolerant. You are just the latest in the long history of mankind to foolishly "call evil good and good evil." We have seen your kind before, and you keep coming to the same result. No matter how hard you try, you cannot make putting a square peg in a round hole a "good" thing. There is no nobility in foolishness and there is no such thing as a noble fool...just a fool.
