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		<title>Marilyn Chambers Found Dead. Porn Star Suicides</title>
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Marilyn Chambers Dead at 56
Adult film actress Marilyn Chambers, the onetime Ivory Snow model who gained greater fame as the star of the X-rated &#8220;Behind the Green Door,&#8221; was found dead Sunday by her teenage daughter at her home in Southern California. She was 56. Authorities have not released a cause of death. Suicide would [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=formerthings.wordpress.com&blog=1639640&post=90&subd=formerthings&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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<p><strong>Marilyn Chambers Dead at 56<br />
</strong>Adult film actress Marilyn Chambers, the onetime Ivory Snow model who gained greater fame as the star of the X-rated &#8220;Behind the Green Door,&#8221; was found dead Sunday by her teenage daughter at her home in Southern California. She was 56. Authorities have not released a cause of death. Suicide would not be a big surprise considering what has happened to many other porn stars.</p>
<p>&#8220;I have to say that the adult films have been a total pleasure,&#8221; she said. &#8220;They were like getting paid to live out my greatest fantasies&#8221; &#8211; Marilyn Chambers</p>
<p>&#8220;Marriage is honorable and the bed undefiled but whoremongers God will judge&#8221; &#8211; Hebrews 13</p>
<p>&#8220;In the last days walking after their own ungodly lusts. Lovers of pleasure more than lovers of God&#8221; &#8211; 2 Timothy</p>
<p><strong>Statistics on Pornography<br />
</strong>At 12 billion a year, the revenues of the porn industry in the U.S. are bigger than the NFL, NBA and Major League Baseball combined. Worldwide porn sales are reported to be 57 billion. To put this in perspective, Microsoft, who sells the operating system used on most of the computers in the world reported sales of 36.8 billion in 2004. Hollywood currently releases 11,000 adult movies per year more than 20 times the mainstream movie production. Last year, Comcast, the nation&#8217;s largest cable company, pulled in $50 million from adult programming. The U.S. Customs Service estimates that there are more than 100,000 web sites offering child pornography worldwide.</p>
<p><strong>Megan Leigh &#8211; Age 26<br />
</strong>Her body was discovered on June 16, 1990 at her home in Solano, California. She had died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head. According to former porn performer and message board contributor Brandy Alexandre, an autopsy discovered a lethal dose of Valium in Leigh&#8217;s system. Porn historians, including Luke Ford, have said that Leigh had recently entered a lesbian relationship and had moved in with her girlfriend, when her family reportedly denounced her for her decision to enter into a same-sex relationship. Reports claim that she had become despondent by her family&#8217;s rejection, and had been abusing drugs before her suicide.</p>
<p><strong>Shauna Grant &#8211; Age 20<br />
</strong>As a fast-rising adult film personality she was featured in Virginia, Suzie Superstar, and Flesh and Laces 1 &amp; 2, among many others. Her pay rose from $300 a day to nearly $1,500. As Shauna Grant, she made dozens of popular adult movies. On March 23, 1984, Grant committed suicide in Palm Springs by shooting herself with a .22 Long Rifle. Shortly after 7 p.m. she lay down, placed the gun horizontally against her head, and pulled the trigger. The shot passed through her right temple, out the left and into the bedroom wall, according to police reports. The gun was discharged from such close range that the bullet left virtually star-shaped holes. Brain dead, Shauna was rushed to Desert Hospital, where life support systems were disconnected after two days.</p>
<p><strong>Alex Jordan &#8211; Age 31<br />
</strong>Alex entered the adult business in her mid-20s, an age when most actresses are getting out. She and her husband thought it would be a good way to finance a comfortable middle class future. She won the 1993 Adult AVN Awards for &#8220;Best New Starlet&#8221;. Jordan&#8217;s best friend was her parrot, and when it died, she went crazy. Speaking on the telephone to her husband, she accused him of not caring about her. His crime? Lack of sensitivity to her feelings about her bird&#8217;s death. She wrote a note describing her depression over the loss of her bird, and on the 27th of June, Alex hung herself in her closet.</p>
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Pascal’s Wager. Intelligent Design Versus The Evolution Theory
Blaise Pascal was an extremely intelligent physicist and mathematician that lived in the 1600’s. In May of 1654 he had what many people refer to today as a near death experience. His encounter would lead him to write a book that contained a passage, which would eventually be [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=formerthings.wordpress.com&blog=1639640&post=87&subd=formerthings&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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<p><strong>Pascal’s Wager. Intelligent Design Versus The Evolution Theory<br />
</strong>Blaise Pascal was an extremely intelligent physicist and mathematician that lived in the 1600’s. In May of 1654 he had what many people refer to today as a near death experience. His encounter would lead him to write a book that contained a passage, which would eventually be referred to as Pascal’s Wager.</p>
<p>Creationists and Evolutionists have been arguing for centuries over who is right and who is wrong. Their discussions and debates can often get heated and will frequently result in nothing but insults and name-calling. Instead of trying to prove the existence of God to an atheist, agnostic or evolutionist, Pascal went straight to the end result. We know for a fact that everyone is going to die so there can only be two possible outcomes.</p>
<p>If a Creationist is wrong and an Evolutionist is correct then they will both simply die and that is the end of their existence. The Creationist would lose the hope of heaven and immortality. There would be no consequences or punishment for accepting Christ and living a good moral lifestyle.</p>
<p>If a Creationist is correct and an Evolutionist is wrong then there are severe consequences. The Bible is crystal clear on the final destination for non-believers.</p>
<p>All liars will have their part in the lake which burns with fire and brimstone<br />
– Revelation 21<br />
He who does not believe in the Son of God is condemned already<br />
– John 3<br />
I am tormented in this flame<br />
– Luke 16<br />
Unless a man is born again he will not enter the kingdom of God &#8211; John 3</p>
<p><strong>Pascal’s Wager. Conclusion<br />
</strong>If you live like God does exist and you are wrong you have nothing to lose. If you live like there is no God and you are wrong you have everything to lose.</p>
<p><strong>Atheists Agree With God<br />
</strong>God said do not lie, steal, disobey your parents, use God’s name in vain, bear false witness, and commit adultery or murder. You don’t like liars, thieves, murderers and adulterers.</p>
<p>The problem is your accuser/prosecutor knows that you have broken the very laws you agree with.</p>
<p>“Satan the accuser” – Revelation 12:10</p>
<p>Have you ever told a lie?……Guilty!<br />
Have you ever stolen anything at all?………Guilty!<br />
Have you ever used God’s name as a cuss word?……..Guilty!<br />
Have you ever looked with lustful eyes? Same as Adultery (Matthew 5:28)…….Guilty!</p>
<p>&#8220;The law is going to shut your mouth and you will stand guilty before God&#8221;<br />
-Romans 3</p>
<p><a title="Charles Darwin" href="http://www.hellandjustice.com/human_eye.htm" target="_self"><strong>Charles Darwin</strong></a> like many others did not understand why a loving God would send people to hell. God is described as a “righteous judge” so why would a good judge not enforce the law? Do our judges let criminals go free simply because they say I am sorry? The truth is when people are sent to hell they will have nobody to blame but themselves.</p>
<p>“We are prisoners here of our own device” – Hotel California</p>
<p>There is only one man that paid your fine and took the punishment you deserve. They did not crucifiy Jesus for healing the blind and sick people. They did not beat him for casting out evil spirits or raising the dead. They murdered him because he stated without trusting in him and turning from sin you are going to hell.</p>
<p>&#8220;If you do not believe that I am he you will die in your sins&#8221;-Jesus</p>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tilgath Pileser III: Campaign Against Syria
From a building inscription preserved on clay &#8211; The Ancient Near East Inscriptions Volume I (page 193) by: James Pritchard
&#8220;I receieved the trubute of Kushtashpi of Commagene, Urik of Que, Sibbittibel of Byblos, Enilil of Hamath, Jehoahaz of Judah.
&#8220;Jehoahaz the son of Jehu began to reign over Israel in Samaria&#8221; [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=formerthings.wordpress.com&blog=1639640&post=85&subd=formerthings&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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<p>From a building inscription preserved on clay &#8211; The Ancient Near East Inscriptions Volume I (page 193) by: James Pritchard</p>
<p>&#8220;I receieved the trubute of Kushtashpi of Commagene, Urik of Que, Sibbittibel of Byblos, Enilil of Hamath, <strong>Jehoahaz of Judah</strong>.</p>
<p>&#8220;<strong>Jehoahaz</strong> the son of Jehu began to reign over Israel in Samaria&#8221; &#8211; II Kings 13</p>
<p>&#8220;I received tribute from <strong>Rezon of Damascus</strong> and <strong>Manehem of Samaria</strong>&#8220;</p>
<p><strong>Manehem</strong> the son of Gadi became king over Israel and reigned in Samaria - II Kings &#8211; 15</p>
<p>&#8220;I received from him. Israel (&#8220;Omri-Land&#8221;) all it&#8217;s inhabitants and their possessions I led to Assyria. They overthrew their <strong>King Pekah</strong> and I placed <strong>Hoshea</strong> as king over them&#8221;</p>
<p>In the two and fiftieth year of Azariah king of Judah <strong>Pekah</strong> the son of Remaliah began to reign over Israel in Samaria. In the twelfth year of Ahaz king of Judah began <strong>Hoshea</strong> the son of Elah to reign in Samaria over Israel nine years &#8211; II Kings 15-17</p>
<p>In the days of Pekah King of Israel, <strong>Tilgath Pileser</strong> King of Assyria came and carried them captive to Assyria &#8211; II Kings 15</p>
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		<description><![CDATA[AP WELLINGTON, New Zealand &#8211; It seemed like an almost literal answer to their prayers. When two New Zealand pilots ran out of fuel in a microlight airplane they offered prayers and were able to make an emergency landing in a field — coming to rest right next to a sign reading, &#8220;Jesus is Lord.&#8221;
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><br /><p>AP WELLINGTON, New Zealand &#8211; It seemed like an almost literal answer to their prayers. When two New Zealand pilots ran out of fuel in a microlight airplane they offered prayers and were able to make an emergency landing in a field — coming to rest right next to a sign reading, &#8220;Jesus is Lord.&#8221;</p>
<p>Grant Stubbs and Owen Wilson, both from the town of Blenheim on the country&#8217;s South Island, were flying up the sloping valley of Pelorus Sound when the engine spluttered, coughed and died.</p>
<p>&#8220;My friend and I are both Christians so our immediate reaction in a life-threatening situation was to ask for God&#8217;s help,&#8221; Stubbs told The Associated Press on Wednesday.</p>
<p>He said he prayed during the ill-fated flight Sunday that the tiny craft would get over the top of a ridge and that they would find a landing site that was not too steep — or in the nearby sea.</p>
<p>Wilson said that the pair would have been in deep trouble if the fuel had run out five minutes earlier.</p>
<p>&#8220;If it had to run out, that was the place to be,&#8221; he said. &#8220;There was an instantaneous answer to prayer as we crossed the ridge and there was an airfield — I didn&#8217;t know it existed till then.&#8221;</p>
<p>After Wilson glided the powerless craft to a landing on the grassy strip, the pair noticed they were beside a 20-foot-tall sign that read, &#8220;Jesus is Lord — The Bible.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;When we saw that, we started laughing,&#8221; Stubbs said.</p>
<p>Nearby residents provided them with gas to fly the home-built plane back to base</p>
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		<title>Vatican: It&#8217;s Ok to Believe in Aliens</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 May 2008 18:27:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;The Vatican&#8217;s chief astrologer says that believing in aliens does not contradict faith in God.&#8221;
Apparently the &#8220;chief astrologer&#8221; never read what God said about astrology.
&#8220;Let now the astrologers, the stargazers, the monthly prognosticators, stand up, and save thee from these things that shall come upon thee&#8221; &#8211; Isaiah 47:13
Same man Jesus quoted on Hell.
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><br /><p><a title="Vatican Aliesn" href="http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/vatican_aliens;_ylt=ArIsm.nR_YpzVQvOU7kss4cDW7oF" target="_blank">&#8220;The Vatican&#8217;s</a> chief <strong>astrologer</strong> says that believing in aliens does not contradict faith in God.&#8221;</p>
<p>Apparently the &#8220;<strong>chief astrologer</strong>&#8221; never read what God said about astrology.</p>
<p>&#8220;Let now the astrologers, the stargazers, the monthly prognosticators, stand up, and save thee from these things that shall come upon thee&#8221; &#8211; Isaiah 47:13</p>
<p>Same man Jesus <a title="Isaiah 66" href="http://www.isaiah666.com" target="_blank">quoted on Hell.</a></p>
<p>This just in&#8230;nobody at the Vatican actually reads the Bible.</p>
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		<title>Laus Deo &#8211; Christianity and George Washington Monument</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[One detail that is never mentioned is that in Washington , D.C. there can never be a building of greater height than the Washington Monument . On the aluminum cap, atop the Washington Monument in Washington , D.C. , are displayed two words:
Laus Deo
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><br /><p>One detail that is never mentioned is that in Washington , D.C. there can never be a building of greater height than the <strong>Washington Monument</strong> . On the aluminum cap, atop the Washington Monument in Washington , D.C. , are displayed two words:</p>
<p><strong>Laus Deo<br />
</strong>No one can see these words.  In fact, most visitors to the monument are totally unaware they are even there and for that matter, probably couldn&#8217;t care less.</p>
<p>These words have been there for many years; they are 555 feet, 5.125 inches high, perched atop the monument, facing skyward to the Father of our nation, overlooking the 69 square miles which comprise the District of Columbia , capital of the United States of America .  Laus Deo!  Two seemingly insignificant, unnoticed words. Out of sight and, one might think, out of mind, but very meaningfully placed at the highest point over what is the most powerful city in the most successful nation in the world.</p>
<p>So, what do those two words, in Latin, composed of just four syllables and only seven letters, possibly mean?  Very simply, they say &#8221; Praise be to God!&#8221;</p>
<p>Though construction of this giant obelisk began in 1848, when James Polk was President of the United States , it was not until 1888 that the monument was inaugurated and opened to the public.  It took twenty-five years to finally cap the memorial with a tribute to the Father of our nation, Laus Deo. &#8220;Praise be to God!&#8221;</p>
<p>From atop this magnificent granite and marble structure, visitors may take in the beautiful panoramic view of the city with its division into four major segments.  From that vantage point, one can also easily see the original plan of the designer, Pierre Charles l&#8217;Enfant ..a perfect cross imposed upon the landscape, with the White House to the north.  The Jefferson Memorial is to the south, the Capitol to the east and the Lincoln Memorial to the west.</p>
<p>A cross you ask?  Why a cross?  What about separation of church and state? Yes, a cross; separation of church and state was not, is not, in the Constitution.  So, read on. How interesting and, no doubt, intended to carry a profound meaning for those who bother to notice.</p>
<p>Praise be to God!  Within the monument itself are 898 steps and 50 landings.  As one climbs the steps and pauses at the landings the memorial stones share a message.</p>
<p>On the 12th Landing is a prayer offered by the City of Baltimore;<br />
on the 20th is a memorial presented by some Chinese Christians;<br />
on the 24th a presentation made by Sunday School children from New York and Philadelphia quoting Proverbs 10:7, Luke 18:16 and Proverbs 22:6. Praise be to God!</p>
<p>When the cornerstone of the Washington Monument was laid on July 4th, 1848 deposited within it were many items including the Holy Bible presented by the Bible Society. Praise be to God!  Such was the discipline, the moral direction, and the spiritual mood given by the founder and first President of our unique democracy &#8220;One Nation, Under God.&#8221;<br />
I am awed by Washington &#8217;s prayer for America   Have you ever read it? Well, now is your unique opportunity, so read on!</p>
<p>&#8220;Almighty God; We make our earnest prayer that Thou wilt keep the United States in Thy holy protection; that Thou wilt incline the hearts of the citizens to cultivate a spirit of subordination and obedience to government; and entertain a brotherly affection and love for one another and for their fellow citizens of the United States at large. And finally that Thou wilt most graciously be pleased to dispose us all to do justice, to love mercy, and to demean ourselves with that charity, humility, and pacific temper of mind which were the characteristics of the Divine Author of our blessed religion, and without a humble imitation of whose example in these things we can never hope to be a happy nation.  Grant our supplication, we beseech Thee, through Jesus Christ our Lord.  Amen.&#8221;<br />
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Laus Deo!</p>
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		<title>NASA Claims Earth Pole Shift 2012. Isaiah 24</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Isaiah 24:1 Behold, the Lord makes the earth empty, and makes it waste, and
turns it upside down. 
See A Reversal &#8211; Simulated flip of the Earth&#8217;s Magnetic field from Nova
Scientists have been observing changes in the direction of earth&#8217;s magnetic field which took place recently as well as in the distant past. NASA’s website features a [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=formerthings.wordpress.com&blog=1639640&post=81&subd=formerthings&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><br /><p>Isaiah 24:1 Behold, the Lord makes the earth empty, and makes it waste, and<br />
<strong>turns it upside down.</strong> </p>
<p><a target="_blank" href="http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/magnetic/reversals.html" title="Earth's Magnetic Field"><strong>See A Reversal &#8211; Simulated flip of the Earth&#8217;s Magnetic field from Nova</strong></a></p>
<p>Scientists have been observing changes in the direction of earth&#8217;s magnetic field which took place recently as well as in the distant past. NASA’s website features a map showing the gradual northward migration of the north magnetic pole in the past century and a half. The sun reverses its magnetic field like clockwork every eleven years at the peak of the sunspot cycle. The next solar flip is due in 2012.</p>
<p>It is not only the direction but also the strength of this magnetic field that is a concern. In the time of dinosaurs, at an estimated 2.5 gauss, it was eighty percent stronger than it is now. This may have been one of the reasons such gigantic life forms thrived. It is now accepted that a catastrophic event ended the reign of giant reptiles.</p>
<p>Does the magnetic field drop to zero gauss? Dire predictions follow upon the heels of this theory. Electronic devices would all be at risk: there may be damage to, or complete loss of, all near-earth-orbiting satellites and possibly the space station itself. Effects on life forms could range from migrating birds losing their sense of direction to immune system decline and even widespread die-off from radiation-induced cancers.</p>
<p>This event could result in the massive destruction of life on earth. The magnetic field of the earth is not an accident of natural science. Its primary task is to protect the earth against cosmic and solar radiation. Without this field, life is practically impossible and in a short time, life on our planet would be extinguished. An all-burning, deadly radioactive radiation would torment the earth&#8217;s surface.</p>
<p>Revelation 13 - And Satan does great wonders, so that he makes fire come down from heaven on the earth in the sight of men.</p>
<p>Joel 2 - And I will shew wonders in the heavens and in the earth, blood, and fire, and pillars of smoke.</p>
<p>Isaiah 24 - Therefore has the curse devoured the earth, and they that dwell therein are desolate: therefore the inhabitants of the earth are burned, and few men left.</p>
<p><a target="_blank" href="http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/magnetic/about.html" title="Nova's Magnetic Storm"><strong>Nova&#8217;s Program on the Earth&#8217;s Magnetic Storm</strong></a></p>
<p><a href="http://www.isaiah666.com" title="Isaiah666.com"><strong>Isaiah Never Lies &#8211; 12 for 12</strong></a></p>
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		<title>The Vatican and Harry Potter Books</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Thou shalt not suffer a witch to live &#8211; Exodus 22:18
VATICAN CITY (AFP) &#8211; The Vatican newspaper published Monday good versus evil takes on the Harry Potter books, the fictional boy wizard star of the runaway best-selling books by J.K. Rowling.
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><br /><p> <strong>Thou shalt not suffer a witch to live &#8211; Exodus 22:18</strong></p>
<p align="left"><a href="http://formerthings.files.wordpress.com/2008/01/harry_potter.jpg" title="Harry Potter"><img align="right" src="http://formerthings.files.wordpress.com/2008/01/harry_potter.jpg" alt="Harry Potter" /></a>VATICAN CITY (AFP) &#8211; The Vatican newspaper published Monday good versus evil takes on the <strong>Harry Potter</strong> books, the fictional boy wizard star of the runaway best-selling books by J.K. Rowling.</p>
<p>The series drew criticism from the future Pope Benedict XVI in 2003 when he voiced fears over &#8220;subtle seductions&#8221; in the saga that could undermine children&#8217;s religious development by blurring the line between good and evil.</p>
<p>Under the headline &#8220;The Double Face of Harry Potter,&#8221; an expert in English literature, Edoardo Rialti, argues in L&#8217;Osservatore Romano that the then Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger was right to worry. In the opposing view, Catholic essayist and writer Paolo Gulisano wrote that &#8220;behind the fabulous adventures of the different characters you can see the author&#8217;s anthropological vision.&#8221;</p>
<p>Rowlings, writing for a &#8220;post-modern&#8221; and individualistic world, &#8220;wants to help the young reader understand that &#8216;doing good&#8217; is the best thing to do,&#8221; Gulisano wrote.</p>
<p>Ratzinger&#8217;s fears were contained in a March 2003 letter to German Catholic sociologist Gabriele Kuby, author of the book &#8220;Harry Potter &#8211; Good or Evil.&#8221; She made the letter public in July 2005. &#8220;It is good that you shed light and inform us on the Harry Potter matter, for these are subtle seductions that are barely noticeable and precisely because of that deeply affect (children) and corrupt the Christian faith in souls even before it could properly grow and mature,&#8221; Cardinal Ratzinger wrote.</p>
<p>He voiced the fear that young minds will &#8220;lose the spirit of discernment between good and evil and that they will not have the necessary strength and knowledge to withstand the temptations to evil.&#8221;</p>
<p><strong>There shall not be found among you an observer of times, or an enchanter, or a witch, Or a charmer, or a consulter with familiar spirits, or a wizard, or a necromancer. For all that do these things are an abomination unto the LORD: &#8211; Deuteronomy 18</strong></p>
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		<title>&#8220;Famous Last Words&#8221; Napoleon &#8211; Twain &#8211; Lennon &#8211; Marx</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Prideful Patti
&#8220;Jesus died for somebody&#8217;s sins, but not mine &#8211; My sins are my own, they belong to me” &#8211; Patti Smith &#8211; (American Poet, Singer and Song Writer, b.1946)
For The wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord &#8211; Romans 6
Napoleon Bonaparte
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><br /><p><strong>Prideful Patti<br />
</strong>&#8220;Jesus died for somebody&#8217;s sins, but not mine &#8211; My sins are my own, they belong to me” &#8211; Patti Smith &#8211; (American Poet, Singer and Song Writer, b.1946)</p>
<p>For The wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord &#8211; Romans 6</p>
<p><strong>Napoleon Bonaparte<br />
</strong>“Alexander, Caesar, Charlemagne, and myself founded empires; but what foundation did we rest the creations of our genius? Upon force. Jesus Christ founded an empire upon love; and at this hour millions of men would die for Him.” &#8211; Napoleon Bonaparte</p>
<p>To know the love of Christ, which passeth knowledge, that you might be filled with all the fulness of God &#8211; Ephesians 3:19</p>
<p><strong>H.G. Wells<br />
</strong>&#8220;I am an historian, I am not a believer, but I must confess as a historian that this penniless preacher from Nazareth is irrevocably the very center of history. Jesus Christ is easily the most dominant figure in all history.&#8221; &#8211; H.G. Wells, British author (1866-1946)</p>
<p><a href="http://www.isaiah666.com" title="Isaiah's Historical Accuracy"><strong>If they do not listen to the prophets</strong></a> neither will they believe one rose from the dead -Luke 16 . He who believes not is condemned already &#8211; John 3</p>
<p><strong>Mark Twain</strong><br />
&#8220;It is not the parts of the Bible that I cannot understand that bother me, it is the parts that I do understand.&#8221;- Mark Twain</p>
<p>Where their worm will never die and their fire will never be put out &#8211; Mark 9<br />
I am tormented in this flame &#8211; Luke 16</p>
<p><strong>Marx Misses Mark 7<br />
</strong>&#8220;The first requisite for the happiness of the people is the abolition of religion.&#8221; &#8211; Karl Marx</p>
<p>Jesus hates religion as evident by his preaching hellfire to the Pharisees. He never said to pray the rosary or pray to Mary and saints like the Catholics teach.</p>
<p>Howbeit in vain do they worship me, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men &#8211; Mark 7</p>
<p><strong>Plato Never Read Job</strong><br />
&#8220;No evil can happen to a good man, either in life or after death&#8221;.<br />
-Plato</p>
<p>And the LORD said unto Satan, Hast thou considered my servant Job, that there is none like him in the earth, a perfect and an upright man, one that fears God, and hates evil? and still he holds fast his integrity, although you moved me against him, to destroy him without cause &#8211; Job 2</p>
<p><strong>John Lennon</strong><br />
&#8220;Christianity will go. It will vanish and shrink&#8230;. I don&#8217;t know what will go first, rock &#8216;n&#8217; roll or Christianity. We&#8217;re more popular than Jesus now. Jesus was all right, but his disciples were thick and ordinary. It&#8217;s them twisting it that ruins it for me.&#8221; &#8211; John Lennon March 5 1966, Interview London Evening Standard</p>
<p>Matthew 12:36 But I say unto you, That every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment. </p>
<p><a href="http://hellandjustice.com/john_lennon_hell.htm" title="John Lennon"><strong>Men claim to see John Lennon in Hell<br />
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<p><strong>The Wise Men<br />
</strong>&#8221; Jesus Christ was an extremist for love, truth and goodness.&#8221;<br />
-Martin Luther King Jr., American civil rights leader (1929-68)</p>
<p>&#8220;You can shut Him up for a fool, you can spit at Him and kill him as a demon; or you can fall at his feet and call him Lord and God. But let us not come with any patronizing nonsense about his being just a great human teacher. He has not left that open to us. He did not intend to. &#8211; C.S. Lewis, British author (1898-1963)</p>
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		<description><![CDATA[Buzzzzzzz Off &#8211; No Bees No Food
&#8220;I believe that the hive-bee has acquired, through natural selection, her inimitable architectural powers.&#8221;- Charles Darwin : Origin of Species
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><br /><p><font size="2"><strong>Buzzzzzzz Off &#8211; No Bees No Food<br />
</strong>&#8220;I believe that the hive-bee has acquired, through natural selection, her inimitable architectural powers.&#8221;- Charles Darwin : Origin of Species</p>
<p>Honeybees fly with a remarkable agility that would be the envy of stunt pilots, yet their navigation software is packed into a brain the size of a sesame seed. Bees have airspeed gauges; gyroscopes; a compass that detects the polarization of sunlight; UV sensors to track the horizon to measure tilt; and two compound eyes, each with <b>7,000 hexagonal (six-sided) facets.</b></p>
<p><b>Bee Colony Collapse Disorder</b><br />
There have been numerous stories recently about the strange dissappearance of bees worldwide. We know for a fact that bees are essential to our food supply to survive:</p>
<p>&#8220;The honeybee is, by far, the most beneficial insect,” says Charles Heatherly, president of the N.C. State Beekeepers Association. “It pollinates one-third of the food we eat.”</p>
<p>&#8220;In California, the almond crop alone uses 1.3 million colonies of bees, approximately one half of all honey bees in the United States, and this need is projected to grow to 1.5 million colonies by 2010.&#8221;<br />
- U.S. Department of Agriculture</p>
<p>The Bible states in Revelation that a wordwide famine is coming as symbolized by the black horse.<br />
</font><font size="2">- Revelation 6</p>
<p>If bees &#8220;acquired&#8221; these powers by natural selection than how did pollination occur in past centuries? An imperfect evolving bee would not be able to produce any food. The bee shows clear evidence of a master designer.</p>
<p><b>Bee Honey Is Good</b><br />
My son, eat thou honey, because it is good &#8211; Proverbs 24</p>
<p>Bees inside the hive fan their wings, creating a strong draft across the honeycomb which enhances evaporation of much of the water from the nectar. The reduction in water content, which raises the sugar concentration, prevents fermentation. Ripe honey, as removed from the hive by the beekeeper, has a long shelf life and will not ferment. Essentially it never goes bad.</p>
<p><b>Medicinal Properties of Honey</b><br />
Hydrogen peroxide in honey is activated by dilution. Iron in honey oxidizes the oxygen free radicals released by the hydrogen peroxide. One New Zealand researcher says a particular type of honey may be useful in treating MRSA. Antibacterial properties of honey are the result of the low water activity causing osmosis, hydrogen peroxide effect, and high acidity.</p>
<p>God states that honey is good and he also states do not eat alot of it. The consumption of too much sugar can lead to a diabetic condition.  &#8211; Proverbs 25</font></p>
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