The Real Reason Iran Can't Be Trusted

It seems like it's not a question of in Iran will get a nuclear weapon, but simply a question of when. While the world community plays this cat-and-mouse game with Iran, the Iranians are plowing full speed ahead with their nuclear research and development.

The Christian Science Monitor has an excellent article you'd never seen in the so-called mainstream media. The fact is, the Iranians not only have political reasons to lie about their nuclear ambitions, but they also have deeply held religious reasons for doing so.

Below are two excerpts from the article:
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The real reason Iran can't be trusted

London - In the run-up to talks with Iran last month, many in Europe and the United States asked whether Iran would, or even could, come clean on its nuclear activities.

Should the West trust Iranian promises? The short answer is "no." But the underlying question is "Why not?"

The answer lies in Iranian belief systems – notably the doctrine of taqiyya, a difficult concept for many non-Muslims to grasp. Taqiyya is the Shiite religious rationale for concealment or dissimulation in political or worldly affairs. At one level it means that President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and his regime can tell themselves that they are obliged by their faith not to tell the truth.

This doctrine has not been discussed much in the West, but it should be. How should the world deal with taqiyya in Shiite Islam in the context of Iran's nuclear file?

Can Iran be trusted?

In Iran, the teachings of Shiite Islam govern all aspects of society. And taqiyya – dissimulation and concealment – is one of the key elements of the Shiite faith. While many outsiders are surprised by Iran's concealment of its nuclear installations, those who study the Shiite faith and recognize the signs of taqiyya are not. "

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"The teachings of Jafar al-Sadiq, the sixth Shiite imam, emphasise taqiyya as a political tool. "Befriend people on the surface, and keep your grudges and intentions hidden," he advised. He also defined the relationship between the Shiite and other Muslims: "[B]eing double-faced with one's own takes one outside the bounds of faith, but with others [with non-Shiites] is a form of worship."

The words of Shiite imams are viewed as having the authority of the prophet Muhammad, and they entail obligations. Taqiyya is one component of the faith, and the Shiites are instructed to practice it until the time the Mahdi returns. The Mahdi is the figure who, like the Messiah in Christianity, will return and spread justice on earth.

Until that moment occurs, the Shiite faithful are obliged to practice taqiyya in their dealings with other Muslims, as well as with non-Muslims."

Full article here.

Swiss Ban Mosque Minarets

GENEVA — Swiss voters overwhelmingly approved a constitutional ban on minarets on Sunday, barring construction of the iconic mosque towers in a surprise vote that put Switzerland at the forefront of a European backlash against a growing Muslim population.

Muslim groups in Switzerland and abroad condemned the vote as biased and anti-Islamic. Business groups said the decision hurt Switzerland's international standing and could damage relations with Muslim nations and wealthy investors who bank, travel and shop there.

"The Swiss have failed to give a clear signal for diversity, freedom of religion and human rights," said Omar Al-Rawi, integration representative of the Islamic Denomination in Austria, which said its reaction was "grief and deep disappointment."

Full article here.
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Are these people kidding? Muslims, complaining about a lack of diversity, freedom of religion, and human rights??!!! Please.

Let's strip away all the foolish politically-correct junk we always hear in the media about the so-called "religion of peace". The simple fact is, Muslims should be the last one complaining about "freedom of religion", "religious diversity", etc. Islam is simply the most intolerant religion on the planet. Christians and other non-Muslims are killed in Muslim countries at an alarming rate in numerous countries around the world. Muslims cannot claim the same thing regarding followers of their religion. In fact, Many Muslims go to various parts of the world and expect (or demand) religious freedoms that they know are not available in the Muslim countries they came from.

In fact, former Muslims who convert to another religion in a Muslim country often do so at risk of their very lives (especially if they convert to Christianity). And we haven't even begun to talk about the genocide in Sudan, perpetrated by Muslims against non-Muslims in areas such Darfur, which has taken hundreds of thousands of lives. Of course, the Muslim world is silent about that, but if 20 Palestinians were to be killed by Israeli soldiers in the West Bank, the Arab/Muslim world would be howling about the "injustice". Oh, the hypocrisy.

Let Muslims worldwide show concern for human rights and freedom of religion for those who don't believe as they do... and then maybe they'll be in a position to grumble when others oppose them trying to spread their religion wherever they go. In the meantime -- sorry, no sympathy here.
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The photos below are from a Muslim protest in London in March 2006. This should give us all an idea of why so many Europeans are alarmed about the spread of Islam on their continent.

Climate change: this is the worst scientific scandal of our generation

The recent "Climategate" scandal, is finally beginning to pull the mask off the bogus "Global Warming" movement led by Al Gore and others. Al Gore himself, some of us may remember, is the one who stated that the U.S. Climate Change bill could help drive change through "global governance.

Article from Christopher Booker of the UK Telegraph:
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Our hopelessly compromised scientific establishment cannot be allowed to get away with the Climategate whitewash, says Christopher Booker.

A week after my colleague James Delingpole, on his Telegraph blog, coined the term "Climategate" to describe the scandal revealed by the leaked emails from the University of East Anglia's Climatic Research Unit, Google was showing that the word now appears across the internet more than nine million times. But in all these acres of electronic coverage, one hugely relevant point about these thousands of documents has largely been missed.

The reason why even the Guardian's George Monbiot has expressed total shock and dismay at the picture revealed by the documents is that their authors are not just any old bunch of academics. Their importance cannot be overestimated, What we are looking at here is the small group of scientists who have for years been more influential in driving the worldwide alarm over global warming than any others, not least through the role they play at the heart of the UN's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC).

Full article here.

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Glenn Beck did an interesting piece demonstrating that the "Global Warming" movement is little more than a modern day scientific scam, anyway. (see video below)

Fewer dollars, greater need at churches

Churches nationwide are definitely feeling the pinch during this economic downturn. If ever there was a time for Christians to be faithful in their giving, it's now. 
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Article from the Atlanta Journal Constitution:
Wednesday, November 25, 2009

Mike and Susan Sowers are eking out a tough economic year. They have faced serious family illnesses that kept them away from their jobs, and Susan’s father died.

Still, despite the lost income and extra expenses, the first check they write every month goes to Hamilton Mill United Methodist Church.

“We have full confidence that with God’s guidance we will have what we need and will be blessed for doing so,” Susan Sowers said. “And so far the needs have been met. My old car just keeps going and going. I thought I would buy a new car at the beginning of this year, but we did not. It has done OK.”

While churchgoers across the nation are facing hardships similar to those of the Sowerses, they all haven’t followed the Gwinnett couple’s example.

Many churches are facing the most severe drop in donations in a generation as the economy sputters.

Job loss is driving the decline, according to a recent survey coordinated by the Center on Philanthropy at Indiana University. As congregants’ donations dwindle, churches are looking for ways to cut costs. At the same time, they also are seeing a growing need for their services.


Full article here:

Megachurch Pastor Billy Joe Daugherty Dies at 57

From: Charisma News Online
Monday, 23 November 2009 12:47 PM EST
Adrienne S. Gaines

Megachurch pastor Billy Joe Daugherty died early Sunday morning after a brief battle with non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. He was 57.

A memorial service will be held Nov. 30.

Daugherty, founder of 17,000-member Victory Christian Center in Tulsa, Okla., announced last month that he had been diagnosed with cancer, spawning a global prayer chain for his healing.

In a statement released Sunday, church leaders said Daugherty "experienced his ultimate healing by entering into the presence of God." They said the pastor passed away peacefully at MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, surrounded by his family.

Full article here.

New EU president wants Copenhagen to give us “global management”

Newly minted President of Europe, Herman Von Rompuy, has wasted no time confirming his New World Order desires.
Note this key quote from the video below:

"2009 is also the first year of global governance, with the establishment of the G-20 in the middle of the financial crisis. The Climate Conference in Copenhagen is another step towards the global management of our planet."

The European Union chooses it's first "President"... and the US Media yawns.

Bob Thiel of the Examiner makes an excellent point about how on the same day that the European Union chose its first president and talk show host Oprah Winfrey announced that her show will be coming to an end in 2011, the media and the American sheeple
people as a whole were more interested in Oprah's announcement than the startling developments that just took place in Europe.

With the recent ratification of the Lisbon Treaty (another buried story in the US media) the EU has essentially established itself as a sort of "United States of Europe". And the selection of Herman Von Rompuy as the first president of Europe now has its "George Washington" to help help this new European entity to establish and assert  itself on the world stage as a major player -- and one that appears destined to supplant the USA as the dominant world power. Let's stay tuned and see what new developments will be forthcoming from Mr. Rompuy and this new virtual European superstate.

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From Bob Thiel's article:

EU President Herman Van Rompuy vs. Oprah Winfrey

Yesterday and today, there were two items that different people paid attention to.

One was for the first time, the new post-Lisbon Treaty European Union selected a president.  He is Belgian Prime Minister Herman Van Rompuy.

The second was the Oprah Winfrey announced that she would discontinue her long-running television show in September 2011.

While the first item may have been on the televised news last night, this examiner did not see it.  Instead, he did see Oprah's announcement on multiple channels.

What about print media?

This morning, the front page of the San Luis Obispo paper, The Tribune, had the Oprah announcement.  But nowhere was this examiner able to find any reference to the new EU President.  If it was anywhere in the paper, let's just say that it certainly was not prominent.

Herman Van Rompuy is now the president of a supranational state of 500,000,000 people.  This state not only has more people than the U.S.A., it has a larger total economy.

From a human interest perspective, apparently more Americans are interested in learning about Oprah Winfrey than certain international events.  From an end time prophecy perspective, however, Herman Van Rompuy is more interesting.

[Full article here.]

Man fired after saying homosexuality wrong

The demonically inspired "gay rights" movement continues its spiritual warfare against Christians. The video and article below speak for themselves.
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Posted: November 02, 20099:02 pm Eastern

By Michael Carl
© 2009 WorldNetDaily

A Massachusetts man has been fired from his sales position at the Logan Airport branch in Boston of Brookstone allegedly for telling a female manager that his Christian faith says homosexuality is wrong.

Peter Vadala was fired and the company says he violated a tolerance policy. But Vadala reports his dismissal came because he expressed his Christian view of homosexuality after a female manager made repeated references as she approached him four times during work hours to her plans to marry her lesbian partner.

"At the start of the day, she told me she was getting married. I told her 'Congratulations,' and asked, 'Where's he taking you on your honeymoon?" Vadala said.

"She replied that her partner was a 'she,'" he continued, "So I immediately tried to change the subject.

"I think she knew I was uncomfortable talking about it," he continued. "But, she brought it up to me three more times during the day.

"After the fourth time she told me about her plan to marry her partner, I told her, 'I think homosexuality is bad stuff,'" Vadala said.

"That's what I said. I wasn't rude about it and I didn't act disrespectfully to her," he said. "All the woman said to me as she left the store was, 'Human Resources buddy. You keep your opinions to yourself!'"

(Full article here)

James Delingpole of the British-based Telegraph newspaper makes some interesting observations regarding the recent Copenhagen climate change summit sponsored by the United Nations.

Keep in mind that this is a stated strategy by the one-world elites for decades: incrementalism - step by step progress rather than trying to do it all at once. Consider this 1974 quote by Richard Gardner of the Council on Foreign Relations:

"The 'house of world order' will have to be built from the bottom up rather than the top down, ..."It will look like a great 'booming, buzzing confusion' ... but an end run around national sovereignty, eroding it piece by piece, will accomplish much more than the old-fashioned frontal assault.... [F]or political as well as administrative reasons, some of these specialized arrangements should be brought into an appropriate relationship with the central institutions of the UN system."

or these two from way back in 1931...

"We are at present working discreetly with all our might to wrest this mysterious force called sovereignty out of the clutches of the local nation states of the world. All the time we are denying with our lips what we are doing with our hands....

-Professor /Historian Arnold Toynbee, in a June l931 speech before the Institute for the Study of International Affairs in Copenhagen.

"If there are those who think we are to jump immediately into a new world order, actuated by complete understanding and brotherly love, they are doomed to disappointment. If we are ever to approach that time, it will be after patient and persistent effort of long duration. The present international situation of mistrust and fear can only be corrected by a formula of equal status, continuously applied, to every phase of international contacts, until the cobwebs of the old order are brushed out of the minds of the people of all lands."

-Dr. Augustus O. Thomas, president of the World Federation of Education Associations (August 1927), quoted in the book International Understanding: Agencies Educating for a New World (1931)

or, a bit more recently ...

"In the next century, nations as we know it will be obsolete; all states will recognize a single, global authority. National sovereignty wasn't such a great idea after all."

- Strobe Talbott, Former U.S. Deputy Secretary of State in the Clinton administration, 1992

and...

"Today, I say that no nation in the world need be left out of the global system we are constructing."

--Madeleine Albright, Harvard University commencement., June 5, 1997

“Throughout the world, there is a clamor for change. That desire was evident in November, in an event that could become both a symbol of this need for change and a real catalyst for that change. Given the special role the United States continues to play in the world, the election of Barack Obama could have consequences that go far beyond that country…

Mikhail Gorbachev, the former head of state of the USSR, January 1, 2009,

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Frankly, it amazes me that people who are otherwise intelligent and informed will look at you today and deny that the push toward world government really exists or should be taken seriously. Truly, “ignorance is bliss”, as they say.

Anyway... back to the news article in question:
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from the Telegraph(UK)

Copenhagen: a step closer to one-world government?

You have to be careful when talking about “One World Government.” Sooner than you can say “Bilderberg”, you’ll find yourself bracketed with all the crazies, and conspiracy theorists and 9/11 Truthers. But I don’t think you need to be mad to be concerned about the issues raised by Lord Monckton in this speech.

Monckton believes that climate change hysteria is being exploited by the green liberal left – watermelons, as they’re nicknamed: green on the outside; red on the inside – to usher in a form of one world government. He claims to have seen evidence of this in a draft treaty due to be signed off by world leaders at this December’s Copenhagen climate change conference.

It will, he believes, in rich nations having as much as 2 per cent of their GDP diverted to third world countries – supposedly to compensate them for the evils wrought by two centuries or so of Western industrialisation; and tough new climate change rules to be imposed on Western economies by UN bureaucrats over which sovereign nations (and their electorates) will have no control.

I don’t know how accurate he is on the specific details, but Monckton is certainly right in principle. The climate fear industry is, I believe, the single greatest threat to national sovereignty (as we’ve already seen under the EU, with its directives on carbon emissions, landfill etc) and individual liberty of our era.

Full article here: