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God in the Bible did not say that faith-based
organizations should provide for the poor. That's a job for all of us. Those with large and small agricultural interests were
to leave the edges around their lands for the poor after the harvest. Today this would be equivalent to big industry and the
wealthy, however, what is called Christianity today is simply another big business.
The wealthy have always shirked their responsibility to the poor and
continue to convince people that they are Christian.
For over 27 years CENSORED has been warning its readers about the right-wing
religious agenda that permeates conservative politics and how dangerous and disingenuous it is. Some of our readers complained
about being subjected to all the religious stuff, but the recent presidential election pointed up how correct CENSORED was.
All the arguments from liberals, atheists, Democrats, progressives, and free thinkers that leave out the religious point of
view go no where. One can't educate another unless one speaks his language, can enter his frame-of-reference and bring about
an open mind. Otherwise, these people can't be reached. Religious conservatives can hear nothing outside their religious frame-of-reference.
The only way to prove them wrong and save this country and its Constitution is through their religiosity, the Bible.
The Republican Party has been infected and taken over by religious conservatives who call themselves Christians.This
viral infection of counterfeit conservative Christianity has even infected moderate Republicans.The only antibody against
this epidemic of counterfeit Christianity is the Bible. Pathological conservative Christianity claims to believe and abide
by the Bible, thus if we can show that what they believe is not in the Bible, we have them.They have no excuse to fall back
on.
In the Borough of Lodi, New Jersey (USA) the council is hell-bent on a redevelopment scheme
involving eminent domain, which will throw people out of their mobile homes and businesses in order to give their land to
private developers to build a gated community, commercial center, and an apartment complex. The local newspaper, THE RECORD,
likes to publish human interest articles and letters to the editor, but they don't seem to be interested in the hard-hitting
truths and nuances concerning the matter. They censor most of Doctor Bill's letters. Here is one they refused to publish:
A Council of Hypocrites
If polled, all the members of the Lodi Borough Council would say they believed
in God and the Bible. But their redevelopment plan for Lodi, with its gated community, commercial center, and apartment complex
goes against what God commands for healthy living. God thunders in Isaiah 3:8:
"Woe unto them that join house to house,
that lay field to field, till there be no place,
that they may be placed
alone in the midst
of the earth."
Jane Jacobs' work shows that 90% of Americans can no longer afford to buy a "median" house. Some renters
pay 50% of their income for shelter. By the 1990s 11,000 units of unsalvageable subsidized housing for the poor were being
demolished, and yearly only 4,000 replacement units were being built. America has gone through 50 years of destructive housing
policies. How does Lodi's redevelopment plan address any of this? According to Jane Jacobs, urban development destroys neighborhoods.
God promises in the Millennium that each person is to have his own plot of land and vine. They won't have their homes and
land confiscated by councils of religious hypocrites. But many of us can't wait for the Millennium.
America Betrayed
By
William J. Eisenman, D.D.
"To announce that there must be no criticism of the president, or
that we are to stand by the president right or wrong, is not only unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable to the
American public"--Theodore Roosevelt
Because the G. W. Bush administration has self-righteously and arrogantly
portrayed itself as doing the will of God, of being led by God, of being faith-based, and claiming to derive their God
from the Bible, we are free to criticize them on these grounds if we can't find their God in the Bible, and we can't.
"The Lord hates a proud look
and a lying tongue," Prov. 6:17-19
G. W. Bush took his oath of office by swearing on
the Bible, yet Matthew 5:34-37 admonishes humans not to swear because they are too puny to be able to bring about that which
they swear. Only God can swear and He swears by Himself.
Liar, liar
G. W. Bush is a liar. He deliberately lied the United
States into a war in Iraq which has taken the lives of over 1700 men and women and horribly wounded thousands of others. He
lied about the tax cuts for the rich improving the economy, and he lied about the Medicare prescription drug bill, which was
really a wealthfare package to the pharmaceutical industry. He lied about his energy policy and he continues to lie
about Social Security. He is also lying about stem cell research. And now he's lying about the Downing Street Minutes, which
places him in jeopardy of impeachment. He also lied about being a Christian. A Christian doesn't lie. A Christian is one who
follows and obeys Jesus Christ...
America to the Slaughter
From CENSORED Number 94:
It has been said that in the 2004 presidential election 22% of Americans based their vote
on "moral values." Many Americans believed that getting sex and violence out of the nation's movies, music, and television
programs would make America a more moral country. These faith-based voters believed that America has had a love affair with
declining morals for a long time. This slide into depravity, it is claimed, has turned many people against religion. Paul
Weyrich wrote: "...while we have been fighting and winning in politics, our culture has decayed into something approaching
barbarism." One wonders why a "religious" person like Mr. Weyrich would find this surprising? The Bible makes it crystal clear
in II Corinthians 4:4 that this is the devil's world. Satan is king and so one might ask why "religious" people would want
to succeed in the politics of Satan's world?
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