Jesus and Witches

Elvis Presley grew up attending an Assembly of God Church in Mississippi and Memphis, TN. That is where Elvis first began singing and where he learned to love gospel music. The whole world knows the story about Elvis Presley and what a kind hearted and generous person he was. Elvis still ranks Number 1 in the world as making the most money as a dead person. Instead of worrying about Governor Sarah Palin's church people need to take a closer look at the church Barack Obama attended for 20 years where he listened to hate filled sermons from his pastor, Rev. Jeremiah Wright. By the way Rev. Jeremiah Wright just built an $11 million dollar mansion to retire in. Poor down-trodden black man. America sure treated him awful, didn't they? Also you need to remember that Barack Obama attended Muslim training in Indonesia when he lived there as a child since both his Kenyan father and his Indonesian stepfather were both muslims. Also remember if you vote for Barack Obama you will be making all of the middle east Arab dictators and the Al Queda and Hezbollah and Palestianian leaders happy as well as Fidel Castro of Cuba and the dictator in Venzuela happy. They are all endorsing Barack Hussein Obama. All of the Arabs in the middle east are tickled pink about Obama running for president. They will be disappointed if John McCain wins because they know they will get their a*s kicked if they mess with America when John McCain is the president. If you care about keeping America safe and democratic vote for John McCain/Sarah Palin on November 4, 2008!!!!! NOBAMA!!!!! NOBAMA!!!!!

If Palin believes everything you say she believes, and Pentecostals believe everything you say they believe, none of them have anything to be ashamed of. Your personal disagreement with their views is your choice while their belief is a freedom guaranteed by the Constitution.

Apocalyptic literature, belief, and preaching is a genre that is at least 2,000 years old if the most liberal theologians are consulted, and as much as 3,000 years old if more conservative timing is used. The authors inference that apocalyptic is not believable is a smear against a religious tradition that has every right to be taught and respected.

Our American culture is filled with cultural reference to apocalyptic literature. Apocalypse Now, the X-Files, Armageddon, and other movies borrow elements for artistic purposes.

The point of view depicted in this article demands that science be the only worldview treated with respect. In fact, if it were not for mythological perspectives (and I mean mythology as a real experience which cannot be verified by science) we would know a great deal less about the history and cultures of the world. For instance, Homers 'Odyssey' was recently shown to be closely correlated to actual celestial observations but is written as mythology.

The author criticizes a perspective which is valid and vital to our culture. Most of the criticism is only possible because of the openness and truthfulness of these people. I would perceive them as 'nutty' or odd if they were preaching these things secretly and hiding their beliefs behind generic religion. Instead, they are open and honest. If in fact Sarah Palin believes everything implied in this article, she has every right to believe.

Why is it it that the Constitution is always misquoted concerning religion and saying politics and religion don't belong together, which it doesn't really say. Ye, everyone keeps bringing Sarah Palin's religion to the forefront. What is the point to be so derogatory about her beliefs, or try to turn them into something that is evil.
Unfortunately, the problem is anti Christian bigotry, as usual.

I am concerned as this is a nation where church and state are supposed to be separate. Yet we insist on dragging Religion into the oval office where it doesn't belong. When leaders start invoking God, watch out! When you have one who is paranoid enough to worry about witches and/or witchcraft...we're REALLY in trouble. That's when Big Brother starts watching you.... Oh sorry...he already is thanks to Bush/Cheney. Administration

I am concerned as this is a nation where church and state are supposed to be separate. Yet we insist on dragging Religion into the oval office where it doesn't belong. When leaders start invoking God, watch out! When you have one who is paranoid enough to worry about witches and/or witchcraft...we're REALLY in trouble. That's when Big Brother starts watching you....

600 trillion dollars later ....Barack Hussein Obama still can't beat McCain who's running his campaign from the back of his pickup truck...Obama is just "plastic".

The Book of Revelations has been around for almost 2,000 years. During these 2000 years, the end of the world has been predicted based on Revelations at least 10,000 times. Every single believer who ever said that believed it to be true with all their heart. However, it never was true.

I read the Bible frequently, and I find Revelations fascinating. But the popular notion of it is no more than a mental technicolor video game that people play in their heads. Good exercise for the imagination, but not very pertinent to the meaning of the text.

Possibly (just possibly, because all interpretations of the Bible are just interpretations), Revelations is a metaphor for how each individual should "clean house" in their soul and purify themselves enough so that they can see God's presence here on earth. The "end of the world" might just be a metaphor for the end of the worldly ego.

The reason that Revelations comes at the end of the New Testamtent is because churches have argued over whether or not it even belongs in the bible at all. It was written 100 years after Christ died. Martin Luther considered Revelations to be "neither apostolic nor prophetic" and said that "Christ is neither taught nor known in it." No-one is even sure who wrote Revelations, there are three known possible authors, all going by the name of John, none of whom is the apostle John..

For Christians who actually read the Bible, it is clear that the Word of the Lord is what matters. Christ is not quoted in Revelations. Any Christian who uses Revelations to cast aspersions on people who have different religious beliefs is clearly not hearing the teachings of Jesus.

If Sarah Palin were thrust into the Oval Office, yes, I would feel completely comfortable with her making the difficult decisions needed to protect this nation. She has the judgment, temperment, and philosophy needed to protect this country.

Obama, on the other hand, might or might not do the right thing. I know he wants to reduce our military forces and cut defense spending. He'll have to in order to pay for his hundreds of trillions of dollars of new socialist programs.

I saw Sarah Palin last night here at Penn State. She packed a small gym with 7,500 people, mostly students. They had to turn people away. She's a common down to earth woman who's been a savy and effective governor. She'll make a fantastic VP.

Hang the media and Newsweek articles like this one.

Even committed Republicans who support McCain are asking themselves if they really would take the risk of putting our country into Sarah Palin's hands. Many prominent Republicans, including Colin Powell, have said that Palin is not prepared to be Vice President. Being VP requires a depth of knowledge on national and international issues. Palin is ignorant of these matters. And being President requires great intelligence and a clear-eyed world view, one untainted by religious fanaticism. Look at the mess we got with the under-qualified Dubya, and even he seems smarter and less fanatical than Palin. McCain is 72 years old, with high cholesterol and high blood pressure; his father and grandfather each died of heart attacks at age 72. McCain's Vice President HAS to be ready to lead. And by lead, I am not referring to a full speed charge into Armageddon.

For those of you who don't know, Palin belongs to a fundamentalist church that believes the end of the world is near: that war, financial distress and famine will kill off the sinful non-believers, and that when this holocaust occurs all good Christians will be taking refuge in Alaska. Furthermore, her church conducts witch hunts -- they actually use prayer to locate "witches" in their community, then publicly brand them as witches, and hold them responsible for everything that goes wrong in town. (Honestly, I think the long winters must be getting to their minds.) You can go on YouTube and watch videos of Palin participating during sermons like this. She stands on the altar facing the members. The congregation stands with outstretched hands, trancelike, speaking in tounges while the priest prays to "keep Sarah safe from all forms of witchcraft."

Could you REALLY feel comfortable knowing that a woman who holds these beliefs would have the power to declare war and deploy nuclear missiles?