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Points
to Ponder About
March 2009
PURPOSE
(*):
The purpose of Points to Ponder About
is to stimulate thinking that would draw the disoriented Faithful back to
God (**) and away from the hypocritical
duplicity of some religious institutions which are destroying the little faith left on
earth .
Published on March 31st, 2009
Do you wonder.... why in a recent communication we
stated: "Not only we ask our children to fight a
ridiculous and bloody war (against "terrorism"), a war that
will never be
won,..." ? Allow us to explain.
One must go to the origin of the Islamist extremist terrorist attacks:
They do not want the US to "pollute" their countries.
Iran itself labeled the US as the "Great Satan" decades ago.
Unfortunately, the US political leaders cannot understand how to exert influence in a country
without making it "like the US" in all aspects. For example: When you walk into the main shopping
mall in Ankara (Turkey's capital) - if one ignores the writing in a foreign language one could
think the location was New York, Houston or Orange County (California). Fortunately, the Turkish
society, although mostly Muslim, is rather open and without extremes. However, that same shopping
mall (and display windows) may not be acceptable in Kabul or Baghdad. We could write pages upon
pages of examples which are more subtle yet more dramatic.
Therefore - what we are facing is a
system-rejection
phenomena which may or may not be justified (depending whom you ask), but exists just the same. In
this case, those who are doing the rejecting use God as their reason and are willing to die (human
bombs) just as the early Christian Martyrs who, for totally different reasons, believed that
they were Glorifying God by becoming martyrs in the early centuries of Christianity..
Therefore, given an "irresistible force" - religious fanaticism until death, encountering an
"unmovable object" - a refusal by Western Powers to change their methods to better influence said
Muslim countries, will only yield more terrorism and greater reprisals until one or the other
acknowledges defeat. Now, the question is: Which one?
Consider the following - during the Viet Nam war, the driving force behind the North Vietnamese
was considerably less than the driving force generated by religious fanaticism; man has not change
an iota in 6,000 years; therefore, the "human rules", with the consequential outcome, that applied
in the Viet Nam war still apply.
Mercifully, God will step in before humanity destroys itself to the joy of satan - nonetheless -
there will be rivers of blood flowing before all will come to a brutal stop.
As we wrote on September 19, 2001 - Terrorism IS
NOT the problem; the problem is Religious Fanaticism. The "brilliant and illuminated" world
leaders have not caught on yet that they are fighting the wrong enemy thus using ALL the wrong
weapons.
Published on March 28th, 2009
Do you wonder.... where is the official
Sanctuary of Fatima Internet Portal?
Wonder no more!
Published on March
25th, 2009 [Feast of the Annunciation]
Do you ever wonder.... how people like Mr. Sachs (see
Did you know that....? post of March 24th
(1)) get into such exalted position as a
World Economic Guru?
Do you doubt the Word of Jesus when He identified the Prince of this
World? [John 12: 31, 14:30, 16:11]
Following are more Wikipedia
(2)
details on Mr. Sachs' work on post-Communist Economics....
Sachs is known for his work as an economic advisor to
governments in Latin America, Eastern Europe, and the former Soviet Union. A trained macro
economist, he led many countries in the transition from communism to market
economies.
In 1985, Bolivia was undergoing hyperinflation and was unable
to pay back its debt to the International Monetary Fund. Sachs, an economic advisor to the
Bolivian government at the time, drew up an extensive plan, later known as shock therapy, to
drastically cut inflation by liberalizing the Bolivian market, ending government subsidies,
eliminating quotas, and linking the Bolivian economy to the US Dollar. After Sachs' plan was
implemented, inflation fell from 20,000% per year to 11%, though according to critics, left the
country worse off than before due to a rise in unemployment, a fall in industrial output, and a
fall in per capita GDP.
In 1990, the Polish government introduced shock therapy to
break from communism. Sachs and ex-IMF economist David Lipton advised the rapid conversion of all
property and assets from public to private ownership. After initial economic shortages and
inflation, prices in Poland eventually stabilized.
In late 1991, the Russian government invited Harvard to give
advice on reproducing the Polish success. Harvard economist Andrei Shleifer advised President
Yeltsin on privatization and macroeconomic issues during the early stages of Russia's reforms.
Sachs resigned shortly thereafter.
As we have known - and mostly ignored - for nearly 2,000 years the key to the only solution to our
problems was spelled out by Paul through his letter to the Ephesians:
For our wrestling is not against flesh and blood; but against
principalities and power, against the rulers
of the
world of this
darkness,
against the spirits of wickedness in the high
places.
[Ephesians 6:12]
Then, our beloved Heavenly Mother, gently hammered upon Her children for 200 years
(3) how we were to conduct such
wrestling.... but, of course, the (deadly) "conveniences" of this world - the flesh - won out
since most of the Faith "is worn" for others to see instead as a Road Map for living.
But what do we know....? After all..... all of this is from an unknown face.
(4)
_____________________________
(1) Did you
know that....?
(2)
About Mr. Sachs'
record
(3)
The Marian "gentle
hammering"
(4)
Pray for our brethren who "need a recognizable face" to believe. They are satan's cannon fodder
[cannon fodder: a military expression signifying personell evaluated as
expendable].
Published on March 22nd,
2009
Do you ever wonder... Why, according to the published Roman Catholic
statistics (1):
(a) In uncomfortable Africa,
with 13.2 % of the Bishops of the world, there are 4,565 Catholics
per priest available; while
(b) In comfortable Europe,
with 33.0 % of the Bishops of the
world, there are 1,347 Catholics
per priest available; and
(c) In the most devout
Catholic part of the world ( Latin America),
with 25.5 % of the Bishops of the world, and
where people are leaving the True Faith en
masse to join anyone who may offer them some "tangible spirituality", there are 7,080
Catholics per available priest?
No, this is not another Mystery of the Faith. This is just another
example of the true priorities of the Church Administration.
_________________________
(1)
Spain's ABC - Thursday, April 21, 2005 - p. 30
(2)
The Faith which contains the most revealed Truths
Published on March 18th, 2009
Do you wonder....
how badly the Roman Catholic Church continues to handle its Public Relations? It seems that it
just could not get worse... but then.... it does.
Following is a letter published by the St. Louis Post-Dispatch Letters to the Editor
(1) page:
Church shows its hateful side in dumping Bozek
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Once again the Catholic church has revealed its ugly, hateful, and hypocritical side. It has
chosen to dump Rev. Bozek because he has not followed the dictates of the Church. What offense he
has actually committed is that he has failed to turn over the cash to the Archdiocese. It's that
simple. Fortunately he is not alone in his resistence. Unlike the Catholic faithful of the past
who went along with the Crusades, The Inquisition, the silence or complicity with the Nazis, the
tolerance and enabling of the pedophile priests, the intransigence with regard to women priests,
and a host of other ills; the Catholics of today are much smarter and more charitable than much of
the clergy.
This nonsense will go on as the faithful leave the Church in droves. What will be left is
the right-wing mentality of sin and damnation espoused by the likes of Opus Dei and other
demagogues.How sad it is that all of the Church's moves and positions revolve around money and
power. Where does love, tolerance, and forgiveness fit in this rapidly deteriorating institution?
As a cradle Catholic, I am sick at heart and deeply sad at what might have been.
Gene Dalton
St. Louis
Let us not forget that this comes at the heels of the news
(2) that the church has paid more than $2.6
billion in settlements and related expenses since 1950, according to an annual report released
Friday by the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops.
________________________
(1)
News
Report
(2) News
Report
Published on March 13th,
2009
Do
you wonder.... what America needs?
According to former Soviet leader M.
Gorbachev....
America is in urgent need of its own 'perestroika' and
its days as the world's superpower have
ended, according to former Soviet Union leader Mikhail Gorbachev.
(1)
"President Obama's proposals will be bigger than perestroika. I want to wish success to Obama and
his Cabinet, because the problems he has to deal with are not easy ones. - M. Gorbachev
(2)
Everyone is used to America as the shepherd that tells everyone what to do, -
Mr. Gorbachev also said on a visit to London with Alexander Lebedev, the new majority owner of the
London Evening Standard newspaper.
But this period has already ended. That's why there must be solidarity and
partnerships. One single country can never rule the whole world, - he said.
______________________________
(1)
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/financetopics/g20-summit/4980262/America-is-in-urgent-need-of-its-own-peristrokia-says-Gorbachev.html
(2) On Gorbachev....
Gorbachev announced
the need
for a New World Order in December 7, 1988 -
before the "collapse" of the Soviet Union.
Gorbachev Calls
for New World Order BUT not "a la Bush".
Gorbachev blames President Clinton, in no
uncertain terms, for Delaying the Establishment of the New
World Order
Gorbachev "lubricates" the public opinion...
Gorbachev Speaks About the Post Iraqi War US-Europe
Relationship
The UN Comes of Age... Gorbachev Calls for "Central Soviet" to
Run Global Economy
Former Soviet Union President Mikhail Gorbachev, an intimate friend of The Vatican,
resolutely states through the French Le Nouvel Observateur and Portuguese Television that
"My time has not come yet"
Published on March 12th, 2009
Do
you still wonder.... why events like the ones which took place in Germany and Alabama, not only
continue but increase in frequency? Read on and you will find
out...
These are just the very recent high profile events, however, they are nothing compared with the
number of acts of wanton violence on worldwide scale which are only featured in the local
news. The authorities, like Zombies equipped with recorded statements, keep repeating: "
We
don't understand." - "
What could have caused this?" - "
We never expected this to
happen in our town."
To which we respond with our almost recorded message: "
If we could transform the stupidity of
political, religious, educational and social leaders into energy, we could supply the power to
keep one whole Galaxy running."
Allow us to expand on our "recorded message".
+ Our youth is being brought up with wanton violence on TV, Cinema Movies and Video Games. The
young adults are being fed the same fare. The 40+ crowd are fed the same minus the Video
Games.
+ A prime time TV program can make money with only ten minutes of commercials for every thirty
minutes of transmission. That means that the products being peddled for ten minutes are
being sold and making money for their manufacturers.
If that is the brainwashing effect that ten minutes of usually dull and mindless commercials have,
can you imagine what effect the other twenty minutes of transmission has on impressionable - and
not so impressionable - minds?
Now - when one is watching a violent movie or playing a violent video game - what in effect is
being done is "selling" the viewer, for the duration of the movie or game, on the destructive
behavior being viewed or played out in fantasy land.
That is the answer to the mechanical "
Why's" people keep repeating like mindless parrots
when another tragedy strikes.
Are we the only brilliant and illuminated individuals in the world to see this? Of course
not! (Or at least we certainly hope not!)
Then... Why doesn't anyone do anything about it? For the same reason the cell (mobile)
phones will continue to multiply even though there are enough serious scientific studies showing
the nefarious effects that they have on health: MONEY!
Not even the new world's darling - President Obama could stop all of this even if he wanted
to.
Therefore... can you now better understand why God has taken the situation into His Own Hands and
will see that our lifestyle will be essentially demolished and bring us to the Post Step No. 17
(4) stage?
This - brethren - are our Good News since, if God would not intervene in a totally decisive
manner, we would auto destroy ourselves - soul first and then the totally corrupt body.
For those who with pollyannish demeanor and honey laden words tells you:
Oh, God would not
allow that. His Mercy will find another way.
We will answer:
Yes, just as He did after His effort through Fatima,
(5) to get us back on track - the track we lost 1,600 years ago,
failed.
"Lord's will be done"
Sabbath eve, March 6, 2009
Today I drove a highway between Seguin and Lockhart. The scenery resembled moonscape. Cattle stand
on barren fields waiting for someone to feed them. The radio speaks of financial disaster - people
around the land lose jobs in record numbers. The stock market falls in stair step fashion - any
temporary gain is followed by losses that not only wipe out gains but further propel the market
downward. Businesses fold one after another after another; seemingly everyone waits for a
government bailout.
I hear of people gathering on courthouse steps to pray for rain. Others pray that they get
to keep their job or that somehow they won't lose their house.
My first impulse is to join those prayers.
But who benefits if the system in place survives?
I think back to the story of Moses - how he warned the Egyptian pharaoh again and again
about mistreatment of his people. And I wonder, are we the new Egypt - a stiff-necked hard-hearted
people, worried only about our own plight in the world yet oblivious of the cost the rest of the
world must pay to bear our weight?
Do we consider the plight of a third world worker and the conditions in which he or she
works to make the clothes we wear? Or that 70% of the oil we consume comes from foreign lands and
the people that live atop those lands rarely benefit from the sale of their own natural
resources?
Do we consider that our own government spies on us, tortures and kills people around the world on
our behalf? That this same government implements rules that favor the few and oppress the many all
in the name of a free market not only in other lands but here as well?
I sold my corn today for $4.25 a bushel. Anyone here have the guts to tell me that's fair?
How much money you think a poor Iraqi or Ecuadorian got for the tank of gas I bought made from oil
under his land? How much do you think some Chinese worker earned for what he or she did
today?
Forgive me if I fail to make your prayer ritual.
About the best I can do at the moment is to pray, Lord's will be
done.
And then wait in fear for what that may entail.
As rain falls on the just and the unjust, so shall the
fire.
note: I don't blame the people that paid me $4.25 a bushel for the corn. That's actually higher
than the current spot price and they paid me above market price voluntarily. The price they're
receiving for beef cattle has fallen as well.
To which we say:
Amen!
Published
on March 5th, 2009
Do you ever wonder.... why if the Eucharistic
Presence of Jesus is indeed the presence His Body and Blood, Soul and Divinity as the Catholic
Faith teaches
(and indeed
is) and is a key fundament of the
Catholic Faith - most Catholics get so emotional over the relics of Saints and "miracle
performing" statues and pay so little attention to the Real Presence of Jesus Christ in the
Eucharist?
The clue to the answer may be found
here.
Published on March 1st,
2009
Do you ever wonder.... whatever happened to
Louis Freeh, the FBI Director during the Clinton era and superior of Robert Philip Hansen
(1) - both members of the same Opus Dei
friendly parish?
Wonder no more. It seems that someone
(2)
has made a point of tracking his activities since then.
_________________________________
(1) Robert Philip Hansen
- probably the greatest traitor to the US.
(2)
Louis Freeh post FBI trajectory
Published on February 26th, 2009
Do you ever
wonder why... "religious" mankind do not seem to get the
straight forward message from God as it appears
in the First Reading of the Mass of Thursday after Ash Wednesday which we now quote:
15 Consider that I have set before thee this day life and good,
and on the other hand death and evil:
16 That thou mayst love the Lord thy God, and walk in his ways,
and keep his commandments and ceremonies and judgments, and thou mayst live, and he may multiply
thee, and bless thee in the land, which thou shalt go in to
possess.
17 But if thy heart be turned away, so that thou wilt not hear,
and being deceived with error thou adore strange gods, and serve them: 18 I foretell thee this day
that thou shalt perish, and shalt remain but a short time in the land, to which thou shalt pass
over the Jordan, and shalt go in to possess it.
19 I call heaven and earth to witness this day, that I have set
before you life and death, blessing and cursing. Choose therefore life, that both thou and thy
seed may live: 20 And that thou mayst love the Lord thy God, and obey his voice, and adhere to him
(for he is thy life, and the length of thy days,) that thou mayst dwell in the land, for which the
Lord swore to thy fathers Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob that he would give it them.
[Deut
30]
How could God possibly make it any clearer? With the
megaphone!
We rest our case!
NOTES
(*)
PURPOSE: The Purpose of this Page may be found
at the beginning of any of the past issues, such as in
Points
to Ponder (January 2005)
(**)
"Because it has been given to
you
to know the mysteries of the kingdom
of heaven, but to them it has not been given."..... Therefore I speak to them in parables, because
seeing they do not see, and hearing they do not hear, nor do they understand.... Lest they should
see with their eyes and hear with their ears, lest they should understand with their hearts and be
converted so that I should heal them."
[Matthew 13:11, 13,
15]
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