In memory of Margaret Hassan.

Also in memory of the 52 who lost their lives on July 7th 2005 and especially of Shahara Islam.

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Margaret Hassan

Margaret spent her life helping the destitute and downtrodden in many places including Palestine and Iraq.  Her murder was both barbaric and evil. We cannot condemn those who killed her because Margaret would have forgiven them herself.   Nevertheless, even in a war situation this atrocity was unacceptable and outside the brief of ALL major religions.  We can only pray that the demons within her murderers are vanquished.

Margaret helped a lot of people.

another Margaret will always be called by God/Allah so what have her killers achieved - NOTHING.

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JESUS was very big on Judgement and healing during the days he walked the Earth.  He said that Judging others is something we should NEVER do!  Also, to make His authority clear on Earth he healed people by word and touch! 

What's it all about?

Suppose there were no life anywhere in the universe except on the earth. Suppose a Cosmic event of gigantic proportions wiped out all life on the earth. Would the universe exist if there were nothing to witness it’s presence? So what is life on earth if not to witness the presence of the Universe! And the Universe, what is it, if not to support the very life that witnesses it’s existence? Now what is God if He is not all in all. What is God if not the fabric of all that is? So if God is the sum of all the atoms that exist in the Universe nothing is impossible for him. Yet you were buried or cremated or drowned at sea and disintegrated, God can reassemble your atoms in their present state and lo, you will exist again! Or even in a better and  indestructible state, and lo, you will exist with God forever! I believe that there are angels everywhere, that we are surrounded by them. We cannot see them but they can see us. Like God, they love us and take note of everything that happens. I believe that God will undo all the wrongs that ever happened from Abel even unto the last of us who ever lived. Everything will be put right, For God is Love and Love abides forever. The darkness has never overcome this love nor ever will and you will see your loves ones again. And the Kingdom of God will come upon us all and the pure radiance of God will shine on forever. Amen . . . .

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It is true that there are those who will not accept your apology unless you accept their version of the truth!

Believing that you are right does not make it so!

And Pilot said, "What is truth"

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B. I. B. L. E. = Basic Instructions Before Leaving Earth

His Sword is Truth and His Shield is Wisdom.

And He will forge justice for the innocent and recompense for the victims of Evil in the fires of hell.

God is my sword and my shield.

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A Prayer

As we come before you, O God, we bring our time, talents and effort, that through us more may come to know you

and find that inner peace that comes only from your presence within us.

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Charity

Charity is a case of poor people in rich countries giving to rich people in poor countries!

And remember, GOD is LOVE.

Earn all you can! Save all you can! GIVE all you can!  John Wesley

" the needs of the many outweigh the needs of the one."  Spock  Star-trek

Whosoever

For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.  Romans 10 :13

Central Theme

So faith, hope, love abide, these three;

but the greatest of these is love. 1 Corinthians 13:13

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Did you know that
Psalm 119 is the longest psalm and that psalm 117 is the shortest psalm in the Bible
That Psalm 118 is the central chapter in the Bible
and before Psalm 118 there are 594 chapters
and after Psalm 118 there are 594 chapters
Added together these chapters total 1188
Verse 118:8 is the central verse in the Bible

What does it say?
"It is better to take refuge in the LORD than put confidence in man!"

Now that is amazing

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Faith

Die in faith and the Universe ceases to exist.

Die without faith and you cease to exist!

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Is the 'Kingdom of God' based on Hate or Love?

Think on this;  If God had hated the World He would have brought it to an early conclusion long ago.  But rather He sees some hope in us and offers us a way back to him.  How?

Love one another as I have loved you (John 13:34)

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Hope

Be strong, and let your heart take courage, all you who wait for the LORD . . . Psalm 31v24

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Love & Sacrifice

For God so loved the World that he gave His only son that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life. (John 3:16)

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I,  I am the LORD, and besides me there is no saviour.   (Isaiah 43:11)

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Greater love has no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.  (John 15:13)

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I leave aside my shoes - my ambition. I undo my watch - my timetable. I take off my glasses - my views. I unclip my pen - my work. I put down my keys - my security. To be alone with you, the only true God then after being with you: I take up my shoes - to walk in your ways. I strap on my watch - to live in your time. I put on my glasses - to look at the world through your eyes. I clip on my pen - to write your thoughts.

I pick up my keys - to open your doors. (from The Mission Bulletin)

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Those who fire bullets and loose off bombs in the name of God do not understand sacrifice. If God wanted bombers he would have intervened in this world by now and stopped the evil that exists here. Those who bomb in 'God's name' have never known Him and they are the source of their own evil! The Sacrifice God makes is to allow us to continue to live in His world. He expects the same sacrifice from us, that is, to allow others to continue to live in His world. May God be praised for ever and for ever. Amen.

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Trees by Joyce Kilmer

I think that I shall never see a poem lovely as a tree.  A tree whose hungry mouth is prest against the earth's sweet flowing breast; A tree that looks at God all day, and lifts her leafy arms to pray;   A tree that may in Summer wear a nest of robins in her hair;  Upon whose bosom snow has lain who intimately lives with rain.  Poems are made by fools like me, but only God can make a tree.

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One thing religion speaks of that is irrefutable is the conception of good and evil, This concept exists within the Universe and is independent of religion. It's existence is undeniable!  Religion is really about this one concept, 'good and evil' and If a religion teaches evil then it does not understand the basis on which the Universe stands.  God represents all that is good. Satan represents all that is evil. To teach evil is to be with Satan.

Religion is really about the concept of good and evil.  God and Satan.

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A woman's place in society is and has, through the ages, been determined by strength and brute force not by justice and a fair deal! A man is master because he is stronger. But God does not champion the strong but the weak. Try and remember that!

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THE fool has said in his heart, "There is no God." They are corrupt, they have committed abominable deeds; There is no one who does good. The LORD has looked down from heaven upon the sons of men To see if there are any who understand, Who seek after God. They have all turned aside, together they have become corrupt; There is no one who does good, not even one. Do all the workers of wickedness not know, Who eat up my people as they eat bread, And do not call upon the Lord? There they are in great dread, For God is with the righteous generation.   You would put to shame the counsel of the afflicted, But the LORD is his refuge. Oh, that the salvation of Israel would come out of Zion! When the LORD restores His captive people, Jacob will rejoice, Israel will be glad. Psalm 14. (See also Romans c3 v10-13) We do not come to church because we are good, far from it! Rather, we come to church because we would be good where we able! We choose good (God) over evil (Satan) and whatever else we are - WE ARE SAVED - because we call upon the name of the Lord (JESUS).

See Romans chapter10   verse13

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Yesterday is History, Tomorrow is  mystery, today is a gift that's why it's called the present. It's the present of life given by God. NOBODY has the authority to take it away.

That's why he commanded Moses, "Thou shalt not kill." Exodus 20 v13

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"As a species we are mentally insane. Put two of us together in a room and we will think of reasons for killing one another. Why do you think we invented religion and politics!"

(from 'The Mist'  Stephen King)

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Osama Bin Laden lectures the West on it's decadence!

Decadent means 'Marked by or providing unrestrained gratification; self-indulgent.'

This from a man with four wives and twenty plus children.

Mr Laden should know all about self gratification!

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THE VIKINGS

Islamist terrorists kill in the name of Allah.

The Vikings killed for no particular reason at all!

At least the Vikings didn't use their god as an EXCUSE!

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Your religious belief is based upon one of two principles

1.  Blind faith . . .        2. Logical faith . . .

1. Blind faith is practised by those with closed minds who basically think that they are right and everyone else in the world is wrong.  This always leads to the FINAL SOLUTION . . .  Kill anyone who does not believe the same as you.  It has been practised by both Christianity and Islam over the centuries. Be God's warrior and the judge of others with NO mandate from God whatsoever!

2. Logical faith is practised by those with open minds  who basically think that God, and only God is right and that all humanity has gone astray and is wrong.  This always leads to the FINAL SOLUTION . . . Let anyone who has another opinion live in peace and let GOD make the final judgement.

Blind faith believes a priest or mullah without question - he must be right!    Logical faith questions all things and seeks answers in the natural world, in personal observation and personal enquiry!

Ask your teacher whether he/she can PROVE what they are  telling you to believe is true. Bet they start quoting their holy book.  But ask them whether they can prove what they quote from is true.

Of me you may ask,  what do you believe?  I can tell you that.  I believe that there is a God. The Universe is too big for me to be able to say - "there is no God."  My very existence is too fantastic for me to be able to say -  "there is no God."

So there you have it. I believe in God, Satan, demons angels, arch-angels and the kingdom of God. A place where the saints reside with all those who have been judged worthy.  Judged by God not man!

Good and Evil are undeniable concepts that stand alone.

Our lives will judge us in the end.

S A L A M

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The Kingdom of God

The Kingdom of God must be a beautiful place. We can say this with some confidence because there is so much beauty in the world and God made the world.  Also, God has put a concept of good and evil into the minds of his greatest creation - MAN.  Throughout all surviving religions there is a concept of right and wrong. In several of the world's greatest religions this concept is born out in the persona's of God v Satan. With some confidence we can say that those who choose to be with God will have to be righteous souls. Those with no malice, spite or vengeance within them.  True martyrs who in adversity have quietly gone about their business, not harming or persecuting others who are also God's greatest creation. It's fair to say that only at the point of death is the die set.  That moment when we have made our decision as to which side we are on. 

But the rewards for those who achieve the right to be with God will  be beyond comprehension.  The Kingdom of God will be a truly magnificent place.

So, is it too much to ask that we choose righteousness over evil the short time we are in this place of tears? While we are upon this tiny rock lost in the vastness of time and space?

WHO IS ON THE LORD'S SIDE? 

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I G N O R A N C E  

Ignorance is the age old ally of confrontation and war.

the formula is :-      ignorance + extremism = confrontation + war.

In times past,  governments used IGNORANCE as a means of stirring the masses to a state of confrontation always based on outright lies and half-truths. During World War I for instance there were even posters describing  Germans  as monsters who ate babies!  Before and during World War 2 Hitler used the same tactics to stir up hatred against the Jews.   

IGNORANCE is Satan's greatest Ally

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Making a choice based on freedom!

To be able to make a choice you have to be truly free!  How so?  For instance, you may not want to further pollute and destroy the natural balance of nature BUT you rely upon you motor vehicle to get to work. Therefore, you are not truly free to make a decision to abandon your car in favour of saving the planet. Society has created a situation in which you must have a car for your family to survive! 

This is true of religion. Unless you are truly free of all constraints you may call yourself a Christian or Muslim but you are not actually free to be truly honest about what you really are and what you really believe in.  And so it is possible to see how a religions adherents can practice what is to all others are deeds of pure evil!

They live a lie and are in a state of ignorance, their minds are not where their bodies appear to be! They are easy prey to crooked teachers of their religion because they are part of something they have never truly understood, never having been truly free to make an honest choice about what they really are!

In the past some countries have called themselves Christian or Muslim who's populations have never been free to choose. Freedom is taken away in all sorts of ways. For example, in 'fiddler on the roof' Topel sings a song called 'Tradition' which shows how families can even act against the interests of their own loved ones! In the film "Fiddler on the Roof" Topel banishes the daughter he loves because she breaks with tradition and marries outside the faith. His freedom to do what is right has been removed by his sense of tradition.  Likewise, many may think they are truly free to make a right decision, but their freedom has been decided by their upbringing and peers around them which has stripped them of the ability to choose the right!  Some end up committing acts of barbarity in the name of their God because they have become so twisted!    

For example, the two Palestinian groups Hamas and Fatah would describe themselves as Islamic based followers of Allah. But they have conducted a bitter feud over control of the West Bank and Gaza in which many have been killed. So how would they describe their God. A God of War and destruction? They act as if their God was on the same side as Satan because they have never been truly free to know and practice true faith in God!  Their God IS Satan!  For Satan has another name 'The Destroyer' and that is what they do best!

True freedom only exists in those who seek the truth and who's minds are open.

GOD is truth.  GOD is love.   GOD is freedom.

God does not interfere in the affairs of men because He has made us truly free to choose. It is men who take away that freedom and tell you what to do and what to think and what to believe AND who to kill!     On Judgement day God will ask what you did with His gift of freedom!

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A God who needs men to fight His cause is no God at all! BUT a God that fight's a man's cause is all that the man will ever need.

If good men do evil deeds in order for good to triumph then Satan is the real winner!

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YOU cannot have God and the death penalty!

Never take your own revenge, beloved, but leave room for the wrath of God, for it is written, "VENGEANCE IS MINE, I WILL REPAY," says the Lord.  (Romans 12:19)

We are told that sixty six percent of Americans believe in the death penalty.   Therefore, that is sixty six percent of Americans who are not Christians. We are told that America is a Christian country!    But only a possible thirty-three percent of Americans can  be Christian.  How so?

The reason you cannot be a Christian and a supporter of the death penalty is simple.   You do not believe God when He says "Vengeance is mine,  I will repay!"  You have no faith in God so how can you be a Christian?  You want to see justice now and take your OWN vengeance. Your God is not a reality in your mind,   He is a convenience, there in the good times to save you from  the sure knowledge that if there is no God then there is no hope!  This world is full of evil men who's hearts are full of vile vengeance.  Is this how you worship your God of Love ? ? ?

Those that surely believe in God are satisfied with His promise of Justice.

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Allah/God is beautiful

Satan is ugly

A poppy is beautiful

Opium is ugly

Anybody who turns something as beautiful as a flower created by Allah/God into something as ugly and evil as Opium to be used by drug addicts has to be on the side of Satan.

See you on the day of judgement!

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May your God protect you from from yourself and from others!   

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So you do not believe that JESUS and God are one?

Here is my case :-  And Philip said to him, "Lord, show us the father and it will be sufficient for us." JESUS said to him, "Have I been with you so long and yet you do not know Me, Philip? HE WHO HAS SEEN ME HAS SEEN THE FATHER; so how can you say, "Show us the Father?"" John 14 v8-9

I rest my case!

"May your God go with you." 

(Dave Allen)