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Church Ousts Lesbian Minister
This past Thursday, self-professed lesbian 'minister' Irene Elizabeth Stroud
was found guilty (12-1) by a 13 member church court of breaking Methodist
church law by being openly homosexual. Jurors then voted 7-6 to defrock Stroud.
The judgment, decided in the church's third-ever public trial, stated that
Stroud had violated the church's Book of Discipline by being homosexual and
a minister. Stroud commented: "I did not go into this trial expecting to
win. I went into it knowing it would be a painful moment in the life of the
United Methodist Church." Under the judgment, Stroud is allowed to do lay-work
but not function in any official capacity. Stroud has 30 days to appeal the
conviction. The last time the 8.3 million-member denomination convicted an
openly gay cleric was in 1987, when a New Hampshire church court defrocked
the Rev. Rose Mary Denman.
Homosexuality is declared a sin in scripture and not only is incompatible
with being a minister but anyone who declares themselves a Christian and
practices homosexuality should be addressed, in love, by Matthew 18 protocol;
even to the point of being put out of the church unless/until repentance
is evident. [homosexuality see Lev 18:22; Gen 19:5; Deut 23:17; Judges 19:22;
Rom 1:26-27; 1Cor 6:9; 1Tim 1:10; Jude 1:7 / disfellowship/excommunicate
see Rom 16:17-18; 1Cor 5:3-5,9-13; 2Thess 3:6,14-15; 1Tim 6:5; 2John 1:10-11--
restore see 2Sam 12:1-15; Job 4:3-4; Isa 35:3-4; Eze 34:16; Matt 9:13; Matt
18:12-17; Luke 15:4-7,22-32; Gal 6:1, Heb 12:13; James 5:19-20; 1John 5:16;
Jude 1:22-23]
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UCC Hopes to Sway Stray Gays
The United Church of Christ has launched a national TV advertising program
stating that the United Church of Christ seeks to welcome all people, regardless
of ability, age, race, economic circumstance or sexual orientation. The debut
30-second commercial features two black-shirted muscle-bound "bouncers" standing
guard outside a church building and selecting which persons are permitted
to attend services. First two gay white men approach holding hands and the
one bouncer halts them saying, "No, step aside please." Written text appears
on the screen: "Jesus didn't turn people away. Neither do we." Then scene
changes to several indivuals including two, obviously gay, women embracing
while a United Church of Christ narrator then proclaims: "No matter who you
are, or where you are on life's journey, you are welcome here."
The UCC's website says that the ad 'has been accepted and will air on a mix
of broadcast and cable networks, including ABC Family, AMC, BET, Discovery,
Fox, Hallmark, History, Nick@Nite, TBS, TNT, Travel and TV Land. .... On
the eve before the campaign's launch, negotiations with CBS and NBC broke
down, after the networks deemed the UCC's all-inclusive message as "too
controversial."' The 1.3 million-member UCC, whose membership has declined
23 percent in 15 years, began the $1.7 million, 3 1/2-week advertising campaign
hoping to grow the church with shunned people from other denominations.
On The Net: United Church of Christ:
http://www.ucc.org UCC ad:
http://www.stillspeaking.com/default.htm
or http://www.stillspeaking.org
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Cheesy Version Mary
Another Virgin Mary sighting. eBay is an online auction house where one can
buy almost anything. This story proves it. Diana Duyser of Florida sold a
ten year old grilled cheese sandwich for $28,000! The 52 yr old Duyser said
she took a bite from the sandwich 10 years ago, placed it down, and saw a
face staring back at her from the sandwich. She believes the face is that
of the Virgin Mary. She put the sandwich in a clear plastic box with cotton
balls and kept it on her night stand.
Duyser's eBay ad said: "You are viewing an extroidinary[sp] out of this world
item!! I made this sandwich 10 years ago, when I took a bite out of it, I
saw a face looking up at me, It was Virgin Mary starring back at me, I was
in total shock, I would like to point out there is no mold or disingration,
The item has not been preserved or anything, It has been keep in a plastic
case, not a special one that seals out air or potiental mold or bacteria,
it is like a miracle, It has just preserved itself which in itself I consider
a miracle, people ask me if I have had blessings since she has been in my
home, I do feel I have, I have won $70,000 (total) on different occasions
at the casino near by my house, I can show the recipts to the high bidder
if they are interested, I would like all people to know that I do believe
that this is the Virgin Mary Mother Of God, That is my solem belief, but
you are free to believe that she is whomever you like, I am not scamming
anyone, I would like all potinetal bidders to know that this has gained alot
of attention from media personell around the country, On Tuesday November
16, 2004 the Miami Herald will feature a story in thier paper on this phenomon,
Also Today which is November 15, 2004 The story of The Virgin Mary In The
Grilled Cheese will be aired on Channel 4 News here in South Florida, The
story has been told nationwide on radio stations ect."
Some bogus offers came in as high as 99 million dollars but at the urging
of eBay officials Duyser checked all high bids to make sure they were legitimate.
The online casino GoldenPalace.com had the winning bid of 28,000 dollars.
Other eBay sellers began to offer grilled cheese sandwiches with other images
on them including smiley faces and Elvis. Golden Casino dot Com has pictures,
t-shirts and even a grilled cheese sandwich song on their site. Visitors
can even upload their own image into a virtual grilled cheese sandwich. The
GoldenPalace.com Grilled Cheese Sandwich Hall of Fame of uploaded images
includes, among others: Herman Munster, George Bush, Osama Bin Laden, and
Richard Nixon
On The Net:
Ebay Ad of Grilled Cheese Mary:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=19270&item=5535890757&rd=1#ebayphotohosting
Golden Casino Cheesy Site:
http://goldenpalace.com/welcome.php
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Historical Happenings
November 28
0741 - Gregory III ends his reign as Catholic Pope
1262 - Shinran founder of Japan's True Pure Land Buddhist sect, dies
1950 - A constitutional convention (comprised of 14 Protestant, Anglican,
and Eastern Orthodox denominations) met in Cleveland, Ohio, and brought into
being the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States
of America.
1984 - Pope John Paul II completed the last of 133 homilies in St. Peter's
Square on the ecumenical theme, "Theology of the Body." It was the first
time in public catechesis that a pope made use of higher criticism of the
Old Testament and freely cited a number of Protestant theologians.
1994 - Norway votes against joining European Union - later joins in.
2000 - George W. Bush's lawyers asked the U.S. Supreme Court to bring
“legal finality” to the presidential election by ending any further ballot
recounts; Al Gore's team countered that the nation's highest court should
not interfere in Florida's recount dispute.
November 29
0799 - Pope Leo III, aided by Charlemagne, returns to Rome
1223 - Through publication of "Regula Bullata," Pope Honorius III formally
authorized the "Regula Prima," a settled rule of organization and administration
for the Franciscan order.
1349 - Jews of Augsburg Germany massacred
1916 - US declares martial law in Dominican Republic
1947 - UN Gen Assembly partitions Palestine between Arabs & Jews
1950 - National Council of the Church of Christ in US established
1964 - Roman Catholic Church in US replaces Latin with English
1967 - US Secretary of Defense McNamara becomes President of the World Bank
1970 - In Nagpur, India, six church bodies (the Anglicans, the United Church
of Northern India, the Baptists, the Methodists, the Church of the Brethren
and the Disciples of Christ) merged to form the Church of India.
1978 - UN observes "international day of solidarity with the Palestinian
people," boycotted by US & about 20 other countries
1990 - UN Security Council sets Jan 15th military deadline against Iraq
1999 - Protestant and Catholic adversaries formed an extraordinary Northern
Ireland government designed to bring together every branch of opinion within
the bitterly divided society.
November 30
0030 -BC- Cleopatra Egyptian queen commits suicide
0306 - Marcellus I begins his reign as Catholic Pope
1215 - The Fourth Lateran Council closed, under Innocent III. It was this
council that made first official use of the term "transubstantiation," with
reference to the Eucharist (Catholic version of Lord's Supper).
1523 - Amsterdam bans assembly of 'heretics'
1530 - German reformer Martin Luther remarked: 'Whenever I happen to be prevented
by the press of duties from observing my hour of prayer, the entire day is
bad for me.'
1554 - Roman Catholicism was (briefly) restored to England, under the reign
of Mary Tudor, the daughter of Henry VIII and Catherine of Aragon. In the
process, "Bloody Mary" had Thomas Cranmer, Hugh Latimer, Nicholas Ridley
and nearly 300 other Protestant leaders burned at the stake.
1678 - Roman Catholics banned from English parliament
1894 - In Naperville, Illinois, seven groups of the Evangelical Association
withdrew from the organization to form the United Evangelical Church. (In
1922 the two denominations reunited.)
1938 - Germany bans Jews from being lawyers
1947 - Day after UN decree for Israel, Jewish settlements attacked
1962 - U Thant of Burma elected 3rd Secretary-General of UN unanimously
1988 - UN General Assembly (151-2) censures US for refusing PLO's Arafat
visa
1993 - President Clinton signs Brady Gun Control Bill into law.
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SBC Snubs CCT
"Christian Churches Together in the USA" or CCT includes mainline Protestants,
Orthodox Christians, Roman Catholics, and even the now-apostate Worldwide
Church of God. In a wise decision, the Southern Baptist Convention (SBC),
the nation's largest Evangelical denomination, said "it would not be wise"
to join the new religious alliance. According to Agape Press, Dr. Richard
Land, president of the SBC's Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission said,
"When you start coming together in any kind of organizational way, and [that
organization] says it's a forum for participation so we can pray together,
grow in our understanding together, and witness together our faith - well,
you know, the reason we have different denominations is we have different
understandings of 'our faith' is. And if you're involved in these kinds of
things organizationally, you can end up giving people a false impression
that you have the same faith."
AgapePress said that Land indicated that "such alliances create confusion"
that the SBC works with people of differing faiths and "people of good will"
on issues of common concern, such as abortion, the defeat of same-sex marriage,
and pornography. "But when it comes to faith issues, when it comes to theology
and doctrine," he says, "we feel it's best to make it very clear where we
stand - and to not stand in organic relationship with others that would give
people the idea that we have similar or the same faith."
The National Council of Churches [NCC] calls the ecumenical alliance "the
most inclusive Christian organization ever" and Bob Edgar, general secretary
of the NCC, describes the group as "a new forum for leaders of the nation's
churches to discuss topics of common interest and grow in their relationships
with one another."
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Galicia to Host World Peace Conference
[link sent by Tom
Parker]
the Consel of Culture, Social Communication and Tourism in Galicia, Spain
will host a world peace conference next year in Spain during the month of
May. This conference is part of to 90 day cultural “event” that the Xunta
of Galicia is putting together.The local government is planning to hold an
international cultural forum with an emphasis on solidarity and peace. Several
international celebrities have indicated that they will be participating
including: former American president Jimmy Carter, secretary general of the
UN Kofi Annan, the author of Harry Potter J.K Rowling, Latin-American activist
Rigoberta Menchu and former Russian president Mikhail Gorbachov.
On The Net:
http://www.santiago-today.com/santiago_article.cfm?art_id=00192
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NJ School's Official Religious Holidays
[story info sent by Brian
Hoeck]
Church of God and so-called Jewish Feasts acknowledged by the New Jersey
State School Board? You heard it right! The NJ State Board of Eductaion's
website says: "According to N.J.S.A. 18A:36 14 through 16 and N.J.A.C. 6:3-9,
regarding pupil absence from school because of religious holidays, the
Commissioner of Education, with the approval of the State Board of Education,
is charged with the responsibility of prescribing such rules and regulations
as may be necessary to carry out the purpose of the law."
"The law provides that: Any pupil absent from school because of a religious
holiday may not be deprived of any award or of eligibility or opportunity
to compete for any award because of such absence. Pupils who miss a test
or examination because of absence on a religious holiday, must be given the
right to take an alternate test or examination. To be entitled to the privileges
set forth above, the pupil must present a written excuse signed by a parent
or person standing in place of a parent. Any absence because of a religious
holiday must be recorded in the school register or in any group or class
attendance record as an excused absence. Such absence must NOT be recorded
on any transcript or application or employment form or on any similar form."
"The Commissioner, with the approval of the State Board of Education, is
required
a) To prescribe such rules and regulations as may be necessary
to carry out the purposes of this act. (b) To prepare a list of religious
holidays on which it shall be mandatory to excuse a pupil. The list, however,
is to be a minimum list. Boards of education, at their discretion, may add
other days to the list for the schools of their districts."
"The district board of education has the right to add any bona fide religious
holiday to the list for its own schools. Some parents might ask for an excused
absence for their child on every day listed as a religious holiday for members
of their faith, while others might request an excuse for only part or some
of the days listed. Please note that there are times when the religious holidays
of more than one faith will fall on the same day."
Here is the official list of the NJ State Board of Education adopted Religious
Holidays for the 2004-05 School Year.
September 6 Krishna Janmashtami
September 12 Day of Ascention (Isra and Miraj) (Islamic); September 16 Feast
of Trumpets (World Wide Church of God, United Church of God and Global Church
of God); September 16 - 17 Rosh Hashanah (Jewish New Year) 2 days (Jewish);
September 17 Ganesha Chaturthi (Hindu); September 25 Day of Atonement (World
Wide Church of God, United Church of God and Global Church of God); September
25 Yom Kippur (Day of Atonement) (Jewish); September 30 - October 1 Sukkot
(First & Second Days of Tabernacles) (Jewish); September 30 - October
6 First Day through Seventh Day of Feast of Tabernacles (World Wide Church
of God, United Church of God and Global Church of God)
October 7 Eighth Day of Tabernacles (Jewish); October 7 Last Great Day (World
Wide Church of God, United Church of God and Global Church of God)); October
8 Rejoicing of the Law (Simchat Torah) (Jewish); October 15 First of Ramadan
(Islamic); October 20 Birth of the Bab (Baha’i); October 20 - 22 Dussera
(Hindu); October 31 Reformation Day (Protestant, Lutheran)
November 1 All Saints Day (Roman Catholic, Protestant, Lutheran); November
10 - 12 Deepavali (Hindu); November 12 Birth of the Baha’u’llah (Baha’i);
November 14 Eid El Fitr (End of Fasting) (Islamic)[Date is approximate with
sighting of the moon]; November 24 Guru Tegh Bahadur’s Martyrdom (Sikh);
November 26 Guru Nanak’s Birth (Sikh)
December 8 Feast of the Immaculate Conception (Roman Catholic); December
8 First Day of Hanukkah (Jewish); December 15 Eighth Day of Hanukkah (Jewish);
December 25 Christmas (Christian–general)
January 1 New Year’s Day; January 2 Feast of the Epiphany (Roman Catholic);
January 5; Guru Gobind Singh’s Birth (Sikh); January 6 Christmas (Armenian);
January 6 Feast of the Epiphany (Christian); January 7 Christmas (Eastern
Orthodox); January 14 Makara Sankranti (Hindu); January 14 New Year’s Day
(Eastern Orthodox); January 19 Feast of Epiphany (Eastern Orthodox); January
21 Feast of Sacrifice (Eid of Adha) (Islamic)[Date is approximate with sighting
of the moon]; February 8 Shrove Tuesday;
February 9 Ash Wednesday (Roman Catholic, Protestant); February 9 New Year
(Chinese, Korean and Vietnamese); February 10 New Year (Islamic)[Date is
approximate with sighting of the moon]; February 17; Sts’ Vartanantz Day
(Armenian)
March 8; Maha Shivaratri (Hindu)[Date is approximate with sighting of the
moon];March 21 Feast of Naw-Ruz (Baha’i and Iranian New Year, also Persian
New Year and Heritage Day); March 23 Lent (Eastern Orthodox); March 24 Holy
Thursday (Roman Catholic, Protestant); March 25 Holi (Hindu); March 25 Purim
(Jewish); March 25 Good Friday (Roman Catholic, Protestant); March 27 Easter
(Roman Catholic, Protestant)
April 9 Chandramana Yugardi (Hindu); April 14 Souramana Yugardi (Hindu);
April 13 or 14 Vaisakhi (Sikh); April 17 Rama Navami (Hindu); April 21 Birthday
of the Prophet Muhammad (Islamic); April 21 First Day of Ridvan (Baha’i);
April 24 First Day of Feast of Unleavened Bread or Passover (World Wide Church
of God, United Church of God and Global Church of God); April 24 & 25
First Two Days of Passover (Jewish); April 24 Memorial Day (Armenian); April
28 Holy Thursday (Eastern Orthodox); April 29 Holy Friday (Eastern Orthodox);
April 29 Ninth Day of Ridvan (Baha’i); April 30 Seventh Day of Feast of
Unleavened Bread or Passover (World Wide Church of God, United Church of
God and Global Church of God); April 30 - May 1 Seventh & Eighth Days
of Passover (Jewish)
May 1 Easter (Eastern Orthodox); May 2 Bright Monday (Eastern Orthodox);
May 2 Twelfth Day of Ridvan (Baha’i); May 5 Ascension Day (Roman Catholic,
Protestant); May 23 Declaration of the Bab (Baha’i); May 29 Ascension of
Baha’u’llah (Baha’i)
June 9 Ascension Day (Eastern Orthodox); June 12 Day of Pentecost (World
Wide Church of God, United Church of God and Global Church of God); June
13 - 14; Shavuot (Feast of Weeks) 2 days (Jewish); June 16 Guru Arjun’s Martyrdom
(Sikh)
Quite an ecumenical hodge-podge of holidays, isn't it? If your state is also
including CoG Holydays in their official holiday list for School Boards or
otherwise I would like to know about this. Please email totw@truthontheweb.org
(Thanks)
On The Net: New Jersey
http://www.state.nj.us/njded/genfo/holidays.htm
Massachussetts
http://www.doe.mass.edu/resources/holidays.html
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More Historic Happenings
December 01
1145 - Pope Eugene III sent a papal bull to the French King, Louis VII,
proclaiming the Second Crusade. Led by Louis and Emperor Conrad III from
1147-49, the crusade failed to accomplish its goal.
1742 - Jews are expelled from Great Russia by Empress Elisabeth
1764 - The French government abolished the Jesuit order in that country.
(The Society of Jesus was completely suppressed by Clement XIV in 1767, but
was restored again by Pius VII in 1814.)
1909 - Groundbreaking ceremonies were held for Bob Jones College (University),
in Panama City, FL. This Protestant Fundamentalist college later relocated
its campus to Greenville, SC.
1950 - American missionary martyr Jim Elliot wrote in his journal: 'Unwillingness
to accept God's "way of escape" from temptation frightens me what a rebel
yet resides within.'
1978 - President Carter more than doubles national park system size [This
is the surrender of our land for the debt due the international banksters]
1989 - Professed atheist USSR President Mikhail S Gorbachev meets Pope John
Paul II at the Vatican
December 02
1763 - The Touro Synagogue opened in Newport, RI. Sephardic Jews in Jamaica,
Surinam, London and Amsterdam sponsored the building of this first major
center of Jewish culture in America.
1804 - Napoleon becomes 1st French emperor. Crowns himself Emperor while
Pope Pius VII looks on
1823 - President James Monroe declares his "Monroe Doctrine" against 'European
Powers' which included the Holy Alliance. This doctrine barred any foreign
power from owning American land (ie The Vatican city-state and Catholic church,
other European countries (many with kings with allegiance to the Pope), and
other foreign powers that were or were to be. Boy, did that change fast ...
I believe, if not mistaken, the Catholic Church is the largest private landowner
in the US.
1848 - Franz Josef I becomes emperor of Austria and King of Hungary
1852 - 2nd French empire established; Louis Napoleon becomes emperor
1873 - The Reformed Episcopal Church was organized in New York City when
8 clergymen and 20 laymen broke from the Protestant Episcopal Church over
a debate regarding proper church ritual.
1908 - The Federal Council of Churches of Christ in America was founded in
Philadelphia. (In 1950 this ecumenical organization was replaced by the National
Council of Churches.)
1946 - Rev. E.V. Steele founded the European Christian Orphanage and Mission
Society in Alberta, Canada. Its name was changed in 1953 to World Missions
Fellowship and has been headquartered since 1961 in Grants Pass. OR.
1961 - Jesuit trained Fidel Castro declares he's a Marxist, & will lead
Cuba to Communism
1970 - Environmental Protection Agency begins (Director: William Ruckelshaus)
December 03
0741 - Zachary begins his reign as Catholic Pope
1170 - Archbishop of Canterbury Thomas Becket, 52, returned to England after
six years of exile in France. (Becket would be slain on December 29th of
this year - killed by soldiers sent by his former friend, English King Henry
II.)
1347 - Pope Clemens VI declares Roman tribune, Cola di Rienzi, a heretic
1557 - 1st Covenant of Scottish protestants form
1685 - Charles II bars Jews from settling in Stockholm Sweden
1969 - John Lennon is offered role of Jesus Christ in Jesus Christ Superstar
1976 - In Chicago, the Association of Evangelical Lutheran Churches (AELC)
was formally organized. The bulk of membership derived from former affiliates
of the Missouri Synod Lutheran Church.
1992 - UN Security Council votes unanimously for US led forces to enter Somalia
December 04
0963 - Holy Roman Emperor Otto deposed Pope John XII for dishonourable conduct
and for plotting an armed conspiracy. Leo VIII succeeded as pope.
1154 - Adrian IV, 54, was elected to the papacy. Born Nicholas Breakspear,
near St. Albans, England, he was the only Englishman ever elevated to the
office of pope.
1334 - John XXII, Pope from 1316, died. The second Avignon pope, he improved
church administration and upheld papal authority against Emperor Louis IV
1674 - French Jesuit missionary Jacques Marquette erected a mission on the
shores of Lake Michigan, in present day Illinois. His log cabin became the
first building of a settlement that afterward grew to become the city of
Chicago.
1809 - The International Bible Society was founded in New York City as an
interdenominational agency for translating, producing, and distributing the
Scriptures. The I.B.S. has since distributed the Bible to over 150 countries
in the world.
1816 - James Monroe (VA), elected 5th pres, defeating Federalist Rufus King
1864 - Romanian Jews are forbidden to practice law
1930 - Vatican approves rhythm method for birth control
1933 - FDR creates Federal Alcohol Control Administration
1941 - Nazi ordinances place Jews of Poland outside protection of courts
1945 - Senate approves US participation in UN
1981 - President Reagan allows CIA to engage in 'domestic counter-intelligence'
(Executive Order on Intelligence No 12333)
1995 - Itzhak Rabin, PM of Israel (1968-73), assassinated
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Pope Urges Rediscovery of Sunday
As the liturgical preparatory period for Christmas rolled along, the Roman
Catholic Pontiff John Paul II called for "the rediscovery ... of the meaning
of Sunday." The Pope's daily address in St. Peter's Square Wednesday noted
it was the first Sunday of Advent on, according to Zenit news, which "we
will contemplate with particular fervor the face of Christ present in the
Eucharist." [I am surprised he didn't bid on the face of Mary present in
the grilled cheese sandwich on eBay! Seriously, the Pope has called this
year "The Year of The Eucharist"]
The Pope said the 24th Eucharistic Congress will take place in Bari, Italy
from May 21-29 and its main theme will be: "Without Sunday, We Cannot Live"
which "gives even greater prominence to the Year of the Eucharist." The leader
of the world's Roman Catholics said "I invite the ecclesial community of
Italy to prepare itself with great care for this spiritual event, to "rediscover
with new intensity the meaning of Sunday: its 'mystery,' its celebration,
its significance for Christian and human life"
The Marian Pope closed the message saying, "May Mary Most Holy, "Eucharistic
Woman" and Virgin of Advent, help us to receive with joy the Christ who comes,
and to celebrate worthily the sacramental presence of the Eucharistic mystery."
On The Net:
Sabbath Commandment Vs Sunday Law at
http://www.truthontheweb.org/sunday.htm
Sabbath/Sunday : Notes & Quotes at
http://www.truthontheweb.org/notes.htm
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Notable Sabbath Quotes
"Rites and ceremonies, of which neither Paul nor Peter ever heard, crept
silently into use, and then claimed the rank of divine institutions. Officers
for whom the primitive disciples could have found no place, and titles which
to them would have been altogether unintelligible, began to challenge attention,
and to be named apostolic." --William D. Killen, The Ancient Church, preface,
p. xvi [Killen (1806-1902) was a Protestant church history professor in Belfast,
Ireland].
"The Church made a sacred day of Sunday . . . largely because it was the
weekly festival of the sun;--for it was a definite Christian policy to take
over the pagan festivals endeared to the people by tradition, and to give
them a Christian significance."--Arthur Weigall, The Paganism in Our
Christianity, 1928, p. 145 [Dr. A. E. Weigall (1880-1937) was a high-ranking
British Egyptologist in the Egyptian Government].
"Remains of the struggle [between Christianity and Mithraism] are found in
two institutions adopted from its rival by Christianity in the fourth century,
the two Mithraic sacred days: December 25th, dies natalis solis [birthday
of the sun], as the birthday of Jesus,--and Sunday, 'the venerable day of
the Sun,' as Constantine called it in his [Sunday law] edict of 321."--Walter
Woodburn Hyde, Paganism to Christianity in the Roman Empire, p. 60. [Hyde
(1870- ?) was an American ancient history professor and writer].
"Is it not strange that Sunday is almost universally observed when the Sacred
Writings do not indorse it? Satan, the great counterfeiter, worked through
the 'mystery of iniquity' to introduce a counterfeit Sabbath to take the
place of the true Sabbath of God. Sunday stands side by side with Ash Wednesday,
Palm Sunday, Holy (or Maundy) Thursday, Good Friday, Easter Sunday, Whitsun
day, Corpus Christi, Assumption Day, All Souls' Day, Christmas Day, and a
host of other ecclesiastical feast days too numerous to mention. This array
of Roman catholic feasts and fast days are all man made. None of them bears
the divine credentials of the Author of the Inspired Word."--M. E. Walsh.
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Missing Links
Some links about Christmas and its pagan origins:
The X-Mas Files Vol
1 at http://www.truthontheweb.org/xmasvol1.htm
The X-Mas Files Vol 2
at http://www.truthontheweb.org/xmasvol2.htm
The X-Mas Files Vol 3
at http://www.truthontheweb.org/xmasvol3.htm
The X-Mas Files Vol
4 at http://www.truthontheweb.org/xmasvol4.htm
The X-Mas Files Vol 5
at http://www.truthontheweb.org/xmasvol5.htm
Christmas: The Greatest
Story Never Told at http://www.truthontheweb.org/chrismas.htm [by Harold
Cormany]
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Notable Quotes & Quotable Notes
"Who has deceiv'd thee so oft as thy self" -- Benjamin Franklin
"We are never deceived; we deceive ourselves." -- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
[German dramatist, novelist, poet, &scientist (1749 - 1832)]
"The true way to be deceived is to think oneself more knowing than others."
-- François, duc de La Rochefoucauld (1613-1680)
"Mundus vult decipi, ergo decipiatur." ["The world desires to be deceived;
therefore it is" ] -- (Petronius, during the decline of the Roman Empire.)
God never gives us discernment in order that we may criticize, but that we
may intercede. --Oswald Chambers
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