Today being Christmas Eve left me wondering, should I post or not post today? After prayer I decided that this was what I was to write, so I offer these thoughts and pray they will resonate with you. I also want to wish you a Happy Christmas Eve and a very Merry Christmas!

Today my objective is to incorporate a consideration of science and the Bible in a Christmas themed presentation.  I have long been amazed at the incredible revelations found in the Bible in ancient times and how that hundreds if not thousands of years later scientists discovered they were factual realities and medically sound techniques.  If I had no other reason to believe the Bible is the Word of God that would be enough, but I have more, much more.

I hear some, even preachers contend that the Bible ‘contains’ the Word of God but is not the Word of God.  I find that objectionable and that would relegate the Bible to the status of just another book of philosophy and not a guide for ‘faith or practice’.  It would require me to abandon my confidence that God is unchanging and His Promises, as revealed in the Bible are reliable or dependable.  That would be a terrible place and one that would produce an untenable gospel.  How could I trust the declaration of the resurrection of Jesus from the dead?  How could I trust that God will forgive every sin upon repentance?  How could I believe the words of Jesus in John 14 that He is preparing a place for us and coming back? 

You may wonder, how this has anything to do with what is happening in today’s world, socially, politically, governmentally, etc.  It has everything to do with it?  If we do not have a reliable Bible that “is” the Word of God, a God who is unchanging, then we have no absolutes.  We would become laws unto ourselves and the result would be anarchy and chaos.  There would be no constraints on society for civility and each person would become their own center of the universe. 

Science is in a continual state of flux.  In the realm of medical science, no doctor that has practiced medicine for any length of time practices the same as they began.  New discoveries make that implausible and impractical.  As new techniques and discoveries emerge doctors change their approach and treatment.  Thank God they do!  However, I contend that the Word of God never changes, and God never changes. 

There are many examples in the Bible of scientific truths being revealed long before scientists recognized and proved those realities.  In Isaiah 40:22 – “He (God) sits enthroned above the circle of the earth…”  Imagine that, the Bible declared that the earth was round over 1100 years before Columbus and 350 years before Aristotle first argued that the earth must be round, not flat. 

How about Job, who lived over 4,000 years ago.  He recorded God’s question found in Job 38:16 – “Have you entered into the springs of the sea…”  Wow!  The existence of springs in the ocean was not discovered until 1977 almost 4,000 years later.  The last half of that verse states: “…or have you walked in the recesses of the sea?”  Amazing!  Those recesses were not discovered until 1873 almost 3,900 years after Job declared it. 

I am reminded of Matthew Fontaine Murray a Naval Sea Captain who discovered the ‘paths of the sea’.  He was a navigator and discovered that vital navigational information did not exist for sailing many waters.  His quest was spurred by the Bible. He was quite ill and asked his daughter to read the Bible to him.  She began reading Psalm 8 and in the eighth verse read, “whosoever walked through the paths of the sea.”  He stopped her and had her repeat it.  Then he said, “The paths of the sea, the paths of the sea.  If God says there are paths in the sea, if I ever get will I will find them.” 

He was also inspired by Ecclesiastes 1:6 – “The wind blows to the south and goes around to the north; around and around goes the wind, and on its circuits, the wind returns.”  He determined that based on that declaration it was logical to believe that in certain places the wind would blow predominately from one direction and that knowledge would be of infinite value to sailing ships.

We dare not omit the directions that God gave Moses regarding sanitary conditions, medical procedures, and treatment.  Through Moses the value of quarantine.  It was not until the 14^th century that the practice was embraced.  The ports in Venice and Genoa first refused immigrants who might be carriers or infected with the Bubonic plague.  Even in the 17^th and 18^th centuries leprosy spread over southern Europe until the practices of Moses in the Bible were enacted.  Moses disinfected the patient’s clothing, bed, and house.  The leper was required to wear a covering up to his upper lip and was quarantined on certain occasions.

The health and hygiene of the Israelites in the wilderness enabled them to survive.  They adopted practices that were not universally embraced and look remarkably like modern practices.  Dr. M.R. DeHaan, who received his M.D. from the University of Illinois Medical School practiced medicine and later became a preacher.  He offered a vital view of science and the Bible especially through Israel in the wilderness. 

Dr. DeHaan wrote: “We ask the question since Moses was educated in all these [Egyptian] superstitions and primitive practices, how does it happen that he does not teach or recommend these remedies in his writings? Although he deals in detail and great length with diseases, the treatment of infections, leprosy, and running sores, yet the illusions, deceptions, gross errors, and superstitions concerning anatomy, physiology, pathology, and treatment of diseases as taught in the highest schools of learning in Egypt from which Moses was a graduate [Acts 7:22], are never taught or even suggested in the books of Moses. But instead, the instructions Moses laid down for Israel were utterly at variance with the accepted practices of that day, and fully in harmony with modern-day scientific facts.”            

Science is confirmed by the Bible rather than the Bible confirmed by science.  Science, or man, has been slow to appreciate, understand, or discover the truths of God’s Word from thousands of years ago.  With each scientific discovery, previously revealed in the Bible, my faith grows stronger. 

Thus, I can say on this day, Christmas Eve as we prepare to celebrate the birth of Jesus, I believe it to be a factual reality because I believe the Bible is THE WORD OF GOD!  I have a personal relationship with my Savior and know that my life has been changed through that relationship.  My experience and subsequent years of pursuing Him and His purposes have produced a peace that is beyond my ability to adequately explain. 

I do not care what day Jesus was born or even what month.  I believe He was born of a virgin as the Bible declares.  I believe that He lived a sinless life, as the Bible declares.  I believe He died on the Cross for my sins as the Bible declares.  I believe that He rose from the dead and has ascended to the right hand of the Father, just like the Bible says.  I believe that He is preparing a place for me and will come back to take me to my eternal home, just like the Bible declares.  I BELIEVE!

MERRY CHRISTMAS!  The agreement of science with the Bible helps inspire our confidence in God and His Word!  I do not care what your political affiliation or religious affiliation is, God is the answer and He is our Hope!  I pray for each one today and ask that God will grant each a very Joyous Celebration!  May you have health and blessings!

God bless you and God bless America!

Once again, I venture into the menacing waters of man-made climate change.  Once again, I state the obvious, facts do not support the conclusions of the alarmist.  Once again, I declare that the scientific data debunk their theories and exposes their hypocritical paranoia.  Man’s effect on the climate is minimal. 

If you are still reading and have allowed your blood pressure to recede to a safe level, I will continue.  I believe in being good stewards of the environment.  I love the outdoors, and the many benefits of this planet.  We can do things to clean up the environment and keep our rivers, streams, beaches, cities, and countryside beautiful and usable.  However, we do not have to impede man’s progress and place such restrictions on humans that enjoyment of nature becomes impossible.  That is cutting off our noses to spite our faces and counterproductive.

I do not know if the ‘scientists’ who have jumped on the man-made climate change train are sincere or not.  I do not know if they are trying to find acceptability in their society or if they are simply deceived.  I do not know what motivates them, although I do know that people like Al Gore have become incredibly wealthy advancing this theory.  The man-made climate change agenda is part and parcel of the United Nations Agenda 21 Initiative and seeks ultimate control of all nations and all people.  That alone would make it suspect to me.

Tony Heller has exposed some of the most egregious dishonesty of mainstream environmentalists in his video titled “My Gift to Climate Alarmists.”  Who is Tony Heller?  Let me give a brief view of some of his credentials and then proceed.  He earned a BS in Geology from Arizona State University and a Master’s in electrical engineering at Rice University.  He studied geology at Boston University, computer science at Northern Arizona University, Computer Science at Colorado State University and Geochemistry at the University of New Mexico.  He is a lifelong environmentalist and has fought for clean air and water over his career. 

What did Mr. Heller expose?  One of the interesting facts that he revealed was that the U.S. Department of Agriculture has reported that forest fires reached their peak in the 1930’s.  Wait?  They reached their peak?  That would mean they have been declining since, right?  That’s the factual data compiled by our own government.  The climate alarmists conveniently omit that information and use 1980 as the benchmark and insist that we have had increases since and it is due to ‘global warming’ or ‘climate change.’  That is a tad fraudulent, don’t you think?

He also revealed that the claim of ‘climate scientists’ pushing the man-made global warming agenda claim that rising sea levels is the result of this phenomenon that man has caused.  That is scientifically inaccurate, and the empirical data suggests that the sea levels have been rising for 20,000 years.   Many anthropologists believe that when the sea levels were low people were able to walk from Siberia to North America.  Interesting thought. 

Hot weather is blamed on man-made climate change but when you examine the statistical evidence, we discover a few omitted revelations that are germane.  The number of days over 90 degrees in Waverly, Ohio was eye-opening.  In 1895 there were 73 days recorded above 90 degrees.  That was 1895, not 1985, just in case you misread it.  In 1936 there were 82 days above 90 degrees.  Since the 1930’s there has been a downward trend in the number of days above 90 degrees.  The climatologists use 1955 as their benchmark for data to be examined.  They do so to show an increase.  They selectively pick the benchmarks for their theories rather than considering all data, they find that which supports their theory and go from there.  That is deciding the outcome you want and manipulate the data to prove it.

One environmental activist (scientist) Ottmar Edenhofer, the lead author of the IPCC’s fourth summary report released in 2007 revealed their agenda in a speech in 2010.  He said, “One has to free oneself from the illusion that international climate policy is environmental policy. Instead, climate change policy is about how we redistribute de facto the world’s wealth.”   We know that the U.N.’s climate chief Christiana Figueres revealed that the true aim of the U.N.’s 2014 Paris climate conference was “to change the (capitalist) economic development model that has been reigning for at least 150 years, since the Industrial Revolution.”

I do not believe that all the scientists are dishonest, but many are either dishonest or dangerously deceived.  Would it not be appropriate to ask, “If the sea levels have been rising for 20,000 years, why do they insist this is due to man-made global warming?”  That would predate any industrial advancements and mechanization of the past 100 years.  The period they insist is the culprit in ‘climate change.’

Why do those reporting on this issue fail to mention the declarations of Edenhofer, Stewart, and others who want to ‘ride global warming as a means to defeat capitalism and impose socialism or communism on the world?’  Why?  Because this is about Power and Control not about the betterment of the planet or any genuine concern for a problem that is fictional.  It is a tool to manipulate the minds of the non-thinkers and create a paranoia that allows them to strip us of our rights and liberties thinking we must do so to save the planet.  God is still in control, so calm down!

The insanity of the toxic liberalism, the increasing activism, and push toward the imprisonment of humans impeding progress by despotic oligarchies and tyrannies must be exposed.  That is another of the many reasons that I oppose the national Democratic agenda and will vote NO on every Democrat in 2020 and beyond.  My vote is for Freedom!  My vote is for America!  My vote is not for sale!

God bless you and God bless America!

The real question is not if America has a moral compass but what happened to it?  No, I do not think slavery is, was, or will ever be moral.  No, I do not think genocide is, was, or ever will be moral.  Likewise, I do not think that practicing abominable practices are moral, right, or acceptable.  I do not believe that abandoning God and our moral moorings regarding the family, lasciviousness, greed, envy, hate, and love are acceptable.  I believe God placed within each heart a compass to help us navigate the troubled waters of life.  That moral compass, more than any law, stems from evil and evil activities. 

However, it is apropos to insert the oft-cited quote of James Madison, “If men were angels, no government would be necessary. If angels were to govern men, neither external nor internal controls on government would be necessary. In framing a government which is to be administered by men over men, the great difficulty lies in this: you must first enable the government to control the governed; and the next place, oblige it to control itself.”  Men are not angels therefore, laws are required, and it is mandatory that society polices itself.

Someone asked, “It is possible for a modern liberal to have a moral compass?”  Before you automatically say, NO I ask that you pause and realize that anything is possible.  The legitimate and complete answer is YES and NO, depending on the person, situation, and definition of ‘moral’.   Like Bill Clinton, “It depends on what your definition of is, is.” 

If a person believes that there is a moral standard based upon something other than man’s own creations and concoctions, the answer is YES, it is possible.  Any moral system that believes in something greater than one’s self opens the door for a moral compass to exist and be exhibited. 

All moral systems are not equal, and some are infinitely better than others, in my view.  All roads do not lead to Rome or Heaven.  I am a Christian and believe that the Bible’s guide for faith and practice is the best of all moral systems.  I believe that tolerance is good and a worthy pursuit so long as it does not require me to abandon my faith and Bible-based convictions.  At that point, I shun it and although I defend their right to believe what they believe, I will have no part of it and will stand against it.

Many liberals today do not seem to have a moral compass and are by nature evolutionary in their thinking and standards.  They do not believe in absolutes morally and inflexible truth.  They appear to have adopted the belief that humans, over time, and perfect themselves through their own efforts.  Their moral compass appears to be any compass that points toward the latest ideological perception of improvement. 

When I was in my 30’s and 40’s I thought that most liberals believed in women’s rights.  My view of their position shifted when I witnessed their gravitation toward pandering to the transgenders movement and Islam.  My view has significantly changed now that liberals, almost unanimously, defend men who identify as women being allowed to participate in women’s sports.  They call that tolerance and demand that we all abandon our views and bow at the shrine of liberal thought.  Sorry, but the thing inside my cranium is called a brain for a reason and with it, I can think.  Thinking allows me to see the fallacy of their argument and demands that I resist.

The liberal ideology that has become toxic over the past few decades has embraced political correctness to the degree that any disagreement is branded with a salacious expletive. 

Islam has a doctrine in their holy book called ‘taqiyya’.  According to sharia, in certain situations, they are allowed and even directed to engage in deception. They are allowed to lie and pretend to be followers of legitimate local law but secretly continue to work for the advancement of their ideology.  The liberals, at least in Washington, seem to be of the same mind.  It often appears that they have an unwritten agreement that allows them, under the protection of their Party, to lie to the American people in order to advance their cause and agenda.  Is that moral?  Not in my view, but then I believe the Bible’s edict to be truthful.

The atheist biologist Richard Dawkins concocted the novel theory, which he called the evolutionary benefits of homosexuality.  He argued that the benefits had to exist because homosexuality existed.  He called that scientific proof.  No that is opinion, not science.  The liberal appears to root their values on whatever is deemed fashionably righteous in modern society. 

Have we forgotten that in the early portion of the 20^th century the liberals embraced eugenics and forced sterilization?  Today they have evolved into proponents of androgyny and political censorship.  What’s the next morally acceptable thing for them?  Could it be pedophilia or concentration camps with forced indoctrination of the non-liberal?  They have abandoned the Bible as a basis for morality and reinterpreted the Bible to embrace whatever trend they deem approved and acceptable.  Preachers have been seduced and coerced into abandoning the Bible in a quest for acceptance.  What has happened to America’s moral compass?

I believe in absolutes, especially when it comes to moral values.  I believe the Bible and that is my basis for my core convictions in all matters.  I do not embrace moral relativity or situational ethics.  I do believe that all men are created equal in the sense that we can all have God’s forgiveness and have the right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.  All of us are not equal in gifts, talents, abilities, or even intelligence.  We are equal in the sense that we are created in God’s image and have the capacity to receive His grace and goodness.  Orwell said in Animal Farm: “All animals are equal, but some are more equal than others.” 

Modern liberal thought seems to be that morality is whatever is presented and promoted by their ideological guides.  They appear to hold the view that all humans have moral sentiment and that defines a ‘moral compass.’  To them, it is a compass because it points to whatever nearby liberal magnet idea is presented.  They fail to realize that the magnet is detrimental to civil society and anathema to the teachings of biblical moral purity.  To them, a compass is a compass even if it does not produce the betterment of people or alleviate suffering or produce unity and civility.  Their compass or basic ideological position seems to be, “My way or the highway” and “The End Justifies the Means.”

I continue to pray for America, my beloved nation, to regain her moral compass as a people and as individuals.  I pray for God’s mercy and forgiveness for our drift and shift from our founding principles and His biblical directives.  You can agree or disagree with my assessment, but it is mine and I stand by it. 

God bless you and God bless America!

I, along with millions of other God-fearing, Freedom-loving Americans, am concerned about the state and future of our Republic.  No, I did not say our Democracy because that is not what we are, but our Republic.  Yes, we have a form of Representative Democracy but are not a Grecian Style Majority Rule Democracy as many suppose.  Those facts are embodied in our system of government, our Constitution, and our history.  Sadly, too many, including some who teach in our institutions of higher learning are apparently unaware of those facts. 

Before Donald Trump was sworn in as the 45^th President of these United States the Left called for his impeachment.  Maxine Waters wanted him impeached because he called Hillary, “Crooked Hillary.”  How dare him use that kind of derogatory language toward a member of the fairer sex and a Democrat.  That, in her mind, was inexcusable and clear evidence that he was the epitome of evil and must be eliminated.  She was not alone and ignored the realities that disparaging epithets were launched from both candidates and others during the campaign cycle.  That is not unusual in presidential elections but the reaction of the Democrats to a Republican pushing back has been incredibly revealing.

It was 19 short minutes after Trump was sworn in that the Washington Post announced, “The Campaign to Impeach President Trump Has Begun.”  Wow!  What took them so long?  That effort has been nonstop for over three years and the 24/7/365 barrage of innuendo and allegations have flooded the airwaves. 

The Russian collusion collapsed because to all full exposure of what transpired would be to indict Hillary and the Democrats and they could not risk that.  New allegation after new allegation has arisen and each of Trump’s associates and appointees has been treated with less civility than a mass-murdering pedophile terrorist cannibal human sacrificing devil worshipper.  It has been treacherous for those supporting the president.

The Democrats are poised to continue their objective although some of the Democrats desire to shifting from impeachment to recall or censorship of the president, continue they will.  The Constitution demands that impeachment be for ‘treason, bribery, or other high Crimes and Misdemeanors.’  They have no verifiable evidence of quid pro quo, bribery, treason, or endangering America in any of the president’s actions.  Even in the Ukraine phone call, the Ukrainian president has insisted there was zero quid pro quo.  The witnesses produced by Shifty Schiff have been hearsay, opinion, dislike but nothing factual or verifiable.  It has been a political campaign effort paid for by you and me, the American taxpayers.

Our first president George Washington and our founders feared the auto-renewal policy of present-day politicians.  They gave repeated warnings against allowing those in power to co-opt the political process and use federal money for their personal purposes.  They would be appalled at the use of special interest money, playing on incumbency and name recognition, and the ultra-partisanship engaged in today.  They did not believe that elective positions should be ‘life-time appointments’ but ‘temporary engagements’ in public service.  Today, we have a political class and the members have never held jobs outside of the political arena.  That needs to change and change swiftly.

Voting all the corrupt members of Congress out of office is virtually impossible so fixing this issue may be beyond the realm of possibility.  However, we must somehow seek to regain the views expressed by our first president George Washington.  He said, “The power under the Constitution will always be in the people.  It is entrusted for certain defined purposes, and for a certain limited period, to representatives of their own choosing; and whenever it is executed contrary to their interest, or not agreeable to their wishes, their servants can and undoubtedly will be recalled.”

James Madison concurred as he wrote in Federalist 39: “[T]he popular consent upon which the Constitution’s authority rests was “given by the people, not as individuals composing one entire nation, but as composing the distinct and independent States to which they respectively belong.”  It is imperative that we realize that this is nothing more than a partisan effort to overturn an election that they did not like.  If we fail to resoundingly dismantle their consortium of corruption, we will witness the destruction of our Republic.

The GOP members of the House of Representatives have definitively rebutted the claims of the Democrats on a point by point analysis of the Schiff proceedings.  In their rebuttal, they declared: “The Democrats’ impeachment inquiry is not the organic outgrowth of serious misconduct; it is an orchestrated campaign to upend our political system.  This impeachment inquiry and the way the Democrats are pursuing it sets a dangerous precedent.”  It is true that security assistance was delayed but was ultimately forwarded to Ukraine. 

The Ukrainian president has denied any quid pro quo and said: “I never talked to President Trump from the position of quid pro quo.  That’s not my thing, I don’t want us to look like beggars.”  The Democrats have, at this point, engaged in a clearly partisan predetermined course of action where the desired conclusion was formulated and then the investigation to validate that conclusion pursued. 

Impeachment is the tool the Democrats are using for settling political scores and re-litigating election results with which they disagreed.  If that is the course for America going forward, our Republic is destroyed and consensual governance we give the elected officials will be irreparably altered.  We will become an oligarchy at best and a despotic socialist tyranny at worst. 

America we must begin the process of praying for our nation and our president.  I suggest that we not just pray for him and the Republic but ask God what our role in this is to be.  “Lord, what am I to do?”  Next, we need to study, investigate, examine, vet, and determine the truth as best we can.  Then, we need to articulate those realities to everyone who will listen.  Finally, we must become engaged and, VOTE!

It has been reported that there are over 3.5 million more voters registered than there are qualified voters in America.  That could only mean one thing, the Republicans and the president are behind that many votes before the voting begins.  I am not concerned about Russian interference in our elections, they have always meddled.  I am concerned about systematic and orchestrated voter fraud in America.  It is in our hands to fight this fight to the finish.  If we become complacent, we lose!

God bless you and God bless America!

I have been sounding the alarm for a very long time about the dangers of forcing of tolerance by the intolerant.  The intolerant politically correct liberal leftists agenda that seeks to force all of us to tolerate and become compliant is intolerable. That assertion has landed me in hot water in some religious circles, many political venues, and with social media.  I have been called everything thing under the sun and accused of advancing hate and faux Christianity. 

It is not the name-calling that bothers me, but the lack of awareness of what has become a creeping erosion of our America through political correctness and the increasing dangers of Islamization of our government.  That statement will not play well with the intolerant who demand tolerance nor with social mediums I utilize.  However, if I am allowed, I will give more detail to my argument and explain my concerns.  If at the end of that presentation, you disagree, that is your God-given right and privilege.  We will disagree.

I had a person ask me a few days ago, “How did Islam manage to acquire such a noticeable place of influence in our government?”  That has troubled me for a long time.  It is undeniable that under the Obama administration the followers of Islam were given front of the line access to many government figures and agencies.  We were threatened by Attorney General Loretta Lynch with prosecution if we spoke against Islam and sounded the alarms about their push to achieve sharia law in America.  That was more than a little disturbing. 

If we observe what is happening in the world it is difficult not to become aware of the growth of Islamic political clout in Europe and in America.  How did that happen?  One of the paths allowing this growth has been indifference or lack of awareness on the part of politicians and citizens. 

The followers of Islam, especially the fundamentalist in that religion or system of government want world domination and they state that for all to hear.  Back in the 1970s, the late Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre made an enlightening statement.  He said: “As long as Muslims are an insignificant minority in a Christian country, they can live on friendly terms because they accept the laws and customs of the country that receives them.  But as soon as they become numerous and organize, they become aggressive and try to impose their laws, which are hostile to [Western] civilization.”

The West and especially America has a keen awareness of terrorism.  Although there are those in our Republic and government who refuse to acknowledge that much of the terrorist activity is part of Islamic jihad, it is.  Islamic terrorism produces a significant percentage of worldwide terrorist activity.  Ignoring that can prove to be a fatal mistake. 

In our quest for tolerance, we have insisted that only the radical Islamist embrace the most fundamental tenets of Islam.  However, if one reads their holy book, it is impossible to note the passages that call for people to convert to Islam or face execution or enslavement.  That religion allows pedophilia, beheading or stoning of those not following their religious tenets or refusing to convert.  That is the height of intolerance and is totally absent of peacefulness and coexistence.

We have focused on ISIS or ISIL, Iran, and other terrorist-sponsoring nations nationally.  Unfortunately, the politicians and people in power are being courted with mountains of cash and other enticements by Islamic nations who are supposedly our allies.  What has that produced?  It has opened a significant door to the ‘Dawa’ (Islamic proselytizing).  The growth of the influence of Islam in many American cities has resulted in Sharia Zones in those cities.  Our American law enforcement no longer patrols those areas and they rule under Islamic law which is a direct violation of our American constitution. 

The more members of Congress or government agents embrace Islam the more we will see the demanded tolerance of the intolerant imposed.  It is no secret that the leaders of the pursuit of worldwide ‘Dawa’ and pursuit of world dominance encourage the use of the electoral process to advance their cause.  Congresswoman Ilhan Omar demanded before being sworn in that Congress reveres its 181-year ban on the wearing of any headgear.  She was able to wear her hijab which is religious attire, but other members of Congress are forbidden to display a cross on the floor of Congress. 

Islamists have infiltrated our Western Education Systems and some of our American schools have courses favorable to the teachings of Islam but ban all references to the Bible and Christianity.  The result of that is our youth are so indoctrinated with the PC demand for tolerance they consider allowing sharia-based lifestyles as acceptable.  We are told it is in the spirit of our 1^st Amendment that they must be allowed freedom of religion.  I support religious freedom for everyone but oppose allowing any religion to impose their views and laws on others. 

About 80% of the 1,200 mosques operating in America have been built since 2003.  We have witnessed the rise in influence and power of various terrorist-linked NGOs (non-profit organizations operating independently of any government whose purpose is to address social or political issues), grow more prominent.  Some of those have direct links to Islamic terrorists, including CAIR, and the Islamic Society of North America.  They have funneled truckloads of cash into the coffers of various politicians in various means and bought access and influence.  They have succeeded in influencing many of our politicians to capitulate to the Islamic ‘needs’ in America. 

The followers of Islam are reproducing and actively engaged proselytizing.  Pew Research reported that there are approximately 1.8 billion Muslims worldwide.  That would make them the 2^nd largest religion, second only to Christianity.  It has been projected that by the end of this century the followers of Islam will become the largest religious group worldwide.  They are reproducing at the rate of 2.7 children per family and Christians are logged in at about 2.2 children per family.  That may not sound like a significant number, but it is when extrapolated over a few decades and millions of people.

Our younger generation is postponing or not having children largely based on financial concerns.  When that is added to the reality that many ‘middle and upper’ class families no longer parent their children, it becomes alarming.  The followers of Islam engage in devoted teaching of their religion and beliefs to their children, but many Americans leave that to the educators, entertainers, or activists to shape their worldview and values. 

In 1970 there were about 100,000 Muslims in America and today there are over 4 million.  Former Libyan dictator Colonel Muammar Gadaffi declared in 2006: “We have 50 million Muslims in Europe.  There are signs that Allah will grant Islam victory in Europe – without swords, without guns, without conquest – we will turn it into a Muslim continent within a few decades.”  The blood-curdling words of former Algerian President Houari Boumediene to the UN illustrates my concern.  He said: “One day, millions of men will leave the Southern Hemisphere to go to the Northern Hemisphere.  And they will not go there as friends.  Because they will go there to conquer it.  And they will conquer it with their sons.  The wombs of our women will give us victory.”

America, I believe in tolerance but when the intolerant demand that we abandon our values and views and our Constitution and law, we must resist and reject them.  Any politician who facilitates this lunacy should be shown the door.  This is another of the many misguided and malicious ideological positions of the Left that cause me to reject them.  Wake up America! 

God bless you and God bless America!

The Destruction of America from within has been predicted by numerous communist leaders in the past and our founding fathers warned of that possibility.  I saw some comments and theories advanced by Pat Buchanan that trouble me, if he is right.  I sometimes agree with Buchanan and sometimes find that I cannot embrace his reasoning and suggestions.  But that is nothing new, I feel that way about every politician or national leader.  I guess I could or should say, I find that the case with every human on the planet with whom I engage in dialogue.  We do not all agree or always agree, and that is the beauty of man and our Free Republic.  In fact, I believe a certain level of disagreement is healthy because it brings more ideas and potential solutions to the discussion.

Back in April, Pat Buchanan described democracy as being in a ‘death spiral’ and recently he said it was a ‘dying species.’  I won’t get into the argument that America is not a direct democracy but a republic and representative democracy, that would be too lengthy for this discussion and not completely germane.  Buchanan and many others, including myself, agree that the two-party system in Washington, DC is in a state of irreversible ‘gridlock.’  That is lamentable because, as we have witnessed for over the past three years, the lack of interest in governing by the Left and the often incompetence of many on the Right. 

Buchanan argues that comity and collegiality are vanishing, and in that, I believe he has a valid point.  He insists that in Europe splinter parties arise and ‘illiberal democracies’ take power.  I do believe that he is correct in his assertion that we are experiencing a significant moral and social decline in the West.  I believe that condition is being imposed and advanced by many of those governing us.  It is trickling down from those in power and given legs by the Media.  I believe it is a systematic orchestrated and designed a plan to divide and conquer.  Those pushing that agenda are not interested in the betterment of America but the control of its citizens. 

I do believe we have been witnessing the dangerous rise of the political elite which is becoming or has become a permanent governing class.  I do believe that we the people are increasingly losing our ability to give oversight, direction, and are systematically being dis-empowered governmentally.  That dis-empowerment and the attempt to control us produced the Tea Party and were a major factor in the election of Donald J. Trump in 2016.  I believe that his election was as much a rejection of political elitism as it was anything else. 

The rise and legitimizing of political correctness, the insistence that citizens in various walks of life undergo diversity training has and is doing great harm to our nation.  Do I believe that we need to be tolerant and accepting?  Yes, with qualifications.  I believe that we should view all people regardless of skin color, sexual orientation, religion, or political ideology as humans and treat them with respect.  That tolerance and acceptance ends when any of those segments attempt to force their views on everyone else.  No one, not me, not you, not anyone has the right to force another to adopt their beliefs or preferences. 

If you attempt to force me to accept a set of religious beliefs that violate my convictions, I will resist.  If you attempt to force me to embrace your chosen sexual lifestyle, a lifestyle that is anathema to my faith, I will resist.  If you attempt to force me to embrace any ethnicity as deserving of dominance over another, I will resist. 

I owe others nothing but respect, providing they do not violate that olive branch. Likewise, they owe me nothing.  I seek to follow the Golden Rule, but when a person makes it clear that their intent is to destroy me, I resist.  I will when necessary, practice my inalienable right for self-defense.  I will practice my inalienable right to freedom of speech, religion, and my right to pursue life, liberty, and happiness.  I also agree that you have the same rights.

Intrusive bureaucratic government is becoming more a norm than I am comfortable with.  In our Republic, the form of government is supposed to be determined by electoral approval.  Simply stated, we the people are supposed to decide what our government is and the direction it takes.  If the elected representatives do not follow our wishes, we are supposed to have the option and opportunity to reject them at the polls and allow them the opportunity to pursue other interests.  That is becoming increasingly more difficult with gerrymandering, voter fraud, and the commandeering of national political parties by the political elitist. 

In Canada, most of their population voted for policies and politicians who advance an ideology that I adamantly oppose.  It seems that too frequently in such nations the conservative alternative offers a bland brand of conservatism and fails to attract much attention.  In France, 66% of the people voted against the nationalist Marine Le Pen and for the globalist Emmanuel Macron.  Most of them were indigenous French, not third-world immigrants.  That is revealing of the drift or shift or our world toward the dangerous idea of globalism and the incoherent offerings of Socialism.

I am quite concerned that without a resurgence of fearless leaders who are unafraid to tackle the sacred cows of political cronyism in Washington, regardless of who is in power we are destined for more of the same.  In many ways, I find myself increasingly thankful for a man like Donald Trump.  Not because I view him as a saintly or a highly moral person, I don’t know him well enough to make those judgments.  He makes me cringe, at times, in what he says or how he says it.  However, it is apparent to me that He truly loves America and wants to see her restored to greatness. 

I am thankful for someone like Trump who resists the status quo in an unashamed and fearless manner.  He is bold as a lion when it comes to standing up to the establishment.  He believes what he believes and as a pragmatist and businessman, he seeks to find a solution.  Is he an egotist?  What person seeking any national political office isn’t?  Most of us like recognition and are thrilled when given credit for accomplishments.  If we eliminated human ego from society, we would have no politicians, no athletes, no actors and actresses, no entertainers, and society would be incredibly boring.  Ego is a part of the human psyche and held in check and channeled properly is a positive force.

I sometimes engage in discussions about third-parties and alternative candidates.  The discussion centers around alternatives to the Republican or Democrat, and most of the time, I see them as no-win candidates.  We have witnessed the power of the spoiler role in those third-party offerings.  One of the most glaring is Ross Perot who gave us Bill Clinton and defeated George H.W. Bush.  Was that good for America?  I do not believe it was.  I considered the elder Bush a globalist and left-leaning Republican, but I considered Bill Clinton’s liberalism even more damaging to America.  Clinton’s liberalism helped elect George W. Bush, but it also opened the door and blazed the trail for Barack Obama and that door is more frightening than any haunted house at Halloween. 

I do believe that our system of government is in danger and it is imperative that all America’s patriots rise and reject the present offering of the New Democratic Socialism being advance by every Democrat desiring to be President.  Please vote NO on the toxicity of liberalism in November 2020.

God bless you and God bless America!

We live in a terribly disillusioned and delusional world.  That is possibly an understatement of understatements considering the PC world of today.  I sometimes wonder what some of these people, many are my age and older, were taught by their parents.  I frequently wonder if they have ever read the Bible because the ideology they embrace and are advancing is foreign to its precepts.  I’m sure some on the Left and Right will disagree with that last assessment, but I believe it to be the truth.

My voice is not the only voice sounding the alarm regarding the lunacy, damage, and danger of attempting to create a Utopian world filled with ‘safe spaces’ where the snowflakes can hide.  My parents did not tolerate pouting and allowing hurt feelings to fester.  All of us have had our feelings hurt.  However, the rights of others do not end where my feelings begin.  Just because, my ego was bruised or my emotions were wounded by words or deeds of another, that does not mean I have the right to demand their censure.  It means that we need to do what my parents taught me, and the Bible teaches about dealing with others.

The Bible in Matthew 18 gives very clear and valuable instruction on dealing with offenses.  It gives a step by step process that almost none follow but would resolve a vast majority of interpersonal problems if followed.  The first step is go to the person in a face to face meeting before publishing the offense to the world. 

You do not go with a vindictive attitude but one that conveys your desire for reconciliation and clarification.  You identify the offense but do not become offensive and retaliatory in your conversation.  If you are truly trying to resolve the issue not get your pound of flesh, your attitude and words will be filled with grace, not hate and hostility.  It is first, one on one, then with two or three mature individuals who do not have an ax to grind, then take it to the whole church if necessary.  Forgiveness and restoration should be our desire.

Some may feel that that pathway works for Christians and church members but not people on opposing sides of political issues.  I ask, why won’t it work in all areas of life?  Is the Golden Rule not applicable in life? In times of conflict, I will often remind myself of the Golden Rule and the instructions of Proverbs 15.  Soft answers may not always cause anger to subside, but they steal from hate its power. 

My parents did not tolerate whining.  I was told more than once to ‘get over it.’ No, they did not use a meaningless cliché but attempted to teach me that hurt feelings were not justifications for bad behavior on my part.  They taught me common sense and values and instilled in my heart and mind that I was owed nothing by others.  I was sometimes reminded that everyone has an opinion, likes, and dislikes, and sometimes people would be thoughtless and inconsiderate. 

My parents frequently insisted that I remember how the incident made me feel and taught the lesson that I should never treat anyone in the same manner.  In short, they taught me to grow up and become a mature responsible person.  They taught me that life could be hard, harsh, cruel, and unfriendly, but it was the best game in town.  I was taught to live my own life and not allow anyone to control how I felt or how I lived.

In America, it appears that common sense (uncommon today) and values have left the building.  The selfishness and entitlement mentality that is pervasive today pose a significant threat to peace.  The fictional world where no one can be offended requires common sense to be abandoned.  That ‘safe space’ world is a creation of the mind of those who are unable or unwilling to deal with the realities of life. 

Dennis Prager and liberal comedian Adam Carolla have produced a new documentary “No Safe Spaces” that is powerful.  If anyone is concerned about the condition of our society and the dangers it poses to our Freedom of Speech should see it.  There is a concerted effort in America to limit freedom of speech.  Both Prager and Carolla acknowledge that ‘common sense and values’ are disappearing in modern America. 

That documentary in a surprising manner, somehow manages to draw agreement within disagreement from both sides of the political spectrum that this push is dangerous and damaging.  They include people from both sides of the political thought of some ultra liberal and activists.  Those liberals admitted, though may unwittingly that when the progressive notions of microaggression and safe spaces become the new normal our freedom of speech is endangered. 

Dennis Prager’s observation concerning the uniqueness of our constitutional guarantee of Freedom of Speech is worthy of mention.  He said: “What’s happening now in the United States, you are not to be heard on a college campus, or at your workplace.  This is brand new.  This is one of the few things one could say we have no precedent for in the United States.”  It is noteworthy to mention that Ben Shapiro’s speech at Berkley cost the University $600,000 in security required due to threatened protests.  Shapiro’s speech included his belief that there are still students on campuses across America “who do not believe that the First Amendment should die under the jackboots and Birkenstocks of a bunch of anarchists, communistic pieces of garbage.”  The reaction was a standing ovation!

When Freedom of Speech is silenced with charges of bigotry, hate speech, racism, homophobia or any other divisive and inflammatory accusation, Freedom of Speech dies and society moves one step closer to anarchy and destruction.  When students are no longer taught to think critically and debate ideas with civility, Freedom of Speech dies. 

When students are no longer taught civics and the constitution allowing the manipulation of thought by the nefarious activist posing as professors, Freedom of Speech dies.  A university should be, as Dennis Prager argues, “the place of ideas.”  Sadly, most universities today are nothing more than purveyors of activism and the dismantling of our Freedoms.  That is more than a minor threat, it is deadly.

We do not have the luxury of waiting for the indoctrinated youth to grow up and realize that the world was never designed to provide them a ‘safe space’.  We must act now, and one of our first actions must be political.  We must defeat as many proponents of the snowflake, safe space mentality as possible.  We must reclaim our government and therein reclaim education and societal interactions by protecting our Freedom of Speech. 

America, if we allow the toxicity of the current liberal agenda to prevail, we will witness the demise of Freedom of Speech along with our Free Constitutional Republic.  I believe the 2020 elections are that serious and ask everyone to earnestly pray, seriously think, and by all means vote.  I am voting No on the destructive path of today’s liberal ideology. 

God bless you and God bless America!